With reference to Alas, Poor Veggies (Letters, February 23). It has to be a very sad person that takes pleasure in another's misfortune over food scares L Dalton, The Mount, York. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting
The British tea-drinking tradition that has made Bettys famous worldwide is facing competition from the States. Service off to a tea: Jacqueline Enwright, of Bettys Agnes and John Kennedy: Bettys has image Linda McAleer: welcomes new caf American store
In-form York Wasps prop Steve Hill is facing a race against time to be fit for Sunday's crucial Northern Ford Premiership clash with Keighley Cougars. Race: Steve Hill Hill, who has made an outstanding start to the season, is suffering from a bronchial
Birds have got half of North Yorkshire in a flap. Pigeons are constantly fouling York's best buildings; gull culls have been introduced on the coast; and now Stamford Bridge residents are seeking help to deal with swarms of starlings. The parish council
Plans to watch possible first-team candidates like Martin Garratt and Gordon Connelly were swamped last night. York City's Pontin's League Cup tie at Stockport County fell to the foul weather, downpours leaving the Edgeley Park pitch flooded. That proved
Heavyweight king of the world Lennox Lewis is helping North Yorkshire's Paul Ingle plot a princely coup de grace. The Scarborough pocket rocket is currently in the plush surroundings of the honeymoon capital of the America - the Poconos Mountains in Brookdale
A York man who claims he was wrongly charged with assault after he was attacked by a racist gang is to fight to have his record wiped clean. Two North Yorkshire Police officers are already facing disciplinary proceedings following complaints by York doorman
A radical facelift of York's Newgate Market has been proposed to spruce it up and attract more shoppers. York's Newgate Market: revamp on cards The heavy toll of being in use seven-days-a-week since the completion of the Parliament Street Scheme eight
It's a scene straight from a Kenyan safari - but this rare rhino has made a North Yorkshire field it's home. Ride 'em Rhino: Martin Wood and the rhino in a Murton field. Picture: Garry Atkinson It should, however, be noted that this huge beast is made
York's Grand Opera House may get a late-night licence under plans by owners Apollo Leisure. The Grand Opera House in York: possibility of a late-night licence York's Grand Opera House may get a late-night licence under plans by owners Apollo Leisure.
Class sizes for infants in North Yorkshire will be radically cut with a cash injection of more than £3m. Education Secretary David Blunkett announced the cash for 21 extra classrooms and 88 additional teachers in a drive to reduce the number of classes
It may sound appealing and exotic, but the velvet swimming crab is the rat of the North Sea. For years North Yorkshire fishermen have battled to get rid of the little creature - a vermin because it preys on white fish and lobsters caught in trawls. But
Residents have been getting in a flap over some surprisingly frank advice on how to rid their village of the menace of starlings. Mike Driscoll attempts to scare the Starlings as they prepare to roost near Stamford Bridge in this digitally-enhanced image
Astonished parents at York primary schools have reacted with fury to news that their children have been allocated secondary school places miles across the city. At Fishergate Primary, the shock announcement last night has "driven a wedge" through the
Telly news grabs the headlines When the last bong rings out on News At Ten tomorrow night, when Trevor McDonald says his final ten-thirtyish And Finally, the landscape of television news will shift. Trevor is going from ten to 6.30pm, and taking his bongs
In the United Kingdom the Euro is foreign currency, as are US dollars, French francs and all others. Could your reporter Sam Greenhill, (Evening Press, February 27), have gone shopping with a fistful of rouble or yen travellers cheques? Not in York! If
Regarding the proposed statue for St Helen's Square, I ask all those who object to the proposed statue on the grounds of religion or their own lack of religious belief: What is the Millennium a celebration of? The year 2000 without AD is nothing to celebrate
Now we have the primary school league tables I urge a note of caution when it comes to interpreting them. You rightly pointed out in your perceptive leader (Evening Press, February 23) that test results, though important, do not give the whole picture
I refer to your article Asda Changes Its Policy After Mother's Ordeal, (February 25) about Bethany Cooper, the three-year-old who managed to get out of an electronically-gated creche in the store. I am Bethany's father and while I appreciate the article
An enormous vegetable is set to raise money for a local hospital thanks to a pub landlord. Leavening farmer Dave Abrams, left, with the giant turnip and pub landlord John Parkinson. Picture: Frank Dwyer A regular at the Jolly Farmers in Leavening brought
Work starts this month on an £870,000 sports ground which will provide all-weather facilities for York's sporting talent. The Hopgrove Playing Fields Association has ambitious plans for the site off Malton Road, between the A64 and Monks Cross roundabouts
New Earswick All Blacks could hammer another nail in rivals York Acorn's re-election coffin when the two sides clash in a crucial derby encounter at Thanet Road on Saturday. Off the hook: New Earswick All Blacks' John Leach is available to face Acorn
Major Sponsor can pay a huge compliment to Barton - the biggest of all local hopes at the forthcoming Cheltenham Festival - by winning the £20,000 Hennessy Cognac Special Series Hurdle Final at Kelso tomorrow. Impressive winner of two of his last three
Major Sponsor can pay a huge compliment to Barton - the biggest of all local hopes at the forthcoming Cheltenham Festival - by winning the £20,000 Hennessy Cognac Special Series Hurdle Final at Kelso tomorrow. Impressive winner of two of his last three
The row over school places pits pupil safety and parental choice against the education authority's allocation policy. It is the safety issue which has caused most concern among parents of those children at Fishergate Primary and others who have been placed
David Warner on Yorkshire Yorkshire will be re-born in orange as Yorkshire Phoenix in Division One of the new National Cricket League which starts up this season, the club announced today. Details were released at a media conference at Leeds-Bradford
Malton county councillor Mike Knaggs has tracked down the missing Grade II listed railings taken away without permission from a bridge under repair in Malton. The fear was that the 130-year-old historic relics of the age of steam could have gone for scrap
