Youth crime is high on the local and national agenda. As crime in York begins to rise for the first time in six years, STEPHEN LEWIS and CHRIS TITLEY look at what is being done locally to tackle youth offending THEY are images that have become depressingly
GOLD award winner Craig White reached a unique milestone in Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup triumph over Durham by 124 runs at Riverside yesterday. After scoring an elegant 71 as Yorkshire built up a commanding 271 for seven, White then claimed the
CRIME in York has soared as the city's thin blue line struggled to cope with the aftermath of September 11, Great Heck, foot and mouth and flooding. Official crime figures for the year ending March 31 have yet to be published. But in an exclusive interview
YORK police chief John Lacy is a man with a difficult job, one of the toughest in this city. Chief superintendent Lacy's interview with the Evening Press tonight illustrates the pressures he faces in confronting crime. As Mr Lacy reveals, ahead of official
MONKEYS seem to be everywhere. First, there was the monkey hired to unsuccessfully promote the ill-fated ITV Digital. And now a monkey has gone and been elected mayor of Hartlepool. It would be tempting to say that H'Angus The Monkey had made the local
DARREN Gough's chances of being fit for the first Test against Sri Lanka have receded still further with the news that he will not play for Yorkshire until next week at the earliest. Gough was today seeing a specialist for another check-up on his knee
FORGET Michael Proctor, Craig Wilding is aiming to become the new goal king of Bootham Crescent. With 14-goal hit-man Proctor heading back to his home town club of Sunderland after a productive season-long spell, the York City fans have been left with
I STUMBLED across Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon in Westminster Tube Station on Monday night. He had just completed Defence questions in the Commons and was standing by the ticket barrier with an aide. However he wasn't holding his Ministerial red box and
UNDER-fire trains firm Arriva could have funded four years of pay increases for conductors with the money it has lost during strike action, union chiefs said today. Officials at the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) said Arriva losses during industrial
NEWLY-CROWNED Yorkshire Cup winners IT Sports Wigginton decline to recline on their laurels. The squash sensations are already looking ahead to the 2002-03 Yorkshire League campaign by targeting new recruits and even more silverware. The Wigginton squash
CHAMPIONS Harrogate Town are expecting their biggest crowd of the season for their final UniBond League division one fixture of the season today against Workington after throwing their doors open for free. Town have enjoyed the most successful campaign
POCKLINGTON secured the division two title in the York John Smith's Sunday Morning League with a 6-0 win at Carlton. Robert Eeles and Dave O'Connor each scored twice with Barry Gargett and Neil Watt adding the others as Pock sealed promotion. In their
SAVILLE AVFC clinched their second trophy of the season and stayed on course for a unique quartet by winning the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup. After sealing the division two title last week, the Terrington club played the first of three finals in
THE distraught partner of a former soldier shot dead by a police marksman said today the tragedy could have been avoided. Kirk Davies, 30, of Burn, near Selby, was fatally wounded on September 24, 2000, in the grounds of Newton Lodge psychiatric hospital
CONSTRUCTION workers building luxury flats in York have stumbled across what could be a medieval well. Builders from Kier Northern found the old well underneath a concrete slab while clearing land in Stonegate Walk. The company is getting ready to build
YOU wouldn't expect coffee to be made in Harrogate - but Taylors tea and coffee merchants have been hand growing their own blend for the last eight years. Unfortunately, this has only made enough for eight cups of coffee - so there is still a long way
YORK Cricket Club will take their buoyant mood into their home clash against the all-conquering Sheffield Collegiate tomorrow. While one swallow doesn't make a summer, last Saturday's controlled victory over Driffield will have given the Clifton Park
BARRY Noble majestically recorded 135, 140, 140 then 86 finish for a tremendous 12 darts in the opening York John Smith's Mixed Darts League summer season matches. Slipper 'B' went on to beat Cygnet 'A' 5-4. Mick Willsden threw 180 for 19 darts and Noble
A THRILLED York couple who have called two of their newly-born triplets Michael and Owen, say they cannot stand football! Wendy Beckett, of Cornlands Road, Acomb, gave birth to the trio at the weekend in York District Hospital with husband Dale at her
WOLDGATE School, Pocklington, will aim to copy the achievements of St Peter's School, York, when they head to the capital this weekend. Woldgate Under-12s are chasing success in the Emerging Schools National Rugby Festival and are due at Staines RUFC
A PENSIONER who was attacked and robbed in a York street says she is too frightened to go out alone following the ordeal. Irene Dickinson, 75, was punched in the back and knocked to the ground by a "ride-by" mugger as she walked home along Water Lane,
Trainer Sir Michael Stoute and jockey Kieren Fallon, who have won the 2,000 Guineas for the past two years, can complete a remarkable hat-trick in the Sagitta-sponsored Classic race at Newmarket tomorrow. I strongly fancy King of Happiness to follow in
THE working party looking to resurrect York Wasps reckon the supporters and community in general could prove to be the club's "white knight". Working party member Mike Miller said the ongoing search for sponsorship and need for fundraising by fans was
FORGET Michael Proctor, Craig Wilding is aiming to become the new goal king of Bootham Crescent. With 14-goal hit-man Proctor heading back to his home town club of Sunderland after a productive season-long spell, the York City fans have been left with
IT was a nice try by Trevor Kidd to try to use the argument of 'precedent' to champion Coppergate II (Letters, May 1). However, where is the logical connection that because there was once a great ugly Victorian prison surrounding Clifford's Tower (now
WITH 36 pages of closely typed dialogue to learn, in her first solo show, what possessed Eliza Hunt to say Yes to playing Shirley Valentine, Willy Russell's great escapee from Liverpool to Greece? "Yes, it's complete madness, I know, but you don't think
THIS week's Yesterday Once More looks ahead to the Queen's Golden Jubilee - by remembering her trips to York during the 1977 Silver Jubilee. Firstly we show the Queen's motorcade arriving at one of the most popular routes into York - Micklegate. There
A DISABLED traveller was today stranded on his boat on a sandbank at Linton Lock, near York. The man, a New Zealander believed to called Tom, is stuck fast after sailing his boat over the bank, the usual resting spot for Sammy the seal, who famously made
A YORK man spoke today of his brutal treatment at the hands of James Littlewood - and his delight that the "evil" man had finally been jailed. The man, who was a resident at St Camillus Roman Catholic Community Home School, near Tadcaster, in the 1970s
WITH the unveiling of the low, low consumption Corsa Eco, Vauxhall has introduced the most economical production petrol engine car in its class anywhere in the world. Corsa Eco returns 57.6mpg in the combined fuel consumption mode, and sets dramatic new
YORK City have said they are to consider reducing the age of concessions for pensioners from 65 to 60. However, the club could not say when any changes would be made as they awaited financial ramifications following the ITV Digital fiasco. City spokesman
YORK Cricket Club will take their buoyant mood into their home clash against the all-conquering Sheffield Collegiate tomorrow. While one swallow doesn't make a summer, last Saturday's controlled victory over Driffield will have given the Clifton Park
THE panic room is the priest's hole of the post-September 11 generation of Americans. A secret chamber with all mod surveillance and survival cons, it is all the rage in paranoid New York. When newly-divorced Meg Attman (Jodie Foster) moves into her huge
THE working party looking to resurrect York Wasps reckon the supporters and community in general could prove to be the club's "white knight". Working party member Mike Miller said the ongoing search for sponsorship and need for fundraising by fans was
FORMER pupils of Canon Lee School in York who gathered for a reunion at the Flying Legends pub in Clifton Moor came from all over the country. The party was organised for pupils who were at the school between 1977 and 1982 and was organised by Adele Hartley
Before the return to normal April conditions during the last two days of the month anglers were reaping the rewards of the unseasonal hot weather. Carp in particular are really on the move now with several venues reporting catches in excess of the magical
WORKERS in York are heading for a footballing flop this summer, after a number of big employers said they would not be giving staff time off to watch the World Cup. Different time zones in Japan and South Korea mean most games are kicking off as York
NESTL Rowntree have opted to bring a few old faces back as they look to celebrate the club's final-ever West Yorkshire League match against premier division rivals in style, writes Tony Curtis. Tomorrow's line-up will see John Reynolds, cousin of the
YOUNG mathematicians needed to be fast on their feet as well as fast thinkers when they took part in a challenge in York. Thirty-one schools from within a 20-mile radius of York took part in the regional finals of the exciting, and sometimes physical,
STAMFORD BRIDGE hung on to the York FA Saturday Junior Cup by edging out neighbours Barmby Moor in a penalty shoot-out. The early pressure came from Barmby Moor. A Barry Richardson free-kick was spilt by Bridge goalkeeper Matthew Waller straight to Jim
LONG-SERVING prop Nick Hare hopes to bring down the curtain on his lengthy rugby union career with a York victory at home to Yarnbury tomorrow. He was the cornerstone of York's pack for many years and played a major role in York's climb through the leagues
A YORK-BASED graduate who stole more than £1 million worth of rare antiquarian books from top British libraries has been jailed for four years. Cambridge University graduate William Jacques, 33, who stole more than 400 historical books including first
Rush hour rail services from York were disrupted when a false fire alarm forced the evacuation of the city's station. The alarm was activated in two areas of the station just before 5.10pm yesterday. The entire station was evacuated for about 20 minutes
GOLD award winner Craig White reached a unique milestone in Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup triumph over Durham by 124 runs at Riverside yesterday. After scoring an elegant 71 as Yorkshire built up a commanding 271 for seven, White then claimed the
DARREN Gough's chances of being fit for the first Test against Sri Lanka have receded still further with the news that he will not play for Yorkshire until next week at the earliest. Gough was today seeing a specialist for another check-up on his knee
THE "People's Racehorse", Evening Press, is all set to run again having been lined up for two races later this month, writes Peter Martini. Press - leased by readers of the award-winning newspaper off Norton trainer Tim Etherington - has not yet raced
YORK City have said they are to consider reducing the age of concessions for pensioners from 65 to 60. However, the club could not say when any changes would be made as they awaited financial ramifications following the ITV Digital fiasco. City spokesman
IT is ironic that as the Queen was speaking about tolerance and moderation being the strengths of the British, David Quarrie was sitting down to write another intolerant, divisive letter to the Evening Press. As the proverbial person who sees the cup
IN reply to June Hutt ("Stick to the rules", April 29), I couldn't agree more that traffic regulations in York could do with much more rigorous enforcement. She is mistaken, though, to blame City of York Council and its parking wardens for failing to
I WOULD like to complain about access from the Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve. As you are coming out of the car park on to the main road, there is the potential for an accident. As you look both ways you can't see traffic coming the other way because of
FIELD MARSHAL Montgomery was a bit of a card. Trying on hats, male pin-ups, those famous breakfasts, rushing round to the post office to collect his civil pension. Funniest of all was his denunciation of the proposed channel tunnel. It sent him hopping
