WHAT is it with all this residential development going on in and around York, and especially the one and two bedroom flats? Typical is the planned construction in the very short stretch of Heworth Green between Monkbridge roundabout and Mill Lane of 575
YOUR correspondent Adrian Wilson is wrong if he thinks that there are "hundreds of empty council homes in York" (November 1) At the moment there are 61. The vast majority of these have either been let to a new tenant of are undergoing essential repairs
WE would like to say a very big thank you to PC Lee Fickling for the barbecue at our youth club Molys on November 4 (pictured above). As reported in your paper, this event was well attended and the atmosphere fantastic. If was especially nice to have
WHAT a bizarre individual Clare Brenton must be to make such a strange tirade about the unacceptable level of noise pollution created by 'York men' (Letters, November 9). And this coming from someone who lives in London, the noisiest and most unpleasant
THE wonderful Wizard Of Oz never fails to endear itself to another generation. Last night, there were children aplenty in a busy, bustling first-night house, all wishing to join Dorothy as she followed the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. That yellow
DANIEL Bates is the new chief executive of York Theatre Royal. At present executive director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse - second in the chain of command at the Leeds theatre - he will replace the Royal Shakespeare Company-bound Ludo Keston from January
MORE crimes are committed against small businesses in Yorkshire than anywhere else in Britain, costing the region millions of pounds a year, according to a new survey. Small enterprises in Yorkshire and Humber endure the highest incidence of vandalism
A YORK company employing 67 disabled people has won a contract to sew 30,000 garments for the United States military. The order sees a return to clothing manufacture for the staff of Remploy York after three years concentrating on packaging contracts.
NORMALLY the day before you start your job people say: "Break a leg." But that theatrical expression of good luck was taken too far by Adam Lloyd. He was due to start his new job as manager of the Harrogate Moat House Hotel, but fell over in a playground
ONE thing is almost certain during this year's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship in York if last year here and results from other recent major tournaments elsewhere are anything to go by - big names will suffer shock exits. Last year, defending champion
SNOOKER has become more than a game for Simon Crossley. He has turned it into an art form. The 24-year-old Bishopthorpe man has created a series of portraits of the world's top 16 players and will be putting two sets of them on show at York's Barbican
NEW York City boss Viv Busby today revealed it was his predecessor Chris Brass who persuaded him to lead the Minstermen. The bombshell news that Brass was to be axed as player-manager prompted Busby to tell the City board that both he and Brass' assistant
TRADING standards chiefs in North Yorkshire want more powers to help them crack down on websites selling dodgy identification documents. Officials believe the number of sites selling everything from passports to driving licences, utility bills, car tax
THE stars of tomorrow caught the eye of Fame Academy's Alistair Griffin when he dropped in at York's performing arts school. Alistair judged a talent contest at the city's very own answer to Fame - Manor School - on Monday where 18 young hopefuls from
SCHOOLS, colleges and businesses in York and North Yorkshire will be joining in the first Enterprise Week. Running next week, from November 15 to 21, Enterprise Week aims to demonstrate to the community how crucial it is to encourage the entrepreneurial
RUGBY league fever was spread to five more primary schools this week at the latest York City Knights tag festival. Heworth were on top of the world after winning the newcomers tournament by the narrowest of margins - and hopes are high that all five schools
LADY luck was not with York City Schools' Under 12 footballers as they lost 3-1 against Nottingham. York hit the woodwork three times and created several chances. Matthew Dale netted York's goal with a left foot shot in to the bottom corner. Adam Thornton
YOUNGSTERS from York's Joseph Rowntree School were edged out of the battle for a place in the finals of Yorkshire Water's Rugby League Nines competition. A total of eight teams made it through to the regional finals at the South Leeds Stadium, where competition
HIGHWAYS bosses are suggesting a compromise after residents claimed a proposed new pedestrian refuge in a busy York road would leave them unable to park. Two new refuges are being proposed in Main Street, Fulford, in response to requests for better crossing
STRESS and depression are partly to blame for the rising number of North Yorkshire Police officers going off the beat. Each condition accounted for more than 1,200 missed working days among uniformed officers between April and September this year. Police
PLANS to make York's "hidden gem" more accessible to the public have been rubberstamped by senior city councillors. But leading Liberal Democrats have pledged to monitor moves to open the Mansion House to visitors. Councillor Ann Reid said the council
SPORTS fans in the York area could be on the guest list for the BBC Sports Awards for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at York Racecourse next month. Vote for your local sports personality of the year and you could be at the gala evening, sponsored by Nestl
SEBASTIEN Sainsbury has pledged that if his consortium's £25million takeover of Leeds United is not completed by Friday, they will start making penalty payments to Jack Petchey. An instalment on the £15m borrowed from Aston Villa shareholder Petchey by
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a disturbing incident in which a man was left with serious facial injuries after an unprovoked street attack. The man was walking in Navigation Road when he was approached by another man drinking a can of lager who
AUSSIE hot-shot Quinten Hann's opponents will have to box clever when they come up against him in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. The quick-tempered 'bad boy' is fighting fit after taking up boxing this summer. Hann, who plays qualifier Shokat
THE youngest player competing in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship will be 17-year-old Chinese cracker Ding Junhui. He is through to the final stages of a world ranking event for the only the third time in his fledgling career. Ding, ranked 76
The magnificent Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship trophy won't be the only glittering prize on display at York's Barbican Centre during the big tournament. The new Masters trophy will be on show in the CueZone area in the lower gym. Leeds ace Paul
Councillors have voted to rip up their free car parking badges as they prepare to roll out controversial new charges across City of York Council's car parks. The decision to scrap the permits was agreed without debate at last night's full council meeting
This year is the 28th UK Snooker Championship. Steve Davis has won the title six times and Stephen Hendry five. When it began in 1977 the event was open only to British residents and passport holders. With a field of 24, it was held at Blackpool Tower
WAS it really only 48 hours ago that I was sitting on a beach in Cyprus, wringing the last bit of sun out of my late, late bargain break to the Med, and thinking: "This is the warmest I'll feel in the open air for the next six months"? It feels more like
ON Saturday October 30, I was selling poppies at the McArthurGlen outlet near York, for the Fulford and District Branch, Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. I had been wearing the appropriate dress including my bar of six campaign medals and was later
I WRITE with reference to the article by Stephen Lewis "How dumb can they be" (November 3). I think Mr Lewis should have one or two things pointed out to him. He says that while he does not deny the existence of God, he does not believe what the bible
SO the Middleton Hunt "applauded and cheered" a declaration of martyr at their meet, did they (November 8)? Would this be the same sort of thing that sends suicide bombers on their way to blowing up British soldiers like the Black Watch the other day?
AN alternative take on an MPs travel expenses could be that it reflects the time spent and distance travelled dealing with constituency matters ("Get a car John", Letters, November 6). In our experience, John Grogan is an assiduous constituency MP. If
DAVID Sammels is entitled to his opinion about John Grogan's expenses, but he is not entitled to smear him as a Blairite. Unlike the majority of Tories, who are now hoist by their own petard, John Grogan voted against the illegal war in Iraq; you cannot
HAVING seen and heard the terrible effects of the free-for-all which took place on Guy Fawkes Night this year, City of York Council must take immediate action to ban the use of fireworks in private gardens and on public land. As for the appalling madness
BONFIRE Night in York was a shameful exhibition of selfishness and ignorance. There is nothing wrong with pretty lighting effects, and responsibly-designed fireworks provide these with minimal noise. But the shattering detonations on Friday sounded like
YORK City Knights have emerged as favourites to sign the highly-rated Thorman brothers from Gateshead Thunder. The duo, Neil and Paul, who can play at half-back, hooker or loose-forward, have been the star attractions at the Thunderdome in recent seasons
I WOULD be saddened by closure of any of the public footpaths crossing the St Peter's grounds and question whether they present any more of a security and safety risk than other footpaths around York. My wife and I are regular users of the footpaths which
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 100 years ago: The woodcock was much more plentiful in Yorkshire than had been the case for some years past. The woodcock was partially prolific at one time in North Yorkshire, and indeed throughout the north generally. In
AFTER the last few days, those gallant folk at Bootham Crescent could do with pepping up. So we were delighted to receive an email fizzing with positive vibes from Julie Maycock, of Jacobi Close, York. Julie was responding to the Worst Ever York City
NOT a stroke of swimming was to be had in York's municipal baths last night. The Barbican is closed, awaiting its rebirth. A heating system failure did for Yearsley pool, then Edmund Wilson was shut by a technical fault. An unhappy coincidence, certainly
THE doctors credit conventional medicine. The patient puts it down to an intensive complementary treatment. Both theories have merit. But we are inclined to believe that Chris Nelson's improved condition can be largely ascribed to her astonishing self-belief
Matthew Stevens is prepared to have to work hard if he is to keep his UK snooker crown. After he won the Travis Perkins Championship in York last year, his first ranking title in ten years as a professional, he failed to win a match until the Embassy
As fears mount that sweeping reforms could put thousands of jobs at risk, more than 200 invited sugar beet growers, mostly from York and North Yorkshire will converge at a meeting with the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and British Sugar at Askham Bryan
STAFF at Scarborough-based AlphaGraphics printing franchise will be glued to their televisions later this month to watch their company yacht team's attempt to sail across the Atlantic and turn a professional boxer into a professional ocean racer. Professional
ONE of the poems in Oz Hardwick's new book is entitled simply "!". It was prompted by one of the York poet's favourite road signs, an exclamation mark in a triangle. The poem depicts in freeze-frame detail the last flashing moment before a crash. Who
A BOOK with the subtitle "A journey through every country in the world" is guaranteed to get any armchair traveller sitting up to take notice. Especially when it is published by Lonely Planet. OK, so maybe Lonely Planet has committed a number of crimes
TEN days to shake the Conference world - that's caretaker boss Viv Busby's rallying-cry to his senior Minstermen, writes Tony Kelly. City's historically painful FA Cup demise - they tumbled out to Carlisle in their first appearance in the fourth-qualifying
As Amnesty International launches a high-profile poster campaign to tackle complacency surrounding domestic violence, JO HAYWOOD asks people to imagine a world without violence against women. AT first glance, the poster girl for Cachez cosmetics looks
THE number of school trips in York has risen, despite union advice to teachers not to take part in them. City of York Council figures show that last year (January 2003 to December 2003) the number of residential or activity visits by schools was 123,
THRIVING rugby league team New Earswick All Blacks Under-13s have got off to a flying start to the season. They have recruited a bumper squad of 21 players who train on Tuesday and Fridays with matches at weekends, and they have a new coach, Nick Richardson
THERE is no rest for deposed champion jockey Kieren Fallon, knocked off his top perch by Frankie Dettori when the Flat turf season drew to a close at Doncaster last Saturday. He is only three winners short of his fifth double-century and has delayed taking
TELEVISION broadcaster Martyn Lewis today urged Evening Press readers to provide the reading for a major carol service at York Minster next month. He encouraged people to pen something - or otherwise nominate a favourite poem or piece of writing by someone
DANIEL Bates is the new chief executive of York Theatre Royal. At present executive director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse - second in the chain of command at the Leeds theatre - he will replace the Royal Shakespeare Company-bound Ludo Keston from January
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to merge three historic Yorkshire regiments into a brand new "super-regiment" have been backed by Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh. The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment, based in York, and the Richmond-based Green Howards, who recruit
Councillors have voted to rip up their free car parking badges as they prepare to roll out controversial new charges across City of York Council's car parks. The decision to scrap the permits was agreed without debate at last night's full council meeting
Martin Highe (Hirst Tackle) is the new Yorkshire Ouse angling champion after topping Sunday's rearranged 100-peg fixture on the Ouse above York. Anglers were split between the York water at Beningbrough Park and the Leeds sections at Hunters Lodge and
YORK City Knights have emerged as favourites to sign the highly-rated Thorman brothers from Gateshead Thunder. The duo, Neil and Paul, who can play at half-back, hooker or loose-forward, have been the star attractions at the Thunderdome in recent seasons
TEN days to shake the Conference world - that's caretaker boss Viv Busby's rallying-cry to his senior Minstermen, writes Tony Kelly. City's historically painful FA Cup demise - they tumbled out to Carlisle in their first appearance in the fourth-qualifying
SWIMMERS were turned away last night as the last remaining council-run pool shut its doors to users. Edmund Wilson Pool staff told customers a technical fault had forced the early closure - just a day after the council's Yearsley swimming pool had shut
NEW York City boss Viv Busby today revealed it was his predecessor Chris Brass who persuaded him to lead the Minstermen. The bombshell news that Brass was to be axed as player-manager prompted Busby to tell the City board that both he and Brass' assistant
CANCER patient Chris Nelson is making an amazing recovery after embarking on a gruelling 200-tablets-a-day regime. Doctors have told 57-year-old Chris, who was diagnosed as terminally ill two years ago, that her condition is now considered only "chronic
EIGHT of the 48 players in the starting line-up for the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship starting on Monday are new to the Barbican Centre. All of them have won the right to play in York this year by coming through the qualifying rounds held at
MAKING the highest break ever recorded in pro snook-er wasn't enough to win Jamie Burnett a place in the final stages of this year's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship in York. And despite making snooker history in scoring a 148 in the second qualify-ing
A DAY before Yorkshire hero Paul Hunter's first match in this year's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship the man who taught him how to play will be in action. Jimmy Michie, from Pontefract, makes his first appearance in the UK Championship in York
For the second year in succession, a Welshman won snooker's second biggest prize when Matthew Stevens triumphed in last year's Travis Perkins UK Championship final at York's Barbican Centre. The 26-year-old from Carmarthen recovered from being 4-0 down
HIGHWAYS bosses are suggesting a compromise after residents claimed a proposed new pedestrian refuge in a busy York road would leave them unable to park. Two new refuges are being proposed in Main Street, Fulford, in response to requests for better crossing
A NEW name went on the UK Snooker Championship trophy last year as Welshman Matthew Stevens gained the first ranking title of his career at the end of a York tournament full of surprises. Stevens came back from 4-0 down to beat Stephen Hendry 10-8. It
