THE demand for deaf charity worker Ian Stillman to be released from an Indian jail has won support from more than 4,000 Evening Press readers. Petitions are still being signed by North and East Yorkshire residents concerned that the 51-year-old, whose
WAS it a desire to buy plants that drew us to the Bothy, or did the Bothy just give us an excuse to acquire some bedding plants? Either way, we made the most of the self-service facilities. There are three areas of seating - inside, in the conservatory
Scientists have yet to crack the conundrum of time travel, so the next best thing may be a visit to Murton Park, near York. Here, you can meet Vikings, Romans and even Texan cavalrymen in authentic settings. When we visited the ten-acre park, off York's
FOR low-growing, spring-flowering ground cover a good choice is Lily of the Valley, commonly known as Lady's Tears or botanically as Convallaria majalis. Dainty fragrant white bells carried on arching flower stems appear in April and May together with
C DELF'S letter seems to imply that all motorcyclists are suicidal lunatics (May 21). I would like to suggest that he/she go to a local motorcycle training centre, take a CBT test then go on to pass his/her full motorcycle test and go for a ride out on
YORK & District Against Motor Neurone Disease is a small local charity which supports people suffering from this devastating and terminal illness who live within 20 miles of York. We provide equipment and advice and fund the services of a specialist
NORTH YORKSHIRE cyclists are planning to pay tribute to a safety campaigner who was killed last year by continuing his work. Karl Briggs died on October 31 when his bike was in collision with the side of a lorry on the A168 at Asenby. At an inquest this
THE demand for deaf charity worker Ian Stillman to be released from an Indian jail has won support from more than 4,000 Evening Press readers. Petitions are still being signed by North and East Yorkshire residents concerned that the 51-year-old, whose
DIRECTOR Ray Alexander is looking for actors for The Death Of Christ, part of the York Guilds' wagon production of the York Mystery Plays to be staged on July 7 and 14. "I've been very lucky so far that a number of actors who have performed for me in
Ryedale trainer Richard Fahey and his star apprentice Paul Hanagan - a combination in top form - make the long journey to Windsor tomorrow in search of double success with Dakota Sioux and Vintage Premium. Dakota Sioux, whose recent win at Hamilton contributed
A SCHEME to transform a city centre car park into a four-star hotel has been scrapped by developers. Thistle Hotels gained planning permission to pull down the 255-space car park in the former Presto building on the corner of Tanner Row and George Hudson
FULFORD GC's rising star Matthew Lord will head into this week's Yorkshire Boys' championship in heavenly form. The championships are held at Easingwold GC on Wednesday when 72 of the county's cream of young talent tackle the Yorkshire title format of
YORK police are investigating an arson attack at a business in York city centre yesterday afternoon. Crews were called to Camera Mart in Church Street at about 2.25pm after a fire was started on the stairs, which leads from the street up to a hairdressing
NORTH Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson was left wondering what could have been after a disappointing second round at the Volvo PGA Championship saw him miss the cut. Having been well placed after firing a one-under par 71 in the first round, the Malton
YORK rugby league supporters have benefited from the generosity of computer firm Multi Comm, thanks to a little help from the Evening Press. The award-winning newspaper informed Multi Comm boss Norman Lynch that fans were in need of a computer system
DISINFECTION was today under way at a North Yorkshire school after more than 200 children and staff were struck down by a serious stomach bug. Thorpe Willoughby Primary School, near Selby, together with its Honeypot pre-school and Pitstop out-of-school
FORMER York Wasps starlet Jonny Liddell has bounced back into the game with Leeds Rhinos. The talented stand-off left Leeds to join the Wasps' cause after becoming surplus to requirements at Headingley following the scrapping of the Under-21 Alliance
WHEN St Leonard's Hospice community fundraiser Judith Metcalfe did a Beckham and broke a bone in her foot, she was determined to continue preparing for Go Yellow Day. Judith insisted on having a yellow plaster put on her leg and is currently at home in
YORK City will be competing in Europe and beyond next year.Unfortunately for fans of football, it won't be the Minstermen crossing the channel but flamboyant chairman John Batchelor's motor-racing team. The City supremo has revealed plans to establish
IT IS not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy and nihilism worry away at ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, sticking to duty or insisting on our rights, we can be confused or paralysed by the fear that our principles
REMEMBER '66? Few words are more capable of filling an English person with pride than this phrase referring to England's most glorious sporting moment: winning the world cup at Wembley on July 31 1966. Football fans still wear replicas of the red full-sleeved
BEING Lord Mayor of this great city isn't all pomp, starch and stiff upper hips from buckling under the weighty chain of office. It has its lighter moments, too. The right-hand-man of former Lord Mayor Irene Waudby found his position wasn't all about
THE parents of a York teenager who was struck down by a rare form of cancer said today his death was "a bolt from the blue". Steve and Ruth Hurd, of Grange Lane, Acomb, are mourning their "bright, intelligent and incredible boy", with their 17-year-old
SERIAL seekers of wild floral shows, if you have done the daffs and the bluebells and have a taste for pink then head out now from York, for just one mile, and see the docks in bloom on Fulford Ings. A better bet than the 'retro-hippy' dandelions at this
A FRY-UP, football and five pints. Could there be a better start to the day? This breakfast combination is brought to you courtesy of the World Cup, York pubs and our kindly licensing authorities. Dozens of boozers have applied for extended licences to
YOU recently published two letters claiming that pantomime fans would be better off in Bridlington seeing TV celebrities trying a craft that Berwick Kaler has been delighting York audiences with for 24 years, and that our prices have increased by 85 per
IT just goes to show that pro-hunt protesters will do anything to get their message across! Even if it means endangering people's lives, including children who could be travelling in their parents' car. Drivers are distracted by these stupid signs painted
IN HIS compulsive history, The Isles, Lancastrian Norman Davies quotes late 14th century Cornish translator John Travista. "All the language of the Northumbrians, and especially at York, is so sharp, piercing rasping and unformed that we Southerners can
IT'S bye-bye forever to Benson and Hedges cricket for Yorkshire after the embarrassing seven-wicket caning which Essex handed out in Wednesday's quarter-final match at Chelmsford. The 30-year-old competition draws to a close this season and it would have
AH so you think it's all over. You've stocked up your fridge and freezer with enough pizza and ready meals to see you through the forthcoming footie fest without having to lift a frying pan or a potato peeler. But if you really want immerse yourself in
York and District Netball League vice-chairwoman Val Kennedy has become the only person in North Yorkshire to be awarded a prestigious accreditation for training match officials. Kennedy, the only active 'B' award All England Netball Association umpire
FOR anyone who has ever doubted Malton is the best place to get a good cup of coffee, well, now it's official. Simon Robertson, who owns Leoni The Coffee House, in Wheelgate, Malton, has been picked as the Barista Champion of Great Britain from a crop
A YORK student is desperately trying to raise money for his trip to play in the lacrosse world championships. The championships are taking placein Perth, Western Australia, in July and 22-year-old Richard Gilligan needs £3,500 to pay his way as a member
A RYEDALE grandmother who has been campaigning for road safety measures near her home has welcomed plans to improve a dangerous section of road. Caroline Harper, who lives, in Ings Lane, Pickering, was spurred into action after her granddaughter was almost
DRINKERS at an historic York pub are being told it's 'euro' round - since it started accepting the new currency. A pint of John Smith's bitter at the Blue Bell, in Fossgate, now costs 2.96 euros (or £1.85). Landlady Sue Hardie believes the pub is the
A JUDGE has praised the level-headed boy whose actions led to a disabled York pensioner being placed on the sex offenders' register for five years. The teenager alerted his mother to wheelchair-bound George Ernest Jacques' indecent conduct at the front
A 20-year-old woman was taken to York District Hospital suffering minor smoke inhalation following a small fire at her flat. A neighbour raised the alarm after noticing smoke coming out of her property in Navigation Road, off Walmgate. A spokesman for
WHILE most bosses are tearing their hair out worrying about World Cup absenteeism, a York electrical store has come up with the perfect solution. Dixons in Coney Street, York, will be providing staff with fried breakfasts and the chance to watch the England
A STAG night reveller was jailed for eight months for cutting a York pub employee's face with a beer bottle. Martin Rudland, prosecuting, told York Crown Court the Nag's Head in Micklegate was crowded with racegoers on October 13 as staff tried to eject
YORK'S Coppergate Riverside public inquiry was plunged into controversy as retailers clashed over whether or not they backed the scheme. York Chamber of Trade - fiercely opposed to Land Securities' £60 million redevelopment plan because of concerns about
FOR sheer vividness, nobody will probably ever be able to beat Paul Theroux's account of a journey to Tibet in his Chinese travel book Riding The Iron Rooster. Travel books, though, are often as much fiction as fact - and if you're planning a journey
Rosslyn Brennan enjoys some home comforts on a trip to Grosmont. A BRIEF telephone conversation with George Andrews, who runs Grosmont House, put me so at ease that when I arrived at the 19th century building in the tiny North Yorkshire village of Grosmont
As thousands of fans travel to Japan to support England's footballers, Evening Press reporter CHRIS GREENWOOD, who lived in the country for two years, reports on what they can expect to find. SUSHI is not the only food in Japan and everyone is not extremely
