STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a new helpline which aims to help consumers stand up for their rights. Consumers in Yorkshire and the Humber are to be among the first in the UK to benefit from a new consumer advice helpline. Consumer Direct is being billed by
Lincoln City manager Keith Alexander has been given the all-clear to return to work two months after collapsing with a brain haemorrhage. And York City manager Chris Brass, who he is likely to face him on Saturday when the Imps come to Bootham Crescent
I WRITE in response to John A Wallace about Hugh Bayley's change of mind on top-up fees for university students (January 27). While I accept the right of every individual to reconsider the arguments and come to a new conclusion, it is not acceptable for
BASEMENT battles abound in Arriva Trains Conference division two on Saturday as both York's Conference clubs seek points and pride - should the games beat the weather. York Acorn slipped down to third-bottom last week with defeat to Huddersfield Sharks
FEWER than half of York people are satisfied with cleanliness levels in the city, says a report from Government watchdogs. But council chiefs today said the findings of the Audit Commission's annual letter - which said that only 47 per cent of people
A YORK man has been jailed after notching up his EIGHTH conviction in less than ten years for driving while disqualified. Serial offender Stuart Bruce Montgomery, 27, was sent to prison for five months by city magistrates yesterday. His wife issued him
PLANS to build new homes on green belt land may be scaled down after councillors agreed to include the huge York Central development proposal in plans for the city's future housing needs. Members of City of York Council's Green Belt Working Group last
BASEMENT battles abound in Arriva Trains Conference division two on Saturday as both York's Conference clubs seek points and pride - should the games beat the weather. York Acorn slipped down to third-bottom last week with defeat to Huddersfield Sharks
AUSSIE firebrand Simon Friend has leapt from the cauldron to the cooler - and is now set to be thrown into the York City Knights melting-pot. The 26-year-old former Canberra Raiders star touched down in England amid the snow storms yesterday, 24 hours
As a new survey reveals that two-thirds of us would like cosmetic surgery, JO HAYWOOD asks if we are going under the knife with unrealistic expectations. WHY just have your nose done, when you can have a tummy tuck, a bum lift and a boob job at the same
THOMAS Audsley scored a hattrick as Brooklyn beat South Milford 5-2 in the first round of the York Mitchell Sports League Cup. Kingsley Daffern and Shane Thompson were Brooklhyn's other scorers. Nick Spencer and Simon Byrne were on target for South Milford
Tadcaster Albion, second in York Mitchell Sports League division one, are now only a point behind leaders Thorpe United. Joe Breedon hit a hat-trick as Albion beat Hamilton Panthers 'A' 8-0. Oliver Box, Jake Wright, Jake Finn, James Rawlings and Robert
Leeds United players have so far decided not to defer their wages to help the club but we went ahead with it and it turned out fine. The situation was explained to us that the Supporters' Trust had come up with a plan to take over and within that plan
ITS name means "great street". But Micklegate's greatness is fast diminishing, according to traders. What was once a lively, friendly thoroughfare is fast becoming a ghetto, they say. Businesses have moved out and a number of offices stand empty. The
MANDY Cole's story is one of courage and hope. She sank into a vicious circle familiar to anyone who has battled a weight problem. Because her size made her miserable she sought comfort through eating. Today, however, Mandy is a different woman, and "
Craig White called upon his players to give an extra two per cent in everything they do after being appointed Yorkshire captain yesterday - a move which was forecast in Wednesday's Evening Press. Director of Cricket David Byas considered several potential
ON the face of it, the new album by quirky, enigmatic French duo Air sees studio boffins Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin emerge from behind the controls to take centre stage - even appearing on the front cover and performing all the vocals themselves
SO-CALLED "mini" albums arouse suspicion in this reviewer, always wary of the loyal music buyer being needlessly parted from their hard-earned. So it was a relief when The Coral announced that this, their mini album, or concept album, depending on how
THIS is a a pleasant puzzle. Essentially a stop-gap album, Ceremony is a limited release which will mostly appeal to the sort of fan who has to have everything. There are five new songs, alongside a curious jumble of re-mixes and new versions of old songs
ELVIS Costello is the one bound for the Oscars, nominated for Best Song for Alison Krauss's snow-capped version of his lonesome ballad The Scarlet Tide on the Cold Mountain soundtrack. However, the musical talking point from Anthony Minghella's American
If cruising through the 'hood with a couple of divas in the back of your convertible is high on your agenda during the next few weeks, Honey could be the soundtrack to have your speakers pumping. A blend of R&B and hip hop tracks is set to a movie
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection from Friday's meetings: Wolverhampton - 3.25 Hail The Chief Updated: 11:54 Thursday, January 29, 2004
SIPPING cocktails in the heated pool on the top floor of our executive Walmgate office suite, the Diary was oblivious to the snowy wastes outside. We thought this whole weather thing had been exaggerated. Tabloid headlines like Panic Grips Arctic Britain
CITY of York Trading Standards has received information about a new type of rogue trader - the "investment scammers". We would warn all readers to be aware of this latest scam. Investment scams include a wide range of schemes offering income, interest
BY far the worst building to have been built within sight of the city walls since Ryedale House is the new Mecca bingo hall. It is out of scale with its surroundings, shapeless and dull. However, judging by the artist's impressions in your Business Press
DAVID W Gulliver asks: "How much longer are we going to have to put up with the so-called 'traffic calming' measures introduced by City of York Council?" (Letters, January 27). The answer is simple: until drivers can be trusted to obey the law. Nobody
SO the gritters were poised, and the council had plans to deal with "the situation". Well how about ensuring the salt bins in residential areas are actually full? Preparing to spread some rock salt on our ungritted street my father was surprised to discover
I INCURRED a parking fine when I visited York to see a pantomime. I paid it but it is the good people of York who will eventually foot the bill. This year my wife and I did much of our Christmas shopping in York. We like the city centre and the variety
AS a car owner why do I feel increasingly unwelcome in the city in which I have happily lived for the past seven years? Being fortunate enough to live close to the city centre I take every opportunity to walk where possible, but a car is essential for
I AM trying to trace Joyce Foster who lived in Wycliffe Avenue, York. Her family lived in Norman Street and her father's name was Jim Foster. She would be in her 60s or early 70s. If you can help please contact me on 07944 253905, I shall call you back
I WAS intrigued to read in Business Press (January 27) that the top chef at Hazlewood Castle, John Benson-Smith, had opened two successful "brassires" in Lancashire. Perhaps he (or you) could tell your readers precisely how success is measured in such
IN response to your front page report in the Yorkshire County edition of the Evening Press of January 24, I wish to correct the misleading impression created by the photograph accompanying the article. My home is not part of the sumptuous Priory Estate
SOME of the finest high-tech brains in York and East Yorkshire are uniting to win national contracts. Agilysis, the York firm which was chosen to bring e-government to most councils in North Yorkshire, has linked arms with York Data Services and Salamander
DAYS spent waiting for workmen to arrive could be coming to an end - thanks to two North Yorkshire businesswomen. As people's lifestyles become more hectic by the moment, Jane Shepherd and Penny Hudson seized on an idea to cut the stress out of everyday
AS CREDIT card bills from Christmas land on doormats across York and North Yorkshire, a York accountant has warned that people who don't play their cards right will face hefty charges. David Walker, of Botting and Co, in Clifton Moor, said people spend
THE urban elite are to be found in York, according to a new survey - although you may have to look quite hard to discover them. The followers of this modern tribe are, so far as I can fathom, youngish, trendy metropolitan types who can't see an agenda
SELBY Warriors player-coach Kev Fellows will be able to choose from a full-strength squad on Saturday as his side bid for a third 'giant-killing' in the Pennine League's Shipley Trophy. In-form Morley Borough are the visitors to Sandhill Lane for a second-round
AUSSIE firebrand Simon Friend has leapt from the cauldron to the cooler - and is now set to be thrown into the York City Knights melting-pot. The 26-year-old former Canberra Raiders star touched down in England amid the snow storms yesterday, 24 hours
A YORKSHIRE woman scored a century today as she celebrated her 100th birthday. Grace Burrows, of Red Lodge, New Earswick, was surrounded by her family for her birthday celebrations. She said: "I can't get over it - it's come all of a sudden." Her daughter
YORK council leader Steve Galloway has assured residents that the Barbican auditorium will NOT have fewer seats after its planned refurbishment. He claims the venue will provide more entertainment opportunities than the existing centre. The Evening Press
York's Ladies came through their tough Yetton and Vivienne Trophy games against Cumbria with flying colours. They won 78-74 in the Yetton Trophy and face South Shields next Thursday (12.30pm). Melanie Brooke, Maureen Thomas, Norma Reed and Trish Stevens
THREE North Yorkshire schools are to receive more than £1.3 million funding after the Government today announced they were among 238 to be given specialist school status. Manor CE School, York, has been given specialist performing arts status; Burnholme
COUNCILLORS have resisted demands by English Heritage to launch a study into the impact of new developments on York's historic fabric. The Government conservation body has vowed to formally oppose the city's Local Plan until a detailed environmental capacity
RAY FELL, chairman of the Leeds United Supporters Club, has condemned the 'vultures' who are feeding off the club's cash crisis. Fell welcomed the deal that sees Manchester United paying a cut price £1.5million to complete instalmemts on Rio Ferdinand's
TRADERS have blasted City of York Council, saying it has allowed a major historic street to turn into a "ghetto" full of empty shops, drug users and rubbish. Paul Abbott, who has run Micklegate Post Office for the last four years, says Micklegate has
Craig White called upon his players to give an extra two per cent in everything they do after being appointed Yorkshire captain yesterday - a move which was forecast in Wednesday's Evening Press. Director of Cricket David Byas considered several potential
GRITTERS stepped up their efforts to clear icy pavements and side roads in York today as pedestrians came a cropper in treacherous conditions. Ambulance chiefs said a woman was taken to York Hospital with a fractured wrist after slipping on ice in Holgate
Lincoln City manager Keith Alexander has been given the all-clear to return to work two months after collapsing with a brain haemorrhage. And York City manager Chris Brass, who he is likely to face him on Saturday when the Imps come to Bootham Crescent
A YORK woman has lost ten stones - nearly a third of her body weight - after undergoing a risky stomach bypass operation. Mother-of-two Mandy Cole, 43, of Fulford Cross, York, said her life-long weight problem became so severe she could not walk properly
THREE North Yorkshire schools are to receive more than £1.3 million funding after the Government today announced they were among 238 to be given specialist school status. Manor CE School, York, has been given specialist performing arts status; Burnholme
A CINEMA-LOVER has blamed the threatened demise of York's Odeon on "intransigence and brinksmanship" by council planners. James Bettley, of Acomb, York, was criticising City of York Council's refusal of permission for the removal of the old Odeon sign
PERHAPS it's the politically cynical times in which we live but epic American film scores no longer pack their old punch. This is the 100th film score by Hans Zimmer, whose most admired works include Gladiator and The Thin Red Line. Famous for integrating
