WE would like to express our thanks to the people of Fishergate ward for the astounding votes last Thursday that elected us as the city's first two Green Party councillors. We will be looking to work hard for the people of our ward and our city. We will
Bourgeois, so impressive on his reappearance at Haydock last month, provides Tim Easterby with an outstanding chance of winning his first Tote Chester Cup - worth £120,000 - tomorrow. Tim's father, Peter Easterby, won this historic staying race twice
FURTHER to the article 'Standing with Custer' (April 28) by Stephen Lewis. There is in the churchyard of the parish church of St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton, a gravestone inscribed: In Affectionate Remembrance Of William Sharrow Of This Place
Talks are taking place to ensure that world-beating internet technology is launched in Yorkshire. Neil Daly, chief executive of skyLINC, the York-based communications operator, today reported that two organisations, one based in Europe and the other in
IT SOUNDS like an episode from the BBC1 series DIY SOS. A North Yorkshire householder knocks down a wall while building a basement extension - and a large part of his house collapses. In the event, the Harrogate man needed more than the assistance of
This week is Local Newspaper Week, when the nation marks the achievements of the regional press. Today we continue our five-part look behind the scenes at the Evening Press - and some famous names tell us why they love local papers. Kate Adie - BBC chief
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to bring a disused railway line back into operation have reacted with delight to new Government backing for the scheme. They now hope the Countryside Agency will add its support for the resurrection of the Malton to Pickering line
FOR years Sid James has been a leading exhibitor and award-winner at shows around Ryedale. Now his lifelong involvement with Rosedale Show has been rewarded with him being named its new president. Sid, 74, of Rosedale, is renowned for the vegetables he
Cyclists are to take to the streets in the sixth Wetherby Cycle Ride on June 8 in aid of Man Alive 2003. Families, those who have not cycled for some time and real enthusiasts are all asked to take part in the event, with routes of 20 or 30 miles through
STAFF at a York DIY superstore paid pounds to lose pounds when they started their own "fat camp". Now 18 stones lighter, the 30 B&Q workers from the Hull Road store are due to present a cheque for £235 to SNAPPY (Special Needs Activities and Play
A BOUNCY castle, roundabout and train rides were among the fun attractions at a street fair in York. Residents in Copmanthorpe turned out in force for its 13th annual event in Low Green yesterday. Items at the stalls included RAF memorabilia, home-made
DENNIS Bradley, one of the best-known personalities in the brass band world in North Yorkshire, and a leading member of Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band, has died aged 76. He learned to play the cornet in 1936 in the Pickering Salvation Army Band, subsequently
A EAST Yorkshire driver who repeatedly defied court orders to stay off the roads earned himself four months in jail when he drove to York. Ryan Ferrie, 28, started breaking driving bans when he was 16 and has 20 convictions for driving while disqualified
CONVICTED killer Claire McDermott today started her third week on the run from Askham Grange Prison, near York. McDermott, 28, also known as Claire Weston, walked out of the prison on April 14. Police said today she was still at large. It is unknown if
AN ANGRY resident is fuming after piles of rubbish were dumped on a York football pitch. Waste including tarmac, guttering and dirty nappies was left on the football pitch near Huntington Stadium at Monks Cross. Some of the rubbish was blown from the
York City Baths Club swimmers, supported by Yorwaste, had another successful weekend at the Spa Town Distance Meet at Harrogate Hydro. York swimmers returned with five gold, seven silver and 11 bronze medals plus a total of 70 personal bests. Sophie Calpin
SIMON Dyson's ill-starred start to the European Golf Tour has turned into a right pain. The North Yorkshire ace faces a three-week spell out of action after he broke a bone in his right hand in a freak accident. Giving a lift in his car to his father,
Red-faced Yorkshire were deciding today whether to go ahead and sign 21-year-old Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who played a heroic innings for his country in the one-day international against England at Lord's last summer. News of the move has broken
RETURNING hero Leigh Deakin has stressed the York City Knights players will work their hardest to get out of their current slump. The 30-year-old former York Wasps top try-scorer returned from Dewsbury Rams last week for a fourth spell at Huntington Stadium
A NORTH Yorkshire man had a lucky escape when the front of his house collapsed in a DIY disaster. Firefighters arrived at the detached cottage in Quarry Lane, Harrogate, to find most of the front room had disappeared into the cellar. Gas engineers were
RETURNING hero Leigh Deakin has stressed the York City Knights players will work their hardest to get out of their current slump. The 30-year-old former York Wasps top try-scorer returned from Dewsbury Rams last week for a fourth spell at Huntington Stadium
How sad that such a small proportion of the electorate can motivate itself to vote. It is a democratic right. It is really a democratic responsibility. Local Government, though necessarily less influential and grand than central Government, does have
Football is a passion for York City director Sophie McGill. MAXINE GORDON meets the woman now calling the shots at Bootham Crescent... WHILE teenage friends plastered their bedroom walls with pictures of popstars, footballers were Sophie McGill's pin-ups
Did our ancestors have the formula for the perfect shoe? ZOE WALKER hot foots it to the York Castle Museum to find out... DEEP down every woman knows it's the shoes that make an outfit - and that she'll pay the price for wearing those six-inch killer
Yorkshire opening batsman Michael Vaughan was today appointed as England's one-day captain and he will now help to shape the side for the next World Cup tournament in the West Indies in 2007. News that the 28-year-old Vaughan had succeeded Nasser Hussain
The furious pace of modern living is turning us all into potential killers. Admit it, if you are a driver you have felt road rage, and you have no doubt suffered it in some form or other. You have probably felt road rage just in the last few years, ever
In response to Councillor Hall's letter (Tuesday, April 15), the possibility of a construction haul road across the land to the east of Metcalf Lane on to the proposed development site at Osbaldwick is faced with significant obstacles. I have to say that
FOLLOWING my defeat at the local elections, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the residents in Holgate and other parts of York who have contacted me in the past 48 hours to express their concerns, thanks, disbelief and so forth at the outcome
A £12 million first phase of the development of a major new business park on the outskirts of York is now complete. The three-storey building at Monks Cross North, Huntington, is being made ready for occupation by 500 Norwich Union staff next month. The
Shepherd Construction, of York, has been awarded a National Considerate Constructors bronze award for its work at the £41 million Leeds Nuffield Hospital. The voluntary scheme requires constructors to commit to being considerate and good neighbours as
A York publishing and promotions company scooped the top business award for sustainable development at the Yorkshire and the Humber regional finals of this year's Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur Awards. Young entrepreneurs Andy Milson, 26, and Tom Sharp
AS a gesture it is certainly grand and intriguing too. The new leader of City of York Council has offered his Labour rival a place on the council's new executive. Coun Steve Galloway has made an informal approach to Dave Merrett, who was re-elected as
SECURITY patrols and an increased police presence are set to boost community safety in the Walmgate area of York. Pictured here are PC Howard Smelt-Webb, the new Guildhall ward manager, with, from the left, Maureen O'Hare, of Walmgate Community Association
BLUEBELLS were out in force as York-born MP Frank Dobson launched North Yorkshire's first community wood. About 50 local residents gathered to see the former Health Secretary unveil a new sign for Hagg Wood, at Dunnington, York. The Friends of Hagg Wood
WHILE North Yorkshire shoppers may be familiar with the delights of a trip to one Helmsley caf, the Eat Local Banquet will bring its traditional flavours to York. The Castlegate Bakery and Caf's famous Yorkshire curd tart is to be one of a quartet of
A HUGE effort to perform all 37 of the Bard's plays is taking some light relief after tackling Richard III as its inaugural production. The York Shakespeare Project, which aims to perform all the plays in chronological order over the next 20 years, will
OFFERS to buy a prime 1.2 acre riverside site opposite the Nestl Rowntree factory in York for luxury houses are being considered. Chartered surveyors Colliers CRE are evaluating what are believed to be seven-figure sums for the site which takes in numbers
CHARITABLE schools in York and North and East Yorkshire are being encouraged to take part in a new celebration of giving. And they could win £1,000 by doing so. Giving Week, which takes place from June 23 to 27, has been organised to celebrate the charitable
YOUNG musicians in North Yorkshire are being urged to take centre stage whether they play the spoons or the electric guitar. Budding stars aged five to 25 are invited to take part in a series of musical showcases in a nationwide talent hunt organised
PEOPLE in Yorkshire have got an extra chance to have their say on how the region is governed. The Government has extended its "soundings'' consultation exercise on a referendum about directly-elected regional government until May 16. The Yorkshire and
TWO schoolgirls spent several hours in police cells because they swore and screamed from the top of a wall, York magistrates heard. The younger girl was 13, the older 14, and neither was charged with any offence in connection with the incident, the court
Brides and grooms from all over North and East Yorkshire vied to win a prestigious competition launched to mark a city florist's centenary. CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL reports Wards of York has been supplying flowers to blushing brides for 100 years now. The florist
SQUATTERS say drug addicts have repeatedly tried to join them at York's White Swan Hotel - but have been firmly turned away. The former hotel in Piccadilly, York's most notorious empty building, has been occupied by a group of squatters since last month
YORK CC's visit to Cleethorpes produced a tense finish in which the city side went down to a last-over defeat. Local wiseacres thought that York skipper Nigel Durham was unwise to bat first on what proved to be a helpful pitch. Equally, it might well
TIM Madgwick and his 13-year-old daughter Rozzy, brought off the major surprise in the Nestl-sponsored York Family Tennis Tournament when they won the mixed doubles in Rowntree Park. Madgwick, a chief inspector in North Yorkshire Police based in Northallerton
MORE than 400 spectators looked on as an historic Second World War Dakota aircraft made a thunderous flypast at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. The plane played a crucial role during the war, dropping paratroopers over Germany, Italy and Burma. Its
TRACEY Farmeary retained the York John Smith's Ladies Darts League winter season individual title with a 3-0 victory. Toni Smallwood, being one of the new players on the circuit, relies on natural talent and she matched Farmeary down to the double in
A TOP North Yorkshire tourist attraction has beenvoted one of the hottest sex spots in Britain. Women's magazine B placed Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, among the top 30 places for passion and romance. The magazine recommended the estate's temples, statues
A WAR of words broke out today after the Royal British Legion in Tadcaster was told to remove its poppy collection tins from a local social club. The row erupted when Tadcaster Social Club committee asked Poppy Appeal organiser Jean Ashton to remove the
Yorkshire opening batsman Michael Vaughan was today appointed as England's one-day captain and he will now help to shape the side for the next World Cup tournament in the West Indies in 2007. News that the 28-year-old Vaughan had succeeded Nasser Hussain
BREASTFEEDING could never be described as a waste of time, but it does leave you with a lot of time on your hands. You can end up sitting for hours a day, pinned under the weight of a rapidly expanding baby with more suction power than your average Dyson
THIS is tap dance at its most butch. Forget any images of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly smoothly dancing in tuxedos or even Wayne Sleep tap dancing in the jungle in I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! Dein Perry's Tap Dogs is tap... ghetto-style. Six sweaty
