MORE than £30,000. That is the remarkable figure achieved so far by our Guardian Angels campaign, which has now reached just over a tenth of its final target. The Evening Press appeal aims to raise £300,000 to transform high-dependency paediatric care
ONE of Britain's largest coal producers has sought the help of a York company to get planning clearance for new opencast mines in Scotland. Jennings Nicholson Associates, the York-based marketing communications consultancy, has been assigned by ATH Resources
YORK City goalkeeper David Stockdale has been loaned out to Conference North outfit Worksop Town with Billy McEwan questioning his commitment to the Minstermen. Stockdale, 20, has recently lost his place as first-team substitute goalkeeper to teenager
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is adamant that his Nationwide Conference Manager of the Month award will not curse his team at Altrincham tomorrow. The Minstermen will travel to Moss Lane after four straight victories in February and McEwan rubbished suggestions
Childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem in Britain. So how can parents stop their children piling on the pounds? Health Reporter LUCY STEPHENS reports. MANY people experience problems with their weight, and some are able to shed the pounds by
TWO thugs who attacked a York pub owner after a row over a juice carton have been jailed. Paul Lomax, 21, of Middleham Avenue, Huntington, and Michael Evans, 22, of Thorseby Road, Acomb, punched and threatened Peter O'Toole outside the Judges Lodgings
A PRISON worker's car windows were smashed by vandals - two weeks after he wrote to police to tell them it was going to happen. Fred Commons, 58, of Ancress Walk, in Micklegate, wrote to York's neighbourhood policing unit on February 18 to ask them to
MUSLIMS in York said they were "crushed" when their place of worship was attacked by vandals. Insulting graffiti was painted on the door of the mosque in Bull Lane. Sheikh Zubair Ahmad, who runs the mosque, said he was hurt by the attack. "We are not
NORTH Yorkshire Police officers could be left struggling to pay the bills when a controversial bonus scheme - which will top £1 million in the county this year - comes to an end. One-off annual bonuses, known as Special Priority Payments, are expected
UNION leaders have sought assurances about the long-term future of the Nestl factory following the job cuts bombshell. Local MPs have requested meetings with the company's bosses and union officials to discuss its role in the city in years to come. The
DESPITE one of the worst matches for a number of seasons, the finale of the Acomb Tackle-backed York and District Winter League produced some memorable performances to top another excellent series. A changeable week of sub-zero temperatures and heavy
IT'S absolutely shameless that estate agent websites and other vested interests are trying to hype the York property market, when the reality is the opposite (March 1). Unlike estate agents, the Land Registry records concrete selling prices, so is relatively
SO property prices are expected to rise by 60 to 70 per cent in the next five years in York (March 1). With the possibility that next year's local council elections may be postponed, coupled with the total ban on smoking in pubs and clubs, I bet Messrs
YOUR report on the Discus prefab homes was yet another example of the double standard of attitudes towards older people (February 27). First we are told to let them stay in their own homes, care in the community and all that. This costs quite a considerable
MY mother and father lived in Regent Street in the early 1980s and I remember them having structural work done to the roofs shortly after. Steelwork was fitted. Must have rusted! If I was a gambling person I would say their mind was made up the last time
RUCKSACKS and haversacks. These are a menace. Have others suffered as I have? The carriers of the bags are oblivious when they turn to either talk to someone or just change direction. I have been bumped by them and twice knocked off my feet by them. Please
YOU reported Phil Willis's latest attempt to treat the North Yorkshire Police Authority (NYPA) as his personal "Aunt Sally": this time for its commitment to prudent, contingency planning (February 27). The same edition featured a fifth anniversary commemoration
YESTERDAY the jobs bombshell was dropped at Nestl in York - and today the shockwaves continue to spread. Workers fearing redundancy have been told they could lose more than a third of their redundancy package under controversial new financial arrangements
TIME was when the first day of spring was heralded by the appearance of the sergeant of police on his bicycle. In Bootham, York, recently, I was treated to the sight of two jokers waltzing along, bare to the waist. Is this the first sign of spring? Is
POCKLINGTON RUFC travel to bottom of the table Yarnbury in Yorkshire Two with a strengthened side, writes Steve Carroll. Scrum half James Dicks, centre Sandy Mitchell and winger Tim Nixon (number 11, above) all return after being unavailable last week
WHAT a thrilling landmark - £30,378 and counting. The Guardian Angels campaign to raise £300,000 to transform high-dependency paediatric care at York Hospital is a tenth of the way there already. We always knew it would be a tall order to raise so much
York City is flying high in the Conference. But ordinary supporters could be about to lose their controlling interest in the club - to the family who helped bring about collective ownership. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. FOR York City fans, the 5-1 thumping
NINE-MAN Cottage Inn shocked Melbourne into a 2-1 home defeat in division one of the York and District Sunday Afternoon League. The basement side were short of players but goals from John Golgier and Andrew Scorgie still sunk Melbourne. Turf's Jonathan
OUT of form Harrogate Town are desperately seeking a clean sheet to trigger a change in their Nationwide North fortunes. The Wetherby Roaders have failed to keep the opposition out in the last four matches, conceding nine goals and taking just two points
SELBY Town could find themselves in the final of the Northern Counties East League President's Cup without kicking a ball following Garforth Town's shock ban from all football. The West Riding County FA this week put a two-week total suspension on the
THE wait is over for parents wanting to know if their child has got in to their first choice secondary school. Across the country, parents who applied for their children to transfer from primary to secondary education next September have been told the
AMONG those dining at our table was one of Britain's richest men, a senior member of the House of Lords and the man who slaughters beasts for the Queen's Sunday roast. "Bootiful" turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews would normally have been there and TV chef
A HEARTY well done to York's Dr Nicola Gill who, we read yesterday, has won a prize from the Plain English Campaign. Her healthy heart leaflet was a model of readability, the campaign said. Perhaps City of York Council could ask Dr Gill to translate some
SEVEN North Yorkshire-based construction companies have achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) standard and been awarded £5,000 each thanks to CITB-Construction Skills and its Blueprint For Building Performance programme. The companies were
A TIME saving, injury-preventing robot made at Clifton Moor, York, has brought both elation and fear to Britain's glassmaking industry. Elation, because the huge, gangling robot, dubbed IGAR, can think, measure and act to prevent injuries as well as massively
AWARD-WINNING York-based off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon has made three new appointments. After 13 years with Yorkon, Andrew Simpkin has been promoted to operations manager. A member of the Chartered Institute of Building
ALTRINCHAM boss Graham Heathcote is expecting a tough test tomorrow when York City visit Moss Lane bidding for a fifth straight victory. Heathcote has also called on the 'Alty' faithful to ensure that their fans are not outnumbered by travelling Minstermen
YORK City will climb into a play-off position by beating Altrincham tomorrow afternoon, regardless of scores elsewhere. With fourth-placed Stevenage Borough without a fixture, Billy McEwan's men will climb above the Hertfordshire club if they can collect
A teenager who was determined to prove his potential after hearing difficulties hindered his education has now sealed his future as a professional tradesman. Lloyd Elliff made a heartfelt plea through the Evening Press 18 months ago for a York firm to
AMBITIOUS plans have been announced for a new business park in Selby that could bring 100 jobs to the area. The proposal to build a large-scale industrial site called Access 63 to the south-east of the town was welcomed by the district council's economy
THE wait is over for parents wanting to know if their child has got in to their first choice secondary school. Across the country, parents who applied for their children to transfer from primary to secondary education next September have been told the
FAST food firms should be forced to pay a new "tax" to cover the cost of cleaning up litter. That is the message from a leading Selby councillor, who says the area is being plagued by takeaway litter louts. Coun Brian Percival, chairman of Selby District
YORK'S transport boss today welcomed the news that no action would be taken against her over the "green wave" controversy. The Standards Board for England has decided that Coun Ann Reid should not be censured after she agreed for her daughter's wedding
IT'S crunch time in Yorkshire Three tomorrow as York RI RUFC and Roundhegians face off in a top of the table clash which could decide who is promoted. Second-placed RI are just a single point ahead of their opponents and go into the match boasting a virtually
"THIS is the beginning of the end." That was the view of York Nestl staff, following yesterday's shock announcement that 234 jobs are to go at the chocolate factory. Many workers described the tense atmosphere inside the plant, as employees wondered where
MARTYN Turner was crowned the Clifton Hotel Darts Competition champion after defeating Chris Thompson with an awesome display. Thompson took the opener with an 82 finish for 21 after Turner narrowly missed the bull for a 132 checkout. Turner responded
SHAUN Derry, Leeds United's midfield hard man, returns to Crystal Palace tomorrow with no hard feelings against the Londoners' manager Iain Dowie. It was Dowie who denied Derry a regular place in Palace's team after the Nottingham-born player had helped
THREATENED Nestl workers could lose more than a THIRD of their intended redundancy package under controversial new proposals, the Evening Press can reveal today. Nestl bosses have confirmed fears that they are seeking to radically change their redundancy
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is adamant that his Nationwide Conference Manager of the Month award will not curse his team at Altrincham tomorrow. The Minstermen will travel to Moss Lane after four straight victories in February and McEwan rubbished suggestions
Friday, March 3, 2006 100 years ago Sentence was passed on James Decco, a 48-year-old strong man who was charged with living on the earnings of a young Liverpool girl, Sybil Ingram, said to be aged 16. Sybil Ingram, seeing an advertisement and being "
WE are now to be treated to an ugly, brash thrusting faade on the corner of High Ousegate and Spurriergate in York - to sell mobile phones. Take a stroll along Coney Street towards St Helen's Square and you will pass seven mobile phone emporiums. Ignoring
PRIME Minister Tony Blair seems convinced that a grateful world will inherit his legacy of Blairism. If Blairism is to be defined it is this: the UK is under a particular threat from terrorism that did not exist before Mr Blair came to power. It is estimated
AS the coffers of North Yorkshire Police swell to some £30 million, suggestions this is money earmarked for several projects the force has been unable to find the time to implement sound either like eyewash or financial mismanagement. Since North Yorkshire
COUNCILLOR Charles Hall seeks to deflect attention from his Liberal Democrat administration's inflation-busting hike in council tax by decrying the one-off nature of last year's £200 rebate for pensioners given by the Labour Government (Letters, February
CAN someone please either confirm or deny the following: York citizens have, through their council tax, paid for the purchase of land where necessary, the building costs and maintenance of the infrastructure of various park-and-ride facilities throughout
IT'S crunch time in Yorkshire Three tomorrow as York RI RUFC and Roundhegians face off in a top of the table clash which could decide who is promoted. Second-placed RI are just a single point ahead of their opponents and go into the match boasting a virtually
HOUNDS FC remain top of division one of the John Smith's York Sunday Morning League despite losing their unbeaten league record at Severus. Atkinson had opened the scoring for Severus but Crowther equalised just before half-time only for Severus to step
RELEGATION-HAUNTED Scarborough have been helped out by Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell this week. With pitches in the Scarborough area frost and snowbound, the Seasiders turned to Blackwell, who was the club's goalkeeper when they won automatic promotion
PICKERING Town have got one of their best ever chances of national cup success almost within reach - and they are not about to squander it. They make the 140-mile journey to North West Counties side Nantwich Town tomorrow in their first ever FA Vase quarter-final
