A RESTRICTED stroke raised more than £400 for charity after Dennis Woodcock tackled a sponsored swim - wearing a strait-jacket. The crazy swim, which also saw Mr Woodcock's legs tied together, made cash for New Earswick Swimming Pool's disabled club and
A 71-YEAR-OLD widow is still missing five days since she was last seen at her York home. Gladys Paylor disappeared from her home in the north of York on Monday evening and has not been seen since. Appeals for information in the Evening Press about her
FORMER YORKSHIRE and England cricketer Don Wilson joined sports fans in York today as a major new sporting development was officially opened to the public. Don, a left-arm spin bowler for county and country during the 1960s, oversaw the official ceremony
JUBILANT young people were celebrating today after their York charity won a last-minute reprieve. City of York Council has found £3,000 to secure a month's survival for Special Needs Activities and Play Provision York (SNAPPY). The group was due to close
SAM Wood of York rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw Eddie The Eagle at Leicester University's skiing club. Sam, the 22-year-old third-year university student at Leicester, where he is studying business management and computer science, was manning
BEER, bar staff, cigarettes, expletives, tables, chairs, drunken stupidity and great conversation can be found in pretty much every pub and in every city. Toilets also feature in every premises, but not necessarily how you remember them from days of yore
BRYN EVANS is won over by the peace and quiet of a weekend in South West Lincolnshire SOUTH West Lincolnshire might not sound among the most glamorous destinations in the lexicon of leisure. But broadening people's horizons is one of the aims of travel
IN TRUE country and western tradition, York cabaret and club singer Suzy Martell has risen above two throat operations and a hysterectomy to land a dream record contract in Nashville. Suzy, 31, of Melrosegate, Heworth, will fly to the American capital
SWIMMING phenomenon Anna Atkinson-Smith has become one of the youngest children ever to gain a Gold Challenge award after only three years of lessons. Anna, six, of Beckfield Lane, York, attends Upper Poppleton Infants School and has been swimming since
IT certainly won't be a bog-standard event when Hugh Murray arrives in town. For the sole subject of historian Hugh's talk in York's Spurriergate Centre on October 13 will be public toilets. Hugh has been interested in the world's smallest rooms for more
PENSIONER Topsy Clinch has 571 reasons why a £1.3 million flood prevention scheme should go ahead in Pickering. She is still clearing up her house, an astonishing 571 days after it was inundated when the nearby town beck burst its banks last March. And
WORK on the approaches to Wigginton Road roundabout starts on Monday and will take about two weeks. An anti-skid surface and white lines will be laid in the evenings on the A1237 and B1363 approaches to the roundabout. Temporary traffic lights will operate
RICHARD FOSTER and family enjoy a Thomas The Tank Engine experience. SIR Topham Hatt, better known as the Fat Controller from the charming Thomas The Tank Engine books which have spawned a multi-million pound industry, was having a spot of bother. He
WORK will begin on Monday to repair the main swimming pool at York's Barbican Centre after a piece of metal fell from the roof into the water. The pool closed unexpectedly on Wednesday after a length of metal bracket about six to eight inches long fell
CYCLISTS are still at risk on the A64 where Olympic cyclist Peter Longbottom was killed in 1998 - despite Government promises of a safety scheme last year. Mr Longbottom, an Olympic and Commonwealth Games competitor from Malton, was killed when his bike
T is more than two and a half years since Olympic and Commonwealth cyclist Peter Longbottom was killed when his bike was struck by cars on the A64 near Grimston Bar. His death sent shockwaves through the cycling world and was a grim reminder, if one were
Book: New Flavours, BBC Good Food Magazine, £18.99 Recipes chosen: Pasta with bacon and wilted spinach. Lemon chicken with garlic and potatoes. Chef's CV: Seven chefs (no information). Ready, steady, cook: Both recipes easy to make. I didn't have to spend
THE Lord Mayor of York is in the pink as she launches Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Councillor Shan Braund tied a pink ribbon to the Roman Emperor Constantine outside York Minster to kick-start the special month. Throughout October events will be taking
RAY Barker could be forgiven if he felt a little down in the mouth about retiring after spending over 30 years tending to people's teeth in the same York suburb. But the popular Acomb dentist, who has nothing but praise for his patients over the past
FREE, gratis, nothing, zero, zilch! An offer of totally-free holidays for 100 York pensioners seems too good to be true for many, and may have to be cancelled because of a lack of response. It seems people can't believe the offer is genuine, even though
THE death of a young man from North Yorkshire has led his mother to set up an international charity to continue his pioneering work with needy Thai villages. Penelope Worsley, who is the sister-in-law of Sir Marcus Worsley of Hovingham Hall and of the
PENSIONER Norman Wilson told today of the terrible moment he and his brother, Sid, were nearly wiped out by a hit-and-run driver. And he spoke of his deep gratitude to a Helmsley pub - the Feathers Hotel - for the way in which they had launched a fundraising
Fact file Distance: Six miles. Time: Three hours. Start: Halton Gill. Right of way: The complete route is along public rights of way, permissive paths and through open access areas. Date walked: Saturday, September 23, 2000. Road route: Ten miles north-west
SIMON RITCHIE ventures into York's Italian quarter for a fine, if cramped meal THE Romans may have left York in the 5th century AD, but a slice of the empire is still thriving in one corner of the city. Goodramgate, that medieval street which winds its
