The biggest change in rural England during the past 40 or so years, is the way all the available spaces in our villages and small towns now have homes built on them. Every morning during term time in the early 1960s, I used to walk to school with my brother
POTENTIAL new York City owner John Batchelor today revealed he would hope to see the Minstermen playing in a new stadium within two years. Batchelor, who is said to be closing in on a take-over deal at Bootham Crescent, confirmed he has already made contact
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is adament his Minstermen can build on their FA Cup heroics to kick-start a climb away from the foot of Division Three. Despite the 2-0 defeat at the hands of Premiership Fulham the City boss was proud of his team for the way
STEPHEN LEWIS quizzes York's leisure chief Alan Jones, about the future of the Barbican Centre IT is always wise to be sure of your facts before interviewing a politician. A casual remark that it seemed a pity to have announced the Barbican Centre was
A surprise discovery on honeymoon turned eczema sufferer Amanda Cooper's life around. MAXINE GORDON reports BLOTCHY red, itchy skin had been the bane of Amanda Cooper's life for as long as she could remember. Diagnosed with eczema as a child, she had
I have a cunning plan. It is so ingenious, so downright devious in fact, that it makes me want to throw my head back and cackle wildly like an overacting baddie in a crackly old black and white movie. Well, I've got the belly and the moustache, so there's
YORK & County Press has become the first newspaper group in Britain to promote on-line learning via the Internet for staff who operate the presses. This year 15 press operatives who produce the Evening Press, Gazette & Herald and Star series,
COMPANIES in York and North Yorkshire will converge on Yellow Pages printers RR Donnelly at Flaxton Moor, near Knaresborough, next Tuesday to learn how to grapple with green issues. The giant printing site will be the venue for this year's first "Managing
THE publication of the Curry report today is a chance for farmers to put the dark days behind them and look to a more rewarding and prosperous future. From the 1980s, British agriculture has been cursed. Mad cow disease, various other food scares, the
YORK will be joining in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, despite a third of councils around the country ignoring this summer's anniversary. City of York Council will be announcing plans to mark the event in two weeks time after a special committee set-up
BUSINESSES are being urged to take advantage of a bright idea that could save them thousands of pounds and make York a greener city. PlanetYork campaigners are offering grants of up to £6,000 to companies switching from standard to energy-efficient lighting
YORK City's bid to pull themselves out of the quagmire at the bottom of the Third Division could suffer a hammer blow by news Darlington are closing in on Michael Proctor. There were strong suggestions in December, after York had played Darlington, that
HULL City boss Brian Little has vowed to beat York City tonight 'for his brother Alan'. Halifax boss Alan Little is under pressure at the bottom of the Third Division and will be meeting the Shay side's board of directors tomorrow. Top of their agenda
SKIPPER Chris Brass insists York City will have nothing to fear when they square up to Premiership Fulham on Saturday. The City midfielder believes the pressure will be on the international-packed Cottagers while City will be free from the pressures of
RECORD numbers of people in Yorkshire and Humberside signed up for vocational courses in the New Year - indicating fear and uncertainty in the workplace. The latest figures show that almost ten times as many people from Yorkshire and Humberside enrolled
THE fight against crime in East Yorkshire will be set to verse with Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan being made poet-in-residence to Humberside Police. In a unique move for the police service, the force's top brass has invited the wordsmith to join its officer
A MAJOR £1.3 million spending programme for York's Edmund Wilson swimming pool is going public this week. Pool users will be invited to an information session on Saturday, before improvement work begins in the summer. They will be warned that the pool
WORSHIPPERS from a York church are hoping divine intervention may help in the fight to save York City. The Vicar of St Edward the Confessor Church, the Rev Martin Baldock, has erected a banner outside the building in Dringhouses which says: "Save Our
BUS fares in York are to have a hefty rise for the second time in only five months. The 11 per cent increase, due to take effect on February 11, has been immediately criticised by Liberal Democrat councillors. In August, York bus operator First put up
MEMBERS of a York brass band told a court about the moment when tuba player Roy Gill fell from a wagon during the 1999 Lord Mayor's Parade, leaving him paralysed. Mr Gill, 66, of Knavesmire Crescent, York, was playing in the York Railway Institute Goldenrail
York athlete John Brooks raced to second place at the East Midlands Indoor Rowing Championship. The 41-year-old rowed 2,000 metres on the Concept 2 indoor rower in six minutes 35.9 seconds to claim silver in his class. The series started with a first
NESTL Rowntree men's team produced a great performance at the Northern Cross Country championship at Derby. Over 12 kilometres of hilly, muddy terrain, Nestl took seventh place, the best performance by a York club at the event for over a decade. Nestl
Prime Minister Tony Blair was today unveiling details of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Mr Blair was announcing to MPs detailed plans to mark the Queen's 50-year reign. The Queen will embark on a nationwide Golden Jubilee tour taking in all
Sheriff Hutton's reign at the top of the Leeper Hare York and District League third division is seriously threatened after they went down to their third defeat on the trot. Moor Lane were the latest side to take the points as they won 2-1 with goals from
YORK will be joining in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, despite a third of councils around the country ignoring this summer's anniversary. City of York Council will be announcing plans to mark the event in two weeks time after a special committee set-up
Lord Collingwood cleared the relegation zone in York White Rose Ladies League division one, recording a splendid 6-1 scoreline over Deramore, whose Avril Rose saved the whitewash. Terry Corney shone as Victoria Vaults climbed the table over their opponents
CITY of York I threw away victory at Deesside Ramblers which would have cemented their place at the top of the Northern Hockey League First Division. Leading 2-0 at half-time they seemed well in control but were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw. York have
YORK Wasps' chief executive Ann Garvey is hopeful their French connection sequel will be better than the original, after the club were handed Villeneuve Leopards in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. It was a case of dj vu as last night's draw paired
WOMEN were confronted by knife-wielding robbers in two incidents near York Railway Station, police revealed today. Officers believe the attacks, which took place on two consecutive nights, could be linked. In the latest incident, a woman was approached
A FATHER stabbed his near-neighbour to death in a dispute over children's behaviour, a York jury heard. Police spoke to Thomas Edward Richardson, 43, about an incident involving him and youngsters shortly before he lunged with a knife through his front
YORK City centre-half Matthew Hocking just can't wait to get out for tonight's rearranged clash against Hull City. The former Tiger, who has reproduced some of his best form of late, spent two seasons at Boothferry Park having been signed from Sheffield
PANTO dame Berwick Kaler brought a performance of Jack And The Beanstalk to a halt last night to give his support to the Save York City campaign. Berwick made a passionate short speech at the Theatre Royal, in York, in which he said: "We cannot let this
AS the local reporter for Country Music Roundup magazine I am dismayed by the low attendances at one of our most cosmopolitan venues. For musical entertainment Fibbers, on York's Stonebow, is the only one providing music of all genres from every corner
GORDON Campbell Thomas and his friends at York Sustainable Development Limited are doing the people of this city no service whatsoever in calling for the Ryedale Building to be retained (Evening Press, January 2). Whatever reservations people may have
POTENTIAL new York City owner John Batchelor today revealed he would hope to see the Minstermen playing in a new stadium within two years. Batchelor, who is said to be closing in on a take-over deal at Bootham Crescent, confirmed he has already made contact
YORK City's bid to pull themselves out of the quagmire at the bottom of the Third Division could suffer a hammer blow by news Darlington are closing in on Michael Proctor. There were strong suggestions in December, after York had played Darlington, that
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection for Wednesday's meetings is: NEWCASTLE 1.20 ...... Mill Emerald (nap) Updated: 12:38 Tuesday, January 29, 2002
WORSHIPPERS from a York church are hoping divine intervention may help in the fight to save York City. The Vicar of St Edward the Confessor Church, the Rev Martin Baldock, has erected a banner outside the building in Dringhouses which says: "Save Our
PANTO dame Berwick Kaler brought a performance of Jack And The Beanstalk to a halt last night to give his support to the Save York City campaign. Berwick made a passionate short speech at the Theatre Royal, in York, in which he said: "We cannot let this
NORTH Yorkshire's transport network was still struggling to recover from gale damage today. Stretches of the A1 remained closed as police cleared up after a spate of collisions. Nine lorries were blown over on the roady, with one incident resulting in
COUNCIL chiefs today moved to reassure people that buildings in York are safe after a tourist was killed by masonry falling from an ancient church. City of York Council building inspectors, its environmental health team and police today resumed investigations
Feng Shui novice MAXINE GORDON tries out a new DIY guide to bringing harmony to your home WHEN I bought my Victorian terrace home four years ago, the last of my worries was whether the qi reached every corner of the three-storey building. To be honest
A RAPIDLY-growing bio-science firm at Science City in York is braced to create up to 32 more high-tech jobs, as it prepares for a £1 million move to a sleek new laboratory in Poppleton. York Bioanalytical Solutions (YBS), which has seen its business treble
IAN McMillan has become Yorkshire's beat poet. For the next six weeks, he is Humberside Police's wordsmith at large. With so much crime about, it must reassure the good people of the East Riding that a poet is on patrol. If Mr McMillan encounters a gang
Prime Minister Tony Blair was today unveiling details of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Mr Blair was announcing to MPs detailed plans to mark the Queen's 50-year reign. The Queen will embark on a nationwide Golden Jubilee tour taking in all
THE North Yorkshire-based president of the National Farmers' Union today welcomed the "excellent" news that the last county in Britain has been declared free of the "dreadful blight" of foot and mouth. But Ben Gill warned that it could still be some weeks
A DECISION on Coppergate Riverside was more distant than ever today after it was disclosed that a public inquiry into the controversial scheme must be adjourned indefinitely. Taxpayers may face more than double the original bill for the hearing because
YORK City centre-half Matthew Hocking just can't wait to get out for tonight's rearranged clash against Hull City. The former Tiger, who has reproduced some of his best form of late, spent two seasons at Boothferry Park having been signed from Sheffield
A GENEROUS hotel manager has offered free teas to 100 city residents as an apology for a Residents First Weekend disaster. Chris Barrett, who runs the Holiday Inn, in Tadcaster Road, has invited readers of the Evening Press to enjoy a cream tea at the
Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club, National Village Knock-out winners at Lords in 1995, will celebrate their diamond jubilee with a sporting dinner at York Viking Moat House on Sunday, February 24, 2002 (5pm for 6pm). Richard Hutton and David Kendall are
A NEW NHS "super-authority" which will swallow up North Yorkshire Health Authority looks set to have its headquarters in York. In a letter sent to the city's MP, Hugh Bayley, the chairman of the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic
BUSINESS manager Geoff Taylor has won an award for the way in which he has helped out at a York tourist attraction. Mr Taylor, who runs his own business called Resource, volunteered his skills and time as part of a scheme called Arts and Business Yorkshire
Acomb Ladies drew 1-1 with Wakefield Wanderers in Division One of the Yorkshire League. Acomb fell behind to an early goal in the opening minutes then spent the rest of the half the better team creating good chances. Anne Hagyard came close after a good
A NORTH Yorkshire woman who was airlifted to hospital after a serious riding accident says she was lucky not to be killed. Now members of the hunt she was riding with have vowed to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which took her to hospital
THE mother of a York student who was killed in a horrific car crash has paid tribute to her "honest, generous and loving" daughter. Rochelle Ellen Laverack, 16, of Evelyn Crescent, Clifton, York was among four people killed in a head-on collision on the
YORK Wasps' chief executive Ann Garvey is hopeful their French connection sequel will be better than the original, after the club were handed Villeneuve Leopards in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. It was a case of dj vu as last night's draw paired
A DECISION on Coppergate Riverside was more distant than ever today after it was disclosed that a public inquiry into the controversial scheme must be adjourned indefinitely. Taxpayers may face more than double the original bill for the hearing because
John Craven's assessment of the overcrowding at York District Hospital is correct (January 22). But the core of his solution - shortage of nursing homes - is wrong. Successive governments have undermined family life to the point where the state has assumed
I THANK the York people who helped my fundraising efforts for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. I had the privilege of being invited by the hospital to take part, along with 45 others, in the GOSH Inca Challenge. This included trekking the Inca
HULL City boss Brian Little has vowed to beat York City tonight 'for his brother Alan'. Halifax boss Alan Little is under pressure at the bottom of the Third Division and will be meeting the Shay side's board of directors tomorrow. Top of their agenda
THE generosity of Premiership Fulham towards the Save York City campaign is to continue. Fulham's official Supporters Club are to hold a bucket collection at Craven Cottage on Saturday, when Jean Tigana's side take on Aston Villa, with all the proceeds
