YORK St John College has recruited peacekeeping patrols to quieten students after complaints from nearby householders. Residents claim their lives have been blighted by late-night noise and disturbances from students urinating, vomiting and dumping takeaway
HOUSE prices in Selby rose unabated in September as the national housing boom continued to soar, according to a survey published today. The Halifax's monthly survey showed prices jumped by 4.3 per cent during the month, as low interest rates and falling
A THREE-year-old York girl narrowly escaped being spiked by a used needle callously thrown into her family garden. Mercedes Wilson, of Ashton Avenue, Clifton, slid down her slide and just missed the needle, half-hidden in the grass. Her mother, Kerry,
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS was impressed by Mazda's latest stylish offering during a North Yorkshire test. WHEN Mazda launched its new Mazda6 saloon in the United Kingdom a couple of months ago, sales took off at an unexpected rate. Marketing chiefs
FOR too long the three words "Robin Williams in..." have been nothing but a hazard warning light. One minute, let alone one hour, had become too much. However, here comes Robin Williams in...good thriller shock. This summer he had served notice of his
ALLAN Galley found a fabulous 150 finish for 18 darts in York Open League division one. Bay Horse 'A' had Rich Corner (17) and Paul Cooper (20) to back him up in an 8-1 win at Crescent, whose solitary point came from Chris Parlabean-Mal Muncaster. John
BELEAGUERED Selby Town will have to upset the cup specialists from Harrogate Railway if they are to finally register their first win in the Northern Counties East League premier division. The Robins have yet to find first gear this season, with a lack
RUSS Slade is forced into at least one change as he tries to extend Scarborough's unbeaten run to seven games at Nationwide Conference rivals Gravesend. Shaun Rennison has ligament problems and will be having a scan this week, along with fellow defender
CLIFTON consolidated their lead at the top of the York Sunday Afternoon League first division with a 5-2 win at Puss 'N Boots. Beddington (2), Butler, Paxton and Newton scored the goals which keep Clifton three points ahead of Drax United, 4-1 winners
A SUPERBLY worked opening goal set Volunteers on their way to a John Smith's Sunday League Challenge Trophy first round 3-1 victory at in-form Hounds. James Bonarius' 40-yard cross-field pass found Colin Rayner who set Luke Bilham through on goal and
OUTDOOR types at Armstrong Massey Land Rover, at Bilbrough, have won through to the national final of Land Rover's gruelling TReK Challenge. Three members of staff will hope to be victorious at the climax of a demanding outdoor competition when they challenge
MALTON and Norton ace Simon Dyson goes into the second round of the Dunhill Links Championship in a strong position after firing a one-under 71 yesterday. Dyson, paired with amateur Helen Webb, went around the Old Course of St Andrews in fine style to
A DECLARATION of fitness from defender Gary Hobson means York City could stick to their tried and tested tactics at Exeter City tomorrow. Hobson limped out of last Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Oxford with a hamstring strain and was rated extremely
MAJOR works have started at a North Yorkshire abbey to put right a failed 1940s restoration scheme. Repairs carried out to the 13th century south transept at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, just after the second world war, have deteriorated badly. The 1940s
THE man killed in a road crash at a notorious North Yorkshire accident blackspot was named by police today. He was Charles Michael Craig, 50, of Pineview Road, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Mr Craig died instantly when the Vauxhall Vectra he was driving
AN ELDERLY motorist was taken to York District Hospital with suspected internal injuries after a crash on the A59 near York today. A Mercedes car, driven by the injured man, collided with a lorry at the junction of the A59 with a minor road leading to
SINCE 1974 York council has closed 60 or so roads to through-traffic, used humps to slow down vehicles which in turn creates tailbacks and congestion when it never existed giving us all the false impression that we have a terrible traffic problem when
CONTRARY to your over-zealous report (Heartbreak, October 2) my husband was not John Harrison's "best friend", but a good friend and colleague and to assume anything else is to exclude many long friendships John had with others. John Harrison was a very
AS the only person to be involved in York's Christmas lights for at least the last six years I must take issue with you over the editorial 'Dim view of Christmas' (September 26). The writer says the technology for a high-tech display of computerised images
WHAT is the purpose of the huge metal arch over the Millennium bridge? It is certainly not carrying the weight of the bridge because the supporting strands are diagonal and any pressure on the bridge will tend to move it sideways towards the arch. Could
I MUST have missed the announcement that after 10pm each evening not even the national speed limit of 70mph applies to Beckfield Lane. After that time only one in ten cars or motorbikes stick to the actual limit, which is 30mph if anyone needs reminding
YOUR report 'York police get cash boost to fight crime' (October 2) is a step in the right direction. Let's hope it's spent wisely; consultation with residents would be a good start. I hope some of the money will be spent on a freephone number, which
YORK'S museums were catapulted into a brave new era last night. At the official launch of the York Museums Trust, chief executive Janet Barnes set its aims high: "the potential of the museums and the collections in York could and should be first class
WELL done to York St John College Students' Union for taking residents' complaints about noise and nuisance seriously. It is attempting to quieten undergraduate boisterousness with the SSHH campaign (Silent Students equal Happy Homes). If the patrols,
THREE young people had a lucky escape when the car they were in crashed on a North Yorkshire road, overturned, then rolled into a ditch. The crash happened on an unclassified road off the A19 near the village of Husthwaite, Easingwold. No other vehicles
Anne McNeill, above, director at Impressions, York, tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about the gallery's 30th anniversary IMPRESSIONS in York was only the second photographic gallery to open in Britain, and this evening marks the beginning of its 30th anniversary
A DECLARATION of fitness from defender Gary Hobson means York City could stick to their tried and tested tactics at Exeter City tomorrow. Hobson limped out of last Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Oxford with a hamstring strain and was rated extremely
VERSATILE Graham Potter has incentives aplenty as York City look to get their promotion push back on track at Exeter City tomorrow. City and Potter have both suffered cruelly at the hands of the Grecians in recent years, none more so than last season.
YORK have been forced to change their winning formula for their trip to fellow table-toppers Dinnington tomorrow. York, who have enjoyed a lightning start to the season, head the Yorkshire One table on points difference, with Dinnington and Bridlington
BLACKPOOL was an extremely lively place this week. There were, of course, hundreds of Labour party delegates lurching from conference events to pubs, restaurants and hotels. But there were also scores of Glaswegians in town as well. Apparently, they visit
There's big money up for grabs north and south tomorrow, with the £150,000 Betabet Two-Year-Old Trophy taking pride of place on Redcar's most important programme of the year, and the £120,000 Tote Cambridge-shire Handicap forming the highlight of the
Hello, folks. Evening Press here. It's been the same old story this week I'm afraid. Again I was entered into races but again I was balloted out. How do they expect me to get better if they don't let me race? I want to break free from the shackles. I
THE opening encounter in what promises to be a long and arduous Yorkshire Winter League campaign starts on Sunday. The 100 or so competitors in the first contest will be hoping for some light relief to see them through the rest of the series. The Calder
YORK have been forced to change their winning formula for their trip to fellow table-toppers Dinnington tomorrow. York, who have enjoyed a lightning start to the season, head the Yorkshire One table on points difference, with Dinnington and Bridlington
GNER could pioneer plans to build a new High Speed Train - but will need a further franchise extension, rail chiefs revealed today. The York-based company is at the forefront of discussions to construct a successor to the current InterCity 125 diesel-powered
THE York and District Football League representative side hammered their Red Triangle League counterparts 5-0 at York RI's New Lane ground. Brent Terry (Pocklington) hit a hat-trick, while Neil Ducey (Dringhouses) and Dave Chandler (Dunnington) also got
STAFF and pupils at Huntington School are celebrating after raising an amazing £14,000 with a sponsored walk - and hitting their target to buy a new school minibus. The event was organised by head caretaker John Oakley and deputy headteacher David Kibble
YORK'S first major dance event in a decade will go ahead this weekend - but must finish two hours earlier because of local opposition. Council officers have ordered the organisers of Sunday Secrets, being staged in a 900-capacity marquee at Huntington
RECYCLING waste is taking on a new dimension for more than a thousand houses in the Scarcroft Green area of York. The households are part of a pilot project launched by the City of York Council which aims to provide the council with the experience necessary
A PENSIONER was so drunk that he had to be attended to by paramedics, Selby magistrates heard. James Michael Conway, 74, of Millgate, Selby, was found drunk by police officers in Flaxley Road, Selby, on September 1. Steve Ovenden, prosecuting, said that
A YORK-BASED charity which supports children and adults with attention and learning difficulties has secured thousands of pounds of government money. ADDept, based in The Paddock, Acomb, bases much of its work on supporting people or families affected
A FLAMBOYANT new chairman who is no stranger to headlines, a team featuring a Brazilian and an Argentinian and one that is struggling for goals; the cities of Exeter and York maybe at opposite ends of the country but their football clubs have a lot in
THE 21st century arrives at York Magistrates Court next week when the first prisoners attend court without leaving their jail. They will appear in the courtroom through a video link with HMP Hull, similar to that used by Maxine Carr, who is charged in
VERSATILE Graham Potter has incentives aplenty as York City look to get their promotion push back on track at Exeter City tomorrow. City and Potter have both suffered cruelly at the hands of the Grecians in recent years, none more so than last season.
York has been twinned with the German City of Mnster for 45 years. As the Lord Mayor visits the Westphalian capital to mark the occasion, ELLEN BULTMANN, from Mnster's leading newspaper, discovers York. Below, she describes the appeal of her home town
JIM Hooper, York Theatre Royal's resident director, must have a long memory. In his cast for Kay Mellor's comedy A Passionate Woman is Colin Tarrant, best known to millions for his 12 years as Inspector Monroe in The Bill, but best remembered by Jim for
MARCO Pierre White he is not, but actor Mark White, pictured, has been a restaurant chef in his time, however briefly. Those days provide fond memories and good research for the Londoner's latest stage role, as a short-order cook in Frankie And Johnny
