'THIS is your task for next week," says Lizzie Evans, looking sternly around the group of men and women seated at the table. "Nobody to have a cigarette at all." There are a few smothered groans, a shifting of chairs. Then a babble of talk and tension-relieving
TOURISM was flying high this August Bank Holiday weekend, a year after the foot and mouth crisis threatened a serious dent in the area's economy. The dry and bright August weather brought out the crowds and the familiar sight of queues of cars filled
A DIP into the postbag is well overdue, and what better time to sit back and enjoy some of your responses to Yesterday Once More than Bank Holiday Monday? Lots of faces to scrutinise in our photographs, but first, we return to the theme of our previous
PREMIERSHIP Tottenham Hotspur are today seeking permission from York City to field move-hunting goalkeeper Russ Howarth. And the sought-after net-minder told the Evening Press that he was hoping Spurs' dramatic involvement may at last sort out his uncertain
Somnus, a winner at York last month, can follow-up at Ripon tomorrow. Tim Easterby's juvenile goes for the Steve Nesbitt Challenge Trophy Nursery, a race named after the late trainer, who was based near the track. Somnus, who finished unplaced on his
A YORK baker who helped North Yorkshire primary school pupils excel in the art of bread making is returning to the school to present a special gift. Colin Henson, 52, of Moorcroft Road, Woodthorpe, cooked up the idea to bake a huge bread wheatsheaf after
IT may have been Bank Holiday Saturday, but there was little revelry at Clifton Park. An infuriating and lengthy rain interruption reduced York's Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League encounter with Rotherham Town to a time restricted finish and
OSBALDWICK travelled to Dringhouses for a tough opening game on their return to the Premier Division of the Leeper Hare York and District Senior League, writes Colin Atkinson. Os managed to unsettle their high-flying opponents until the closing minutes
A YORK woman is appealing for help to find the man who smashed up her car in a drunken rage. Fiona Coleman, 28, of York, said she was terrified that the smartly-dressed man was going to attack her as he repeatedly kicked at her Vauxhall Astra outside
YORK Acorn's hopes of starting the NCL division two campaign with a win were thwarted by a poor final quarter display away to Wakefield-based Eastmoor Dragons, who won 18-8. Acorn's preparations were disrupted by several late withdrawals, but still it
SUPPORTERS of all ages signed an anti-hunting petition when campaigners arrived in York. The Banner For A Ban campaign is being run by the RSPCA, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the League Against Cruel Sports. They are collecting pledges
DAVE Carling's late drop goal gave Heworth a winning start to the new National Conference League second division campaign. His 35-metre effort a minute from the end gave the Villagers a 21-20 home victory over Normanton Knights. The game was in keeping
WE do like to be beside the seaside - at least that's what the findings of a new survey have revealed. Out of 100 seaside towns surveyed by mortgage lender Halifax in England and Wales, 71 enjoyed average yearly price increases which topped ten per cent
ALL eyes were on the skies at the annual Yorkshire Air Show at Elvington - among them those of York's most famous plane spotter, Andy Jenkins. The first day of the two-day event, which remained dry despite a chilly wind, attracted thousands, including
YORK City were sweating on the fitness of defenders Scott Jones and Stuart Wise ahead of this afternoon's clash with Boston United at Bootham Crescent (3pm). Jones was withdrawn at half-time on Saturday feeling unwell as City's unbeaten start to the campaign
PREMIERSHIP Tottenham Hotspur are today seeking permission from York City to field move-hunting goalkeeper Russ Howarth. And the sought-after net-minder told the Evening Press that he was hoping Spurs' dramatic involvement may at last sort out his uncertain
THE closing night of Leeds Carling Weekend festival was marred by violence early today as crowds torched toilet blocks and damaged property. One of the main temporary toilet blocks at the Temple Newsam site was completely burned to the ground and fires
Family bereavement, divorce, moving home, having a baby -- these are the most stressful experiences in life, according to a survey. They are closely followed by raising a troublesome teenager, arranging a big family occasion and taking on extra responsibility
SINCE my last letter (August 5), City of York Council's director of planning and transportation, Roy Templeman, has told me the land on Foss Islands Road is more valuable as shopping than as housing. But this does not excuse the council for going ahead
I APPLAUD the plan to make it an offence to use a mobile phone while driving (August 20). However, smoking at the wheel could be as dangerous for obvious reasons. I have seen people map-reading and eating while driving. All of these actions put lives
CLIMATE change affects us all. This windy, wet summer brought more flooding to North Yorkshire. It was not on the same scale as that of 1999 and 2000, but the regularity with which our towns and countryside now disappear underwater is very worrying. Our
AS I write my house is surrounded by drunken, noisy race-goers, who are leaving half finished drinks on people's walls. I appreciate that the races generate a lot of money and creates employment for the region, but race-goers do not need to spend two
I WRITE in response to the inhibiting entrance charges and arrangements at York Minster. As a regular visitor to York Minster for prayer and reflection I cannot afford to pay the recommended fee each time I enter. I shall hopefully, and happily, still
MY heart goes out to Gordon Staniforth and his family every time something else is printed in the Evening Press about the loss of his son (August 20). I worked at York City FC when Gordon was playing for the team. He a wonderful player and a good man.
BEFORE kick-off, the talk was that this clash with Scunthorpe would be an acid test of York City's promotion credentials, a chance to gauge whether the Minstermen's promising start was the real deal. The Iron may have suffered a disappointing start to
YORK City were sweating on the fitness of defenders Scott Jones and Stuart Wise ahead of this afternoon's clash with Boston United at Bootham Crescent (3pm). Jones was withdrawn at half-time on Saturday feeling unwell as City's unbeaten start to the campaign
LEE Nogan has hailed York City's trident force in spearheading the Minstermen's early rise to the top of Division Three. With two wins, a draw and seven goals from their opening three games, second-placed City and Nogan head to Scunthorpe United tomorrow
AFTER a week's break, Yorkshire were today preparing for an action-packed month of cricket right up to the end of the season, starting with tomorrow's relegation tussle with Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. The next few days are going to be among the most
NORWICH Union's home defeat by York Post Office has opened up the chase for the first division championship of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale Cricket League. Ovington, who won when Stamford Bridge conceded their fixture, are second, while York
THE Lord Mayor of York is backing a scheme aimed at giving some of the city's most deserving youngsters a break. Coun David Horton will be one of many guests celebrating City of York Council's Sharing Care Scheme on Wednesday, when he joins its annual
HARROGATE Town's searing start to the UniBond League premier division lost a semblance of steam when they were held to a goal-less draw by Droylsden. The Wetherby Road hosts went into Saturday's duel as leaders after a brilliant brace of victories over
by Tony Tierney THE departing commander of the York army unit, which helped to save the city from the disastrous floods of 2000, has been given a sweet send-off by his troops. Lieutenant Colonel Ian Cameron-Mowat, who has commanded 2 Signal Regiment for
SCARBOROUGH have started the Nationwide Conference campaign with three games without a win - but seem to have cornered the market in red cards. Beaten 1-0 at home by Dagenham & Redbridge, Boro ended with only ten men on the pitch for the third successive
THOUSANDS of visitors and residents in York have signed a petition opposing military action against Iraq. Peace campaigners have been collecting signatures in St Sampson's Square every Saturday for several months - they believe that George W Bush and
YORK is "unlikely" to ever have a bus station, the city's top transport chief admitted today. Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing, executive member for transport at City of York Council, said there just was not the land in the city centre to provide a full-scale
Despite a fine two-under-par last round of 71, a poor third round of 78 cost York golf professional Kirsty Taylor a high finish in the Women's PGA championship of Europe at Royal Porthcawl. Taylor's total of 298 (76 73 78 71) left her 13 shots adrift
Yorkshire Under-13s and Under-15s schools' cricket teams both emerged triumphant in the Lord's Taverners inter-schools' semi-finals and finals at Oundle School over the weekend. After overcoming Wales in the semi-finals the U15s then beat Surrey in the
THE rain and inevitable mud arrived on day two of the Leeds Carling weekend - but so thankfully did a line-up in which the organisers had eased off the heavy stuff. UNKLE played a mini-festival of sight and sound all of their own in the Dance Tent, blowing
GLOBAL warming and other man-made follies - notably foot-and-mouth disease - have made life tough for the tourist industry of late. So we are delighted to report a bumper time for attractions on what we sadly record as the last Bank Holiday weekend of
