FOR every extrovert proclamation of York history, such as the Minster, the bar walls and Clifford's Tower, there are numerous lesser-known gems. One such treasured corner of York is now under threat from over-development, according to city conservationists. more...
THE 2001 census will count almost 60 million people who live in about 24 million households. It will ask 40 questions and generate two billion bits of information to create statistics that will generate more than £50 billion of public spending each year. more...
Q MY boyfriend and I are getting married in six months, all the plans are made and everything is in place except for my feelings. We are both 21 and have been engaged for three years. Over the past few months I have felt anxious and unsure that I am ready to settle down. My mother talks of nothing else but the wedding and his mother thinks that I am perfect for her son. I've not felt able to share with anyone my real thoughts - how can I possibly feel this way with so much to look forward to? more...
Q WE have been happily married for 30 years and the youngest of our four children has recently left home. It's the first time we've been alone for 26 years and we have started arguing, mostly about the children. My husband thinks that I spoil them. I feel I am being supportive and enjoy helping them when they come home for weekends. We have always been a close family and never really argued. Now when we could be having fun, it seems impossible. I am worried about what's happened to us. What can we do? more...
Smoking kills - but try telling that to teenagers who think it's cool. STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to one smoker who wishes she could stop more...
STEPHEN LEWIS examines worrying evidence that food isn't what it used to be. more...
WOMEN put up with pain and risk serious long-term foot problems to look attractive. High heels are worth the agony, says one female in five - interviewed as part of a survey - adding that they endure years of discomfort to please boyfriends, husbands and bosses. more...
An angry row broke out between a farmer and a neighbouring paintballing centre as they battled to save their livelihoods from the foot and mouth crisis. more...
Exciting plans to create the first children's university in the region at a York primary school were revealed today. more...
A 250-strong army of demonstrators rallied in the shadow of Clifford's Tower and vowed to keep battling against the controversial Coppergate II shopping centre scheme. more...
Members of two police forces, the fire and rescue service and the coastguard launched an air and ground search after receiving a possible sighting of a body floating in the River Ouse. more...
A couple who jokingly describe themselves as the "last of the big breeders" celebrated their golden wedding with more than 100 friends and family at the weekend. more...
A slice of life at Bishopthorpe Palace 200 years ago, with its scullery maids, gardeners and coachmen, has emerged from the annals of Britain's census. more...
Education bosses in York have been told to slash the number of surplus places in the city's schools. more...
Competition winner Sarah King is a gran in a million. more...
A pensioner told today how he lost a thumb when he crashed on an icy road - and said better gritting might have prevented his accident. more...
A prison officer from Wealstun Prison, near Wetherby, has won a prestigious award for his innovative work with prisoners. more...
York MP Hugh Bayley paid a visit to an innovative bicycle recycling project in the city and declared it the wheel deal. more...
City of York Council is bidding for nearly £250,000 from the Government in a pre-emptive strike against the development of "sink estates". more...
WE congratulate the Shipton Players on their clever, funny show Bye Bye Birdie. more...
HAVING a painful shoulder can be an agonising experience, but is all too common for people suffering from the arthritis. more...
I SHOULD like to thank all the following people who helped my invalid husband who was taken ill in Colliergate. more...
I THINK it rather perverse to argue that an institution as popular as the British monarchy is undemocratic (March 2). more...
WITH reference to Peter Evely, head of highways and regulation at City of York Council, I respectfully suggest he dons a mobile policeman's uniform and directs his energies towards sorting out some of the grid-locked traffic that seems to blight York every day (`Traders see red over praise for wardens', March 5). more...
I AM sure there will be many of your readers like myself who take exception to Julian Cole's childish drivel and bigoted criticism (Evening Press, March 8) of William Hague. more...
Farmers spoke today of their increasing sense of isolation during the deepening foot and mouth crisis. more...
Dog walkers were today urged to comply with footpath closures in York which have been made due to the foot and mouth crisis. more...
A tradition dating back four-and-a half centuries has fallen victim to the foot and mouth crisis - although the efforts of a lone North Yorkshire horseman mean the event will not die out forever. more...
ANY rural resident seeking respite from conflict by travelling to York this weekend would have been deeply disappointed. The city resounded to the sound of 250 voices raised against the Coppergate Riverside development. more...
THE angry confrontation witnessed south of York at the weekend is not the first and will not be the last of this foot and mouth crisis. more...
York City's renaissance continues and proof, if it were needed, that this remarkable upturn in fortunes is a genuine one. more...
Delighted York City manager Terry Dolan has a real selection headache ahead of tomorrow's home game with Darlington. more...
From front to back and back to front, a versatile Colin Alcide admits he is enjoying a new lease of life with York City. more...
Former world featherweight champion Paul Ingle has finally returned to his Scarborough home after almost three months' hospital treatment following his near-fatal fight in Sheffield. more...
New Earswick All Blacks gave themselves a survival lifeline with an outstanding 25-24 win at Normanton Knights to climb off the foot of the National Conference League second division. more...
A suspected serious neck injury to captain Lee Frank forced York Acorn's home clash with Hull Dockers to be stopped five minutes before the end. more...
York, not unexpectedly, lost to unbeaten North East Two League leaders Halifax 95-0. more...
York RI'S Yorkshire Three promotion hopes were dealt a big blow as they crashed 32-16 at Halifax Vandals. more...
Selby beat North Yorkshire visitors Ripon 20-11 in Yorkshire One. more...
Pickering Town's promotion hopes were dented as they were beaten in a top-of-the-table clash at home to ten-man Hall Road Rangers. more...
Easingwold's sidecar star Steve Webster set a lap record in finishing second place in the at opening round of the 2001 FIM Sidecar World Cup in Valencia, Spain yesterday. more...
Kevin Darley, who is eagerly preparing for the defence of his jockeys' title when the Flat turf season starts on Thursday week at Doncaster, gets some match practice on the sand at Southwell tomorrow. more...
From front to back and back to front, a versatile Colin Alcide admits he is enjoying a new lease of life with York City. more...
Delighted York City manager Terry Dolan has a real selection headache ahead of tomorrow's home game with Darlington. more...
York City's renaissance continues and proof, if it were needed, that this remarkable upturn in fortunes is a genuine one. more...
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