A YORK man unable to get NHS dental treatment turned to crime to fund the medical work privately, York Crown Court heard. But when Jonathan Steven Lane, 29, raided a house in Amber Street, The Groves, on March 25, he dropped into the hands of police as
A HUGE North Yorkshire laboratory that conducts research for the Government has submitted expansion plans. Planning officers at Ryedale District Council have received a proposal for Central Science Laboratory (CSL), off the A64 at Sand Hutton, for a new
THE Home Secretary's opposite number raised concerns over plans for a national ID card while visiting the University of York. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said, while speaking to a meeting organised by the university's Conservative association, he
TWO of York's busiest roads will fail air quality targets unless extra steps are taken to tackle pollution, experts have warned. City of York Council has for some years been monitoring levels of nitrogen dioxide at over 300 sites around the city, including
THREE heroin dealers caught in a police campaign to clean up the streets of York have been jailed for 16 years between them. Two officers went undercover and pretended to be drug users to snare Mark Richard Dickinson, 28, and stepbrothers Richard Fox,
Wing ace Alex Godfrey could be fit in time for tomorrow's crunch match against Sheffield Eagles at Huntington Stadium. York City Knights are expected to be virtually unchanged for the National League Two match with a late fitness test due to decide the
YORK City were today turning to the next generation to lead the way on the pitch as released defender Chris Smith was left contemplating an uncertain future from the stands. The 22-year-old centre half was today cheering on his former team-mates against
MOTORCYCLISTS in North Yorkshire have hit back at a pressure group which has accused them of destroying the safety, beauty and peace of a route through the North York Moors by using it as a "lethal race track". Bilsdale Against Noise and Danger (BAND)
PARENTS who have experienced double, triple, or even quadruple joy are invited to a playgroup with a difference. York Twins Club is held every fortnight in Tang Hall, York, for mums and dads who hear the patter of more than one pair of tiny feet. A recent
A YORK woman is to be honoured for bravery for her efforts to revive the victim of a horrific glider crash. Margaret James, 50, of Balmoral Terrace, South Bank, has been awarded a Royal Humane Society certificate of commendation after she and a friend
SWOONING fitness fanatics at a York gym nearly fell of their exercise bikes when movie superstar Johnny Depp walked in. But the hunky figure at Next Generation, off Hull Road, turned out to be a Depp look-a-like, who was accompanied by producers to find
A YORK couple could put a major £25 million scheme to build three new schools in the city in jeopardy because they want to keep, what they say, is a village green. Kate and Simon Youngjohns are at the centre of a public inquiry which will decide whether
Scott Rhodes opened up a gap at the top of the Evening Press/Collier Plant Hire player of the year standings with another top-drawer performance against Featherstone. But the real winner was loose forward Damian Ball who rocketed up the chart to third
ONE of York City's youngest-ever line-ups was today bringing 75 years of Football League history in the city to a close. The team to face Leyton Orient at Bootham Crescent is certainly the youngest since the John Bird era. City statistician David Batters
