AT LAST the Government seems to be listening on post offices. Grassroots initiatives up and down the country, including this newspaper's Counter Attack campaign, appear to have made their mark, resulting in the expected announcement today of a wide-ranging
GRANGE Williams looks much like any other man. Nothing about him immediately suggests that he is a hero. Yet that is the way with true heroes, who are transformed by the urgency of events. This Poppleton man intervened in what proved to be a fatal knife
WHY do grass-cutting freaks only operate their infernal machines at the weekend? Why is the Queen's peace invariably destroyed on Sunday afternoon by a thoughtless oaf traipsing about on a green sward of waste land? Sunday afternoon should be sacrosanct
WE WOULD like to thank everyone who supported our Breast and Stoma Care open day on Saturday, June 17 at Bootham Park Hospital. The day was a great success and a grand total of £1,500 was raised. Special thanks to Poppy, who helped with the organisation
I READ with interest Tony Tierney's article (Young people being forced out by rising house prices, June 14). This problem is even more pronounced in the villages of North Yorkshire. The rural premium increases property prices even more and the loss of
A STORM blew up today after York council revealed it could cost £4.4 million to save two endangered swimming pools. Independent consultants have estimated that the Barbican and Yearsley baths each need a £2.2 million refurbishment now to bring them up
I NOTED with interest the quote from the City of York Council's head of highway regulation, Peter Evely (Show us the way to go home, June 26) in reply to concerns that York citizens may be being put at risk through delays to ambulances caused by the widespread
WE are writing with reference to your article entitled 'How to avoid a nasty shock from power bills' (June 1). Imposed above the article is a large picture of two Northern Electric bills (from 1997). The juxtaposition of the article and the pictures is
RESIDENTS of a new housing estate are forming an action group to force a building company to complete what they claim are their "unfinished" houses. At a meeting held last night by around 18 residents of Gillingwood Road, Clifton Moor, residents talked
YORK city centre is set to be gripped by its worst ever traffic chaos with the closure of a key bridge for maintenance work. Lendal Bridge will be closed to traffic in September for about six weeks, and drivers are being warned to use the ring road or
THE fall-out from England's early exit from Euro 2000 could cost York businesses thousands of pounds. Defeat against Romania did more than damage English pride, it has also hit us in the wallet, the Evening Press can reveal today. York brewer Tony Thomson
Lancashire Lightning got another electric shock when the lights went out for the second year running in their day-night Roses match at Old Trafford yesterday. But this time, Yorkshire Phoenix went on to win the Norwich Union National League match as they
A SMALL team of three women and eight men from City of York Baths Club flew the flag for the club at Yorkshire ASA Millennium Championships at North Bay Indoor Pool at Scarborough. They were Pat Baxter 70/74, three gold medals; Carol Brown 50/54, two
A TERRIFYING life-size leopard is going under the hammer next week at a special auction of collectable and rare Steiff teddy bears and rare creatures. Malcolm Dowson, of Sherburn-in-Elmet, is holding an auction next Monday evening of 20 famous Steiff
A YORK software company has struck a major e-deal securing exclusive global rights to a new computer network operating system. Vita Nuova's seven-figure deal with American telecom giant Lucent Technologies will create up to 20 new jobs. And it gives a
Harry Kewell has been cleared to play in Leeds' qualifying rounds of the Champions League in August. The Australian star was sent off in Leeds' UEFA Cup semi-final against Galatasaray at Elland Road following an incident when it was alleged he stamped
A HERO who leapt into the middle of a violent attack and wrenched a knife from a man's hand will receive one of the highest bravery awards in the country. Grange Williams, 43, from Millfield Gardens, Poppleton, disarmed the man and held him until police
THE possibilities are mind-boggling. Just think what it would mean if we could genetically programme future generations of human beings to be better, more balanced people. We could ensure, for example, that everyone had a genetically-enhanced dress sense
Will Asda's attempt to cut the price of over-the-counter medicines kill off the the local chemist? LEEDS-based supermarket giant Asda is taking a leading role in a ground-breaking legal challenge to the cost of over-the-counter-medicines which could see
A CASH boost of over £700,000 announced today will aim to stop the exodus of young people from Ryedale. The Ryedale Regeneration Partnership has heard from the regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward, that it is to get £724,780 as the second instalment
NEW York City signing Graham Potter is not planning to stay around the Third Division for long. Instead, the former England Under-21 international wants to help the Minstermen win promotion. The 25-year-old, who as reported in later editions of yesterday's
I TOO was surprised (Letters, June 24) that there was no review for the Jack Jones Concert. As Colin Jeffrey said, his performance was affected by a heavy cold but I have seen him on quite a few occasions and as always he was professional, witty and of
C. WILSON (no relation to me) complains about the fact that York does not have a bus station (Bus lanes clog traffic, June 21). Without a doubt bus stations do give confidence to the user as signs clearly state the destination of the bus, and if you do
CITY OF YORK Council has three weeks to come up with a solution to re-house 50 geese in Rowntree Park - or the animals will be killed. The news comes after Oscar-winning Dame Judi Dench pledged her support to save the geese and after two organisations
DAVID Lloyd has served up major changes to his plans for a new tennis centre in York to overcome local objections. Next Generation Clubs, headed by the former Wimbledon star, is revising its planning application to City of York Council for a sports and
I find it distressing to hear that yet another pool in York may be under threat of closure (Bus park and swim pool may be closed, June 26). Our family belongs to a club which uses St John's swimming pool each Sunday morning. It is a lovely pool; small
Today's Government lifeline for Post Offices follows a concerted campaign in their defence, backed by the Evening Press and its army of readers, as Mike Laycock reports IT took only one day to tell that our Counter Attack campaign had struck a chord with
A RADICAL plan to give free nursery places to all York three-year-olds was announced by the Government this afternoon - three years earlier than planned. City of York Council has been given enough money to meet its pledge to provide the nursery places
EVENING Press wins battle to stop closures. THE Evening Press today won its campaign to protect post offices, after the Government promised to prevent all avoidable closures. Ministers unveiled a rescue package worth hundreds of millions of pounds to
As teenage sex comes under the spotlight in a new Channel 4 series, MAXINE GORDON speaks to a young York mum about having a baby at 16 JANE was just about to start her A Levels when she discovered she was preg-nant. All plans for the future were put on
THE circus has come to town, and this time it is a circus with a difference: a Spanish company with the added attraction of flamenco dancers to accompany the high-wire walkers, trapeze artists, acrobats and clowns. Circus Ol, the Spanish National Circus
DRINKERS are hoping to add a splash of luck to their lives, as their pub urinal doubles as a wishing well. Spending a penny in the Anchor, at Burn Bridge, near Selby, is also a chance to make a charitable donation and gain some luck. And despite the occasional
CABINET-style government has been launched in York - with a scathing attack on the city's bus services. Council leader Rod Hills branded operators First York a "disgrace" in the first controversial issue to be dealt with by the new Executive. His outburst
Former York RI rugby union player Ian Hassall has rejoined the New Lane club from Harrogate as a player-coach. Winger Hassall, who played for RI as a youth, has been acquired chiefly as a player but will also help out newly appointed coach Steve Fawcett
WEMBLEY finalist Harold Box is the new coach of Heworth rugby league club. Box, a former full-back with Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity, will be introduced to his new charges at a meeting tomorrow night (7pm). All players past, present and future
