EDUCATION chiefs in York have given the go-ahead for a £2.9 million package to put schools at the "heart of the community". City of York Council earmarked eight primary schools across the city to have Sure Start Children's Centres by 2008. Education chief
TWO men denied murdering North Yorkshire student Joseph Medforth when they appeared in court today. Mr Medforth, pictured, of Ryther, between York and Selby, died after a street attack in Preston, where he was attending the University of Central Lancashire
AN overtaking car crashed head-on with a moped, killing its rider, a court heard. York Crown Court was told that Tamara Bennett, 23, was driving along Chaloners Road in Dringhouses on December 12 last year when began overtaking the car in front and crashed
A HOUSE of Commons mistake left York's MP £8 million in the "red" in a row over city council budget problems. A typing error by a member of staff in the Commons' library meant Hugh Bayley wrongly claimed that City of York Council received an extra £14
YORK City left-back Nathan Peat is facing a race to be fit for this weekend's Conference trip to fellow high-flyers Accrington Stanley. Peat started his first game in seven weeks during Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup victory at Gainsborough Trinity but was replaced
BORN in South Africa of Irish parents who now live in Australia, Yorkshire's new wicketkeeper-batsman Gerard Brophy is a man of many international parts. But all that concerns him now is finding a house close to Headingley and giving his undivided attention
HUNDREDS of council houses in the Groves in York have had a facelift costing close to a £1 million. City of York Council has invested more than £960,000 in the houses since January as part of its York Pride initiative. Pensioner John Lee, 78, who has
I was born and bred in York (Hollybank Rd/St Paul's primary/Nunthorpe Grammar) and I would like to settle a family argument before I get much older. As a schoolboy in the 50s I have a recollection of the Ouse being drained of almost all its water (a mere
A PRIVATE firm is to be brought in to take over the cleaning of York's council-owned public toilets. Council chiefs have agreed to select MITIE Cleaning Ltd to take responsibility for the locking, cleaning, cash collection and attendant services at all
NEIL Redfearn, caretaker manager of beleaguered Scarborough, has added experience to the McCain Stadium set-up with the appointment of Eric Winstanley to the coaching staff. Former Barnsley boss Winstanley, who has been scouting for York City, was connected
LEEDS United are in danger of being hit by a £45,000 fine unless their discipline improves. Iceland international midfielder Gylfi Einarsson was sent off in last night's 3-0 defeat at Blackburn in the Carling Cup third round for a two-footed tackle on
A COUNCIL tenant whose home was at the centre of two major gas leak emergencies has been evicted for nuisance behaviour. Police, bailiffs and council workmen removed Michael O'Neil from his home in York after he allegedly tormented his neighbours for
BUOYED by one of his most successful seasons, North Yorkshire's tsar of par Simon Dyson bids to sign off 2005 in spectacular style. Dyson is among the star-studded field for the Volvo Masters, which starts tomorrow, to bring a climax to the European Tour
A SCHEME that could bring kerbside recycling to terraced streets across York is to be discussed by councillors. The proposal would see electric refuse vehicles similar to milk floats negotiating narrow roads that do not currently receive a recycling service
PRIME Minister Tony Blair was to be confronted today over a European ruling which prevents a North Yorkshire cheese-maker marketing its product as feta. Later editions of the Evening Press yesterday reported how Shepherd's Purse cheeses, in Thirsk, had
AS many as 110 jobs could go in a massive review at York-based rail operator GNER. The company, based at Station Rise, today confirmed it was in consultation with staff and trade unions about reorganising its structures. A GNER spokesman told the Evening
