REGARDING the pay settlement for the firemen, which is proposed to be self-financing over a period of three years by better work practices. It is also proposed that certain incidents are to be paid for by the person's or the company's insurance. Does
I HAVE read with interest the letters complaining about York Hospital. I visit this hospital every three months for tests and X rays and have done so for the last two years. In all those visits the service I have received has been slightly above excellent
I SHARE Keith Smith's sentiment about congesting York's streets and polluting York's air by using cars for trivial journeys (Letters, December 7). All the same, half a mile in five minutes equals six miles per hour: that's some walking! Robert Stevens
NORTH Yorkshire police are again asking for more money. At the same time our ward councillors, in their role as ward committee, persuade us that a large part of the ward budget should be spent on private security patrols. There should be no need for private
YORK City fans will be hoping to provide some Christmas cheer for the club's staff tonight. Some of the proceeds of a bucket collection at tonight's home game with Lincoln will go towards the backroom staff. Supporters' pressure group the Friends of Bootham
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has called on the Minstermen's loyal band of supporters to match the commitment of his squad at tonight's home clash against Lincoln City. Normally, the emphasis would be being placed on the fact City could move into the automatic
THE English countryside is in the news again, sparked by Monday's pro-hunting protest at Westminster. What better time for Impressions Gallery to present Andy Wade's provocative landscape photographs. In his Between Places exhibition, West Yorkshire photographer
YOU can add The Two Towers to The Godfather Part II and the 1970 Leeds-Chelsea Cup Final replay as sequels that were better, grimmer and gorier than the original. Except that this isn't strictly a sequel to Fellowship Of The Ring but episode two of the
A YORK car firm is cracking open the sake after Japanese executives voted it the best Suzuki dealership in the country. Sales staff at the Glen Garage, in Layerthorpe, beat off competition from more than 155 dealerships to claim the prestigious prize.
THIS season is turning into one of the closest title battles for some years in division one of the Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League. Sessions 'A', the reigning champions, and Bootham Conservative Club 'A' are fighting it out at the
MALTON and Norton have had a taste of Twickenham and now the Gannock side are after more. It is less than two years since Pat Stephenson's men graced the hallowed turf in the final of the Junior Vase, with a 36-20 victory over Hoylake sparking joyous
Crystal Palace put on a sparkling exhibition at Slipper in John Smith's York Ladies' League division one. Roz Kerr starred with 121, 100 for 23 darts in a superb clean sheet team performance which maintained their 100 per cent record. The tons flowed
POLICE inspector Alan Miller doesn't make a drama out of a crisis - despite having had more than his fair share during a distinguished career. The 49-year-old is the emergency planning officer for North Yorkshire Police, a role that has seen him involved
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the man who brings the best out of Lenny Henry - and who has an insiders view on Popstars: The Rivals IT MAY or may not be the burning question occupying you this weekend. Which, if either, of the Popstars: The Rivals bands - Girls
RESIDENTS at a York community unit for the elderly rolled back the years at their fun-filled Christmas party. More than 50 full-time and day care patients at Mill Lodge Community Unit enjoyed an afternoon of singing, comedy and magic at their annual festive
A GROUP set up in northern Ryedale to improve public transport has plenty of ideas but a shortage of cash, members of Pickering Town Council heard. Coun Judy Dixon the deputy mayor and representative on the Public Transport Partnership, said the aim of
PICKERING Town will be hoping it's third time lucky as they head into their eagerly awaited FA Vase third round replay at Causeway. The tie has already been hit with controversy, with the first game abandoned with the Pikes leading 1-0 after the referee
WITH Nestl Rowntree inactive due to North Riding Cup duty, the three clubs below them all took advantage to leapfrog them by winning. Hounds moved to the top of the first division with a 7-2 win over New Earswick with Andy Cygan netting a hat-trick. Volunteers
MANAGERS at York Hospital have been shortlisted to run failing NHS trusts, the Government announced today. The hospital was named on a Department of Health "register of experts" after scoring top marks in the Government's star rating system earlier this
A MOTHER of young children who launched a vicious revenge attack on her brother's rape victim today won a cut in her jail term. Suzanne Marie Atkin, 36, of Burton Stone Lane, York, was jailed for two years in July at York Crown Court after pleading guilty
VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh has failed to win a guarantee that ten hunts in her constituency would survive plans for severe restrictions on hunting with dogs. The Government's Bill will ban hunting with dogs except where there is no less cruel method
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent (FoBC) have reacted angrily to yesterday's statement by the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings. BCH offered York City the option to stay at Bootham Crescent in the short term, subject to signing
COUNCIL chiefs have indicated they will "resist" Persimmon's bid to build on Bootham Crescent - until the club has found a new home. Roy Templeman, City of York Council's director of development and environment services, said that planning chiefs will
DOCTORS were today hopeful that the Norwalk virus outbreak at York Hospital was at an end, despite three more patients suffering diarrhoea and vomiting symptoms. All wards are now open to admissions after the number of people suffering symptoms reduced
YORK City Supporters' Trust is appealing to local fans to pledge to help them to buy ailing York City Football Club. Although the cash-strapped club itself is not expected to cost more than a token £1 to purchase, massive debts and ongoing projected losses
FIRE crews were called to Nestl Rowntree today after a small blaze broke out at the York chocolate factory. Three fire engines and a turntable ladder went to the Wigginton Road plant following reports of a fire in an extractor plant in the cocoa roasting
PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a major expansion of Rufforth Tip, despite local protests. The 28-hectare extension of the Harewood Whin waste disposal site - which takes refuse from across the York area - will include the construction of a liquid
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has called on the Minstermen's loyal band of supporters to match the commitment of his squad at tonight's home clash against Lincoln City. Normally, the emphasis would be being placed on the fact City could move into the automatic
CHARLES HUTCHINSON has an audience with the Empress of China, you know, Rosie the Rev from Neighbours EVERY clich has a silver lining, and so as one door closed on Maggie Millar another has opened. Comfortably settled into her soap routine playing Rosie
At the West Yorkshire Playhouse, this winter's musical is a grisly tale of the dangers of rampant commercialism and unsavoury greed. Little Shop Of Horrors is a cautionary play where the laughs are borne on feet of clay and the protagonists die, laughing
SHOULD we "shop" a drink-driver? (The Thing Is, December 17). This issue raises not one, but two separate questions to be answered. Have we a duty to inform the police when we know that a drink-driving offence is being committed? Yes. Indeed if we do
WHEN you are feeling a little "down" these dull December days just pause for a while and count your blessings - it's surprising how they add up and in no time you will have chased the "blues" away! Thank you Evening Press for the finest local newspaper
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent (FoBC) have reacted angrily to yesterday's statement by the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings. BCH offered York City the option to stay at Bootham Crescent in the short term, subject to signing
YORK City Supporters' Trust is appealing to local fans to pledge to help them to buy ailing York City Football Club. Although the cash-strapped club itself is not expected to cost more than a token £1 to purchase, massive debts and ongoing projected losses
MALTON and Norton have had a taste of Twickenham and now the Gannock side are after more. It is less than two years since Pat Stephenson's men graced the hallowed turf in the final of the Junior Vase, with a 36-20 victory over Hoylake sparking joyous
WEARY souls hoping to gently wind down ahead of Parliament's Christmas holiday were out of luck this week, as hunters laid seige to the Commons and President Bush bounced Geoff Hoon down the road to Alaska. Personally, this was a blow. I had promised
A WOMAN with serious health problems claims a home help service - arranged by City of York Council - has repeatedly let her down. Karima Hallett, of Church Close, Askham Bryan, says she suffered an angina attack while vacuuming her house because a carer
THEY may be topping York John Smith's Men's League division two but both Swan and Saddle are finding it an uphill struggle to stay there, writes Dave Fotheringham. Saddle were 4-2 down at Slip but managed to pull in three pairs wins, Andy King-Steve Swithenbank
THE Six By Six project was, as its name suggests, supposed to be a contest in which there were only six winners. But the competition to discover talented new York playwrights was so strong that the judges had to round the winners up to a lucky seven.
YORK Jobcentre Plus employee Nigel Pendleton got a big surprise when he attended a Regional Newspaper Award luncheon hosted by Minister for Pensions Ian McCartney and former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes at London's Lancaster House. The event recognised
DRAMATIC life-size sculptures of climbers are being used to decorate a school hall. The three sculptures are being created at Park Grove Primary School, York, by artist Peter Douglas. Peter is going into the school weekly, as part of an artist-in-residence
HARROGATE Railway midfielder Jimmy Gore has finally become a dad - after 15 days of extra time. The 26-year-old's wife, Kate - who was due to give birth on December 2, six days before Railway's historic FA Cup tie against Second Division Bristol City
Two Evening Press printing assistants have become the country's first newspaper workers to pass print exams after studying online. York & County Press, which publishes the Evening Press, last January became the first newspaper company in the UK to
AMBULANCE staff have asked the people of York, and North and East Yorkshire to help them get through the festive period - the emergency service's busiest time of year. The overriding message they are stressing is that people should not hesitate to call
A NEW organic farming umbrella group has been set up in an effort to promote organic businesses throughout the country. Existing organic producer groups led by the Soil Association, have joined together to create the National Organic Producer Group Forum
A NORTH YORKSHIRE monument has been reinstated after a £60,000 restoration programme. An ornamental Grecian brazier, or urn, is back in place on top of a 100ft high column at Castle Howard. Leaping copper flames, which have been gilded to reflect the
SELBY MP John Grogan today relaunched a campaign for a new cinema in the town. He said that with all the recently-announced new housing developments in the area, Selby now warranted a cinema. He said: "Despite all the sceptics, a new cinema is top of
RESIDENTS in a Ryedale town will be able to take a Christmas stroll when a popular footpath reopens. Work on flood defences for Malton and Norton has meant the Gannock, at Old Malton, had to be closed off to the public. But contractor Interserve has started
YORK residents Grace Page and Julian Fell showed the nation their word and number power by getting through to today's Countdown showdown. This afternoon the two of them were facing each other in the long-awaited final of the popular afternoon quiz show
IN A LEGAL move that will surprise and upset many, the Lord Chief Justice has ruled that the average non-professional and non-violent domestic burglar will not be sent to prison. Announcing the new guidelines in the Court of Appeal yesterday, Lord Woolfe
THE landlord's age-old cry of "don't you lot have homes to go?" takes on a new complexion at one York bar. Tired and emotional drinkers will be able to use the bar's bed instead of going home. Mind you, the two huge beds in The Bedroom, in Micklegate,
PARTS of the Barbican Centre will reopen tomorrow following this week's fire. More than 30 bathers had to be evacuated from the swimming pool and the entire building was closed following the fire in the sauna on Monday evening. The west area of the centre
THE Government is now under pressure from Tory and Labour MPs for a full debate on whether the U.S. should be allowed to use RAF Fylingdales for missile defence. Earlier this week, the Evening Press revealed that York MP Hugh Bayley was pressing for a
A BURST of donations, including two for £100, has given a major boost to the Evening Press Christmas appeal for York hit-and-run victim Katie Scales. Since Tuesday we have been calling on readers to help raise £1,000 to buy the 11-year-old All Saints'
NIGHT owls looking for a haunt might be interested in a new city centre bar - it comes complete with two giant beds. The luxurious furniture forms the centrepiece at an unusual new York address, The Bedroom, in Micklegate. But sleepy-heads hoping to grab
YORK City fans will be hoping to provide some Christmas cheer for the club's staff tonight. Some of the proceeds of a bucket collection at tonight's home game with Lincoln will go towards the backroom staff. Supporters' pressure group the Friends of Bootham
A SHOCKED couple were only inches from death when a pallet laden with bathroom sinks crashed to the floor at the York B&Q Warehouse. Council safety inspectors were today probing the incident at the store in Hull Road. A friend of the couple said they
A THREE-year-old boy was injured and a man suffered 50 per cent burns in two road accidents only days before Christmas. The youngster was badly hurt after running across the road into the path of a 23-tonne truck in Station Road, Copmanthorpe. He was
DIRECTOR John Cooper introduced last night's opening performance by announcing how last weekend's street carol-singing had raised more than £700 towards the disabled lift facility that would enable Stagecoach to create proper seating at its church hall
LOOKING for a noisy alternative to pantomime this Christmas season? John Godber's Reunion is a party piece of a new play at Hull Truck Theatre, not a pantomime for adults in the blue vein of Jim Davidson but an interactive show with saucy behaviour, a
NORTHERN Ballet Theatre artistic director David Nixon unwraps his Christmas show, the British premiere of his Beauty And The Beast production, at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. He originally created the production for his former company BalletMet Columbus
