THE blame game has started over possible cuts this autumn to York's home-help service. The Press revealed yesterday how City of York Council might stop providing assistance to people considered to be in "moderate" need, because of growing financial pressures
VANDALS and thieves have targeted a woman's car three times in a month - first they swiped the stereo, then they stole the vehicle and finally someone came and torched it. Angry owner Carol Whitehead has paid out £260 to have her Vauxhall Corsa twice
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A CALLOUS conman who swindled £164,000 from his neighbours in York, has been ordered to pay them back an "insulting" £1. Football fraudster Paul Garland, who was jailed for two-and-a-half years in January, was back before Judge Paul Hoffman for a hearing
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Photograph by Steven Gates © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Steven Gates © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
YORK City have reaped major benefits from their strong youth policy. The Press York City reporter DAVE FLETT charts the programme's new value. YORK City have brokered a unique agreement that will ensure the continuation of youth football in its
YORK City juniors got their Football League Youth Alliance campaign off to a flying start with a 3-2 victory over Hartlepool United. Goals by Liam Shepherd, Alex Rhodes and Mathew Johnson secured the victory, which should provide a perfect fillip for
TEEN definitely going green is Pike Hills Golf Club ace Charlotte Austwick. The 14-year-old continued a memorable summer season by winning the York Union of Golf Clubs' Fulford Rose Bowl competition, the final of which was staged at The Oaks GC in Aughton
SCHOOLS in York can flex their sporting muscles over the next few months. The Concept2 Schools Indoor Rowing League has been launched for 2006-07 and entries are open to schools in the York area. The league is an all-inclusive national tournament in
PROPS Josh Skilbeck and Sean Bell are the latest Selby Warriors players to be awarded coaching scholarships by York City Knights. The under-14s pair will follow centre Jacob Scales and half-back Stevie Bell, who are both currently enjoying their second
YORK Acorn ARL Under-8's played their final game of the season in a curtain-raiser game before the Castleford Tigers v St Helens fixture at The Jungle last Sunday. They met a Methley Warriors side who went into the game on the back of a long unbeaten
When you've got a strictly finite amount of cash to spend on a dream sports facility, you could be forgiven if the odd detail gets missed off. Especially when £1.9million is stretched to include new changing facilities, a dance studio, bar area, gym,
YORK City Ladies came close to celebrating a perfect opening to their league campaign in front of a crowd of 75. But three second-half strikes by visitors Bradford City Women took the shine off as the ladies lost 3-2. The Minsterladies had hosted
THERE will be no room for sibling rivalry when twin sisters Holly and Eve Cogan both line up for Leeds United under-16s next season. The two 15-year-old girls, who previously played for Brayton Belles and Selby Olympia, have been signed up by Leeds after
KARTING sensation Nigel Moore was fully back on form for the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow championship's overseas round at Genk in Belgium, scoring two wins. Although not the fastest in timed qualifying, the sure-footed 14-year-old from Long Marston shot out
HIGH-LEVEL talks have failed to resolve a row over policing costs at York City FC matches. City chiefs met senior police officers to discuss charges which could have a "disastrous" effect on the cash-strapped club. The talks, held yesterday afternoon
MEET the girl star behind the mask. It's York fencer Abbi Matthews, who has been selected for the European Junior Championships which are being held in Poland in November. As a prelude to the championships, the Olympic hopeful will be one of the favourites
THE last two of the eight-round Pickering and District Motor Club All-comers Adult and Youth Easy Trials series will be held on September 17 and October 22. Both will be staged at Riseborough, off the A170, to the west of Pickering. The skills of
EIGHTEEN-year-old Yorkshire athlete Luke Cutts produced a lifetime best of 5.30metres in the final of the pole vault at the World Junior Championships in Beijing. Although Dearnside athlete Cutts finished in ninth place overall, 5.30m was the same
Gina Parkinson has rich pickings with some late bloomers. Late summer flowering flowers are at their peak in August with dahlias and tender perennials such as cannas producing their wonderfully rich blooms that glow, jewel-like in the gradually lowering
JANCEE Dunn has been to the loo at Madonna's, snooped through the cupboards of Dolly Parton's kitchen and been mistaken for Ben Affleck's girlfriend. She's also hung out with Brad Pitt in his trailer and feasted on champagne and caviar with Barry
How would King Arthur of legend deal with today's baddies and troubles? That's the challenge that Fenton sets himself in this unusual fantasy book. Most of it reads like a tale of modern folk, the type who go to private schools and know the right
HARRIS is one of Yorkshire's most successful novelists and probably best known for her delicious confection, Chocolat. In her latest novel, now out in paperback, her writing is of the darker, more bitter variety. Class war; unrequited love and a deadly
As the Bank Holiday looms, Mike Laycock visits the seaside. WHAT AND WHERE? Hunmanby Gap, near Filey. WHY? It's one of the nicest beaches on the Yorkshire coast, with a huge expanse of sand exposed at all but high tide. It is situated in the
Would you open a delicatessen and wine merchant or wine merchant and delicatessen? Husband and wife team Peter and Cathryn Fawcett have opted for the latter at their newly opened outlet close to the Grimston Bar roundabout on the approach to York. Putting
LAST week, Bernadette Oxberry recalled the two York discos where it was cool to be seen if you were a groovy chick in the early Seventies - The Bop in New Earswick and the York City Rowing Club. Bernadette preferred the thrashing, arm-scissoring disco
George Wilkinson ventures through moorland mist in Rudland Rigg. The colour purple, hence the timing of this walk, a circle through the heather on quiet land on the North York Moors. At and near the car park is a history of access information,
Harry Shaw City Cruiser is bringing you this fantastic opportunity to see the legendary Joe Longthorne in concert at the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. The singer is famed for stunningly accurate vocal impressions of some of the world's most famous musical
PETER MARTINI enjoys a break in the Cotswolds. I'D never been to the Cotwolds before, and didn't know what to expect. I'd heard from several people the region was "really nice" but, frankly, I don't like the word "nice", ever since my old primary
Have you noticed how many people are taking UK holidays this year? And how glad are we! No matter that most of us are dodging the midges in Scotland or caravans in Cornwall or downpours in Dorset. We can produce a lip balm without attracting an escort
A PENSIONER has been banned from a red light district after being caught with a bizarre selection of tools and sex toys in his car scores of times. Nigel Pallister, in his 60's, was caught driving around the area looking for prostitutes, while carrying
I RECENTLY had the pleasure of visiting your lovely city and the surrounding countryside. However, I was disgusted at the price I had to pay to visit you. It cost £72 for a cheap return GNER train ticket from London Kings Cross, but then when I boarded
DAVID Milburn (Today's Exams Put To The Test, Readers' Letters, August 24) challenges readers to look at GCSE papers to judge how difficult they are. Indeed, the Qualifications And Curriculum Authority placed full-page advertisements in national newspapers
I READ the contributions to Readers' Letters from Ben Drake with incredulity. He appears to believe in unlimited immigrations, and that the workers of the world will unite in brotherly love. Why does he imagine that New Labour have allowed at least
THANK you for publishing my letter to you about The Press article, The Glam Years (Life & Times, Saturday, August 12). I would like to point out that, unlike a Scotsman, I don't wear skirts. The letter was changed by you from "shirts" to "skirts",
I AM searching for soldiers who fought in the bloody battle for a place called Keren in Eritrea at the beginning of 1941. I want to complete my research into this battle through the eyes of those who took part in this vital conflict. This battle was
I THINK D Dawson's letter about the possibility of lap-dancers plying their trade in York (Bring On The Dancing Girls, August 23) is without any doubt the most level-headed and sensible thing I have ever read in these pages. His views on the hypocrisy
THE two young Asian men who were taken off the holiday plane in Spain were interviewed by the BBC. One of them sat, with a self-satisfied smirk on his face during the whole time, calling his fellow passengers paranoid. They had no reason to feel suspicious
I READ the Park&Ride success, unsubsidised, in Monday's The Press. I can only speak of the Number Nine Monks Cross-York service that I see running almost empty all through the day. Using City of York Council's own figures prices and timetables, I
I WAS dumbstruck to see a UKIP MEP write in to complain about the effects of the recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as it relates to sugar (Godfrey Bloom, EU Sugar Disaster, August 22). For years eurosceptics have moaned that taxpayers
WE are grateful Stephen Byers has raised the issue of inheritance taxes with his suggestion that they be abolished. However, we would take a totally different direction. At the moment, the really wealthy avoid paying any inheritance tax by devices
WITH reference to the letter Show Disappoints (August 23), I also went to Elvington air show. In between the showers of rain there was marvellous flying, a superb runway, aircraft starting up, and taking off and landing all the time, close to the crowd
MANY children manage to get through their young years without having to go to hospital - but these two were not so lucky. Little Caitlyn Lee, from York, and Karleena Watling, from Selby, have both had to be rushed into hospital for frightening conditions
"I can assure everybody, this has hit the player very hard." Believe it or not, but Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce wasn't talking about Pedro Mendes when he said that this week. He was actually talking about Ben Thatcher, the guy who hospitalised
Goodwood might have a £100,000 race tomorrow, but there is no lack of high-class action at Beverley where a bumper card includes a brace of valuable showpieces. The £32,000 totepool Beverley Bullet boasts Listed status and has attracted a cracking field
THE sheds are coming down - at last. That will be the cry of appreciation emanating from York Golf Club, whose members have approved a long-awaited development of the club-house at the Strensall-based circuit. And among the first phase of the major
NEVER was a homecoming' more dramatic or celebratory than that enjoyed by James Mason. A member of Fulford Golf Club from 2000-2003 when he was studying maths and computer science at York University, Mason returned to the scene of many personal triumphs
Jackson's smart debut: HEWORTH GC's Martin Jackson almost conjured a dream debut after he answered a late call-up. Down to only 11 possible players for their Yorkshire Inter-District Union clash against East Riding at Driffield GC, York Union secretary
YORK City Knights have grown this year no matter what division they end up playing in next season. That is the verdict of chief executive John Guildford, who said off-field activities had seen the Knights become a bigger and better organisation than
WELL, how about that? As soon as York City Knights fans resign themselves to relegation, along comes a lifeline in the form of Halifax's financial troubles. Nobody wants to wish ill on another club, but this column has long since resolved to cling onto
AS an act of redemption, underfire left-back Nathan Peat's thundering free-kick, which settled last night's thrilling 3-2 victory over Burton Albion in injury time, takes some beating. Peat was hauled off after 21 minutes of City's impressive 2-1 victory
YORK City boss Billy McEwan watched his side go top of the Conference table last night but then demanded that they must improve their defending. City beat Burton Albion in a 3-2 thriller at KitKat Crescent which was decided in dramatic fashion when Nathan
Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell can't wait for future matches between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds to gain Premiership billing. Both clubs have fallen on hard times in recent years and while Leeds are on the mend financially, Wednesday are
"HOW do you feel as a teenager walking out at Wembley? It was unbelievable. It's a chance of a lifetime for any young lad." Those were the words of York-born Harry Deighton, for whom today's Powergen Challenge Cup final will evoke memories of the time
A TRAMPOLINE ride which broke, leaving a 16-year-old girl with ankle injuries, had been sabotaged, police believe. The teenager was injured when one of the ropes on the bungee trampoline ride in St Sampson's Square snapped, while she was suspended in
THE roof of the £12.5million iconic pavilion and media centre to be built at Headingley Carnegie cricket stadium will shaped like a bat's wing. Details of the ambitious scheme were revealed to Yorkshire members and supporters at the launch of the club's
AS a church clock struck 2pm, time rolled back for a golden couple who had returned to the village where they tied the knot 50 years before. Reg and Pam Burn were married at 2pm at Coxwold Church on August 25, 1956, after courting for seven years following
TENS of thousands of rock-lovers descended on an expectant Bramham Park site for the start of a weekend of rock and roll. The event that has become the Carling Weekend Leeds and Reading Festival has always had a strong heavy rock element, and on the
A PICTURESQUE village in Ryedale is in danger of becoming "a huge caravan and camping site", residents have warned. Objectors to the expansion of a caravan park near Malton claim their community is starting to have echoes of seaside resorts like Scarborough
HUNDREDS of activists were today arriving in North Yorkshire for the start of a massive environmental protest - still planning to shut down a massive power station next week. The Camp For Climate Action is holding a ten-day protest in "Megawatt Valley
SOUTH Bank residents could feel the full force of St Leger race traffic when the two-day festival comes to York next month, Labour councillors have warned. Micklegate ward councillors Dave Merrett, Dave Evans and Sandy Fraser have asked any South Bank
A DRINK-driver who failed to stop after hitting a building and then refused to let police into his house has escaped jail. Leslie O'Nions, 45, of Richard Street, Selby, decided to drive the half-a-mile home after spending an afternoon drinking in Selby
