TODAY we report a heart-rending plea for mercy from a mother who fears her son will languish in a foreign jail until she dies. Oceana Bleach, 79, has written to Indian president K R Narayanan pleading with him to release her son, the convicted arms dealer
ONCE again, it is the vulnerable who are suffering. A frail 92-year-old woman who desperately needs proper 24-hour care is denied it - because City of York Council is running out of money. It is not only the elderly woman herself who is the victim. For
I WRITE to voice my grave concerns to the proposed Coppergate Riverside development. I fully understand and support the ongoing need for retail development within York, which is both appropriate and advantageous to residents and visitors alike. York is
MY granddaughter Sharon Young is anxious to contact two young women she met several years ago with a view to arranging a get-together. The girls are Sarah (or Sara) Elivia Patchett, now 17, and her sister, Laura Margaret Patchett who will be 16 on August
The Costcutter York and District Senior Cricket League title race has been thrown wide open. Premier division leaders Easingwold failed to gain a single point at Woodhouse Grange in a rain reduced game and second placed Clifton Alliance took the maximum
THIS could be Alan Smith's season. The young Leeds United striker's two sharply taken goals ensured a winning Premiership start against Everton at sunny Elland Road. Smith, still only 19, burst on the scene a couple of years ago, but an ankle injury checked
AFTER an opening day 4-1 defeat, York City fans would be forgiven for thinking things can hardly get worse. And at least in the first half at Chesterfield, City showed themselves to be a good side in waiting. But in Saturday's 2-0 reverse at home to Cheltenham
YORK City's teenage goalkeeper Russ Howarth has earned another England call-up. The highly-rated prospect has been selected for the England Under-18 squad to face Israel on September 1. The friendly match, at the Rishon Le Zion Municipal Stadium in Israel
THE Evening Press continues to be inundated with Coppergate coupons as the people of York speak out about plans for the city's most important shopping development in 20 years. On Tuesday, the newspaper asked the city's residents to give their views on
Giant's Causeway, as tough as he is talented, can carry off the £450,000 Juddmonte International Stakes on the opening day of York's star-studded Ebor Festival tomorrow. Trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien, Giant's Causeway will have five rivals in this
THESE photographs date from a different shopping era. They recall the days when no one had heard of retail parks or shopping malls, and even a clothes shop went by the grander title of gentleman's outfitters. We have two York entertainers to thank for
MY four-year initiation into the mysteries of local government did nothing to dispel my suspicions of parliamentary 'democracy'. I learned to respect the varied duties and astonishing amount of expertise and effort required of our councillors. Wrathful
IT seems incomprehensible that the council could imagine taking the archives, which are so valuable for researchers in York and beyond, out of the city and up to Heslington. Apart from the distance, the university library is geared towards its students
YORK'S care crisis has left a nursing home paying to look after a frail 92-year-old woman - because the council cannot afford to look after her. The woman, whose family want her to remain anonymous, needs 24-hour care. But City of York Council offered
LIGHTNING caused chaos in York today, striking two houses and knocking out rail signalling equipment to bring trains to a halt. All services in and out of York station were delayed, as engineers sought to repair damage to the signalling equipment. A Railtrack
Becoming a new mum is not easy. Sleepless nights, exhaustion and the feeling there is never enough time to do everything are all par for the course. And then there's the worry of getting back into shape. Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones, who has just
TWO drivers who broke the British landspeed record at Elvington Airfield last month will return for a re-run during the Great Yorkshire Airshow. Daredevils Mark Newby and Colin Fallows will be watched by an anticipated 30,000 spectators at Elvington over
WHAT may be the only life-size sculpture of the Queen Mother is sitting in a York garage waiting to be bronzed. And what's more, the statue of the former Duchess of York could become a permanent feature in the city - if the people of York want it. Expert
Last season's leading scorer Steve Brodie proved a life saver for Scarborough as his 81st minute goal earned a 1-1 Nationwide Conference draw at Stevenage. However, it could have been a different story if Brodie had taken an earlier chance. It came when
A GRIEVING mother died less than three hours before her daughter's funeral in a bizarre double tragedy. Cancer victim Pat Judson, 58, told her family she was determined to be at the funeral despite her illness - but fate denied her the chance to say her
HEARTBEAT star Bill Maynard says he intends to return to Britain's top drama series in October. Eight weeks after being rushed in hospital with a series stroke he says: "My doctor told me I could now return any time." Bill collapsed during filming in
YOU would be forgiven for thinking it was the bleak midwinter. But this remarkable photograph was taken THIS weekend between Hutton-le-Hole and Lastingham, in the North York Moors. What appears to be thick hail lines the side of the roads after storms
THE thunderstorms that rumbled over York today were welcomed by York Racecourse just 24 hours ahead of the start of tomorrow's Ebor meeting. And if anything it has helped the going, which was given as good to good to firm in places, as clerk of the course
EMPLOYERS in North Yorkshire are offering hundreds of jobs for the region's school and college leavers through Modern Apprenticeships. More than 200 jobs have been offered for anyone under 24 who wants to join the scheme and work and qualify at the same
YORKSHIRE chief executive Chris Hassell today strongly defended the Headingley pitch in the wake of newspaper and media criticism following England's astonishing Test victory over the West Indies inside two days. And he revealed that the loss of weekend
A SUPERB final round of six under par earned York professional Kirsty Taylor joint second place in the women's British Open golf championship at Royal Birkdale. Her final round of 67 saw her finish two strokes behind Sweden's Sophie Gustafson, who held
AN ANTI-bullying policy has been drawn up to stamp out anti-social behaviour in City of York Council. The new guidelines, set to be accepted by the council's Executive on Friday, widen existing rules. Helen Mayer, the council's strategy and planning adviser
COULD East Yorkshire be becoming a UFO hotspot? Only a few months after a sighting near Pocklington, another bizarre encounter has been reported just a short distance away. Arny Pearson, of Barmby Moor, was driving back home after a day out in Whitby,
TERRY Dolan is ordering his misfiring Minstermen to look and learn after two successive defeats has left York City propping up Division Three. City's 2-0 home reverse at the hands of Cheltenham, coming after the 4-1 opening day defeat at Chesterfield,
JUST imagine if, all of a sudden, hundreds of rugged, masterful men landed on our shores, knocked our blokes out of the way and whisked us women off into the sunset. Wouldn't it be great? There we'd all be, doing the dishes, hanging out the laundry, or
