May I say what a pleasure it is to park my car in York at the new car park in the old Pullman bus depot off Walmgate. It is supervised all the time, the staff are polite, they even valeted my car while I did my shopping. Knowing my vehicle was safe and
As there are claims and counter claims, from the Armed Forces Minister, Doug Henderson (Letters, February 26), and by opposition MP Robert Key's article (February 23) on the environmental costs of moving the Army HQ to Edinburgh, I would like to clarify
Intrepid York fundraiser Howard Westlake is half-way through a 70-mile walk across the Jordanian desert to help research into cot deaths. Wilderness ways: Howard Westlake leaves his home at rainy Wigginton, York, to do a 100km walk across the Jordanian
David Batty's surprise return to action helped keep Leeds United on course for Europe with a 2-0 home Premiership victory over Tottenham Hotspur last night. With Willem Korsten out with 'flu, Leeds boss David O'Leary pitched the England midfielder into
Born-again York Acorn have the ideal chance to take another step towards safety on Saturday when they visit National Conference basement club Keighley Albion. Victory would be the third in succession for the battling Blue and Golds, who have found a new
Vilprano who had the misfortune to bump into the in-form Jowoody at Newcastle last month, can gain his just desserts at Ayr tomorrow. Dudley Moffatt's gelding goes for the James Barclay Memorial Handicap Hurdle and is napped to clinch the major honours
York City reserves suffered a long good-night as they bade farewell to their Pontin's League Cup campaign. The City side perished 3-2 last night to Stockport County, who play their second-string games on Hyde United's expansive pitch. Close on 120 yards
At the beginning of this century, Australia was several months away. How the world has shrunk. Today sisters Marlene Wrigglesworth and Diane Marples are celebrating the discovery of a family on the other side of the world. They have been united through
Boxing legend Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns could be in line to make a sensational appearance on the undercard of the all-Yorkshire world title showdown between Paul Ingle and Prince Naseem Hamed. Scarborough's pocket rocket Ingle trained alongside Hearns
The jury in the Tang Hall drugs murder trial retired to consider its verdict today. Self-confessed drugs dealer Jason Nicholas Wade, aged 27, denies murdering his "business partner" Wayne Nicholson, also known as Shaw and Clements. He is alleged to have
Bosses at a bus firm today launched an inquiry after a dad's claim for compensation for his son's torn jacket prompted a letter in response saying: "Your claim is utter b******s". Stephen Barber, 38, of East Carr, Cayton, near Scarborough, wrote three
BBC Radio York is currently seeking to appoint new members to its Local Advisory Council. As part of our efforts to provide the highest possible standards of programming, we need to be in touch with the views of our listeners. The Local Advisory Council
Rod Hill's latest outburst will not go down well with many women ('Hills in attack on police authority,' Evening Press, March 5). If individual officers within the North Yorkshire Police Force have been guilty of discrimination then it is right that their
Please help The European Children's Trust give a mum the best Mother's Day present ever, a chance of a life with her baby. Most of Romania's 100,000 orphanage children have mothers who, because of poverty, feel forced to leave their children in state
While everyone seems to be in self congratulatory mood regarding the vast improvement the Davygate development is on the hideous old gas showroom, I would like to express my disappointment. Not disappointment that the old eyesore has been levelled - I
York rally driver Jenny Davies has her eyes on the Ladies' Championship title in this year's six-round Mobil 1 British Rally Championship which starts with the Vauxhall Rally of Wales this weekend. Davies, at the wheel of the new-look Proton Compact SRi
York has the power to establish itself as a slam-dunk mecca. Forum force: Dave Smith, of York Basketball Forum, who has returned from studying the sport in the USA. Picture: Frank Dwyer So claimed York Basketball Forum mainstay Dave Smith after he returned
Society's anti-socialites are coming under increasing pressure. Those people who revel in disrupting and distressing their fellow citizens are a growing minority. Now, at last, they are set to be a persecuted minority. New legislation comes into force
Grassroots rugby league development in North Yorkshire is in danger of collapse unless new funding can be found. Tony Gargan The Matchpoint programme, which has introduced the sport to more than 2,000 youngsters in the region, is under serious threat.
Police and council chiefs in York have drawn up a strategy for dealing with "town terrorists" which could see young troublemakers put behind bars for up to five years. From April 1, law enforcers will have the luxury of new legislation which, for the
Health Secretary Frank Dobson yesterday opened a new £1 million York renal unit - and revealed how kidney failure brought personal heartache to his own childhood. Frank Dobson chats with patient Frank Stagnell as unit manager Susan Umpleby explains how
Junior agriculture minister Elliot Morley says the Government will look favourably on any application for emergency funding for flood-hit areas of Yorkshire. Junior Agriculture Minister Elliot Morley shares a boat with Ryedale MP John Greenway as the
The first groups of pupils returned to Fulford School, York, today after the fire that ravaged a wing of the technology block. Flashback: Fulford School ablaze The cause of the blaze has now been traced to a faulty convector heater in the metalwork room
Two York sisters have contacted family they never knew they had through the powers of the World Wide Web. Sisters Diane Marples, left, and Marlene Wrigglesworth, with a picture of their Australian half-brother they found using the Internet. Picture: Frank
Young netball player Alistair Bell is missing out on a chance to play in a schools tournament - because he's a boy. Ball boy: Alistair Bell with his team mates (from left) Vicky Hajba, Jessica Welburn, Lynsay Ray, Vikki Beattie, Gemma Cook, Adele Elliott
Householders whose properties have been wrecked by the flooding disaster may have to wait up to six months before their homes are put back to normal, insurance experts said today. Tony Smithson in his flooded Technicare business in Railway Street, Malton
