Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, says proposals for major changes to the system of farming subsidies under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) are on the right lines but they do not go far enough. Responding
A NORTH Yorkshire cheese firm banned by the European Commission from using its Yorkshire Feta label fears it may now have to spend £175,000 on remarketing the product. Judy Bell, of Shepherd's Purse Cheeses, near Thirsk, has been ordered to stop using
LOCAL MEP and farmer Robert Goodwill has launched a postcard campaign demanding that the French ban on British beef is lifted. Mr Goodwill, from Terrington, has had special postcards produced which he is asking people to sign and post to French President
THE number of visitors to the Great Yorkshire Show was the highest for almost 20 years, organisers have announced. A total of 125,793 people went through the gates, the most since 1983 and 5,000 more than at the last show which was held two years ago.
THE normal start to a day at the Great Yorkshire Show is a quiet hour in the car, examining the scenery from Knaresborough to Harrogate, as one travels the last six miles of the journey to the show. In spite of all the years the show has been on its permanent
BACK in the 1950s something nasty was happening in American popular music. Teenagers moved away from crooners such as Sinatra, Como and Martin for a subversive new style of music. Yes, rock'n'roll had arrived. Parents were horrified at the antics of chubby
AN album of covers by one of the biggest names in rock makes for interesting listening. There's a couple of Bob Dylan songs, a Hendrix, a track made famous by This Mortal Coil, and Nazareth. Morning Dew, the Nazareth track, is the single and it doesn't
THE housing crisis is not about bricks and mortar or land shortages. It is not about interest rates, price hikes, gazumping or population shifts. These are all components; but the housing crisis is really about people. This is what emerges most strongly
AFTER a few Knavesmire pints, Darlington racegoer Kevin Scott decided he had been a spectator long enough. So he took off all his clothes and tried to join in the 4.10, sponsored, aptly enough, by Miller Beer. Fortunately his dash was premature. If the
Today is the last chance to sign the Evening Press petition calling for the release of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. Thousands of readers have already signed the petition, which can be obtained from our office in Walmgate, York, or at our district
A DAY at York Races ended with three hours in a police cell and an embarrassing court appearance for one visitor. Red-faced Kevin Scott, 34, shuffled from foot to foot in the dock as he told the city's magistrates why he had stripped off and run on to
THIS week a minority of council staff have been striking over pay. Your readers should know what is being demanded and what is on offer. The unions have put in a claim, which if met, would on average cost an extra £80 in council tax for every household
I NOTE that City of York Council announced in the Evening Press proposals for more 20mph limits and traffic calming at schools (July 9). While I applaud attempts to make safer crossings for children, surely it would be better to install beacon zebra crossings
THE York City Supporters' Trust has strengthened its links with the club by agreeing to become the new sponsors of the youth team for the 2002/03 season. The Minstermen youth set-up has produced a number of top quality players over the years, with Nick
EVER wondered what that battered old copper coin your dad dug up in the garden was? Or whether your uncle's old stamp album had any stamps in it that are worth keeping? Now could be the time to find out. Next Thursday a team of specialists from Spink,
SUMMER is the time for music festivals, concerts and other outdoor events. Glastonbury may be over, but there are plenty of other events going on this summer. However, before leaving for a weekend of music, merry-making and camping make sure you are well
FIRST things first. This is not awful. I say that up front because fans of Ladysmith Black Mambazo might have shivered with dread at the thought of assorted DJs getting their grubby mitts on such beautiful harmonies. But the mixes have been done sympathetically
ANYONE living in lovely York who can turn an envious eye towards Gateshead would have to be mad. And here, volunteering for service, is just that mad person. All right, I've never exactly been to Gateshead, unless you count the Great North Run, which
YORK Civic Trust was this afternoon due to give a damning verdict on the Coppergate Riverside proposals. In a proof of evidence to today's resumed Coppergate inquiry the respected conservation organisation said few sites in Britain were more sensitive
KEVIN Darley, who rode two winners and picked-up an untimely ban at Catterick yesterday, can figure on the scoresheet again at Carlisle tomorrow. The Sheriff Hutton jockey teams-up with Montecristo in the Denton Holm Classified Stakes and Rae Guest's
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Evening Press journalist Vivian Brooks, who has died, aged 79. Miss Brooks, who spent 27 years with the Evening Press, passed away peacefully in a Bournemouth rest home on July 14. She has been remembered by former colleagues
YORK Civic Trust was this afternoon due to give a damning verdict on the Coppergate Riverside proposals. In a proof of evidence to today's resumed Coppergate inquiry the respected conservation organisation said few sites in Britain were more sensitive
A 38-YEAR-OLD York man's conviction for indecent assault has been quashed. Malcolm Casey, of Horsman Avenue, off Cemetery Road, was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court last November of the assault on an 18-year-old heroin addict. But the jury
DEFEAT for Haxby Road at RI gave the Amateurs a chance of reaching the runners-up spot in division one of the Persimmon Homes Ideal Standard Bowls League. But it also allowed Holgate to emphasise their dominance after an 8-0 victory over West Park increased
THE former wife of a University of York college dean who committed suicide said today he was an "absolutely wonderful person". Steve Tate, 47, was found hanged at his home in Thirlmere Drive, Burnholme, by his ex-wife, Janette Mace, in October last year
THE brave challenge of York City's Internet football side at the WorldNet Tournament in Leeds ended in a penalty heartbreak. The Yorkie Bars went out on the dreaded spot-kicks to eventual winners Aberdeen in the second round of Sports Interactive Plate
VETERANS of the fiercely-fought Second World War battle which stopped the Japanese advance into Asia will march proudly through York on Sunday. Brigadier Andrew Farquhar MBE, the commander of the Army in York and the North East, will take the salute as
Upper Poppleton School were the winners of the York Junior Schools' Cricket Championship held at Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club after defeating the Robert Wilkinson School, Strensall in the final. In addition to the two finalists, Oaken Grove and
A VILLAGE is set to lose its last petrol station in the face of growing cut-throat competition. News of the planned closure of the filling station in The Square at Stamford Bridge comes after supermarket chain Tesco launched a special promotion, knocking
Yorkshire have drawn arch rivals Surrey, at Headingley, in the semi-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy and the game on Wednesday, July 31, is expected to attract a bumper crowd. The sides met at the same venue in last year's fourth round when
THE scene is all set for the big Roses showdown at Headingley tomorrow between David Byas and Darren Gough - a confrontation which the former Yorkshire captain has already likened to that between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. When he made that light-hearted
STEVE Ferres has rubbished reports he is the new coach at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats - and confirmed he was continuing with the bid to resurrect York RL. The Super League club have also rejected the claims that Ferres was to take over at Belle Vue from
NORTH Yorkshire was returning to normal today following yesterday's council strike action. In York, the most visible reminder was overflowing rubbish which had spilled out of bulging city centre bins. More than 2,000 City of York Council staff were involved
SCOTT Jackson opened his Harrogate Town account with a deadly double in his new club's 3-1 friendly victory over Goole. Jackson, one of seven new signings on parade in Town's opening pre-season friendly, gave the Wetherby Roaders the lead after just nine
THE York City Supporters' Trust has strengthened its links with the club by agreeing to become the new sponsors of the youth team for the 2002/03 season. The Minstermen youth set-up has produced a number of top quality players over the years, with Nick
TEENAGE prodigy Levent Yalcin could be York City's answer to Michael Owen - as the young Turkish forward goes from strength to strength on the international stage. Despite having yet to play for the Minstermen at first team level - he was an unused substitute
HOLMES rule stamped an elementary success for first division leaders Ovington over York Post Office. Ovington initially looked like running up a mammoth total as openers David Whittle and Graham Davies both scored half centuries. Andy Holmes then kept
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a North Yorkshire teenager who is turning his life around with the help of a new initiative to tackle youth offending PETER thrusts his right leg forward to show off the electronic tag strapped to his ankle. It looks uncannily like
NEW York's long-running godfathers of dissonant art rock knock out their umpteenth album. Like contrary British underground band The Fall, Sonic Youth have reached the point in their career where they may still be prolific, and still sound like no one
SUPER smooth Burt Bacharach may be better known, but equally deserving of re-discovery in the return of old cool is the maverick, mythic Lee Hazlewood. The dude with the saucy Zapata moustache and Charles Bronson eyes wrote These Boots Are Made For Walking
A RAPIST'S sister beat up his victim in an "appalling" revenge attack, York Crown Court heard. Suzanne Marie Atkin, 35, followed the young woman that David Atkin had raped, grabbed her from behind and dragged her towards some bushes, said Simon Hickey
MORE and more young people will face homelessness if action is not taken to tackle a growing housing shortage in North Yorkshire. Council chiefs warned today that rising house prices meant that many could not afford to buy houses and there was not enough
IN 1995 I was elected by my constituency to attend the annual Labour Party Conference. Many trade unionists will recall that this conference voted for the abolition of Clause 4, the right to public ownership, which I was mandated to vote for by my constituency
FOLLOWING recent events involving a certain member of City of York Council, why has there not been a demand for resignation followed by a by-election? Surely the people of the ward involved will want to have their say, and may not feel that they want
HANDS off Walsall, Helen Mead! Why should my home town be singled out as being a place to live in a caravan if you wish to realise and spend the growing equity in your property (July 15)? Walsall has some very attractive areas, not least, its beautiful
TEENAGE prodigy Levent Yalcin could be York City's answer to Michael Owen - as the young Turkish forward goes from strength to strength on the international stage. Despite having yet to play for the Minstermen at first team level - he was an unused substitute
Yorkshire have drawn arch rivals Surrey, at Headingley, in the semi-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy and the game on Wednesday, July 31, is expected to attract a bumper crowd. The sides met at the same venue in last year's fourth round when
PETER Gabriel has brought along some of his big-name world music chums for the soundtrack to the new Phillip Noyce film, Rabbit-Proof Fence. Alongside long-term collaborators David Rhodes, Richard Evans and Ravi Shankar are a host of musicians from around
YORK'S seven Visitor Information Patrols are rolling out their barrows and are ready to welcome tourists to the city. The VIP patrols, now in their eleventh year, were set up to help residents and tourists find out what there is to see and do in the summer
A YORK-BASED rail passenger watchdog today revealed it had stepped in to seek a solution in the deadlocked Arriva Trains Northern industrial dispute. Jim Beale, launching the annual report of the Rail Passengers' Committee, said that Arriva and the Rail
A NEW brain injury unit is to open in York offering long-term care to people in the wake of an accident or assault. Work on the new 14-bed unit, based at The Retreat in Heslington Road, is expected to begin in September with the first clients arriving
GARDENERS who have spotted snakes in their gardens in North Yorkshire were urged today not to panic. The RSPCA in Leeds said it had been receiving an average of one call a day in the past couple of weeks from people in Yorkshire and the North East who
NATIONAL Conference League chiefs have been given a major shot in the arm in their battle with BARLA - thanks in part to Heworth ARLC. NCL clubs decided to follow Heworth's lead by voting overwhelmingly to boycott all meetings called by BARLA - the British
Today is the last chance to sign the Evening Press petition calling for the release of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. Thousands of readers have already signed the petition, which can be obtained from our office in Walmgate, York, or at our district
LAND set aside to "revitalise community spirit" following the collapse of the former York carriageworks site remains an empty eyesore - SIX years on. Residents, councillors and community groups today condemned the inaction over the land on the edge of
THIS IS the moment when the Evening Press snapped police bringing an aggressive burglar to book on the streets of York. And three public-spirited men are to get £200 each for their part in catching him. York Crown Court heard that Owen Anthony Williams
THE decision to close the Selby coalfield was today condemned by two senior clergymen. The Bishop of Selby, the Right Reverend Humphrey Taylor, spoke of the fear and anger in the Selby area following this week's announcement that the pit complex would
AT the weekend on my desk landed the dramatic proposals for change from Franz Fischler in his mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Having read the consultation paper briefly, the thrust of its strategy is to completely alter the basis
