THIS has been the week in which the Government appeared to be listening to the heartbeat of local life. First of all, plans to help the struggling post offices were announced. Then yesterday declining market towns were thrown a lifeline. And now mounting
A COMMUNITY crime-fighting scheme which encourages the public to pass information to York police has put a number of offenders behind bars. The initiative, piloted in the South Bank area, has been so successful that it is now to be launched in other parts
I think I have finally solved a problem that has perplexed the greatest minds of this planet for a long time. One that should see me being awarded a Nobel Prize in a few years. This is because I have finally figured out how to stop unwanted pregnancies
I ASK the highways department of City Of York Council when are they going to remove all humps from roads in the city? According to the 1996 Highway Road Humps Regulations they must not be built on or within 25 metres of bridges, subways, culverts or tunnels
Titley, (June 19) no one can condone the savagery, committed by hooligans, during this year's Euro 2000 football contest, but once again he and those like him tar everyone else in the country with the same brush. His implication being: if you are proud
I COULDN'T believe reading in the Evening Press ('Constant reminder of tragedy', Tuesday, June 27) about flowers being placed on the tree in Beckfield Lane. I cannot see the harm they are doing or why anyone would want them taken away. I lost my daughter
A 20-a-day landlord has banned smoking from his city centre pub - upsetting a few regulars along the way. The main bar area in the Golden Fleece, Pavement, York, has been made non-smoking and landlord Andy Yuill is convinced that the move is "the way
A COMPANY which owns a North Yorkshire pig farm was fined £4,000 with £2,022 costs after admitting a pollution incident which killed more than 100 fish. Joseph E Swiers Ltd, of Norton-le-Clay, near Helperby, pleaded guilty at York Magistrates Court to
A LEADING scientist plans to carry out new research in North Yorkshire into possible links between high voltage power lines and cancer. Professor Denis Henshaw wants to set up monitoring equipment under an overhead cable on a farm near Northallerton to
CHAMPIONSHIP leaders Yorkshire suffered a Roses shocker at Old Trafford yesterday when they crumbled to 164 all out, their last eight wickets toppling in 22 overs for the addition of 38 runs. Lancashire, only 16 points adrift of their Roses rivals in
FOR North Yorkshire's very own Spiderman, no job is too big - or too tall. Climbing fanatic, Dennis Vallins, 44, of Huby, started a high access climbing business last April, pledging to reach the parts of buildings other businesses just cannot reach.
YORK RI are looking forward to the new campaign with optimisim after the return of Ian Hassall. Hassall has rejoined the New Lane club from Harrogate as a player-coach. Winger Hassall, who played for RI as a youth, has been acquired chiefly as a player
AN appeal has been launched to secure a lasting memorial to York's Dunkirk vet-erans. The York branch of the Dunkirk Veterans' Association is to be wound up this year like the rest of the association. Now a fundraising appeal has been started to ensure
HEWORTH starlet Dan Briggs will make his York Wasps debut tonight as coach Garry Atkins looks for one last show of pride from his beleaguered players. The Wasps bring the curtain down on a dire season at Huntington Stadium with Atkins well aware it could
DARLINGTON striker Peter Duffield is expected to sign for York City within the next 24 hours. The Evening Press understands Duffield will put pen to paper on a two year contract imminently, following hot on the heels of Graham Potter's arrival at Bootham
AS INITIAL plans for a system of cabinet government began to filter into York's political arena, fears rose. Choosing a panel of eight select 'Labour MPs' to make decisions smacked of putting power into the hands of a political elite. There were fears
THIS is the sneeze season. Those who suffer from hay-fever spend a few weeks, or at worst months, struggling with sneezes and sore eyes. However, imagine what it would be like to sneeze every day for 35 years. Such was the fate of Patrick Webster, who
A COMPLEX and delicate operation will take place this weekend to remove two 380-tonne bridges over the A64 York outer ring road. The engineering work will lead to the closure of the dual carriageway tonight and tomorrow night between Grimston Bar and
MOTORISTS across Yorkshire are uniting in a call for cheaper petrol - although many fear their plans to boycott fuel will have little effect. As prices nudge the £1 a litre mark, a massive Internet campaign entitled Dump the Pump is urging motorists to
YOBS and drunks who plague Britain's towns and cities will be hit with £100 on-the-spot fines, Tony Blair announced today. The Prime Minister declared war on the louts who roam the streets, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights. He said: "A thug
DETECTIVES are making fresh appeals in connection with a shocking rape that took place in Harrogate a year ago this weekend. They are especially anxious to trace a mystery caller who may hold the key to the assault, which took place in Ripon Road close
CULTURE Secretary Chris Smith enjoyed a night at York's two major Millennium arts projects - the newly opened National Centre for Early Music, and the Mystery Plays. Accompanied by York MP Hugh Bayley, Mr Smith was first introduced to children from Heworth
THREE days of Big Top entertainment at Duncombe Park, Helmsley, will bring this summer's Ryedale Festival to a close. From Friday, July 28, to Sunday, July 30, the Big Tent 2000 will ring to the sounds and sights of a huge variety of music and performance
PARENTS at Haxby have formed an action group to campaign to keep their children's school open. A group of parents at Oaken Grove Primary School have got together after the City of York Council revealed a proposal to close the school last month. The plan
York travel to take on the latest Yorkshire ECB County Premier League leaders tomorrow where they could learn the secrets of Sheffield United's rags to riches playing success. It is 13 years since United won the league and celebrated a hat-trick of successive
A MAJOR pollution scare was sparked off in York after dead fish were found floating in the River Foss. The Environment Agency sent officers to investigate after people called in worried that they could have been killed by pollution. Around 20 dead fish
MOTORISTS who put other people's lives at risk by speeding will from today find themselves faced with more than a fine. In a unique North Yorkshire speed-check initiative, speeders could also be con-fronted with the gory consequences of their actions.
