LITTLE Karleena Watling had no idea that an itchy rash under her arms would leave her blistered and scarred in hospital. But when the four-year-old woke up screaming in the night with a blistery rash spreading over her body, her mum, Maria Athey, knew
MELANIE Knowles and Joyce Palmer led the charge with three straight wins as Nestl beat University Staff 8-1 in York and District Badminton League ladies two, writes Paul Hobman. Their return of 92-38 included a 15-11, 17-14 win over Jo Wade and Sheila
GLAMOROUS Las Vegas-style showgirls dancing on stage will welcome select guests to the opening of the £7 million Opera House Casino in Scarborough on Wednesday. The development is the single largest leisure investment in Scarborough for more than 30 years
A NATIONAL care home group is investing £3.2 million in a project in York that will generate more than 100 jobs. Southern Cross Healthcare is preparing for the opening next year of Amarna House in Rosetta Way. The building, nearing completion, consists
FIRST they suggested turning "Splash Palace" into a visitor centre. Now they want to privatise the toilet cleaning service. It's nothing short of a loo revolution. These two stories, emerging within days of one another, should be seized on as a serendipitous
PLANS to re-create York's historic Micklegate Bar in America's mid-west have been blocked by the local authority, following harsh criticism from some residents. York County commissioners voted 4-0 to pull the plug on the 350,000 dollar scheme to construct
COUNCILLORS are seeing red over Selby's business directory. The latest edition of the district's Business and Commercial Directory has been slammed as "shoddy, inaccurate and a complete waste of money". But Selby District Council leader Mark Crane said
A TEENAGE girl screamed "no, daddy, no" as her thug father was led down to the cells to start a 12-month prison sentence. Father-of-two Tudor Carrington, 53, was jailed for an "extreme, prolonged and violent attack" on a York shopkeeper. Carrington, of
HEARTLESS sneak thieves swiped this frail 87-year-old war widow's bag while she was having her hair done. The incident left Nellie Stevens too scared to leave the house, but desperate to recover the treasured possessions in the bag. Mrs Stevens was getting
TRAVELLERS tore apart a York farm building within hours of invading the property, an angry York woman said today. Joyce Skilbeck claims a group of six or seven travelling families stripped Thornfield Farm, at New Lane, Huntington on Sunday - even ripping
The talented Anglers World Holidays team extended their lead in the Yorkshire Winter League with an emphatic second round victory on the River Calder around Mirfield. Tom Gausden took top individual spot and helped secure his Anglers World side's perfect
THE controversial departure of head coach Eric Fitzsimons from York Acorn ARLC will not affect the role at the club of former York City Knights star Darren Callaghan. That was Callaghan's own assessment of the situation at Thanet Road after a turbulent
YORK City squad man Ryan Mallon has warned his KitKat Crescent team-mates that former club Gainsborough Trinity are "up" for Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round match in Lincolnshire. Mallon spent the final three months of last season on loan at
ANN Reid's globally renowned wedding convoy - a journey so legendary it makes Hannibal's Alpine expedition look like a trip to the bathroom - now has our unqualified support. It turns out that Coun Reid's traffic light-defying trip puts her one up on
YORK City squad man Ryan Mallon has warned his KitKat Crescent team-mates that former club Gainsborough Trinity are "up" for Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round match in Lincolnshire. Mallon spent the final three months of last season on loan at
A GREAT deal has been written about Haxby Memorial Hall. As a memorial it is a non-event, the true memorial stands in St Mary's Church. As an architectural beauty it is one of the worst examples of its era. The late Kenneth Ward, who gave the Ethel Ward
SIMON Wiles, director of resources at City of York Council, states: "The stolen money is covered by insurance so there will be no cost to the council tax payer" (Letters, October 18). Really? Can he therefore also confirm that the council's insurers have
FIFTEEN thousand pounds of council tax money lost without a trace, a senior council employee dismissed under a veil of secrecy, no doubt with a payout and pension from council tax money. No consultation on the green bins and fortnightly collection, the
WE have a Liberal Democrat-dominated council in York. With regard to various measures it has been responsible for, including the much-criticised dustbin problem, I feel the only relevant question for me is, when do we next have local elections in York
COUNCILLOR Reid's "apology" for her "misjudgement" in "allowing" her daughter's wedding cortege to test the new traffic light system mustn't, I think, be taken too seriously. What I imagine she is really sorry about is that her imperious misuse of the
Thursday, October 20, 2005 100 years ago The Evening Press columnist, in his review of York, observed the spread and development of its suburbs. One instance of York's extension was the building of terraces on the road towards York at Haxby which had
I AM writing to warn other countryside users - motorsport enthusiasts, mountain bikers, horse riders, in fact anyone who uses the rights of way network other than those on foot - of the threat they will shortly face. Earlier this month the Government
AS THE nights are already drawing in and it's already feeling cooler, many of us are turning out our cupboards in search of the old electric blanket. However, as electric blankets are delicate things and safety features have improved a lot over the years
New Earswick ARLC Under-16s paid the price for too much lost ball when losing 36-14 to West Hull. They hit back well after going 6-0 down as Henderson put Elliot Bridges over but they then spent much time on the back foot, with a Dan Atkinson try disallowed
THE controversial departure of head coach Eric Fitzsimons from York Acorn ARLC will not affect the role at the club of former York City Knights star Darren Callaghan. That was Callaghan's own assessment of the situation at Thanet Road after a turbulent
Selby is growing - thousands of new houses are being built, the by-pass has eased town centre traffic, a range of different shops is opening up. But what will all the new people in the new houses do for local entertainment? Isn't it time that one of the
Hambleton trainer Kevin Ryan, busy buying yearlings at Doncaster Sales this week, can reap rewards from one of last year's purchases on Town Moor tomorrow. The £30,000 DBS October Yearling Stakes is confined to horses bought at Doncaster's auction 12
Nestl Rowntree remain top of the York Mitchell Sports League division one after a win over Haxby Town. Jacob Gore (2) and Kieran Flanagan scored while Mathew Yeoman was man of the match. Tom Williams replied. Rawcliffe moved to second place following
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have agreed new contracts or contract extensions to tie their top performers to the club up to and in some cases beyond the 2007 domestic season. Bowling trio Deon Kruis, Tim Bresnan and Richard Dawson, plus wicket-keeper
YOU'VE got to feel sorry for Ann Reid. Well, you don't have to but I do - if only for a moment in a double-edged columnist's sort of a way. Ann is the York transport supremo who seems to have made a supremo mistake after agreeing that her daughter should
A SENIOR business leader is to see for himself an controversial play which exposes the brutal reality behind workplace language York Theatre Royal extended the invitation to Len Cruddas, chief executive of York and North Chamber of Commerce, to Top Dogs
CITIZENS of York, Nebraska, have rejected plans to import a fake corner of York, England, and we don't blame them. Critics often a cry that our own city is in danger of "Disneyfication", with its rich architectural treasures reduced to the level of a
COACH driver Anthony Ferrant was today facing a lengthy stretch in jail after being convicted of trying to get a man to murder a friend. Ferrant, 50, of Gale Lane, Acomb, York, who solicited tattooist Martin Blythe to kill fellow York coach driver Paul
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a late-night licence at York's Barbican Centre have lost the first round of their legal challenge. City magistrates yesterday rejected an appeal by local residents who claimed notices advertising the proposals had not been
NORTH Yorkshire's Simon Dyson was hoping a late start would get him among the front-runners in the Mallorca Classic which started at the Pula Golf Club today. Dyson was among one of the last threesomes out on the course alongside Scotsman Steven O'Hara
THE DISTRAUGHT parishioners of a crumbling York church are appealing for help to save their beloved building. A dwindling congregation coupled with decaying stonework has threatened the future of St Thomas's with St Maurice's Church, in Lowther Street
Pickering snooker professional Paul Davison is hoping to have at least consolidated his good position in the rankings after having reached the last 16 of the fourth tournament of the Pontin's International Open Series. He was in 14th place at the start
A WEALTHY businessman from North Yorkshire was brutally murdered on a Caribbean island, Venezuelan officials said today. Police in Venezuela said Kenneth Todd was bludgeoned to death with the butt of a pistol on the island of Margarita. Mr Todd, a director
Nestl Rowntree remain top of the York Mitchell Sports League division one after a win over Haxby Town. Jacob Gore (2) and Kieran Flanagan scored while Mathew Yeoman was man of the match. Tom Williams replied. Rawcliffe moved to second place following
In an exclusive interview, embattled council transport boss Ann Reid opens up to STEPHEN LEWIS about the car journey which made headlines around the world. DEFIANT York transport boss Ann Reid said today she would not resign over the fiasco of the green
DEVELOPMENT control officer John Ashton remarks that St Barnabas C of E School is "not considered to be of listable quality" ("Flats likely to replace school", October 18). Not considered listable by whom? Has an application for listed status ever been
HOW amazing! While citizens of York are having to endure service cuts, Steve Galloway wants a million pounds to meet an inflated wage bill. Meanwhile, Parliament Street toilets are potentially to be demolished in favour of a hideous structure, resembling
I AM so annoyed! On Friday evening my wife and I were attending a service at the Minster, due to start at 5.30 pm but to be there at 5pm. We parked in the Castle car park at 4.45 to allow time to walk to Deansgate. As I understood the instructions it
IT was very kind of Coun Reid to offer the use of her daughter's wedding vehicles to test York's new "green lane" technology. This usually involves fitting vehicles such as ambulances and fire engines with a device that identifies them to the traffic
OVER the years I have disagreed with many of Ann Reid's transport policies. However I felt ashamed Ann felt it necessary to apologise over the green light scenario. Have we really got to the stage where civil servants for Ann or Ann for her daughter can't
I DON'T hold any particular brief for Coun Ann Reid but all this brouhaha and righteous indignation about her daughter's wedding cortege seems quite excessive to me. So, just to balance the record, bully for her, I say, and bully for the council too -
SO Blair and Bush are at it again! The diatribe against Iran is the same as the 45 minute warning on weapons of mass destruction - lies to justify taking action. Blair says: "We have evidence but no proof". Evidence is proof or it is not evidence (Oxford
NEW Earswick All Blacks are bracing themselves for a forward battle as they host Upton for a place in the last eight of the Tetley's Yorkshire Cup (ko 2pm), writes Peter Martini. Both sides are unbeaten in their respective leagues - New Earswick are fourth
AMATEUR rugby league clubs York Acorn and New Earswick All Blacks are both to be awarded prestigious Club Mark recognition. Furthermore, they are likely to be presented with the accolade at one of the forthcoming matches in the Gillette Tri-Nations Series
YORK Acorn ARLC women's team have been fined £100 following the abandonment amid stormy scenes of their game against East Hull. The Press reported last week that the game in question was ended after just 20 minutes as three players continually questioned
You know, after nearly four years of living in York, and having moaned on about having to drive and live in the centre of York, I feel I need to make my views known. You see before I actually moved to York, I had a 120-mile round trip every day from Sheffield
A night out watching live music in Liverpool's Legendary Cavern Club held a surprise for popular York band Flashback, who were suddenly aware that Pete Best, the Beatles' original drummer, was standing close by. They eventually got into conversation with
The government looks set to scrap plans for a partial ban of smoking in public places and workplaces, as cabinet ministers begin to push for a total ban. This would mean no smoking in all public places, bars, restaurants, clubs etc. How do you feel about
