PEOPLE from all walks of life put on their grandest frocks and dinner jackets and danced the night away to ensure our area's sickest children have immediate access to the right treatment. Nearly 300 guests turned out on Saturday night for the Angel Charity
NORMAN Power - the liver transplant man who lost his disability benefits - has been rushed back into hospital after collapsing under the strain. The former pub landlord was visiting his doctor when he started feeling ill, and an ambulance was called to
WORKERS at Drax Power Station can expect a bumper share pay-out after the firm announced soaring profits for last year. Operating company Drax Group plc recorded pre-tax profits of £264 million for the year to December 31, compared with a loss of £42
Emma Walker could steam away with a haul of cash, thanks to her childhood collection of books. The 36-year-old solicitor is on track to earn around £600 for her 25 hard-backed copies of Thomas The Tank Engine books signed by the author, the Rev W Awdry
It's hard to believe it but York Acorn had Super League wannabes Hull KR on the back foot for a time. The Blue and Golds rolled in with four solid sets before one-time KR man Darren Callaghan slotted over an impish drop goal on nine minutes to take the
YORK City Knights will play their rearranged Powergen Challenge Cup third round tie against Ovenden on Wednesday night following yesterday's postponement. About three inches of snow fell in the Halifax area yesterday morning meaning the pitch at the Shay
YORK City centre-back James Dudgeon was delighted to repay manager Billy McEwan's faith in his ability with the only goal in Saturday's victory over Gravesend and Northfleet. Dudgeon was preferred to club captain Mark Hotte in the starting line-up after
ANDY Bishop has received understandable plaudits this season for ending a decade-long wait to become York City's first 20-goal striker since Paul Barnes. But the significance of centre-back James Dudgeon's scoresheet contribution in 2005/06 should not
Originally pubs were told to expect a partial ban on smoking in 2008. Now the Government has moved the goal-posts yet again and we're faced with a total ban next year. I understand the health issue - but shouldn't we be given as much time to put our plans
I would like to know why the toilets at St George's Field car park are always closed unless there is some special event on or a public holiday. My husband, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, and myself come to York most Sundays and it is amazing how
Fearful of Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without being in imminent danger of flooding, I checked out the local danger with the Environment Agency - I presume they understand such matters. Imagine my surprise to find they consider that the standard of
WE are trying to contact old members from the YPF youth club for a reunion to be held at the Folk Hall, New Earswick, York, on Monday, April 3. If anyone is interested, please contact me on 01405 862319 before Wednesday, March 22, for details. Mrs Sheila
HAVING noted the hype surrounding the so-called "super bus" and also having read the letters on the subject, can someone tell me what are the advantages of such a vehicle to the travelling public - and indeed those people who live on the routes to be
SO at long last the district auditor has been asked to look into the Barbican fiasco and, hopefully, he can stop this disaster in its tracks. This is a plan that the residents of York did not ask for and certainly didn't want. The Liberal Democrat council
Oh dear, I seem to have upset Paul Willey by daring to poke fun at his beloved Liberal Democrat employers (Letters, March 9). He charges me with being anti-Lib Dem and anti-council when the truth is I am simply anti-Lib Dem council. I have nothing but
HEWORTH ARLC put on a brave display in National Conference division two before falling in the last 11 minutes to leaders Castleford Panthers. The Villagers, not out of the re-election equation, led 8-4 until that point, when a crucial decision went against
It's hard to believe it but York Acorn had Super League wannabes Hull KR on the back foot for a time. The Blue and Golds rolled in with four solid sets before one-time KR man Darren Callaghan slotted over an impish drop goal on nine minutes to take the
DUNBLANE was a uniquely terrible tragedy. Even ten years on, it is impossible to think back to the day when Thomas Hamilton gunned down 16 little children and their teacher without a jolt of profound shock and sorrow. For those who were bereaved, the
LOOK around. Is little Joshua chewing on his Fimbles annual? Or baby Chloe about to tip yogurt over her Peppa Pig story selection? Take action now. Remove the books, clean them up, place them in a plastic bag and store in a cool, dark place. Those volumes
York's visit to Ilkley resulted in a 15-0 defeat, causing them to slip a place to sixth in the Powergen Yorkshire One League. From the start, York were on the back foot and were indebted to wingman Rob Kama for two relieving runs out of defence. After
SELBY RUFC suffered their seventh successive Yorkshire One defeat, losing 19-17 at home to Pontefract, who scored the winning try in the second minute of time added on. Selby were caught offside at the kick-off and Pontefract fly-half Andy Dean kicked
York RI got another potential banana skin out of the way and kept their Yorkshire Three promotion hopes on track when they defeated Northallerton 28-23 at Brompton Road. Playing down the slope in the first half, RI were soon on the scoresheet. Taking
It is a controversial treatment used to treat severe mental disorders and new figures reveal medics in York's Bootham Park Hospital administered it hundreds of times last year. Health Reporter LUCY STEPHENSON talks to a senior psychiatrist to find out
Old Malton maintained their dominance over local rivals Malton Bacon Factory in Reserve A with a 2-1 win and extended their unbeaten away run to eight games. Dave Bell scored both goals for Old Malton, who have now won the last four meetings between the
The first relegation issue of the Leeper Hare York and District League season has been resolved - Barmby Moor will be playing in division three next season. Moor Lane, striving to avoid the drop from division two, beat fellow strugglers Hemingbrough 4
LIFE goes in circles. And in the case of the Barbican't Centre, these were ever decreasing circles until it finally went down the tubes. We all know the story: no new swimming baths as promised, lots of inappropriate housing and a nightclub pretending
WOMEN entrepreneurs in York and North Yorkshire should beware of being charged higher interest rates on their business loans than men. That is the warning from Laura Morrison, the York-based project manager for Women In Enterprise. Mrs Morrison, whose
JUST lately York based photographer Kristan Russell is a picture of happiness. Kristan has been awarded a Licentiate qualification from the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP), and the Master Photographer's Association (MPA). A portfolio
YORK City centre-back James Dudgeon was delighted to repay manager Billy McEwan's faith in his ability with the only goal in Saturday's victory over Gravesend and Northfleet. Dudgeon was preferred to club captain Mark Hotte in the starting line-up after
FORGET computer games. They are not the answer to eternal youth. If you want to stay young at heart when your skin is beginning to sag and you have to drag your bum around in a wheelbarrow, there is only one thing that works: the Grandma Madge Workout
AN MP has challenged a planning inspector's ground rules for the forthcoming Derwenthorpe public inquiry. Ryedale MP John Greenway says land at Osbaldwick, where the Joseph Rowntree Foundation wants to build the model village of 540 homes, should be treated
TWO sisters hoarded more than £36,000 from pub gambling machines instead of taking it to the bank for their employers, a court heard. Beverley Coulson and Debbie Anne Lee visited drinking venues around the York area to empty their one-armed bandits and
RESIDENTS trying to prevent parking on land near their homes have been thwarted - after it emerged nobody knows who owns the site. People in Nunnery Lane contacted City of York Council, asking for a ban on motorists parking on an area of grass near the
THE York school at the centre of a bitter footpath row was today labelled crass and insensitive, after using today's tenth anniversary of the Dunblane massacre to boost its argument. St Peter's School claimed the anniversary "underlined" the need to close
POLICE in North Yorkshire have set themselves tough new targets to combat the public's fear of crime. The targets have been proposed to increase public satisfaction with the force by 2009 - because bosses of the county's force believe improving public
A CORONER stopped an inquest into the death of a 60-year-old widow after her family alleged she had undergone an operation that was botched. York coroner Donald Coverdale adjourned an inquest into the death of Carole Anne Bushby who died after she was
Pocklington snatched a dramatic 14-13 victory at home to lowly West Leeds when fly-half Henry Mitchell drilled over the winning conversion with the last kick. Despite having the greater attacking firepower, Pocklington gave one of their poorer performances
LEEDS United blew a great chance to turn up the heat on automatic promotion rivals Sheffield United on Saturday. While the spluttering Blades lost 2-0 at Coventry, Kevin Blackwell's men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Norwich City at Elland Road. It
A MAN has been charged with raping a young woman in York city centre. Simon John Glen, 43, of Glen Avenue, Heworth, was due to appear before York magistrates this morning, charged with one count of rape and two counts of serious sexual assault. He is
I READ with great interest the three pages to tell us of how our city "stands apart" from everywhere else in the north of our country, and I am very pleased to be part of what our city is and more importantly was (Boom City York, March 8). Nowhere on
KIDSCAN thanks the people of York for donations amounting to £680 during a charity collection on March 4. All funds raised go to research into childhood cancers. Clare Jolly, Administrator, KIDSCAN Children's Cancer Research Centre, University of Salford
AS is a regular occurrence, Mr Wartho uses my words selectively (Letters, March 10). I did say that some of the people at the meeting were living in a time warp. But this was in relation to the small minority who wanted all leisure facilities to be council-run
After reading the Robards Report "Science put into focus" (March 8) and a previous article in the Evening Press it was pleasing to see York University acknowledge that we are in the middle of a fuel crisis and that the Centre For Novel Agricultural Products
AS a council tenant I would like to say how delighted I was to hear that Selby District Council had lost its fight to sell off its stock of council dwellings. Perhaps now the council staff can get down to doing the job they get paid for instead of wasting
Monday, March 13, 2006 100 years ago A holiday under canvas had to many an attractiveness all its own. Much had been said by those who favoured this form of "the simple life" as to the beneficial results accruing from a short period of restful respite
Pocklington snatched a dramatic 14-13 victory at home to lowly West Leeds when fly-half Henry Mitchell drilled over the winning conversion with the last kick. Despite having the greater attacking firepower, Pocklington gave one of their poorer performances
MALTON and Norton won 27-7 at Ryton in Northumberland and Durham One. Ian Cooke put Malton ahead on the half hour with a penalty kick for obstruction. On the stroke of half time Duncan Foster took good line-out ball, which was driven on before being released
Thorpe United's hopes of winning the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division title took a serious knock when they were held 2-2 away to Wigginton Grasshoppers. Shane Singleton twice equalised for Thorpe United, who trailed to goals from
Pickering Town's FA Vase dream is over after a 2-0 quarter-final defeat at Nantwich Town. An early goal was consolidated by a second in the 80th minute to shatter Pickering's hopes of reaching the final in a two-legged semi over Cammell Laird. Player/
YORK City Knights will play their rearranged Powergen Challenge Cup third round tie against Ovenden on Wednesday night following yesterday's postponement. About three inches of snow fell in the Halifax area yesterday morning meaning the pitch at the Shay
Brave Inca can make up for his narrow defeat in the same race last year by clinching the Smurfit Champion Hurdle crown tomorrow on the opening day of jump racing's Olympics, the Cheltenham Festival. Since being beaten by inches into third place by Hardy
