HOOLIGANS and drunks are to face the same sort of fixed penalty fines as motorists who park illegally. The question is: how will this work? The morning after the party, could a reveller blearily look in the mirror to see a penalty notice stuck to his
BACK when Cockney Rebel had their greatest hit, Come Up And See Me, a computer took up an entire room and a mouse was a small whiskery rodent, nothing more. But today we are conversant with Windows you cannot see through, RAMs that do not bleat and a
THE rhetoric being bandied about between both sides in the Arriva train conductors' dispute has masked the underlying situation. When the Mersyside-based bus company MTL won the initial Northern Spirit franchise, it was under-capitalised. Added to this
I WAS amazed to read about the £20 ticket offer by GNER which is only available on-line. Because GNER is subsidised by the Government as a public service this offer is clearly discriminatory. Many rail travellers these days, particularly in the North
YOUR correspondent mentions that many people with ME are too ill to leave their homes (July 30). This applies equally to children with ME and can persist for years. ME is the biggest cause of long-term sickness absence from school. Tragic misunderstandings
THERE'S only one thing wrong with cycling as a form of exercise, I've always thought - and it's nothing to do with the bikes themselves. It's the fact that, at least as often as they go downhill, roads will insist on going up again. No matter how many
SEX fiend Russell Bishop has been transported back to Full Sutton Prison after spending more than a week on a ward at York District Hospital. The 36-year-old, who was jailed for life in 1990 for kidnap, indecent assault and the attempted murder of a seven-year-old
A YORK youngster who helped to rescue a woman from a burning flat has been commended for his bravery by the city's most senior judge. But ten-year-old Ashley Horsewood, of Barkston Road, Chapelfields, has played down the incident, in which he kicked in
A 21-YEAR-OLD minibus driver who miraculously survived a horrendous crash at a North Yorkshire beauty spot is a University of York charity worker, it emerged today. Helen Grieve, 21, a former university student, was at the wheel of a maroon minibus when
Darren Lehmann returns to Australia tomorrow with a broken little finger on his left hand which will keep him out of his country's trip to Kenya in a few days' time. It is the cruellest of luck on the Yorkshire captain, who was "devastated" to learn the
A FUND-RAISING meeting will be held tonight at Huntington Stadium, starting at 7pm, to discuss ways to make money for the new York RL Club. Anyone who can contribute or help out in, or who would like to be involved in fundraising in any way, are urged
Sheffield Collegiate stole a march on their Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League rivals by taking six points from their match with Scarborough at Abbeydale Park. With a game in hand on leaders Harrogate and Doncaster, who lost an amazing, low-scoring
POTENT poacher Peter Duffield hailed York City's stickability after the Minstermen kick-started the new season in less than convincing style with a 1-1 draw at Macclesfield Town. Duffield, fighting fit after three leg breaks in the last two campaigns,
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has vowed to swap the boardroom for the terraces when ever possible after standing with the fans at Macclesfield Town. Batchelor declined to take a seat in the directors' box at Moss Rose on Saturday, preferring instead
Richard Hughes, the star of the show in the Shergar Cup Jockeys' Challenge at Ascot on Saturday, can enjoy further top-of-the-bill success at Brighton tomorrow. The tall and talented Irishman has a host of fancied mounts and could well go close to repeating
ONLY only one game was played in division one with all the other five matches being total washouts. However, that game did produce a significant result as leaders Ripon were soundly beaten at York and, as a result, dropped to third behind Driffield and
Tadcaster Magnet still top division five after gaining the better of a draw with Rowntrees, who only fielded nine men. Tadcaster, after losing three wickets for 14 runs, recovered to 147-8 thanks to a half century by Kevin Wakefield and some lusty blows
A YORK councillor who has been caring for her son as he battles with bone cancer is set to be given compassionate leave from her official duties. Kim Tarry, a Liberal Democrat, represents the Bootham ward on City of York Council. She and her husband,
A COUPLE claim their five-year-old daughter was traumatised after a grass cutting machine came within inches of their picnic blanket. Tom and Caroline Braham, who live in a village near York, say they were enjoying lunch with their two daughters and another
PLANS to spend £2.5 million on community projects in Selby have been blasted by Tory councillors, after it was revealed that only three per cent of the cash has been spent. The council's Labour group leader, Dean Howson, announced the community "war chest
York's James Thompson took a brace of third place podium positions yesterday at a soaking wet Knockhill to maintain his series lead after rounds 15 and 16 of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship. Vauxhall Motorsport team-mate Yvan Muller
CITY councillors are to be asked their views on proposed changes to Archbishop Holgate's CE School in York. The church school wants to change from a voluntary controlled to voluntary aided school, so that up to a quarter of its places would be offered
A FUND-RAISING meeting will be held tonight at Huntington Stadium, starting at 7pm, to discuss ways to make money for the new York RL Club. Anyone who can contribute or help out in, or who would like to be involved in fundraising in any way, are urged
TESTS were taking place today to find out what caused the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in a bedsit. Police were called to a Harrogate address after the men were found inside a room containing drug paraphernalia. Part of the building in Franklin
Darren Lehmann returns to Australia tomorrow with a broken little finger on his left hand which will keep him out of his country's trip to Kenya in a few days' time. It is the cruellest of luck on the Yorkshire captain, who was "devastated" to learn the
A YORK man says he fears the River Foss could be contaminated by pungent pools of blue water gathering near a stream on a former tip. Paul Minton, from Monkton Road, found the blue pools near a stream which goes into the River Foss when walking his dog
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has vowed to swap the boardroom for the terraces when ever possible after standing with the fans at Macclesfield Town. Batchelor declined to take a seat in the directors' box at Moss Rose on Saturday, preferring instead
TWO drug dealers who set up a heroin business in the heart of York have been jailed for more than eight years between them. Teenager Shona Ann Sharp acted as errand girl for her former lover, 29-year-old John Peter Barlow, as she made repeated drug deals
YORK-based rail company Jarvis has joined with Railtrack and the Strategic Rail Authority to agree a £12 million compensation package for Potters Bar rail crash victims - even though no blame has yet been allocated for the disaster. A spokesman for Railtrack
THE weather again decimated the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League with very little cricket being possible. In division one, Bishopthorpe gained valuable points by defeating bottom club Hemingbrough in their fight to get away from the relegation
MAYBE, just maybe, this could be York City's season. Saturday's opening day performance provided scant evidence to suggest that this will be a promotion campaign. But at least good fortune, a telling ingredient for any successful side, seems to be with
I WRITE in response to the emotive issue regarding Huntington Cemetery and its policy of frowning upon artificial flowers. Did it not occur to Mr Atlay and his fellow committee members that the sign would cause so much upset? After all, people's loved
Yorkshire Phoenix scored four more runs than Glamorgan Dragons in their crunch match at Cardiff yesterday but they still went down by 21 under the Duckworth-Lewis system for calculating rain-hit games. After the contest had been reduced to 38 overs by
DUNNINGTON-BASED Costcutter boss Colin Graves is tipped to become part of a new management structure aimed at getting Yorkshire out of their financial mess. If the club's general committee give approval to the plan at today's meeting at Headingley, president
TIM Addyman is too young to remember what is often called cinema's golden age. At 29, he marks the start of his film-going adventures with an unforgettable trip to see George Lucas's 1977 science fiction classic Star Wars. But there is something about
MANAGER Terry Dolan refused to let York City's late equaliser paper over the cracks as the Minstermen began the new season with a 1-1 draw at Macclesfield. The draw, courtesy of Peter Duffield's stoppage time goal, is only the second time in seven years
THE heavy rains of the previous few days played havoc with the programme in the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League, with 20 games being abandoned without a ball bowled. However, five out of the six premier division games beat the weather,
Yapham pulled out all the stops to get their ground fit for the visit of division three leaders Sewerby - yet it cost them four points. The hosts earned only five points in a disadvantage draw, whereas a cancellation would have netted nine. Nevertheless
THE two games played in division four saw Easingwold improve their promotion chances with a win over Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Pickering up the gap at the top by gaining the better of a draw with Sheriff Hutton. Dave Houldridge (6-52) and Steve Glaves
A SINGLE mother-of-five facing eviction from sheltered housing in York has said her family will be left on the street. Tracey Rennison, 36, of Ordnance Lane, has until next week to find alternative accommodation after housing bosses gave her four weeks
A PROMINENT North York Moors landowner said today's "Glorious Twelfth" would signal the start of a great grouse shooting season. George Winn-Darley, chairman of the North York Moors Moorland Association, which organises shoots, said grouse numbers were
A YORK businessman who helped found the 1970s pop band Cockney Rebel claimed today his new invention could make millions of computer users smile. John Crocker says his MouseBean Hand Rest takes the pain out of using a computer mouse, helping reduce the
Fulford Golf Club's Steve Dunn won the York Union of Golf Clubs' Open championship at Easingwold with a two-round total of 140. His second round 69 set the amateur record for the re-designed Easingwold course. Report and pictures in Saturday's golf column
TEAM B&Q Jet York City Racing Team suffered more bad luck in the British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill, Scotland. Following on from the nightmare suffered at Snetterton, the production-class team suffered another blown engine that ruled Hyla
Yorkshire Phoenix scored four more runs than Glamorgan Dragons in their crunch match at Cardiff yesterday but they still went down by 21 under the Duckworth-Lewis system for calculating rain-hit games. After the contest had been reduced to 38 overs by
ONE of York's most prestigious charities has been saved from extinction, it was revealed today. The cash-strapped St William's Foundation, which has the Duke of York as its patron, has gone into partnership with the British Urban Regeneration Association
DUNNINGTON-BASED Costcutter boss Colin Graves is tipped to become part of a new management structure aimed at getting Yorkshire out of their financial mess. If the club's general committee give approval to the plan at today's meeting at Headingley, president
MANAGER Terry Dolan refused to let York City's late equaliser paper over the cracks as the Minstermen began the new season with a 1-1 draw at Macclesfield. The draw, courtesy of Peter Duffield's stoppage time goal, is only the second time in seven years
A SONGMAN who died in a hanging tragedy had been set to lose his place in York Minster's choir, it emerged today. Roderick Neal was devastated at the prospect of losing a major part of his life, said friend and fellow songman Gary Griffiths. It has also
A WOMAN escaped from an attacker in Harrogate on Saturday evening after a passer-by intervened. Police were today trying to trace the man who frightened off the culprit. The 26-year-old victim was walking along Otley Road from the Prince of Wales roundabout
POTENT poacher Peter Duffield hailed York City's stickability after the Minstermen kick-started the new season in less than convincing style with a 1-1 draw at Macclesfield Town. Duffield, fighting fit after three leg breaks in the last two campaigns,
TOMORROW is my daughter's special day. No, it is not her birthday or some other anniversary to mark a certain event in her life. It is a day she shares with around ten per cent of the world's population. Tomorrow, August 13, 2002, is Left-Handers Day.
