GNER bosses are ready to drop their campaign to win a 20-year franchise for the East Coast Main Line. Their thinking might be summarised as: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." No one else involved in our railways looks further than a few years ahead,
HIS platoon sergeant bawl has sent a shiver of recognition down the spine of every ex-National Serviceman. Former soldier Mark Sullivan is in his element as the man charged with whipping a group of raw recruits into shape on ITV1's series Lad's Army.
DETECTIVES from two police forces today launched a murder-style inquiry into the death of a well-known York busker. A post-mortem examination on Antony John Grayson, who was known as Tony, revealed evidence of internal injuries that police officers believe
THE new board of the York City Supporters' Trust will be announced tonight when the fans' body stages its first annual general meeting, writes Dave Stanford. Some 25 candidates have stood for election with the results announced at the meeting to be staged
YORK City could bank up to £250,000 over the next five seasons as a compensatory payment for the increased likelihood of losing their Football League status. The cash boost follows the decision to increase promotion and relegation from the League to the
ONCE again society has been let down by CCTV, this time in the case of vandalism to York's Millennium Bridge (June 5). A great deal of money has been spent installing CCTV for the bridge and this incident should have been recorded. These incidents make
LABOUR councillor Steve Shaw-Wright's comment, "a lot of people who need help suffer so that fairly rich middle classes can keep their rates low," was very strange indeed. ('Call for higher tax to help social services', June 4). Taken literally, the councillor's
HAVING read the letter from L J Parkes about the need to know more about the Euro (May 30), I think that your readers should be aware of the one-sided arguments that are being promoted by Tony Blair and the supporters of the Euro. Quite simply - do your
YORK should be grateful there are people around such as Martin Burgess who care about the city and the historical castle area ('York landowner's rival vision for castle area', May 28). The proposals by Land Securities would be a monstrous carbuncle on
A MOTORIST has warned other drivers against lying to the police after he spent three weeks in jail. Mark Anthony Teasdale, 33, who had never been in trouble before, panicked when he hit a parked car while driving home alone, torched his own car and claimed
BRITAIN'S largest religious cross is to be moved to Ampleforth Abbey, in North Yorkshire, where it will stand in honour of the late Cardinal Basil Hume. It was erected in December 2000 at Westminster Cathedral, and is known as the Jubilee Cross and Millennium
A FRIENDS' reunion to toast England's victory over Argentina was ruined when door staff at a York bar turned them away - for wearing the Three Lions. Nick Askey, 33, from Stockton-on-Forest, had organised a drink at the Casa Bar, in Ousegate, to see his
Yorkshire Phoenix's chances of getting back to winning ways in the Norwich Union League were dashed at Trent Bridge yesterday when rain prevented any play against lowly Nottinghamshire Outlaws. Richard Blakey lost the toss for Yorkshire who were asked
ENGINE failure again robbed North Yorkshire's Steve Webster and Paul Woodhead of victory in the World Sidecar Championship race in Lausitzring, Germany. The eight-times world champion from Easingwold was left at the trackside as the 1200c Suzuki engine
THE man behind TV's newest baddie, the platoon sergeant from Lads' Army, is cheery York sports lecturer Mark Sullivan. Mark, a sports studies lecturer and personal fitness trainer at York St John College, has made his acting debut by playing the 1950s-style
ZARA Phillips and Toytown marked the Golden Jubilee in emphatic style as the royal duo took the Bramham International Horse Trials Young Riders title. Miss Phillips, daughter of the Princess Royal and former Bramham course designer Captain Mark Phillips
A STARK warning of the dangers of Son Of Star Wars was made by protesters who staged a "die- in" in the centre of York. York Against The War gathered at the fountain in Parliament Street for the demonstration. After mimicking an air raid siren, the group
RAIL firm GNER is likely to abandon its plans to win a long-term franchise deal, the Evening Press has learned. Chiefs at the York-based train operator will aim to negotiate another three-year extension, rather than campaign again for a 20-year franchise
RAIL freight company EWS today officially released its expansion plans with threatened York wagon manufacturer Thrall Europa. The Evening Press exclusively revealed last month that the Holgate-based plant had been thrown a lifeline. Relieved workers were
A YOUNG motorist was killed instantly on an unclassified country road near Pickering when his car left the road and hit a tree. The man, who has not been named but is believed to be local, was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency services were called
THE new board of the York City Supporters' Trust will be announced tonight when the fans' body stages its first annual general meeting, writes Dave Stanford. Some 25 candidates have stood for election with the results announced at the meeting to be staged
YORK City could bank up to £250,000 over the next five seasons as a compensatory payment for the increased likelihood of losing their Football League status. The cash boost follows the decision to increase promotion and relegation from the League to the
WANT a bit of excitement? Then don't look to the World Cup - it's a spot of cricket you need. I don't mean England v Sri Lanka or Yorkshire against another county side, but village cricket - the game that takes place every Saturday afternoon at the local
Yorkshire Phoenix's chances of getting back to winning ways in the Norwich Union League were dashed at Trent Bridge yesterday when rain prevented any play against lowly Nottinghamshire Outlaws. Richard Blakey lost the toss for Yorkshire who were asked
EVELYN Shead and her husband Robert like nothing better than curling up with a good book. Nothing unusual in that. In one way, Robert jokes, they are actually quite lucky. "We can sit up all night reading without the lights," he says. That's because when
A POLICE investigation has been launched after allegations of racism erupted in a quiet North Yorkshire village. Wilton Haitchison claims he and his family have become the targets of prejudice since moving to Ryedale from West Yorkshire 17 months ago.
MOVIE legend Paul Newman sent a $1,500 (£1,026) cheque to a York publican after one of the star's employees noticed a sponsor form on the bar while enjoying a pint in the city. Jim Hardie, landlord of the Blue Bell in Fossgate, who is raising money for
TONY Blair delivered a speech about genetically modified foods. He said that any scientist who speaks out against GM foods will find themselves in trouble. Whatever happened to freedom of speech in this country? If GM foods are as safe as he, and his
LAST Thursday marked the anniversary of D-Day. Fifty-eight years earlier, the Allied invasion force had landed in Normandy as the long-awaited Operation Overlord got underway; by midnight, 155,000 troops were ashore, for the loss of 9,000 men. Among the
WHAT a coincidence on reading an old newspaper called England dated January 15, 1887, which reflected upon the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the great great grandmother of our Queen. It reproted that the jubilee should be a memorial worthy of respect
Adaleel, unbeaten in two races this season, can complete a hat-trick at Redcar tomorrow. The three-year-old, trained at Newmarket by Alec Stewart, goes for the Salamanzar Handicap and looks sure to take all the beating. Adaleel, who got off the mark at
THE chairman of York Against Cancer has stepped down after more than a decade in the post. It was in 1991 that Mark Sessions took over at the head of the charity which raises money locally and spends it locally. But he decided to hand over the role last
THOUSANDS of people lined the banks of the River Nidd to watch the famous Knaresborough Bed Push. The race, which has been run for more than 36 years, starts from Conyngham Hall field and does a circuit of the town across streets and river. A powerful
TWO of York's most famous personalities are to return home in the near future, to be awarded the city's highest honour. Screen star Dame Judi Dench, and composer John Barry, will be made Freemen of the City at separate ceremonies scheduled to take place
AUSTRALIAN police are to carry out mass DNA testing in the hunt for the killer of York backpacker Caroline Stuttle. Caroline, 19, was attacked and robbed before falling to her death from a bridge in Bundaberg, Queensland, in April. Queensland police inspector
A York city centre car park has been named on a website as a place to watch other people having sex. The website has listed St George's Fields car park as one of Yorkshire's top venues for the practice. The site is a popular parking spot with tourists
AN "inspirational fighter" who overcame a series of illnesses caused by an extremely rare blood disorder, has died two days before his 30th birthday. Connon Spence, from Haxby, York, died of liver failure in York District Hospital with his family at his
NORTH Yorkshire swing-king Simon Dyson has edged into the top 50 in the Volvo Order of Merit after his performance in the English Open. The 23-year-old Dyson finished joint 21st at the Forest of Arden course after a four-round six-under-par total of 282
GRAVES in Selby have been "desecrated" by drunken youths and vandals. Andrew Argyle, Sexton of Selby Cemetery, at Long Manns Hill, was furious when he discovered four headstones had been pushed over and damaged at the weekend. He said the vandalised headstones
