YORK rugby league legend Richie Hayes has taken over the reins of amateur club New Earswick All Blacks' Under-15s side. Hayes, a veteran of more than 400 professional matches with the likes of York, Hull KR and Hunslet, hung up his pro boots at the beginning
Will longer drinking hours mean more drunken violence and alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour? Or will we learn to drink more sensibly once we don't have to cram them in before 11pm? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. CONSERVATIVE leader Michael Howard has called for the
The Hunters York and District Senior League's representative side reached the final of the Nixon Yorkshire Inter-League Knock-Out Trophy when they defeated the Leeds West Riding League by 58 runs at Stamford Bridge. The decisive performances came from
STAFF at York jewellers Fraser Hart are celebrating a sparkling success after their company was declared Multiple Retailer of the Year for the second time by specialist trade magazine, Retail Jeweller. Fraser Hart, based in Coney Street, York, is part
ANDREW Leeming will be the man behind major regeneration funding programmes across York and North Yorkshire. He has been appointed the new head of programme development for the York and North Yorkshire Partnership unit based in Clifton Moor, York. It
SCORES of owners of pubs and bars in York face an agonising few months after missing the deadline for gaining new licences. Out of a total of 722 licensed premises in the city, 629 managed to get their licence applications in before the cut-off date on
THIS is the stunning development which will transform the old FR Stubbs Ironmongers building. The £8 million scheme will bring a new restaurant, 18 flats and a major retailer to Piccadilly, say developers behind the ambitious project. Boarded up since
CAMPAIGNERS claimed today that "declining standards" of education in Clifton were a major reason why the Arc Light Centre should not be moved into the area. A report by the Grosvenor Terrace Residents' Association (GTRA), opposing plans to use the former
HERE'S a happier health story. A man collapses with a heart attack outside York Theatre Royal and three people passing by happen to be health workers who know exactly what to do in such a crisis. What are the chances of that happening? What is more, when
IF York's first-ever floating homes get the go-ahead they will sell for a little more than £100,000 each - about £80,000 less than the average cost of a house in the city. That is the prediction of John Reeves, chairman of the Helmsley Group, which wants
The Hunters York and District Senior League's representative side reached the final of the Nixon Yorkshire Inter-League Knock-Out Trophy when they defeated the Leeds West Riding League by 58 runs at Stamford Bridge. The decisive performances came from
SHOPPERS stopped and stared as a sound more suited to Covent Garden than Coney Street drifted through York city centre. Classically-trained singer Demelza Stafford was busy busking - performing a medley of music from popular operas, with a collecting
HPH York Vale Cricket League division leaders Bishopthorpe were made to fight all the way by HPH Cup winners North Duffield. The cup-holders got off to a brilliant start. Dave Bielby (68) and Lee Wild (116no) put on 159 for the first wicket before wickets
A MAN wanted for questioning after police raided an alleged East Yorkshire drugs factory five years ago has been extradited back to Britain and is set to face the courts. Police said they wanted to speak to Michael Walsh, 62, after a National Crime Squad
HPH York Vale Cricket League division leaders Bishopthorpe were made to fight all the way by HPH Cup winners North Duffield. The cup-holders got off to a brilliant start. Dave Bielby (68) and Lee Wild (116no) put on 159 for the first wicket before wickets
ACTION, suspense and entertainment. A fantastic trio - but this "gripping" photograph unfortunately has none of these three things. Every day the Evening Press is bombarded with press releases from PR companies seeking a bit of publicity. This effort
IN the wake of the recent horrific attack in a secluded lane in York in broad daylight, and the unsolved murder in Haxby nine years ago, surely it has occurred to our Government that a national DNA database of every person resident in Britain would not
Carole Backhouse and Gill Adams (Letters, August 8) say there are many restaurants and cafes in York catering for the needs of wheelchair users. Please could they tell me where they are? I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of places
Internet shopping is easy and convenient by computer, digital TV or mobile phone. The cost of surfing the web is now the cost of a local call. Internet shopping has huge advantages - it can save you money and time and allow you access to a huge range
CREDIT cards and irresponsible lending are now major causes of financial problems, according to the York District Citizen's Advice Bureau. The bureau says debts and benefits are now the two single biggest areas of inquiry it handled. The bureau is approached
WELL-ORGANISED, well-managed and giving quality advice - that's the verdict on City of York Council's Consumer Advice Service. High standards have brought the service a top prize, after it was awarded the specialist quality mark by the Legal Services
Thursday, August 11, 2005 100 years ago The landlord of the Sun Inn, Dean Street, Scarborough, was charged with selling intoxicating liquor, to Arthur Murray, a person under 14, such liquor not being in a corked and sealed vessel, in a quantity not less
James Reveley, teenage son of trainer Keith and grandson of Mary, can keep the famous family racing name flying high at Catterick tomorrow evening. A highly-successful junior show-jumper, now turning his attentions to racing, James takes the mount on
SAY what you like about Tony Blair, but he is good in a crisis. When events turn apocalyptic, the Prime Minister combines statesmanship and humanity in impressive manner. It's a few days later you have to watch him. At the time of the London bombings
PHIL Jaques and Michael Lumb each celebrated different occasions with sparkling centuries on the first day of Yorkshire's Championship match against Somerset at Taunton yesterday. Jaques, who the previous day had learned he had been selected for Australia
A million-selling computer game written by a world-class games developer in York is to reach a new generation of PDA, or personal digital assistant owners. Broken Sword, Shadow of the Templars was created by Revolution Software in King Street, York, as
ONE in every four hours of community punishment ordered by judges and magistrates in North Yorkshire last year has not yet been served. The annual report by the county's Probation Service found that of the 112,747 hours of voluntary service handed out
THREE hooded youths armed with a cricket bat stole a businessman's mobile phone in a vicious daylight attack. The 25-year-old victim was knocked to the ground by a blow to the chest when the gang pounced on him. He dropped his mobile phone and as one
BERT Keech won the York Amateur Bowling Association Freedom and Fellowship Cup by four shots, beating Nestl Rowntree 79-75. The rink of Terry Marshall, Barry Green and Peter Jackson with skip Andrew Mooring won by 17 shots which covered the other losing
IT'S water down the drain - again. Residents who watched a trickle of water turn into a pond outside their York homes last month today criticised Yorkshire Water after another leak at the same location. Contractors were back on Glen Road, Heworth, yesterday
PHIL Jaques and Michael Lumb each celebrated different occasions with sparkling centuries on the first day of Yorkshire's Championship match against Somerset at Taunton yesterday. Jaques, who the previous day had learned he had been selected for Australia
YORK City loan signing David McGurk is not ruling out a season-long stay at KitKat Crescent if his first-team opportunities do not improve at Darlington. McGurk has joined the Minstermen in a six-month deal and is due to return to the Williamson Motors
THREE quick-thinking passers-by were today hailed as heroes for saving a man's life with emergency first aid as he lay on the pavement. In an amazing stroke of luck for the sick patient, all three people who came to his rescue were health workers. Shoppers
I WAS horrified to learn of the council's plan to put parking meters on Fossgate. Surely this delightful street, home to many small business, deserves to be incorporated into the pedestrian area? I expect City of York Council will also think it appropriate
AS THE chair person for Haxby Playgroups committee, I would like to comment on your article Hall Or Nothing (July 26). We have been told time and again that the Memorial Hall would cost too much to be brought back to its full glory. The site survey states
I AM a Muslim who is fanatical about peace and tolerance. For that reason I stand against the laws on incitement to religious hatred, as put forward by the Government, and the more recent proposal regarding criminalising the glorification of acts of terrorism
I WOULD like to thank councillor David Wilde and the Evening Press for drawing attention to the perilous dangers and environmental degradation caused by speeding traffic on Hull Road. In a debate in your News Analysis pages (Is it time to install the
YORK City loan signing David McGurk is not ruling out a season-long stay at KitKat Crescent if his first-team opportunities do not improve at Darlington. McGurk has joined the Minstermen in a six-month deal and is due to return to the Williamson Motors
I agree wholeheartedly with Frank Ormston (Letters, August 8) about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. After the London bombs we all agreed in no uncertain terms that there can be no justification for killing innocent people. By the same token,
FORMER Azerbaijan Under-21 international goalkeeper Farhad Afandiyev has signed a six-month contract at York City. Afandiyev, who spent last season with Rushden and Diamonds, joins after friendly appearances against Hartlepool and Sheffield FC and is
I HAVE no doubt that Roger Westmoreland (Soapbox, August 9) feels that he is quite right in condemning the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima as a "war crime". Unfortunately we all possess degrees in Hindsight. It is easy to look back on events
IT is not only York businesses that are risking court action over failure to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (Firms warned on Disability, August 6). A large number of Selby businesses are also at fault. Independence and dignity are particularly
MY family and I (which includes a 20-month-old son) decided on a teatime treat while in York recently - an Indian meal. What's strange about that, you may well ask? Well, it was just unbelievable. We tried six different Indian restaurants in York and
RICHARD Corbett, Labour MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber, is proud of the collective opposition of the EU against tobacco advertising (Letters, August 8). This is a position I wholly support. However, what does he think about the Common Agricultural
I THANK everyone who helped and attended the coffee morning in Stamford Bridge Village Hall in July in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. A cheque for £476 was presented to the Air Ambulance at the Memorial Institute, Bugthorpe at the Yorkshire Countrywomen's
THIS week, our regular column from York Citizens' Advice Bureau looks at the subject of tax credits. YOU might have forgotten the tax credits coverage in June - unless you're unlucky enough to be affected. But we haven't. And we're determined the Inland
