ROAD hogs come in all shapes and sizes, and road hogging is on the increase. With more traffic on the same stretches of asphalt, proprietorial battles over who is entitled to which bit of road space can be seen on every route, every day. Today's despatch
A SPITFIRE in flight is a stirring sight. That is particularly true now, as we think back 60 years to its role in the Battle of Britain. If air battles are known as dogfights, then the Spitfire is the terrier of the skies. Skilled and brave pilots ensured
WHERE were you on the night colourful Sir Robin Day died? It is probably not going to be the same kind of question as: where were you on the night of Kennedy's assassination? But I am in no doubt that Sir Robin's untimely death must have sent shivers
YOUR report of August 5 states "A man was arrested for allegedly walking down Nunnery Lane, York, with no clothes on last night". As a keen amateur drama "buff" (both costume and otherwise) I am afraid I missed that final performance by this wayward thespian
THREE points will be valued more than friendship on Saturday for success seeking York City coach Adie Shaw. Shaw returns to his former stamping ground of Saltergate as City kick-off their Division Three campaign against promotion hopefuls Chesterfield
A YORK cyclist, who has been knocked off his bike three times in two months, is calling on drivers to be more aware of cyclists on the roads. Shane Glenwright, 26, of Leeman Road, was knocked off his bike yesterday by a car and previous to that a car
AN international chain could open its first British hotel in York if plans to revitalise one of the city's most historic streets get the go-ahead. The chain, based in America, is hoping to site a hotel on the Victoria House site in Micklegate. Architects
STILES and gates are the star attraction of a new exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming in Murton Park. The City of York Council is backing this unusual and unique permanent display organised by The Yorkshire Footpaths Trust. The Museum, just
RESIDENTS in Acomb are complaining of headaches and bad tastes in their mouths after raw sewage flooded their gardens and under their homes. Val Wright and her husband, Brian, of Danebury Drive, say they are suffering with bad headaches and unpleasant
A MASSIVE "lockdown search" for a weapon at North Yorkshire's high security Full Sutton Prison could last a whole week. Officers have been scouring the jail, near Stamford Bridge, since the weekend after information was received by the prison's intelligence
YORKSHIRE Phoenix had Roses rivals Lancashire Lightning blushing deep crimson under the Headingley floodlights last night as they crushed them by nine wickets before there was even time for it to get dark. Craig White (four for 14) and man-of-the-match
YORK councillors have approved a big wage hike for themselves. The move came under fire from a former Tory member of City of York Council, who said local people would "simply not stand for it". But senior councillors agreed to phase the pay rise in so
LEEDS United made a bizarre entry into UEFA Champions League football with their 2-1 victory over TSV 1860 Munich soured by the dismissal of two players. Midfielders Olivier Dacourt and Eirik Bakke were both ordered off by referee Costas Kapitanis which
PIG farmers in North Yorkshire are on red alert for signs of swine fever after Britain's first outbreak in 14 years. The disease, said to be as devastating to pigs as foot and mouth disease is to cattle, caused the slaughter of ten million pigs in Holland
TROUBLED Scarborough have been dealt a severe injury blow just ten days before the start of the new Nationwide Conference season. The Seasiders face being without star striker Chris Tate for up to four months after it was revealed the former York City
THREE points will be valued more than friendship on Saturday for success seeking York City coach Adie Shaw. Shaw returns to his former stamping ground of Saltergate as City kick-off their Division Three campaign against promotion hopefuls Chesterfield
Yorkshire have included permanent floodlights in their redevelopment plan for Headingley which the committee approved yesterday and will now go before the club's members for ratification at an extraordinary annual meeting in the ground's indoor cricket
THE stars will be out at Headingley tonight when Yorkshire Phoenix seek to complete a Roses double in the floodlit National League match with Lancashire Lightning. Darren Gough, Michael Vaughan and Craig White have all been given permission to play in
A HAT-TRICK of successive wins for York City in the North Riding FA Senior Cup but hardly a performance worthy of silverware. It took a goalkeeping error to win the match as a determined Scarborough made a mockery of the oft-heard footballers' complaint
MILES don't matter when a winning opportunity rears its head, as Nigel Tinkler proves tomorrow by sending Miss Equinox from Malton to Lingfield in Sussex. There is no big-money prize at the end of it, only a minor selling race confined to juvenile fillies
YORK City goalkeeper Alan Fettis has missed out on a call-up to the latest Northern Ireland squad. Fettis was drafted into the squad for the first time in more than a year in April for a friendly against Hungary after Wigan's Roy Carroll was forced to
Costa Packet, Gertieville and Samsue are all odd house names. Jo Haywood talks to Malton writer Joyce Miles who has spent 20 years researching the subject for her new book. If doctors return home to Bedsyde Manor and policemen to Evening Hall, do newly-published
Machines can never satisfactorily replace people, and Nick Brown's new goal of 95pc electronic transmission on subsidies and the like should be watched closely. His proposals are focused on going electronic with claims online by 2004, which is pretty
Driffield Forward on Monday August 7 301 head of stock, 44 cattle including 12 steers, 30 heifers and two young bulls, 196 sheep including three ewes, 61 pigs. Cattle: steers, premium to 129.5 per kg (109.5p). prime to 90.5; heifers, premium to 122.5
Motorists and farmers have been urged to be tolerant of each other on country lanes in Ryedale and Scarborough during the harvest season. Rob Simpson, spokesman for the National Farmers Union, said there would be more farm vehicles on the roads in the
YORK horse rider Heidi Simmonds is celebrating after winning a place in the finals of a national horse trial. Heidi, from Sheriff Hutton, and her horse PJs Sterling came second in the Super Solvitax Novice Owner/Rider qualifier at Osmaston Park Horse
OILSEED rape growers planning to drill their crops in the second or third week of August this year are strongly advised to delay operations for a week or two - or to only use varieties with the highest resistance against stem canker (phoma), such as escort
THAT William Hague, what a lad. Normally, you would be looking at Mr Hague for quite a while before thinking, "I bet he could sink 14 pints". But how we have underestimated the Tory leader. Mr Hague reveals his history as a secret drinker in an interview
through the columns of your paper I wish thank the people of York for their generosity on Friday, August 4. Our street collection raised £256.56 towards Animal Aid's urgent work to help stop animals suffering. Dot Unwin, Burdyke Avenue, York.
COULD your readers please help me. I am trying to find out if there is any truth in the rumour that in their efforts to win promotion this season, York City Football Club is buying a new player from Iceland - and if he is any good, they are going to try
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy had to be plucked from the North Yorkshire Moors after he injured his leg. The boy, who has not been identified but is from Pocklington, is thought to have slipped while walking with his mother near the Mallyan Spout waterfall, Goathland
A GOVERNMENT Minister has told the family of leukaemia victim Molly-Ann Barnett that many of the thousands of blood donations received on her behalf may not be processed in time to save her. The six-year-old, whose father Paul Barnett part-owns Pocklington
I AM very concerned about the ragwort weed which has invaded the land around Rawcliffe Lake. It grows among the trees and in the very long grass which is badly in need of cutting. The ragwort has already started to seed, so unless council workmen do something
DETECTIVES were today investigating an alleged sexual assault near a York rugby club. York police said a woman had alleged that an incident happened last night in Thanet Road, in the vicinity of Acorn Rugby Club. An area of open space near the rugby pitch
IT IS the right of every citizen to be able to live their lives in a way which best suits them; to have the chance to fulfil their ambitions unimpeded by red tape and petty officialdom. That is why I fight in Europe against unnecessary regulations, and
MORE than 250 "green" homes could be built on the site of one of York's oldest engineering firms. York-based developer Wainhomes has put in a bid to City of York Council for permission to build 11 blocks of apartments on the six-acre Melrose Works site
AT first glance I thought that Coppergate Riverside was okay. I was taken in by the St Mary's promotion. However, now that I have followed the debate in your pages, I have changed my mind. I don't want fast-food burger restaurants next to Clifford's Tower
FORMER York City boss Neil Thompson says he has nothing to prove in tonight's North Riding FA Senior Cup final between Scarborough and the Minstermen. Thompson, currently caretaker boss of the Seasiders, crosses swords with City for the first time since
A YORK woman claims her Global Vacations holiday in France turned into an utter fiasco. She says she turned up with her husband at the apartment in southern France only to be told: "Sorry, no booking has been made." The woman, who wishes only to be identified
BURYTHORPE have taken a firm grip on the leadership of the first division of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League. They notched a 66-run over CGU and are now firm favourites to retain their top flight title. Aldby Park, who were able to field
IS it a bird or is it a PINK plane? Sky watchers could be rubbing their eyes this coming August Bank Holiday, when a genuine pink Spitfire flies across York's airspace. The shockingly-coloured craft will be flown by Selby businessman Tony Smith, who is
Burythorpe are the new holders of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup after beating York in the final at Clifton Park. York, having won the toss and electing to bat, made a sound start. Openers Nigel Smith and Ian McGann reached 73 at the halfway stage against
A HAT-TRICK of successive wins for York City in the North Riding FA Senior Cup but hardly a performance worthy of silverware. It took a goalkeeping error to win the match as a determined Scarborough made a mockery of the oft-heard footballers' complaint
ASTHMA sufferer Paul Suttle always coped with his illness without complaint, and nobody thought it would take his life so suddenly or at such a young age as 22. When his mother, Susan Steels, 44, from Thoresby Road, Chapelfields, York, was called to his
Yorkshire have included permanent floodlights in their redevelopment plan for Headingley which the committee approved yesterday and will now go before the club's members for ratification at an extraordinary annual meeting in the ground's indoor cricket
YORK teacher Martin Jackson enjoyed a lucrative catch of the day to pocket £1,000. As reported in the Evening Press, Jackson was one of six finalists in the Extreme Catches competition, which was staged during yesterday's Yorkshire Phoenix National League
AN athletics coach from York, who competed for Britain at the Olympic Games 32 years ago, is battling to win the right for one of his proteges to take part in the Sydney Olympics next month. Derek Boosey is fighting the cause of 1992 Olympic 10 kilometres
GARRY Atkins was today mulling over the chance to resurrect his winning partnership with former team-mate Lee Crooks at York Wasps. Atkins and Crooks were both in the Castleford side which defeated Wakefield 11-8 in the 1990-91 Yorkshire Cup final. Between
STEPHEN LEWIS checks out the merits of driving, flying or travelling by rail or coach when setting off for those summer holidays. FLYING has long since lost its reputation as the rich man's form of transport. Package tours, and the growth of cut-price
This column is supplied by Derek Knight (01430) 861988 and Julie Cartner (01904) 491478 who are consultants for ADAS in East and North Yorkshire. Last week we introduced the topic of canopy management. This week we look at seed rates, the starting point
SILAGE quality is well down on last year, and also below the six-year average, according to a study of more than 1,000 grass silage samples from across the UK, reports BASF. According to nutrition specialist Frank Wright Ltd, of Derbyshire, this season's
