YORK City Knights have secured a major coup with the signing of bulldozing front rower Rich Hayes from Hull Kingston Rovers. The York-born star was rated as the best prop of the Northern Ford Premiership last season, getting into the official "team of
PAUL Burrell is guilty - of being a simpering, forelock-tugging toady with a tiara fixation. He has made subjugation to the unworthy privileged appear a noble and dignified calling. And for that he's a folk hero. Only in Britain. No self-respecting person
British Legion has launched its annual Poppy Appeal and, on behalf of the citizens of York, I am honoured to support this most worthy cause. Last year the Poppy Appeal raised in excess of £40,000 in the York area and £20 million nationally with the money
IN response to Neil Sterio's letter (October 30), I wholeheartedly disagree with his comments about "scabs", "non-strikers" and "blacklegs". If it were not for these fine fellows who set themselves aside from socialist free-mongering, we would not have
ARE we going to see the Spencer family charged for the cost of this fiasco? Also are they to be charged with wasting police time? It is I suppose unlikely to take place, the taxpayers should not have to bear the cost. Is it one rule for the rich and one
A ROADSHOW warning residents of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty heating appliances has been launched this week. Hambleton District Council health officers will be visiting Easingwold Market Square, on Friday, from 9am until 12.30pm
A ROADSHOW warning residents of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty heating appliances has been launched this week. Hambleton District Council health officers will be visiting Easingwold Market Square, on Friday, from 9am until 12.30pm
Molly Glew has unveiled the latest in a long line of stunning works of art. The 81-year-old, from Kirkbymoorside, has created her latest masterpiece out of hundreds of matchsticks. Molly recently put the finishing touches to her newest model, which is
THREE former York College students from will be showing of their artistic talents at an exhibition in London. Marisa Schofield,of Clifton, York, Gemma Hyndman, of Selby, and Ami Willis, of Haxby, York, will be putting on the exhibition of shoe designs
A RARE and beautifully-restored wartime vehicle which made a ground contribution to the conflict in the air has gone on show at a museum near York. The Standard Motor Company 12hp light utility vehicle is on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
A TWO-DAY forum showcasing talent and innovation in the bioscience industry opened near York today. Now into its second year, the White Rose Bioscience Forum is organised by Bioscience York and the BioIndustry Association. It opened in the Central Science
FLU jabs will again be provided at a York supermarket after a recent pilot project saw the vaccinations vanish in double-quick time. Late last month more than 140 Asda customers queued up at the Monks Cross store to snap up the cut-price jabs, leaving
STAFF at the University of York have paid tribute to a first-year student who was found dead in her ensuite bathroom. Lisa Nicholls, 18, of Bradford, began a biochemistry degree at the university last month. Her body was discovered in the bathroom of
PLANS to transform an eyesore A64 garage into a gleaming fish restaurant and take-away have been rubber-stamped by York planning chiefs. The application to build the 100-seat restaurant, on the site of the Hazel Bush Filling Station, close to Sand Hutton
A COLONY of tiny amphibians look set to stand in the way of a proposed housing development near Selby. Villagers want to protect a "substantial number" of great crested newts living in Parson's Pond, off Church Street, in Church Fenton. Almost 100 letters
IT WAS a model opening for a North Yorkshire town's revamped car park, appropriately orchestrated by an icon from the era when the building was originally put up. There was relief also for car users in Harrogate, when the new Oxford Street car park was
MALTON rider Kirsty Fitzgerald followed in the successful footsteps of her trainer Heidi Simmons, when she won a Pre-Novice section at the Bishop Burton Horse Trials. Fitzgerald finished on her dressage score of 32 to take victory in a hotly contested
RULES which limit the type of tributes that mourners can place in a York remembrance garden have come under fire. Parishioners who use the Garden of Rest at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Wigginton, have been told that artificial flowers will be removed
SPOT checks on Thirsk and Northallerton taxi drivers have uncovered an alarming catalogue of offences. A total of five vehicles were immediately ordered off the road last weekend following a joint operation between Hambleton Council, police and government
VIRUS victim Simon Dyson will tomorrow haul himself from his sick bed for one final swing-fling. The North Yorkshire golf ace has vowed to give '110 per cent' to tomorrow's swansong to the season - the prestigious Volvo Masters in Spain's Andalucia region
NEW Tranmere goalkeeper Russ Howarth may get a sooner than expected chance to hook-up with some former City colleagues tonight. City's youth team are in action at Prenton Park when they take on Rovers in the second round of the FA Youth Cup, kick-off
POLICE found £600 in counterfeit notes in the bedroom of a sandwich shop owner from the Selby area, York Crown Court heard. Officers were searching the home of Simon Andrew Burbridge, of Eversley Court, Sherburn-in-Elmet, after staff at a Harrogate pub
YORK College 'A'-level student Simon Marks aims to be top of the class in Australia. He sets off Down Under later this week to represent Northern Ireland at fencing in a version of the Commonwealth Games. The 17-year-old former Clifton Preparatory and
Just who was Alan Clark? STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to the North Yorkshire man who believes he knows. ON May 16 1999, just three and a half months before he died, a despondent Alan Clark confided to his diary an outpouring of love for his wife. "Jane was so
FANS of television's The Ship, BBC2's recreation of the voyage of discovery by the 21st century crew of the replica Whitby barque, Endeavour, recreating the 1768 journey of Captain James Cook, could well find more than enough to fascinate them in this
INITIAL plans for Hungate were unveiled today, and they will raise eyebrows nearly as high as the proposed development. Talk of 720 homes being built on the ten acre site, some in blocks seven storeys high, will cause widespread concern. There are two
PUPILS at Sutton-on-the-Forest Primary School have impressed staff and parents with their imaginative donations to charity. More than 50 shoeboxes filled with gifts for underprivileged children have been handed over to charity Samaritans Purse, organisers
A MAJOR beffort to help thousands of adults banish their literacy and numeracy gremlins will be launched in York tomorrow. The North Yorkshire branch of the Learning and Skills Council is due to hold a drop-in day at York Racecourse, aimed at helping
LOTTERY grants worth thousands of pounds are set to create hundreds of new child care places in York, North and East Yorkshire. The grants are part of a £2.5 million boost from the New Opportunities Fund to create out-of-school care places in Yorkshire
THE first meeting to discuss multi-million pound plans to invest in three York schools takes place tonight. City of York Council's Education and Leisure Directorate has secured a £11.1million government commitment to upgrade school facilities at St Oswald's
AN URGENT warning was issued today after a haul of display fireworks, which are powerful enough to kill, was stolen in a Bonfire Night raid on a firm near York. The fireworks display company's managing director, Daniel Blake, also told today how the thieves
NEW Tranmere goalkeeper Russ Howarth may get a sooner than expected chance to hook-up with some former City colleagues tonight. City's youth team are in action at Prenton Park when they take on Rovers in the second round of the FA Youth Cup, kick-off
I WAS pleased to see that Mark Loveley enjoyed the Byan Ferry concert at York Barbican Centre (Letters, October 30). His is just one of many appreciative comments we have received from the audience who attended that evening. I also appreciate his frustration
IT WAS good to see that the police are going to clamp down on cyclists without lights, but are they also going to clamp down on the car drivers who don't seem to know when or what lights to use? A trip around York's northern ring road will see an amazingly
GUNS were first made in about 1350. From that date vast quantities have been produced. In the Fifties a Mr Cummins, the president of Interarmco, said that there was firearm for everyone in the world at that time. Since then the world population has increased
TRANSPORT specialist FirstGroup shrugged off economic gloom in the UK and U.S. today as it disclosed its interim turnover had nudged past £1 billion. The group, which runs trains and buses in the UK and student transportation in the U.S. and Canada, saw
POLICE have said mobile phone thefts in North Yorkshire should become "less prevalent" now mobile phone companies have agreed to switch off stolen phones. PC George Beattie, of Selby Police, said people buying phones with "dubious history" face being
A GROUND-breaking project to convert a windmill into an astronomical observatory and sky science centre is set to be turned down by councillors. Amateur astronomer John Rowland has applied to convert a Grade II listed windmill into a £100,000 planet-gazing
AS MULTI-million pound schemes to transform York District Hospital get into gear, two new "guiding lights" have been taken on to help patients and visitors find their way around the altered site. Hospital information guides Stuart Simpson and Nicola Hancy
SCORES of people are expected to pack into a tiny York pub to take part in a "Baby Beer Festival" this weekend. Organisers at the Blue Bell, in Fossgate, are predicting that so many beer fans will come to the two-day event that they have asked the council
A MUCH-LOVED former pub landlady was today celebrating her 100th birthday in York. Edith Moore, who now lives in the Westminster Nursing Home, in Osbaldwick, was enjoying a special party with family, friends, and other residents. She was born in Castleford
THE Animals Hospitals Cup fished on the Ouse below York provided one of the more memorable results from the venue in recent years, writes Darren Starkey. The dire weather saw the river close to bursting its banks and a vote was taken on whether to fish
THE owners of a North Yorkshire florist shop which was devastated by fire are appealing for customers to come forward - because their flower order book was destroyed in the blaze. Dale's florists was gutted by fire last Thursday as flames ripped through
NESTL Rowntree workers in York are voting on a third pay offer after rejecting a previous deal. Unions say the latest offer is a complex deal under which all workers would receive a lump sum in December equating to a 2.7 per cent rise for the six month-period
THE mini-exodus of players leaving Bootham Crescent looks set to continue this week with midfielder Aidan O'Kane poised for a move to the east coast. O'Kane will tomorrow link up with Scarborough, training with the Seasiders over the next ten days while
AN AMBITIOUS attaempt to tackle the issues of "doorstep crime" will be launched in North Yorkshire next week. A seminar, with top regional speakers, will discuss problems surrounding doorstep sellers. But it will focus in particular on how to tackle bogus
GOALKEEPER Russ Howarth today spoke of his delight at joining Tranmere Rovers after taking a lead from former York City favourite Dean Kiely. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Press, Howarth has moved to Prenton Park for an undisclosed
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today said it would be "a scandal" if York City was "forced out" of Bootham Crescent before it had found a new home. Mr Bayley, revealing he had teamed up with York City fans to oppose plans to redevelop the ground, has urged former
YORK'S proposed Hungate development will involve 720 new homes in buildings up to seven storeys high, it was revealed today. Developers Crosby Homes say the scheme for ten acres of semi-derelict land between Stonebow and the River Foss is of a higher
A DIVER from York who dug an injured colleague out of a collapsed undersea trench with his bare hands is to receive a national award for his bravery. Richard Fila will travel to 10 Downing Street tomorrow to receive his accolade for rescuing a fellow
YORK City Knights have secured a major coup with the signing of bulldozing front rower Rich Hayes from Hull Kingston Rovers. The York-born star was rated as the best prop of the Northern Ford Premiership last season, getting into the official "team of
A TROUBLED York train company was today snubbed by Government rail bosses, who stripped it of a lucrative franchise. Arriva Trains Northern, which has headquarters in York, has learned that it is not one of the final preferred bidders for the Transpennine
RICHARD Fila performs an act of bravery every time he clocks on. Few workers face such daily risks as a deep sea diver. Tomorrow he will be honoured at Downing Street for a very specific moment of courage. While preparing for the construction of a pipeline
