A NORTH Yorkshire man has been jailed for dangerous driving after a "race" with a friend ended in double tragedy. Nigel Christian Dove, 26, of Orchard Close, Appleton Roebuck, set off from home at 9.15am on Sunday January 20, intending to go to a computer
GEORGE WILKINSON experiences stoat encounters of the furred kind in Arkengarthdale. Arkengarthdale was peaceful, we were at Whaw in the sunshine morning, nothing made a sound and nothing moved except a pair of stoats that scampered on the verge. A mile
THE York Rugby League daily lottery is soon to be re-launched. The lottery - now called the 'York City Knights Supercash' - could be a big fund-raiser for the new club, which is aiming to make £40,000 from it this year alone. Eric Deighton, of the Knights
FORMER York RL favourites Mark Cain and Alex Godfrey might be set to return to Huntington Stadium with the York City Knights. The Knights have refused to comment on the speculation until chief executive Steve Ferres returns from holiday next week, but
The response of just about everyone I told of my trip to Cumbria was: "You're off to the Lakes in September? I hope it doesn't rain." I would not have been bothered if it had, but as if to prove everyone wrong the early September sun blazed through and
PLANS are being finalised for a £250,000 rescue package on a section of York's historic walls, hailed by the project's manager as "the biggest job on the walls in recent years". The works, due to start early in the New Year, are to save the two famous
AN INVASION of exotic plant life is putting wildlife in York at risk, green campaigners claimed today. Members of Friends of the Earth in York say the city's best nature sites have been swamped by rampant foreign weeds, which pose a serious threat to
A GAS leak which halted the opening of a £4.1 million underpass will be fixed on Monday, highways chiefs said today. This will pave the way for the opening of the underpass at Copmanthorpe, York, later in the week. A Transco specialist repairman will
A 17-year-old woman was subjected to a sexual assault at York railway station. Paramedics took the victim to York District Hospital where she was treated for shock after her 15-minute ordeal. British Transport Police said the indecent assault took place
THE York Rugby League daily lottery is soon to be re-launched. The lottery - now called the 'York City Knights Supercash' - could be a big fund-raiser for the new club, which is aiming to make £40,000 from it this year alone. Eric Deighton, of the Knights
A WOMAN who lost her sight 18 years ago has been given the chance to see again -thanks to an amazing new device bought for her by North Yorkshire charities. Pat Onions, of Pickering, has been registered blind since losing almost all of her sight at the
FLYING ants in mashed potato, sheep brains on toast and flies in rice are just a few of the more unusual African dishes contained in a new collection of charity recipes. Vicar's wife Sue Baldock, based at Dringhouses Parish Church, discovered the creepy-crawly
FORMER York RL favourites Mark Cain and Alex Godfrey might be set to return to Huntington Stadium with the York City Knights. The Knights have refused to comment on the speculation until chief executive Steve Ferres returns from holiday next week, but
I AM writing on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care to ask people in York to help to raise money for Marie Curie's home and hospice, cancer nursing and research by saving their empty print cartridges and unwanted mobile phones for recycling. Anyone with
I WOULD like to thank, through your columns, a B Martin, who was kind enough to forward my 'pacemaker passport' which he/she found in St Stephen's churchyard, Acomb. My wife and I were returning home from holiday, when we made a brief detour to visit
THEY are celebrating ten glorious beers - sorry, years - at classic York boozer The Maltings from tomorrow. And you're all invited to the three-day party. Back in the summer of 1992 Anita Adams bought the Lendal Bridge on Tanners Moat, presented it to
THE Evening Press can today detail the York City Knights' club structure that they believe will set them on the road to success. And, just as club chiefs promised when the plan to form a new club was first revealed, it is a supporter-led, community-based
WHAT value! This homely caf is located on the approach road to a major supermarket, housing a rival coffee shop. There is a clear announcement at the entrance that this is a non-smoking venue. No prizes for guessing who occupies the tables outside. But
IT is a sign of the time of year that tomorrow's domestic fare is made up of three National Hunt meetings - with the best of the Flat action taking place across the Channel. Taking pride of place on Longchamp's televised programme is the Prix de L'Arc
RICHARD FOSTER took his children to Hartlepool to board a frigate that cost £32,000 to build nearly 200 years ago and more than £10 million to restore HMS TRINCOMALEE, Britain's oldest warship afloat, represents the pinnacle of the maritime restorer's
JOBS in the garden during October follow on from those started in September, with priority given to tasks that need to be done before the first frosts. The weather during the past weeks has been so good that pots are still needing to be watered and the
CROWDED house it may not be, but the attendances at Bootham Crescent for this season are enough to give flagging spirits a lift. So far this season, some 23,086 fans have witnessed City's six home matches, meaning an average gate of 3,847. That is way
YOU could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of restaurants inspired by the songs of Tom Waits. Music may well be the food of love but the croaky-throated American crooner is not my first choice as an appetiser. In fact his song Tom
CALLERS to York District Hospital will benefit from a new telephone contact centre, which will provide a "gateway" to the hospital. The new centre, based at the hospital, will allow people to make, rearrange or cancel their appointments directly without
BE STILL your beating heart...this godlike image is apparently the answer to a maiden's prayer in York. But the Frankenstein-like photofit, supposed to represent the "ultimate celebrity" for York locals, was given a firm thumbs-down when we road-tested
GENEROUS runners from across York and the surrounding area are making their final preparations for the Great North Run, which takes place tomorrow. Running shoes are being cleaned, energy food and drink consumed and fancy dress costumes tested as the
HELMSLEY residents are giving a cautious welcome to plans to change the town's traffic arrangements, which could bring an end to a long-running row. North Yorkshire County Council officials will next week recommend that an overhaul of some parts of the
SUCCESS at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire has left York University student Oliver Marshall with a tough choice. The talented 21-year-old finished 14th overall in the race, one better than York's British Touring Car champion James Thompson, and was first
A REGISTERED sex offender from the Selby district has pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of indecent photographs of children. Philip Muse, 51, of Hall Court, Brotherton, near Selby, had already been jailed for one offence involving indecent photographs
PAUL Carrack has been forced to postpone his concert tonight at the Grand Opera House, York, through illness. This will be the first time in five years that the Sheffield singer has had to pull a show but he plans to play York in late November. The re-arranged
THE Evening Press can today detail the York City Knights' club structure that they believe will set them on the road to success. And, just as club chiefs promised when the plan to form a new club was first revealed, it is a supporter-led, community-based
GERRIE Kostick is not a man to mince his words. I've hardly had time to introduce myself before he's off. "The walls in York are more museums," he says, in a soft Dublin accent that's overlaid by a Cheshire burr. "You only go on the walls to see the historical
I attended the public meeting in Holgate, York, about recent changes at the nearby bail hostel in Boroughbridge Road. The manner in which these changes were formally released to residents, meant very few were aware of them. The subsequent Evening Press
GRAHAM Tissiman (letters September 27) suggests that Prince Charles should write a column in the Evening Press. What a good idea, His Royal Highness would be a lot more interesting than your present bunch of columnists. Mike Usherwood, Mendip Close, Huntington
FOLLOWING the latest attack on a member of the city council by the York Liberal Democrats I am more than convinced that the line taken by the Conservative group in supporting Labour to continue running the city council was the right decision. I am sure
JIM Roberston, of Dunnington, is the new president of the Robert Burns World Federation. Jim, a retired British Rail manager, who has lived in the village just outside York for more than 30 years, was elected a ceremony in Scotland earlier this month.
"IT'S Phillips, to Phillips, an inside pass to Phillips spun wide to Webster who switches with Webster, but it is Webster with the tackle on Webster!" Confused by this commentary? Well this is what could happen if Selby take on Malton and Norton this
