A FATHER-of-three has been found hanged at his home near Selby, it was revealed today. Police made the discovery after breaking into the house, in Meadow Garth, Thorpe Willoughby. They found Dave Watson, 41, in one of the bedrooms. An inquest heard that
RECENT winters have been comparatively mild, and so a generation of children have grown up without seeing our rivers frozen over. This poses a real risk. Adults are all too aware of the dangers, remembering heart-rending newspaper accounts of youngsters
IN preparation for Saturday's FA Cup third round tie at Grimsby Town, York City took to the waters. The Minstermen set up a temporary training camp at the Aldwark Manor Hotel and golf club complex near Alne yesterday ahead of the crunch third round tie
CHARLIE Bateman and Paul Mooring won the men's final in the St Leonard's Hospice Men's Indoor Bowls Pairs Competitions played at Thanet Road. They beat last year's winners Mal Harrison and Phil Parsons in the final. Harrison and Parsons won the first
Paul Humphreys, of Ryedale Indoor Bowls Club, has completed an amazing double at the age of just 15, after qualifying for the National Under-25 Singles Indoor Bowling Championship next month. He beat international player Sam Winter, of Hull Indoor Bowls
THIS young seal pup was an added attraction for visitors to Scarborough on New Year's Day. The creature swam into the town's harbour and clambered on to a rock in front of amazed onlookers. Geoff Edmond, from the RSPCA, said an officer was despatched
MACMILLAN Cancer Relief is to launch a £400,000 appeal to boost its services in the York area. And one of the biggest major fundraising events will be a concert in York Minster to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The Northern Sinfonia and Yorkshire
THE fruits of York Wasps' French connection may have dried up - for the time being at least - as the club consider scrapping plans to bring in flair from across the Channel. The Wasps had been hopeful of recruiting a number of French-based players to
IN preparation for Saturday's FA Cup third round tie at Grimsby Town, York City took to the waters. The Minstermen set up a temporary training camp at the Aldwark Manor Hotel and golf club complex near Alne yesterday ahead of the crunch third round tie
OVERSEAS interest in taking over York City FC is growing, the Evening Press can reveal. Prospective buyers based in Australia, South Africa and Malta, together with someone from this country, have all requested the club send them more information. Douglas
THE fruits of York Wasps' French connection may have dried up - for the time being at least - as the club consider scrapping plans to bring in flair from across the Channel. The Wasps had been hopeful of recruiting a number of French-based players to
I UNASHAMEDLY admit that I celebrated the departure of 2001 with a great deal of enthusiasm. It has been an agricultural annus horribilis of unprecedented proportions, devilishly embellished with animal suffering, human stress and financial deprivation
It is regrettable that in these times, it is often the case, that success in business is achieved by using 'clever' and unorthodox methods. The nice business man does not come out on top in today's tough environment, so it goes without saying that the
I must say how sorry I am that Douglas Craig has had to make the announcement about the club's sale at the annual meeting. I must also record my thanks as a shareholder to him and his board of directors for the way in which you have tried to uphold the
I was once a proud and active supporter of York City. In recent years, however, the emphasis seems to have been on corporate entertainment at the expense of decent facilities for the incredibly loyal hardcore of fans and of football itself. Manager Terry
Douglas Craig's admission that he would sell Bootham Crescent and York City to different bidders, if offered enough cash, is scandalous. It can only lend weight to supporters' suspicions that his main motive for selling York City FC is to maximise the
A Supporters Trust should be set up initially. Once settled the trust should enter into negotiations with York cricket and rugby union clubs to consider the possibilities of building a new stadium within their grounds at Clifton Park, Rawcliffe to be
THIRSK trainer David Barron, who completed a double at Southwell yesterday, has good prospects of adding to his score on the same course tomorrow. Barron saddles Supreme Salutation in £5 Minimum Stake on 0800 329393 Handicap and the six-year-old has a
CLAIMS that so-called 'eurocreep' will lead to widespread use of the euro in Britain this year are exaggerated. Despite the hype, British retailers do not expect any significant change to their businesses. Most already accept foreign currencies such as
UNLIKE worldly-wise Yorkatt (Evening Press, Dec 29), I am making a dozen-or-so New Year's resolutions. Omitting the more grandiose among them, here are just three... with comments on my ability to keep them. 1. Stay calm: fair chance as dramas are exhausting
IT seems like only yesterday that the council was approving a £1.5 million upgrade for their old computer systems. Now it seems that a further £1 million could be needed to make the 'new and improved' reliable (December 17). Presumably, the computer experts
STEVEN Hewitt's letter (December 11) says "the Catholic church is aware of people such as Colin S Jeffrey and ranks them on a level with wars, disease and other things the world would be better off without". Mr Hewitt's comments are disgraceful. Colin
DETECTIVES investigating an unsolved North Yorkshire murder caught a drug dealer in their dragnet. Murder squad officers never disclosed the identity of the man, who they held on bail for three months in connection with the killing of David Williamson
DAVID O'Leary played the nave, young Dubliner card to the max. The twinkling Irishman with the lovely lilt gloried in his babies in white nappies going about the innocent business of making Leeds United everyone's second favourite team, much like Newcastle
FREEZING temperatures and postponements have made it a frustrating festive period for the players, coaching staff and supporters of York City. By the time Saturday's FA Cup trip to Grimsby comes around - and there is no guarantee at this stage the tie
IT was as if we were trying to pay with a fistful of Mongolian tugriks or a wad of Swaziland lilangeni. But these notes were not from some far-flung corner of the world: they were euros, the currency of 12 of Britain's closest neighbours and trading partners
A BURGLAR who stole presents from a York family has been sent a sarcastic message of thanks for ruining their Christmas. The householder, who has asked not to be named, found her home in Acomb had been broken into only four days before Christmas. The
A BMX track where a York teenager had a serious accident has been transformed into a willow copse after consultation with local youngsters. Gavin Wilson, 14, of Strensall Road, Huntington, was left paralysed from the chest down after he fell from his
Catterick's jumps racing season is due to continue with a seven-race programme next Wednesday, first race 12.50pm. The main races are the Ilkley Handicap Chase (three miles, one furlong), The Leeds Handicap Hurdle (two miles, three furlongs) and The WL
MILLIONS of pounds of debt is currently outstanding in York - and numerous incentives to borrow more threaten to worsen the problem, a local anti-debt campaigner said today. The Credit Services Association has warned that mixed messages from the Government
Wetherby's opening race meeting of the year - the first of 16 scheduled days' racing at the 'A1' course during the year - is scheduled to take place a week today, first race 1.10pm. The principal race is The Tote Exacta Steeplechase (a Showcase Handicap
THE former landlord of a once-popular pub near York has died, aged 67. Gordon Eastwood grew up in The Fox, in Nether Poppleton, the pub which his family had run since 1904. He retired as landlord nine years ago, but the pub was such a big part of his
FOR 30 years Steve Rodgers pounded the pavement as a police officer in and around York. Now this bobby has left his beat behind and is enjoying the new challenge of retirement. PC Rodgers, 53, joined the force in York and spent time in the city centre
THE owners of the historic Cornmill at Stamford Bridge have spoken of their fears for its future unless it wins protection from another flooding disaster. Helen and Mike Driscoll revealed that they can no longer get insurance against flooding at the pub
YORK Acorn re-launch their National Conference League division two promotion bid on Saturday with a long haul to Cumbria - without star man Andy Lee in tow. Lee has followed his older brother, Rob Lee, from Thanet Road to Huntington Stadium, signing for
YORK-BORN star Dame Judi Dench is hotly tipped to receive another Oscar - for a film that has not even been released yet. Dame Judi, who won an Academy Award for an eight-minute appearance in Shakespeare In Love, is a favourite for another gong for her
A REPORT into hospital performance at Scarborough's NHS Trust has revealed a number of serious concerns over patient safety. The report, published by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), criticised safety standards at Bridlington Hospital, saying
YORK Wasps and amateurs Heworth were today hoping for some home comforts in the draw for the next round of the Challenge Cup - and both would be ecstatic with a derby. The Villagers, who made it through to the third round with a derby defeat of York Acorn
NORTH YORKSHIRE should work towards a prosperous future after it was officially declared free of foot and mouth disease. That was the message from senior North Yorkshire County Council figures as Government vets lifted restrictions on farms across the
The euro has arrived - but can you spend it in York? The Evening Press met with a rather bemused reaction when he went euro-shopping in the city centre... WELL we can accept it - but we'd rather not! Sorry, mate - not yet. We aren't geared up for it yet
ARCTIC temperatures saw the big chill remain in York and North Yorkshire again today - but forecasters have said a brief let-up to the cold snap is in sight. Temperatures recorded at Linton-on-Ouse and Topcliffe, near Thirsk, saw an overnight low of -
A SIX-MONTH old "little miracle" has enjoyed her first Christmas, despite warnings that she might not survive her birth. Caitlan Myers weighed just 1lb 5oz at birth, which is less than a bag of sugar. During pregnancy, her mum Marie suffered a ruptured
A LANDOWNER said to have barred churchgoers from his car park was acting within his rights, according to City of York Council. Parishioners of All Saints' Church, Huntington, complained to the council last month after a tree trunk was placed across the
A PENSIONER died after the car he was driving collided with a lorry performing a U-turn on the A64, a court heard. Prosecuting barrister Peter Moulson told a jury at York Crown Court that Anthony Jackson had fallen asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes
AN EXTRA £30 million is needed to bring Selby's council houses up to new Government standards, a shock report has revealed. The Government's "decent homes" standard has to be met by all councils by 2010 - leaving Selby with annual debts of more than £3
I am a York City supporter now living in Norfolk. I have supported the Club for the last 30 years and during that time they have given me so much joy. It would be heartbreaking to lose York City Football Club. Annie Langstaff Stone Road Tortwood Dereham
WHEN I was asked to respond to Sir Bernard Ingham's suggestion that the Coppergate Riverside scheme was "a remarkable example of civic vandalism" I questioned whether he had studied the plans in any detail. It would appear, from the letter he has sent
AS I wave a tearful goodbye to the last of the Christmas visitors and begin the tidying up of the festive rooms, and as the lopsided Christmas tree, bereft of its chocolate novelties and parcels that once held such hope and promise, I ask myself why?
FOOT and mouth seems to have overshadowed farming and the countryside during 2001 but the fact remains that even without FMD, Farming UK is deep in recession and the 40pc of farmers who are tenants, rather than owner-occupiers, are nearly all in trouble
AT THIS time it is customary to look back and say whether or not it has been a good one. Anyone glancing over their shoulder at 2001 may be tempted to say "good riddance". Each year has its defining moments, though many don't stay sharp for long. One
OVERSEAS interest in taking over York City FC is growing, the Evening Press can reveal. Prospective buyers based in Australia, South Africa and Malta, together with someone from this country, have all requested the club send them more information. Douglas
