Having just been to see the magnificent production of Joseph at the Grand Opera House in York, I was struck by the many empty seats. In the past, I am told, Joseph was a complete sell-out. Is it the price of tickets to blame? It is a shame when people
May I offer some suggestions about the doctors who work excessive hours for low pay. The citizens of Yorkshire could offer to put £1 a week into a fund to help raise the doctors' low level of pay and perhaps there would be enough money to employ more
As an old-age pensioner, I am going to have to return my council cooker as I can no longer afford the cooker increases, year after year, which Rod Hills and the Labour Party started when they came into power. The cooker costs me £2.89 per week and is
York police are keen to reunite burglary victims with their possessions after they recovered a cache of stolen property worth £10,000 from an address in the city. PC Neil Cook with the unclaimed items at York Police station. Picture: Frank Dwyer PC Nick
Brave York City's glorious FA Youth Cup run finally came to an end in east London as they were beaten 5-0 by West Ham in the fifth round replay last night. After coming close to toppling the Hammers in the first game at Bootham Crescent, the Minsterkids
York Wasps have received a timely boost with the news that Craig Booth will not be punished for his sending off against Swinton Lions. Sent off: Craig Booth The prop forward was dismissed by Oldham referee Ian Smith for headbutting during a brawl in the
Three Premier League players will be hoping to make an impression on caretaker-manager Neil Thompson when they turn out for York City Reserves tonight. Scorer: Tony Barras The trio, who have yet to be blooded in the top flight, were today arriving in
The process of distributing thousands of pounds in donations to help victims of the Ryedale flood disaster looks set to take months. Initial payments of £50 will be made before Easter to the occupier of every residential property affected by flooding.
The Government's decision to close York's army headquarters today came under a fierce barrage of friendly fire - from an influential Labour MP. Bruce George, senior backbencher and chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee, said there had been
Teenagers who tore around a York beauty spot on snatched motorbikes swam across the Ouse to escape pursuing police. York magistrates yesterday ordered five York teenagers to pay at least £500 each in compensation after hearing how they took and then rode
A financial adviser scooped a massive win on the National Lottery with the help of his home computer. Quids in: Rob Wolstenholme and girlfriend Clare Lipp celebrate today. Picture: Frank Dwyer Rob Wolstenholme, from Wetherby, won a thumping £173,312 by
Vandals who laid concrete blocks and an iron bar across rail tracks could have killed hundreds of passengers when trains smashed into them on a York bridge. Heavy metal: British Transport Police Constable Kev Andrews shows the chunk of metal which was
Touch of fever at the CD sale One of York's major music stores is having a big sale this week with hundreds of LPs, sorry CDs, at knockdown prices. For those of us steadily replacing vinyl with whatever new-fangled material they use on CDs it has been
I would like to comment on the Evening Press article "Pupils cause problems in York shops" (March 15). The school had not received any complaints from local shop owners that "a group of youngsters wearing Queen Anne uniforms have been intimidating female
How disturbing to read your lead story in the Evening Press that the local train operating company, Northern Spirit, is seemingly hell-bent on maximising profit while at the same time reducing the quality of its services (March 18). You quote the company
Courage comes naturally for these two York teenagers. PC Neil Cook with the unclaimed items at York Police station. Picture: Frank Dwyer Hannah Bickerdike who won six gold medals and two silvers in the 1998 National Junior Swimming Championships Hannah
The husband of missing nurse Marsha Wray has criticised police for failing to tell him of the latest lead in solving the mystery of her disappearance. Murder hunt detectives began a search after a man walking his dog reported seeing a depression in the
Cheese at the centre of an E. coli food poisoning scare has been withdrawn from sale at three outlets in Ryedale. Environmental health officers are urging anyone who has bought Cotherstone cheese - which is made from unpasteurised cow's milk - to throw
School Sport The world beckons for teenager Harriet Lamborn. Fencer: Harriet Lamborn Pointed exchanges of the most competitive kind will be the province for Harriet as she heeds an international call. The 16-year-old Bootham School pupil has been selected
Kieren Fallon who will be going all out this season to win the jockeys' championship for a third time, kicks off tomorrow at Doncaster's opening meeting with five rides - and the chance of making an instant impression in the feature race. Fallon has been
We could easily have been reporting a rail disaster tonight. Only pure luck prevented it. Whoever placed blocks of concrete and an iron bar across the track at Skelton Bridge knew what they were doing. They were well aware that their actions placed hundreds
It has been said that this century only truly began with the outbreak of the First World War. Now we are destined to end it with more conflict in the Balkans. This is a grave and difficult moment. Nato is preparing to embark on massive air and missile
Before each of City's remaining ten games of the season he will give a dossier-style report on the opposition. This new series starts on Saturday when he gives the low-down on Sunday's opponents Lincoln City. Also included in Saturday's Press, Chief Sports
Underdog status is helping Paul Ingle's plot to bring down a prince. Pause for thought: Scarborough's Paul Ingle takes a break from training to loook ahead to his world title fight with Prince Naseem Hamed in Manchester next month. The Yorkshire Hunter
Legends of comedy will join a host of screen and stage stars gathering in York this weekend to celebrate the life of the late, great Frankie Howerd. Among the familiar faces will be Andrew Sachs, best known as the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the
A beached porpoise nursed back to health at Scarborough Sealife Centre has been returned to the sea. Wildlife co-ordinator Sue Rhodes with Sharky the porpoise at the Sealife Centre in Scarborough Sharky, as she was named by staff at the centre, was taken
It's sir Lancs-a-lot All you Yorkshire die-hards determined to win home rule for your county, heed the lesson of history. Revolutions begin with fifth columnists quietly taking over the Establishment. Ask Councillor Peter Vaughan, the Lib Dem opposition
Air raid sirens were sounding across Pristina this afternoon as the Kosovan capital braced itself for air strikes. Hours earlier, American B52 bombers loaded with cruise missiles set off from RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, fuelling speculation that Nato
A rapist who attacked a student on a train between York and Doncaster may have struck before, according to information given to the BBC's Crimewatch programme last night. Detectives were "staggered" by the response to a reconstruction of last month's
