THE Tricolour could be flying proud above the Pocklington's Percy Road clubhouse from next week. The club, who kicked off their Yorkshire Two challenge against West Park Bramhope today, have swooped to sign French duo Thomas Jimenez and Rudy Louriac after
FORMER York sportsman Anthony "Dan" Rippon suffered a fractured skull in an attack with a totem pole, a court heard. Mr Rippon, who died in January aged 43, was a leading footballer, rugby player and cricketer in York in the 1980s. He played rugby for
MY baby is not a baby any more. I turned round for two seconds to make myself a cup of sweet, milky tea and when I turned back he was all brave, independent and bolshie. How did that happen? At the beginning of the year the Munchkin started his first
FOUR brave sea cadets who plucked a drowning man from the River Ouse in York were last night commended for their actions. Petty Officer Cadet Steve Brown, 16, Able Cadet Sarah Jarvis, 14, Cadet David Welch, 12, and Cadet Mark Harrison, 12, all members
Yorkshire coach Wayne Clark was today trying to find the right blend of youth and experience as he got down to selecting his side for the final Championship match of the season against Kent at Headingley tomorrow. With Yorkshire already relegated to the
A PESTICIDE spraying equipment company in York is aiming to make a "killing" with its revolutionary new machine. Vale Engineering (York) Ltd, of Moor Monkton, has designed a purpose-built spraying vehicle for use by local authorities for killing weeds
YORK City wing-back Darren Edmondson is playing for keeps tonight, writes Dave Stanford. With Darlington the visitors to Bootham Crescent, the City defender is desperate to keep the home fires burning and the Minstermen's table-top push on track. Saturday's
YORK City have received a massive boost with the news that striker Jon Parkin has been added to tonight's squad to face Darlington. Parkin, who has developed into a cult figure on the terraces as City's gentle giant, has missed the last two outings with
I CAN'T say I have ever been a fan of Emmerdale. Yorkshire's very own soap has always seemed the poor relation of its Lancashire and London equivalents. Certainly not a patch on Corrie for humour, apart from the memorable time a plane crashed on the village
DEDICATED golfer Stuart Rank has strengthened his grip on a long-cherished dream. Since he first took up the sport as a ten-year-old to follow in the trolley tracks of his father Bill, Rank junior has always wanted to be a club professional. Now the Easingwold
HOME was where the party was for Malton and Norton Golf Club ladies. The club hosted the York Union of Golf Club's Fulford Rose Bowl tournament, and, in a virtual clean sweep, Malton and Norton dominated. They occupied six out of the leading eight places
A MILLENNIUM push for golfing girl-power has yielded exceptional dividends for Malton and Norton Golf Club. This column last week highlighted the plight of York GC, where girl membership of an otherwise thriving junior section comprised just two players
DEDICATED golfer Steve Dunn may have reached the scoring forties but he is winding up towards joining the professionals. The Fulford Golf Club ace stunned a field studded with the area's leading professionals to win the York Union Open championship at
HARROGATE Railway boss Paul Marshall is hoping his side can transfer their FA Cup form to the Northern Counties East League premier division tonight. Having moved into the second qualifying round of the prestigious competition with a 2-1 win over Esh
Selby Warriors toppled York Acorn 'A' 26-0 in their York and District Amateur Cup group 'B' pool game to banish the memory of an earlier reverse to New Earswick. The Warriors' return to thriling form was masterminded by former York Wasps centre Shaun
MOTORCYCLISTS from York who embarked on an 855-mile journey have returned to the city with £1,300 to donate to St Leonard's Hospice. The seven-strong group of friends from Strensall, York, rode from John O'Groats to Land's End in memory of Diane Lyons
City of York Hockey Club is using part of a £2,965 grant from the National Lottery's Awards for All programme to give primary school pupils in York an opportunity to try hockey. The grant will help the club to provide 150 primary school children from
TONI Smallwood followed a 180 score with 20 double 20 for 17 darts for Leeman 'B' in York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division two. Nevertheless, Severus won the match 5-4, Carol Robson partnering Mavis Gallimore and closing on 70 in the decider.
IT would make a fine place to sit down and enjoy the view during a hike across the North York Moors or Wolds. The new seating area features three curved wooden benches, placed in a neat circle around a specially paved area. But the development at Copmanthorpe
POLICE numbers in North Yorkshire have rocketed by 8.6 per cent in the last year - the second biggest rise in England and Wales. Home Secretary David Blunkett said the force had 1,417 officers in post in March, 112 more than at the same period last year
STRIKING differences in levels of child poverty across the UK have been highlighted in a report published by York University and Save The Children. The report is the first ever comprehensive study on the well-being of children in the UK and is expected
AN elderly York couple who met as young tailors are celebrating 70 seamless years of marriage. Joseph and Nellie Howard, of Chiltern Way, Huntington, were joined by dozens of family and friends to celebrate their platinum wedding. The couple met when
YORKSHIRE towns and villages were in full bloom today (Tuesday) following their success in the region's most prestigious horticultural competition. Winners in the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, announced last night, were praised for their increasingly
YORK City wing-back Darren Edmondson is playing for keeps tonight, writes Dave Stanford. With Darlington the visitors to Bootham Crescent, the City defender is desperate to keep the home fires burning and the Minstermen's table-top push on track. Saturday's
ALMOST two years after York's devastating floods, the Environment Agency is still unable to assess whether defences need strengthening to prevent another disaster. A computer model of flows along the Ouse catchment has finally been completed by consultants
BEACONS blazed across North and East Yorkshire as thousands of people heeded a clarion call to safeguard the countryside. Bonfires were lit and a rocket relay spread across the country as part of the Countryside Alliance's protest against what they say
A "SHAMBLES" is the word Sir Ron Cooke jokingly chooses to describe his hectic life at the University of York, from which he has just retired after nine years at the helm. That may have been true of his own busy lifestyle, but the institution he leaves
Mr Johnson (Letters, September 10) sounds almost as pompous and patronising about York citizens as Martin Murphy of North Yorkshire Probation Service when commenting about Southview Bail Hostel. Mr Johnson's accusation that the Evening Press has sensationalised
LOCAL political leaders (recipients of huge extra allowances) say 10.9 per cent over two years is a good deal for the lowest-paid council workers. Unison disagrees saying the increase is pitiful. Teachers demand a ten per cent pay hike and firemen want
Where have all the workmen on the A64/Copmanthorpe link road gone? Work on the main A64 carriageway was completed in May and RMC said, on their website, the link road should be opened in late August. Three weeks into September there is still much to be
BLAZING beacons lit a fiery chain across the country last night as a prelude to the Liberty and Livelihood march in London on Sunday. Bonfires burned from Scotland to Land's End, with Yorkshire contributing to the flames and smoke. As ever with the publicity-minded
On Sunday, the Liberty and Livelihood march will take place in London. The organisers believe it will be a huge demonstration of the widespread feeling that the countryside is being, at best neglected, or at worst, conspired against and ignored. The immediate
FORMER West Hartlepool flanker Matthew Emmerson has departed as York's player-coach on the eve of the new season. Emmerson, who only joined the Clifton Parkers at the end of 2001 as the club's forwards coach, cannot commit as much time to the role as
IT MIGHT look like a long-lost exhibit from a medieval torture chamber, but this chair is designed to ease away the stresses and strains of the working day. It is incredibly comfortable, once you have worked out where to park your bum. After only a matter
HOSPITAL managers in York say they are a HUNDRED beds short of the number they need to meet demand from patients. The shortage, highlighted in the York Health Services NHS Trust annual report, refers to both acute and intermediate care beds and means
A SIMPLE box which, it is claimed, will revolutionise the way freight is carried around in Britain and beyond, has been launched at the National Railway Museum in York. Logistics experts from supermarkets, general rail freight users, railway companies
BUSINESS management training at York College is top quality, according to the latest figures. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education awarded the college 22 out of a maximum 24 points. The college was praised in the Agency's latest review for
CALLING all film buffs, TV addicts and pub quiz aficionados across York. The city's St John Ambulance staff and volunteers are appealing for local teams to join their bumper fun quiz, which aims to raise hundreds of pounds for the Evening Press-backed
Almost 60 years after it came to an end, the Second World War still proves an endless source of fascination to generations of Brits. And Eden Camp taps into this interest by giving visitors a glimpse of what the conflict was like for servicemen, prisoners-of-war
Janet can add to the Great Habton trainer Tim Easterby, fresh from his magnificent St Leger triumph with Bollin Eric at Doncaster on Saturday, heads to Beverley tomorrow with bright prospects of success with another of the 'Bollin' contingent. Owner-breeders
GOLF England has launched its new Associate member scheme in Yorkshire designed to promote golf to a wider audience. The Associate Membership Scheme continues the work started by the English Golf Union (EGU) that already has more than 7,000 members. It
JUNIOR golf was to the fore at the Aughton-based The Oaks GC, where its seventh annual junior academy was staged. The course was planned, organised and supervised by club captain Steve Forsey with the help of his wife, Carmel, son James, the Oaks' lady
THE drive is on at Strensall for more of the fairer sex hitting the fairways of York Golf Club. Over the past few years the junior section at the Strensall-based club has flourished to unparalleled levels. The boys' team, which is pictured above ahead
Former Ryder Cup captains Bernard Gallacher and Tony Jacklin head a distinguished cast for the De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic at the magnificent De Vere Slaley Hall in Northumberland from August 30-September 1. Gallacher captained Europe in The Ryder
THE formula of success is again returning to York University mathematics and computer science student James Mason. After concentrating on his studies at the Heslington campus, where he has another year to go on his degree course, the 20-year-old upcoming
DESPITE a 32-7 defeat, York Rugby Union Club 'A' came out of their trip to Darlington with much credit. Darlington, three leagues above York in the pecking order, were a class act and gave the visitors their biggest defeat in three years. York were two
DUNNINGTON scraped a win against Bubwith, though the closeness of the 55-53 scoreline did not reflect their positions in division one. Cliff Harrison and Ian Driffill were unbeaten on 23 for Bubwith, with Andy Peeke-Vout and Kevin Todd's 20 the best reply
NON-LEAGUE duty yielded an impressive 2-2 draw for City of York I away to Ben Rhydding. The visitors carved out the best chances in the first half, but unluckily fell behind just before the interval to a short-corner routine. City of York's insistence
Fast-improving Scarborough toppled hosts Telford 2-0 to climb into the top half of the Nationwide Conference. The impressive first away win of the season suggested that Boro's early season problems may be behind them. The Seasiders dominated for most
HARROGATE Railway face another trip into Northern League territory having been drawn to play Chester-le-Street Town in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, writes Tony Curtis. The Station View outfit have already toppled fellow NL division one clubs
TOMORROW sees the final qualifying round for the UK Snooker Championship, which is being held in York from December 2 to 15. There will be 16 qualifiers from the fourth qualifying round at Burton-on-Trent to join 16 star names already in the draw for
Yorkshire coach Wayne Clark was today trying to find the right blend of youth and experience as he got down to selecting his side for the final Championship match of the season against Kent at Headingley tomorrow. With Yorkshire already relegated to the
DARLINGTON boss Tommy Taylor is convinced the Quakers can bounce back sharply from Saturday's 4-1 derby hammering at Hartlepool, writes Dave Stanford. The former Leyton Orient boss said: "Saturday was a bad sandwich. "But Saturday has gone now. "I'm not
A FURIOUS family feud has broken out after a woman's four-year-old son was bitten by her mother's dog. Nicola Gibson, 29, said she saw her young son Sam bitten in the face by his grandmother's Lurcher Staffordshire cross dog, leaving blood dripping down
YORK City have received a massive boost with the news that striker Jon Parkin has been added to tonight's squad to face Darlington. Parkin, who has developed into a cult figure on the terraces as City's gentle giant, has missed the last two outings with
IF YOU thought turning 40 was pants, take a look at this! The sight was set to greet Julie Barsby on her return from work this afternoon, in celebration of hitting the big four-oh. The wheeze was concocted by husband Steve, of Beckfield Lane, Acomb, York
I RECENTLY visited Rowntree Park with my niece and her three daughters. What a disappointment! The new play area wasn't finished, apparently delayed by the recent floods in the park. I don't think the play area would have been ready for the start of the
For once I'm going to agree with Helen Mead and, therefore, take issue with Mary Murata (Letters, September 13). I have visited Friends Reunited and found the whole thing a crashing bore. I was surprised to find so many names I remembered. But reading
FOUR sea cadets who pulled a drowning man from the River Ouse in York have been commended for their prompt actions. All too often we are presented with negative images of the young, yet this plucky and level-headed quartet offer a happier picture. Sadly
