YOUNG people can easily obtain fake proof-of-age cards and exam certificates on the Internet, North Yorkshire trading standards officials have discovered. During a supervised investigation, the 14-year-old son of an official was able to apply successfully
The fight to save Terry's is over. So what can we do to make sure other big multi-nationals don't cut and run in the same way; and how can York continue to compete in the global jobs market? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SO now we know. Two hundred years of
LIVE Aid. Record sales of Diana's Candle In The Wind single. Yet another Comic Relief day and night for Terry Wogan. Don't collective acts of charity make us feel better about ourselves? Nick Lane, Yorkshire actor, director and skilled writer of stage
The spotlight is falling on our club again this season and our profile has once more been lifted in the media with the onset of more cup fever. Our semi-final appearance in the Arriva Trains Cup along with the staging of the York 9's, means the city of
A YORK business leader swapped his briefcase for his bike to tackle a gruelling charity challenge. Paul Marshall, director of art distribution business Marshall Arts, based at Elvington Industrial Estate, near York, was among 13 Yorkshire business leaders
A CENTRE has opened to teach new skills to Nestl workers in York. The company has opened The Employee Learning Centre, offering a range of general interest courses to staff. Courses include academic subjects like English, Maths and IT as well as practical
A FUND to help technology-based businesses is set to be launched in York. Tomorrow will see the start of the Viking Fund, which aims to provide capital for technology-based companies in the early stages. The £5 million fund will be launched at the third
St Luke's 'A' under 13s won the twice-yearly Heslington Inter-Church U13 five-a-side football tournament. Competing against a field of nine teams from churches across York, the Burton Stone Lane team included the youngest player in the competition, aged
Koji Suzuki's supernatural shocker Ring (HarperCollins, £10) makes its long-awaited UK debut this month - 13 years after it was first printed in his native Japan. An astonishing 2.8 million copies have been sold worldwide and the novel has inspired the
An Ipswich secondary school has sparked controversy by banning girls from wearing skirts following problems with rising hemlines. ALEX LLOYD investigates whether York could go the same way. SINCE time began, pupils have attempted to flout the rules governing
A YORK school is celebrating its golden jubilee - just as pupils and staff look forward to moving into new premises. Hob Moor Community Primary School, which opened in September 1954, is organising a series of events and activities to mark the anniversary
SMASHING the "glass ceiling" will be high on the agenda during a centenary gathering at a North Yorkshire independent girls' school. Harrogate Ladies' College is bringing together about 50 former pupils and "high-flyers", who have succeeded in traditionally
IT'S almost enough to put a man off holidays. Every time Kevin Chipchase takes a break he returns to find his home targeted by practical joker Kevin Atkinson. Big knickers on a pole, man-made molehills scarring his neat lawn - what could he expect on
YORK miniature motorcycle enthusiasts are on the lookout for a new home to ride their baby bikes. The group, who call themselves York MiniMoto, race the tiny machines, also known as Pocketbikes, which were first produced in Japan. The sport soon became
HEALTH Secretary John Reid has intervened to ensure that witnesses can give evidence to the Kerr-Haslam inquiry without fear of being sued. The Minister stepped in yesterday afternoon only days after the Evening Press revealed last week that a key witness
PART of Selby's new £44 million bypass was closed yesterday - only 11 days after it was opened. The stretch of road from the A1041 to the A63 north was out of bounds to motorists for more than eight hours after problems with the new swing bridge over
A YORK civic figure took the plunge for charity with a tandem parachute jump. Vicky Walpole, who as the Sheriff's Lady is part of the Lord Mayor's civic party, made the jump yesterday at Bridlington airfield in aid of the mental health charity Mind. The
THE devastated family of a young York woman who died after a 26-year health battle have paid tribute to her bravery. When Heidi Jackson was 15 months old, doctors told her mum, Brenda, that she would not live beyond her second birthday unless she underwent
The players at Acorn Rugby league Club - men, women and juniors - assembled for a rare photograph. Now they are after more players with the club's new season starting with pre-season training. Open age players aiming for a place in either the first team
DANNY Cadamarteri will today become Leeds United's fifth signing of the summer if the Bradford City striker passes a final medical. He is due to follow Danny Pugh, Julian Joachim, Paul Butler and Clarke Carlisle to Elland Road. The former Everton striker
ENGLAND fan Kevin Chipchase thought he'd had one too many lagers when he returned from Portugal to discover his house had been transformed into a pub. A huge brewery sign was illuminated outside his home in Lister Way, Clifton, York, accompanied by a
A YOUTH put this man in hospital for complaining about his car being scratched. Rolf Watson, 34, of Green Lane, Acomb, York, was left bleeding and in shock after being punched in the face in last night's attack, the latest in a string of incidents involving
FORMER York City chairman John Batchelor is refusing to pay the £42,000 he promised the club last season because of an alleged breach in confidentiality, writes Dave Flett. As part of the agreement to bring the club out of administration, Batchelor pledged
OSBALDWICK motor trader Geoff Nurse and his neighbour Stan Jackson believe they have the perfect home for York City Football Club's new stadium. Nurse and Jackson own seven acres of land behind the Link Road industrial estate on Murton Way and argue that
MISS L. Crinnion sounds to be a lovely and genuine person (Letters, June 21). I was horrified to see, however, that she is prepared to overlook the reality of what the European Union is in favour of embracing its propaganda. I voted in favour of a Common
ONCE again I sit at this keyboard to protest about the totally illegal and dangerous behaviour of the York cycling fraternity. I arrived at York station from London at about 4.50pm on June 15 and went to cross the road at the crossing by the hotel. As
I FEEL very privileged to tell you about what happened to me and my family on Friday tea-time. I was taking my 79-year-old mother back home with my three young boys along the A1079 to York. Unfortunately I had a puncture in my Ford Galaxy. Panic set in
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 100 years ago: That the Ouse was a considerable river, draining an extreme stretch of country, was shown by the rapidity with which it rose to its accustomed level after the closing of the opened dam. The Foss was filling too,
THOUSANDS of cyclists will freewheel into town this weekend to celebrate all things bike. Organisers of the York Cycle Show are expecting 15,000 folk, many with thighs like industrial cable, to join the Knavesmire festivities. Disappointingly the schedule
Construction still remains very much a man's world. But CATHERINE BRUCE talked to a woman who ignored the stereotypes and forged a successful career as a builder. PRIMARY school teaching might not seem the usual foundation to a career in construction.
The players at Acorn Rugby league Club - men, women and juniors - assembled for a rare photograph. Now they are after more players with the club's new season starting with pre-season training. Open age players aiming for a place in either the first team
Brayton Belles were denied a repeat of last season's whitewash in the hotly contested Connexions Girls' League end of season tournament at the brand new Poppleton Juniors facility. The Belles swept the board last time out, but this year had to settle
TWO young basketball players from Bootham School have been selected for county squads. Will Edwards will be in the North Yorkshire basketball team, while his friend and fellow Year 8 pupil, Richard Grainger, has been selected for the Yorkshire side. Joint
TWO budding North Yorkshire tennis stars were resounding winners at a tournament. Ryedale School pupils Anna Clay and Anna Collier, both age 14, won the Under-14 District tournament at Eskdale School, Whitby. All schools in the Scarborough and Ryedale
IN the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, an elderly woman and her live-in nurse have been brutally murdered. Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan is arrested for the killings. His family of immigrant Irish tinkers become hate figures as the village's
PUPILS from York's Millthorpe School will be welcoming friends from across the water. They will be playing hosts to students from Geschwister-Scholl Gymnasium in Stadtlohn, in Germany, who will be experiencing life in an English school for a week. As
NOT many teenagers would know how to react in the face of a catastrophic hurricane - but Huntington School pupils are more knowledgeable than most. The students tested their geography, maths and technology skills while taking part in the Rapid Response
FOR the woman whose testimony to the Haslam-Kerr inquiry was imperilled, it was "incredible". We might add astonishing, even scandalous. Whichever word you choose, the failure to offer witnesses legal protection from the outset was a spectacular blunder
A YORK police officer who spent four years tirelessly tracking down a couple who ran a bogus charity collection scam has warned that cheats are still working the city's streets. The persistence of PC Neville King brought Mark and Philippa Phillips, formerly
COMMUNITY safety leaders believe a groundbreaking pilot scheme targeting gangs of youths in a North Yorkshire market town could help residents across the county. Senior officers in Northallerton will soon launch a scheme that enables officers to break
Tim Easterby and Willie Supple, who joined forces to land last Saturday's Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot with Fayr Jag, team up again at Thirsk tomorrow. The trainer-jockey combination will be represented by Roman Mistress, who goes for
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy obtained a fake University of York degree certificate on the internet during an investigation into an identity card scam. Alex Black, the son of a North Yorkshire trading standards officer, is now the proud owner of a first class honours
Midsummer turned into late autumn for Yorkshire at the Rose Bowl today where their Championship match against Hampshire was hit by atrocious weather and the start delayed. Torrential overnight rain was followed by squally showers and gale force winds
FORMER York City chairman John Batchelor is refusing to pay the £42,000 he promised the club last season because of an alleged breach in confidentiality, writes Dave Flett. As part of the agreement to bring the club out of administration, Batchelor pledged
OSBALDWICK motor trader Geoff Nurse and his neighbour Stan Jackson believe they have the perfect home for York City Football Club's new stadium. Nurse and Jackson own seven acres of land behind the Link Road industrial estate on Murton Way and argue that
ON first reading the letter from J M Purves of Badger Hill (June 15), I thought it was written tongue in cheek, then realised he/she was serious. We have lived in Heslington since 1959 and then it was a "rural idyll". There were several working farms
I AM writing to contest Mike Bentley's unsound and uneducated comments in the Saturday Sound Off (June 19). Firstly, not every innocent person expects to find themselves in the dock on a serious charge. However, more disturbing are his absurd comments
IN RESPONSE to the lead story in Chris Titley's Diary ("Newt protection depends on their postcode", June 17), the small pond he refers to is in the New Earswick Nature Reserve and has been created to reduce the amount of silt that enters the main pond
THE generous offer to re-develop the central car park area of Tadcaster, as reported by your earlier correspondents, should be accepted with enthusiasm. For far too long many local people have desired to see this eyesore improved, and if some so far anonymous
WE have just returned from watching St Aelred's Players performing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was an absolutely uplifting experience. Everyone played their parts with wonderful enthusiasm and the dancing was excellent. Thank you
THANK you for publishing the British Hedgehog Preservation Society's advice on care and feeding (June 17). Meat-based dog or cat food and water are, as they have said, the correct things to offer; but many people still put out bread and milk, both of
THERE are few things in life more futile than wishing you were young again; but who in their 'middle youth' hasn't wanted to rewind a few years when presented with a mirror, or worse still, a camera lens? So far, however, I've never longed to return to
