JO HAYWOOD meets a couple who have learned two's company but ten's a family 'I don't want you to waste your time love," said Steve Perry as we tried to arrange a convenient time for an interview. "I know you wanted to talk about raising a big family,
AN INFLUENTIAL Westminster committee is to turn the spotlight on a critical shortage of affordable homes in York. The investigation by the House of Commons housing select committee has so far focused on spiralling house prices in the South East and South
THE different faces of York - from Vikings to ghost hunters - today joined forces to relaunch the First Stop York By Train promotion. York Tourism Bureau once again teamed up with Arriva Trains Northern to attract more visitors to the city by train. Romans
A MAN was punched in the face and robbed of cash and credit cards after being attacked by two young muggers in a York street. The victim had just walked into Walmgate from Lawrence Street when he was confronted by the muggers, one said to be aged 14,
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was fighting for his life in hospital today after a serious road accident in York. The under-aged rider suffered multiple injuries in a collision with a Peugeot car, which happened as he was travelling along Hull Road,
Yorkshire CCC's 9,000 members are being circulated with new draft rules which they will be asked to approve at another extraordinary meeting of the club at Headingley on December 7. If the proposals go through - and it is almost certain that they will
YORK City Knights' hopes of signing Featherstone flyer Chris Spurr have been hit by a late attempt by Batley to prize him away. It has been confirmed that Spurr was the man the Knights were close to signing, as revealed in the Evening Press on Saturday
YORK City boss Terry Dolan will be forced to make at least one change to his line-up to face Wrexham at Bootham Crescent tonight, writes Dave Stanford. Gary Hobson is ruled out after suffering a groin strain in Satur-day's 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth, while
The speed and efficiency of training by the York-based train operators is held up as an example by Business Link York and North Yorkshire and the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire of how Investors in People (IIP) is being put to best effect.
A FREE online business referral community covering York and Harrogate has just been launched. 'eb4b.co.uk', which stands for 'e-business for business', allows firms across the region to draw on a pool of expertise from the fields of accountancy, financial
THE European Parliament has endorsed the choice of York as the headquarters of a centre which champions the cause of not-for-profit organisations throughout the Continent. It has formally earmarked 50,000 euros (nearly £32,600) to CENPO, the Centre for
IMPLICATIONS for on-line conveyancing will be discussed by York district land registrar, Roslyn Lovel, at a free seminar. The event will highlight the commercial implications of legal changes to property transactions. It takes place at Hazelwood Castle
Malton jockey Russ Garritty heads south to Cheltenham tomorrow and can make his presence felt at the home of National Hunt racing. Garritty teams-up with Latensaani in the Barnett Waddingham Novices' Hurdle and I fancy him to take the honours on George
I'M nearly 14 and I was a friend of David Harry who unfortunately passed away in his sleep last week ('Mum's agony at son's death', October 25). I want everyone to know just how great he was and how he made a difference to so many people. He was wicked
I AM afraid that the letter from Susan Scott with her facts about monosodium glutamate (MSG) was a complete load of rubbish (October 21). I used to suffer from a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation which was proven to be triggered off by anything
MORE than 780,000 extra passengers helped make York one of the country's hottest places to catch a bus. John Spellar, the minister for transport, has praised a 14 per cent increase in bus passenger numbers in York. The city's figures bucked the national
THE city of York, which was once attacked for the state of its streets, has now been shortlisted for a national cleaning award. City of York Council's cleaning team is in the running to take the prestigious Cleanest City Award. York has made it on to
YOU couldn't make it up. Accident-prone North Yorkshire farmer Jonathan Patrick has twice tangled with a farmyard animal in an identical spot outside a barn - and ended up breaking the same wrist bone. Jonathan, 24, who also works as a youth worker in
A FOUNDATION stone for a new learning centre at York St John's College was laid by Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope. The learning centre, due for completion in April next year, will include a sports science, psychology and health studies building and
City of York Ladies suffered their first North League defeat of the season, losing 1-0 at home to unbeaten Timperley. After early York pressure, Timperley scored from short range on ten minutes following a good advantage played by the umpire. The goal
ARE you a good listener? St Leonard's Hospice is looking for sensitive, sympathetic and mature volunteers who are good listeners, with time to spare on a regular committed basis and willing to be considered for training as bereavement care volunteers.Training
A WINTER crisis could be looming on York District Hospital's wards, as latest figures show bed blocking levels are running at a higher level than the same time last year. More than 50 people are currently well enough to leave the hospital but are unable
Yorkshire CCC's 9,000 members are being circulated with new draft rules which they will be asked to approve at another extraordinary meeting of the club at Headingley on December 7. If the proposals go through - and it is almost certain that they will
YORK City Knights' hopes of signing Featherstone flyer Chris Spurr have been hit by a late attempt by Batley to prize him away. It has been confirmed that Spurr was the man the Knights were close to signing, as revealed in the Evening Press on Saturday
A WOMAN tried to burn down her marital home so that she and her husband "could die together", a court heard. Emma-Jane Brown, 31, set fire to her sofa with the aim of going upstairs and climbing into bed with her husband as the fire destroyed their home
YORK City boss Terry Dolan will be forced to make at least one change to his line-up to face Wrexham at Bootham Crescent tonight, writes Dave Stanford. Gary Hobson is ruled out after suffering a groin strain in Satur-day's 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth, while
A MASSIVE £11.5 million blueprint for transport at Monks Cross, York, is set for approval. The Monks Cross Area Transport Plan incorporates 44 different schemes for the site, including cycle routes, improved junctions and new bus routes. Its cost will
HOMEOWNERS in a North Yorkshire village have been stunned to learn they could have to PAY to drive into their own homes. Residents living in an area of Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold, may have to stump up a fee to park their cars on their driveways
IT is ironic that New Labour, the arch modernisers, have enshrined in a Millennium act a law which takes us back to feudal times. For the most part, the Countryside and Rights Of Way Act 2000 is a very good thing. It is opening up rural Britain. Some
AS edifices go, it is not quite in the class of the pyramid at Giza, one of the only wonders of the ancient world to survive. That is made of six million tonnes of granite and limestone. But the Pyramid Gatehouse at Castle Howard has a mad charm all of
Scientists think they may be able to genetically modify pigs so they can more easily act as organ donors for humans. This poses a dilemma which is, at the very least, intriguing. There has been talk for years of using pigs' heart valves to replace human
THE Home Office is considering a proposal whereby criminals who commit crimes such as burglary, mugging and vandalism could escape prosecution by saying sorry to their victims and signing a special contract in which they promise to go straight. The idea
Anyone would think I had asked for the moon on a stick. It was a perfectly straightforward request, but the woman behind the counter looked at me like I was an alien who had just dropped out of the sky into her caf. "Milk?" she said with a quizzical frown
PLANS to sacrifice a community social hall for the sake of a new primary school have split parish councillors. Three members of Fulford Parish Council have quit over the proposal to sell off Fulford Social Hall so that St Oswald's Primary School can be
RETURNING hero Jon McCarthy is keen to keep great expectations in check but admits the chance to re-ignite his career at York City was too much of a temptation. Back on Bootham Crescent patrol while manager Terry Dolan assesses his fitness, McCarthy is
YORK City supporters today lodged an objection to plans to build 93 homes at Bootham Crescent. Members of the club's official supporters' club have joined the growing chorus of disapproving voices opposing Persimmon Homes' application to build on City's
ENGINEERING sub-contractors in North Yorkshire are "hanging on by their fingernails and their fingernails are getting shorter." That is the frightening alert from a York engineering boss, as the latest business trends survey by the Yorkshire and Humberside
GEORDIE solicitor Ann Laverty has left her beloved Newcastle to become a partner at Philip Ashworth and Company in York. Ann, 34, will be in charge of the commercial property department at the legal practice in The Mount. She leaves Robert Muckle solicitors
MY wife hates football. But her logic could teach the Football Association a thing or two. While I was watching Arsenal put together one of their trademark moves on ITV's Premiership show the commentary caught her ear... "Gilberto Silva on to Kanu...
HAVING sold guns on and off for 27 years, nothing has changed. People love guns or hate them, there is little middle ground. There are air-gun clubs (which we supply) in York and throughout the country who are not going to close due to the attitude of
IF centralisation of power, with its inevitable high tax and waste, is the answer to solving the problems of our country ie transport and education to name but two, then the Russians would be the richest nation on earth. But we all know what happened
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
VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh has outlined new proposals to bring "peace of mind" to the region's pensioners. Miss McIntosh said the Conservatives would cut back on red tape, increase money to pensioners "as of right", reduce means testing and reform
GHOSTLY goings-on are in store for visitors to a North Yorkshire beauty spot. Hallowe'en will be marked on Thursday with an event for all ages in Dalby Forest, near Pickering. Members of Pickering Dramatic Club will be in costume as spooks and witches
ENGINEERING sub-contractors in North Yorkshire are "hanging on by their fingernails and their fingernails are getting shorter." That is the frightening alert from a York engineering boss, as the latest business trends survey by the Yorkshire and Humberside
A BRILLIANT Mick Harris game inspired Volunteer to a 6-3 win in York Open League division one. Paul Botterill gave Volunteer the lead when including a maximum in a splendid 17 darts. However Cygnet battled back to lead 3-1. Harris then slotted a fantastic
THE owners of hundreds of bikes found dumped in York have a chance to be reunited with their cycles this weekend. Between 300 and 400 bicycles are safely locked up in a store at York police station, waiting to be sent off to auction. But before they go
City of York V lost 5-3 at King-ston upon Hull in a ding-dong match. York twice went ahead, through Dave da Silva with a good team goal and then James Still after some pressure, but Hull twice responded. The hosts went ahead early in the second half but
A SPECIAL needs group which was on the brink of closure has thanked the Evening Press for helping to keep it afloat. Managers at Clifton-based charity SNAPPY thanked the paper and other organisations at its annual general meeting last night, for providing
Acomb men's first team continued their good start in division one of the Yorkshire League with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a young Hull II. Two first-half set-pieces secured all three points for Acomb, the first a Jamie Robinson short corner at the
A NORTH Yorkshire war veteran is to sue the Ministry of Defence over tax he claims to have wrongly been paying for more than four decades. Major Richard Perkins, 84, of Lastingham, was discharged from the Army in 1959 after he suffered a mental breakdown
City Of York I picked up a vital Northern Hockey League premier division point at highly-fancied Durham University on Saturday. York were without three key players due to injury and North East England representative commitments but still came away with
HEALTH chiefs from York District Hospital were in London today to discuss the implications of gaining foundation hospital status. The York Health Services NHS Trust was awarded three stars in the latest Government performance ratings, giving it the option
YORK City supporters today lodged an objection to plans to build 93 homes at Bootham Crescent. Members of the club's official supporters' club have joined the growing chorus of disapproving voices opposing Persimmon Homes' application to build on City's
RETURNING hero Jon McCarthy is keen to keep great expectations in check but admits the chance to re-ignite his career at York City was too much of a temptation. Back on Bootham Crescent patrol while manager Terry Dolan assesses his fitness, McCarthy is
STEPHEN LEWIS joins a roving council committee on a fact-finding walk beside the River Ouse WE are standing on the towpath on the west bank of the River Ouse under the shadow of Scarborough Bridge, looking across towards Museum Gardens. It is a typical
