BULLYING will always exist, in the workplace and home as well as the schoolyard. That does not mean we should ever tolerate it. School bullies often inflict long-lasting misery on their victims. Some adults are indelibly marked by their youthful tormentors
SIR Ben Gill will be a hard act to follow. In all his high profile roles for the National Farmers' Union (NFU), culminating in his term as president, he was an articulate ambassador for agriculture. His tenure at the top coincided with the toughest years
FREE burgers and chips, and a trip to the cinema! (Evening Press, October 2). That's obviously the answer to our teenage thugs, treat 'em with kid gloves. The 14-year-old youth who vowed to continue his crime spree and be in prison by the time he's 16
WILL it take a major accident to get people to slow down on the A19 between York and Selby? I have been commuting down this road for the past two years and believe that it is fast becoming an accident blackspot. There have been at least three crashes
NOTICE anything different about my picture for this week's column? Yes, it is me. It's me on two or three days every month. I turn into a lunatic - literally meaning moonstruck. Those who know me might say it's more than a couple of days a month, but
THIS week I have been to Devon. Along with others, I was sent there to ensure that we are properly representing the views of small businessmen in Devon to those who make our laws. The meeting took place just north of Honiton in the Blackdown Hills. This
A North Yorkshire brewery was today celebrating a breakthrough in exports to the U.S. Daleside Brewery, of Harrogate, is assembling the first of what will be quarterly consignments of at least 60,000 bottles, which will be shipped to a Baltimore-based
MISSING shareholders of an ill-fated North Yorkshire cooperative are still being sought - to give them a windfall before the deadline on Friday. The Yorkshire and Northern Woolgrowers' Co-operative of Norton collapsed after 63 years in the wake of a worldwide
BUSINESS owners in Yorkshire are working almost ten hours longer each week than their equivalents in the South East, according to a report published by Barclays today. The Barclays report, Clocking On: How Businesses Use Their Time, shows that owners
PREPARATIONS have begun for Venturefest, a massive international fair in York for the world's science and technology "venturers". The region's first science and technology exhibition and conference for entrepreneurs and business start-ups is being hosted
YORK City midfielder Christian Fox has suffered a recurrence of an ankle injury that could see him sidelined for a number of weeks. The news is a big blow for City and particularly for Fox, who looked set to play a major role in the Minstermen ranks this
CITY of York I were surprise 2-1 winners of the North Yorkshire derby at Harrogate thanks to Nick Carter and Ben 'Fozzie' Foster goals. Harrogate are expected to be up among the Northern Hockey League premier division title-chasers this season but came
NORTH Yorkshire farmer Sir Ben Gill will stand down as president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) next February - after 13 years as an officeholder for the organisation. Sir Ben, who farms 360 acres at Easingwold, told a meeting of the NFU Council
A MERCY dash led a Second Division footballer to court yesterday after police had clocked his BMW travelling at 109mph on a North Yorkshire motorway. Grimsby Town full-back and captain, John McDermott, pleaded guilty to speeding as he headed north on
A YORK man convalescing after brain surgery was thrown to the ground and kicked in the face after being attacked from behind by cowardly youths. Paul Woodall, 40, said a gang of youths in New Earswick could have killed him when they "jumped" him, hitting
THE tourist industry in North Yorkshire could be hit by a skills crisis, an MP has warned. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh made the grim prediction at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. Speaking at an event hosted by regional
York Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club 'A' team won their derby match against Selby Warriors at Thanet Road to increase their lead in at the top of Pennine League division five. The game was much closer than the 32-14 scoreline suggested, especially in
WOODTHORPE'S headteacher today vigorously defended the school's anti-bullying policies. Jonathan Hodge said it would not be proper to discuss the details of any of the three "unrelated individual" cases, but claimed the school had tried hard to work closely
Bank on Red Sovereign at Lingfield's all-weather track meeting tomorrow. That's my best advice on a low-key racing day. Kieren Fallon rides the Ian Wood-trained two-year-old, a winner at Newcastle in early-August. Since then she has finished a creditable
SITTING on the train on Saturday, I couldn't help but listen to soccer fans all claiming to know the identities of the players who allegedly raped a 17- year-old girl. If I wrote down the names of all the players quoted, then I estimate at least 25 players
ONE does not need a crystal ball to see that council tax bills are set to rise again, certainly by more than inflation and probably by more than most people's incomes. Since his appointment as council leader, Steve Galloway has already spent a lot of
SO Coun Merrett claims that Labour were responsible for the new clean-up team (Letters, September 30); but this would not have been needed if Labour had not stopped the road and grate cleaning in the first place. All other road cleaning was stopped to
TADCASTER Magnet bowler Paul Downey's career-best 9-58 earned him Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League monthly awards for August and September. His haul against Ripon in division one edged out Pickering II skipper Andrew Grayson
HOW to get the best deal in spite of low interest rates is the subject of two hour-long free seminars organised by York independent financial adviser Walsh Lucas and Co at the Pavilion Hotel, Fulford Road, York, on Wednesday, October 15. Michael Lucas
PARTNERS, the design and PR group based in York, has become the only agency in the North of England outside Leeds to gain membership of the Public Relations Consultancy Association. The membership, made after independent assessment, means that The Partners
PATIENTS and staff who scam the NHS out of £109 million a year are being tackled at hospitals across York and North Yorkshire this month. NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (NHS CFSMS) will be visiting hospitals in York, Harrogate and Northallerton
THE whole of York is set to be patrolled by pedalling police officers following the relaunch of the Community Cycle Squad. The squad, based at Fulford Road Police Station, was being relaunched today with 11 officers instead of the original four. The ten
UNIVERSITY of York freshers are being urged to "take it easy" as they embark on the first week of their higher education career. York University Students Union (YUSU) has teamed up Selby & York Primary Care Trust (PCT) for a welfare campaign called
TADCASTER Magnet bowler Paul Downey's career-best 9-58 earned him Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League monthly awards for August and September. His haul against Ripon in division one edged out Pickering II skipper Andrew Grayson
York Acorn Running Club's Under-13 Boys took bronze in the North of England Road Relay Championship at Sunderland. Iain Lynn ran the first leg and finished fifth in a time of 10mins 45secs. After a great run on the second leg by Sam Bradley (10.30), Acorn
POLICE dogs are to benefit from warm, dry and modern kennels thanks to the personal intervention of the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire. Dog lover Della Cannings has persuaded the Police Authority to release thousands of pounds to replace ageing lean-to
YORK City midfielder Christian Fox has suffered a recurrence of an ankle injury that could see him sidelined for a number of weeks. The news is a big blow for City and particularly for Fox, who looked set to play a major role in the Minstermen ranks this
THREE mothers claimed today that violent bullying had forced them to remove their children from a York primary school. Janet Graham claimed her son, Lee, eight, had talked of harming himself after a fellow pupil at Woodthorpe Primary School punched him
TOM Cruise was offered the job but he turned it down. "No chance, old love," he said in his finest New York(shire) accent. "I can just about 'andle Mission Impossible, but I can't be doin' wi' this." And with that he pulled his flat cap firmly down over
York Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club 'A' team won their derby match against Selby Warriors at Thanet Road to increase their lead in at the top of Pennine League division five. The game was much closer than the 32-14 scoreline suggested, especially in
THE first shots have been fired well ahead of Friday's start to the Rugby Union World Cup - and yes, I did say rugby union World Cup and not, as some publications declare, the Rugby World Cup. Calling the tournament by that foreshortened name is nothing
STEPHEN LEWIS meets a Chelsea girl who has found refuge in North Yorkshire. THERE is no denying Angela Egan's dogs. She's shut them in the kitchen so that we can chat in peace in the sitting room of her farmworker's cottage. But the moment she goes through
JO HAYWOOD listens to the handmaid's tale - a story of pregnancy, massage and, erm, accountancy. IT IS the ultimate two-for-one deal: you get a relaxing massage and your unborn baby gets one too. And as if that weren't enough luxury, you can also employ
MAXINE GORDON meets the TV whiz from Oz who is now taking local television by storm. jUMPING off cliffs at Flamborough Head, deep-sea diving off the coast at Scarborough and doing 360-degree turns in an aerobatic display jet are all in the line of duty
