DETECTIVES were today quizzing a woman over the "suspicious" death of an elderly York man. Police said officers were called to a house in the Tang Hall area after a member of the public made a 999 call last night. They discovered the body of a 72-year-old
JOAN Rivers calls them her chaperones; elegant English satirists Kit and The Widow call themselves her fluffers. Their role is to warm up America's First Lady of Comedy for her grand entrance in flowing pink chiffon on one of only six dates on her first
FORGET John Cleese, Spike Milligan, Bill Hicks, or Laurel and Hardy, 6ft 8in and 20-stone Greg Davies - physically at least - dwarfs such comedy giants. Davies arrived on stage at the poky Basement Bar like Gulliver, forcing a crouch so his huge arms
MALTON'S winning streak came to an end in a fast and furious encounter at English rugby's furthest outpost with Alnwick taking the spoils 30-7. In the opening minutes Malton should have taken a six point lead but Ian Cooke was having an off day and two
FLUSHED with the success of the York Business Pride Christmas Lights Appeal, a group of York businesses is holding a raffle to raise further funds for festive illuminations for this year and for future years. Since Maximus Gluteus, alias Keith Mulhearn
TABLE-TOPPING Kirkdale United gave youth a chance and it paid off. Missing several senior players, Kirkdale turned to their youngsters and moved three points clear at the top of the RJF Homes Beckett League first division table with a 4-2 victory against
WHITE Horse comfortably built a 3-0 interval lead with goals from Simon Wilson, Alec Sykes and Simon Moon in their Reserve 'C' game at home to Hamilton Panthers but the second half was all Panthers as they ran out 5-3 winners. Both Rufforth and Poppleton
MOOR Lane's impressive defensive record in division three of more than six hours without conceding a goal lasted for another hour at Huby before their keeper finally picked the ball out of the back of the net. Andrew Kenyon put Moor Lane into the lead
MALTON Bacon Factory got their first home win of the season in the premier division beating Dunnington 4-1. Sam Lander gave the hosts an early lead and Chris Burgess equalised before the interval. But two goals within three minutes of the re-start, from
A former York-based apprentice garage mechanic, who left school at 15 with no qualifications, has won a major prize in a top national business competition, Simon Stack, who operates the Snap-on Tool franchise in the York region, won joint second place
NEW Earswick All Blacks suffered late agony in their Yorkshire Cup third round clash at Keighley Albion as a penalty two minutes from time saw them lose 24-23. Underdogs All Blacks, who gave away two divisions in status to the Pennine League premiership
RUGBY league referees from Selby have hit the heights this week. As reported by the Evening Press last week, Paul Stockman received the Neil Whittaker Memorial Trophy for being Match Official Achiever of the Year in the LHF Healthplan National League.
TROUBLED Heworth ARLC were unable to field any substitutes on Saturday, leaving the bare 13 players to crash to their heaviest defeat of the season. The Villagers, bottom of National Conference League division two as the only side without a point, were
CHIEF Constable Della Cannings has hit out at "prejudiced" residents who brand all young people as troublemakers ("Kids are all right", October 4). Who are these people? I haven't met any. Most people I speak to agree that the vast majority of youngsters
I DISAGREE with Mike Slater, assistant director of planning at City of York Council, that the case to fell the two beech trees at Connaught Court was clear-cut because of safety concerns (Letters, October 7). The council's own independent tree expert
FROM studying the publicly available documents associated with the Fulford copper beech trees, the following facts emerge. The January 2003 survey of all trees in the grounds by local tree surgeons identified seven trees for removal, over ten years, starting
MIKE Turner tells us that George Galloway is not the proper face for anti-war opposition, and yet failed to give convincing reasons why (Letters, October 10). In fact, he didn't give any reasons at all. Mike Turner, I await your enlightenment. Tracy Shippey
HAYDN Lewis's report on Respect's public meeting (October 6) mistakenly labels Respect a "peace group". Opposition to the war against Iraq brought millions onto the streets and helped give birth to Respect, but our aims are much wider than ending the
RECENTLY I found myself in the embarrassing position of standing at the bus door at Monks Cross Park & Ride, unable to pay. As I was about to get off again, a kind lady behind me paid my fare. I was able to repay her later that morning as we were
FORMER York City striker Alex Mathie will start in Pickering Town's Northern Counties East League President's Cup clash at Thackley tonight. Pikes player-boss Mathie, now 35, scored as an 80th-minute substitute in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Armthorpe
LEV Yalcin has pledged that he is ready to become a regular first-team goalscorer for York City. The 19-year-old striker opened his senior account after a 30-match wait in last week's 2-1 defeat at Morecambe but now feels prepared to fulfil his prolific
IT'S not that long ago that cross-city sniggers and sneers were aimed from one York sporting venue to another. Back in the days before York City was acquired by the fans and when York Rugby League Club was in its dying Wasps incarnation, there was an
YORK City Knights captain Lee Jackson is to speak to the club about renewing his contract for another year. The 35-year-old hooker came to Huntington Stadium in 2003 on a two-year deal and, after spending time considering his future, reckons he could
FAST bowler Steve Kirby, who caused a stir by quitting Yorkshire at the end of last season, was poised to sign for Gloucestershire today. Although Kirby was unavailable for comment, speculation was mounting that Gloucestershire are about to announce that
A POLICE OFFICER who managed to overpower a knifeman who viciously attacked a woman in her North Yorkshire home was receiving a bravery award today. PC Neil Slater, from Tadcaster, was commended for his bravery and quick-thinking during the incident in
A YORK mother was given the birthday treat of her life when a brass band serenaded her as she lay in bed. Lu Mason, an occupational therapist, woke to the sound of the five-piece band, known as Fanfare, who performed under her bedroom window in Lindley
STUDENTS at York University have started the new term by making a pledge to be good neighbours. York University Students' Union (YUSU) is taking part in SSHH (Silent Students = Happy Homes), a campaign aimed at tackling problems with noisy students. The
TONY Raymond got Ebor's York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one season off to a tremendous start with a dazzling display of darts. Raymond hit a superb 150 finish for 15, then a 180 for 18 to seal victory against Huntington WMC. Mark Hartley supported
YORK City Knights captain Lee Jackson is to speak to the club about renewing his contract for another year. The 35-year-old hooker came to Huntington Stadium in 2003 on a two-year deal and, after spending time considering his future, reckons he could
THE man whose body was discovered at a York flat was city businessman Yusuf Majothi. Police today said their investigation into his death, which was being treated as "suspicious", was continuing. A 32-year-old woman who was arrested at the flat has been
JO HAYWOOD talks to a former York couple who underwent a "quarter-life" crisis. "THINGS are looking up. We've started buying the good orange juice with the bits in, not the nasty concentrate stuff." It's hardly the high life, but John Mears, speaking
It is alarming news - women don't have just ONE G-spot. They have FOUR. Alarming not because we have three more than we have always been led to believe, but because it is a well-known fact that men have trouble finding even one - yet all the time they
IT'S never been easier to cheat on your partner. We have the technology - so we can lie our little heads off. Since the mobile phone gripped the world firmly by the throat, there's been no hiding place every second of every day. People rely so much on
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 100 years ago: A tribute was printed to Sir William Harcourt, former MP and son of York, a man whose dignity was counted as his chief characteristic. Sir William's repartees were always pointed, but they were never bitter. Lord
THE Diary was disappointed to see that no local firms featured in the finalists to find Britain's Best Business Name. Organised by Yellow Pages, the overall title went to a Bristol ironing firm called Crease Lightning, it was announced yesterday. The
A top-level study is calling for a huge new department store to be built on York's Castle Piccadilly site to boost flagging city centre trade. But the study, by consultants Roger Tym and Partners, says any development in the area must be "more sensitive
VICTORY is a fact - the manner of victory is a matter for discussion. And there will be much talk this week at York RUFC after their 19-14 victory over Hartlepool Technical Day School Old Boys. The win maintained them at the head of Powergen Northumberland
FOR the second time this season RI were outgunned by a team with a bigger, more mobile pack. West Leeds were always going to cause RI's inexperienced pack problems with former Otley star Fillipo running the show. RI had no answer to the home side's opening
AFTER struggling to get their game together at Knottingley, Pocklington finally found their form to come from 13 points down to win 34-16. Pocklington made the occasional early break, but were unable to score, while Knottingley had fewer opportunities
SELBY hooker Shane Sellers crossed for an unconverted try in added-on-time to give Selby their first away win of the season and their first ever League victory over Bridlington, by 23 points to 18. Selby started the game in confident mood with the Selby
HARROGATE overcame the odds of a lengthening injury list and three successive defeats to bounce back to winning form with a 35-25 success against one of the favourites for promotion from National League Two - partly thanks to returning RAF lock Peter
FORMER York City striker Alex Mathie will start in Pickering Town's Northern Counties East League President's Cup clash at Thackley tonight. Pikes player-boss Mathie, now 35, scored as an 80th-minute substitute in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Armthorpe
HAXBY United made it three wins out of three in Reserve 'B' after beating Nestl Rowntree 4-3 in a topsy-turvy game. Haxby raced into a two-goal lead within nine minutes with a Paul Dyson header and a Mike Taylor goal, but Nestl pulled one back before
THE last 100 per cent Reserve 'A' record fell as St John's College went down 2-1 at league leaders Dringhouses. After a goal-less first half, Nick Brown's free kick put 'Houses in front and, though Steve Maddox made it 1-1, Steve Cross rounded the keeper
THOSE staring into the heart of the pensions black hole will take little comfort from today's report. The Pensions Commission bleakly outlines our options. The number of pensioners in penury will greatly increase unless we save more, pay more taxes or
BEING woken by a horn concerto would not be everyone's idea of a dream start to the day. The beep beep beep of an electric alarm clock is bad enough. A blast from half a mile of brass would be enough to send most of us into orbit. Lu Mason, though, loved
A York expert in planning law today urged businesses in the city and the region to take advantage of new changes which, he says, will give them a greater say in planning strategy. John Yeomans, senior partner of York solicitors Harrowell Shaftoe, said
A "bright and welcoming" business centre for small and growing companies which could create up to 75 jobs when fully let, has opened at Clifton Moor, York. The Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, launched the new £500,000 project in Audax Road. The
THESE trees were supposedly cut down for safety reasons, but the trunk of one of the trees can be clearly seen to have no rot in it. Upper branches may well have had some dead limbs, but this is quite normal for an old tree, and anybody who has custody
THE only truly independent report on the trees, commissioned by the council, found the trees to be healthy. So which of the contradictory reports should we believe? The answer is clear from your correspondent Mr Britton (Letters, October 6). A forester
JO HAYWOOD talks to a former York couple who underwent a "quarter-life" crisis. "THINGS are looking up. We've started buying the good orange juice with the bits in, not the nasty concentrate stuff." It's hardly the high life, but John Mears, speaking
I WOULD like the despicable individual who stole my holdall from the back porch of Holgate Methodist Church last Friday at 1pm to be aware of this. You did not steal from the small elderly lady you obviously watched unloading her car. Neither did you
A new report out today adds fuel to fears of a looming pensions crisis. But what are the solutions? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. Millions of workers face a stark choice if we are to avoid poverty in old age, a hard-hitting report warns today. We will either
THE BBC is looking for people to join its regional and local audience groups. Each BBC region in England has groups that are made up of 12 people from their own editorial area, who watch BBC programmes and dip into BBC Local Radio as part of their day-to-day
SO in spite of all the free publicity given to the Respect party, including three letters in five days from the extreme left advertising it, less than three dozen people (or, "well over 30" as Chris Titley puts it) turned up to hear George Galloway. Even
I KNEW that some have entertained angels unawares, but not that one might attain near-beatitude all unknowingly ("Leave the car at Home", October 4). As I toddled off to primary school, I little thought that I was setting forth in the paths of righteousness
I HOPE all the hundreds of disillusioned labour voters - (eg the hard-up students, pensioners etc) will realise that in the next election a vote for Labour, Liberals, etc will be a wasted one. The only party that "cares for all" is the Michael Howard-led
A top-level study is calling for a huge new department store to be built on York's Castle Piccadilly site to boost flagging city centre trade. But the study, by consultants Roger Tym and Partners, says any development in the area must be "more sensitive
Wetherby opens its door for its exciting winter season tomorrow with a quality programme as the backdrop to its 14th annual charity meeting in aid of Spinal Research. Hard-working organiser Rachel Wright, from Stamford Bridge, has been instrumental in
A NEW flood map has come under further fire, with one York resident claiming it could unfairly send his insurance premium soaring and the value of his house falling. Chris Prior accused the Environment Agency online map of being "riddled" with inconsistencies
THE Government was today urged to slash a mounting "burden" of red tape after it emerged that duplicate data requests were costing York thousands of pounds. City of York Council has been asked to provide four reports - that contain pages and pages of
A YORK group has unveiled fledgling plans to establish a waterway centre in the city. The Bishop River Waterway Centre would provide a base for traditional crafts and rope making, training techniques and weekends. It is the brainchild of a small group
AN AVID snooker fan has told of his disgust at the price of tickets to watch the UK championships being staged in York next month. As top international snooker players chalk their cues, ready for the 2004 UK Travis Perkins tournament at the Barbican Centre
ACOMB Hockey Club men's first team continued their unbeaten start in Yorkshire League division two by beating Gainsborough Roses 3-2. After conceding an early goal to the visitors Acomb pulled ahead before half-time with a converted short corner by Nick
HUNDREDS of leaflets are being distributed around an area of York warning residents about a notorious teenage yob - as two more of the city's thugs are hit with antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs). City of York Council says the leafleting campaign will
FAST bowler Steve Kirby, who caused a stir by quitting Yorkshire at the end of last season, was poised to sign for Gloucestershire today. Although Kirby was unavailable for comment, speculation was mounting that Gloucestershire are about to announce that
THE campaign to secure more cash for York council today received a boost as the city's MP backed the bid. Labour MP Hugh Bayley said he wanted to work with the authority to present the most persuasive case. Mr Bayley supported many of the proposals in
LEV Yalcin has pledged that he is ready to become a regular first-team goalscorer for York City. The 19-year-old striker opened his senior account after a 30-match wait in last week's 2-1 defeat at Morecambe but now feels prepared to fulfil his prolific
MAXINE GORDON gets ready to retire for the night. THERE'S nothing like bedtime to separate the sexy from the slouchy. You know what I mean. Women fall into two distinct camps when it comes to nightwear: the comfy and the come-on. Let me confess that I
