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  • The Green machine...

    THE GREEN PARTY'S candidate in York got on his bike in the search for votes, as the General Election campaign entered the home straight. Andy D'Agorne is standing for the Greens in the City of York, and took the party's battle-bike on to the streets of

  • Top Tory visits resorts in N Yorks

    A LEADING Tory today dropped in on a marginal North Yorkshire seat. Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley visited Scarborough and Whitby where he visited the surgery of John Renshaw, chairman of the British Dental Association. Mr Lansley was expected

  • Rain wins clash of big guns

    YORK CC's mouth-watering Yorkshire League clash with Sheffield Collegiate at Clifton Park eventually fell victim to the weather yesterday. On Saturday the weather gave York a chance of victory over Scarborough - the only YL game to be completed that day

  • It's plain unlawful

    I WRITE about Royal Ascot at York and the blatant discrimination shown towards the disabled. Royal Ascot Ltd is guilty of discrimination under the Disability Discrimination Act which "aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face". The

  • Improved safety

    S ATKINSON (Letters, April 25) will be pleased to know that the changes at Acomb Front Street to allow access for the new FTR bus will result in improvements for pedestrians. Instead of his father stepping on to a zebra crossing hoping motorists will

  • Scorecards

    May 2 Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League *Appleby Frodingham 157 (A Permeulen 43; R Ariendse 5-30, M Lawson 5-75), Scarborough 161-4 (D Harland 81). Hull 105 (A Simpson 43; L Dudman 5-10), *Castleford 106-2 (L Dudman 44no, J Randerson 48no).

  • Stop ghetto talk

    YOUR report about building retirement apartments in Wigginton by McCarthy and Stone says concerns are raised about the potential loss of bat roosting areas because of the demolition of houses (April 12). Well, there are bats about so are you implying

  • Korean call

    THE British Korean Veterans Association is trying to contact former members of the armed forces who served in Korea/Japan from 1950 to 1953, and also those servicemen and women who served in these two places at a later date with the Peace Keeping Force

  • Target practice

    WHEN I was told that I couldn't make an appointment to see my doctor because of the "two-day rule", I just crawled back to bed, puzzled and fervently praying that the undertaker would be more accommodating. Now it turns out that what I took for medical

  • Cordwainers on the march

    ONE of York's medieval guilds paraded through the York streets in one of its largest gatherings. The historic Leather Trades Livery Companies were celebrating the Charter Day of the Company of Cordwainers of the City of York and the installation of Peter

  • Late pub debate

    A PUB'S late-night opening plans will be debated by residents tonight amid concern about increased disturbances. The Evening Press revealed last week how Punch Taverns had applied to City of York Council for permission to keep the Swan in Bishopgate Street

  • Rain wins clash of big guns

    YORK CC's mouth-watering Yorkshire League clash with Sheffield Collegiate at Clifton Park eventually fell victim to the weather yesterday. On Saturday the weather gave York a chance of victory over Scarborough - the only YL game to be completed that day

  • Mortgage debts rise

    THE number of people who face losing their homes has almost doubled in York. Fresh figures show that courts imposed 27 home repossession orders against people in the city between January and March 2005, compared to 16 for the same period a year earlier

  • Merris backs Billy

    EVENING Press Player of the Year Dave Merris has welcomed the news that Billy McEwan will be in charge of York City next season. Merris believes McEwan's continued employment at KtKat Crescent is in the club's best interests. As one of only three senior

  • Preview: Hay Fever, York Theatre Royal, May 23 to June 11

    ARTISTIC director Damian Cruden began rehearsals this week for York Theatre Royal's production of Hay Fever, Noel Coward's comedy of bad manners in the English country. The play's seeds were sown one unusual weekend in 1921 at the New York home of Broadway

  • Raising a smile at last

    ARGUMENTS about the improvements or otherwise to our health service have raged in this election campaign. But one sector of the NHS remains undeniably in crisis: dentistry. It is not so long ago that the arrival of a new health service dentist in Scarborough

  • Block the thieves

    POLITICIANS may have abandoned the battle bus, but North Yorkshire police are still making good use of theirs. They used it to take a message to drivers in York. If you want to avoid becoming a victim of car crime, add a few seconds of thinking time at

  • Merris backs Billy

    EVENING Press Player of the Year Dave Merris has welcomed the news that Billy McEwan will be in charge of York City next season. Merris believes McEwan's continued employment at KtKat Crescent is in the club's best interests. As one of only three senior

  • All systems go

    HUGH Bayley was guest of honour at the Nestl factory in Haxby Road, York, as the firm launched a new multi-million pound network system. The network will link the company's factories around the world, allowing information and production methods to be

  • Rivals for your votes

    STEPHEN LEWIS visits the York hustings to weigh up rival candidates for the honour of York MP. IT TOOK a while, but finally politicians have got around to talking about the issues that matter. No, not the economy, stupid; not taxes; not the war with Iraq

  • Who should women vote for?

    Do York's Parliamentary candidates know what women want? JO HAYWOOD puts them to the test. WOMEN want to vote on Thursday, they just can't decide who to vote for. A survey by the UK's largest women's website, iVillage.co.uk, found that while 80 per cent

  • New Earswick promoted for certain

    TITLE-CHASING New Earswick All Blacks will definitely be promoted this season, the Evening Press has learnt. Confusion reigned in the White Rose Avenue camp as the club tried to find out whether they had already won the Pennine League division two title

  • Kay to leave Acorn on the up

    TRIUMPHANT boss Dave Kay is to step down as York Acorn ARLC coach after leading his team to a stunning promotion from National Conference League division two. As reported by the Evening Press, the Blue and Golds secured promotion to division one for the

  • A Sharp chance - 03/05/05

    Dr Sharp can provide the solution to a tricky-looking Chester Cup tomorrow as he bids to provide North Yorkshire trainer Thomas Tate with his biggest Flat success. Tate, who is based at Hazelwood near Tadcaster, has had this £120,000 race, sponsored by

  • Web premises site heralded

    BUSINESSES hunting for new premises in North Yorkshire are soon to enjoy the benefits of the most comprehensive industrial and commercial property database the region has seen. The new database, known as Evolutive, is web-based and managed by york-england.com

  • Pizza chain searches for new outlet

    DOMINO'S Pizza is looking for a new store in Scarborough, which would create up to 30 jobs. Despite having more than 330 stores in the UK, 60 per cent of the population live in areas where Domino's pizzas cannot be delivered. The company has earmarked

  • Another subsidy on poor policing

    I AM astounded that City of York Council has given the go-ahead to spend ward money on new police community support officers (April 30). Our ward already spends a great deal of its budget on a successful community ranger providing 35 hours a week patrolling

  • Bavarian folly

    IS there no end to the follies perpetrated on our once-beautiful city by our council? The construction of Bavarian pubs and shops in Parliament Street was unbelievable. Were local publicans and shopkeepers consulted? I doubt it. Yet they must have lost

  • Just not fit

    THE attention given by your paper to the fact that many businesses are yet to take action to meet the needs of people with disabilities - six months on from the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act - is very welcome (April 25). While you

  • Don't blame us

    I MUST answer your article and readers' letters on the subject of disabled access, particularly in respect of the De Grey Rooms. York Conservation Trust only became the owners of this grand property on March 31, since when we have fully surveyed the building

  • Clubber's behaviour inexcusable

    WHAT gives locksmith John Anthony McGarry the right to totally go to town on a member of the public, breaking his eye socket and ankle in a late-night pub incident ("Clubber broke man's ankle", April 28)? And just because he suffered a previous traumatic

  • Rural watchdogs

    POSTWATCH, the independent consumer watchdog for postal services, wants to hear from rural consumers about what they use their local post office for - and what changes might improve its service. We are looking for volunteers to complete a short, written

  • Too much power

    EXCESSIVE power relies on fear, inflates the egos of those who employ it and corrupts in time. Compare the speeches of our two most powerful leaders in recent times when accepting their initial victories, Maggie in 1979 and Tony in 1997. They were delivered

  • In the red and blue corners

    ENGLAND'S echelon of football has been dominated this past decade by two managers - Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United and Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. They have been locked in a claw-sharp, red-raw rivalry that has sacrificed acres of newsprint and

  • Pizza chain searches for new outlet

    DOMINO'S Pizza is looking for a new store in Scarborough, which would create up to 30 jobs. Despite having more than 330 stores in the UK, 60 per cent of the population live in areas where Domino's pizzas cannot be delivered. The company has earmarked

  • We're all down to type

    LIKE it or not, you've been typecast. There is a whole army of people beavering away out there to find out everything there is to know about you. They know how much you earn, whether you like your parsnips boiled or roasted, what size underpants you wear

  • Cueball 'B' pocket title

    CUEBALL 'B' secured the York John Smith's Ladies League Darts division one title by beating Blacksmiths Arms 10-1. It was a good all-round team performance by the champions who were denied a whitewash by Dot Trousdale-Jackie Clemit in the doubles. Runners-up

  • Books tribute to volunteer

    FRIENDS of a woman who drove a library bus to traveller sites around York have donated books to create "a living memorial" in her name. Rachel Copus who was 43 when she died in 2003, was a dedicated member of the York Local Exchange Trading System (LETS

  • Village bust up

    ANGRY villagers say they are being isolated from York by a "useless" bus service. Residents at Naburn have reacted with fury at the decision to scrap the special number 42 Arriva bus service which took teenagers to York College and back every day. They

  • Car crime message on doorstep

    VICTIMS of car crime were visited at home by police officers as Operation Cobra was taken on to the streets of York. Nearly a dozen officers set up the campaign's "battle bus" in Holgate Road, identified as one of the top ten car crime hotspots in the

  • Victory eludes champions Kirkdale United

    RJF Homes Beckett Football League runners-up Union Rovers gained revenge over champions Kirkdale United by beating them 3-1 in the Victory Cup final. Striker Pete Tiffney was the hero with two late goals to secure a cup double for Rovers, who had already

  • Kay to leave Acorn on the up

    TRIUMPHANT boss Dave Kay is to step down as York Acorn ARLC coach after leading his team to a stunning promotion from National Conference League division two. As reported by the Evening Press, the Blue and Golds secured promotion to division one for the

  • Customers warned as credit card cloning thieves strike

    CREDIT card "skimmers" have struck at cash machines across York city centre. One victim had £1,600 stolen from his account after he used the Lloyds TSB cash point, in St Helen's Square, a week ago - with separate attacks happening at other machines. York

  • NHS to boost dental scope

    PLANS to tackle York's NHS dental crisis and take on more than 30,000 new patients are being drawn up by health officials, the Evening Press can reveal. Officials hope 16,000 places will be created at dental surgeries over three years as city practices

  • Is 34 the magic number?

    Is 34 the magic number when it comes to motherhood? JO HAYWOOD adds up the pros and cons. FRIENDS star Lisa Kudrow did it and she looks fighting fit. It was the making of former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews. And Sophia Loren, well, who's going to argue

  • It's the text best thing

    ISN'T it just typical? The week I learn to send text messages some boffin reveals that texting can be more than twice as bad for your brain power as smoking cannabis. Scientists found a noticeable drop in IQ among employees who are constantly distracted

  • Victory eludes champions Kirkdale United

    RJF Homes Beckett Football League runners-up Union Rovers gained revenge over champions Kirkdale United by beating them 3-1 in the Victory Cup final. Striker Pete Tiffney was the hero with two late goals to secure a cup double for Rovers, who had already

  • When graffiti is all heart

    GRAFFITI can be enriching. Hang on to your ASBOs, and let us explain. In the shadow of Monk Bar in York there is a shop. Or rather there was a shop, Beryl's Fabrics. Quite who Beryl was and what sort of fabrics she festooned on a no doubt grateful city