A North Yorkshire farmer is in deadlock with highway chiefs over a carpet he has laid in the road to disinfect traffic as a result of the foot and mouth disease outbreak. Anthony White, who farms Bent Rigg Farm, Ravenscar, which is perched close to the
I SHOULD like to ask Tracey Simpson-Laing, Labour Party Parliamentary Spokesman for East Yorkshire (Disturbed by MP, April 2) two questions: who is playing the 'race card' now and whatever happened to free speech? R Dodds, Hobgate, Acomb, York. Updated
ON reading the for sale column in a recent Evening Press (April 4), I noticed a pair of "wart iron gates with adjustable hinges" for sale. Did they belong to Jonathan Woss? Mrs D Redhead, Gardeners Close, Copmanthorpe, York. Updated: 10:30 Thursday, April
The Lions clubs of York want golfers to score a hole-in-one for their crusade to prevent blindness by taking part in a fundraising golf competition. The competition, which takes place at Aldwark Manor Golf Club on June 8, will raise money towards the
Visitors to next week's inaugural Selby Beer Festival will also be able to taste some wine - courtesy of the UK's first micro-winery. Peter Cariss, from Long Drax, has set up the winery at the Market Cross shopping centre in Selby. He imports grape juice
Winning moves were made by Canon Lee School to capture a prized crown. Alert-thinking from the pupils of Canon Lee enabled them to win the York Secondary Schools' chess trophy. More than 40 players battled for the honours at the event, which was held
Parents who have won lottery cash to set up holiday and after-school clubs in York say they are struggling to recruit staff to the get the clubs up and running. Before and after-school clubs and holiday play schemes cater for the children of working parents
A man died after a collision involving a red Passat car and a white refrigerated lorry near Harrogate. The crash happened at about 3.15pm yesterday on the A59 near to the Black Bull Inn at Kettlesing, near Harrogate. North Yorkshire Police said the driver
Teams from as far apart as London and Newcastle are in a full draw of 24 sides for the 43rd John Smith's Pocklington Rugby Union Club seven-a-side tournament. It kicks off seven hours of non-stop rugby action on Good Friday afternoon at Percy Road. The
The Bill Simpson Pairs Finals proved one-sided affairs. In the Gents competition, last year's runners-up David and John Stroughair were out to make this their fifth win in the history of the competition when they blitzed Brian Gray and Ian Farrar with
We all suffer from a terminal disease called 'life', says York Health Trust chairman Alan Maynard. Properly resourced, the National Health Service could and should do better: but we should not expect it to work miracles. Staff in York NHS Trust were very
York's David Stroughair and Phil Parsons defend unbeaten records in the grand finals of the Famous Grouse Four Nations' Top Ten Bowls Classic at Darlington this weekend. Stroughair is unbeaten after four singles and two triples matches in the regional
Almost three decades of success have been capped by the best season for the all-conquering York Civil Service netball team. The Civil corps have been crowned Northern Clubs League division two champions, amassing 32 points out of a possible 35. But that's
A coroner has apologised to a grieving family after they missed the inquest into their teenage son's death. The family of Dale Stoakes, from Selby, said they were "devastated" after the coroner's office failed to inform them about the inquest date. Now
The North Riding FA County Cup will no longer be hosted by York City because of a fixture backlog at Bootham Crescent. The match, between Leeper Hare York and District League side Bishopthorpe United and Kirkbymoorside will now take place at Pickering
York City striker Alex Mathie looks to have kicked his last ball of the season after limping from yesterday's reserve team draw with Blackpool. Mathie, who has endured a stop-start City career to date, pulled a calf muscle in the 2-2 draw at Bloomfield
Tourism staff in York have come under fire on national radio - but passed the Evening Press telephone test with flying colours. The flak came their way during a phone-in to Jimmy Young's BBC Radio 2 show, when two callers rang in about inquiries they
Ryedale's first ever woman police sergeant has stepped out onto her beat. Sergeant Carol Horner is now in command of the Pickering station. She replaces Sergeant Vince Rosser, who has transferred to Eastfield Station in Scarborough. Sergeant Horner said
What Ryedale feared most happened last weekend with the cold confirmation of a foot and mouth case at Ruswarp on the edge of the North York Moors. It was bizarrely appropriate that the Holtby's premises are called Ashes Farm but the implications go far
THE A64 is notorious for accidents and Bilbrough Top is one of the most dangerous spots on this busy road. Many local residents believe something should be done to slow down traffic. Today, we suggest one possible solution. While road calming can sound
MOOSICAL cows are swaying to bovine beats as part of a revolutionary new experiment being conducted in East Yorkshire. The 150 pedigree Friesian Holstein cows at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, are the subject of the experiment, which aims to find
Former York City boss Alan Little is a front runner to take charge of fellow Third Division strugglers Torquay United. Ex-Wolves boss Colin Lee has been placed in charge at Plainmoor until the end of the season following the dismissal of Wes Saunders.
The first check date for the Extensification Payment Scheme 2001 has now been selected. Declaration forms will be sent to producers to calculate the number of bovine livestock units on their holdings on the basis of those bovine animals on the holdings
SMALL rural businesses affected by the current foot and mouth crisis are being urged by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to take advantage of special assistance being made available to them. Among the measures announced by the
A special sheepdog rescue service has been established for farmers with flocks slaughtered as a result of foot and mouth disease. The charity Border Collie Rescue, based at Richmond, North Yorkshire, has set up a registration system for sheepdogs which
The joint 2001 Departmental Report for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), the Intervention Board (IB) and the Forestry Commission (FC) was published this week. The report contains details of forecast expenditure outturn for 2000-01
Twenty independent museums joined forces to launch a major poster publicity campaign yesterday in the latest push to revitalise North Yorkshire's devastated tourism trade. The posters are based on a jigsaw design, to demonstrate unity among the museums
Popular open areas in York, including the city's Knavesmire, have been reopened following a review of restrictions imposed due to the foot and mouth crisis. City of York Council has looked at countryside access restrictions to paths and land, which are
TONY Blair's cry: "Education, education, education" and the manner of its implementation says it all where this Government is concerned. At the time of the last election they ranted on each day about class sizes. Not only has so-called New Labour spent
Work was recently carried out on Chaloners Road in Dringhouses to install a zebra crossing, speed humps and some speed 'tables'. This has been successfully achieved, although no one seems to know why there was a need for them. There doesn't seem to be
I AM writing in response to notices about Sustrans' planning application which have appeared at various access points to Hob Moor. I am aware of the many worries expressed by local people about the disturbance to wildlife and to important archaeological
IN the Evening Press last Saturday, there was a restuarant review by Simon Ritchie about the Alice Hawthorn pub in the village of Nun Monkton. The racehorse after which the pub was named was itself named after Alice Hawthorn, a famous American songwriter
I HAVE just returned to City of York Council the questionnaire for the city's Millennium pedestrian/cycle route. I am very impressed with the proposals and hope the scheme will go ahead. It will make it a lot easier and safer for children travelling to
A Spring charity concert held in the York Salvation Army Citadel, in Gillygate, has raised £440 for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. The concert was organised by Keith Noble, a member of the Salvation Army and a volunteer driver for the hospice, and Jim Wright
Tradition and Innovation is a selection of 23 British paintings from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Art Collection. For these riches we must thank the banking merry-go-round in which the Royal Bank's take-over of the NatWest Group in March 2000 brought
Four more York schools have signed up to bring in a new starting age for primary children, as part of a pioneering scheme to bring in new care and education arrangements for three to five-year-olds. Fishergate Primary, Hob Moor Infant, Huntington Primary
A boom in international orders for "e-eggs" is being reported by York-based expatshopping.com The lifeline dotcom supermarket for ex-pats yearning for food from home has been sorting more than 20,000 Cadbury's Crme Eggs at its Osbaldwick depot - Easter
The York and District Accident Cup final takes pride of place in the local amateur rugby league programme over Easter. York Groves take on Selby Warriors at New Earswick on Saturday (2.30pm) in what will be the first of a 'double header' between the two
A Spring charity concert held in the York Salvation Army Citadel, in Gillygate, has raised £440 for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. The concert was organised by Keith Noble, a member of the Salvation Army and a volunteer driver for the hospice, and Jim Wright
York completed a derby double against Pocklington by beating their close rivals 3-2 in the West Riding Ladies Premier League. The score was an exact repeat of the last time the two sides met, though the inexperienced Pocklington team must have thought
York Cycleworks rider Alastair Kay scored his team's first win of the year with victory in the fourth stage of the 500-mile eight-day Tour of Saudi Arabia. Having ridden well in the Giro del Capo then placed seventh in the prestigious Cape Argus Cycle
The parents of Zoe Fairley, who died more than five years ago, today hit out at City of York Council's finance department for failing to change the way it treated recently-bereaved families. Zoe was 21 when she died after four care workers used the "prone
Senior Government officials have promised to continue urging the release of North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach from an Indian prison - despite the Indian Government's failure to respond to their pleas. Calls for action made by Foreign Secretary
An £8.9 million restoration of part of Harrogate's spa heritage has been given the go-ahead by councillors. The cabinet of Harrogate Borough Council has supported a scheme to restore the dilapidated 1903 Royal Hall, which is today used for conferences
Fairfax House, York's beautifully restored Georgian residence, is gilding the lily this Easter. Floral arrangements by York's internationally-renowned flower arrangement artist and horticulturist George Smith are on display in Fairfax House's saloon.
A flood victim has accused councils across Yorkshire of showing a "complete disregard" for people living in flood-hit areas. Howard Keal,from Norton, last night called on the Environment Agency to remind councillors who sit on regional flood defence committees
Former York City boss Alan Little is a front runner to take charge of fellow Third Division strugglers Torquay United. Ex-Wolves boss Colin Lee has been placed in charge at Plainmoor until the end of the season following the dismissal of Wes Saunders.
York policeman Arthur Swaine has been arrested following an alleged incident at a city centre pub. Mr Swaine, a city licensing officer, faces both civil and criminal proceedings as a result of an alleged incident at the Little John pub in Castlegate on
York Wasps chairman John Stabler has taken a swipe at the rest of the Northern Ford Premiership for taking advantage of York's plight. York's squad has gradually been decimated during the course of the season with all their top players moving elsewhere
It's just a jump to the left... Vicar The Rev John Roden demonstrates the sheep-dip shuffle as he prepares for this weekend's Easter communion service at St John's Church, Acaster Selby. The church, which is approached through a field of sheep, opens
The heartbroken parents of a teenager who died after an accident on the A64 near York today demanded action to spare other parents the same trauma. Chris and Colin Sanders, whose son Jamie suffered fatal injuries at the notorious Bilbrough Top accident
York Wasps chairman John Stabler has taken a swipe at the rest of the Northern Ford Premiership for taking advantage of York's plight. York's squad has gradually been decimated during the course of the season with all their top players moving elsewhere
Nobody wants to come home to find their home burgled. It is a terrible experience which can be very difficult to cope with. Obviously, it makes sense to have home contents insurance to cover financial loss, but it is better to try to prevent the break-in
SIR Harry Secombe led a long and varied life, running from the slapstick and buffoonery of The Goon Show to presenting Songs Of Praise and Highway. He was treasured as a comic genius, while also possessing a classical tenor voice that could move people
A DELIGHTED Tim Inman has scooped a £6,500 all terrain vehicle (ATV) in a national farming magazine competition. Tim, who farms close to Malton, was presented with the Suzuki Quadmaster ATV by Adrian Denner, managing director of local Suzuki dealership
York City striker Alex Mathie looks to have kicked his last ball of the season after limping from yesterday's reserve team draw with Blackpool. Mathie, who has endured a stop-start City career to date, pulled a calf muscle in the 2-2 draw at Bloomfield
Ryedale farmers could soon be taking advantage of a new scheme set up in North Yorklshire to dispose of polythene wrapping around bales. Phil Lyth, head of the county's Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group said: "Disposing of waste polythene and plastic
A GROUP of leading scientists spearheaded by a professor from the University of York is launching a campaign to preserve unique sheep breeds threatened by the foot and mouth crisis. The Heritage GeneBank project, led by Professor Diana Bowles of the University
STRETCH out silage stocks and don't run out - that's the advice of animal nutrition specialists Frank Wright Ltd as wet weather and foot and mouth restrictions delay the turn-out of the nation's dairy herd. The company's technical advisor, Cara Freeston-Smith
SOYA products are being increasingly accepted - according to a new national survey of consumers. The survey of 1,000 men and women across the country was carried out by The Survey Shop and showed that consumers in the north east are more likely to drink
CONTEMPT is much like what it sounds. Used ordinarily, this word refers to scorn. Used in a legal sense, it is enough to make editors rush for the deodorant. A newspaper is in contempt of court if it causes "substantial risk of serious prejudice" to the
