YORK City Knights player-boss Paul Broadbent reckons Great Britain have an excellent chance of victory tomorrow as they look to end a poor run against New Zealand. The Lions have not won a series against the Kiwis for nine years, including a three-Test
MALTON and Norton have got that Twickenham feeling again. A return to the game's headquarters is high on the agenda this year as the club seeks to emulate its Junior Cup final success of 2001. Now they are making progress in the Powergen Vase and entertain
WHILE some Tories were proving they couldn't give a XXXX about Iain Duncan Smith this week, Labour was getting round to some unfinished business. They were, Tony Blair revealed in a calculated gaffe, finally ready to consign Britain's archaic drinking
Ryedale's star rider Paul Hanagan, who will be crowned champion apprentice tomorrow, can end an outstanding campaign by clinching the final big race of the season at Doncaster. Hanagan pilots Indian Solitaire in the £40,000 Tote Scoop6 November Handicap
CAN I applaud Councillor Alan Jones for the work he has done for his constituents on the four-year programme of regeneration in Clifton. I can see the outstanding contribution by so many in that area who have got together and made this project possible
THE long-running rail strikes crippling train services in North Yorkshire are to continue. Officials with the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have revealed their dispute with Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) will go on - despite the company losing
A YORK prison officer who claimed he was privately investigating drug dealing when he tried to sell 5,000 ecstasy tablets has failed to get his jail term reduced. Vincent Hill, 43, of Huntington, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at Leeds Crown Court
YORK magistrates have ordered a waste disposal company to pay nearly £10,000 for pollution that killed 9,000 fish in a North Yorkshire stream. The owners of Harewood Whin landfill site, at Rufforth, called in the Environment Agency when water in the nearby
YORK'S Iain Boyle and Graham Instone powered througyh to the final of the inaugural Invitational Two-Bowl Pairs competition at the £70,000 Bupa International Open tournament in Sheffield last night. In the opening set the York pair were 2-1 down to John
YORK Karate Centre's 30th anniversary celebrations received a massive boost as one of its young members made club history. Steven Rennie, 15, received a double grade to jump from 6th Kyu to 4th Kyu - the first time this has been done by a YKC member at
FORMER patients of disgraced North Yorkshire surgeon Richard Neale are being urged to boycott an inquiry into the way the NHS handled complaints against him. The leader of a support group for ex-patients says she cannot co-operate with the "secretive,
NESTL Rowntree moved four points clear at the top of division one of the John Smith's Sunday League after a 7-1 win at Acomb WMC. After a tight first half which saw Acomb level at one point with a 30-yard shot from Paul King, Rowntrees cut loose. In the
VIRUS victim Simon Dyson gave himself the perfect tonic as the North Yorkshire golf star seeks to finish the European season on a high. Dyson produced a three-under-par 68 on the exacting Club de Valderrama course in Andalucia to end the opening day in
TWO Malaysians were arrested after they allegedly attempted to use a "cloned" credit card to buy goods worth more than £1,000 at a York store. Four people from south-east Asia have now been arrested in York over the past two days, accused of attempting
PRODIGAL son Jon McCarthy is poised for his second coming. The fans' favourite is set to pull on a York City shirt for the first time in seven-and-half-years years as he prepares to face Division Three rivals Leyton Orient at Bootham Crescent tomorrow
CAPTAIN marvel Chris Brass reckons York City's season is entering a crucial phase as the Minstermen prepare to welcome Leyton Orient to Bootham Crescent. With just two wins from 13 games, City have dropped down to 14th in the table and are now 11 points
A 27-STONE York woman today told how young thugs had targeted her because of her weight and subjected her to seven months of hell. Linda Cox, of Harington Avenue, Tang Hall, claims she has had her windows smashed 31 times, had urine and fireworks put
ONE step forward, one step back. After making encouraging noises about modernising the way we vote, City of York Council has dropped plans to introduce an all-postal ballot at the elections in May. This is disappointing. An excellent opportunity to involve
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS gives his verdict on an addition to the already successful Mazda6 range. IT says something for the determination of Mazda UK to put the past years of flagging sales well and truly behind them that the new line up of the
PRODIGAL son Jon McCarthy is poised for his second coming. The fans' favourite is set to pull on a York City shirt for the first time in seven-and-half-years years as he prepares to face Division Three rivals Leyton Orient at Bootham Crescent tomorrow
CAPTAIN marvel Chris Brass reckons York City's season is entering a crucial phase as the Minstermen prepare to welcome Leyton Orient to Bootham Crescent. With just two wins from 13 games, City have dropped down to 14th in the table and are now 11 points
ON November 1 the Labour executive agreed a paper for York to have a "postal only" ballot for the elections next May. Evidence from other areas is clear: many more people take part in the electoral process if it is done by post rather than by ballot box
AT last someone has complained about the fireworks! (November 5) I feel very sorry about the family frightened by these idiots with not so much fireworks as explosives. Who will pay for the damage to the bedroom? It won't be the 'fireworks' user for sure
I ACCEPT that Mrs L Denton (letters November 4), has some valid points, as a firefighter's wife in support of their pay claim. However, I would like to contrast her statement that many need a second job in addition to their £21,500 salary 'to make ends
OVER the last few months there have been various reports in your Evening Press on the subject of Drax Power Station, for example, the Pet Coke trials, the station losing money, and various other problems. But as far as I am concerned the issue is pollution
THE Inner Wheel Club of York Ainsty this year is helping to support the work of the Carecent charity based at Central Methodist Church, St Saviourgate. As part of our fundraising, we held a collection at the Askham Bar Tesco store on November 1 and 2.
AUTHOR and street entertainer Michael Mime is planning an incredible two-man mission to Iraq from York to flood the war-threatened country with "unconditional love". Michael, and film maker Scott Barden, will set out early next month by road and hope
SNOW White and the Seven Dwarfs helped a Selby charity to celebrate its 50th birthday in style. Volunteers at the Scope charity shop, in Gowthorpe, which raises money for children with cerebral palsy, donned all manner of wacky costumes to mark the occasion
A NEW refrigerated delivery service to help farmers promote Yorkshire-grown produce on a countywide scale was launched today. Moorsfresh will help smaller producers with regular distribution, thereby increasing their market potential as well as reducing
THE Duke of Edinburgh was visiting a North Yorkshire war museum today to meet war veterans who worked in some of the most dangerous conditions imaginable. Prince Philip was at Eden Camp war museum, near Malton, to unveil a new exhibition, dedicated to
OPPONENTS have halted plans for voters in York's next local elections to place their crosses by post. City of York councillors were considering testing a scheme which would mean everybody would get a postal vote, replacing polling booths. The idea is
A YORK motorcyclist was thrown into the air when his bike crashed into a roundabout on a busy North Yorkshire road, an inquest heard. The hearing at Pickering was told that landscaper Christopher Hewick died while taking his motorcycle on a last trip
HIGH speed cost a new driver his life when his car careered out of control and struck a tree, a North Yorkshire inquest was told. North Yorkshire East Coroner Michael Oakley yesterday recorded an accidental death verdict on Peter Christopher John Alsop
A YOUNG leukaemia patient who lost his hair during treatment has inspired scores of volunteers to shave off their locks as part of a world record attempt in York. Robert Owen, six, of Pocklington, is currently cancer-free after undergoing months of gruelling
CLEARed York planespotter Andy Jenkins was heading back to York today, exactly one year to the day after he was arrested in Greece. His father, Edwin Jenkins, of Barkston Avenue, York, said he was "looking forward" to seeing his son when he returned to
YORK City Knights player-boss Paul Broadbent reckons Great Britain have an excellent chance of victory tomorrow as they look to end a poor run against New Zealand. The Lions have not won a series against the Kiwis for nine years, including a three-Test
YORK'S top tourism businesses celebrated today as this year's tourism "Oscars" were awarded at a showbiz-style ceremony. The 16 winners were announced at the annual event held at the Le Meridien Hotel Conference Centre. The National Railway Museum came
STEPHEN LEWIS previews the movie event of next week. And it's got nothing to do with wizards... FORGET Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The big movie premiere of next week is happening not down in London, but right here in York. And if you're
NO worries about voter apathy or close-calls in the Gibraltar referendum. Nearly 90 per cent of its population took part, voting to reject joint Anglo-Spanish sovereignty by a margin of 99 per cent. Only Saddam Hussein got a more emphatic result. It proves
ANN McCreadie is producing New Earswick Musical Society's autumn production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate, and she will add to her list of theatrical talents by choreographing the show too. The leading roles in this humorous tale of life, love and Shakespeare
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to director Marcus Romer about his updating of a classic play about the human condition. MARCUS Romer doesn't believe in telling people what to think. That, he says, is no part of what theatre should be about. What it can and should
