An East Coast Main Line train was derailed when it hit a car on the track. The car driver was killed in the collision, which happened when the Edinburgh to Plymouth Virgin service was heading through Copmanthorpe, near York. A North Yorkshire Police
LANDLORDS in York were warned today they could lose their licences if drunken customers are served in their pubs. The city's licensing manager John Lacy, issued the warning after a 19-year-old was sentenced for smashing a pub window at Copmanthorpe.
WHEN Lauren Ashby was appointed head girl at York's Bootham School, she was maintaining a family tradition. For her father, Alan, was head boy at the same school more than 30 years ago. Today, the father and daughter spoke of the differences between
AN AID worker from North Yorkshire who spent a lifetime helping people in Asia and Africa, and who survived an earthquake which killed an estimated 100,000 people in China, died when the tsunami struck an isolated Thai island, it emerged today. Robin
THE total raised by York Aid for the tsunami disaster has reached £28,766 - helped by a £10,000 donation from The Shepherd Building Group to help rebuild the lives of communities. The company, which has offices in Fulford, made the generous gift following
A MOTHER and daughter were swept on to the top of a building in the tsunami disaster which left York man Stephen Magson presumed dead. Denise Magson and her daughter, India, survived after being caught up by the massive wave as it engulfed Phi Phi
The Evening Press has joined forces with City of York Council to launch an appeal for survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster. Katie Emslie reports on how people across the region are getting involved in fundraising. FROM Live-Aid style concerts to
COUNCIL officials have praised the generous donations of residents across York to the disaster appeal - but warned donors to make sure they give only to bona-fide collectors. Dick Haswell, York council's head of licensing, said: "These pictures we're
TENS of thousands of pounds have been thrown into collection buckets across York as residents responded to the tsunami disaster with amazing generosity. "People have been fantastically generous," said Oxfam area manager Libby Desforges, who went out
CITY of York council leader Steve Galloway said: "The imperative is that the spontaneous groundswell of public goodwill and action is maintained until not only the immediate crisis has passed, but also until the rebuilding programme has been completed
RUGBY stars from Super League champions Leeds Rhinos carried out a tsunami appeal collection at their match against York City Knights. Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield was joined by team mates Barrie McDermott and Great Britain internationals Danny Maguire
YORK's open-top tour bus company has donated a day's takings to the tsunami appeal. Top Line Travel gave up all £283 in fares on December 27 to the growing fund. Meanwhile, a collection for the victims of the Asian disaster raised £826 at the New
Fears were growing today for three York tourists who were holidaying in Thailand when the Asian earthquake struck. Father-of-three Stephen Magson, 54, remains missing in Phuket. His wife Denise and daughter India, who both survived the disaster,
As the grim death toll nears 140,000, STEVE CARROLL looks at what is being done - and what can be done - by local people to aid the victims of the Asian tsunami. TRAVELLING at more than 500mph - faster than a jet plane - the huge waves which crashed
TWO York sweethearts were missing today after their Thai holiday island was devastated by the Asian tsunami. The families of Sarah Emily Bent, 19, and her boyfriend, Robert William Rowbottom, 21, revealed they had not heard from them since Christmas
A TEAM of archaeologists have been digging up a field south of York in the hope of finding medieval remains. The South Ainsty Archaeological Society has been excavating trenches in a Copmanthorpe field. About 25 society members took part in the community
THE horror of the raging water was like "the end of the world", a York survivor said today. Newlyweds Louise and Greg Harrand are battered and bruised, with the wounds they suffered still raw - but they and their families are just relieved that they
CHURCHGOERS were thrilled today after a last-minute coffee morning raised more than £1,100 for the Asian tsunami appeal. Yesterday's coffee morning and bring-and-buy sale at Riccall Methodist Chapel attracted hundreds of people who wanted to make a
FEARS are growing for a York man, who is believed to missing in the tsunami disaster. Relatives and friends are concerned about the whereabouts of family man Stephen Magson, who travelled to Thailand with his wife, Denise, and their young daughter,
A YORK schoolgirl told today how she had to kick down a bungalow door to save herself and her terrified sisters from rising seawater amid the devastation wrought by the Asian tsunami. The floodwater then swept the three teenagers out into a lagoon,
CHARITIES around York and North Yorkshire are raising money to help the millions of victims struggling in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami. Aid workers need a constant flow of cash to supply medication, food, blankets and water purification tablets
A YORK holidaymaker told today how she survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka - after abandoning plans to go for a swim. Gwenda Feasby, of Woodthorpe, said something made her put away her bikini, and she was instead sitting in a beachside hotel bar with
THE Archbishop of York today urged people to pray for the victims of the Asian tsunami tragedy and to give generously to aid relief efforts. Dr David Hope said he was confident that the British people would support the massive appeal for help. "
I WRITE to ask your readers to help UNICEF UK save lives in the aftermath of the tidal waves caused by the strongest earthquake in the world for 40 years. Following this disaster across South East Asia, many thousands of people have died and millions
IT is one story among hundreds of thousands. Tonight we report the dramatic experience of Ryedale student Aimee Donald, who was swept away when the tidal wave hit her Sri Lankan hotel before being pulled to safety by other survivors gathered on the
STUDENT had a miraculous escape when the Asian tsunami swamped her hotel room in Sri Lanka. Eighteen-year-old Aimee Donald thought she would drown as water rose to six inches from the ceiling, but somehow she managed to battle her way out. The
Last night saw the first of the second-round heats in this year's Battle of the Bands competition, held at Fibbers. York three-piece Cardboard Radio - second favourites to win the whole contest according to Fibbers' website - surprised nobody by sailing
Fibbers had its roof blown off in the second round of the Battle Of The Bands competition last night. The second heat saw four bands turning their amps up to 11 in a bid to blast themselves towards a prize of £1,000 and a week in a recording studio
THE air may have been cool, but the battling bands at Fibbers were scorching hot. The narrowest of margins separated the contenders last night in the third of the second-round heats of this year's Battle of the Bands competition in York. Fibbers
AS YORK recovered from the first wave of Royal Ascot visitors, attention turned to the more familiar experience of the city's Battle of the Bands competition. Three more aspiring local groups went head to head last night at Fibbers, in the fourth heat
THE result, let's be fair, was pretty much a foregone conclusion, as bookies' favourites Idle Jack And The Big Sleep celebrated a landslide victory in their round two heat. The quality of the bands on show, however, was unexpectedly high, as Fibbers
The last heat of the Fibbers/ Evening Press Battle of the Bands saw A Dog Named Hero book their place in the semi-finals. The Federals came in second, and will now have all their fingers and toes crossed that they earned enough points to squeak through
The Stimulagos upset the bookies at Fibbers last night by steam-rollering their way into the Battle Of The Bands final. The 20-1 long shots swept aside both The Lieutenants and Cardboard Radio with a 2005 record vote of 93 that eclipsed the secret
Idle Jack And The Big Sleep defended their well-earned place as the bookies' favourites to win, as they strummed their way into the finals of Battle of the Bands. Last night's second semi-final saw the band triumphant in a joint agreement from both
IT WAS the night of the underdogs in York's Battle Of Tthe Bands competition. Astonishingly, three out of the four acts had only made it this far by virtue of being the highest-scoring losers. But you never would have guessed it from their quality
SCORES of Nestle Rowntree workers are set to demonstrate outside the Labour Party conference tomorrow against British job losses. A coachload of shop stewards and union members is set to travel to Manchester to attend a fringe meeting at the Palace Hotel
Photograph by Alan Rumney © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Ken Pitcher, York © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Ken Pitcher, York © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Eight new flats could be built next to a village pub south of York, if planning chiefs agree. Enterprise Inns plc wants to put up the flats next to the Fox And Hounds, in Copmanthorpe, along with extra car parking. City of York Council's planning department
From poor visibility to dodgy mushrooms and barbed-wire gates, intrepid George Wilkinson survives a walk at Moorsholm. Moorsholm is a linear village. We started at one end by the Toad Hall Arms. Nearby is a very good series of six connected stone
Jack Merry, landlord of the Tap & Spile, in Monkgate, York, grabs his chance during the annual Pork Pie Festival at the pub. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Ellie the owl, who was found safe and well after flying away from home six months ago. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Soldiers from the second Signal Regiment prepare for the Freedom of the City parade in York. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
The world's smallest book, The Lord's Prayer, which was for sale at the York National Book Fair. The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Vandals caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after going on a tyre slashing rampage in east York. The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Police investigators examine the wreckage of the jet car driven by Richard Hammond The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
AMBULANCE services which ferry thousands of patients to and from York Hospital could be privatised, The Press can reveal today. The non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS) which is operated by the Yorkshire Ambulance Trust, has now been put up
RECOGNISE any of these scenes? They're all in York, yes: but not a York anyone living now has ever seen. These wonderful drawings were made by the 19th century artist Edwin Ridsdale Tate, and they offer a window on York's past. They were supplied to
WATCH out for the plasma screen pirates, police are warning business people in York and North Yorkshire. Conmen have been cold- calling businesses in the region offering to arrange advertising on plasma television screens mounted in public places like
The Queen will today formally approve the work being done by an international award-winning ecological architectural practice in North Yorkshire. Her representative, the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Crathorne, arrived at the offices of Eco Arc, in Harton,
BIOSCIENCE Into Business will be the theme for next month's major showcase of the region's Bioscience Forum. More than 200 delegates, including academic researchers looking to commercialise their research and academic entrepreneurs who have already
CONNEXIONS York and North Yorkshire has awarded Harrogate-based Barker Brooks Media Ltd the contract to produce a range of publications for young people. Connexions is a Government-funded body charged with giving information, advice and guidance to
AS ANY barrister will tell you, they are all highly-educated men and women of words. But it seems that the word "cuckolded" is not in the legal dictionary. At least not in the dictionary of learned counsel Mark McKone. He was prosecuting in a love
MUSIC lessons make children brainier. Some boffin with a brain the size of the Millennium Dome and a certificate confirming his proficiency on the tuba says so, so it must be true. But what this brainy, brass blower failed to mention is that music lessons
IN A swell year for Kate Rusby, she has won Best Live Act in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and had her first top ten hit, a plaintive duet with Ronan Keating. She didn't do her pop moment, All Over Again, at Friday's concert but a sold-out York audience
ONE teenager died and another was seriously hurt in a horrific car crash which closed the A64 for seven hours. The teenagers were in a blue Citroen Saxo, which careered off the westbound carriageway of the road on its nearside, before overturning and
CELEBRATING 35 years not out, American performer Kelley Stoltz is too young to remember his foremost influences. Despite looking for all the world like a typically down-at-heel singer songwriter, this San Franciscan harks back to his city's golden age
NOBODY wants to see young children criminalised. All the evidence suggests that once a child has been dragged through the courts - and, even worse, ended up in custody - their prospects of a decent life are blighted. A criminal record sticks: and bringing
FANS of injured Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond have now contributed almost £150,000 towards the air ambulance that rushed him to hospital. An astonishing response which, at one stage, was averaging £1 per second. His family have been overwhelmed
IT was a ray of hope to able to meet Chris Grayling, the Conservative Shadow Transport Minister, earlier this week at Clifton Moor, and discuss York's worsening transport problems and the near-daily gridlock on the northern Outer Ring Road. There are
THE disaster of New Orleans would have been averted had the levees not broken in the storm surge of Katrina, a storm made more powerful by global warming. Here in Europe, the Dutch are worried that their system of levees may not withstand sea level
ARUN Arora defends the indefensible - the concept of religion, in this case the Christian religion (Letters, September 20). It is all a myth, encouraged by governments through the ages. The great mass of the people will fall more readily for the great
JESUS had no religion. He followed and obeyed his father God in everything, even to his death on the cross, to reconcile the world itself back to his laws, which are love and justice; and those who still defy his laws will eventually reap his justice
DO any readers remember, or were any of them members of, the Barbican Board? This was some two dozen mainly York residents invited to form a small group by the then socialist York City Council, to observe and follow the progress of the building and opening
WELL poor old Jenny Danks (Wheelie bin stink, letters, September 21). My two sons (aged seven and four) and I find with a little effort what we can recycle as much as possible. We have a plastic tub in our kitchen, in which we put plastic, paper,
WHEN New Labour were known simply as Labour they represented the dreams of generations before them. The aim of Labour was to improve lives for the poor, eliminate poverty, introduce liveable pensions, create a more equal society and reduce the working
AS a regular reader of your paper I often have a grumble about what I read. In Thursday's paper, regarding mobile phones, the police said they were catching six drivers every day illegally using them. If I stand outside my door I bet I can catch
Our children are being criminalised, according to a new report urging the Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility from ten to 14. Helen Gabriel reports on the controversial debate about juvenile crime. AT THE age of nine, your child
DRUMS were beating, flags were flying and bayonets were fixed. More than 100 soldiers marched through the streets of York as they exercised their Freedom of the City, on Saturday. The soldiers from the second Signal Regiment were led by the Heavy
YORK City manager Billy McEwan was left wondering how his side did not rack up a "cricket score" after Saturday's 2-2 home draw with Southport. The Minstermen had 18 attempts on the visitors' goal compared to Southport's three but had to rely on a 75th-minute
TADCASTER Albion were made to regret a string of missed chances as they crashed out of the FA Vase at home to lower league opposition. The Brewers dominated the first hour of their second qualifying round clash with Easington Colliery on Saturday
Quito makes the long journey from North Yorkshire to Susssex tomorrow with every chance of notching his first Group-race success. Trained at Stillington near Easingwold by David Chapman, the evergreen nine-year-old is a multiple winner of Listed races
Ricky Greening was quick off the mark for Pickering Town on Saturday. Here he is scoring one of the two goals he put away in the first four minutes of the 4-1 home win over Thackley in the Northern Counties East League premier division. Seb Towse made
SCARBOROUGH conceded a controversial goal and were unable to take full advantage of visitors Lancaster City being reduced to ten men late on, as they lost 2-1 in Nationwide North. Lancaster's Jimmy Kelly, who was in the Scarborough team that played Chelsea
Harrogate Town picked up three hard-earned points in Nationwide North with a 1-0 win at home to Vauxhall Motors. Harrogate applied most of the pressure in the first quarter, the visitors not having their first shot until the 29th minute. Town went in
THE big shock in the first round of the York FA Saturday Senior Cup saw the exit of Leeper Hare York and District League premier division side Wigginton Grasshoppers following defeat by division one opponents Hamilton Panthers. Grasshoppers took the
Cawood won a cliff-hanger at home to Nestle Rowntree Reserves in the first round of the York FA Saturday Junior Cup. Cawood goals from Andrew Oldfield, Ben Rawson and Peter McGoughin from the penalty spot took the game into extra-time, when it ended
Nick Lawrie netted a hat-trick in Osbaldwick's 5-2 win over Slingsby in the first round of York FA Saturday Junior Cup. Osbaldwick's other scorers were Paul Crangle and Neil Robertson. Nigel Allen and Ashley Cook netted for Slingsby, whose 'keeper Andy
YORK Acorn ARLC crashed 48-8 in a bad-tempered battle at Widnes St Maries - after at one stage being reduced to ten men. Widnes had just began to pull away in the second half when a brawl broke out which saw both teams have one player sent off and another
TOP Gear presenter Richard Hammond continues to recover well in hospital, doctors said. Fans donating cash for "Hammy's Heli" have now raised more than £150,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which flew him to Leeds General Infirmary. Donations have
CONFERENCE strugglers Southport failed to force a single corner and created just three goal-scoring opportunities in 90 minutes but, bafflingly, still left KitKat Crescent with a point from a 2-2 draw. York City managed six times as many goal attempts
It wasn't just the 3-2 win over high-flying Birmingham that cheered up Leeds United's fans and new caretaker-boss John Carver. It was the much-needed return of entertaining football to Elland Road that offered hope that the missing thousands - fewer
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club's Board are not going to rush into choosing a new club captain, following the resignation of Craig White. Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan said that the board would discuss the captaincy as soon as they had collected
York RUFC were a little grateful to beat Bridlington 32-19 in Yorkshire One and maintain their unbeaten start. They should have won easily after surging ahead but almost lost after wobbling in the face of the visitors' comeback. York were in total control
FAILURE to turn pressure into points and basic mistakes at crucial times cost Malton and Norton RUFC as they lost 30-22 at Sandal. Having had an easy passage in the Northumberland/Durham league last season, Malt are finding the going tougher in Yorkshire
Pocklington RUFC recorded another Yorkshire Two success with a 13-7 win over North Ribblesdale - but they made hard work of it. Pock looked the better side from the start. They were solid in the scrums, lock Mark Biggin did well in the middle of the
YORK RI RUFC are still awaiting their first win in Yorkshire Two after losing 34-12 at home to Dinnington. The scoreline flattered the visitors, but they had the game won in the opening quarter as a much-changed RI side took too much time to organise
HARROGATE RUFC crashed 36-7 away to Redruth in National Two - handing the Cornishmen their first win since February. Redruth led 24-0 at half-time courtesy of two tries, one conversion and four penalties. Harrogate - who made several unforced errors
FAMILY man Bryan Spooner punched a police officer who was having an affair with his wife. He thumped David Bate hard in the face, loosening two teeth, York Crown Court heard. The policeman had wrecked Spooner's marriage by having the affair with his
YORK'S second festival for the over-50s is set to feature a showcase of talent - from Egyptian dancing and magic, to jazz and folk music. The York 50+ Festival, which started at the weekend, includes a big show at York Theatre Royal at 2pm on Friday
SHADOW Transport Minister Chris Grayling has backed the campaign to dual the northern ring road in York and bring an end to motorists' misery. The MP joined Tory party hopeful Julian Sturdy to urge City of York Council to start building a case for a
Regulars at a city centre pub got stuck into some meaty fare, as the York Festival Of Food And Drink continued apace. The annual Pork Pie Festival at the Tap & Spile, in Monkgate, saw ten local butchers go head-to-head. The contest, on Saturday afternoon
A CONTROVERSIAL package of traffic-calming measures - including a 20mph zone, kerb build-outs and speed-tables - is to go ahead in Tadcaster. County councillors claim the moves, which have been approved by the authority's Selby Area Committee, will
