RACHEL WILLIS, the York girl best known as Connie in a series of TV internet adverts, has been mugged in a terrifying street attack. The model daughter of Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Phil Willis was kicked and punched in the face as she walked home
HOUSE price booms seem like good news to the house owner sitting on what they perceive as their own mini gold mine. Yet rocketing prices leave victims too, especially in the over-heated south east. In the complicated picture of winners and losers, York
Yorkshire's visit to Taunton in the County Championship today marked the beginning of a fortnight long Southern tour which could make or break their season. And while Yorkshire were getting to grips with Somerset, Darren Gough was to make his comeback
YORK City supremo John Batchelor has revealed he is considering installing an artificial playing surface at the Minstermen's future home. And the new City chairman's hopes of selling 1,500 season tickets for the next campaign are on track following a
TEACHERS and governors in York are being asked for their views on proposals for an annual 'Oscars-style' event to celebrate the work of schools. The idea, from Patrick Scott, education director at the City of York Council, is contained in a new "local
TEACHERS and pupils at Easingwold School are mourning the death of one girl and praying for the recovery of another after the two pupils were involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Marie Stebbings, 16, of Carlton Husthwaite, died when the motorcycle
WASTE not want not, so the saying goes - but one Ryedale GP has taken recycling a step further. Visitors to Dr Clive Diggory's home in Amotherby might think the knocker on the front door a bit unusual. But not many realise what they've actually got hold
EUROPE Minister Peter Hain today threw a diplomatic lifeline to convicted plane spotter Andy Jenkins. In an exclusive interview, he said the 32-year-old had been "plunged into a nightmare." Mr Hain pledged to highlight his plight at next week's meeting
North Yorkshire racing trainer Mark Johnston has criticised the Vodafone Derby rules. Johnston's colt Fight Your Corner won the Victor Chandler Chester Vase at Chester yesterday, but will not be in this year's Epsom Derby. Middleham-based Johnston is
HEART attack victims across North Yorkshire have received a major boost - thanks to the National Lottery. Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service is being provided with 50 extra ECG monitors with defibrillators, which are used to treat heart
HARROGATE RUFC''S path towards Yorkshire Cup glory will be blocked by one of their former favourites in tonight's semi-final at Otley. Peter Clegg, a product of York RI colts, captained the Claro Road side to the Cup in 1981, while in 1991 and 1992 he
A SCHOOLBOY arsonist flicked a lit cigarette end, sparking a major fire that caused an estimated £30,000 damage to a York supermarket, a court heard. York Youth Court was told how the teenager had piled up wooden pallets and plastic bags against the back
Seam bowler Andy Caddick took it out on Yorkshire today as he warmed up nicely for next week's first Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's, writes David Warner. While his England colleague Darren Gough was making his comeback for Yorkshire
RESIDENTS in the west of York are petitioning to stop "rat-running" through their street. Householders in Wilton Rise claim motorists are causing havoc by cutting through to jump queuing traffic along Holgate Road. Petition organiser Brian Bevan, who
POLICE stormed a York house after a two-year-old boy was held hostage for more than three hours. Officers, including specially-trained shield teams, moved into Lincoln Street, off Leeman Road, at 9.18pm yesterday after a man kicked in the door of a house
ONE-TIME York City goalkeeping great Dean Kiely is gunning for an Arsenal demise in tonight's Premiership title decider. Kiely's motive for wishing a reverse upon the new FA Cup holders who go to Premiership arch-adversaries Manchester United at Old Trafford
DARRYLL Holland will be making doubly sure that he rides my Nap selection Island House all the way to the line in tomorrow's Huxley Stakes at Chester. Twelve months ago horse and jockey appeared to have this race in the bag, but Holland made the error
AS a father of two daughters, I support wholeheartedly the belief of Alan and Marjorie Stuttle - who are among my best friends - that young people should be allowed to follow their dreams. The fight of our lives comes in preventing the world from stealing
I WAS very impressed by Chief Supt Lacy's article on 'Crime in this city' (Evening Press, May 3), his honest way of putting it across and the many ways neighbourhoods can contribute and work with community groups and the police. Crime affects us all.
Your report about civil naming ceremonies ('Finlay gets his name', May 6) was slightly inaccurate. Civil ceremonies of all descriptions are not new to York, representatives of the British Humanist Association having been carrying them out for a number
MEMORIES of the York Blitz flooded back to me while reading York's Darkest Hour. I remember especially my dad's level-headed courage during the Baedeker Raid. Since studying your moving tribute, I admire more than ever the bravery, common sense and good
TONY Blair is very brave by sending British boys anywhere there is trouble. Now they are going into the Middle East, we should be thankful he wasn't around when the Vietnam war was raging. D Charlton, Cornlands Road York Updated: 10:56 Wednesday, May
YORK City supremo John Batchelor has revealed he is considering installing an artificial playing surface at the Minstermen's future home. And the new City chairman's hopes of selling 1,500 season tickets for the next campaign are on track following a
MANOR School needed a penalty shoot-out to finally see-off Tadcaster Grammar in the first-ever York St John's College U12 League Cup final. The game had finished at 3-3 after extra time, but Manor kept their cool to eventually lift the trophy thanks to
STEPHEN LEWIS meets a woman who believes in the right to be able to die with dignity FOR most people, it's probably hard to imagine what life must be like for Diane Pretty, the 43-year-old with advanced motor neurone disease who last week had her plea
Seam bowler Andy Caddick took it out on Yorkshire today as he warmed up nicely for next week's first Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's, writes David Warner. While his England colleague Darren Gough was making his comeback for Yorkshire
DAVID Kenworthy is to retire as Chief Constable of North Yorkshire later this year. Mr Kenworthy said he had originally been appointed for five years, and although the Police Authority had offered him an additional two years, he had always intended to
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was seriously injured after falling nearly 15 feet through a skylight while playing on the roof of a York school. The incident comes only weeks after nearly identical incidents left two teenagers lucky to be alive in Selby, and a 13
A YORK woman who twice gave evidence in court that she had been raped - only for both trials to collapse - could not face going in to the witness box for the third time. On two separate occasions, the woman underwent cross-examination after telling juries
A SONG writing duo has penned an anthem for deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. York poet Adrian Spendlow and musician Dan Webster wrote the song after reading about the 51-year-old's imprisonment in an Indian jail. Their support comes as an Evening Press
Deaf charity worker Ian Stillman, who is in jail in India on drugs charges, has lost his right to appeal. A judge in India's Supreme Court decided today not to grant him leave to appeal against his 10-year sentence imposed in June last year for the alleged
WHEN community can seem a forgotten word, it is good to see the residents of Wilton Rise coming together. These York residents say their lives are being blighted by "rat-running" drivers who use the street as a short cut. They have united to sign a petition
SORRY. For a moment there I came over all faint. I think I was about to say I agreed with Alan Milburn. It's not the kind of thing you admit to lightly. For some reason, just the sound of the well-groomed New Labour health secretary's smarmy voice is
YORK City chairman John Batchelor is continuing his quest to rescue crisis-hit ITV Digital but admits time is of the essence. As reported in the Evening Press, the City supremo is heading a consortium hoping to acquire the company from co-owners Carlton
ADULTS wanting to go "back to school" are about to be spoiled for choice as schools and colleges go out of their way to attract new part-time students. For the next two months, venues from pubs to primary schools are to be used to whet the appetites of
A FORMER pupil has claimed that a housemaster strangled him into unconsciousness as he sexually abused him at a now-closed North Yorkshire residential school. The alleged victim, now aged 36, told a jury that he turned to staff member Anver Daud Sheikh
John Haw won the Carpvale open angling match on Sunday with a level 39lb. Drawn to fish from peg 11 he began on the method feeder with maggot, but after landing a carp early in the match his peg 'died'. Out of desperation he tried a near line with corn
ONE of the most successful regattas in York City Rowing Club's recent history was held on the Ouse on Saturday, with a record entry from the midlands to the north. More than 230 crews entered but this had to be reduced to 180 because of time constraints
A HEARTRENDING TV advertising campaign has been launched by Martin House Hospice to highlight the loss facing parents of terminally ill children. TV presenter Angela Rippon offered her services free to do the voiceover in the advert for the Boston Spa
DRIVERS at beleaguered rail firm Arriva Trains Northern have been shamed as among the worst in the country for passing red signals. New figures from the Railway Safety group reveal that Arriva drivers have an appalling SPAD record. SPADs, or Signals Passed
A NORTH Yorkshire theme park has been told to paint a white knuckle ride white because the existing colour scheme is causing nearby residents to see red. The 55-metre high Cliff Hanger at Flamingo Land was painted with red and white stripes when it was
YORK City chairman John Batchelor is continuing his quest to rescue crisis-hit ITV Digital but admits time is of the essence. As reported in the Evening Press, the City supremo is heading a consortium hoping to acquire the company from co-owners Carlton
A POCKLINGTON teenager who sparked a police search after going missing from her home has been found safe and well in York. Leanne Ball, 17, went missing last Thursday after being seen in Stamford Bridge. The alarm was raised when she failed to arrive
A SONG writing duo has penned an anthem for deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. York poet Adrian Spendlow and musician Dan Webster wrote the song after reading about the 51-year-old's imprisonment in an Indian jail. Their support comes as an Evening Press
A YORK manufacturer looks set for a mammoth jobs and profits boom after a Government minister said its modular homes could help solve Britain's housing crisis. Yorkon, which makes homes piece-by-piece at its Huntington factory, then rapidly assembles
A STILTWALKER showed York parents how scary it is to be hit by someone twice your size today as part of a new children's charity campaign. Street performer Jane Earnshaw was highlighting the launch of the NSPCC's Full Stop campaign to try to reduce the
READERS may have seen the NSPCC Full Stop campaign asking people to take more action to help the hidden victims of child cruelty. A new TV ad shows a cartoon child 'bouncing back' from abuse until he turns into a real child lying motionless on the floor
WRITE in response to the seemingly endless negative letters concerning the proposed moving of the city archive. A touch of mature reflection and a bit of common sense is called for. Let's look at a few of the advantages of moving it to Heslington... -
I AM compiling my family tree and ask your readers to help me to find relatives of my uncle, Reginald Booth, who was born between 1900 and 1910 in Manchester. The family home was in the Openshaw area of Manchester and he had four brothers and two sisters
The success of racists such as Le Pen in France and the election of three BNP councillors at Burnley must teach us all an important lesson. Democracy is a fragile and precious thing. We have had universal suffrage in this country for less than one hundred
HONOURS were spread around at the York Schools' Chess Championship at St Olave's School with Manor, Dringhouses and Clifton Green all winning team awards. There were four main events - an Under-9s, Under-11s and Under-14s, as well as a beginners event
CHRIS TITLEY catches up with a very mobile author MAGGIE O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland, spent ten years in Wales and then her family moved to Scotland when she was 12. "I think my parents were terrified about setting foot in England," she said
