A NORTH Yorkshire conference is today and tomorrow debating the latest research into the needs of children with dyslexia or communication problems. The research has been carried out by experts from the University of York. More than 200 delegates were
ON the cycle ride home after interviewing Geoff Hoon, it occurred to me why governments make so many mistakes. And my realisation also explained why this particular Government is, to borrow Cherie's image, dropping balls all over the place, from hospital
LEADING defence MPs are coming to North Yorkshire to assess the county's readiness amid growing tension over terrorism and a possible war against Iraq. Westminster's powerful Defence Select Committee is to visit the army's brigade headquarters at Imphal
Policing is to cost more in North Yorkshire, but what will people get for their money? In the first part of an investigation STEPHEN LEWIS spotlights the intelligence squad SOME time early last year a crime analyst, tucked away in a small room at York
Sixties singing star Helen Shapiro is to visit York to take part in a church gospel evening. Helen, who shot to fame at the age of 14 with her hits Walking Back To Happiness, Don't Treat Me Like A Child, and You Don't Know Me, will appear at York Baptist
A SELF-EMPLOYED maintenance engineer has called on City of York Council to allow some service vehicles into the city centre during pedestrian-only hours to carry out "urgent" work. Peter Colley, 45, said access restrictions which prevent vehicles without
EBOR'S international orienteering contingent are feeling fresh after their winter break from hard training and raring to go for the new season. The new year will see senior British team runner Jenny Whitehead aiming for medals in both the Nordic Open
A NORTH Yorkshire teenager has been given the opportunity of a lifetime to help a community in Nigeria. James Callender, 19, is part of a nine-strong World Youth Millennium Awards team that will be taking part in an exchange scheme, along with nine young
ROSALIND Craven is another woman who has battled for something she believes in. She lost. Our heart goes out to her as she watches workers prepare to erect three monstrous electricity pylons on her land. As these ugly giants are built, everyone for miles
THE snow may have disappeared for the time being, but there's a snowman near Selby that refuses to melt. A 15ft tall snowman, called Lofty, is still standing outside Barff View Farm Shop, in Thorpe Willoughby. Made of bales of straw, wrapped in polythene
INVENTOR Chris Thomas has tuned into a useful musical solution for guitarists - which could earn him thousands of pounds. Chris, 39, of Bell Farm Avenue, York, who works as an engineer for a Clifton Moor firm, has created a unique device for all types
LADIES Division Two of the York Badminton League saw Pocklington entertain St John's and lose out 2-7. Lucy Smith and Lindsey Spicer were in great form for the student teachers, winning all three for 90-20 including a 7 and 4 over Sue Percival and Wendy
KEEN sportsmen from a Pickering school have raised cash in memory of a former pupil who died of a heart-related illness. Matthew Brown, Ben Brough and James Harland all completed an arduous half-marathon to raise funds for CRY, a London-based charity
RESIDENTS across North Yorkshire are to be given their chance to quiz councillors over a proposed council tax rise of nearly ten per cent. A series of drop-in sessions are to be held at libraries, when a senior member of North Yorkshire County Council
YORK MP Hugh Bayley is pressing for a change in the law to allow at least three transsexuals from the city to be granted new birth certificates. At present, the law forbids people who have changed sex from being granted a new certificate. Mr Bayley said
DEVELOPERS have submitted plans to build ten prestigious houses on the site of a recently-closed 82-year-old family business on the outskirts of York. The closure of Sykes Coaches, on December 20, has caused a major rift within the family which ran the
HAWKHILLS Emergency Planning Services College, near Easingwold, is to receive a £7 million facelift to bring it into the 21st century. Work on building a modern accommodation block, to provide 101 ensuite bedrooms, and a training centre complete with
A COLLEGE campus which closed ending more than 100 years of tradition in a North Yorkshire city is to be the site of a new university. The Ripon campus of the College of Ripon and York St John, which is part of the University of Leeds, closed in 2001
IT sounds like every parent's worst nightmare - swapping places with their children. But that's exactly what two North Yorkshire couples did when they agreed to take part in the BBC1 programme, Kids On Top. Trevor and Dawn Boswell, from Copmanthorpe,
YORK City Knights are set to play their TXU Energi Challenge Cup third-round tie against Skirlaugh at the Boulevard in Hull. It was thought the famous old ground had seen its last rugby league action in October when Hull FC played a 'farewell to the Boulevard
A YORK City supporters' pressure group is calling on fans to join their protest at the rearranged annual meeting of the owners of Bootham Crescent. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Press, the Bootham Crescent Holdings' AGM has been
WORKMEN have finally moved on to widow Rosalind Craven's land to start building three controversial pylons. Sub-contractors arrived at Home Farm, Huby, near Easingwold, yesterday, to conduct soil sampling preparatory work for a National Grid project which
Christmas has gone, but Santa is still delivering. CHRIS TITLEY talks to a romantic novelist with royal friends... IT is fair to say Santa Montefiore has connections. The author is not, she is at pains to point out, the goddaughter of Prince Charles,
Yorkshire County Cricket Club stand to make at least £400,000 from this summer's international cricket at Headingley as a result of a two-year staging agreement they are poised to sign with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Under the deal, Yorkshire
I URGE councillors to take the bull by the horns and build a stadium for York FC as Hull have done. Hull council had a windfall from Kingston Communications of £40 million; you can have yours from the sale of the Barbican to contractors. It is a prime
THANK goodness some of our hardworking 'ordinary' people are getting MBEs. Smiley-faced Geoffrey Newey is obviously a man who enjoys his work. Good on you Geoffrey and the milkman too for his dedication plus Neville and Doreen Lawrence who are two very
LOCAL support for the planned £1m redevelopment of a North Yorkshire venue is essential, organisers have said. Architects, plans to revamp Malton's Milton Rooms are almost ready to be unveiled, and members of the building's management committee hope to
Yorkshire County Cricket Club stand to make at least £400,000 from this summer's international cricket at Headingley as a result of a two-year staging agreement they are poised to sign with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Under the deal, Yorkshire
A YORK mother fighting an international custody battle over her son says she has only five days in which to travel to America if she is to stand a chance of bringing him home. Allison Williams said the future of her son, Daniel, who is seven, could be
POLICE are urging York people to help them find two young girls who have gone missing from home. Elizabeth Mary Frost, 12, and Sara Louise Gray, 16, have not been seen since January 5. The pair, both from Clifton, are known to be friends, and officers
York schools are Beverley-bound on Saturday to compete in a cross-country fixture with East Riding schools as part of their preparation for the North Yorkshire Schools' Championships to be run at Catterick the following week. Race times at Beverley are
LIBERAL Democrat councillors are calling for changes to City of York Council's gritting policy following last Saturday's ice crash chaos. Group leader Coun Steve Galloway said the issue would be raised at a council meeting on Tuesday, despite assurances
LEADING defence MPs are coming to North Yorkshire to assess the county's readiness amid growing tension over terrorism and a possible war against Iraq. Westminster's powerful Defence Select Committee is to visit the army's brigade headquarters at Imphal
TEN years in the writing, the second novel from Donna Tartt was never going to be a light little holiday read. In fact, nothing less than a six-week sabbatical would really do justice to this mighty tome. At almost 600 pages, by a writer who doesn't do
WATERSHED Productions' 50th anniversary production of Mary Norton's enchanting adventure stories is in the final week of its winter-season run at the Playhouse. Adapted for the stage by children's playwright Charles Way, the show is suitable for children
HOW do you fancy starting the New Year with a new career? The Evening Press is offering a budding reporter the chance to step into the exciting world of journalism. One lucky winner of our Write Stuff competition will win a job at the Evening Press along
A YORK primary school is looking to make maths fun, at an after-school club to be launched next week. About 30 Year 2 children from Carr Infant School, Acomb, will take part in the club on Monday evenings. They will play maths games and will be able to
THE New Year got off to a great start for four York pupils who learned they could be heading for the country's top universities. Three students from Bootham School have been offered places at Cambridge and another offered a place at Oxford. Fiona Jardine
ADULTS who wish to enter the world of education are being offered the chance to prepare for the challenge of study at York St John College. The Lord Mayor's Walk college is opening its doors to members of the public so they can join a free course that
A YORK City supporters' pressure group is calling on fans to join their protest at the rearranged annual meeting of the owners of Bootham Crescent. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Press, the Bootham Crescent Holdings' AGM has been
Interstice, a dual-winner at Southwell inside the last fortnight, can complete a hat-trick at the Nottinghamshire track tomorrow. Tony Newcombe's six-year-old goes for the second division of the betdirect.co.uk Amateur Riders' Handicap and will have the
THE cold snap that has had everyone shivering was captured in this photograph of ice over Hagg Bridge, on Pocklington Canal. This picture, taken by Evening Press staff photographer Paul Baker, shows the crisp landscape left after the snow and ice had
A NORTH Yorkshire childcare business has finally been given the go-ahead - despite being recommended for refusal by council planning officers. Karen Ellis and Claire Thornhill were granted planning permission to convert offices in Firthland Road, Pickering
JOYRIDERS who use York and North Yorkshire streets, car parks and public footpaths as racetracks could have their vehicles seized on the spot. Police have been given tough new powers to confiscate cars and motorbikes from so-called "boy racers" who are
As predicted the weekend's premier event, the Acomb Tackle York Winter League, fell foul of the floods. Although fishable by Sunday the river levels were too high to allow the event being pegged on Saturday afternoon. The spare match date of March 9 may
NATIONAL glory beckons for York's Alistair Domville after he hit the spot on the east coast. Domville, who hails from Dunnington, won gold in the annual npower Active bowls championships for people with learning and physical disabilities at Scarborough's
THE right place for a child is with its mother. This is a natural truth on which our society is built. It is not an absolute, of course. But in most cases, the bond between mother and child should be cherished and respected. Unhappily, money corrupts
THE second phase of a major scheme to ease access from York Station into the city centre will get under way this weekend. City of York Council is to start work on the footway of Station Avenue - from the traffic lights to the city walls. The work, beginning
YORK residents have the chance today to air their views on the form of a massive planned expansion of the city's university. Dozens of people are expected to attend a meeting of the university "campus three" consultation group, which will address building
A FURIOUS Selby burglary victim said today that Britain's law lords had lost touch with reality after calling for more lenient sentences for offenders. Joyce Meredith, 52, has just been burgled for the second time and says she no longer feels safe in
THE date for the North Yorkshire Police Authority's budget road show in Ryedale has been changed. In December the authority announced it would be visiting Ryedale on January 9 to hear the views of residents. However, this has now been changed to January
The Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee meets tomorrow morning at the Novotel in Fishergate, York, to discuss a number of flood defence funding issues. It is understood that items on the agenda include the levy to be paid by local authorities in
DARING York and North Yorkshire people are being given the chance to trek across a series of African mountains for charity. The Myasthenia Gravis association is organising a trek across the High Atlas Mountain of Morocco, in November, to raise cash for
Programmes at Yorkshire Television were broadcast as normal despite a bomb alert closing several roads and buildings close to its headquarters in Leeds. The alarm was raised yesterday afternoon when a bag containing what was believed to be four Second
AN alleged sex offender told a friend he had raped a woman, a jury at York Crown Court heard. Prosecution witness Lee Sutherland claimed that defendant Stuart Niven confessed to him after his victim claimed Niven had attacked her. Mr Sutherland told York
NHS bosses looking at the possibility of shutting down Malton Hospital maternity unit faced an angry crowd of people ready to fight for its survival. Members of the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust met yesterday to discuss modernising
THE weather claimed another victim today with York City's reserve team game at Darlington postponed. The Avon Insurance League match, scheduled to kick-off at 7pm, was called off earlier today with the Feethams' pitch deemed unplayable. The postponement
