THEY are the forgotten workers. The people who empty our bins, care for the housebound, feed our school children and run libraries, parks and museums. But today they are not forgotten. Today we will discover how much we rely on Britain's 1.3 million council
THE parents of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman today said City of York Council's decision to support the campaign to free their son was "a real boost". Councillors unanimously voted to support the campaign at Monday's full council meeting. Chief
TWO men caught red-handed with £1,000 of crack cocaine inside a York drugs fortress have been jailed for five years each. In the first major court case involving the Class A drug in the city for years, Geraldine Kelly, prosecuting, said the building in
HUNDREDS of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists. More than 300 strikers chanted "Equal pay, no delay" as they gathered in St Sampson's Square for speeches by
SPORTY pupils from Oaklands School in Acomb cycled 20 miles in their latest bid to raise cash for the school's bid to become a sports college. It was all part of a sponsorship day held to boost the school's campaign to raise £50,000 towards the bid, which
YORK teenager James Ramsden is among just 100 pupils in the country who have been chosen to attend the first-ever summer school at The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. The academy, based at the University of Warwick, is part of the Government's
LECTURER Gweno Williams has won one of 20 top awards for teaching excellence in higher education. Dr Williams, a lecturer at York St John College, received a National Teaching Fellowship Award, winning her and the college £50,000. She attended a ceremony
HEAD teachers across York were today celebrating the education cash bonanza contained in Chancellor Gordon Brown's Comprehensive Spending Review. An extra £13 billion is to be ploughed into the education budget from the start of the next financial year
THANK you for your campaign for motorcyclists' lives. Our son was killed on July 12, 1987. I put flowers on the corner he was killed every year: yellow ones. I know in my heart where he is and that one day I will see him again. His girlfriend also puts
FORMER York City loan-ranger Michael Proctor is in line to strengthen his claims for a first team shirt at Sunderland this season. As reported in late editions of Saturday's Evening Press, Proctor was included in Peter Reid's 20-strong party to travel
CLUB and Institute Union angling section organiser Keith Harrison is enjoying a fine run of form. After scoring in previous events he struck a weekend double. His first success came in the condensed version of the Saturday League which is now a three-a-side
BUBWITH recorded an important nine-run victory over Woodhouse Grange in the top of the table Foss Evening Cricket League clash which puts them joint top with Aldby Park with three games left to play. Edward Smith played an impressive innings of 75, which
NORTH Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson wants the game's greatest talent - Tiger Woods - to bag the lot. For the first time in three years Dyson will sit out the Open, which swings into play at Muirfield tomorrow, after a calculated gamble aimed at yielding
THE parents of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman today said City of York Council's decision to support the campaign to free their son was "a real boost". Councillors unanimously voted to support the campaign at Monday's full council meeting. Chief
TEN years ago, York City's visit to Joseph Rowntree School was a signal of bright times to come - and how the Mintermen would love to see history repeat itself. In 1992, then boss John Ward took his squad along to play a staff side as part of the golden
A man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire at a house in York. Firefighters called to Dane Avenue, Acomb, last night (Tuesday), found there had been a fire in an oven. The man had dragged the oven out of the house. Updated
THE bitterness and anger were etched in the thick coal dust on Brian Wood's face as he stepped out of the mine shaft and into dazzling sunshine. "I feel betrayed. They asked us to come to Selby and told us we would be looked after," said Mr Wood on learning
THE sister of York City football coach Luther Blissett died from a reaction to a blood-thinning drug after being seen up to 16 times in hospital, an inquest heard. A coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure on Carole Anne Blissett, 34, after
BISHOPTHORPE have been crowned York Primary Schools' cricket kings. They beat Hempland by 22 runs in the final at Heworth CC. Lewis Graham and Scott Reeve were the stars of Bishopthorpe's vbictory, boith scoring 35 in their side's total of 129 and took
WHERE'S the ref from? Only in refereeing is location as important as name, and so Kevin M Lynch was always Kevin M Lynch from Knaresborough in his 487 games in the middle or running the line in the Football League. In fact Lynchy, as everyone from Kevin
HOUSE hunters value a garden above all things when searching for a new property, a survey suggests today. How wrong our priorities are. The most prized asset of any home must be good neighbours. Those who had to live next door to John Tanner know that
BRADFORD-born Anthony McGrath and Gary Fellows launched a thrilling counter attack at Chelmsford yesterday to bring Yorkshire a stunning victory over Essex in the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The scores finished up tied on 283
YORK council boss David Atkinson today apologised for the inconvenience caused by his striking staff - and said he feared the action would not be the last. The chief executive of City of York Council said he expected the authority - like others across
YOUNG scientists at Archbishop Holgate's CE School in York have been lending their ideas to experts at Smith and Nephew. The industry scientists enlisted the help of Year Nine pupils to help them with their latest research project - to improve dressings
TEN years ago, York City's visit to Joseph Rowntree School was a signal of bright times to come - and how the Mintermen would love to see history repeat itself. In 1992, then boss John Ward took his squad along to play a staff side as part of the golden
THIS would be an unusually well-researched column if it hadn't been for the cold rice pudding. And the old teabags leaking into the baked bean juice. And the smell of geriatric salad. Delving elbow-deep into rubbish might seem an apt occupation for a
Don't oppose King's Crest at Hamilton tomorrow. That's the crystal-clear sign as the Richard Fahey-trained gelding bids to complete a nine-day hat-trick in the Scottish Racing "Hands And Heels" Apprentice Handicap. Charlie Poste, who is attached to the
MORE than 100 family members danced the night away on the River Ouse, York, at a special reunion. Organiser Wendy Blanchard, of Huntington Road, York, said members of the Roustoby family vowed to meet for a happy reunion because they only got together
IT'S been a family affair at Foston School as far as the school secretary is concerned. Joan Shipley has worked at the school for an impressive 25 years, following on from husband Geoffrey, who attended Foston when he was a lad. Geoffrey might only have
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge and Sessay remain level on points at the top of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League's first division, after both recorded victories in the latest round of fixtures. Sessay played their match at Tollerton on Tuesday evening due to
REAL-LIFE Spidermen, Paul Cooper, left, and Chris Milford, scale the heights to help safeguard an historic North Yorkshire abbey. They are part of a team of high-rise specialists from a Herefordshire-based firm, Wallwalkers, which has been recruited to
BRADFORD-born Anthony McGrath and Gary Fellows launched a thrilling counter attack at Chelmsford yesterday to bring Yorkshire a stunning victory over Essex in the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The scores finished up tied on 283
A DENTIST from York has admitted swindling the NHS out of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money. David Russell Girdham, whose address was given as Ste Imoges, Great Ouseburn, and who practises at the Fountain Dental Practice, in St James's Square, Boroughbridge
FORMER York City loan-ranger Michael Proctor is in line to strengthen his claims for a first team shirt at Sunderland this season. As reported in late editions of Saturday's Evening Press, Proctor was included in Peter Reid's 20-strong party to travel
A NUISANCE neighbour who tormented residents with drunken behaviour has been evicted from a York council flat. John Tanner was forced to leave his property in Wains Road, Dringhouses, after dozens of complaints and warnings about late night noise and
STEVE Ferres is to meet with Rugby Football League chiefs on Friday in what could prove to be a crucial date in the bid to return professional rugby league to York. Ferres, who will become chief executive of the proposed new club should it be given the
REGULAR visitors to a York cemetery have reacted furiously to a "devastating" ban on placing ornaments and artificial flowers by gravesides. A new sign at Huntington Cemetery also outlaws jam jars and vases, unless they are in the style permitted by the
THE decline in numbers entering the City of York Tennis Championships seem directly linked to the decision four years ago to change the venue from Rowntree Park, along with the name change from the "municipals". Most players refer to the tournament as
HUNDREDS of people around the world have contributed money to York City Supporters' Trust to help save York City Football Club from extinction. Many of them must be more than a little surprised to see £10,000 of this money being given to support Oaklands
