PLANS are afoot to start work on the new York High School building in the west of the city. Councillors are being asked to approve two applications at a meeting tomorrow to get the ball rolling with work at both Lowfield and Oaklands schools, which are
HE'S seen many an afternoon tea come and go in his time. Now this long-serving maître d' is set to mark half a lifetime at a world-renowned café with a special cake for himself. Alan Stockdale, 60, will celebrate 35 years of work at Bettys Café Tea
COMPLAINTS to the city's social care services rose by 20 per cent last year, according to a new report. City of York Council dealt with 111 complaints between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007. Council chiefs said the rise in complaints was partly down
TIME is running out for businesses wanting to put themselves in the running to be crowned The Press Business Of The Year. The 17th annual awards ceremony will take place at York Racecourse on November 15, but the closing date for entries is July 6.
BOBBIES in North Yorkshire will have their movements tracked by computer technology in a bid to make the force more efficient. The new "business intelligence" software will be used to track the activities of North Yorkshire's 1,600 police officers while
MUSEUM bosses in York are celebrating after notching up a record number of visitors in the last year. For the first time more than half a million people went to view exhibitions put on by the York Museums Trust. The trust - which manages the Castle
A BUILDER has hit out against the legal system after losing more than £13,000 in unpaid jobs. Fraser Lane said he was fed up with customers always being portrayed as the "victims" - and traders as the "rogues". The 38-year-old, who runs his own business
SERIOUSLY ill children at York Hospital will soon be able to benefit from state-of-the-art new equipment in the biggest boost yet for our Guardian Angels appeal. The Hospital Heartbeat Appeal, which raises money for cardiology equipment in Yorkshire's
HUNDREDS of investors in York who have bought homes to rent them out could be hit by tax demands going back six years if they have failed to pay enough cash to the Government. HM Revenue and Customs has identified 80,000 people across the country who
SUGGESTIONS that house prices are set to soar in York have been undermined by statistics showing falling figures across the city. Figures from housing website www.propertysnake.co.uk show prices are falling in York, despite claims that prices are again
IF YOU'RE one of those parents who likes to hide their head in the sand, today's story about underage boozers in Heworth should make sobering reading. In a single night, police seized more than 200 cans and bottles from teenagers. Still think your children
TWO schoolboys were injured when a stranger tried to drag them into the back of a van in broad daylight. Joshua Sparrow, 13, and his cousin Luke Fletcher, nine, were hurt and left shaken after the man attempted to bundle them into the vehicle in a York
Parent Nick Stuart has torn a strip off organisers of a "Ladies' Night" at Askham Bryan College. The charity event for Breast Cancer Care will feature male strippers. Mr Stuart, whose daughter goes to the college, is appalled, pointing out it has students
For the police to effectively charge a crime victim £105 to investigate the case is unacceptable and obscene ("We're the victims of this crime and yet we're being treated like the criminals", The Press, May 26). And failing to notify Ms Newdick of
Is York MP Hugh Bayley "away with the fairies" (How can we make it easier to find work?, The Press, May 22)? I certainly think so, for his analysis that York's economy has recovered well from the job losses at Norwich Union, Nestlé, Terry's and British
I wonder if any review of the plan to ban cars from the propossed access route through the Nestlé development site has considered those who live in Haleys Terrace and Huntington Road and surrounding streets. These streets are already congested by road
Yesterday I boarded a bus, and on showing my pass, the driver smiled, thanked me and waited until I had found a seat before pulling away. A relaxing smooth journey ensued, and as I walked down the aisle to disembark, the vehicle seemed to slow down slightly
I READ in The Press (Snail Mail, May 22) that our mail will no longer be delivered in the early mornings. So what's new? Our post rarely arrives before midday. Today's delivery was 1.15pm. A G Reeson, Huntington Road, York.
Hospital patients should never have been made vulnerable to commercial exploitation by sales organisations of any kind. The only lifeline they desperately need is medical treatment to return them to normal life ASAP, and reasonable means of communication
I WOULD like to raise awareness of a scheme currently being run in York that offers everyone aged 55 or over the opportunity to have their wills written free of charge by a local solicitor, and to help one or more charities at the same time. The Free
Last week Help The Aged reported new research which revealed that some older people with incontinence have had to resort to using buckets and jugs in order to avoid an accident in public. We also revealed findings which showed more than half of older
How does a nine-year-old soap star from Selby manage to keep her feet on the ground? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL and STEPHEN LEWIS find out. EDEN Taylor Draper is getting used to turning heads when she walks down the street. Whether she's on the way to the
POLICE seized more than 200 cans and bottles of booze in only one night in a crackdown on underage drinkers in York. The massive haul of booze was collected from children and young people who were caught drinking in public places in the Heworth area
THE Diary, like an elephant, has a long memory. So we remember those bygone days of yore, before The Press, even before the Evening Press - back to the Yorkshire Evening Press. Surely a newspaper transported from York across the region has always
WHEREVER Lady Luck lives, it is not in Selby. That's nothing against my home town or the people who live there, you understand. It's just that she definitely doesn't live with me. Although nothing too terrible seems to happen (everyone touch wood),
YORK City goalkeeper Tom Evans has vowed not to dwell on his play-off error when he reports back to KitKat Crescent for next season. A misjudgement by Evans saw Morecambe level the aggregate score on the stroke of half-time during the second leg
A MAJOR national retailer has closed its doors on York and Selby for the final time. Kwik Save has announced 79 of its stores will close at the end of today. Stores at Clifton Moor, in York, Selby and Wetherby are among those included in the scale-back
Education reporter Haydn Lewis meets budding Jamie Olivers at a York school. JAMIE Oliver has a lot to answer for - not only has he spear-headed the campaign to improve the country's school dinners, but he also seems to have sparked something of a
England captain Michael Vaughan, fresh from his century in the Headingley Carnegie Test match, will play for Yorkshire Phoenix in their Friends Provident Trophy game against Durham Dynamos at the same venue on Sunday. But Vaughan is unavailable for
STRIKER Tore Andre Flo is set to sign a new one-year contract with Leeds United as long as he recovers from his foot injury. Dennis Wise signed his former Chelsea team-mate on a short-term contract in January but injury meant the Norwegian international
YORK Futsal League start their summer leagues on July 1. It will include a veterans' league for over 35s with free entry into all the leagues if teams apply before June 9. New teams will all receive a Futsal ball after they have completed six games,
BLISTERING batting by Dan Broadbent and Simon Mason swept York Cricket Club to a crushing nine-wicket victory over Castleford. York took advantage of a break in the weather and a good batting surface at Clifton Park to chase down Castleford's huge total
ACOMB are the only Pilmoor Evening CricketLeague first division side to have a 100 per cent record after a remarkable win at Newburgh. Andy Tute was by far their main scorer as they made 86-8 - Tute contributed 41, but his colleagues found the going
ROWNTREES roared into the second round of the York and District Senior Cricket League Readman Trophy with a comfortable victory over Cawood at Mille Crux. Hosts Rowntrees were giving the visitors 45 runs start but this proved to be no obstacle as the
IT was feared it could affect up to seven people a day - but no emergency patients have yet had to be turned away from York Hospital. A large scale operation which is closing nearly 100 beds at York Hospital is currently under way. Managers have warned
WOODHOUSE Grange's two-year reign as Hunters Premier Cup holders was emphatically ended when Dunnington's formidable batting line-up handed out a heavy eight-wicket defeat on Bank Holiday Monday. The two clubs have won the trophy ten times between them
New Jersey, who broke his maiden at York earlier this month in a race which is beginning to have a rock-solid look about it, steps up in class at Sandown tomorrow evening. The two-year-old colt makes the trip south from Kevin Ryan's Hambleton yard to
YOUNGSTERS from schools across York are performing and composing new music in workshops as part of the city's Late Music Festival. Funding has been awarded to the Late Music Festival by the Lottery's Awards For All and the workshops have been programmed
A PARENT has spoken of his horror that strippers have been invited to a college campus. Askham Bryan College, which takes students as young as 15, will be hosting the "Ladies Night" on college grounds this Friday. It is being held in aid of Breast Cancer
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THIS is the face of a robber who is alleged to have attacked a man in York before stealing his jacket and cash. The thug stole the 37-year-old York man's black leather jacket and a small amount of his money after the attack, which left the victim with
TESCO has apologised to residents for traffic problems caused by the building of a new store in York. As previously reported in The Press, the supermarket giant has come under fire over the building of its new Tesco Express store, in Huntington.
A CARD game, information pack and brainstorming session are the latest tools to demystify cancer for York youngsters. York Against Cancer is launching a campaign - believed to be the first of its kind in the country - to set the record straight about
Ever since we started to help the garden back to life from its winter rest, we have had a run of bad luck along with the joy of all the new growth and colour. My back gave way under sciatica, which is receiving good attention at hospital sessions. Sylvia
NORTH Yorkshire's new top cop is "delighted" with the current state of the force. Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell said that, after his first two weeks in the job, he was impressed with what he had found. Mr Maxwell took up the position on May
YORK College's staff and students have been collecting items to fill a 40ft shipping container to send to Africa. Phil Waterworth, a brickwork tutor from the college, who has previously visited Ghana with the development charity Voluntary Service Overseas
A RYEDALE man is warning people to be wary before buying solar energy kits from door-to-door salesmen. Philip Carpenter, of Helperthorpe, said that two elderly relatives of his from Huttons Ambo recently signed a contract to purchase one of the systems
SELBY'S fire chief has issued a warning to would-be fire-starters after a spate of blazes over the Bank Holiday. Colin Hunter, the manager at Selby fire station, spoke out today after crews attended three building blazes, three burned-out vehicles and
