Hot-shot golfer Fiona Crossley's dream of a career in the professional ranks have been given another boost after she landed a top trophy at the 'home of golf', writes Steve Carroll. The 22-year-old shot 74 to scoop the Quaich Trophy at St Andrews Links
IT WAS a Dee to remember. Veteran York landlady Dee Ralph threw a party for regulars and invited guests to celebrate notching up 20 years at the Bay Horse, in Blossom Street. The pub legend, who is one of the city's longest serving landladies, was given
FARAWAY LADY should be kept at close quarters by punters at Redcar tomorrow. Trained at Newmarket by Luca Cumani, the three-year-old filly has been on a high since being stepped-up in distance and the successful completion of a hat-trick looks very much
COMPUTER graduate James Mason is poised to 'shut down' a mega-height of glory at Fulford Golf Club - but what a way end his connection. The 21-year-old is currently celebrating not only a recall to the Yorkshire side but his capture of the North of England
I regularly fish the River Foss north of York and love this short, often abused, little river. So I was distressed to read of the pollution caused last week by a farmer's "over-enthusiastic" spreading of pig slurry (Evening Press, August 1). Visiting
I have been reading the Evening Press online now for five years and saw York Opera performed Carmen last month. I was in the first production way back in '89. It was great to read of so many familiar names. My name is Charlie Frank and I now live in Kansas
Well done Stephen Lewis (August 6) for challenging the nasty attempt by Tory front-bencher Liam Fox to blame infectious disease on immigrants and asylum seekers. Yet again a politician risks whipping up racism for the sake of cheap popularity with the
IN response to your feature 'Does the city need speed humps?' (August 5,) I feel a number of points needing clarification. The reason the Department of Transport research has concluded that 75m high humps are as effective as 100mm ones is that they carried
THE North Yorkshire Police Authority "budget explained" leaflet is a comprehensive document but is lacking in one key area. It does not explain how fixed- income council tax payers can budget for 40 per cent and 70 per cent increases on rises in their
DARREN Gough preserved his dignity this week with the announcement that he was retiring forthwith from Test cricket. His honest and frank statement revealed the physical and mental turmoil he has endured of late as he has strained every sinew in an attempt
NEW recruit Richard Hope spurned overtures from Division Three rivals Darlington and Oxford United to join York City's red revolution, the Evening Press can reveal. The 25-year-old finally put pen to paper on a one-month deal and was been drafted straight
YORK'S former leisure chief has gone on the attack over the Barbican Centre - and asked whether the extended consultation was "a fix." Councillor Alan Jones, City of York Council's former executive member for leisure and heritage, has challenged the council's
EXPERTS say they still cannot be certain how a North-East prostitute thought to have been murdered met her death, an inquest heard yesterday. The naked body of prostitute and drug addict Vicky Glass was found on the North York Moors three years ago. Police
A BURGLAR who broke into an elderly widow's home and stole her late husband's war medals has finally faced justice - four years later. Police had no idea who had burgled Hilda O'Brien's south York house and ransacked it in less than 45 minutes on November
A YORK former rugby international has narrowly escaped jail for breaking down his ex-girlfriend's door at night and smashing her new boyfriend's cheekbone. Instead, amateur rugby league player Andrew Paul Tindall, 37, of Heworth and Great Britain, faces
A YORK police sergeant was hit over the head with a stolen bottle of wine before being sprayed with CS gas only metres away from Fulford Road police station, the city's magistrates heard. The attack on Sgt Nigel Tottie happened on April 30 after he had
NEW Leeds United signing Didier Domi wants to make peace with Sir Bobby Robson ahead of his Elland Road debut next week. The 25-year-old fell out with the Newcastle boss towards the end of his three-year spell at St James' Park before being sold to Paris
YORK City Knights and Barrow Raiders, who clash at Huntington Stadium tomorrow, have two of the hardest regular season run-ins of the seven sides battling for promotion from National League Two. With five rounds left to decide the six play-off places,
MARAUDING prop Craig Forsyth reckons the end-of-season run-in for York City Knights will be akin to the pressure cooker of cup rugby. The Knights entertain promotion rivals Barrow Raiders at Huntington Stadium tomorrow (kick off 3pm) as they head into
YORK City Knights and Barrow Raiders, who clash at Huntington Stadium tomorrow, have two of the hardest regular season run-ins of the seven sides battling for promotion from National League Two. With five rounds left to decide the six play-off places,
Don't lose the plot - that is the message in York on the eve of National Allotment Week. MATTHEW WOODCOCK visits urban Holgate to discover the roots of one family's century-old passion. "TASTE one of those lad - you won't have had better." I pick off
YORK City Knights boss Paul Broadbent is hoping his team have 'learned the lessons of Sheffield' ahead of tomorrow's big home game against high-flying Barrow. The Knights go into the match on the back of a 64-8 thumping of Gateshead Thunder, but the last
IT'S been a chart-topping week for York City Knights star Danny Brough. The little scrum-half with a goal-seeking missile launcher in his left boot has surged to the summit of three different charts thanks to his latest super show in the blue of the Knights
THE Castle Inn at Sheriff Hutton is a traditional village pub which serves a decent meal that won't break the bank. Driving through the historical village you pass the imposing ruins of Sheriff Hutton Castle. You could quite easily miss the pub but a
George Wilkinson follows an appealing route to Sutton Bank. ON the buses again for a linear walk from Newgate Bank to Sutton Bank, an appealing route. We left Helmsley on a typically animated Friday market day, and the Moorsbus took us up to the viewpoint
Stamford is a maze of historical delights, as JOHN WHEATCROFT discovers on a visit with a theatrical twist. STAMFORD in Lincolnshire is picture perfect, so that on a traffic-free sunny Sunday morning it looks like a film set. The small Georgian town,
IT WAS too late for lunch and really too hot to eat anything substantial. As we approached the servery in Woolworths caf, which is at the rear of the store, it seemed practically empty. Pondering on what to eat, Ann decided she would have one of the few
GINA PARKINSON has watering advice for a hot and dry spell. HIGH temperatures so far this month have made watering the main priority in the garden - and, if you are going away, organising someone to do this in your absence. Watering is best done in early
NO wonder we have more fires in hot weather given the number of people who carelessly discard lighted cigareetes. You will have seen a smoker throw a lighted cigarette out of a car window or to the ground We must take more care. Keith Chapman, Custance
COFFEE cups will be rattling across York next month when hundreds of people take part in The World's Biggest Coffee Morning. The annual event organised by Macmillan Cancer Relief takes place on September 26 and is open to anyone willing to put the kettle
YORK residents have been urged to carry on collecting their benefits, pensions and tax credits at post offices. The Post Office has launched a Carry On Collecting campaign, to inform the 13 million claimants who collect their benefits in cash from their
TALK about cats having nine lives ... Ziggy, an old moggie who celebrates her 18th birthday this month, cheated death when she was run over by a combine harvester. One of the giant combine's blades sliced Ziggy's front left leg clean off at the shoulder
IS THIS man the country's oldest paper boy? At 91 years of age, Stan Hall has been delivering the Evening Press for the past four years. After years of being a customer of the paper, Stan has now become our oldest paperboy, delivering copies of the paper
YORK City Knights will lose two top players this weekend as they say farewell to try-scoring sensation Neil Law while full-back Jonny Woodcock is due to return to Doncaster Dragons. The departures are set to leave big holes in the Knights line-up, though
YORK City Knights boss Paul Broadbent is hoping his team have 'learned the lessons of Sheffield' ahead of tomorrow's big home game against high-flying Barrow. The Knights go into the match on the back of a 64-8 thumping of Gateshead Thunder, but the last
NEW recruit Richard Hope spurned overtures from Division Three rivals Darlington and Oxford United to join York City's red revolution, the Evening Press can reveal. The 25-year-old finally put pen to paper on a one-month deal and was been drafted straight
A DRINK-driver who drove the wrong way down the A64 near York has escaped a prison sentence. Police officers could not believe their eyes when they saw a car travelling west on the eastbound carriageway towards Leeds. It was 3am on June 14 and student
IN last week's Archers' item, Yorick said Malodorous Mary had been pestering a 'Mr J Potts', while hubby Jeff was in "jug". This was true. But the Mr J Potts to whom I referred was not the veteran Evening Press newspaperman, the late John Potts who first
YORK City Knights will lose two top players this weekend as they say farewell to try-scoring sensation Neil Law while full-back Jonny Woodcock is due to return to Doncaster Dragons. The departures are set to leave big holes in the Knights line-up, though
MARAUDING prop Craig Forsyth reckons the end-of-season run-in for York City Knights will be akin to the pressure cooker of cup rugby. The Knights entertain promotion rivals Barrow Raiders at Huntington Stadium tomorrow (kick off 3pm) as they head into
