TOWN councillors have pledged £10,000 towards a scheme to revamp their main street. The money will pay for four crossing points on Long Street in Easingwold. It is part of a long-awaited enhancement project for the street, which before the bypass was
THE HOME of a Polish war hero who lay dead in his caravan for a month before being discovered finally looks set to be sold. Roman Brzezinski, 80, died from pneumonia in his caravan in Haygate Lane, Pickering in May. He was discovered by friends in the
THE BILL for the upkeep of Ryedale's security cameras could be left with the district council if public contributions fail to meet financial demands. Councillors have expressed concern over the future of CCTV cameras in Malton, Norton and Pickering after
THE popularity of au pair schemes may have plummeted in the wake of the Louise Woodward affair, but one North Yorkshire woman says she has never regretted her decision to spend a year in America. Paula Greenwood, from Westow, near Malton, met her future
EVERY generation has its youth cults, from the Teddy Boys of the 1950s, and the hippies and peace protesters of the sixties, to the punks of the late seventies. York researcher Jonathan Bonner has always been fascinated by the sub-cultures that the twentieth
MALTON building and development company Harrison Construction has appointed Nigel Firn to its board of directors. Nigel, 48, a chartered quantity surveyor, joined Harrison a year ago armed with nearly 30 years' experience in the construction industry,
A FRAUD squad warning has gone out to business people in North Yorkshire to ignore the latest round of letter propositions from Nigeria. "They could well be an attempt to launder stolen money or drugs money," said Detective Constable Gerry Coop, of the
FASTLINE, the giant York-based track maintenance company, has won an £18 million contract to design and build the new Croydon Tramlink light rail project. The company began planning and negotiating for the deal at its headquarters in Hudson House, Toft
ENGLAND 'A' were set a daunting victory target after a magnificent batting display by Sri Lanka 'A' in the opening unofficial one-day international in Moratuwa today. Put into bat, Sri Lanka reached 326-6 in their 50 overs thanks to flamboyant stroke
THE girlfriend of a North Yorkshire man facing the death penalty in India said today she was distraught at not being able to visit her partner of eight years. Joanna Fletcher told The Evening Press that due to a number of "unfortunate circumstances" she
THE DEATH of a 73-year-old resident of Barstow House was brought on by stress over the future of the York old persons' home, a relative claimed last night. Social services chiefs have commiserated with Irene Evans over the death of her brother, Joe Smith
IT was fingers crossed today as the Lord Mayor of York launched TV Dreams, the latest National Lottery Instants game, at the York convenience store where dreams did come true. Coun Mick Bradley was at the Ten O'Clock Shop, Poppleton Road - where a lottery
A WALKER, trapped with a broken leg at a remote North Yorkshire beautyspot, was plucked to safety after a daring rescue by an RAF helicopter crew. Flying perilously close to tree tops, the pilot navigated a steep ravine near Goathland to airlift the 52
BUSINESSMAN Mike Firth vowed today to bounce back after the crash of his company and cancellation of Yorkshire's top business conference. Mr Firth, from Whixley, spoke of his plans for the future as a meeting was organised for creditors of his Bradford-based
A LEGAL victory to halt the craze of off-road vehicles churning up fragile 'green lanes' in the countryside is unlikely to reduce the problem in North Yorkshire. Environmental campaigners are celebrating the landmark decision in the High Court to ban
THE lowest number of disconnections ever reported by Northern Electric was announced today. The company, many of whose 1.4 million domestic customers live in North Yorkshire, cut off just 27 people for non-payment of electricity supply last year - a drop
PLANS by rail bosses to do away with the lone signalman guarding a solitary box along the East Coast line could be up to 15 years away. Railtrack said a computer-controlled system, to be introduced over eight years, will remove the threat of human error
A FORMER Mayor of Ripon is planning to re-form an action group in a bid to fight-off a planned green belt town for 25,000 people. Councillor Rowley Simpson said it was madness to plan a town of such size between Ripon and Thirsk on some of the country's
ANIMAL welfare officers are vowing to track down a heartless dog owner who tied the legs of a greyhound before leaving it to drown in a cattle trough. The tan-coloured adult dog is the second greyhound RSPCA officers have retrieved from the trough at
TOM CLARKE, editor of The Sporting Life, has defended his newspaper against libel claims levelled at it by North Yorkshire trainer Lynda Ramsden, her husband Jack, and champion jockey Kieren Fallon. The Ramsdens, of Sandhutton, near Thirsk, and Fallon
BREWING giant Bass plc, which owns the Tower Brewery at Tadcaster, has given a major boost to the Countryside Commission's Millennium Greens programme. It has agreed to donate £300,000 spread over three years to help achieve a target of creating at least
A SEMINAR on business success itself proved such a success that organisers are already planning a follow-up. More than 50 representatives from across North Yorkshire's business community attended the development workshop in York, hosted by business guru
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LA DOYENNE, trained at Foston by Charles Booth, can tomorrow make her second successful assault on Lingfield within a fortnight. The North Yorkshire filly contests the Great Expectations Handicap over five furlongs and is napped to repeat her course and
CEDG York Ltd, the specialist railway design consultancy, has gained the prestigious Investors In People (IIP) standard. With a staff of more than 200 based at Hudson House, Toft Green, York, as well as offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester, CEDG
DASHES for cash are stymieing York City's quest to repair their left-back crisis. City are desperate to fill the number three slot for Saturday's visit of leaders Watford. All three of the club's senior left-backs are out injured. First-choice Wayne Hall
DIRECTORS of Cellhire plc, the hugely-growing York-based leader in mobile communication rentals, today celebrated a £1.7 million investment - by getting the key to the door of Park House, new offices just built amidst the sculptured greenery at the former
YORK Rugby League Club's first team squad are facing an examination of their coaching credentials. Wasps boss Dean Robinson has enrolled the entire senior Wasps squad on a four day Rugby Football League level two coaching course. Players will learn the
VIOLENT drunks who attack pub staff in York should be barred from buying drinks in the city for ever. That is the strong view of York's police chief, superintendent Jim Kilmartin, and he has publically aired it to an audience of licensees and doorstaff
AS the Queen Mother settled back into Clarence House today after having a second hip replacement operation, kind-hearted Evening Press readers were thanked for their good wishes during her stay in hospital. The Queen Mother left King Edward VII Hospital
GIPSIES have enraged business people by invading car parks on commercial estates at Clifton Moor, York. At least 20 caravans have parked in the Lysander Close area and one firm claims to have lost the prospect of three new jobs as a result of the mess
CLOSE those gaps - that was the overwhelming call today as the Evening Press launched its campaign to stop the carnage on the A64, near Tadcaster. The demand for swift action follows the death of a woman motorist this week at the Colton Lane End junction
