HEWORTH have secured a major boost in their efforts to climb the ladder by recruiting former York City Knights and Doncaster Dragons player Aaron Wood. The Aussie played for the Knights in 2004 and, despite moving to Division One club Donny this season
A GOLDEN carrot in the shape of a big night out in Manchester may be the real reason behind Acorn's incredible start to life in the National Conference division one. Coach Eric Fitzsimons has helped direct the promoted side to the top of the table, with
York council is to get new powers to fine motorists who flout traffic regulations in York. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. WE'VE all been there: stranded helplessly in the middle of a busy junction after driving through lights at the last minute only to find our
Prince Of Light can carry the North Yorkshire flag to victory in the feature race at Newmarket tomorrow on the middle day of the Cambridgeshire meeting. The Mark Johnston-trained colt goes for the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes and, with Joe Fanning
FORGET Keats and his mellow fruitfulness, what autumn means round my part of York is the return of the students. It is the same every year, so we are used to it. One day the area is as quiet as an inner-city suburb can expect to be - and the next the
JUST one of the power stations in our region, Drax near Selby, produces seven per cent of the UK's electricity and, in the process, burns 36,000 tonnes of coal a day. It beggars belief that we, a mere 20 or so miles away, have our backs to the wall about
IT is obvious that we want a third bin! One to put Andrew Waller in, one for Ann Reid and one for Steve Galloway. Rubbish, the lot of them! Tony Morgan-Taylor, Highthorn Road, Huntington, York. Updated: 11:38 Thursday, September 29, 2005
Councillors Davis and Shaw-Wright and a small number of people associated with the Say No To Transfer group think all council tenants should stay with the council and accept a lower standard of home than can be achieved by transferring (September 12).
LACK of consideration for other road users by ignorant drivers of heavy farm vehicles persists on the A19 York to Selby road, causing long tailbacks of up to 40 vehicles for lengthy periods. This causes severe delays for other road-users who take risks
INDEPENDENT care home proprietors in York and North Yorkshire have accused local authorities of not paying them the proper rate for the job. The claim, made at the annual conference of the York and North Yorkshire Independent Care Group at York Racecourse
SHOP for a bra by webcam. That is the unusual experience offered by a Whitby store which could revolutionise shopping. The shop, Fishnets Lingerie, today launched an interactive website which allows customers to converse with staff who will display an
THE NHS was on this afternoon's Labour conference agenda. Since Bevan's day, health care has been the party's heartland and delegates were being served up some stirring stuff about the billions being ploughed into hospitals and GP surgeries. Nobody would
SISTERS Mary Mullen and Bernadette Moore have been through an awful ordeal. The home in which Mary was born and has lived in for all her 71 years was wrecked in a moment as a bus smashed into it. By good fortune, they escaped physically unscathed. But
WITH our petition already bearing 5,000 names, and opposition councillors backing our call to save the weekly household bin collection, pressure is growing on the ruling group to rethink. The Evening Press fully supports recycling. The paper you are reading
YORK'S 50+ Festival is lining up an entertaining show at the Theatre Royal tomorrow - from poetry to Egyptian dance. The Festival Show, to be staged in the theatre's Studio from 2 pm to 4 pm, will start off with the Holborne Brass Ensemble - "named jokily
A QUEST has been launched to find an imaginative cook and an experienced driver for the new Archbishop of York. Would-be candidates have until October 21 to decide whether they have what it takes to chauffeur Dr John Sentamu, or come up with tantalizing
PLASTIC bottles can litter household waste bins no longer after council bosses provided new recycling banks at six extra sites in York. In addition to the existing bank at the household waste site in Foss Islands Road, City of York Council has installed
NORTH Yorkshire's Simon Dyson was today back in Scotland - the home of golf, where he made an historic Open appearance in the summer. Dyson opened his campaign in the unique Dunhill Links Championship in which Europe's top players compete on three separate
NORTH Yorkshire's Simon Dyson was today back in Scotland - the home of golf, where he made an historic Open appearance in the summer. Dyson opened his campaign in the unique Dunhill Links Championship in which Europe's top players compete on three separate
MAN of the moment Clayton Donaldson is keen to get his shooting boots back on. He's netted in each of City's last four matches with his double in the 3-0 win at Tamworth on Tuesday taking his seasonal tally to six. Now he wants to stretch that sequence
LEEDS United's strength in depth in the striking department is keeping them in the Championship pack chasing runaway leaders Sheffield United. Rob Hulse's 12-minute first-half hat-trick killed off Derby County 3-1 in front of the lowest attendance for
HEALTH services in Selby and York have been labelled "top-heavy" with one manager to nearly every two GPs. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh has criticised health services run by the Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) - highlighting figures that show
From Wednesday, September 28, 2005 the city's force will use new Smartwater technology to trace and convict thieves, using the latest forensic evidence techniques. Police have spent £27,000 on introducing the unique marking system that can conclusively
HERO shopkeeper Derrick North, whose call to police led to the capture of quadruple killer Mark Hobson, spoke today of his pride at receiving a top award. He was praised for his "vigilance, calm actions and quick-thinking" in alerting the police. The
COOK Island duo Tere Glassie and Dana Wilson have sensationally done a 'U'-turn and claim they will not be coming to York City Knights after all. The club announced this week they had captured the South Sea Islanders from rival LHF National League One
PLASTIC bottles can litter household waste bins no longer after council bosses provided new recycling banks at six extra sites in York. In addition to the existing bank at the household waste site in Foss Islands Road, City of York Council has installed
YORK Acorn ladies kick off their season in the Women's Rugby League competition on Sunday away to Hull. The new league will involve 12 teams, with all the sides playing each other once before the league is split into two divisions. The top six will go
NEW Earswick All Blacks, handed progression to round three of the Tetley's Yorkshire Cup last week as Airedale Crown conceded the tie, have a better chance this Saturday to begin emulating last season's knockout exploits. The All Blacks, of division one
BINGE drinking costs the NHS a staggering £1.7 billion each year. With such a costly sum putting pressure on the organisation's reported £250 million short fall, taxpayers might expect accurate statistics to be compiled to monitor the situation. But surprisingly
COOK Island duo Tere Glassie and Dana Wilson have sensationally done a 'U'-turn and claim they will not be coming to York City Knights after all. The club announced this week they had captured the South Sea Islanders from rival LHF National League One
YORK City Knights will play Super League club Wakefield Trinity in a pre-season friendly as part of the deal that took Austin Buchanan to Belle Vue, the Evening Press can reveal. The winger was allowed to go on loan to the Wildcats for the last month
STAR signing Phil Hasty reckons the only way is up for York City Knights after the much-heralded recruitment drive at Huntington Stadium. The 25-year-old scrum-half's eye-catching move to the Knights was followed in quick succession yesterday by the arrival
South African fast bowler Deon Kruis received Yorkshire's player-of-the-year trophy at the county club's end-of-season dinner and presentation night at Headingley. Kruis, signed as a Kolpak player, bowled 584.3 overs in the Championship and claimed 64
TWO stars of the York City Knights' charge to the LHF National League Two title are in the running for honours at the league's awards night, it has been confirmed. Head coach Mick Cook will be favourite to land the NL2 Coach of the Year accolade after
AFTER reading the reports and features about the Arc Light Centre, I wondered why Paul Willey chose to debase all the homeless people for having wasted part of their lives on alcohol or drug abuse (September 23). Last year I became homeless through no
CITY of York Council has a track record of making poor decisions and it looks as if fortnightly rubbish collections is going to be another one. Increase parking charges and people complain it's too difficult to park in the evening. The Barbican has been
WHEN our wheelie bins were introduced in Shipton-by-Beningbrough collections began as once a fortnight. In Florida, which has the climate we can soon expect, they collect twice a week. I was posted a flyer when our wheelie bin came, about two years ago
I PAY parish council tax each year and one of the services they provide is garden rubbish disposal from which we get monthly collections up to either October or November. We still have three more collections this year so does that mean we will get a rebate
The city council has now stipulating "non-invasive weeds" only to be placed in green bins. Has it become worried that the high temperature employed to create compost will not be high enough to destroy these weeds' capacity to wreak further harm? How do
SO, Charles Hunt can think of a book which has been more popular with people than Harry Potter (Letters, September 26). Of course he can. If, indeed, it's the Bible he's alluding to, then I've got some news for him. Agatha Christie, above, who died in
I AM very disappointed at the Evening Press's Bin It! campaign. How irresponsible to lobby against an idea that is forward-thinking, will save the environment and is, ultimately, inevitable anyway. There is nothing anyone can say that will convince me
RECENT letters have highlighted the disgraceful jailing of two pensioners - 73-year-old former social worker Sylvia Hardy and 71-year-old retired vicar Alfred Ridley - for rightly refusing to pay the unfair, regressive council tax. Sympathetic readers
A York curry restaurant was today celebrating being named as one of Britain's top Asian restaurants. The Bengal Brasserie, in Poppleton, was shortlisted among the top six Indian restaurants in the North of England - and the top 30 in the country - in
IT'S signed and sealed. York will soon be home to the new £9 million EcoDepot as the contract to bring Europe's largest sustainable building to the city was formalised. Coun Christian Vassie, a member of City of York Council's sustainability scrutiny
NO police officer can be on duty 24-hours a day - but PC Matt Smith thinks he has found the next best thing. The Clifton beat copper has had a life-size cardboard likeness created to go on patrol at York Hospital. Cardboard coppers are already on duty
BRAVE kung fu warrior Zhu Kun piles dozens of bricks on his head - then sits motionless while they are smashed with a hammer. The exciting Wu-Su Warriors are one of the star turns in the Chinese State Circus, which opened at York Racecourse last night
CELEBRITY chef Rick Stein popped up in York to sign copies of his latest book - but his canine companion Chalky was nowhere to be seen. The celebrated food writer and restaurateur spent an hour in Waterstone's book store in York, signing his new book'
YORK City Knights will play Super League club Wakefield Trinity in a pre-season friendly as part of the deal that took Austin Buchanan to Belle Vue, the Evening Press can reveal. The winger was allowed to go on loan to the Wildcats for the last month
STAR signing Phil Hasty reckons the only way is up for York City Knights after the much-heralded recruitment drive at Huntington Stadium. The 25-year-old scrum-half's eye-catching move to the Knights was followed in quick succession yesterday by the arrival
WE were surprised to learn that Philip Hayton had quit the BBC this week over a frosty working relationship with a colleague. After all, this is the man who weathered far stormier conditions in his first broadcasting job off the North Yorkshire coast.
MAN of the moment Clayton Donaldson is keen to get his shooting boots back on. He's netted in each of City's last four matches with his double in the 3-0 win at Tamworth on Tuesday taking his seasonal tally to six. Now he wants to stretch that sequence
City of York Trading Standards works closely with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and has just received copies of a new leaflet published by the OFT called Hire Purchase - Making The Right Choice. The leaflet is designed to help consumers decide if credit
