SCOTTISH footballing giants Rangers and Celtic are to be invited by York City chairman John Batchelor to join a new rebel league. The City supremo has launched a bid that would see all the current 72 member clubs of the Nationwide League - plus Rangers
A YORK mother-of-four got the shock of her life today when GMTV presenter Richard Arnold knocked on her door and handed over £10,000. Sue Nicholls, 47, of New Lane, who has two jobs, has been struggling since she lost her husband five years ago, and said
CHECKS on up to 7,000 school staff will not be completed by the start of term, the Home Office admitted today. But schools in the Evening Press region are still to open as planned at the start of term even though hundreds of checks have still not been
When the champagne corks are popping and the fireworks crackle to celebrate the dawning of a new year in 2004, Amina Lawal will be preparing for death. This 30-year-old single mother has been found guilty in the Islamic high court in northern Nigeria
JO HAYWOOD meets a woman who has got the measure of men. Say "c'mon, let's go clothes shopping" to a woman and she almost spontaneously combusts with excitement. Say "c'mon let's go clothes shopping" to a man and he physically shrivels as if you had just
Yorkshire and England pace bowler Chris Silverwood confirmed that he is now out for the remainder of the season with an injured ankle. Silverwood's last game was in Saturday's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final at Lord's where Yorkshire won to end
STEVE Ferres has praised the work of rugby league fans in York for the way they have helped set the city's new club on the road to success. Ferres, the chief executive of the new York City RLFC, has congratulated them for helping to raise £75,000 by August
NO, it's not a 21st century safari, more a sort of "desk arabesque" for the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce as it moves house. The chamber has moved from the centre of York, in George Hudson Street, into sleek new edge-of-city offices at
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has launched an ambitious bid to form a new-look league format involving Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic. Batchelor, who is in the process of suing the current Football League over their handling of the television
Vita Spericolata can show her rivals a clean pair of heels on Knavesmire tomorrow. The five-year-old, trained at Kennythorpe near Norton by John Wainwright, travels to her local course to contest the £25,000 Peterhouse Group Rated Handicap - one of a
Pickering Town will be out to topple the might of UniBond League division one outfit Matlock in their FA Cup preliminary round replay tonight (kick-off 7.45pm). Having put in a spirited display to earn a 2-2 draw against them on Saturday, the Pikes are
"LIFESTYLE" clashes between young and old council tenants is a growing problem in York according to a new report. City of York Council housing officer John Hocking says that the large number of flats available compared to other types of council housing
DESPITE not playing, Dunnington inched inexorably to the Tyke Petroleum men's division one championship. Wigginton aided the Dunnington dash by beating second-placed Sutton-upon-Derwent 60-48. Wigginton lost only two sets with Ken Storey and Phil Langley
A YORK family marks 75 years of marriage today - as parents and daughter celebrate their golden and silver weddings respectively. Chris Bramley and his wife, Lilian, both 69, met, and married, in York in 1952 after meeting at the Clifton dance-hall. Chris
YORK tenants who get behind with their council house rent will be shunted to the back of the queue for housing improvements under a new scheme. Members of City of Council executive housing committee have approved the trial project which will aim to reward
FULFORD have clinched the second promotion place in division five of the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League by beating Riccall while main rivals Sutton-on-Derwent lost to Stillington. Leo Warters and Georgina Worley finished with a flourish winning 32 games
THOUSANDS of North Yorkshire children returned to school today after their summer holidays - but not Elizabeth, Melody and Arielle Redman. The three York sisters have never been to school and were staying at home as usual today. Elizabeth, 13, Melody,
PHOENIX 'B' gave themselves a real chance of taking the York John Smith's Ladies League division one title when Tracey Farmeary-Carol Pipes took the decider in 20 darts to beat leaders York Arms. It was a tremendous match which had plenty going on prior
A DISABLED York woman says she has been left in pain after trying to maintain her own garden - because she claims she cannot get help from the council. Jacqueline Ellerton, 43, from Pottery Lane, says she takes a lot of pride in her house and garden and
THE Evening Press Racing Partnership is to be scaled down after the three-year-old filly it leases showed no improvement in her latest race. A number of partners have expressed discontent at the form of the North Yorkshire racehorse and Partnership chief
PUPILS returned to a primary school in Selby today to find £4,000 worth of damage caused by vandals. Barwic Parade Primary School, in Petre Avenue, Selby, has been attacked by yobs three times during the six-week summer holidays. In the latest attack,
A SENIOR British diplomat was visiting the jailed North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach in his Indian prison today for the first time. Sir Rob Young, the British High Commissioner in Delhi, was visiting the former St Peter's School pupil at the Presidency
A YOUNG man died in a three-vehicle accident on the A59 on the outskirts of York today. Two cars and an HGV were involved in the collision on the busy road, two miles west of Poppleton, near the Hessay turn-off An ambulance service spokeswoman said a
I was shocked by the number of people ready to condemn fellow human beings to death unjudged and perhaps innocent of the offences alleged to have been committed. Does the ancient wisdom "two wrongs do not make a right" no longer hold? Do these people
THE role of the church in an increasingly secular society throws up many dilemmas - not least what to do with churches that become redundant. Such difficulties are particularly tricky in the centre of York, where the population is generally low and the
Gastronomes grab your plates, cooks clutch your cutlery - the 2002 York Festival of Food and Drink is fast approaching the city's tables. The "Countdown" has begun to the sixth annual edible extravaganza, which will be launched on Friday, September 13
A FARMER arrested for his part in an illegal campaign to save fox-hunting says he was prepared to go to jail for his beliefs. Peter Teasdale is a member of a secret group of hunt supporters who have been painting pro-hunting slogans across North Yorkshire
A SHOCK report called today for the closure of several historic York churches and a cut in the number of paid clergy. Churches recommended for redundancy include St Helen's, in St Helen's Square, Holy Trinity and St Martin-cum-Gregory in Micklegate, and
THE campaign to kick-start professional rugby league in York is tantalisingly close to clearing its first major financial hurdle. And the message to the city is, don't let it all come to nothing now. A massive rise in membership of the new club saw the
SCIENCE City York and Yorkshire Forward today launched a new campaign to encourage York businesses to convert to the high-speed broadband internet. With completion of BT's broadband update of all six York exchanges last May, more than 90 per cent of businesses
A NEW training centre will be launched in York on Friday. YMCA Training, a registered charity and one of the largest national training organisations, opens its new North Yorkshire outpost at the Ryedale Building, in Piccadilly. Representatives of the
IT'S a landmark you can't miss - the giant crane towering over the former Volkswagen garage site in Layerthorpe, York. It's the clearest sign yet that Barratt site manager Rob Scarce and his team have moved in to begin construction work on the £10 million
A NEW bank in York has pledged "at least £1 million and possibly as much as £5 million" to help growing new hi-tech businesses in the city. The HBos group, which has opened a branch for small businesses in Little Stonegate, has joined six other banks
FOUR new jobs have been created at a new Graham branch in York. The branch at Unit 7, Alexandra Court, James Street, York, is the latest addition to the 250-outlet network of the 65-year-old UK merchant for specialist plumbers and heating engineers. Its
AN ASIAN clothes shop in York is being targeted by vandals who have smashed windows and stolen jewellery. Monwara Kabir who runs the Asian clothes shop Muskan, on Walmgate, said since she opened the shop last year they have had their windows broken on
RELEGATION battles still go on in divisions two and four of the Fulford Ladies Invitation League. Appleton Roebuck beat already relegated Cliffe 71-37. Sue Smith and Judy Marriot had three 9-3 wins to give their team 14 points, along with York. Rowntree
THE General Medical Council is to hold a public hearing into complaints against disgraced former York psychiatrist William Kerr. Former patients of the retired Clifton Hospital consultant today reacted with delight to the news. "We are absolutely overjoyed
New Earswick All Blacks played some excellent rugby in scoring 14 tries in their 72-0 defeat of Selby Warriors in the York and District ARL Cup clash at White Rose Avenue. The New Earswick pack, led by former York Wasps captain Alan Pallister, were soon
Torrential rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of golfers at Pike Hills Golf Club who have raised thousands of pounds for charity. A total of 62 four-player teams took part in the annual event at the Tadcaster Road club, raising £6,800 for
Yorkshire and England pace bowler Chris Silverwood confirmed that he is now out for the remainder of the season with an injured ankle. Silverwood's last game was in Saturday's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final at Lord's where Yorkshire won to end
FIRST it was a randy Roman centurion - now a doleful Irish labourer is causing supernatural stress from beyond the grave. Linda Goddard-Young, of Heworth, contacted the Evening Press after we told of the woes of a Norton family who claim to have been
STEVE Ferres has praised the work of rugby league fans in York for the way they have helped set the city's new club on the road to success. Ferres, the chief executive of the new York City RLFC, has congratulated them for helping to raise £75,000 by August
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has launched an ambitious bid to form a new-look league format involving Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic. Batchelor, who is in the process of suing the current Football League over their handling of the television
SEVENTEEN years after her voice was silenced by a condition that made it impossible for her to sing, Linda Thompson miraculously finds expression again. Fashionably Late, a collaboration with her son Teddy Thompson, is a collection of beautiful and often
THERE IS nothing quite like the sight of a gigantic whale shark looming out of warm Caribbean waters straight towards you, says Rachel Graham. In the silent underwater world there is no sound. "If you see one coming, at first you don't know quite what
IT WAS back to school today for thousands of local children, but not for three sisters in York. Elizabeth, Melody and Arielle Redman, aged between ten and 13, have always been educated at home by their mother, who prefers to do the job herself. Such a
The corn harvest has now been largely gathered in. Fields are being cleared both of their primary crop, the wheat or barley which goes into so many of our foods, but also of the secondary crop, which is the straw, used widely for bedding for animals.
