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  • Could we cope all over again?

    Five years ago next week, York and other communities across North and East Yorkshire suffered some of their worst ever flooding. Mike Laycock looks back at the disaster, examines what has been done to prevent it happening again - and looks at what might

  • Second helping - 28/10/05

    There's a strong chance it could be a Grey day at Wetherby tomorrow - for the second successive year. Grey Abbey, trained by Howard Johnson in County Durham and one of the most popular jumpers in training, returns to the 'A1 course' in a bid to repeat

  • Kellys in harmony

    YORK City Ladies are marching on into uncharted territory after taming Crewe Vagrants 2-1 in the first round proper of the FA Women's Cup. They will now go to Yorkshire rivals Leeds City Vixens of the Northern Combination in the second round on November

  • Ward double fires Marcia

    MARCIA were pushed all the way by Acomb WMC, winning 5-4 after being 3-0 up at the break in their York John Smith's Sunday Football League division one clash. On target for Marcia were Steve Ward (2), ex-York City player Kieran Darlow, Stephen Barlow

  • Towns in tilt at Vase hit

    Selby Town and Harrogate Railway are both hoping to make their mark on the FA Vase this weekend. Selby have drawn NCEL division one side South Normanton Athletic, while Harrogate Railway hit the road to take on Darwen. Railway manager Martin Haresign

  • Join our club

    PUNTERS who fancy having a flutter in the racing market are being given the chance to sign up for a new owners' club set up by a North Yorkshire businessman. The Viking Racing Club says it will offer its members the experience of owning a racehorse at

  • Bank reopening

    ABBEY'S revamped High Ousegate branch in York will be formally opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday. It is the first branch to be given a new look since Abbey was taken over by Spanish bank Grupo Santnader, and will continue to be managed by

  • Right to feel safe at home

    JUST how far should a householder go in defending their property against burglars? This has long been a potent question - and one in search of a proper answer. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh was today trying to give householders greater rights with the

  • Bright lights

    SACRE bleu - and sacre pink. A French artist has 'painted' York Minster using a startling array of bright colours. The magnificent Gothic cathedral has been turned into something that looks suspiciously close to a giant Wurlitzer jukebox. Is this a devious

  • York's improve or be moved warning

    YORK RUFC's under-performing stars have been warned their places are under threat if they don't get their inconsistent Yorkshire One season back on track on Saturday. Club coaches - angered at last weekend's inept display in defeat to Bridlington - have

  • Coastal tie with the most

    Promotion hopefuls Pocklington and Scarborough go head to head at the top of Yorkshire Two as the East Yorkshire club travel to the seaside, writes Steve Carroll. Both clubs lost for the first time this season, last week, and Pock make very few changes

  • Medics failed to spot broken skull

    A LITTLE boy could have died after York Hospital staff failed to diagnose a fractured skull for 48 hours, his parents claimed today. Stephen and Karen Fletcher said they took their six-year-old son James to the hospital - screaming in pain and vomiting

  • Drunken thugs misery for village pensioners

    GANGS of drunken thugs are making the lives of elderly residents a misery in a village near York, community leaders said today. Sue Robinson, a Skelton parish councillor, said dozens of pensioners living in community housing bungalows in Rawcliffe Court

  • Blood donors in Selby hailed

    BLOODY marvellous. That was the verdict today on Selby blood donors, who have been praised as among the best in the country. Recent donation sessions in Selby have attracted more donors than expected, drawing praise and thanks from the National Blood

  • New site for £3m big wheel

    A £3 MILLION big wheel could be in York by Easter, it was revealed today. The National Railway Museum (NRM) has submitted a planning application to bring a London Eye-style observation wheel to the city. Reaching 60 metres into the sky, the wheel would

  • Motorists warned about road closure

    YORK city council chiefs have reminded motorists that a major city centre route will be closed from Monday for essential carriageway resurfacing. Parts of Gillygate were last resurfaced in the 1980s and 1990s, and the road service is now coming to the

  • Neighbours live in fear

    A WOMAN today spoke about her fear that a crazed attacker called at her door moments before he attacked and robbed a frail pensioner and left her in a pool of her own blood. Carol Flower, 63, said a mystery man banged at the window of her home in Horsman

  • Billy warns of Accie backlash

    YORK City's early promotion credentials will be tested tomorrow with a trip to fourth-placed Accrington Stanley. Left-back Nathan Peat (calf) and midfielder Emmanuel Panther (ankle) are both doubtful for the match, meaning McEwan's first three choices

  • Rearguard operators hit by Acc injury flak

    ACCRINGTON Stanley are in the grip of a defensive crisis ahead of tomorrow's home match with York City. Torn ankle ligaments will deprive Accrington of Robbie Williams for the Crown Ground clash and he will join captain Peter Kavanagh and fellow first-choice

  • Worthy successor

    WHAT a wonderful gesture by the new Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, to arrange a picnic goody bag to be eaten by all attending in the Minster following his enthronement in November. This is surely a noble move by a real "man of the people" and epitomises

  • Not sensible

    What the majority of York people seem to want is a regular weekly collection of household waste, as much for hygiene as anything else, and a less frequent garden waste collection. Mrs C Hoare (Letters, October 26) states "we lose millions in fines unless

  • No quicker

    Everyone seems to have missed the point about the saga of Ann Reid and the traffic lights - especially the Evening Press with its duplicate run. Having the lights on green would make very little difference because emergency vehicles always run the red

  • Pretty dark

    IN response to Mrs Smith (Letters, October 26) - am I right in thinking that the clocks go back this weekend? It should be pretty dark at 5.30pm next weekend then shouldn't it. Surely, all our tourists will be out watching the most amazing fireworks display

  • Hands off!

    A lot has been written about Haxby Memorial Hall and a lot of it has been nonsense, but none more nonsense than Mr Howard's vision of the Ethel Ward playing field (Flatten The Hall, Letters, October 20). I had the privilege of working with Mr Kenneth

  • Ghostly goings-on

    IN view of your report about the apparition in the Leeman Road underpass ("Tunnel Vision", October 22), and with Halloween coming up, this seems to be the perfect time for another chilling tale. For Leeman Road may have a second ghost. It was recently

  • End live exports

    LIVE exports of British sheep and lambs began again this month. At the dead of night a convoy of 21 overcrowded lorries sped through Dover. The hauliers worked under cover of darkness. Crammed inside the trucks were 9,000 severely distressed live sheep

  • Trouble of teen crushes

    I've stayed calm while reporting on gruesome murders, incendiary public meetings and neighbour disputes. My shorthand has remained steady in the face of politicians spitting feathers about tax policy, pensioners crying over a vandalised cabbage patch,

  • White Rose blooming after victory against College

    BISHOPTHORPE White Rose have moved up to second place in the York Mitchell Sports Football League division one table. Tom Owen and Callum Annett both netted in a 3-1 victory at York College, with an own goal completing Rose's scoring. Ben Coulson replied

  • Marshall to arrest fall

    Goole boss Paul Marshall is backing himself to halt his side's miserable run of form in UniBond League division one. Just a month ago, Goole came within minutes of beating Nationwide North Gainsborough Trinity. But now they are fourth from bottom - albeit

  • Show you care - Neil

    NEIL Redfearn's first game in charge as caretaker-manager of Scarborough is a six-pointer against fellow Nationwide Conference strugglers Aldershot at the McCain Stadium. "Obviously it's a big game in more senses than one and if we win we will be off

  • Interiors firm scoops six-figure contracts

    A RAPIDLY-GROWING North Yorkshire interior design firm has landed one of its biggest NHS contracts so far. Chameleon Business Interiors, of Howden, has been appointed to furnish part of the redevelopment of the St Bartholomew and Royal London hospital

  • Prince honours young achievers

    TWO young entrepreneurs from Ryedale were honoured by the Prince's Trust for their success and determination at a awards ceremony. Designer Melanie Morris and upholsterer Dan Loughran were among four finalists at the Oscars-style award ceremony, Celebrate

  • Garden product firm plans dramatic expansion

    TIMBER garden product specialist Sharp's World of Wood moved to a new headquarters on the A1079 York Road at Barmby Moor this week. The £750,000 turnover company has sold its original premises in Melbourne, near York, and its six staff moved into premises

  • Councils herald single strategy

    TOP local authority chiefs throughout York and North Yorkshire have welcomed a new "one voice" approach to marketing the region to potential investors from across the globe. It follows a brainstorming session in Knaresborough, designed to forge a united

  • Mums invited to baby caf

    MOTHERS across York have been invited to a support group with a difference - a "baby caf". Volunteers have been trained to run the weekly drop-in centre to provide support for new mums and their babies. Treasure Chest Haxby and District Breastfeeding

  • Lynam up to meet TV's Des

    HOUSEWIVES' favourite Des Lynam got more than he bargained for when he dropped in to do a York book signing. Des was at Borders in York to sign copies of his autobiography last night, but the new Countdown host's usual fanbase seemed to have deserted

  • Temperatures soar as York basks in an Indian summer

    WE had blue skies and warm sunshine - along with floodwater lapping the riverbanks, and the coldest winter since 1963 expected. Just what is going on with the weather? York basked in glorious sunshine yesterday, as thermometers reached 20C (68F). But

  • Death of 'Mr Haxby Road' Harry Balfour, aged 95

    HARRY Balfour, one of York's leading bowlers of the post-War era, has died at the age of 95. Generally known as 'Mr Haxby Road', he was a lifelong member of that club, being club president from 1979. He was an automatic team regular over several decades

  • York's improve or be moved warning

    YORK RUFC's under-performing stars have been warned their places are under threat if they don't get their inconsistent Yorkshire One season back on track on Saturday. Club coaches - angered at last weekend's inept display in defeat to Bridlington - have

  • Death driver's loud music habit

    A woman accused of causing the death of a moped rider by dangerous driving said the loud music blaring from her car stereo "helped her drive better". Young mum Tamara Bennett was playing a Proclaimers song "very loudly" when her Renault Clio was in a

  • Kellys in harmony

    YORK City Ladies are marching on into uncharted territory after taming Crewe Vagrants 2-1 in the first round proper of the FA Women's Cup. They will now go to Yorkshire rivals Leeds City Vixens of the Northern Combination in the second round on November

  • York launches poppy appeal

    THE LORD Mayor of York today launched this year's Poppy Appeal, in the run-up to Remembrance Day next month. The Royal British Legion's branches in York and North and East Yorkshire joined forces with the Lord Mayor, Coun Janet Greenwood and the Sheriff

  • A force to be reckoned with

    North Yorkshire's top cop claimed today her force is on course to become the leading force in England and Wales - at the same time as the police authority chairman explained how it could be merged with neighbouring forces. Chief Constable Della Cannings

  • Ward double fires Marcia

    MARCIA were pushed all the way by Acomb WMC, winning 5-4 after being 3-0 up at the break in their York John Smith's Sunday Football League division one clash. On target for Marcia were Steve Ward (2), ex-York City player Kieran Darlow, Stephen Barlow

  • 'My bins hell'

    A SINGLE mother said today she feared she could face action by her council landlord over piles of rubbish in her garden - but she claimed the council's own new waste collection system is to blame. Kerry Waite, 26, of Corlett Court, Foxwood, said she could

  • Tyson makes his mark

    BRAVE Mike Tyson fanatic James Carr plans to undress in front of his fearsome hero when he comes to York next month. The 26-year-old, from Lord Mayor's Walk, says he will take his shirt off to show 'Iron' Mike a tattoo he has of him on his back. We recently

  • Make a stand against racism

    THE Bah'i community of York were disturbed by the recent report in the Evening Press concerning the racist hate mail received by the new Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. As believers in the oneness of the human race, and being against all forms of

  • Beyond the limit

    Driving to work up the A19 this week, I noticed that the 40mph speed limit through Thormanby has been reduced to 30. This will probably add around a minute on to each trip - or around six hours in the car each year. It will also create extra pollution

  • Help quake victims before winter arrives

    My name is Shobna Gulati, you may know me better as Sunita in Coronation Street. I'd like to alert your readers to the small window of opportunity available to us, the British public, to help survivors of the Asia quake before winter sets in. Many roads

  • Into the fire

    IN a misguided attempt to get rid of the Labour council, my friends and I did some "tactical" voting and voted Liberal, only to find ourselves out of the frying pan into the fire. I think the present council was most surprised to win, and did not know

  • Way we were

    Friday, October 28, 2005 100 years ago An appalling picture of the state of anarchy that prevailed in Russia was presented by the telegrams from St Petersburg and the principal centres of the empire. It was clear that the existing situation was fast approaching

  • On the Hallowe'en trail for York's ghosts

    Last Saturday Tarah Mason told My York News how she and a friend captured what they believe may be a ghostly apparition on their mobile phone while on their way home from a night out and walking through a tunnel in Leeman Road. Their exploits have inspired