CAMPAIGNERS today joined hands and chanted "Save our Barbican" as they staged a mass protest against plans to redevelop and privatise the complex. About 70 people turned out carrying placards with slogans including "Fit Kids, Not Fat Cats", and "No To
SOME years ago plasterer Brian Elsegood was working in the home of David Thompson in York. He happened to notice a photograph on the wall showing a distinguished looking man greeting a smartly-dressed young lad. "I said to his wife, 'do you know who that
YORK-BASED tour operator Superbreak Mini-Holidays, has been appointed as the official hotel booking service of Visit London, formerly known as The London Tourist Board. In support of its new appointment, Superbreak, which has offices on Piccadilly, has
NORTH Yorkshire businesses have won European funding to protect their ideas from thieves. Firms in Pickering, Scarborough and Whitby can now tap into a scheme which will fund up to two-thirds of the cost of protecting their intellectual property rights
JUDY Bell has won a prestigious national award for her allergy-friendly cheeses. Judy started Shepherd's Purse Cheeses on her family farm in Thirsk in 1987, when she realised a growing number of people were allergic to conventional dairy products. So
WISHING wells, theatrical props and bird tables have helped earn York entrepreneurs Rosie Ellis and Matt East a prestigious business accolade. The couple, whose business Scenecraft UK provides scenery for museums, theatres and television productions,
Malton and Norton secured their amazing third successive promotion before their loyal supporters, but it was not without drama and a large slice of luck that the 20-19 win over Old Brodleians was achieved. The home side opened well enough with a try in
YORK'S relegation to Yorkshire One was confirmed as they went down 29-13 at home to North East One champions Hull. The visitors raced in to a 24-0 lead inside the first quarter of an hour as they extended their 100 per cent winning record to 20 games.
THE arms of the visiting Rugby RUFC players went up in unison at the end of this entertaining game to celebrate a 35-30 triumph over hosts Harrogate, which looked unlikely for the first 20 minutes of the game. Rugby had the assistance of a strong wind
Selby slipped deeper into relegation trouble when they were well beaten 36-20 at Wheatley Hills where they have yet to win. The visitors were on the back foot for much of the first half conceding 29 points without reply by half-time. After Toby Pemberton
RICHARD Agar watched his troops stun former club Featherstone Rovers with an incredible Powergen Challenge Cup win and then declared: "You couldn't make it up." York City Knights went into yesterday's tie with a squad decimated by injury and absences,
Ecstatic Harrogate Town boss John Reed hailed his side as heroes after turning around a 1-0 deficit to gain a late win over promotion favourites Barrow. Second-half strikes from substitute Marc Smith and midfielder James Turley wiped out a dubious first-half
Bishopthorpe pulled off the shock of the day as they came within eight minutes of beating Leeper Hare York and District League Premier Division title challengers Pocklington. Trailing 1 - 0 at the break to a Kieron Darlow goal, Pocklington levelled with
I STRONGLY suggest Coun Steve Galloway and North Yorkshire Chief Constable, Della Cannings, get their heads together and try and formulate some new excuses for the 2005 tax year, because their present ones are wearing thin. I don't care whether or not
THE debate about private car use in York has vexed York's politicians and transport planners for decades. The gridlock which Coun Simpson-Laing foresees within five years (March 10) has been staved off in the past by a sensible mixture of improved cycling
YORK Barbican Centre is, in effect, situated on a traffic island, to which pedestrian access on all four sides can be extremely dangerous. Increasingly the amount of activity centred around the area can only increase pedestrian movement; therefore increasing
THE letters from C Robinson, Janet Kitchen, Derek Chapplen and Ruth Bradley are excellent and say it all. (Letters, March 5). So, why don't we do as the French do, and stop completely all so called "benefits" for would-be immigrants? I am told by people
A TRIO of financial workers from York will swap their business suits and ties for running shorts and trainers when they run 26 miles for charity. The men, who work for London York Fund Managers Ltd, in Foss Islands Road, York, will join thousands of runners
HEADLINE: "Make way for street cleaners or face fine" (March 8). I would gladly move my car for street cleaning but, in the 38 years I have lived in this cul-de-sac, I have never seen a street cleaner, mechanical or manual. AP Cox, Heath Close, Holgate
CITY of York Council was attacked today over its decision to close the Barbican Centre in May, before it knows whether the redevelopment can go ahead. Green councillor Andy D'Agorne claimed the ruling Liberal Democrat group and officers had gambled on
THE council, not tenants, should provide Barston House with CCTV cameras so residents are safe through the day and at night when the staff are off duty. Barston House should also have a night porter as well. Ronnie Topham, Dale Street, York. Updated:
Malton and Norton secured their amazing third successive promotion before their loyal supporters, but it was not without drama and a large slice of luck that the 20-19 win over Old Brodleians was achieved. The home side opened well enough with a try in
Here's a contemporary conundrum for you: how come celebs get thinner when they have kids, while the rest of us end up looking like blow-up versions of our former selves? I saw a picture of the German model Claudia Schiffer in a tabloid newspaper the other
BRAVE patrolman Rick Buckley will tonight be confirmed as a true British hero. The Stamford Bridge resident was recently honoured by his AA bosses after saving a York student when her minibus careered down a 400ft slope. Tonight, Rick, 30, of Garrowby
A former pub landlord and sports teacher has been permanently appointed to the most senior police post in York and Selby. Chief Superintendent Tim Madgwick has taken over the role of area commander, after being appointed to the role on a temporary basis
YORK is to be a big winner from Government plans to shift 20,000 civil service jobs out of London and the south-east, it was revealed today. Sir Michael Lyons, who has been carrying out a review for the Treasury, said at least two separate departments
A TADCASTER businessman today vowed to continue trading - despite being raided for at least the 20th time. A knife-wielding robber demanded cash from a terrified assistant at Barry Hanby's Tadcaster confectionery shop, The Chocolate Box, at 5.20pm on
CHRIS Porter has been told to prove he can hold on to his place in goal for York City until the end of the season. The former Darlington goalkeeper was preferred between the sticks to Mark Ovendale for Saturday's home match with Torquay and handed his
RICHARD Agar watched his troops stun former club Featherstone Rovers with an incredible Powergen Challenge Cup win and then declared: "You couldn't make it up." York City Knights went into yesterday's tie with a squad decimated by injury and absences,
TWENTY-FOUR hour parking charges have arrived in York city centre - as retailers raise fresh concerns with council chiefs over parking for customers and staff. Following the controversial introduction of evening and on-street parking charges, along with
ALMOST everything was against York City Knights. Injuries had left them with only 15 fit players two days before the tie; history told them that they hadn't won at Featherstone Rovers in 47 years; and the referee sent off a player after nine minutes.
Yorkshire today strengthened their fast bowling squad by signing 25-year-old Scottish-born paceman John Blain from Northamptonshire. Blain, who stands 6ft 2in tall and weighs 13st 7lb, is from Edinburgh and he shared a place in Scotland's World Cup team
CHRIS Porter has been told to prove he can hold on to his place in goal for York City until the end of the season. The former Darlington goalkeeper was preferred between the sticks to Mark Ovendale for Saturday's home match with Torquay and handed his
THE annual Jerwood Photography Awards was launched last year to reflect photography's status as "an essential medium for 21st century artists", and it is apt that the ever innovative Impressions Gallery should host the first exhibition. The judging panel's
A YORK accountant is enraged with the Inland Revenue for insisting on fining five of his clients £100 each for "going over deadline" with their self-assessment tax returns. Terry Doyle, a partner with Clive Owen & Company, of Northminster Business
POCKLINGTON made sure of promotion from Yorkshire Three with a convincing 34-0 victory at home to Northallerton. The Percy Roaders, with several changes in their back-line, took time to settle but steadied themselves with a 12th minute try from flanker
YORK RI completed the double over Bramley Phoenix in an entertaining 17-12 away win. Despite having Nathan Ashman, Andrew Morse and Mike Duggan back to strengthen the squad RI found themselves behind after only five minutes, home winger Sullivan crossing
HEWORTH became only the second team to lose to Millom this season as they crashed 20-4 in Cumbria to all but cement their place in the bottom two of the Arriva Trains Conference. The wooden spoon remains unlikely as Millom need to beat leaders East Hull
COACH Richard Agar had said last week that he hoped York City Knights would have a "trick up their sleeve" yesterday. But they had more than that. They pulled a bunch of flowers out of their jacket, sawed a woman in half, levitated and made the Statue
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was disappointed to draw Huddersfield Giants away after the team won through to the last eight of the Powergen Challenge Cup in astonishing fashion. The Knights beat Featherstone 29-26 in a thriller at Post
PROP idol Rich Hayes answered a York City Knights SOS yesterday and afterwards admitted he loved getting his boots back on - but he said at this stage there were no plans to come out of retirement. The 34-year-old legend, who retired last month because
A YORK couple's child tax credit was stopped after the Inland Revenue mistakenly thought they were paying out more than £129,000 for child care. Kerry Shield, 26, and her partner, Daniel Durrant, 29, of Dijon Avenue, Acomb, say a blunder by the Inland
THE following statistics can be obtained from the Government Office of Statistics and the statistics of the European Poverty Level study, all of which are available from any main library: Average earnings: £420 a week. Anyone who has less than 40 per
AN ANGRY York taxi operator has claimed that proposed licensing changes, which could see the cost of some licences increase by as much as 400 per cent, will end up coming out of customers' pockets. Peter Wheatley, who has run the Yorcab taxi firm in the
QUITE a few readers will be aware of the recent tragi-comedy on the York Scarborough railway line, when a broken-down set had to be pushed to York by another at 20mph. The second train was bound for Manchester Airport, to the discomfiture of many passengers
ARSONISTS torched parts of the disused clubhouse at the recently-closed Civil Service Sports Club, in Boroughbridge Road, York. Flames ripped through a garage adjoining the former club at about 4.30pm yesterday. Children with matches are being blamed
I SEE lawyers are queueing up to help the men who have been released from Guantanamo Bay to claim compensation from either the British or American governments, and line their own pockets in the process. I don't see a queue of legal eagles to represent
FRESH details have been revealed about a robber police are hunting following a street attack in York. In later editions of Saturday's Evening Press on Saturday we reported how a teenager was punched in the face twice and thrown to the ground in a brutal
Bishopthorpe pulled off the shock of the day as they came within eight minutes of beating Leeper Hare York and District League Premier Division title challengers Pocklington. Trailing 1 - 0 at the break to a Kieron Darlow goal, Pocklington levelled with
A YOUNG York barman was hailed a hero today after leaping behind the wheel of a runaway dumper truck and stopping it ploughing into a neighbour's house. Quick-thinking Darren Grant was in his bedroom drinking with pals last night when he spotted the huge
Yorkshire today strengthened their fast bowling squad by signing 25-year-old Scottish-born paceman John Blain from Northamptonshire. Blain, who stands 6ft 2in tall and weighs 13st 7lb, is from Edinburgh and he shared a place in Scotland's World Cup team
RETAILERS told council bosses they were not just worried about parking - they also had concerns over a range of issues including crime, begging and drug addiction. The report to the economic development and community safety scrutiny board said retailers
YORK City avoided a record-equalling fifth successive home defeat with a spirited 0-0 draw against promotion-chasing Torquay United. The result might have extended the Minstermen's run without a victory to 11 matches but Saturday's performance will have
SO let's get this straight. Drivers who leave their vehicles in a York car park between 9pm and 8am are now liable for a 10p charge. Yet anyone who flouts the charge will not be fined. And a parking attendant who issues a ticket to someone failing to
Rooster Booster, unforgettably triumphant 12 months ago, returns to Cheltenham tomorrow with the very best chance of re-writing the script and landing his second Smurfit Champion Hurdle on day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Trained by Philip Hobbs and
WHAT is the point of English Heritage again? "It is our job at English Heritage to make sure that the historic environment of England is properly maintained and cared for," explains the website. Ah, right. And isn't it doing just a wonderful job in York
