The Great North Run was marred by tragedy on Sunday but the race will survive, reports Stephen Lewis. THERE'S nothing quite like the Great North Run. It restores your faith in humanity. My only experience of running it was six years ago. I staggered round
YORKSHIRE picked up the four extra points they needed to clinch promotion yesterday but only after clinging on desperately for a draw at Derby in a match which brought one of the most extraordinary reversals in fortune they have ever experienced. At tea
HEART surgery patients could soon be enjoying quicker recovery, thanks to a new range of devices for video assisted surgery launched by a North Yorkshire company. Cardiologic Ltd, of Thirsk, will receive up to £10,000 in cash backing, plus advice and
ONE of North Yorkshire's top manufacturers has announced two appointments to strengthen its management team. Elliott Seymour steps up from being works manager to become operations director of Sheppee International Ltd, based at Elvington, and Chris Stocks
CITY of York Council allows homes to remain empty yet there are 4,000 people on the waiting list (September 13). My partner and I are on the exchange, housing and the affordable homes lists and all we will be offered is a two-bedroomed flat or bedsit.
THE Ashes: what a brilliant victory for England, showing what the combination of teamwork, finance, resilience and 'subliminal' prayer can achieve. Next task: A victory over starvation, poverty, destructive illnesses, crime and hate (the author of war
THE most controversial topic at the moment is wheelie bins and changes to refuse collection. It is not just the fact that households have to have several wheelie bins, but these are not going to be emptied weekly but fortnightly. Unbelievable! Much animosity
I Support the council's efforts to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill, and I'm disappointed by your Bin It! campaign. I am amazed people can overfill their bin on a weekly basis and seem happy to let others know that they generate that
WHEN the city council introduced the roadside recycling scheme for bottles, cans, and paper I immediately noticed my bin was no longer overflowing every week, though it was still pretty full. So I started collecting plastic bottles and cardboard too,
CAN any of your readers please define the phrase "affordable housing", because all housing is affordable to somebody? Otherwise there would not be so many people buying and selling houses all the time. John Rogers, Northfield, Barlby. Updated: 10:03 Tuesday
NORTH Yorkshire Police is going to change. That is nothing new. Since modern policing began at the end of the 19th century, it has been subject to constant revision. The North Yorkshire force came about 30 years ago when parts of the York, North East
THIS year's York Festival of Food and Drink is already proving to be the best, the event's organiser declared today. Michael Hjort, of York Hospitality Association, said this year's festival was the biggest and most popular in its nine-year history. He
HALF-A-million dollars is up for grabs - courtesy of our owners here at the Evening Press. We want to hear about the hard-working groups and vital projects in our readership area, which could be in with a chance of winning the cash grants on offer. The
MOTORISTS could soon be able to pay for parking in York with their mobile phone. Council leader Steve Galloway said today officers had identified a simple and cheap system, allowing drivers to use their mobile to pay parking fees by credit or debit card
FROM the air it appeared as though a whole new town had sprung up on York's Knavesmire, as thousands of motorcaravanners flocked to the city. But a row was simmering under the surface of this spectacuular scene, as some residents voiced concerns about
FRAZER Richardson has a major task on his hands before he can even start thinking about tackling Rotherham tonight. The Leeds United full-back was born in Rotherham and has to try to fulfil all the requests he's had for tickets in what is a sell-out Carling
YORKSHIRE picked up the four extra points they needed to clinch promotion yesterday but only after clinging on desperately for a draw at Derby in a match which brought one of the most extraordinary reversals in fortune they have ever experienced. At tea
YORK CITY manager Billy McEwan expects his defence - currently the third meanest in the division - to come under pressure from Dagenham & Redbridge tonight. The Daggers are the Conference's second highest scorers and full-backs Jamie Price and Dave
BILLY McEwan is calling for a "big turnout" at tonight's KitKat Crescent clash between early Conference pace-setters York City and Dagenham and Redbridge. The Minstermen could go top of the table with a victory if leaders Exeter City are beaten at Stevenage
FOR decades I have been the subject of much mockery among friends and colleagues. My woolly tights, cardigans and associated thick-weave garments have turned me into a laughing stock, mainly because I wear them all year round. "Aren't you hot?" people
AWAY-DAY specialists Dagenham and Redbridge will be hoping to extend an unbeaten run on their travels that stretches back to Good Friday when they visit York City tonight. The Essex team have won four and drawn four of their last eight away fixtures since
YORK CITY manager Billy McEwan expects his defence - currently the third meanest in the division - to come under pressure from Dagenham & Redbridge tonight. The Daggers are the Conference's second highest scorers and full-backs Jamie Price and Dave
BILLY McEwan is calling for a "big turnout" at tonight's KitKat Crescent clash between early Conference pace-setters York City and Dagenham and Redbridge. The Minstermen could go top of the table with a victory if leaders Exeter City are beaten at Stevenage
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 100 years ago Donkeys were a feature of Flamborough life during the months when the fishermen pursued their calling. When a man turned out during the small hours of the morning to tramp the dreary road from the village to the
A LAST-MINUTE penalty by Gary Watkinson maintained Heworth 'A' team's unbeaten start to Yorkshire League division three with a share of the spoils at Ferrybridge side Prince of Wales. The tough, physical game ended 20-20, with the Villagers being well
BEN Jones scored a hat-trick of tries as New Earswick made it two wins from two in Pennine League division one. Chris Judge and Carl Pallister also bagged braces at either end of the game as the All Blacks saw off Newsome Panthers - promoted with them
Jamie Spencer is heading north to Redcar tomorrow in his quest to strengthen his grip on the jockeys' championship. The margin between Spencer and his arch-rival Seb Sanders is 12 winners after both had a single success at Carlisle yesterday. Spencer's
A MASSIVE £500,000 expansion of a Clifton Moor mail order firm is now complete. York Survey Supply Centre, which won the 1996 Evening Press Small Business of the Year title, has more than doubled the size of its headquarters on George Cayley Drive. The
KEITH FOX has launched a courier service for which customers can have goods delivered "anywhere but the moon". Keith, 48, a former landlord of the Tadcaster Arms in Benidorm, decided to come home to Yorkshire with his Tadcaster-born wife, Bridget, to
SUCCESS is in the bag for turf-growing firm Rolawn of Elvington if this machine has anything to do with it. The machine, which is the result of a six-figure investment, premixes and bags the topsoil, or blended loam, for which the company is also well
WELL done Tesco, Asda and Esso for your impeccable timing of 4p a litre price cut. Pity the more greedy motorists among us haven't room in their tank. Ahh, didums! N J Nicholson, Redgrave Close, York. Updated: 10:05 Tuesday, September 20, 2005
HOW refreshing to read that Susanne Gilbert, managing director of York Science Park Innovation Centre, accepts her company did not have "sufficiently robust control procedures in place" ('Company chief's warning after swindle', September 15). I'm sure
It was interesting that Paul James of Absolute Leisure Ltd obtained some 500 signatures backing the redevelopment of the Barbican (Evening Press, September 8) Obviously he has confidence City of York Council will be influenced by such market research
ACCOUNTANT Peter Brown makes a convincing financial case for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuelled cars (Letters, September 10). However, the fact is that, like all fossil fuels, LPG contributes to global warming by releasing into the atmosphere CO2 locked
I was saddened to read your report about Cath Dunphy's tragic death (Evening Press, August 12). I add UK Transplant's condolences to Cath's family while also thanking them for agreeing to her wishes for her organs to be donated. That selfless act - at
AFTER being lucky enough to win two tickets to see the show When The Lights Go On Again at the Grand Opera House, my sister-in-law, Jean, really enjoyed a very enjoyable evening. It was a great show. Many thanks to all those concerned with its production
I LIVE in an apartment with views over several branches of York's busy inner ring road. I notice that now, as the evenings are drawing in and car headlights are needed earlier each day, quite a large percentage of vehicles only appear to have one headlight
I ASK your readers help me get back in touch with someone I met on Ward 38 of York Hospital? Her name is Lena and she lives in Easingwold. If you are reading this, Lena, I don't want you to think I did not want to keep in touch because I did not reply
GLOOMIEST face in sport? Not Sir Alex Ferguson, despite the loss of totemic leader Roy Keane with a broken foot, nor for the fact that Fergie's responsibilities - according to the national press - now include an on-going, in-depth, week-in, week-out psychological
THEY were denied a voice for months. When their chance to speak arrived, Clifton residents were determined to seize it - only to be silenced again, by a venue too small to accommodate them. Councillors were right to postpone the debate about relocating
It's a crazy old world, and it's getting dafter. Some of it is downright laughable, some of it outrageous. I don't know whether to rant, laugh or cry. Last week we learned that local councils up and down the country were not contributing enough to care
Quick-thinking teenagers were today hailed for their efforts in helping firefighters rescue a man from his burning home. The teenagers were in a house in Stray Road, Burnholme, York, when they heard an alarm sounding just before 8pm yesterday. Krystal
There are so many cookery books these days it's hard to know which to choose. A York writer and cookery expert leads CHARLES HUTCHINSON through the culinary minefield. NEVER mind too many cooks spoiling the broth, the new danger is too many cookbooks
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Women's Institute, JO HAYWOOD reveals nine things you probably didn't know about this venerable organisation. 1 The WI was launched in Britain by Canadian Madge Watt who, with John Nugent Harris, secretary of the
A WOMAN today told how she feared for her life while walking on a pavement - when a 4ft long plank of wood hurtled towards her after being blown off a tractor trailer. Charlotte Lewis, 33, was hit on a shoulder by the piece of timber as she made her way
NORTH Yorkshire Police might have to merge with another force under plans to bring policing into the 21st century. Chief constable Della Cannings and chairwoman of North Yorkshire Police Authority Jane Kenyon joined police chiefs from around the country
A WOMAN died after a car went off the A64 and ploughed into a tree - and a fire engine heading to the accident was involved in a separate crash in York. The woman was a passenger in a silver BMW travelling westbound on the A64 between York and Tadcaster
CUEBALL 'B's Tracey Farmeary played a captain's innings, closing 110 bull finish for 20, as they hammered Blacksmiths 9-0 in York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one. Vice-captain Angie Hields chipped in with 140, 122 for 23. Slip 'A's Carole
A PUBLIC debate to discuss the controversial Arc Light scheme was abandoned - after too many residents showed up to voice their objections. More than 200 Clifton residents crammed into the main council chamber at the Guildhall for the agenda item, but
HAPPY birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Dick... Yes, tomorrow is the 300th birthday of John Palmer, otherwise known as Richard Turpin, otherwise know as highwayman Dick. He was born in Essex on what most histories agree was September
