FORMER England and Liverpool football captain Emlyn Hughes expressed his shame today as he was banned from driving and fined £400 for drink-driving after a day at York Races. York magistrates, hearing the case on Hughes' 55th birthday, were told how police
THE future of professional rugby league hangs in the balance as the club attempts to raise the necessary funds needed to gain entry back into the league next year. The efforts of all involved have been excellent. However much remains to be done by the
DOES killing people ever solve anything? A regular exchange of death doesn't seem to have brought the Palestinians and Israelis any closer together. Neither has it encouraged the Indians and Pakistanis to patch up their differences over Kashmir. The lynch
INVESTIGATIONS were continuing today into the cause of an explosion at a property in York. Specialist fire investigators were still examining the house in Horsman Avenue, off Fishergate, which was rocked by the explosion on Monday afternoon. Police have
The York Cycleworks road race at Sheriff Hutton gave Kevin Dawson another chance to display the strength that has seen him and Compensation Group team-mates John Tanner and Mark Lovatt dominate the domestic racing scene this season. The race, however,
Fifteen-year-old Mark Baldry was the star for New Earswick at Sheffield's Graded Meet held at Ponds Forge. He won the 100metres butterfly, freestyle and breaststroke and collected a speeding ticket in the 100m backststroke - all in long course personal
VOLUNTEERS who care for the distinctive White Horse of Kilburn have criticised individuals who placed an enormous hunting figure astride the local monument. Residents in the small Hambleton Hills village woke yesterday morning to see the black and red
DETAILED documents unveiled by planners today revealed the full scale of proposals to redevelop York City's football ground. A total of 93 homes are planned for the 4.2-acre site at Bootham Crescent, which has been York City's home since 1932. The dwellings
MILLINER Elizabeth Parker has graduated from a York college on to the world catwalk after success in an international competition. She was highly commended in Hat Magazine's contest in London. It follows an introduction to the hat-making art at York College
YORK'S Michelle Mooring and Oxford's Pamela Rae were inched out by the eventual champions in the Women's British Isles Bowls Under 25s Pairs semi-finals at Royal Leamington Spa. Mooring, from the Bert Keech Club, and Rae had made a superb start against
A CHARISMATIC campaigner for older people's rights is due to make a rallying speech at the first annual general meeting of York Older Citizens' Advocacy (OCAY). Jack Anderson, chairman of the Leeds Older People's Forum, will tell York's mature residents
SELBY Town football club manager Bob Lyon has been banned from the dugout area until the end of this year after being convicted of butting a rival club official. The ban, which started last Monday, was imposed by FA chiefs, in London, and runs until December
BOSSES at Nestl are hoping to grab back the U.S. market for KitKat, it was disclosed today. Until now the York-manufactured chocolate bar has been under the control of Nestl all over the world - except in the U.S. Back in 1970 the York-based Rowntree
PROFOUNDLY deaf and disabled Ian Stillman today marked the second anniversary of his arrest in India - as a massive campaign to free him continues. The 52-year-old charity worker, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, and who suffers from diabetes
YORKSHIRE have been dealt a hammer blow ahead of Saturday's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final at Lord's when leading strike bowler Chris Silverwood broke down with the recurrence of an ankle injury. Silverwood, who is also Yorkshire's pinch-hitter
A FOOTBALL fan from North Yorkshire died after being attacked by a gang who tried to steal his car, police said today. The man, believed to be 46-year-old Glyn Ellis, from Knaresborough, was on his way home after watching Manchester United's Champions
AN ELDERLY shopkeeper's face was slashed as he struggled with a knifeman who tried to rob him. Ken Lockwood, 74, grabbed the man as he demanded money at Lockwood's Newsagents and Tobacconists in Gillygate, York. Mr Lockwood was taken to York District
YORK has the potential to follow Sheffield's example and build a rugby league club capable of getting into Super League and one day winning the Challenge Cup. That is the opinion of Wakefield Trinity skipper Paul Broadbent, who is to be installed as player-boss
YES ...says Robert Goodwill, MEP, NO ...says Frank Ormston, of the York Socialist Alliance YES ...says Robert Goodwill ANY punishment must have three main effects. Firstly it should act as a deterrent. Secondly it should prevent reoffending. Thirdly it
I AM one of the many out here in the real world who believe in the death penalty for certain heinous crimes, which would include the abduction, sexual abuse and murder of children. I would even be happy to appease the cowardly amongst us and settle for
PROFOUNDLY deaf and disabled Ian Stillman today marked the second anniversary of his arrest in India - as a massive campaign to free him continues. The 52-year-old charity worker, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, and who suffers from diabetes
YORKSHIRE have been dealt a hammer blow ahead of Saturday's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final at Lord's when leading strike bowler Chris Silverwood broke down with the recurrence of an ankle injury. Silverwood, who is also Yorkshire's pinch-hitter
STEVE Ferres today said he was confident the new York RL club would get the funds needed to acquire Rugby Football League status. Ferres, who will be the new club's chief executive should it be given the go-ahead by the RFL, told the Evening Press that
YORK has the potential to follow Sheffield's example and build a rugby league club capable of getting into Super League and one day winning the Challenge Cup. That is the opinion of Wakefield Trinity skipper Paul Broadbent, who is to be installed as player-boss
YORK City defender Chris Smith admits he is reaping the benefits with the fight for first-team football at Bootham Crescent hotter than ever. Smith has been one of the stars of City's fine start to the season and produced another polished display in Saturday's
Golden Nun, a desperately unlucky loser at Newmarket recently, can get back in the winning habit at Chester tomorrow. The filly, trained by Tim Easterby, who sent out Somnus to win at Ripon yesterday, will again be partnered by Kieren Fallon in the Surrenda-Link
THE centenary of the return of North Yorkshire soldiers from the Boer War has been marked with a wreath-laying ceremony in York. Members of the Friends of the Green Howards Museum, based in Richmond, commemorated 100 years since the return of the regiment's
A courageous military pilot from York is to be awarded two top American bravery medals for flying a Stealth bomber in missions over Kosovo. Squadron Leader Al Monkman flew many missions over the war-torn country in the distinctive high-tech plane in 1999
York Fencing Club's beginners' class will start at Archbishop Holgate School gymnasium on Wednesday, September 11. More than 20 hopefuls have registered for the course run by British Fencing Association-qualified coach Richard Goodwin. The course costs
THE former leader of York City Council, Rod Hills, who is facing criminal proceedings, has been allowed to return to York. One of the original conditions of his being granted bail was that he did not enter the area within the city's ring road, where he
YORK-AREA clubs were out in force over the Bank Holiday weekend with commercial fisheries generally favoured. One club that braved the river were Acomb, who tackled the Ouse at Fulford. An early start to avoid the worst of the armada of small boats was
A MAN appeared before York magistrates today accused of recklessly endangering the lives of 15 people while driving a snatched fork lift vehicle. Raymond Anthony Wilson, aged 21, no fixed abode, answered only to confirm his name and age. The first charge
A BUS stop in a York village is "an accident waiting to happen," a concerned resident has claimed. Wigginton resident Roger McBroom claims buses park up for up to 20 minutes at a stop in Mill Lane, Wigginton. This, Mr McBroom claims, has led to a number
YORK City defender Chris Smith admits he is reaping the benefits with the fight for first-team football at Bootham Crescent hotter than ever. Smith has been one of the stars of City's fine start to the season and produced another polished display in Saturday's
CCTV cameras film a dumped car burning as environmental campaigner Gordon Campbell-Thomas looks on helplessly. The footage, captured on cameras at the Environment Centre, in St Nicholas Fields, York, shows children who looked as young as six playing on
PAUL Broadbent is set to dip into Super League to find a few gems for the York RL revolution. The prospective player-coach of the new York club - along with chief executive in waiting Steve Ferres - has extensive Super League contacts and reckons the
STEVE Ferres today said he was confident the new York RL club would get the funds needed to acquire Rugby Football League status. Ferres, who will be the new club's chief executive should it be given the go-ahead by the RFL, told the Evening Press that
ANDREW Martin has always been a train buff. As a freelance contributor to everything from the Daily Telegraph to the New Statesman, he has written extensively about public transport. When he changed gear from journalist to novelist, however, this interest
TWO years ago yesterday, Ian Stillman was a free man. He was free to run his charity foundation in India with wife Sue, teaching deaf people the skills to live independently. He was free to spend time with his son Lennie and autistic daughter Anita, and
WE enjoy a special relationship with the United States. Britain has gladly given this great country many things: the democratic ideal, air bases, Tracey Ullman. But why did we let them have the Kit Kat? Almost from the moment Rowntree's sold the American
