A SINISTER chapter in Pocklington's history is to be re-opened as residents of the normally peaceful market town prepare to begin a fresh round of witch-hunts. While often celebrated as the caring community which inspired a young William Wilberforce to
CAR-owning York residents who live close to the city centre will have to dig deeper this year after increases in parking charges. City councillors agreed to up the price of a standard residents' permit by 10 per cent to £37.50. The cost of an authorisation
ROBBIE Williams is to perform in York for the first time since his Take That days. The reformed hellraiser will appear at the Barbican Centre on Sunday, May 24 at 7.30pm, with tickets going on sale at 9am tomorrow at £11.50. Williams last toured the Barbican
THE winner of the 1998 Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands could end up opening the prestigious Phoenix Festival this summer. Negotiations are at an advanced stage between Fibbers boss Tim Hornsby, Phoenix promoter Vince Power and Carlsberg-Tetley
BY DAY Micklegate forms a vital part of York's tourist trail - a picturesque gateway to the city's historic treasures. By night, as revellers gather in their hundreds to stagger from pub to pub, the only tourists left are, according to revellers, those
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are making no bones about the latest grisly discovery in York city centre - human remains. The macabre find was unearthed only inches under the feet of unsuspecting shoppers. But a murder investigation has already been ruled out by detectives
LOVE will be a family affair for a North Yorkshire florist this St Valentine's Day when the owners' husbands and sons dress up in the name of romance. Business partners Celia Page and Marilyn Baldwin, who own Easingwold florists Flowers By Design, will
A NORTH Yorkshire lobby group has warned the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, not to lumber small business owners with the burden of administering the policy of paying welfare benefits through the pay packet. The Federation of Small Businesses
POWER plays are being hammered out four times a week at a York gymnasium hosting a crack amateur boxing comeback. Back in hard-hitting harness are the original York Amateur Boxing Club. After six years in exile, first in Leeds, then in Selby - inching
AS many as 90 North Yorkshire bosses are expected to turn up on Monday for a breakfast to commit themselves to the Government's New Deal to tackle youth and long-term unemployment. The North Yorkshire Employment Service called on employers to converge
AN ambitious £2 million expansion programme taking two years to complete is planned for one of Pickering's biggest employers. Now up to 50 jobs are expected to be created by McKechnie Vehicle Components which already employs 325 people to meet its commitments
MOST of the York Rugby League Club players who went down with a 'flu bug last week have returned to training ahead of Sunday's Silk Cut Challenge Cup fourth round tie at Swinton. But Lea Tichener, Lee Hanlan, Lyle George and Craig Booth were still suffering
STAND by for Supershare - the exciting investment competition that will have the whole of North Yorkshire riveted and ready for big money action. This year we are hoping to attract even more than the record 27,500 entries we achieved five years ago when
YORK STATION is being given a £1.5 million facelift in time for next month's European finance summit. Railtrack contractors are working against the clock to spruce up the historic railway station to make it a fitting gateway to the city for international
ASSURANCES were given to tenant farmers today as North Yorkshire County Council prepared to sell off more than 11,000 acres of farmland across the region. The council's controversial plans to sell off the land, valued at £60 million, are to be decided
PENSIONERS and disabled people could be forced to cut back on their home care services when increases are introduced by the City of York Council, it was claimed today. The rise of up to 10 per cent in home care charges to a maximum of £10 an hour, as
A SELBY mine worker who suffered severe depression after he believed he was to blame for an accident which killed a colleague failed today in a Court of Appeal bid for the right to claim damages. But Lord Justice Hobhouse, who disagreed with the decision
DAME Judi Dench is in the running for the best actress title at the Oscar awards ceremony on March 23. York-born Dame Judi, nominated for her role as Queen Victoria in the new film Mrs Brown, said: "I was stunned. "I was so stunned I didn't say anything
THE COURAGE of a North Yorkshire schoolboy braving his mother's illness as well as his own cancer fight won national recognition today. Seven-year-old Martin Green, of St Andrew's Crescent, Harrogate, was among 150 youngsters from all over the country
A SECURITY guard today told how he discovered a fatal fire raging as he returned home to the flats in which he lived. Thomas Dickinson, 62, helped firemen in the rescue effort in the fire which claimed the life of pensioner Catherine Cochrane at Rogers
DEVELOPERS have won the right to transform a historic York building into a top class housing complex despite planners' reservations. European finance firm ING Real Estates wants to convert the former County Hospital, overlooking the River Foss, into high-quality
BURGEONING reputations were cemented at York College of Further and Higher Education's annual construction award ceremony. Towards the Millennium was the theme for the event, with more than 35 industry-sponsored prizes awarded to students for excellence
POLICE in Ryedale want help to catch a mother and two young children responsible for a series of Fagin-style thefts. The woman accompanied by two young boys - described by officers as part of a well-organised team - are believed to have stolen cash and
THE first signs were ominous. "Who knows about Ecofin?" the tutor asked hopefully. Frowns and a long silence followed. "When is it?" After a long pause, one delegate plumped for the end of March. Hurrah, progress. "Why is York hosting it?" our patient
Post Office took an early lead at Premier Division side St John's in the York Leeper Hare Football League Senior Cup and went on to win 3-1. Keith Stamp netted from a corner after five minutes to give the visitors the advantage. The Postmen increased
TWO York cyclists received awards this week when the first annual presentations were made to North Yorkshire riders at the Anchor Inn, Whixley. Nigel Goscinski, of Strensall, won the top award, the Fazer Trophy, as Fazer (Europe) Cycle Racing League champion
TIM Easterby tomorrow saddles the first runner he has sent to Wincanton and he is fancied to win the feature race with Skillwise. The Great Habton trainer has a high opinion of this six-year-old, who travels to Somerset to contest the £17,000 Premier
YORK Rugby League Club are facing a 'zero tolerance' policy from the City of York Council over repayment of their Huntington Stadium rent arrears. The council are poised to set a quarterly repayment figure for the club's debt and "recovery action" is
A CONTROVERSIAL telephone prizeline has finally been closed down, almost a fortnight after a watchdog said it was pulling the plug. The premium rate watchdog ICSTIS claimed today that its pressure on promoters Disbursement Claims and telephone network
A POLICE chief vowed today to make York Britain's safest city by 2000 after shocking new statistics revealed the extent of drunken yobbery. Superintendent Jim Kilmartin is determined to turn a tide of violence that has seen public disorder prosecutions
BRAVE toddler Charlotte Scott has lost her battle for life against a rare genetic illness. Charlotte, of Pottergate, Helmsley, who would have been celebrating her third birthday on Friday, died in Scarborough Hospital at the weekend. She had been suffering
