Norton trainer Brian Ellison, on the mark with Altitude Dancer at Thirsk on Monday evening, can strike again at Beverley tomorrow. Ellison saddles Scramble in the East Riding Yeomanry Amateur Riders' Handicap and the five-year-old is fancied to get his
THE soap-opera-like-saga that is York's carriageworks site continues to surprise. York has a long and proud railway heritage so the possibility of new rail jobs for the city is always welcome. The fact that more than 100 jobs could be returning to the
ON several occasions recently, while walking around the grounds of the university, I have seen mechanical diggers uprooting bushes and dragging down trees with no regard for the nests which are, at this time of year, present in large numbers. My own small
YES, this is the longest-serving Labour government in history. What a pity it is also the most corrupt, incompetent and untrustworthy. It's a government that has employed ministers who, in the past, have bankrupted a local authority, fraudulently sought
I AM trying to trace an old Royal Navy friend. His name is Alan Wortley (nickname 'Whisper') and his home town was York. We served together on HMS Swiftsure in 1953, based at Chatham. I came from Faversham at that time but on leaving the Navy, I moved
MANY people in Ryedale find it difficult to use public transport and therefore cannot visit friends, relatives and shops in the local towns. The British Red Cross, Ryedale Centre is looking for volunteer escorts who would be willing to spend a couple
THE mystery of the missing buses is now solved - they are all on the Number Six route (Letters, August 6). No wonder Richard Greaves is highly satisfied with a ten-minute service. If one fails to turn up, he only has to wait another ten minutes. Unlike
THE verdict on the controversial £60 million Coppergate Riverside scheme has been delayed again. City of York Council chiefs are not expecting Government ministers to decide the future of land next to Clifford's Tower before next month - more than a year
ROTHERHAM United manager Ronnie Moore reckons York City can set their sights on promotion after his First Division Millers squeezed through to the second round of the Carling Cup. Despite City succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Millmoor last night, Moore was
VILLAGES in North Yorkshire are soon to be graced with 21st century technology if a new project goes ahead. Campaigners to bring computer broadband facilities to Easingwold and Thirsk are turning their attention to the whole of the Vale of York. Easingwold
BUS bosses could learn today whether drivers have decided to bring York roads to a standstill by holding a crippling transport strike. The Electoral Reform Society was due to announce the results of a ballot on industrial action, which has been held by
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge took the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League championship when they won their final fixture at Crayke, but they were pushed all the way by Easingwold who also won to finish just a point behind. At the foot of the table, Alne were unluckily
FAST in the wake of their good showing in the Division One National a few weeks ago, Anglers World York acquitted themselves well once again on Sunday. The York and Tadcaster-based outfit finished in a creditable sixth position against some of the region's
A WOMAN who travelled to Mexico in a desperate bid to cure her terminal cancer has returned home - and is feeling "full of life". Stef Axelby, 37, of Wharram-le-Street, near Malton, was so ill before her journey a month ago it was feared she would not
A NEW £10 million factory has been built in Pocklington, creating 26 new jobs. Tarmac TopPave Ltd, which manufactures paving products, has invested £9.6 million in a decorative paving factory at its existing site next to Pocklington airfield. The new
LEIGH Wood is revelling amid York City's new pass-happy principles after admitting his career took a backward step last time out. The stylish young midfielder, who can also operate as a central defender, put in a polished performance last night as City
Deputy Sports Editor Tony Kelly goes in search of the real Brian Johnston but finds only the larks. ELEVEN years ago, Evening Press photographer Nigel Holland and myself had the honour of spending almost an hour in the company of Brian Johnston. We were
TAMZIN goes to live with her grandmother in Cornwall, when her parents go to work in Canada for a year. According to local legend a cruel spirit of a horse lives trapped in a tiny statue. If the spirit is set free, storms, high tides and terrible destruction
Today is International Left-Handers' Day. Steve Carroll explains how he struggles in a right-handed world, while right-hander Stephen Lewis wonders what all the fuss is about. Left IN my hands a simple tin-opener can be a lethal weapon. A flick of the
OUT but not down, and certainly not disgraced. York City's Carling Cup adventure may yet again have fallen at the first hurdle, but at least the Minstermen went out carried high on their shield. Coming hot on the heels of Saturday's encouraging 2-1 win
SOME surprises are more surprising than others. Astonishment was certainly the reaction Carolyn Randall had when she gave birth in the bath to a healthy baby boy. In the fine tradition of bombshells, she had no idea she was pregnant. Baby Callum played
I DON'T know what all this fuss is about schools being told they can skip GCSEs if they think they're a total waste of time. Because surely anyone with half a brain knows that of course GCSEs are a total waste of time: but then so are all exams. If there
LEIGH Wood is revelling amid York City's new pass-happy principles after admitting his career took a backward step last time out. The stylish young midfielder, who can also operate as a central defender, put in a polished performance last night as City
A HARD-hitting advertising campaign showing young people the reality of crime and what they can do to stop it is set to hit York cinema screens later this month. The Crimestoppers Trust, an arm of the national crime prevention agency, Crimestoppers, is
A TEENAGER who put a bus driver through a knife ordeal has walked free from court after magistrates imposed a community penalty. News of the sentence has provoked anger from union leaders representing the victim. The 17-year-old youth, from Acomb, was
A BLIND driver was attempting to set a world record today - by reaching a speed of 150mph at an aerodrome near York. Mike Newman, 41, was driving a supercharged 155mph Jaguar XRJ 4.2 car worth £58,000 in a bid to break the current land-speed record for
THE charity set up by the family of murdered York backpacker Caroline Stuttle to help young travellers abroad has been shortlisted for a major award. Caroline's Rainbow Foundation was set up by Marjorie Stuttle, her son, Richard, and partner David following
NORTH Yorkshire's roads have claimed the life of another biker, bringing this year's death toll to 22 - only one short of last year's worst-ever total. William Foskitt, 61, of Deighton Avenue, Sherburn-in-Elmet, died yesterday at St James's Hospital,
YORKSHIRE made a nightmare start to their Frizzell County Championship match against division two leaders Worcestershire at the Scarborough Cricket Festival. Paceman Kabir Ali fired out the first three batsman for only 26 runs - all to lbw decisions.
BABY Callum Robert Randall made a real splash into the world when he was born in the bath - and his mum never even knew that she was pregnant. Shocked Carolyn Randall, 23, of Moor Lane, Woodthorpe, York, had been feeling poorly with a stomach ache, but
ROTHERHAM United manager Ronnie Moore reckons York City can set their sights on promotion after his First Division Millers squeezed through to the second round of the Carling Cup. Despite City succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Millmoor last night, Moore was
A MYSTERY rail company is locked in talks over a possible move into the Thrall wagonworks site in York, the Evening Press can reveal. It is believed that more than 100 jobs - many of them from the local workforce - could be created at the Holgate Road
YORKSHIRE made a nightmare start to their Frizzell County Championship match against division two leaders Worcestershire at the Scarborough Cricket Festival. Paceman Kabir Ali fired out the first three batsman for only 26 runs - all to lbw decisions.
THE absence from Worcestershire's line-up of Bradford-born off-spinner Gareth Batty could give Yorkshire a big advantage in the Championship match which began at the Scarborough Cricket Festival. With the North Marine Road pitch expected to take spin,
