A THREE-year project in two York schools, to help children with emotional health and well-being, is set to be expanded to all schools in the city. The project at Canon Lee School and Clifton Green Primary School came to an end this year, but now lessons
A YORK school has become the fifth in the area this year to be presented with the Investors in People standard. Fulford Cross School joins Tockwith Primary, Robert Wilkinson Primary in Strensall, Rawcliffe Infant and Nursery and Lord Deramore's Primary
DEFENDER Tom Cowan was named among the substitutes for this afternoon's reserve team clash at Bootham Crescent against Scunthorpe United, kick-off 2pm. Cowan has been out of action for two months with a calf strain and although starting the game on the
CHAIRMAN John Batchelor reckons York City may never get their hands on a share of a £20million rescue package designed to aid football's ailing clubs. As reported in yesterday's Evening Press, the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, the Football Association
I WOULD like to give a few answers in response to W Elliott ('Phone mast snobs', December 7). Yes, I do have a mobile phone and I am sure some residents near the mast do as well. The reason both myself and local residents were against the mast was the
AS your own letters page has clearly shown, there are a variety of arguments for and against the reopening of the railway station at Haxby. I note that Dale Edwards writes from Bootham (November 25). I have simply voiced the concerns of certain constituents
WITH so much doom and gloom around, let's hear it for those who take the time for a friendly smile, a laugh and a joke at any season of the year. Where I live, this year's awards go to Alan, the newsagent in Melrosegate, Glynnis and Elaine at Kwik Save
County Durham trainer Howard Johnson, who is enjoying a purple patch, heads south to Huntingdon tomorrow with every chance of adding to his burgeoning tally of winners. Johnson can kick-off on the right foot with Nap selection My Shenandoah in the Fred
A ROW over plans to supply Selby councillors with laptop computers at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds intensified today. The district council's scrutiny committee has decided to "call in" the decision after questioning whether it was the right thing
SELBY'S Citizens' Advice Bureau is the first in the north to become computerised. Its office, in Park Street, is one of only three showcase bureaux in the country now storing all its records on computer. Selby CAB went fully electronic yesterday -- just
SINGING waitress Claire Cave is entertaining customers in York's most famous tearoom. York St John's music and performance student Claire, 20, expanded her job as a part-time Betty's waitress to entertaining staff and visitors. She has now been given
AN important national rail training scheme has seen success with its first set of graduates. Twenty-three GNER train drivers and nine Railtrack signallers have completed assessment awards at York College. The students successfully negotiated NVQ2 assessment
CHRISTMAS has come early for a trio of North Yorkshire charities - thanks to the Evening Press. York Wheels, Selby District Vision and Malton, Norton and District In-Touch have all scooped awards from the Gannett Foundation. They have been given a combined
DRINGHOUSES all-rounder John Crowe produced an astonishing bowling spell to help his side gain a seven-run win over Pickering in division two of the York and District Senior Indoor Cricket League, despite the gallant efforts of 16-year-old Steve Beal.
YORK fundraisers have been messing about on the river - in preparation for a mammoth money-making event next year. The Rotary Club of York is organising the Great York Dragon Boat Challenge in support of St Leonard's Hospice and other charities. Thirty
A minute's silence for the late Alec Fyrth, a founder member of York and District Junior Cricket Association, was held at the association's annual meeting this week. He had been the organisation's chairman since 1976, but died suddenly at the age of 73
Coffee drinkers helped raise £700 in aid of the Wilf Ward Family Trust. Scores of supporters attended the event held at Isabella Court, Westgate, in Pickering, for the trust which provides services and support for people with learning difficulties in
A NORTH Yorkshire woman who braved extreme heat during a fire-walking challenge has handed over hundreds of pounds to the county's St John Ambulance service. Julie Hallam, who works at the Pickering branch of Yorkshire Building Society, was among staff
IT was a case of unlucky thirteen for the horrified residents of a Selby street. The driver of a Ford Sierra was trying to escape from police when he ploughed into 13 cars parked in Petre Avenue, on the Abbots Road estate. Police said the vehicles sustained
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out why a decent police service is going to cost us more MICK Brighton doesn't mince his words. Even without the huge burden placed upon police resources by pensions, North Yorkshire police would be financially in "deep ****", he says
THE worthy winners of the Evening Press Kool Kidz competition have enjoyed an extremely cool night out - at a sneak preview of the Theatre Royal pantomime, Babbies In The Wood. The kids were all nominated for an award for their contributions to the community
ALL ASPECTS of City of York Council's work are to go under the microscope during a major review of the effect they have on reducing crime and disorder in York's communities. The review has been approved by senior councillors, and is a response to section
Five wards at York District Hospital remained closed today as the number of people struck by a diarrhoea and vomiting virus continued to rise. Five days after the first symptoms were spotted, 55 patients and nine staff were said to be suffering, up from
STAFF at a North Yorkshire museum are celebrating after securing the funding for a massive £500,000 development project. The Ryedale Folk Museum, in Hutton-le-Hole on the North York Moors, has been awarded £418,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Cash
AN INQUIRY into Internet use at the British Library has led to the suspension of some staff from the library's Boston Spa branch - for allegedly looking at website porn. The library has said the inquiry is an internal matter and no crimes have been committed
THE marked thaw in what for years has been an icy relationship between Yorkshire and their Headingley landlords, Leeds CFAC, has resulted in the two parties arranging a Press conference at the Test venue tomorrow. Although details are being kept under
A RETIRED York psychiatrist has been charged with rape and indecent assault. Former Clifton Hospital consultant Michael Haslam, 68, of Crayke, near Easingwold, faces one charge of rape and four of indecent assault. Dr Haslam's solicitor, John Howard,
RONNIE O'Sullivan is at a loss as he seeks to stay on track in the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York tonight. Although the defending champion beat Hong Kong's Marco Fu 9-7 last night at the Barbican Centre to reach the last eight, 'The Rocket
POLICE hunting the hit-and-run driver who knocked down York schoolgirl Katie Scales were revisiting the scene today to appeal for information. Exactly a week after 11-year-old Katie, from Haxby, suffered multiple injuries in the incident in Blossom Street
THERE were stars in the audience as well as on stage at the York Theatre Royal pantomime last night. Winners of the Evening Press Kool Kidz competition were treated to a preview of Berwick Kaler's latest hit, Babbies In The Wood. These young VIPs' stories
SCHOOL children are being given a tasty reward for their hard work, thanks to an awards scheme introduced by a York pizza restaurant. Domino's, in Bishopthorpe Road, has donated hundreds of pizza vouchers to schools so head teachers can reward pupils
CHILDREN from a York school launched a major investigation into the vital question Do You Believe In Father Christmas? for their school production. The production at Scarcroft Primary School featured a Panorama-style newsroom, where young reporters interrogated
AN APPEAL for Christmas gifts for underprivileged children proved a real success at Acomb Primary School, York, with more than 50 boxes of presents collected. The school council organised the collection of boxes full of stationery, toys and toiletries
LEGENDARY cricket umpire Dickie Bird swooped into York today to sign copies of his new book, Dickie Bird's Britain. The blunt 69-year-old Yorkshireman travelled all over Britain to comment on our most famous landmarks and sporting occasions in the new
ARMED police officers swooped on a house in York this afternoon after worried residents reported seeing a man with a gun. Members of the North Yorkshire Police tactical firearms unit were deployed to Beckfield Lane, Acomb, at lunchtime. They executed
A VIOLENT robber has died in prison while serving a long jail sentence for crimes including an horrendous attack on a Good Samaritan in York. The Prison Service confirmed today that Christopher Martin Gilchrist, who was serving more than seven years for
YORK City could be the next destination for the much-travelled Harrogate Town chairman Bill Fotherby. The Evening Press has been led to believe that millionaire Fotherby has expressed a tentative interest in a possible take-over of the ailing Division
THE marked thaw in what for years has been an icy relationship between Yorkshire and their Headingley landlords, Leeds CFAC, has resulted in the two parties arranging a Press conference at the Test venue tomorrow. Although details are being kept under
MY attention has been drawn to the article reporting the York Without Walls conference (November 27). In it I am referred to as Professor of Social Injustice at the University of Hull. Social justice is concerned with issues of human rights, poverty and
A SCHOOLBOY in uniform of well below 16 asked for a single ticket at Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride. Even the driver was astonished at the amount indicated on his ticket machine so he called for a second opinion from a P&R official, who boarded the
THE trouble with the Blairs is that he's the Prime Minister and she's the spouse. Cherie would make a far better PM than Tony. As his wife, she is abandoned to the misogynist wolves of the "woman friendly" Daily Mail. Yup, her association with a convicted
RONNIE O'Sullivan is at a loss as he seeks to stay on track in the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York tonight. Although the defending champion beat Hong Kong's Marco Fu 9-7 last night at the Barbican Centre to reach the last eight, 'The Rocket
POACHERS looking to bag a Christmas salmon are being warned they will be caught and prosecuted. The warning from the Environment Agency comes after two alleged poachers were arrested in Redcar last week following a tip-off from a member of the public.
DRINGHOUSES took another decisive step towards retaining their Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' title by hammering fourth-placed Osbaldwick 8-1. Alex Dewhirst, Nick Brown, Jamie Backhouse (2), Gary Lonsborough, Alan Smith, Wayne Carter
BIGGEST hamper of the day in the 82-peg sell-out York Fur and Feather fished on the Ouse below York went to Tim Harrison (Anglers World York) thanks to the day's only skimmers. The river was carrying two feet of extra cold water but over a pound and a
YORK acoustic singer-songwriter Dan Webster takes a break from recording his new album to play a home-city show in Fibbers tomorrow. "I've been busy this past month doing the album. All the vocal and guitar parts are complete - the Dan bits! - and are
HEWORTH Under-16s cruised into the second round of the Yorkshire League Cup with an impressive 47-2 victory at division three leaders Kippax. With skipper Liam Stagnell orchestrating play, Kippax were chasing shadows as dummy runners created gaps for
RESIDENTS who joined forces after their houses were devastated by floods in the 1980s are planning to clean up sections of the River Ouse if they win the £400 offered in our River Rescue competition. BLAST - or Bootham, Longfield and Sycamore Terrace
IT'S a busy month for Father Christmas, and in one Ryedale village he was run off his feet. Santa was hard at work in his grotto at Thornton-le-Dale as children from the C of E school had fun at their Christmas Fair. Headteacher Colin Babister said: "
BURGLARS have raided a number of village homes. A large amount of jewellery was among the items stolen in a string of break-ins at Upper Poppleton, near York. Thieves forced a back window at a house in Hodgson Lane, and stole a jewellery and a mobile
WIDOW Rosalind Craven has vowed to fight on after losing her battle to halt the march of the pylons across the Vale of York. Even though she may still face ruinous costs for her campaign of opposition, she still intends if possible to take her case to
SELBY'S council house waiting list will be dramatically reduced after the Government today approved an innovative scheme to build affordable homes. The £18 million public-private partnership will provide 250 low-cost homes to rent, bringing properties
EQUESTRIAN expert Captain Mark Phillips is to host a master class and demonstration at a North Yorkshire school. Capt Phillips, former husband of the Princess Royal, will be at Queen Ethelburga's College, at Thorpe Underwood, near Boroughbridge, on January
THE night sky should be exploding with celestial activity as one of the most impressive shooting star showers of the year takes place this week. The celestial fireworks will be part of the Geminid meteor shower, taking place every night this week. They
TRAIN bosses today warned their striking conductors that they stand to lose £250 each if they carry out a threat to walk out over the Christmas period. Ray Price, managing director of Arriva Trains Northern (ATN), said staff would be hit hard in the pocket
COUNCIL taxpayers in York and North Yorkshire are to be hit with a massive hike in what they have to pay for their police service - for the second year running. Police chiefs are asking for an increase in the police precept - the police element of the
ONE award-winning North Yorkshire software firm has announced plans to take over another in a £9 million deal which could mean some job losses. Coda of Harrogate has signalled to the London Stock Exchange its plan to swallow up its near-neighbour, the
DEFENDER Tom Cowan was named among the substitutes for this afternoon's reserve team clash at Bootham Crescent against Scunthorpe United, kick-off 2pm. Cowan has been out of action for two months with a calf strain and although starting the game on the
SICK thugs cut the claws off a baby rabbit until it bled and then burnt its feet with the end of a cigarette. The rabbit was found in its hutch at a house on Barstow Avenue, York, with claws cut off on its two back legs and cigarette burns. Police are
A YORK teenager who won through to the quarter-finals of Channel 4 television show Countdown is keeping tight-lipped about the results to be screened tomorrow. A-level student Julian Fell, 18, from Quaker Gardens, Woodthorpe, achieved eight consecutive
A VICAR has asked for his village to leave Selby and become part of York following claims that its council ignored public opinion. Rev John Roden has been a leading opponent of development in Main Street, Appleton Roebuck. He has asked if the village
AN outraged York councillor has slammed a developer for chopping down trees at a building site. Coun Irene Waudby, representing Rawcliffe and Skelton, says Barratt Homes has started to pull down trees and demolish earthworks at its proposed joint housing
YORK City could be the next destination for the much-travelled Harrogate Town chairman Bill Fotherby. The Evening Press has been led to believe that millionaire Fotherby has expressed a tentative interest in a possible take-over of the ailing Division
A GOVERNMENT Minister will play a part in a major carol service at York Minster next week - through a telephone link. Paul Boateng, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, will give a reading from Whitehall using a telephone conference facility. The telephone
YORK could develop a Metro-style rail system in an effort to entice even more people out of their cars and on to public transport. Council chiefs today confirmed they were looking at the possibilities of introducing an ultra-light rail system into the
CHAIRMAN John Batchelor reckons York City may never get their hands on a share of a £20million rescue package designed to aid football's ailing clubs. As reported in yesterday's Evening Press, the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, the Football Association
TWO men had an amazing escape when their lorries skidded on black ice, ploughed through a garden hedge and smashed into an outhouse less than ten metres from a row of cottages. No one was hurt in the accident, which involved a recovery vehicle and the
TADCASTER Schools' girls finished third in the final of the English Schools' Cross-Country Cup at Northwich, Cheshire. It was the highest-ever placing by a North Yorkshire school. They were led home by Nicola Lampard, who finished 11th, followed by Charlotte
GIVEN the choice, Cherie Blair would rather have been anywhere but facing the press pack last night. Her distrust of the media is so marked that this was the first time most people had heard a substantial statement from the Prime Minister's wife. But
THE best children's fiction is invariably that which most exercises the imagination. Take Oscar And Hoo, the tale of a little boy who has lost his parents and is alone in the desert. Then a cloud called Hoo appears... Follow their adventures in this thin
