WHATEVER the causes of the rail accident, congratulations to Gerald Corbett for offering to resign. When was the last time a politician offered to go before being pushed kicking and screaming out of the door? Clive Tiney, Towthorpe Road, Haxby, York.
YOU condemn the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report which was suggesting the need for management of the reputation of disadvantaged estates (October 13). You say that it would be totally unnecessary for such an estate to have an 'image manager'. A dedicated
WHILE waiting 20 minutes for a bus outside the Tankard Inn in Rufforth not one refuse wagon passed me. Other wagons passed plus other heavy vehicles. We 'early settlers' in Rufforth have survived Greenbanks Transport, Yellow Pages, Caravan Club rallies
Simon Wade scored the goal of the Leeper Hare York and District League season so far as he won the game for Post Office in their division one clash at Wigginton Black Horse. Starting in his own half he beat half the Black Horse team before slotting the
Hotshot Neil Tarrant got his York City career off to a superb start on Saturday following his loan switch from Aston Villa. But the amiable striker seemed more delighted to have helped out his new team-mates rather than score on his Football League debut
GEORGE WILKINSON gets bogged down at Jugger Howe Moor TODAY we have a bog, a long squelching sodden mire. Not everyone will fancy this, maybe only bog lovers. The start is innocuous, half a mile of redundant Tarmac that runs parallel to its replacement
The new headmaster of Pocklington School paid tribute to the staff at his first commemoration and speech day in the Guy Willatt Sports Hall. Nicholas Clements said the deep commitment of the teaching staff to the pupils was one of the key features of
A huge pride of Lions gathered in York Minster to celebrate a golden age of charity successes. Fundraisers from Lions clubs across Yorkshire were at the venue for a Grand Millennium Concert to mark 50 years of Lions clubs helping communities across the
Loan ranger Neil Tarrant began his spell at York City with a wonderful solo goal to earn the Minstermen a point against high-riding Leyton Orient at Bootham Crescent. The 21-year-old striker picked a loose ball up 30 yards out and weaved a spot of magic
Basement side CGU shocked York Leeper Hare League premier division leaders Crayke when holding them to a 1-1 draw. The first half was keenly contested but goalless, though the Villagers squandered a couple of good chances. Crayke went in front when Mal
Although they were still some way below top form, Pocklington still recorded a comfortable 27-10 victory at Hull. Pocklington dominated from the start, with number eight Jason Nicholson making a couple of storming runs early on, and new hooker Steve Hogarth
The 3-3 scoreline between Leeds Corinthians and visitors Malton and Norton just about sums up the game. Malton once again failed to impress away from home against a poor Corinthians side with a lethargic performance from the pack and, at times, hair-raising
York Acorn suffered their first National Conference second division defeat in five games when desrevedly beaten 25-4 at home to a well-drilled Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks outfit. Acorn failed to heed the warnings of last week's poor showing against London
Redcar pinned York's rivals for the wooden spoon, West Park (Bramhope), firmly to the bottom of the North Tow East table with a 41-18 defeat at Mackinlay Park. The hosts scored via Paul Evans (2), Richard Barker, Greg Unthank, Nathan Fahey, Jason Nicholas
A martial arts weapon is believed to have been used in a brawl between two groups of youths. Police say around 12 young people from Stamford Bridge and York were caught up in the violence in The Square, Stamford Bridge. PC Mark Khan, of Pocklington Police
Ryedale and Stamford Bridge are set to enjoy better flood warnings from December, the Environment Agency revealed today. A new flow gauge station is being commissioned, together with a revision of the flood forecasting computer model, will enable the
York-born Steve McClaren has answered England's football chiefs in their hour of need. The former Nunthorpe School student has been appointed No 2 to caretaker-manager Peter Taylor, with the pair taking charge for the friendly against Italy in Turin on
TOWER York Financial Services Ltd in Clifton Moor is on target for its fifth record year - reason enough alone for it to enter the Growth Business of the Year category. It was started in October, 1995, by Alan Brown, former manager with a life assurance
SINCE it scooped the overall title in last year's Evening Press business awards, York Nutritional Laboratory has continued to rapidly grow as its food intolerance testing services are increasingly widely used, with more than 40,000 patients benefiting
I'M sorry but I'm coming clean. I know the world and his wife loves them, but I'm thoroughly sick of dinosaurs. You wouldn't believe that a creature last seen several hundred million years ago could dominate our lives on such a massive scale. You can't
Aintree yesterday, Cheltenham tomorrow and a two-day Wetherby card this weekend are sure indications that the jumping campaign is now well and truly in the driving seat on the racing stage. Redcar and Nottingham stage a double-header of Flat action tomorrow
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out how to stop feeling SAD this winter THE dank autumn weather we've already had is bad enough. But for many, the prospect of the clocks going back next weekend is one to fill them with utter gloom. As the long, dark evenings draw
Question: Why is a dentist unhappy at work? Answer: Because he looks down in the mouth. The truth is that if you don't visit your dentist regularly, it could well be you who ends up looking down in the mouth. A dentist does far more than just look after
AT a time when the North-South divide seems as wide as ever, the notion of Yorkshire home rule sounds appealing. Certainly Austin Mitchell MP made a strong case for a regional assembly at a conference in York. He wants to see "a Yorkshire that controls
YORK is enjoying a level of prosperity that many cities must envy. Unemployment is low, inward investment is high. We can look ahead with confidence. So it may strike some as odd that the Joseph Rowntree Foundation today called for a city-wide regeneration
YOUR editorial article rightly praises the police over the welcome news that the British Crime Survey has shown a ten per cent fall in crime since 1997 (October 17). However, this statistic conceals some wider problems. It now seems inevitable that there
Drugs with a street value of more than £100,000 have been seized in York, police revealed today Heroin, cocaine and amphetamines were recovered as officers carried out a series of raids across the city at the weekend. The seizure is believed to be among
IT may sound odd but I have found the closure of Lendal Bridge has not benefited myself as a pedestrian or bus user, even though both walkers and buses are allowed on the bridge. I live off Water Lane and walk to and from the city centre more often than
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a tranquil walk close to Stamford Bridge WE START at the Viking Road car park, where across the road The Swordsman inn sells traditional Sam Smith's. A gory info-board told us we were downstream from the site of the Battle of Stamford
The work of North Yorkshire police's accident investigation unit features in a new TV documentary starting today. Channel 5 cameras followed the unit's four investigators whose job it is to piece together the last moments of vehicles involved in serious
Pickering Town shocked Northern League big-boys Chester-le-Street Town to go through to the second round proper of the FA Carlsberg Vase. Boss Jimmy Reid had said last week that he would be happy with a replay, but the Pikes returned home with a 1-0 win
A special Hallowe'en performance of Bram Stoker's Dracula will take place at the Westwood Theatre, Scarborough, on Tuesday, October 31, at 10.30pm. The play, performed by the performing arts department of the Yorkshire Coast College, will raise money
One of York's most historic thoroughfares is to close while maintenance work is carried out. The historic Shambles in the heart of the city is set to shut on October 28 and reopen on November 19. But this well-trodden part of the tourist trail will remain
Simon Wade scored the goal of the Leeper Hare York and District League season so far as he won the game for Post Office in their division one clash at Wigginton Black Horse. Starting in his own half he beat half the Black Horse team before slotting the
Should York do more for refugees? That is the question which will be asked at a public meeting being held at the Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York, on Friday, at 7.30pm. Jonathan Ellis, of Oxfam Campaigns, Oxford, Hugh Bayley, the York MP, and Lesley
York needs a city-wide improvement strategy and long-term effort to back it up if deprived areas are to get a brighter future. The recommendation is part of an in-depth study by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation into the work of the York Regeneration
A power surge blew up electrical appliances in an East Yorkshire village and left parts of it without electricity. Dozens of Shiptonthorpe residents were affected by the incident, which knocked out central heating, ruined televisions and video recorders
A push for self rule for Yorkshire has been urged by an MP who claimed central government was weakening the region. Austin Mitchell told delegates of the York-hosted convention of the Campaign for Yorkshire: "The door for regional government is open now
The parents of North Yorkshire's only known victim of new variant CJD today welcomed reports that the Government is prepared to compensate them and other affected families. Barry Hodgkinson, whose son Adrian, a former RAF policeman, died of the human
A war veteran led a special commemorative parade at Eden Camp Museum, near Malton, for soldiers who served in Palestine - and told the Evening Press of his horror over the current crisis in the Middle East. Captain Terence Rochford, who was in Palestine
Heworth and Leigh East face a National Conference League inquiry after Saturday's division one clash at Elm Park Way was abandoned becasue of fighting. The game erupted 15 minutes from the end after a series of head high tackles which had angered the
Visitors to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway journeyed back in time to 1944 at the weekend to experience a taste of life in England during the Second World War. The entire railway line was transformed into a working museum for the event, named Operation
Hotshot Neil Tarrant got his York City career off to a superb start on Saturday following his loan switch from Aston Villa. But the amiable striker seemed more delighted to have helped out his new team-mates rather than score on his Football League debut
Aintree yesterday, Cheltenham tomorrow and a two-day Wetherby card this weekend are sure indications that the jumping campaign is now well and truly in the driving seat on the racing stage. Redcar and Nottingham stage a double-header of Flat action tomorrow
Police were today investigating whether a rectory near Selby was being deliberately targeted after another attack left the vicar and his wife shocked and upset. The hooligans struck under the cover of darkness, throwing light blue gloss paint over one
York's C&A store is to become a furnishings department store - with all existing staff likely to be re-employed. A 'Goodbye Sale' is being held by C&A following the shock announcement earlier this year that the veteran clothing chain is to close
THE four crown-commended hotel, Jarvis Abbey Park in The Mount, York, has entered the Progress Through People category - justified when you see how new recruits are taken through its dedicated interactive computer-based training programme to ensure consistency
Pippa Watt runs the York School of Complementary Medicine and teaches aromatherapy, reflexology and massage TIPS FOR ECZEMA Q I suffer with eczema on my arms and have been prescribed cortisone cream by my GP. Is there anything I can do to help alleviate
