YORK City chairman John Batchelor has moved quickly to rubbish rumours he is set to be unveiled as Barnsley's new chairman, writes Tony Curtis. Speculation coming out of Oakwell had suggested Batchelor was poised to be the man to guide Barnsley out of
YORK City new recruit Michael Reddy is expected to start tonight's crunch clash at Hartlepool United (7.45pm) on the bench. As revealed on the Evening Press's award-winning website www.thisisyork.co.uk, manager Terry Dolan has signed the highly-rated
CLIFTON Park will be the venue for what could be York's most important match of the season when the Yorkshire One table-toppers entertain second-placed Bridlington. Unbeaten leaders York have not faced Bridlington in the league for a number of years,
CITY Screen, York, launched a season of 70mm High Definition Cinema last month with Lawrence Of Arabia. It was an appropriately big success, and so the advice is to book early for the second instalment, Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (PG), on Sunday (3rd
Lord Noelie, without a win since landing the 2000 Royal & Sun Alliance Novices' Chase at Cheltenham, is set to play a starring role in tomorrow's Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby. Also lining-up for the feature event is the Brandsby-trained Hussard
SOME people have a very blinkered view of the world, take Dave Gorman (Letters, October 29), for example. He says there is no legitimate reason for anyone to own a gun in Britain. What about the sportsmen and women of the Olympic shooting squad? What
After reading the article about Hallowe'en panksters I thought of how they celebrate in Canada and America, with a Hallowe'en spirit outside their houses - a porchlight, pumpkin, picture of a pumpkin or witch etc. Children walking round the area then
I WAS amazed to read the letter from Christine Bennet of Tadcaster about the recent Yorkatt & Eric cartoon strip. Like her, I always enjoy the antics of these two funny felines, but at least I can appreciate the difference between cartoon life and
SMART York teenagers can steer clear of unfashionable Mischief Night escapades by getting down to a city night club for an evening of funky fun. Clifton Moor-based night spot Ikon has laid on a special event, dubbed Go Supanova At Ikon, for 14 to 17-year-olds
Evening Press reporter RICHARD EDWARDS lifts the lid on the sub-culture that is street drinking in York "WE aren't beggars, we aren't drug users. We are street drinkers, that's what we do, but we never ask for money and are not aggressive," said Phil,
A NORTH Yorkshire pensioner who packed his bags and travelled the world after spending 45 years in the building trade has written a book about his experiences. Wrinkly With Rucksack is the story of Alan Smith's journey across the world that included visits
VILLAGERS near York who claim development has reached "ridiculous" proportions today united against plans to build more housing. Residents in Strensall packed a parish council planning meeting to voice their concerns over proposals by Hogg Builders to
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today spoke of the "terrible blow" to workers from the closure of Thrall's wagonworks. He urged the company to do more to help redundant employees find new jobs. The MP was speaking during a visit to the factory in Holgate Road, which
THE Highways Agency's refusal to immediately close a notorious gap on the A64 near York has been branded "totally unacceptable". Selby District Council called in September for the gap in the central reservation at Bilbrough Top to be shut, following an
MORE than 1,500 women could give birth in a temporary delivery suite as a major revamp of York's maternity ward takes place. But Margaret Jackson, head of midwifery at York District Hospital, has moved to reassure women and their partners that the disruption
YOUTH unemployment levels have more than halved in York in the last five years, according to official figures released today. Municipal workers union GMB told members levels have fallen by 50.5 per cent to 469 since Labour came to power in 1997. It gives
YORK residents may soon be able to scrutinise controversial draft plans that could pave the way for the development of hundreds of acres of green field sites across the city. Councillors moved the draft of York's new Local Plan one stage closer to full
CAMPAIGNERS against war with Iraq took their message to York's Imphal Barracks and a city petrol filling station. About 160 peace protesters gathered in a line outside the army barracks in Fulford Road last night, linking arms and holding candles and
A SIGNIFICANT milestone on the path to one of the biggest city centre developments for "generations" has been passed. Councillors have agreed a draft planning framework for developing the York Teardrop - a teardrop-shaped piece of land behind the railway
FA CUP fever might be sweeping through Harrogate - with both Town and Railway in the first round proper for the first times in their history - but it is another of the FA competitions that will occupy the mind of Town boss John Reed tomorrow. Despite
AN image of beaming bride Kelly Burley riding a horse on honeymoon in Mexico is the winning entry in the Evening Press Holiday Hotshots competition. Husband Keith, from Eastern Terrace, Heworth, took the picture during a riding trip. The couple have won
A SUSPECT package which was found at a York Army barracks was destroyed by experts in a controlled explosion. The road outside Queen Elizabeth barracks in Strensall was closed during the alert, which began yesterday afternoon. Members of the Army's 11
YORK darts ace Barry Noble will be arrowing for revenge when he takes on the world's best at the Winmau World Masters at the Spa Royal Hotel, Bridlington, this weekend. The veteran thrower, a member of the Golden Slipper Mixed League side and the Dinghouses
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has moved quickly to rubbish rumours he is set to be unveiled as Barnsley's new chairman, writes Tony Curtis. Speculation coming out of Oakwell had suggested Batchelor was poised to be the man to guide Barnsley out of
YORK City midfielder Stephen Brackstone is keeping his fingers crossed for a return to duty at table-toppers Hartlepool tonight in a game of family fortunes. Brackstone has declared himself fit and available for selection after missing City's last three
THE owner of a business devastated by a fire has vowed to get it back running as quickly as possible. Sue Dale was speaking hours after her family's florist and greengrocer shops in Wheelgate, Malton, were almost destroyed by a blaze. The fire, which
YORK City new recruit Michael Reddy is expected to start tonight's crunch clash at Hartlepool United (7.45pm) on the bench. As revealed on the Evening Press's award-winning website www.thisisyork.co.uk, manager Terry Dolan has signed the highly-rated
THE true scale of the affordable homes crisis facing desperate first-time buyers in York has been laid bare in a dossier of evidence submitted to MPs. City of York Council has sent a memorandum to a House of Commons select committee to prove that problems
Yes...says John Miller, of Dunnington, a Driving Examiner for the Institute of Advanced Motorists Ifirmly believe City of York Council is totally anti-traffic. For many years it has declared all-out war on the motorist and has squandered vast amounts
THE true plight of the first-time house buyer in York has finally reached the ears of the Government. Booming property prices, the selling-off of council houses and low wages in the city have combined to put even the most modest of homes out of the reach
DAMIAN Cruden chalks up another first with his production of All My Sons. Last time it was his first Studio show at York Theatre Royal - and a particularly fine production of Frankie And Johnny In The Clair de Lune it was too - and now the theatre's artistic
ROWNTREE Musical Theatre and Malton and Norton Amateur Operatic Society co-host An Evening Of Song at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, on Sunday 3 November. This is a new venture for Rowntree Musical Theatre (formerly Rowntree Youth Theatre), in a change
How does the radical new Renault Megane shape up? Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS reports WHEN it comes to design, Renault is, to quote its own marketing gurus, 'adventuresome'. Should you be wondering what that means exactly, then pop into the showroom
YORK City midfielder Stephen Brackstone is keeping his fingers crossed for a return to duty at table-toppers Hartlepool tonight in a game of family fortunes. Brackstone has declared himself fit and available for selection after missing City's last three
JUDGING the effectiveness of an MP is never an easy business. There are many ways of trying but all have their flaws. The most crude method is to look at how far a politician has climbed up the greasy pole marked promotion. Tony Blair is the Prime Minister
It was a nice sunny morning on Monday, so took my daughter to York on the Park & Ride. We parked at the Rawcliffe car park. I was alarmed while we waited for the bus, because the unpleasant smell was... very unpleasant! When we returned to the car
CALLERS to York-based firm CPP might have been more than a little put out to find the phone answered by...a pumpkin. But not to worry, it was all just part of the city's spooky goings-on for Hallowe'en. Card Protection Plan's call centre, on Holgate Road
MUMS and pregnant women who receive free milk worth £2.80 a week will be offered fruit, vegetables and cereal instead, under a new scheme to boost health. The Government has unveiled plans to shake up the £142 million Welfare Food Scheme, which is little
A NEW set of "get-rich-quick" letters have started to drop on to the doormats and into email accounts of homes and businesses in York. The city's trading standards chiefs have warned residents to ignore the letters, which claim to be from Africa and have
SELBY is Britain's hardest working town, a new survey has revealed. The National Office of Statistics (ONS) says that workers in Selby put in 44.9 hours a week - four hours more than the national average. A spokesman for ONS was unable to offer any reason
YORK'S tourist industry has survived the loss of the "Yankee dollar" by drawing in extra visitors from other parts of the globe. New figures reveal that tourists from the USA now constitute just over a quarter of overseas visitors to York. By contrast
CONSERVATION skills are being extended from a York estate to the Indian sub continent. Gordon Campbell Thomas is using skills picked up by managing St Nicholas' Fields nature reserve, in Tang Hall, to transform a rubbish dump in Goa. The nature lover
IT was to be the adventure of a lifetime. Intrepid Ange Goliger, 23, sold her house in Leeman Road, York, and saved up for months in order to realise her dream of backpacking across Canada. But the six-month trip was cruelly cut short when thieves broke
WORK has finally begun on improving an "almost impassable" York road following several delays. Wilton Rise, off Holgate Road, has fallen into a state of disrepair because it has not been repaired for at least 20 years. It is one of York's 70 unadopted
A YORK mother is fighting for a safe and accessible place for children to play in the heart of the city. Anna Semlyen said there is currently nowhere in York city centre for children to run around safely and for parents to meet. Now she is calling on
businesses occupying a planned multi-million pound 30-acre business park on the outskirts of York will share in the cost of providing desperately-needed transport links to the site. The contributions from a proposed business park, which could employ 5,500
THE man masterminding the long-awaited return to the ring of the Jorvik Warrior Jamie Warters is hoping a big York contingent will follow the home grown star across to Hull on Thursday, November 21. Warters, who is back in action after two years in the
CLIFTON Park will be the venue for what could be York's most important match of the season when the Yorkshire One table-toppers entertain second-placed Bridlington. Unbeaten leaders York have not faced Bridlington in the league for a number of years,
POLICE were today investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a York vicar. The Reverend Terrence King, 69, was found dead in his home, in Abbey Street, Clifton. It is understood a neighbour found him hanged yesterday morning. Police confirmed
HOLIDAY Hotshots are great fun. Our annual readers' holiday snaps competition gives us all a chance to peep into other people's family photo albums. Congratulations to this year's winner, Kelly Burley, with her super beach shot. Many of the entries lack
BEVERLEY Callard, Coronation Street soap queen, fitness video guru and now Mum's The Word star, owes plenty to York. "I was born in Leeds, but I lived in York for a long time, about 15 years ago, in Haxby and Acomb," says Beverley, as she prepares to
John Cooper, director of Stagecoach Youth Theatre, York, follows up his experiment of working with older actors in Bazaar And Rummage by using the opposite end of the age spectrum in next week's production at Trinity Hall. "It's no surprise that Stagecoach
