HE TWICE went on the run to try to evade justice. But today the final man charged with a notorious hijacking of a KitKat lorry on a North Yorkshire road was behind bars. John Charles Moorcroft, 28, was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday after
Thirsk top the Hunters York and District Senior League first division after another miserly performance by skipper Dave Towse saw him take 6-15 in 20 overs as Osbaldwick took first knock at the Racecourse Ground. Two youngsters compensated for the absence
GET on your bike - and why not get your kit off too? That is what cyclists are being encouraged to do next month as York prepares to host its first "World Naked Bike Ride". The event, staged around the world, is held annually to raise awareness of global
YORK City Knights chief executive John Guildford said there was "absolutely no pressure whatsoever" on head coach Mick Cook, despite seeing the team fall to a club record five consecutive defeats. Cook's men lost 41-34 at Batley Bulldogs in a vital match
YORK City Knights chief executive John Guildford said there was "absolutely no pressure whatsoever" on head coach Mick Cook, despite seeing the team fall to a club record five consecutive defeats. Cook's men lost 41-34 at Batley Bulldogs in a vital match
A BITTER row has broken out in the Selby district over "unfair" car parking charges being levied on the area's towns. The argument erupted after the district council's Environment Board waved through plans to bump up charges by up to 50 per cent in Selby
WATCH out on Wednesday for a new website to complement our new-look newspaper. The new site, www.yorkpress.co.uk, will be jam-packed with news, sport, pictures, features and information, everything you will find in a good, local newspaper. That includes
AN ale trail and a fish feast will be among the highlights when a ten-day culinary extravaganza is held in York. The tenth annual York Festival Of Food And Drink, which will be held in the autumn, will celebrate all that is best about Yorkshire cuisine
HEALTH records for York Hospital patients could be re-homed in a single new building under a new proposal to be discussed next week. Hospital bosses want to lease the former Magson warehouse unit at Clifton Moor and use it to house both their patient
THREE pupils have been suspended from a York secondary school after a 13-year-old boy was caught with cannabis. The pupils all go to All Saints' RC School - the same school which last month expelled two teenage girls for taking Ecstasy tablets. All three
STAMFORD Bridge put the pundits firmly in their place by beating Heworth by 109 runs in the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League on Saturday. Having been tipped as relegation favourites prior to the season, the club's first
YORK CC enjoyed a comprehensive eight-wicket home victory over Sheffield United in the Yorkshire ECB Premier Cricket League on Saturday. The visitors elected to bat and obtained a steady start through Martin Barlow and John Trower. It was down to second
A BEMUSED customer told how he tried in vain to call a mobile phone shop - only to be told they did not have a phone. Baffled Martin Hathaway was trying desperately to ring the Vodafone store in Coney Street, York, after he accidentally left his new charger
Yorkshire's season suddenly burst into life at Headingley yesterday when they beat Lancashire by six wickets with eight balls remaining in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The victory not only ended their red rose rivals' 100 per cent winning record
A REHABILITATION unit for people coming out of mental health care has been axed as part of a review by cash-strapped health bosses. Patients have already moved on from the Red Roofs unit in Shipton Road prior to the closure being announced last week.
IT was his third birthday present - and all little Daniel Barker was doing was playing with it. But playtime turned to terror after a battery exploded inside his new remote controlled car and the poisonous residue found its way into his mouth leaving
Council chiefs were accused of damaging an important conservation area to accommodate York's controversial new "superbus">> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
This is the devastation left after a car ploughed into the side of a garage during an early morning drama which led to a police helicopter search> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Traffic gridlock hit York's outer ring road as a police car was involved in a smash on the outskirts of the city>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
The face of one of York's best-known independent retailers was celebrating 50 years at his store>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
City of York Council confirmed it will not prevent taxis getting involved in the football festival by showing patriotic pride>> The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Two Rocky Horror Show fans on their way to the Grand Opera House in York. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Teresa Humphries was suddenly sacked from her £16,000-a-year York job because she is American>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
A businessman is calling for community action to stem the tide of vandalism which is 'tarnishing' part of York>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Is this The Beast of Selby?>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Young women from across the city came together for the semi-finals of this year's Miss York competition>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Lottery winner dies at 46>> The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Monday, May 29, 2006 100 years ago. A correspondent called attention to the steps that were being taken to close the riverside against the public. At Fulford, it was pointed out, a new wire fence had been put up along a part of Captain Key's property
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Roy Francis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
This was the charred wreck that was left after a fire tore through a former children's home in Tadcaster © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
TRADERS in west York have given the thumbs-up to a new scheme aimed at regenerating their community's shopping hub. More than 80 local businesses in the Front Street area are set to benefit from the York Pride scheme, which will try to revitalise the
A LEADING business group has pledged to help remove "clutter" from the streets of York. York Business Pride has decided to adopt a plan put forward by Sir Ron Cooke, former vice-chancellor of the University of York, and Bill Woolley, acting director
STEADY as you go... Viking business pride is in full sail. You sense it at the McArthurGlen designer outlet in York, where City of York Council leader Councillor Steve Galloway and Adam Sinclair, both co-founders of York Business Pride, arrived to
Lester Piggott was making a guest appearance at Redcar this afternoon. The legendary former jockey was presenting the trophies for the major race at the seaside racecourse, the £50,000 Zetland Gold Cup. And Kevin Darley could well receive the prize,
A BANK Holiday is all the excuse we need for a look back at the way York people used to have fun in days gone by. We've always done the formal occasions well in York as our pictures here of Military Day parades shows. In one, the West Yorkshires march
GUITAR music has become as disposable as pop. Open the NME in any given week, and you'll find it full of serviceable but uninspiring indie outfits (Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Futureheads) who enthrall the nation's 15-year-olds and spark feelgood
OUTREACH is one of those buzzwords without which no application for arts funding is complete. But it can have genuine meaning, never more so than on Saturday when the Ebor Singers devoted six events to the Siege of York in the summer of 1644.
YORK'S outgoing Lord Mayor, Janet Greenwood, clearly enjoyed her year in office even if she did get a bit muddled over some of the highlights. As she handed over the chains of office to her successor Janet Hopton, Coun Greenwood delivered a cheerful
"EAT your chips, or you won't get your KitKat!" I tried not to listen, I really did, but the mother's voice carried across the caf like a fog horn in a light mist. The woman and her husband were tucking into their fish and chips in the supermarket eaterie
FEROCIOUS gladiators, courageous legionnaires, skilled weapon masters. Hold on to your helmets the Romans are coming back to York as part of the city's fourth Roman Festival. Organisers are expecting more than 30,000 people to flock to a range of
ALL Saints' School, in York, has been in the headlines several times recently, and for reasons no one would want. A month ago, we reported how head teacher Bill Scriven had taken the difficult decision to expel two teenage girls caught taking ecstasy
WE'VE had naked chefs, naked calendar girls, even naked bus drivers. Now comes the splendid news that York is to be visited by a delegation of naked cyclists. No, the city isn't trying to add to its tourist laurels by launching a nudist cycling festival
WE in UNISON fully support Les Marsh and the National Pensioners' Convention over the shortcomings of the Government's latest plans for pensions (Campaigners Slam Pension Reforms, May 26). Existing pensioners need a fairer deal now, not in 2012 or 2044
SO, Mr D Dawson, religion is to blame for unnecessary fear and misery. Let's look at what the atheists did. In the name of the pseudo-science of evolution, they declared that natural selection and the survival of the fittest was the order of the day
JUST before Christmas I wrote asking the people of Yorkshire and Humberside not to be tempted to buy gifts that could encourage the deplorable trade in dog and cat fur. Following pressure from the European Union (EU), I am delighted to say that senior
TWO letters in today's Press (May 25) stand out. The first was "Yobs run streets and the police do nothing". I would say the reason teenagers become yobs is not due to parents having disciplinary powers taken away. It is to do with the fact that the
I BELIEVE that we should carry an ID card which carries your photo, your name and address, next of kin and NI number, as in France. Simple, free and effective, as no retailer will accept cheques or cards without its showing. Chip and PIN proved far
IF anyone has any doubt of the dangers to innocent people of the State running an ID system and demanding fingerprints of every honest citizen, then I hope they consider the news that 1,500 ordinary honest people were falsely catalogued as criminals
EVERY entrepreneur will know that the impression of entrepreneurs portrayed by The Apprentice television series, featuring Sir Alan Sugar, is very misleading. No entrepreneur in all history has started on a £100,000 salary after taking an interview
IF Peter Burgess looked at the road casualty figures (Serious Problem, Readers' Letters, May 23) he would know why many cyclists ride on pavements. Cars kill and maim cyclists every week of the year. That is why most parents are glad to know their
YOU either love it or you hate it; it's back on our TV screens for a whole 13 weeks. What is it, you wonder? Well it's Big Brother 7 of course. No matter where you hide, there is no escaping from it; who would, with all the drama and mayhem this reality
MUCH has been written recently about asylum seekers, prisoners and immigration. One statistic, however, received very little coverage. It was announced that the number of children being locked up by the UK government has gone up. More than 2,000 children
LET'S just hope that England's football team has more success with its targets and penalties than Tony Blair and his buddies are having with theirs. Mr Blair admittedly has a good scorer in John Prescott (please pardon the pun). K Holmes South Duffield
HOW many young men and women must die in a futile and meaningless war in Iraq on behalf of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and President George Bush, who feel they were guided by God to engage in war? Originally, it was about weapons of mass destruction
Following the release of the Government's White Paper on pension reform last week, GERRAN GRIMSHAW looks into what the plans mean, and who will be the winners and losers. IT is one of the most contentious and far-reaching reforms of recent years.
YORK City Knights chief executive John Guildford said there was "absolutely no pressure whatsoever" on head coach Mick Cook, despite seeing the team fall to a club record five consecutive defeats. Cook's men lost 41-34 at Batley Bulldogs in a vital match
Thirsk top the Hunters York and District Senior League first division after another miserly performance by skipper Dave Towse saw him take 6-15 in 20 overs as Osbaldwick took first knock at the Racecourse Ground. Two youngsters compensated for the absence
STAMFORD Bridge put the pundits firmly in their place by beating Heworth by 109 runs in the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League on Saturday. Having been tipped as relegation favourites prior to the season, the club's first
Having suffered the defection of a number of players, Wilberfoss visited Dringhouses with a weakened side for their division two game and were mesmerized by the home side's spinning threesome. John Crowe took 4-55 but Ian Dews (3-10) was the most
Sheriff Hutton romped to a 123-run victory over Malton & Old Malton II in Hunters York and District Senior League division three. Ben Tompkins was top scorer in Sheriff Hutton's total of 167-7 with an unbeaten 53. Malton and Old Malton then crumbled
May 27/28. Premier Division. Beverley Town (7) lost to Easingwold (30) by 4 wickets. Beverley Town 197-9 (J Mitchell 44, O Grantham 41; P Skilbeck 3-39, J P Marwood 3-72), Easingwold 199-6 (M J Piercy 100, J P Marwood 44; S Roe 3-61). Dunnington
RUNNING up the infamous Mount Pleasant hill is no fun at the best of times. But when hosts Batley are running down it with pace and purpose, it becomes even less fun. So it proved yesterday as York City Knights lost their crucial bottom-of-the-table
YORK CC enjoyed a comprehensive eight-wicket home victory over Sheffield United in the Yorkshire ECB Premier Cricket League on Saturday. The visitors elected to bat and obtained a steady start through Martin Barlow and John Trower. It was down to
Yorkshire's season suddenly burst into life at Headingley yesterday when they beat Lancashire by six wickets with eight balls remaining in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The victory not only ended their red rose rivals' 100 per cent winning
A "SMASHING" teacher and a hard-working head have been nominated for a prize in the York Community Pride Awards. John Green and Lesley Barringer have been put forward for the Teacher Of The Year award in the scheme, run by The Press and City of York
