CHAIRMAN BOBBY, a model of consistency this season, can get back on the winning trail at Redcar tomorrow. Trained at Scorton in North Yorkshire by David Barker, the sprinter is fancied to show his rivals a clean pair of heels in the Tote Exacta Handicap
In the week when the Dutch government announced that its doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis to patients, STEVE CLEMENTS, right, argues that it is time to legalise the drug in Britain I READ with great interest the Evening Press article "Patients
ANYONE undertaking a sober assessment of our drug and alcohol laws would conclude that they are thoroughly inconsistent. One intoxicant is championed, another condemned. The drinker is cheered, the drug-taker criminalised. So we are grateful for the intervention
I NOTICE that motorists in Selby are being warned of a temporary road closure of Wetherby Road between the A1 and Cowthorpe. As this road is approximately two miles long and about 25 miles away, I wonder if any of the motoring organisations can explain
DO ANY readers have a photo of the inside or outside of the off-licence on Fountayne Street, York? I would love to see any pictures but particularly snaps around 1900. If you can help, please contact me on email at phil@burrton.freeserve.co.uk or at the
A LEADING York schools athlete plans to unwrap an early birthday present. Manor School pupil Alistair Smith hopes to triumph in a charity Chariots of Fire-style sprint in York. The 800m AAAs champion is 15 just three days after the September 13 npower
COUNCIL chiefs have been urged to take action now to avoid the threat of "gridlock" when York hosts Royal Ascot in 2005. Councillor Ruth Potter will present a motion to next Tuesday's full City of York Council meeting asking how issues of traffic, anti-social
A KEEN motorcyclist who died after an horrific accident in North Yorkshire has been described as "the best dad you could ask for". Peter Sharp, 51, of Partridge Close, Bridlington, became the 23rd biker to be killed in North Yorkshire this year when his
A BRAND new club is set to roar on to the York football scene this season. Thanks to The Mount School and a grant from the Community Foundation, York Cubs FC - boasting an average age of only seven-years-old - is set to join the York Mitchell Sports League
DEAN Smith (Trabucco Elton) was victorious again at Woodlands taking the mid-week open from peg 27 on Skylark. Fishing both up in the water and at depth with meat at 13 and 16 metres he had carp to 5lb in a huge net of 131lb 10oz. Close by, on peg 26,
A CAMPAIGNER calling for cannabis to be legalised is planning to stand for the York Parliamentary seat at the next election. Businessman Steve Clements says that if the campaign eventually succeeds, he would apply to City of York Council for a licence
THE teenager who came to York after being convicted of abusing a seven-year-old girl in Scotland is the subject of new allegations from a second girl. Ashley Boyd is being investigated by Dumfries and Galloway Police after a 14-year-old girl came forward
A YORK man was today in a serious condition in York Hospital after suffering a fractured skull in a street attack in the city. The man, aged in his early 30s, was talking with his brother and a friend outside The Lowther pub in Cumberland Street in the
JUST the nine? The man born Clifford Price into a broken home in Walsall has fitted in an awful lot of living into his first 36 years. From children's homes and petty crime, Goldie first made his name through graffiti art in Britain and the US, fell in
In the week when the Dutch government announced that its doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis to patients, STEVE CLEMENTS, right, argues that it is time to legalise the drug in Britain I READ with great interest the Evening Press article "Patients
REGULARS at Yate's Wine Lodge in York were devastated when their lifesize cut-out of Jordan was nicked from the riverside bar. We have tried to console them by donating a picture of the model, but it only shows her face and somehow does not have the same
MY sympathies were already with York's bus drivers before the strike. A working day spent crawling through traffic jams, being cut up by reps in their shiny Mondeos and shinier suits, trying not to squash jaywalking, day-dreaming, buggy-pushing mums or
I WOULD like to know how 5,000 extra students will benefit the University of York, and what benefits the citizens of York will get from them. For the past few years, I have had some of these people next door to me and during that time they have proved
WHILE I was impressed with your York From The Air supplement (August 27), I was dismayed by the apparent lack of trees. In view of this hot summer and probable global warming, surely we should be planting more trees. They are the lungs of the earth and
Chris Titley get away from it all (Evening Press, Aug 27), I have trawled through my videos - all six of them. Each one has the same star and I can see my way clear to offering Chris the loan of my favourite, the only proviso being a deadline for its
AFTER the death of the 50th British soldier in Iraq, a way out of this mess is badly needed. Northern Ireland taught us that without a political process deemed to be fair by all sides, violence would only continue. The sabotage of oil pipelines can be
I WOULD just like to thank the striking First bus drivers for giving me and the rest of York a marvellous idea. Following on from the success of our first bus free day, I suggest that bus services in York are cut down to a minimum, or run every other
I DON'T believe the problems in Faliraki have been caused by a television programme but I am equally unconvinced by the show's defence. The rash of reality TV shows flooding our screens is a serious enough problem, without the Glasgow makers of Club Reps
MIDFIELDER Lee Bullock is looking for York City to bounce back quickly after tasting defeat in the league for the first time this season. Bullock admitted City had fallen way below their high standards in Saturday's 3-0 reverse to Lincoln City at Sincil
GREAT Britain and Ireland's treble-seeking Walker Cup stars were in York today polishing their skills ahead of the big weekend showdown with the United States. They were scheduled to practice at Fulford Golf Club in preparation for the two-day battle
RESIDENTS are protesting against council plans to install traffic calming measures on their doorsteps. Jim Waters and John Westmoreland are leading residents' protests against the plans to alter Applecroft Road, Stockton Lane, York. City of York Council
MODERNISATION is on the cards at York Hospital, says the new man at its helm. Jim Easton, 39, told the Evening Press that many managers "would give their right arm" for staff of the calibre that had helped York Hospital achieve three star status for two
Boisterous drinkers at a York night spot surprised staff when they made a dash and grab for glamour model Jordan. A gang of lads rushed behind the bar at Yates' Wine Lodge, in High Ousegate, and grabbed a life-size cardboard figure of the busty blonde
A BIKER who died after a motorway crash had been married for only two months. Kirk Lee's heartbroken widow, Lin, today paid tribute to a "great guy", who was her soulmate as well as the love of her life. The devoted couple, who were married at York Register
THE parents of a six-year-old boy who died after a tombstone fell on him in a North Yorkshire graveyard have been awarded £33,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Reuben Powell died of massive head injuries caused by an unstable tombstone that toppled on
GREAT Britain and Ireland's treble-seeking Walker Cup stars were in York today polishing their skills ahead of the big weekend showdown with the United States. They were scheduled to practice at Fulford Golf Club in preparation for the two-day battle
MIDFIELDER Lee Bullock is looking for York City to bounce back quickly after tasting defeat in the league for the first time this season. Bullock admitted City had fallen way below their high standards in Saturday's 3-0 reverse to Lincoln City at Sincil
MIGHTY forward John Okul spoke today of his anguish after becoming the latest player to join the ever-increasing list of casualties on York City Knights' long-term treatment table. X-rays have confirmed that the Papua New Guinean powerhouse broke the
THE Grand Opera House took a risk in booking "the best thing since The Lion King" for a week's run, and you are heartily urged to do the same. The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, is already singing the praises of this South African song-and-dance show
FOR Scarborough chiropodist Charles White, writing the authorised biography of Little Richard snowballed from a part-time project to take over his life. So much so, he has just written his third version, updating his 1984 and 1993 editions. For North
