MOTORISTS knew it was coming. Whenever there is a gap in the public coffers, whether at Whitehall or York Guildhall, drivers are expected to make up the shortfall. So it is again. York council leader Steve Galloway, attempting to fill a £2 million hole
Loves Travelling can make his presence felt tomorrow as the famous Knavesmire racecourse opens its doors for the start of a three-day meeting which brings down the curtain on York's season. Trained by Luca Cumani, my Nap selection Loves Travelling goes
THANK you for a generous review of my volume of poetry entitled Contrasts (Evening Press, September 24). I should, however, like to correct one small mistake. I'm sure Ray Stevens is a more gifted person than I am, but my name is Roy Stevens and I am
AS a long-serving member of the Corps Council of the Salvation Army at York, I wish to disassociate myself from the suggestion by Major Paul Westlake that we withdraw opposition regarding the opening of the sex shop in Gillygate on a Sunday. Many of us
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes his bike off to Ravenscar to discover the Victorian seaside town that never was. THE North Yorkshire Moors has numerous forest tracks and many minor roads and this, coupled with its fine scenery, make it arguably the best cycling area
YOU don't need leg muscles like Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman to tackle Jersey's roads. This cycle-friendly island is just nine miles wide by five miles long. But if you are staying in St Helier, the main town, you would be forgiven for thinking
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes a day trip to Nottinghamshire where he discovers a cycle trail with echoes of a lost era Starting a bike ride near Worksop at a house that was demolished before the war may sound inauspicious but then this was no ordinary property.
Paul Kirkwood goes on an orbit of discovery around Harrogate. I WAS in the mood for a short ride and so chose a 20-mile trip that I had planned as a sort of "cyclists' M25 of Harrogate". As it turned out, the route took somewhat longer than anticipated
How can you tell a happy cyclist? By the flies on his teeth. Sorry to start with such a corny joke - but it was going through my mind as I made a gentle descent at the beginning of this month's ride. My mouth stayed firmly shut as insects pinged off my
THIS ride is a tiddler. More a light lunch than a three-course dinner but no less satisfying. I parked on the bridge over the Wharfe in Ilkley, a demure town that I have heard aptly described as Little Harrogate. The stonework of its buildings is part-blackened
Paul Kirkwood goes in search of daffodils I WAS experimenting. I wanted to know if it was possible to see something of Farndale's famous daffodils from the saddle of a bicycle rather than on foot. I set off from Hutton-le-Hole and climbed up a hill before
Paul Kirkwood heads for the 'Scottish' uplands just outside of York This ride starts in Rawcliffe - not the York suburb but the Moorland village of Newton-upon-Rawcliffe, near Pickering. I set off from the village at its northern end and followed the
Paul Kirkwood heads west for a cycle ride at Wakefield Three hands would be useful for this bike ride. Two to grip the handlebars and one to hold the map. You will be navigationally challenged and grateful for a guide. Stick with it, though, for all the
A GROUP of Queen Margaret's schoolgirls proved smash hits at the Yorkshire Tennis Championships. Sarah Batty and Georgina Bracewell, representing North Yorkshire, finished under-15 county champions at South Leeds Stadium after beating South Yorkshire
Joseph Rowntree and Queen Margaret's School, Escrick, will represent the York area in the county round of the Under-14 National Schools' Netball Tournament in Hambleton on Saturday, November 22. Jo Ro were convincing winners of the round-robin 'A'-team
YORK'S flooding problems may deter some people from setting up home too close to the city's riverbanks. But others appear to find the low-lying land that borders the temperamental waters of the River Ouse a perfect des res. It has been known for several
A MAJOR campaign to combat flu has been launched in North Yorkshire. The county's four NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) - Selby and York PCT, Hambleton and Richmondshire PCT, Craven and Harrogate and Rural District PCT and Scarborough Whitby Ryedale PCT
A STRONG shade of "green" has been included in the draft planning brief for the University of York's huge new campus, Heslington East. York's Green Party councillors, Mark Hill and Andy D'Agorne, forced two amendments to be added into the brief when it
A COMPANY selling air rifles through the post was criticised by the advertising watchdog today. York-based Blue Moon Trading advertised a rifle and "500 ammo free" in an East Yorkshire newspaper for £49.95, plus £7.50 postage and packing. The advert showed
A UNIQUE piece of 13th-century stained glass depicting a striking red cockerel has been returned to Rievaulx Abbey. English Heritage discovered the fragile fragment in an old cardboard box at its Central Science Laboratory, in Portsmouth, during an ongoing
ANGRY residents of an idyllic North York Moors village have launched a campaign to put the brakes on speeding bikers who use their road as a racetrack. Community members in Bilsdale, near Helmsley, have formed a pressure group named Band - Bilsdale Against
PICKERING Town ended Selby's unbeaten start to the season last night thanks to a last-gasp winner from Ricky Greening. The Pikes beat table-topping Selby 3-2, Greening heading home in the 89th minute to lift his team up to sixth spot in the Northern Counties
CUTBACKS on social services and education spending plus schemes to boost income from city-centre car parking are being planned by councillors to prevent a £2 million budget overspend. Specialist foster parents could be recruited as part of the savings
AFTER leading 26-8 against visitors Embassy, New Earswick All Blacks Under-16s slipped to a 54-26 defeat. All Blacks swept in five first half tries through winger Dean Smith (2), Jack Goodaker, Thomas Mackley and Jack Stearman. Danny Allen kicked three
AN 87-year-old war widow has been robbed of most of her life savings by a callous conwoman. Ellen Shepherd had just returned home after withdrawing £1,500 in cash from her village post office when the well-spoken thief struck. Posing as a council warden
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a war hero who is ready to move on. THERE are times when Simon Weston begins to sound like one of those motivational gurus who insist all you need to do to turn your life around is think positive. "For every negative, there is a
SHARP, witty and refreshingly honest, Laura Wolf's sequel to Diary Of A Mad Bride is a must-read for anyone even contemplating starting a family. Touching and often laugh-out-loud funny, the novel charts the pregnancy of glamorous Manhattanite Amy Thomas-Stewart
CONFLICT on two continents in the Second World War is vividly recalled by York author and war historian Charles Whiting in two new books which top up his already amazing total of more than 250 - so far. He returns to his old stamping ground (or stonking
CHILDREN from schools across York will be getting involved in a four-day festival to celebrate the digital arts. Education will play a key role in the SightSonic 2003 - York's International Festival of Digital Arts which is supported by Science City York
COMPUTERS are wonderful things. If Claire Lund's tax credit had been calculated by a human being, she would have received one measly letter. Put a micro-processor in charge, and productivity is increased sevenfold. Claire has so far received seven letters
HAVING read your article about fireworks (October 2), here in Wigginton we also heard the fireworks sounding like mortar fire from York. We also suffer fireworks going off all year round now. Do those who let off fireworks ever consider animals? We have
AS a local volunteer for the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (Rukba), I wish to inform readers about the important work done in the York community, and to encourage people to find out more about us. Rukba is a national charity which champions
In the first of two reports, PAUL KIRKWOOD road tests the new triangular cycle route across the North York Moors. I wondered if I was entering a Bermuda Triangle or a Golden Triangle or both but there was no doubt it would be a lengthy bike ride. The
ON a recent Sunday I attended a most enjoyable evening of entertainment provided by local talent at Pocklington Civic Arts Centre. Acts included a house band, folk singing, classical piano by 14-year-old boy, Stanley Holloway-style monologues, French
I HAD found a corner of Scotland just a few miles north of Leeds. In the valley below me a collie was harrying a flock of black St Kilda sheep while a highland cow lumbered slowly towards them, its ochre coat matching the colour of the copse behind. The
Paul Kirkwood re-discovers an enjoyable ride that starts in the centre of York as he gets his kicks on route 65. WHAT this ride lacks in originality it more than makes up for in quality. In fact it's so enjoyable that you won't mind coming back the way
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes a spin through the Sherwood Pines after his first choice of ride went pop... My disappointment was hard to contain. I had driven 60 miles on a beautiful sunny day only to find that the destination of my bike ride was closed. The National
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes the high road to Hambleton Street and enjoys some stunning views across the moors WHEN is a street not a street? When it's Hambleton Street, the right of way along the top of the escarpment running north from above Boltby in the North
Paul Kirkwood ventures out into South Yorkshire on his bike. Poor old South Yorkshire. The North has the Dales, the Moors and the coast, the West has the Pennines and the South has, well, not a lot. At least, that's what I thought until I tried this bike
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes a liberating trip in and out of Bransdale. MY walking boots still gathering dust, I was missing the Moors so decided to explore them by bike instead. I chose a road that loops into and out of Bransdale in the heart of the National
PAUL KIRKWOOD gets lost and cross as he follows the York Millennium Cycle Route Spring is here allegedly, the Millennium Bridge is open and the bridleways are closed. So where should you go for a leisurely half-day bike ride or a day's walk if you prefer
MANY York City fans will have passed an idle moment imagining what it would be like if their club were in the Premier League. Oh, the joy of being able to chant "Are you Scarborough in disguise?" at Manchester United's preening prissies once a season,
PICKERING Town ended Selby's unbeaten start to the season last night thanks to a last-gasp winner from Ricky Greening. The Pikes beat table-topping Selby 3-2, Greening heading home in the 89th minute to lift his team up to sixth spot in the Northern Counties
YORK City skipper Darren Edmondson is hoping to kick-start his season within days. The influential defender has been out since the end of August with a lingering calf problem that has refused to heal and been blighted by bone-hard pitches. However, under
LAKESIDE School won the Parent Teachers' Association five-a-side football trophy after a nerve-wracking tournament. They needed extra time to defeat Woodthorpe 2-1 in the final after beating Bishopthorpe 5-4 on penalties in the semi-finals. Earlier Lakeside
ANGRY residents of a village near York say bypass plans should be given urgent priority after a lorry swerved on to a pavement used by school children. Mollie Haigh, district councillor for Shipton-by-Beningbrough, said a lorry mounted the pavement next
A PARTNER in the Hungate development has been given the go-ahead to buy council land to build a new office building across the road from the Hungate site. City of York Council executive has agreed to sell its controlling interest in a former garage site
The Yorkshire Winter League kicked off in unspectacular style on Sunday when cold nights and clear conditions took their toll on the Calder with a poorer than expected 80-peg opener. Local teams had mixed fortunes with the newly-formed Selby squad finishing
FORMER City of York Council leader Rod Hills's suspension from the Labour Party was lifted in the month that he died, the Evening Press has learned. Mr Hills was suspended from the party in May last year, two days after he was arrested. A number of allegations
YORK City Knights have completed the signing of Featherstone Rovers full-back Nathan Graham. The Knights have also brought in second row forward John Smith from Featherstone Lions but assistant coach Graeme Hallas has been released due to his business
YORK City skipper Darren Edmondson is hoping to kick-start his season within days. The influential defender has been out since the end of August with a lingering calf problem that has refused to heal and been blighted by bone-hard pitches. However, under
A MOTHER was stunned after receiving seven different letters in one day, telling her how much child tax and working tax credit she was entitled to. Each letter from the Inland Revenue spelled out a different message for 30-year-old Claire Lund, of Doherty
CALLING Robert Hooke an unsung hero of science would probably be inaccurate these days, as well as a clich. The contemporary of Wren and Newton - the former a friend, the latter a bitter foe - is being rediscovered with a vengeance, not only through new
YORK City Knights have completed the signing of Featherstone Rovers full-back Nathan Graham. The Knights have also brought in second row forward John Smith from Featherstone Lions but assistant coach Graeme Hallas has been released due to his business
AFTER leading 26-8 against visitors Embassy, New Earswick All Blacks Under-16s slipped to a 54-26 defeat. All Blacks swept in five first half tries through winger Dean Smith (2), Jack Goodaker, Thomas Mackley and Jack Stearman. Danny Allen kicked three
HEWORTH ARL Under-9s paid the penalty for too many handling errors when losing to Stanningley. Alex Clough (2) Billy Legg, William Barratt and Oliver Murphy scored tries. Daniel Coulson was man of the match, closely followed by Jack Cregan. Heworth's
YORK COLLEGE is set to hold its first drugs awareness day. The day will see a wide range of people involved with drugs visit the college to speak to students, take questions and offer advice. Staff from drugs agencies and charities, former users, youth
MORE than £2,000 was raised at an auction of promises at Langton Primary School, near Malton. The school's head teacher, Anne Myers, said she was ecstatic at the amount raised and thanked the parents who has organised it. Up for grabs at the event on
PUPILS from Lowfield School in York, will be working with students from other schools in a bid to boost GCSE grades. Year 11 pupils will be working with those from Huntington and Archbishop's Holgate students as part of a programme to increase the number
With pensions back in the news again, we ask for two opposing views on the question... "Yes," says Hugh Bayley, Labour MP for York PENSIONERS need more money and I will champion their cause. When I was social security minister we increased pensions by
