Archive

  • Andy Mac's back

    WEMBLEY hero Andy McMillan is returning to York City to assist with youth development coaching. The former right-back will be coaching York City's Under-16 team with fellow youth coach Chris Coates. His role will also be to assist the new youth team manager

  • Mystery of bird pulling balloons

    MANY an oddity has drifted, zoomed and flapped its way into York's airspace. Fragile biplanes, football-sized flying saucers, fireworks like mortar shells - they've all crossed our particular scrap of heaven. And balloons have been a regular sight above

  • Wigginton's grand reunion

    FRIENDS of the disbanded Wigginton Sunday morning football club are getting set for a grand reunion this winter - and they are trying to track down as many others as possible. The club broke down last year after 31 successful seasons and club stalwarts

  • Curb callous abusers

    EVERY year the RSPCA publishes appalling reports of animal cruelty. And we all wonder at the people who could inflict so much suffering on fellow creatures. This year's files are more sickening than ever. North Yorkshire's many dog and horse enthusiasts

  • Shock as new jobs supremo resigns

    THE boss of the inward investment body for our region has quit "to pursue my career in a different direction". Members of the board of york-england.com were said to be surprised by the announcement that Imelda Havers would leave at the end of October.

  • McEwan moving in for Peat

    FORMER Hull City left-back Nathan Peat looks poised to become Billy McEwan's next new signing. Peat, 22, was comfortably the most impressive York City trialist during last night's 2-1 friendly defeat at UniBond League premier division outfit Frickley

  • Where is the dinner money?

    EDUCATION chiefs fear millions of pounds promised by the Government to transform York's school dinners may never materialise. As city councillors discussed the impact of an imminent increase in the cost of school meals, money pledged in the wake of TV

  • Yorkshire seeking seaside special

    YORKSHIRE were striving to preserve their status as the only unbeaten side in either division of the County Championship when they began their match against Leicestershire at Scarborough today. They were also trying to complete their first double of the

  • Temporary home for Archbishop

    A NEW home believed to be worth half-a-million pounds has been bought for the new Archbishop of York so repairs can go ahead at Bishopthorpe Palace, the primate's official residence. Dr John Sentamu will spend the first year in his new role at a three-storey

  • 100 fight York late bar move

    MORE than 100 York villagers are aiming for a second victory in their battle against late-night student drinking. An application by the Deramore Arms pub in Main Street, Heslington, has prompted 117 protests from residents. That is more than twice the

  • Den's carp haul

    DENNIS Gelderd (Boston Spa) topped a memorable week by scooping his second win in four days in the 45-peg Saturday open at the Willows fishery. After winning the mid-week event from peg 44 on Goldrush he drew the same lake again and used the same homemade

  • Back to 'normal' for this week's race meeting

    YORK's traffic-busting plan for race meetings will not be in operation during this week's event. Council chiefs have announced there will be no major changes to the "normal" traffic management for the Music Showcase Weekend on Friday and Saturday. The

  • Dalby trails going global

    WORK has begun on a £400,000 project to build world-class mountain bike trails to Dalby Forest. The Forestry Commission, along with SingletrAction, an independent local riders' organisation, are working together to create 50 kilometres of new routes in

  • Yorkshire seeking seaside special

    YORKSHIRE were striving to preserve their status as the only unbeaten side in either division of the County Championship when they began their match against Leicestershire at Scarborough today. They were also trying to complete their first double of the

  • The Robards Report: Distinctive strengths

    WHEN I was a lad, we all knew what a city was, give or take a cathedral or two. Now it's a bit more complicated, as we have Core Cities, Key Cities and also Science Cities. There are evolving City Regions, of which the Leeds City Region, including York

  • Inventor appointed

    CONNECT Yorkshire, the fast track for technology businesses in the region, has appointed an inventor, who has patents pending on hi-tech bandages, as its new operations manager. Sarah Gregory, 26, who formerly worked for North Yorkshire-based Johnson

  • Taste of the write stuff

    DEADLINES, interviews and word counts - education reporter Haydn Lewis dropped in at Joseph Rowntree School to give budding young journalists a taste of the future as part of the school's Year 9 Enterprise Day. THE sound of frantic fingers on keyboards

  • Where is the dinner money?

    EDUCATION chiefs fear millions of pounds promised by the Government to transform York's school dinners may never materialise. As city councillors discussed the impact of an imminent increase in the cost of school meals, money pledged in the wake of TV

  • Apply for a student loan now, school leavers told

    SCHOOL leavers in North Yorkshire are urged to apply now for a student loan, rather than waiting until they get their A-level results. The student support section at North Yorkshire County Council says prospective students should apply sooner rather than

  • Way out of line

    Brian Balejcsik's response to my letter in the Evening Press was way out of line. I did not state that my knowledge of the situation was non-existent, simply acknowledged the complexities. In any conflict, faults can usually be attributed to both sides

  • Making it clear

    In a letter from Mick Phythian published on Monday, a sentence was altered during the production process which changed its meaning. Apologies. It should have read: "We just now wait for them to make the motorbike riders on the cycle track, the arsonists

  • Build the new 'Arc' elsewhere

    IN response to the two articles about the city council's plan to build the new Arclight Centre at the former Shipton Street School (July 14 and 15), Coun Ken King should be praised rather than berated by Coun Macdonald for doing his duty to local residents

  • Frickley Athletic 2, York City 1

    TWO goals conceded from corners condemned York City to a 2-1 defeat in their opening pre-season friendly at Frickley Athletic last night. Billy McEwan's men went closest to breaking the first-half deadlock when striker Clayton Donaldson headed against

  • McEwan moving in for Peat

    FORMER Hull City left-back Nathan Peat looks poised to become Billy McEwan's next new signing. Peat, 22, was comfortably the most impressive York City trialist during last night's 2-1 friendly defeat at UniBond League premier division outfit Frickley

  • City Islamic leaders back proposals to tackle terror

    YORK Muslim leaders have backed a national agreement to tackle the extremism which led to the London bombings. Prime Minister Tony Blair said a Downing Street meeting of 25 Muslim community leaders had agreed to deal "head-on" with the extremism, based

  • Pawel power

    HARROGATE Town were taught an object lesson in finishing last night by last season's League One top scorer in a 4-1 friendly defeat. Pawel Abbott, the former York Schools player, turned on the style to fire all four past the Nationwide North side, claiming

  • Two men on death charge

    TWO men have been charged with the murder of student Joe Medforth. Carl Newton, 20, of Princes Way, Hexton, in Chorley, and Anthony Silcock, of Billiers Court, Preston, were appearing at Preston Magistrates Court today accused of the North Yorkshire student's

  • Victory in post box campaign

    YORK residents were celebrating today after winning a fight to have a post box re-instated. The pillar box was removed from outside the former Fishergate Post Office in Fulford Road earlier this year, following the closure of the office. The Royal Mail

  • Appeal to plug the pension gap

    COUNCILS should be given new powers to help them collect taxes and rents to plug the pension fund gap, according to a trade union. Senior members of the GMB union want to see a change to the law and to Inland Revenue rules to give councils the power to

  • Pet cruelty cases rise

    STARVED, neglected, forced to live in squalor - the grim face of animal cruelty in North Yorkshire has been revealed in shocking new figures today. Sickened RSPCA inspectors investigated more than 3,000 cases of suspected animal cruelty reported by members

  • Preview: York bands release new collective CD

    THE Yorkollective Volume 2 CD will be launched at gigs at Fibbers, in Stonebow, York on July 20-21. Profits will go to towards building a website for local bands at www.yorkollective.co.uk and the next compilation CD, according to organiser Sam Robson

  • Tag rugby stars put through their paces

    POSSIBLE future Super League professionals and Great Britain players had another taste of the sport's potential this week at the first York City Knights' development programme's gifted and talented sessions. Coaches from City of York Council and the Oaklands

  • Wizard Wilson's winner

    NEXT season's York Schoolboys' Under-11s football team might have a shot at re-creating the previous squad's success after shocking the highly rated Hull Academy side in a friendly. The fledgling side travelled to Hull for a trial match expecting a tough

  • King of the castle

    BOOTHAM School pupil Joe Tindale is king of the York chess castle after winning the city Under-13s tournament. The youngster pitted his wits against talented opposition in the York City Chess tournament held in the busy Parliament Street thoroughfare

  • Firms alerted over hazardous waste

    FIRMS can be prosecuted if they fail to comply with new regulations on the production or movement of hazardous waste from this week. A change in the law means many common items, including fluorescent tube lighting and computer monitors, will for the first

  • Kwik off the mark

    THERE is a new name on the York Primary Schools' Kwik Cricket trophy after Robert Wilkinson Primary school beat Archbishop of York Primary in the final at Bishopthorpe. The Strensall side racked up 195 runs in an innings that had been tight until final

  • Thanks for helping

    I thank the women who helped me when I had an accident boarding a number four bus in Acomb recently, also the bus driver, paramedic and ambulance crew. I have heard people complain about A&E at York Hospital but I have no complaints. Thank you all

  • Middle East facts

    MR Balejscsik is so ignorant of facts about the events he refers to in his letter (July 15), it is difficult to know where to begin. I shall focus on the propaganda which asserts the Arabs "declared war" and invaded Israel in 1948. The truth is in 1948

  • Hopeless cant

    WHAT a surprise from the prime minster of talk. Climate change is the most important challenge facing us, he says. So important that the G8 summit agreed nothing. So important that pledges to improve the energy efficiency of homes are now to be ditched

  • Top duo in line to scoop prize - 20/07/05

    Robert Winston, who started his title-chasing season with a bang by winning the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster for Sir Michael Stoute, joins forces with the same trainer for the feature race on Town Moor tomorrow night. The York-based jockey is on Lysandra

  • Why bow to EU on vitamins and herbs?

    ONCE again our lords and masters in Brussels have decreed that all members of the European Union must obey their latest idiocy. And, lemming-like, the British Government immediately brings out legislation to enforce it rather than raising a metaphorical

  • Dentists' dilemma

    YOUR report 'Hopes for NHS dental places' (July 15) was a little misleading. Mr Dobson from Dobson & Associates indicates there could, perhaps, be places for 8,500 new patients if he can get the dentists. Herein lies the problem. I doubt he will get

  • Archives slip-up

    COUNCIL heritage and leisure chiefs seem to have missed a great chance to meet the wishes of many York residents and visitors who now, or shall in the future, use the City Archives by seemingly failing to include them in the proposed "cultural quarter

  • At least water drains from burst pipe in your street

    IN response to your report 'Down the drain' (July 12). I have sympathy with the people affected by the leaking water main. But, at least they are fortunate that it has burst near a surface water drain which is allowing it to pass through, unlike quite

  • Car park mayhem

    My family and I all ran the Race For Life last week. The whole thing was fantastic but the car park let down the event. On returning to our cars, no stewards nor police were around so vehicles were everywhere and tempers were raised as people raced to

  • Why we can stand the heat

    Playing rugby league when the weather's as nice as it has been can be a tough prospect if you're not prepared for it. But with all the hot weather we have had just lately at Workington and Swinton and even at home to Keighley, the players will by now

  • Five in danger

    STEPHEN LEWIS joins a cast of wildlife 'celebrities' struggling to avoid eviction. YOU'VE got to feel sorry for the poor old hare. First it lost out in the speed stakes to a tortoise. Now it's been beaten hands down in popularity terms by, of all things