Before rejecting the suggestion of charging for entry to the City Art Gallery as "unprincipled and wrong" ('Art Free For All Is The Only Way', January 29), you may be interested to know the outcome of research on this subject. Numbers visiting traditional
Your coverage of the loss of the boat-burning element of the Jorvik Viking Festival (January 26) rightly emphasises the importance of major, visual events such as this in boosting York's tourist trade. I am pleased to say that the First Stop York tourism
Clamp down on the clampers The clamping horror stories recounted by Harrogate MP Phil Willis are all too common. More and more unscrupulous operators are realising that wheel clamping is an easy way to make a killing. Mr Willis described to the Commons
Rob's just the job Rob Lee's second coming could be just what York Wasps need to kick-start their Northern Ford Premiership campaign. FACT consider name change York City supporters' group FACT are considering a name change York part of new TV racing talks
Cut it out! Protesters urging a council re-think on proposed service cuts today increased their pressure. Baby's just great for gran The family of 82-year-old Dorothy Swain feared she might not live to see the birth of her great-great granddaughter after
A York sportsman has hit the heights after being ribbed about his lack of fitness. DOUBLE TROUBLE: Kick boxers Rich Brown (left) and Pierre Rhodes at the York Martial Arts College. Picture: Nigel Holland Ribbing by a friend triggered kick boxer Pierre
Super League could hold the answer to Carl Paterson's York Wasps future. WHERE NOW?: Carl Paterson (left) could be on his way while Lee McTigue (right) is set to stay The utility back has been sent back to Selby Rugby Union Club following the end of his
Britain's 12 leading racecourses - including York - have entered exclusive negotiations which will secure the future of horse racing on terrestrial television. The 'Super 12' as they are known and a consortium of the BBC, Channel 4 and Premium TV, a subsidiary
The Evening Press continues to be deluged with forms sent in by readers to back our Counter Attack campaign. Astonishingly, we have received nearly 500 completed voting forms in only three days. The following are some of the heartfelt responses to our
York's oriental community was today celebrating Chinese New Year - and the start of the Year of the Dragon. Sisters Joyce, left, and Grace Fu, pupils at The Mount School in York, celebrate today's Chinese New Year Picture: Garry Atkinson Sisters Joyce
Kitchen mates go head to head TWO chefs from the same York hotel have reached the finals of a first class international cooking competition. Head chef of the Royal York Andrew Bingham and his junior sous chef Philip Maddison will be battling it out with
A North Yorkshire MP has called for tough new controls on "cowboy" wheelclampers, after telling the House of Commons of an incident in Doncaster where a woman was told her young daughter would be held hostage until she returned with a fine. In another
A York man charged with illegally possessing a Samurai sword publicly apologised to a court usher after becoming abusive in the court foyer when he was issued with an arrest warrant. Dean Lancaster, 39, of Woodlea Avenue, York, had arrived late at Selby
The family of 82-year-old Dorothy Swain feared she might not live to see the birth of her great-great granddaughter after a stroke. Great-great grandmother Dorothy Swain holds baby Courtney. With them (left to right) are great-grandmother Margaret Atkins
Thanks to everyone who supported Margaret Tyrrell and the Tramway Club Line Dancers who volunteered to fund raise for the Meningitis Research Foundation after Margaret lost her grandson Kenny Eshelby to meningococcal septicaemia in February 1999. The
So Brian Fodera failed to answer the 100 dollar question on the American version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' correctly ('Millionaire Misery', January 26)? May I point out two mistakes in your article. Firstly, the word "all right" is spelt with
Broadcaster and renowned preacher Canon Roger Royle is to speak at a special Service of Thanksgiving in York Minster to mark the 15th anniversary of the opening of St Leonard's Hospice. The service will take place at 2pm on Sunday, February 13, and all
Feared job cuts at a nationally-recognised York special school look set to be reduced as next year's education budget is set. Fulford Cross School, which has been praised by Ofsted chief Chris Woodhead, was facing cuts of 20 per cent in next year's budget
Five records were broken in the second half of New Earswick Swimming Club's annual championships to take the total to ten over the whole of the championships. Andrew Clapham broke the boys' 11 years and under 60 metres butterfly record, which had been
York City are offering sports fans a day to savour. GETTING IN THE SWING: Former Newcastle United and Scotland defender Bob Moncur and City's Scott Jordan, Matt Hocking and Adie Shaw watch as Aldwark Manor professional Phil Harrison tees off their new
The clamping horror stories recounted by Harrogate MP Phil Willis are all too common. More and more unscrupulous operators are realising that wheel clamping is an easy way to make a killing. Mr Willis described to the Commons how they prowl the streets
It currently stands for Fans Against Craig's Tyranny, in reference to the City chairman Douglas Craig, but its members are mulling over a change of phrase for the acronym to Fans Assisting City Together. They have also written to City president, John
Rob Lee's second coming could be just what York Wasps need to kick-start their Northern Ford Premiership campaign. LAID LOW: Centre Shaun Austerfield has been counted out of the Batley clash at Huntington Stadium tomorrow due to illness The former Hull
Intruders are targeting a York man's garden after a fence put up to block off a short cut stopped short of his boundary. Henry Haveron near where the new fence in Swann Street, York, stops short of his boundary Picture by Mike Tipping The 200-metre fence
Two retired York teachers who have taught hundreds of local children to swim have added their weight to our campaign to save York's Barbican and Yearsley Pools. Children from Naburn CEPrimary School who regularly use the Barbican pool oppose its closure
Blocking a city centre street to stop abuse of traffic orders has been supported in a public consultation. The plans to introduce a rising bollard which would allow only buses, taxis, cycles, emergency vehicles and authorised deliveries onto Stonebow
We need fiery events like this Your coverage of the loss of the boat-burning element of the Jorvik Viking Festival (January 26) rightly emphasises the importance of major, visual events such as this in boosting York's tourist trade. Charging for art Before
Protesters urging a council re-think on proposed service cuts today increased their pressure. York MP Hugh Bayley (right) faces UNISON family centre demonstrators outside his surgery in St Leonards Place today Picture: Garry Atkinson Campaigners waved
