Should couples be able to choose the sex of their unborn children? Should buying and selling human sperm and eggs be banned? Should fertility treatment be available to single women and lesbian couples? These are among many questions being asked in a landmark
OUR neighbours York City FC have begun their season now and I wish them well. We at the Knights have had a decent year up to now in the league, and for the city to have two successful professional sporting teams would be excellent. City have had a few
Italian raider Electrocutionist denied Japanese hope Zenno Rob Roy in a thrilling finish to the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday. Mick Kinane brought the four-year-old - trained by Valfredo Valiani Valiani, who won the Yorkshire Oaks in
Today the Evening Press announces the finalists in our York Community Pride awards - our campaign to unearth York's true local heroes. Since April, we have been asking for your nominations for the people you think deserve recognition for their outstanding
Yorkshire captain Craig White was today seeking his first century in two seasons having stopped his side from falling apart in the Roses match at Old Trafford. White, who has now hit seven Championship half-centuries this summer, had made a defiant 71
By now, regular readers of this report - yes, both of you - have probably become used to my continual twittering about the need to improve the take- up of science and technology by UK businesses. I make no apologies for this because it is absolutely crucial
A COMMUNICATIONS firm in York has launched a sim card which people can use when they travel abroad to avoid being caned with "roaming" prices charged by mobile phone networks. The worldwide service, which is operated from York Business Park in Nether
Thomas the Baker has opened a new bakeshop in Haxby Shopping Centre....at last It is in premises which previously traded as Metcalfe's fruit and vegetable shop. John Thomas, chairman and managing director, said: "Almost 20 years ago we identified the
THE UK Snooker Tournament and York's Festival of Remembrance today looked set to be staged once more at the Barbican Centre this autumn. Prospective centre operators Absolute Leisure revealed it had offered to reopen the centre at a loss - as a goodwill
THE assistant manager of an Italian restaurant who skipped the country with almost £4,000 of takings has been jailed for 18 months. Paul Anthony Crawford, 29, took the entire weekend's takings from Bella Pasta, now known as Bella Italia, in Low Petergate
KIND-hearted York Scouts were given a life-changing experience when they helped to renovate a rundown Russian orphanage. Three Orion Explorers from St Chad's Church, in South Bank, were part of a 20-strong group which carried out restoration work at the
PROPOSALS to permanently lock up a cycle path where a woman reported being raped in broad daylight have sparked a row in York. Access to the path, which runs between Kitchener Street and Wigginton Road, is blocked off at 10pm each night, when two barriers
Change is very much on the cards at IT Sports Wigginton squash club as they prepare to launch a top-three Yorkshire Premier League finish this season. Team skipper Matt Lowery has taken total charge of the first team with Ian Tooms taking the second team
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has taken the fight over the new Arc Light homeless centre to the Government. The Labour MP has spoken to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's office to see if a time limit on a £3.5 million Government grant for the new centre can
Yorkshire captain Craig White was today seeking his first century in two seasons having stopped his side from falling apart in the Roses match at Old Trafford. White, who has now hit seven Championship half-centuries this summer, had made a defiant 71
Joe O'Neill's hat-trick was the first three-goal debut by a York City player for 51 years. The legendary Arthur Bottom was the last player to achieve the feat, netting his treble in a 6-2 Division Three North win at Wrexham when Norman Wilkinson (2) and
A NOTORIOUS accident blackspot has claimed the life of another motorist. An elderly driver died on the A19 yards north of Shipton when the man's silver Ford Focus was in collision with a silver Audi A6 at Tollerton crossroads shortly before noon yesterday
JOE O'Neill became the first player last night since the legendary Arthur Bottom to hit a hat-trick on his York City debut. The 22-year-old striker's treble came in a crushing 4-1 victory at Southport and emulated the achievement of famous 'Happy Wanderer
At the risk of this column sounding more than a little like last week's, I'll start by saying I was at Old Trafford on Monday. No, I don't mean I was shopping at the Trafford Centre; I mean that after a 4am start, a trans-Pennine dash and a two-and-a-half-hour
YORKSHIRE'S claim to be the UFO capital of Britain will be reinforced by this strange photograph. It was taken by Evening Press lensman Anthony Chappel-Ross. He was photographing Denton Hall, near Ilkley - that is the building seen at the bottom of the
I HAVE read with interest reports of the 1,000-plus signatures raised opposing the demolition of Haxby Memorial Hall. I have some questions for those people: 1 Did you fill out the form delivered to every home in Haxby and Wiggington asking what we wanted
WHAT a load of tripe from Roger Westmorland (Letters, August 9). The only war crimes in the pacific were perpetrated by the Japanese. For example, after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, without warning, on December 9, 1941, General Doolittle led a small
IN July 1945, as an 18 year old, I was in the Royal Navy at a Royal Marine camp in India preparing to invade Malaysia in the area of Port Dickson and Port Swetenham. In August the two atom bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered and the war in the Far
IT is time to take a stand for all that is right and decent. I refer to the wonderful public house the Tap & Spile on Monkgate, York. Since Jack and Mel Merry took over the place has been a delight to enter. There is always a fine choice of real ales
BILLY McEwan has warned his players not to get carried away after last night's 4-1 victory at Southport. The York City manager hailed it "a very, very pleasing night" but also expressed his disappointment with the Conference North champions' equalising
JOE O'Neill became the first player last night since the legendary Arthur Bottom to hit a hat-trick on his York City debut. The 22-year-old striker's treble came in a crushing 4-1 victory at Southport and emulated the achievement of famous 'Happy Wanderer
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 100 years ago We were warned that no reader who enjoyed reading a good novel should fail to read the Monthly Magazine of Fiction for September (No. 245), which was a Double Number, published at the ordinary price, threepence
ROY of the Rovers writers would have been sacked for penning such a far-fetched script as that which unravelled at Haig Avenue last night. Debutant hat-trick heroes might be common place at Melchester but, away from comic book tales, few strikers have
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1.20 Ladbroke Knavesmire Handicap (1 mile 4 furlongs) 1 Camrose 12-1, 2 Spring Jim 8-1, 3 Sualda 25-1, 4 Nessen Dorma 20-1. 18 ran. Distances: 3l, l, sh. Favourite Bridge Loan 11-2 finished 7th. Winning jockey - Jimmy Fortune.
Take Avonbridge to spoil a French party on Knavesmire tomorrow as the sprinters take centre stage in the feature race of the day. With a field of 16 horses set to face the starter for the five-furlongs VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes, all eyes will be on French
NEVER mind handmade chocolates or smoked salmon, North Yorkshire people love their veggies. Of 700 exotic products available through the Deli on the Doorstep scheme launched by Pickering-based Moorsfresh six months ago, there have been more sales of seasonal
A YOUNG parliamentarian, York's clean city champion, an art enthusiast, friends of parks, moors and allotments, and charity fundraisers extraordinaire are among those nominated for York Community Pride awards. The line-up is a cheering reminder of the
THE daughter of supermarket tycoon Sir Ken Morrison has failed in an effort to put up huge gates to guard her home. Government inspector Roger Brown dismissed the appeal by Andrea Shelley, and her husband, Andrew, that they should be allowed to install
WHAT do you expect to get from a raffle - a bottle of plonk, a cuddly toy maybe, at the very best a holiday or even a car? But a fireman .... ? Well, that's what is on offer in the latest charity fundraising exercise to hit York. At least half a dozen
POLICE have warned that a robber who threatened shop staff with a dirty syringe could strike again. Detectives are investigating a robbery at a York video shop in which the attacker made off with £80 cash. He threatened a young male employee at Blockbusters
ANGLERs in the York Amalgamation Veterans match enjoyed great sport on Marley Lake at the Laybourne Lakes complex. Amalgamation stalwart Dougie Dalton proved age is no barrier to success winning the over-70s section with a fine bag of 33lb 3oz. Fishing
IF you had closed your eyes, it could have been June all over again. The roar of the crowds, the thunder of the hooves on the turf, the queue for a pint at the racecourse bars - everything had a flavour of that magical Royal meeting. But this was not
THE news analysis feature on the future of oil and petrol used for road transport and aviation was interesting and very informative (August 12). It is right to stress the need to consider changes in lifestyle to those that are more sustainable in the
CONTRARY to current belief, petrol is still cheap. Without the tax, it would be only 30p per litre. So, even tripling the current price to $200 barrel would only result in a pump price of £1.50 a litre, and at this price, the amount of recoverable oil
INDIVIDUALS using the proposed Arc Light homeless centre at Shipton Street will be entering a community where drugs are easily obtainable - as can be observed by residents on an almost daily basis - and where they may be vulnerable to victimisation by
I READ with interest your article about the Arc Light exhibition day. There is much protest about the issue, but the council taking ensuring adequate street lighting and full surveillance could, possibly, help ease people's minds. If they were to do this
THANK you very much once again to Christine Hayton and David Tappin for giving us a free pitch at their Yorkshire Air Spectacular at Rufforth at the weekend. Their generosity enabled us to raise nearly £500 for St Leonard's Hospice, York. Thanks also
MRS G Hull's letter (August 6) had a pop at me. I am not a memorial hall trustee and writing to the Evening Press as a private citizen does not mean Haxby Town Council supports the course of action she fears. Each council member has their own views. Some
Joe O'Neill's hat-trick was the first three-goal debut by a York City player for 51 years. The legendary Arthur Bottom was the last player to achieve the feat, netting his treble in a 6-2 Division Three North win at Wrexham when Norman Wilkinson (2) and
