I am researching my mother's family tree but can't find any trace of her relatives that came from in and around York. I am arranging a family reunion party on my mum's birthday and would love the Yorkshire side of the family to be there. The Glover family
On September 24, an old shipmate of mine was laid to rest in York Cemetery. I could not attend the funeral because I was in hospital. After leaving hospital I went to York Cemetery to visit his resting place, but could not find it. So I went into the
I refer to your series of articles "York's Troubled Streets." It appears from these that unsociable behaviour and petty crime begins at an early age and I suggest most parents should accept they had lost control over their child if he or she was constantly
Members of York City Baths Club prepare to raise funds for St Leonard's Hospice Swimmers are getting ready to take the plunge for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. The York Big Swim Week runs from Monday to the following Sunday when anyone, regardless of age,
Gawain Jones won the top section of the York Railway Institute's Summer Chess tournament. The talented 11-year-old from Gilling, near Ampleforth, gained 71/2 points out of 9, only losing to the runner-up, John Bennett (7). Other notable performers were
Harrogate mayor George Crowther is right to be annoyed that an unfilled pothole caused him to fall and hurt himself. But it is disappointing to learn that his response has been to sue his own council for compensation. Everyone, save for the insurance
Paddington Station reopened today after Railtrack gave public assurances on safety. More than two weeks after the head-on train crash that killed 30 people, a reduced service began to operate. Passengers on those first few trains could not have helped
The Mayor of Harrogate, Coun George Crowther, who is suing his council after a fall Furious Harrogate Mayor George Crowther is suing his own council after he came a cropper in the street. Coun Crowther caught his foot in a pothole in the town centre and
Ian Murphy, head gardener at Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington, and his assistant, Paul Moverley, make repairs to the vandalised aviary. Vandals smashed their way into an aviary at an historic East Yorkshire tourist attraction, killing one bird and scattering
The brother of the York man whose body was found washed up on a beach in Norfolk today told of his family's anguish. John Shipley, 32, of Main Street, Huby, fell overboard from a North Sea ferry three weeks ago. A search-and-rescue mission combed the
Shop manager Norma Bagshaw feared for her life when a masked raider armed with a foot-long knife robbed her today. New Earswick knife attack victim Norma Bagshaw The man brandished the bread knife and threatened 51-year-old Mrs Bagshaw at the Londis shop
Stroke victim Jack Stenton was today enjoying the best possible 88th birthday present - a room at a nursing home. Jack Stenton celebrates today at Birchlands Nursing Home The pensioner had been stuck in hospital even though he was fit for discharge, because
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Sometime ago the Evening Press printed my appeal for poems relating to the Royal Air Force. The response was gratifying and the poems of a very high standard. My anthology of Air Force verse, The Poems We Wrote, is now on sale. Max Bygraves has written
Let me draw attention to the stated increase in the next year's council tax (Evening Press, October 15). There has already been a reassessment on this year's council tax with an increase this month. I note that senior citizens are to have a pension increase
A leaked report setting out proposals to shake up Government policies on the countryside is causing concern in North Yorkshire. Details of the secret 200-page report, commissioned by Prime Minister Tony Blair, have been published in The Times six weeks
Traces of heroin were found on banknotes and cars seized by police at houses connected with two alleged drug dealers, a jury has heard. More than two months before the police searches in Flaxley Road and Cockret Road, Selby, plainclothes officers had
Young poets are being invited to pen their version of the Viking invasion of York in 866 AD to win a Jorvik goody bag, free entry for their school class to visit the Jorvik Viking Centre and the chance to see their poem published in the Evening Press.
New Earswick All Blacks will be confident of knocking another team of high-flyers down to earth when Hull Dockers visit White Rose Avenue on Saturday. Last week the York side inflicted the first home defeat of Waterhead's short National Conference League
Rising York Whitehawks ace James Clapham moved a step up the roller hockey ladder when he starred for the North East in their first round of Superleague matches at Manchester. The 13-year-old from Alwyn Grove in York, assistant captain of the Whitehawks
Kieren Fallon, just one winner short of his third consecutive century, heads to Doncaster tomorrow, no doubt hoping that his landmark victory will already have been achieved at Nottingham this afternoon. The champion jockey was denied a single strike
York City's tilt at American striker Carlos Rocha has bitten the dust. The 24-year-old marksman, who figured for the Minstermen in a trial reserve game last week, has now linked up with a Portuguese First Division club. City boss Neil Thompson said he
Ring master Henry Wharton will be tempted out of retirement to establish boxing's one and only Duke of York. TEMPTING TARGETS: Jamie Warters, main picture, could be line to meet Henry Wharton, inset, if Frank Maloney can tempt York's former ring king
Charles Halliwell: decorated for bravery after plane crash Well-known York poppy seller Charles Halliwell, who was decorated for his bravery trying to rescue the crew of a crashed aeroplane during the Second World War, has died at the age of 83. Mr Halliwell
HOLE-Y EFFORT: From left: Oakland School pupils Richard Gott, Alex Bellwood and James Richardson, with artist Wayne Sleeth and the 'Mintster' The Mintster, created from 12,000 Polo sweets by pupils at Oaklands School, Acomb, York, has gone on display
North and East Riding of Yorkshire councils said today they had no plans to change the way children start their education. The City of York Council is to phase in a new system of admissions over the next three years which will see children starting full-time
Council workers in York who refuse to sign controversial new contracts could find themselves out of a job. Council leader Rod Hills signalled today he had run out of patience with local union bosses who had still not agreed terms and conditions of work
