THE big yellow sun might not be shining quite so brightly just now, but today is still a day to embrace that brightest of colours. For it is Wear Yellow Day, on which the sporting of sunflower-hued garments highlights the St Leonard's Hospice £2 million
MR Feaster of the UK Independence Party wrote: "On January 1, 2002 the euro coins will be legal tender in the UK" (Letters, June 15). Is this really true? Are York traders aware that they will have to accept euros as payment in less than two years, regardless
A NATIONAL row over French market traders erupted today - with the Easingwold-based National Farmers' Union boss leading the assault. Ben Gill, NFU President, has labelled local authority promotion of French markets in Britain as "indefensible" while
I WAS surprised to read in your paper that the reason for the closure of Harcourt Street in Heworth, was that the residents want to reclaim the street for themselves (June 13). I was always under the impression that roads and streets were built for the
FASHION design students at York College are holding their final year National Diploma catwalk show tomorrow. The event marks the culmination of two years' work for the students, which included a trip to Paris where they explored fabric, cut and detail
THE biggest outdoor cycling event ever seen in the UK will be descending on York at the weekend. About 60,000 visitors - most of them on two wheels - will be converging at the city's Knavesmire for a massively-expanded Cyclist's Touring Club York Rally
OLD met new in York when Roman soldiers from the city's ancient past surveyed the £4 million reality of its 21st Century future. The scene was the Royal York Hotel, the site of an important archaeological find last year, when the skeletal remains of eight
THE HIGHWAYS Agency is to check whether road safety improvements on the A64 are working effectively following concern from nearby residents. Locals from Whitwell-on-the- Hill believe new road markings between their village and Welburn are causing vehicles
PICKERING folk are getting into the party spirit with the launch of a programme of events for the town's forthcoming carnival. The programme contains a history of the town, its carnivals, photographs and a full list of events for the event, which takes
IT'S a dog's life for Sandy, the Golden Retriever. A few months ago she was living with the masses down in Battersea Dogs Home, dreaming of a kennel ... maybe even a back garden. Today she sleeps in a luxurious stately home and exercises in a 1,000-acre
AFTER the recent floods the Ouse above York was still carrying extra water, normally ideal conditions for bream, but with the blistering temperatures the slabs failed to show in numbers and most of the 150 field struggled for bites. The annual York Tackle
THE Royal Navy destroyer HMS York berthed in Hull today ahead of an historic five-day visit to the city from which it took its name. Almost the entire crew of 250 officers and men will parade through York on Friday morning to exercise their right of Freedom
THE DREAM of every young boy - to drive a train - is now set to become the dream of every young girl too. York-based Northern Spirit are recruiting 50 new drivers and say they want an equal number of applications from both sexes. At present fewer than
DARLINGTON chairman George Reynolds believes star player and former York City striker Marco Gabbiadini will be going to Northampton next month. Gabbiadini's contract with Quakers ends in a fortnight's time and there are a host of clubs chasing him from
THE boss of a conservatory firm which crashed with debts of £80,000 has admitted he deceived customers by inventing a bogus marketing director. Speaking during an intense grilling in York by creditors of Claro Vale Ltd, which traded as Direct Conservatories
Yorkshire have disciplined their star Australian batsman Darren Lehmann after he was reported to Lord's by umpires John Harris and Graham Burgess for an incident during the Championship match against Durham at Riverside a fortnight ago. Yorkshire chief
In the wake of a spate of racist attacks in York Stephen Lewis asks if the menace of racism simmers under the surface of the city? Before moving to York two years ago, Parminderjit Singh Nunwa lived in Sheffield. It's a big city, with all a big city's
IN THE end the fans behaved and the team were woefully disappointing. So ended England's hopes for the European football championship. Once again the England dream died, and our hopes remained unfulfilled in that familiar, bitter way. We were out thought
I WAS totally underwhelmed by yet another anecdotal tome from York's very own self-appointed champion of the motorist. Yes folks, lets hear it for Mike Usherwood, foot-shooter extraordinare. Our Mike tells us candidly that he has not studied physics for
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new village at Osbaldwick in York were thrown into turmoil today after a Government Minister declared that the site IS in the Green Belt. Housing and Planning Minister Nick Raynsford said that if City of York Council resolved
AS one of the swimmers who attended last Wednesday's council meeting about York's pools I recalled the words of Madison after the American War of Independence: "If all men were virtuous there would be no need of government." No government - a hung council
YORK'S remaining Kosovar refugees have moved out of the hostel where they have been living for the past year and in to City of York Council homeless accommodation. At the Howe Hill Hostel, Holgate, today, a small number of staff remained but it is understood
The chances of a women's cricket club being set up in York have been boosted by the decision to continue training sessions for women and girls. The aim of the organisers now is to enter a team into a competition next season, to provide the players with
Yorkshire and England champion Emma Duggleby is aiming to cap a fine year with Curtis Cup success over the Americans. The Malton and Norton player, who this season has claimed both the Yorkshire and England titles, joined up with the Great Britain and
North Yorkshire's Melissa Reynard won the player of the match award for her all-round performance, which included two wickets as well as her contribution with the bat, as England began their recovery after a dire winter tour down under by chalking up
DON'T forget - today is the day to bring yellow flooding into your life. The people of York and the surrounding area are being urged to don the brightest hue for Wear Yellow Day in aid of our Hospice 2000 Appeal. All you have to do to show support for
Where do we go now? Evening Press Sport's football writer Dave Stanford looks at England's failure in Euro 2000 and what the future holds. THE sense of relief is almost as a great as the sense of disappointment. The devastation of seeing England humbled
DESPAIR turned to joy and back to despair again in pubs across York as England went crashing out of Euro 2000. Like their counterparts across the nation, the city's fans rode a rollercoaster ride of emotions until finally going down to a last-gasp penalty
THE body of a man lay unnoticed at his York home for more than a week, it emerged today. The alarm was raised when the man, believed to be a security guard, failed to show up for work. His employer visited the house, in Thoresby Road, Acomb, and was confronted
IT is an irony lost on nobody that men draped in the English flag proclaiming unmatchable patriotism are the ones who disgrace this country. The latest orgy of violence in Euro 2000 has plunged the nation into another bout of soul-searching. Why do Englishmen
