The man who inspired York mother Rebecca Scotter to seek alternative treatment for her autistic daughter Rachael is to visit Britain next month. Raun Kaufman tells ROSSLYN BRENNAN why he is determined to change people's attitudes to autism RAUN Kaufman's
A 21-YEAR-OLD man today appeared before York Crown Court on charges relating to a forklift vehicle that was involved in a police chase through the streets of York. Raymond Anthony Wilson, of no fixed address, is accused of taking the vehicle without consent
CHECKS on up to 7,000 school staff will not be completed by the start of term, the Home Office admitted today. But schools in the Evening Press region are still to open as planned at the start of term even though hundreds of checks have still not been
A RAIL link between York, Haxby and Strensall should be running in three years. Members attending a City of York Council Transport Scrutiny Board meeting next week will be told that the two new rail stations will be constructed by the summer of 2005.
BEFORE we get carried away, let's first remember the war has not yet been won. There are still a few more battles to be overcome. The £75,000 so far raised does ensure the new York City RL club will be allowed into the Rugby Football League come next
STEVE Ferres was to contact the Rugby Football League today to rubber-stamp York City Rugby League Club's application to join the league next season. Ferres, the chief executive of the new club, was seeking talks with the RFL's financial director, Nigel
York's slump in form continued yesterday when they crashed to an eight-wicket Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League defeat to the Yorkshire Academy, writes John Herbert. Minus regular opening pair Stephen Piercy and Simon Mason, they struggled
THERE is no racing in Yorkshire tomorrow, but no rest for hungry local jockeys as they seek opportunities further afield. Robert Winston heads to Yarmouth and can be rewarded with a win on Bezwell's Guest in the Damgate Handicap over one and three-quarter
YORK'S two National Conference League division two clubs earned a superb double over Cumbrian opposition on Saturday. While York Acorn hammered Millom 44-0 at home, Heworth turned over title favourites Wath Brow Hornets 18-16 on their own turf in a wonderful
North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson returned to more consistent form in the BMW International Open played in Munich. The Malton and Norton Golf Club star shot a ten-under four-round total of 278 (70 67 71 70) to finish in the prize money. The winner was
A YORK woman whose nine-year-old niece was murdered by a paedophile killer is calling for people to join her in a show of solidarity in the city. Gillian Chambers's niece, Nicola Fellows, and her best friend, Karen Hadaway, ten, were abducted in Brighton
AN EVENT which had to be postponed due to the wet weather chaos earlier this month finally took place in York this weekend. The organisers of the fundraising Party at the Palace deemed it dry enough to reopen the gates at Bishopthorpe Palace on Saturday
North Yorkshire sidecar ace Steve Webster rocketed home to another comfortable victory in a two-part 22-lap thriller at Oschersleben, Germany to bolster his slim hopes of regaining the World Championship, as he recorded his 50th race win. It was a second
THE outgoing York Cemetery warden today defended his record in the job, and said cemetery rules and regulations were necessary to ensure "proper uniformity and effective preservation." Hugh Goudge, who has been cemetery warden for three-and-a-half years
YORK City chairman John Batchelor today accused council chiefs of stalling over the club's new stadium plans. Mr Batchelor said he has been waiting for more than a month for City of York Council officers to get back to him about his plans to give the
YORK City boss Terry Dolan woke up to that top of day feeling. Not only was he able to hail the fighting spirit that has catapulted his side to second place in Division Three after their 2-1 win at Swansea, he was also able to celebrate being named the
DOZENS of villagers rushed to a farm when a blaze ripped through a barn and surrounding buildings. Eight fire tenders attended the fire at Grange Farm, Spaunton, near Kirkbymoorside, where firefighters struggled to control it because of difficulties getting
SHOULD he or shouldn't he? As the debate about the presence of the father at the birth of a baby rages on, my husband happened to tune into a discussion on the issue on the radio (Woman's Hour, his favourite after The Archers). "Surely men have a right
REGARDING the debate on speed humps in York, I would say that speed humps are a blessing compared to the counter-productive chicanes that are in use in places such as Huntington Road and Heslington. The chicanes in Heslington cause four-way traffic jams
SOME will remember when Percy Simmons was just a local builder but many more will wonder how Percy Simmons became one of the country's leading house builders (August 27). Richard Lamb, Greystoke Road, York. Updated: 10:35 Monday, September 02, 2002
AMBITIOUS plans to open railway stations at Haxby and Strensall were announced in 1997. The first, at Haxby, could be up and running by the year 2000, we were told. Those were heady times. A new Government, full of promises on public transport investment
MANY doubted they could do it. But those determined to resurrect professional rugby league in York raised the £75,000 they needed by the August 31 deadline - with hours to spare. Tadcaster brewer John Smith's deserves the thanks of every York sports fan
ANOTHER win, the first away from home this season, and another ringing endorsement of the never-say-die attitude now running through this York City team. On the rack after Swansea grabbed a second-half equaliser, a betting man would have wagered a considerable
Matthew Elliott became a hero at Lord's on Saturday with a stunning unbeaten century which saw Yorkshire win the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy after soundly beating holders Somerset. But the Aussie was not the only star on a glorious day on which Yorkshire
Edwina Rapley took cancer in her stride. Now she tells JO HAYWOOD why she is striding out for cancer research THE night before Edwina Rapley found a lump in her breast she was tap dancing on stage in the musical 42nd Street. "That's how unwell I felt,
Q I have recently been diagnosed with sciatica, could osteopathy help? A Yes. Osteopaths treat patients with this condition nearly every day. Sciatica is a term used to describe the symptoms of pain radiating down the back of the leg, often associated
CHECKS on up to 7,000 school staff will not be completed by the start of term, the Home Office admitted today. But schools in the Evening Press region are still to open as planned at the start of term even though hundreds of checks have still not been
A POST OFFICE boss today told of the terrifying moment a raider burst in and demanded cash from a member of staff. The robber was armed with a baseball bat, which he smashed on to a till at the Rufforth Post Office, near York. But he was thwarted after
ANY of these boys strike a chord? They were doing just that in York's pubs and clubs back in the city's swinging Sixties. Some of the city's guitar heroes only knew the one chord when they started off, but regular gigs on the circuit soon polished their
YORK City boss Terry Dolan woke up to that top of day feeling. Not only was he able to hail the fighting spirit that has catapulted his side to second place in Division Three after their 2-1 win at Swansea, he was also able to celebrate being named the
Aussie Travis Borlace produced one of his best performances of the season to help Clifton Alliance inflict a 23-run defeat on Heworth to deny the latter's chance of claiming the runners-up spot. Borlace firstly hit his best league score of 90 as he and
Sessay hit top spot in division one for the first time when they closed the promotion hatch on Duncombe Park with a convincing eight-wicket win. Sessay now lead second-placed Driffield by six points and are a further eight points ahead of long-time leaders
Stamford Bridge are virtually certain of taking the division two honours and claiming an immediate return to division one as they have a 29-point advan-tage over Tadcaster Magnet, who are also sure of promotion. Entertaining Harrogate, Stamford saw Rupert
Sewerby are first time winners after capturing the division three championship in their first year in the York League. The East Coast side - who had a scary day at Heworth where the hosts almost pulled off a win before having to accept the worst of a
Huntington were dismissed for less than 100 against Huby and their defeat saw them slip to their lowest-ever position in the York League with relegation from division four. Huntington's batsmen had no answer to Paul Moore (6-19) in an all out score of
Bolton Percy recorded their highest total of the year when they made 199-8 in a 24-run defeat of Selby - but they are still certain to fill the relegation slot in division five. They could be accompanied into the basement by their opponents if Selby's
Hovingham, who have led division six for much of the season, have handed the title to New Earswick after falling to a dismal defeat at Wilberfoss. Hovingham were all out for 95 as Steve Cooper took 3-22. James Crawford hit 41no and 62-year-old Dave Hollingsworth
A VILLAGER has hit out at North Yorkshire Police after he was unable to get through to a telephone operator to inform them of a group of men acting suspiciously late at night. Haulage driver Simon Atkinson, 36, of Tollerton, has criticised the force after
Evening Press, the racehorse owned by a syndicate of Evening Press readers, finished 11th out of 18 starters in the Roger Murray 'Lifetime in Racing' Selling Handicap Stakes over one-mile and two furlongs at Ripon on Saturday. The horse, trained by Tim
THE anniversary of the air battle which saved Britain from the clutches of Hitler was celebrated in fine style at a museum near York. In the largest gathering of veterans and Royal Air Force Association members in the region, hundreds turned out at the
Victorious captain Richard Blakey was unstinting in his praise of Australian ace Matthew Elliott after Yorkshire's emphatic C&G Trophy triumph over Somerset to land their first one-day trophy in 15 years, writes David Warner. "Darren Lehmann would
THE father of York ecstasy victim Thomas Staniforth was outraged today by a new report claiming that the drug may not be dangerous. Three psychologists, Dr Jon Cole, Harry Sumnall and Professor Charles Grob, strongly criticised animal and human studies
LITTLE Regan Barker has never been able to eat proper food because of a severe reaction to the taste, sight and smell of everyday meals. Now the York parents of the four-year-old are hoping for a miracle solution which will allow their son to develop
A FORMER museum which has remained empty despite a number of conversion plans may finally be reopened as a snooker club. The former Museum Of Automata, in Tower Street, has remained empty over the past few years despite pub chain JD Wetherspoon submitting
STEVE Ferres was to contact the Rugby Football League today to rubber-stamp York City Rugby League Club's application to join the league next season. Ferres, the chief executive of the new club, was seeking talks with the RFL's financial director, Nigel
HUNDREDS of York City fans took advantage of a unique opportunity to get a close-up look inside the walls of Bootham Crescent. The doors of the club were thrown open to supporters yesterday, when City hosted its first open day. Supporters sang the praises
VILLAGERS and councillors have kicked up a stink over a composting site which they claim uses rotting chicken pieces and waste fluid. Quantum Waste Management Ltd, of Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, has applied to Selby District Council for planning permission
Norwich Union, leaders of the first division of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League, took an important stride towards achieving their first-ever championship when beating third-placed York by eight wickets. They do, however, need to win their
I DO not care who distorted the clear, clean image of the Kilburn White Horse, or who vandalised the roundabouts of York's outer ring road with its slogans - be it the Countryside Alliance or the real CA. But the sickening image, shown recently on television
YORK already has a bus station, interchange and place where commuters can catch buses ('Bus station for York idea is terminated', August 26). Since the bus company took over part of the railway offices, buses are regularly abandoned, sorry parked, in
WHEN we voted for the Common Market people didn't really know what we were voting for. Now we know after 40 years that it means one state, one currency, one passport. But what will happen when these Eastern European countries join? All these asylum seekers
YOU report that Al Monkman came under attack while over Serb positions in the F-117 Night Hawk. As they only fly at night and are invisible to RADAR could you explain how the Serbs could target his plane? K Barnes, North View, Catterton. Updated: 10:35
