Private midwives offer mums-to-be important choices about how they give birth. But now their ability to practice is under threat. STEPHEN LEWIS reports ABIGAIL Sanderson is a confident, laughing little girl of five who loves having her photograph taken
THE heartbroken parents of a man killed on a boating trip today paid tribute to a "son in a million". The weekend leisure trip ended in tragedy when Steven Woods fell into the River Derwent, near Selby. He tried to swim to the opposite bank, but got into
WORRIED parents escorted their children into school today following Evening Press revelations that convicted paedophiles and murderers could be living at a nearby hostel. A Government ruling means Southview Hostel, Boroughbridge Road, is now an "all-purpose
THE notorious Bilbrough Top gap on the A64 has claimed a life - three years after Evening Press readers demanded its immediate closure on safety grounds. A car crossing the westbound carriageway to get to a service area after passing through the gap in
A YORK schoolboy became impaled on a railing spike as he tried to retrieve a football while out playing near his home. Nicholas Pearson, 13, was recovering in hospital today after the accident, in which he suffered internal injuries. Nicholas, of Kingsway
AMATEUR rugby league is set to get back on the field of play next weekend after the insurance crisis which threatened the game at grassroots level was averted. As reported by the Evening Press, all amateur matches this weekend were called off after the
IF Harrogate are to pip holders Sheffield Collegiate for this season's Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League title, they may well have to win both of their two remaining games at Driffield and against the Yorkshire Academy at New Rover next weekend
BRAZILIAN striker Rogerio could make his full debut for York City tomorrow night when the Minstermen take on Sheffield United in the first round of the Worthington Cup. Target man Jon Parkin limped from the fray at Gigg Lane on Friday night when City
YOU should never look back, they say. No good comes of it. Try telling that to Avril Webster Appleton. The York author has been peering over her shoulder in print for several years, bringing back many happy memories for local people in the process. Her
DESPITE all the issues in the Hunters York and District Senior League premier division already decided, clubs scorned the draw option and, as a result, all six games produced positive results. Champions Dunnington won the toss and invited visiting Clifton
JUST one game remained in each of the bottom two divisions. In division five, Bolton Percy batted first at Sessay and made 168-7 in a 39-over game. Danny White hit his maiden half-century as he reached 52 while Peter Atkinson added 68. Nick Thornton took
THE streets of York around the Minster came to a standstill on Saturday as more than 2,000 ex-Servicemen paraded through the city. The moving event, staged to mark the 75th anniversary of the Fellowship of the Service, attracted crowds of onlookers including
Michael Vaughan's attempt to become the first man in Test history to score five hundreds in one English summer were today held up by the weather. Incessant rain prevent played starting at the scheduled time of 11am, with England resuming on 114-0 - a
YORKSHIRE'S Michael Vaughan was set to resume another successful opening stand with Marcus Trescothick today insisting they should not be compared to other leading openers until they have more experience batting together. The pair began the final day
THE COST of defending Clifford's Tower from the proposed Coppergate II shopping development has left York's heritage watchdog strapped for cash. The Civic Trust has revealed it has struggled to meet costs involved in giving evidence at the public inquiry
AMATEUR rugby league is set to get back on the field of play next weekend after the insurance crisis which threatened the game at grassroots level was averted. As reported by the Evening Press, all amateur matches this weekend were called off after the
BRAZILIAN striker Rogerio could make his full debut for York City tomorrow night when the Minstermen take on Sheffield United in the first round of the Worthington Cup. Target man Jon Parkin limped from the fray at Gigg Lane on Friday night when City
A YORK pensioner was today in a stable condition in the high dependency unit of York District Hospital after she was in collision with a car. Gwen Varey, of Moss Lane, York, who is thought to be aged 70, was left unconscious and suffering serious head
Steve Webster's slim hopes of winning the 2002 Sidecar World Championship remain very much alive after a blistering win at Assen, Holland. Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead were in vintage form as they took the lead at the start of the third lap and
ENGLISH elms were planted in the grounds of a York printing firm to celebrate the work of artist Piers Browne, who has travelled the country painting different tree species. Piers is about to launch a book, The Glorious Trees Of Great Britain, featuring
NORWICH Union clinched the first division of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League when defeating Burn by 18 runs. Ovington are runners-up following their six-wicket win over Stockton & Hopgrove. Bishopthorpe were far too strong for a weakened
THE notorious Bilbrough Top gap on the A64 has claimed a life - three years after Evening Press readers demanded its immediate closure on safety grounds. A car crossing the westbound carriageway to get to a service area after passing through the gap in
BUSH and Blair want Iraq to agree to UN weapons inspectors being allowed to check potential sites where weapons of mass destruction could be hidden. The last UN inspectors were withdrawn from Iraq amid allegations of spying by the American delegates.
CHEESE made from North Yorkshire sheep's milk will form part of a sumptuous five-course banquet at this year's York Festival of Food & Drink, which is sponsored by the Evening Press. Chef James Lowe is hoping that gourmets will be flocking to try
Q After a long marriage and two children, now grown up, we have made a final decision together to get divorced. During the past year we have talked through many practical things, including the financial side, which has been discussed with a solicitor.
Q Since the birth of our second child 15 months ago my husband and I seem to pass like ships in the night. Our eldest daughter is three years old and my husband and I both work long hours, with Sunday being the only day we are together as a family. We
RURAL Affairs Minister Alun Michael warned today that fox hunting would not be allowed to continue in its present form in areas such as North Yorkshire. Mr Michael spoke out as a three-day hearing on the future of the controversial pursuit began at Westminster
After the excitement of the Evening Press-sponsored raceday on Knavesmire yesterday, Yorkshire racegoers can now look forward to the Doncaster St Leger Festival from Wednesday onwards. In the meantime, however, it's pretty basic fare tomorrow, when the
THE COST of defending Clifford's Tower from the proposed Coppergate II shopping development has left York's heritage watchdog strapped for cash. The Civic Trust has revealed it has struggled to meet costs involved in giving evidence at the public inquiry
SESSAY are on their way to the top-flight after they won the division one top-of-the-table clash against second-placed Driffield by eight wickets. The weather restricted the game to 38 overs with Driffield taking first innings. Phil Woodcock made 29 and
STAMFORD Bridge celebrated their second division championship early in the day when the rained called a premature end to their game against Scarborough - handing them nine points to put them out of reach of Tadcaster Magnet. Scarborough had found themselves
WHITKIRK'S disappointing season ended with an eight-wicket defeat against Sewerby in division three. Stuart Pickles was top scorer for the Leeds side with 78, while Luke Masey made 35 and D Fairey 36 with Robin Coates claiming 5-30 for the Clifftoppers
BOLTON Percy clinched the fourth division title in fine style when they dished out a 183-run defeat to Dunnington after making a massive 304-3 before declaring after just 35 overs. Three batting stars shone brightly for Bolton - Aussie Chris Hill went
MALTON and Norton got off to a winning start in their new league - but not before causing a few flutters in the supporters' hearts. It took a late penalty from New Zealand import Willie Barber to settle their 18-16 Yorkshire Two tie against Keighley,
YORK RI got their 2002/3 campaign off to a disappointing start as they went down to a 21-3 defeat against Stocksbridge in Yorkshire Three. Despite being forced into a number of last minute changes before the trip to Sheffield, the Railwaymen battled well
YORK put behind them the departure from the club of both first-choice wing forwards, Matthew Emmerson and Lee Denham, to beat Sheffield Tigers 19-10 with a fine all-round team performance. Although Emmerson's exit, which was reported in Saturday's Evening
A WOMAN who rescued 25 children from the horrors of Nazi Germany has died, aged 100. Ilse Karger, pictured above, was a committed Quaker and travelled the world, living in the USA, Switzerland and Tasmania before finally settling in York. She was born
FORMER York City, Hull and Scarborough striker Rodney Rowe fired the winning goal as Harrogate Town lost 2-1 at home to Wakefield & Emley. Town had led 1-0 courtesy of Colin Hunter's 37th-minute goal and had twice hit the bar through striker Robbie
A GNER boss is celebrating today after winning the top award at the railway industry's prestigious awards evening. Jonathan Metcalfe, GNER's chief operating officer, was named railway management personality of the year at the national rail awards in London
NORTH Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson was today celebrating one of his best performances of the season. The Malton and Norton Golf Club king of the swing finished joint fourth in the Omega European Masters tournament at the Swiss course of Crans-sur-Sierre
SILENCE will fall on York and in North and East Yorkshire on Wednesday as people remember the terrorist atrocities in America. Across the region, work will stop and a minute's silence will be held to mark the first anniversary of the attacks on New York
Sheriff Hutton-based jockey Kevin Darley rounded off an excellent day's racing in the Evening Press sponsored Sunday raceday at York. Darley's lone success was on Tenaja Tinka to send favourite-backers home happy to win the final race, the Wundercars
A WOMAN was struck over the head and dragged by her hair across a York road by a man during a vicious early morning attack. The 52-year-old Acomb woman, who was left with cuts and bruises, was only released when a passer-by shouted at the attacker. The
JAILED arms dealer Peter Bleach has been visited in his Indian cell by British High Commissioner Sir Rob Young. The two-hour meeting is the first since Bleach's incarceration more than seven years ago. Supporters of Bleach said Sir Rob is urging the Indian
HEFTY fines could be imposed on City of York Council unless bed-blocking at York District Hospital is slashed. The Government initiative - similar to a scheme in Scandinavia - could involve the council paying out an estimated £500,000 because patients
I WAS disappointed by your reporting of Dr Robert Richards' reaction to the report of the Archbishop of York's Commission on Pastoral Provision for the City and Deanery of York (September 4). It recommends closure of All Saints' Church, North Street (
GREEN LANE, Clifton is the fastest rat-run in York. Green Lane runs straight for nearly three-quarters of a mile. It's an invitation to speed. Children cross Green Lane daily to go to school without a crossing point or any supervision. The elderly and
THERE must be a lot of people out there who are less than satisfied with their lives. Why else would they all be clamouring to find people from the past? Trying to gatecrash the popular Friends Reunited website and have a nosy without putting in any of
THE terrible crash at the weekend on the A64 was an accident waiting to happen. Just such a crash had been foreseen many times - by the emergency services, by local residents and motorists and by the very many people who signed this newspaper's petition
MORE than 20,000 people packed into the third Evening Press Sunday Raceday, confirming that this family-minded event is now firmly established on the York social calendar. Young and old alike enjoyed the early September sunshine and the six races. The
Michael Vaughan's attempt to become the first man in Test history to score five hundreds in one English summer were today held up by the weather. Incessant rain prevent played starting at the scheduled time of 11am, with England resuming on 114-0 - a
