CARS are among the most desirable of commodities. Shiny, sleek motors fill the pages of newspapers and magazines and zoom through the gaps in television programmes. They shout 'buy me', 'own me', 'drive me'. And nowhere in this polished scenario is the
A FAMILY doctor has been charged with possessing and making child pornography in York. He is also accused of possessing indecent pictures in East Yorkshire. A solicitor for general practitioner Dr Paul Anthony Fernando Hewish, 52, made his first appearance
Yorkshire soap Emmerdale's hard-hitting storyline about teenage pregnancy is being used to launch a new campaign which aims to help parents to talk to their teenagers about sex. STEPHEN LEWIS reports It's every parent's worst nightmare. Your 15-year-old
THE NHS is in a sorry state. If it was a person, its relatives would already be calling in the priest to give it the last rites. Whichever way you look at it, however many spoonfuls of sugar you use to coat the pill, it is dying on its feet. We all know
MICK Jagger is the latest ageing rock rebel to receive a knighthood, in a move that has been ridiculed by many. But as an investigation by Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow - who refused an OBE on the grounds he felt it would compromise his work as a
THE form of York City number one Alan Fettis is the underlying reason behind the decision of England Under-21 goalkeeper Russ Howarth to look elsewhere, the Evening Press can reveal. And with his agent already having preliminary talks with a higher division
A GROUP of independent management consultants have got together in York to help businesses cope with change. The new firm, m-solutions, which begins life with five experts, has moved into Tower Court Business Centre with the help of the York Inward Investment
HOWDY there, folks - and a mighty welcome to Yorkshire. Yesiree! The Yorkshire Tourist Board has been turning good old southern hospitality on its head today by hosting a jaunt for more than 100 professional buyers of conferences and meetings aboard The
THIS is a computer-enhanced vision of calm that York-based Shepherd Construction will help to make a reality. It includes the £15 million first phase commissioned from the family building firm by the Berkeley Clarence Dock Company in Leeds. The contract
A LIVE satellite broadcast from the "Garden of Eden" will aim to sow some creative seeds in the minds of York and North Yorkshire business people, during the 2002 National Innovation Lecture at York Racecourse this evening. Firms in the region are being
THE elegant eye-wear sported by Sven-Goran Eriksson and Tony Blair has evidently been important enough to be mentioned on BBC2's Newsnight. However, Julian Cole has looked quietly gorgeous wearing a similar pair of spectacles at the top of his Thursday
SHEPHERD 'B' closed the first half of the York John Smith's Men's League with a 5-4 win at Green Tree 'A' which gave them a two-point lead in division two. Heath Scaife had a fine 19 darter, then partnered Keith Jones to make the score 4-4 and John Dykes-Mark
York Tennis Club men's first team won their second match in division one of the Yorkshire League despite being without Steve Smith, who normally plays first pair with Andy Cooke. Paul Blackett partnered Cooke together they won all their three rubbers
HUGE creepy crawlies have been flying around the playground at New Earswick Primary School in York. Children have created the larger-than-life insects during an art project with visiting artist Peter Douglas, from the City of York Council. The pupils
TOURIST attractions in North Yorkshire feature among the treasures of Hidden Britain described in a new website and guide from the British Tourist Authority. The new guide, produced in seven languages, aims to present a snapshot of some of the less well-known
YORK Acorn ARLC are pressing ahead with plans to redevelop their Thanet Road ground to the tune of £765,000, writes Peter Martini. The expanding amateur outfit are wanting to improve facilities, turn the current all-weather area into a fully-turfed floodlit
New Earswick All Blacks ARL Club's Under-9s's clocked up their biggest win of the season as they thumped Doncaster Toll Bar 40-12. Tries for All Blacks were scored by Joe Davidson (4), Dean Layton (2), Emma Keaney, Liam Dawson, Marcus Ripon, Harry Waudby
Tadcaster-based racer Lee Wharton scored further valuable championship points in the Volkswagen Racing Cup at the weekend when he contested the fifth and sixth rounds of the series at Silverstone. At the wheel of his AMS Group-backed Corrado VR6, 20-year-old
THE A64 York to Scarborough road must be improved for the region's economy to prosper, transport minister David Jamieson is to be told. The message will be taken to the minister next month when Ryedale MP John Greenway meets for vital discussions over
TWELVE-year-old Alice Sunderland from York City Baths Swimming Club is set to follow in her father's swimming strokes. She has been selected for the Yorkshire and Humber Active Sports Talent Camp on June 29 and 30. Along with her clubmates Hannah Petts
PEOPLE living in a vandal-hit area of York are to hold crunch talks in an effort to stop the nuisance youths behind the attacks. Dozens of people from Heworth Without are expected to crowd into Hempland Primary School in Whitby Road, tomorrow, to voice
FULFORD have taken over at the top of division six in the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League after their 64-44 win against Rowntree Park. They were led by the unbeaten Leo Warters and Beryl Bean, who won 28 games while their team-mates weighing in with 18
A £1 MILLION helicopter which helps maintain the railways from its base in York is to be given a more secure home after intruders managed to get on to the site. Jarvis Infrastructure is hoping to build a helicopter hangar at its Leeman Road site to protect
DUNNINGTON won all nine rubbers as they beat Tyke Petroleum York Men's League division one bottom club Knaresborough 82-26. Second-placed York came unstuck against Sutton, losing 50-58 with P Thomas and K Ridley scoring 23 games. Bubwith owe their first
THE phrase "love conquers all" will be put to serious test in one York household when England face Brazil. It has been bliss for David Maclure and his Brazilian girlfriend Rachel Barlow since they met eight months ago. But this Friday the couple are hoping
Yorkshire have Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard back from the Test match for their Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy fourth round tie with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow. And although Darren Gough is still not fit enough for this crucial
YORK CITY's home Division Three game with Macclesfield Town has been put back 24 hours to Sunday, February 2, (kick-off 3pm). City are experimenting to see if a Sunday crowd would attract a bigger attendance to Bootham Crescent than that of a Saturday
YORK has seen one of its first lesbian "marriages" to be held in a city church. The couple had their relationship blessed in the Unitarian Chapel, in St Saviourgate. Although same-sex weddings are illegal in Britain, the blessings are seen by many as
THE form of York City number one Alan Fettis is the underlying reason behind the decision of England Under-21 goalkeeper Russ Howarth to look elsewhere, the Evening Press can reveal. And with his agent already having preliminary talks with a higher division
SUMMER, or anyway mid June, is upon us. The countryside looks marvellous. Just the rain spoils things. It is difficult to blame people for spending holidays abroad, when the weather here is so unreliable. A British summer used to consist of a series of
ALL EYES will be on the World Cup quarter final clash between England and Brazil - but attention will be particularly acute in one York household. The opposing teams will be sharply represented as England supporter David Maclure sits down to watch the
FOUR operations were called off today at York District Hospital (YDH) as a diarrhoea and vomiting virus continued to spread to more patients. Four general medical wards have now been closed to new admissions as staff try to contain the Norwalk-type virus
YORK CITY's home Division Three game with Macclesfield Town has been put back 24 hours to Sunday, February 2, (kick-off 3pm). City are experimenting to see if a Sunday crowd would attract a bigger attendance to Bootham Crescent than that of a Saturday
IT WAS an uplifting experience for Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh, when she officially opened the new base of engineering repair services specialist Dowding & Mills at Clifton Moor, York. Derrick Arden, left, UK regions managing director of Dowding
Yorkshire have Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard back from the Test match for their Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy fourth round tie with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow. And although Darren Gough is still not fit enough for this crucial
A FORMER commercial controller at Newsquest York, publisher of the Evening Press, has been appointed managing director of the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, at the age of 34. David Coates who worked at the Walmgate office in York for two years, from
MAJOR developers, planners, architects, surveyors, estate agents, builders, lawyers and accountants have banded themselves into the York Property Forum. The organisations, which all help to change the skyline in the city, are known to have been concerned
A WEBSITE which beams out from Harrogate to help thousands of victims of bullying at school all over the country, today won the voluntary and community category of the UK Online E-Commerce awards. Bullying Online, run by journalist Liz Carnell, has been
WATER, water, everywhere throughout Yorkshire - on vans, uniforms, signs and billboards. It is the new logo just launched by Yorkshire Water and timed to "go with the flow" of its new advertising campaign to encourage the public to drink tap water rather
SARAH Shaw's letter calls for Tony Blair to encourage informed public debate about matters such as GM food and vivisection (June 10). She is right to object to the manner in which things are decided for us. The obsession concerning keeping jobs going
I AM in total agreement with Richard Peak (Letters June 12) that the charge for the Park & Ride services in York is excessive; the charge should be per car not per person. This sort of system operates in several other cities which have park and ride
I WALK over Lendal Bridge daily. For months now, at least once or twice a week there has been dog mess in virtually the same spot (obviously done on a regular dog walk). This is such a regular occurrence that were the dog warden to observe the area, I
PERHAPS football fans and those visiting South Korea may be interested to learn of the horrific cruelties inflicted on that country's domestic animals. Recent pictures in one national newspaper show tiny piglets being thrown from a lorry into a pit to
DON'T underestimate North Yorkshire challenger Desert Deer in tomorrow's feature race at Royal Ascot. The colt, trained by Mark Johnston and the mount of Sheriff Hutton-based Kevin Darley, lines up for the £250,000 Prince of Wales's Stakes and is expected
DOZENS of young people and youth workers have been presented with special awards in recognition of their achievements and commitment. The first York Youth Service Awards ceremony, staged at the Kingswater Centre at Clifton Green Primary School, was led
JO Kraemer suffered the highs and lows of motor racing at the weekend - she put in her best qualifying performance to date on Saturday at Britain's fastest race track but the next day ended up in hospital after a big crash. The 21-year-old York City Ladies
FED-up resident Colin Barton has resorted to putting traffic cones outside his York home because of the increase in the number of parked cars in the area. Colin said the amount of people who park in Hambleton Terrace, off Haxby Road, has leapt dramatically
RESEARCHERS are calling for better understanding between motorists and bikers to cut down the number of road deaths on North Yorkshire's roads. A new study, by motorcycle insurance specialists Bennetts, has shown that motorists in Yorkshire have difficulty
VISITORS to York can take their place in history by stepping into the costumes of characters from the city's colourful past. York's only historical photographer's studio, which allows clients to dress in Viking, Victorian and Medieval costume, and even
Shaun O'Grady (New Marske Harriers) won the Scarborough Fayre 10K Road Race in 33minutes 8 seconds. He finished 23 seconds ahead of John Hunter (Loftus AC). They were closely followed by the ladies race winner, in sixth place overall, Rowan Smith (Scarborough
WINS against Bubwith and Poppleton have kept York on top of the Fulford Ladies Invitation League division one. Louise Lister and Wendy Stirke only dropped three games in the 82-26 victory against Bubwith while Helen Leach and Christine Place twice won
MOTORISTS getting rid of clapped-out cars will be told they must pay up to £100 to recycle them. The new rule could vastly increase the number of vehicles illegally dumped, which is already a major problem in York. The Government has decided that drivers
A MILITARY operation to erect a giant cross in the grounds of Ampleforth Abbey and College has had to be abandoned. Despite two attempts to get the 50ft Millennium Cross in place, the complex manoeuvre proved too much for RAF air and ground crew. Now
