SCHOOLS in York, North and East Yorkshire could be in with a chance of winning £400 by coming up with innovative projects to improve rivers. The Evening Press has teamed up with Yorkshire Water to encourage people to take care of river courses in North
SCHOOL pupils will have the chance to put a North Yorkshire MP on the spot as part of Universal Child Rights Day. MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough Phil Willis will be visiting St Aidan's School in Harrogate on Friday where children will be able to question
THE last in a series of meetings to discuss plans to rebuild three York schools using private funding will take place tonight. New school buildings and community facilities are planned at St Oswald's Primary School at Fulford, Hob Moor School at Acomb
THE future of loss-making Drax Power Station was in doubt today after its biggest customer went bust. TXU Europe, one of Britain's largest power suppliers, went into administration yesterday when AES Drax terminated its 15-year contract with the company
A 35-YEAR-OLD former pub employee has appeared before York magistrates accused of a £30,000 theft and other offences. Jeffrey Parvin, of no fixed address, is charged with stealing the money from the owners of licensed premises in Blossom Street in August
JUBILANT campaigners are celebrating after their church hall was given a reprieve. Members of City of York Council's north west planning committee voted unanimously to overturn officers' recommendations to turn St Clement's Church Hall, in Cygnet Street
A LEADING York roads manager today urged motorists to stay away from a busy city centre area after cables running street traffic signals were accidentally cut. Peter Evely, City of York Council's head of highways, said drivers should avoid North Street
YORK Minster will change colour when the city's festive season is launched next week. For the first time in the ancient building's history, and for one night only, Thursday, November 28, it will be covered in multi-coloured light as the switch is thrown
YOU CAN do it - that's the reassuring message being sent to the York City Supporters' Trust by a government-backed organisation aiming to give fans a greater say in the running of their clubs. As revealed in yesterday's Evening Press, the Trust are hoping
The Friends of Bootham Crescent today welcomed the takeover bid by the Supporters' Trust. The FoBC - fighting to protect Bootham Crescent from redevelopment - are also calling on supporters to unite behind the club. Spokesman Ian Savage said: "We feel
JONJO O'Neill, going great guns again this season, can fire a volley of bullseye hits at Market Rasen tomorrow. The popular former jockey, now training from the exclusive Jackdaws Castle complex in Gloucestershire, has bright prospects of saddling three
THE U.S. general who was today visiting a North Yorkshire military base says the Son of Star Wars project should be in place within five years. Lieutenant General Ronald Kadish was expected to call in this afternoon at RAF Fylingdales on the North York
IF you were in a car accident and had to be cut out by our wonderful firemen like I was, no wage would be too high for them. People say they are only doing their job; but would you like your husband or son constantly risking their lives? I wouldn't. It
FURTHER to your recent picture and article relating to Knavesmire Primary School's fundraising for NCH, it was stated that more than £400 was raised. In fact the children, staff and parents of this splendid school donated £575.24 and NCH thank them most
Osbaldwick have leapt to the top of the second division of the Hunters Estate Agent York & District Senior Indoor Cricket League after winning all their three games in the latest round of fixtures. Two victories for Stillington has helped them move
MICHAEL HJORT, chef and owner of the York restaurant Meltons, explains why people should support local produce YOU have probably heard it all before. What a contrast there is between a typical English meal, eaten in front of the TV, and the continent
In the latest round of YCA matches, York 'A' finally struck the form they are capable of, writes Paul Hopwood. Strengthened by the inclusion of Dave Wise and Norman Stephenson, York ran out emphatic 7-1 winners with the victories coming from David Adams
A 46-YEAR-OLD man suffered serious second-degree burns and smoke inhalation in a fire at his home, near Stokesley. Neighbours managed to rescue the man from the burning ground-floor room at his terraced house in Great Ayton, yesterday evening. He was
BOGGY conditions underfoot greeted Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers in the North Yorkshire-South Durham Cross-country fixture at Newton Aycliffe. The women did two laps of the energy-draining course course and the men four. Catriona Gaudie was the first lady
Sherburn-in-Elmet Tennis Club, who have teams in three leagues, are desperately in need of new players. Club chairman Steve Webster said that while they are seeking men and women, they are especially short of good quality female players. Sherburn have
STAFF at a York company today blasted Royal Mail after receiving a package containing a dead carnation. The package, received at GFTrade, a firm of electrical distributors at Nether Poppleton, was part of a Royal Mail advertising stunt which went wrong
A NEW choir in York aims to get the community singing its praises. York Youth Chorus is staging workshops to recruit members. Run by a team of experienced musicians and supported by York East Arts, the choir will be rehearsing in Tang Hall from January
SIX wards at York District Hospital remained closed to admissions today as 34 patients recovered from the Norwalk virus. The number of patients suffering from the diarrhoea and vomiting virus remained the same as yesterday. But a spokeswoman for York
NURSING home resident Lily Arnold celebrated a century of golden years when she turned 100 yesterday. Mrs Arnold, who lives at the Somerset Nursing Home, in Wheldrake, was joined by her niece, Helen Williams, and great-great-niece, four-month-old Hannah
FA Cup aces Harrogate Railway are in Sky heaven to the tune of £100,000. That's the windfall the Northern Counties East League premier division club will net after their mouth-watering FA Cup second round tie at home to Second Division Bristol City was
YORK Age Concern's chief officer said today the charity will not be tempted to bare all for fundraising despite the huge success of a calendar featuring her daughter in a risque pose. Student Ellie Hutchinson, 20, of Acomb Park, York, is at the centre
CALLS for an urgent review of Pickering's emergency plan as a result of the threat of terrorist attacks have been made to the town council. Coun Arthur Aslett, who is also a member of Ryedale District Council, said people in Pickering wanted to know what
LITERARY stars combined war reporting, comedy and sport at an annual lunch celebrating writing. BBC correspondent Kate Adie joined with Edward Enfield, the father of Harry and author of Downhill All The Way, the tale of a cycle ride through France, when
FOREIGN Secretary Jack Straw has told the family of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman he wants to see him freed from an Indian jail. In the first meeting with his relatives since Ian was jailed three years ago, Mr Straw said all parties wanted to see an
POCKLINGTON School won the North Schoolgirls' Hockey Association Under-18 North semi-final. The squad of 14 girls ranging in age from 14 to 17 years, now go on to play in the North final on December 14. The girls' run of success started against four other
MAN'S first walk on the moon, England winning the World Cup, and the beginning of the world itself, are just some of the major historical events which will be re-enacted as part of the sixth annual York schools' dance festival. Youngsters will be dancing
FOREIGN Secretary Jack Straw has told the family of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman he wants to see him freed from an Indian jail. In the first meeting with his relatives since Ian was jailed three years ago, Mr Straw said all parties wanted to see an
WORK on Malton and Norton's front-line flood defences has been put on hold - because they're currently under water! Engineers have been unable to continue their work, despite an end-of-November deadline, following the weekend's unexpected heavy downpour
A HEARTBROKEN couple today spoke of their torment after watching their teenage daughter die from paracetamol poisoning. Fun-loving Toni Gowland, 17, was almost paralysed, unable to talk or walk, when she died after taking painkillers following dental
CALLERS have flooded police with an unprecedented number of tip-offs on the "rats" who plague York with crime. In the 28 days since the launch of the Operation Ratcatcher winter crime crackdown, Crimestoppers' one-stop hotline, 0800 555111, has received
DEFENDERS Scott Jones and Chris Smith were notable by their absence from the reserve team squad to face Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park tonight, kick-off 7pm. The duo, on the comeback trail after injury, both played in last Wednesday's 2-0 defeat to
SUPERMARKETS get a lot of bad press. They have wiped out battalions of small grocers and farmers, destroyed our affinity with seasonal food, imperilled dozens of varieties of English fruit and veg while replacing them with dirt-free, pesticide-coated
I COULD not let your front page article of 'Yobs make life hell' (November 16) pass without putting an alternative point of view. Since moving to Riccall eight years ago, I have never seen any graffiti, been 'egged' or verbally abused - despite living
CONSERVATIVE Party members from North Yorkshire attending the Yorkshire and the Humber hustings in York on Saturday, November 23, to decide the party's candidates for the European elections in June 2004, might find it useful to ask the following questions
A POPULAR venue will once again be filled with the big band sound after an absence of several years - thanks to York's Modernaires Orchestra. The Folk Hall, New Earswick, will be hosting a Grand Autumn Dance on Saturday, from 8pm to midnight. Modernaires
FORMER James Bond star Roger Moore has personally thanked Evening Press readers for raising more than £5,000 to help millions of starving children in southern Africa. The actor - immortalised as 007 in films such as Octopussy and Live And Let Die - journeyed
MORE than 100 youngsters are set to hotfoot it around a York village on Saturday, to raise funds for their new football ground. Members of Poppleton Junior Football Club will be taking part in a fun run, which will set off from the village's community
A WOMAN who went missing from her home in London may be in Harrogate, police have revealed. North Yorkshire Police are appealing for people to be on the lookout for 56-year-old Ena Woollard. Mrs Woollard, from Twicken-ham, was last seen leaving her home
STAFF at a North Yorkshire surgery are preparing to say farewell to one of their longest-serving doctors. Dr Elaine Powley will retire from medicine at the end of the month after more than 20 years at the practice in Tinley Garth, Kirkbymoorside. The
A WOMAN was dragged along the street as she struggled with a ride-by bag snatcher in York. The victim was walking along Rawcliffe Lane, in Clifton, at about 4.45pm yesterday, when the thief struck. As he rode past her and grabbed her handbag from her
Former England and Leeds United striker Frank Worthington is the guest speaker at the Sportsman's Evening held by Kirkbymoorside FC in conjunction with the White Horse Hotel at the hotel on Wednesday, November 27, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £20 each and
A £10,000 improvement scheme for a park remembering York's war dead is set to be joined by a drinking ban. City planning chiefs are to discuss work to revamp the War Memorial Gardens, in Station Road. They intend to put alcohol restrictions in place,
PARTS of a York road will have to be closed next week for strengthening work to be carried out. City of York Council will be working on the carriageway in Manor Lane, Rawcliffe, for four weeks from Monday. The contractor, Tarmac Ltd National Contracting
The fancied section opposite the boats at Pollington provided all the frame positions in a generally patchy 80-peg second round of the Yorkshire Winter League on the Aire and Calder Canal. Wibsey Angling Centre boss Colin Hardy led with a fine 13lb 1oz
THE U.S. general who was today visiting a North Yorkshire military base says the Son of Star Wars project should be in place within five years. Lieutenant General Ronald Kadish was expected to call in this afternoon at RAF Fylingdales on the North York
Osbaldwick have leapt to the top of the second division of the Hunters Estate Agent York & District Senior Indoor Cricket League after winning all their three games in the latest round of fixtures. Two victories for Stillington has helped them move
THE man who led York train firm GNER through the aftermath of the Hatfield crash has been handed a special award. Chief Executive Christopher Garnett won a Customer Service Leadership Award for his role in leading change in customer services through investment
DUNCOMBE Park still lead the RJF Homes Beckett Football League first division after a 2-1 home win against Sinnington on Saturday. Shane Wilson scored for Park in the first half and Steve Garbutt increased the lead early in the second half, and that proved
Leeds United have today got official confirmation from UEFA Cup third round opponents Malaga that the first leg will be played in Malaga on Thursday, November 28, with a 10pm kick-off local time (9pm our time). The Spaniards failed to meet yesterday's
Scarborough's assistant manager Mark Patterson has left the club by mutual agreement. The much-travelled 37-year-old, who was club captain last season, joined manager Russ Slade shortly after he took over some 12 months ago, but has only played a couple
A MOTORCYLE instructor who teaches near the scene of a crash that critically injured an underage rider today claimed several York schools ignored her offer of a talk on safe biking. Rachael Nicholas, owner and senior instructor of York Motorcycle Training
HARROGATE Railway continued their incredible cup form last night as they came from 3-0 down to beat Arnold Town 6-3 in the Northern Counties East League Cup second round. Rail had poor preparation for the game - they got stuck in traffic and arrived late
MICHAEL HJORT, chef and owner of the York restaurant Meltons, explains why people should support local produce YOU have probably heard it all before. What a contrast there is between a typical English meal, eaten in front of the TV, and the continent
A THUG broke a father's skull and an Army officer's jawbone in separate unprovoked attacks outside a York shop, a court heard. Simon Hickey, prosecuting, told York Crown Court that York family man Gavin Patterson suffered fractures to his skull, eye socket
DEFENDERS Scott Jones and Chris Smith were notable by their absence from the reserve team squad to face Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park tonight, kick-off 7pm. The duo, on the comeback trail after injury, both played in last Wednesday's 2-0 defeat to
The Friends of Bootham Crescent today welcomed the takeover bid by the Supporters' Trust. The FoBC - fighting to protect Bootham Crescent from redevelopment - are also calling on supporters to unite behind the club. Spokesman Ian Savage said: "We feel
YOU CAN do it - that's the reassuring message being sent to the York City Supporters' Trust by a government-backed organisation aiming to give fans a greater say in the running of their clubs. As revealed in yesterday's Evening Press, the Trust are hoping
THREE different owners in nine months: these are turbulent times for York City. But we can take heart from two facts. Firstly, York people want their club to endure and prosper, as the outpouring of support for the Save City campaign proved. Secondly,
MEN and women disrobe for the dating game at the drop of a hat. The latest half-naked calendar girls include Ellie Hutchinson from York. They all hail from Manchester University, where their work has been banned by the students' union. This is one case
A MAN and a woman meet by chance at the airport as they prepare to return to their native Czechoslovakia, a country they abandoned 20 years earlier after Russian tanks rolled into the Czech capital, Prague. For the woman, the meeting is electric; a re-encounter
MARTIN Palmer explores the spiritual heart of Britain - the people, places and events that have shaped our deepest beliefs for thousands of years. Taking as his starting point the great earthworks and henges for which Britain is famous, Palmer moves to
