AFTER being presented with the division one trophy prior to the game, Malton's batsmen celebrated in style against Whitkirk. The Leeds side were delayed by the heavy A64 traffic and Malton opted to bat first. After an early setback, the Johnson brothers
THE race for division two honours has gone right to the wire with Hemingbrough going back to the top of the pile after taking 27 points in impressive fashion from Scarborough. Stamford Bridge took 26 points after bowling out Hovingham for only 113 and
AN obdurate last pair of Bubwith denied Bolton Percy the full 30 points which would have almost certainly guaranteed the third division title. Instead, Bolton's lead over second-placed New Earswick is down to a mere seven points after they were only able
EASINGWOLD go into the final game of the season with an 11-point lead as they attempt to emulate their first team by winning division four. Sheriff Hutton Bridge made 166-5 with Steve Clipston making 42 and Dave Ellis 40no as Easingwold's Alan Robinson
YORK Cricket Club enjoyed a weekend as wonderful as the weather. On Saturday they had a Yorkshire ECB Premier League victory over Hull and yesterday handed out a comprehensive defeat to Doncaster to qualify for the League Cup semi-final at Clifton Park
BOSS Richard Agar lauded play-maker Scott Rhodes after the stand-off's superb display helped York City Knights beat Workington 44-24 at Huntington Stadium on Saturday. The victory assured the Knights second spot in LHF Healthplan National League Two with
A TOURIST says he will never visit York again after his family and two friends were fined up to £210 - because they had returned to their parked cars 18 minutes late. Chartered architect Brian Martin, from Bedford, has written to City of York Council
OUR civic team lead by example when it comes to sustainable transport. Council overlord Steve Galloway zips about in his fuel-efficient Smart car (and, happily, qualifies for a ResPark discount as a result). Lord Mayor Janet Looker never ducks the chance
September 4/5 Premier Division Beverley Town (3) lost to Woodhouse Grange (30) by 111 runs. Woodhouse Grange 201-7 (K Sajid 99, M N Burdett 36, S Roe 3-80); Beverley 90 (A Quinn 5-18) Clifton Alliance (6) lost to Acomb (28) by 6 wickets. Clifton Alliance
September 4/5 York v Doncaster York: S Piercy ct Chadwick b Parkin-Coates 2, S Mason ct Widdup b Shah 31, W Warnne ct Chadwick b Jones 67, N Kay ct Graca b Stokoe 16, D Snell ctc Chadwick b Stokoe 3, R O'Neill b Jones 2, M Wood not out 90, M Mortimer
POCKLINGTON opened their Yorkshire Two campaign in disappointing fashion when they built a seemingly winning position only to badly lose their way and allow Old Brodleians to take a 23-13 victory. Though Brodleians opened the scoring with a second minute
SELBY were crushed 36-8 at Huddersfield YMCA in their Yorkshire One seasonal opener. They were up against it before the kick-off with skipper Andrew Pocklington unable to get to the game because of a cancelled flight on the return from his honeymoon,
NEW-LOOK Harrogate, with five players on debut, produced a late surge to salvage a 27-27 draw against Launceston at Claro Road. With Harrogate trailing 27-13 with ten minutes remaining Matt Challinor became the hero. He surged over from 20 yards and then
SIGNATURES are still being collected at shops and cafs across the city for the Evening Press Stop The Highway Robbery petition. Our message to anyone opposed to York city centre's new parking charges and restrictions is: keep them coming in. More than
YORK could introduce a flat rate evening parking charge - with a hefty discount for residents, it emerged today. But council leader Steve Galloway has indicated that the authority cannot afford to completely scrap evening fees at this stage. Coun Galloway
A LIBERAL Democrat councillor has written to York businesses which advertised in the Evening Press' recent parking protest supplement to ask for "constructive suggestions". A music shop owner today condemned the letters from Coun Christian Vassie, claiming
I RARELY go to Monks Cross shopping centre, but when my wife and I did on Sunday afternoon we were struck by three things. It is very easy to get to by car, parking is free, and the centre was full. Compare the city centre where access is not easy, even
SMALL traders have come up with a series of suggestions to help City of York Council raise extra cash so parking charges can be cut. Independent retailers David Cox and Simon Evans, who are leading campaigners against the controversial new charges and
WHAT will it take for this city council to realise that the "ghost capital of the world" is fast becoming the ghost city of the North? I wrote to the leader of the council complaining that the sudden rash of on-street parking restrictions and the explosion
A REVIEW of York's controversial parking charges will be completed within two months, following a noisy lobby of councillors by scores of protesters and a stormy council meeting. Trades unionists, shopkeepers and operatic society members united in staging
THEY had come from various operatic societies and choirs from across the York area - but they were all singing from the same hymn sheet. Or to be precise, they were all singing from a specially drafted songsheet detailing a brand new version of Yorkshire's
YORK'S evening parking charges have come under a blistering attack from York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. President-elect Andrew Lindsay claimed the charges were damaging a number of York businesses, "flew in the face of common sense" and
CASH-STRAPPED City of York Council has managed to find £50,000 to employ consultants - and should also find money to scrap new parking charges, Labour group leader Dave Merrett claimed today. Coun Merrett said in a statement to the Evening Press that
I was at Thursday evening's meeting with Steve Galloway, when he issued the Evening Press with his oddball challenge about supporting recycling (Under Pressure, July 23). I was attending on behalf of York Opera, one of the many voluntary, arts and entertainment
TRADE unionists are threatening to stage a fuel-protest-style "go slow" during the Ebor Day race meeting if councillors fail to agree to an urgent review of York's parking charges. The York Trades Union Council (TUC) says it is seriously considering slowing
Work has begun on a £4.5 million project to upgrade and refurbish one of the UK's top family holiday parks on the east coast.. South Wales-based Midas Construction is building a new indoor leisure pool, and converting an existing bar into an arcade and
A PAINTER and decorator has hit out at the parking difficulties he faces when trying to paint shop fronts in York city centre. Self-employed Nick Thompson, of Muncastergate, York, asked: "How on earth are we meant to do our jobs when we cannot park close
YORK'S tourism chief Gillian Cruddas has joined the hundreds of city residents signing up every day to the Evening Press's Stop The Highway Robbery campaign. Mrs Cruddas stressed she signed our petition form calling for the scrapping of evening and on-street
A SHOWDOWN over York's parking charges is expected next week after opposition councillors tabled a motion calling for an urgent review. The proposal, submitted by Labour councillors to City of York Council's full council meeting next Thursday, calls for
MOTORISTS have told how their evenings out in York were ruined by unexpected parking tickets. A couple from Goole say they parked at the Castle car park to go for their 17th wedding anniversary meal, unaware that evening charges had been introduced. A
RESIDENTS in an area of York were baffled when an anonymous document came through their letterboxes, defending City of York Council's parking policies. The two-page document, headed Car Park Issues From Tonight's Paper, was delivered to a number of homes
AUDIENCES at York Theatre Royal have fallen by ten per cent in the wake of evening parking charges. But theatre boss Ludo Keston is hopeful major changes could be made to the charges by November to ease the problems they are causing. The chief executive
Following the storm of protest over parking charges, York council leader Steve Galloway is writing a series of four articles to explain the background to the changes. In his second article, he addresses the state of the city centre economy. I HAVE explained
HUNDREDS of readers have flocked to sign the Evening Press petition calling for an end to York's "highway robbery". Dozens of coupons are now arriving in the post each day at the paper's Walmgate HQ, with other readers emailing their support for the campaign
MOTORISTS can still park for free on an evening in a City of York Council car park, the Evening Press can reveal today. The authority may have slapped controversial charges of up to £1.60 an hour to park between 6pm and 9pm at most city centre parks.
A YORK choir is warning that it will no longer give concerts in the city centre because of evening parking charges - and might even have to close down altogether. The York Rose Singers is also appealing for new premises away from the centre, where members
YORK'S three leading music theatre groups have branded evening parking charges a "dangerous and direct" attack on the evening life of the city centre. York Light Opera Company, York Musical Theatre Company and York Opera have issued a joint statement
MORE motorists have come forward to tell how they no longer come to York city centre in the evening because of the controversial new parking charges. Their comments are further cause for worry for city centre restaurants and entertainment venues which
A SOCIETY which has been organising public lectures in York city centre since 1833 suggested today that evening parking charges could place the long-standing tradition in jeopardy. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society says there has been a marked decrease
TRADES unionists are pressing ahead with a public meeting on York's controversial parking charges - and say City of York Council has been invited to attend. The meeting will take place at 7pm on Thursday, July 22, at the York Railway Institute near the
THE owner of a York alterative therapies centre spoke today of her anger at having to shut up shop because she claims parking charges have hammered her business. Pauline Dalby said New Moon, in Walmgate, had ceased trading following a 60 per cent drop
I HAVE lived in York all my life, that is more than 50 years, and I have not seen a council treat city businesses with such contempt. Have councillors, especially Ann Reid, forgotten that we elect them and pay their allowances? All those businesses featured
After a wretched start to the season that saw Bishopthorpe lose both opening games and concede 13 goals they have now registered their third win on the trot following a 3-0 home win over Dunnington. The visitors, forced to make seven changes from their
CLAMPERS are set to move on to the streets of York to deal with drivers who persistently flout parking regulations. Motorists could now face paying out £75 to get their car back if they leave it illegally parked more than three times in six months. The
Pickering Town have pocketed £1,000 after securing a place in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat of Bedlington Terriers. An impressive Michael McNaughton diving header from a Gavin Dickinson cross did the damage for the Pikes to
HARROGATE Town's fine start to the Conference North season crashed at Altincham where they lost 3-0. All the goals came in the second half through Colin Little (2) and Neil Hardy. Town dominated the firt period with Lee Morris, Marc Smith and James Turley
MOTORISTS have told how they now rarely venture into York on an evening, following the introduction of after-hours parking charges. People say they are tending to go elsewhere when heading out for a meal or to go to the cinema. Elaine Gladstone, of Strother
YORK'S top two amateur RL clubs, Heworth and York Acorn, both failed to get the start they craved in their National Conference League division two campaigns. It was always going to be hard for the duo, and Heworth fell 42-24 at home to title favourites
YORK'S controversial new parking charges and restrictions must go - and today the Evening Press launches a campaign to achieve just that. Months after the evening and on-street charges were imposed and yellow lines painted, protests have grown ever louder
TWO-GOAL Darren Dunning's switch from the centre of midfield to the left worked like a charm for York City. The Minstermen stormed to a 3-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge to ease the pressure on player-manager Chris Brass. It was City's first away win
FRANCIS NORTON, who rode two seconds at yesterday's Evening Press Raceday at York, can set the record straight at Catterick tomorrow. The jockey teams up with Oceanico Dot Com in the 'Sponsor A Race At Catterick' Nursery Handicap and can land the spoils
YORKSHIRE Phoenix nudged into the third promotion spot when they beat Durham Dynamos by three wickets with 20 balls to spare in their final totesport League game of the season at Scarborough yesterday. Now they must await the outcome of Wednesday's match
A FREELANCE journalist whose shocked and battered image hit TV screens around the world when he was kidnapped and held hostage by Iraqi renegade fighters has been reunited with his former York University housemates. James Brandon, 23, who was snatched
AN ANGRY York trader fears the future of his business is at stake after vandals targeted his store twice within the space of a week. Neil Griffin, who runs Clifton Hardware, suffered a broken window last week after youths went on the rampage with baseball
YORK showed plenty of promise as they began their exile into Durham and Northumberland One is style. They stormed to a 19-0 victory at Billingham to get their quest of an automatic return to North Two east off to a great start. Cross code winger Rob Kama
WHEN Milly Heatlie was born 16 weeks prematurely, her devastated parents were told to expect the worst. Weighing only 1lb 13oz, less than a bag of sugar, Milly was put on a ventilator in intensive care, with little chance of surviving. Her parents were
BOSS Richard Agar lauded play-maker Scott Rhodes after the stand-off's superb display helped York City Knights beat Workington 44-24 at Huntington Stadium on Saturday. The victory assured the Knights second spot in LHF Healthplan National League Two with
FUGITIVE landlord Robbie Howse is working as a pub bouncer in Ireland after successfully evading detectives for the last eight years, the Evening Press can reveal today. The man wanted for questioning over the theft of thousands of pounds from The Punch
TWO-GOAL Darren Dunning's switch from the centre of midfield to the left worked like a charm for York City. The Minstermen stormed to a 3-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge to ease the pressure on player-manager Chris Brass. It was City's first away win
YORK City scored three goals for the first time under Chris Brass to end a nine-month run without an away win. The Minstermen's first victory on their travels in 2004 - a sequence that has taken in 12 matches since last December's 2-1 triumph at Rochdale
A YORK city centre pub landlord says he is thinking of selling up because parking restrictions are hitting him so badly. Willy Leech says takings at the Roman Bath during the late afternoon and early evening are down by as much as 50 per cent. He believes
PLANS to paint double yellow lines in dozens of new locations across York and in nearby villages have failed to spark protests like the ones which greeted city centre restrictions. City of York Council is proposing to introduce "no waiting at any time
I HAVE recently returned from a weekend visit to York and, while I appreciate the quality and interest of what you have to offer, our visit was soured and I will never visit the city again. The visit was made by three families on the weekend of August
I HAVE recently returned from a weekend visit to York and, while I appreciate the quality and interest of what you have to offer, our visit was soured and I will never visit the city again. The visit was made by three families on the weekend of August
MUCH of the recent correspondence about York race traffic management misses the central point: what is in the best interests of the racecourse committee must, inevitably, be in the best interests of the residents. It is against this background that I
THE death of actor Peter Woodthorpe will stir many memories of him for many people. If ever anyone were destined to become an actor, it was him. His commanding voice brings back memories to me of Archbishop Holgate Grammar School in Lord Mayor's Walk.
IF Michael Howard expects to revive the crumbling fortunes of the Tory Party by attacking so-called political correctness (Julian Cole's column, September 2) he could at least start by checking his facts. One of his alleged examples of PC-gone-mad was
IN response to Nigel Ayres's comments on scholastic matters (Letters, August 30), I offer mine. Whatever the examination results, discussions will always take place on the merits of past and present, such is human nature. Mr Ayres misinformed comments
ANDREW Smith, the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, paints a rosy picture of unemployment in his spin-filled column (September 1). If you are more than 50 and looking for full-time work, the picture is not so rosy. Not surprisingly
EASINGWOLD clinched their 13th York and District Senior League title with a 153-run victory over Thirsk on Saturday. The win ended Dunnington's three-year reign as champions. The triumphant Easingwold side all live within four miles of the ground and
DUNNINGTON have completed their programme and hold a 20-point lead over Tadcaster Magnet in division five. Huntington were destroyed by Dunnington, whose only reward for bowling out their hosts for 23 was 25 points. Chris Burgess took 4-11 but was bettered
Monday, September 6, 2004 100 years ago: The Dean of Ripon paid tribute to railway servants, in the course of a sermon, receiving the approval of TT. The Dean described them as "soldiers of peace, who were exposed to constant danger, though the exploits
THE Evening Press Stop The Highway Robbery petition was being handed over to City of York Council today - boosted by hundreds of signatures collected at a city centre department store. Graham Audus, manager of Supersave in Fossgate, said customers had
NORTHERN Ballet Theatre (NBT) has always put as much emphasis on theatre as ballet. In the past, you could have called the company's style wordless storytelling. Now, in the British premiere of a work first staged by artistic director David Nixon in his
On the day that the Evening Press takes on a bright new compact look, we turn back the pages on this newspaper's long history in the city. IS it me, or has something changed around here? Few readers would aspire to be squatter and fatter but that's what
MALTON and Norton got off to the best possible start in their first game in North 2 with an 8-0 win over Sandal. Extra interest was added before the game when the spectators were invited to bid for the player they thought most likely to score the first
YORK RI started the season in good style with a well earned 21-15 victory at Bramley Phoenix on Saturday. Playing a mixture of youth and experience, RI had Bramley penned back in their own half for the first 15 minutes but only had a penalty by Richard
BOSSES of a York restaurant group say they are struggling to recruit new staff because of crippling parking charges. Sharon Killin, operations manager with Russells Restaurants, in Stonegate and Coppergate, said they had noticed an "adverse effect", particularly
"COUNCILLOR" Mike Laycock's restaurant review (July 31) shows clearly that his parking campaign is just a soupcon of gourmet scaremongering. Leaving aside the selfish people who were not only parking illegally in Duncombe Place but depriving disabled
YORK showed plenty of promise as they began their exile into Durham and Northumberland One is style. They stormed to a 19-0 victory at Billingham to get their quest of an automatic return to North Two east off to a great start. Cross code winger Rob Kama
CHARITIES, voluntary workers and street entertainers in York could be spared evening parking charges. The idea was mooted yesterday by council leader Steve Galloway as a review continues into the city's controversial new parking charges and yellow lines
CONTROVERSIAL York parking charges have been defended - because they could help in the battle to save the environment. Christian Vassie, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Wheldrake, said the real issue behind the charges was not council funding, but
In his fourth and final article in response to the Evening Press Stop The Highway Robbery campaign, York council leader STEVE GALLOWAY examines options for changing city centre parking charges and restrictions. THE council increased charges as a way of
MORE York organisations and individuals - from the Tories to the Quakers - have joined the Evening Press campaign to Stop The Highway Robbery. Leading members of York Conservative Party have signed our petition, calling for City of York Council to abolish
A SHOPKEEPER today paid his monthly £638 business rates bill in small change in protest at York's parking charges. Wayne Dixon, owner of Something Different gifts and collectables shop in Stonegate, delivered the payment to City of York Council's offices
I WAS interested to read that Steve Galloway suggests parking charges could be reduced, even done away with, if recycling were increased and residents used the system more (Under Pressure, July 23). Firstly, I would like to bring to Mr Galloway's attention
OFFICERS suggested raising revenue through evening parking charges when Labour ran York council - but the party said "no" because of the potential damage, Labour group leader Dave Merrett revealed today. He also said that Labour had suggested costed alternatives
YORK'S controversial evening parking charges could be changed by November, council leader Steve Galloway said today. He revealed that the authority was "well on with consultation" and expected to be able to "be able to follow a timetable which would allow
NEW tourism figures appear to show that York's popularity continues to grow - despite the controversial city centre parking charges. The study, conducted by the Yorkshire Tourist Board (YTB) and based on a sample of accommodation providers, found that
CHANGES planned for a massive robot born and bred at Clifton Moor, York, are causing a new wave of excitement throughout the plate glass factories of Britain. IGAR - which stands for Insulated Glass Articulated Robot - is the brainchild of technicians
Julie Durrans, who operates as a travel agent from her home in York, today announced that she is offering her customers a 100 per cent financial guarantee that they will either have their holiday or receive a full refund. The guarantee comes in the wake
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to York's tourism chief about parking charges and Royal Ascot. GILLIAN Cruddas has very eloquent eyebrows. Ask her what she thinks of York's new evening parking charges and they take flight: a quizzical expression that speaks volumes
YORK council leader Steve Galloway has responded to furious protests against parking charges by issuing an extraordinary challenge to the Evening Press and the people of York. Speaking at a stormy and acrimonious public meeting last night attended by
AS a market trader for 30 years I have seen the ups and downs of York trade. Unfortunately it has been more down than up. Before the advent of Clifton Moor I was a member of the York Chamber of Trade. We had regular meetings with the council and we put
SMALL traders in York revealed today that they had suffered a sharp drop in business - with some not expecting to stay afloat for the next 12 months. A survey of trade during April, May and June - after the latest parking charges and restrictions were
In the third of four articles responding to the Evening Press' Stop The Highway Robbery campaign, Liberal Democrat councillor Steve Galloway, leader of City of York Council, explains the authority's attitude to cars - and reveals the increased use of
A NIGHT out in York has become an expensive treat for Ryedale people, say town councillors at Kirkbymoorside who are pressing the city council to give them a better deal on the controversial parking issue. Coun Susan Balf said: "We now have to pay an
A VOLUNTEER who gives her free time to mentor a troubled youngster has hit out at York's evening parking charges. Helen Rough, who spends one evening a week with an 11-year-old boy as part of a council-run scheme, said the introduction of city centre
COUNCILLORS claim residents are up in arms after being shunned by York's new Park&Ride service. Labour members on City of York Council went on the attack after hearing Monks Cross buses will not stop on Malton Road. Coun Viv Kind said this was a slap
CITY OF YORK Council leader Steve Galloway is to debate the authority's controversial parking charge policy with some of its fiercest opponents. Coun Galloway has agreed to attend a public meeting at 7pm on Thursday at York Railway Institute in Queen
ONE of York's leading developers has warned that York's "ridiculous" parking charges could put an end to the city's revitalisation. John Reeves, chairman of the Helmsley Group, which has been behind some of York's most prestigious commercial and residential
DOZENS of evening classes are to be switched from York city centre to the University of York campus in the wake of evening parking charges. The university's Centre for Continuing Education says in its 2004/05 prospectus that the move of most of its adult
A MOTORIST has attacked the price of a Park & Ride ticket in York, after discovering that the equivalent service in Scarborough is much cheaper. William Smith, of Dunnington, said he and his wife visited the coastal resort recently and were surprised
DOUBLE yellow lines might have been - controversially - painted in York's Fossgate, but this photograph reveals how many motorists are still parking there regardless. Cars are pictured lining the narrow street in the middle of a weekday afternoon. An
YORK races are under the spotlight like never before. Long recognised as one of Britain's best racecourses, Knavesmire's successful bid to host Royal Ascot brings with it extra attention - and pressure. This has been reflected on our letters' page. More
WELL, what do you think? The refreshed, reinvigorated Evening Press has been months in the making. It comes in direct response to what most readers told us - it was time for a makeover. So we have swapped our broadsheet outfit for a format that's easier
A DEPARTMENT store is offering customers a parking fee refund in an effort to spark a campaign to lure shoppers back into York city centre. Supersave, in Fossgate, will refund the cost of an hour's parking to shoppers who spend £15 or more on items. Manager
A TRADER says he is considering moving out of York city centre because business has slumped so badly in the wake of the parking charge changes. Dave Dee, owner of the Banana Warehouse second- hand goods shop in Piccadilly, says his trade has fallen by
ANGER is mounting at York's parking taxes. Every day brings new protests. Councillors cannot dismiss their critics as "the usual suspects": they are not serial complainers but charity volunteers, Morris Dancers, and social secretaries. Meanwhile many
SCARBOROUGH should have won their Nationwide Conference clash with Canvey Island at a canter but paid the price for the lack of a cutting edge in front of goal. The 1-1 draw was poor reward for their efforts which left head coach Nicky Henry unhappy after
A MUSEUM boss has spoken out about the "bizarre" introduction of evening parking charges - not long after a campaign was launched to boost York's evening economy. Dr Gill Page, manager of the Barley Hall Museum, off Stonegate, said that in her opinion
The Evening Press launched a campaign last week to oppose York's evening parking charges and the banning of off-street parking. In the first of four articles, City of York Council leader Steve Galloway talks about the financial crisis which led to the
EVEN Morris dancers have joined the protests against York's evening parking charges and restrictions. The Ebor Morris group's representative, Jonathan Brockbank, submitted a petition to City of York Council, complaining that dancing in Kings Square on
HERE are some more views from readers about York's new parking charges and restrictions: "I have a choice. I will be going elsewhere where the local authorities are more inviting." Max Goodwin, Lime Tree Avenue, Easingwold. "I lived in York for nine years
A CARE group that helps people come to terms with bereavements today backed our campaign to axe York's new parking charges. Cruse Bereavement Care says evening fees are stopping people attending special sessions in the city dealing with suicides. The
THE owner of a York art gallery and shop claims parking charges are penalising the shoppers and tourists who bring wealth and prosperity to the city. He warns that if the city goes into a vicious circle of decline as a result, the council could eventually
THE furious owner of one of York's top restaurants - Rish, in Fossgate - is planning to hit City of York Council in the pocket over its controversial parking policies. Maria Abu Rish has warned that if she does not succeed in forcing a change of mind,
A WORRIED mother told today how she fears her teenage daughter's safety has been jeopardised by new parking restrictions in York city centre. Debbie Waite, of Acomb, York, says her 18-year-old daughter, Sarah, used to be able to park for free right outside
THE Evening Press today urges Coun Steve Galloway, leader of City of York Council, to reconsider the draconian parking charges that are driving visitors away from York and threatening to ruin the economy of the city's heart. It is an issue that will not
IT is probably unwise to read too much into Saturday's result. Workington arrived in York without nine first-teamers due to two players getting married (not to each other) and star full-back Lusi Sione's religious beliefs not allowing him to play on Saturdays
YELLOW Pages demands green thinking. RR Donnelley, the mega-printers at Flaxby Moor, near Knaresborough, which annually publishes 50 million directories, including Yellow Pages, keeps a close eye on any environmental impact its operation may have. After
EASINGWOLD clinched their 13th York and District Senior League title with a 153-run victory over Thirsk on Saturday. The win ended Dunnington's three-year reign as champions. The triumphant Easingwold side all live within four miles of the ground and
HUNDREDS of fine feathered budgerigars flocked to the city to help celebrate a major milestone in the York and District Budgerigar Society's history. Fifty years have passed since the group first formed, and its members marked the anniversary by staging
YORK will run out of burial space within a decade, unless the local authority acts now, a new report has warned. At the present rate of use Fulford Cemetery, the main burial site for York, will be full in only six years. Another burial site, York Cemetery
YORK residents concerned about their estate becoming a rat-run for motorists trying to escape congestion will get the chance to voice their fears, councillors have promised. They have fixed September 27 as the launch date of a consultation exercise on
A HUGE crowd basked in the September sunshine on the fifth Evening Press Sunday Raceday. Almost 25,000 people flocked to York Racecourse yesterday, with organisers hailing the annual Press-sponsored event another resounding success for the city. Such
THE Evening Press Stop The Highway Robbery petition was being handed over to City of York Council today - boosted by hundreds of signatures collected at a city centre department store. Graham Audus, manager of Supersave in Fossgate, said customers had
FORMER BBC director general Greg Dyke is reported to have given his golden handshake to the University of York. Mr Dyke, who has just become the university's Chancellor, is said to have donated the £456,000 to pay for a new film, theatre and television
After a wretched start to the season that saw Bishopthorpe lose both opening games and concede 13 goals they have now registered their third win on the trot following a 3-0 home win over Dunnington. The visitors, forced to make seven changes from their
A GANG of twelve louts set upon a schoolboy in York as he tried to stop one of them from stealing his valuable mountain bike. Blows rained down on Daniel Harrand as he grabbed hold of his customised Trek Bruiser to try to stop it being stolen. Police
THE EVENING PRESS rolled off the printing press in its new compact guise for the first time today after student Fiona Baxter launched the newspaper into a new era. The 27-year-old was the lucky reader to who won our competition to set the presses in motion
AS money-making schemes go, it was a ruse of pure genius. We're not talking Stephen Hawking-style genius however, the sort where, disabled or not, you need a wheelchair to carry around your enormous brain. Instead, we are talking evil genius, the sort
NORWICH Union retained their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title in style, hitting a massive six to clinch a nine-wicket win over British Sugar. Drax pipped North Duffield for third place winning a tense encounter by four wickets in a tense
As the Evening Press launches its parking campaign, chief reporter Mike Laycock speaks to several city centre businesses about their growing concerns over charges and restrictions, and examines how the parking controversy has grown over the past six months
THE owner of a candle shop in one of York's premier shopping streets says his trade in June was down by almost 25 per cent on the same month last year. John Reed believes new parking restrictions and evening charges are at least partially to blame for
Dave Nelson and Dan Phillips asked shoppers at Monks Cross why they were there instead of the city centre. Their comments may not come as a surprise to hard-pressed city centre retailers, but they will hardly be welcome. EASY access, and no charges. Those
SINCE the article reporting the proposed closure of a series of sub Post Office branches in York, I have been awaiting the deluge of letters on this subject. Surprisingly, there has only been a trickle. What I find astounding is that the proposals call
I FOLLOW York news via the Internet. It is highly disturbing to read of gangs of youths roaming and vandalising fairly central areas of York where one would expect routine police cover. These groups must realise the ineffectiveness of the police, partly
THANK you to the Evening Press for printing the lovely picture of my daughter Jessie in the Bank Holiday edition, following our return from Jessie's 1300 mile charity ride (Jessie's tandem triumph, August 30). We would also like to thank the management
I ASSUME Lee Peter Burns will consider the prison sentence imposed on him is harsh and unjust. But once again it just goes to show how little protection the present legal system gives law-abiding citizens (Knife threats teenager is jailed, September 2
FURTHER to my letter of August 31, I think your edition of September 1 gives a very rosy impression (Library online archive loses funding). It certainly was the intention at the beginning of the project to put 10,000 pictures online, but looking at the
