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  • Julian Cole

    Seek no evil, see no evil With a columnist's eye for sport, the "Archbishop thinks Internet is evil" story looks promising. After all, churchmen making batty pronouncements about modern life are surely fair game. As reported in this newspaper, the Archbishop

  • Rough Diamond...

    Reader's letter I was disappointed to learn that the new B&Q Warehouse on Hull Road will not be offering Over Sixties Club Diamond Card discounts on Wednesdays. When I asked about this at the B&Q Warehouse opening I was told many items stocked

  • Cancel crippling debt

    Reader's letter The Jubilee 2000 campaign has thrust the problem of Third World debt on to the attention of public opinion and governments. To its credit our Government has led the way with cancellations of debts, and Britain has written off 100 per cent

  • Death on the roads...and where's the justice

    Reader's letter A young man is jailed after killing his best friend who knowingly climbed into the car with him although they had been drinking. His sentence, on top of his grief, was three-and-half years (Death Smash Friend Jailed, April 10). A couple

  • April 13th, 2000

    Boxing: Knock on Woods York warrior Henry Wharton may be in line for a summer shot at the European title, in what could effectively be a War of the White Roses. Cricket: Lehmann raring to get cracking Under leaden skies and with the temperature a couple

  • Chris Titley

    Pleasure on tap, for some For a slightly repressed Englishman it was always going to be an embarrassing inquiry. But there was nothing for it but to clear my throat and dial. "Hello, Tesco supermarket, how may I help you?" "Ah, yes, good morning. I, um

  • April 13th, 2000

    Nice flowers, shame about the T-shirt A shirty message for a Royal guest left University of York chiefs feeling red-faced today. Error cost the lives of golden couple A tragic misjudgement cost the lives of a devoted York couple at an A64 accident blackspot

  • York resident kicks up wheelie bin stink

    York householder Louise Grewer has flipped her lid after the council's rubbish collection policy left her wheelie bin brimming. Louise, 26, of Minchin Close, Waterside Park, has condemned City of York Council's refuse department for failing to empty her

  • City gang robs man of cycle

    A man was assaulted and robbed of his bicycle as he made his way to work across Scarborough Bridge, York. Police said three youths aged 17-18 approached the man, demanding he hand over his bike. When he refused one of the youths punched him and made off

  • Clark's crown

    Paul Clark retained the York Conservative Clubs' Hylton Foster Individual Billiards championship when he came from behind in an exciting finish to overcome his Acomb team captain Trevor Ventress 165-161 in the final at Fulford Conservative Club. Both

  • Boyle bubbles over as York claim crown

    York and District IBC won the Yorkshire League title for the third time in four years last weekend, with an impressive victory over Barnsley Metrodome Club at Scarborough. There was a spectacular climax as Iain Boyle's rink scored an eight on the last

  • C'mon, let's party

    Evening Press leader York theatre audiences knew they had been "tangoed" this week, as a show based around the fiery Latin dance brought the Grand Opera House down. And the performers' sizzling skills also lit up damp city streets when they performed

  • Bullock out for season

    York City chief Terry Dolan was handed fresh injury woe today with the news that teenage midfielder Lee Bullock has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The youngster picked up a nasty ankle injury in the reserves 2-0 defeat at Rotherham on Tuesday

  • Life, death and big decisions

    Evening Press leader Pensioner Jill Baker's traumatic hospital experience will frighten many older people awaiting treatment. Mrs Baker was written off, quite literally, by doctors. When she demanded to see her medical notes, she came across the chilling

  • Lehmann raring to get cracking

    Under leaden skies and with the temperature a couple of degrees above freezing, the versatile Darren Lehmann just had time at Headingley to announce that he is back with Yorkshire - and looking as full of runs as ever. CLASS ACT: Darren Lehmann The Australian

  • Knock on Woods

    York warrior Henry Wharton may be in line for a summer shot at the European title, in what could effectively be a War of the White Roses. Henry Wharton Wharton's trainer, Gary Atkin, is eyeing up an all-Yorkshire battle with Sheffield's Clinton Woods,

  • Articulating a new idea

    A York taxi driver is seeking backing for a new invention which he believes will mean a breakthrough in lorry braking safety. BIG DESIGNS: Taxi Driver turned inventor Martin Carr holds the designs he believes will stop lorries jack-knifing Picture: Frank

  • Bid to mark site of York aircraft factory

    Aviation enthusiasts and local historians today called for the former site of a pioneering aircraft firm in York to be commemorated when it is demolished. The former aircraft factory building in 1983 when it was in use as a car hire depot The building

  • Princess sees sea shells on the lab floor

    A remarkable technique for cleaning contaminated water using seafood shells was one of the innovations under inspection when the Princess Royal visited the University of York. The Princess Royal visits a laboratory at the University of York The pollution-busting

  • Sandbags out in Ryedale as water levels rise

    Sandbags were issued today to property owners in Pickering as rising water levels in the town's beck sparked fears of flooding. At about 6am, staff from Ryedale District Council's commercial services department issued about 60 sandbags to the Beck Isle

  • Nice flowers, shame about the T-shirt

    A shirty message for a Royal guest left University of York chiefs feeling red-faced today. SHIRTY: Helen Woolnough wears her controversial T-Shirt to present a posy to the Princess Royal Picture: Frank Dwyer When the Princess Royal came to the university's

  • Popping at the royals

    Reader's letter In his article on April 15 Chris Titley seems to have forgotten one very useful function of the royal family. Newspaper correspondents who run out of ideas can always have a pop at them. Mike Usherwood, Mendip Close, York. Converted for

  • Bin those bags

    Reader's letter Every time I visit my local recycling site there are always lots of cardboard boxes and plastic bags scattered on the ground. The irony is that some environmentally-friendly people are bringing their cans and glasses to recycle then just

  • Ask the experts

    Reader's letter I congratulate the Evening Press for the excellent headline - Yellow Card For Store Over Disabled Access (April 6) - on the consumer matters page about the lack of access to a recently-opened shop in York. The headline was quite right,

  • April 13th, 2000

    Life, death and big decisions Pensioner Jill Baker's traumatic hospital experience will frighten many older people awaiting treatment. C'mon, let's party York theatre audiences knew they had been "tangoed" this week, as a show based around the fiery Latin

  • York dancers prepare for Cinderella show

    Red Shoes Dance Studio has been working each night of the week since the beginning of January on the York school's production of Cinderella & Other Dances. SPECIAL DELIVERY: Dick Turpin (Richard Batty) with Counter Attack forms for the Prime Minister

  • Caution is the name of the game at Thirsk

    Racing returns to Thirsk tomorrow with the start of a two-day meeting the highlight of which is Saturday's Stanley Racing Thirsk Classic Trial, which has Listed status for the first time. Quantity more than quality is the order of the day tomorrow, with

  • Cook on heat in rapids

    Evening Press reporter Martin Cook, from York University, won the open section of the one-day rapidplay tournament held at the Railway Institute last Sunday. He scored an impressive five points from six games and won on the tie break rule of 'sum-of-progressive

  • Heworth quintet in the running

    Representative honours are on the cards for a quintet of Heworth Amateur Rugby League Club players this Sunday. Tom Mercer is in the Yorkshire League Under-16 team to face South Africa at Featherstone's Lionheart Stadium, while Danny Sinclair and Matt

  • Business Park to create 3000 jobs

    A new Jumbo-sized business park is set to take off at a former airport in North Yorkshire, creating up to 3,000 jobs. Yorkshire Forward, the body spearheading the region's economic regeneration, announced the jobs bonanza today after buying 85 acres of

  • Peer support in fight to beat drugs menace

    Young people from across North Yorkshire have been learning how to use positive pressure to help their peers steer clear of drugs. As part of the Peer Education Programme, launched by Youth Clubs North Yorkshire, based in Carlton Miniott, near Thirsk,

  • April 13th, 2000

    Death on the roads...and where's the justice A young man is jailed after killing his best friend who knowingly climbed into the car with him although they had been drinking. Ask the experts I congratulate the Evening Press for the excellent headline -

  • Massive support for Post Office campaign

    Outlaw Dick Turpin was not alone when he rode again for the post offices. ABOVE: Dick Turpin (alias Richard Batty) rallys support as he joins Post Office protesters outside the Houses of Parliament. BELOW: Ryedale MP John Greenway, left, and Selby MP

  • Error cost the lives of golden couple

    A tragic misjudgement cost the lives of a devoted York couple at an A64 accident blackspot, a coroner has ruled. Andrew and Emma Leedham: died together after A64 road crash John Broadbridge, deputy coroner for North Yorkshire East, recorded accidental