WORKERS at a York postal depot have been told they could face redundancies under plans by the postal service Consignia. They also heard homes and businesses could get later deliveries under the streamlining proposals. Employees at the 150-strong depot
EVERYONE with an address is suffering the fallout from the disastrous mismanagement of the Post Office. Both the amount of first class post delivered late and customer complaints have increased significantly in the past few years. What was one of Britain's
YORK City are to announce a big signing on Monday. Here is our suggestion: J John. As the profile on this page reveals, the charismatic preacher has so far pulled in a crowd of 10,000 at York Minster, many more than pass though the Bootham Crescent turnstiles
PREMIERSHIP Sunderland are reportedly still casting covetous eyes at York City's teenage sensation Lee Grant. The Black Cats, who have been chasing the 16-year-old centre-back for some time, have seemingly not given up hope of capturing Grant, who is
SUFFERING soccer tags. York City is to be rebranded as a soccer, rather than a football, club. It is a move that has divided opinion here in our luxury offices in downtown Walmgate. Deputy sports editor Tony Kelly is dead against, and chief sports writer
STUDENTS at a North Yorkshire school say new ways of revising are helping them to prepare for their exams more effectively. Drawing pictures, listening to music, and even juggling, are among ideas being thrown around at Easingwold School as the exam season
CHILDREN and parents who have started walking to school together have found they enjoy it, according to head teacher Roger Highton. This week is national summer Walk to School Week and Dunnington Primary School in York is one of many encouraging children
GRANDAD Terry Larkman, who helps out in all sorts of ways in a York primary school, is today's Star of the Week. Terry, 70, of Stockton Lane, York, has been nominated by Susan Lightfoot for the contribution he makes at St Aelred's RC Primary School in
LAST week your business editor examined the secrets of York's economic success, founded in the "knowledge economy" and fostered by spin-offs from York University ('York is Booming', May 14). In their haste to develop every parcel of land as business parks
I RAN in the Race for Life on the Knavesmire, or more truthfully, I toddled round at the rear. It was a very cheerful event, and I only experienced one small disappointment. I had been hoping to find ten or a dozen other antiques who would toddle along
I MUST reply to Robert Holmes letter and relieve him of his "terrible guilt" (May 13). Unless he is more than 500 years old or a regular time traveller, he could not have possibly started the blight of the Dark Ages, but neither am I an Astronomer Royal
A COUPLE who threw themselves into charity fundraising after losing their son to a heart attack are close to reaching an amazing £30,000 total - after just six months. Keith and Debbie Bucknell, of Strensall, York, say they are "emotionally and physically
JUDO ace Rob Thomas is back in competitive action with a bang. Thomas maintained an 18th annual medal haul in the North of England championships followed by triumph in a teams' event in St Helens. Then - in spite of a severe knee injury - he took gold
YORK Under-10s coach Andy Brown will step back in time when he takes the Clifton Park boys to Twickenham this Sunday, writes Tony Curtis. The rugby juniors, along with their Under-12s club-mates, will grace the home of English rugby for the semi-final
Goldrush returned to the limelight after a lengthy spell in the doldrums by topping Saturday's 46-entry angling match at the Willows. Tony Hewson led from peg 54, where he offered pellets up in the water for a mixed bag of carp, tench and skimmers to
EUROPEAN rules which could have seen every shoot or hunting party employ a vet to inspect birds after they had been shot have been altered at the eleventh hour. Legislation governing the hunting of wild game had been put forward following a report compiled
FRESH problems are dogging York's Millennium Bridge, with council chiefs admitting that they have no idea what is causing cracks on the walkway. In the latest of a series of problems to hit the £4.2 million project, parts of the bridge have been fenced
YORK ACORN ARL Junior/Youth secretary Wendy Harkus has been awarded a prestigious gong in Yorkshire rugby league circles. She was presented with the 'The Bronze Boot Award' from the Yorkshire Junior ARL, awarded for her outstanding and dedicated services
MINISTRY of Defence bosses are planning more security measures at RAF Fylingdales. Planning applications to build three 8m-high towers for CCTV cameras, new sliding gates, and a portable building, at the entrance have been submitted to the North York
TWO brave women who are battling against cancer joined forces at a York school to raise money towards research into the disease. Former Olympic swimmer and swimming coach Pam Lester and Pat Brighton, school nurse at Bootham School in York, took to the
THE source of mysterious lights seen by hundreds of people across York has been revealed - it was not quite the Northern Lights, but it was a Polar effect. Dozens of people phoned the Evening Press to say they saw mysterious and eerie beams of light above
QUEEN Margaret's School, Escrick, enjoyed a double triumph in the North Yorkshire English Schools Athletics Cup. In only their third year of competition, Queen Margaret's won both junior and intermediate girls team events. The competition involves a maximum
A VILLAGE was in mourning today after a young man was killed in an horrific car smash near Selby. Danny Sayner, of Snaith, died instantly in the head-on crash on the A1041 at East Cowick. Danny, 25, was the front seat passenger in a red Austin Mini, which
THE father of York ecstasy victim Thomas Staniforth today opposed MPs' calls for the drug to be downgraded. The powerful Home Affairs Select Committee suggested ecstasy should be reclassified as a Class B drug instead of Class A. Home Secretary David
QUEEN Margaret's School, Escrick, enjoyed a double triumph in the North Yorkshire English Schools Athletics Cup. In only their third year of competition, Queen Margaret's won both junior and intermediate girls team events. The competition involves a maximum
IT IS not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy and nihilism worry away at ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, sticking to duty or insisting on our rights, we can be confused or paralysed by the fear that our principles
FOR sheer vividness, nobody will probably ever be able to beat Paul Theroux's account of a journey to Tibet in his Chinese travel book Riding The Iron Rooster. Travel books, though, are often as much fiction as fact - and if you're planning a journey
CAMERON MacLean must be the luckiest boy in York after falling almost 15 feet from a bedroom window - and suffering nothing more than a bruised foot. Cameron, four, landed feet-first on solid concrete outside his home in Burton Green, York. His mother
THE Government has not ruled out asking the Indian authorities to "pardon" jailed charity worker Ian Stillman, it has emerged. Foreign Officer Minister Baroness Amos said a request for a pardon, or a plea for clemency, could be made as a "last resort"
THE Evening Press has teamed up with York City's Football in the Community programme to offer 20 youngsters the chance of competing in a skills challenge day. The challenge is looking for the best three footballing youngsters who will go through to a
BURSARS at North Yorkshire schools are among the first in the country to join a new course to develop their professional skills. Many schools now have bursars to deal with their school budgets, as the amount of money delegated to schools and administration
MINISTRY of Defence bosses are planning more security measures at RAF Fylingdales. Planning applications to build three 8m-high towers for CCTV cameras, new sliding gates, and a portable building, at the entrance have been submitted to the North York
TWO landowners declared today they would have to be forced to sell their key properties to make way for York's Coppergate Riverside scheme. One of them, Martin Burgess, warned that if efforts were made to compulsorily purchase the two properties in Piccadilly
ONCE again you have an unbalanced leader. Our policy is not about stopping cars parking in the city centre ('This is unfair to car drivers', May 21). You praise Park and Ride but suggest that from us it is the only choice. Yet we have invested heavily
COULD I explain why shoppers, residents and visitors were struggling to deposit litter into the litter bins in the Parliament Street area last Saturday. When the city has a VIP visitor or an event that has some connection with the security forces, it
A RARE first edition book signed by a trail-blazing polar explorer with York family roots has sold for almost £10,000. The limited edition copy of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1909 book, The Heart Of The Atlantic, fetched £9,810 at Sotheby's in New York. Frank
ORGANISERS of a country show held near York have promised this year's event will be "better than ever", despite DEFRA rules meaning many livestock classes have been shelved. Norman Waller, secretary to the Tockwith Show, said the cost of complying with
Tony McCoy could be handsomely rewarded when he rides at Wetherby tomorrow. The National Hunt champion jockey has been booked by trainer Paul Nicholls to partner Galpiat Du Mesnil in the £13,250 Gerrard Handicap Chase and I fancy the eight-year-old will
THE Evening Press has teamed up with York City's Football in the Community programme to offer 20 youngsters the chance of competing in a skills challenge day. The challenge is looking for the best three footballing youngsters who will go through to a
THE Government has not ruled out asking the Indian authorities to "pardon" jailed charity worker Ian Stillman, it has emerged. Foreign Officer Minister Baroness Amos said a request for a pardon, or a plea for clemency, could be made as a "last resort"
THREE "antisocial" men are waiting to learn if they must go to jail for "blatant" breaches of a court order designed to protect York residents. Last August, City of York Council working with police and others, secured antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs
PREMIERSHIP Sunderland are reportedly still casting covetous eyes at York City's teenage sensation Lee Grant. The Black Cats, who have been chasing the 16-year-old centre-back for some time, have seemingly not given up hope of capturing Grant, who is
TWO landowners declared today they would have to be forced to sell their key properties to make way for York's Coppergate Riverside scheme. One of them, Martin Burgess, warned that if efforts were made to compulsorily purchase the two properties in Piccadilly
So far, nearly 10,000 people in York have been to hear a charismatic evangelist who comes from Watford and has a strange name. MATTHEW WOODCOCK went to York Minster to find out why FOR someone who has preached to ten million people in 43 countries, including
