MENCAP is boiling up the kettle and stirring up support for the nation's biggest tea party. By turning your daily cuppa into cash you will help support the 200 babies born each week with a learning disability. Now is the time to get your free information
Evening Press Reader's Letters Having received our Council Tax bill for the year 2000-2001 and finding an increase of six per cent on last year, it does not surprise me in the least that City of York Council cannot manage its budget with the money available
Evening Press Reader's Letter Well done to P Atkins for raising this issue ('Tattoo Prejudice', March 22). My boyfriend and I struggle each summer when we want to go out in town. Why? Because he has tattoos on his arms and is therefore unable to wear
Evening Press Reader's Letter Dear youthful southerner Dan Beergutstein made a very good job of his solo Bar Talk (March 18). He commented (as many outsiders often do) on the number of public houses we have in Tadcaster at present. But of course, Dan
Evening Press Reader's Letter Why do you say in your leader that "it was a bad budget for the motorist"? (Evening Press, March 22). Road fund duty was either frozen, or for less than 1200cc engined-cars, or reduced, while the emission-based duty to come
Evening Press Reader's Letter Last autumn battle raged in York over a proposed statue for St Helena in her eponymous city square. Enter the Time Team, which soon unearthed a silver coin bearing her image; so no statue for St Helena yet but at least she'll
The computer fights back Computer theft is a huge and growing problem. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
Rugby League: Blow as Wasps skipper leaves York Wasps Rugby League Club have suffered a major blow with the departure of captain Craig Booth. Rugby League: Caretaker coach keen to stay for the season Caretaker coach Garry Atkins takes charge of York Wasps
York City's rookie goalkeeper Russ Howarth is looking for some world class pedigree to rub his way. WORK-OUT: City goalkeeper Russell Howarth is put through his paces by legend turned coach Neville Southall City's highly rated young 'keeper, together
Computer theft is a huge and growing problem. Yesterday it was revealed that an MI5 spy's laptop, containing sensitive data about Northern Ireland, had been stolen at a London railway station. This was a high-profile and unusual case. But police are becoming
Caretaker coach Garry Atkins takes charge of York Wasps for the first time tomorrow, hoping to make a big enough impression to land the job until the end of the season. TAKING CHARGE: The York Wasps players listen to their new caretaker coach Garry Atkins
York Wasps Rugby League Club have suffered a major blow with the departure of captain Craig Booth. GONE: Craig Booth, who has left York Wasps to join Northern Ford Premiership rivals Featherstone Rovers. The 29-year-old forward has joined York's Northern
Children preparing for their Year Six exams are being offered the chance to join one of ten new BBC revision clubs set up across the country. A new revision club is being set up in York, aimed at children who do not have access to the Internet at home
Women's Minister Baroness Margaret Jay has shared tea with Heworth residents - and praised York's pioneering transport plans. The baroness, who is also leader of the House of Lords, was in the city to view its transport policy. And she said York's example
Church leaders and a group of York residents look to be heading for a showdown over the future of a local church hall. The parochial church council of St Clement's Church, in Scarcroft Road, has been given permission to sell its church hall in nearby
The folks back home will be rooting for York's latest Oscar hopeful, Janet McTeer, on Hollywood's biggest night. Janet has been nominated as Best Actress for her role as eccentric Southern mother Mary Jo in Tumbleweeds, a performance which has already
A mouse is thought to have started a fire in a house near Selby after chewing through an electric cable. Firefighters were called to the detached bungalow in Hawthorn Drive, Barlby, after the owner heard a loud bang in the kitchen. Pensioner Joyce King
Schoolchildren across North Yorkshire are being put in "unacceptable" danger because of sub-standard school buses, police warned today. Nine coaches and minibuses have been taken off the road after roadside checks uncovered a worrying catalogue of defects
Pensioner Herbie Stratton has been asked to stop flying the Confederate flag at night - because neighbours claim it's too noisy! Herbie Stratton with the Confederate flag in the garden of his home The former Royal Marine has long had an eight-metre flagpole
Evening Press Reader's Letter I write in response to the article in the Evening Press about the Yorkshire Red Kite Project ('Keeping An Eye On Young Red Kites In Yorkshire', March 22). The partners in the Yorkshire Red Kite Project are delighted at the
Rebel flag causes a flap Pensioner Herbie Stratton has been asked to stop flying the Confederate flag at night - because neighbours claim it's too noisy! Danger school buses spark police warning Schoolchildren across North Yorkshire are being put in "
Malton and Norton Golf club have won York Union of Golf Clubs' Cross Trophy. The final two rounds at Forest Park and Heworth ensured a thrilling finish which saw Malton and Norton win by six strokes. Scores from Forest Park, where play was finished ahead
Welsh trialist Max Ryce will be looking to grab his last chance with both hands after being included in the starting line-up for tomorrow's trip to Lancashire Lynx. It will be Ryce's final match in his month-long trial which has so far seen him make just
An army medic from York is attempting to swim the English Channel to raise money for heart disease research. DIFFERENT STROKES: Dale Embleton in training at the York Barbican Centre pool for his sponsored Channel swim in August. He is hoping to raise
Fest Forward Ursula Crickmay inside the refurbished St Margaret's Church in Walmgate, York I have seen the past... and it's got a great future. The £2 million refurbishment of St Margaret's Church in Walmgate to house the National Centre for Early Music
Call Doug if you spot a red kite I write in response to the article in the Evening Press about the Yorkshire Red Kite Project Niches for city celebrities Last autumn battle raged in York over a proposed statue for St Helena in her eponymous city square
A unique and revolutionary tracking device which will help tackle the ever-growing problem of computer theft has been put through its paces by North Yorkshire police. PC Sean Ryder takes part in the test of the WebDetect software, which is able to trace
