Tuesday, April 6, 2004 100 years ago: A 14-year-old boy was charged at the York City Police Court with having stolen a pair of slippers from a shop on Bridge Street the previous month. The evidence showed that the defendant gave the shoes to a little
A dozen final-year design and technology degree students at York St John College are taking part in a project to design a product range of occasional furniture - and it could land one of them a job. The students have agreed to help plastics company Barkston
THE article featuring Brenda Sempers brought back many happy and riotous memories of the best eating establishment in York during the Sixties and early Seventies (April 2). I'm talking, of course, about Young's Hotel and the irrepressible host Charlie
YOU report how a York schoolgirl was suspended from school for repeatedly refusing to fasten the top button of her blouse (April 3). Mother Paula Snelgrove said: "It seems silly and petty to me... she is missing school and it is an important year." So
WL HARRISON'S claims about the EU constitution are simply wrong (Letters, April 3). He seems to think that the word constitution implies that the EU is a state - though even sports clubs have "constitutions". Let's get real here. European law already
ON April 9, 1948 there was a dawn raid on a small village on the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Some of the villagers tried to fight back, killing four of the raiders, but they had only old, inferior rifles. They were unprepared and disorganised
AFTER three years the Barbican debate still rages on because of irreconcilable views. What is less controversial are two matters. Firstly, no recognition for the enhanced Barbican capital receipt has been given to the late Malcolm Johnson, who, as vice
MEMO to the citizens of York. The Woodhouse Lane multi-storey car park in Leeds only costs £1 for five hours on a Saturday, and is only a five-minute walk to the shops, which are better than York's anyway. So don't complain about the exorbitant parking
YORK City Knights' inaugural player of the month, Simon Friend, today lauded the mental strength in the squad after the side ended their hectic week by qualifying for the knockout stages of the Arriva Trains Cup. The Knights ran in six second-half tries
YORK Acorn 'A' confirmed their Pennine League division five title triumph with an emphatic 46-16 win over Wetherby in their last league outing of a great campaign. Acorn took control from the start wih the strong running of centre Alex Cowton and winger
RJF Homes Beckett League leaders Kirkdale United will go head-to-head with current champions Kirkbymoorside Reserves in the final of the Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy. Kirkbymoorside booked their place in the clash after beating Rosedale 4-0 in the
AS York City's men face a relegation battle in the crucial last few weeks of the Football League season, the club's ladies team are hoping to finish their Yorkshire and Humberside League Premier Division campaign as champions. A 5-2 victory at Huddersfield
Geese, pigeons and now crazed crows - they seem to have it in for York. STEPHEN LEWIS seeks a few answers on how to deal with them. MANY in York will no doubt be heaving a sigh of relief today at the news that the city's notorious Crow Gang is to be reprieved
YORK'S infamous "crow twins" have been blamed for wreaking more havoc - just as council chiefs granted the roguish pair a stay of execution. The pair, Russell and Sheryl, are infamous on their "manor" of Askham Bar, where they target luckless motorists
RESIDENTS concerned about speeding traffic on a busy York road were today meeting their ward councillor and council officers to discuss possible road safety measures. Nearly 400 residents have signed a petition calling for a crossing to be installed in
LUNATIC bikers who flout speed limits and ride antisocially are often "lifestyle" criminals who take little notice of the law, according to one of North Yorkshire's most senior police officers. Assistant Chief Constable David Collins said a "get tough
CITY of York III celebrated their Yorkshire Hockey League Division Three title for a second week in a row after an emphatic 12-2 defeat of Lincoln II. The Thirds thought they had done enough to clinch it last week with second-placed York University having
A LIFELINE has been thrown to the Selby area couple facing ruin after their retirement dream of travel in an American motor home turned into a nightmare. Now a campaign is being launched by motor home enthusiasts from around the country to try to raise
TWO down - three to go. Leeds United's dramatic 3-2 win over fellow strugglers Leicester City at Elland Road last night breathed new life in to their Premiership survival battle. Caretaker-manager Eddie Gray believed winning the final five home games
YORK-born boxer Pinky Burton proved he has the Masters touch by defeating the defending champion to wrest a British title. And now that he has achieved the first stage of his ambitions he's eager to grab more glory. The 24-year-old light heavyweight,
YORK revellers caught with a pint on the streets of Micklegate could face being hit in the wallet if council chiefs decide to ban public drinking. Drinkers who refuse to put down their glasses or bottles when asked to by the police could be arrested and
YORK City director Terry Doyle reckons that relegation to the Nationwide Conference need not be a financial disaster for the cash-strapped club. The Minstermen dropped into the bottom two of the Third Division table after Sunday's 2-0 home defeat against
A paedophile caught at a York hostel with hard-core child porn and sex pictures of a child he had abused has been jailed for just over two years. Paul Stubbs, 53, told police the sex images were on a CD which was with some of his property that his divorce
THE art of winning is something that frequently eludes our national players. You name it, England blows it - rugby league, football, even rugby union are in on the collapsing act now after their World Cup-winning heroics were dealt a jarring grand slam
I HAVE never been keen on swimming - hated it in fact. So when, on Saturday morning, my seven-year-old daughter wailed in protest as I prepared to book her in for another term of lessons, I was poised to give in. She has reached a certain level and the
Distant Times can provide Great Habton trainer Tim Easterby with his first winner of the Flat season at Warwick tomorrow. The three-year-old lines up for the six-furlong Dunchurch Classi-fied Stakes with Sheriff Hutton jockey Kevin Darley in the saddle
BOSSES at a York accountancy firm are celebrating after becoming the first in Europe to snip through a whole raft of red tape brought in by the American authorities in the wake of the Enron scandal. Garbutt & Elliott, the chartered accountancy firm
BUSINESSES will soon be able to cold shoulder cold callers. From June this year, UK firms will get the same right as individuals to block marketing firms "cold calling" under a new measure announced by Communications Minister Stephen Timms. The move comes
SPIRITED defending thwarted Malton and Norton's bid to win rugby union's Under-14s Yorkshire Cup final at wind-lashed Pocklington, where Hull Ionians prevailed 19-10. The rivals had met twice before this season, each grabbing a win, with Ionians reaching
AFTER reading the article on improving the roads in York, written by former city councillor Liz Edge, I ask if she would consider standing at the next local elections as an independent "common sense" candidate. Her appraisal of the traffic situation in
SELBY Warriors fought back from 18-0 down to condemn York Groves to a 30-18 defeat in the last game of their Pennine League division five campaign. Groves had the wind advantage in the first half and ran in four tries before Selby got out of their half
PLANS to extend York's kerbside recycling collections to nearly 10,000 extra homes are set to be approved by council leaders. Councillors are expect to give the green light to increasing the number of properties from which it collects plastic bottles,
A YORK woman whose husband is about to have a sex swap operation after 35 years of marriage has won her battle to keep full pension rights. Earlier this year, the Evening Press revealed the woman risked losing her entitlement to the man's occupational
ANGRY cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties. The Evening Press reported yesterday how a deal had been struck between Station Taxis and GNER over an enforced smart dress code. Both
A YORK man who walked out of an open prison and went on the run with his ten-year-old son was today starting a new nine-month prison sentence. Karl Gaskin - a former member of York's travelling community - snatched his son Karl-Tyler from the home of
HEWORTH 'A' wrapped up their ninth consecutive York Conservative Clubs' Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker Championship with a game still to play, by defeating Acomb 'A' 4-3. Neil Wood won the first frame with a 61 break and Clive Whyte put Heworth 2-0 in front
A YORK computer programmer has escaped a prison sentence after police found child porn he had imported from the US. Defence barrister Nicholas Johnson told York Crown Court that James Andrew Huntsman, 35, had had no idea that when he took a computer hard-drive
THE Micklegate fight back continues. A few short weeks ago we were reporting traders' fears that the royal entrance to York was in terminal decline. That prompted a positive response by councillors. Last month they designated Micklegate a special case
STONE the crows! Or rather, don't. Russell and Sheryl have been reprieved. Despite the latest accusation - that the crow twins have been pecking at Strensall pensioner Jean Johnston's windows - the pair are not for the chop. Instead they will be relocated
YORK City director Terry Doyle reckons that relegation to the Nationwide Conference need not be a financial disaster for the cash-strapped club. The Minstermen dropped into the bottom two of the Third Division table after Sunday's 2-0 home defeat against
FINANCE director Terry Doyle has given a strong indication that management team Chris Brass and Lee Nogan would keep their jobs should City be relegated. But Doyle has also confirmed that playing contracts, other than that signed by midfielder Darren
MAXINE GORDON indulges in the ideal beauty treatment for Easter. WHO said chocolate gives you spots? Not Julie Clarke, the York beautician who is offering a special chocolate facial over the Easter holidays. The Co-Co2 treatment involves having melted
THE whole of York is today hoping that the Beckhams' marriage survives a deluge of difficult newspaper headlines. No one would wish to see showbiz's first couple cancel their royal visit to the city next year. What do you mean you didn't know they were
