Each year the Lancs & Yorks Historical Society organise a Pilgrimage Tour to the First World War battle areas of France and Flanders. In late September this year we plan to visit the battlefield areas of the Somme and the Ypres Salient, Vimy Ridge
I am writing on behalf of a group of five residents of Marton, to encourage any readers 60 or over to apply for a Help the Aged Millennium Award before the closing date of March 31 this year. The scheme offers between £1,000 and £10,000 for older people
The Evening Press headline read: Crossing Shunt Driver Fined £180 (February 4). Mr Sloane's accident should not be written off as just another rear end shunt as quoted by his solicitor. It left my wife with severe neck and back injuries which are still
Congratulations to Bryan Marlowe on his appointment as columnist for the Evening Press. There can be no accolades for his first two columns. Rarely do we see such poor stuff. The man is so overcome with his new-found glory that he cannot stop babbling
I read recently that the Great Yarmouth Council have ruled that from June 1 all landau operators must fit their horses with dung-catchers to keep the main tourist area - the Golden Mile - free from manure. As the tourist season looms ahead and we face
I wish to allay fears about the future of North Yorkshire's Residential Homes for Older People. At this stage no decision has been taken on the future of our homes and any suggestions that decisions have been taken to close individual homes is incorrect
York RUFC report by Mike Allerton York crashed 45-14 at Driffield, but did not deserve to lose by such a big margin. But Driffield wanted the ball more than York and their teamwork in support play showed why they are one of the top sides in Thwaites North
Naughty Future makes the long journey from Penrith in Cumbria to Warwick tomorrow and has another marathon distance to cover after he gets there. The Jonjo O'Neill-trained gelding tackles the £10,000 Coral Showcase Handicap Chase over a gruelling three
We have all watched the terrible conflict unfold in Kosovo. Families have been butchered, villages razed to the ground. Our problems pale in comparison to such unimaginable suffering. When we hear of the latest atrocity, all we can do is be thankful that
Machine gun 'horror' in the arcade THE mystery Rambess whose gun-totin' image in transparency form slipped out of a charity shop book on photography bought by a York guest house landlady, was almost solved, but not quite. An anonymous caller phoned to
A homeless man had a narrow escape after an attacker set him alight while he slept rough in York city centre. The fire attack victim sleeping rough on the steps of the Central Methodist Church in St Saviourgate today The man was woken in the doorway of
EXCLUSIVE by Sam Greenhill York is to become a home for asylum seekers as London and Kent reach saturation point. The city is to take a share of the refugees flooding into southern ports as part of a Government plan to spread the burden around the country
Razor advert gives me the willies I am worried about the pilot with no genitals. One minute he's breaking the sound barrier behind the controls of his jet fighter, the next he's just standing there, naked. Not only has he mislaid his aeroplane, his own
Scarborough chairman John Russell launched a scathing attack on some of his players after seeing the side concede five goals for the second successive game with a 5-1 defeat by Cambridge United. "Some of them - and they know who they are - aren't good
Realist David O'Leary took his side's second successive Premiership defeat in his stride. The 1-0 home loss to Newcastle coming on the back of a 3-0 thumping at lowly Southampton has put a severe dent in United's European ambitions. But Leeds boss O'Leary
Rugby League round-up Heworth are facing a real test of character after their worst performance of the season saw them slump to a 32-6 at Wigan St Patricks. The defeat leaves third from bottom Heworth on the brink of relegation as second from bottom St
Tonight we issue our Millennium Appeal school challenge. And we are sure that pupils will rise to it. We want every school in the area to help us raise £2 million to enable St Leonard's Hospice build an extension fit for the 21st century. The cause could
York City player-coach Neil Thompson has again been forced to pour cold water on the rumours linking him with the vacant manager's job at Scarborough. The speculation grew at the weekend after Thompson was spotted casting his eye over the suffering Seasiders
What looked set to be a dream start turned into a nightmare for York Wasps as they discovered how tough life is going to be in the Northern Ford Premiership. Standing firm: Hooker Alan Pallister and second row forward Matt Lambert get to grips with Leigh's
A hard lesson learnt was the verdict of Dean Robinson after York Wasps threw away a glorious chance to get their Northern Ford Premiership campaign off to a winning start. Collared: A break by York's Richard Goddard is cut short as he is grabbed from
The National Trust has bought more of the highest cliffs in Britain, at Port Mulgrave near Whitby, to protect them from development. Port Mulgrave, near Whitby, where the National Trust has bought more land The purchase of the 11-plus hectares of the
York MP Hugh Bayley is stepping into the row over a council flat drug den after it emerged the same property was turned down by not one, but two potential tenants. Mr Bayley is calling on City of York Council and police to set living conditions to rights
A bleak February afternoon could not dull the festivities surrounding the University of York's rag procession, which wound its way through the throngs in the city centre on Saturday. Celebrating: Students from Derwent College chose the Chinese New Year
A good Samaritan who warned a North Yorkshire householder about a potentially- devastating fire has come forward to the Evening Press after an appeal. Jill Seller, of Haxby, who spotted a chimney fire at a house at Kirkbymoorside. Angela Lockett-Davies
More gloom has been piled on North and East Yorkshire farmers with the revelation that local farmland prices have plummeted by a fifth in just a year. The crisis in the pig industry has meant values have dropped more steeply in Yorkshire and Humberside
Most of North Yorkshire missed out on the promised white-out over the weekend - but coastal areas enjoyed the unusual sight of snow both on land and out at sea. Coastguard watch assistant Clive Stephenson, based at Bridlington, said the snow showers appeared
