MEMBERS of the jury in the Selby train crash trial were today continuing to consider their verdicts. They left Courtroom Number Five at Leeds Crown Court yesterday at 12.52pm. Three hours and 23 minutes later, at 4.15pm, Mr Justice Mackay sent them home
CONSERVATIVE leader Iain Duncan Smith says RAF Fylingdales and Menwith Hill are unlikely to ever be involved in America's plans for a missile defence system. In an exclusive Evening Press interview, Mr Duncan Smith gave his backing to President George
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a York police clampdown on winter menaces - cyclists who ride without lights IT'S not only motorists who are beginning to get the hump with cyclists who insist on riding without lights these dark nights - now it's the police,
Heworth 'A' increased their lead in the York Conservative clubs' Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League to ten points with a 5-2 victory over Bootham 'B' to end the first half of the season unbeaten. George Lone took the first frame for Bootham before wins by
MORE than 100 extra primary school teacher training places have been created in York as part of a boost announced today. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) announced details of an increase in the number of teacher-training places nationally for next year
Yorkshire have signed a new three-year sponsorship deal with Leeds and Holbeck Building Society to re-launch and develop their junior section which has been renamed the Junior Vikings. The Junior Vikings, previously called the Junior Tykes, have a new
THE Archbishop of York has emerged as one of the most frugal of the Church of England's senior clergy in a report published to today. Dr David Hope is among the most economical of the 114 clergymen analysed in the Bishops' Office and Working Costs report
Copmanthorpe opened a three-point lead in the Leeper Hare York and District League division two with a 4-1 home win over Haxby and Wigginton. Mark Flood (2) and Neil Coleman netted for Cop before Mark Grewer responded but Steve Illing put the result beyond
The 98 entry York Amalgamation Fur and Feather on the Ouse below York saw the river carrying two feet of cold floodwater. Odd bream and skimmers made the frame look respectable in a generally poor match where the last of the 30 Christmas bonus prizes
CYCLISTS who insist on riding after dark without lights are to be targeted in a new police crackdown. Officers in York say they are a menace not only to themselves, but to pedestrians and motorists too. Now police, fed up of giving offending cyclists
SIR ALEX Ferguson has backed York Racecourse as a venue to stage future Breeders Cup races. He is an advocate of holding the American multi-million dollar spectacular on both sides of the Atlantic. The Manchester United manager was at Knavesmire last
POST Office bosses have been told they can move their premises to a new site in Malton - but a senior councillor claims it could prove an empty victory. Postmaster David Lewis wants to move the office from Wheelgate to a vacant shop in Market Place. Plans
A SHOCKED postal workers' leader warned today that services in North Yorkshire will suffer through Consignia proposals to cut up to 30,000 jobs nationwide. And he said he feared the company might try to close the York sorting office as part of a major
THE Coppergate Riverside scheme in York has been branded "civic vandalism" by the former press secretary and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher. Sir Bernard Ingham, a man renowned for pulling no punches both during his time at Number 10 and afterwards
Victoria Graves recorded the first-ever win for Archbishop Holgate's in the Year Seven race at the York Schools Cross-Country Championships - after coming unstuck. Graves lost her shoe in the mud soon after the start of the race on Knavesmire, but showed
ALTHOUGH I haven't much affection for the royal family (especially Edward and Sophie), I did feel terribly sorry for the Countess of Wessex this week. Not only did she suffer the pain and sadness of losing her baby because of an ectopic pregnancy - but
I have no political affiliation whatsoever. I have a very poor opinion of all MPs whichever party they represent. They seem only to represent their parties, themselves or some political dogma. A perfect example is the hypocrisy with which Anne McIntosh
PERHAPS if we returned the Elgin Marbles now in the British Museum and bought for £35,000 - and which really should have been left in Athens where they rightfully belong - the "plane spotters" will be freed before Christmas. This gesture of goodwill might
I WAS intrigued to learn that City Screen in York's Coney Street is to play recorded birdsong in its public areas to help staff and patrons mellow out. (Press, December 8). Perhaps they could complement this with a selection of bird-related easy listening
I THANK the kind man who returned my keys and bus pass which he found in the gents toilet at Selby Car Park, after my shopping bag was stolen in Selby on November 26. He posted these to me and I wish I could have thanked him personally. The Abbey Administrator
A MASSIVE increase in the use of the highly-addictive drug crack cocaine across York has led to an upsurge in other types of crime. Some local drug users are "doubling up" a heroin addiction with a crack habit, the Evening Press has learned. Crack is
ARRESTED York air enthusiast Andy Jenkins was today told he will be released from prison, but at a heavy price. The three Greek judges investigating the espionage charges against Andy and his 11 fellow British plane spotters say they can be released on
I HAD the good luck last week to be asked to spend a day at the Barbican Centre watching snooker. It's a hard life, I know, but someone has to do it. I am not exactly qualified to be writing on the subject. It is more than 30 years since I last held a
YORKSHIRE'S dream of UK Snooker Championship glory died in York Barbican last night, when Leeds-based Paul Hunter was defeated by John Higgins. The third-round encounter was closer than the scoreline suggested, with Hunter showing true grit in a series
DRUGS are a sad fact of modern life and wishing them away won't solve anything. Instead, hard work and intelligence are needed to control and limit the damage drugs do to society. This is why police in North Yorkshire have been pioneering a fresh approach
WE might not often think of bishops as big spenders, but a Church of England report out today, which for the first time itemises bishops' expenses, shows that some prelates are more profligate than others. Fortunately, the Archbishop of York, Dr David
YORK City boss Terry Dolan today revealed utility player Marc Thompson is not part of his long-term plans. The City boss, who handed Thompson his Football League debut when he arrived at the club in February 1999, has confirmed the 19-year-old's contract
FORMER York City favourite Alan Pouton's hopes of facing the Minstermen when they tackle Grimsby in the third round of the FA Cup have been dealt a cruel blow. Pouton faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after tests revealed the combative midfielder
Floss Slack, who has been connected with the City of York Tennis Championships as a player and administrator for 50 years, is to become president of the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Association. She won the York women's doubles seven times with two partners.
York, who had lost their opening four matches, gained their first victory in the Brown Shipley Premier Tennis Winter League by crushing Heaton 4-0 at Bradford. The remaining fixtures are at Graves, Sheffield on January 12, and against Doncaster at Goole
SOME York asbestos victims could be badly hit by a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal, solicitors warned today. The court yesterday upheld a previous High Court judgment that compensation could not be paid in a case where a worker was exposed to the
York RI RUFC Under 15s found it tough against a big Dinnington pack as they lost 22-5. The South Yorkshire side led 12-0 after having the advantage of the slope on their own pitch, and RI's Dave Holt was injured making a tackle which reduced the visitors
NORTH YORKSHIRE communities hit by the foot and mouth crisis are to receive a "welcome boost to morale" from the Prince of Wales. The Prince is to visit the county on Monday to show his support for those most affected by the outbreak, and to see how local
MORE than 300 staff will be based at York's new Pension Service office, offering a better service to elderly people with pension problems. As exclusively predicted in last night's Evening Press, Work and Pensions Minister Alistair Darling announced yesterday
TADCASTER Albion boss Wayne Day was seething with the referee's display after seeing his side lose 2-1 after extra-time to Goole in the West Riding Cup. Albion were denied three penalty appeals - one an apparent handball while the ball was goalbound -
THE man found face down in the River Foss at the weekend had fallen in twice before, police have revealed. Ian Hutchinson, who was in his 50s, was unmarried and lived alone at Alder Way, New Earswick. He fell in the river after a day of heavy drinking
York Wasps have strengthened their squad with the signing of former Hull KR second row Ian Kirke. The 20-year-old, who has been with Rovers for three years having come up through their Academy structure, had a spell with Hull FC's Alliance side last season
THEY'RE behind you - both of them. The "king and queen" of the York panto scene have gathered together with their casts ready for the festive season. Neighbours star Anne Charleston, who played Madge before her untimely death in the popular soap opera
YORKSHIRE'S dream of UK Snooker Championship glory died in York Barbican last night, when Leeds-based Paul Hunter was defeated by John Higgins. The third-round encounter was closer than the scoreline suggested, with Hunter showing true grit in a series
YORK City boss Terry Dolan today revealed utility player Marc Thompson is not part of his long-term plans. The City boss, who handed Thompson his Football League debut when he arrived at the club in February 1999, has confirmed the 19-year-old's contract
SANTA is joining in the fundraising for Jamie's Have a Heart Appeal, as the total now reaches £5,500. The Evening Press and Nestl sponsored grotto at Monks Cross Shopping Park has a special wishing well where visitors can make a donation to the appeal
THE only Selby pitman to be sacked after the miners' strike said today he had been betrayed by the Government's "token" response to a 16-year-old injustice. Energy Minister Brian Wilson announced that miners sacked in the 1984-85 strike were to have their
MUSICAL angels have flown into York for a Christmas festival. An angel orchestra of specially-commissioned sculptures is in the churchyard at St Margaret's in Walmgate for the York Early Music Christmas Festival. The sculptures, designed by students from
York Wasps have strengthened their squad with the signing of former Hull KR second row Ian Kirke. The 20-year-old, who has been with Rovers for three years having come up through their Academy structure, had a spell with Hull FC's Alliance side last season
Judaic Ways, successful at Ludow last month, returns to the course tomorrow with excellent prospects of capturing the day's feature race. Henry Daly's gelding lines-up for the £12,000 Viscount Boyne Memorial Challenge Trophy Handicap Chase and is expected
I WAS standing at the bus stops opposite York Railway Station recently and motorists were, as they approached from the city centre, turning right to enter the station entrance and forecourt. Two motorists did a U-turn and then mounted the kerb of the
I find the lack of response from Evening Press readers to the proposal by Selby District Councillors to award themselves a salary ('Councillors to get wage', December 5) somewhat mystifying. Do they not realise it is they who will have to fund these salaries
I WRITE in response to Coun Merrett's letter on Coppergate II (Letters, December 6). What Coun Merrett seems to forget is that a vast amount of shopping floor space has been added in and around this city in recent years and there is now a significant
CAN someone at Consignia (Royal Mail to most of us) explain why it cost me £2.10 to send a calendar weighing 200g to New Zealand, when the same item, weighing exactly the same, cost my friends only the Kiwi equivalent of 75p to send to me? Presumably
