SERVICE cuts could be on the cards again after York council experts indicated next year's budget process is likely to be "extremely difficult". A report to today's City of York Council ruling executive reveals the authority is set to overspend by £167,000
THREE baffled cygnets had to be rescued from the streets of York after they bungled their first attempts at flight. The confused swans mistook wet roads for rivers and crash landed on to Tadcaster Road and in Strensall - in the middle of the morning
Toni Smallwood again starred for Ox in the York John Smith's Ladies' Darts League division one. She threw a 22-dart leg as Ox were taken to the wire by an under-strength Clifton, for whom the Karen Hodgson-Donna Maskill pairing shone. Wenlock made home
YORK RL veteran Craig Forsyth and flying winger Peter Fox were the big winners at the York City Knights Supporters' Club presentation night. Prop forward Forsyth, who turns 36 this month, received a special award for services to rugby league in York
Fiji moved closer to a 2008 rugby league World Cup berth with a 40-4 win against the Cook Islands in Australia. Fiji - for whom new Knights signing Tabua Cakacaka plays - put the pressure back on Tonga, who must beat Samoa at Headingley, Leeds, on
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC paid for a sloppy ten-minute period in the second half as they fell to their first defeat of the season. All Blacks were away to Pennine League premier division leaders Drighlington, who took advantage of indifferent defence
YORK Groves ARLC suffered last-minute heartbreak for the second week running at home to West Craven Warriors in a pulsating Pennine League division five encounter. The Terriers were one point ahead thanks to Jason Dunn's late drop goal, but from the
YORK City manager Billy McEwan will be looking for more set-piece quality tonight against Cambridge United at KitKat Crescent (7.45pm) after taking inspiration from Scotland's defeat of France. York's last two goals have come from set-plays and McEwan
Paul Crichton is set to make his much awaited return to KitKat Crescent tonight for Cambridge United. The goalkeeper left York City under a cloud in 2004 after arguing with York fans at Gravesend and hasn't returned since despite lining up with several
I think I've worked under something like 20 managers in my career but I've got my own style. Some of those I've worked for include Brian Clough, Arthur Cox and Emlyn Hughes. It is nice to see real football people, though, and I think that's why the
CITY of York Hockey Club's first team suffered their heaviest defeat in over a year when they were crushed 7-0 at Crewe Vagrants in division one of the Northern Hockey league. The tone was set by two dreadful defensive mistakes after the visitors had
CITY of York Ladies' decisive 4-0 victory at home to Bowden II gave them a first North Premier League success of the season. York got off to a fine start when Sally Sleightholme scored after ten minutes from Heather Stafford's cross and then, straight
YORK Shotokan Club is starting a new adults only beginners' course tomorrow for over 16s. The course is open to adults of all fitness levels and regular gradings give students the chance to advance on the karate ladder. All classes are taken by
TWICE Acomb Men's first XI fought back to wipe out goals by visiting Doncaster IV, but the hosts eventually perished 3-2. After succumbing to early Doncaster pressure to concede a goal, slick passing released Pete Hilton whose cross was swept home by
Nestle Rowntree RUFC produced their best performance of the season to win 26-10 at Old Otliensians thirds. Hooker Rob Lee and impressive No 8 Dom O'Sullivan drove over for first-half tries to lead 12-5 at the interval. Full-back John Shinn and centre
YORK professional golfer Kirsty Taylor closed with a two over-par 74 to finish on 219 in the European Tour's English Open at Chart Hills, Kent. Cecilia Ekelund (Sweden) won on a six under-par 210 in the 54-hole event.
IT'S Reid v Reed at Tadcaster tonight. New Albion boss Jimmy Reid has arranged a friendly against Nationwide North outfit Stalybridge Celtic at Ings Lane (7.45pm, £2 entry). Reid said that the game would give him a chance to run the rule over some of
CASTLE Howard Ox recorded a fine 5-3 win at Carlton Tavern to remain in second spot in the John Smith's Sunday Pool League. The highlight of the match was the clash between last season's player-of-the-year James Kilmartin and singles champion Andy
MEMBERS of York City Rowing Club have put their stamina to the test to help charity. A crew from the club took part in the Boston Rowing Marathon on the River Witham - and raised £1,000 for York Against Cancer in the process. Stroke John Paul Quail,
Racing returns to Wetherby tomorrow with a familiar fixture which this year has an extra poignant tone. It's the 16th charity meeting in aid of Spinal Research, and conspicuous by her absence will be Rachel Wright, the chief organiser, who lived at
YORK'S jobs gloom deepened today with claims that another wave of redundancies is looming - this time at a hi-tech science firm. Workers said the new American owners of Accent Optical Technologies intend moving manufacturing production from York to Asia
A £40 MILLION scheme to transform an industrial area of York has been put in doubt - because of a shop entrance. City of York Council workers are warning of a "serious potential delay" in the massive development of Foss Islands because it cannot come
A FAMILY centre in York will be turned into a block of flats if a planning application gets the green light. Plans have been submitted to demolish and redevelop the Clifton Family Centre, in Burton Stone Lane, as a three-storey high set of 14 apartments
HE was internationally respected as a scientist and earned more than £50,000 a year in a top Government agency position. But Dr Michael Frank Wilson was also a petty thief when he was one of the top management at Central Science Laboratory (CSL) near
TODAY we are celebrating the first birthday of our Guardian Angels appeal. To mark the occasion, local baker Fred Thomas made us a magnificent sponge birthday cake. Today we're cutting up the cake at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet and asking shoppers
THEY twirled their socks off - and helped raise hundreds for our Guardian Angels appeal. Last month, regular Guardian Angels fundraiser Anne Ma'aye put on a spectacular dance evening at the Park Inn Hotel, in York. The event, in the style of TV's hit
FORGET Live Aid, a York pub is gearing up for its own version of the charity music spectacular - to raise money for our Guardian Angels appeal. The Tap And Spile, in Monkgate, is to host Angel Aid next month, with a number of thrilling live performers
YORK and the surrounding area could be set for 10,000 new NHS dental places next year, a health boss has revealed. Denise Smith, head of primary care at North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT), said expansion plans had been agreed with seven
A WOMAN was arrested near Drax Power Station, after apparently being equipped to cause damage. The incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the woman had not entered the site, and that she was
SOME 25,000 cars travel on it every day. Now drivers are being warned to brace themselves for severe delays after the Highways Agency announced it was to close a major carriageway for a week so it can be resurfaced. As reported on this website yesterday
Councillors are debating a new campaign to put the pride back into York's local neighbourhoods. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the plans to get York people involved in the drive to tidy up their city. YORK may have been shortlisted this summer as one of the
WHAT a sorry state York's former Odeon cinema has fallen into. The once-fine building was full of happy cinemagoers in its distant heyday, but now it stands neglected and boarded up, since showing its last film in August. So many local people had hoped
ROADS, like everything else, need repairing. And when work is necessary, the poor motorist has to put up with one of modern life's curses; the traffic jam. With an estimated 25,000 cars a day using the westbound section of the A64, this road was
FOLLOWING your article on the proposed appointment of a new right-hand man for David Atkinson, the chief executive of York Council, I would like to make a few points. Would the City of York Council not be better occupied in trying to make the existing
THE Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, has stated that there are too many criminals in jail and we are running out of jails to house them. He has suggested some of the lesser-type crimes could be better served by the offenders doing community
THE head of the Roman Catholic church has decided, no doubt after much consultation with his cardinals and the Almighty, that the church was mistaken in believing that the souls of unbaptised babies would have to languish in a place called limbo
THE inconvenient truth of recent manufacturing job losses in York is that these industries are always striving to be more efficient in competitive markets. Every year, fewer numbers of staff at Nestl produce a greater number of KitKats as productivity
T J RYDER says that "our politicians downgrade drugs to make them more socially acceptable", presumably meaning cannabis. In case he wasn't aware, at least six million people in the UK have tried cannabis, from every walk of life, including many
RATHER than close the York sugar beet factory, would it not be more sensible to use the surplus sugar to manufacture ethanol, which can be either mixed with petrol at about five per cent, or used neat in suitably converted cars, with the resulting saving
I AGREE with D M Hickes's letter (Transport sell-off is nail in the coffin, October 5) regarding the proposed selling off of the ambulance services for patient transport to York Hospital. It is very worrying that in this day and age everything to
I WAS amused by Mr Stouph's remark (Parting gifts, The Press, October 4), that he was always being asked where the Minster was, although it could be seen from his shops in Shambles. However, much more of it is visible from Deangate and Minster
THROUGH your paper, may I ask York councillors Andrew Waller and Brian Watson what they have against a casino in York? As per usual, our city council is afraid of change for the historic city of York. With regards to the casino debate, do we not have
MONTHS of campaigning are set to pay off for Fulford residents trying to catch a bus. Local councillor Keith Aspden has been told that the provision of a pedestrian refuge for Main Street is now in sight. People requested the refuge to make it easier
Detailed plans for Manor School, which is to undergo a £17.6 million revamp to create modern facilities for pupils, are now being submitted to City of York Council. The council gave its backing in principle in July for a new school campus 400 yards off
HAVE a sheep, get some sleep. That's the plan devised by Bill Ward, the owner of a North Yorkshire hotel, who says he is willing to barter baa-baas for beds with local farmers. But he's not drawing the line at dealing in sheep and other livestock, for
FRIENDS Reunited eat your heart out. Who needs you? I've just had a communication from my very first love. She'd like to meet up after all these long decades and chat about old times. My recent column about a sentimental journey to my birthplace - Goole
AS Acorn Finance, the York-based pub and hotel financier, announces massive increases in its lending it is to undergo a complete relaunch of the business. Branding consultancy Wish has won the contract to reflect Acorn's status as one of the UK's leading
TELEVISION and radio presenter Sir Jimmy Saville popped into the Jinnah restaurant at Flaxton, near York, on its charity night. More than £5,000 was raised for the Overseas Plastic Surgery Appeal (OPSA) from the event, which was organised by the York-based
LAST week I wrote about the invasion of our green and pleasant land by daddy longlegs. Now, I am afraid, we are being invaded by just about every creature that has ever drawn breath in the British Isles. Everywhere I look - in my children's school,
It can be devastating to lose a breast to cancer, but reconstructive surgery helps. CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL talks to two women who are proud of their new shape. TO A woman, breasts are a blessing and a curse. We stare at them in our teens, just in case it
PLANS to replace a dangerous junction with a roundabout at an accident blackspot have entered their final phase. Residents in Riccall have been pushing for road improvements at the south entrance to the village for more than five years. The road meets
A COFFEE shop in Malton has been voted the best in the country. Leoni, in Wheelgate, fought off tough competition to be crowned national champion in the annual Beverage Service Association's BEV-E awards. Owner Simon Robertson received the award on
THESE green-fingered youngsters have been planting daffodils at a new housing estate in Selby. Children from Selby Community Primary School have been helping to brighten up Persimmon Homes' Staynor Hall development, in Abbots Road. The seven and eight-year-olds
BOY RACERS forced out of a Malton car park could simply transfer their noisy hobby to Norton. That is the fear of councillors after they agreed to spend £5,000 on "anti-boy racer barriers" at Malton's Wentworth Street car park. But with Wentworth Street
TWO Royal Mail workers are set to travel the length of Britain in a post van to raise hundreds of pounds for two vital charities. Brian Haw and Dave Moss are planning to drive non-stop next month from Land's End to John O'Groats. They will drive from
BY serendipity, Billy Jenkins' Songs Of Praise night at Hovingham fell on a Sunday, traditional Songs Of Praise day on BBC1. Rather than being in service of the Lord, however, Billy defined his night's work as a celebration of spontaneous communication
STRICT control measures policing which patients can be seen in hospital are changing - to allow them more choice. The controversial Referral Advice and Clinical Assessment Service (RACAS) was set up by Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) to streamline
PARALYMPIC athlete Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson has officially opened York's new flagship £7.5 million children's centre. Dame Tanni's visit yesterday marked the completion of the new Hob Moor Children's Centre, built by City of York Council in partnership
DON'T be surprised if you see gritters on the roads this week. There might not be much snow about, but East Riding of Yorkshire Council's 17-strong fleet of gritters will be out in force today, tomorrow and Thursday. Drivers are getting ready for the
FAMILY and friends of a much-loved teenager who died from a rare form of cancer a year ago have raised £12,000 to help brighten the lives of other young patients. A trust was set up in memory of Vicki Alexander, the 19-year-old from Strensall who bravely
THE lease on York's former Odeon cinema is up for sale - with the owners seeking offers in excess of £650,000. The Press understands that regional cinema operators have already expressed a tentative interest in the Grade II listed building in Blossom
