York District Hospital has a great need for a larger car park. Anyone who disagrees cannot, at any time, have had to drive around several times looking for somewhere to park, and while doing so having to think about a relative dying in a ward. I refer
British millionaire Peter Llewellyn is alleged to be paying £62.5 million for a joy ride on the Russian space station Mir. What a waste of money, but appropriately paid for through a fortune built on recycling of waste. What a lot of pain and suffering
I feel I must comment on the letter with regard to smokers having a last drag before getting on a bus (April 28). Does Mr Wright want smokers breathalysed before boarding public transport? As for his question 'Does no one remember Roy Castle nowadays'
A Total of 400 runners enjoyed superb sunshine to compete in the 15th Annual Wigginton Road Races over 3k, 5k and 10k distances. The 10k race was won by D Cooney (Rotherham) in 30min 57sec, ahead of A Shepherd (Morpeth) in 32.17. Third was S O'Grady (
Over the past few weeks, we have highlighted the delays patients at York District Hospital face for an operation to remove cataracts. Hundreds of people are on the waiting list. It takes an average of 17 weeks for an outpatients appointment and almost
While her mother recovered from breast cancer treatment at home, big-hearted schoolgirl Heidi Davies and her friends pressed on with a sponsored walk to thank the hospital which took such good care of her. Heidi Davies, of Queen Anne School, York, doing
Parents have won their fight to have schoolchildren in York and Selby routinely immunised against tuberculosis. Selby district councillor John McCartney, who has two school-age children, said today he was delighted by the decision to reintroduce automatic
A Balloon released from a York primary school in aid of Comic Relief caused a diplomatic problem for the person who found it...in Norway! GLOBE TROTTER: Holly Cussons, aged 10, a pupil at Badger Hill School, whose balloon travelled across the North Sea
York's political parties clashed today on the last full day of campaigning before voters go to the polls. With Labour staunchly defending the four-seat majority that gives it control of City of York Council, tensions are running high among the front runners
Victimisation and discrimination are "endemic" in the Army, an employment tribunal was told today. The claim was made at the start of a case being brought by a former York radio technician and single mother who claims that she was the victim of sex discrimination
Parents whose children failed to get into a local school were today circulating a pre-election leaflet attacking York's Labour-controlled council. Adele Coupe said her son, William Campbell, was one of five children from the Fishergate area who had lost
Hospital bosses could build a new outpatients eye clinic in York to help drive down long waiting times. Mary Halligan after having her eye operation. "It's as though I had a veil over my eyes for so long," she said Picture: Paul Baker But they warned
It was very pleasing to see in the Evening Press a photograph of one of the streets in our area, and to see residents talking and communicating as it should be (April 29). What one would call community life by camera. Dale Street, along with Swann Street
The Forestry Commission acquired 6,499 acres in 1997/8 but privatised 91 public woodlands last year, comprising 8,364 acres. The sales included Hazelhead and Seaton Ross Woods totalling 262 acres in North Yorkshire. The buyers and prices were not disclosed
After several weeks the work on rebuilding and reshaping the traffic calming humps in Haxby and Wigginton is almost complete. It is unbelievable that so much money has been expended on this exercise when the roads themselves are in such a deplorable condition
So abused and all because I'm now 30 This week, I received a card. On the cover were all sorts of accusations, only some of which I am prepared to repeat. If you are of a particularly sensitive nature, please turn the page because the language is pretty
York RI Rugby Union Club completed a Yorkshire Division Three and North Yorkshire Trophy double when they beat Redcar 29-13 in the Trophy Final at Acklam Park, Middlesborough last night. Redcar set a fierce pace straight from the start leaving RI to struggle
Every four years we get the chance to influence directly the way our council is run. It is a crime to waste that opportunity. And yet at the last local election, the majority of people did not bother to vote. It can be easy to take democracy for granted
Course specialist Westcourt Magic can turn on the style at Chester tomorrow by winning the Hill Dickinson Rated Handicap for the second successive year. Mick Easterby's diminutive sprinter, successful three times here over the minimum distance of five
Wembley-Bound strike ace John Milner is set for a summer fling with York City. TWO TO TANGO: Striker John Milner puts pressure on Rotherham United defender Neil Richardson during yesterday's 1-1 Pontin's League draw at Bootham Crescent The man, whose
York Wasps biggest game of the season so far could be in jeopardy unless players wages are met this week. The Wasps are due to travel to second placed Dewsbury Rams on Friday night in a crucial top five Premiership clash. But around one-third of the players
Scientists from all over the world came to labs near York today to hear about the revolutionary potential of plants. The third annual Bioscience York Symposium, called Plant Cell Factories - A Commercial Perspective, was taking place at the Central Science
