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  • Lessons for Labour in this election defeat

    WHY did so many of us who voted Labour in the General Election make a point of voting on Thursday in order to be rid of a beacon Labour council? There was a sour tone to a local Labour party which not only failed to listen but also seemed to go out of

  • Knights 16, Skolars 16

    NO-ONE can say York City Knights aren't doing their bit for rugby league expansion. They helped to provide a National League boost to Gateshead on Good Friday and they've now done likewise for London after another scrappy, uncoordinated and very, very

  • Book digs up bloodiest battle

    The Battle of Marston Moor has been well documented but a new book digs deeper, partly by going under the very soil of the battlefield, reports Zoe Walker THE Battle of Marston Moor was one of the bloodiest ever fought on British soil. On July 2 1644,

  • Community news

    THE Evening Press prides itself on being part of the community it serves. Yet this newspaper is itself part of a wider community, one of some 1,300 local and regional newspapers across the country. Just like the Evening Press, each of those newspapers

  • Rain denies Selby and Lake as Magnets come unstuck

    Selby are the early pace setters in division five despite suffering anguish when their game at Tadcaster Magnet was abandoned. Kev Wakefield made 39 and Peter MacNamara 31 as Magnet were dismissed for 156 with James Still taking 3-36. Ian Lake then showed

  • A taste for the unusual

    For a taste of the unusual, even the dangerous, one North Yorkshire farm contributing to the Eat Local Banquet is ahead of the rest. But guests need not worry. There is no danger to them - only to the farmers rearing the meat set to be part of the Evening

  • Yorkshire pupils do well in young enterprise awards

    BUDDING York tycoons scooped top business prizes for the city in North Yorkshire's young enterprise awards. A team from Huntington School took the top award for their innovative calendar entry, while runners-up and winners of the best trade stand award

  • Girl, 6, upset by theft of rabbit

    A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was heart-broken after thieves plundered her garden and took her beloved rabbit. Smoky the rabbit was taken from his hutch in St Stephen's Road, Acomb, York, on Friday night. A raincover on top of the hutch was held down by garden

  • Special trains help mark 30th birthday

    VISITORS flocked to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to help the historic attraction celebrate its 30th birthday. The steam railway has been carrying ordinary passengers instead of just members for three decades. Now it is the most popular heritage railway

  • GCSE candidates take a break from revision

    A GLAMOROUS night off from revision was enjoyed by Tadcaster Grammar School Year 11 pupils after a group of classmates organised a special ball. More than 150 GCSE candidates attended the event in the hall at Askham Bryan College on Saturday to mark the

  • MP comes home to open a wood

    YORK-BORN MP Frank Dobson returned home today to officially open a new community wood. The designation of Hagg Wood, in Dunnington, York, as a community woodland was the end of seven years of campaigning by local residents and the Friends of Hagg Wood

  • Pikes end on a high note

    Pickering Town finished off their Northern Counties East League premier division campaign on a high with a 4-1 victory at Armthorpe Welfare. They started well as Luke Ibbetson netted a tenth-minute penalty and Danny Farthing added a second. Darren Eskine

  • Open gardens

    Residents of Little Ouseburn, near Boroughbridge, are inviting people to visit their open garden event on Sunday, May 18.The gardens will be open from 10am until 5pm. Admission is £3.50, children go free. Proceeds to Little Ouseburn Parochial Church Council

  • Pub's play boost for pupils

    PUPILS at an East Yorkshire primary school will be seeing in the summer with new outdoor play equipment - thanks to their local pub. The Three Cups, in York Road, Stamford Bridge, appealed in the Evening Press last month for local organisations to come

  • Missing OAP is found dead

    A missing pensioner, who was being sought by police, has been found dead. Police launched an appeal yesterday to find 81-year-old Stanley Morrells, of Scotton Drive, Knaresborough, who had last been seen in the town at 11.30am that day. He was found deceased

  • Flint sparks Yapham victory

    Four of the games in the third division were played to conclusion with the thriller being Yapham's four-run win at Hovingham. Dick Wright spearheaded Yapham's batting with 78 and was able to take his side to 161-8 despite a 3-35 spell from Stuart Prest

  • Teachers serve burgers and fries

    FORGET Maths, English and Science, a Big Mac and Fries was top of the agenda for two sets of North Yorkshire teachers. Staff from Easingwold and Tadcaster East Primary Schools swapped their classrooms for McDonald's Drive-Thru booths on Saturday in an

  • Houses have plenty to Crowe about

    Dringhouses maintained their good start in division two as they beat a fancied Sewerby side by four wickets. Chris Briggs top scored for the men from the coast with 62 but Mick Kenyon's spinning fingers were again on form as he grabbed 4-30 and, with

  • Rain denies Selby and Lake as Magnets come unstuck

    Selby are the early pace setters in division five despite suffering anguish when their game at Tadcaster Magnet was abandoned. Kev Wakefield made 39 and Peter MacNamara 31 as Magnet were dismissed for 156 with James Still taking 3-36. Ian Lake then showed

  • Move to get more tourists to visit Ryedale

    RYEDALE is to promote itself as an "ideal" short-break destination with up-market themed package holidays. A report by the council's economic development department says there is now a consortium approach to marketing involving the authority, Ryedale

  • Oxford 2, York City 0

    MIRACLES do happen, as the rescue of York City Football Club from the threat of extinction by the fans has proved. Sadly, there was to be no divine intervention at the Kassam Stadium, but at least there was enough interest to numb the pain as promotion

  • Wood hits out to spur York win

    YORK regained their equilibrium after the defeat at Scarborough the previous week by beating Barnsley by four wickets at Clifton Park. York's captain Nigel Durham inserted Barnsley and his opening bowlers Rob Flack and Greg How rewarded him with a couple

  • Bed fire man 'lucky to live'

    A YORK man was lucky to be alive today after his bedroom was engulfed with smoke while he slept. Brian Metcalfe, 59, of Fifth Avenue, Tang Hall, was woken just before 7am today by his smoke alarm after his electric blanket caught fire. Sub Officer Carl

  • Dolan unveils youth club

    YORK City boss Terry Dolan saw hope for the future tinged with regret as his young Minstermen mites brought an unforgettable season to a close with a 2-0 defeat at Oxford. Despite City still retaining lingering play-off hopes, Dolan made good his pledge

  • Our boys are back in town

    YORK-BASED soldiers have returned to the city after serving in Iraq. The party of 40 soldiers from 2 Signals Regiment arrived at Imphal Barracks at 1am yesterday for a joyful reunion with their families and loved ones. They were among the first wave of

  • Waiting game

    WITH Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Oxford United bringing the curtain down on York City's season, eight members of the current first team squad now face an anxious wait to see whether they have a Bootham Crescent future. Manager Terry Dolan has confirmed the

  • Family in path needle ordeal

    A FIVE-year-old girl was almost pricked by a dirty drugs needle dumped only a few metres from a York junior school. Megan Russell, of The Garlands, Rawcliffe, York, had been out cycling with her family when her father, Barry, spotted the needle in the

  • Helping hands

    Osteopathy can be used to treat more than a bad back and arthritis, finds STEPHEN LEWIS YOUR body doesn't want to be ill, says William Slann, and given half a chance it will do its best to recover. All an osteopath is doing is giving it a helping hand

  • Wishing Tony all the best

    INTERCEPTED mail - 50th birthday postbag for the Right Honourable Tony Blair, 10 Downing Street FROM: Saddam Hussein (no address given) Happy birthday to you From my bunker with a view On the Mother of All Birthdays Is an amnesty due? No harm in asking

  • Where is my Press?

    For the second week running, I am without my Thursday Evening Press. I cannot get hold of my newsagent to ascertain why because his phone is constantly engaged, probably with other dissatisfied customers. No doubt one could buy one in town at lunchtime

  • An age-old mystery

    CAN any of your older readers please tell me: which was the last issue of the Evening Press (if there was one) to be entirely free of the words Gordon Campbell-Thomas? Robert Stevens, Bootham Crescent, York. Updated: 11:28 Monday, May 05, 2003

  • Blaming the parents

    SO OFTEN do we hear about the unruly behaviour of children that it is easy to forget about the influence of the parents. In general, behind every happy and successful child, there is a hard-working, conscientious adult trying their best to pull off the

  • Flint sparks Yapham victory

    Four of the games in the third division were played to conclusion with the thriller being Yapham's four-run win at Hovingham. Dick Wright spearheaded Yapham's batting with 78 and was able to take his side to 161-8 despite a 3-35 spell from Stuart Prest

  • Houses have plenty to Crowe about

    Dringhouses maintained their good start in division two as they beat a fancied Sewerby side by four wickets. Chris Briggs top scored for the men from the coast with 62 but Mick Kenyon's spinning fingers were again on form as he grabbed 4-30 and, with

  • Thirsk's race to set the pace

    THIRSK are the unexpected early leaders in the Hunters York and District Senior League following their six-wicket victory over arch rivals Easingwold. Only two of the six games in the division were completed as three matches were abandoned during the

  • Read all about it

    The achievements of the regional press are being marked up and down the land this week - Local Newspaper Week.Today we start telling the story of how the Evening press reaches you, our readers - and reveal how our supporters include Tony Blair himself

  • York in dogfight over Concorde

    HANDS off, it's ours. That is the message Bristol is sending out to chiefs at the Yorkshire Air Museum over its plans to nab a prized Concorde. The future of the supersonic jet is set to be the focus of rivalry between York and Bristol, which is spearheading

  • A taste for the unusual

    For a taste of the unusual, even the dangerous, one North Yorkshire farm contributing to the Eat Local Banquet is ahead of the rest. But guests need not worry. There is no danger to them - only to the farmers rearing the meat set to be part of the Evening

  • Single mother votes Labour despite snags

    A TADCASTER single mum was close to switching her vote in the local elections as her tax credit claim remained unresolved. Sarah Goldsmith, 29, of York Road, who contacted the Evening Press about the chaos last month, says she still has not had her award

  • York student nurse saves cyclist's life

    A STUDENT nurse from York who saved an elderly man's life is to be commended for her swift actions. Victoria Hetherington went to the rescue of a man who had been knocked off his bicycle in an accident and saved his life. Victoria, who is a third year

  • Man dies after being hit by car

    A MALE pedestrian died when he was knocked down by a car near Northallerton. A dark blue Ford Mondeo, driven by a Northallerton man, was travelling from Thirsk to Northallerton on the A168 when it collided with the pedestrian. The collision occurred near

  • Stars turn out for ball

    SINGER Tony Hadley and TV prankster Jeremy Beadle visited a North Yorkshire stately home to help raise money for charity. The celebrities were guests at the Black and Diamond charity ball on Saturday night in the parklands of Castle Howard, made famous

  • Green expansion

    York's largest community recycling scheme is to expand after receiving more than £2,000 from British Sugar. St Nicholas Fields' recycling scheme bought 1,000 collecting boxes with the cash and will now extend to Lawrence Street and Tang Hall. Updated:

  • Grecians go down fighting

    EXETER manager Gary Peters and his players are facing up to life in the Nationwide Conference - and he admitted their late rally in the last couple of months had been too little, too late. The Grecians beat Southend 1-0 with Steve Flack scoring the only

  • York student's job hope in jeopardy

    A YORK student fears his chances of breaking into a job in computers could have been blown by the closure of the York Business College. Four months ago Mark Townend forked out £2,000 for a computer course at the training centre - which has now gone into

  • Cole's quality not enough

    Sixteen-year-old Michael Cole was the star of the fourth division when he hit 88 and then took 3-66 for Thorp Arch & Boston Spa. Unfortunately his efforts were in vain as his side lost by seven wickets to Huby despite posting a target of 212-5. Cole

  • Man hurt after falling from walls

    AMBULANCE crews and a paramedic carry a man on a spinal board after he fell from York's city walls. The man fell from an unfenced section of the wall near Walmgate Bar at 12.40pm yesterday. He was taken to York Hospital. He is believed to have suffered

  • New PCs for PCs!

    E-POLICING is soon to become a reality for North Yorkshire Police as the force has invested in a new computer system. All 2,500 members of staff who will use the system, which uses Windows 2000 and Microsoft Office 2000, have received training on the

  • The Lord (Mayor) of the rings!

    THE Lord Mayor of York had plenty to smile about this Bank Holiday Weekend. Hot on the heels of being re-elected to serve on City of York Council, Coun David Horton was chosen again - this time as someone's husband. Coun Horton married Jane Robinson,

  • Thirsk's race to set the pace

    THIRSK are the unexpected early leaders in the Hunters York and District Senior League following their six-wicket victory over arch rivals Easingwold. Only two of the six games in the division were completed as three matches were abandoned during the

  • Waste dump given go to grow

    A CONTROVERSIAL expansion of a landfill site near York will go ahead despite strong local opposition. City of York Council members approved plans to increase the Harewood Whin waste disposal site by 28 hectares and expand its life by 13 years in December

  • Black Horse canter to division one title

    WIGGINTON Black Horse have sealed the Leeper Hare York and District League division one title after overcoming nearest rivals T&L Selby 2-1. Wigginton had set themselves up for a nail-biting end to the season after losing in midweek at New Earswick

  • Workers in pay dispute

    WORKERS at a York factory have rejected a pay offer and could be balloted on industrial action, it was announced today. The GMB union said its members at Remploy, the country's biggest employer of disabled staff, voted by 6-1 against a proposed deal worth

  • Heads may roll if Knights don't heed Skolars' lesson

    YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has warned the squad he is willing to get rid of players who aren't prepared to put their bodies on the line for the club. Ferres' admonishment comes in the wake of the Knights hugely disappointing 16-16

  • Parents told to behave by head teachers' leader

    THE behaviour of parents is getting worse at a time when unruly children are beginning to improve, a head teachers' leader was warning in York today. Tougher criminal penalties may be needed to deal with the mothers and fathers who failed to deal with

  • Heads may roll if Knights don't heed Skolars' lesson

    YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has warned the squad he is willing to get rid of players who aren't prepared to put their bodies on the line for the club. Ferres' admonishment comes in the wake of the Knights hugely disappointing 16-16

  • Dolan unveils youth club

    YORK City boss Terry Dolan saw hope for the future tinged with regret as his young Minstermen mites brought an unforgettable season to a close with a 2-0 defeat at Oxford. Despite City still retaining lingering play-off hopes, Dolan made good his pledge

  • Waiting game

    WITH Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Oxford United bringing the curtain down on York City's season, eight members of the current first team squad now face an anxious wait to see whether they have a Bootham Crescent future. Manager Terry Dolan has confirmed the

  • Our boys are back in town

    YORK-BASED soldiers have returned to the city after serving in Iraq. The party of 40 soldiers from 2 Signals Regiment arrived at Imphal Barracks at 1am yesterday for a joyful reunion with their families and loved ones. They were among the first wave of