WINTER fuel payments should be issued to thousands of men over the age of 60 throughout the Yorkshire region from next week. The Department of Social Security's move to start making payments follows a European court victory last December by retired postman
INTERIOR designer and television personality Peter Plaskitt has declared war on planners who ordered him to pull down a conservatory on his new showroom in York. He is to appeal against the decision of a City of York Council planning committee - and will
I WRITE in response to your headline, 'Village survey rejects A64 single-lane bypass scheme' (May 23), concerning the Liberal Democrats' survey in Rillington, and in particular the subject of a bypass for the village. Although I have been a Lib-Dem supporter
THE EVENING Press recently carried an article on a pensioner with a small pension from her late husband, who still found it difficult to make ends meet ('Old and skint, but who really cares?' May 24). I see that with her husband's pension, if she becomes
THE GATHERING menace of a tornado spinning down to earth is captured on film by a fascinated onlooker. But this twister in rain-darkened skies was captured not in the American Midwest, but in the East Riding of Yorkshire. A national weather forecaster
STARS of stage and television passed through York today on the prestigious inaugural trip of a luxury train. Celebrities from Emmerdale, Brookside and Coronation Street joined singer Jane MacDonald and stars of the sporting world to help launch the Venice
PARENTS should be able to take the family to the seaside without worrying about potential health risks. Today's indictment of local beaches means even that simple pleasure is denied them. The Tidy Britain Group awards European Blue Flags to beaches boasting
CAT lovers will look at our picture of nine-year-old Lucy aghast. It hardly seems possible - a member of the fiercely independent feline family trotting about on a leash? Harvey Simpson collared his moggie to keep her away from traffic. But it is hard
A CAMERA crew is to film partygoers at a York nightspot. The makers of UK Uncovered will be in Toffs Nightclub, in Toft Green, to witness York's Saturday night experience. Blue August Productions are visiting more than 100 clubs across the country run
OUR Hospice 2000 appeal sees its first plant sale on Sunday. All kinds of herbaceous plants, herbs and bedding plants have been arriving at St Leonard's Hospice, in Tadcaster Road, York, along with pond plants and water lilies, to boost our appeal, which
RESIDENTS living near the River Ouse have given the thumbs-up to art sculptures proposed for the Millennium bridge project. The York Millennium Bridge Trust has commissioned artists Alain Ayers and Andy Banks to create art pieces, which will be placed
CANCER patient Alison Reynard was in the middle of a gruelling course of radiotherapy when she took part in this year's Race For Life and raised more than £1,000. Brave Alison, 38, of Wheldrake, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma two-and-a-half
DAVE Wright of Team Daiwa Armley Angling returned to winning ways in the 32 entry Carpvale Midweek open. Drawn on peg 50, he used floating pole to fish tight to the island cover. Offering corn and pellets at mid depth, he took nine carp in a hectic first
York fighter Henry Wharton's hopes of a summer return to the boxing big time took a blow today. The undercard for Lennox Lewis' world heavyweight clash with Francois Botha at London Arena on July 15 was finally unveiled by fight promoters Panix Promotions
YORK swimmer Caroline Foot, competing for Kingston upon Hull Swimming Club, broke the 50m British butterfly record at the Speedo British Grand Prix at Sheffield. She clocked 27.32 seconds - an improvement of 0.67 on her personal best time set three weeks
HOUSE prices in North Yorkshire shot up by 16 per cent between January and March, according to figures issued by HM Land Registry today. Average home prices in the county rose from £71,809 to £85,491. Estate agent Robin Kellock, manager of William H Brown
Former Yorkshire batsman Kevin Sharp has been appointed director of coaching at the ECB-backed Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, which opens up later this year and will use the famous Park Avenue ground as its main base. Sharp, 41,
Unbeaten Yorkshire were happy to go into their PPP healthcare Championship game against leaders Leicestershire today knowing that they did not have to face up to the world class skills of leg-break bowler Anil Kumble. The Indian spinner, who joined Leicestershire
A MULTI-MILLION pound breakthrough has been announced by WebDetect, the Selby firm which invented revolutionary software that secretly blows the whistle on computer thieves. Howard Lester, managing director of WebDetect, which is based at Whitemoor Business
LOSSES have been whittled by rapidly-expanding North Yorkshire ice cream giants Richmond Foods plc. The Leeming Bar-based group's results for its seasonally loss-making first half show turnover up on the same period last year by £700,000 and with pre-tax
WARD Building Components, based in Sherburn, near Malton, is reaching for the skies over London. The factory has won its biggest-ever contract, for the supply of its Multideck floor decking for the prestigious 44-floor DS5 City Corp Tower in London's
A YOUNG mugger escaped with a woman's benefit money after riding his bike at her on a footpath in Norton, police revealed this afternoon (Weds). Sgt John McDonald, of Malton police station, said a local woman in her 30s visited the Beverley Road post
ALNE and Newburgh share the leadership of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League first division with six points each. Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Tollerton are just a point behind in what promises to be one of the most open title chases for years. Newburgh
A BLITZ on alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour by young people has been launched by York police. Officers hope the alcohol confiscation initiative will not only lead to fewer incidents of disorder but also protect children from the harmful effects of
BETWEEN 20,000 and 30,000 new jobs could be created in Yorkshire's fast growing tourist industry, says its leader. David Andrews, chief executive of the York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board, says the regional strategy projects a three to six per cent growth
MORE improvements are needed at a North Yorkshire accident blackspot if residents fears are to be calmed, it was claimed today. Coun Chris Lewis, from Harrogate District Council, is inviting residents to a public meeting on Monday to air their views about
YORKSHIRE'S beaches have once again failed to come up to scratch, it was announced today. More beaches than ever on a national scale achieved the Tidy Britain Group's European Blue Flag, awarded for clean water and coast management. But the list does
TIME is running out for York Wasps in their desperate fight for survival. They must come up with a plan to satisfy the Inland Revenue by next Tuesday, but chief executive Ann Garvey admitted that their hopes are fading by the day. She is now pleading
MANAGERS in Yorkshire are earning £2,422 less per year than the national average. The latest survey by the Institute of Managers shows that where the average Yorkshire manager's salary is £34,719, the national average stands at £37,141. What is more,
ULTRAFRAME, the specialist designer and manufacturer of conservatory roofing systems which supplies 31 firms all over North Yorkshire has announced record interim profits. Pre-tax profits of 10.53 million over six months to March 31 compare with £8.05
MOTHER Shipton, cavewoman, visionary and bad poet, predicted it. "In the first year of a new Millennium/ My address shall sell for a tidy sum." At least I imagine she predicted it. Her followers claim she foresaw everything else, from the Great Fire of
IT is that time of year again, when the people of York have to decide whether or not to support the ailing Rugby League Club. Last season was a very successful one with great support from the fans and board alike. Decisions taken at the end of last season
IT'S 10am on a wet Bank Holiday Monday. The rain is sheeting down out of a heavy sky, turning the Knavesmire into more of a quagmire. It's a quagmire covered with scurrying figures. The Netherlands National Circus is in town, it's five hours to the first
