THE citizens of York are to be consulted about the proposed new footbridge to be constructed across the Ouse from North Street to the Guildhall. However consultation in York, as under the last administration, now seems to mean we shall tell you what we
AS warden of York Cemetery, I would like to have my say on Dr Richard Keesing's comments in the Evening Press (Running out of space, August 21), which have resulted in some very upset residents of York writing to complain. Although Richard's comments
WE read such sad and troublesome news that it is so nice seeing the holiday snaps and just married photos. So thank you for printing them and thanks to your readers for sharing them and giving some enjoyment. Didn't the new Mrs North (September 3) look
FOR August Bank Holiday Monday, myself and friends organised a day out to York for several pensioners and disabled people. However, one elderly woman failed to turn up on time for the return journey back to Goole. After a long wait, I contacted two extremely
AS someone who has to endure the misery of living next to neighbours from hell, I take exception to Councillor Potter's stance in which she objects to "welfare benefits based on behaviour rather than need" (September 4). Why should I pay taxes to support
THE firm behind the new £60 million business park at Monks Cross North has kicked off its support for a local junior football team with a sponsorship initiative. Property developer The Monks Cross Partnership has sponsored the Huntington Junior Football
YORK City have been awarded a grant to help fight bigotry as part of a national anti-racism in football campaign. The £700 grant, one of just 30 up for grabs, marks a significant development for City and should help to lift a lingering shadow cast over
NEW Earswick All Blacks continued their fine start to the Yorkshire League senior division season with a 36-14 defeat of Bilton Sullys. After struggling in the first half, the York side hit top form after the break to run in 34 points to continue their
A North Yorkshire driver tells MIKE LAYCOCK of the dangerous situations she has seen at the A64 blackspot at Bilbrough Top. A DRIVER who lives near Bilbrough Top told of the motoring madness she has witnessed at the A64 accident blackspot. Dawn Wilkinson
CITY of York Hockey Club have gone Down Under to boost their coaching staff. They have secured the services of Victoria state player Jason Russell as player-coach. He is a high-scoring attacker in the Australian Country Championships and has been a member
THE BBC admitted today it was "unfortunate" that a TV show was to broadcast a dramatisation of a rail tragedy in the same week as the Selby train crash inquest. Survivors hit out at the scheduling of the BBC1 series Casualty, which returns on Saturday
RATS, gerbils, rabbits, ducks and birds will soon get extra protection when the RSPCA home in Landing Lane, York, opens a new £180,000 small animal centre. The centre will contain 36 rabbit hutches and runs, as well as a pond, an aviary and new rat cages
ANGRY residents staged a protest to stop parents reducing their streets to gridlock during the school run. Residents of Queen Anne's Road and North Parade, Bootham, York, claim about 100 cars travel down the narrow streets each morning to drop their children
YORK City have been awarded a grant to help fight bigotry as part of a national anti-racism in football campaign. The £700 grant, one of just 30 up for grabs, marks a significant development for City and should help to lift a lingering shadow cast over
WHAT'S the hurry, I thought, there are six whole weeks before the four year old starts school. That's acres of time to sort out his uniform. I'll think about it after our holiday in Northumberland. No, on second thoughts I'll leave it until a couple of
Nestle Rowntree Rugby Union Club's good pre-season training reaped rewards as they won 38-5 away to Malton and Norton third team. Centre John Atkin, last season's top try scorer for Rowntree, raced over under the posts in the first few minutes. Captain
ENG-ER-LUND, Eng-er-lund, Eng-er-lund - there was no escape from the guttural cry after a weekend of exasperation, exhilaration and exit. Way out in front of the accomplishment charts in the Anglophile-good factor was the nation's cricket team. Okay,
North Yorkshire jockey Kim Tinkler has just joined the select band of women who have ridden 200 winners in Britain. She talks to JO HAYWOOD about life in the saddle. EVERY little girl goes through the pony stage. But while most make do with harnessing
PETER BROWN, director of Fairfax House in York, casts an expert eye over a thoroughly modern jewellery exhibition. MODERN designer jewellery, or 'Bling, Bling' if you believe the Collin's English Dictionary, is coming to York. This is the first showing
Henry Cecil may be without a runner in Saturday's St Leger, but the Warren Place trainer can win Wednesday's 'fillies' St Leger on the opening day of the four-day Doncaster Festival. Cecil saddles Singleton in the ACMC Park Hill Stakes and I fancy Richard
WE know it as the school run, but that is a misnomer. More accurately, it is the "school stop-start-double park", the mini rush hour which frays nerves and clutches in equal measure. Only days into the new school year and the problem has already pitted
FOR years, the good name of York City was tainted by accusations of racism. It was the club's own fault. A previous regime had taken the perverse decision to reject the Kick Racism Out Of Football charter. This left City with the miserable distinction
COME on, admit it. When did you last take a sneaky, admiring peek at your reflection as you sidled past a shop window? Oh vanity of vanities. We are all guilty of this heinous sin at some time or other, like the cock pheasant which used to puff himself
EVER since much of the nation watched, with a mixture of fascination and horror, as James Herriot pushed his arm up the backside of a cow, we have thought that we knew about being a vet. Since those days there have been a number of programmes devoted
I WISH to correct the false statement that Easingwold Town Council is aligned with the misguided view of Hambleton District Council (as expressed by Coun GW Ellis) on improved car parking and bus arrangements at Easingwold School ("Car park 'would ruin
I WOULD like to propose that BA give thought to donating Concorde to the Yorkshire Air Museum as a memorial to all who served and flew from the airfields of Yorkshire during the Second World War, without whose sacrifice Concorde may never have been. Ken
HUNTERS, the award-winning York-based estate agency announced that it has invested £400,000 in a Manchester branch - its first base outside Yorkshire. The firm, which won the Progress Through People title in last year's Evening Press Business of the Year
IT was never going to be a normal folk gig, on a night when the show ended back at the beginning. "Apologies now for cameras being everywhere," wrote Kate Rusby in her latest newsletter as prior warning that Saturday's concert was to be filmed. The massed
TWO organisations concerned with the health and fitness of York residents are joining forces to provide a new ambulance for the city. Fitness First, at Clifton Moor, will hold a number of events this month, with all the proceeds going to the Evening Press-backed
Selby Town crashed out of the FA Youth Cup, with a 4-1 first qualifying round defeat at Lancaster City. The young Robins were 2-0 down inside ten minutes and goalkeeper Nathan Briggs was sent off after tangling with a Lancaster striker. Lancaster made
A UNION leader has warned postal workers in York that voting against a postal strike could put their jobs under threat. Royal Mail have offered staff a 4.5 per cent pay rise over 18 months with cash bonuses if workers meet local and national targets.
CITY OF YORK Council will be asked tonight what it is doing to support efforts to stage York's Mystery Plays again in 2005. Independent councillor Janet Hopton plans to raise the Mystery Plays issue at a full council meeting at the Guildhall. She said
YORK could host the Royal Meeting for a second year if redevelopment work at Ascot falls behind schedule, bosses at the Berkshire-based track have confirmed. Nick Smith, communications director at Ascot, said York Racecourse may be needed to hold the
IT WASN'T quite Doctor At Sea when a former Time Lord met Bradley Hardacre on a York waterway. Instead of the ocean, these two actors in a boat had to make do with the River Ouse for their aquatic adventure. Messing about on the river were Colin Baker
THE train driver who survived the Selby rail disaster today gave an inquest jury the harrowing details of the crash. Andrew Hill, 42, was with Brayton driver Stephen Dunn in the cab of a Freightliner coal train when it collided with a GNER train in a
BURGLARS brought Julie Grace's Mediterranean holiday to an devastating end when they raided her apartment, slashed open her suitcase and stole her mobile phone, cash and other items. But at least she thought she wouldn't have to worry about meeting the
NEW compulsory admission charges have brought a boost to York Minster's finances - despite a drop in visitor numbers. The Minster revealed that revenue rose by £5,000 per week in August, compared with the same month last year. It said visitors were making
EILEEN White gamed on 104 (20, treble 20, double 12) as Leeman overwhelmed York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one rivals Independent, whose Janice Davies was involved in getting both their two points. The battle at the top saw Cygnet 'A' defeat
MOTORISTS had a lucky escape after a road accident at a notorious blackspot today. The crash happened at Golden Hill on the eastbound A64 at 7.55am. An ambulance spokeswoman said the car had lost control and overturned, coming to rest on its side in a
CHAMPIONS IT Sports Wigginton begin the defence of their Yorkshire Premier League squash title on Wednesday with a trip to Sheffield to take on Abbeydale. Wigginton were undefeated in the league last season, racking up the highest points tally ever recorded
SHOPKEEPERS in York are being warned about a spate of burglaries. In the past week, burglars have targeted six businesses at night, and a further five businesses have fallen victim to thefts during the day. The premises have mainly been involved in the
YORK's bus strike is over after a pay deal was finally agreed by drivers at First. The drivers voted to accept a revised pay offer from management and bring an end to the industrial action which had halted most services in the city. A total of 121 drivers
ARMY captain and defending York men's tennis champion Ollie Gardner has fired an 'I quit' volley after a shock semi-final exit. Gardner, serving with the Royal Signals corps and currently in training for a mission to war-torn Iraq, was scratched from
CITY OF YORK Council will be asked tonight what it is doing to support efforts to stage York's Mystery Plays again in 2005. Independent councillor Janet Hopton plans to raise the Mystery Plays issue at a full council meeting at the Guildhall. She said
SCHOOLS in York are winning the fight against bullying, new figures revealed. The number of recorded incidents in the city's secondary schools has fallen following a joint campaign with education bosses at City of York Council and the NSPCC. A survey
With the new school term under way, STEPHEN LEWIS looks for solutions to the traffic chaos that is the school run. IT'S just before 3pm on Monday and the playground at the back of Westfield Community Primary School in Acomb is filling up with parents
A North Yorkshire driver tells MIKE LAYCOCK of the dangerous situations she has seen at the A64 blackspot at Bilbrough Top. A DRIVER who lives near Bilbrough Top told of the motoring madness she has witnessed at the A64 accident blackspot. Dawn Wilkinson
