TIME is running out for budding young writers to get in their entries for the Evening Press competition to win cash and work experience. We've formed a partnership with York's Gild of Freemen to launch an essay competition based on freedom of expression
YORK College has teamed up with secondary schools in the city for a two-year development plan to offer a wider range of GCSEs. The college is working with six schools to help them provide vocational GCSEs including engineering, health and social care
CHILDREN from a York primary school learned about the importance of eating healthy foods as part of National Apple Day. The youngsters from Headlands School, in Haxby, were visited by Rosie Apple, who helped them test out a variety of apples, donated
ART students at York St John College have created images to decorate the scaffolding of a church while renovations are under way. St Denys's Church, in Walmgate, York, has six, two-metre tall paintings by James Trayling, Rachel Johnston and Anna Hay,
A YORK secondary school pupil is the first in the country to clock up 25 hours of voluntary work as part of a Government scheme. Archbishop Holgate's School was one of 12 schools nationally to be chosen for the three-year pilot scheme to encourage children
YORK City boss Terry Dolan refused to publicly point the finger of blame at any particular players after watching his side slump to a 4-3 defeat against Lincoln City in the LDV Vans Trophy. The Minstermen virtually gifted the tie to the Red Imps with
TO crack down on winter crime, York police launched Operation Ratcatcher yesterday. What a shame Ulrika Jonsson wasn't available to add a touch of glamour to proceedings. After all, she is the nation's premier ratcatcher. German resort manager Markus
FEARS that York City are poised to quit Bootham Crescent to share the McCain Stadium home of North Yorkshire rivals Scarborough have been dismissed. City chairman John Batchelor categorically denied the report, describing it as one as of the 'maddest'
SEATTLE PRINCE can earn his crown at Brighton tomorrow. The four-year-old, trained by Richard Hannon, goes for the Eclipse Bookmakers Young Riders' Apprentice Handicap and is fancied to get back in the winning groove. Seattle Prince made his latest appearance
AFTER 26 years a Selby primary school is to get a new head teacher. Vince Wright, who has been head teacher at Longman's Hill Community Primary School, in Selby, since the school opened in 1976, is to retire at Christmas. A Malton teacher is preparing
YOU may think we're in the thick of autumn, but as far as the Vikings are concerned, this would still be summer. The Vikings did not recognise the season of autumn. Summer continued until the time came for celebrating the start of winter. Jorvik is marking
York pub team Tap and Spile Cricket Club are cheering a sporting success. Their Bootham Park ground has been recognised as one of the loveliest in the country. They were among five clubs shortlisted for the award in a competition organised by Wisden Cricket
DRAGON BOAT racing is to return to York next year with different charity organisers at the helm. The colourful event, which aims to attract hundreds of spectators and raise thousands of pounds, is being organised by York Rotary Club. The banks of the
Selby Town's winning run in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division came to an end last night with a 2-0 defeat at Garforth Town. In difficult windy conditions Selby played the better football in the first half and carved out a few chances,
WHILE noting the assurances given by Tony Bennett of City of York Council that the £1 million of infrastructure, plant and machinery which was paid for by tax payers' money "will not be lost" when Thrall moves for the former York Carriageworks site (Evening
MIKE LAYCOCK looks back at the last time Britain's firefighters went on strike, 25 years ago. LOOKING through back copies of the Evening Press from November 1977, one is struck by an extraordinary sense of deja vu. Firefighters, demanding a 30 per cent
dims Boro On-loan Danny Hudson scored his third goal in two games for Doncaster Rovers to beat hosts Scarborough 2-1 on an LDV Vans Trophy golden goal. Keith Scott had given Boro the lead a minute before the break when Neil Campbell, with a strong run
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HOMEOWNERS living near a crossroads on the A59 have urged council chiefs to look again at making the junction safer. Residents of Moor Monkton are demanding that North Yorkshire council chiefs reconsider improvements made on the A59. More than a dozen
A FESTIVE card shop, which aims to give a bumper Christmas present to charities in York and across the UK, was opened in the city today. BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration was happy to do the official duty at Cards for Good Causes, which has been
TWO York charities that work to help the homeless are joining together in a project to help raise their profile. Peasholme Centre Charity and York Nightstop have teamed up to join a national project called Homelessdirect. Homelessdirect has been established
YORK Acorn runners narrowly missed out on the team prize at the Bridlington Half Marathon. Led home by Steve Simpson's run of 75 minutes, Acorn were pipped by Beverley AC. The individual winner was Dave Bond (Askern) in 69 minutes. Second scorer was Bob
LOSS-making Drax Power Station today stepped back from the brink after paying half of an outstanding £15 million coal bill - with a promise to pay the remaining half on Friday. UK Coal suspended supplies to AES Drax last week because the U.S.-owned power
FIREFIGHTERS rushing to a call-out in York were involved in a crash with a car. The appliance was involved in a collision with a Renault Megane at Walmgate Bar, just after 6pm last night, as firefighters headed to a house in Huntington Road, where burned
TEAMS from Russia, the USA, Lebanon, Morocco and Europe are set to enter next year's York Rugby League Festival. As revealed by the Evening Press, the nine-a-side competition is to expand following the success of the inaugural event in June. And at yesterday's
TWO York schools have hired a private security firm to combat a "rapid increase" in vandalism. English Martyrs RC Primary School, in Hamilton Drive, Holgate, and St Lawrence's CE Primary School, in Heslington Road, have hired Mayfair Security to carry
ONE of the major events in the York schools' sport calendar will not take place this year because there has been such a poor response. The number of names of pupils nominated for annual awards is so low that York and District Schools' Athletic Association
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious injuries today when his machine was in collision with a car in York city centre. The man, who is believed to be from York, was riding a silver-coloured Honda Firestorm along North Street from the direction of Bridge Street
THE ever-expanding York Primary Schools Tag Rugby Tournament has kicked off again, with 19 schools already signed up to the competition. The schools have been split into groups, with each group playing round robin fixtures on a single night to see who
WELL done to Dave Stanford for his excellent article under the heading "Silence grates on fans' nerves" (Evening Press, Saturday, October 19). It hits the nail on the head of the York City and Bootham Crescent Holdings saga. Yes there is a confidentiality
YORK'S leading policeman today sent out a stark message to make burglars who target homes in the city live in fear of "that early knock on the door". Chief Superintendent John Lacy has revealed that, so far this year, eight of the city's top twenty persistent
Building consultant MELANIE SMITH of Carter Jonas, of York, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, answers RICS questions about the effects of the Disability Discrimination Act I keep hearing about the Disability Discrimination Act.
RISING York pop star Stacey Ace, pictured, returned to her former school to give a performance to staff and pupils. Stacey, 13, from Clifton Moor, visited Acomb Primary School on Monday and sang four songs during a 20 minute performance. The singer has
YOUTH workers in York were thanked and praised for their unstinting work with young people by the city's youth service manager, Paul Herring. More than 70 workers from clubs and projects across the city were attending a one-day City of York youth service
IT is appalling the way the burial authorities are dictating how graves should be looked after. They seem to want headstones to be of uniform size and materials. The graveyards will be exceedingly boring, not like the old ones where we can wander round
POCKLINGTON Chrysanthemum Society's show takes place on Saturday, November 2 and we are hoping it will be a bigger success than last year. This is our 55th show. It caters for all interests, including wine-making, photography and floral art, and of course
A DINOSAUR which is regarded as the image of the mythical Loch Ness Monster has been found embedded in a cliff in North Yorkshire. Experts have uncovered a plesiosaur, which lived on the Earth 132 million years ago, at a location between Scarborough and
Easingwold Town were given a fright by neighbours Huby Reserves in their York FA Saturday Junior Cup tie when within the first ten minutes they were a goal down, plus had a player sent off. But by half-time they restored parity with a Richard Jennison
A SELBY music store is celebrating being top of the pops after winning a top national award. Tune Inn Records, in Wren Lane, Selby, has been singled out as Britain's best independent record shop by readers of The Music Magazine. Delighted owner Pete Gautrey
THE number of elderly people in York and north and east Yorkshire, who fall victim to bogus callers is being "grossly underestimated" by official figures, a survey has revealed. Nationally, the study showed that more than 300,000 elderly people - 28,812
IF Sunday's Leeds open match on the River Ouse between Dunsforth and Widdington is a guide, the competitors in this year's Yorkshire Winter League have a tough series ahead. Top weight in the 46 field was Craig Turbitt (Rodley) who had just 4lb 11oz roach
YORK kick-boxer Jo Weatherill will swap her boxing gloves for a glittering costume and fight to impress the judges as a ballroom dancer for TV's Faking It programme tonight. The 26-year-old former Easingwold School pupil was given only one month in which
MALTON Bacon Factory bosses were forced to recruit Portuguese workers after North Yorkshire jobseekers gave the thumbs-down to vacancies at the factory, the Evening Press can reveal today. Sources have suggested to the Evening Press that as many as 200
IT'S not a mystery! Pop star, actress, television presenter and one-time high priestess of punk, Toyah Willcox, is in town to star in the musical, Calamity Jane. Last night, as part of a ten-month tour, she opened a week-long run at the Grand Opera House
YORK City boss Terry Dolan refused to publicly point the finger of blame at any particular players after watching his side slump to a 4-3 defeat against Lincoln City in the LDV Vans Trophy. The Minstermen virtually gifted the tie to the Red Imps with
FIREFIGHTERS will be given the opportunity to "volunteer" to respond to life-threatening emergencies during the looming strike. Deputy county fire officer Nigel Hutchinson said fire stations would be informed when, for example, people were trapped in
QUEEN Margaret's School, Escrick, have ended Joseph Rowntree's nine-year domination of Under 19 netball in York. They won the York Schools' tournament on Jo Ro's own patch after beating All Saints 19-3, York VI Form College 13-6, Joseph Rowntree 10-7
JENNY Hoggard, 17, from St Peter's School, York, has been chosen to captain the Yorkshire area team for the National English Schools' Swimming Association finals at Sheffield this Friday and Saturday. Jenny, who trains with York City Baths Club, will
ROBERT Wilkinson School, Strensall, will be flying the flag along with Clifton Without at the county Cade Trophy six-a-side competition on November 9. Back row, from left to right: James Woodworth, Aled Griffiths, Kyle Waite. Nathan Kilby. Front row:
Yes...says Pete Clark, a York-based firefighter with 28 years experience who is Fire Brigades Union members secretary for North Yorkshire I have been a firefighter for 28 years, and I am quite sickened by the thought of going on strike. We do this job
YORK City's training ground would be an interesting place for the fly on the wall today. But if you happen to be a defender or a goalkeeper it could be the time to take the day off sick. Defensive bloopers were aplenty as York City's LDV Vans Trophy hoodoo
FEARS that York City are poised to quit Bootham Crescent to share the McCain Stadium home of North Yorkshire rivals Scarborough have been dismissed. City chairman John Batchelor categorically denied the report, describing it as one as of the 'maddest'
Tom Palmer swaps sad and proud stories with CHARLES HUTCHINSON about the perils of being a Leeds United fan LEEDS United is a football club at war with itself. Too beautiful jewel Rio Ferdinand was sacrificed to the Red enemy for plc expediency. David
SOME young people get drunk and vandalise property. Not surprisingly, schools are often their first target. These are depressing facts of modern life. No amount of sitting around moaning vaguely about the "youth of today" will change that. Far better
WHAT would Eric Morley have made of it? When he created Come Dancing in 1950, Britain had never heard of kick boxing, Jo Weatherill's chosen sport. But television viewers tonight will watch as Jo swaps the boxing ring for the ballroom. We will have to
