Cash machines are no solution This week Tony Blair told rural Britain 'you never had it so good'. Country dwellers, faced with high housing costs, a lack of well-paid work, little public transport and the farming crisis, were unconvinced. Converted for
Football: City boss Thompson opts for same again York City boss Neil Thompson has challenged his players to produce performances that mean they keep their first team shirts - this week they will do that. Football: Be positive urges Greenway York City
Final chapter of York Story Councillors are pressing ahead with the closure of the York Story museum and the introduction of admission charges for the City Art Gallery, despite fierce protests. Degree of opposition University admissions could be "hit
Support has been flooding in for the Evening Press Counter Attack campaign from those who rely on their local post offices. Sub post offices could be under threat if the Government goes ahead with plans to pay benefits directly into bank accounts rather
Former Yorkshire County hooker Neil Lineham returns to York's pack for their non-league match against Pontefract at Clifton Park tomorrow. Lineham, for many years a regular at York, will play alongside last year's skipper Dave Dorking in a much-changed
Parishioners have always asked their priest to say a special prayer in church on their behalf. The Bishopthorpe Palace website, which allows people to e-mail prayers direct to the Archbishop of York, is an extension of that tradition. It proves that the
This week Tony Blair told rural Britain 'you never had it so good'. Country dwellers, faced with high housing costs, a lack of well-paid work, little public transport and the farming crisis, were unconvinced. At least the Prime Minister has acknowledged
York City president John Greenway has issued a plea to fans to get behind the club and cut out the personal vendettas. The Ryedale MP, who has been named shadow minister for sport, is eager to see the Bootham Crescent club prosper and believes the fans
York City boss Neil Thompson has challenged his players to produce performances that mean they keep their first team shirts - this week they will do that. SHINING EXAMPLE: City midfielder Lee Bullock has produced performances which have earned praise
An amphitheatre and a yellow brick road helped a York primary school scoop a national award for its work on the school grounds. Pupils of Park Grove School, York, celebrate the opening of the new school gates and the National Construction Industry Award
A thieving carer stole £300 from an 81-year-old women in a "despicable" deception with her cheque book, York Crown Court heard. Simon Hickey, prosecuting, said Sara Manson, 22, took a cheque from Ampleforth pensioner Eileen Thompson when caring for her
Councillors have approved plans to charge non-York residents £2 plus VAT to use the City art gallery. The move flies in the face of pleas made Friends of York Art Gallery at last night's leisure services committee meeting. "Experience shows that any charge
York University students angry at the proposed closure of the Barbican pool are, from left, Ben Harding, Declan Mullan, Michael Jones, Graham Eames, Ben Cross, Joanna Woolaghan and Donna Norris University admissions could be "hit hard" by the closure
Councillors are pressing ahead with the closure of the York Story museum and the introduction of admission charges for the City Art Gallery, despite fierce protests. And campaigners fear the decision may have already been taken to close the city's Barbican
I am delighted that the Evening Press is mounting a 'Counter Attack' against government plans to pay most benefits directly into the bank of recipients instead of paying out at the post offices. If these plans go through it will mean the closure of most
Thank you for continuing to give such solid support for Save Our Swim letters. J Goodhall (Letters, January 27) wrote that: 'Yearsley is a good pool but the facilities are very poor'. While agreeing that it is a good pool I would say the facilities are
A greener future for motorists is being led by the City of York Council with its new fleet of dual fuel cars. Andy Hudson, head of environmental services with City of York Council, with the keys to one of the council's seven new LPG cars bought by the
TOP TIPS: The New Earswick Under-10s squad with York City youth players Marc Thompson (left) and John Fielding. Tips from the top are up for grabs in a new service being offered by York City to local junior football clubs, writes Dave Stanford City's
Scarborough are waiting on the fitness of striker Chris Tate as they take a step into the unknown in the FA Umbro Trophy fourth round. The Seadogs travel to Windsor to face Dr Martens League side Burnham, a team of which manager Colin Addison has no first-hand
Violent assaults in the centre of York are to be the main target of the city's police in the coming year. Also high on the list of priorities are auto, retail and drug-related crime, and the theft of cycles. "Our overall objective is to make the city
Countryside Minister Elliot Morley offered cold comfort to Britain's crisis-hit farmers when he ruled out any further Government cash while on a visit to North Yorkshire. Mr Morley firmly rejected calls for a major public spending boost to help the farming
Alleged armed raider Craig Townend bragged to his ex-girlfriend how he would get rich by robbing the York City Art Gallery, a jury has heard. And a former friend and business associate claimed the 29-year-old martial arts fan mimed cutting pictures from
Swimmers are so loyal Thank you for continuing to give such solid support for Save Our Swim letters. Let's stamp on threats to our post offices I am delighted that the Evening Press is mounting a 'Counter Attack' against government plans to pay most benefits
Campaigners fighting to keep the Barbican and Yearsley pools open have been left feeling the decision to close "has already been made" after voicing their emotional pleas to the council. Fiona Evans, a member of the Yearsley Action Group, branded the
