SOLICITOR Paul Berwin's latest brief as an "iron man" could raise £20,000 for charity. more...
HERE'S a chance to putt business matters into perspective. more...
NETWORK Rail today insisted that its plans to bring 30 more of its own top engineers to York over the next year will not badly affect rail companies in the city. more...
THERE was only one way that a 21st century business and enterprise college like Burnholme in York could go if it wanted to attract the support of more 21st century businesses in the city. more...
Q: I'm going through the menopause and despite using a good moisturiser my skin is still very dry. Are there any skin supplements that might help? more...
LUCY STEPHENS finds out how people suffering from coeliac disease can now get specially-prepared gluten-free takeaway fish and chips in York. more...
Waste not, want not. It could be the motto of a pioneering York facility, reports CHRIS TITLEY. more...
IT is the York road which never has any roadworks. You can stroll its length without fear of being scythed down by a cyclist or squashed by a super bus. There's no parking - but no traffic wardens either. more...
"NO more boom and bust." It is the favourite mantra of Chancellor Gordon Brown. more...
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TWO hundred posts are being cut at York Hospital, in the latest development in the cash crisis affecting the local NHS. more...
GRIEVING son David Alexander told York health chiefs today: "You killed my dad." more...
ROBBERIES in York have dropped by more than a quarter, the Evening Press can reveal today. more...
THE chimpanzee which escaped from its enclosure at Flamingoland had to be shot because it posed a threat to the health and safety of staff there, councillors were told. more...
THE future of two teenage girls excluded from a York secondary school for taking ecstasy tablets hangs in the balance. more...
ORGANISATIONS are coming forward to back City of York Council's fight against the threat of budget capping. more...
GOVERNMENT scientists were today testing a bird found on the outskirts of York for the deadly form of avian flu. more...
BOSSES at a power station where a worker plunged 70ft to his death have been ordered to pay almost £100,000. more...
BRAVE Charlotte Leighton returned to school for an extra special Easter assembly. more...
LONG-suffering dental patients in Selby face a brighter future, with more NHS places becoming available, the local MP has claimed. more...
AS Mr Bayley, our Labour MP, is questioning the legality of the council's 100 per cent increase in residents' parking tax (make no mistake, that is exactly what it is, a tax), I would like to pose three questions to the Labour group: more...
I READ with interest the article in the Evening Press "MP sparks war over parking" (March 31). more...
CITY of York Council is set to designate part of bus route four red (March 28). This will prevent vehicles parking on that section of the route. more...
I WAS extremely privileged to have been in the audience at Stamford Bridge primary school's performance of Hoodwinked: The Story Of Robin Hood. more...
COUNCILLOR Galloway has announced the imminent sale of the Barbican site in York for redevelopment (April 5). more...
I REALLY must express my anger towards Peter Vaughan, vice-chairman of Huntington Parish Council, about his comment of "old York" and its reliance on "old industries" eg Terry's, the carriageworks, the Army and, let's not forget, Redfern Glassworks and old Rowntree's that used to take on casual workers in the winter months. (March 31). more...
I AM no expert on wine tasting, I drink what suits my palate, but I've just looked at a list of 20 bottles of various wines and wonder if my taste buds are lacking. more...
THE Inclusive York Forum supports the efforts to find a suitable location for the Arc Light project. more...
THE new Arc Light centre would ideally be situated away from densely populated areas, schools and housing for the elderly. more...
I ATTENDED a meeting at All Saints' School, York, in regards to building accommodation in Nunnery Lane car park for the charity Arc Light. more...
AS one of the organisers of the Nunnery Lane Campaign Group meeting at All Saints' School, York, (April 3), I was disappointed that it received little coverage. more...
AMONG the many new inventions that make modern life the stress-free cakewalk we all enjoy is something known as "sat nav". more...
A BIG-hearted teenager is in line for a York Community Pride award, for her dedicated work raising money for a good cause. more...
NURSING staff from York Hospital boiled up a brew when they held a coffee morning to raise money for the Guardian Angels appeal. more...
Sky's The Limit, the easiest winner at Cheltenham last month, can further underline his enormous potential by landing the Grade One Scottish And Newcastle Aintree Hurdle, the main supporting race to the Grand National, tomorrow. more...
A NEW chapter in the York City Knights book begins tonight as the Senior Academy team plays its first-ever game in the new-look Under-21s league. more...
SUCH was the popularity of the York City Knights ticket competition we ran for the Challenge Cup match at Swinton, we've decided to run another. more...
Nationwide North play-off hopefuls Harrogate Town have the odds stacked against them at Northwich Victoria tomorrow on the back of last night's 2-1 defeat at Lancaster City. more...
LUCKLESS Cross Keys have been given a real kick in the teeth after having their only York and District Sunday Afternoon Football League points stripped. more...
COOL heads and strong nerves were needed by Severus SC and Ainsty Panthers to negotiate their respective John Smith's York Sunday League Challenge Cup semi-finals. more...
YORK City fans' group Friends of Bootham Crescent have called on supporters to resist all attempts to change the ownership of the club until questions are answered. more...
HUNTINGTON Stadium is on the verge of a massive facelift that will bring the athletics facilities into the 21st century and cater for more up-and-coming athletes. more...
Wigginton youngster Neil Cordell has been selected to represent England in the forthcoming European Junior Squash Championships to be held in Tel Aviv Israel, on May 26-28. more...
A NEW chapter in the York City Knights book begins tonight as the Senior Academy team plays its first-ever game in the new-look Under-21s league. more...
LIONEL Barnes made it a memorable first season when he became the first Bootham player to lift the York Conservative Clubs' Foster's Challenge Handicap Snooker Trophy after edging out Chris Thompson (Heworth) 3-2 in the final at Acomb club. more...
YORK City fans' group Friends of Bootham Crescent have called on supporters to resist all attempts to change the ownership of the club until questions are answered. more...
YORK City are hoping for one of their biggest gates of the season on Sunday as their play-off push continues against Kidderminster Harriers. more...
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