Private detectives from all over the UK descend on York on Saturday for their annual meeting. But they're such an unassuming bunch you probably won't even notice they're here, says STEPHEN LEWIS. THINK of a private detective and who springs to mind? Nondescript
York have come up against some quality players this season - not including St Helens in round five of the Challenge Cup final - and it's always nice to think about who would make up a dream team at the end of the season. There aren't any York players
Majestic Missile, who ran a blinder when third in last month's Nunthorpe Stakes on Knavesmire, can gain an overdue first success of the season at Doncaster tomorrow. The £30,000 Earth Mortgages Scarbrough Stakes, a Listed race, is the target for the William
YORKSHIRE will have to take great care not to get derailed by the Rawalpindi Express if they are to complete the double over Worcestershire in their final home Championship game of the season which was due to begin at Headingley today. Pakistan paceman
THE campaign to clean out the workplace receives a big boost as City of York Council agrees to stub out smoking. The council has signed up to the Yes To Cleaner Air campaign, run by Selby and York Primary Care Trust and the Evening Press. With 7,500 employees
DURING the summer I was waiting to pay at a York car park. In front of me a young family from Newcastle saw the charge for daily parking and the driver asked me if there was a cheaper car park. I said they cost much the same. He could drive back out to
HOW many of the "dozens of protesters" outlined in your report 'Mobile groan', (September 3) own a mobile phone? They are rightly aghast at the idea of an eight-metre high mobile phone mast on Albemarle Road and are all "concerned about the health impact
IT is appalling that after the blaze at the Fulford flats City of York Council is going to ask the Government to crack down on badly-built homes (September 5). It was only just over two years ago that we were forced out of our house on Clifton Moor because
THERE are plans to build a new sea defence wall along the central shore line at Scarborough from the harbour area to the roundabout beneath the arches. If the current filthy state of the town in that area regarding litter and tatty dilapidated buildings
ON Sunday, September 4, a Battle Of Britain commemoration service and parades took place at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, presented through the joint efforts of the Yorkshire (Eastern) Region, RAF Association and the Royal Air Force. I take this chance to publicly
LEISURE chiefs fear race-goers could be put in danger by a collapsing drain that is creating unexpected holes on York's Knavesmire. Several mysterious gaps in the ground were discovered earlier this year along the line of a 1.6 mile (2.6km) culvert that
HAULIERS in the York area were today adopting a "wait-and-see" approach, as some protesters threatened to blockade refineries over the high cost of fuel. Blockades and go-slows aimed at pressurising the Government into cutting fuel duties took place across
A LEADING York councillor today called for an independent inquiry into the devastating Fulford flats blaze. Fishergate Green Party councillor Andy D'Agorne who represents the Fulford Place residents, said questions remained unanswered regarding the initial
AS CRICKET fever grips the nation, workers are bursting out in song to support the England team. Captain Michael Vaughan has urged the entire country to down tools and join in a rousing rendition of the hymn Jerusalem as his team takes to the field for
ACASTER Malbis driver Ian Wheatley is chasing a clean sweep of trophies in six regional rally championships. Wheatley and co-driver Fred Roberts are targeting a double-hat-trick of triumphs in their Group Four Escort 2.1 rally car. The York Motor Club
WANT to win the Lotto? Then your luck could change by moving house to a quiet rural village near Selby. Residents in Cawood believe it's a lucky place to live after the village's third National Lottery win in 12 months. A six-strong syndicate was today
YORKSHIRE will have to take great care not to get derailed by the Rawalpindi Express if they are to complete the double over Worcestershire in their final home Championship game of the season which was due to begin at Headingley today. Pakistan paceman
A LICENSING boss revealed today that almost all York pubs had applied in time to renew their licence - thanks partly to the Evening Press. John Lacy, temporary licensing manager at City of York Council, said more than 98 per cent of 827 premises entitled
ANGRY residents in Clifton today told the British National Party "Stay off our streets" after the organisation leafleted people living close to the proposed new Arc Light centre. Campaigners against the homeless centre said they were "horrified" after
Ten-man Selby Town held off Liversedge for the best part of 45 minutes to claim a well-earned Northern Counties East League premier division point last night. Joe Connor was given his marching orders 30 seconds into the second half for a second bookable
THE England cricket team victory over Australia at Trent Bridge was a great effort and fully deserved. We won, and will win The Ashes for several reasons: 1 Michael Vaughan captained his team better than Ricky Ponting, with more respect and planning.
HEARTY congratulations to York City Knights on a very fine performance in gaining promotion to the higher league. The team are a credit to the City as are all those involved in resurrecting the team from the ashes three years ago and must be very proud
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 100 years ago Queen Alexandra accompanied by Princess Victoria, left Charing Cross by special train at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for Port Victoria, en route to Copenhagen. In spite of the unfavourable weather, many people
WORKERS will be banned from lighting up in City of York Council buildings from October 1 after councillors agreed to a new smoke-free policy at the authority. The council has opted to back a joint initiative between Selby and York Primary Care Trust (
THERE are fresh faces, novel ideas and a huge injection of new blood in our finalists' line-up for the 2005 Evening Press Business Awards. After nearly eight weeks of deliberation the judges today announce the names of the crme de la crme who will compete
IT was bound to happen - and now it has. The British National Party has stuck its oar into the row over the proposed new Arc Light Centre. The party has horrified local residents by descending on homes in Shipton Street and Grosvenor Terrace, offering
YOUR feature on the proposed changes to allocating council homes for local homeless people (August 31) was interesting. What a fair and sensible change this would be. I joined the council housing queue 11 years ago after a breakdown and divorce. As a
IN response to Tom Stirling's report about Sarah Warriner's overcrowded home ('System has failed us say family', August 31), it's a fact that because of the sale of council houses and the dwindling housing stock, cases such as this will arise. The problem
THE residents of Heslington Road, York, at present have the best bus service in the city. From next month, when the No 4 is re-routed to Lawrence Street, we shall be without a bus service. What alternatives have been explored, including City of York Council
ON no account must the Haxby Memorial Hall building be demolished. It must remain as it is because it was given in trust to the people of Haxby and also commemorates 36 pupils who died in two world wars. It is also in a conservation area. In the past,
TO my dismay I have noticed the city council has decided to widen the footpath at the top of the road connecting Front Street with Green Lane in Acomb. There are a huge number of articulated delivery vehicles using Green Lane to deliver to Morrison's.
THE five-headed lane monster of Blossom Street, York, is even more dangerous for cyclists these days. Are the traffic cones deliberately and dangerously scattered across the road to prevent cyclists being on the road here? That may explain, but not excuse
ACOMB angler Thomas Hodson had an 18th birthday to remember. He fished the Nomads match on Bethany's Lake at the Langwith Lakes complex near Heslington and drew golden peg number 20. The teenager was still fresh from his success in the Acomb Tackle event
CHARACTERLESS blocks of flats are advancing into York like aliens from the War Of The Worlds, an influential report claimed today. The York Civic Trust's annual report launched a fierce attack on the loss of the city's Victorian heritage to the developers
SELBY MP John Grogan is hoping to bowl out the contract to take Test cricket off terrestrial television screens by launching a new Early Day Motion. In circumstances befitting a village match, Mr Grogan was today tabling the motion at an afternoon tea
WORKERS will be banned from lighting up in City of York Council buildings from October 1 after councillors agreed to a new smoke-free policy at the authority. The council has opted to back a joint initiative between Selby and York Primary Care Trust (
PETROL in York has crashed through the £1 barrier in the wake of the devastating American hurricane. Motorists were warned today that forecourt prices could rise even further. Drivers are having to pay almost £1.02 for a litre of super unleaded at the
YORK City's new head of youth development Ian Kerr intends to instil a winning mentality into the club's junior ranks. As Scarborough youth-team coach in 2000, Kerr helped the Seadogs become the only Conference club to ever win the merit division of the
SOMEWHERE in the depths of rural Mongolia, a horse gallops proud and free. His name? Selby. The stallion was named after the town by its MP John Grogan when he visited the country last month. As well as being the champion of British beer, Mr Grogan is
Dan Jones is hit for six by fab food at a city restaurant. OUR visit to this award-winning restaurant - with a reputation as one of York's finest - coincided with the English cricket team's recent phoenix from the flames style renaissance in an Ashes
YORK City's new head of youth development Ian Kerr intends to instil a winning mentality into the club's junior ranks. As Scarborough youth-team coach in 2000, Kerr helped the Seadogs become the only Conference club to ever win the merit division of the
