NORTH Yorkshire police today set out the standards the public should expect as it deals with crime, road incidents and contacts from the public. Response times for 999 calls and for attending incidents where there are threats to life are among the pledges
AN AWARD-WINNING teacher at a York special school was meeting the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh today at Buckingham Palace. Sally Hicks, a teacher at Fulford Cross School, was at a Royal reception after scooping the Northern region award for Teacher
SWIMMERS in York have given the thumbs-up to council plans to let residents decide the fate of the city's three pools. City of York Council is to send every home in York a questionnaire asking residents what they want to happen to Yearsley, Barbican and
COMPUTERS worth about £1,400 have been stolen from a York school. Police arrived at Osbaldwick Primary School in the early hours of yesterday morning to find a carpet of broken glass, and computer leads hanging out of the window. It was the second York
A high-tech eye camera which specialists at York District Hospital want to help them battle against blindness proved its worth when it identified four people who need sight tests. The digital retinal camera was being demonstrated at the launch of a three-year
Petitions signed by more than 25,000 protesters against the closure of two York swimming pools, will be put before councillors this week. Members of the City of York Council Leisure Services Committee will this Thursday consider two petitions concerning
York leisure chiefs have been told there is "no particular rush" for decisions over the future of the city's Barbican and Yearsley swimming pools. Councillors were considering a 13,486-signature petition backing the Yearsley pool and one with 12,743 names
Election campaigners have claimed that 96 per cent of Bootham residents oppose closing York swimming pools. Liberal Democrats fighting in the ward's by-election have published results of a residents' survey conducted over the past few weeks. It shows
Householders will be asked to seal the fate of York's swimming pools as the city council launches its biggest public consultation. Council leaders announced the consultation this afternoon following the long-waited publication of the leisure services
FORMER BBC India correspondent Mark Tully has been signed up to give the annual address on toleration at the University of York tonight. The annual JB and WB Morrell lecture series is intended to make a contribution to thought on the subject of toleration
HAS the ghost of York's Kilima Hotel finally been unearthed? Staff at the 15-bedroomed premises have long believed in the existence of a friendly Roman soldier spirit nicknamed Charlie. Now archaeologists excavating a development site at the Kilima Hotel
A former York man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after police mounted an undercover operation to stop street trading in drugs. Heroin dealer Sam Davenport, 25, used a Rottweiler dog for protection against robbers, York Crown Court heard. He
LORRY firms in North Yorkshire may be asked to find alternative routes on the region's highways, to protect quiet rural roads and appease worried villagers. North Yorkshire County Council has produced a draft freight strategy to try to resolve problems
A MULTI-thousand pound museum and exhibition were today unveiled at Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley, by Sir Neil Cossons, new chairman of English Heritage. Scores of relics, many unseen by the public, have been put on display in the £300,000 museum to tell
Meet York City's latest wannabe stars of the future. Five young players, Daniel Barry, Stuart Wise, Luke Ibbetson, Mark Hampshire and Marvin Boyce, are the latest recruits to Bootham Crescent's highly envied youth programme. The quintet will take their
The young voices of St Wilfrid's Primary School in York won last year's BBC Radio York Christmas Carol Competition, and they have now given £200 of their prize money to the St Leonard's Hospice Millennium Appeal. The choir, with their teacher and choir
This happy group were whistling while they worked to raise cash for our Hospice 2000 Appeal among the Bank Holiday crowds in York It wasn't a totally fairy tale beginning, as Snow White was reduced to an entourage of just five dwarfs as she set out round
THERE will be no going round the bend at Redcar's opening meeting of the season tomorrow. After the recent heavy rainfall, it has been decided that the ground in the back straight is unsafe for racing, so two of tomorrow's scheduled races, handicaps over
COXWOLD have become the first winners of the Marisa Sports Trophy played for by teams who finish outside the top four in the Camerons Brewery sponsored Beckett Football League. They beat Rosedale 2-1 in the final at Kirkbymoorside last night. Coxwold
Skipper David Byas will solve the problem of who should go in first with Michael Vaughan by opening the innings himself in Yorkshire's PPP Championship curtain-raiser against Derbyshire which was due to begin at Headingley today. Yorkshire failed to get
THE futures of York City striker James Turley and midfielder Paul Talbot will be decided by the end of this week. Both players' contracts run out in the summer, and City boss Terry Dolan said today that he will decide before the week is out whether to
Chancellor Gordon Brown has agreed in principle to subsidise rural post offices to stop the network collapsing. Trade Minister Alan Johnson was stressing this today as thousands of sub-postmasters joined the mass rally at Westminster. The Conservatives
A TEAM of athletic dinner ladies will be swapping the canteen for the running track to raise money for a cancer charity. The six friends, from Hob Moor Junior School in Acomb, are to run the Race for Life in memory of their colleague, Christine Buckland
A LIFELINE for rural shops has been blocked by only one vote - while two of its supporters were absent. City of York Council's vote on adopting discretionary rate relief for rural shops and post offices would have been passed if all councillors had been
YORK City Football Club today refused to back a campaign described as the biggest anti-racist initiative in the history of British football. The club, which has come under fire for its refusal to sign up to the national Kick It Out anti-racism campaign
A PLANNING inspector was today trying to decide whether a householder should reduce the height of his home near York. A lengthy wrangle over York House - a very large new property in Upper Poppleton's conservation area - was coming to a climax at a public
A POLICE investigation is under way following a complaint about financial irregularities in a York school's parent-teachers association. Ruth Lyons, head teacher at Poppleton Road Primary School, confirmed today that the treasurer of the PTA, Tracy McIntyre
Eyesight is a precious gift - yet many people could be in danger of losing it without even knowing. Now a major campaign is to be launched in York to bring home the dangers of blindness-causing diseases. Members of Lions Clubs are engaged in a worldwide
A York initiative aimed at raising awareness of the hidden danger of blindness could be used as a model for other events around the country. The chief executive of the International Glaucoma Association, David Wright, came to the city on Monday (Feb 28
York is leading the way in the fight against blindness, a national charity chief declared at the launch of an eye health campaign by the city's three Lions clubs. The event in St Sampson's Centre in St Sampson's Square was the start of a three-year initiative
The Evening Press has joined in a Lion-hearted battle against blindness, which is taking to the streets of York this month. Members of the city's three Lions Clubs - Derwent, Minster and York - will be spending most of Saturday highlighting their international
York City Baths Club is pulling out of swimming lessons at the Barbican pool, blaming a price hike and uncertainty over the pool's future. The club, which serves more than 500 children in the York area, has sent letters to parents expressing regret at
The promised consultation on the future of York's swimming pools could begin in June, according to acting director of leisure services Charlie Croft. He said: "Proposals for a consultation process are being drawn up for members' consideration. "If approved
INCREASED accessibility for disabled visitors to York is one of the key issues the city's tourism industry must address, councillors will hear today. A report to City of York Council's disabled persons advisory group (DPAG) says an estimated 130,000 of
THESE two young ballet dancers will be taking to the stage tomorrow to help our Hospice 2000 Appeal. Charlotte Carr and Sophie Hepworth are among over 100 children aged three to 15 who are pupils at the Barbara Taylor School of Dancing, and who will be
The futures of York City striker James Turley and midfielder Paul Talbot will be decided by the end of this week. Both players' contracts run out in the summer, and City boss Terry Dolan said today that he will decide before the week is out whether to
Among the prizes that will be on offer at the Millennium Sunflower Ball at York Racecourse on June 10 will be a shirt signed by the whole England Rugby Union team, who won this year's inaugural Six Nations tournament. The ball, to raise funds for our
Mrs Gumley, 59, from Foxwood Lane, has been donating her time to St Leonard's Hospice and has made a Citizens' Pledge to continue her work. She has prompted husband James and other volunteers to do the same and urged others to join them. She said: "The
The Millennium Appeal sunflower outside St Leonard's Hospice in Tadcaster Road, York, has acquired a new petal to celebrate its latest £100,000 addition. The money has been raised with a whole range of events, raffles and donations. Enterprising supporters
It certainly looks good enough to eat, and it's the latest donation to our Hospice 2000 appeal - a special "edible cheque". The cake was presented to patients and staff at St Leonard's Hospice by the chefs from the Rose and Crown Restaurant, Sutton-on-the-Forest
THE only shock at Carpvale was that Dave Wright failed to notch his sixth successive victory. The Armley Angling man took his fifth win in fine style in the midweek event when he bettered his own lake record set the week before. After drawing the same
STEVE Hepples ran to victory in the 16th Wigginton Road Race on Bank Holiday Monday. The Loftus AC athlete took his colleagues to an overall team victory as he was first to take the tape in the 10k race in 31 minutes 24 seconds. The high quality field
Matthew Hoggard led the way by grabbing three early wickets against Derbyshire as Yorkshire made a rousing start to their PPP Championship season at cool and grey Headingley today. Skipper David Byas's decision to bowl first on winning the toss was fully
MEET York City's latest wannabe stars of the future. Five young players, Daniel Barry, Stuart Wise, Luke Ibbetson, Mark Hampshire and Marvin Boyce, are the latest recruits to Bootham Crescent's highly envied youth programme. The quintet will take their
Sub postmasters and mistresses must be less negative if their businesses are to succeed, the minister responsible for pushing controversial changes through Parliament has told the Evening Press. Alan Johnson, the minister responsible for the Government's
Highwayman Dick Turpin rode to London today in protest at the Government's planned robbery of rural post offices. SPECIAL DELIVERY: Dick Turpin (Richard Batty) with Counter Attack forms for the Prime Minister today Picture: Garry Atkinson The famous York
Our Counter Attack campaign prompted a remarkable reaction from readers. More than 1,000 of you signed Evening Press coupons demanding that our post offices are protected. That response has been mirrored up and down the country. Outraged by the Government's
Outlaw Dick Turpin was not alone when he rode again for the post offices. He had the support of thousands as he strutted along Whitehall to hand Tony Blair messages from more than 1,000 Evening Press readers. London was packed with campaigners fighting
A row has broken out between two North Yorkshire MPs over the threat to post offices posed by changes in the way state benefits are paid. Ryedale MP John Greenway claimed Liberal Democrat MPs joined Labour in the House of Commons to vote down a Conservative
