I HAD to take my cat to the vet the other day (she's a one year old Turkish Van) and when the vet examined her he thought he could hear some wheezing. So he took a chest X-ray which showed signs of inflammation, and obtained a sample of mucus which he
A PIONEERING scheme aimed at ridding York of a major road danger was launched in the city today. Police in the city have started the new campaign to target cyclists who put themselves and others at risk by riding without lights. Riders caught by the police
YORKSHIRE are almost certain to be without their ace batsman and captain Darren Lehmann next season following today's news that he has replaced Mark Waugh in Australia's side for the first Test against England starting in Brisbane on November 7. If Lehmann
YORKSHIRE One leaders York maintained their 100 per cent winning league record with a tough 23-19 victory at Old Crossleyans. Playing into a stiff breeze, York got off to a good start with back-row men Ian Davies and Gareth Thomas making bursts down the
MALTON and Norton saved their best performance of the Yorkshire Two season for the season's biggest crowd at the Gannock as they swamped Skipton 50-5. The early signs were far from bright for Malton as they were comprehensively pushed off their own ball
HARROGATE maintained their promotion push with an 18-6 victory at Fylde, closing to within two points of the top of National Two following Henley's surprise home defeat against Nottingham. They generally play it tight at Fylde and Harrogate opted for
A penalty goal five minutes from time by Ray Adamson saw Selby take the Yorkshire One points against bottom club North Ribblesdale with a 9-8 win. All of Selby's points came from the boot of Adamson, and they were no doubt thankful for his late winner
YORK RI battled hard but went down 39-3 to Yorkshire Three table-toppers Hemsworth on Saturday. The score, however, does not do justice to the effort RI put in to the game, three late tries stretching the points difference. Hemsworth opened the scoring
ON Thursday night, we will all answer the door to find assorted little devils, imps and ghosts thrusting forward a bag half filled with processed sugar to the cry of "Trick or treat". This Americanisation of Hallowe'en makes those of a nostalgic bent
I AM going to support the firefighters and other public sector workers in their struggle for realistic pay rates. I believe the firefighters are doing a great service to this benighted nation by throwing down the gauntlet on this issue. Mr and Mrs Average-Brit
YORK resident Caroline Brazier has joined the British Library as its first head of collection acquisition and description. Caroline joins from the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, where she was keeper, collection management, responsible for the acquisition
ANY fears of nuptial nightmares soon turned into 'big day' dreams at the Evening Press Autumn Wedding Fair. The massive matrimonial event, held at the York Moat House Hotel yesterday, involved more than 40 exhibitors catering for every wedding day wish
YORK'S new blueprint for tackling youth crime in the city goes before council decision makers this week. The new three-year Youth Justice Plan, unveiled by York Youth Offending Team earlier this month, will be considered at a meeting of City of York Council's
THE curtain is set to rise on an ambitious York project to stage every one of William Shakespeare's plays. The York Shakespeare Project is a ground-breaking plan to perform all 37 of the Bard's works in city centre venues over the next 20 years, with
STAFF at a York department store risked looking like right puddings after they came up with a sweet idea to raise cash for charity. A group of employees at British Homes Stores at Monks Cross Shopping Park, decided to sit in the shop's front window with
DRINGHOUSES thumped eight past a weakened Huntington side in Reserve A to stretch their lead at the top to seven points with goals from Jamie Backhouse (2), Mark Woodward (2), Gary Lonsborough, Dermot Reed, Grant McLean and an own goal. Second placed
YORK and District Leeper Hare League premier division champions Pocklington showed their class at Bishopthorpe as they grinded out a 3-0 win. Winning the toss, Pocklington chose to attack with the wind at their backs in the first half but were unable
SINCE dropping out of the League, the FA Cup has been a cup of woe for Scarborough but they have now reached the first round proper for the first time in four attempts. On a bumpy Arnold Town pitch with a strong wind blowing, a shock was certainly one
PUBS, bars and nightclubs in York will have to draw up plans to tackle drug abuse on their premises if councillors approve a change to the licensing rules. Last year saw 2,690 drug arrests in the city - 203 of those as a direct result of drugs policies
SELBY Town bounced back from their midweek defeat at Garforth with a 4-0 win at Hallam in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. After a goalless first half the Robins stepped up a gear in the second period and romped home as Hallam lost their goalkeeper
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has confirmed that rail giant Jarvis is interested in taking over Thrall's factory site. He also revealed another rail company was in the running to take over the plant in Holgate Road. A source told the Evening Press that earlier
YORKSHIRE are almost certain to be without their ace batsman and captain Darren Lehmann next season following today's news that he has replaced Mark Waugh in Australia's side for the first Test against England starting in Brisbane on November 7. If Lehmann
HEWORTH are on a high. Their 43-2 hammering of city rivals York Acorn on Saturday was their biggest win of an impressive season and it was the first time in two years they had conceded no tries. Acorn were always going to be underdogs but few in the big
A DISGUSTED York pensioner is warning parents about a "depraved" catalogue for hard-core pornographic videos which was posted to him by an Amsterdam-based company. Former RAF pilot Llewellyn Mackenzie, 81, of Heworth, said he was shocked and disgusted
RUGBY League referee Chris Nicholls won't report Heworth and York Acorn to the National Conference League after a scuffle involving almost everyone on the pitch broke out during their division two derby on Saturday. The second-half fracas, which occurred
LEEDS United striker Robbie Fowler tonight aims to take another step along the road to a first team comeback by facing his old club Liverpool at Wakefield's Belle Vue. It will be Fowler's second home reserve game within a week and if all goes well it
ROBBED striker Lee Nogan is confident that York City's luck will turn - if they continue to be positive. After coming on as substitute for Peter Duffield at Bournemouth on Saturday, Nogan had an equalising goal chalked off because of a controversial offside
YORK air enthusiast Andy Jenkins, who was convicted of spying by the Greek military, today added his voice to a bid to get the plight of the "plane spotters" back into the public eye. Andy was one of 12 Britons who were arrested last November at Kalamata
JON McCarthy's return to Bootham Crescent today ends months of speculation linking the 32-year-old wing wonder with City. The Minstermen will now assess the Northern Ireland international's fitness over the coming days before deciding whether to offer
NORTH Yorkshire is set for a historic four-pronged assault on the first round of this season's FA Cup. Never before has the county had four representatives in this stage of the competition - with York City joined by non-Leaguers Scarborough, Harrogate
STRANDED travellers swamped York station staff after the worst storms in ten years forced the cancellation of all trains to London. Queues built up around customer services points, and demand for hotel bookings rocketed as ticket-holders struggled desperately
YORK City's self-proclaimed tag as serious promotion challengers is in danger of looking a long way short of the mark. The Minstermen can argue that they were unlucky to leave Dean Court empty-handed after succumbing to a 1-0 defeat - especially when
IF you live in the centre of York you are never far away from a mobile phone mast. We know of 45 located within the inner ring road, and that figure would be higher if phone firm O2 had provided us with details of its transmission masts. Looking on the
WE were told Channel 4 would be Britain's most controversial broadcaster. So when the channel launched 20 years ago on Saturday, its first programme, a tame, old fashioned quiz show, came as a surprise. Since then, contentious programmes filled with sex
Malton and Norton golfer Simon Dyson may miss next week's Italian Open because of illness. He was seeing a doctor today for blood tests after feeling unwell in the Madrid Open. Despite feeling listless and tired he shot a 67 at Club de Campo yesterday
IN an attempt to pull in more readers, I'm going to start with a mathematical formula. (T+V)+H2O@>98.5C)2 mins+S+OST). No, I haven't turned from an airhead into a boffin. That, apparently, is the formula for making the best cup of tea. It was arrived
Are NHS patients getting the dental treatment they deserve? STEPHEN LEWIS begins to wonder IT began with some chewing gum, a pleasantly creaky feeling in a lower left molar - and a filling popping out. I was going on holiday at the weekend. No problem
JON McCarthy's return to Bootham Crescent today ends months of speculation linking the 32-year-old wing wonder with City. The Minstermen will now assess the Northern Ireland international's fitness over the coming days before deciding whether to offer
ROBBED striker Lee Nogan is confident that York City's luck will turn - if they continue to be positive. After coming on as substitute for Peter Duffield at Bournemouth on Saturday, Nogan had an equalising goal chalked off because of a controversial offside
POCKLINGTON turned on a determined display to record a 26-14 Yorkshire Two derby victory over Beverley. Beverley were the first to show, kicking an early penalty from skipper Ian Archibold. Pocklington's pack stood up well to the heavier Beverley forwards
Azertyuiop may be hard to pronounce and even more difficult to spell, but it's a name racing followers likely to be hearing a lot more of this season. Tomorrow, this exciting prospect, trained by Paul Nicholls, heads to Cheltenham for the cheltenham.co.uk
REGARDING the article on Swampy, the homeless man recently arrived in York (October 25). Whilst I sympathise with his situation, as a father who has in the past also been separated by a large distance from my children, I can tell him that nothing is more
FIFTY years after the end of the Second World War, three governments decided to pay a tribute to the British forces who were personally involved in the defence of their country. They were Russia, with the Russian Convoy Medal, Malta with the Malta Defence
PROSTATE cancer sufferers in York are being invited to the first support group meeting in the city, which takes place at York District Hospital next month. About 20,000 men a year in the United Kingdom are diagnosed with prostate cancer, which affects
I WANT to protest most strongly at the insensitive Yorkatt and Eric cartoon in your paper recently. It featured the sort of cruelty and unkindness to cats that we are surely trying to stamp out in this day and age. It was sick humour of the worst kind
There could hardly be a better place for today's National Flood Forum conference than York Racecourse. After the torrential rains of October and November 2000, large expanses of the racecourse, on Knavesmire, were feet under water. And the city itself
MEMBERS of York Lions Club are hoping residents will help to make a roaring success of their annual appeal. The Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton, joined club members as they kick-started the campaign with a collection day in Parliament Street. The
A SPECIALIST team of nurses offering 24-hour support in the treatment of seriously-ill patients has been given a permanent role at York District Hospital. The Critical Care Outreach Team was set up at YDH last year with a government grant to support doctors
YORK runners are to cross the Atlantic to join 30,000 others in this year's New York Marathon on November 3. Members of the Knavesmire Harriers running club and former York student Charlotte Dangerfield will be travelling to the Big Apple for the 26-mile
PLANS to regenerate a vandal-hit eyesore in the Chapelfields area of York could be triggered this week when councillors discuss the sale of land for new affordable housing and rejuvenated community facilities. Members of City of York Council's Executive
Malton and Norton golfer Simon Dyson may miss next week's Italian Open because of illness. He was seeing a doctor today for blood tests after feeling unwell in the Madrid Open. Despite feeling listless and tired he shot a 67 at Club de Campo yesterday
A YORK teenager has won through to the quarter-finals of the Channel 4 TV show Countdown. Former Millthorpe School pupil Julian Fell, aged 18, has achieved eight consecutive wins on the show hosted by Richard Whiteley. Julian, from Quaker Gardens, Woodthorpe
IN the remaining York FA Saturday Senior Cup second round ties, Malton Bacon Factory held off the brave challenge of Post Office, writes Bob Grainger. MBF, who have won all their York Leeper Hare premier division games this season were given a real run
NUFFIELD Hospitals is pressing ahead with plans to build a new private hospital for York on part of the Nestl Rowntree site. A planning application will be submitted to City of York Council next week to build the hospital on Nestl's former dining block
A COLD War bunker designed to save lives in a nuclear attack could become York's newest museum. The shelter, at the back of Shelley House, in Acomb Road, could be protected and opened to the public if the building it is part of is pulled down. Developers
THE Evening Press can today reveal at least 45 mobile phone masts are currently operating in the centre of York. The figure is drawn from detailed maps handed to the Evening Press by City of York Council, and relates to masts within the inner ring road
HARROGATE are firmly on the FA Cup map thanks to the thrilling exploits of Town and Railway. Both sides battled through to the first round proper for the first time in their histories on a Saturday to remember. Free-scoring Railway pulled off a fantastic
POLICE have warned householders to be on their guard after eight burglaries were reported over the weekend. Burglars stole a DVD player, four DVDs, a gold signet ring engraved with the initials JS, two sovereign rings and a bracelet from a house in Holyrood
A NEW refuge for vulnerable women and their children could be on the cards for York. City of York Council is drawing up plans for a £450,000 new hostel to replace the current cramped base run since 1982 by York Women's Aid. Paul Stamp, the council's housing
WORLD number one Ronnie O'Sullivan will begin the defence of his UK Snooker Championship title in York against either John Parrott or Adrian Gunnell on Saturday, December 7. 'Rocket' Ronnie fires in to action in round six of the championship, when the
NEW Earswick All Blacks showed their strength in depth by hammering Mirfield 38-8 in the Gordon Teale White Rose Trophy, despite leaving out seven automatic selections. Although Mirfield play two divisions below Earswick, they have won all their games
AN 11-year-old boy was punched in the face and robbed of his mountain bike outside a York supermarket. The victim was standing outside Kwik Save, in Hull Road, when he was approached by a youth. The attacker, believed to be about 16, hit the boy in the
FLOOD warnings were back in place in York today as government minister Elliot Morley came to town to address Britain's first National Flood Forum. Heavy weekend rain saw the Environment Agency put warnings in place for Kings Staith, Queens Staith, South
MORE than 200 staff at York College are set to join a strike by further education lecturers next week. Regional union chiefs warned that thousands of students in North and East Yorkshire would be affected by the threatened action. John Giddins, from the
