Turtle Valley, at his best on soft ground, will be in his element at rain-sodden Kempton tomorrow as he lines-up for the Queen's Prize Showcase Handicap, one of four races being televised from the meeting by Channel 4. The gelding, trained by Simon Dow
THE North York Moors National Park Authority is calling for extra vigilance over Easter in the wake of a new outbreak at Ruswarp close to the north eastern boundary of the Park. The new outbreak means that part of the north eastern corner of the National
YOU recently published our urgent appeal for volunteer drivers to help Ryedale Car Scheme. This is the local community transport organisation which helps people who find it difficult to access public transport. It proves a vital lifeline for the elderly
A CYCLING fisherman is expected to take up a permanent post overlooking the River Ouse. The Fisher of Dreams sculpture could become the latest addition to the Sustrans cycle link between York and Selby. The four-metre high steel man will sit on the girders
SHACKLED York Dungeon boss Helen Douglas is taking the blame for the worst flooding York has seen in centuries. The boss at the city tourist attraction was thrown in the stocks after she ignored superstition, days before the rains started last November
YORK'S shiny new Millennium Bridge may have opened in a blaze of publicity this week, but residents living nearby think its glaring night-time lights are not such a bright idea. Anne Tracy, a teacher at All Saints School, who lives in Finsbury Avenue
HOLIDAYMAKERS were today urged by North Yorkshire farmers' leader Ben Gill to enjoy their Easter break in the countryside - while still taking care to avoid spreading foot and mouth. He said he acknowledged that tight restrictions imposed in the wake
THE multi-million pound expansion plans for the city centre campus of the College of Ripon and York St John has been given the green light by councillors. But a second plan to convert the Clarence Street car park, which has prompted much opposition, has
ANGRY villagers may be forced to pull down a sign warning motorists they are approaching "Death Hill" - or face prosecution. The seven-foot sign, featuring a chilling image of a black coffin, was put up on the A19 at Thormanby, near Easingwold, to alert
WHEN John Godber had the painters in, it set him thinking about his next play for Hull Truck. The result is the Faustian drama On A Night Like This, premiered at Hull Truck Theatre this winter and now on tour, arriving at York Theatre Royal next Tuesday
LMA Manager 2001, published by Codemasters for PlayStation Ever wondered what it would be like to be a football manager? Then this is about as close as you'll want to get without actually wearing a camel coat. What immediately strikes you about the game
Cannon John Young delivers the good news with his Easter message. TODAY in a Cathedral service in Ireland, two ex-prisoners will sing in the same choir. In the 1970s they wanted to kill each other; now they are friends. Ask these former terrorists - one
BUSY Malton and Norton warm up for their trip to Twickenham with the best possible preparation - a crunch game against keen Yorkshire Three rivals Skipton tomorrow. The top-of-the table battle is just what Malton coach Pat Stephenson wants to keep his
WEMBLEY wing wizard Leroy Rivett is thinking over a sensational move to York Wasps. Rivett is best remembered for scoring four tries for Leeds Rhinos in the 1999 Silk Cut Challenge Cup final, the last rugby league game to be played at the old Wembley
A HOST of top amateurs will join York Wasps' major new signings in a bid to restore some lost pride over the Easter weekend, writes Dianne Hillaby. Big-name recruits Rob Roberts and Neil Harmon will sit out tonight's game at Hunslet Hawks, ready to be
VISITORS to East Coast should enjoy cleaner waters to paddle in thanks to a multi-million pound investment in water treatment works. The £6 million new works, at Broomfield Farm in Whitby, will be officially opened next Thursday, April 19, by MPs Lawrie
THE family of York skip firm founder Dick Rhodes have paid tribute to the hard-working haulier who built his "empire" near the city and never liked to leave it for long. Mr Rhodes, who founded Rhodes Skip Hire from scratch before selling the business
FLUCTUATING fortunes and formations will occupy the thoughts of under pressure Halifax Town boss Paul Bracewell as the Shaymen get ready to descend on Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The midweek 2-1 home defeat to Blackpool saw Town crash back to the foot
YOU'VE heard about fat cats, but these kitties really take the biscuit. Staff at a North Yorkshire animal centre have had to put ten fatty felines on strict calorie-controlled diets. The unwanted moggies at the Blue Cross centre at Thirsk are all overweight
YORK City defender Barry Jones is a notable omission from tomorrow's squad to face Halifax Town at Bootham Crescent. The 30-year-old former Liverpool star played for City's second string in midweek prompting speculation he was about to be axed from the
A £9,000 door-to-door consultation could be launched on York's cabinet-style council, nearly a year after it was introduced. City of York councillors will be asked to carry out the research because the authority failed to gauge public opinion properly
Yorkshire today breathed a sigh of relief when they discovered that star batsman Darren Lehmann will not be required by Australia this summer. Lehmann, one of Wisden's six cricketers of the year, has not been named in the Ashes squad or the Aussies' one-day
YORK'S shiny new Millennium Bridge may have opened in a blaze of publicity this week, but residents living nearby think its glaring night-time lights are not such a bright idea. Anne Tracy, a teacher at All Saints School, who lives in Finsbury Avenue
A HOST of top amateurs will join York Wasps' major new signings in a bid to restore some lost pride over the Easter weekend, writes Dianne Hillaby. Big-name recruits Rob Roberts and Neil Harmon will sit out tonight's game at Hunslet Hawks, ready to be
THERE is nothing wrong in theory with wishing to modernise local government. Structures which stand still for decades gather dust. The workings of democracy are not above a little bit of improvement. So it is that the Government wants to update local
SKIPPER Steve Agnew insists the uncertain future of runaway Division Three leaders Chesterfield has not deflected York City from their fight against relegation. The spectre of finishing bottom is the driving force behind City's bid to move up the table
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth is in the England Under-18 squad to travel to Poland later this month intent on rescuing their hopes of qualification for this summer's European Championships. As reported in the Evening Press, Howarth was on the bench
THE latest event to fall victim to the foot and mouth crisis is the Newton Feast Day. Organisers of the event, which was due to be held in Newton-on-Ouse on June 16, have decided to cancel it in order to protect farmers in the community. Greta Dean, chair
THE impact of the foot and mouth crisis is affecting businesses far removed from farming - a roadside Asian restaurant is the latest to feel the pinch. Saleem Akhtar, who runs The Jinnah chain of eight restaurants and takeaways across Yorkshire, as well
NORTH Yorkshire caravan site owners are keeping their fingers crossed for an Easter weekend bonanza - but the upturn will be too little, too late for businesses devastated by foot and mouth. Overall takings at Moorside Caravan Park, Strensall, are down
What makes Jo Jones (April 11) think that 80 per cent of our fellow citizens of 'European descent' are Anglo-Saxon? What of the likelihood that most who share his/her surname will identify as Welsh? And the further irony is that 'Welsh' is the Anglo-Saxon
AS a member of a 'community group' that regularly uses the swimming pool at the College of Ripon St John's, York, for an aqua-aerobics class for heart patients, I was intrigued to read in 'York schemes would change face of city' (Evening Press, April
I AM saddened by the unwarranted attention that motorcyclists are receiving from the police with reference to illegal number plates, noisy exhausts and other petty misdemeanours. I am not a biker, preferring off-road motorcycle sport, but because of the
I READ the letter of Bill Shaw, urging us to write to President Bush asking him to keep the agreement on global warming (April 19). I say save your paper and postage, because he will take not one iota of notice. He was elected illegally and his thoughts
JOE Pasquale is boldly going where his comedy has never been before: space. Welcome to Pasquale's 2001...A Magical Oddity, travelling to a theatre near you, the Grand Opera House in York to be precise, next Wednesday. Speaking from his home in deepest
CLIFTON Hotel have finally got their nose in front in the race for the Sunday Afternoon League championship after a fine 3-1 win over York Police. In an even first half the only difference between the rivals was a Paul Bedingham goal for Hotel. Clifton's
NESTL Rowntree will meet Severus WMC in the final of this season's John Smith's Bitter Cup on May 10. Both clubs made light work of their opponents in the semi-finals, which were effectively over by half time. Severus WMC built up a 5-1 first half lead
New Earswick All Blacks and York Acorn's hopes of avoiding re-election have been plunged into turmoil following the withdrawal of fellow strugglers London Skolars and Blackbrook from the National Conference League, writes Dianne Hillaby. Both London and
Former Heworth Golf Club professional Neil Cheetham was today bidding to capture the lead in the second round of the Morroccan Open in Rabat. He finished the first round in joint second place, one stroke behind Irishman Paul McGinlay, who carded a six
YORK'S Melanie Brooks and Charles Bateman set their sights on the Golden Charter English National Mixed Pairs bowl title at Cambridge Chesterton this weekend. Sixteen pairs have battled their way through several qualifying rounds to reach these grand
Yorkshire today breathed a sigh of relief when they discovered that star batsman Darren Lehmann will not be required by Australia this summer. Lehmann, one of Wisden's six cricketers of the year, has not been named in the Ashes squad or the Aussies' one-day
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth is in the England Under-18 squad to travel to Poland later this month intent on rescuing their hopes of qualification for this summer's European Championships. As reported in the Evening Press, Howarth was on the bench
SKIPPER Steve Agnew insists the uncertain future of runaway Division Three leaders Chesterfield has not deflected York City from their fight against relegation. The spectre of finishing bottom is the driving force behind City's bid to move up the table
MOTORCYCLISTS taking to North Yorkshire's roads over the Easter weekend were today urged to enjoy themselves, take it easy - and arrive alive. North Yorkshire police are expecting a large number of riders to be on their machines this weekend - weather
THE HIGHEST honour York can offer should be bestowed upon two James Bond heroes, a York councillor is to urge. Coun Mark Waudby is to ask York's leaders to back his call to give the Freedom of the City to actress Dame Judi Dench and the composer John
With the Easter holidays comes the problem of how to occupy the kids constructively. Communigate has the answer with help just a click away. If the prospect of your kids being at home during Easter leaves you with feelings of deep trepidation don't panic
WEMBLEY wing wizard Leroy Rivett is thinking over a sensational move to York Wasps. Rivett is best remembered for scoring four tries for Leeds Rhinos in the 1999 Silk Cut Challenge Cup final, the last rugby league game to be played at the old Wembley
RESIDENTS of Thormanby were so disturbed by the number of accidents on the A19 that they put up a giant coffin sign to shock drivers into slowing down. Now Hambleton District Council is threatening prosecution if the impromptu placard is not removed.
YORK City defender Barry Jones is a notable omission from tomorrow's squad to face Halifax Town at Bootham Crescent. The 30-year-old former Liverpool star played for City's second string in midweek prompting speculation he was about to be axed from the
FLUCTUATING fortunes and formations will occupy the thoughts of under pressure Halifax Town boss Paul Bracewell as the Shaymen get ready to descend on Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The midweek 2-1 home defeat to Blackpool saw Town crash back to the foot
