Art rock trio Yo La Tengo have reached album number 11, their progress almost as unnoticed as Ian Duncan Smith. more...
IF YOU like your metal heavy, in 1970s/80s mode rather than nu, then chances are you'll like this. more...
THE trouble is, we've heard it all before - and ignored it the first time round. more...
FOLK music? On a soundtrack for a motorbike road movie? more...
HERE'S a happy curiosity, a stirring, uplifting surge of a record that mixes happy music with statements about homosexuality. more...
THINGS run in patterns. Not so long ago, it was the return of punk, with The Damned and The Buzzcocks emerging from hibernation. more...
How deep do problems with young people run in York? Zoe Walker investigates by talking to two members of the York Youth Parliament... more...
WORK has finally begun on the construction of flood defences in Ryedale - as environment officials urge the country to prepare for the possibility of more flooding this winter. more...
FLOOD stricken Ryedale residents could face not one, but two more flooding seasons before proper defences are completed, the Evening Press can reveal. more...
FLOOD warnings were set to be issued today at York and Naburn as high water levels were reported across the region's rivers and streams. more...
CHILDREN from a York school were today enjoying Christmas fun at their school fair. more...
Celebs donate 'money can't buy' presents to help raise much needed funds. more...
AN APPEAL for Christmas gifts or toys for a special Santa basket is being sent out by staff at a York travel agent. more...
MALTON will officially start its countdown to Christmas tonight. more...
A HUGE crowd of revellers saw the Minster "painted" with a spectacular display of coloured light, and enjoyed a show to remember as more than five weeks of festive fun were declared officially under way in York. more...
FESTIVE shopping and museum experiences helped to pull in the crowds all over the area at the weekend. more...
SHOPPERS enjoyed fruit punch and mince pies at a festive event in York's Coppergate Shopping Centre. more...
YORK city centre endured its busiest shopping weekend of the year as the Christmas countdown kicked into gear. more...
A CHRISTMAS tree was dedicated at York Station to remember those who have died at St Leonard's Hospice. more...
RESIDENTS at a York community unit for the elderly rolled back the years at their fun-filled Christmas party. more...
THERE was festive cheer all over the York area as people young and old celebrated Christmas Day in style. more...
TWO heavy goods vehicles and a car were involved in an accident on the A1079 today - less than two miles from the scene of an horrific crash on Monday. more...
HUNDREDS of soldiers returned from Iraq to their base in York early today. more...
ONE man died today and his two brothers were injured when their four-wheel drive vehicle was in-collision with a car as they turned into the driveway of their farm on the A19 at Tollerton. more...
Tadcaster businesses were left without electricity today as an unexpected power cut threw preparations to greet visitors to today's York races into disarray. Traders were left fuming when an emergency helpline simply stated "there is a major power cut in your area". more...
TWO couples accused of violent disorder outside a pub at closing time, have been formally acquitted on all charges. more...
ORGANISERS of the "rave" held in ancient woodland near York have apologised for disturbing nearby residents. more...
When fan club founder Anne Sylvester was asked if she could help a TV chat show to provide a fitting welcome for her favourite star she leapt at the opportunity like a bat out of hell. more...
A LIBRARIAN'S career is in ruins after he stole more than £3,000 in money handed in by readers for services at York Central Library. more...
THE future of Fulford Social Hall, York, will be decided today as villagers go to the polls. more...
A LANDMARK in the Evening Press Eat Local campaign will be on the menu tonight as food lovers from across North and East Yorkshire prepare to tuck into a feast showcasing some of the region's finest produce. more...
ON the lookout for some summer holiday reading? Then get down to York Central Library on Saturday for a one-off giant sale of unwanted books and audio CDs and cassettes. more...
THE new leader of City of York Council is set to ask Barbican bosses to rethink their plans to redevelop the centre. more...
AN historic York show has been saved from cancellation after new volunteers stepped forward to help with organisation. more...
Football manager Sir Alex Ferguson was celebrating with a huge crowd of punters at York Racecourse's Dante Day 2003. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL salary proposed for the chief executive of a council only 40 miles away is double the wage paid to City of York Council's top executive. more...
YORK is bucking the national trend by attracting more passengers back on the buses, according to Jonathan May, managing director of city transport company First. more...
THE new chairman of Selby District Council said today it was the proudest day of his life when he was handed the chain of office. more...
AN IMPASSIONED attack on the Government to meet basic human and civil rights was made in York by the Prime Minister's father-in-law, veteran actor and Labour campaigner Tony Booth. more...
UNION leaders at one of Selby's oldest factories said today they feared for the future after bosses announced a further 40 job cuts. more...
A YORK couple celebrated 50 years of marriage by raising money for St Leonard's Hospice and the RSPCA. more...
BLIND prisoner Yvonne Sleightholme does not have an anger problem and does not need to complete another anger management course. more...
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton, attended his final ceremonial event at the United Guilds Service. more...
A FORMER addict who returned from the brink has told of her turn-around - thanks to the help of a York service. more...
YOUNG York rugby player Harry Hall, was presented with the first Joshua Scarlett-Abbott Memorial Trophy for his strength, courage and determination during the season. more...
A COMMANDO trainee from York has received his coveted Green Beret - the distinctive hallmark of commando troops. more...
A YOUNG hospital patient helped to present a cheque for £2,500 for new equipment to the nurses who cared for him. more...
ARTWORK created by inmates of a maximum security prison are on show in York. more...
CHARITY worker Ian Stillman is aiming to restart his work with the deaf in England. more...
A PACKAGE of measures to safeguard employers against falling foul of new employment regulations is being launched by York law firm Harrowell Shaftoe. more...
Cancer Research UK is urging supermarket shoppers to "give as they shop" and support its men's cancer awareness campaign, Man Alive 2003. more...
YORK health visitor Kitty Lamb, above, is using pedal power to raise money for specialist cancer nurses in the city and thank them for the care they gave her brother before he died. more...
THIS York man is preparing to cycle more than 200 miles for charity. Angus Smith, 64, from Acomb, will set off on the two-day journey from Edinburgh to York on June 10. more...
A LANDMARK in the Evening Press Eat Local campaign will be on the menu tonight as food lovers from across North and East Yorkshire prepare to tuck into a feast showcasing some of the region's finest produce. more...
CLARE Short reminds me of the more annoying sort of alarm clock. She doesn't go off when you want her to - and then she makes a dreadful racket at just the wrong moment. more...
SO that's how these Premiership football managers do their deals. A meeting on neutral turf - in this case the well-sprung turf of York Races - a word or two before the 3.30 and, Becks is your uncle, a multi-million pound transfer deal is clinched. more...
TODAY the new line-up at City of York Council was announced. Bizarrely the first name we looked for was the leader of the ousted Labour regime, Coun Dave Merrett. But he was not on the team sheet: he has turned down the chance to play a continued role in the council executive. more...
YOU reported that the three-storey building at Monks Cross, Huntington, was handed over to Norwich Union (May 6). more...
HAVING read Helen Mead's condemnation of sex (May 12), I am at a loss to understand the message she wants to put across. more...
I OBJECT to the tone of the article regarding children under 16 working at Next Generation Club (May 12) as the club has dealt fairly with the handful of `children' involved (most of whom were strapping 5ft 10in-plus lads!) more...
HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire residents turned up to an event aimed at helping them shore up their defences against flooding. more...
MOTORISTS in York and North Yorkshire were being urged to drive carefully today after the region's roads were covered with debris and standing water by strong winds and rain. more...
TWO flood warnings have been issued on the River Ouse at York and Naburn today following more heavy rainfall. more...
EXPERTS are to be quizzed tonight by councillors looking into the issues surrounding flooding in York. more...
DEFENDING York against future flooding could cost as much as £11 million - and the Environment Agency admits such funding may be difficult to secure. more...
THE Government has stumped up an extra £1.5 million towards the cost of new Yorkshire flood defences in the wake of last year's disaster. more...
MPs Hugh Bayley and Anne McIntosh have secured a Ministerial meeting to discuss the need for millions of pounds of flood defence work in North Yorkshire. more...
ONE year on from the flooding which devastated North Yorkshire, an MP revealed today he is pressing for a major change in the way flood defences are funded. more...
FLOOD victims were furious today after planners called for a £1 million defence scheme at Stamford Bridge to be put on hold. more...
WITH summer fast approaching, many of us think about going away. more...
A £1 MILLION scheme to protect Stamford Bridge from flooding has been blocked by councillors - devastating a mother whose family home and business have twice been inundated. more...
RESIDENTS and businesses in the centre of Stamford Bridge have launched a campaign group to press for flood defences to be built as quickly as possible. more...
FLOOD victims who are unable to live in their homes could soon be entitled to reduced Council Tax bills. more...
FUNDING for flood defences across Yorkshire looks set to be plunged into further crisis next month. more...
URGENT repairs to York's flood defences can now go ahead, after the region's flood chiefs approved a ten per cent increase in the local authority levy. more...
COUNCILLORS in York are set to lobby the Government for millions of pounds in order to protect the city against flooding. more...
ENVIRONMENT Minister Elliot Morley is to visit Ryedale next week to view work on the Malton and Norton flood defences. more...
YORK is to host Britain's first National Flood Forum - two years after the city was hit by the devastating floods of autumn 2000. more...
FLOOD defence chiefs have approved urgent repairs costing more than £1 million to three damaged defences in Yorkshire. more...
VITAL work to keep North Yorkshire roads and properties free from flooding has been placed in doubt after plans emerged to slash county council funding for the work of the environment department. more...
YORK'S education chief today condemned the Government's attempt to stave off the schools cash crisis as a "sticking plaster solution". more...
"YOU'RE not having Harry Kewell even if you give me a tip for the Dante!" more...
THE elite group of councillors trusted with running York for the next four years was revealed today - and former leader Dave Merrett was not among them. more...
CHARITY worker Ian Stillman is aiming to restart his work with the deaf in England. more...
SANTA CLAUS waves to the crowds on his arrival in Selby at the weekend. more...
SCORES of Christmas carol fans from York and across North and East Yorkshire have contacted the Evening Press to help the paper identify the region's favourite festive song. more...
FESTIVE shopping officially starts across North Yorkshire next week with the turning on of Christmas lights, almost a month after York's neighbouring city, Leeds. more...
YORK Minster will change colour when the city's festive season is launched next week. more...
SANTA is coming to York early this year - and inviting all his younger friends to join him so they can enjoy a story together. more...
FLORIST Sue Dodsworth has put a little something extra into her Christmas flower display - a life-sized Santa Claus. more...
THE Ghost Of Christmas Past visited York's Shambles and helped the city's tourism chief, Gillian Cruddas, launch the seasonal festivities. more...
HOSPICE staff and volunteers will be getting into the festive spirit by holding a Christmas coffee morning in York. more...
DARYHL Haslam, eight, Jordan Fletcher, six, Nicola Whitson, nine, and Sam Powell, five, were among youngsters at a York school who helped poverty-stricken children thousands of miles away by sending shoe boxes full of gifts. more...
STOCKTON and Hopgrove slipped to a last-ball defeat in a see-saw game against visiting Westow in division one of the Horwath Pulleyn Hesleton York Vale League. more...
A MASS departure of players from York City was confirmed today with half the first team squad cut free. more...
Former York City protégé Cameron Stuart has been released by Aston Villa, whose manager Graham Taylor yesterday quit the club. more...
PETER Reid has made the first changes to his backroom staff with the news that assistant-manager Eddie Gray and head coach Brian Kidd have left the club. more...
A MASS departure of players from York City was confirmed today with half the first team squad cut free. more...
SCARBOROUGH boss Russell Slade has lined up Barnsley defender James Dudgeon as his first signing of the summer. more...
SHERIFF Hutton jockey Kevin Darley guided Magistretti to victory in the Tote Dante Stakes at York to set up a crack at next month's Derby. more...
HARROGATE successfully defended their Yorkshire Cup at Morley last night - but only just, after Doncaster's John Liley missed two late penalties to win it. more...
Former York City protégé Cameron Stuart has been released by Aston Villa, whose manager Graham Taylor yesterday quit the club. more...
YORK Amateur Bowling Association president Marshall Robertson started the outdoor bowling season in style, skipping a rink in the annual match between teams representing YABA and Club & Institute leagues,. more...
YORK owner Tom Tunstall was in the money today after watching his horse Matty Tun triumph in the first race on Knavesmire yesterday. more...
Huntington Rovers are on the lookout for a new manager after Dave Fenton resigned because of work commitments. more...
PAST and present players, officials and supporters of Bishopthorpe United are being urged to attend a special reunion party. more...
THE Quality Street Gang's brave assault on the North Riding Festival Sevens ended in defeat after they were brushed aside by eventual winners Marauders. more...
YORK Amateur Bowling Association president Marshall Robertson started the outdoor bowling season in style, skipping a rink in the annual match between teams representing YABA and Club & Institute leagues. more...
Kevin Darley, seen to such excellent effect aboard Magistretti in yesterday's Tote Dante Stakes at York, can continue his winning ways at Newbury tomorrow. more...
MICHAEL Vaughan scored his first century of the season for Yorkshire at Northampton yesterday in conditions very similar to those he may find in the first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's in a week's time. more...
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