While I have no wish to spoil your readers' joy in trying to become pregnant on April 10 with the hope of having a baby on January 1 next year, may I offer a warning note to your front page story on January 8. January 1 next year will not signal the start
With due respect, your article 'NHS must be made secure' (January 7), and dozens which I have read like it are pure waffle and show a lack of understanding of the future of the NHS. Frank Dobson's attacks on the previous administration are tongue-in-cheek
Another year when Evening Press readers have demonstrated the breadth of their interests and the depths of their feelings. Once again the letters page produced a crop of interesting contributions although a few inclined towards the zany. The 1997 summary
Yorkshire firms are among those exhibiting at the Big Blue London Boat Show this month. One of the world's best-known boat shows, it generated over £60 million sales last year, attracting around 180,000 visitors. New Guard Coatings of Wetherby, Mastercraft
Yorkshire Electricity has placed the management of its 1,500-strong vehicle fleet with Lex Transfleet. Simon Purchon, of Lex, left, with Stephen Guy of Yorkshire Electricity In addition to a multitude of specialist vehicles Lex Transfleet has also introduced
Small British businesses are not ready to deal with the euro even though the new currency has been launched for a week, according to Press Association research. The survey indicates small companies will be struggling this year to prepare for an expensive
Native Charm, winner of her last two races over fences, and fast developing into a useful novice, can complete a hat-trick at Kempton tomorrow. Charlie Morlock's seven-year-old bids for the Easter Hero Handicap Chase and, with regular rider Jimmy McCarthy
Former Sunderland junior Phil Naisbett will make his debut in goal for Scarborough in tonight's Auto Windscreen Shield tie at Springfield Park (7.45). Jason Lydiate, James Hoyland and Liam Robinson are all available again after serving suspensions, and
Baxenden Chemicals has awarded Ripon-based Potter Group the contract to provide logistics services for its Applied Chemicals Division. The Potter Group's specialist chemicals distribution facility A range of materials, including polyester resins and solvent-based
Compensation: Horton An Employment Tribunal in Leeds has ruled that the club must pay Horton, the current Heworth coach, £13,030.77, plus £500 costs. The ruling was made just before Christmas, but the decision has only just been made public by the tribunal
Rookie goalkeeper Russell Howarth has an international feather in his cap. International honour: City youngster Russell Howarth has been called into the England Under-16 squad. The York City junior has been drafted into the England Under-16 squad, which
The future of an historic post box may be safeguarded this week when councillors hear it forms an essential part of a listed building. The controversial post box in Wheldrake The Royal Mail has applied to remove the box mounted in the wall at the Post
Heavy snow hit North Yorkshire today as winter tightened its grip on the county. Winter arrives: Pedestrians, motorists and a hardy lollipop man battle against the blizzard conditions today on Huntington Road Motorists were being urged to take extreme
York researchers who pioneered a new diet test which they believe could improve the health of millions of people suffering from chronic illness are to collaborate with York University in a full-scale clinical trial. John Graham of the privately-run York
Burglars have struck again in a quiet York village which is rapidly becoming a burglary hotspot. Three homes, in Copmanthorpe, were all hit during the daytime, as were the nine homes, which were broken into last week, when £20,000-worthy of property stolen
Are these figures captured on closed-circuit TV the first images of the missing Bramley family in North Yorkshire? A family thought to be the missing Bramleys on CCTV in Hungat, Pickering Police want the public to help identify the four people caught
One hundred and twenty-five years old and still going strong. The Leprosy Mission, supported by many of you (to the tune of over £200,000 in 1998), continues to create new hope for patients like Nashik Rao, whose claw hand so distressed him that he tried
A dangerous road scheme may be implemented on the A166 at Gate Helmsley shortly. The proposals involve a 40mph speed limit zone which is good news and installing four central refuges for people to cross the road. The real danger arises from the gap proposed
Those of you who live outside the immediate district of Selby must be in wonderment at what the district council is all about. Had it not been so enthusiastic to woo the county council in the purchase of the Selby swing bridge and remove the tolls without
There seems to have been a concerted letter-writing campaign against the proposal to create a cycle route across Walmgate Stray. Will the proposal bring hordes of cyclists sweeping along like Bodecian chariots, knocking aside all in their wake? Or will
Falling down on the slippery road to success They call it the Banana-skin Factor. It is said to be the basis of every joke that ever was; we laugh at other people's misfortune, as typified when they slip on a banana skin. It follows that the loftier the
Success at the York Chess Congress saw a 10-year-old become the youngest player in the game's history to qualify for a national championship final. Murugan Thiruchelvam, who qualified for the British championship at the age of 10 years and one month,
Many small business owners setting up their firms after the age of 50 may not be reaping the full benefits of their hard work, according to Third Age Entrepreneurs. The Barclays research-based review found 35 per cent of these business owners plan to
A stroll through a pretty English village reveals charm, character and colour. The splash of red from an old-fashioned post box set into the rustic brick of a country cottage often rounds off the rural idyll. So shame on the Royal Mail for wanting to
Jobcentres should be privatised if small firms continue to lose out due to the disappointing performance of the Employment Service in administering the New Deal. Julie Duckworth: many small firms disappointed So says the Federation of Small Businesses
Tom is a disturbed and potentially violent 18-year-old man living in a York care home. He is alleged to have attempted to rape one woman and sexually assault another. These are impulses he cannot control. More alarmingly, the State is unable or unwilling
The midfield schemer, whose dismissal was key to York City's fall to Preston on Saturday, missed training yesterday with a virus. Winger Gordon Connelly was also laid low by the same bug. City have confirmed that Tinkler's punishment for his second sending
A restaurant owner has had to lay off three of his staff because of a £9,000 hike in business rates. Saleem Akhtar at the flagship Jinnah restaurant. He says the increase in business rates has cost jobs Saleem Akhtar's flagship restaurant, Jinnah, sited
A college lecturer in York has set up her own business teaching children computer skills in after-school and weekend classes. Margaret Middleton with three of the youngsters taking part in the Whizzkidz computer course at Courtney's Gym, at Monks Cross
A major counterfeiting ring dealing in fake goods with a shop value of more than £5 million has been smashed by North Yorkshire investigators. Trading standards officers searched premises in Leicester and found about 80,000 items of fake goods, many destined
A dangerous and sexually disturbed patient is living in a York care home annexe - because no psychiatric hospital will take him in. Rose Cusick, who runs The Cusicks care home in York, with patient Tom, whose face we have obscured to disguise his identity
