CONTROVERSIAL plans to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 18 were given a cautious thumbs up in York today. The legal age for buying cigarettes was set at 16 more than 70 years ago, but the Government is to begin consulting experts over the next
"LET THERE BE ROOOCK!" Secondary school teacher cum weekend rock god Nick West screams the deafening anthem by guitar legends AC/DC. He is onstage with fellow musicians Mick, Tivvy and Andy at the Crows Nest social club in Upton, a former mining village
EIGHT veterinary surgeons have sealed an unusual purchase of a veterinary practice in Earswick where celebrity vet Emma Milne is in charge. Ms Milne, one of the stars of the BBC television documentary Vets In Practice, and fellow vet Jo Malone have been
A YORK chartered accountancy firm is officially blazing a trail for standards in customer service. Garbutt & Elliott has been taking part in a national trial to benchmark standards - and in the process has earned an official qualification that the
COMMUNICATIONS agency Face has welcomed in the new year with a bang by picking up £350,000 worth of new contracts. The Harrogate-based agency, which provides design, PR and advertising, believes the early wins will significantly boost the company's efforts
AN AMBITIOUS shake-up of the NHS will see the birth of a new generation of community hospitals and longer opening hours at GP sugeries in a bid to bring care closer to people's homes. Health and social care bosses in York have been studying the Government's
MY claim to be the principal ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet has more credibility than the council's assertion that its own planning applications are independently considered with no regard for any enhanced financial gain the council might award itself
COUN Galloway blames the Save Our Barbican campaigners for his decision to scrap the promised Kent Street pool. Observers could be forgiven for believing that the axing of the pool was designed to punish honest people who had dared to oppose his will
THE vote whether or not to amend the Health Protection Bill to legislate for smoke-free public places and workplaces without exemptions, will go before Parliament on February 13. If you support a complete ban on smoking in public places and workplaces
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank Phillip Rhodes for his comments regarding his recent visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum, where he met some of the Second World War veterans who attend on a regular basis. I was also distressed, but not surprised
I WONDER if Jean Frost has ever been to a spiritualist meeting ("Dangers of dabbling in spirit world", Letters, January 30)? If she had then she would realise that there is nothing to fear from mediums, both amateur and professional. On the contrary they
I MOVED to York three months ago from Essex and I was pleased to discover what good recycling rates York has. However, I was devastated when I read in the Evening Press that City of York Council, in collaboration with other councils, is planning to build
I REFER to a report in your newspaper about St William's College restaurant in York, which was fined for breaches of the food hygiene regulations (December 7). In your report you stated that the restaurant is owned by Milburns Restaurants Ltd. This is
I READ with interest the comments by Coun Doreen Davies about the number of letters sent to each address about the proposed Selby council housing sell-off (January 27). As a councillor she should know that the council is obliged to send a copy of all
THERE'S long been a buzz about Acomb. All emanating from one house, it turns out. The Diary learns that the head of a family living in Beech Grove received a shock while doing alterations to his loft this week. He pulled away some boards to discover three
FILMING of a York ghostly TV series was brought to a halt - after police came to arrest one of its local stars. The Channel Five series Britain's Psychic Challenge, which features six spook experts being put to the test, was interrupted when officers
SOLID form is badly needed by Selby Town as they look to chip a niche for themselves in the top four of the Northern Counties East League premier division. The Robins missed out on a chance to sneak up the table last weekend after being held to a 0-0
YORK City's "Push for Promotion" appeal helped bring deadline day signing Neil Bishop to KitKat Crescent. City's community and communications director Sophie McGill has confirmed that the fund, which was set up after a £5,000 contribution towards a transfer
ALL the obituaries to Terry's paid fulsome tribute to its influence on York, not to mention on the sweet tooth of the nation. But its role in musical theatre was studiously ignored. Until now. Watching a TV documentary about the making of Oliver! recently
THE YORK 9s rugby league tournament will enter a new professional era this year - with York City Knights at its forefront. The National League Two champions have agreed to enter the ever-expanding tournament, which will take on a new structure and effectively
IT'S all change at Clifton Park after York RUFC first team coach Colin Clark left the club "by mutual consent". Club chairman Niall Barry said Clark would no longer be involved in the day-to-day running of the first XV, with president Mick Negri and coach
THE YORK 9s rugby league tournament will enter a new professional era this year - with York City Knights at its forefront. The National League Two champions have agreed to enter the ever-expanding tournament, which will take on a new structure and effectively
THE banner of Nestl Flag flew high as the club's bid to hang on to top-flight survival gathered strength in the John Smith's Sunday Morning Football league. In one of only two division one games played, the Flag ranks encountered bottom-placed Pocklington
Four Sixth Form pupils at The Mount School, York have just received offers from Cambridge University getting their new year off to a great start. Rosie Evans our Head Girl has been offered a place to read History at Selwyn College. Edith Lai is to read
Lots of people all over the world have been or are victims of bullying. For some of them the problem has now got out of hand and we MUST put a stop to this now. For example name calling, text bullying and now what is known as Happy Slapping. With some
At Haxby Road School all the Year 6 children are going to Flamingo Land. They are going the Friday after SATS, as a treat for doing their SATS. They have to bring a pound in every week for ten weeks, to pay for the coach and to get in. They will be split
Netball is a sport for girls and you all have different roles to play, the main part of it is co-operation. The roles of the players are; goalkeeper, goal attack, goal defence, goal shooter, captain and just defender. There is more than one throw, they
The following list of sports and activities are what we do at school. They are football, netball, Tag Rugby, French, Rounders, Art Club, Trampoline, Cycle Training and Hockey. Some people come into Haxby Road Primary School to take the Cycle training
On our School Council there are around 11 children. The School Council is basically these children coming together to have little meetings about what can make our school better. Recently we have been talking about After School Clubs and Before School
It has been revealed recently that the England Manager Sven Goran Eriksson is to depart as England Manager after the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The decision follows a meeting with the F.A. officials following allegations that Mr Eriksson has been talking
There are many forms of disco dancing and my journal is about just a few of them. Most disco dances have strong roots in swing, Samba, Cha Cha, Mambo, Merengue, Fox Trot and Tango. The Hustle is believed to have begun in New York in 1970. There were many
IT was launched less than four months ago - but the Evening Press Guardian Angels appeal has already crashed through the £25,000 barrier. The total will shortly receive another boost from a wine evening and buffet with a difference - the drinks will be
A BIG push to attract up to 2,500 jobs to a blockbuster Enterprise Park being built in North Yorkshire has begun. York-england.com, the region's inward development agency has sent out 2,000 brochures and leaflets to a range of British businesses, enticing
MORE than 200 businesswomen from across Yorkshire will converge at Harrogate's Nidd Hall Hotel on Thursday, February 16, to celebrate their achievements in rural enterprises. Organised by WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise), a Yorkshire Forward funded organisation
YORK City's "Push for Promotion" appeal helped bring deadline day signing Neil Bishop to KitKat Crescent. City's community and communications director Sophie McGill has confirmed that the fund, which was set up after a £5,000 contribution towards a transfer
THE "Barbican affair" will go down as one of the great injustices perpetrated on the citizens of York. The scheme that was proposed in 2003 before the council elections was a scheme which represented a good deal for the city, in that York would get a
UNFORTUNATELY Leanne Wood got a few facts confused (Letters, January 30). The council is not proposing to build a care home next to the Barbican auditorium (as can be seen by the layout published in the paper). Although there is a desperate need for more
A FULL Sutton prisoner has hit back at accusations he is involved in organising fight clubs at the York jail. Convicted murderer David Mulcahy, known as the "railway rapist" for a string of attacks near train stations, said the allegations were "a tissue
PLANS to build a new £1 million bus station at the site of a former caf near York appear to have been punctured after council officers recommended a scheme be thrown out. City of York councillors will be told Yorkshire Coastliner's scheme to build the
MORE than 7,000 people signed up to an Evening Press petition protesting at the changes. But, following a three-month hiatus, council chiefs have announced that the controversial twin bin system will return to York's streets from March 6. The alternate-weekly
THE new proposals to redevelop York's Barbican site would require a fresh planning application, a council chief has revealed. Under new council rules, that would mean developers having to increase the amount of affordable housing from 25 per cent to 50
A DRUNKEN vet has been told he can carry on practising - so long as he behaves himself. A disciplinary committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) decided to postpone its judgement on William Sim for two years, subject to a number of
"PETER would have been very happy about it." Those were the words of Peter Terry's widow, Carin, after hearing that more than 2,000 jobs could be created through the redevelopment of the Terry's chocolate factory. The Evening Press reported last night
The Acomb Tackle York and District Winter League is the feature event of the weekend when a field of 90 hardy souls will brave the chilly waters of the Ouse below York. A cold, icy-blast from the east this week has seen air and water temperatures plummet
HE WAS drunk and started a fight in a popular Selby nightspot. Now Andrew Michael Beevers faces arrest if he steps foot in any town centre pub. Beevers, 20, of Breighton Road, Bubwith, was handed an exclusion order by Selby magistrates that bans him from
ABBI Matthews has cemented her claim to being one to watch in the sporting arena after adding team gold to her individual silver at the Commonwealth Junior Fencing Championships. The 16-year-old Mount School, York, pupil went unbeaten in the team final
A SERIAL conwoman, who siphoned off £25,000 from her employers after duping them with a false CV, has won a cut in her jail sentence. Louise Winskill, 35, of Langwith House Farm, Heslington, York, paid off credit card bills, and passed on some of the
MORE than 7,000 people signed up to an Evening Press petition protesting at the changes. But, following a three-month hiatus, council chiefs have announced that the controversial twin bin system will return to York's streets from March 6. The alternate-weekly
Friday, February 3, 2006 100 years ago Despite much publicity on the subject of the great mortality among infants in this country, little appreciable improvement had been made. The Mayor of Huddersfield had put forward a plan, which even enthusiasts of
AN existing law on inciting race hatred is tested near to breaking point in a Yorkshire court. A proposed law on inciting religious hatred condemns Tony Blair to only his second Commons defeat. And Muslims across the Middle East react with fury to cartoons
WHAT showmanship. York's legal bigwigs had known about Keith Mulhearn's unpaid fine for three years. They have known his whereabouts for all that time - he's the big fellow in the sandals and the helmet leading daily tours of Roman York. And yet they
STEPHEN LEWIS looks forward to a new Channel 4 comedy tonight which promises a return to the "classic sweet sitcom". YOU may have thought the old-fashioned family sitcom was a thing of the past. Comedy in the age of reality TV is supposed to be all ironic
One hour was all Melbourne could manage against College of Law in division one of the York and District Sunday Afternoon League. They led 1-0 from a goal by Darren Woodhead - who later went off with concussion - until the hour mark before the College
SOLID form is badly needed by Selby Town as they look to chip a niche for themselves in the top four of the Northern Counties East League premier division. The Robins missed out on a chance to sneak up the table last weekend after being held to a 0-0
The Y5/6's go to Robinwood as an adventurous school trip. There are lots of things to do like raft building, zip wiring, piranha pool, abseiling, a maze, nightline, archery, canoeing and puzzles. You stay in a gigantic white house for 3 days. You get
I think school uniforms are good because uniforms are not just in schools, but also in adult life. They have a lot of uses, not just being smart. They help us think differently as a group. Uniforms help us feel as if we are a community, wanting a good
How many people can manage to demonstrate the self confidence, commitment and time management skills to journey on the road to academic and sporting success? All of these valuable traits are being demonstrated by Abbi Matthews from The Mount School here
