A NORTH Yorkshire teacher is facing a jail sentence after pleading guilty to nine child pornography offences. Police discovered more than 100 indecent images of children when they examined the computer of William Graham Chilton at his home near Selby,
"GUTTED" workers at York's Thrall site spoke of their anger today, as they left the plant for the last time as part of the first wave of redundancies at the doomed factory. More than 60 employees were given redundancy cheques and awarded glass tankards
AMID all the off-field problems, manager Terry Dolan has at least one very welcome poser to contemplate ahead of tomorrow's visit of Carlisle United to Bootham Crescent. With City celebrating a five-match unbeaten run and three wins on the bounce, at
JON McCarthy admits the last thing he wants to do is heap any more misery on York City when he makes his debut for Carlisle tomorrow, writes Dave Stanford. But the Bootham Crescent legend insisted he will have no choice but to be professional after explaining
I THANK you for your support for David Harry, his family and friends. Your reports since my son's death have been done professional and dignified. The support from your readers has been immense. Their kind words, flowers, and donations to the CRY charity
IT was interesting to read Michael Hjort writing about 'taking pride in local produce'. As manager of Brunswick Organic Nursery at Bishopthorpe - which produces local seasonal organic fruit, vegetables and salad, we have experienced how Michael 'puts
I support the views of Roger Westmorland (Letters, November 25). Everybody is keen to preach about "passive smoking" but somehow we never hear about "passive motoring". Chris Martin, Newborough Street, York. Updated: 11:40 Friday, November 29, 2002
We published incorrect figures in Sarah Oxtoby's letter in the Evening Press last night. She wrote that firefighters were asking for £8.50 an hour and the call centre workers earned £7 an hour. The mistake was caused by a corruption of the original email
RULE number one: don't invite scornful ripostes by calling a film Enough. Enough is indeed enough all too quickly in a Michael Apted thriller where Jennifer Lopez's famously commodious derriere is seldom seen but the film itself makes an apposite stand-in
FIFTY years of the York Mystery Plays is being celebrated with an exhibition in the city. Illumination: From Shadow Into Light was launched with the help of a face from the past - Pat Olsen, who directed the plays in 1969. Mr Olsen was happy to mark the
A PUBLIC exhibition setting out details of the planned £38 million upgrade of the A1 between Bramham and Wetherby, due to begin in spring 2006, goes on show from today at The Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Leeds Road, Wetherby, between 10am and 8pm, and tomorrow
THE parents of a teenage boy who was fatally injured at a North Yorkshire accident blackspot have paid tribute to the compassionate hospital staff who treated him. Colin and Chris Sanders presented a cheque for £1,120 to the Intensive Care Unit at York
A YORK mother is claiming City of York Council has "failed" her son after it took nine months to transfer him from a special needs school into mainstream education. Debra Dunn, 36, from New Earswick, applied for her son, Adam, 12, to go to Huntington
PLANS for a massive international fair in York for the world's science and technology "venturers" have been unveiled. More than 60 members of professional firms throughout the city gathered at Magdalen Hall, St William's College, to launch Venturefest
YOUNG meteorologists have added a little sunshine to the county's weather forecasts. Year eight pupils at Terrington Hall School helped BBC Look North weatherman Paul Mooney tell viewers what the winter weather would bring over the following couple of
CHILDREN can get involved in a host of Christmas activities at the Royal Pump Museum in Harrogate at the end of next week. Youngsters can write a letter to Santa, make cards, do a trail around the museum and pay a visit to Santa in his Victorian grotto
BAY HORSE 'A' lost their unbeaten record in York Open League division one when they were beaten 7-2 by Greyhound. An excellent 19 darts from Greyhound's Dave Bath was well backed by 21 from Dave Anderson and good scores from Steve Limbert and Mark Blundell
A HANDFUL of small plastic flags advertising camera film are at the centre of a row between York shopkeepers and the city council. Planning officers at City of York Council have launched a crackdown on unauthorised signs and flags in the city centre in
THE daughter of a York abattoir worker said today that new research "proves" her father's death could have been linked to BSE in cattle. Len Franklin, 53, of Nicholas Street, York, died of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in February 1996, but
HUNTINGTON Ladies' team kept up their York Badminton League winning start with an 8-1 home win over Pocklington in ladies division two. Bev Tebbutt and Angela Hobman top-scored with three wins for 90-25, while Sally Howatt and Sue Percival picked up the
CAST your mind to the future. Vehicles could be running, not on diesel, but on oil extracted from a common British crop. You could be walking on carpets, the fibres of which are made from hemp and listening to music on headphones made from maize. Sounds
PRESSURE group the Friends of Bootham Crescent are pledging to set buckets rolling again tomorrow in the battle to save York City. The Friends, set up to fight against the proposed development on Bootham Crescent, have stepped in at the last minute to
AMID all the off-field problems, manager Terry Dolan has at least one very welcome poser to contemplate ahead of tomorrow's visit of Carlisle United to Bootham Crescent. With City celebrating a five-match unbeaten run and three wins on the bounce, at
JON McCarthy admits the last thing he wants to do is heap any more misery on York City when he makes his debut for Carlisle tomorrow, writes Dave Stanford. But the Bootham Crescent legend insisted he will have no choice but to be professional after explaining
THE Government today reinforced its tough stance on hoax callers during the fire dispute, as figures showed that North Yorkshire was one of the worst-hit areas of the UK. Over the past three days hoaxes have accounted for 13 per cent of emergency calls
FEARLESS - that's how snooker maestro Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan feels as he prepares to defend the coveted UK crown in York. And the World No 1, who was in the city yesterday to pave the way for the start of the big event on Sunday, fired a warning
WHAT a fantastic moment: a push of a plunger, and York Minster was bathed in a colourful glow and speckled with giant white snowflakes. This dramatic way to launch York's festive illuminations banished the disappointments of Christmases past. Shoppers
FIVE or six years ago, Tom Courtenay was sent the text of a Philip Larkin evening devised by Michael Godley. So began a journey of discovery for one Hull luminary about another, as Courtenay read the late Hull University librarian's collected poems, letters
Away with your Hamlets - all Tim Stedman wanted to do was entertain kids, as he tells Charles Hutchinson THE silly season has arrived again for cheeky chappie Tim Stedman. For a third year, he is playing the delightfully daft dimwit of the Harrogate Theatre
IT is all child's play to Charlie Hayes, an actress who has built her career on children's roles. "I'm yet to play older than my own age, in fact I'm yet to reach the adult age of 18 in any part I've done," says Charlie. Sure enough, from next week at
GARY Hart's insurers are suing Railtrack and the Highway Agency in a bid to prove he is not financially responsible for the Selby Rail Crash. Fortis Insurance, acting on behalf of Hart - the driver who caused the disaster - have launched proceedings against
PRESSURE group the Friends of Bootham Crescent are pledging to set buckets rolling again tomorrow in the battle to save York City. The Friends, set up to fight against the proposed development on Bootham Crescent, have stepped in at the last minute to
YORK City Supporters' Trust has called for a united front ahead of the Minstermen's clash against Carlisle at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The call comes on the back of the Trust's strongest attack yet on chairman John Batchelor as they step up their battle
LEAGUE placings and form will count for nothing tomorrow as Selby and York square up at Sandhill Lane. York, currently joint top of Yorkshire One, go into the game having lost just once in the league this season, while Selby's form has been patchy with
IN his efforts to be controversial about saving energy, your columnist Chris Titley does not appear to have thought through the consequences (November 27). Taking his energy limit argument to its logical conclusion, most tourists would only be able to
I WISH to draw readers' attention to the outstanding service offered by one of York's local independent bookshops. The Little Apple Bookshop on High Petergate recently managed to obtain a book for me within 24 hours. All the other major book retailers
Brandsby, near Easingwold, trainer Peter Beaumont saddles Hussard Collonges in tomorrow's Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury as he bids to go one better than ten years ago when Jodami finished second in this famous race. Alas, I fear that Beaumont will
MICHAEL Caine plays an English journalist probably closer in age to the venerable Alistair Cooke when he should be still on the hem of middle age. Not that such trifling matters will concern Americans quiet or loud. This re-make of Graham Greene's novel
OBSERVERS might expect a six-hour, Tuesday night debate on regional assemblies to be many things. Illuminating, overflowing with bile and - dare I say it - entertaining would not be chief among them. But this was how it turned out when MPs turned their
TWO councils are in with a chance of winning Beacon status for their work in support of homeless people and the rural economy. East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hambleton District Council have been short-listed in the Beacon Council Scheme. The two
SPECSAVERS in Malton has been helping to promote road safety - by offering drivers free sight tests. Council workers, emergency service employees, bus drivers, taxi drivers, and driving instructors were invited to come in to the branch earlier this week
RESIDENTS of a York social housing estate may have to put up with draughty windows with rotten frames for longer - because the council can't agree on replacements. Councillors are expected to refuse plans, put forward by their own authority, to replace
THE importance of being good friends was played out in a drama at a York school. Year four and five pupils at Osbaldwick School, in The Leyes, performed a play called Scenes From The Buddy Bench. The play, created by teachers Mandy Newby and Jessa Marshall
A RESIDENT claims City of York Council may have violated his human rights - because it missed him off its mailing list. Peter Brown claims he has been excluded from the democratic process as authority newsletters are not sent to his home at Acomb Grange
HUNTINGTON residents are urged to attend a public meeting on the future of their community's green belt. The meeting has been organised by Huntington Parish Council and senior City of York Council officers have been invited. It will see debate on the
CASTLE Howard's Chan Abbot Studio will hold its Christmas exhibition this weekend. The studio, which is based in the Stable Courtyard at the historic house, is a working ceramic studio combined with a mixed media gallery showcasing leading and contemporary
by Chris Greenwood PIZZA workers at a York take-away have snapped into action and grabbed a slice of the outdoor life to help villagers in a remote region of Nepal. More than 30 young workers at Domino's Pizza, Bishopthorpe Road, are hoping to raise £12,000
A YORK laboratory has clinched a £500,000 deal which will see its pinprick blood tests for food intolerance administered to thousands of Russians every year. A team of experts from Russia is visiting YORKTEST Laboratories - formerly York Nutritional Laboratory
MORE than 1,100 youngsters in York and North Yorkshire run away from home every year, according to shock figures just published. It means that one-in-seven children aged between five and 15 is a runaway, often placing themselves in danger and getting
A HUGE crowd of revellers saw the Minster "painted" with a spectacular display of coloured light, and enjoyed a show to remember as more than five weeks of festive fun were declared officially under way in York. With one press of a huge plunger, stars
THE York and District Winter League returns to the banks of the Ouse below York on Sunday. Conditions have been variable during the week and the river looks likely to be carrying extra flood water. A bream match may be reasonably anticipated given the
FOR RAF firefighter Cpl Steve Finney, it has been a long and gruelling week. By the time the second firefighters' strike comes to an end tomorrow he will have worked eight days of 16 hour shifts on the trot. It's no wonder the floor of the kitroom at
LEAGUE placings and form will count for nothing tomorrow as Selby and York square up at Sandhill Lane. York, currently joint top of Yorkshire One, go into the game having lost just once in the league this season, while Selby's form has been patchy with
FEARLESS - that's how snooker maestro Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan feels as he prepares to defend the coveted UK crown in York. And the World No 1, who was in the city yesterday to pave the way for the start of the big event on Sunday, fired a warning
THE media attention may be on their near-neighbours, but it is Harrogate Town who will fly the region's flag on the national stage tomorrow. While the town will unite for Harrogate Railway's historic second round FA Cup tie at Station View next Sunday
MORE than 7,500 festive revellers packed into York to enjoy the city's spectacular Christmas lights switch-on show. A packed stage of stars led the Duncombe Place crowd through almost an hour of top-class entertainment before the plunger was pressed and
YORK City Supporters' Trust has called for a united front ahead of the Minstermen's clash against Carlisle at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The call comes on the back of the Trust's strongest attack yet on chairman John Batchelor as they step up their battle
A NORTH Yorkshire charity worker who was beaten, kidnapped and sexually assaulted during a horrifying 30-hour ordeal has warned that every woman is a target if her attacker is ever released. The warning comes after the Criminal Court of Appeal ruled that
JOHN Grogan is a relatively young MP but he appears more aware of the Labour Party's values than senior members of the Cabinet. It took courage for Mr Grogan to publicly attack one of Tony Blair's advisers, and by implication the Prime Minister himself
