AN inquiry was under way today into the cause of a crash which left an RAF helicopter broken in two on remote North Yorkshire moorland. Eight people, thought to be students at the Harrogate Army Training College, were slightly hurt when the Puma aircraft
UNIFORMED police officers are riding on buses in York for the first time after a new spate of attacks on drivers. Bus managers have warned that the situation is "ominous" and has deteriorated so much that the number seven service to Chapelfields in Acomb
A YORK man has created a website to tell the story of how a self-build homes scheme on the former York carriageworks site went badly wrong. Self-builder Richard Gant, of Lindsay Avenue, who lives with his girlfriend Lynn Green and young son Jordan, decided
Darren Gough grabbed two wickets with his first eight balls at Headingley today to give Yorkshire a great start to their Benson and Hedges Cup clash with Leicestershire, who were struggling on 88 for five after 33 overs. There was a big shock even before
Yorkshire were today meeting Leicestershire in the Benson and Hedges Cup for the first time in 15 years - and hoping for the same result as in their last encounter without cutting it quite so fine. On that occasion, Yorkshire scraped home by just one
An international call to arms beckons once again for teenage shot-stopper Russ Howarth. The York City youngster has been drafted into the England Under-17s squad to face Luxembourg a week on Thursday in Dudelange. And in an extra feather in the cap for
Stephen Lewis picks up a few sailing tips from the master... at Elvington airfield. 'There's just three things to remember," says Chris Wright, as he straps me into the cockpit of my impossibly frail-looking landyacht. "Turn towards the wind; if in doubt
Two gifted actors, and now the oldest member of the Dench clan, retired doctor Peter, is an accomplished watercolour painter too, as Stephen Lewis reports. Dame Judi Dench has established herself as one of our greatest-ever actresses, and thanks to film
The row about refuse collection in York highlights what a wasteful bunch we are. Chris Titley sifts through the garbage... Pamela Egan loves rubbish. She had already amassed four dustbins before the recent delivery of her wheeled bin. And she welcomed
Barrie Stephenson never set out to be a radio editor, but he's glad that's where he ended up, as he tells Julian Cole. Barrie Stephenson is getting used to the editor's chair at Radio York. Yet if you'd shown him that chair some years ago and said, "Some
SNAKES and dinosaurs will be on the menu at the Yorkshire Museum this Easter. The museum, in York's Museum Gardens, has laid on several special events specifically designed to keep children entertained over the school holidays. From Tuesday until Friday
A YORK pub is set to help a multiple sclerosis victim fly to an American clinic to beat her crippling pain. The Gimcrack, in Fulford Road, is planning a major fund-raising day in June to benefit Yasmin Heesom, who is trying to raise £10,000 to go to the
A YORK head teacher has warned students and parents to keep up standards of behaviour after the expulsion of four pupils in a single term. Joseph Rowntree School, at New Earswick, excluded four pupils permanently last term, compared with three across
REPEAT burglar Edward Wharton was today back behind bars for his latest offences. The 23-year-old burglar and conman, who also has convictions for public order offences, was jailed for 30 months for raids he says were prompted by the consequences of a
ACTHE latest top-of-the-shops survey, which reveals a slide in York's retail fortunes, has met with a mixed reaction from the city's traders. The new research shows York has dropped to 23rd place in national retail rankings from the 21st place it occupied
THE rush to escape this Easter looks set to choke the region's roads if predictions for brighter Bank Holiday weather come true. The combination of a late Easter, the closeness of the May Day break and the prospect of spring sunshine has led to fears
A STAGGERING £20 million could be spent on upgrading Malton Bacon Factory - and it could create about 60 jobs A STAGGERING £20 million could be spent on upgrading Malton Bacon Factory - and it could create about 60 jobs. Plans lodged with Ryedale District
CASES of the illness which has hit York District Hospital have gone up dramatically overnight. A total of 47 patients and 19 staff were said to be suffering from the virus, compared with 29 patients and 12 staff yesterday. But George Wood, deputy chief
THOUSANDS of shoppers will find their Easter spoilt when their credit cards are lost or stolen, CPP Card Protection Plan warned today. The York-based company expects more than 30,000 to be stolen or lost over the holidays. It says Easter is one of the
The Normark Armley Angling-backed spring series saw the 40 entry struggle at Carpvale with York's Tony Marshall winning with just 16-15-0. Drawn on peg 40 he took three carp on long pole and maggot plus a solitary bream on short pole and worm. Close behind
Sir Michael Stoute and Kieren Fallon, who were on the mark at Newmarket yesterday with Petrushka, whose impressive win in the Nell Gwyn Stakes promoted her to favourite for the Sagitta 1,000 Guineas in a fortnight's time, can keep up the good work tomorrow
The new National Centre For Early Music is set to lure more people to York, as Charles Hutchinson found out from admin director Delma Tomlin, right. On August 8 last summer, the locks were changed and York Arts Centre ceased trading overnight. Britain's
Stephen Lewis follows York artist Xavier Pick in the footsteps of LS Lowry. Xavier Pick has already managed to raise the 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary to an art form. His tools may be pen and ink, but his series of instant sketches of North Yorkshire
Stephen Lewis reports on a new, hard-hitting campaign with posters such as this to keep children safe and away from railway lines during the Easter holidays. The words are simple: but they carry with them a world of grief and loss. "I don't know what
In an obvious career move, York's Elvis impersonator has become an official Loony. Chris Titley met him. Eddie Vee wheels his arm around in time with the dramatic chords of I Can't Stop Loving You. "Bam, bam, bam," he sings, knees flexing, brow furrowed
YES...says actor Paul Henry, who played bumbling Benny in the long-running TV series. I think if we read between the lines, the idea is to have a soap set in a hotel. In that sense, I think it is a good idea. It's a marvellous setting, there are so many
YES ...says Rev Peter Mullen, former Evening Press columnist, now City of London rector. The Archbishop of York has warned that the Internet has the potential to damage society by making us all turn in on ourselves. Dr Hope casts us all in a gloomy solitude
Stephen Lewis meets Vicky Bettany, a young cystic fibrosis sufferer, who's raising cash to help others with her condition. 'If I had a coughing fit," says Vicky Bettany, sitting on the bed in her room at York District Hospital, "you'd be horrified." Her
There's change in the political air. In the next few weeks, York's new Cabinet will meet for the first time. It's a revolution in the way local government is run that's designed to offer quicker, leaner and more effective decision-making, while releasing
