BOOTHAM CC 'A' have regained the lead in division one of the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League and look likely champions. They beat Groves WMC 'A' 9-1 with Paul Eastwood and John Wooldridge each winning three, then pipped York RI 'A' 6-4, Eastwood
POLICE have identified the body of a man found in the River Foss, and say he appears to have drowned. The body was pulled from the water after a member of the public spotted it floating on Wednesday morning. Mystery had surrounded the discovery. Police
YORK golfer Simon Dyson continued to lead the Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open today having finished yesterday's second round at the top of the leaderboard. The Malton and Norton GC star strode purposely away from the field in his first four holes, starting
"WE will do whatever we can to help." That was the message from City of York Council bosses to Nestl workers under the shadow of being made redundant, following the announcement that 234 jobs are to go at the York factory. Tony Bennett, assistant director
POLICE in York are warning women to be vigilant because they fear a sick sex attacker may strike again. Officers are warning woman to take extra care when they go out at night because the man who carried out two serious sexual assaults in York last weekend
APOLOGIES for quoting Norwich City chairman Delia Smith, but the statement seems somewhat apt in light of my experience at the last couple of York City games and City's continuing financial plight. Having travelled with my seven-year-old son twice within
Saturday, March 4, 2006 100 years ago The experiment made by the authorities of the York County Hospital with regard to open-air treatment had been attended with such satisfactory results that the balcony system was likely to be adopted at other hospitals
Do you actually believe that Nestl staff will be reassured in the knowledge that new boss Paul Grimwood "gets on well" with Steve Galloway'? (Nestl plays blame game, leader, March 2). I am not so sure. But perhaps Mr Galloway might be able to suggest
It was with dismay that I read the letter from Paul Hepworth regarding cycle helmets (Helmet Debate, March 2). Had my husband not been wearing his on the evening of February 28, I suspect he may not have been able to share my concerns about the letter
Oh dear, once again somebody who appears to think the law applies to everybody except them. RD Watson (Letters, March 1) does not say what they were passing and why, or what speed they were doing - and obviously they could not have looked in their mirror
Either my brain has developed new powers or the clever person who composes the Sudoku in the Press has decided to be kinder to wannabe Carol Vordermans like me! When these puzzles first appeared in the Press I found I could tackle the ones marked "easy
It is with interest that I read in the Evening Press this week stories about Coun Waller celebrating new initiatives funded by the Labour Government. First there were measures to tackle noise nuisance using a total of £161,000 over two years from the
SOME of my earliest childhood memories are of sitting in a car with the windows shut and smoke blowing over me making me nauseous, distressed and angry. During the evening before my wedding day I booked a table at the Chinese restaurant in Pocklington
Cycling lessons aren't just for kids - mums and dads can join in too, reports Maxine Gordon. YOU'RE never too old - or too young - to discover the pleasures of the push bike. That's the message from the road safety team at City of York Council which offers
YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook has employed a simple philosophy ahead of Sunday's vital Northern Rail Cup contest against Sheffield - play well and win. The Knights lost away to the Eagles last month thus putting them down in the group six pecking order
RETURNING captain Dan Potter reckons York City Knights' big match experience could be a key factor ahead of Sunday's "must win" encounter. The Knights face Sheffield Eagles needing to avenge last month's Don Valley Stadium defeat to sustain realistic
THE sun was streaming through the window as I entered this caf. Was this the beginning of spring or was bad weather still to come? Usually I am passing at lunch time when the place is busy. This visit was early morning and I was in search of breakfast
THREE players have jumped onto the Evening Press/Collier Plant Hire leaderboard following last week's win at Featherstone Rovers. Loose-forward Jason Golden was the Evening Press' choice as man of the match so collects three player-of-the-year points,
LECTURERS at the University of York and York St John University College will go on strike next week in a dispute over pay. Lecturers, researchers and academic staff at the two establishments have confirmed strike action followed by an examination and
A dressing room with more dressings than the average World War II field hospital and a toilet you'd wait 82 miles on a crawling M1 to avoid. Hardly the picture of glamour associated with high-level international sporting prowess. But that's exactly what
AND in the beginning was Eve, who was a pretty smart kid, resourceful and clever, who had the Serpent for company, the wise, all-knowing Serpent, not a slippery troublemaker. In the beginning too was Adam, a beautiful boy, nave and athletic, who loved
Gina Parkinson finds signs of life as the icy northerly wind blows into her garden. FEBRUARY left with a covering of snow, at least for some of us, and an icy blast of northerly wind for all. In our sheltered garden near the centre of York, we are protected
YORK City striker Andy Bishop has stated his intention to join an elite ten-strong group of Minstermen marksmen. Having netted 20 first-team goals this season with his hat-trick against Forest Green Rovers, Bishop is now targeting the same landmark in
A MARRIED couple are to be reunited after a "nightmare" two-year separation. The long journey from Morocco to Malton can now begin for Abdeljalil Chalkhani, who has finally been granted a visa allowing him to live with his North Yorkshire wife Elaine.
A FOOTBALL hooligan who is already set to miss the World Cup has now been electronically tagged and ordered to stay in at weekends. Magistrates imposed the punishment on David Ellis after he admitted being drunk and disorderly at a railway station, and
A SERVICE of thanksgiving is to be held at York Minster in memory of the late Peter Terry, the last member of the Terry family to manage the city chocolate factory. Family, friends and ex-colleagues of the former deputy managing director are expected
ONCE he sang about Vienna, but now Eighties pop star Midge Ure is speaking out to help York. The former Ultravox singer, famed for heading the Live Aid and Live8 effort with Bob Geldof, was chosen to persuade developers to invest in the city. Speaking
ALL 27 residents of a private York nursing home, which closed attracting criticism from a top city councillor, will move into a luxurious new two-storey home on Thursday. The £3.2 million 80-bed nursing and residential home, Amarna House, in Ouseacres
TRAINEE teacher Andy Parr will be hoping to teach his Tae Kwon-Do opponents a lesson at the Four Nations Tournament in Barcelona this weekend. Parr, 28, has earned his first Great Britain call-up for the European competition that will see him face fighters
A FRAIL pensioner told today how she is too afraid to leave her flat because of the havoc caused on her doorstep by drunken yobs. May Robinson, 79, who has lived in the council property in Dringfield Close, York, for 20 years, said she was "living in
TOMORROW'S game at Huntington Stadium could go a long way to deciding who progresses through to the next stage of the Northern Rail Cup. Victory for Sheffield would leave the Knights needing to turn the tables on cup holders Hull KR at Craven Park and
STEPHEN LEWIS visits bookshops off the beaten track, with the help of a new website. Taikoo Books in Bootham isn't the kind of bookshop you pop into for a quiet browse on a lazy Saturday afternoon. It's not open on Saturday, for a start. In fact, it's
The eastern border of the Roman Empire: AD 260. Roman Emperor Valerian, besieged in the border city of Edessa by the Persians, agrees to peace talks. But the meeting is a trap. Valerian and his personal guard are captured, and dragged away to slavery
It was a chance encounter in a pub with a friend who had a "shady military background" that started Pat Monteath on the road to being a thriller writer. The friend's confessions offered Pat a "tantalising glimpse into the... murky morality of the politics
NEW signing Neil Bishop has won the Evening Press Player of the Month award for February. Bishop has been on the winning side in each of his first four games for the Minstermen with his arrival from Scarborough coinciding with a resurrection of the KitKat
YORK golfer Simon Dyson continued to lead the Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open today having finished yesterday's second round at the top of the leaderboard. The Malton and Norton GC star strode purposely away from the field in his first four holes, starting
A £1.3 million pavilion which could revolutionise youth sport in York could be up and running in as little as two years - but only if council chiefs first give the go-ahead. York Cricket and Rugby Union Club's dreams of revitalising their Shipton Road
SICKNESS absence among York council workers is still "unacceptably high", an authority report has revealed. But City of York Council bosses say initiatives to reduce the amount of time workers spend on the sick are beginning to bear fruit. A report to
RETURNING captain Dan Potter reckons York City Knights' big match experience could be a key factor ahead of Sunday's "must win" encounter. The Knights face Sheffield Eagles needing to avenge last month's Don Valley Stadium defeat to sustain realistic
'What would you say,' my mother asked casually, 'if I told you we were thinking of moving to France?' Responses such as, 'But you don't speak French', 'You've never been there before in your life' and 'Are you quite mad?' came to mind, but I held back
I NOTE that Dave Allison, of the Friends of Bootham Crescent, has opposed the proposed share offer to JM Packaging. Although I too had some reservations when I initially read this report in Evening Press, I can't really see how we can resist something
I HAVE just read the latest report concerning the welfare of York City Football Club (Evening Press, Wednesday, March 1) and note the comments made by Richard Snowball. I would like to point out, however, that it is becoming embarrassing when each time
I JUST want to thank Billy McEwan for the work and continuous effort and hard work he has installed to the players and standard of football at York City. He has wheeled and dealed extremely well with having little or no money to spend and he has got the
Lucy Stephens savours a perfect lunch at an Italian caf in York. FOR those who enjoy the twin pleasures of food and eating out, there can be few greater pleasures than discovering a new place to go, somewhere a bit off the beaten track that others have
I read with interest your article about the continuing pay gap between men and women (Why are women still paid less? February 28). I was particularly taken by what Coun Carol Runciman said about gender stereotypes being formed at an early age. Having
What does a 5.5 per cent council tax rise mean in real money? I'll tell you, 94p per week for the average household. Three postage stamps. Set this against £436.20, the average weekly wage in the north- east in 2004. Of course, not everyone earns the
HELL really hath no fury like a "former pro-police member of the public" caught red handed (Letters, March 1). Why is it the police who are at fault when RD Watson is caught doing something stupid? Yes RD Watson we probably have all committed a minor
I AM a 48-year-old business person based just outside York and I write to you with reference to the proposed Nexus superclub in York on the old Presto site. I am very much in favour of such a club. Having read your article, I feel the management is very
REGARDING Mr Sanderson's letter in praise of recycling while berating incineration (February 14), I would like to point out that incineration technology is improving. In essence he has some things right but most wrong. Incineration is just part of the
I AM trying to trace Anthony David Boyes. He was born in April, May or June in 1967 to Diane. If Mr Boyes, or anyone knowing of his whereabouts, could get in touch with me at Lenny.westcott@tiscali.co.uk I would be grateful. Sara Wescott, The Street,
WITH reference to Rita Harvey's letter entitled Sad Christmas (February 24), why don't we do as the Greeks do and leave the Christmas lights up all year round? We were on holiday in Kefalonia and noticed what appeared to be Christmas lights along the
Much though I admire TV and radio presenter Jonathan Ross, I suggest he would do well to steer clear of interviewing this week's selection of wines. Otherwise we'd be hearing from a Wezerve Weazling and a Wioker Wezerva. Not all wine commentators take
Michelin-starred chef Jeff Baker is opening a restaurant in York. Maxine Gordon reveals his recipe for success. JEFF Baker has much to boast about. He has cooked for The Queen, was the first chef to achieve a Michelin star in Leeds and is the Yorkshire
George Wilkinson is guided through the geological history of Wykeham, near Scarborough. Wykeham, one of a string of villages on the A170 near Scarborough, is the hub of Trail 7 in the Secrets in the Landscape series produced by North East Yorkshire Geology
