MY kitchen floor was newly-mopped; my U-bends were thoroughly scrubbed. Even my socks had all been paired up and placed neatly in the drawer. There was now nothing but a well-earned coffee break between me and the evil moment when I would have to square
AFTER reading P Witlea's letter 'Ice rink folly' (January 24) I visited the Eye Of York to inspect the reported "eyesore" that was said to look like a "bomb site" where the ice rink had been sited. These descriptions are a gross exaggeration. As someone
THE North Yorkshire head of a motoring empire is set to glean a £75 million windfall from selling his business. Tony Bramall, executive chairman of Harrogate-based CD Bramall Plc, will get the benefits with his family of a 33 per cent share, if it is
JOSEPH Rowntree School's Under-19 netball team came agonisingly close to a place in the national finals. Representing North Yorkshire, they needed to beat Sheffield High in the final match of the regional finals at Tapton School, Sheffield. The York girls
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARL Club's U16s maintained their top four place in the Yorkshire League premier division with a 22-15 win over a rugged Siddal side. They did it the hard way, coming back from 15-0 down. The comeback started with a Jack French
THOMAS the Tank Engine is very sad. Someone has taken the Fat Controller's outfit, only weeks before Thomas and his friends are due to entertain thousands of people in York. Sir Topham Hatt, The Fat Controller, always leaves his best suit at the National
POLICE are hunting a middle-aged woman who may have posed as a police officer and builder at the homes of two elderly people in York. The bogus official stole hundreds of pounds in cash after striking at addresses in School Lane, Fulford, and Holly Terrace
With no big matches on York Amalgamation of Anglers' waters it was left to the Leeds-controlled stretches upstream of York to host both of last weekend's bigger contests. If Saturday's 75-peg practice match on the Ouse between Hunters Lodge and Linton
BISHOPTHORPE came out 3-1 winners of the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' bottom of the table clash with South Bank. The victory gave them a fighting chance of avoiding the drop with seven games remaining. Nick Willis scored the only goal
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar has again played down the favourites' tag after Peter Roe became the latest rival boss to claim the Knights are the team to beat in National League Two. Roe, head coach of fellow Division Two side Barrow Raiders, made
RESIDENTS living just across the road from the proposed massive Barbican development have vowed to fight the plans all the way. They say the huge hotel and apartments complex will block out their light by day and cause light pollution by night, damage
THE family of York backpacker Caroline Stuttle expressed relief today after a man was ordered to stand trial for her murder. Ian Douglas Previte did not enter a plea in connection with the 19-year-old's murder in the Australian town of Bundaberg, on April
GRITTING bosses today defended their efforts to clear York's roads as fresh sleet and snow hit the region. Drivers heading into York on the A59 from Harrogate, A19 from Selby and A64 from Malton claimed conditions deteriorated as soon as they crossed
YORK parents are being warned they could go to jail if they fail to send their children to school. Principal educational social worker at the City of York Council, Mark Smith, said many parents believe it will never happen to them. However, during the
A FORMER deputy head who devoted his teaching career to a York school has died aged 99. Michael Byrne, who lived in Dringhouses, York, spent more than 40 years teaching at St George's Secondary School. Mr Byrne was born in Harwich and trained at University
CHESTER'S got one. Bath hasn't - but it's produced a World Heritage Site masterplan instead (bit of one-upmanship, if you ask me) which covers the same ground. Oxford has ducked the issue, pointing to the difficulties that stand in the way - but at least
Title-chasing Selby closed the gap on Northern Counties East League premier division leaders Brigg Town to one point with a 3-1 victory at Eastwood Town last night. This keeps Selby well in contention for promotion and the premier division crown. Steve
Five goals in the last 15 minutes secured another win for in-form York City Ladies in the Yorkshire and Humberside League Premier Division. Sheffield took the lead and held it until Jenny Garnett transferred the pressure into a goal after a Sheffield
York City Ladies Reserves faced Sporting Links Caistor for the fourth time this season and came off second best in a 3-1 defeat. Caistor took the lead against the run of play in the Yorks and Humberside League Division One East game but it took until
THE doubling of the residents parking tax - sorry, parking charge - has infuriated many York motorists. But there is a loophole. People who drive cars less than 2.7m long will get street parking permits for half price. Hold the champagne, though guys:
PLAYER-BOSS Chris Brass has told Jon Parkin to keep on top of his fitness levels to stay in the York City team. Parkin, 21, was recalled to City's starting line-up for last night's trip to Southend after not even making the bench for Sunday's home game
LIKE Mrs Frost ('Nestl staff lucky', Letters, January 19) my mother worked as a nursing assistant for more than 25 years. She was underpaid and undervalued. A salary of £12,500 is a scandal for the valuable and necessary work carried out by Mrs Frost
JULIAN Cole writes 'I thought tribalism was dead" (January 22) referring to the fact that many English people would not welcome a black or Asian neighbour. He cannot be that nave, living in what is arguably the most tribalist county in England. Why does
JUDGING by the letters in the Evening Press there is a growing disgust among ordinary people that hooligans and vandals continue to get away with their anti-social behaviour. The soft options obviously don't work. There are no effective deterrents. One
MR Baynard asks that City of York Council publish in the Evening Press full details of its financial position so he "can make a definitive stance on council tax" (Letters, January 22). This is just not practical. Taken together, the two budget documents
WILLIAM Ward claims York Minster "was built and paid for by generations of willing Christians" (Letters, January 26). Speaking as a descendant of one of the families who contributed to the original building - as witnessed by their heraldic "corporate
WHY should we be so thrilled that York has a portrait of Saddam Hussein in its clutches? If it were still in Iraq, where it truly belongs, it would more than likely have been destroyed by now. I presume it has been hung in the toilet. Carrie Bullen, Betula
NOVICE sewers could be transformed into expert seamstresses at a new North Yorkshire sewing academy. A Harrogate businesswoman has decided to expand her fabric shop and revive the art of dressmaking by launching a sewing academy next month. Fine Fabrics
Expat Shopping, the rapidly-expanding York-based international retailer, has appointed a new MD to help build its internet and European retail operations. He is Sam Mackouly, pictured, previously operations director for Malton-based Westler Foods, who
YOU know the Peanuts comic strip from the Daily Mail. You may not be so familiar with Snoopy!, The Musical, or indeed an earlier musical, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Therein lies the problem. Yes, snow was in the air, and thick on the ground too
WOODTHORPE Primary will be flying the flag for York City when they represent the club and the city in the next round of the national Football in the Community competition. The school team beat Hempland School 3-1 in the final of the York heats to earn
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar has again played down the favourites' tag after Peter Roe became the latest rival boss to claim the Knights are the team to beat in National League Two. Roe, head coach of fellow Division Two side Barrow Raiders, made
STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to a Yorkshire postman turned author who is keeping his feet firmly on the ground. "THE Apollo is the type of night-club where lads tell their mates: 'If you can't pull in here then you might as well give up', and women come knowing
AN HISTORIC riverside tower dating back more than 600 years could be transformed into one of York's most romantic restaurants. The distinctive Lendal Tower and adjacent buildings are set to go on the market with a price tag of more than £1 million. Its
CHARITY shop staff in York have told today how city centre branches are being plagued by abusive shoplifters. Shops manned by volunteers have been repeatedly robbed by drug addicts and drunks. One Oxfam branch has been forced to install expensive security
A FORMER Odeon employee claims a lack of investment by the owners left the York cinema with tattered carpets held together with packing tape. Robin Nurse, who worked at the cinema in Blossom Street from 1996 to 1998, said he believed the management team
RESIDENTS say they are facing a "David and Goliath" battle against proposals to site a massive phone mast in the centre of a York community. Telecommunications giant O2 is proposing to put a 12.5m (more than 40ft) phone tower at the junction of Broadway
Craig White is poised to be unveiled as Yorkshire's new captain when the club name a successor to Anthony McGrath at Headingley. In previous years, Scarborough-based White has been reluctant to be considered for the captaincy but there are indications
EXPERTS have been investigating how to prevent gridlock if developers are allowed to build 3,000 new homes in an area of York. A series of major housing schemes - mostly involving apartments - are being proposed all the way along the Foss Islands Road
PLAYER-BOSS Chris Brass has told Jon Parkin to keep on top of his fitness levels to stay in the York City team. Parkin, 21, was recalled to City's starting line-up for last night's trip to Southend after not even making the bench for Sunday's home game
YORK City rattled the crossbar twice on the way to a fourth goal-less draw of the season at Southend last night. Chris Smith and David Merris were both denied by the Roots Hall woodwork as City's praiseworthy display was rewarded only with a point after
PARENTS with children aged between three and four in North Yorkshire are being urged to think about which schools their children will be going to in September. North Yorkshire County Council is asking parents to start preparing now for the next school
Pickering Town drifted out of the Northern Counties East League Cup when losing 2-1 at premier division rivals Glasshoughton Welfare last night. Heavy snow hit the pitch at Glasshoughton, but not until the match had started and the game continued. A James
BISHOPTHORPE came out 3-1 winners of the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' bottom of the table clash with South Bank. The victory gave them a fighting chance of avoiding the drop with seven games remaining. Nick Willis scored the only goal
NOWHERE is safe, nowhere is sacred. Even York's charity shops are now targeted by the anti-social squad. These stores have become victims of a shoplifting epidemic while their staff suffer regular abuse from the thieves. Drunks and drug-users brazenly
CHILDREN everywhere will be worried about the Fat Controller - or the Gravitationally Challenged Controller as he should be known in these more enlightened times. Someone has taken his outfit from the National Railway Museum. Even Sir Topham Hat's top
Craig White is poised to be unveiled as Yorkshire's new captain when the club name a successor to Anthony McGrath at Headingley. In previous years, Scarborough-based White has been reluctant to be considered for the captaincy but there are indications
A FORMER Odeon employee claims a lack of investment by the owners left the York cinema with tattered carpets held together with packing tape. Robin Nurse, who worked at the cinema in Blossom Street from 1996 to 1998, said he believed the management team
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection from Thursday's meetings: Southwell - 3.10 Fall In Line (Nap) Updated: 11:54 Wednesday, January 28, 2004
