Gordon Ross has it wrong ('Why Fear Is Still The Best Deterrent', Letters, October 20). Responsibility for policing is not something which should be abdicated to a police force but is a role to be taken up by communities and the wider society. Where communities
I am not in favour of the Government's idea of erecting a permanent memorial somewhere in Britain to acknowledge The Holocaust. The Second World War began over 60 years ago - why keep on looking back? I would rather they erected something to signal, and
A City centre pub was forced to close after it was damaged when trouble flared before York City's game with Hull City. The Hole In The Wall pub in High Petergate, York, which was forced to close after Hull City fans caused a disturbance there before the
Ambitious Lee McTigue has set his sights on a full Great Britain cap after a starring role in the BARLA Under-23s narrow victory over the Combined Services. But the New Earswick All Blacks second rower admitted he would be prepared to sacrifice the top
While most of the Ryedale trainers with runners tomorrow are choosing Redcar, Richard Fahey is going much further. The Butterwick handler is sending two runners to Bath, including Inch Perfect, who is fancied to win his third race in just over a week.
York Wasps are confident of re-signing several players this week following an about-turn in the wage structure for the coming season. The board have given coach Dean Robinson a slight increase in the wage bill and are also allowing him to make what he
British motorist is becoming used to being this Government's whipping boy. Our latest revelations about price-fixing at the pumps show that the car-owning public are being taken for mugs by the Treasury. Four-star petrol is gradually being replaced by
As it was in the first, so it was in the second - the respective City crews of York and Hull deadlocked. UP FOR GRABS: Hull goalkeeper Steve Wilson snatches the ball off the boots of York City striker Marc Williams during Saturday's 1-1 draw at Bootham
Grateful York City manager Neil Thompson hailed York City's enterprising October revolution. Thompson's gratitude was evident after his men clawed a respectable draw from their derby showdown with Hull City to stretch an undefeated League run to six games
COSTUME DRAMA: Medieval musicians Rick and Helen Heavisides, from Boroughbridge, perform at Helmsley Castle Music from the Middle Ages again drifted over Helmsley Castle when a costumed duo called Hautbois performed there. The duo played music of the
Football fever is so fierce that the Monks Cross Shopping Centre in York has had to reschedule the turning on of its Christmas lights in order to keep shoppers happy. The switching on of the lights, which is expected to attract thousands, was originally
North Yorkshire's Chief Constable has paid tribute to the role his staff played last year not only in cutting crime, but also in dealing with natural disasters and human tragedies. In his annual review David Kenworthy highlighted the work of the "excellent
York motorists are paying about 30p a gallon more for new Lead Replacement Petrol than unleaded petrol - even though it is just as green. Traditional leaded four-star has long carried a higher duty than unleaded because of its damaging effect on the environment
Why is the City of York Council promoting French trading in our city when we are being advised to boycott French goods in our shops in retaliation for the illegal French ban? And not only on the sale of our beef in France, but the transporting of our
York are still hunting their first Thwaites Nort East League Division One away win of the season following a disappointing 15-12 defeat at Keighley. It was Keighley's first win of the season and was enough to lift them off the bottom of the table while
Nature's creativity is an unceasing delight. At first glance, the humble mussel seems to be an unremarkable creature. Yet this mighty mollusc produces an adhesive so strong that it can cling to the rocks amid waves that would sink an ocean liner. Thanks
A crisis is looming for private residential homes in York, according to a leading local home owner. Frank Slater, secretary of the York and District Residential Care Homes Association, said he feared many homes could face closure due to City of York Council
RAZOR SMILE: Helen's locks are shaved off A York woman had a very close shave when she raised more than £270 for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. Helen Ashby, who is the registrar at the National Railway Museum, had her head shaved in June at Poppleton Road School
It was exactly a year ago that tiny Reuben Fisher was born at York District Hospital. David and Joanne Fisher with the painting of York Minster He struggled from the first day with his breathing, and his young life was tragically cut short just four weeks
You've done it ! Evening Press readers touched by the plight of cancer-stricken North Yorkshire mother Gail Hepworth have helped made her dream of life-prolonging treatment in New York a reality. And the £9,000 needed for Gail's therapy has been raised
Police carry out a finger-tip search today in Beech Grove, Acomb, after the knife attack. A householder was stabbed in the chest and stomach as he attempted to fend off a burglar in his home. The man received defensive injuries to his arm, a wound to
