ONE more major incident could force North Yorkshire police into cutting essential services - because Whitehall has still not footed the bill for the Selby train crash. The county's Deputy Chief Constable, Peter Walker, says the £900,000 cost of policing
HERE'S one Sold Out sign that will cheer all York City hearts. Saturday's FA Cup clash with Fulham will see Bootham Crescent packed to the rafters, after hundreds of fans queued today to snap up precious tickets. Tickets for the game with the Premiership
AFTER the FA Cup heroics of just four days earlier, it was an all too predictable a result and performance from York City on their first trip to Nene Park. The Minstermen stuck rigidly to their season-long script of following-up a positive performance
ON a day which was all about passion, York City players were not found wanting. Amid the distressing backdrop of recent off-field events, the true fans of City had risen to the challenge by turning out in force and proving they are still proud to be York
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a businessman who got back in shape the hard way - in front of the television cameras TAKING part in a prime-time television series is something York businessman Alistair Watson would recommend. The 31-year-old independent financial
Q I really want something new in my life this year, but I don't know what. Can you help? A One of my mentors, Zig Ziglar, says that "you can have anything you want in life, if you just help enough other people get what they want". The problem is that
I currently live here in Beijing, China working for 21st century newspaper (english language newspaper)contributing articles of Interest of current events in England. I am going to write an article this week on the plight of York City football team. In
Q This might sound like a funny question, but what is my subconscious mind? A What a fantastic question, and one which is difficult to answer in a few paragraphs but here goes. If you liken your body to a ship, your conscious mind is the captain on the
EVEN the most ardent York fan must have expected the Wasps to set another unwanted record at Spotland today. Rochdale put 98 points past Lee Crooks' men in the corresponding fixture last season - a best for the Northern Ford Premiership and a club worst
THE traditional pastime of feeding the ducks is not as harmless as it appears. Stamford Bridge residents are so generous with their breadcrumbs that the birds have flown in from miles around to lap up the good life. Having grown in number, girth and confidence
THE first flowers of the year will already be blooming in some gardens. Despite its name, the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, for example, generally flowers from January to March with white flowers often tinged with pink or green and dark green leathery
January is often a month for catching up with jobs that weren't done at the end of autumn. It is possible to turn over the beds and even plant new specimens if the weather is mild and the soil workable, although this is usually left until spring since
As I write, the skies are grey and look heavy with snow although a bright, dry day has been forecast. The garden is covered in a layer of frost that has stayed and thickened over the past few days and all the flowers I counted out there on Christmas Day
This is a funny time of year in the garden with many plants dying back and everything tending to look rather messy and damp. Days and time are short and the weather is often off-putting so things are left to sleep until Christmas is over and we feel the
According to the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society, the choice of Christmas tree can say a lot about the purchaser - and the society offers a guide to matching people's personalities with their choice of tree. For example the 'bigger-is-better' type
ENVIRONMENT Minister Elliot Morley today visited flood victims in a North Yorkshire town, at the start of work on a £6.3 million defence scheme. Mr Morley spoke to Malton residents whose homes were flooded in 1999 and 2000. He said: "I am very pleased
A YORK schoolboy who sparked a police search when he failed to return home on Saturday night was today safely back with his family. Sean Tones, 11, from Chestnut Grove, Acomb, was missing for more than 12 hours and police became increasingly concerned
A WRETCHED third day undid North Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson's bid for top honours in the Dunhill Championship at Johannesburg's Houghton Golf Club. Malton and Norton Golf Club player Dyson finished with a nine-under-279, 11 shots behind winner Justin
A YORK teenager whose New Year snowboarding holiday ended in a near-fatal accident on the slopes is expected to return to school within weeks. Huntington School pupil Jack Robertson, 14, suffered a fractured skull and fractured vertebra after a collision
SCARBOROUGH manager Russell Slade was once again a happy manager after seeing his side win their fourth successive game and keep their fourth successive clean sheet. They beat Woking 1-0 at the McCain Stadium to continue their progress under the former
COOKING up a treat to bring foreign visitors flocking to York is this man's aim. Michael Hjort, chef and owner of the city's Melton's and Melton's Too, was today joining Kay Hyde of the First Stop York partnership on a special mission to Europe. Kay is
DESPONDENT Pikes boss Jimmy Reid revealed he is "considering his position" after his below-par side were dumped out of the FA Vase. Pickering saved their worst performance of the season for their most important game, suffering a 3-0 home defeat to Essex
YORK'S 32-22 home victory in a friendly fixture against Leodiensians on Saturday gave them some recompense for their earlier NPI Cup defeat at the hands of the Leeds club. But, for a long time, the visitors looked like using their wind advantage to put
EUROSTAR staff, who between them boast 863 years' experience on Britain's railways, gathered at York's National Railway Museum to celebrate an important anniversary. The 33 staff, who have worked for Eurostar since its formation as the European Passenger
ANDY Jenkins, the York air enthusiast who was arrested in Greece on spying charges, is to meet Foreign Office officials in the fight to clear his name. Andy, and the 11 other British plane spotters, who are now charged with accessing state secrets, are
DUCKS at Stamford Bridge could be culled to stop their numbers spiralling out of control. The parish council is investigating ways to reduce the record number of ducks living in The Shallows in the centre of the village - including a partial cull, transferring
I LIVE very close to Bootham Crescent and have no interest in football. But Saturdays wouldn't be Saturdays without the dulcet tones of Vindaloo! Vindaloo! Vindaloo! Ebor! Ebor! Ebor! wafting over my backyard. Away from the pitch, you couldn't wish for
THREE times in the last month I have had to manoeuvre quickly to avoid pedestrians walking in the dark on Wigginton Road, the B1363. If you are dazzled by oncoming traffic you have little time to avoid them. Is it not time the road was widened and a cycle
MR RHODES asked who takes old Christmas cards (January 10). He only has to walk down to Safeways in Acomb and put his old cards in the paper bank. I was getting rid of papers on Saturday morning when Cutts came to empty the containers. I asked about Christmas
Keltic Heritage, who has been in the news for various reasons in recent weeks, can make the headlines again tomorrow. The eight-year-old heads to Fontwell, where he has a sterling chance of winning the Friends of Fontwell Conditional Jockeys' Handicap
BEER we go, beer we go, beer we go... Fans are being asked to "sup up for City" by drinking two beers specially brewed in aid of the threatened club. The first comes all the way from Scotland. Minstermen Bitter (also known as Minstermen 'R' Bitter) is
As a boy in the 1970s' my Dad used to take me to City in the days of Chris Topping and co... what a side in those days. I still have the programme collection ! I'd like to add my support to Save the City - I'm exiled in Paris now, but still retain close
As a great fan of the club in the early 80's and 90's I am astonished at the current situation. Everybody back in York has my full support and to lose the Club would be a tragedy. Rob Harrison Brisbane, Australia Updated: 10:35 Monday, January 21, 2002
ON the day of the Great Heck rail crash, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott made a statement to the Commons. "The House will want to join me in paying tribute to the North Yorkshire police," he said, hailing the "true professionalism, courage and efficiency
LAUREL and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Gracie Fields and Marty Feldman have much in common. They are among the most popular entertainers Britain (and America, in Oliver Hardy's case) ever produced; they were equally at home on film or in front of a live audience
Most of the summer flowers have gone from the garden now, but this is a recent event with many having survived in tact until the end of November. We are several degrees warmer here than gardens away from the centre of York so it may be a different story
It is the first day of December and the garden will soon take a backseat as thoughts turn to Christmas and all that entails. However, if it all gets too much, solace can be taken in those routine jobs to be done when time and weather permit. Tulips were
NOVEMBER and December are the traditional months for planting tulips - earlier planting can result in frost damage to shoot tips. Choose a dry day for planting the bulbs and avoid putting them into frosted or water-logged soil. Tulips prefer well-drained
AT THIS time of year, gardeners are looking for winter colour and especially evergreen shrubs to give some interest in an otherwise bare garden. Elaeagnus is a shrub to fill such a space with attractive, often variegated leathery foliage and insignificant
With the weather turning colder, the most important job in the garden this month is protecting tender plants. Conditions have been so mild recently that it is easy to forget that tender perennials will not appreciate a sudden frost and need to be brought
GARDENS are slowly losing their lushness as the days pass and temperatures at last begin to fall. Flowers have lasted so much longer this year; 12 months ago at this time we were experiencing torrential rain, while this year we have had the warmest October
Parks and gardens are clothed with fiery leaves and jewelled with berries shining in the sun after the downpours we have experienced this month. It is a lovely time of year to be outside working in the garden or walking through deciduous woodland in the
AN EAST Yorkshire man is looking forward to a trip Down Under after scooping £125,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Alan Crompton netted the cash after correctly answering 12 questions on the hit TV game show on Saturday. The 51-year-old recruitment
ANNETTE Williams will not be defending her York and District Ladies Squash League Veterans' title when the championship starts at Dunnington tomorrow. Fourteen players have entered but Williams is not among them, so Suzie Booth starts as favourite but
RESIDENTS in Clifton are asking for the final decision on plans to build 24 flats on the site of the former Clifton Preparatory School in York to be delayed. They want the latest application by Barratts to be held off until City of York Council has considered
POST Office took another big step towards promotion from division one with a 2-1 home win over Thorpe United. Richard Dalby opened the scoring for Post Office when his low drive went in a post. Thorpe equalised ten minutes later but just before the break
POCKLINGTON won their Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division clash with close rivals Old Malton. Their 2-0 victory gives them a point lead over Dringhouses, 7-0 winners over New Earswick, whole Old Malton slip to third place. Pock
A WALK highlighting the need for peace and world unity took place on the streets of York to mark World Religion Day. Led by members of the Baha'i community in York, the non-political walk aimed to bring the oneness of humanity to the attention of the
A MOTHER has said what she hopes is her final goodbye to the baby daughter, whose organs were retained by York Health Services NHS Trust for more than a decade without her knowledge. Jackie Holmes, 34, of Ouseburn Avenue, Acomb, has buried the retained
ANGRY shoppers claim a York store is mocking violations of human rights in an effort to attract customers to its sale. But the shop's owner says no complaints have been made to staff about the adverts. Sarah Coggles, in Low Petergate, has a series of
HARROGATE made it five wins out of six - and four in succession over Nottingham - with a competent 24-5 win at Beeston. Last week's unlucky defeat by Plymouth was not allowed to get in the way of the need to get the promotion push back on track and although
A CANOEIST was rescued from a treacherous weir on the River Ure, near Ripon, after his boat was tipped over by an underwater obstruction. The 45-year-old man, who was part of an organised group of experienced canoeists from the Royston area of Hertfordshire
NEW Earswick All Blacks suffered a day they will want to forget as they went down 68-0 to Bentley Good Companions. The score-line was harsh on the All Blacks who battled hard for the full 80 minutes and tested the defence of their Doncaster-based opponents
JUST nine points were scored in the York Groves-Undercliffe clash in division four of the Pennine League but unfortunately it was the Terriers who lost out by the odd point. Having beaten their Bradford-based opponents away earlier in the season, Groves
A YORK teenager has spoken of his lucky escape after being involved in a road accident. Matthew Gallagher, 14, of Somerset Road, York, was left unconscious and had a huge lump on the back of his head after being in collision with a car at the junction
IT wasn't the greatest derby encounter but, for Heworth especially, the result was the most important thing. Their 14-8 National Conference second division win over city rivals Acorn gives the Villagers reason to reclaim the title of top amateur team
COACH Leo Epifania has again stressed the need for York Wasps to strengthen the squad following their 54-0 mauling by Rochdale yesterday. The Aussie saw his side crash to a club record 25th consecutive defeat at Spotland - the same ground where the Wasps
YORK City chairman Douglas Craig was today sitting on a top-level panel that will decide on Wimbledon's proposed move to Milton Keynes. As reported in the Evening Press, Craig, Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein and Charles Hollander QC have been appointed
RESIDENTS in Haxby have launched a campaign to fight plans to earmark part of a school site for housing. Oaken Grove Primary School, in Haxby, is to close in the summer and City of York Council has proposed that the front section of the site be sold and
FOOTBALL'S brotherhood of fans are being urged to rally to the cause of York City next month. City supporters are appealing for fans of other clubs to put their rivalries to one side and take in City's Division Three clash with Lincoln City on February
AN 18-year-old man today appeared at York Crown Court charged with the murder of David Williamson. James William Payling, of Kirkgate, Ripon, had his case adjourned for a plea and directions hearing on April 19. Mr Williamson's body was found on a roadside
A MAN accused of murdering a Korean student, whose body was found in a suitcase dumped near York, appeared in court in London today. Kyu Soo Kim, aged 30, a student of Eagle Street, Holborn, London, was remanded in custody when he appeared before Thames
BRUISED and battered York City were today counting the cost of their 3-0 defeat at Rushden and Diamonds. With Halifax Town beating Lincoln 3-0, just one goal now separates City from rock bottom of the Football League. But as the Minstermen get ready for
TWO people died and a third was treated for shock after a head-on collision on the A162 near Sherburn-in-Elmet. Jean Walker, 62, from Clifford, near Tadcaster, was driving northbound in a dark blue Ford Escort, and Jason Roberts, 25, from Hambleton, near
COACH Leo Epifania has again stressed the need for York Wasps to strengthen the squad following their 54-0 mauling by Rochdale yesterday. The Aussie saw his side crash to a club record 25th consecutive defeat at Spotland - the same ground where the Wasps
GRAEME Robertson's kind comments (Evening Press Jan 8) regarding my letters published in your newspaper stirred up happy memories of my early school days at St Joseph's Catholic School at Tadcaster. A time when slates and chalks were used for reading
NOW we can look forward to longer days, let's bring back the Green Cross Code. We get enough materialistic adverts on the TV: let's see more vital adverts such as 'filling in garden ponds' and install 'fire alarms' in each home. The dangers should be
BRITAIN is a nation of shame-less liars. We think nothing of telling porkies to partners and friends, fiddling expenses or pocketing overpaid change. I was shocked to learn this week that half of all Britons are prepared to tell lies at the drop of a
HERE'S one Sold Out sign that will cheer all York City hearts. Saturday's FA Cup clash with Fulham will see Bootham Crescent packed to the rafters, after hundreds of fans queued today to snap up precious tickets. Tickets for the game with the Premiership
YORK City is an institution and a key part of York's heritage which must not be lost. So says John Shannon, who for decades chaired the city's influential Civic Trust and will shortly be made a Freeman of the City in recognition of his contribution to
FOOTBALL'S brotherhood of fans are being urged to rally to the cause of York City next month. City supporters are appealing for fans of other clubs to put their rivalries to one side and take in City's Division Three clash with Lincoln City on February
