WHAT I can't understand is why the product endorsement men aren't already beating a path to my door, wads of cash in hand. After all, I am now a world champion, which is more than you can say for David Beckham. OK, so the day I beat world darts champ
ON Monday, Prince Charles said British newspapers have been "awkward, cantankerous, cynical, bloody-minded, at times intrusive, at times inaccurate, and at times deeply unfair and harmful to individuals and institutions". To which this deeply responsible
THE explosion in the use of crack cocaine in York translates into a rising tide of human misery. Hard drugs create enormous suffering. As York police commander Supt Steve Barlow acknowledges, the addicts themselves are often victims. Then there are the
HAVING lost a swathe of green belt land to build Fosslands Village, we were told that more had to go to build the new North York Fire Station. Despite strong objections we were advised that the only place it could be built to meet Home Office requirements
MAY I set Margaret Webb's mind at rest. (Letters, March 7). I most definitely have not joined the board of Sustrans. This organisation provides free facilities for a section of the community who pay nothing towards them and furthermore treat the law,
The final round of the Acomb Tackle York Winter Angling League saw 108 hardy souls battle with a storm-ravaged river Ouse below York. Wibsey Angling team, led by Tony Marshall, finished second on the day to land the league title. The individual winner
PLANS to open the National Railway Museum's first ever "out station" have today gained a £4.9 million boost, courtesy of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The HLF confirmed its support for a partnership project between the York-based museum
A YORK businessman has fought back after spending two years on unemployment benefits to reopen his Indian takeaway. Father-of-four Ala Uddin, 46, of Sixth Avenue, ran A Taste of India, in James Street, York, for eight years, but when his lease expired
Lock Alan Sparham celebrated his 50th birthday in style by helping Nestl Rowntree RUFC to a 17-0 victory over Selby fifth XV. Sparham literally had a big hand in the win as his team-mates hoisted up time and time again to disrupt the majority of Selby's
INLAND Revenue stalwart Steve Kimberley is closing in fast on his 700th 'official' appearance for the club. But unfortunately for Kimberley, he will not be able to pass the milestone in time for the club's 30th anniversary celebrations on Saturday as
A TERMINALLY-ill bridegroom says he has been overwhelmed by the generosity of Evening Press readers after thieves threatened to ruin his wedding. Michael Kwiatkowski, 31, who suffers from cancer and has been given six months to live, and his fiance Alana
York-area crews won 12 of the 37 events the Yorkshire and Humberside Rowing Council's annual Head of the River Race at York. A record entry tackled the 5,000 metre course from Poppleton to Lendal Bridge. Morning crews had to battle against a strong head-wind
The date of Pickering Evening Cricket League's annual meeting has been switched to Monday, March 18, at 7.30pm. Clubs can still apply to join the league by attending the meeting or by contacting league secretary/treasurer Richard Robertson on 01751 472261
AN 11-YEAR-OLD York boy who crashed a doctor's car has been banned from driving and warned he could be locked up if he gets behind a steering wheel again. And a 17-year-old who crashed two cars, wrote off a third and led police on a high-speed chase through
THE David Byas controversy is likely to re-surface at Yorkshire's annual meeting at Headingley on March 23 when their former captain is due to be elected an honorary life member of the club for his outstanding services. News of Byas's shock decision took
RESIDENTS in a York community are being encouraged to "pass the pen" as part of a police campaign to curb a recent rise in burglaries. The South Bank area of the city saw a sudden surge in the number of break-ins over the weekend. In an effort to deter
EMMA Duggleby, Malton and Norton's international golfer, qualified for the match-play stages of the South African Ladies open amateur championship with rounds of 68, 74 and 69. She was joint leader with Tanica Van As (South Africa) after the opening three
Members of the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir have scooped a top singing prize after revealing they hold a weekly impromptu sing-along in the pub. The group, which was formed 77 years ago, came first in the sacred section at the annual Eskdale male
PLANS to close a York library have been accepted by leisure chiefs who heard of visitor numbers too low to justify keeping it open. Osbaldwick library will be closed in April and replaced by a mobile service. Councillor Alan Jones, City of York Council's
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth has incentives aplenty as he looks to safeguard his country against Finland tonight. Howarth is part of the England Under-20 squad that takes on the Finns at Bolton's Reebok Stadium tonight, kick-off 7.30pm. Apart from
A SELBY girl was today anxiously waiting for hospital test results after being stabbed by a used hypodermic needle. The seven-year-old, who was walking on derelict land next to St James Church, is the third person to be stabbed by a syringe in that area
ARMED police sealed off a street and surrounded a North Yorkshire house after reports of a disturbance. Officers cordoned off the street and police dogs were brought in after a woman at a house in Rainbow Lane, Malton, alerted police at around 12.15pm
ANXIOUS employees at a North Yorkshire firm fear they may have to leave their jobs if they can't quit cigarettes. Staff at RR Donnelley, which prints the Yellow Pages at its press in Flaxby Moor, between York and Knaresborough, have six months to stop
SCRUFFY the dog is every postman's worst nightmare. He may look like a sweet little thing but the short-fused mutt harbours a deep hatred of strangers. Last year he took a disliking to a postman and bit his behind. As a result, the five-year-old Parson
A MAJOR upsurge in crime across York is being fuelled by a massive rise in the use of the highly-addictive drug crack cocaine, police have warned. The total value of crack cocaine seized in York last year was £1,500, but in only the last three months,
TURNING to the legal drugs trade, today is No Smoking Day. Levels of irritability soared as thousands of people went without their daily nicotine intake. Print firm RR Donnelley has a novel way to encourage its staff to quit. From August 1, smoking at
THE David Byas controversy is likely to re-surface at Yorkshire's annual meeting at Headingley on March 23 when their former captain is due to be elected an honorary life member of the club for his outstanding services. News of Byas's shock decision took
RECENTLY I was taking my five-year-old son swimming. My godson Benjamin, two, was in the back of the car. While in the traffic queue I noticed that Ben was having a fit. I pulled in to the side of Shipton Road and panicked really. A very kind many called
MS HAYWOOD asks ('The Victorians and abortion', February 19) why do we hark back to those times. I ask who does? Pro-life people don't. As far as the morning after pill is concerned, if Ms Haywood had a daughter, would she like her to be given that pill
I AM writing to thank those among your readership who have donated money to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal for the people in the Congo who suffered when a volcano erupted last month, destroying most of the town of Goma. Fourteen UK charities
OUR prison population is 70,000 because that is where such criminals should be. The prison governors should not ask the judges not to send people to prison. We should build many more prisons, lock up many more people and preferably throw away the keys
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth has incentives aplenty as he looks to safeguard his country against Finland tonight. Howarth is part of the England Under-20 squad that takes on the Finns at Bolton's Reebok Stadium tonight, kick-off 7.30pm. Apart from
YORK residents have been invited to a palace open day to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The Archbishop of York's Palace, at Bishopthorpe, will be open to the public on June 3. People will be able to take a guided tour of the palace and stroll around
THE top three teams in division one of the RJF Homes Beckett League dropped points last weekend as the competition hots up for top four Victory Cup placings among the leading six teams. Slingsby, third from bottom of the table and who the previous weekend
TOURISM businesses in York were today urged to embrace the euro as one of the city's smallest museums began accepting the new European currency. The Richard III Museum, housed in Monk Bar, has started accepting euros, giving change to tourists in sterling
FORMER Tadcaster Grammar School pupil Matthew Kilgallon is on the verge of fresh international honours. Kilgallon, in his second year of scholarship forms with Leeds United, has been selected for the England Under-18 squad that will take on Italy in Bellaria
PORTERS - or Palestine? Where would your interests lie if you were a student at the University of York? Undergraduates, fresh from their recent sit-in at Heslington Hall, are being urged to attend an emergency meeting of the students' union tonight about
FARNDALE will be overrun with daffodil visitors once again this year. There are high hopes the 2002 tourist season will be a bumper event, boosted by the message It's Your Countryside, You're Welcome. The national campaign is targeting visitors this week
TADCASTER Hockey Club's men's first team held promotion chasing Old Malton to a goalless draw, denting the latter's hopes of going up from Yorkshire League division five. Tad's next game is against title-chasing Boston. Bad finishing denied Tadcaster
VANDALS have blighted a York woman's beautiful ornamental garden - by stealing and smashing Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men. For years, Christine Metcalfe's ornamental animals and characters have delighted young and old, from their perch outside her home
NORTH Yorkshire magistrates could be given new powers to restrict the movement of thugs who terrorise their neighbours AFTER they come out of jail. The move is an attempt to breathe new life into the Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) initiative, which
A MAN charged with possessing cannabis with a street value of £70,000 has been remanded in custody by Selby magistrates. Philip James Easey, 41, of Northfield Lane, Riccall, was arrested by police on Monday while travelling on the A19 near York. He faces
Wetherby star Behrajan, a runaway winner at Wetherby's Christmas meeting, can hit the heights at Cheltenham tomorrow by clinching steeplechasing's most coveted prize. Henry Daly's gelding lines-up for arguably the most open Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup in
Compiled by Peter Wilmott SHERBURN School's David MacQuarrie was the leading York-area runner in the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Chelmsford. He battled through strong winds to take 15th place in their intermediate race. Joel Riley (
YORK residents have been invited to a palace open day to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The Archbishop of York's Palace, at Bishopthorpe, will be open to the public on June 3. People will be able to take a guided tour of the palace and stroll around
IMAGINE it. Sprawling cities deep beneath the world's oceans. Submerged temples and monuments which were last on dry land more than 12,000 years ago. It sounds like something from a Gerry Anderson fantasy television series but, according to a pioneering
