In your review '1999 in letters' (Evening Press, January 6), I was obviously interested to note that I was your most prolific councillor correspondent. However, Graeme Robertson's paragraph begins 'A year without national or local elections reduced correspondence
We are told the council is committed to reducing traffic on York's roads. We hear that the number of elderly people in the population is rising. Our children have recently been subjected to a daily 'literacy hour'. So what does the council suggest doing
York teenagers may get the chance to re-create England's World Cup glory days by taking on their German counterparts at football ... all in the cause of improving international relations. The 1966 football rivalry is being revived as part of fresh efforts
Native buck, runner-up in both his races this season, can make it third time lucky by winning at Leicester tomorrow. The Mark Wilkinson trained gelding goes for the Leicester Novices' Handicap Chase and, with Warren Marston in the saddle, has strong claims
New Millennium, new beginnings...but not for luckless York City. FOX HUNT: Young midfielder Christian Fox zips past Mansfield's John Andrews (No 19) to set up another City raid The Minstermen kick-started the 21st century with a third successive defeat
Tickets for the York Millennium Mystery Plays can from today be bought in person at the box office at St William's College in York. This is good news for local theatre-lovers who will not want to miss out on what promises to be a theatrical highlight
Unlikely hero Andy Precious earned York Wasps their first points of the season - then described his match-winning field goal as his "worst ever." SUPER SHAUN: York's Shaun Austerfield powers through the Sheffield defence to score Wasps second try His
The bells did ring... honest BELL-ringers on duty at York Minster on New Millennium Eve want me to assure revellers they were doing their job even though no one could hear them. People who were further away from the Minster probably had a better chance
York District Hospital today resumed non-urgent operations after a significant fall in the number of emergency admissions. But hospital chiefs said they still faced a very tight situation following the flu outbreak, with the intensive care unit full for
Now that the hype of the Millennium celebrations is over, I feel I must comment on the pathetic attempt York made compared with other cities. For years now York Christmas lights have been a laugh, though I did think that they may have been a bit better
I read with dismay (Evening Press, January 5) the annual whingeing from council leader Rodney Hills under the usual headlines, 'Closures and fees in search for cuts' again. One could almost believe he just alters the dates on his yearly press releases
Gloomy news for pig farmers No one can deny that pig farming is in a crisis. The latest figures from the Rural Business Research Unit at Askham Bryan College illustrate the misery by revealing that income from pigs has fallen by approximately £10,000
Rugby: Wasps kickstart Unlikely hero Andy Precious earned York Wasps their first points of the season - then described his match-winning field goal as his "worst ever." Rugby: York 16, Sheffield 15 Drama doesn't come much better than the 80 minutes of
A64 bridges to get huge 'lift' A major programme of roadworks on York's ring road is entering a dramatic stage with the removal and replacement of two bridges on the A64. Reports twin blow to farmers Farmers in North and East Yorkshire are facing further
York RI opened the new Millennium in great style when gaining revenge over Sheffield Oaks, who had only just beaten them in Yorkshire Two at the beginning of November. RI's recruitment policy showed signs of bearing fruit and there are more new faces
Steve Agnew has pledged his allegiance to York City and vowed to do his utmost to halt the Minstermen's harrowing run of results. BLOCKED OFF: Steve Agnew's shot is saved by Mansfield goalkeeper Ian Bowling during City's 1-0 defeat at Bootham Crescent
No one can deny that pig farming is in a crisis. The latest figures from the Rural Business Research Unit at Askham Bryan College illustrate the misery by revealing that income from pigs has fallen by approximately £10,000 per farm. These gloomy findings
Drama doesn't come much better than the 80 minutes of rugby league witnessed by those fans lucky enough to be at Huntington Stadium yesterday. JUDGE AND JURY: York's Chris Judge slams the ball over the Sheffield line to score Wasps' first try despite
A York shopping park has given our Hospice 2000 appeal a magnificent post-Christmas boost. Reasoning that not every Christmas present is just what you always wanted, Monks Cross Shopping Park is encouraging people to donate their unwanted gifts to the
Work has begun on a £4.2 million development at a private psychiatric hospital near York. The 48-week project at Stockton Hall Hospital involves the construction of two new ward blocks to replace existing wards, a new security lodge, and the creation
Plans to revamp existing bars and to create new seafood, coffee and drinks bars and a canopied area at York Racecourse look set to win approval from local councillors. The proposals by the York Racecourse Committee involve refurbishing the existing bars
JUST THE TICKET: David Reibel, of York, who was first in the queue for tickets for the York Millennium Mystery Plays today. The box office at St William's College is open Monday to Saturdays The York Millennium Mystery Plays box office opened to the public
The country's biggest out-of-hours doctors service is about to expand into Ryedale and parts of the Vale of York. From early next month practices at Pickering, Kirkbymoorside, Helmsley, Ampleforth, Easingwold, Stillington, Tollerton, and Sherburn, near
Come off it Rodney, - York deserves better I read with dismay (Evening Press, January 5) the annual whingeing from council leader Rodney Hills under the usual headlines, 'Closures and fees in search for cuts' again. One could almost believe he just alters
The wreckage of the car in which a man was killed in a crash on the A1079 near Kexby Fresh appeals have been made for safety improvements at a notorious accident blackspot near York after it claimed another life. Motorist Jonathan David Naylor died when
Pig farmer Chris England, of Holtby: pig farmers have lost more money in the last 18 months than they made in previous 18 years Farmers in North and East Yorkshire are facing further misery with two separate reports painting a picture of plummeting jobs
A major programme of roadworks on York's ring road is entering a dramatic stage with the removal and replacement of two bridges on the A64. A massive crane will be brought in to carry out the engineering feat on bridge decks at Damlands Lane, Fulford,
