Patrick Haslam, fresh from a Flat turf season which included his first Group 1 win with Kinnaird, has good prospects of success at Wolverhampton tomorrow. The Middleham trainer saddles Whipper In in the first division of the Weatherbys Bank Nursery and
FORMER York City Knights captain Chris Levy has signed for National League One rivals Doncaster Lakers, following team-mates Yusuf Sozi and Chris Ross to Belle Vue. The Australian half-back cum hooker, who was shown the door by the Knights at the end
ALL 65 stands at the Evening Press' Business 2 Business Event planned for Thursday, November 17 have been sold. The event, at the Knavesmire Stand at York Racecourse, has been organised in association with the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
MARY Burton is battered but unbowed. The 77-year-old underwent an horrific ordeal in her own home at the hands of a teenage attacker. She needed 20 stitches to a head wound. Yet almost immediately she said she felt sorry for her young assailant. Today
A BRAVE display by New Earswick ARLC was in vain as three late converted tries turned an amazing Tetley's Yorkshire Cup victory into defeat. The All Blacks led 26-20 going into the final quarter but two sin-binnings saw the home team play out the last
NESTLE Rowntree RUFC cruised into the North Yorkshire Trophy second round with a 65-0 victory over Menwith Hill. 'Trees overpowered the American visitors in the forwards and, orchestrated by fly-half Ryan Bushell, the back moves got slicker as the game
There are lots of women who actually dust and clean before the cleaner arrives. "I don't want her thinking I'm a dirty devil," they explain. Well what's the point of having a cleaner? It's a bit like having a Jeeves and pouring your own whisky. Not born
Olive oil not only tastes good, it's good for your health too. JO HAYWOOD takes a closer look at a Mediterranean miracle. MUSTARD just doesn't cut it. If you want to eat well and stay well, olive oil has to be your condiment of choice. It has long been
PROMISES of a fireworks spectacular above the city of York sparked condemnation from spectators after thousands struggled in vain to see the display. Secrecy had shrouded the location of the launch site off Bootham, with City of York Council encouraging
VISITOR numbers at council-run museums in York are "excellent", but falling admissions at one city attraction are putting the York Museums Trust (YMT) under "financial strain", a report reveals. During the first six months of the financial year, 280,000
DECORATIVE adornments may have to be stripped off cremation plots in York so council workers can get closer with maintenance machinery. Families and applicants for plots at Dringhouses Cemetery are being invited to discuss the issue of "unauthorised paraphernalia
COUNCIL bosses in York spent £241,000 on stationery and nearly £800,000 on electricity in the last financial year. Authority chiefs also forked out £63,000 on paper and paid out nearly £87,000 of taxpayers' cash on cleaning materials. We have used the
GOALKEEPER Gemma Hall pulled off a series of fine stops as Acomb Ladies I put the brakes on unbeaten Yorkshire Hockey League division one leaders LA Metros II. Metros' net-minder was also in great form and made four top saves early on to deny Acomb. The
THE city council's beleaguered Commercial Services department suffered a fresh blow today after it emerged that an investigation had been launched into the awarding of contracts. The Evening Press has learned that the authority's internal audit team is
CITY of York Hockey Club's men's first team's poor start to the Northern League premier division continued with a 3-1 home defeat against Ben Rhydding. Despite having the lion's share of possession, York were once again out of luck. They went ahead through
BATTERED pensioner Mary Burton said her faith in humanity had been restored, after being inundated with cards and flowers. The 77-year-old, from Horsman Avenue, off Cemetery Road, in York, was left needing 21 stitches to head wounds after she was attacked
A BRAVE display by New Earswick ARLC was in vain as three late converted tries turned an amazing Tetley's Yorkshire Cup victory into defeat. The All Blacks led 26-20 going into the final quarter but two sin-binnings saw the home team play out the last
A SELBY auctioneer who has been told he has to shut his live poultry market by Eurocrats battling to keep bird flu at bay. Geoff Ramsden, 67, has been selling birds behind the town's Londesborough Hotel since he was a boy, but has been told by the Department
SATURDAY saw yet another example of City of York Council's colossal ineptitude, leaving the "organisers" worthy only of public disembowelment and quaterising. We've got the Barbican fiasco, the evening parking disaster, recycling and waste collection
May I take this opportunity to congratulate City of York Council on yet another cock-up. Yes I'm referring to the aerial display of fire works to be seen all over the city last Saturday to mark 400 years of Guy Fawkes trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament
It was astonishing. It was irresponsible. It was dangerous. Cars were trying to drive through the huge crowds outside York Minster. Lendal Bridge quickly became blocked with people, cars and buses, all stuck there for 20 minutes. Large crowds of people
WHICH part of York city centre did the organisers of Saturday's firework display expect it to be visible from? Certainly not Goodramgate, Deangate, Minster Yard, Duncombe Place, or High Petergate, the route we took in search of something to see. By the
CONTINUING strife on the bins, we are sorry to report. Reader Richard Starks tells the Diary that his attempts to be environmentally friendly have badly backfired. "Some 12 months ago, having come across an old can of green paint, I painted the outside
I visited York on Saturday to see the lighting up of the Minster. It was brilliant and far better than I had expected. The lighting highlighted features on the Minster that I had never even noticed before, despite having previously lived in York. However
IT was with great excitement that I traipsed the whole family into the city centre to watch the much-vaunted fireworks display. Sadly, although billed as being visible from "anywhere in the city" it seems that it was barely visible anywhere, all we got
I'M not the biggest fan of fireworks. They are dangerous and I don't agree with celebrating something that nearly happened 400 years ago. Society makes a martyr of Guy Fawkes. What about 9/11 or 7/7 and everything else? We should mark those occasions
Maximum effort will be the key words in Billy McEwan's team talk ahead of tonight's Conference match at home to Burton Albion. Saturday's FA Cup exit at the hands of Conference leaders Grays Athletic was marred by errors and McEwan is keen to get that
FULL-BACK Jamie Wright scored a first-half hat-trick as Heworth ARLC 'A' team got back to winning ways in Yorkshire League division three with a 34-14 defeat of East Leeds 'A'. Heworth rocked the visitors with an early onslaught. Jon Jackson raced over
After a separation from my partner, I was out with the kids flying a kite, and something dawned on me. Everybody that passed us was other single dads with their children. It's a sad sight but a true one. I never noticed this before. No matter where I
If you didn't catch a glimpse of York's fireworks display, here's the next best thing. Site visitor Keith Walden captured these images which he sent to My York News to share with you all. You can follow the debate about the controversial display here&
In the summer we publicised a North Yorkshire fundraising campaign to help tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. Three months on, CHRIS TITLEY finds out what a difference readers' money has made. THIS has been a year which has tested the limits of our compassion
THERE was full-frontal bidding for Sideways Cottage at the investors' auction organised by York-based Hunters property group - and the derelict building sold for more than twice the guide price. Bidders packed the Gimcrack Rooms at York Racecourse to
A NEW company which is set to revolutionise the IT distribution sector has chosen York as its base. Varlink Ltd has taken premises on the Osbaldwick Business Park and is recruiting an initial ten-strong workforce with the prospect of at least ten further
SHAUN WATTS, managing director of Chameleon Business Interiors in Howden, has been elected to the board of directors of Pure Business Solutions, the commercial division of York College. Pure Business Solutions provides training programmes across most
ALL things come to an end, and today it is with a certain sadness that TKO hits the canvas for the final time. Now I know there will be quite a bit of cheering at the back, no less than from fellow columnist Matthew Woodcock's uncle Mick, who I have regularly
HE was here for less than two years, but Chris White has certainly left his imprint on York. Previous Rowntree's bosses, while playing an active role in city life, tended to come with a healthy dollop of English reserve. Not this brash New Zealander.
Shopping for cosmetics and toiletries online is now big business. JO HAYWOOD goes surfing for bargains. FORGET having to trawl the shops for your favourite brand; forget having to queue at the checkout; and forget having to lock horns with the scary-faced
FLY-TIPPERS will soon face the cost of clearing up their mess as new legislation gives City of York Council more power to clamp down on culprits. Officers have to deal with about 170 cases of people illegally dumping their rubbish in the city every month
YORK has improved its council tax collection rates to the tune of £700,000 - but £3 million is still outstanding, according to a new report. A survey from public services union GMB reveals that in 2004/2005 £3,073,000 was uncollected from taxpayers in
YORK John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one champions Cueball 'B' had Bev Harton closing on 75 against Slip 'A'. Glenda Mordue gamed in 23 for Slip 'A', but Cueball showed their pedigree by finally grinding down their opponents. Slip 'B', runners-up
LABOUR councillors are demanding under-fire transport boss Ann Reid resigns over the "green light" wedding affair. The party is calling for a vote of no confidence in York's Liberal Democrat planning and transport chief, following the revelations that
Maximum effort will be the key words in Billy McEwan's team talk ahead of Tuesday night's Conference match at home to Burton Albion. Saturday's FA Cup exit at the hands of Conference leaders Grays Athletic was marred by errors and McEwan is keen to get
ORGANISERS of York's Bonfire Night fireworks display today apologised to those who failed to enjoy the spectacle - but claimed the "great majority" of people had enjoyed it. City of York Council also claimed the display, held on Saturday night to mark
Was I alone on Saturday night thinking that City of York Council had again dismally failed to deliver to York residents again? Having gone into the city centre with my young family to watch the fireworks, I was concerned about the secret location, but
WAS this the "Close Encounters Of The Fireworks Kind"? At least that was my first impression of City of York Council's extravaganza on Guy Fawkes Night. I agreed with overheard comments that the music was dull and tuneless, at least that was the polite
I have never written to the paper before but felt I had to state my feelings about Bonfire Night - what a complete farce. I, like hundreds others, came in to town to watch the fireworks. After all, they could be seen from anywhere in the city centre..
WHAT a joke. I phoned the tourist office to check where and when firework displays were being held. I have a daughter of 14 and I wanted to take her somewhere nice. "Oh!" said the woman. "City of York Council is giving a firework display. You'll need
IN THE wake of the hoo-ha surrounding David Blunkett and all the directorships and other "advisory" posts the former Government minister failed to declare, I have been suffering sleepless nights. I am anxious, not for him - he's a lot richer than I will
SOME 6,500 people have now called on council chiefs to scrap their alternate waste pick up scheme in York. Petition forms, both written and online, are still flooding in as readers continue to back the Evening Press Bin It! campaign. Despite City of York
It's not just York City that have a live TV jinx to exorcise tonight. Burton Albion are also a little on the camera-shy side in the Conference, although they did manage a televised FA Trophy semi-final replay win two years ago. But they come into tonight's
Spectators watched the council fireworks display, but unfortunately the spectacular display was spoilt by the lack of people watching. For that real magic you do want a crowd around to share the atmosphere. Editor's note: What was your experience of Bonfire
