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YORKSHIRE have made a bold decision not to rush out and replace the injured Craig White with a second overseas player.
SELBY Town returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over high-flying neighbours Goole in the Northern Counties East League premier division at Flaxley Road, writes Tony Curtis.
A SCOUT group celebrating its 80th anniversary is planning a reunion weekend.
INNOCENT childhood games could lead the children of Iraq to tragedy.
ANGLERS are eager to cast off following the near-completion of a £100,000 fish pond, near York, writes Matthew Woodcock.
VOTERS in York are being offered a socialist alternative at the local election under the slogan "flood defences not cluster bombs."
DAVE Geldart topped the Sunday open on Horseshoe Lake taking the golden peg prize from peg 30 into the process.
PLAYING does much more than just help kids let off steam, according to City of York Council, which has launched an initiative to get more youngsters enjoying themselves.
YORK'S squad will be pushed to the limits for the final few weeks of the season following their 26-10 victory over Goole in the Yorkshire Cup last night.
AN 81-year-old Bridlington woman was burgled by a man who said he had come to check her water supply.
THE first brick towards building a better future for a notorious York shopping centre has been laid by the Lord Mayor of York.
BASKETBALL is booming in York. Archbishop Holgate's School battled their way through to the Under 15 National Schools final and York College have retained the North East Regional British Colleges title.
TRIALS to select a team to represent York and Selby schools in the North Yorkshire Athletics Championships are being held at Huntington Stadium on Thursday, May 15 starting at 1.45pm.
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has joined a growing revolt against controversial plans for student "top up" fees.
GREEN-fingered David Turnbull will be nurturing visitors as well as plants as part of his new role.
FORMER Scarborough defender Mick McNaughton could be asked to carry on striking tonight as Harrogate Town bid to keep hold off the West Riding County FA Cup when they play Farsley Celtic in the final at Woodlesford, Leeds, tonight.
FAMILIES could be left on the breadline after a helpline for two new tax credits was constantly engaged during the benefit's first week, says a Tadcaster single mum.
John Dunlop, flying high after a flood of recent winners, including 1,000 Guineas hope Khulood in yesterday's Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket, can keep up the good work at Ripon tomorrow.
ANYONE got a spare flak jacket? Those of us who were against the US and Britain attacking Iraq are now under fiercer fire than experienced by most of the American stormtroopers. Some juicy examples can be found on the Evening Press website's Iraq…
I WANT to raise awareness of the plight of the athletes who use York's Huntington Stadium.
DR Paul Charlson suggests the limited opening hours of a local landfill site contributed to an increase in flytipping (Letters, April 8).
AS a member of the new community policing team I am disappointed that Jeremy Banyard,has chosen to write us off within days of our launch (Letters, April 10).
REGARDING your article "Wish you were here without GM foods", (April 9), we need to double crop production by 2050 to feed nine billion people a more varied diet and on present trends a net global food deficit is projected for as early as 2020. There…
WHAT is Britain coming to when it allows thousands of illegal immigrants to enter Britain without passports, and yet all equines will need to have a full passport identification document by the end of December this year?
IN his reply to Mick Phythian Tony Bennett states the city's strategy is "based on creating the conditions for a sustainable economy not dependent on inward investment" (April 5).
ALL available evidence suggests cyclists should not be banned because of the late night shopping which starts tomorrow night.
FIRST they upgrade RAF Fylingdales into a major terrorist target, then they fail to provide adequate emergency cover in the event of an attack.
WE must add our own tribute to the many being paid to Jack Birch today.
A METHODIST church has come to the rescue of a York book sale by agreeing to host the event for an extra week.
A CITY CENTRE car park previously branded one of York's worst eyesores has been refurbished in time for the launch of Thursday late-night shopping.
Joe Goddard won the 2003 York Pool Masters in emphatic style, rounding off with a 9-3 destruction of Kevin Clancy in the final to collect £400 and the winner's trophy at Tramways WMC.
JOE Fox was named as York and District Schools Under-11s players' player of the year at a presentation evening at York RI.
A MISSIONARY who risked his life to help the people of Borneo has died in York, aged 92.
COLIN Smith, the head of sport at University of York believes it could be possible to relocate the Huntington Stadium running track to the campus.
THE funeral of leading York retailer Victoria Bage, was taking place today, followed by a horse-drawn procession through the city centre.
ANOTHER welcome point for York City in their increasingly fraught promotion quest, but one that had to be accepted through gritted teeth.
PYLONS campaigner Rosalind Craven is to make one final stand in her David-and-Goliath battle against National Grid - at the Court of Appeal in London.
CONFUSION surrounded the apparent £1 million sponsorship deal brokered by John Batchelor for his British Touring Car Championship racing team yesterday.
A YORK motor enthusiast who provided classic cars for a popular TV show died in a road crash after a heart condition caused him to collapse at the wheel of his vehicle.
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has not ruled out making goalkeeper Phil Whitehead's short-term Bootham Crescent stint permanent.
A HOLIDAY bonanza is expected this weekend as temperatures in the region continued to rise today.
YORK City were today in mourning after the shock death of one of its modern-day greats Keith Walwyn.
Next month marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most daring aerial raids of the Second World War - the Dambusters. Richard Foster appraises a new book that chronicles the raid.
York City Knights have appointed Stephen Green as the club's commercial operations director.
YORK cruiserweight Jamie Warters has seen his preparations hit after his scheduled opponent Michael Pinnock withdrew for the second time.
A YORK youngster who has never been able to eat proper food is a step closer to his first meal.
ST Wilfrid's RC Primary School were winners in the York Primary Schools Netball Rally at Acomb.
STARS in the making queued up on the streets of York in a bid to become a scarecrow, a tin man or a cowardly lion.
GENEROUS East Yorkshire bikers are planning their seventh annual Easter Egg run - this time to deliver goodies to Martin House Children's Hospice, at Boston Spa.
SECOND-hand traders in North Yorkshire have passed an undercover inspection with flying colours.
THE gloves came off today in Selby's local election campaign as the Labour and Conservative Parties launched their manifestos.
A FORMER Royal Navy mechanic died from a cancer related to exposure to asbestos, a York inquest heard.
YORK residents have staged a protest highlighting traffic problems on a city road.
A CHARITY cyclist has hit out at thieves who stole his new mountain bike while he was at a church service.
THE trial of National Gipsy Council president Hughie Smith and his nephew, Charlie Smith - who were charged after police were called to a Knaresborough travellers' site - has been dramatically halted amid criticism of the way in which North Yorkshire…
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for Jack Birch, a former Lord Mayor of York, who has died aged 92, and who gave more than 30 years' service on the old York City Council.
A NEW version of controversial plans to build almost 300 new homes on the outskirts of York has been branded "inadequate" by parish councillors.
A YORK pensioner who died three days after spending an hour-and-a-half in an ambulance on a journey which should have taken ten minutes was not the victim of a gross failure in care, an inquest heard.
THE Health Service is unprepared for a devastating terrorist attack on RAF
The House of Commons select committee on international development has published a report on humanitarian needs in Iraq. Committee member HUGH BAYLEY reports on efforts to get the aid flowing.
