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  • Reunion date

    We are holding a reunion on May 13 at Sutton-on-the-Forest and would like to contact Madge and fellow members of the WAAF motor section in the war. Please contact me on 0181 566 2999, or write at the address below. Doris Couzens (ne Noble), 95 Cedar Grove

  • Let's get together

    Many ex-RAF servicemen and women in your area will recall being posted to RAF Station Changi, Singapore, during the period 1945-1972. Changi was 'home' to thousands of air and ground crew, with supporting services personnel both at the base and at HQ

  • Don't just bin it

    When the wheelie bins were delivered I rang up the cleansing department and suggested that the larger bin would not encourage people to recycle rubbish (Talking Rubbish, Evening Press, April 20). I was told: "The people that do it now will still do it

  • Bike tax is OK, if...

    Strangely, I find myself in some agreement with Mike Usherwood (Letters, April 20). I'm a blissfully happy car-free cyclist and I would put a tax disk on my bike to pay for: u Lovely tree-lined paths full of happy people walking and cycling and getting

  • Why is York so run down

    Recently I met an old friend, now living in Germany, who had returned to York after some years' absence. She had only one topic of conversation: York's decline. What went wrong at the Arts Centre?, she asked me. I tried to explain. Why was York so shabby

  • April 29th, 2000

    Planets don't bode well The gloom merchants are at it again. Remember Millennium Eve or last year's total eclipse when pessimists expected the end of the world? Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost

  • April 29th, 2000

    Michael salutes kidney gift wife York kidney patient Michael Hardgrave today paid tribute to his wife, Angela, for giving him the gift of a normal life. Anger over sentence on Romanian Staff at a North Yorkshire post office reacted with disgust today

  • Planets don't bode well

    The gloom merchants are at it again. Remember Millennium Eve or last year's total eclipse when pessimists expected the end of the world? Well how about this one: on or around May 5, 2000 (give or take a few days) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

  • Fulford captain Kendall gets off to a great start

    TED Kendall, newly appointed captain of Fulford Golf Club, is pictured (left) with Kevin Maguire, joint organiser of the club's junior section, Ted Kendall, newly appointed captain of Fulford Golf Club, is pictured with Kevin Maguire, joint organiser

  • Battle of wits

    Two rugby greats will renew an old acquaintance when they come face to face in the final of the Yorkshire Shield at Clifton Park tomorrow. Pocklington's former Welsh international fly-half Gary Pearce will go head to head with his old team-mate and rugby

  • Famous pottery cracks under strain

    About 130 workers are facing redundancy after the shock announcement that production at the famous Hornsea Pottery will not resume on Monday after the Easter holiday period. The administrative receivers to Hornsea Pottery Ltd, Mike Saville and Simon Morris

  • April 29th, 2000

    Why is York so run down Recently I met an old friend, now living in Germany, who had returned to York after some years' absence. Bike tax is OK, if... Strangely, I find myself in some agreement with Mike Usherwood (Letters, April 20). Don't just bin it

  • Too long to wait

    Evening Press leader In an emergency we dial 999 for an immediate response. Yet at Selby yesterday, a woman had to wait for all of 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Fortunately the woman was not seriously ill and is now recovering at home. In other

  • Thompson forced to take a rest

    Doctors have advised York's British Touring Car Championship driver James Thompson against taking part in the May Day competition at Thruxton. Thompson is still suffering the effects of a serious accident at Brands Hatch on April 9, when his Honda Accord

  • Cafe owner's battle to keep truck-stop open

    UNDER THREAT: Graham Santos and Jacqueline Palmer outside Jacqueline's Diner on the A59 at Skip Bridge Picture: Garry Atkinson A truckers' caf which has been on the same spot for almost four years is in danger of being closed down because of a row over

  • Young travellers have fun-packed time

    WE'RE PREPARED: Yvonne Daykin, front left, GNER customer information assistant, hands over GNER fun packs to Haydn Cartwright, eight, of the 2nd Acomb Cubs, and Hayley Frear, nine, of St Aidan's Brownies, from York, as their friends look on Picture: Paul

  • Watchdogs investigate conservatory company

    Trading watchdogs have launched an investigation into a North Yorkshire conservatory business which left customers thousands of pounds out of pocket. The Evening Press understands that North Yorkshire trading standards officers have searched the home

  • Wrecked cars are dumped in street

    Thomas Mitchell who cut his hand on the abandoned car is seen with Ruth Hagan, left, and mum Marie Mitchell Burnt out and abandoned cars are making life a misery for a Clifton resident who says her street has become a dumping ground. Ruth Hagan, 42, of

  • Cosmic chaos ahead?

    Astrologers and astronomers are in dispute over a rare planetary line-up which some say could cause natural disasters on the scale of last year's earthquake in Turkey. Astrologers say the alignment of the traditional seven planets in the earth sign of

  • Meet wonderful Amy

    Amy Johnson, from Harrogate, namesake of the famous flier, helps launch the tribute weekend at the Yorkshire Air museum A tribute event to one of the most famous female aviators in Britain will take place at the Yorkshire Air Museum next weekend. Amy

  • Anger over sentence on Romanian

    Staff at a North Yorkshire post office reacted with disgust today after a Romanian asylum seeker avoided a prison sentence for burgling their store. Ionut Caldararu, 24, and his heavily pregnant sister-in-law Ileana Caldararu, 20, stole £2,300 from the

  • Michael salutes kidney gift wife

    WHO SHARES WINS: Michael with his wife, Angela, who donated a kidney him Picture: David Harrison York kidney patient Michael Hardgrave today paid tribute to his wife, Angela, for giving him the gift of a normal life. "I can't get over how brave she is

  • April 29th, 2000

    Battle of wits Two rugby greats will renew an old acquaintance when they come face to face in the final of the Yorkshire Shield at Clifton Park tomorrow. Fulford captain Kendall gets off to a great start Ted Kendall, newly appointed captain of Fulford

  • Chris Titley

    Journalism is in the dock No one has emerged from the Tony Martin case with any credibility. Certainly not Martin, whose sick obsession with "blowing the heads off" burglars resulted in his blasting a teenager in the back with an illegal shotgun. Certainly

  • Dancers show they're no Flash in pan

    TESTING, ONE TUTU: Pupils of the Isobel Dunn School of Dancing rehearse for Dance Flash 2000, to be held at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre next week Talented dancers aged from six to 75, are staging a sensational dance show in York next month in aid of Guide

  • Hanging up his whistle

    PHEEP!: Haxby's Mick Cottingham has blown the whistle on his 25-year refereeing career Man-in-black Mick Cottingham has decided to hang up his whistle after 25 years of unstinting officiating. The Haxby referee, who began his career in the middle in the

  • Wasps set sights on super seven

    GOING BANANAS: Supermarket Asda are doing their bit to aid the Wasps' match preparations by keeping them supplied with bananas for the players' nutritional programme. The Academy team are also benefiting. Pictured (left to right) are York trio Andrew