Victim Support in York and Selby is in urgent need of secretarial expertise and we are hoping that Evening Press readers might be interested in helping us out with about four hours per week. Victim Support is a voluntary organisation which offers practical
I feel I must respond to A Kennedy's letter (August 21). May I start by mentioning that last year a total of 65 events were held at the Barbican and this year we have already booked 100 events and counting. The writer refers to two events in particular
The pregnant girlfriend of a York tattoo artist wept in court as he was jailed for driving dangerously and while banned. York Crown Court heard how Ian Shields, 35, rode a motorbike through a red traffic light and at speeds of up to 45mph along Burton
Scarborough maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-1 draw against second-placed Hednesford Town but were left to rue a string of missed chances that should have garnered three points. Hednesford arrived for their first ever appearance
Yorkshire had the tougher time of it on the first day of the championship match at Trent Bridge yesterday when 17 wickets crashed on a green seaming pitch which the umpires had to refer to Lord's. When bad light ended play with 17 overs remaining, Yorkshire
A pound of spuds will soon be thrown into the dustbin of history. So will a yard of cloth. Prepare for the metric Millennium. European Union empire-builders positively frown on the imperial. Traders are being told to convert scales and measures now, ready
George Duffield, who experienced mixed fortunes yesterday at Hamilton where he rode a winner, but also picked up a three-day suspension, is back in Scotland tomorrow with good prospects of enjoying a lucrative afternoon. The veteran jockey travels to
The message is inscribed on a hundred village name signs: Please Drive Carefully. Unfortunately the entreaty is often ignored. Many motorists, frustrated by the crawl through urban congestion, cannot resist the urge to put their foot down in the countryside
Residents of a block of flats in the centre of York say children are making their lives hell by banging on windows, letting off fire extinguishers and offending them with verbal abuse. Iris Oliver, 63, Shirley Nelson, 63, and Dorothy and Arthur Bowles
Just when you thought you were ready for the Millennium, trading standards officers today issued a warning to traders - go metric now, or face the consequences. Jane David serves a customer from her stall in York's Newgate Market with imperial measures
Fundamentalist Christians today pledged to continue their fire and brimstone preaching to passers-by in Parliament Street in York after a case against one of them was dropped following a landmark trial at the High Court. Jennifer Bate Jennifer Bate and
Naming a beer after the Minster is such crass commercialism that it smacks of something that would be done here in the States. (There's an insult which no self-respecting Brit should put up with.) Maybe the Minster can't fight back, but civic-minded and
Charles Hunt wants to send the proposed statue of St Helena to Colchester (Letters, August 17). What can the people of Colchester have done to make him so vindictive? Anyhow, Colchester already has a statue. In the 19th century, some Colchester worthies
A pregnant woman is calling for urgent action to clean up her fire-damaged council house before she gives birth. Susan Ross-Williams in the fire-damaged kitchen of her home in Lindsey Avenue, Acomb The kitchen of Susan Ross-Williams's home in Lindsey
The managers of the York City Boys teams will be holding final trials on the All Saints' field, Simbalk Lane, on Thursday, September 9, at 4.15pm. All age groups are expected to be there - U12s, U13s, U14s and U15s. Any help with Selection would be much
York Wasps are looking forward to the Millennium season with confidence after averting fears of a winding-up order and finally discovering when they will kick-off the new campaign. Directors Ann Garvey and Richard Collier last night met with Indian restaurant
Out and in - and there's the rub. York City exited the Worthington Cup, but were far from disgraced and at least there was the solace of a goal at last. CRACK SHOT: City defender Barry Jones is just a fraction too late in blocking a shot from Wigan's
Dunnington have been suspended from the Costcutter York and District Senior Cricket League and will be relegated at the end of the season. How Dunnington were hit for six May 22, Thirsk v Dunnington Grant uses foul language and is deemed to have behaved
The Archbishop of York will turn the clock back more than 500 years when he attends a specially recreated medieval feast. Food historian Peter Brears tries out 15th century dishesat The Grange, Clifton Dr David Hope will be reviving a tradition that was
A York student has swum the English Channel to raise thousands of pounds for a charity close to his heart. Jamie Dawson, who swam the English Channel in just over 12 hours Jamie Dawson, 21, from Huntington, who studies music at Newcastle University, conquered
Speeding motorists are striking fear into the hearts of country dwellers, a new survey has found. Paul Hepworth The Rural Traffic Fear Survey, compiled by the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), found 65 per cent of people felt threatened
York is missing out on the national housing boom, with average prices DOWN on the same time last year, according to figures out today. But North and East Yorkshire shared in the national trend reported in the latest residential property price report from
A girl of 13 is said to have been raped and a second, aged eight, indecently assaulted in separate alleged incidents at Flamingo Land theme park, police said today. Detective Constable Garry Ridler, of Malton police station, today confirmed that North
A cyclist was having surgery in hospital today after her foot was crushed beneath the wheels of a waste disposal wagon in the centre of York. Injured cyclist Madeleine Chadwick lies in the road at the junction of Holgate Road and Blossom Street in York
