NORTON'S deputy mayor Jim Kench has appeared in court charged with indecently assaulting a woman. Kench, 78, of Sutton Street, Norton, appeared at Scarborough Magistrates' Court yesterday. The case was adjourned until Monday December 23. Kench is the
A MAN who foiled an attempted burglary was injured as he chased after the alleged offender and tackled him in the street. The man, who has not been named by police, was scratched and cut by a sharp instrument as he fought with the alleged intruder, although
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has issued a shrill document about the atrocities committed under the present Iraq regime. I have no doubt this is true, although Amnesty immediately criticised it as unbalanced and selective. It is such a crude attempt to
YORK City chairman John Batchelor is selling his Cheshire home, the Evening Press can reveal. Mr Batchelor has put his house, in Wilmslow, on the market and is looking for offers in the region of £310,000. He said the five-bedroom property, in which he
A NORTH Yorkshire village is launching the county's first joint police and Neighbourhood Watch patrol in an effort to beat crime for Christmas. The scheme will allow Watch members to patrol Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold, with the promise of police
POLICE said today they believed someone was covering up for the hit-and-run driver who knocked down York schoolgirl Katie Scales. Officers hunting the driver of a black Fiat Punto said any friend or family member keeping a secret out of misplaced loyalty
YORK CITY'S Brazilian striker Rogerio is set to join UniBond League premier division club Harrogate Town on a month's loan. He will go straight into the side against Runcorn at Wetherby Road on Saturday as skipper Robbie Whellans is suspended - if the
YORK City desperately need bumper crowds over the Christmas and New Year to help to keep the club afloat. With the club losing a massive £20,000 a week, big attendances over the next few games will help secure the club's short-term future. It is crucial
YORK City fans are being urged to congregate at the gates of Bootham Crescent on Monday as part of an unofficial protest directed at the ground's owners. The protest, organised by City fan and student Hyla Campbell, will take place as Bootham Crescent
British men are hopeless when it comes to knowing what their partners really really want for Christmas. STEPHEN LEWIS seeks some expert advice on buying clothes for the woman in your life... LET'S face it, us blokes are pretty useless when it comes to
TICKETS have gone on sale for York City Knights' first annual New Year's Eve party. The bash, in the stadium bar, starts at 7.30pm and tickets, priced £25 a head, include a carvery buffet and disco. Tickets and details are available from Leanne Cooper
YORK City Knights speedster Alex Godfrey is a doubt for the opening game of the season against former club Hull Kingston Rovers following a city centre incident in which he broke a thumb. The 24-year-old was arrested following the incident which occurred
Dick Turpin and the small boy at Joseph Rowntree's School will be interested to learn that the Americans (who else?) did consider fitting ejector seats in helicopters (Turpin Rides Again, December 7). Two methods were considered. One was that an explosive
CAN'T something be done about fireworks? After two restless nights, I mercifully fell asleep one recent Friday night only to be awakened half an hour later by the explosions of three "bangers"'! I got up and took a pill and once more was awakened just
EVERY four or five years, we are invited to take part in a General Election. At the last one we clearly forgot to read the small-print. Had we looked more carefully we would have seen a clause written in invisible ink in which Tony Blair pledged to impersonate
Loud Like Nature is a freak show. It leers, squeals, and purrs to the listener. Add N To (X), a London trio return with a compelling fourth album, following 2000's Add Insult To Injury. Their style hints at everything from hip hop to 1950s rock'n'roll
YORKSHIRE farmers and food producers were in the spotlight today as the Government unveiled a £500m cash boost for sustainable farming. Spread over the next three years, the money will go towards promoting good food practice, helping farmers expand their
THE Government minister charged with tackling homelessness in the UK today visited a York homeless hostel to witness the city's problems at first hand. Barbara Roche MP, Minister for Social Exclusion and Equality, visited the Peasholme Centre, in Peasholme
Following last month's story about pensioner Irene Bowes' "nightmare" stay on a ward, and a nurse's complaints about cleanliness at York District Hospital, Health Reporter Rosslyn Brennan hears the views of some patients who are full of praise for the
A TEAM of specialist outreach workers is on the streets of York, seeking to tackle drug misuse in the heart of communities affected by it. The workers, from York-based drugs support agency Compass, are holding regular community education sessions with
FARMERS across North and East Yorkshire have been trying their hands at "twitching" to help establish the size of the UK's bird population. More than fifty farms in North and East Yorkshire have taken part in a survey of the birds on their land this year
THE chairwoman of the inquiry into disgraced consultant Richard Neale has criticised former patients who are boycotting the hearings. Suzan Matthews QC said it was a "shame" some patients had decided not to come to a preliminary inquiry meeting in York
SHE may be one of the most influential and privileged people in the country. But, as she blinked back the tears on Tuesday, Cherie Blair was in the grip of a private dilemma which affects all parents. "My immediate instinct," said an emotional Mrs Blair
POPPLETON'S Richard Moss won the Stiga 3 Star Junior Grand Prix tournament at Accrington. He beat Nottingham's Richard Wesley 11-9 10-12 11-9 11-7 in a five-set thriller. The tournament was the fourth in a series of seven events and Moss has won the last
UPGRADING RAF Fylingdales to play a key role in U.S. plans for missile defence would involve little disruption or building work, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has said. He gave the reassurance to Ryedale MP John Greenway, who had written to him on behalf
SESSIONS 'A' are now beginning to open up a lead in division one of the Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League. Chris Nichols won all three for Sessions, who beat York RI 'A' 7-3. Nichols was also successful as his team overcame Poppleton
ASBESTOS was named as a major factor in the death of former York Carriageworks engineer Albert Appleyard at an inquest. Mr Appleyard, of Chudleigh Road, York, died from lung failure on May 12 after being admitted to York District Hospital only days earlier
HEWORTH will hope city rivals York Acorn can do them a favour on Saturday in the battle for promotion from National Conference League division two. For while Heworth entertain lowly Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks looking to get back to winning ways, Acorn
Kelly Fisher was in constant pain with tennis elbow as she beat Belgian Wendy Jans 4-1 in the PowerHouse UK Ladies Snooker Championship final at York's Barbican Centre today. Fisher, who won her 12th consecutive ranking event in retaining the UK title
NATIONAL Grid was urged today to "do the decent thing" and waive its claim for massive costs from widow Rosalind Craven. Mike O'Carroll, chairman of the anti-pylons campaign group Revolt, spoke out after Mrs Craven lost her High Court battle to stop the
A MAN told today how he was repeatedly kicked and stamped on by three would-be robbers in a vicious unprovoked attack. Michael Shilleto, from Acomb, York, was knocked unconscious, suffered severe bruising and needed stitches over his eye, following the
YORK CITY'S Brazilian striker Rogerio is set to join UniBond League premier division club Harrogate Town on a month's loan. He will go straight into the side against Runcorn at Wetherby Road on Saturday as skipper Robbie Whellans is suspended - if the
YORKSHIRE farmers and food producers were in the spotlight today as the Government unveiled a £500m cash boost for sustainable farming. Spread over the next three years, the money will go towards promoting good food practice, helping farmers expand their
YORK City desperately need bumper crowds over the Christmas and New Year to help to keep the club afloat. With the club losing a massive £20,000 a week, big attendances over the next few games will help secure the club's short-term future. It is crucial
Dozens of women were taking part today in a peace protest outside the Menwith Hill U.S spy base, near Harrogate. Campaigners from across Britain and Europe were expected to take part in the demonstration. Organisers said they were protesting about a possible
DETHRONED champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is locking his cue away till next year after his shock exit from the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York. Far from living up to his nickname of 'The Rocket' he played more like a damp squib as he tamely surrendered
A RYEDALE open garden has been awarded more than £500,000 of Lottery money, bringing in almost £1m of heritage funding to the district in the same week. Staff at Helmsley Walled Garden have announced that their £505,000 bid to restore a range of Victorian
YORK health chiefs will decide in the next few weeks whether or not to apply for Foundation Hospital status - as Health Secretary Alan Milburn heads for confrontation with Labour backbenchers over the controversial plans. Simon Pleydell, chief executive
YORK City fans are being urged to congregate at the gates of Bootham Crescent on Monday as part of an unofficial protest directed at the ground's owners. The protest, organised by City fan and student Hyla Campbell, will take place as Bootham Crescent
ROSALIND Craven had the guts to stand up for what she believed in. She took on a mighty monopoly, the National Grid, and lost. Her defeat was a blow to all who object to the giant pylons. And most North Yorkshire residents are implacably opposed to the
OUR appreciation of wine is like our love of art, it seems. We know little about either, but we know what we like. Oz Clarke's attempts to educate us about everything from the loam levels of a vineyard's soil to the plummy notes of a ros's bouquet have
NOTHING here to surprise - just Jools and his big band doing what they do, blasting out a dancing wall of sound. This is a second volume of Small World Big Band, which astonishingly sold 700,000 copies. There are 22 tracks in all, from the uplifting Together
"This is who we are and nothing's going to change us," Sum 41 frontman Bizzy D sings on Thanks For Nothing. He is clearly a man of his word. The "if it isn't broke don't fix it" philosophy has been followed to the letter on this latest offering from the
JUNKIES of the Cowboy Junkies will recall an earlier compilation, Studio, Selected Studio Recordings 1986-1995, initially an import-only release in 1986. Nine of its 14 tracks re-appear among the 17 here on a retrospective with a narrower focus, taking
LEGENDARY rock guitarist Gary Moore returns from a bout of the blues to his roots and, like the title of the album, he bares his soul and his towering talents with something a few riffs short of a musical masterpiece. This is gut-wrenching, twisted rock
YOU reported about 3,000 new jobs being created at the Science Park near Monks Cross, York. (December 10). There was a time when new jobs on this scale would have been welcomed in the city, but now I am not so sure. Three thousand new jobs means housing
THANK you for publicising the chefs charity calendar (Evening Press, December 4). I should also like to thank David Rose and Kenny Noble from the Blue Bicycle and our events officer Liz Topi who came up with the idea (over a glass of very nice wine, I
Mr Bastin is right to once again highlight the perceived "parking problem" in York, and the success of park-and-ride (December 9). However, do we really have a "parking problem"? Last June Coun Merrett said that, on an average weekday, city centre car
BY seeking to ban horse tethering, the RSPCA is arranging the demise of a whole social group (December 2). Without mobility, horse-drawn travellers will cease to be and another traditional way of life will be obliterated. This is accidental Fascism. Richard
A WOMAN and two young boys died in a head-on crash on an East Yorkshire road. The accident also left a three-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man in hospital with serious injuries. All five were in the same car. Police said the 28-year-old woman, the four-year-old
BENEFIT books are being phased out between 2003 and 2005. They are to be replaced by direct payments to banks, building societies or post offices to help combat fraud. As I understand it, you just tick a box on a form to arrange payment to a bank or building
WE were delighted to read Graeme Robertson's review of the York Theatre Royal Caf Bar (November 30) and would like to reassure customers there is indeed a wheelchair lift to the raised level. We also would like customers to know that The Studio, our popular
YORK City Knights have pulled off one of the biggest coups in the National League with the capture of former Great Britain international Lee Jackson. It is one of the most notable signings in York rugby league's modern history and underlines yet again
DETHRONED champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is locking his cue away till next year after his shock exit from the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York. Far from living up to his nickname of 'The Rocket' he played more like a damp squib as he tamely surrendered
WE were all so very disappointed on Saturday to get knocked out of the FA Cup. If you get outplayed and beat in the right manner then you can accept it. But we did everything possible against Brentford and in the second half chucked just about everything
Dozens of women were taking part today in a peace protest outside the Menwith Hill U.S spy base, near Harrogate. Campaigners from across Britain and Europe were expected to take part in the demonstration. Organisers said they were protesting about a possible
AN eyesore branded "Beirut" by York residents could have its future sealed next week. Sanderson House, in Chapelfields, Acomb, is expected to be torn down after City of York Council planners meet. The three-storey building, which used to house shops and
PASSENGERS using GNER trains are now twice as likely to suffer delays than when the Labour Government came to power five years ago, it was claimed today. New figures released by the Liberal Democrats show 30.9 per cent of trains suffered delays of ten
A PUB regular has given his American drinking pals a blazing send-off - by spelling out a goodbye message in Christmas lights. Chris Harkus has put up the illuminations outside his house in Hamilton Drive, York, as a farewell gesture to Tom and Robin
GENEROUS pensioners in York have raised bags of cash for the city's cycling paramedic. The group of women, who meet at St Sampson's Social Centre, in Church Street, every Tuesday, have been saving their small change for Life-Cycle paramedic Mark Inman
THE mother of a York woman who committed suicide after battling with ME for years has praised a new service which could provide a lifeline for other sufferers. Sheila Barry, whose daughter, Carli, died in February 2000, said the new online discussion
THE future of a former school should be settled in the public eye, say Liberal Democrat councillors. Future options for land occupied by Shipton Street Infant School, York, which closed in July this year, will be discussed by the City of York Council's
SCHOOL is not all about classrooms and homework, as a group of students from three Ryedale schools found out. More than 60 pupils, aged 14 and 15, from Malton, Norton and Lady Lumley's, in Pickering, headed to a science, technology, engineering and maths
AN AMBITIOUS project to write a detailed history of the thousand-year-old market town of Kirkbymoorside is in line to coincide with the 750th anniversary of the granting of its market and fair charter. Each Thursday, a team of local stalwarts and historians
A YORK inquest heard how a 24-year-old woman's battle with depression ended with her eventual death. Victoria Hodge, of Foss Way, York, was found dead by her best friend, Regina Johnson, of Acomb, on June 3, after she had failed to contact anyone over
TEACHERS at two York secondary schools are switching to two-wheeled power for their daily business. The pool bike scheme, launched by City of York Council, is providing the schools with two new bicycles for staff use. The bikes, leased by Cycle Heaven
FIVE swimmers from York City Baths Club came away from the South Yorkshire Open Masters at Ponds Forge in Sheffield with a total of ten gold medals and one bronze. The quintet took a medal from each of the 11 races they entered, with Tim Redman leading
A COUPLE are appealing for help after £20,000-worth of equipment was stolen from a locked farm shed. Digby and Jill Machin, who run Gate Helmsley Strawberries, near York, discovered the theft at the weekend, and are desperate for anyone who may have seen
WATCHDOGS have placed City of York Council among the best of Britain's local authorities. In its first Comprehensive Performance Assessment, released today by the Audit Commission, the council was given a "Good" rating. Only a handful were marked excellent
TICKETS have gone on sale for York City Knights' first annual New Year's Eve party. The bash, in the stadium bar, starts at 7.30pm and tickets, priced £25 a head, include a carvery buffet and disco. Tickets and details are available from Leanne Cooper
FIVE wards at York District Hospital today remained closed to new admissions, although no new cases of winter vomiting virus have been reported. Fifty-five patients and nine members of staff are still suffering symptoms of the virus, which first struck
Yetton Trophy defending champions York beat Ryedale 76-52 thanks to Linda Harrison, Melanie Brooke, Joyce Chelin and Norma Reed losing only four ends at Ryedale as they overwhelmed Pam Bayes' team 27-6. Pat Napier, Trish Harrison, June Clayton and Dot
FANCY dressing up as a flamenco dancer or a 1920s flapper for this festive party season? Then visit the St Leonard's Hospice Shop in Acomb, where your fancy dress hire fees will go towards the cost of running the hospice in Tadcaster Road. The shop, in
YORK City Knights speedster Alex Godfrey is a doubt for the opening game of the season against former club Hull Kingston Rovers following a city centre incident in which he broke a thumb. The 24-year-old was arrested following the incident which occurred
Oaklands School in York will be completely closed tomorrow to allow emergency repairs to the heating system to continue. All pupils are now being asked to stay away. Any parents with serious problems about having their children at home over the next few
YORK City Knights have pulled off one of the biggest coups in the National League with the capture of former Great Britain international Lee Jackson. It is one of the most notable signings in York rugby league's modern history and underlines yet again
