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HUNDREDS of rail passengers suffered disruption after they were evacuated from York Station following a bomb scare. The alert was sparked at about 11.45am today when an abandoned briefcase was found on platform two. Police cleared the area at about

YORK City fans will no longer be able to enjoy their half-time pint at home matches after an unpopular ruling by the Football Licensing Authority. Leaving the stadium to visit the Social Club, club shop, car park kiosk or nearby fish and chip shop has

INJURED duo Steve Bowey and James Dudgeon will play no part in York City's pre-season friendly against Darlington at KitKat Crescent tonight. Midfielder Bowey injured his thigh after a strong challenge during Tuesday night's 1-0 home defeat against

YORK City's Football in the Community programme will be running Fundays at Stamford Bridge School, Thirsk Athletic Club and The Regan Centre in Riccall over the summer holidays. The Fundays will take place over three days at Riccall from next Monday,

ENTRIES are now being taken for the J Rymer Open Under-25 Singles Tournament at Dunnington Bowls Club on Sunday, August 6. The competition is open to male and female bowlers who will be under 25 on August 1. No entry fee is required but the winner will

BETTY Richardson made an impressive start in her bid to win her third Ladies Singles title at the York Open Bowls Tournament. The champion of 1999 and 2002 ended the reign of Judy Abel (Shipton) at the quarter-final stage. Abel was going for a hat-trick

AFTER a week of soaring temperatures and clear blue skies today's angling column has an air of darkness and gloom about it. A number of reports of rule-bending accidents and general bad behaviour have been received from a variety of fisheries across

REBECCA Galloway and Jonathan Woodford, of New Earswick Swimming Club, broke two records at the third Ridings Gala of the year at Whitby. Galloway powered to 40.93 seconds in the girls' 12-and- under 50 metres breaststroke to break the second division

CLIFTON Park will soon boast a new 12-pitch practice area after York Cricket Club's thriving junior development programme was rewarded with a government grant worth £23,169. The area, which is located between the tennis courts and cricket pitch, has

THERE is still something special when a local product first hits the headlines for Yorkshire. And for two White Rose lads to do so in the same match makes it a doubly special occasion. That was what happened at Scarborough last week when Andrew Gale

Yorkshire were given an object lesson in how to construct a big innings as John Crawley plundered 173 at the Rose Bowl yesterday. Hampshire piled up 493 on the second day of the Championship match to give themselves a first innings lead of 298. Yorkshire

STEVE Wade was in sparkling form as Clifton A' beat their B' team 7-2 in division one of the York Knavesmire Racing Darts League. He hit 180 for a superb 16 darts, then added another 180 for 16 again. He was well supported by Martyn Turner (116 finish

ACOMB and Cygnet A' produced the game of the season in the John Smith's Men's Darts League as they notched up 58 ton-plus scores between them. Cygnet's John Mooring (180 for 16 and 20), Dave Gibbons (177), Neil Caywood (19) and Jack White (20) couldn't

York's first evening race meeting in 35 years went with a swing last night as a 12,000-plus crowd saw five winning favourites out of six races. But there was only one Yorkshire-trained winner, compared to the 1971 gathering when the county produced three

A talented gelding who has been set to carry top weight in next month's Tote Ebor Handicap at York, has a much easier-looking test at Newmarket tonight. The Alan Swinbank-trained Ouninpohja has only four rivals in the Corporate FX Overseas Property Conditions

Wyatt Earp, a winner at York on his latest start, can hit the jackpot back on Knavesmire tomorrow for trainer Richard Fahey. The Malton sprinter goes for the £50,000 Skybet Dash Handicap and with only a 3lb penalty to carry for his recent victory, he

KNAVESMIRE Harriers had a successful outing at the Eccup ten-mile race which incorporated the Yorkshire Veterans 10-Mile Championship. Neil Strange was the first Harrier home in 13th place completing the tough course in 59 minutes and 7 seconds to win

AS a three-year multi-million pound project in York to revolutionise broadband communications reaches its climax, the world's top technicians and investors will soon beat a path to the city. A five-day conference to showcase the progress of the University

It is a debilitating illness affecting quarter of a million Britons and its causes are still not fully understood. HAYDN LEWIS spoke to a York woman who is winning the battle against ME and helping others do the same. LIFE couldn't be better just now

From Sunday, Top Of The Pops will be no more. CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL and STEPHEN LEWIS mourn the passing of a show that defined an era. Brace yourselves pop pickers... the programme that defined a musical generation and helped launch hundreds of music careers

HE GREETS hundreds of visitors and commuters arriving in York every day with a warm smile and a friendly hello. Now a homeless Big Issue seller could be crowned the city's Person Of The Year in The Press's York Community Pride awards. The magazine's

AUTOGRAPH hunters turning out to the International York Rugby 9s had a rich seam of material. Aside from the host of rugby stars, fans of the soap Emmerdale would have immediately picked out actor Kelvin Fletcher among the line-up for one of the teams

FURTHER to your article (Turned Off By TV Licence Threats, July 11), I would like to clarify TV Licensing's policy. Unfortunately, if a licence is required, some people will only buy one once they have been warned of the consequences of being unlicensed

BEING one of the five sugar beet growers who met British Sugar recently to put the case for keeping York's sugar factory open, I came away with a stunned sadness that the company would not be moved on the closure. So to see in The Press that Hugh Bayley

WITH the public inquiry into the proposed housing schemes at Fulford and Osbaldwick ending (It's All Over, The Press, July 26) it is time to thank the planning inspector, Mr Cullingford for the manner in which he conducted the inquiry. As well

MY READING of the First World War battlefields and particularly of the Somme, which I have visited on many occasions, is totally different to that of Godfrey Bloom. The First World War could have been avoided, but it was the rivalry of the warring

YOUR report about mobile phones Could You Live Without Yours? (The Press, July 25) reminded me how I first became aware of mobile phones a number of years ago. My introduction to them was when waiting for my copy of The Press at the front gate and

WITH regard to mobile phones, they have become as integral a part of most people's lives as the motor car, it would seem. Like most of our modern technology they have their uses, depending on the individual's rational behaviour in their usage.

MY heartfelt wishes go out to the family of former rugby ace Paul Atkins, 41 (Rugby Ace In Horror Smash, The Press, July 25), whom, while on holiday in Corfu, suffered horrific injuries in a motorcycle smash. Having known Paul and his family for a

I SEEM to be always reading letters from people grumbling about youth, education, transport, the NHS, hospitals, farming etc. So here's one in praise, admiration and grateful thanks to young people, our doctors, ambulance service, the NHS, the

THIS year's Ryedale Agricultural Show seemed to be a huge success and deservedly blessed with wonderful weather. There was a noticeable absence of queues at all ice-cream stalls. No wonder, they priced themselves out. How on earth can parents with

DO "pilots" have trouble stopping mid-flight? While waiting at a red traffic light to cross Bridge Street yes, a cyclist waiting at a red light I witnessed a pilot (an ftr driver) blatantly cross the junction towards Micklegate in his purple machine

Though factually correct, your article concerning the views of Norwich Union staff on living and working in York (Staff Air Their Views On Rubbish And Pools, July 27) failed to cover some key points. Far from painting a negative picture of life in York

YOUR pictures of Scarcroft School children lying on the floor (Heat Takes Its Toll, July 20) brought back memories of almost 80 years ago when, in the "babies" as it was then called, we all lay on raffia mats for a "rest" after lunch. In winter we were

NOBODY will ever be able to stop teenagers hanging around in gangs on street corners. It is what they do. Most of the time, there is nothing wrong with that. The vast majority of teenagers, in York as elsewhere, are perfectly decent young people who

There is nothing wrong with a good pub lunch. And it is always wise to get there by bus. So Ratty, the five-year-old terrier, is clearly a dog who has got life sussed. His owner, Dunnington farmer Gary Kay, was amazed to discover Ratty had been regularly

A WOMAN was stabbed as she walked through a peaceful park in York last night. Armed police sealed off West Bank Park in Holgate as forensic officers combed a patch of secluded woodland. The victim, a woman in her forties, was taken to hospital suffering

POLICE swooped on a flat in York city centre after a man was stabbed in the stomach. A spokesman for Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service said they were called to Micklegate at 7.25pm last night after reports of a stabbing. The spokesman

A PLAN to build a new roundabout at an accident blackspot on the York ring road has passed its latest hurdle. A decision over the scheme to construct a £3 million roundabout to replace the Moor Lane, Askham Lane and Askham Bryan Lane junctions on the

STRIKE action by thousands of postal workers has been averted after unions sealed a deal with Royal Mail over pay and conditions. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) has reached an agreement with the company which will now be put to members in an

PARKING problems outside a shopping parade caused by York Hospital staff are set to be examined by council chiefs. Officers will visit the shops in Intake Avenue, Clifton, York, after traders claimed elderly and disabled customers cannot park to visit

NESSIE was nowhere in sight when York's adrenalin-seeking Ales Angels embarked on a monster pedalo push across Loch Ness. The six friends completed their 30-mile charity challenge in two-and-a-half days, and declared it their most adventurous but

WE HAVE done so well, but we can do even better, proud York council bosses pledged today. York's tidy streets are set to get even tidier as the city gears up for an overhaul of its cleaning operations. Less than 24 hours after the announcement that

GREEN Party members have hit out at plans to reduce the frequency of a bus service. Campaigner Denise Craghill is planning to launch a petition in an attempt to protect the number 22 and number 23 bus routes, which serve Fordlands Road, in Fulford.

POLICE will be able to forcibly return children to their homes if they are caught on the streets at night in some parts of York, under new powers. Officers will now have the power to take under-16s home if it is after 9pm and they are unaccompanied

Just A Quickie with Chris Helme, frontman of The Yards. Where and when are you playing in York this weekend? Why choose this particular venue? "The Junction In Leeman Road tonight. We all know The Junction is a cosy little place and a great place

AFTER ten years of "poncing around in tights", York actor Michael S Bennett is to draw the final curtain on his summer show at the Richard III Museum in York. Next month's performances of An Audience With King Richard III will be the last season for

After the coup of presenting the British premiere of Titanic: The Musical in 2004, York Musical Theatre Company (YMTC) has done it again, this time swapping lifeboats for nuns' habits. The company will be the first in the UK to perform Nunsense: The

An aspiring model was attacked in the street and her necklaces stolen four days after she told the world how she beat heroin. Nicola Brown had accused Lee Simpson of pressurizing her into credit card crime in the days when she was a drug addict, York

POLICE in York will keep a small station open in the city centre if plans for a £25million out-of-town development are given the thumbs up. They plan to spend £150,000 a year on a small "one stop shop" in the city centre. Its location has not been revealed

The walled garden at Nunnington Hall will be transformed tomorrow evening into the hot house of doomed teenage romance otherwise known as Romeo And Juliet. Outdoor theatre specialists Heartbreak Productions visit the National Trust property near Helmsley

YORK train operator GNER hit out angrily today after losing a High Court battle against its bitter rival, Grand Central. It claimed a judge's decision to allow the minnow competitor to run trains from York to London was "fundamentally flawed," and said

Charles Hutchinson talks shop with York's Andrew McCarthy. ANDREW McCarthy's latest stage role is a little close to home. He is playing Orin, the gas-guzzling dentist who puts the mental into dental health in Little Shop Of Horrors, this summer's

A former royal butler from Whitby has been jailed for two years after he admitted distributing obscene images of young children. Nicholas Greaves, whose work involved opening doors for the Queen, bowed his head in the dock at York Crown Court as he was

COUNCIL bosses are being accused of trying to "bury" attempts by the authority's opposition party to urgently tackle problems concerning the ftr bus service. City of York Council Labour group claim its motion, calling on the council to ensure ticketing

THE task facing York company Little Acorn Theatre in mounting Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass more than equals Alice's own journey to the mysterious Eighth Square. The ambition behind this new adaptation by director Alison Neighbour is

CHILDREN'S dance auditions for the Grand Opera House pantomime will be held at the York theatre on Saturday, September 2. New Pantomime Productions will stage Aladdin from December 14 to January 7 with a cast led by Michael Starke, alias Sinbad from

CHART-TOPPING Lily Allen will play Leeds University on October 26 on her first full British tour. The amusingly lippy Londoner has cemented the number one success of her debut single, Smile, by entering the album charts at number two this week with

Within ten days of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastating New Orleans, a band was playing in Southampton High Street to raise funds for musicians who had lost their homes in the Crescent City. Since then, the New Orleans Musicians Appeal Fund (NOMAF

RATATAT Theatre Company previews its Edinburgh Fringe show, Whose Shoes?, at Pickering Memorial Hall, on Wednesday, at 11am. York actress and singer Beatrice Augusta, a children's entertainer for seven years, plays the madcap Imelda Baglady in York playwright

POTTER Jill Ford is to hold her first York show since completing her HND in design crafts at York College, where she studied as a mature student. Working from her home studio, Jill has produced a range of porcelain vessels and candlesticks for sale at

When the Octavia hit the showrooms in its present form, it became a byword for good value. But few outside Skoda ever really thought it would start winning universal praise as one of the best cars if not the best in the small family car sector. The

INTRODUCING... the debut solo album from York musician Stevie Ze Suicide. Steve Roberts is on a mission to bring excitement, fun, nail varnish and shocking hair back to rock'n'roll. Once the drummer in punk legends UK Subs, now he has climbed off

BEST Of The West End celebrates the greatest songs from the most popular musicals at Castle Howard, near York, tomorrow evening. Joanna Ampil leads six performers from London productions of Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, Me And My Girl, Chicago

Ruby Turner talks about working with Jools Holland to Charles Hutchinson. RUBY Turner savours every opportunity to sing with Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. "I'm very fortunate to be part of this wonderful thing with Jools," says

THE Other Side Comedy Club in York will take a break while every Tom, Dick or Harry stand-up moves the other side of the border to play the Edinburgh Fringe. "Well, dear friends, the time has come for us to bid farewell for a month as we come to the

LET'S start with a wide open question. Why become a book illustrator rather than, say, a cutting-edge abstract artist? "Partly because I enjoy reading, but also because, when you face a blank page, it's good to have a subject," says Emma Chichester-Clark