Evening Press Reader's Letter As yet another No Smoking Day arrives, one has to question the purpose of this annual fag nag festival with its tired Nanny Knows Best agenda. The central question is whether this relentless harassment actually works. Writing
Evening Press Reader's Letter Why do we need new houses? What's wrong with the old ones? There are currently about 40 million homes in this country for a population of about 60 million which shows little sign of increasing. Neville Bann from the House
Evening Press Readers' Letters Your report that the greedy councillors of York have awarded themselves computers, at the expense of council tax payers, supposedly to enable them to do their "jobs" will have angered every parent of schoolchildren in York
Football: Point of order Point earned and point proved for Kevin Hulme after York City shared the spoils in a fiery 1-1 draw at his former club Macclesfield Town. Football: Crumbs of comfort in Moss Rose stalemate Two points dropped or one point gained
Police and mob in shops clash A police officer was taken to hospital and five teenagers were arrested after youths wielding baseball bats and sticks clashed with police in York. Brain bug alert at York school A York school pupil has been admitted to hospital
Evening Press Reporter Those who bite other people must expect stiff prison sentences, a York judge warned as he jailed a 23-year-old man for five years. Aaron Hanford bit part of one man's ear off and bit the ears of two other people on separate occasions
The Joseph Rowntree and the Manor Under-16 netball teams will be competing in the National Schools' Netball finals at Roedean School, Brighton on Saturday. The squads are: Joseph Rowntree: Gemma Shaw (capt), Liz Davies, Debra Salter, Jo Phillips, Dawn
Our pictures of last year's floods are a graphic reminder of the scale of the calamity. Contemporary photographs show the affected areas are now all but back to normal. But for those who were hardest hit, that is not the end of the story. They are still
Norton trainer Malcolm Jefferson's decision not to send Kings Measure to next week's Cheltenham Festival can pay dividends at Carlisle tomorrow. Jefferson saddles the talented seven-year-old in the £10,000 Edinburgh Woollen Mills Novices' Chase. Formerly
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease of the nervous system, range from shakiness to almost total paralysis. Many sufferers are in constant pain. MS victims are usually in the prime of life. Their world is turned upside down by the illness
Police frogmen were today searching the swollen River Wharfe after reports that a man fell off a bridge in Tadcaster. A police spokesman later confirmed that they believed the missing man was Paul David Butterfield, 30, of Acomb. The stretch of river
Evening Press Reporter Thousands of people across North and East Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to have their say on a dynamic new image for the region. Yorkshire Forward, together with the Yorkshire Tourist Board, launched the £300,000 project
Nestl Rowntree says a new children's product being launched this spring will be nut-free, following strenuous efforts to create a nut-free zone in one of its factories. But the confectioner is resisting calls by a York allergy campaign group to put a
Dame Judi Dench spoke yesterday of her fond childhood memories of York - and promised to return to the city soon. Evening Press readers who voted in the Millennium Person Awards - Kate Stericker, left, and Pat Swift, right - join assistant editor Bill
An official protest has been made about "insensitive and potentially offensive remarks" allegedly made to foreign students by the Sheriff of York. Coun Harry Briggs was an official guest at an international fair at the University of York when he is said
Evening Press Reader's Letter What a marvellous advert for swimming: Ivy Windass, 88 years old, and still swimming with other pensioners twice a week ('Swim Fans Hand In Petition', March 2). I also swim and exercise in water with over 50s, one of our
Ease the pain of MS sufferers Symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease of the nervous system, range from shakiness to almost total paralysis. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the
Beware Dot Com's web... SHE claims more headlines than Posh Spice and Cherie Blair combined. Her worth makes their wealth seem as insignificant as the bus fare to Barlby. Everyone wants a piece of her. Her name? Dot Com. We need to learn more about our
Evening Press Sport York City chief Terry Dolan cast his eye forward to Saturday's crunch six pointer at home to bottom-club Carlisle and promptly gave his team the day off today. The City boss revealed it was the first day of rest he had given his senior
Evening Press Sport Two new members of the recently expanded York Cycleworks road race team enjoyed top six finishes during the Dave Shakespeare Memorial Road Race at Dinnington. Steven Ward, of Driffield, was third in the 33-mile support race and Lloyd
Two points dropped or one point gained, whatever your standpoint signs of progress from which to take comfort. City striker James Turley (right), in the starting eleven in place of Barry Conlon, gets a yard on Gregor Rioch A first goal and a point away
Point earned and point proved for Kevin Hulme after York City shared the spoils in a fiery 1-1 draw at his former club Macclesfield Town. Midfielder Kevin Hulme slams in York City's equaliser at Macclesfield Town last night - the first goal the club have
by Adrian Royles. Pictures: Frank Dwyer and Nigel Holland The great floods of March 1999 produced some memorable stories and unforgettable images. A year on and the Evening Press returned to Norton, Old Malton, Malton, Stamford Bridge and Elvington to
Councillors should pay for their computers Your report that the greedy councillors of York have awarded themselves computers, at the expense of council tax payers, supposedly to enable them to do their "jobs" will have angered every parent of schoolchildren
Multiple sclerosis sufferers from across North Yorkshire were today lobbying the city's MP Hugh Bayley during a national protest outside Parliament. Setting off for the MS lobby in London are, from left, Denise Brisby, Maurice Newton, Audrey Christian
A York school pupil has been admitted to hospital with suspected meningitis. Parents of children at Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick have been sent letters from head teacher Hugh Porter warning that the unnamed student, who lives in the York area
A police officer was taken to hospital and five teenagers were arrested after youths wielding baseball bats and sticks clashed with police in York. The parade of shops in Crichton Avenue, Clifton, which was the scene of violent disorder and clashes with
