Farming leaders have urged caution over Prime Minister Tony Blair's claim that the worst of the foot and mouth crisis is over. Mr Blair claimed yesterday that the Government was winning the battle against the disease with the number of new cases falling
UNDERDOGS Manor School turned the formbook on its head to defeat Tadcaster Grammar 2-1 in the final of the York and District Under 13 Cup final at York City's Wigginton road training ground. Tom Breslin gave Manor the lead before Tadcaster hit back to
A furious row erupted at York Racecourse after it halved the size of its Silver Ring stand for the first meeting of the new season. Angry punters accused the racecourse of pandering to higher paying customers at the cost of those choosing cheap entry
JONI Mitchell was right. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. So it is with my vote. I had one until about a year ago, and then I went and lost the dratted thing. It happened when we moved house. Following the conventions of a middle class English
Rehearsals are under way across the city for next week's huge Big Sing event in York city centre. Hundreds of schoolchildren will join together in song in a mass outdoor concert in Parliament Street, York, next Thursday. Singers from 42 York schools,
It was supposed to Spice up the Labour party's lacklustre start to the election campaign. But the handful of voters who forgot to change channels before the start of last night's party political broadcast must have been rubbing their eyes in amazement
Reports of a youth on the line at a level crossing yesterday sparked an alert on the railways. Transport Reporter DAN RUTSTEIN examines how dangerous trespass and vandalism can be when he boards an Arriva train to Manchester WAVING at the driver of the
Acomb Cricket Club enjoyed an eight-wicket home victory over Huddersfield League opponents Skelmanthorpe to win through to the third round of the National Club Knockout. The visitors, batting first, made 218 for six, Andy Masters hitting 45 and Steve
Easingwold, Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Thirsk have emerged as the early leaders of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League first division. Champions Alne suffered their first defeat of the campaign when they lost narrowly at home to Thirsk. Eddie Myers (2-17
Hit squads of workers will be targeting York's most popular footpaths this week. The move has come after a hotline set up by City of York Council for people to nominate their favourite rights of way - to help officials prioritise the programme for reopening
The splendour of traditional regalia was much in evidence at a special ceremony in York's Guildhall. A civic party led by the city's Lord Mayor, Coun Shan Braund, joined the Masters of the York Guilds, the Guild Chaplain, the Rev David Porter, and the
Quirky inventor Rod Hall is set to wish everybody a merry KISS-mas this December. Rod has designed wreaths of musical mistletoe which play a love song and simulate kissing noises when potential lovers stand beneath them. The inventor, who recently created
Selby's oldest filling station is closing - a victim of last autumn's fuel crisis. The Toll Bridge station will close in two weeks after its owners revealed they had been subsidising petrol prices from their own pockets since Christmas. Joint owner John
A schoolboy rugby player has narrowly escaped being locked up for breaking an opponent's cheekbone during a match. The 16-year-old from central York punched a 15-year-old once in the face, York Youth Court heard. The blow was so hard the victim needed
Have-a-go heroes told today how they sprang into action and pursued a robber as he fled from a raid on a York post office. But postmaster Brian Fletcher was left injured in the second raid on his business in six months. In December, a pensioner was hurt
Bosses at Royal Mail have praised a postman whose heroic efforts helped rescue a woman from the wreckage of her home in York which was destroyed by an explosion. The 34-year-old postman, who does not want to be identified, is still in a very bad state
Darren Gough prepared for his 50th Test cap against Pakistan at Lord's tomorrow by claiming the prestigious Vodafone England Cricketer of the Year award at a dinner in London. The Yorkshire fast bowler has taken 58 wickets in 12 Tests over the last year
A 28-year-old man this afternoon appeared before York Magistrates charged with attempted murder. Karl Gaskin of James Street Caravan Site, York, was arrested at 10.30am today at Selby Police Station. At 3pm he appeared in the dock at York Magistrates
Lee Crooks has pledged his immediate future to York Wasps, despite a possible opening at his former club Castleford Tigers. Castleford's assistant boss, former York star Graham Steadman, was promoted to the role of head coach yesterday following the departure
Voters in Yorkshire are more likely to support the Tories than their southern counterparts, according to research revealed today. Leader William Hague would probably have agreed after being mobbed by the party faithful in Wetherby. His campaign crew,
Democracy in York will be taken back to its grass roots later this month when the city's candidates face the public in an election hustings. Organised by York Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) and the York Council of Churches, the hustings will see
Prospective MPs and their campaign teams from across North Yorkshire are taking special measures while canvassing in foot and mouth threatened areas. Although the disease is officially under control, new cases are still cropping up each day. More livestock
IT is hardly surprising that the Friends of York Art Gallery should be angry at the entrance charges imposed by the council (Letters, May 10). For more than half a century, members have loyally supported, often in the face of municipal indifference, a
MICHAEL McIntyre's vacuous balderdash on green credentials (Letters, May 14) is typical of the standard fare we have come to expect from mainstream politicians. His points simply don't add up - much the same as Tory tax policy. Tories defend Green Belt
I AM the United Kingdom representative of Kure City History Library, Japan, and I'm anxious to contact ex-servicemen who served in the Kure area between late 1945 to 1956. We want memories and old photographs of the area for copying in the Kure History
CHRIS TITLEY opens up some books that promise a breath of country air with every page IT is not over yet. We won't be rid of foot and mouth disease for several months yet. But, the experts say, the worst is over. That is good news for farmers - and for
SOMETHING evil is lurking in the rubbish deposited on the supertanker MV Lysicrates, and it's not the remains of a two-week old sardine sandwich. Soon after leaving the Peruvian port of Callao with a cargo of trash, bizarre things begin to happen. The
York City's bank balance could be set for a much-needed double boost with the prospective departures of two strikers. The Evening Press can reveal that Cambridge United could be lining up a second bid for Colin Alcide, while fellow hitman Barry Conlon
GNER's owners are hoping for a July franchise announcement on the East Coast Main Line. As revealed last week, the Strategic Rail Authority will not be making a decision on the key Anglo-Scottish route until after the General Election. And James B Sherwood
Kieren Fallon, criticised by the Queen's racing manager, Lord Carnarvon for this riding of fourth-placed Flight Of Fancy in yesterday's Musidora Stakes, can get back on top at York tomorrow. Fallon teams-up with stablemate Dalampour in the £135,000 Merewood
Filming of the hit TV series, Heartbeat, in the North York Moors has been hit by the foot and mouth outbreak. But while some scenes have had to be rearranged, viewers have been promised they will hardly notice the difference. Philip Meeks, spokesman for
The foot and mouth crisis has claimed yet another victim - organisers say the Boon Hill Show, which is held at Newton-on-Rawcliffe, near Pickering, has been cancelled. But on a more positive note, organisers of the Driffield Show have declared "their
Coronation Street's critics can say what they like, but the soap's story lines are always up to date with what's happening in the real world: the national census, which is causing problems for Norris Cole (should enumerators question their neighbours?
Hidden deep in the North York Moors is a well-kept secret - The Orange Tree, the perfect remedy for the stresses and strains of modern life. JAMES KILNER reports AS you head north from Pickering or Kirkbymoorside, the landscape changes. The gentle undulations
A school may become the first in York and North Yorkshire to launch a continental-style day with an early finish. Canon Lee School, at Clifton Without, hopes the changes - involving an 8.25am start, two short food breaks and a 2.30 pm end to the school
The story was supposed to be about the Liberal Democrats and their shiny, "all-new-look" manifesto. But poor Charles Kennedy once again got shunted on to the sidelines - by a scary election broadcast and a missing Tory with a £20 billion bounty on his
The match of the weekend was without a doubt the 40-peg Abu Spring League at Carpvale where the warm weather spurred the resident carp shoals into a feeding frenzy. Venue expert Dave Wright (Armley Angling) shattered the lake record from peg 49. Fishing
Aldby Park defeated Woodhouse Grange for the first time in the Foss Evening Cricket League when they inflicted an 18-run defeat on the champions. Howard Robinson (35) and an unbeaten 26 from Peter Aconley were responsible for Park reaching 93 for six.
Parents are being consulted about proposed changes to the catchment areas of two York schools. Last year, City of York Council put forward proposals to turn Burton Green Infants School into a primary school and merge Shipton Street Infants School and
A mother and daughter were both comfortable in hospital today after being injured in a head-on collision near York. The accident happened on a bend in the road between Shipton-by-Beningbrough and Wigginton and involved a red Vauxhall Cavalier and a white
Modern art was on show in Selby today in an exhibition presented by five local-born artists who are making a name for themselves nationally. Former Selby College pupils James Petrucci, Rob Henderson, Roger Petrucci, John Parkin and Mike Turner, have returned
A new system created by a champion York sportsman for learning martial arts has produced its first batch of successful students. Geoff Rennison, a former British, UK and European champion in a number of styles of martial arts, and a leading instructor
Selby's Lyn Gibson comfortably qualified for the matchplay stages of the Yorkshire Ladies golf championship at Ganton. Gibson followed up a first round 79 with a 76 to claim joint fourth place after yesterday's qualifying rounds. Defending champion Emma
A teenager who punched a stranger's face in an unprovoked street attack must pay him £100 compensation. The 17-year-old also "kicked the hell" out of a public phone box and attacked it with a boulder on a separate occasion. Youth justices ordered the
Rehearsals are under way across the city for next week's huge Big Sing event in York city centre. Hundreds of schoolchildren will join together in song in a mass outdoor concert in Parliament Street, York, next Thursday. Singers from 42 York schools,
Thousands of patients could benefit from more research to be carried out by York scientists into one of the most common forms of cancer. Researchers from York University have been awarded a share of £2.7 million to continue their investigations into prostate
GNER's owners are hoping for a July franchise announcement on the East Coast Main Line. As revealed last week, the Strategic Rail Authority will not be making a decision on the key Anglo-Scottish route until after the General Election. And James B Sherwood
York City's bank balance could be set for a much-needed double boost with the prospective departures of two strikers. The Evening Press can reveal that Cambridge United could be lining up a second bid for Colin Alcide, while fellow hitman Barry Conlon
Long traffic queues built up around the outer ring road to the east of York today following a three-vehicle accident. The accident, in which no one was seriously hurt, happened on the eastbound carriageway of the A64, near the Hopgrove roundabout. Police
Sheriff Hutton jockey Kevin Darley looks like the man to beat at York again this year. The champion jockey collected an award for riding the most winners on Knavesmire last season at yesterday's seasonal opener - and promptly brought home two North Yorkshire
Nestl has ordered an investigation into an incident in which a worker was injured whilst filling a tanker with chocolate. The man, who emergency workers said was knocked out by a piece of falling equipment, was carried to safety from a 10ft high gantry
Lee Crooks has pledged his immediate future to York Wasps, despite a possible opening at his former club Castleford Tigers. Castleford's assistant boss, former York star Graham Steadman, was promoted to the role of head coach yesterday following the departure
Is this proof of the existence of the fabled Beast of Ryedale? This photograph of a huge paw print was sent in by a reader who lives near Hovingham, near Malton - a hotbed of big cat sightings. It measures a whopping 10cm across. The man, who asked not
Darren Gough prepared for his 50th Test cap against Pakistan at Lord's tomorrow by claiming the prestigious Vodafone England Cricketer of the Year award at a dinner in London. The Yorkshire fast bowler has taken 58 wickets in 12 Tests over the last year
A huge majority of MPs will not commit to a national poll on membership of Europe, a controversial advert has claimed. In North Yorkshire and the constituency of East Yorkshire, only John Greenway, who was Conservative MP for Ryedale before the dissolution
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled plans to ensure that every child in Britain has access to high quality education. Party leader, Charles Kennedy, said access to a decent education was the fundamental right of every child and that his party would inject
Whoops... Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe has trouble keeping her feet during a visit to key Tory target seat Harrogate. The leading Conservative stumbled and lost her shoe while crossing the road. But there was no wobbling in her confidence that
Confident Selby Labour election candidate John Grogan has laid a £10 bet on himself to return as the town's MP. Officially launching his campaign outside William Hill Bookmakers in Micklegate, Mr Grogan discovered he was 1-3 on to win the seat, with Tory
Campaigning to make sure political parties receive the vote of everyone who wants their say in the General Election has started at City of York Council. The non-political struggle aims to make sure the city's electors know about new rules which give everybody
THE furore surrounding the visit of the Prime Minister to St Saviour's and St Olave's School in Southwark on Tuesday is highly reminiscent of his attempts to highjack the Women's Institute meeting in the Albert Hall last year. The same tactics were employed
THUGGERY and courage were both in evidence on Walmgate in York yesterday afternoon. Two young thugs raided the post office, attacking long-standing postmaster Brian Fletcher. They escaped with cash - but only just. Interventions by passers-by, particularly
FOOT and mouth has hit Heartbeat. Fans will be grateful to learn that their whimsical favourite will not be disrupted by shock pictures of cattle pyres. But many outdoor scenes have had to be culled. This is a shame, as the North York Moors is the biggest
