DON'T worry, this isn't the solution to York's housing crisis - though if homes continue to soar in price the way they are doing, it may be one day. You could actually do far worse. This Mongolian yurt can sleep a family of six or more in (relative) comfort
Budget didn't help NORTH Yorkshire's farming community received no help from the budget, says National Farmers' Union president Ben Gill. Chancellor Gordon Brown's financial measures were "a failed opportunity for farmers and the rural community". Mr
THE new principal at Askham Bryan College, near York, says the key to its future is to continue to branch out beyond traditional agriculture courses. Professor Gareth Rees has taken up his new post at a time of change for the industry and after a difficult
THE auctioneer's hammer has finally rung true in York - as livestock auctions once again got under way. Butchers flocked to York Livestock Centre, in Murton, as the return of the fat stock auction brought some normality back to the region's farming industry
THEY'RE under starter's orders for this year's Great Yorkshire Show, with organisers determined to bounce back after 2001's foot and mouth-enforced cancellation. The event in Harrogate, to take place from July 9-11, will include the opportunity to see
RUTH McKelvey suggests that York Theatre Royal ignores the next generation of theatre-goers (Letters, April 19). Nothing could be further from the truth. Rather than thinking of the needs of young people just at Christmas time, they are at the very heart
A YORK police chief has apologised for his officers' failure to answer a call for help against vandals who had gone on the rampage - and blamed it on under-funding. Chief Superintendent John Lacy said the York area of the force was under-funded, and called
WITH the World Cup looming it struck me that the job of England coach must be cursed. For example, the following managers have all been touted as men to lead us to the ultimate prize, but at what price? Their downfall! Graham Taylor - disastrous game
ASKING questions is always worthwhile. There are people employed by the City of York Council who seem to do little else; and some very interesting questions they come up with! The trouble is, they rarely ask the questions I want answered. A good example
I RECENTLY secured my bike with a kryptonite, SAS, side-winding locking mechanism only to return to find my seat stolen. Riding home perched precariously over a saddleless tube I considered that if City of York Council wants to encourage people to cycle
THE FREE Ian Stillman campaign has surged passed the 2000 mark - and is still going strong. The Evening Press urged readers to join us in asking the Indian Government to release the jailed deaf charity worker three weeks ago. The response has been huge
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has swooped to strengthen his side's attacking options by signing Craig Wilding on a free transfer from Chesterfield. The 20-year-old, who can player either in midfield or up front, played two reserve matches on trial with
RELEASED York City trio Marc Thompson, Kieran Darlow and Ben Rhodes are poised to kick-start their careers with Harrogate Town. Trainees Darlow and Rhodes were released from the Minstermen at the end of the season, while Thompson was told he would not
YORK Wasps will not have an Academy side this year whether or not the club is resurrected - meaning many of the club's starlets have now left Huntington Stadium. The logistics of the club's battle to be readmitted to the Rugby Football League meant it
A MAN has walked free from court after a jury acquitted him of partially paralysing his former wife's new partner as a result of a struggle at her York home. A jury at York Crown Court heard that Leslie John Price, 41, and Andrew Parsons were involved
ANOTHER round of strikes has brought limited disruption to North Yorkshire's rail network. Station and clerical staff at Arriva Trains Northern have begun a new 48-hour dispute in protest at a pay offer from management. The action, backed by the Rail,
A BROKEN-DOWN delivery truck caused the closure of a York city centre road for two hours today. An articulated Hovis lorry was pulling out of a delivery bay at the Marks & Spencer store, in Pavement, just before 7.30am when it broke down, leaving
POLICE chiefs were travelling to Germany today to demand a criminal investigation into the disappearance of a 24-year-old student nurse. Senior detectives from Kent were visiting Aachen in the hope of persuading a state prosecutor to authorise a new search
THE draw for the York Union of Golf Clubs' Lewis Trophy at Scarthingwell GC on Sunday is: 8.00: A Vowles (15) J Cooper (13) (S), J Emmerson (6) T Markham (12) (Y); 8.09: D Fotheringham (16) R D Robinson (6) (FOG), C S Hodgson (4) S E Lawson (PH); 8.18
DUNNINGTON Primary School's tag rugby league team will represent York in the North Yorkshire Youth Games next month after winning the York Schools' Tag Rugby Tournament, writes Peter Martini. The competition saw 16 teams from 13 schools compete, with
EXOTIC flowers and fragrant blooms await visitors to one of Yorkshire's biggest horticultural events of the year. The four-day Harrogate Spring Flower Show opens today at the Great Yorkshire Showground. The opening day got off to a bright and sunny start
YORK Acorn ARLC were today seeking a new head coach after joint-bosses Alan Hebblethwaite and Mick Calam resigned. Both cited work and family commitments for their stepping down, and the club have confirmed there are no hard feelings. In another blow
JAILED arms dealer Peter Bleach has started treatment for a life-threatening illness. The former pupil of St Peter's School, York, who lived at Fylingthorpe, near Whitby, has been in an Indian prison for more than six years for his part in dropping arms
THE FREE Ian Stillman campaign has surged passed the 2000 mark - and is still going strong. The Evening Press urged readers to join us in asking the Indian Government to release the jailed deaf charity worker three weeks ago. The response has been huge
ELVIS impersonator Eddie Vee staged a rodent rescue when a grey squirrel got caught not in a trap, but in a tree in his York garden. The rambling rodent had got itself all shook up by climbing the tree, then getting stuck fast. It was spotted by Eddie's
ARABLE farmers who feared their crops would be washed away by continual downpours this time last year are now praying for rain. The continued dry weather could put crops at risk, say North Yorkshire farmers. But just a drop of rain in coming weeks could
FOR riders who have wondered what all the fuss is about over TREC, the British Horse Society has organised a 'taster day' at Escrick Park on May 5. The BHS says "this is a fantastic opportunity to come and have a go." For competition and entry information
RILLINGTON ON Wednesday, April 17, 20 Rillington YFC members attended a meeting at the church rooms to enjoy a talk by Pat Ward who owns Prop Farm Ltd. We were told all about the services of Prop Farm which include the hire of armoury and animals for
ANIMAL Health Minister Elliot Morley has branded as "misleading" claims by a Welsh vet that a TB outbreak could be "as serious, if not more serious" than foot and mouth disease. Ten cattle were slaughtered last week at a farm in north Wales and movement
Surrey openers Mark Butcher and Ian Ward piled on the agony for Yorkshire at Headingley today by taking their first wicket partnership to 161 before Ward fell to Chris Silverwood for 70, writes David Warner. Butcher soon followed him back to the pavilion
THE family of a teenage boy who died of a heart attack will be allowed to place the headstone of their choice on their loved one's grave, the Evening Press can reveal today. Keith and Debbie Bucknell say they have "sobbed and sobbed" in the nine days
I AGREE with George Brichieri about the hunters tramping through our city (April 16), but I am not as pessimistic when he says the lack of a counter demo is an indication of them winning the argument. The anti-hunting majority is still holding up reasonably
I HAVE not bought a country music CD since Johnny Cash live at San Quentin, but after hearing local girl Suzy Martell's Broken Hearts in Nashville on Radio York, I ventured into Track Records to buy this excellent CD. I know from your articles that this
ON April 22 my daughter and I decided to go to town on the Park & Ride from Rawcliffe. We got on the bus in Shipton Road and were told the £1.50 fare was going to cost us £2.05 because we had not got on where you park a car. I shall never use Park
WE are pleased Jamie Bucknell's family and Strensall Parish Council have reached agreement over the design of Jamie's headstone. Keith and Debbie Bucknell have struggled through a waking nightmare since their much-loved son died suddenly in November.
EASTER may be a recent memory, but Haxby nurses have been getting into the Christmas spirit. Hotels and other busi-nesses traditionally busy during the festive season have often deferred their staff Christmas parties: now the Birchlands Nursing Home has
WE'VE all faced it: red tape, small print, bureaucratic bungling or sheer unhelpfulness that can make doing even the simplest task a nightmare. Everything from finding the school you want for your children to buying a house or a car, paying bills or even
IF there is a speck of good news about the resurgence of the far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, it is this. At least we are now taking notice of what is going on beyond that bit of water at the bottom of the country. For French politics to
THE major music event in aid of York Wasps has been boosted by an Escrick clothing firm who are to make 'T'-shirts to mark the event - with a cut of the proceeds going to the Wasps' fund. The company, I Was There Clothing, already has strong links with
FORMER York Wasps kicking star Gary Pearce has opened the door to a shock return to Huntington Stadium as a coach. Furthermore, Martin Flynn, who was assistant to departed head coach Leo Epifania, has also thrown his hat into the ring, saying he would
CHRISTMAS might only come round once a year - but that did not stop a group of hard-working nurses holding their festive party in April. As the sun set on a sunny spring day, the staff of Birchlands Nursing Home, at Haxby, York, were decorating their
GILL Clark won three titles and Dave Birch had double success in the finals of New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club's knockout competitions. Birch easily beat Tony Taylor 22-7 in the men's singles, and he edged out Dave Kermode 21-19 in an exciting handicapped
Bill Hedison's team of John Mordue, Dennis Sanderson and Alwyn Johnson won the veterans' fours league final for the third year running at York and District Indoor Bowls Club. Hedison's men beat Dick Saltmer's four of skip Alan Johnston, Mick Smith, Terry
A NORTON family want to put a stop to the sympathy cards they keep receiving - because their relative is not dead. Pensioner Bertie Powell collapsed last week and was taken to Scarborough Hospital. Since then Mr Powell, who is in his 70s, has made a good
CAMPAIGNERS demanding a bypass around a small North Yorkshire village are to hold a crunch meeting with their MP, in an effort to ensure the scheme gets the green light. Residents of Thormanby, near Easingwold, will tomorrow meet Vale of York MP Anne
A NORTH Yorkshire football coach head-butted an official from an opposing team in the dying minutes of a top-of-the-table clash, a court heard. Selby Town FC manager Robert Lyon attacked Pickering Town's fixtures secretary, Alan Brenkley, on the sideline
DRAX Ladies edged a 5-4 away win over Rowntrees in ladies division one of the York Badminton League. Julie Smyth and Gayle Bradley took the three vital Drax wins for a total of 90-50 but Michelle Hall and Janet Kraft took the match-winning rubber with
AMBITIOUS plans for a £520,000 expansion to a York school and community sports centre have been unveiled. A new 50ft climbing wall and state-of-the-art dance studio are at the heart of the vision for Oaklands Sports Centre, next to Oaklands School, in
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has swooped to strengthen his side's attacking options by signing Craig Wilding on a free transfer from Chesterfield. The 20-year-old, who can player either in midfield or up front, played two reserve matches on trial with
RELEASED York City trio Marc Thompson, Kieran Darlow and Ben Rhodes are poised to kick-start their careers with Harrogate Town. Trainees Darlow and Rhodes were released from the Minstermen at the end of the season, while Thompson was told he would not
Surrey openers Mark Butcher and Ian Ward piled on the agony for Yorkshire at Headingley today by taking their first wicket partnership to 161 before Ward fell to Chris Silverwood for 70, writes David Warner. Butcher soon followed him back to the pavilion
THE major music event in aid of York Wasps has been boosted by an Escrick clothing firm who are to make 'T'-shirts to mark the event - with a cut of the proceeds going to the Wasps' fund. The company, I Was There Clothing, already has strong links with
YORK Wasps will not have an Academy side this year whether or not the club is resurrected - meaning many of the club's starlets have now left Huntington Stadium. The logistics of the club's battle to be readmitted to the Rugby Football League meant it
FORMER York Wasps kicking star Gary Pearce has opened the door to a shock return to Huntington Stadium as a coach. Furthermore, Martin Flynn, who was assistant to departed head coach Leo Epifania, has also thrown his hat into the ring, saying he would
Right Approach, who is widely tipped to play a starring role during his owner the Queen's Jubilee year, makes his eagerly-awaited reappearance at Sandown tomorrow, writes Tom O'Ryan. The three-year-old colt, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, lines up for
THE questioning spirit of the 1960s produced an avant garde play called "Look back in Anger" and this title echoes the feelings of many sectors of rural industry, reflecting on the Government's mismanagement of FMD. Doubtless the occupants of Nos 10 &
