TWO York primary school teachers, who have clocked up almost 70 years of dedicated service at two of the city's schools, are celebrating their retirements. Sally Hogg, 55, is retiring from Derwent Junior School, Osbaldwick, after 32 years there, and Sheila
A GROUP of York students are hoping to raise £11,000 for a trip of a lifetime to Morocco. The Year Nine, Ten and 11 students from Archbishop Holgate's School will set off on 12-day trek in July next year. Head teacher, John Harris, said: "The whole point
I WRITE in response to the Evening Press report "Park & Ride scheme fury" (December 14) and the nave and blinkered comments made by Development Officer, Rachel Kitson. Her comments show just how out of touch she is with the residents of Huntington
In response to the letter "Stop this spending frenzy" (December 14), what really gets me is the panic-buying of food before Christmas. One would think they were running a hotel. As we are all aware, it's a week before normal deliveries start again and
MURIEL and Dennis Foster thank all who attended and assisted at their recent coffee morning in Muncastergate, in aid of St Leonard's Hospice which raised £670. Muriel A Foster, Muncastergate, Malton Road, York. Updated: 11:41 Wednesday, December 18, 2002
THE dramatic events surrounding the adjournment of the Bootham Crescent Holdings annual meeting prevented an announcement from the company's board, the Evening Press can reveal. Douglas Craig, chairman of BCH - the owners of York City's ground - was set
HEARTBROKEN York City skipper Chris Brass was set to go under the surgeon's knife today fearing he has played his last game for the club. City's talisman is due at York and District Hospital today for surgery on his right cheek bone after he suffered
YORK City Knights are in buoyant mood after it was revealed that more than three dozen "significant" sponsors have joined the Huntington Stadium revolution. Several more minor sponsors have also come on board and together have helped put the club on a
YOU may not have made the connection yet between those tacky cellophane wrappers on the 'fresh' fruit and veg at your local supermarket and the collapse of civilisation as we know it. So let me enlighten you. Those horrible little bits of plastic wrapped
CHELSEA pensioners were treated to a "wheel" surprise when cheesemakers from all over the county presented them with some of their award-winning produce. Ribblesdale Cheesemakers, of Settle, Shepherd's Purse, of Thirsk, and Wensleydale Dairy Products,
A WATER scheme at a York village which will bring environmental benefits to a tributary of the River Ouse has been completed. The Yorkshire Water scheme to upgrade its Bishopthorpe waste water pumping station on Sim Balk Lane, which will environmental
IN YORK'S own battle of the wizards, it's looking like the scrawny boy from Hogwarts never stood a chance. With just one day to go until it hits York's screens, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers looks set to trounce Harry Potter and the Chamber Secrets
A TEAM of volunteers who created a motorcycle track for York youngsters is today celebrating winning a major national award. York and North Yorkshire Guidance Services' Volunteers Team 11 was presented with a Prince's Trust Outstanding Community Project
SELBY-based British League club Derwent had both teams in action over the weekend with each recording three victories and one defeat. The first team, who surprisingly led a tight division one north following the previous weekend of matches in September
THREE of the four ties in the York FA Sunday Junior Cup fourth round went to extra time. Owing to their waterlogged pitch Burnholme had to switch to their opponents' ground at Fulford, who took an early lead through Andrew Thompson. A volley by Mike Massey
EASINGWOLD needed extra time to beat Wigginton Black Horse Reserves 3-1 in the fourth round of the York FA Saturday Junior Cup. After an early spell of Wigginton pressure, Easingwold's Richard Jennison forced Chris McIlroy into a fine save, while Easingwold's
FLOOD defences in two Ryedale towns are almost complete - but are unlikely to be watertight before Christmas. Work on the massive project to protect Malton and Norton is in the final stages. But hopes for an early Christmas present for residents were
HOW'S this for a intriguing children's toy with irresistible pulling power? Crowds of youngsters were drawn to the unveiling of a new magnetic toy at London's shop in Heworth, York. "Professor" George Magnet showed off the magnetic rods and ball bearing
PEOPLE in York are being warned not to give thieves an early Christmas present by leaving their valuables vulnerable in the run-up to the big day. As part of Operation Ratcatcher, the winter crime crackdown backed by the Evening Press, Crimestoppers,
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy has undergone surgery after being knocked down by a taxi cab in Harrogate. Police are seeking witnesses to the accident which happened at 8.30am yesterday in King Edward's Drive, close to the junction with Skipton Road. The youngster
PUPILS in one North Yorkshire village are having to be taught in a village hall in another. The children of the junior classes at the Church of England primary school at Gillamoor, north of Kirkbymoorside, are waiting for a new classroom to be completed
A HAPPY retirement is the aim of many, the light at the end of life's tunnel. After decades of work, many look forward to taking things easy, or perhaps to having an energetic time away from work. Thanks to the mounting crisis in pensions, the golden
YORK City Knights are in buoyant mood after it was revealed that more than three dozen "significant" sponsors have joined the Huntington Stadium revolution. Several more minor sponsors have also come on board and together have helped put the club on a
Someone once said television is nature's way of telling us we should have gone out and done something enjoyable. But where would we be without it? Well, we could be York pensioner Dorothy Wootton, who is plagued by the TV licensing inspectors - even though
NEW talks aimed at averting a series of Christmas rail strikes have broken down in York. Representatives of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) have met with chiefs at Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) in a new bid to resolve the on-going conductor
A MAN who unintentionally killed his partner with a heroin injection has been jailed for six years for running more than £2,000-worth of the drug into North Yorkshire. Police caught Allen Matthew Worthington, 29, heading for Selby with £1,300-worth of
POLICE say they are concerned for the welfare of a York woman who has been missing from her home for two nights. Judith Wildwood, 45, of Finsbury Street, York, was reported missing yesterday, and was last seen in York at about 3.30pm on Monday. Police
THE great grandson of York City's first general secretary has launched an appeal for the minority shareholders of Bootham Crescent Holdings to band together. David Rusholme, whose great grandfather Harry Rusholme began the family's life-time association
FORMER York City manager Alan Little today issued a passionate defence of why the cash-stricken football club had to stay at Bootham Crescent. Saddened at the plight of a club he served for 11 years Little also told the Evening Press that he was 'unhappy
BRITISH diplomats will not help Ian Stillman to secure a return to India to continue his charity work, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said. More than 50 MPs have now backed a Commons Early Day Motion pressing for the freed aid worker to be "given the
HEARTBROKEN York City skipper Chris Brass was set to go under the surgeon's knife today fearing he has played his last game for the club. City's talisman is due at York and District Hospital today for surgery on his right cheek bone after he suffered
HONOURS were spread around in the first combined York Schools' Cross Country Championships held on Knavesmire. It attracted 580 runners from 21 schools and six different schools shared the titles that were up for grabs. Newcomers Woodleigh School (near
PENSIONER Dorothy Wootton says she is being "driven nuts" by TV licensing inspectors - and she hasn't even got a television! Dorothy claims she has been plagued by letters and visits from TV licensing hit squads demanding she gets a licence. But the 65
Veteran actor Frank Williams, in York for the panto season, tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about 50 years on stage and screen IT began with a daffodil. Young Frank Williams, from Edgeware in North London's suburban sprawl, was making his public acting debut
ONE in every six children in York played truant from school at least once last year, new figures revealed. But York is still faring better than other education authorities across the country when it comes to truancy rates, according to the figures released
How typical of Tony Blair for him to be poised to give the go-ahead for RAF Fylingdales to be used for the Americans' National Missile Defense system ('Blair 'ready' to give go-ahead for use of base in missile defence', December 14). It is a typical tactic
THE Government has introduced a new Hunting Bill. As it stands, this Bill will outlaw some forms of hunting with dogs - such as hare coursing and deer hunting - but fox-hunting is likely to continue in certain areas. The RSPCA believes this will make
MR Bateson (Letters, December 13) wonders why the York Symphony Orchestra concert at the University on December 7 was not well supported. No doubt friends of another group of musicians also bearing the name of the city, York Musical Society, had the same
YORK City Supporters' Trust have issued a rallying call to keep professional football alive in the city. The Trust issued a statement to the Evening Press immediately after today's hearing at Leeds Combined Court saw the Minstermen enter into administration
THE great grandson of York City's first general secretary has launched an appeal for the minority shareholders of Bootham Crescent Holdings to band together. David Rusholme, whose great grandfather Harry Rusholme began the family's life-time association
YORK City Football Club have just five weeks to find a buyer or face going bankrupt following a court hearing today. The stark reality of the worsening situation at the Bootham Crescent club hit home yesterday when the club applied to go into voluntary
Gino Carenza, who is attached to Mick Easterby's Sheriff Hutton stable, can consolidate his lead in the amateur riders' championship at Catterick tomorrow. Carenza, who has nine winners to his credit this season, is fancied to reach double figures aboard
PROUD neighbours in Tadcaster are vying to be the most festive street in the country. Residents in Calcaria Road have shown true Christmas spirit to transform their street into a Christmas wonderland. All 42 houses in the street now have a large home-made
THE head of Humberside Fire Brigade is retiring after more than 40 years service. Chief Fire Officer Roy Williamson will leave tomorrow. Mr Williamson became chief fire officer in 1989 when he took over from Bryan Collins, having been made his deputy
"DISTURBING" responses from York food premises have led to a "wash before you work" warning from the city's environmental health chiefs. The unusual Yuletide message from officers in City of York Council's food and safety unit follows some responses to
A TELECOM fax test which could be hitting local businesses hard in the pocket has led York trading standards bosses to issue a warning. Officers at City of York Council are urging firms to be on the look-out for an unsolicited fax headed "Telecom line
THE 2003 York Nines Festival could be the first international event to be taken under the wing of a new European rugby league federation. The Rugby Football League's executive chairman, Richard Lewis, is due to meet his French counterpart in Paris next
Hard on the heels of yesterday's Government's Green Paper on providing for life after retirement, STEPHEN LEWIS peers into the future of pensions POP into the B&Q Warehouse in York's Hull Road at the right time of the week and the chances are you'll
Round four of the Yorkshire Winter League on the Ouse below York saw Wibsey Angling claw back one point on last year's winners Anglers World York to produce a grandstand finale over the festive period. Wayne Shillitto (Wibsey Angling) helped pave the
A REPORT on modernisation of the fire service throughout the UK has revealed just how fierce competition is for firefighters' posts in North Yorkshire. It was so intense that 22 people applied for every job which fell vacant in the county last year. The
POLICE investigating a road crash which caused the death of three members of the same family are making a fresh appeal for information. Yvonne Finney, 26, of Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire, was killed along with one-year-old Christopher and four-year-old
A FRIDGE mountain near York looks set to become a molehill - as redundant refrigerators head for the North-East. Work has already begun on sending nearly 30,000 fridges and freezers, currently stockpiled at Yorwaste's storage facility in Hessay, near
AN UPLIFTING carol service at York Minster which had an extended congregation of disabled and housebound people was so successful that it might be repeated next year. For the first time in the city people across York and the United Kingdom were able to
ELDERLY panto-lovers in York were treated to their own personal performance when veteran dame Berwick Kaler made a visit to their home. Berwick, who is starring in Babbies In The Wood at York's Theatre Royal, popped in to St Helen's Community Unit For
YORK City Supporters' Trust have issued a rallying call to keep professional football alive in the city. The Trust issued a statement to the Evening Press immediately after today's hearing at Leeds Combined Court saw the Minstermen enter into administration
THE dramatic events surrounding the adjournment of the Bootham Crescent Holdings annual meeting prevented an announcement from the company's board, the Evening Press can reveal. Douglas Craig, chairman of BCH - the owners of York City's ground - was set
YORK council chiefs have released details of the only "viable option" for the redevelopment of the city's Barbican Centre. The Barbican Venture bid is seen as providing the balance between tourism and entertainment, and generating enough cash to improve
THE street where York schoolgirl Katie Scales was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver was shut off while investigators returned to the scene to hunt for clues. Police closed off the stretch of Blossom Street, where the 11-year-old All Saints' School
YORK City Football Club have just five weeks to find a buyer or face going bankrupt following a court hearing today. The stark reality of the worsening situation at the Bootham Crescent club hit home yesterday when the club applied to go into voluntary
YOU can almost feel the bitter cold and biting Antarctic wind in this excellent biography of a polar hero. Lawrence Oates was also a war hero, who did some of his early military training in York. Seriously wounded in the Boer War, the courageous cavalry
THE opening chapter of Dead Air consists almost exclusively of dialogue and ends with the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11. I thought, here comes a flimsy novel loaded with heavy-handed signposts to tell us yet again how irreparably the world
