A MINI town complete with a hospital, supermarket, and fire station, made just for toddlers, has opened at an East Yorkshire school. Monty's mini town, for two to four-year-olds, was unveiled at Pocklington Montessori school. The play area allows children
YOU can just imagine the reaction to the dreadful events in Bali of the die-hard hawks who for the last few weeks have been saying bashing the hell out of Saddam is the answer to all the world's ills. And no, it won't be 'sorry guys, we've been chasing
Torrential rain in southern England has turned the ground soft at Newmarket, which is just what northern raider Lingo requires in advance of his return to action tomorrow. The three-year-old, trained near Thirsk by Lynda Ramsden, is a confirmed mud-lover
A PREGNANT York mother-of-three collapsed in a crown court dock as she was jailed for eight months for hitting a doorman with a bottle. Leeds Crown Court heard that Tracey Samantha Jayne Bell, 31, cut Andrew Gibb on the back of his head as he was trying
SELBY High School is planning to apply for performing arts college status, it was revealed today. The school held an "industry day" today, attended by local business and industry leaders, to promote their new status bid. Deputy head teacher Ian Rothery
FOOTBALLING York pub regulars are on the verge of sporting glory in the final of a national five-a-side charity tournament. The team from the Fox Inn, in Stockton-On-Forest, have won a place in the final of the 'Spirit Group Football 5's Pub Club Challenge
AN impressive display saw York Acorn ARL under-14s beat Heworth under-14s 34-28, despite having only 12 players. Acorn raced into an early lead which was to prove crucial. They tired later on against a battling Heworth fightback, which saw the Villagers
YORK City Baths Club's Hannah Petts had a clean sweep of medals in the Winter Yorkshire Championships at Sheffield. She won the 11 years 100metres butterfly, took silver in both the 200m individual medley and 100m breaststroke and bronze in the 100m freestyle
THE TUC today urged Arriva Trains Northern to resolve its ongoing strike with its conductors. The union's Northern and Yorkshire regions joined forces to condemn the nine-month strike, claiming it could have been resolved "some time ago". Ray Price, managing
THE father of York Ecstasy victim Thomas Staniforth has given 100 pupils and parents a stark insight into the terrible potential consequences of drug misuse. Gordon Staniforth gave a special talk, illustrated by slides, to youngsters and adults at Manor
A CLOSURE programme for one in every three urban post offices in North Yorkshire will begin as early as next January after winning the overwhelming support of MPs. The House of Commons voted by 271 to 170 to approve a £210 million compensation package
CAPTAIN Michael McNaughton was the Harrogate Town hero with a couple of goals in the 3-2 home win over Accrington Stanley to put his side through to the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history. In a boisterous tie, full
YORK rail wagon manufacturer Thrall Europa will close in December, its parent company confirmed today. Disappointed workers at the Holgate Road wagon works were told of the decision today, following the completion of a three-month consultation. The closure
NEW British Rally champion Jonny Milner, from Huggate, near Pocklington, heads for Lake Superior in Michigan this weekend, for the final round of the United States SCCA Pro Rally Championship. He and Welsh co-driver Nicky Beech have forsaken their usual
FEARS of fresh floods have forced the owners of an historic pub near York to sell the property to a developer. Mike and Helen Driscoll said the Cornmill, in Main Street, Stamford Bridge, which is almost 300 years old, would be converted into flats when
ROBERT Wilkinson School, Strensall, won a tense York Cade Trophy Six-a-Side finals at Clifton Green. They will now represent the city, with runners-up Clifton Without, at the North Yorkshire finals which will be held in York on Saturday, November 9. It
SO, how do your correspondents with their long-held anti-American views who tried to justify the Islamic attacks on New York on September 11, justify the latest Islamic slaughter of innocent holidaymakers and ordinary Muslims in Bali? I should be interested
Richard Croall's letter (October 14) about comparing drug taking to alcohol consumption is a non-starter. He claims the unfortunate people who are hooked on heroin have the decency to find a "private" place to take it. I bet the office workers who watch
Paul Acton (Letters, October 14) reckons roads are not for play. I suppose this is correct, but it begs the question where is? Has anyone ever stopped to think where children can safely play these days? No, of course not. Whoever heard of consulting the
On September 18, North Yorkshire farmer Peter Teasdale was given a police caution for painting slogans on road signs in support of fox hunting. Here, he explains why he took such action Since Michael Foster MP - an angler! - introduced his Private Member's
A TOP businessman and former England Rugby Union captain is to work with pupils at a York school as part of a national pilot to develop business and enterprise. Burnholme Community College is one of 12 schools across the country taking part in the Enterprise
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton, is framed through the glass panel of a classroom door, at the opening of a new purpose-built Quaker school. Ebor School, which was formerly at Clifton Green, is the junior department of Bootham School. Donated
THE parents of Ian Stillman will visit a York school as part of the new citizenship programme. Manor CE School will have a special day each term dedicated to the new subject, when students will concentrate on a variety of issues. On the first of the days
NORTH Yorkshire council workers and North Yorkshire police are being given the chance to learn how to communicate with the deaf more effectively. Workers at Ryedale District Council are being offered the sign language classes at the council officers in
A HEARTBROKEN York teenager is planning a poignant prison visit to discover more about the last moments before her boyfriend's death in an horrific car crash. Vicki Whittaker, 16, of Albemarle Road, wants to ask jailed learner driver Matthew Lee more
YORK City chairman John Batchelor and the Supporters' Trust have backed the National Anti-Racism Week of Action which kicks-off tomorrow. The football-led campaign runs for ten days and comes just days after Emile Heskey and Ashley Cole suffered a torrent
YORK City named a strong reserve team for this afternoon's Avon Insurance League division one (east) clash with Boston United at Bootham Crescent (kick-off 2pm). There was good news on the injury front for manager Terry Dolan, with both Scott Jones (pictured
STAFF at a North Yorkshire tourist attraction are hoping for an autumn visitor boost with the release of an Oscar-tipped film shot on location in Ryedale. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has a substantial role in Possession, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow
CHILDREN from a York school are appealing for donations of spectacles to send to Third World countries. The youngsters from St Lawrence's School are collected glasses for Vision Aid Overseas as part of a science project. As part of the topic, the Year
HEATHER Welsh was in spectacular form for New Earswick Swimming Club at the Ennerdale Graded Meet in Hull. She successfully spearheaded the club's triple assault on the Skinz knockout 50m freestyle final and collected a £150 swimwear voucher. Together
As predicted, the Ouse below York was bream-free for Sunday's Tower Trophy angling match. All 40 competitors were on the Fulford bank of the river, which at least offered some respite from the howling easterly winds. The low, clear river conditions were
THE mother of missing York teenager Georgina North, who disappeared almost two weeks ago, says the police search for her has "gone wrong". But a senior policeman says officers are doing all they can to trace 15-year-old Georgina. Teresa North, of Bell
Selby Town continued their revival in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division last night with a 3-1 win over Sheffield at Flaxley Road. Sheffield started much the better of the two sides and they took the lead after 20 minutes with a well-taken
CARING staff at a York building society put their hands in their pockets to raise cash to help the fight against cancer. Workers at Halifax Building Society, in Davygate, held a series of fundraising events to find £784 for York Against Cancer. Fundraisers
HEWORTH ARLC duo Dan Briggs and Steve Barnard are set to don the Yorkshire jersey when the county side take on the touring Australian Aboriginals later this month. The forwards have both been selected for the representative white rose amateur side for
THE 16-year-old daughter of Sunderland football club chairman Bob Murray was put under "enormous pressure" at her York school to reveal the name of the club's new manager, the Evening Press can reveal. Alex Murray came home from Bootham School crying
LEEDS United have been boosted by news that the teams finishing in the Premiership's top four this season will qualify for the Champions League. Last season was the first time England had more than three representatives in the Champions League. The numbers
CONCERNED parents in York are continuing to sign up to a single vaccine clinic that is being run for the second time this weekend. Demand for the single measles, mumps and rubella vaccines has grown as local parents seek an alternative to the controversial
SELBY youngsters who cause a nuisance by letting off fireworks could find themselves under police curfew. The town's new police chief, Inspector David Hunt, today announced a crackdown on fireworks being discharged in streets and other public places after
YORK City named a strong reserve team for this afternoon's Avon Insurance League division one (east) clash with Boston United at Bootham Crescent (kick-off 2pm). There was good news on the injury front for manager Terry Dolan, with both Scott Jones (pictured
A STAR-studded cast is set to take the stage at York's big Christmas lights switch-on at a new venue in front of the Minster. York's very own Stacey Ace will be making an appearance at Duncombe Place, on November 21, along with a host of celebrities.
YORK City chairman John Batchelor and the Supporters' Trust have backed the National Anti-Racism Week of Action which kicks-off tomorrow. The football-led campaign runs for ten days and comes just days after Emile Heskey and Ashley Cole suffered a torrent
NATIONAL Grid is launching legal action against a North Yorkshire widow who is refusing to let it build three pylons on her land. Lawyers are to go to the High Court in Leeds to apply for an injunction forcing Rosalind Craven to allow the company and
YESTERDAY a plastic bag was delivered to my house. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance are collecting old clothes to sell to keep their service operating. I have always failed to understand why, while the police helicopter is funded out of public money, the Air
PEOPLE in this country are not unaware of the terrible cruelty meted out to badgers in the name of 'sport' by a section of low lifes in the community. Sick minds deliberately dig out, torture and then bait a badger to the death with dogs, just for the
THERE is something magnificent about the way in which Rosalind Craven has made a stand. The 61-year-old North Yorkshire widow does not want pylons to be built on her fields at Home Farm, Huby. So, politely but firmly, she has set herself up as a one-woman
VOTING in local elections remains determinedly old fashioned, so proposals to bring democracy up to date have got to be welcomed. City of York Council is said to be considering alternative methods of voting, including text messaging and emailing. Voting
BEAUTIFUL People is a London drama making its debut in Scarborough. Nothing wrong with a capital setting for East Coast entertainment: only last year Alan Ayckbourn's Damsels In Distress trilogy took place in a Docklands flat. The star-glitter presence
