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  • Church should keep its hands off our school

    PROPOSALS are being discussed that Archbishop Holgate's School in York could become a C of E voluntary-aided school. York already has one C of E secondary school and the loss of a community-based secular school to the religious sector would represent

  • Hallowed turf

    WELL done the Evening Press for revealing the sordid business dealings between Douglas Craig and his mates at Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH) and the man with many faces, John Batchelor. Craig's efforts to justify the claim that BCH was set up to safeguard

  • Best I could wish for

    LIKE Mr Rooke (December 24), I would like to express my thanks to York Hospital, to the doctors and nursing staff, for all the good work they do, sometimes short of staff and despite the long hours they work. For the last year, I have been in and out

  • Stick to it

    Lifecoach John Patterson comes up with timely advice on how to make those New Year resolutions stick RESEARCH shows that by the end of January, more than 95 per cent of resolutions will have come unstuck. Effort and intention are not enough; you need

  • Talking shop

    Last year white was the new black; the year before black - rather confusingly - was the new black; but now it seems a picturesque North Yorkshire spa town is the new black. Harrogate is the fashion capital of North Yorkshire. It must be: style gurus Caryn

  • Greenway stunned by City sale revelations

    YORK City president and Ryedale MP John Greenway admitted to being gob-smacked after reading in the Evening Press the details of the deal that installed John Batchelor as club chairman. Greenway said: "In effect, Douglas Craig still controls the football

  • Craig nets a gong in fans' honours list

    FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig has received recognition in a New Year's Honours list with a difference. The Football Supporters' Federation has announced its own honours list for services to football during 2002. But the fan watchdog has also

  • Flying Treaty gets nap vote - 31/12/02

    Bank on Flying Treaty to welcome in the New Year in style at Southwell tomorrow. Ann Stokell's six-year-old is in the form of his life at present and notched two easy wins in the space of 24 hours last week. Flying Treaty turns out again in the £12,000

  • Waitressing trio hang up their aprons

    HELMSLEY'S Crown Hotel will be missing some iof ts most familiar faces following the retirement of three of its waitresses. Clocking up 100 years of service between them, Phyllis Pattison, Eileen Carpenter and Barbara Theobald have now folded away their

  • Farming show sets a date

    A DATE for next year's Tockwith district agricultural and horticultural show has been announced by organisers. The annual fundraising show, which was cancelled this year due to bad weather, will be held on August 2 to help raise money for a number of

  • More junior discos planned

    MORE junior discos are to be held in Ryedale after a recent event at Malton's Milton Rooms was hailed a success. The under-18s "dry" discos were once regular events in Ryedale, but were shelved for a period in 2000 after problems with drugs, violence

  • Glory for Gateway

    A GROUP which takes youngsters off the streets to banish boredom and cut vandalism was today celebrating a major award. "Most people in Acomb don't even know we exist. But they are benefiting because their windows are not being smashed and there is less

  • Cream of the crop

    COME rain, snow or shine, milkman John Williamson has delivered milk to North Yorkshire doorsteps for the past 34 years. Now residents of villages in and around Easingwold will get their milk delivered by John Williamson MBE, after his dedication was

  • If we can make it there...

    STUDENTS from York College are hoping to use their business skills to win them a trip to the Big Apple. Business pupils at the college are taking part in the annual Institute Of Directors export awards scheme. The students have to submit a report on the

  • Green man turns red for council elections battle

    A KEY seat in next year's City of York Council elections is being fought for Labour by a former Green Party activist. Paul Baptie is standing for the party in the Westfield ward, currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats. But, only five years ago,

  • Farmers get safety warning

    FARMERS are being told that the New Year is an ideal time to make sure that all their vehicles are in a safe condition. Health and safety bosses say proper maintenance of vehicles and machinery can help prevent accidents, injuries and even death. Peter

  • Car overturns in ditch

    A DRIVER escaped with minor injuries after her car left the A64 near York and turned over into a ditch. The woman was taken to York Hospital by ambulance after the incident at about 4pm yesterday, between Catterton and Bilbrough. Witnesses said her white

  • Katie making good progress

    KATIE Scales is continuing her recovery from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident - and looking forward to eating properly again in the New Year. The 11-year-old Haxby schoolgirl will undergo another operation on her injured jaw next month, after

  • Trees on top

    Nestle Rowntree Rugby Union Club finished the year on a high note with a 14-10 win against Northallerton 2nds/3rds. On a heavy pitch, Rowntrees managed a 7-3 lead at half-time, the try coming from Cottom under the posts. Ivor Jackson tagged an easy conversion

  • Jackson determined to hang on to Marston Villages title

    ALICE Hawthorn licensee Shane Winship is over the moon to have two of the four representatives fighting for the Marston Moor Villages Doubles-Board League Individual competition on finals night, writes Dave Fotheringham. One of them is 25-year-old Simon

  • Give blood plea

    THE National Blood Service is asking donors in York and North Yorkshire to give the "gift of life" to someone. This time of year traditionally sees supplies of blood drop as everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas and New Year, and colds and 'flu

  • The year's behind you!

    LEGENDARY York panto dame Berwick Kaler and his babbies have wished everyone a happy New Year. Berwick, pictured front left, and friends are now well into their run of Babbies In The Wood, and, as always, have been playing to packed houses at the Theatre

  • Greenway stunned by City sale revelations

    YORK City president and Ryedale MP John Greenway admitted to being gob-smacked after reading in the Evening Press the details of the deal that installed John Batchelor as club chairman. Greenway said: "In effect, Douglas Craig still controls the football

  • Do you know this York team?

    EVENING PRESS readers might be able to help the owner of this photographer of a Victorian team line-up. It is known that it is a rugby team from York dated around 1900. The photograph is owned by Jean Nind, of Fenay Bridge Road, Lepton, near Huddersfield

  • Minstermen fear deluge

    POSTPONEMENT of tomorrow's Division Three clash against Scunthorpe would leave York City in a 'serious position' according to the club's administrators. With torrential rain over the past few days, and more forecast for today and tomorrow, the Bootham

  • Reddy tests mettle against Iron

    TWO of Sunderland's top youngsters will be slugging it out when York City entertain Scunthorpe tomorrow, writes Tony Curtis. Fighting out of the red corner and from the York camp will be Stadium of Light striker Micheal Reddy, while in the blue corner

  • Back to the future

    TKO takes a light-hearted glimpse into the sporting future of 2003: JANUARY Berwick Kaler wins the Lottery and saves York City, announcing a half-price ticket offer for his 25th anniverary pantomime at the Theatre Royal. York City Knights RL Club open

  • Help the animals

    WHATEVER happened to democracy in this country? Normally, if the public opposes a new development, and in turn the local council also refuse it, that is normally the end of the matter. However, if the Government has financial gain resting on it, what

  • It's our own fault

    D QUARRIE comments about "our real friends" and who hates and loathes us (December 23). If we, the UK, and them, the USA, really practised true democracy, tolerance and freedom of expression, we wouldn't now be reaping that which we sow. Since 1945 the

  • Feed your face

    If you hanker after luminous skin and glossy locks, stride straight past the beauty counter next time you are in the supermarket and head for the fruit and veg instead. It's time to go back to basics and have fun mulching and mashing natural ingredients

  • I know the star of the best panto in town

    It was the hottest ticket in town. Theatre critics up and down the country had been vying for preview seats for months to no avail. Even the Evening Press's Charles Hutchinson - something of a theatrical institution in these parts - was left out in the

  • I did it my way

    Jude Morrison was sitting in her favourite French bar with a group of friends when inspiration struck. During a conversation about retired footballers' second careers, a pal asked what she would do if she could change jobs. "I said upholstery - just like

  • Minstermen fear deluge

    POSTPONEMENT of tomorrow's Division Three clash against Scunthorpe would leave York City in a 'serious position' according to the club's administrators. With torrential rain over the past few days, and more forecast for today and tomorrow, the Bootham

  • Reddy tests mettle against Iron

    TWO of Sunderland's top youngsters will be slugging it out when York City entertain Scunthorpe tomorrow, writes Tony Curtis. Fighting out of the red corner and from the York camp will be Stadium of Light striker Micheal Reddy, while in the blue corner

  • Interest rise

    YORK City's administrators are set to meet this week with three parties interested in stepping in to save the club from extinction. Matthew Bowker, David Willis and Liam Cotter, from the administrators Jacksons Jolliffe Cork, will hold on-going discussions

  • Arts centre line-up

    VISITORS to a North Yorkshire arts centre will be full of the joys of spring when they see what's on offer for 2003. Helmsley Arts Centre is going from strength to strength and spring promises to be the strongest season yet. The Antiques Roadshow's Henry

  • Have your say in regional assembly debate

    PEOPLE living in North Yorkshire are to be given their say on whether they want to loosen their links with London and replace them with regional rule. Debate is currently taking place in several parts of the UK about the need for regional assemblies,

  • Appeal edges towards target

    ST JOHN Ambulance crews in York are to undergo their annual retraining - as money continues to pour in for the Lifesavers Appeal. The Evening Press-backed appeal, which aims to raise £45,000 for a new Crusader ambulance to be used in York and the surrounding

  • Say goodbye to 2002

    Strikes, royal rows and trouble for York City feature in the concluding part of CHRIS TITLEY'S review of the year July After an horrific spate of fatal accidents involving motorcyclists, the Evening Press brought out a special edition. The front page

  • The Hall of fame

    THE man who spearheaded a major Yorkshire regeneration group heads the list of locals celebrating awards in this year's New Year's Honours list. A knighthood has been awarded to Evening Press columnist Graham Hall, the chairman of Yorkshire Forward. Mr

  • Let's start the year in hope

    THIS was the year when the world learned to live with fear. The terrorists found ever easier targets: a dancefloor in Bali, a theatre in Moscow, a hotel in Kenya. Tony Blair warned us that Britain faced an imminent threat, and key workers were given the

  • New powers to stop joyriders

    FRESH measures to tackle joyriders and nuisance drivers who blight communities by using streets, parks, and wasteland as race tracks have been welcomed by North Yorkshire police chiefs. Offenders face having their vehicle seized on the spot under a new

  • Driven up the wall by crashes

    RAILWAY worker John Harrand is being driven up the wall by out-of-control cars. His jinxed front wall has just been demolished - for the third time in six months. To make matters worse, the latest incident was just a fortnight after he had finished rebuilding

  • Craig nets a gong in fans' honours list

    FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig has received recognition in a New Year's Honours list with a difference. The Football Supporters' Federation has announced its own honours list for services to football during 2002. But the fan watchdog has also

  • Arriva staff in fresh walkout

    RAILWAY workers are determined to continue their long-running dispute with train company Arriva Trains Northern, a union leader has said, as hundreds of conductors began the latest in a series of 24-hour walkouts today. Hundreds of conductors walked out

  • Time for an MBE

    veteran York clockmaker Geoffrey Newey has been rewarded for years of diligent timekeeping - receiving an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. Mr Newey, 74, who is responsible for many of the city's most familiar timepieces, was typical of hundreds of

  • Garage owner furious as floods system fails

    A FURIOUS Ryedale businessman told today how his garage came within a whisker of being flooded out - because new flood defences failed to operate properly. Harold Darley said floodwaters were lapping at the doors of his business, Robson's Garage, in Welham

  • Interest rise

    YORK City's administrators are set to meet this week with three parties interested in stepping in to save the club from extinction. Matthew Bowker, David Willis and Liam Cotter, from the administrators Jacksons Jolliffe Cork, will hold on-going discussions

  • Antiques business probed by police

    POLICE have launched an investigation into the affairs of a North Yorkshire antiques business whose boss is facing bankruptcy, the Evening Press can reveal today. Detectives are investigating the Stonegate Antiques Centre following complaints from traders