YORKSHIRE continued their last gasp effort to try to escape relegation by comprehensively beating Hampshire by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl yesterday. Despite a second consecutive Championship win, however, they remain bottom of the First Division table
A PERSONAL letter from jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman to Prime Minister Tony Blair was today being handed in at 10 Downing Street. In the letter, Ian pleads with Mr Blair to request a full legal pardon, and says he needs "urgent medical attention
MATTHEW Elliott is determined to make it another day to remember when he returns to Lord's for Yorkshire's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final against holders Somerset tomorrow. The Australian batsman has good reason for fond memories of the ground
MALCOLM BAYLIS gives his verdict on the latest entry into the SUV market. SPORT utility vehicles, once a niche model in Europe, are moving up the popularity poll so rapidly that sales have risen from 83,000 to around 100,000 in a year, with the United
PAUL Broadbent has admitted the opportunity to coach at a new club with bags of potential was too good to miss. The former Great Britain star has been named as the new player-boss of York RL, providing the club gets the funds in place to be allowed into
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has revealed the club intends to sue the Football League over its handling of the contract negotiations with doomed ITV Digital. Batchelor said: "Being a member of the Football League, we were asked to hand over our negotiations
Ambitious plans for a year-long push to turn York into Britain's Energy City have come to an end. Adam Nichols finds out if it took off. TWELVE months ago the remnants of an ice Minster dripped in the August sunshine, the detail melted into a slushy heap
YORKSHIRE continued their last gasp effort to try to escape relegation by comprehensively beating Hampshire by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl yesterday. Despite a second consecutive Championship win, however, they remain bottom of the First Division table
RICHARD Blakey was 20-years-old and the youngest player in the side when Yorkshire won the Benson and Hedges Cup final at Lord's in 1987. Tomorrow, 15 years on, Blakey will captain Yorkshire as they take on Somerset at headquarters in the C&G Trophy
TWO school friends of murdered York backpacker Caroline Stuttle look set to raise more than £1,000 for the foundation set up by her mother and brother. Vicky Atkinson and Vicky Pool, both 19, held a charity auction, music and disco last night to raise
MATTHEW Elliott is determined to make it another day to remember when he returns to Lord's for Yorkshire's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final against holders Somerset tomorrow. The Australian batsman has good reason for fond memories of the ground
A NORTH Yorkshire man's lifetime commitment to racing was marked when Thirsk Racecourse named a race in his honour. Tom Lynch, of Sheriff Hutton, has worked at trainer Mick Easterby's yard "on and off for 40 years", with many of those as head lad. Many
NORTH Yorkshire football fan Glyn Ellis, who was killed when he tried to stop a gang stealing his car in Manchester, died from severe head injuries, tests have shown. A post-mortem examination carried out by a Home Office pathologist gave the cause of
I WRITE in defence of speed humps and Ken Spence. Speed humps save lives and, as caring adults, we should accept they are needed. It is motorists' irresponsibility which cause the need. To suggest responsible safety officers are dreaming up schemes to
HOW can you claim King Richard III as a Yorkie (August 21)? Born in Northamptonshire and educated in London and the Midlands, he first visited York when he was 15 or 16, halfway through his short life. He probably spent more time in Bruges than in York
I thank the two teenagers who helped me when I fell from my bike. Blood was pouring down my face and they stopped and they came to my aid. I was semi-conscious. They phoned my wife and an ambulance. I had one arm bandaged, extensive bruising, five stitches
A WEEK ago we reported Gillian Chambers' call for the restoration of the death penalty. Her nine-year-old niece Nicola Fellows and her friend Karen Hadaway were sexually abused and strangled in 1986. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were about the same
GOOD bingo callers need the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a bat, says Karen Winstone. To which qualities we would add the authority of a judge and the ball-handling skills of a spin bowler. Karen has the lot. She has taken the regional title of bingo
A MAN was arrested at a York nightclub after a woman claimed she had been indecently assaulted at the venue. Police said the alleged victim alerted door staff at the Gallery nightclub, in Clifford Street, and the man was arrested by a police officer who
A YORK man revealed today that he forgave a gunman for shooting and seriously wounding him - as he spoke out against calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty. Charles Everett, 50, said Evening Press coverage of York woman Gillian Chambers' campaign
YORKSHIRE'S cricketers head for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final against Somerset at Lord's tomorrow knowing the club's future is assured. At an emergency general meeting at Headingley yesterday, members approved a move to double Yorkshire's
STEVE Ferres has reassured fans that fund-raising and money-making efforts will be redoubled should the new rugby league club top the immediate requirment of £75,000, writes Peter Martini. The prospective chief executive of the new club has stressed that
YORK Rugby League Club are desperate for one final push to reach their £75,000 promised land. The club's appeal to have the necessary £75,000 in the bank before tomorrow's deadline so that they can return to the Rugby Football League next season has edged
YORK City wing-back Darren Edmondson has warned the feel-good factor must be kept in check ahead of tomorrow's trip to Swansea City. The City defender admits the Minstermen are delighted with their promising start to the season which has lifted them to
YORK City chairman John Batchelor today directed an icy blast at Wolverhampton Wanderers as the future of goalkeeper Russ Howarth was left in limbo. The England Under-20 international's future has been thrown into turmoil after Premiership giants Tottenham
A sure sign that summer is turning to autumn, and the Flat-racing season is approaching its final quarter will be spelt out tomorrow when Ripon concludes its programme of fixtures for 2002. The curtain-dropping meeting is highlighted by the£12,000 Tote
HELLO, folks. Evening Press here.Right. If ever I've been keyed up for a race it's this one.I know I'm running out of chances to impress so you can rest assured I will be giving it my best shot at Ripon tomorrow. I've been entered in the first race of
THE desertion of rivers by match anglers in favour of commercial fisheries seems to be spreading to the area's pleasure angling fraternity. My travels have seen me patrolling many miles of empty river bank in recent weeks. The few diehards, who are prepared
Non-League teams from the region begin on the road to Cardiff tomorrow - or at least on the road to a potential pot of gold. It might only be August, but the four clubs are set to start out on the FA Cup trail in the preliminary round of the famous old
A CHARITY coffee morning at a tiny York terraced home will be held from a roof with a view thanks to the owner's creativity with small spaces. Sally North, of Lockwood Street, off Monkgate, recently converted the top of her kitchen and bathroom extension
YORKSHIRE'S cricketers head for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final against Somerset at Lord's tomorrow knowing the club's future is assured. At an emergency general meeting at Headingley yesterday, members approved a move to double Yorkshire's
CHILDREN from a York nursery became caterpillars, butterflies and spiders for the day at an Ugly Bugs' Ball. The ball was held at Heather's Nursery, on Hamilton Drive, Acomb, to celebrate the end of a month-long topic on insects. The 27 children played
A LEADING member of a York residents' group has called on major local companies to back a sponsorship programme aimed at getting young people off the streets and into work. Cath Neil, treasurer of Clifton Voice, said young people from Clifton regularly
MOTHER-of-two Karen Winstone could be joining the high rollers of Las Vegas after making it through to the regional finals of a bingo caller of the year contest. Karen, who shouts out the numbers at Walkers Bingo Club, in Selby, impressed the judges with
FIREFIGHTERS are pushing for a concerted effort to beat the lethal dumping of unwanted cars. Meetings with police chiefs, the County Council and City of York Council, and representatives of the region's district authorities, are attempting to reach an
YORK City wing-back Darren Edmondson has warned the feel-good factor must be kept in check ahead of tomorrow's trip to Swansea City. The City defender admits the Minstermen are delighted with their promising start to the season which has lifted them to
YORK Rugby League Club are desperate for one final push to reach their £75,000 promised land. The club's appeal to have the necessary £75,000 in the bank before tomorrow's deadline so that they can return to the Rugby Football League next season has edged
A YORK mother is to travel to the United States on Sunday to learn new skills that could help her autistic daughter - as the man who inspired the life-changing technique visits the UK. Rebecca Scotter, from Huntington, her partner, Robert Nutbrown, and
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has revealed the club intends to sue the Football League over its handling of the contract negotiations with doomed ITV Digital. Batchelor said: "Being a member of the Football League, we were asked to hand over our negotiations
A SPEEDING drink-driver has been banned from driving for eight years by Selby magistrates. The court heard the ban - believed to be the longest ever meted out in Selby - was to protect the public. Philip Haigh was just over three times the drink-drive
CUTS to redundancy and retirement benefits for council workers have met with strong opposition from Unison. The public services union is meeting members to discuss action, which could include striking. City of York Council is proposing a cut in the amount
YORK City chairman John Batchelor today directed an icy blast at Wolverhampton Wanderers as the future of goalkeeper Russ Howarth was left in limbo. The England Under-20 international's future has been thrown into turmoil after Premiership giants Tottenham
A PERSONAL letter from jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman to Prime Minister Tony Blair was today being handed in at 10 Downing Street. In the letter, Ian pleads with Mr Blair to request a full legal pardon, and says he needs "urgent medical attention
Ambitious plans for a year-long push to turn York into Britain's Energy City have come to an end. Adam Nichols finds out if it took off. TWELVE months ago the remnants of an ice Minster dripped in the August sunshine, the detail melted into a slushy heap
REPORTS of flooding in Scarborough and Filey remind us of our experience of the deluge in 2000 when we had 2ft of water in our home. We were out of it for seven months. Then there was the listing of ruined possessions and dealing with the loss adjuster
YORK Theatre Royal's summer-holiday project for young people, The Selfish Giant, marks a new beginning for the theatre's education department. Since August 5, 27 theatre enthusiasts aged 12 to 20 have devised and rehearsed a new stage adaptation of the
FOR stage and screen veteran Trevor Bannister, a tour of Peter Gordon's Agatha Christie spoof Murdered To Death is another day at the office. For Shona Lindsay, actress, singer and musical star, this thriller is a new addition to her diverse CV. Next
