Batoutoftheblue, who provided new trainer Alan Swinbank with his first winner when scoring at Southwell recently, can follow up at Musselburgh tomorrow. The eight-year-old goes for the Morton Fraser Handicap, a race he won 12 months ago when he was trained
Sheep have been condemned for slaughter in the heart of North Yorkshire as foot and mouth closes in. A precautionary cull of apparently healthy animals at Husthwaite, near Easingwold, comes after the Vale of York's first case of the disease was confirmed
A YORK school came within one basket of reaching the final of the prestigious English Schools Basketball Competition. All Saints RC had led 33-19 in the third quarter of their semi-final against North Manchester High School but were eventually beaten
Neighbours today told of their shock and grief at the loss of a 71-year-old woman trapped in a blaze at her home. Emergency services called to the house in St Stephen's Square, Acomb, York, found the ground floor well alight with flames spreading to the
I AM writing on behalf of myself, my husband and Danny Covell to thank Emma Harrison for her very moving and informative coverage of my daughter's recent disappearance, search and finally the wonderful report of Carli's funeral last week (Evening Press
I WAS distressed when confronted by the picture on the front page illustrating an article on foot and mouth (March 23). The country is gripped with anxiety about this epidemic. I am not a farmer and have no farm connections, but I find the whole issue
WITH regard to the article on Cricket's Fear (Evening Press, March 24), Mr Hargrave comments that 40 to 50 per cent of cricket clubs have fields adjacent to farm land. Quite right, but so have football clubs and I have not heard of any football matches
I READ with interest your article by Dennis Towle, regarding Tadcaster needing £2m to help re-develop the town (March 26). In the article Coun Jack Crawford was quoted as saying that £500,000 was earmarked for the redevelopment of Tadcaster central car
IN true Family Fortunes style, the council asked 1,000 York residents: what bothers you most? Anyone guessing that the top answer was poverty, drug dealing, homelessness, cutbacks to social services, cancer, flooding, pollution, road deaths, traffic jams
Edinburgh Arms kept Bay Horse Marygate's champagne on ice in Cueball York Pool League Division One by beating them 6-4 thanks to two wins from Mick Surtees. Prakash Mistry and Phil Archer won two apiece as Mr Q's won the basement battle with Huntington
The prospects of York Travellers Cricket Club celebrating their Silver Jubilee in two years time look bleak unless a meeting to be held at the Nags Head Pub, Heworth, on Friday (8pm) can save it from extinction. "Unless things change the future looks
WHEN this golden couple met on a blind date at a ball in York's Assembly Rooms it was love at first waltz. Neville and Nellie White, of Rufforth, celebrated 50 years of marriage at the weekend with a celebration for family and friends. Nev, 77, was in
FORMER York City councillor Joyce Long celebrated 50 years of marriage to Victor at the weekend. The York couple, who for 25 years ran a radio and television shop in Heslington Road, were married at St George's Methodist Church in Millfield Lane in 1951
University Students Ladies won their derby against the University Staff 5-4 in Ladies Division One of the York Badminton League. Ros Ellis and Sue Cooper led the way with three straight wins for 90-50. Huntington Ladies scored a 7-2 home win over Knavesmire
A Polish priest who survived the horrors of a concentration camp and went on to serve the Polish Catholic community around York for more than 50 years has died at the age of 93. Monsignor Boleslaw Zabludowksi regularly said mass at St Wilfrid's Roman
Scarborough's McCain Stadium will host the final of the Scarborough and District Junior Cup between Rosedale and West Pier on Monday night (7pm). Rosedale's return to Beckett League action saw them win 6-2 at Kirkdale United. Rosedale went 3-0 up with
The work of a York-born artist whose sculptures and drawings were world-renowned will be among the possessions of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace to be auctioned in New York. They are three late 18th century Wedgwood blue and white Jasperware
THE next time you're stuck in traffic on the 20-minute journey home from work spare a thought for one Ryedale commuter whose life revolves around travelling. For Philip Benham, travelling to work means hopping on board a train at York every morning and
The fitness fights of Darren Edmondson and Mike Basham were dealt a blow today with York City's home reserve game with Wrexham postponed. Tonight's Avon Insurance League Division One encounter was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was set
Selby's top police officer stunned councillors when he said new youth shelters might be used for smoking cannabis. But Inspector Steve Gray said later he was simply pointing out the possibility that young people would use the shelters in this way. Town
Depleted York Wasps were dealt another blow last night when big prop forward Mick Hagan was banned for three matches. Hagan was handed the punishment by RFL disciplinary chiefs for use of the forearm and elbow against Chorley Lynx. He was also fined £75
Landlord Peter Chilton breathed a huge sigh of relief today after his canalside pub was thrown an unexpected lifeline. A worried Mr Chilton has seen his takings plummet after Selby Canal and towpath were ruled out-of-bounds because of the foot-and-mouth
A school and a nursery which share the same building are celebrating good Ofsted reports. Burnholme Nursery and Burnholme Community College in York have both received praise from the inspectors. The college is described in its report as a "good and improving
A new York scheme could help to cut down on crime nationally. MEGI RYCHLIKOVA explains that probation is not be the soft option it might appear to be. PICTURE the scene. Your house has been burgled, your treasured possessions stolen and then the judge
Depleted York Wasps were dealt another blow last night when big prop forward Mick Hagan was banned for three matches. Hagan was handed the punishment by RFL disciplinary chiefs for use of the forearm and elbow against Chorley Lynx. He was also fined £75
IN THE first major review for decades of what Christians really think, capital punishment, the Devil, homosexuality, sainthood and divorce emerge as some of the most contentious issues. The views presented in the groundbreaking Oxford Companion To Christian
FOR years, peacocks have been part of the York tourism experience. Many a visitor has been awakened at dawn by the shrill cry of these majestic birds. They even used to stop the traffic. Alas, the show is almost over. Only one is left. Now York Civic
YORK'S army chiefs will play a key role in the fight against foot and mouth disease, it was revealed today. The Army chose Imphal Barracks for a new control centre to co-ordinate the disposal of animal carcasses in the North-East as it steps up the campaign
JOSEPH ROWNTREE School won the York and District U13 'A' team netball tournament by beating All Saints 5-3 in the final. The 'B' tournament was won by Huntington with All Saints finishing runners-up. The 'A' final was an exciting affair with Joseph Rowntree
A North Yorkshire woman faced a terrifying ordeal when a masked knifeman tried to force his way into her car. Police today issued a warning to women motorists to beware after the man struck in a street in the middle of York. The incident unfolded while
Sheep have been condemned for slaughter in the heart of North Yorkshire as foot and mouth closes in. A precautionary cull of apparently healthy animals at Husthwaite, near Easingwold, comes after the Vale of York's first case of the disease was confirmed
Pickering Town reached the Northern Counties East League Wilkinson Sword Trophy final last after an incident-packed 3-2 defeat of Worsborough Bridge. Matty Morton and Danny Farthing put the Pikes 2-0 up but Bridge pulled one back and then equalised with
James Clay (Otley MG) had a keepnet that resembled a sack of carrots at the end of Saturday's 45-entry Bob Co Tackle match at Willows Fishery. Drawn on peg 55 on Goldrush Lake he worked hard with pole and maggot at 11 metres to whip out over a hundred
The end of an era was witnessed in York today as the world's most famous telephone directory rolled off the printing presses in the city for the final time. Yellow Pages has been printed at the RR Donnelley plant, in Boroughbridge Road, since the 1930s
These boys from York's Minster School had their prayers answered when they regained their champions crown in a prestigious football tournament. Minster came out on top as eight teams competed for the annual Northern Choir Schools Five-a-Side competition
The picturesque spectacle of peacocks could be set to make a return to York's Museum Gardens thanks to the city's civic trust. York Civic Trust has offered to pay for six birds to be re-established in the gardens following news that the previous peacock
Hundreds of homes and businesses in York and North Yorkshire are being offered flood warnings direct by telephone. People throughout the Environment Agency's Dales area, which includes York, Tadcaster and Knaresborough, will be able to get the latest
Wheelie bins are set to be rolled out to residents across York by the summer. But City of York Council's revised scheme will also allow black bag collection for those who want to stick with the traditional method. The expansion, which follows city-wide
The Queen Anne School building in York is set to be signed over to St Peter's School tomorrow in a deal worth £4.8m. But under plans being discussed by councillors this afternoon, the bulk of the money will not reach the council until a year from now.
Old China hand STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a young York author whose first novel looks set to go to the top of the bestseller lists. THE cost of buying a home in London has sky-rocketed so much that teachers and nurses can no longer afford to live there, it
IN A dazzling act of ventriloquism, Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey gives the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly a voice so wild, passionate and original that it is impossible not to believe that the Bush folk-hero is speaking from beyond the grave.
