Q I feel very uncomfortable about accepting compliments. Is this normal? A I wouldn't exactly say it is normal to feel uncomfortable accepting compliments but it is surprisingly common. One reason for not being able to accept compliments is that you don't
Q I have many bad habits I should like to change. How can I change them? A Firstly, let's clear up what a habit is. A habit is something you do so often that it comes natural. You don't actually say what your bad habits are but I wouldn't suggest that
YORK'S tourist trade enjoyed a welcome boost at the weekend, as crowds flocked to the city in two days of unusually hot autumn weather. The York Tourism Bureau was unable to place 60 bookings in hotels and guest houses in the city during a bumper weekend
STRAIGHT-TALKING Terry Dolan admits stuttering York City have lost their early-season sheen. But in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Oxford the City chief is refusing to panic and has indicated he is not yet ready to wield the axe. The reverse
AFTER battling hard to gain an interval lead, Pocklington collapsed in the second half and slumped to a 48-14 defeat at Leodiensians in Yorkshire Two. Leos had the early pressure and, although Pocklington's defence initially held firm, the home side took
RELUCTANT hero Nick Hare stole the show as York maintained their 100 per cent record with a 29-10 victory over Huddersfield YMCA. Hare, who had hung up his boots at the end of last season, was only coaxed out of retirement to ease a prop shortage at Clifton
THE Dean of York, The Very Reverend Raymond Furnell, is to retire. The Dean announced he would leave his post at York Minster, in August 2003, at the end of Sunday's morning service. His decision, made on the eighth anniversary of his accession to the
WEST Leeds were gifted a 33-20 victory by an out-of-sorts Malton and Norton at the Gannock in Yorkshire Two. The visitors played to a simple plan of kicking for position whenever possible and then pressurising Malton into errors. Three of the five tries
LEEDS United manager Terry Venables may go back to the drawing board to get his side's season back on track. He is likely to have rethink his strategy after seeing his side utterly outclassed 4-1 by rampant Arsenal at Elland Road on Saturday. Leeds have
TONY Blair has signalled the Government will forge ahead with controversial proposals which could lead to York District Hospital becoming a "super" NHS Trust. The Department of Health's plans to create new "foundation" hospitals with greater financial
TWELVE months ago, Scarborough lost 6-0 at Edgar Street with goalkeeper Andy Woods keeping the scoreline within respectable bounds. This time around he had nothing to do and Boro won 1-0 for their second Nationwide Conference win on the road this season
AN INCREDIBLE sporting gesture by Chester-le-Street Town keeper Ian Aitken stole the limelight in Harrogate Railway's thrilling 5-5 draw in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup. The Northern League outfit, already leading through Andy Blower, doubled
A NEW effort to solve recurring surface cracks on York's landmark Millennium Bridge is under way. But the project, which City of York Council hopes will end an 18-month problem, has been marred by a wrangle over who is to pay for the scheme. A two-week
A REPORT into Son Of Star Wars claims that little consideration has been given to the impact on North Yorkshire residents of a weapons strike on Fylingdales and Menwith Hill. The report, by the Missile Defence Working Group, reiterates fears that the
CHAMPAGNE flowed on York's Knavesmire as local driver Jonny Milner toasted an emphatic home win to be crowned British Rally champion. The 31-year-old from Huggate, near Pocklington, became the York area's second national motorsport champion inside a week
YORK campaigners went on the march in London over the weekend to protest against proposed military action against Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of people from the city joined an estimated 270,000 to oppose the threat of a war on Iraq by the U.S. and the UK
IT WILL be a family affair when Keith Dunsire and his daughter, Hannah, take part in the Great North Run in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. The pair, of Copmanthorpe, York, were prompted to put on their running shoes by Hannah's brother Paul,
STRAIGHT-TALKING Terry Dolan admits stuttering York City have lost their early-season sheen. But in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Oxford the City chief is refusing to panic and has indicated he is not yet ready to wield the axe. The reverse
AS unwelcome as two successive defeats are, any talk of a crisis surrounding York City is premature. The wheels have not yet fallen off what has been a promising start to the season, more likely the Minstermen have a flat tyre. But how and when it will
"OUR country can never, never repay the World Bank the debt it owes, and yet the bank is telling us to take out yet another loan!" That is what Francis Ngambi of Malawi recently told a meeting in York. Francis, who works in the Malawi Probation Service
PRINCE Charles has finally shown his true colours. He's thrown the toys out of his pram, stamped his little royal foot, and declared that if nasty Mr Blair bans fox-hunting, he will spend all his time abroad skiing. No change there then! Why no third
I read with amazement two articles which were printed four pages apart in the Evening Press on September 26. In one story a motorist killed a motorcyclist through an act of careless driving and was fined £150 plus six penalty points on his driving license
IF an accident in North Yorkshire claimed the lives of 21 people, we would be horrified. Ministers would come to pay fulsome tribute to the cameras. Campaigners would call for changes so it could never happen again. But when 21 people die in separate
the British are masters at devising new ways to amuse the family. Take this weekend, for example. People queued up for the chance to eat as many Smarties as possible in three minutes using chopsticks. Meanwhile a man broke his own record for attaching
Help, I'm confused. For the past week, in fact ever since thousands of people took to the streets to battle for the legal right to hunt down and kill wildlife, I have heard more than a few damning remarks against a certain section of the population. No
Women in York now have access to a new treatment for fibroids, thanks mainly to the determination of one woman. JO HAYWOOD reports on Fiona Buckton's battle against unnecessary hysterectomies When Fiona Buckton was told she would have to have a hysterectomy
STEPHEN LEWIS asks York gynaecologist Adrian Evans about other available treatments THERE are a number of less invasive alternatives to a hysterectomy that have been made possible by developments in modern medicine, according to York District Hospital
RELUCTANT hero Nick Hare stole the show as York maintained their 100 per cent record with a 29-10 victory over Huddersfield YMCA. Hare, who had hung up his boots at the end of last season, was only coaxed out of retirement to ease a prop shortage at Clifton
HARROGATE left Bracknell reflecting on what might have been if they had taken their chances and shown a little more discipline against one of the promotion favourites in National League Division Two. For although they matched the home side in the try
YORK RI went down to their heaviest defeat for some time at the hands of Bramley Phoenix as they crashed 56-10 in Yorkshire Three. The game was evenly balanced at 12-10 on the 20 minutes mark, John Alexander scoring RI's try after Bramley had opened a
ON a warm September day almost 1,000 years ago, a line of English soldiers crouched behind a wall of shields in the marshes beside the River Ouse at what is now Fulford Ings. Ranged against them were the 7,000 or so Viking troops of the Norwegian king
WEST Leeds were gifted a 33-20 victory by an out-of-sorts Malton and Norton at the Gannock in Yorkshire Two. The visitors played to a simple plan of kicking for position whenever possible and then pressurising Malton into errors. Three of the five tries
A REPORT into Son Of Star Wars claims that little consideration has been given to the impact on North Yorkshire residents of a weapons strike on Fylingdales and Menwith Hill. The report, by the Missile Defence Working Group, reiterates fears that the
DARLINGTON trainer Michael Dods, enjoying his best ever season, can add to his scoresheet at Nottingham tomorrow. Dods saddles Mr Bountiful in the Lawrence Of Arabia Classified Stakes and Paul Hanagan's mount is fancied to get back in the winning groove
YOUNGSTERS visiting a relative at St Leonard's Hospice in York can now take advantage of a colourful new room. The children's room, which is stocked with toys, has been created as part of the £2 million redevelopment of the site in Tadcaster Road. It
A STRING of motorcycle accidents on North Yorkshire's roads at the weekend left seven people injured - including one seriously. In the worst incident, a rider was airlifted to St James's Hospital, in Leeds, with "life-threatening" chest injuries after
We were very interested in the article on the ecological footprint technique ('Council urged to think green at all times', Evening Press, September 20) and the fact that senior councillors were meeting to discuss using it for comparing policies. Putting
I invite Evening Press readers to submit poetry for possible inclusion in one of our anthologies. The poems can be any form, and on any subject, although there is a maximum length of 40 lines per poem. In addition to possible publication, entrants will
