I have recently moved to York and am amazed at the lack of recycling opportunities that there are in the city and in South Bank in particular. Previously I lived in Bristol where a successful kerb-side collection scheme operated. This made it a great
I see that once again York has turned down another proposal for a public house. This time near Clifford's Tower - an ideal spot for locals and tourists alike. This time the reason given was that local residents objected. Well of course they did - they
Football must support its fans Football is big business. The top clubs are public limited companies whose performance on the FTSE index is scrutinised as closely as their position in the league. Santa can hack it Santa faces a difficult journey on Christmas
Football: Thompson's going Dutch York City manager Neil Thompson is going Dutch towards the end of the season. He is planning a trip to Holland to check on players. Rugby: Fans back Wasps but where are sponsors The return to winter rugby looks set be
Gift ideas for jammy rich Ever since the very first Christmas, exasperated gift-buyers have been asking the same question: what do you get for the person who has everything? This even stumped the Three Wise Men, until they stumbled across a Gold, Frankincense
by Paul Murphy, chief executive of York Inward Investment Board This year has been York Inward Investment Board's most successful period yet. It started with the arrival of CPP Card Protection Plan at Holgate Park. Their first recruits began training
by David Harbourne, chief executive of North Yorkshire Training and Enterprise Council When businesses ask me what North Yorkshire TEC can do for them, it can be hard to sum up the many ways we help them. So I was pleased to come across an example of
Management at York-based Gasflair, the growing domestic fire and cooker retailer, is feeling a warm glow this Christmas with the news that they are being offered a £500,000 financing line for expansion. The cash is bound to help the £8 million turnover
TADCASTER RIVERSIDE U11's team. Back row (from the left): Martin Knowles, Jordan Schneider, Bruce Weatherill, Alex Gregory, Daniel Phillis. Front row: Robin Tearyn, Kevin Cheuing, Jonathan Brady, Stephen Walker, Matthew Mallinson Tadcaster Riverside School
Is this the poshest table ever made for a private Christmas banquet? For the past six months three craftsmen at Coxwold Cabinetmakers at Coxwold near Thirsk have been honing to perfection this 12 ft long by four ft wide butty burr American walnut creation
Santa faces a difficult journey on Christmas Eve. According to scientific calculations, he has to cover 58 million square miles and make 842 million stops in one night. At least with the advent of central heating, the risk of him landing on red hot embers
Football is big business. The top clubs are public limited companies whose performance on the FTSE index is scrutinised as closely as their position in the league. But it would be a terrible mistake to regard any football club as just another business
The return to winter rugby looks set be given the thumbs up by York Wasps supporters - but not by sponsors. With the start of the Northern Ford Premiership just four days away, the Wasps have reported an upturn in season ticket sales compared with this
York City manager Neil Thompson is going Dutch towards the end of the season. He is planning a trip to Holland to check on players. Although sceptical of foreign players in the English game, Thompson plans to make use of his contact in Holland, Romeo
York-based main line train operator GNER has welcomed a decision which will allow it to run extra services between London and York in a bid to beat overcrowding. The move by the Rail Regulator follows two hearings earlier this year into competing bids
York District Hospital has got over its first big crisis of the winter, according to health chiefs. About 20 planned non-emergency operations had to be cancelled last week after 82 people were admitted as emergencies within 24 hours. Colin Watts, one
Motorists using the A19 between York and Selby face six weeks of traffic misery after the Highways Agency announced major roadworks starting next month. The £850,000 resurfacing and traffic calming scheme covers a seven-kilometre stretch of the Barlby
RAT TRAP: Joanne Bain tries to coax her rat snake down the chimney with the help of a pet mouse Snowball Santa's going to get a pretty big shock at one York house this Christmas - there's a six-foot rat-eating snake stuck up the chimney. The snake slithered
A Government Minister is intervening in the Close the Gaps campaign after the Evening Press presented a dossier exposing the dangers of an A64 accident blackspot. Evening Press chief reporter Mike Laycock explains the details of the A64 gap danger after
Your correspondent Alan Hill decries the alleged award of damages to the two children who killed James Bulger ('Bulger Killers' Damages Prove Society Is Crazy', December 20). No such damages exist. The European Court of Human Rights has made an order
by Principal Transport Planner (Operations),City of York Council Several of your correspondents have pointed out the shortcomings of some of the new bus shelters recently erected in York. S Dunhill (Letters, December 20) asked for an explanation as to
York ice cream firm wound up Ebor Ice Cream Company - the firm which supplied generations of York residents with traditional ices - is going into liquidation. Whitty pledge on A64 gap A Government Minister is intervening in the Close the Gaps campaign
Laboratories boost for York Another giant step has been taken in York to turn the city into the nation's prime centre for bioscience research in the new millennium. 'Festive' warning for thieves Employees in York who dream of a light-fingered Christmas
Doll maker Jean Parminter with Bailey's Caf owner John Sammons and waitress Christine Summerscale with a collection of the soft toys made by the Knitter Natters for sale in the cafe A group of York friends are doing their best to have our Hospice 2000
No toying around - Mike and Gill Carter, heads of a massively-growing empire of the furry, the feathery and always oh-so-cute at their showroom in Escrick, York - are going to find a £500,000 Christmas present in their bank account. 'Is that amount all
The annual match between Yorkshire and Durham at the Scarborough Cricket Festival has had to be scrapped next year because of Durham's fixture congestion. The festival game, for the Northern Electric Trophy, would have been played on Tuesday, August 29
Leader of the pack Paul Darley is hoping to emulate his past achievements when he takes over the role of York Wasps captain on Boxing Day. Paul Darley Back row forward Darley has been installed as the new Wasps skipper following the departures of John
Employees in York who dream of a light-fingered Christmas be warned. The chances are that you will have to face the court in the new millennium. That is the warning today from John Bolton, community safety officer in charge of business crime prevention
Another giant step has been taken in York to turn the city into the nation's prime centre for bioscience research in the new millennium. A £1 million scheme to build laboratories for fledgling high tech businesses gets under way in February as an extension
Disappointed parents from the villages of Dunnington and Elvington have asked for a meeting with education chiefs after the final decision was made on a new system of secondary admissions for York. The meeting of the City of York Council last night backed
Christmas and the new Millennium will mean the biggest celebrations of most people's lives - but for some it will be a time of despair. Samaritans are on hand to take your calls The Samaritans in York are prepared for an increase in calls from people
Why city council chose the new bus shelters Several of your correspondents have pointed out the shortcomings of some of the new bus shelters recently erected in York. Letter from the Principal Transport Planner (Operations),City of York Council Another
Stacey Brewer, left, with the late TV comic Ernie Wise who died earlier this year. He was one of the many stars of stage and screen interviewed by Stacey over the years Award-winning former Evening Press journalist Stacey Brewer has died at the age of
Ebor Ice Cream Company - the firm which supplied generations of York residents with traditional ices - is going into liquidation. And ice cream giant Walls was blamed today for the firm's demise - along with the miserable summer of 1998 - by turning down
