DURING all the years I have lived in York I have never seen so many empty shops. It is very sad to see more and more closing, the latest being in Parliament Street. Is there nothing to be done to stop even more firms winding up their businesses in our
PRESENTLY I'm a volunteer with the Salvation Army. I drive a brand new 15-seat mini-bus four days a week for around four hours each day. It's great fun! The people I drive are honest, decent folk, mostly elderly who would otherwise find it very difficult
I CANNOT understand how any presumably university-educated person could come up with a design for the building featured on the front page of the Evening Press.(October 29). It seems that someone gives names to such buildings, the Splash Palace in Parliament
YORK and District Darts League have successfully negotiated sponsorship with the York Brewery, based in Toft Green, and will accordingly change their title. Chris Thompson opened for Britannia with a fine 14 darts and was then supported all the way for
THREE York players have earned a place in the Open Rugby magazine second division team of the year. Winger Leigh Deakin, joint top try scorer in the division with 15, and his centre partner Shaun Austerfield, who notched 10 tries, were selected along
PETER Broadhead could be considered a very lucky man. Quite apart from recovering nicely from a tricky and gruelling brain operation, he is enjoying crystal clear memories of his school days, the period which everyone tells us is the happiest time of
RYEDALE market towns struggling to compete with modern shopping complexes such as York's Monks Cross and Naburn centres have been given a boost. Council chiefs have agreed to review parking charges - to see if there is evidence for the impact fees have
CHEFS at an Indian restaurant near York are hoping to curry favour with their customers by attempting to bake the world's biggest onion bhaji to celebrate National Curry Day. Things are hotting up for the big day at the Jinnah Restaurant at Flaxton as
"Nurse of the year" Pauline Dodsworth is to give a reading at a special service at York Minster tomorrow night to celebrate 50 years of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Pauline, 46, who was last year's Marie Curie Nurse of the Year, will be reading an act of
THE sound of Santa's sleigh bells has come early to a York shopping centre. The festive shopping season was getting into full swing this afternoon at the Monks Cross shopping centre - despite it being well over a month before Christmas and the day before
YORK man Peter Broadhead miraculously regained memories of his schooldays - after a five-and-a-half hour head operation to remove a growth from his brain. Peter, 40, of Carr Lane, Acomb, retrieved long-lost memories of his schooldays at St Aelred's Primary
WATER companies refused to fluoridate because the government would not give them indemnity against public health litigation. This is because independent scientific analysis over decades and worldwide evidenced that fluoride harms kidneys, bones, and can
YOUNG gymnast Adam Strike has set his sights on a place in the Great Britain squad after winning a bronze medal in the National Development Plan finals. The 11-year-old, from Bishopthorpe, came third in the Primary Two section at Lilleshall and is now
Former York City manager John Ward has reached agreement with Bristol City over his contract and claimed that new Robins boss Benny Lennartson had not been appointed behind his back. Ward left the hot-seat at Bristol last week citing a difference of opinion
SELBY railway station is to get a £500,000 facelift as part of Railtrack's Station Regeneration Scheme. Subject to listed building planning consent, the station's platforms will be resurfaced and the ageing footbridge completely refurbished. A Railtrack
NATIONAL Trust volunteer Paul Chapman has been invited to a birthday bash with a difference - with Prince Charles! He is one of about 1,000 people invited by the Queen to take part in the celebrations at Buckingham Palace on Friday. Paul, 22, a long-term
A PLAY area inspired by pupils at the fire-ravaged Park Grove Primary School in York has been given a cash boost by York Minster. The fire at Park Grove in February last year was the worst in York since the Minster blaze in July 1984 and its re-opening
A 19-year-old student appeared before York magistrates today charged with a robbery at Holgate Road Post Office. Guy Anthony Price spoke briefly during the two minute hearing to confirm his name, age and his address in York at the time of his arrest.
