NO MATTER what I've said about women in the past, I reckon we don't give them credit where it's due. Make no mistake about it, behind every successful man there is a determined woman, planning, scheming and organising. While men have just mastered the
AS SHOULD be apparent from the above, the Education Secretary has a lot on his plate. Perhaps he needs the long Parliamentary recess. Charles Clarke was suffering from a sense of direction failure in the House of Commons. During a debate he referred to
WHEN Renault launched its Scenic in 1996 the French manufacturer must have known that it was creating an headache for itself. It was the first compact multi-purpose vehicle or people carrier of its size, no other manufacturer had anything like it. The
NOTE that title. Hulk, not The Hulk, and there is nothing definitive about Ang Lee's unhappy marriage of wintry arthouse and summer blockbuster. Hulk is a huge disappointment, a dull thud of a sci-fi folly already plummeting at the American box office
THE Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League Under-21 side missed out on reaching the White Rose Trophy final for the first time when they were outplayed by the Halifax League at Old Town. A York victory would have set up a home game with the Yorkshire
EASINGWOLD had a fairly comfortable passage into the semi-finals of the Hunters York Premier Cup when they beat Pickering by 22 runs despite a fine spell of bowling by Charlie Marwood, who took 5-27. A second wicket stand of 75 between Martin Piercy (
NOISY go-kart engines rumbling through a North Yorkshire village could soon be quietened after efforts to drown the din were strongly backed by councillors. Julian Sturdy, Harrogate borough councillor for Marston Moor ward, tabled a notice of motion calling
York Royal Naval Association has thanked a police band for stepping in to help out when members of the company of HMS York exercised their freedom of the city. Association spokesman Bernard Hallas said that a Royal Marine band had originally been asked
A SELBY man punched his mother after a night of drinking with friends, a court was told. The town's magistrates heard that Craig Maughan, 20, of Charles Street, Selby, returned home after drinking in town with friends. Jane Pattison, mitigating, said
A SELBY businessman has been jailed for three months for dishonestly receiving stolen computer equipment. Karl Wayne Ritchards, 32, of Woodville Terrace, Selby, denied the offence, but was convicted at Selby Magistrates Court at an earlier trial hearing
SELBY magistrates have imposed a restraining order on a man who assaulted and harassed his ex-girlfriend. Martin Christopher Thompson, of Finkle Hill, Sherburn-in-Elmet, harassed Margaret Fryer, between April 29 and May 3, after their two-and-a-half year
A YORK businessman struck by the story of a homeless man mugged for £80 only weeks after having all his clothes stolen has stepped in to help change his luck. Terry Smith, who runs the Classic Cutz Barber Shop, in Fourth Avenue, Tang Hall, said an Evening
SCHOOL caretaker Elsie King will be hanging up her broom and donning a posh frock for her latest job. Mrs King, who has worked at Foston Primary School, near Malton, for more than 30 years, has been invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace for her
A North Yorkshire vicar-cum-author, the Reverend Graham Taylor, will be signing copies of his best-selling book, Shadowmancer, at the WH Smith store at Monks Cross, York, on Saturday, between 1pm and 3pm. He will be giving away two copies of his rare
New Earswick All Blacks Rugby League Club under-8s gave the best performance they have ever produced only to lose by 11 tries to six to Fryston Juniors. The All Blacks youngsters were impressive in defence against a hard-hitting team. Sam Gell was All
THE Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League Under-21 side missed out on reaching the White Rose Trophy final for the first time when they were outplayed by the Halifax League at Old Town. A York victory would have set up a home game with the Yorkshire
BAILIFFS moved in today to evict a group of peace-campaigning squatters from a disused York pub. The squatters set up home in the Gimcrack pub, in Fulford Road, in late May. They had earlier been evicted from the White Swan Hotel, in Piccadilly. Today
YOUNG Jack Scarce has just completed seven years at school without a day off - as a tribute to the dad he idolised. Jack, 11, was devastated when his father, Malcolm, collapsed and died from a massive heart attack at the age of 42. Mr Scarce, a well-known
A FORMER RAF policeman and factory employee has denied forcing two women into having sex with his father. Philip Nigel Coates, 46, claimed that he never watched the younger woman having sexual intercourse with his father, Raymond Coates, or took pornographic
THE woman at the helm of York's libraries is leaving to take up a prestigious regional post. Annie Mauger, head of libraries and heritage with City of York Council, will be the new chief executive of the Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The Environment Agency stepped in to help this week after the warden of a North Yorkshire wildlife pond spotted unwanted guests. The squatters were two fish that had been put into the pond illegally and were causing a lot of damage to the resident wildlife
BAY Horse 'A' recorded an emphatic win at Howden Arms to open up an 18-point lead at the top of the York Phoenix Open League division one. Paul Cooper closed on 21, while Steve Burton prevented a Howden whitewash. Mount 'A's Chris Manners opened their
YORK City headed to their Staffordshire pre-season training camp two trialists lighter today after player-manger Chris Brass sharpened his axe. Heading out of the Bootham Crescent exit door were former Leeds United and Huddersfield left-back Gareth Evans
THERE was a nail-biting finish to the Edward Readman Trophy quarter-final game at Clifton Park when former Ridings League rivals York and Scarborough fought out a tense dual. York progressed to the last four on the basis of losing fewer wickets. The home
TORRENTIAL rain left a number of North Yorkshire households recovering from flash flooding today. And an important East Yorkshire-based cricket match was abandoned after yesterday's heavy rain soaked the pitch. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
AFTER two scorchingly hot days and a batting feast provided by both sides, the Yorkshire v Lancashire second XI championship game at Stamford Bridge was brought to an abrupt end by the weather. With water still standing on parts of the ground, the match
YORK Cricket Club put their title credentials on the line this weekend with a double-header that could shape their season. Nigel Durham's side have been the surprise package in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League this season. But his emerging
THE first meeting of York's teenagers' scrutiny panel has been called a success. The panel, set up to make contact with York's younger residents and find out what leisure facilities they want to challenge the "nothing to do" culture, held its first meeting
THE University of York's new £25 million Bioscience building was officially unveiled today by Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation. Its state-of-the-art laboratories will research several different fields of biology, including cancer research
AN obelisk at Castle Howard, a gatehouse at Bolton Percy and a warehouse at Selby all joined a register of buildings at risk from decay and neglect today. But other North Yorkshire buildings, including a church in York, came off the register after successful
THE Treasury has been urged to give tax breaks to the supporters trust running cash-strapped York City FC. The plea was made by City MP Hugh Bayley in a Westminster meeting with Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo yesterday. Labour MP Mr Bayley pointed out
THE University of York's huge new campus would be environmentally-friendly and in a beautiful parkland setting, under new plans unveiled today. The draft development brief, subject to consultation and possible change, is aimed at continuing the university's
POLICE are hunting a thief who snatched a woman's handbag from the back of her baby's pram as she browsed in a York store. The incident happened in Clinton Cards, Coney Street, yesterday at 9.40am. The man police are seeking is described as white, six
A CYCLING security guard couldn't believe his ears when police officers stopped him - and accused him of riding his bicycle too slowly. David Lambert was on his way home from work when an officer in a patrol car came alongside and signalled for him to
JODY MORRIS, who has agreed to become Peter Reid's first signing for Leeds, could make his debut against York City at Bootham Crescent next Wednesday (7.45). Former Chelsea midfielder Morris, who was today undergoing medicals, is not included in the squad
YORK City Knights have added two more players to their ever-increasing squad ahead of Sunday's revenge mission to London Skolars. The Knights travel to New River Stadium looking to avenge the disappointment of a 16-16 home draw against the professional
SCHOOLS in York, North and East Yorkshire will share a £15 million Government cash injection given in a desperate bid to prevent another funding crisis. Education chiefs today gave a cautious welcome to the announcement of the cash, to be released over
A GROUP of residents from two York villages made their views on the war in Iraq known when they joined forces for a peace vigil. The event, organised by Churches Together in New Earswick and Huntington, took place at New Earswick Green yesterday. Members
GILLIAN Welch insists "this really is the sunniest record I've ever made". That it is not to say it is actually sunny, but as with the climax to a Jacobean tragedy, the only way is up on her fourth album of ageless, austere Appalachian mountain music.
WEDNESDAY night's serious fire at Costcutter in Dunnington makes a point about sustainability in York. Despite the village expanding for the past 30 years, the same period has seen the number of grocery shops steadily decline until Costcutter is effectively
COUNCILLORS have called for better provision of services for young people in North Yorkshire and demanded better communication. Hambleton district cultural and social overview committee members agreed to refer a report to cabinet for approval following
BRITISH and American forces have, in less than two years, invaded and now occupy Afghanistan and Iraq. However, Britain's coalition with the Americans has failed to capture Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein; failed to crush al Qaida or the Taliban; failed
YORK City Knights have added two more players to their ever-increasing squad ahead of Sunday's revenge mission to London Skolars. The Knights travel to New River Stadium looking to avenge the disappointment of a 16-16 home draw against the professional
SCHOOLS in York, North and East Yorkshire will share a £15 million Government cash injection given in a desperate bid to prevent another funding crisis. Education chiefs today gave a cautious welcome to the announcement of the cash, to be released over
TORONTO troubadour Ron Sexsmith can't stop travelling. Only last December the cherubic-faced Canadian played the Leeds Irish Centre to promote his sixth album Cobblestone Runway, since when his travels have taken him far and wide, supporting Coldplay
THERE is something marvellous about the way oral history can span the generations, bringing the voices of people long dead back to life. Roland Chilvers gives a beautiful example in the introduction to his new book, A Collection Of Pictures And Memories
Tim Easterby, twice in the past five years winner of a jackpot prize at Newbury, tomorrow aims for a treble in the £135,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint. Danesmead runs for the Great Habton, near Malton, trainer as he bids to clinch another victory in this
ON Wednesday we reported that schools in York faced a funding crisis. The city's director of education warned that more redundancies would be necessary, unless costs were cut. The picture looked gloomy, with a gap in funds of £2 million. Today matters
BUFFALO Soldiers was ready to attack in 2001. After 9/11 and all that, the American psyche could no longer stand up to any mockery of its methods of self-protection, particularly if that enemy came from within. Now it is all too clear why this smart,
YORK Cricket Club put their title credentials on the line this weekend with a double-header that could shape their season. Nigel Durham's side have been the surprise package in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League this season. But his emerging
A LABOUR MP, unable to control his glee, told me a wonderful anecdote about Education Secretary Charles Clarke. With the sun shining and the long summer recess fast approaching, he called his ministers and their aides to a meeting. Mr Clarke, who does
Without Walls, the initiative to create a vision for future York, has held a series of debates during its Festival Of Ideas. Here we reproduce extracts from the speeches leading Monday night's debate. The motion: This house believes that York should abandon
Bridlington babies are to be given a boost by the lottery fund, with an award of £190,000. A 50-place nursery is to be built for childcare and training in the grounds of Bridlington and District Hospital. The nursery will feature a creche, 18 baby places
A new conservation initiative in Pocklington has won funding from the npower Conservation Awards to create a new wildlife area. The Pocklington School project will involve clearing a pond of waste and creating a meadow encouraging wildlife to move into
SUPERSONIC competition winner Elaine Smith is preparing to board Concorde for the last time before the plane is grounded. The Bridlington woman, 54, won a pair of tickets to enjoy a champagne flight, reaching the speed of sound over the Bay of Biscay.
SILVER service has taken on a whole new meaning at a York hotel as one of its staff has celebrated a quarter of a century in the job. Cynthia Thompson, 51, of Huntington, York, is celebrating 25 years at the Dean Court Hotel this month. She started working
WE again appeal for readers' help in shedding more light on this week's archives picture. Judging by the hairstyles, with centre partings, this photograph of a Tadcaster football team was taken in the 1920s or 1930s. But which team is it and what are
YORK'S younger residents are invited to give their views on whether the age to stand for council or Parliament should be lowered. Rules state that electoral candidates must be aged 21, but the Electoral Commission is seeking widespread views on whether
childhood sweethearts Sylvia and Peter Ashton danced into each other's arms more than half a century ago - and have stayed together ever since. The York pair met at an Alma Terrace dance when they were both 15-years-old, and tied the knot two days after
FLATCAPS and ferrets may have stolen the show at last week's Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, but a new survey has exploded the stereotype of the traditional Yorkshireman. A glass of sparkling mineral water, enjoyed at an award-winning restaurant, has
A Vietnamese mother-of-two has vowed never to return to a York Chinese buffet restaurant after waiters took away plates of food from in front of her children because of a misunderstanding. Nguyen Thi Huong, 31, who uses the English name Amy Keenleyside
Ryedale School pupil Fay Hill, 14, has been awarded the William Begg Award for her hard work in Year 9. The award encourages and rewards pupils who set high personal standards in their work, especially in science, design and technology. Teacher Peter
THIEVES have targeted a picturesque market town church for the second time in eight weeks. Offertory boxes inside All Saints' Church, Helmsley, were forced open by sneak thieves sometime between 8.30am and 6pm on Tuesday. Only a handful of small change
York Corporate Six-a-Side Football League are seeking teams for the new season, which starts in August. Leagues are run each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings on outdoor Astroturf pitches and are refereed by FA qualified officials. Players must be
THE future of York City's Bootham Crescent home remains uncertain but fans are being given the chance to secure a permanent memento of the stadium. Some 200 limited edition prints of the ground, taken from an original oil painting by local artist Baz
ARCHBISHOP of York C of E Junior School in Bishopthorpe is one of 254 schools in the country to be presented with the national Activemark award from Sport England. The award comes in recognition of the school's consistent efforts to keep their pupils
THE two top teams in division one of the York Veterans' Bowls League both lost this week. Barbican were well beaten by Dunnington 'C' 29-9, while Holgate lost 15-13 to third-placed Bert Keech 'C'. In the final week, Barbican have to play Bert Keech 'C
YORK City Rowing Club's men have been in top class action at the Henley Royal Regatta. The crew of Carl Abram, Dave Heffernan, Owen Gillard, Dan Clarke and cox Penny Whiting qualified for the well-established regatta after training over the winter in
THE public's trust in the finances of the Minster needs to be restored urgently, according to Frank Harris, a member of the Archbishop's Council. Speaking at a meeting of the York Diocesan Synod, at Easingwold School last night, Mr Harris said the future
ARCHBISHOP of York Junior School flew the flag for Yorkshire at Trent Bridge this week, after a terrific victory at Headingley. The Bishopthorpe youngsters beat the best in Yorkshire as they triumphed in the county's eight-a-side Kwik Cricket competition
THE future of York City's Bootham Crescent home remains uncertain but fans are being given the chance to secure a permanent memento of the stadium. Some 200 limited edition prints of the ground, taken from an original oil painting by local artist Baz
YORK City fans are being urged to help return a treasured shirt worn by Keith Walwyn to his family. The historic jersey, worn by Keith during City's 1983-84 record-breaking promotion campaign, was raffled in 1985 in aid of charity. All the monies raised
EASINGWOLD had a fairly comfortable passage into the semi-finals of the Hunters York Premier Cup when they beat Pickering by 22 runs despite a fine spell of bowling by Charlie Marwood, who took 5-27. A second wicket stand of 75 between Martin Piercy (
A REWARD of up to £1,000 has been offered by supermarket Costcutter for information about a devastating arson attack on one of its York stores. A senior York firefighter involved in tackling the blaze in Dunnington - which almost cost the lives of two
ABOUT a dozen Norwich Union Life assurance staff at York were made redundant today, but a spokeswoman for the company has reiterated that there are no current plans for further redundancies. The "no current plans" statement was first made on Tuesday when
YORKSHIRE were hit by a thunderstorm at Riverside yesterday morning and then struck by a bolt of lightning in the form of Durham fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the evening. The Pakistani paceman wiped out the early order with three wickets for no runs in
A DENTIST who swindled the NHS out of thousands of pounds has had his case referred to the General Dental Council's Health Committee. David Girdham, of Main Street, Great Ouseburn, near Boroughbridge, last year admitted making false claims to the Dental
A NORTH Yorkshire school has cancelled two overseas trips due to take place later this summer following the death of one of its students on a trekking holiday in the Italian Alps. Harrogate Grammar School said it had decided to cancel two trips to France
POLICE have handed out leaflets to more than 100 residents and businesses in a desperate effort to trace a missing pensioner. Christopher Hanby was last seen in Norton, close to his Parliament Street home, on May 23. The 62-year-old, who had been suffering
YORK City fans are being urged to help return a treasured shirt worn by Keith Walwyn to his family. The historic jersey, worn by Keith during City's 1983-84 record-breaking promotion campaign, was raffled in 1985 in aid of charity. All the monies raised
ONE woman died and five people were taken to hospital after a two-car smash on an East Yorkshire Road. The woman, who has not yet been named, died following the crash on the A1079, near Market Weighton, at 12.40pm yesterday. A young girl suffered serious
TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill on the outskirts of York today after two car smashes. Police diverted vehicles on to the A64 and A1237 after a serious accident on the A1, near Bramham. The A19 was also blocked off at Escrick following a two-car collision
PICKERING'S one-lap wonder Richard Buck will make his England Schools debut tomorrow. He made his selection a formality after winning Under 17s 400m gold in the English Schools' Championships at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. After comfortably winning
HE may have other problems to contend with at the moment, but Tony Blair really should splash out on some maps for his confused Cabinet. Yet again, one of the Prime Minister's senior Ministers has claimed land-locked Harrogate is "by the sea". Last year
POLICE are searching for the driver of a green Peugeot 406 after two suspected armed robbers tried to get into his car. The two suspected robbers were arrested opposite the Travel Lodge on the A64 at Bilbrough, near York, at 11am yesterday in connection
YORK City headed to their Staffordshire pre-season training camp two trialists lighter today after player-manger Chris Brass sharpened his axe. Heading out of the Bootham Crescent exit door were former Leeds United and Huddersfield left-back Gareth Evans
THE York son of a retired North Yorkshire County Councillor was today jailed for 13 years for satisfying the perverted lusts of himself and his father. Philip Nigel Coates, 46, of Ascot Way, Acomb, made life hell for two women by making them have sex
POLICE identity experts recorded some of their easiest arrests yet when four hapless tricksters tried to use false names - in the identification room of York Police station. Two of the cheats were marched straight to cells at the Fulford Road headquarters
POLICE searching for the missing weapons expert at the centre of a row over the Government's Iraq weapons dossier today found a body. Thames Valley Police said the unidentified male body was discovered five miles from the home of Dr David Kelly at Harrowdown
RON Rose begins his programme profile by pointing out he was born into a family of sisters and aunts. Those circumstances, he believes, explain his fascination with writing women's roles in his plays and television dramas, whether in the darts comedy
DANIEL Hart will play the genius; Malcolm Rennie will play the mediocre man burnt by the bright light of the young upstart's precocious talent. The play is Peter Shaffer's Amadeus; the genius, Mozart; the journeyman, the Viennese court composer Salieri
TORIES in Selby were celebrating today after taking control following the district council elections - and adding to a night of misery for Labour in York and North and East Yorkshire. The Conservatives secured 23 of the 41 seats in Selby to return to
A LANDSLIDE local election result saw the Liberal Democrats sweep to power in York - an outcome that also saw the Conservatives wiped out and the city's first Green Party councillors elected. The new council has 29 Liberal Democrats, 15 Labour, no Conservatives
I HAVE never read as much drivel and hypocrisy as that in Mrs C Parker's letter of July 16. How can a so-called Christian condemn homosexual people in such a way? I am not religious but from my very young days I seem to remember being told that we are
MUSIC across the generations will form York's two-day outdoor festival, AIR2003, on Knavesmire on July 26 and 27. Dozens of live acts will be participating in a weekend event to be headlined by Bad Manners, The Animals and Friends and Chris Helme's new
SEVENBALL singer Luke Ritchie is being courted by ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland for possible involvement in his next project. Ritchie and his intense band won the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2002 competition while studying at the
THE Barbs will headline the Staying Out For The Summer show on July 29 at Fibbers, as part of a 13-date tour to promote their debut single, Massive Crush. Released through Mother Tongue Records on August 18, this limited-edition single features the title
SCHOOL'S out for the summer, prompting Fibbers to introduce matinee shows for the holiday season. From July 22 through to August 28, the live music bar in Stonebow, York will host twice-weekly Afternoon All Ages Shows for the 14-plus age group on Tuesdays
Without Walls, the initiative to create a vision for future York, has held a series of debates during its Festival Of Ideas. Here we reproduce extracts from the speeches leading Monday night's debate. The motion: This house believes that York should abandon
YORKSHIRE were hit by a thunderstorm at Riverside yesterday morning and then struck by a bolt of lightning in the form of Durham fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the evening. The Pakistani paceman wiped out the early order with three wickets for no runs in
