A man wearing a white suit suddenly appeared on the lawn outside Parliament yesterday. He had a rosette on his lapel and was holding a placard which said: "Clean up politics". The television cameras crowded round and for a split second everyone was very
Sun worshipper STEPHEN LEWIS seeks advice on what sun cream to choose. IT HAPPENS every year. After what seems like months of dreary, sunless days, the sun finally breaks through the clouds to bring a promise of spring and summer. At that first hint of
Bradford-born seamer Alex Wharf recorded the best bowling figures of his career as Yorkshire were dismissed for 280 by Glamorgan at the St Helen's ground yesterday. The former Yorkshire paceman claimed five for 63, beating his previous best return of
York Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club Under-9s suffered their first reverse of the season when beaten by two tries to one by an impressive Batley Boys outfit. Defences were on top and Acorn were well served in this department by their top tackler and man
A 'Have-a go' father was so furious about the theft of his son's mountain bike he chased after the thief - and made not one citizen's arrest, but two. The incident happened on Bank Holiday Monday when the man's son, who is 14, was riding in Clifton Moor
Two sixth form students from a North Yorkshire school have been picked to take part in a prestigious national programme which aims to find the leaders of the future. Simon Bailey and Lucy Brown, both aged 17, will join in the Fulcrum Challenge, a demanding
A strong field will contest the York Amateur Golf Championship at Malton and Norton on Sunday. The list of 51 competitors includes 47 category one players with handicaps of five and below. "I believe this is almost certainly the strongest field ever to
Malton and Old Malton Cricket Club's first team, who face a double-header this weekend. They entertain Cawood in the Hunters estate Agent York and District League match on Saturday then play host to Castleford in the second round of the Edwards Readman
A whacky garden full of Yorkshire pudding plants has been grown to help promote a surreal race which takes place each year in Ryedale. Simon Thackray, of the Shed, at Brawby, put the strange-looking garden together to promote his annual Yorkshire pudding
The Yorkshire-based Whitaker family will make showjumping history at Drammen International show in Norway on June 21-24 when they line up as a team for the Nations Cup. John, his brother Michael, son Robert and daughter Louise will become the first family
A youth has been arrested and interviewed in connection with an alleged indecent assault near Scarborough. The alleged assault was carried out on a six-year-old girl at Scalby Manor Caravan Park last Sunday. Police made two appeals for help from the public
An outraged Selby couple were today waiting for hospital test results after their seven-year-old daughter was "stabbed" by a hypodermic needle. Sian Anthony was playing on wasteland at the side of St James Church, in Audus Street, Selby, when a gang of
A MASSIVE survey aims to ask 10,000 York householders for their opinions on virtually every election issue. The city's Liberal Democrat candidate, Andrew Waller, is posting questionnaires through residents' letter boxes. And he claims their answers will
WHAT a splendid Bank Holiday weekend of events in York, with the BBC Music Live festival. All we need now is the York Tomorrow vision of a green amphitheatre in York instead of the Coppergate II horror and the people of the city and its visitors could
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott recently gave a commitment to early equalisation for all travel concessions at the same age, 60, for both men and women, which will require further legislation when parliamentary time allows. He also said: "Existing
I WAS incensed to read the letter from William F Long of Texas ('Questions of Ignorance, May 18). Mr Long should cure his own ignorance by learning that the Americans came in to the Second World War because they were too complacent to foresee the Japanese
IN-FORM loose forward Lee Badauskas has left York Wasps for another crack at Super League. Badauskas, who made his Wasps debut against Leigh in March, has returned to his former club, Castleford Tigers, to stake his claim in their Alliance team. Just
Threatened York pub The Frog Hall has won a stay of execution - to the jubilation of its supporters. The delay is due to problems which are dogging proposals to clean up neighbouring contaminated land, the Evening Press has learned. Developers Dransfield
BEFORE they started dismantling Victoria House last week, the White Swan Hotel had a rival for the title of York's most prominent eyesore. Now it is out there on its own. The building is dilapidated, dirty and dismal. Few can recall what it was like before
FROM June 1, all sheep shearers require a licence. No farmer should employ shearers unless they hold an appropriate licence, cautions MAFF. The action has been taken because sheep shearing presents a significant risk of transmitting foot and mouth disease
TRADING Standards officers have warned farmers against illegal dumping of dead animals - especially during the current foot and mouth crisis. The North Yorkshire experts spoke out after they successfully prosecuted two farmers for illegally disposing
MOVEMENT of people, livestock and vehicles has been blamed for much of the spread of foot and mouth in the Settle area. The joint report by chief scientific adviser David King and chief veterinary officer Jim Scudamore stated that 14 of the first 20 cases
THE annual meeting of the Yorkshire branch of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has been cancelled because of the foot and mouth crisis. The meeting was to have been held on June 8 at Broughton Hall, Skipton, but an outbreak of FMD has been
WITH climate change continuing to stimulate interest in sustainable energy, Farm Energy Centre is keeping up to date with the situation and providing information for farmers, for example on setting up a small scale "on farm" wind generator. For its latest
Terry Dolan admitted he rode a roller-coaster of emotions after York City's last-gasp clamber to safety at Torquay United. The 2-2 draw and point, courtesy of Graham Potter's improbable injury-time equaliser direct from a corner, was enough to safeguard
Threatened York pub The Frog Hall has won a stay of execution - to the jubilation of its supporters. The delay is due to problems which are dogging proposals to clean up neighbouring contaminated land, the Evening Press has learned. Developers Dransfield
Most of us will shop around whenever we decide to make a major purchase, but do we ever give a second thought as to whether our bank account is best value and meets our needs? Depending on a person's individual requirements shopping around can save money
Britain's role in Europe divides the nation. Here, two Parliamentary candidates ask...Should we stay or go? STAY says Jeremy Wilcock THE Liberal Democrats, and our predecessor the Liberal Party, have always been committed to the European vision. We believe
With the winter leagues all finished, the focus for many chess players now is the British Championship in Scarborough in July and August and the weekend congresses that abound during the summer. One of these is Middlesbrough on July 6 to 8 (tel 01642
Bert Keech are the only team likely to challenge Haxby Road and Holgate who have dominated the Ideal Standards Persimmon Homes York Bowls League in recent years. A draw with Haxby Road has kept them in contention with the leaders and if Holgate lose in
St John's whitewashed Tadcaster 86 to confirm their status as winners of York and District Badminton League men's division three. The 9-0 away win saw the students clinch the trophy by four points from second-placed Selby Jubilee. The tremendous team
A South American diversion has taken precedence over the Liberal Democrat fight for Selby. Candidate Jeremy Wilcock's dedicated campaigning was put on a temporary hold as he and his wife, Liz, jetted to the other side of the world to meet the newest member
Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup holders Burythorpe squeezed into the second round of this year's competition after a tense two-run victory over York Vale League division one rivals Ovington. The tie provided a feast of runs, with Phil Hill's 60 and the unbroken
York's Labour candidate Hugh Bayley today renewed calls for GNER to be given the East Coast Main Line franchise. The Evening Press Back the Bid campaign has called for the York-based train operator to be handed the vital Anglo-Scottish rail artery. Mr
The family of a teenage driver who was killed after racing his car on a residential York road spoke today of the needless tragedy that has left their lives empty. The inquest on 19-year-old Richard Brian Warner, of Westfield Place, Acomb, York, heard
Bradford-born seamer Alex Wharf recorded the best bowling figures of his career as Yorkshire were dismissed for 280 by Glamorgan at the St Helen's ground yesterday. The former Yorkshire paceman claimed five for 63, beating his previous best return of
A postmaster was threatened with a hypodermic needle when he tackled a man who had tried to break into his house. The would-be thief, who claimed he had AIDS, attempted to slash Andrew Molloy a number of times as they struggled in the street. The drama
Owners of a city eyesore may be forced to sell it as the council considers legal action to smarten a York street corner. Renewed calls are being made for something to be done about the White Swan building, in Piccadilly, with City of York Council considering
An international rugby league mission is beckoning for York Wasps utility back Callum Irving and fellow student Dan Hewitt. The pair have been selected for the Scotland Students squad for a development tour to the South of France next month. And if they
A young dancer from York is off to a top ballet - school just 18 months after being spotted by chance at a line-dancing class in Huntington. The Billy Elliot-style story of Faisal Khodabrukus, aged 17, has seen him go from no dancing experience at all
A senior council chief has hit back at claims public bodies have not done enough to keep threatened bus and coach firm Plaxtons open. The Scarborough based firm employs 750 workers 100 from York but has been threatened with closure since May 4. Since
Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup holders Burythorpe squeezed into the second round of this year's competition after a tense two-run victory over York Vale League division one rivals Ovington. The tie provided a feast of runs, with Phil Hill's 60 and the unbroken
AFTER an enforced two-months sabbatical, the Ryedale Farmers Market returned on Saturday in glorious sunshine to the sheep shed in Malton Livestock Market. Hoards of shoppers descended on the market, as did the poultry people, which made the whole scene
RYEDALE'S General Election candidates faced the public to field questions on everything from Fylingdales to the euro. A week before the nation goes to the polls, the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidates were
SHADOW Foreign Secretary Francis Maude took to the streets of Selby to enlist support for the Tories' battle to save the pound. Mr Maude, accompanied by Conservative candidate Michael Mitchell and more than 30 party activists, held aloft a giant fake
An international rugby league mission is beckoning for York Wasps utility back Callum Irving and fellow student Dan Hewitt. The pair have been selected for the Scotland Students squad for a development tour to the South of France next month. And if they
YORK teenager Faisal Khodabrukus has just updated one of Broadway's favourite legends. In the old days, a dancer was plucked from the chorus line to become a star. Faisal was plucked from its modern equivalent, the line dance. Thanks to the sort of coincidence
POOR quality forage was a major cause of the UK finishing the milk year under quota at the end of March 2001, according to Dr Shirley Heron of Ecosyl Products. "Weather was a crucial factor, affecting both the grass and maize harvesting seasons, but many
THOSE who have travelled on the continent and farther afield will have noticed something startlingly different about big bale silage abroad. It appears that the UK is the only country that stacks round bales on their side, Swiss roll style. Every other
COMPENSATION is to be paid to farmers for delayed payments for 1995 under the Arable Area Payments Scheme. It follows an investigation last year by Parliamentary Ombudsman Michael Buckley into delays in the MAFF payments. Farmers, through no fault of
York's Labour candidate Hugh Bayley today renewed calls for GNER to be given the East Coast Main Line franchise. The Evening Press Back the Bid campaign has called for the York-based train operator to be handed the vital Anglo-Scottish rail artery. Mr
Rail fares could rocket because of loopholes in new contracts with privatised train companies, passengers were warned today. Some ticket prices could almost double within five years, claims environmental pressure group Transport 2000. Ticket rises on
GNER has unveiled its partnership to deliver the £2 billion upgrade of the East Coast Main Line, Britain's flagship rail route between London and Scotland. The ECML modernisation forms part of the York-based train operator's bid for a new 20-year franchise
LET nobody kid you. A teacher's job is not an easy one. I know this for a fact, because I speak from brief and unhappy experience. As a raw 21-year-old, fresh out of university, I signed up for a teaching course. It was a one-year crash-course for graduates
Eastern Hope, who showed definite signs of potential on his debut at York earlier this month, can fulfill that promise at Ayr tomorrow. The two-year-old, trained at Hambleton by Kevin Ryan, goes for the 'Hamilton House' Median Auction Maiden Stakes with
