PENSIONERS in York could be denied a free television licence because it is so difficult to get through to a helpline which has been set up to help them claim one. Some callers have claimed that the newly-established television licence helpline is constantly
I SHOULD have thought the council would be grateful that a man is caring enough to want to improve his property, and give him some encouragement. When you take a good look around the beautiful city of York there are some real eyesores and the council
YOU published an article by Stephen Lewis on the economic and business arguments for and against the Coppergate riverside development (August 16). In this, a former city planner with the Leeds and Wakefield Councils, Peter Spawforth, is quoted as saying
A NORTH YORKSHIRE village was the scene of two dramatic incidents when a plane crash-landed and a man was rescued from the river. The relative calm of Linton-on-Ouse was broken by the two emergencies yesterday afternoon. In the first, the pilot of a light
I READ with interest your news item about the unwelcome smells at the Rawcliffe Bar Park and Ride (August 17). How can the City of York Council have the cheek to suggest serving a nuisance notice on Yorkshire Water because of the smells at Rawcliffe Park
TALKING twaddle is now one of the highest paid jobs in the world. As one of the most proficient twaddle talkers in the business - our correspondence columns are congested with testimony to that effect - I should be lining the cat litter with fivers. Truth
BARRY Jones is back in business. The York City defender, named Clubman of the Year for the past two seasons will face Stoke City in tonight's Worthington Cup first round, first leg, tie at Bootham Crescent (7.45pm). Fans' favourite Jones has not started
TERRY Dolan is ordering his misfiring Minstermen to look and learn after two successive defeats has left York City propping up Division Three. City's 2-0 home reverse at the hands of Cheltenham, coming after the 4-1 opening day defeat at Chesterfield,
YORK City's forgotten man, veteran defender Chris Fairclough, is edging ever closer to fitness. But the former City skipper is refusing to rush back too soon after revealing for the first time he endured two operations on his troubled knee this summer
YORK Wasps are to hold a sponsors evening at Huntington Stadium next month. Hundreds of invitations have been sent out to companies throughout the region as the club try to attract some much needed funding for next season. Anybody interested in sponsoring
YORK Racecourse is opposing plans for a children's play area near the racetrack, claiming it could present a hazard to speeding racehorses. City of York planning councillors are being urged to approve the under-sevens fenced play area, proposed for Middlethorpe
IF last night's Conference contest at the McCain Stadium was to be Scarborough's last-ever match, it was just a shame Morecambe had to spoil a farewell bash. A late goal denied the hosts a hard-earned victory, and although the 2-2 result will pale into
Entries are being invited for this year's City of York Tennis Championships which take place next month. They will be hosted by York Tennis Club and Poppleton Tennis Club from September 9 to September 16. Entry forms can be obtained from local tennis
A YORK angler leapt for joy after netting the rarest catch of his life from the River Ouse - a 12-pound salmon. Peter Edwards, 35, of Maple Grove, Fulford, was fishing for pike by the falls at Naburn, York, with his partner Elizabeth Parnell, when they
Harrogate Rugby Union Club may seek compensation from rugby league side Doncaster Dragons following the loss of top summer signing Simon Irving. The former England A and York Wasps centre has received a £20,000 offer to join the Dragons less than a month
INTERNATIONAL honours are firmly in the sights of York Wasps' hot prospect Gareth Lloyd, writes Dianne Hillaby. Lloyd has been named in the Great Britain and Ireland amateurs' 24-man train-on squad for the forthcoming Emerging Nations World Championships
SPORTS facilities in York have suffered a dramatic drop in visitor numbers, despite huge support to keep them open. Council leaders recently bowed to immense pressure to drop proposals putting York's swimming pools under threat. But figures recently compiled
Yorkshire captain David Byas was making his comeback from injury in his benefit match against a Filey XI at Filey today. And on Saturday he will play for his home club, Scarborough, in their Yorkshire League match against the Yorkshire Academy at North
IT'S party time all over again for St Leonard's Hospice, with the news that York's big weekend of revels has raised a staggering £10,000 for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. The cash boost has come from the many Let's Party events at the beginning of July, when
AFTER an opening day 4-1 defeat, York City fans would be forgiven for thinking things can hardly get worse. And at least in the first half at Chesterfield, City showed themselves to be a good side in waiting. But in Saturday's 2-0 reverse at home to Cheltenham
Darren Lehmann became the country's leading run-scorer again following his 115 against Leicestershire at Grace Road on Saturday and his dazzling century made sure that Yorkshire stay second in the table to Championship leaders Surrey. The two giants now
YORKSHIRE chief executive Chris Hassell today strongly defended the Headingley pitch in the wake of newspaper and media criticism following England's astonishing Test victory over the West Indies inside two days, writes David Warner. And he revealed that
RECORD-BREAKING goalkicker Jamie Benn is on his way back to York Wasps. The 23-year-old full-back is returning to Huntington Stadium on a one-year contract following his release from Castleford Tigers, as revealed on the Evening Press website www.thisisyork.co.uk
YORK City were breaking down the barriers with the men in black this week. Football League referee Matt Messias was spotted at the City training ground joining in the players' fitness work and 'officiating' small-sided games. Messias, a PE teacher in
Romantic Myth, who lost her unbeaten record after becoming upset in the starting stalls at Newbury last month, can bounce back to her brilliant best on the final day of the Ebor Festival on Knavesmire tomorrow. The flying two-year-old bids for the £80,000
Racing attracts more women each year. So what's the appeal? MAXINE GORDON goes to York's Ebor meeting to find out. Pictures by MIKE TIPPING. HEY say horse racing is the sport of kings, but today its regal champions are the Queen and the Queen Mother.
COUNCIL officials seem surprised that visitor numbers have dropped so sharply at York's sports centres. The decline is certainly marked: public swimming is down 16 per cent, while attendance at other facilities is down by 13 per cent. The decrease, says
THE Let's Party weekend has raised at least £10,000, a tremendous boost for the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal. The money rolled in from various festivities, proving that you can have fun and fundraise at the same time. If ever there was another excuse
OF all the misery in the world and man's inhumanity to man you would think we could sink no lower. There can be fewer crimes more heinous, more dastardly than that of 'gnome rustling' and now I read in the Evening Press (Teddies on parade, August 11)
I WISH to point out that GNER has included its Harrogate-London service in its plans for a new franchise, contrary to the suggestion in your story 'Spa town launches campaign for better rail link' (August 17). We also liaise closely with Northern Spirit
THIS miracle moggy needed as many of its nine lives intact as possible to survive a nerve-wracking 300-mile journey nestled in the engine of a car. The male kitten, a grey tabby only ten weeks old, was heard miaowing from under the bonnet of a car which
I WAS bemused by Monday's headline 'Trains chaos as storm hits York' (August 21). This week storms are very much surplus to requirement. It began last Sunday when the 5.11am to Manchester Airport did not 'happen' due to, 'the conductor failing to appear
IT'S all in the mind for mystified Terry Dolan after York City saw their hopes of progression in this year's Worthington Cup all but vanish at the first hurdle. The Minstermen suffered a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Stoke City in last night's first round
YORK City's teenage goalkeeper Russ Howarth has earned another England call-up. The highly-rated prospect has been selected for the England Under-18 squad to face Israel on September 1. The friendly match, at the Rishon Le Zion Municipal Stadium in Israel
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is looking for his Minstermen to get mean and moody. After last week's 4-1 defeat at Chesterfield, the City manager wants a swift return to York's end of season rigid rearguard starting at home to Cheltenham tomorrow. "Last
LOOKING back to go forward is York City's midfield driving force Kevin Hulme. The former Halifax Town skipper admits the Minstermen were left reeling by the manner of their 4-1 opening day mauling at Chesterfield last weekend. But with City set to make
JOHN Pidcocks's final running bowl salvaged a draw for York RI Amateurs Bowls Club in their match against an English Bowling Association representative side. The EBA side, featuring president John Austin and players from as far and wide as Kent, Oxfordshire
South Bank Destroyers collected the league trophy at the York CIU Race Walking presentation night. The Destroyers squad of Martin Fisher, Stuart Wilkinson, Ellis Pickering and Andy Heppell edged out last year's champions Tang Hall Spartans, who were only
THE River Ure at Ripon had been up and down during the week but was back to normal level for Sunday's 51 peg Hemsley Cup. York angler Steve Hodson (RSPS) scored another classy win from his favourite venue from the cages peg above Hewick Bridge. After
A TASTE of the Ibiza fun and frivolity is coming to York this weekend as a fundraiser launches her bid to raise £2,500 for cancer research. Donna Riley, 29, of Strensall, is trying to raise the money for The Cancer Research Campaign with her third trek
A SHAMED nine-year-old girl was left to trudge the streets of York clutching her belongings in a suitcase after the man looking after her gave her a strapping for being naughty. Ian Bundy, 28, lost his temper with the disobedient child, York Crown Court
WILL the real York City please stand up? The season is only three matches old but already we have witnessed the good, the bad and the ugly. At Bootham Crescent last night the good, sometimes approaching excellent, made a welcome first-half appearance.
TRIPLETS Charlton, Jazmin and Kamen may only be 14 weeks old, but the little celebrities are already no strangers to public appearances. Their mother and father, Melissa and Stephen Knowles, from Pocklington, took the babies to the Asda store at Monk's
YOU could play at being ace jockey Frankie Dettori at the first ever Sunday race meeting in the history of York Racecourse. The race meeting on September 3, sponsored by the Evening Press, is a fun day out, with attractions which include a bucking bronco-style
Malton and Norton's Emma Duggleby, the Yorkshire, English and European amateur golf champion, dropped out of the Great Britain and Ireland team competing in the world women's team championships in Berlin today. Duggleby is suffering from a wrist injury
MOTORISTS looked on in amazement as a man cycled naked along a busy road near York. Police were called to the A64 near the Castle Howard turn-off yesterday afternoon (Tue) after reports that the naked man was riding along the cycle path on a red racing
SCARBOROUGH'S desperate bid to beat insolvency is likely to go right down to the wire, says the man charged with keeping the club afloat. "It could go into injury time, so the saying in football goes," said Peter O'Hara of O'Hara and Co Insolvency Practitioners
MOTORISTS taking to the roads of North and East Yorkshire over the Bank Holiday weekend are being warned they could face a traffic nightmare. Transport experts say a range of factors look set to conspire against road users hoping for a hassle-free journey
IT'S all in the mind for mystified Terry Dolan after York City saw their hopes of progression in this year's Worthington Cup all but vanish at the first hurdle. The Minstermen suffered a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Stoke City in last night's first round
WILL the real York City please stand up? The season is only three matches old but already we have witnessed the good, the bad and the ugly. At Bootham Crescent last night the good, sometimes approaching excellent, made a welcome first-half appearance.
Yorkshire captain David Byas was making his comeback from injury in his benefit match against a Filey XI at Filey today. And on Saturday he will play for his home club, Scarborough, in their Yorkshire League match against the Yorkshire Academy at North
It still cannot be too late for Yorkshire's Anthony McGrath to renew his association with Somerset's Marcus Trescothick which five years ago marked them out as England's outstanding pair of young batting prospects. McGrath and Trescothick were regular
YORK Wasps are to hold a sponsors evening at Huntington Stadium next month. Hundreds of invitations have been sent out to companies throughout the region as the club try to attract some much needed funding for next season. Anybody interested in sponsoring
INTERNATIONAL honours are firmly in the sights of York Wasps' hot prospect Gareth Lloyd, writes Dianne Hillaby. Lloyd has been named in the Great Britain and Ireland amateurs' 24-man train-on squad for the forthcoming Emerging Nations World Championships
