YORK College swimmers have qualified for the Bazuka National Schools' Team Relay Championships. The tournament will be held at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Saturday. The York College team are Katie Sunderland, Rachel Stotten, Laura Priest
York school pupil Charlotte Alpin is through to the Dengie Pony Club Winter League show-jumping regional finals, a competition that attracts thousands of entries nationwide. The 13-year-old, a pupil of St Olave's School in York, qualified two ponies after
Strict licence conditions imposed on new bars in York are being ignored, thisisyork reveals today. Infringements of licensing restrictions, ranging from playing music too loudly through to not using waiter service, are taking place on Friday and Saturday
WELL, 'Coppergategate' didn't add up to much, did it? The suggestion that crucial papers were withheld from councillors debating the Castle/ Piccadilly development is the sort of thing to get journalists salivating and the conspiracy theorists whispering
NORTH Yorkshire County Council's education and library services scrutiny committee has decided to consider proposed changes to the selection procedure for schools in the Craven and Ripon areas. It is holding its committee meeting in Harrogate to make
NOW I know, Dale Minks is a real person. He has finally revealed himself to Press readers (Evening Press, February 2). As a compulsive reader of your letters section, I have often wondered if Dale really existed or if he were just the nom-de-plume of
I AM a 25-year-old Ghanaian and would be happy to get penfriends from Britain. My hobbies are reading, culture, dance, TV, sports, music, travelling, exchanging ideas and much more. I should like to hear from people of any age. All letters will be answered
York University Boat Club gained two victories at the Peterborough Head Race, their first competitive rowing event of the term. The men's senior two four and the women's senior two four both won their respective races, while the women's novice eight took
Tadcaster Hockey Club revelled in a clean sweep of success with three impressive victories. The handsome hat-trick was led by the men's first XI's 6-1 battering of Bradford, the visitors overwhelmed by a second-half surge. Goals from Wilson and Waterhouse
Pocklington won their fourth West Riding Ladies Premier Volleyball League game in succession with a 3-1 triumph over Leeds VC. Accurate serving saw Pock take the first set 25-11 and excellent work by captain Victoria Eaton helped her side to the second
A backbone of the RAF has been given a dignified retirement in North Yorkshire. The Gloster Javelin fighter has become the latest feature at the Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington. Fifty years ago, it was the first delta-winged jet fighter and an all-weather
A failed attempt to rob a fancy dress shop means a North Yorkshire man could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Shaun David Barker, 26, staged the raid because he wanted to go back to prison, York Crown Court heard. But he got more than he bargained
A boy burglar has failed in his bid to keep his freedom just one month after he was released from custody. The 16-year-old from the west side of York has twice damaged roofs when climbing on to homes to try and escape from police. York Youth Court heard
It was odd skimmers or bust for the 16-entry Acomb Tackle match on the Ouse at Fulford. With the river running a strange milky colour the roach were hard to tempt. Terry Carlton (Acomb Tackle) found a few small roach, plus a skimmer from the bay hole
Members of a bomber crew killed when their plane crashed on Garrowby Hill, near Stamford Bridge, were remembered today - exactly 57 years after their bomber came down. The six trainee airmen, their pilot instructor and the driver of a milk lorry with
York City secretary Keith Usher confirmed today the club would not be in a position to come to the aid of crisis-torn Hull City. As reported, the Tigers were yesterday locked out of their ground, Boothferry Park, by landlord David Lloyd. While Hull chairman
Hull City have been put into administration following their High Court winding-up order. The order was issued by Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue for payment of £500,000 and other debts believed to total £1million. The appointment of administrators
A North Yorkshire couple have converted part of their farm into an art studio in a bid to beat the crisis in the cattle industry. Peter and Anne Lang have decided to diversify after struggling through several farming crises over the last 15 years. Now
Angry traders - warned that their premises were about to be flooded - stripped their shelves in darkness after a massive power cut hit Stamford Bridge. Power supplies for 2,800 residents in the Stamford Bridge area was cut at 2.10 pm yesterday because
Residents in York were this afternoon bracing themselves for more flooding, with the River Ouse expected to peak tomorrow just three feet below the record level reached during the November floods. The Environment Agency is expecting the Ouse to reach
Residents breathed a huge sigh of relief today after plans to mine coal under their village were scuppered by Mother Nature. RJB Mining chiefs announced they were abandoning their tunnelling plans under Naburn, near York, because of a severe geological
TALKING books are brilliant. Listen to them anytime, anywhere and without having to take your hands off the wheel to turn the pages. Pass a long, boring, delayed rail journey through the privacy of your headphones; enjoy a book at bedtime without getting
Nap selection for Thursday's meetings: WOLVERHAMPTON 3.30 - Tom Tun Updated: 12:21 Wednesday, February 07, 2001
York runner Emma Macalister-Hall won her fourth consecutive race when representing North Yorkshire against Humberside at York. She now has the distinction of finishing the season undefeated in the year seven group. After a steady start she pulled away
York City secretary Keith Usher confirmed today the club would not be in a position to come to the aid of crisis-torn Hull City. As reported, the Tigers were yesterday locked out of their ground, Boothferry Park, by landlord David Lloyd. While Hull chairman
I HAVE been an amputee for ten years and can sympathise with Jade and her mother Jenny Cumberland in their quest for 'comfy' legs. I too had problems getting used to my false right leg, but it required great determination, perseverance and repeated visits
NEWS that Tory-controlled North Yorkshire County Council is to raise council taxes by seven per cent at the same time as the education budget is to be cut by one per cent proves that the party's promise to cut taxes and boost public spending is hollow
HAVE you ever worked for a local council? Are you a council employee now? If so, UNISON - the trade union with 800,000 members in local government - would like to hear from you. As part of our campaign to improve local authority employment and local services
A last-minute winner saw division one leaders Black Swan, Pickering, suffer defeat at Kirkdale United in one of only four Beckett League and cup games to beat the weather. Kirkdale were good value for their 3-2 victory, hitting back to win it after Black
Two brothers and their friend have been jailed for kicking a man on the ground in a "vicious" attack. Darren Richard Smillie, 25, Ben Russell Beavers, 22, and Robert Leslie Beavers, 23, pushed tables out of their way to get at victim Mark Ashworth when
Belly dancer Sherah is to hold a belly-dancing taster session in aid of charity. The event will take place at Brooklyn Youth Centre, Norton, on Sunday, from 2pm to 4pm. Annette Egerton, of Heslerton, uses the name Sherah when she is performing. She was
Yorkshire County Cricket Club made a profit last year of nearly £30,000 com-pared to a surplus the previous year of £111,000, it is revealed in the club's statement of accounts. And treasurer Peter Townend will warn the annual meeting at Headingley's
A young angler from Ousethorpe, near Pocklington, is now the proud owner of a trophy for landing last season's largest rainbow trout to be taken by a junior fly fisher at Rutland Water in the East Midlands. It was almost pitch black when John Frank caught
Four teenagers aged 16 and 17 have appeared before York Youth Court after a night of drunkenness and violence in the city. They were among 27 people arrested on Friday night as fights broke out across the city. Prosecutor Vivienne Walsh told the court
The twin towns of Malton and Norton are on the way up, according to a survey carried out by business leaders. The review, by the local Town Centre Initiative, found that over 50 shops in Malton and Norton had their shop fronts redecorated or refitted
Alan Pallister was today on the receiving end of an outburst from a senior club official following the tackle which left Featherstone Rovers scrum-half Jamie Rooney with a broken jaw. The York Wasps skipper will appear before the Rugby Football League
Mental health patients have urged councillors to rethink controversial budget plans which they claim could force sufferers into hospital. City of York Council members were asked to drop plans to save £17,500 by cutting back at Clarence Street Day Centre
An inflation-busting increase for Selby district's 32,000 council taxpayers came under fire today from Tory councillors. Owners of an average band D property will pay the district council £114.14 compared to last year's £108.79 - an increase of 4.9 per
It is not every day that the residents of modern York get to see a procession of Roman legionaries - walking to the bus stop. But that was exactly what people in Acomb saw today when a group of young soldiers from Our Lady's RC Primary School caught a
With licensing conditions being openly flouted at pubs in York, DAN RUTSTEIN looks at the complications landlords have to face everyday PASSING a pint of Black Sheep to a six-year-old sitting in the beer garden of a pub is not an offence. In fact, you
Alan Pallister could find himself in hot water after being cited for the tackle which left Featherstone Rovers scrum-half Jamie Rooney with a broken jaw. The York Wasps skipper will appear before the Rugby Football League disciplinary committee next Tuesday
A Painted House by John Grisham (Century, £16.99) A JOHN GRISHAM book totally devoid of lawyers, judges and jurors. Surely, some mistake. Unfortunately, it's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Legal eagle Grisham swaps the courtroom
AMATEUR historian Prudence Bebb has written before about life in Regency York, Scarborough and Harrogate - now she has given an intriguing insight into early 19th century Whitby in her latest book. Prudence, from Poppleton, near York, writes of a fishing
The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble (Viking, £16.99) MARGARET Drabble is not the sort of person I would like to get stuck with at a party. If the afterword to her new novel - her first for five years - is anything to go by, she is a sombre woman who
UNTIL relatively recently, York was closed to new bars. Drunken violence was a serious problem, and the authorities were not prepared to risk making a bad situation worse by sanctioning new licensed premises. When this policy was relaxed, the impact on
MALTON and Norton are back in business. That's the message from today's survey that reveals 50 shop fronts in the towns have been refurbished. Pessimists will argue that this is just papering over the cracks. Not at all. It is a statement of intent. Traders
