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After York police worker Andrea Davis blew the whistle on nuisance mail rip-offs, JO HAYWOOD looks at this year's top scams - and how to beat them.
As hundreds of public phones face the axe, CHRIS TITLEY investigates how mobile technology is changing our lives.
FRESH from its second victory in succession as Retailer of the Year in the annual Fine Art Guild Awards, Castle Galleries, in the Coppergate Centre, York, is now pitching for the same title in the 2004 Evening Press Business Awards.
YORK City will not be able to appeal against Chris Porter's red card in Tuesday night's 1-0 defeat against Accrington Stanley after missing the Football Association's deadline.
YORK City goalkeeper Chris Porter is praying his appeal against his red card will prove successful - but in the meantime offered praise to young stand-in David Stockdale.
Kieren Fallon, at the centre of dramatic scenes yesterday when he was one of 16 people detained by police after dawn raids into a race-fixing investigation, will be in action at Kempton tomorrow, hoping to make headlines of a different kind.
George is a home-made cupboard. It's named after Jacky Featherstone's 14-year-old son.
PLAYERS reached for the sun in the Vork Volleyball Tournament.
YORK could adopt an abandoned car amnesty scheme to help people get rid of unwanted cars, as part of a raft of measures to create a cleaner, safer city.
ENGLAND and Wales cricket board pitch inspector, Mike Denness, was called to North Marine Road today after the umpires in Yorkshire's Championship game against Durham reported that the pitch had taken spin on the first day.
IT is usually only American rap groups where the notorious personal history is better known than the actual music - not skinny guitar-playing blokes from London.
Don't be fooled by the name - this New York band's sound couldn't be any further removed from their BBC equivalent.
THE two big football stories of the week surround the Wayne Rooney transfer and the sacking of Sir Bobby Robson.
OLD Malton won their York Leeper Hare Football League premier division derby when they won 1-0 at neighbours Malton Bacon Factory - an identical scoreline to last season.
THE launch of a new national information service has changed the way in which City of York Council Trading Standards now operates and gives advice.
BE careful: it's a jungle out there. Or at the very least, a small farm.
ELEVEN out of 12 industrial units, part of a planned £2 million office and industrial development in York, have been sold - even before achieving detailed planning consent.
EMPLOYERS in York are being warned to prepare carefully for tighter rules governing payment of the increased national minimum wage, which come into force on October 1.
MICHAEL Howard thinks political correctness is the root cause of all that is wrong with modern life. He said so in a speech last week.
WE all want a clean and tidy city. Litter-strewn streets, graffiti and derelict buildings demean residents' quality of life and devalue the visitor experience.
THERE is no better way to enjoy our city than by foot. And soon there may be even more York to walk.
York Acorn boss Dave Kay was shying away from making predictions for the coming season - but hoped other people's low expectations of them might prove beneficial.
DERBY day kicks off the season in Pennine League division five - and York Groves can't wait.
YORK Groves ARLC ended up with the wooden spoon when hosting their annual pre-season mini-tournament.
THE most successful York-area football team in recent years has been forced to call it quits due to a drastic downturn in player numbers.
THE Finn Brothers, Tim and younger bro Neil, have long been the finished article in dark and light melodic songwriting from the Antipodes.
NEW Bjork, new Bjork, the Icelandic chameleon changes more often than traffic lights.
I DIDN'T really know what to expect from this, but I was pleasantly surprised.
CITY of York Council must learn lessons over its road gritting policy following the death of a Securicor worker, the York coroner has warned.
YORK residents could be hit with a £100 fine if they put their bin bags out early.
A YORK bus driver was shot in the eye by yobs firing a pellet gun as he drove through Acomb.
YORK IV crushed Ovington II by eight wickets in the final of the York Vale Cricket League Prendergast Memorial Cup final at Tadcaster.
I FIND it amazing to hear City of York Council claim the traffic system would work if taxis had used the pick-up and drop-off points.
HOW unfortunate to have an article explaining our continuing struggle with spelling the English language correctly ("Letter louts and English sense", August 31), on the same page as the following: "Maybe you keep a heard of Friesians in your back…
AS one of the Labour councillors who objected to the planning applications which will now lead to the demolition of Burton Croft, I was disappointed to learn that Coun D'Agorne could not ensure either himself or Coun Hill could be present at the…
WHAT M Bowker says in his letter is absolutely right (August 30). Everything in this country is going drastically wrong.
WOULD City of York Council be so good as to spend some of its parking fees revenue on pruning the trees along Shipton Road?
A YORK bus driver has been shot in the eye by yobs firing a pellet gun as he drove through Acomb.
THIS is the sound of the former Boo Radleys singer trying to stay focused.
Live in concert August "Kid Creole" Darnell is one of the true greats.
NO one could accuse veteran pedal steel player BJ Cole of being a stick-in-the-mud.
STAFF at the York Tourism Bureau are celebrating success after reaching a major milestone in the organisation's 17-year history.
A TEENAGER has been jailed for more than three years for a series of knife threats and muggings on York youngsters.
YORK is aiming for the highest level of sports participation in England, but has no plans to provide new facilities to help realise its dream, an inquiry heard.
YORK residents can look forward to better foot and cycle paths within the area as the city council is chosen as a beacon authority to bring public rights of way into the 21st century.
A NEW start and a clean slate. That's the way Heworth ARLC will approach the National Conference League division two campaign, which kicks off on Saturday.
UNDER the magnifying glass, champion jockey Kieren Fallon was dominating the thoughts of punters who turned up at Knavesmire for the September meeting at York Racecourse yesterday.
CHAMPIONS Norwich Union are timing their jump to top spot in the first division of the HPH York Vale Cricket League perfectly.
NORTH YORKSHIRE trainer Karl Burke today insisted he had done nothing wrong after being arrested by police investigating the alleged fixing of horse races.
SO the Royal Mail hasn't reached any of its targets set in May but at least the service is improving, according to chief executive Adam Crozier (August 31).
