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Stories for 4 April 2001

York Leisure

Going Gently by David Nobbs (Arrow, £6.99)

IT'S time that David Nobbs was acknowledged as a great national treasure. His 13th novel is one of his finest.   more...

1700: Scenes From London Life by Maureen Waller (Hodder & Stoughton, paperback price £8.99)

THIS fascinating compendium of life in our capital city is described on the cover as "a vivid portrait of life in a city at a unique moment in its history".  more...

New deadlines for writer Hill

Crime fiction devotees like nothing better than a serial killer, and two more have been let loose on the bookshop shelves. SIMON RITCHIE counts the bodies.  more...

York News

Phil your boots

SOAPS used to be postponed for live football. Now the Barcelona-Liverpool clash is being held up so EastEnders' fans can discover who shot Phil Mitchell.   more...

Theatre revival is right on cue

IF York's Millennium Person of the Past could return to this city, he would be taken aback by how much it has changed in the 76 years since his death.   more...

Show falls victim to farms crisis

Malton Show will not go ahead this year because of the foot and mouth outbreak - and other shows in North Yorkshire are under threat.  more...

Push for catchment changes

A delay in progress on restoring the villages of Dunnington and Elvington to Fulford School's catchment area has been criticised by Liberal Democrat councillors in York.  more...

Ryedale man plunged to death

A North Yorkshire student plunged to his death from the eighteenth floor of a Mexican hotel.  more...

Arrow popints to success

Hotshots from Selby Archery Club were presented with a number of trophies at their annual awards ceremony.  more...

Health watchdog publishes report

Health watchdogs in York have for the first time made public their findings from an inspection of NHS premises.  more...

Touch of glass at Minster

A special exhibition of valuable and rare artefacts which trace the story of some of the saints and martyrs connected with York Minster has gone on display in the Minster Chapter House.  more...

Does fate favour the Blair switch project?

So now we know. It's June 7. But is this an auspicious day for Tony Blair? CHRIS TITLEY looks at the omens.  more...

Drinker jailed after hammer attack

A drinker was today starting two-and-a-half years in jail for hitting his ex-girlfriend repeatedly with a hammer and breaking her skull.  more...

Tributes paid to top academic

Powerful tributes have been paid to a Selby train crash victim and academic with a "contagious passion" to help children with a behavioural disorder.  more...

Youth barred from city pubs and clubs

A teenager too young to buy drink legally has been barred from all pubs and nightclubs in York.  more...

Worried parents' court plea rejected

A mother and father have asked York Youth Court to make them subject to a special order to help them keep their son out of trouble.  more...

Warning over new peacocks

Any attempt to return peacocks to York's Museum Gardens could be cruel to the birds themselves, a former senior museum employee has warned.  more...

Three die in roads carnage

Three people were killed and four injured in a day of carnage on North Yorkshire's roads.  more...

Flood closes York school

Children at a York school had an unexpected day off today because of flooding in the school kitchen and hall.  more...

Diving in to wrecks issue

York may be one of the most land-locked cities in England, but tonight it is the scene of a talk which will dive straight to the heart of issues affecting users of the sea.  more...

School reunion planned

Former pupils of Carlton Holy Family RC School, near Selby, are planning a reunion for those who left between 1975 and 1986.  more...

Don't spoil the moor

IN reply to Dr Paul Docherty (March 21), Hob Moor is a super area for wildlife, peace and enjoyment and it has been this way for hundreds of years.   more...

Spirit of rail misery

ANYONE who thinks privatised railways are a success for anyone but shareholders and big business should have tried travelling to Liverpool on March 25. Northern Spirit seemed unaware that tens of thousands of people would be travelling to the England match, or unwilling to do anything to make their journey any easier. The excuse was that there was insufficient rolling stock to cope.   more...

Capital adventurers

YOUR article on commuting to London (March 28) will have struck a chord with many readers. It is a sad fact of life that very few people now have the luxury of a 20-minute journey to work (even travelling into York from Woodthorpe this morning has taken longer than that).  more...

Feed for thought

SUE Lister comments on eating meat "riddled with antibiotics, animals fed offal from other animals, fruit and vegetables drenched in toxic pesticides and by milk laced with whatever chemicals the cow is subjected to" (March 29).  more...

Inquiry into Coppergate scheme

Campaigners were today celebrating the news that a public inquiry will be held into controversial plans to transform part of the centre of York.  more...

Crash trailer 'had no brakes'

The car driver at the centre of the North Yorkshire rail disaster was towing a trailer that had no brakes, it was reported today.  more...

Self-defence claim by ex-Wasps star

Ex-Wasps player Lea Tichener claimed today he acted in self-defence when he hit out at a "loud, very drunk" fellow bouncer during a night out with team-mates.  more...

Hospital cash facts

I WELCOME Mr McLeay's comments about the quality of care provided by the Accident and Emergency staff at York District Hospital (March 20).  more...

PC's late-night ordeal with officers

A suspended York policeman claims he was threatened with arrest and had his arm forced up his back by another officer in an incident outside a city nightclub.  more...

Peacocks just don't belong in this city

JOHN Shannon, chairman of York Civic Trust, remarks that "peacocks have been part of the York scene... for many years, bringing pleasure to citizens and visitors alike with their colourful display," and his committee members have voted unanimously to re-stock York's Museum Gardens with six more (March 28).  more...

Cattle carnage

Evening Press reporter Tony Tierney and photographer Frank Dwyer found what foot and mouth really means as they shadowed North Yorkshire soldiers on their grim mission in Cumbria.  more...

York Sport

City drop to 19th in table

York City's relegation worries endured mixed fortunes last night.  more...

Fans put weight behind City

Ardent fans John Catton and Stephen Beck weighed in as York City checked out the duo's footballing skills.  more...

City drop to 19th in table

York City's relegation worries endured mixed fortunes last night.  more...

Fans put weight behind City

Ardent fans John Catton and Stephen Beck weighed in as York City checked out the duo's footballing skills.  more...

Girls just wanna have fun

Westfield School's Holly Weston beats the Elvington School cover tackle as her team mate Yasmin Cuthbertson looks on during the York Under11s Tag Rugby League tournament at Huntington School.   more...

Extension to league season

York Badminton League's management committee has decided to extend the season to May 15, writes Paul Hobman.  more...

Tough test for Pickering

Pickering Town manager Jimmy Reid says that tonight's top of the table match at Hall Road Rangers (kick off 7.45pm) is the biggest game of his time as the Pikes' boss.  more...

York set for challenge

If York Rugby Union Club thought the Yorkshire Cup was going to give them some respite from a difficult season then they'll have to think again.  more...

Pollitt pockets Goldrush plunder

The pick of the weekend action was at the Willows, where a field of 44 enjoyed brisk sport from the complex's smaller residents.   more...

Juniors box clever

Junior players at Fulford Tennis Club have been presented with their trophies after their first winter `box ladder' competition.  more...

Focus on tennis tournament

Movie stardom is set to beckon for some of York's leading tennis players.  more...

Sessions keep title

Sessions `A; have retained the Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League division one title, writes Clive Warley.  more...

Medal winners

Six New Earswick Swimming Club members won 13 medals at Stocksbridge Sprints Gala. James Richards (12 years group) was second in the backstroke and freestyle events and fourth in the butterfly. Andrew Clapham was sixth in the 12 years backstroke final.  more...

It's touch and go but St Oswald's win final

NO ONE could burst St Oswald's South Sea bubble in the first-ever North Yorkshire Schools Tag Rugby Tournament at Huntington.  more...

French raider has a golden chance to win

Cheltenham's loss is Aintree's gain as the three-day Grand National meeting opens tomorrow with a host of star horses in action.  more...

  
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