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  • Sick barristers in drugs mystery

    AN investigation has been launched after a drugs trial had to be abandoned for the day when two barristers sitting near heroin and crack cocaine exhibits fell ill. The drugs were lying in sealed packets on an exhibits table at York Crown Court in front

  • Helping workers ‘must be priority’

    BRITISH Sugar must do all it can to help redundant workers if it presses ahead with the closure of its York sugar beet factory. That was York MP Hugh Bayley's blunt message to the company's corporate affairs director Chris Carter when the pair met at

  • Billy's boys to gain fitness

    YORK City's six summer signings will all be on show during tonight's opening pre-season friendly at Gainsborough Trinity. David McGurk, Darren Craddock, Ross Greenwood, Anthony Lloyd, Stephen Bowey and Craig Farrell have all been named in Billy McEwan's

  • Man’s death: one quizzed

    SHOCKED residents woke to find a man in their street had died in unexplained circumstances during the night. A man was also arrested at the address and was helping police with their inquiries. Police said an ambulance was called to Charles Street, Selby

  • Manny’s a model City professional

    YORK City's new home kit looks cool for cats after midfielder Manny Panther squeezed into it yesterday. Midfielder Panther became the first player to try the shirt on for size at the Wigginton Road training ground yesterday. And Minstermen fans will

  • Burnt? Don’t rub it in

    SMOOTHING on the sun cream and helping to rub it in those hard-to-reach places is part of beach etiquette. But this week, a research charity suggested that by doing just that, we could be dramatically reducing its effectiveness. Dr Rachel Haywood, a

  • Email gets firm thumbs-down

    BAD news for those who rely too greatly on email to make a business impact. Emailing and texting may be faster, but better business is done eyeball to eyeball, according to a survey of northern business leaders. While a low price sent by email may attract

  • Everest tragedy climber cleared

    A MOUNTAINEER from York who scaled the world's highest peak has walked free from court after being cleared over the death of a fellow climber. Jonathan Tinker, 47, of Bishopthorpe Road, had been charged with manslaughter, following the death of 22-year-old

  • Gillespie going back to Australia

    YORKSHIRE are to lose their overseas fast bowler Jason Gillespie for the last 11 days in August. He is returning to Australia to attend a training camp in preparation for the Ashes series, the Champions' Trophy and next year's World Cup in the Caribbean

  • Norwich Union job cuts blow

    ONE of York's biggest employers has announced 119 job cuts leaving dozens of people in the city fearing for their livelihoods. Norwich Union, which employs more than 3,000 people in the city, has announced the cuts in its human resources (HR) department

  • Gale force

    A Gale blew its way through North Marine Road yesterday and the 4,000 fans watching Yorkshire's match against Warwickshire loved every minute of it. Andrew Gale, the 22-year-old left-hander, hammered out his maiden century to tighten the Tykes' grip

  • If the cap fits... wear it

    TON-UP Tim Bresnan is still on cloud nine at Scarborough. The 21-year-old Pontefract-born seamer bowled superbly in the blazing heat at North Marine Road on the opening day of the current Championship match and the considerable movement he gained off

  • Nervous opener

    SELBY Golf Club professional Nick Ludwell enjoyed a roller-coaster ride on his Open debut at Hoylake yesterday. Ludwell, who qualified for the world-famous competition at his seventh attempt, finished with a three-over par score of 75 after yesterday's

  • Clean round needed for Dyson to make the cut

    Simon Dyson was in good company last night after getting his Open off to a tentative start. The York-based golfer was nestled in among names such as Luke Donald and Bernhard Langer on two over before his crack of dawn start on day two. He will now have

  • Smash-hit centurion

    ARCHBISHOP Holgate School pupil Jack Leaning has received another Yorkshire call-up after smashing his first-ever century. All-rounder Jack struck 19 fours before retiring on 116 during North Yorkshire's 125-run defeat of Durham. He also claimed one

  • Brilliant Cooper foiled by Ebor

    PAUL Cooper's dazzling display for Cygnet A' was not enough to unsettle York Phoenix Monday League table-toppers Ebor. He gamed in a tremendous 12 darts in the division one encounter. He hit a team game maximum then added another 180 but lost his opening

  • Ton-up stars shine

    GOLDEN Slipper and Cygnet B' produced a 38 ton-plus match in the John Smith's Mens Darts League. Mark Allan (180 for 18) and Gaz Witty jnr (16) played well for Cygnet but Slipper ran out 8-3 winners mainly due to Garry O'Reagan (20 and 21) and Shaun

  • Nigel’s Euro mission

    LONG Marston speedster Nigel Moore has qualified for the CIK European Kart Championship finals at the Mariembourg circuit in Belgium on September 3. The 14-year-old booked his place by finishing 15th overall in his qualifying round at Braga in Portugal

  • Roger king of Kevin’s Lake

    ANGLER Roger Holmes has re-written the record books for the second time in a week. After a new three-hour record at Carpvale last week and another best set at Langwith, Holmes, the new record holder on Emma's Lake, repeated the feat on Kevin's Lake.

  • Night Shirt bid

    It's the 14th annual Red Shirt night at Pontefract this evening, and Tim Easterby has strong claims of bagging the feature race. The Great Habton trainer is represented by Ryedane in the £18,000 Antonia Deuters Handicap and I expect this Tuesday night

  • Hot chance for Ice Mountain

    Hambleton trainer Bryan Smart is set to be doubly-represented as he goes for a jackpot prize in the feature race at Newbury tomorrow. Smart is set to saddle Ice Mountain and Avertuoso in the £135,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint. Both horses are in winning

  • Hawk-eyed reader shoots down Mohican

    EAGLE-EYED readers. That's what today's Diary is all about. We have them and we have a plea for more. First, we are indebted to Tony Taylor, of Woodthorpe, York, for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the native Americans (red injuns to you and me). He

  • As You Like It, Stagecoach Youth Theatre, York until Sunday

    HERE is a show where the audience truly is roped in to watch some bracing summer Shakespeare. Prompted by the line "Fools in a circle", director Cecily Boys puts audience and cast alike inside the boundary rope. After all, as Eliza Haughton-Shaw's

  • When old York really rocked...

    IT'S refreshing to finally get to the bottom of whether or not Pink Floyd played at New Earswick Folk Hall (yes, they seemingly did). It's an event which has always been engraved in York's music folklore. With regard to U2 playing Jasper's, (so it is

  • Day-trippers led by York

    YORK Rugby Union Club will travel to Ilkley in the first round of the Yorkshire Shield on September 2. Cross-city rivals York RI are also on the road at Old Brodleians, Pocklington go to Sandal, Malton & Norton head up to Redcar and Selby complete

  • Writing on wall

    I TOO saw both Pink Floyd and Procol Harum play New Earswick Folk Hall. For various reasons, my memories of musical events of that period are somewhat hazy. The Rolling Stones may have played the Rialto; The Beatles did. The Stones' signatures

  • RI and Park in final repeat

    WEST Park C' have given themselves the chance of revenge in the final of the York Veterans' Bowls League's Maddison Cup. They will battle it out against holders RI Amateurs in a repeat of last year's final. In two closely fought semi-finals, RI

  • Absolute bedlam

    IN answer to N Jackson's letter yes, the Rolling Stones did play in York. It was absolute bedlam, with girls screaming and Mick & Co playing/singing louder. It was at the Rialto, where Jack Prendergast also brought a lot of other stars to York

  • Harriers’ ladies in charge at Selby

    KNAVESMIRE Harriers Ladies team won the 13th annual Selby Relays for the 11th time in the race history. Fiona Strange ran the first of the 2.8 miles-legs in 17 minutes and 28 seconds to put the team in second place, 24 seconds adrift of City of

  • Greater powers

    GARY Flakes is quite right about the "Acomb Stench" which we have all had to endure for the last few weeks. I haven't enjoyed being forced to keep my windows closed either, (Miserable Stench, Letters, July 14). It should not have happened and the waste

  • Quality of life

    I WOULD like to offer my full support for the York Sport and Leisure Campaign (Sporting Chance For Campaign, July 17). I hope this campaign will add to the pressure on all parties following the Lib Dems' intriguing decision to close York's Barbican

  • Double standards

    I FEEL compelled to write regarding your recent article about Clair Douglass, who has been refused a breast reduction operation on the NHS despite having obvious problems due to the size of her breasts (Cosmetic Or Crucial? July 14). Last year I worked

  • Just deserts

    WHILE I sympathise with taxi driver Peter Coussons at the shock of finding bailiffs on his doorstep demanding £640 for an unpaid nine-month £30 parking ticket, (Parking Fine Fury, July 19), it still doesn't alter the fact that it serves him right

  • Evils of war

    OVER the past week, we have seen horrific pictures and events from the Middle East of people suffering a war which is not their fault and having to suffer the evils of war. I was very fortunate to hear stories from my grandparents during the Second

  • Nuclear alert

    THE case against nuclear power as a dirty and dangerous source of energy is well known but, in recent weeks, the arguments have coalesced around the economics. Since 1974 the UK has spent £6.8 billion on research and development into nuclear fusion

  • Full Sutton is a jail not a holiday camp

    FOR the benefit of the large number of prisoners at Full Sutton who are complaining about the "awful" conditions in their current "home", and who presumably cannot read (Jail House Strop, July 18) I would like to remind them that the sign outside their

  • Decline in crime rate

    AS your local newspaper, The Press sometimes has to report on violent crimes rape, robbery, assault or even murder. When such a crime is committed in York, it is big news. And it will carry a big headline: in no small part so we can help give police

  • Welcome decision

    SUPERMARKETS don't always get a good press. They are blamed for being too dominant and for driving local shops out of business. Today, however, we have nothing but praise for ASDA. The supermarket has decided not to sell cigarettes to anyone under

  • Jo Ro in ambitious project

    STUDENTS working in "terrible conditions" can look forward to lessons in new surroundings after their school was selected for an ambitious Government project. York was one of 25 local authorities to be chosen to receive funding to build a new secondary

  • York school makes grade

    COUNCILLORS are set to give the green light to a multi-million pound plan to relocate York's Manor School. The school's governors want to replace the building with a state-of-the-art campus about 400 yards from the existing site in Low Poppleton Lane

  • Preview: Harrogate Theatre, Autumn season

    INTRODUCING... Harrogate Theatre's new creative academy and autumn season. Goodbye Hannah Chissick, the youngest artistic director in Harrogate Theatre's century-long history. Hello, no new artistic director. In its stead will be a "pioneering creative

  • Death crash is a warning sign diabetic drivers can’t ignore

    Diabetic driver Shaun Handley was jailed for four years after his cavalier' approach to his condition led to the death of a young York student. STEPHEN LEWIS, MAXINE GORDON and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL look at the duty on diabetics to drive safely. MARTIN

  • Preview: Sam Brown, Castle Howard, July 28

    Just A Quickie with singer Sam Brown. How did you begin performing with Jools Holland? "In 1989, we recorded a pilot show for a show called Happenings, which basically paved the way. I got on really well with Jools, doing the odd gig with him, and

  • Preview: John Foxx, Fibbers, York July 23

    Charles Hutchinson responds to a convivial request for an interview with John Foxx, the orignal singer in Ultravox. THE invitation could not have been more polite. "Just wondered whether you would be at all interested in a quick chat with John Foxx

  • Preview: For The Lost, The Junction, York July 23

    FOR The Lost find their way from Easton, Maryland, USA to The Junction in Leeman Road, York, for a Sunday evening gig. In the young line-up are John Miller, vocals; Dick Bates, bass, guitar and vocals; John Hedl, lead guitar; and Mike Hedl, drums. "

  • Preview: Big Dance Week, July 22

    YORK dancers can play their part tomorrow afternoon in a nationwide attempt to break a world record. As the centrepiece of Big Dance Week, dance classes will be organised throughout Britain, including the Yorkshire contingent of York, Leeds, Hull and

  • Preview: Regina Spektor,Leeds City Varieties, July 21

    EXPECT Regina Spektor to burst into her native Russian tongue tonight at Leeds City Varieties. "It feels so good inside my body," reasons the singer-songwriter, who escaped the Soviet Union with her musical parents at the age of nine and settled in the

  • Preview: Jazz notes

    The Trad-packed Pickering Jazz Festival begins on Sunday with a Jazz Service at the Methodist Church, Potter Hill at 10.30am and an afternoon concert at 2pm, both with the Quayside Hot Stompers with Delia Glaister. The festival continues at the Memorial

  • Violent crime falls by 5pc in N Yorks

    NORTH Yorkshire is bucking a trend which has seen violent crime rise across England and Wales. The Government's annual crime statistics, published by the Home Office yesterday, showed a five per cent drop in both overall crime and violent crime in North

  • Battle Of Fulford row rumbles on

    YORK'S archaeology expert has said there is no firm evidence the Battle Of Fulford took place on the planned site of a controversial development. John Oxley, archaeologist for City of York Council, was speaking at the public inquiry into Persimmon Homes

  • Creation, York Minster, July 27 to September 23

    JAKE Attree never fails to be inspired by York Minster. "I think the Minster is the city, and the city is the Minster," he says, as he reflects on his four decades of painting in York. "It looks of its time, but it also defines our time, and while other

  • Supermarket bans cigarettes sales to under-18s

    HEALTH bosses in our region have welcomed a York supermarket's decision not to sell cigarettes to anyone under 18. Asda has announced that it is upping the age at which customers can buy tobacco from 16 to 18, in all of their stores nationwide, including

  • Dog owner banned

    A DOG owner who threw his pet into a street litter bin has been banned from keeping any animal for five years. Andrew John Waterson, 37, hit the Staffordshire terrier on the head and banged it against a wall when he erupted in a rage in Holgate Road,

  • City schools in perverts fear

    POLICE are investigating after a man was spotted taking photographs of children in the playground of a York primary school. Parents have been warned to be on their guard after the man, who fled when he was approached by staff, was spotted at Haxby Road

  • Parents face damages bill

    PARENTS of young thugs in York who damage other people's property face having to foot the bill, under an innovative new proposal. The Home Office has selected the city as one of ten pilot areas for new Parental Compensation Orders, which can force parents

  • Britons rescued from terror of war-torn Beirut

    THE nightmare is finally over for under-siege chef Camille Chehab as well as thousands of other Britons, now ferried to safety by the Royal Navy. HMS York was among a fleet of ships sailing back and forth between war-torn Lebanon and Cyprus in the rescue

  • Way we were

    Friday, July 21, 2006 100 years ago The Channel Fleet was to pay a visit to Scarborough the next Thursday, and would remain in the bay until the following Monday. There would be eleven vessels, including the flagship of the Vice-Admiral and