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Stories for 27 July 2006

Bowls

York stars chasing county glory

SEVERAL York-area players are involved in the Yorkshire County Bowling Association's finals day at Kingston Bowls Club, Hull, on Sunday. more...

Winter of discontent

HIGH drama added spice to the York Open Bowls Tournament mixed pairs quarter-finals after a sudden death show down. more...

Form-book torn to shreds in men’s pairs

SHOCKS all round have opened up the field in the 39th York Open Bowls Tournament men's pairs competition. more...

Business News

It’s a men’s thing for Tabu...

A new hairdressing salon in Malton is capitalising on the growing trend for men's hair styling. more...

Online support service open more hours

Scarborough businesses can now access business support after normal office hours, thanks to Business Link York and North Yorkshire's online adviser service. more...

Firm with designs on top museum

A Ryedale-based heritage design company has won major contract to create exhibitions for the People's History Museum in Manchester. more...

Rugby player’s activity centre plan

PLANS to create an unusual six-figure children's activity centre, and bring up to ten new jobs to Selby, have been unveiled by a York rugby league coach. more...

Cd Reviews

The Pipettes, We Are The Pipettes (Memphis Industries) ****

Imagine Lily Allen times three with an old-school rock'n'roll twist and you have The Pipettes with their introductory album. more...

Peaches, Impeach My Bush (XL Recordings) *

THE woman with the dirtiest mouth in pop returns with another instalment of shock'n'awe that fails to justify the controversy. more...

Tim van Eyken, Stiffs, Lovers, Holymen, Thieves (Topic) *****

GIFTED folk musician Tim van Eyken has conjured up inventive arrangements of traditional songs on his second solo album. more...

The Sleepy Jackson, Personality, One Was A Spider One Was A Bird (Virgin) **; The Morning After Girl

AUSTRALIAN maverick Luke Steele strives for the impossible. In seven restless years he assembled and jettisoned three bands under the name of The Sleepy Jackson before settling upon one drummer, Malcolm Clark, and a big bunch of Sydney session players. more...

Ali Farka Toure, Savane (World Circuit Records) *****

THE great African bluesman was dying of cancer when he finished this album, which stands as the most fitting tribute imaginable to a remarkable musician. more...

Guillemots, Through The Windowpane (Polydor) ****

MOST of the time, hype is just that. Bands hailed as the next big thing drift quickly into obscurity if they can't support their reputation with decent tunes. more...

Razorlight, Razorlight (Vertigo) ****

Two years ago, Razorlight were a band of unknown hopefuls, but in the interim they have been deservedly catapulted into the big time, stealing the show at Live 8 and selling one million copies of their debut album, Up All Night. more...

Lily Allen, Alright, Still (Regal/EMI) *****

HOW sad that Top Of The Pops ends forever on Sunday, but at least the last number one single on the show will be a good'un. Lily Allen's Smile is a great song, infectiously fun and spunky. more...

Comment

Time to speak out

YORK people are being asked for their views on the future shape of our city. more...

Care should be universal

IT would be nice to think we lived in a society that rewarded hard work and individual responsibility. more...

Diary

Crooked measures spark tape amnesty

SO WHO half-inched 3,000 tape measures at a North Yorkshire antiques and furniture shop? more...

Expat Tracer

Waltham, Jillian

Pleased to hear from old friends>> more...

Waltham, Jillian

Pleased to hear from old friends>> more...

Barley, Rex

Pleased to hear from old friends>> more...

Farming Comment

The fish farm crisis bites hard for farmers

AFTER all the pressure of recent weeks I had been hoping for some good news from Bob Booth of Welham Trout Farm but I had forgotten the parlous state into which our Civil Service has now got itself. more...

Farming News

Tom joins the Cundall team

CUNDALLS in Malton has their continued its expansion plans by strengthening their team with the appointment of Tom Watson. more...

MP holds talks on sugar factory closure threat

BRITISH Sugar must do all it can to help redundant workers if it presses ahead with the closure of its York sugar beet factory. more...

More talks on fish quarantine

THE second round of testing for viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) on fish farms within the Yorkshire Ouse catchment area has proved negative. more...

Feeling the power of the supermarkets

WHEN elephants fight, it's always the grass that suffers. more...

Breeder takes title despite being trampled by a cow

A CHAMPION cattle breeder is thankful to be alive after she was trampled by a runaway cow at Driffield Show. more...

Feature Of The Week

A school alive with the sound of music

CLAIRE ELLICOTT visits a school where everyone is given the chance to explore a range of experiences above and beyond the three Rs. more...

Features

Controversial policies are forcing elderly people to sell their homes to pay for care – causin

Should elderly people be forced to sell their own homes to pay for care in their final years? STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report. more...

Controversial policies are forcing elderly people to sell their homes to pay for care – causin

Should elderly people be forced to sell their own homes to pay for care in their final years? STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report. more...

Football

Flaherty fixtures

THE Richard Flaherty Memorial Trophy football competition for Ryedale teams starts on Monday, August 7. The eight teams competing have been divided into two leagues, with the winners of each league meeting in the final on Tuesday, August 29. more...

Hannah Gibbons

It’s a holiday alright – but not as you’d know it

MR Chav with three lions tattooed above his left nipple # 280 throws a beach ball to a lady with no clothes on to speak of (I salute you, missus) but it has landed in her blue cocktail, and she isn't best pleased. more...

Horse Racing News

Kings’ night

A small piece of racing and local history will be made at York tonight when evening racing returns to Knavesmire for the first time in 35 years. more...

Good declaration

Racing followers will be ahead of the game with The Press from next week when a new system of final declarations for racecards of Flat meetings in Britain begins. more...

July 2006

Sunset in Corfu

Photograph by Colin Sayner more...

Sunset in Corfu

Photograph by Colin Sayner more...

Sunset in Corfu

Photograph by Colin Sayner more...

Leeds United

Lewis to face Forest

EDDIE Lewis is set to make his comeback to a Leeds line-up at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. more...

United in Town

TWO strengths of Leeds United will be on show in North Yorkshire tonight when a reserve side takes on Harrogate Town and a junior XI tackle Pickering Town. more...

Local News

Village tribute to ‘amazing’ couple

THE work of an "amazing" couple from Thornton-le-Dale has been paid a lasting tribute the playground they helped to create has been named after them. more...

The memories come flooding back right around the world

THIS week the Gazette & Herald takes a step back in time with some old photographs sent in by readers in Ryedale and the other side of the world. more...

Don’t think twice, it’s all right, this Bob Dylan book

"I WAS really an Elvis fan." A surprising statement from a Kirkbymoorside-based writer who has produced the biggest book on Bob Dylan ever published, and is acknowledged as the world's foremost expert on the songwriter and his work. more...

Urgent calls to save traffic-choked towns

CALLS have been made for the long-awaited improvements on the A64 at each end of the Malton and Norton bypass to go ahead as a priority. more...

Firearm ban for farmer who shot girl’s puppy

A RYEDALE farmer who shot a puppy on its owner's doorstep has been banned from owning a gun. more...

Cyclist killed trying to get across A64 at busy junction

SHOCKED residents have expressed their sorrow after a 36-year-old cyclist was killed as she tried to cross the A64 near their village. more...

Just plain drenched

FLASH floods left residents and business people counting the cost across Ryedale at the weekend and the weatherman's warning it could happen again. more...

Just plain drenched

FLASH floods left residents and business people counting the cost across Ryedale at the weekend and the weatherman's warning it could happen again. more...

All-round delight as Ryedale Show hailed the ‘biggest and best’

The biggest and best yet that was the verdict of visitors and organisers alike on yesterday's sun-drenched 141st Ryedale Show. more...

Residents to have say on York redevelopment

Residents are being invited to play a part in shaping the future redevelopment of key corners of York. more...

The clean streets of York

TIDY streets have won York a place among the top ten cleanest cities in the country. more...

Unique delivery

MEET Tom Hartley our uni-cycling paper boy! more...

Police plan to move from city

POLICE are set to spend £24.5 million on a new station and cell block on the outskirts of York. more...

Police plan to move from city

POLICE are set to spend £24.5 million on a new station and cell block on the outskirts of York. more...

Sugar talks

SUGAR negotiators from the National Farmers Union (NFU) will be in York next week to update growers on how discussions with British Sugar have concluded. more...

Hedge work sparks row

CITY of York Council has been reported to the police, accused of breaking wildlife laws by flailing a hedgerow while birds might still be nesting. more...

Boozy nightclub brawlers jailed

A group of drinkers battled in the snow after leaving a York nightclub chanting football songs, a court heard. more...

Rodent rage of York residents

A YOUNG mum is scared to let her children play in their own garden because of a rat infestation. more...

Killed cyclist was champion athlete

A HUSBAND tended his dying wife as a cycle ride turned to horror on the A64 outside York. more...

Knavesmire to host music and racing

SOUNDS of the Sixties will ring out tonight as York Racecourse stages top-class horse racing is followed by live music. more...

Sex abuse patients 'betrayed'

IT was urged to make more than 70 NHS reforms within 12 months to protect vulnerable patients, following a North Yorkshire psychiatric scandal. more...

Local Sport

A trip down York’s memory lane

York stages an evening meeting this week, and it'll be a trip down memory lane for those who remember the last time such a happening took place 35 years ago. more...

Club seeking secretary

Pickering Town are still looking for a new secretary ahead of the new season. more...

League games fall victim to heavy thunderstorms

Hunters the estate agents York & District Senior League: Premier Division more...

Malton Show

Sarah continues a great family tradition

A LIFETIME of sheep breeding is to be rewarded for Sarah Smith who is to be the chief steward for the sheep classes at Malton Show on Sunday. more...

All set for Sunday opening

FEARS that Malton Show could be blighted by the switch from the traditional day of Thursday to Sunday, have been allayed by a big influx of livestock entries and more businesses coming forward to take trade stands. more...

Show time!

THE gates to Malton Show in the spectacular park at Scampston Hall, will open to the public on Sunday July 30 at 8am, for a day of traditional rural pursuits with tension in the show ring, masses of trade stands for those with shopping in mind, and lots of family fun. more...

Property Editorial

A country home with its own lake

THIS week our quest for grand houses takes us to Tollerton. more...

Good area and a nice price...

THE problem with homes in nice areas is that their price tags can be less than desirable. more...

Readers' Letters

A degree of error

In his Saturday Soundoff, Mike Bentley refers to the Fahrenheit temperature scale as being eminently sensible in that it starts at 0 degrees and goes up to 100 degrees. more...

The bad and ugly

I AGREE with your readers about prisoners in jail getting what they want (Jailhouse strop, July 18). more...

Middle East plea

I FULLY agree with those who have written to this newspaper (and I'm sure there will have been many others written to other papers) voicing deep concern about the aggressive policies of Israel and the loss of lives on both sides of the border. more...

Barbican sadness

IT was very sad to see the report regarding the current state of the Barbican and that the site may be infested with rats (Rats on rampage claim at Barbican, July 24). more...

Meat with string

OH BOY. School meals. When I was at school in York (St Lawrence's and Manor) in the 60s, all I can remember about school meals was meat with string still on it (tasteless), floating in cold water, served with cold, tasteless, mashed, watery potatoes, and cold beetroot. more...

Shooting lessons

JANET Kitchen misses the point when she asks if there would be an outcry over the death of an innocent Briton in Brazil (Would a shot Briton provoke an outcry?, letters, July 24). more...

Time to address a centre of controversy

IN RESPONSE to your article (It's the end for the Family Centre July 19), may I, as a long-standing governor at Burton Green, make the following comments: Two years ago, when a possible move of the Clifton Family Centre was suggested, governors expressed to members of the education authority that we were interested in using the building for additional space for the staff and pupils. Mr Baren's comment "no other use has been identified" is incorrect. more...

Holidays help

I AM writing to let you know about Kick Asthma Holidays an adventure holiday, organised specifically for children and young people with asthma, which takes place at Ashville College, Harrogate, August 13-19. I suffer from asthma myself, but overcame this to become a professional footballer in the Premier League. more...

Miss the point

HAVING seen the beautiful model Asha Hibbert, of Rawcliffe, coming second in a beauty competition (Viewers about to get an eyeful of Asha in reality TV show) I was saddened to see it was called Miss Black Britain. more...

Unpleasant option

F W THACKRAY'S proposition that there should be more bus use (Ditch That Car, Readers' Letter, July 20) is laudable. more...

Police disinterest

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your reader Andy Patrick about the use of mobile phones while driving. more...

Mobile motorists don’t face stigma

ANDY Patrick (Idiotic Drivers Using Their Mobile Phones, Readers' Letters, July 25) observes that the law against using a handheld mobile phone while driving is almost universally ignored. more...

Roman News

Roman festival’s quizzical start

HISTORY buffs battled it out like gladiators at quizzes staged as part of the York Roman Festival. more...

Ryedale Show

Horse exhibitor tastes success in his first visit to the show

TRADITIONAL country values are what Ryedale Show is all about and none knows that better than a working horse exhibitor. more...

Sun-beaten crowds keep a cool head

KEEPING cool was a top priority for hundreds of animals and thousands of human beings. more...

Ryedale Show results

Results from this year's show: more...

Trophy winners

DAIRY CATTLE more...

A word from the President

THE president of Malton Show this year, John Cundall, is one of the best known and respected figures in Ryedale's farming industry. more...

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Ryedale Show

Ryedale Show results

The following results from this year's Ryedale Show were received too late for inclusion in our results guide in last week's Gazette & Herald. more...

Stamp Out Anti-Social Behaviour

Police hunt site for 21st century HQ

THE search is on for a new site for Malton's police headquarters, after a deal to build one in a town car park fell through. more...

Tell-tale sign marks sticky fingers

POLICE have been getting smart with burglars who target schools in Ryedale. more...

Bobbiesback on their bikes

BOBBIES on bikes are becoming a familiar site in Ryedale after neighbourhood police officers were equipped with new cycles. more...

Police briefing

AN original oil painting featuring pigs has been stolen from its frame at Grampian Country Pork factory in Norton some time in the last two months. more...

Help stop scenes like this

MINDLESS vandals have struck again in Malton Market Place this time smashing a window at the museum. more...

The Vibe

Get your skates on

There is a big gig on August 5 at Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall to raise money for the KMS skate park. The event is being organised by The Ryedale DIY Collective on the same day as the skate festival in Kirkbymoorside. more...

Top band from Canada heading for Ryedale gig

Merely two weeks after Ryedale was subject to an entire afternoon of brutally raw rock 'n' roll at the DIY Rock Festival, the airwaves of Malton and Norton will once again be ripped apart by the vicious Zeroscape who will hit Suddaby's in Malton on Saturday, July 29. more...

Balingen to Paris to Glasgow...

Zeroscape have sent us a diary just to let the people of Ryedale have a taste of what it's like to be on the road! more...

Balingen to Paris to Glasgow...

Zeroscape have sent us a diary just to let the people of Ryedale have a taste of what it's like to be on the road! more...

Results of the DIY Rock Festival

With the DIY Rock Festival leaving the rock fans of Ryedale with a ringing in their ears, we can now happily announce the scores of the bands which took part (all scores are out of 100): Unapproved 86; Evelyn 83; HedCage 78; Kanuba 77; The Attic Project 75; Cruithne 72; My Friend Juliet 72; Standing in the Shadows 71; Framed By Fire 68; Lynchpin 56. more...

York City Knights News

Knights assistant-coach to stay and fight two causes

PAUL Broadbent has pledged his commitment to York City Knights and their battle to beat the drop. more...

York City Match Reports

Stocksbridge Park Steels 2, York City 0

TWO sloppy defensive mistakes were punished as a York City XI lost last night's pre-season friendly at Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-0. more...

York City News

City will be dressed to thrill

YORK City's players will be the smartest in the Conference this season thanks to a new deal with clothing store Suits You. more...

Manny’s thumbs up for new pitch

YORK City captain Manny Panther is hoping the club's newly-repaired pitch can help his team-mates reach greater heights next season. more...

York Vale League

Hew Duffed up

NORTH Duffield reached the final of the HPH York Vale League Mitchell Cup after a nail-biting finish against Heworth. more...

Rain limits victory chances

Only two HPH York Vale league sides managed to gain wins on an afternoon that saw torrential rain sweep across the region before most games had finished. more...

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire meltdown

A FINE exhibition of seam and swing bowling by Dimitri Mascarenhas helped destroy Yorkshire for 195 on the first day of their Championship match at the Rose Bowl. more...

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