It is impossible, at this time of the year, to avoid thinking about what the New Year will bring. That, at least, is better than contemplating what the old year brought. We cannot alter those things. We can try to learn lessons from the events of the
IF we can do it so can you! That was the upbeat message delivered to City supporters by representatives from Chesterfield Football Club, who last year were taken over by their fans, and Brian Lomax of Supporters' Direct. Lomax, who ten years ago this
IT IS not just the supporters of York City Football Club who have been left reeling by the shock announcement that the club is up for sale. Speaking at last night's meeting, Robert Havercroft, press and membership officer of the City Supporters' Club,
CHAIRMAN Paul Rawnsley kicked-off last night's meeting with a passionate plea to supporters to look to the future and play their part in safeguarding the club. Rawnsley, a City fan who has specialist knowledge of football finances through his work in
EVERY family has its New Year traditions. This year some of you will have insisted that a member of the clan - not usually the most popular at the party - stood outside in the freezing cold with only a lump of coal for company until they were invited
Abuse, violence and rape have all been explored in EastEnders over Christmas, but how do real victims cope? EMMA Harrison speaks to one 'survivor' and reports on a new support group being set up in York PAIN, despair, devastation - these are the words
POLICE in York are hunting a woman who stole cash from an 11-year-old boy while he was shopping for a birthday present for his mother. The devastated Burnholme Community College pupil, who does not want to be named, had gathered his Christmas cash and
NINETY people were charged with drink-driving over the Christmas period in North Yorkshire - 26 more than the same period last year. Tip-offs from the public helped police crack down on those who got behind the wheel while under the influence during the
A TEENAGER is set to put her dreams of university on hold to help fight an epidemic in South Africa. Kerry Smith, of Huggate, near Pocklington, is to embark on a nine-month trip next year, after winning a place with the charity Student Partnership Worldwide
YORK motorists are facing fresh roadworks delays - this time on the Hull Road. Yorkshire Water has begun work on the next stage of a £4 million Towncare scheme to improve the quality of the city's drinking water. A new main is being laid between the junctions
THOUSANDS of homes and businesses across North Yorkshire were left without the use of a telephone following technical problems. And a power cut affected about 40,000 homes across Ryedale. The phone chaos was caused by a faulty computer processor in Leeds
THE SALE of York's Barbican Centre is likely to close the city's sports hall. Developers' bids suggest that the site will not include existing facilities, such as four badminton courts, an indoor climbing wall and space for five-a-side-football. It is
A GOOSE marooned on the icy Foss tested the mettle of York firefighters when they were called out to rescue it by the RSPCA. The alarm was raised when a member of the public saw the goose sliding around on its belly on the frozen river at back of the
The York Corporate Five-a-side Football League is recruiting teams for its existing fourth division and a new fifth division for the winter season starting this month. All fourth division games are played on Tuesday evenings and fifth division games will
CONDUCTORS have voted overwhelmingly to bring much of North Yorkshire's rail network to a standstill. More than 93 per cent of members who voted have backed a threat of industrial action proposed by the National Union of Rail and Maritime Workers against
The first local runner home in Ripon Runners' 'alternative' jolly holly jog was Knavesmire Harriers' Mike McGrath in a time of 35 minutes and 39 seconds for 17th place. The alternative in the race title was caused when the usual route through Studley
A RESUGENT Selby Warriors side made it three wins in a row by beating title-chasing Stanningley Crown in Yorkshire League division three. The Warriors were 12-0 behind after as many minutes but hit back in stunning fashion to beat the second-placed outfit
A MOTORIST had to be cut free from her car after it and an estate towing a caravan crashed in thick fog on the A19 near York. Jenny Knowles, 35, of Appleton Roebuck, near York, was released by firefighters and taken to York District Hospital with head
FULFORD Golf Club have netted a major lift. The York-based club are to host the Yorkshire Professional Golf Association championships over 36 holes on July 30 and 31. The Yorkshire Union first division team championship, also over 36 holes, will similarly
THE York and District Sports Council are appealing to local clubs to condemn Government plans which would see them lose their rate relief and tax exemptions. Under the proposal, an 18-page document entitled Promoting Sport in the Community, clubs will
THE plight of York City Football Club is set to be raised at the highest levels of the game. Speaking at last night's meeting, Malcolm Clarke, who is chairman of the fans' watchdog the Football Supporters' Association, pledged to raise the issue at a
TOMORROW'S Catterick race meeting was called off today because of frost. It is the third Catterick meeting to be lost in the past eight days. The programmes due to have been held at Catterick on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were victims of the recent
LEISURE and hospitality operators in Yorkshire are predicting strong growth over the next three years, according to a new survey of 200 board directors of companies operating in the leisure, entertainment and hotel sector. Growth Prospects for Leisure
A NEW outsourcing service to take the bookkeeping and day-to-day accounting burden off small businesses has been launched by Harrogate accountants and business advisers, David Smith Crosswaite (DSC). The new service, which can also include elements such
I THANK all Evening Press readers who kindly donated gifts to the women and the children at York Women's Aid refuge. Mums had a great time, and the children were thrilled with their presents, each had a stocking filled to the brim to open on Christmas
IN response to recent letters about the New Walk, I have contacted the council and can provide the following information. Regarding the sculptures that had been intended to adorn the New Walk, the council states that, rather than a requirement, they were
DAVID Rhodes (Letters, December 12) stated he was somewhat mystified that there had been such a lack of response by Evening Press readers to the proposal by Selby District Councillors to award themselves a salary. Perhaps Mr Rhodes has overlooked the
INTEREST in a crunch supporters' trust meeting was so intense that more than 120 York City fans were unable to cram into Tempest Anderson Hall in the city's Museum Gardens. Scores queued patiently to put across their views about the club's future, but
YORK City fans fearful about the prospect of watching their team play at Bootham Crescent for years to come received reassurance at last night's meeting. Concern was expressed that any new owners, including a Supporters' Trust, who take control of the
THE plight of York City Football Club is set to be raised at the highest levels of the game. Speaking at last night's meeting, Malcolm Clarke, who is chairman of the fans' watchdog the Football Supporters' Association, pledged to raise the issue at a
YORK City skipper Chris Brass hailed the fans after last night's historic supporters' meeting. The City midfielder and team-mate Nick Richardson were among the 300 strong crowd at the Tempest Anderson Hall, where it was agreed a Supporters' Trust should
INTEREST in a crunch supporters' trust meeting was so intense that more than 120 York City fans were unable to cram into Tempest Anderson Hall in the city's Museum Gardens. Scores queued patiently to put across their views about the club's future, but
FOOTBALL fans have called with one voice for people power to run York City Football Club. A unanimous show of 300 hands at a packed city centre meeting gave a ringing endorsement for a Supporters' Trust to save the club from extinction. The fans crammed
In his annual review of Evening Press letters, Graeme Robertson reveals who wrote in about what during 2001. LAST year was memorable. Not only because of the momentous events that affected so many local people, the rail disaster, foot and mouth and a
ONE question was answered even before the York City meeting kicked off last night. Any doubts about the depth of the club's support were erased by the sight of fans queuing for an hour and a half on a grim January night. More than 100 could not get in
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah have suffered the most devastating blow imaginable with the loss of their daughter. Older readers haved lived through a time when the death of a child during pregnancy or soon after birth was sadly not uncommon
A FORMER RAF squadron leader, now working at a Selby school, said today he was delighted to have been included in the New Year's Honours list. Tim Fenton, bursar at Read School, Drax, was awarded an MBE for his work for the RAF and communities in North
BRITAIN'S railway industry has been branded a "shambles" by York Liberal Democrats. They plan to urge City of York Council to debate the progress of new railway stations at Haxby and Strensall when the council meets tonight The party's transport spokeswoman
A "BEDRAGGLED" path near one of York's crown jewels will be back to its former glory this spring, council chiefs hope. Following a number of letters to the Evening Press about the poor state of New Walk - near the city's Millennium Bridge - leaders at
A DEALER who sold at least £25,000 worth of heroin has been jailed for five years. On one day, Andrew Paul Brown, 27, supplied the drug to 17 people, York Crown Court heard. "I am told you were doing this simply to provide yourself with heroin," said
A YORK man who remonstrated with a group of men smashing down his next-door neighbour's front door faces a £170 court bill. The city's magistrates heard the men were police on a drugs raid, and they arrested Gavin Eckles, 30, for swearing at them. Solicitor
ONE man died and another was seriously injured after the car they were travelling in flipped on to its roof near Pocklington. The accident, involving a red Rover, happened on the A1070 between Pocklington and Shiptonthorpe just before 2am today. Diversions
HARROGATE Town and Harrogate Railway will renew hostilities for the first time since 1993 tonight, kick-off 7.45pm. The biggest crowd of the season is expected at Wetherby Road as the old foes prepare to slug it out in the second round of the West Riding
THE brother of the York teenager who suffered serious injuries following a freak skiing accident, said today he was recovering well. Jack Robertson, 14, suffered a fractured skull and fractured vertebra after a collision with his friend during a family
YORK City skipper Chris Brass hailed the fans after last night's historic supporters' meeting. The City midfielder and team-mate Nick Richardson were among the 300 strong crowd at the Tempest Anderson Hall, where it was agreed a Supporters' Trust should
YORK City fans fearful about the prospect of watching their team play at Bootham Crescent for years to come received reassurance at last night's meeting. Concern was expressed that any new owners, including a Supporters' Trust, who take control of the
A SPECIALIST medical recruitment firm has been lured away from Leeds to York - and promoters of the city are celebrating. Guided Solutions, which wanted to be close to the growing bio-medical industry in York, was steered to new offices on the Escrick
TAX experts in York today called for an investigation into why an increasing number of people fail to cope with the Inland Revenue's self-assessment system. David Walker, president of the York Society of Chartered Accountants, said a study was needed
C MARSH states "there hasn't been a war in Europe for 60 years" (December 29). I suppose he thinks what happened in the Balkans was a minor altercation and Milosevic is being tried for traffic offences! A Ireland, Peterhill Drive, York. Updated: 10:29
I DISAGREE with your editorial on the euro (January 3). There is no difference between the euro and any of the other world currencies. There would be just as much justification for traders in York to take yen or US dollars as the euro. In fact probably
FOOTBALL fans have called with one voice for people power to run York City Football Club. A unanimous show of 300 hands at a packed city centre meeting gave a ringing endorsement for a Supporters' Trust to save the club from extinction. The fans crammed
CHAIRMAN Paul Rawnsley kicked-off last night's meeting with a passionate plea to supporters to look to the future and play their part in safeguarding the club. Rawnsley, a City fan who has specialist knowledge of football finances through his work in
IT IS not just the supporters of York City Football Club who have been left reeling by the shock announcement that the club is up for sale. Speaking at last night's meeting, Robert Havercroft, press and membership officer of the City Supporters' Club,
IF we can do it so can you! That was the upbeat message delivered to City supporters by representatives from Chesterfield Football Club, who last year were taken over by their fans, and Brian Lomax of Supporters' Direct. Lomax, who ten years ago this
