Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1.20 Motability Supported By Royal & Sunalliance Handicap (1 mile 2 furlongs 88 yards) 1 Realism 12-1, 2 Star Of Light 14-1, 3 Motive 8-1; 4 Ofaraby 16-1. 19 ran. Distances: 2l, l 1l. Favourite Rohaani 10-3 was withdrawn
SERGEANT Cecil made the 550-mile round trip from Devon pay a handsome dividend as he completed a rare double when taking the £200,000 totesport Ebor at York yesterday. In doing so, the 11-1 chance became the first horse for almost a century to land this
YORKSHIRE can't have had many better days on Knavesmire than yesterday's Ebor spectacular. Former York-based jockey Alan Munro won the totesport Ebor on Sergeant Cecil, trainers Richard Fahey, Kevin Ryan, David Nicholls and Richard Whittaker had winners
ALL the excitement came early on at Old Trafford yesterday when Craig White completed Yorkshire's 100th Championship Roses century and Deon Kruis smashed an enormous six on to the roof of the pavilion. Kruis' massive blow off spinner Gary Keedy brought
On the day a Government Minister meets Yorkshire business leaders to discuss cutting red tape, we reveal more potential bureaucratic threats to the region's small ventures. Business Editor RON GODFREY reports. PREPARE to be snarled up in yet more red
FOODS group Nestl said it had achieved a strong first half of the year after overcoming rising cost pressures and tough trading conditions. The group, known for Kit-Kat chocolate bars manufactured in York, met its own expectations with net profits of
ONE OF North Yorkshire's biggest firms of accountants and business advisers, JW Pickles and Co of Selby, has appointed Harrogate-based PR consultancy Mike Clarke Communications to provide media relations and marketing services support. Activity for the
FOOD producers from Yorkshire will give London's culinary experts something to chew over next month The county's finest delicacies, such as speciality pies and chutneys as well as new offerings such as Yorkshire biltong, will be on show to trade buyers
STAND by for the Topshop swapshop, in retail giant Arcadia's version of musical chairs in York. The company was this week staying tight-lipped over plans to move its different brand stores into new venues in the city. A spokeswoman for Philip Green, Arcadia's
A WHOLE industry is devoted to helping the stressed-out unwind. You can spoil yourself in a spa, have your pressure points needled by an acupuncturist, sink into an immersion tank or meditate your way to a higher plane. Others travel miles to find tranquillity
TRAIN bosses have warned people not to treat railway lines as a playground after a carriage window was smashed by a missile. Passengers on the York to Scarborough service were showered with glass when an object was thrown at a train at Strensall. British
GOURMET honey lovers worldwide are being protected from fraud by a group of York scientists. Experts have found how to use sweet chestnut trees at Castle Howard's arboretum to help prove the authenticity of honey from Corsica. They can use DNA from the
HEARTLESS thieves left the family of a frail pensioner sickened after they stole her wheelchair from outside her home. Now relatives of 82-year-old Betty Johnson, of Jute Road in Acomb, York, are appealing for the chair's return so their elderly relative
RESIDENTS across York have been enraged over proposals by pubs to stay open into the early hours, fearing they will suffer late-night noise and disruption. But not people living near businesses owned by Samuel Smith's Brewery. For the Tadcaster-based
TICKETS handed out by North Yorkshire Police officers have more than doubled in the past year, according to new figures. Officers gave out 6,161 fixed penalty notices to people in the first three months of this policing year, compared with 2,523 for the
RICHARD Buck claimed the notable scalp of Commonwealth Games relay gold medallist Jared Deacon at the UK Challenge event at Gateshead. The 18-year-old Nestl Rowntree 400m sprinter pipped the South Shields Poly runner on his doorstep in a thrilling finish
YORK City Knights' charge towards the LHF National League Two title will have to overcome the loss of star prop Adam Sullivan. The three-time Player of the Month injured his left knee in Sunday's win over London Skolars and, while an X-ray has shown no
YORKSHIRE can't have had many better days on Knavesmire than yesterday's Ebor spectacular. Former York-based jockey Alan Munro won the totesport Ebor on Sergeant Cecil, trainers Richard Fahey, Kevin Ryan, David Nicholls and Richard Whittaker had winners
THESE talented teens are among thousands from schools across our region celebrating success in their A-level results today. Some schools in York reported they had received their best-ever results, mirroring a predicted national pattern of success, which
YORK City Knights' charge towards the LHF National League Two title will have to overcome the loss of star prop Adam Sullivan. The three-time Player of the Month injured his left knee in Sunday's win over London Skolars and, while an X-ray has shown no
ONLY a few months ago City of York Council boldly announced a "licensing zone" would be created in the Micklegate area where all applications for extended opening hours would normally be refused unless it could be proved that the extension would not lead
I AM compiling a history of shops and providers in South Bank, York, from 1950 to the present day. So far I have got 86 premises and their occupants. I am now struggling to gather information on six premises. Can anyone help me please? They are: 1 Balmoral
FORMER York City player-manager Chris Brass played 30 minutes for the reserves at Lincoln City yesterday. Brass has been sidelined since December because of a knee ligament injury which required an operation but made his first competitive appearance for
A parish priest plans to exorcise the house where quadruple killer Mark Hobson twin sisters Claire and Diane Sanderson, to rid the village of an "evil cloud". But what is an exorcism? Will it work? STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to two Yorkshire exorcists to find
TEENAGER James Reveley, son of trainer Keith, and grandson of Mary, can figure in the spotlight at Chester tomorrow. James, a former leading junior show-jumper, is now following the racing route and he has good prospects of notching a memorable success
OUR A level students have excelled themselves. They have achieved a terrific set of results which stands as testament to their talent and hard work. The grades are also a public tribute to the dedication of teachers and the high standards of so many schools
IT was the perfect conditions for York Racecourse's showpiece Ebor Meeting. The going was good, but the weather was fabulous. The crowds were out in force with many families arriving early to tuck into picnics. Celebrities were few and far between in
THE successors to two-time British rally champion Jonny Milner could be on the Huggate driver's doorstep. Ashley Simpson, who lives just across the Wolds in Fangfoss, is currently lying second in the junior British Rallycross Championship while his younger
ASCOT bosses today gave their strongest hint yet that York will NOT be needed to host another Royal Ascot meeting next year. Spokesman Nick Smith said that every day, they were becoming more confident that its traditional home at Ascot would be ready
ALL the excitement came early on at Old Trafford yesterday when Craig White completed Yorkshire's 100th Championship Roses century and Deon Kruis smashed an enormous six on to the roof of the pavilion. Kruis' massive blow off spinner Gary Keedy brought
A SHOCKED tenant may quit his house near York after discovering it was the scene of an horrific double murder by crazed killer Mark Hobson. Pole Rafal Misztal was stunned yesterday when the Evening Press revealed the grim truth about 453 Strensall Road
YORK City Knights' Supporters Club will be running buses to Sunday's potential title-winning match at Hunslet. Two have been ordered - and one is already fully-booked - but more can be added if there is sufficient demand. Coach one is for those who book
THEY have hanged people, imprisoned people and even declared war on people there (though not all at the same time). Now a reader has come up with a new idea for the Eye of York. Luckily, Dennis Young has an altogether more peaceful use for the grassy
MESSRS Jackson and Gallagher look understandably delighted at the money they will make from opening Toffs until 4am, but do they or the licensing committee, or indeed, the Press ever spare a thought for those of us who have to live with the consequences
I READ with much interest your report 'Spread of poisonous weed sparks alert' (August 5). You have certainly hit a raw point with me. As horse owners we are only too aware of common ragwort and of what it can do to animals who inadvertently eat it in
THE Joseph Rowntree trust has raised concerns about how easy it is to get almost any information about almost anything on the internet (August 17). It enables those who can to find out almost everything they want to know about an address and district
REGARDING the demolition of Haxby Memorial Hall, to be replaced with a futuristic building by German engineering firm Huf Haus: I say it would not be a good idea at all. For one thing it wouldn't fit into the character of the village; and why pull down
I WAS brought up in Haxby in the 1940s and Fifties and, like my sisters, attended Haxby village school under the tutelage of head teacher Basil Hurdus and his assistants Miss Curry and Miss Rutter. There we received an excellent education and all went
I APPRECIATE there are many people with problems and the Arc Light Centre for the homeless seems to offer the help they need. However, I believe this area is not suitable for the new centre. There are many smaller terraced houses in the immediate vicinity
KNOWING I was a keen environmentalist with an interest in all wild life, my friend Paul bought me a Dionaea muscipula (a venus fly-trap plant) for my birthday. It came with an unsuspecting "dinner for one," a little black winged fly, crawling over the
AFTER reading the readers letters of August 15, it appears nobody is taking any notice of what is written or said about the traffic problem in the York area. If they were they would know by now the problem is, by design, part of a larger traffic plan.
Thursday, August, 18, 2005 100 years ago For some time the problem of a pure milk supply had engaged not only the Board of Agriculture, but also that of the various health authorities up and down the country. It had long been held by medical men that
