IN response to your report "Biker toll worst ever at 24" (September 15), I am amazed by the comments of Hugh Bayley MP and Motorcycle Action Group spokesperson Debbie Molyneux. All road-users need proper training and should show care and attention. But
WELL done to those hard-working stalwarts who once again made the Fulford Show such a success. The extraordinary veg, fine stitching, glorious flowers and quirky classes for children were as lovely as ever. The parish field was busy under a blue sky.
THE daily crawl along the A1237, which frustrates commuters and visitors, must be alleviated soon with the continuing development of businesses and housing along that corridor. The road should have been built as a dual carriageway but I suspect the cost
RELIEF washed over me with the realisation (Evening Press, September 11) that Julian Cole will not be swanning around Goa incognito, cultivating a long beard, strumming a sitar and swallowing copious quantities of Honey Bee brandy. I, for one, would simply
THE day will come. We will know it when a squadron of Grant Burton's pigs perform aerobatics against a bold blue moon. That same night the Evening Press will carry two stories: 1) York council announces that tax is to go down and public spending will
THORNTON-le-Dale and Pickering Royal Oak, both promoted from division two last season, drew 3-3 when they met in their opening fixture in division one on the first day of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League season. Mike Lealman scored twice for Thornton-le-Dale
FORMER York City FC and Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH) director John Quickfall donated more than £20,000 to help save the football club from extinction, it has emerged. The Evening Press understands Mr Quickfall made his gesture at the height of City's
FOOD industry experts are coming to York on Thursday to take part in a 'Question Time' style debate on Yorkshire foods, in a new initiative at the York Festival of Food & Drink. Food writer Sophie Grigson will be a guest on the panel, along with National
A NEW group of York residents has taken up the battle with health chiefs over plans to create temporary staff car parking at Bootham Park Hospital. The initial plans by York Health Services NHS Trust to create a 158-space car park on disused tennis courts
ALMOST 20 per cent of all school pupils in York took unauthorised absence from school last year, new figures revealed. But education chiefs said school attendance in York was still much better than the national average, and City of York Council was ranked
THORNTON-le-Dale and Pickering Royal Oak, both promoted from division two last season, drew 3-3 when they met in their opening fixture in division one on the first day of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League season. Mike Lealman scored twice for Thornton-le-Dale
PLANS have been unveiled for a Museum Gardens-style Castle Precinct centred on Clifford's Tower at the Eye of York. The proposal would see the Castle car park being grassed over, with the foundations of the Victorian prison walls beneath exposed, as has
YORK rail company Jarvis was under growing pressure today after a maintenance work blunder caused an express train to derail outside one of the country's busiest stations. The York-based engineering firm - already under fire over the Potters Bar rail
YORK City boss Chris Brass reckons his Minstermen are back on track and on the rise again. City brought a run of three defeats to an end with last night's 1-1 draw with Darlington at Bootham Crescent. The point garnered from their first stalemate of the
PAUL Broadbent has quit as player-coach of York City Knights. The 35-year-old announced his decision today, just three days after the Knights' first-ever season ended in a National League Two play-off defeat by Barrow. The Evening Press believes the former
CYCLE training in York has helped reduce the number of child bike casualties in the city by a quarter, the Government revealed. The statistics were announced as the Government unveiled new plans to boost walking, cycling and bus travel to school and tackle
THE headmaster of a top North Yorkshire private school wants to give back power to parents, in a revolutionary vision for the revival of British education. Father Leo Chamberlain, of Ampleforth College, near Helmsley, said he despaired of the result of
THE University of York was holding a double celebration today as the first Hull York Medical School (HYMS) students started arriving on campus. The medical students were arriving the day after the university was named Sunday Times University Of The Year
AUSTRALIAN batting star Damien Martyn, back in action after breaking his nose, played some dazzling strokes for Yorkshire in their crunch clash with Gloucestershire in the final Championship match of the season at Headingley today. Martyn delighted the
Australian Test star Damien Martyn was back in Yorkshire's squad for the showdown with Gloucestershire at Headingley which will determine which of the two sides gains promotion to division one of the County Championship. To add extra spice to what promises
THE spokesman for the British National Party makes two admissions in our story tonight. First, that the group is racist; second that it is not the BNP of the 1970s. Of course it is racist. The BNP exists to spread a vile message of bigotry and division
JOHN Quickfall could have been one of the former York City regime held in disdain by fans. After all, he was a director of Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH), the company which separated the club from its ground. Instead, however, he is an esteemed "Friend
Paradise Isle, runner-up in all her three races and narrowly beaten at York on Evening Press Sunday Raceday, seeks to break her duck at Pontefract tomorrow. Trained at Newmarket by Chris Wall, the two-year-old goes for the Renault Traffic Van Median Auction
RICHARD Edwards' report about Applecroft Road and Hempland Primary School quotes Coun Derek Smallwood and the planning committee's concern for child safety, (City road rage, September 3). More obvious is their concern for justifying budgeted spending
CAN anyone explain how City of York Council processes planning applications? One such application which has been granted allows someone to remove a person's livelihood and deprive the community of a service and also part of our heritage. I refer to Nick's
HARROGATE Town suffered a nightmare at Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday night, crashing 2-0 and having a player sent off. Victory could have put Town top of the UniBond League but they were made to pay for two defensive errors. Just before half-time Mick
YORK City boss Chris Brass reckons his Minstermen are back on track and on the rise again. City brought a run of three defeats to an end with last night's 1-1 draw with Darlington at Bootham Crescent. The point garnered from their first stalemate of the
PLANS have been unveiled for a Museum Gardens-style Castle Precinct centred on Clifford's Tower at the Eye of York. The proposal would see the Castle car park being grassed over, with the foundations of the Victorian prison walls beneath exposed, as has
YORKSHIRE cricketer Nic Thornicroft returned to Easingwold School last night to hand out sporting honours. Easingwold old boy Thornicroft attended the school from 1996 to 2001 and went back with county colleague Tim Bresnan to present the Hambleton and
A TEENAGE burglar cost a newsagent nearly £7,000 when he targeted the shop three times in just over a week, York Youth Court heard. Holgate Bridge Newsagents, York, had to repeatedly replace its windows after night-time cigarette raids by the 17-year-old
A YORK shop manager claimed today it took police 20 minutes to respond to his 999 plea for help after a brawl broke out in his store. Graham Audus warned that someone - a staff member or a customer - could die unless action is taken to tackle youths running
TOP politicians today condemned the extreme right-wing British National Party's latest attempt to gain a foothold in York. The BNP has been leafleting in the Lawrence Street area, close to the Bull Lane mosque. One of its campaigns is an attack on asylum
MARTIN Thorpe (Headingley Anglers) won the £500 first prize in the 105-peg Ripon Interiors Ure Championship on Sunday. Drawn in the run-off from Bell Banks gravels he enjoyed a hectic opening to the match, hauling out 21 chub on waggler and caster over
MAJOR plans to develop a York airfield look set to be grounded by councillors. The proposals to build a row of hangars at Elvington airfield are set to be rejected at a planning meeting of City of York Council on September 25. Council chiefs are also
AN AMBITIOUS scheme to build an events arena and exhibition centre on the outskirts of a North Yorkshire town has gained the green light from planners. The project to create the Northern Events Arena, just off the A169 on the edge of Pickering, won outline
AUSTRALIAN batting star Damien Martyn, back in action after breaking his nose, played some dazzling strokes for Yorkshire in their crunch clash with Gloucestershire in the final Championship match of the season at Headingley today. Martyn delighted the
IN the forest of publicity for Les Dennis starring in Art, it would be easy to overlook this celebrity show being the first fruit of Hannah Chissick's tenure as Harrogate Theatre's youngest ever artistic director. Repertory productions of John Godber's
FORMER York City FC and Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH) director John Quickfall donated more than £20,000 to help save the football club from extinction, it has emerged. The Evening Press understands Mr Quickfall made his gesture at the height of City's
THIS is the man wanted by North Yorkshire Police in connection with the stabbing of an elderly man in his own home. In an unusual move, detectives investigating the incident in Stillington, near Easingwold on Sunday have released the identity of their
The biggest second-hand book fair in Europe is about to hit York. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IT IS an unremarkable little book with a dull cloth cover, but Janette Ray takes it from the shelf with loving care. It opens easily, to reveal pages printed on good
Man Utd fan Mike Laycock reviews David Beckham's autobiography. YOU may have thought you already knew everything there is to know about Becks. For years, you have hardly been able to pick up a paper without reading about Beckham's latest clothes, hair-style
CHANGES in the political structure of the United Kingdom, with Scotland regaining a parliament and Wales getting an assembly, have prompted the author to write a thought-provoking history of the British Isles, concentrating on how the smaller nations
EVER since he saw Manet Hall, a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, Declan Fitzgerald has been obsessed. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up, Declan jumps. He begins to renovate the house room by room - but spending his
A TEAM looking like it had a mountain to climb to get its season back on track regrouped and began another ascent on the peaks last night. After three successive defeats, a point from a richly entertaining 1-1 draw with Darlington at Bootham Crescent
PAUL Broadbent has quit as player-coach of York City Knights. The 35-year-old announced his decision today, just three days after the Knights' first-ever season ended in a National League Two play-off defeat by Barrow. The Evening Press believes the former
THE city of York owes Paul Broadbent a huge debt of gratitude. He was one of the driving forces behind the revival of professional rugby league in York. As fans dug deep to raise the cash to set up the York City Knights, chief executive Steve Ferres turned
LANDING Paul Broadbent as player-coach was a real coup for York City Knights. The former Great Britain and England international forward is highly respected by players and fans alike. He starred at Sheffield, captaining John Kear's team to shock Challenge
ALMOST 20 per cent of all school pupils in York took unauthorised absence from school last year, new figures revealed. But education chiefs said school attendance in York was still much better than the national average, and City of York Council was ranked
SCHOOL pupil Chris Johnson has swapped lessons and examinations for prayers and sermons in an unusual experience believed to be the first of its kind in York. The Tadcaster Grammar School student is shadowing a parish priest in the York Diocese as part
The Coppergate Riverside scheme has been thrown out and now the debate resumes on how to improve the Eye Of York. ALISON SINCLAIR offers her proposal for a Castle Precinct. THE Castle car park could be restored as a historic castle precinct and give us
