HOLLY BANK isn't the only place feeling the effects of freight workings on the railway (Evening Press, March 27). The effects have been felt in the Dringhouses area since early summer last year. I wrote to the council's Environmental Services department
Easter Eggs www3.ns.sympatico.ca/amorash/ukregg.html It may be a little late to start making Ukranian Easter eggs now, but I'm giving you plenty of time to practise before next Easter. This website tells you everything you need to know about the basics
NORTH Yorkshire fight fans will get a final chance to see Paul Ingle in action on home turf just days before his world title tilt with Prince Naseem Hamed. More than 1,000 fans of the Yorkshire Hunter are expected to flock to his public workout at the
EX-YORK City manager Alan Little is well in the running for a swift return to the helm as Southend United boss. Little met up with Southend chairman John Main yesterday for talks over the vacancy caused by the resignation of former England and West Ham
IT is an astonishing story told on a special day. This Good Friday, we bring you the tale of the nun, the murderer and the crucifixion scene. The plot could have been lifted from an Agatha Christie novel. Sister Agatha, the lively Mother Superior of the
York Olympian Caroline Foot has her sights set on a place in the final of the 50m butterfly in the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Hong Kong. Foot, who at 33 is by far the oldest member of the British team, goes in tonight's semi-finals after
HOT property duo Alan Pouton and Martin Garratt hope to benefit from an exchange and smart for York City. The club's two most exciting first-team talents swap slots to return to their most natural roles at home to Chesterfield tomorrow when City's revived
A MOTHER-of-two in York is working at the forefront of fundraising for the crisis in Kosovo - from the spare bedroom of her house in Strensall, York. Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund, was one of the first charities to get aid to the refugees
A ROYAL opening could be on the cards for a North Yorkshire community project. The Duke of York made the promise yesterday - if the project is completed in time. Riccall Regen 2000, near Selby, and Manor Farm Area Project at Nether Poppleton, York, were
DISCO shop manager Paul Rennie thought he was a victim of April Fool pranksters when he received a letter from Northern Electric and Gas - 104 times. The co-owner of Complete Light and Sound Services, in Holgate Road, York, turned up at the store to find
A NORTH Yorkshire woman has died only a day after catching meningitis from her husband. He was today fighting for his own life in hospital after being struck down by the killer disease. Public health officials are offering emergency antibiotics to relatives
P&J LOGAN (Letters, March 27) suggests the conditions of the River Derwent could be improved. C R Smith (Letters, March 25) informs us that the sea cut which comes out at Scalby Mills is more than100 years old and perhaps the facility can be redesigned
DOES Tom Smith (Letters, March 27) really believe that being born in Yorkshire somehow enhances one's ability to be the leader of a council? If so where will it end? Will his next move be to say that they must have ginger hair and freckles? Surely such
BATTLING Scarborough face the two biggest matches of their Football League history in a crunch Easter weekend. The Seasiders follow tomorrow's tough trip to Hull City with an all important home game against fellow strugglers Carlise United on Easter Monday
THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, today called for prayers and practical help for the people of Kosovo. Dr Hope said as patron of the European Children's Trust and someone who had lived and worked in eastern Europe, he was "greatly saddened" by current
AN ENTERPRISING entrepreneur's invention is in the running for a top national award. The Mudbuster is the brainchild of Roddy Hall, 41, who lives in Old Malton. And it has been selected as a finalist in the 1999 DIY Week/Housewares Magazine Industry Awards
A YORK barrister was preparing to become a judge when he fell from his study window to his death, an inquest heard. Days before he died, Martin Lindsay, of York Chambers, had been prescribed Prozac for depression and his doctor thought he may have been
A PAINTING depicting Christ's crucifixion was donated to a York convent by a man who later committed a murder in a vain bid to conceal a multi-million pound fraud. Albert Walker, a Canadian fugitive living in Harrogate, murdered his business partner in
TOURIST attractions and hotels in York were today preparing for a bumper weekend as holidaymakers swamped the city for a sunshine break. But there was bad news from weather experts who are forecasting showers and mild temperatures over the Easter weekend
