WHAT a rare day for English tennis fans. They have not one but two reasons to celebrate. It was cheering enough to learn that Britain's number one Tim Henman had overcome Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the ATP Masters in Cincinnati, his first victory
ERE'S evidence that fighting crime is no picnic. East Yorkshire police thought they had solved the case of Homer, the missing concrete bear. Having smashed an international bear smuggling ring, they lined up the spoils and asked Homer's owner Margaret
SO the council wants to lower the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on the northern ring road A1237. On the stretch between the Tesco roundabout and the A19 roundabout you will be lucky to reach five miles an hour at most times of the day. The sheer volume
THANK you for your paper's generous coverage of the difficulties besetting Rita Freedman and the future of York City Archives. I worked as Rita's assistant at York City Archives from 1972 to 1990 and I am still a frequent user of the records in pursuit
I can't believe that they thought that I was a troll. A lurker maybe, but certainly not a troll. So what if I once took refuge under a bridge. What was I supposed to do? It was pouring with rain. But I never slept under it, or demanded a toll. And I've
Pressure on Duffield to come up with the scoring touch. GOAL greedy Peter Duffield is gunning to start York City's season with a bang. The summer acquisition from Darlington has bagged three goals in an impressive pre-season but admits they will count
YORK City chief Terry Dolan admits the Minstermen could not have chosen a tougher test of their credentials than tomorrow's opener at Chesterfield. "It couldn't be a harder start for us because they have got a big strong squad," said the City boss. "Their
IT WILL have taken almost a year, but a little piece of history should be created at Bootham Crescent sometime soon. IT WILL have taken almost a year, but a little piece of history should be created at Bootham Crescent sometime soon.First sightings in
YORK City chief Terry Dolan admits the Minstermen could not have chosen a tougher test of their credentials than tomorrow's opener at Chesterfield."It couldn't be a harder start for us because they have got a big strong squad," said the City boss YORK
IT can be a nightmare walking round the supermarket when you've got triplets. You can pop two in the trolley seats ... but what do you do with the third child? Tesco came up with the answer when Julie Tiffney - mother of triplets Charles, William and
LONG-DISTANCE truckers who spend their night stops in York sleeping in their cabs in lay-bys without toilets or washing facilities are calling for action from the council. Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union Commercial branch, which represents
World Championship Snooker, published by Codemasters, available on PC and Playstation CUE the famous BBC theme tune! So begins Codemasters' marvellous new World Championship Snooker. Pit your wits against 20 of the world's top professionals as you battle
YORK City fans will get a glimpse of what could have been tomorrow with striker Luke Beckett set to make his League debut for Chesterfield, writes Dave Stamford. The former Chester City hot shot, subject of a £150,000 bid by York over the summer, lines
YORK City chief Terry Dolan admits the Minstermen could not have chosen a tougher test of their credentials than tomorrow's opener at Chesterfield."It couldn't be a harder start for us because they have got a big strong squad," said the City boss YORK
A MAN was today helping police with their inquiries into a blaze at a block of flats in which 20 tenants were rescued by firefighters. The blaze started last night in a ground-floor flat in Wensley House, Bouthwaite Drive, Acomb, where tenant Brian McGillicuddy
IT WILL have taken almost a year, but a little piece of history should be created at Bootham Crescent sometime soon. IT WILL have taken almost a year, but a little piece of history should be created at Bootham Crescent sometime soon.First sightings in
YORK City chief Terry Dolan admits the Minstermen could not have chosen a tougher test of their credentials than tomorrow's opener at Chesterfield. "It couldn't be a harder start for us because they have got a big strong squad," said the City boss. "Their
CHRIS TITLEY asks: whose country is it anyway? FOR those with a black sense of humour, it was a laughable suggestion. Northamptonshire, that characterless county somewhere south of here, is desperate to carve out its own identity to drag in the tourists
LAST year's player of year Barry Jones and midfielder Scott Jordan will join new signing Gary Hobson in sitting out tomorrow's friendly at North Ferriby (3pm). With Dolan prepared to play a mixture of reserves and juniors for next week's North Riding
TYNE Tees Television seeks stars for the second series of The Real DIY Show. Are you mad on DIY? Are you a keen amateur with some degree of success? Would you like to appear on TV? If the answer is yes to these questions the producers would like to hear
AS a regular Evening Press reader I have, for the past few weeks, wondered at the antics of the Labour councillors at Guildhall including massive expenses claims, £16,000 to £18,000, and now wages up to £50,000, for doing what can only be described as
YOU reported the new cabinet-style system for Selby District Council, to be trialled from October 1. Am I the only one who finds the proposals, and the way they have been announced, unsettling and undemocratic? Labour is the largest party on the council
YORK City fans will get a glimpse of what could have been tomorrow with striker Luke Beckett set to make his League debut for Chesterfield, writes Dave Stamford. The former Chester City hot shot, subject of a £150,000 bid by York over the summer, lines
YORK City's first reserve fixture of the season against Walsall on Wednesday will now be staged at Bootham Crescent. The game had been schedule to take place at the Bescot Stadium but will now kick-off at 7pm at York. The return match on December 13 will
THE Patriot has already got up noses with its rampant American flag waving. Now it is the turn of the equally offensive Rules Of Engagement, a gung-ho exercise in warped jingoism that was a long time in coming to Britain but still arrived too soon. Rules
THE most famous British bomber of the Second World War will be making a special appearance at an air show near York. In fact there won't just be one four-engine Lancaster aeroplane flying over the event at Rufforth Airfield - there will be five of them
YOU don't have to have a gun to take part in the "Glorious Twelfth" tomorrow - thanks to two entrepreneurs whose new Internet business includes a virtual grouse-shooting game. The sporting Internet site www.hotbarrels.com is the brainchild of Edward Bromet
A SUBWAY for cyclists and pedestrians could be built beneath the proposed new roundabout on the A19 at Rawcliffe. City of York planning councillors have given the green light to plans for a £1.5 million new, bigger roundabout at the A19 junction with
NORTH Yorkshire's police force was today given the go-ahead to recruit an extra 43 officers by 2003. The boost is a share of a ring-fenced fund announced by Home Secretary Jack Straw last month, to sign up 4,000 more officers nationwide. The 43 more than
POLICE staged an identity parade of stolen bears so a Shiptonthorpe woman could check if hers was among them. The line-up of concrete bears was staged to help Margaret George, from Shiptonthorpe, to recover her lost garden ornament. But Homer, Margaret's
A BOY has been charged with robbing three German teenage visitors to York. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before York magistrates in custody. He is accused of robbing one visitor of a £300 Seiko watch, a second of £15
MANAGERS at Nestl have confirmed that some employees stopped work after hearing about proposals to take on 100 extra staff specifically for weekend shifts. A company spokesman added the employees returned to work "after receiving further information from
YORK City's first reserve fixture of the season against Walsall on Wednesday will now be staged at Bootham Crescent. The game had been schedule to take place at the Bescot Stadium but will now kick-off at 7pm at York. The return match on December 13 will
Tenants must pay for pest control. A York mother was forced out of her home after it was infested by swarms of flying ants. Clair Milnes, who has a ten-month-old son, Paul Ashley, and is expecting another baby, spent time at the homes of a neighbour and
THE archivist suspended by City of York Council for "whistle blowing" on plans to relocate historic city records is to be allowed back to work. But supporters of Rita Freedman say she has gone off work ill due to exhaustion, and will not be returning
A TRUE native of York who said hard work and a sherry tipple were the secrets of her long life has died aged 103. Annie Boulton was born in the Groves area and worked at the Rowntree factory and in school canteens. She lived at the York Rise Nursing Home
TENNIS fans were today celebrating a major victory in their fight to secure a new tennis centre for York. Councillors have agreed planning permission for a £10 million centre in Hull Road, for Next Generation Clubs Ltd and the College of Ripon and York
All eyes are on York's rise towards the top four of the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League after jumping from ninth to fourth place in the last nine weeks.But while the Clifton Park club improve, Scarborough were keeping their fingers crossed that one
FIRE chiefs have condemned an act of "mindless hooliganism" which could have led to tragedy during the blaze at Wensley House. When York firefighters answered an earlier call they discovered a gas cylinder had been dumped on a rubbish fire in a field
Pressure on Duffield to come up with the scoring touch. GOAL greedy Peter Duffield is gunning to start York City's season with a bang. The summer acquisition from Darlington has bagged three goals in an impressive pre-season but admits they will count
Net users concerned as new law grants 'right to snoop' on email. Think that the emails you send are safe from prying eyes? Think again. At the end of last month the RIP Bill was passed through the House of Commons. The RIP Act - or Regulation of Investigatory
