Reader's letter How could you even consider putting the face of Alison McKinnon, arrested in Istanbul after allegedly being caught with heroin, on the front of your paper ('Face Of Despair', March 21)? Have you thought about the faces of young people
Get news in sharper focus THERE is a gap in the market for a new line in spectacles, and so this column is about to launch Dr Cole's Sensible Perspective Lenses. Once worn, the world will seem a saner place. These new spectacles come in a tough case,
Reader's letter We invite readers to take part in the annual St Leonard's Way Challenge Walk in the spectacular Bront country on the Haworth Moors. This year the event takes place on Saturday, May 6. You need to be reasonably experienced and fit to tackle
Reader's letter Anthony Day (Letters, March 14) should deal in facts not suppositions. It is a fact that the euro has declined in value by 16 per cent. It is supposition to say mortgage rates would be reduced by three per cent if we joined the euro. It
Reader's letter In the Evening Press (Letters, March 11) Jean Glover says: "There is literally nothing for young people to do," a statement which I must contradict. The City of York Council funds more than 50 youth groups, 23 of which are run directly
Police get keys for tenant drug checks Landlords are handing police the keys to their tenants' homes so officers can trawl them for drugs. Town snubs royal bells appeal The York Minster Bells Appeal ran into fresh controversy today when a leading Selby
York bowlers have completed a tremendous national double. The city's Mixed Team won the Egham Trophy at Newark in a nail-biting last end finish. The success comes just a fortnight after the York Women's Team won the Yetton Trophy. David Stroughair bowled
York Wasps chief executive Ann Garvey has defended the club's decision to lower players' wages this season in the wake of comments made by former coach Dean Robinson. She revealed that late chairman Trevor Cox had insisted on a realistic wage budget at
Leading swimming coach Paddy Garratt has threatened to take York City Baths Club to an industrial tribunal after having his contract with the club terminated. The former England and Great Britain head coach said today that he was "vigorously contesting
A discarded cigarette butt led police to a burglar after his DNA was found on it by forensic scientists. Jason Armitage Greenheld confessed to a spate of burglaries and other offences when detectives confronted him with the incriminating stub, York Crown
An inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on four men who died when their stricken light aircraft plummeted to the ground. FLASHBACK: A police officer walks past the wreckage of the Mooney light aircraft in which four people died Eye-witnesses
Workers' conduct could be controlled by a list of rules proposed by City of York Council. The code, the first in the city, aims to ensure political neutrality, dictates what council business can be discussed publicly and with the media and how staff should
The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life in Pickering is to open its doors for a new season following a £300,000 revamp. A new building, several display areas and a new shop will open for the public on Saturday following a turbulent 12 months. "It has been
Work is well under way on constructing York's Millennium Bridge. SHOW STEELERS: Above and right, workmen construct York's new Millennium bridge at Meldan's steel fabrication factory at Immingham, Humberside The Evening Press tonight publishes the first
Landlords are handing police the keys to their tenants' homes so officers can trawl them for drugs. Officers will be able to patrol communal areas looking for illegal substances in a radical anti-drugs and anti-crime scheme in York. The aim of Operation
Reader's letter Contrary to W Kettlestring's understanding (Letters, March 4), the plans of architects PRP for the new Osbaldwick development do allow traffic to flow across the site. Their masterplan report states: "Internal layout has been designed
Making waves York swimming coach threatens to fight club over 'sacking'. Garvey defends Wasp's wages policy York Wasps chief executive Ann Garvey has defended the club's decision to lower players' wages this season in the wake of comments made by former
Indium, who failed to make the cut for Saturday's Lincoln Handicap, has an excellent chance of handsome compensation at Doncaster tomorrow. The £20,000 Worthington Spring Mile, which is designed to accommodate the Lincoln Handicap entries which fall outside
Eek! It was all fright on the night as Yorkshire Tourist Board launched its latest conference and venue guide for 2000/2001 at the London Dungeon. The guide was available for about 100 conference and meetings organisers from all over the UK to sink their
Evening Press leader Seeing the pictures of York's Millennium Bridge taking shape in a Humberside factory will hearten all of us who support this admirable project. Earlier troubles, when manufacture was switched from an Italian firm to Meldan's at Immingham
Heworth could have a say in the National Conference first division promotion race when they entertain Featherstone Lions in their penultimate game of the season on Saturday. The highly-rated West Yorkshire side are in fourth place and just four points
Evening press leader Some will welcome it as a useful weapon in the war against drugs. Others will consider it an unacceptable breach of basic civil liberties. York police's new initiative is as radical as it is controversial. Detectives have been given
Now here's a thing - nearly 200 people running, jumping, dancing and singing, and it always happens at about the same time every day. B&Q general manager Ian Smith, centre, leads his staff in an "energiser" session at the start of the morning today
In the Evening Press (Letters, March 11) Jean Glover says: "There is literally nothing for young people to do," a statement which I must contradict.Letter from Coun Bob Scrase, Chair, Leisure Services Committee, City of York Council Our opinions matter
The York Minster Bells Appeal ran into fresh controversy today when a leading Selby councillor said the bells should be dedicated to North Yorkshire's forgotten army on the home front who "actually contributed" to the war effort. Selby district councillors
The people of Ryedale could soon get a new leisure centre - but only if they shout loud enough to demand one. External experts called in by Ryedale District Council are urging them to consider building a new centre and to ask people exactly what it is
