Today we took a strong message to John Prescott on behalf of thisisyork and Evening Press readers. An open letter from Evening Press editor Liz Page to the Deputy Prime Minister was being hand-delivered by Chief Reporter Mike Laycock to the department
Under Suspicion (15, 111minutes) NEITHER truth nor characters are what they first seem in this psychological thriller based on the 1981 potboiler Garde A Vue. Rumour and inference cast a long shadow over the players' motives and intentions, while testimony
I TAKE my hat off to Winnie May and Martin Lacy for bravely sharing their experiences with Evening Press readers: 'Life after stroke' (January 8). Straightforward features of this calibre are, I believe, encouraging for other people faced with similar
No One Lives Forever, published by Electronic Arts for PC Specs: 64MB ram, 400MB free hard drive space, 4XCD Rom, Pentium II 300Mhz SHE'S sassy, she's sexy, she's stylish and she knows how to kill. Move over Lara Croft, special agent Cate Archer, pictured
Jet Set Radio, published by Sega for Dreamcast FOR all the young punks out there, this one's for you. Tokyo is in trouble, with hoods everywhere and a police state cracking down on freedom. So, when the world's going to pot, what do you do? Get your skates
New recruit Alistair Hurst makes his York Rugby Union Club first team debut tomorrow in the North East Two basement battle against Bridlington at Clifton Park. Both teams are finding life difficult this season, a long way from those heady days when both
Dunnington will start the defence of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League Cup with a first round tie at Heworth on Sunday, June 17. The Common Road side will be seeking to win the trophy for the fourth year running and will
York John Smith's Sunday Morning League champions Yorkshire Herald showed why they will once again be the team to beat when they cruised to a 3-0 at Derwent United. Goals by Backhouse (penalty), Alcock and Dunn saw them move up into third place, four
A driver suffered serious head injuries after two lorries collided in East Yorkshire. Both vehicles were extensively damaged following the smash at the Newton Lane junction with the A1079 at Wilberfoss. The drivers were both taken to York District Hospital
Scarborough hit the trophy trail at Runcorn tomorrow seeking to rediscover their famous knock-out form. The FA Umbro Trophy, which saw Boro enjoy four trips to Wembley in the 1970s, provides the Seadogs with their last realistic chance of silverware this
A teenager who was hit by a car while crossing a road died today. Jamie Colin Sanders, 16, of Bullamoor Road, Northallerton, had been in intensive care at York District Hospital since suffering serious head injuries on Tuesday night. He had been struck
The whole issue of who is to replace Martyn Moxon as Yorkshire's director of coaching will be discussed by the club's cricket committee next Tuesday. Cricket chairman Bob Platt and his three colleagues, plus first team captain David Byas, will then sift
Claimants against disgraced gynaecologist Richard Neale have been asked to meet for discussion about compensation. The National Health Service Litigation Authority, which has responsibility for dealing with compensation claims, today invited Neale's patients
A scientist assisting the Yugoslavian war crimes tribunal also helped put York man Robert Claridge behind bars...by analysing his voice. Claridge, 36, has twice tried to bribe prosecution witnesses in English cases during a long career in crime. York
A teenage burglar who leapt from the dock at York Magistrates Court has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. Security officers were locked in the courtroom when the panic button was activated as Daniel Eden fled, York Crown Court heard. Eden, 19
The season starts here for York City according to skipper Steve Agnew, desperate to wipe from memory the disappointment of the 4-0 midweek mauling by Darlington. The midfielder admits tomorrow's Division Three clash with Barnet can't come soon enough
Yet another major American company today announced it is to set up a new UK base in York - and this time it could mean more than 70 full and part-time jobs. The arrival of Californian-based Washington Inventory Service Limited (WIS), which provides stocktaking
Our campaign was quick to catch the eye of staff in John Prescott's office today. They saw our open letter on the thisisyork and immediately asked to put their side. Press officers then released a statement saying that the Government understood concerns
The whole issue of who is to replace Martyn Moxon as Yorkshire's director of coaching will be discussed by the club's cricket committee next Tuesday. Cricket chairman Bob Platt and his three colleagues, plus first team captain David Byas, will then sift
MANY of us still remember living under the fearful, black cloud of the nuclear threat throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Since the end of the Cold War and the break-up of the Soviet Union, we have perhaps been lulled into a false sense of security. The CND
OUR message today to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is simple and can be summed up in two words: pay up. Councillors from across Yorkshire yesterday insisted that they were not prepared to foot the bill for last November's floods disaster. That leaves
Mary Reveley, who completed a first and last-race double at Wetherby yesterday, heads to Ascot tomorrow in search of much more prestigious spoils. Fresh from her successes with Bramble Fair and Konker, the Saltburn trainer saddles Function Dream in the
THE curtain rises tonight on Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp at the Milton Rooms, Malton, in the first Malton and Norton Amateur Operatic Society production of this pantomime for ten years. The society is fielding some of Ryedale's best comedy performers
The season starts here for York City according to skipper Steve Agnew, desperate to wipe from memory the disappointment of the 4-0 midweek mauling by Darlington. The midfielder admits tomorrow's Division Three clash with Barnet can't come soon enough
After the midweek misery of a 4-0 defeat to Darlington, action will speak a thousand words for York City manager Terry Dolan at Barnet tomorrow. "Talk is cheap," said the City chief, looking for a swift response from his team. "I want the players to do
York City will be keeping keen tabs on Sheffield United from where they could net a six-figure cash boost. The Blades' highly-rated England Under-21 international Curtis Woodhouse, who started out as a junior at Bootham Crescent, has been transfer-listed
Veteran defender Chris Fairclough's long awaited return to first-team training has been delayed yet again. After a season spent on the sidelines, it had been hoped the one-time City skipper would return to full-training next week but City manager Terry
Cast Away (12, 144 minutes) THERE are those who wished Tom Hanks, in the irritating guise of idiot sage Forrest Gump, had just kept on running head down to the end of the world and beyond. Perhaps he did, for Hanks has met himself coming back, and the
Lost Souls (15, 98 minutes) WHEN Satan and his hordes ascend from Hades - to find a mortal bride or slay a messianic child - they invariably head straight for New York. In Lost Souls, waif-like Winona Ryder spearheads the forces of good. She plays Maya
I WAS interested in Chris Titley's Yesterday Once More (January 8), in particular the photograph of the Auxiliary Fire Service in 1941. My father, company officer Alfred Anfield, is seated second on the left of the front row of chairs. Third from the
TOM BENTLEY says it is often said by us mere mortals, about politicians, that they never listen (Letters, January 8). He says they don't have the sense they were born with and most of us could do a better job (January 8). Not many of us could do a better
Prince Naseem Boxing, published by Codemasters for PlayStation If you're one of the many people who find the "ring flipping prince" as irritating as say, Richard Whiteley, then it would appear Codemasters have created an opportunity for you to get your
3rd Strike, Street Fighter 3, published by Virgin Interactive for Dreamcast Capcom vs SNK, published by Virgin Interactive for Dreamcast THESE two titles have curiously popped up at the same time. I say curiously, because both titles are pretty much the
York Sunday Afternoon League first division title contenders Clifton Hotel hit back from 3-0 down to snatch a draw against York Police. Police led through goals from Dave Hopper (2) and Wagstaff but Cairns pulled a goal back before the interval and Fox
Blind killer Yvonne Sleightholme today lost a crucial round in her fight to clear her name. The High Court dashed the 48-year-old's hopes of taking her case back to the Court of Appeal, almost ten years after she was convicted of shooting dead Ryedale
Nestle Rowntree travel north tomorrow as they go for glory in the North Riding County Cup and a hat-trick of Teesside League scalps. The West Yorkshire League champions face a tough quarter-final tie at third-placed Nunthorpe. But Nestle have already
Northern Counties East League division one leaders Pickering Town will have hotshot Stefan Zoll back in the side when they entertain Worsborough Bridge tomorrow - but it might be his last game for the club. The 22-year-old, who joined from Yorkshire Amateur
North Yorkshire police are working with officers in North Wales to investigate a fresh nail bomb attack against a chip shop owner in Holywell. Jonathan Davies, 34, narrowly escaped injury when a letter bomb, packed with nails, exploded in front of him
Ethnic minorities are nearly four times as likely to be stopped and searched by police as white people in North Yorkshire, new figures reveal. Race campaigners today criticised what they called the disproportionate use of police powers against non-whites
Veteran defender Chris Fairclough's long awaited return to first-team training has been delayed yet again. After a season spent on the sidelines, it had been hoped the one-time City skipper would return to full-training next week but City manager Terry
A 20-year-old man was assaulted in what York police have called a "classic road-rage attack". Police today appealed for witnesses to the incident, which happened at 5.20pm on Wednesday in Fishergate. PC Nick Bailey said the victim was driving along Fawcett
York City will be keeping keen tabs on Sheffield United from where they could net a six-figure cash boost. The Blades' highly-rated England Under-21 international Curtis Woodhouse, who started out as a junior at Bootham Crescent, has been transfer-listed
Welcome to the play zone. Harrogate Toy Fair organiser Graham Scott gloves up ready for the opening of the 52nd annual toy-makers' showcase. From tomorrow until Wednesday, toy manufacturers and buyers from all over the world will be in Harrogate to see
Barnet welcome York City to fortress Underhill tomorrow in stark contrast to the mood of the Minstermen. While City were hammered 4-0 by Darlington in the LDV Vans Trophy in midweek, Barnet's 3-1 win at Second Division Peterborough United was manager
After the midweek misery of a 4-0 defeat to Darlington, action will speak a thousand words for York City manager Terry Dolan at Barnet tomorrow. "Talk is cheap," said the City chief, looking for a swift response from his team. "I want the players to do
Kiwi generosity has come as a tonic for people in a North Yorkshire village hit by flooding in the autumn. A family from the other side of the world sent £50 to a pub at Naburn after hearing about the flooding that cut off the village. The Smiths, who
HOWARD DAVIS looks at the Internet's shame as the world's largest child porn ring is smashed. I think the internet gets a raw deal where pornography is concerned. Everybody is always talking about how depraved the World Wide Web is because of its abundance
AN ADVENT of anagrams won an Evening Press website user a post-Christmas prize. On her two-year-old computer, mother-of-three Justine Bell, from Stockton-on-the Forest, scooped the computer game top award after entering the quiz on the newspaper's flourishing
RIDING Lights launches the new tour by Roughshod, its community touring company, with preview dates this month at the York Christian theatre company's home in York, Friargate Theatre. Billed as the "smash-hit love show for families about families", Love
John Prescott has just three weeks to help save Ryedale from another flooding disaster. Hopes of fast-tracking a £4 million scheme to protect Malton and Norton were today resting on the Deputy Prime Minister. Councillors from across Yorkshire made clear
Dear Deputy Prime Minister...When North and East Yorkshire were stricken by devastating flooding in November, you showed a commendable willingness to come and see the damage for yourself and talk to flood victims. You also announced that the Government
