Ten points from a yawn-inducing draw against Somerset at Taunton on Saturday at least keeps Yorkshire in touch with Championship leaders Surrey who have now opened up an 11-point gap at the top of the table after their crushing defeat of Lancashire. But
CONCERN is mounting over the trading practices of Global Vacations. Since revealing on Saturday that the firm's York office was shut without warning, we have received a flood of calls from worried customers of the holiday firm. For some, their life savings
I have lived in other parts of England for 31 years but I'm still a Yorkshire lass at heart. I come back to York about once every six weeks to see my mum and have a "York fix". I hope to retire and make my home once again in Yorkshire in the not too distant
IT took five long years to find a site which met the criteria for a respite care home for multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers. After many disappointments the present site of Woodlands, was given planning permission and the home was opened. Your article
YORK policeman Arthur Swaine was today fined £75 for possessing cannabis after magistrates heard how he was given the joint by his mistress. PC Swaine issued a public apology to his wife and family for the distress and embarrassment he had caused them
After reading the much-publicised account of the trials and tribulations of the Welsh head teacher who was convicted of assault for slapping a disruptive ten-year-old boy, reported to have "learning difficulties", and a couple of days later watching the
FORMER Reading player Phil Hadland has turned his back on York City and looks set to join the Minstermen's Division Three rivals Rochdale. The 19-year-old was offered terms by City chief Terry Dolan last week after impressing during a month-long trial
Tony McKinstry reviews a new biography of Oscar Wilde's lover, Bosie. Bosie, A Biography Of Lord Alfred Douglas, Douglas Murray, Hodder & Stoughton, £20. ONE hundred years after the death of playwright, wit and raconteur Oscar Wilde comes this tour-de-force
A Thousand Years Of The English Parish, by Anthea Jones, (Windrush Press, £25) THIS is a splendidly illustrated and richly detailed book about an institution firmly rooted in the English tradition. Whatever our religious persuasion, we all live in a parish
Around The Wicket by Vernon Coleman, Publishing House, £9.95 BOOKS on cricket are commonplace these days, but they tend to focus on players, teams, umpires and even commentators. Vernon Coleman, who has written nearly 100 books, has decided to do something
RYEDALE employees who had to commute 40 miles a day to work after their Norton factory closed were shocked today by news that their jobs have finally gone. And to make matters worse, there may be a lengthy struggle to win redundancy cash for employees
HUNDREDS of new jobs could be created with a £25 million scheme for a derelict East Coast holiday camp, according to would-be developers. They say their plans for the 200-acre former Butlin's camp at Amtree Park, Filey, would help to bring visitors and
FORMER York City striker Iain Dunn scored against another of his former clubs to give UniBond League outfit Harrogate Town a 2-1 home victory over Halifax Town last night. Lee Poole had given Harrogate a 14th minute lead but Halifax equalised in the 40th
LIL Harris was in outstanding form in a 5-4 York John Smith's Ladies Darts League victory for Puss 'n Boots at Cygnet. She gamed in 22 darts then checked 130 in the pairs. Julie Scattergood then won a pairs game single-handed to level the scores at 4-
YOUNGSTERS preparing to make the big move to secondary school have been brushing up their English skills - by getting to grips with juggling! A group of around 25 pupils, who will start at Joseph Rowntree School, at New Earswick, in September, have been
A FORMER pig farm near York could be transformed into a high-tech business park, under plans submitted to Harrogate Borough Council. The Rural Workspace and Housing Association, a group which aims to create new jobs in country areas, wants to redevelop
Former York City Baths Club swimmer Caroline Foot has failed to earn selection for the Great Britain Olympics swim team. It was no surprise for the 35-year-old, pictured left, who had finished in fourth place in the Sydney Games trials at Sheffield a
A half-naked man threatened "I will kill him" outside a York pub just before midnight, the city's magistrates heard. But the only person in sight was Lloyd Robert Jones, 23, who had a bottle in his hand, said Steven Ovenden, prosecuting. He was wearing
FORWARD-THINKING Spencer Hargrave is determined to lose his utility tag next season and prove that 13 is his lucky number. Hargrave is the first player to re-sign for York Wasps after putting pen to paper on a new one-season deal. He is keen to become
CLUED-UP York City boss Terry Dolan has been hailed by club chairman Douglas Craig for dramatically transforming the club's prospects in just six months. As the City chief puts his finishing touches to preparing his side for Saturday's big kick-off at
LEEDHAMS, one of the oldest established family-owned car dealerships in York, has been sold in a secret deal, it was revealed today. The buyer is the Sanderson Bramall Motor Group, the Harrogate-based car dealers with an estimated £843.5 million turnover
ORGANISERS of the Evening Press Business Awards 2000 are expecting yet another surge of entries following a renewed "take part" plea by the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. Roland Harris, chief executive of the Chamber, has sent out entry
Westler Foods, the Malton-based company famous for its hot dogs - and one of the area's biggest employers - is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Two big parties have been held on its Amotherby site for its workforce of more than 300 and their families
EVER since Dutchman Jacob Gans moved his factory from Holland to premises provided by Rowntree Ltd in Haxby Road, York in 1929, when it was dubbed Gansolite Ltd, British Buttons has had mixed fortunes - most of them favourable. At that time it was labour-intensive
SECURITY and success occupy the thoughts of a match-hungry Darren Edmondson. At the start of pre-season the 28-year-old right-sided defender committed his future to York City and immediately set his sights on promotion. And the right-sided defender revealed
THE man charged with turning York City from goalscoring zeroes to heroes has hailed the spirit at Bootham Crescent as second to none. And while it might be a number that most superstitious footballers dread, Peter Duffield is positively basking in the
YORK City captain Peter Swan has been there and done that in the footballing arena. But despite 16 seasons, around 400 League games, Wembley joy and Wembley heartache, the seasoned sentinel reckons the best could be still to come. Swan, who turns 34 next
NEW York Wasps coach Lee Crooks is facing a frantic fortnight of contract talks as he attempts to get a full squad of players on board by the end of the month. Only around eight players turned up for the first pre-season training session last night with
YORK Wasps have increased admission prices for next season in line with other Northern Ford Premiership clubs. It will now cost adults £8 to stand at Huntington Stadium instead of last season's £7, with pensioners' admission increased from £4 to £5. However
AFTER 12 months without a single success, Middleton trainer James Bethell is back in business with three winners in little over a week. The welcome turning of the tide could be confirmed tomorrow when Bajan Sunset is sent by Bethell to Pontefract for
Stephen Lewis reports on the latest dramatic prehistoric finds on the Yorkshire cliffs. Talk about timing. Just as Walking With Dinosaurs is big on our screens again, and just as tourism chiefs in Scarborough are talking about dinosaur walk holidays as
ANOTHER York family name is disappearing from the High Street. Leedhams, city motor traders for more than 70 years, have been sold. It is a sad day for the Leedham family, and for all those who regret the loss of independent York businesses. Times change
HORSE dentist Ken Holmes has just had a bet settled - by the Queen. Mr Holmes, of Cliffe Common, near Selby, wrote to Buckingham Palace saying he and his partner, Moira Emmett, had had a £10 wager on the colour of the outfit she wore on her recent visit
JULIAN Cole, your self-styled card-carrying member of the liberally minded unfairly belittled the common-sense and wise views of your correspondents Heather Causnett and Lew Speight writing about capital punishment (July 27). Chambers English Dictionary
LEEDHAMS, one of the oldest established family-owned car dealerships in York, has been sold in a secret deal, it was revealed today. The buyer is the Sanderson Bramall Motor Group, the Harrogate-based car dealers with an estimated £843.5 million turnover
CLIFFORD'S Tower is a magnificent building and needs all the space it can get - preferably free from cars. It is also fortunate in being situated close to the river on one side and the Castle Museum and Law Courts square on the other. All it really needs
CLUED-UP York City boss Terry Dolan has been hailed by club chairman Douglas Craig for dramatically transforming the club's prospects in just six months. As the City chief puts his finishing touches to preparing his side for Saturday's big kick-off at
FORMER York City striker Iain Dunn scored against another of his former clubs to give UniBond League outfit Harrogate Town a 2-1 home victory over Halifax Town last night. Lee Poole had given Harrogate a 14th minute lead but Halifax equalised in the 40th
A WELL-known figure in Pickering has died aged 78, following a short illness. Bill Danby had owned Morlands Newsagents and Pickering Post Office in the town's Market Place since 1975. Before that, he and his wife, Ada, ran newsagents shops in Lowther
A burglar who wants his victims to have "peace of mind" has been jailed for three years and four months. Guy David Osguthorpe, 29, was jailed for a spate of raids resulting in the theft of about £6,700 worth of goods, all committed within weeks of his
Yorkshire skipper David Byas went into hospital for key-hole surgery on his injured knee last night - but not before making a welcome appearance at his benefit match at Hovingham. Byas had been due to lead Yorkshire against Sir Marcus Worsley's XI in
Vicious Circle, the Tote Ebor Handicap winner last year, is set to run at York's Ebor meeting later this month but it has not been decided in what race. The six-year-old, trained by Luca Cumani, has a choice of the Tote Ebor Handicap on August 23 or the
THE couple who found a new home in York after fleeing from Glasgow were today packing their bags and moving on again. James McCartney, 46, and his wife, Eileen, 17, have left their temporary accommodation in York, after receiving an eviction notice from
AUTOMATIC bollards to help in the battle against congestion and cut illegal traffic are being introduced in York for the first time. The high-tech system in The Stonebow can be controlled by key highways users such as the emergency services and bus drivers
HEWORTH prop Steve Barnard could have played himself into the reckoning for a Great Britain place after answering an SOS from Yorkshire. When Queens prop Matt Gomersal was forced to withdraw from the county squad for Saturday's match with the RAF, Barnard
TILTING trains could run through York on Trans-Pennine routes under a plan unveiled by Sir Richard Branson's train company, Virgin Rail. Virgin has submitted its first-stage plans in a bid to run the new 20-year Trans-Pennine franchise linking the north
NEW York Wasps coach Lee Crooks is facing a frantic fortnight of contract talks as he attempts to get a full squad of players on board by the end of the month. Only around eight players turned up for the first pre-season training session last night with
UNDERAGE children who try to buy cigarettes and the shopkeepers who break the law by selling to them are to face a renewed clampdown. Trading standards officers at City of York Council are to mount a series of test purchases using under-16s, to continue
YORK Wasps have increased admission prices for next season in line with other Northern Ford Premiership clubs. It will now cost adults £8 to stand at Huntington Stadium instead of last season's £7, with pensioners' admission increased from £4 to £5. However
MORE than a score of worried readers have contacted the Evening Press to tell how they have paid out a total in excess of £30,000 to Global Vacations. The paper has received a flood of calls since we reported on Saturday how the holiday firm had suddenly
BRITISH Buttons, the York-based manufacturer, is under new ownership. Peter Bownes, managing director and his wife, Helen, have bought the 31-staff factory in Goose Lane on the Green Park industrial estate, Sutton-on-the-Forest. Last year the manufacturer
A REVOLUTIONARY new system to improve eye surgery is being developed by a Ripon company, thanks to assistance from Business Link North Yorkshire. Genesis Medical Products Ltd, which makes surgical instruments and disposable products for head and neck
A FATHER of three whose computer shop in Sherburn-in-Elmet has failed has appealed to his creditors to allow him to make a voluntary arrangement to clear his debts of more than £41,000. Nigel Bateman, whose shop, Microsel, in Finkle Hill, has now ceased
YORK City chief Terry Dolan expects Chesterfield to be among the Division Three front runners next season. The City boss watched the Spirerites overcome Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in their first pre-season friendly and was impressed with what he saw. "Sheffield
YOUNG midfield marvel Marc Thompson doesn't have far to look for inspiration in search of teenage kicks. The York City squad maybe well-blessed with experience but it is the exploits of Christian Fox and Lee Bullock that Thompson is looking to match.
JUST days before the start of the new season and optimism is wafting through the corridors of Bootham Crescent, writes Dave Stanford The feel-good-factor that started at the back end of last season has rolled on through the summer leaving City fans contemplating
Yorkshire skipper David Byas went into hospital for key-hole surgery on his injured knee last night - but not before making a welcome appearance at his benefit match at Hovingham. Byas had been due to lead Yorkshire against Sir Marcus Worsley's XI in
FORWARD-THINKING Spencer Hargrave is determined to lose his utility tag next season and prove that 13 is his lucky number. Hargrave is the first player to re-sign for York Wasps after putting pen to paper on a new one-season deal. He is keen to become
