HANDS off our puds! Diary fashion correspondent and Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh is insisting that only puddings made in Yorkshire should be called Yorkshire puddings. She has written to Markos Kyprianou, the European Union Commissioner responsible for
INDEPENDENT business advisers in Selby have won a key contract to commercially exploit inventions developed by technologists at the University of Bradford. JW Pickles and Co of Park Street has been given the job of commercially developing two telecommunications
BIG opportunities for small ventures to find serviced offices have arisen near York city centre. Richard Pollard, managing director, of consulting engineers and designers RTP consultants, wants to sub-let three of the offices in his building in Layerthorpe
SALLY COTTAM has been appointed operations director within the residential and conveyancing team of Langleys, the York and Lincoln-based law firm. She joins Langleys after seven years at Leeds-based conveyancing firm Walker Morris Online. She has 20 years
JO HAYWOOD talks to a North Yorkshire woman who piled on the pounds during pregnancy but is now inspiring others to lose fat and get fit. AS clichs go, 'life begins at 40' is one of the most flabbily over-used. But for Karen Sables it's not just a clich
I've always been proud of being British, of being a Yorkshire lad, of being born and dragged up just a few kilometres from beautiful York. Now I'm not so sure. Because that's what this rant is all about. Kilometres. They're taking away all the reasons
DRIVERS who struggle to break into the busy traffic flow on York's outer ring road could find their path eased by a new roundabout. City of York Council transport chiefs will tonight consider ways of reducing the number of accidents on the A1237 by replacing
THE Samaritans helped launch the Evening Press Stop The Highway Robbery campaign after it faced forking out thousands of pounds on volunteers' evening parking charges. Now, almost two years on, the volunteers have been given the free parking passes and
POLICE have welcomed a £1,000 fine for a man who said he had a bomb at York railway station - just two days after the London bombings. York Crown Court heard that 35-year-old builder Lee Pilkington told staff on the platform at the city's station he had
THE worst cuts in council services in York could be avoided by introducing a charge for parking at Park&Ride termini, the city's Green politicians have claimed. City of York Council's Green Party has come up with its own budget for next year's spending
Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker Chris Silverwood is all set to sign a contract with Middlesex which will take him to Lord's for the next two years. Silverwood, 31 next Sunday, was still on contract with Yorkshire yesterday but has been given permission
NOISY neighbours could become a thing of the past, if plans for a "rapid response" team are given the green light. Residents plagued by loud music and parties at night would be able to telephone for immediate help under the proposal. It could see the
Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker Chris Silverwood is all set to sign a contract with Middlesex which will take him to Lord's for the next two years. Silverwood, 31 next Sunday, was still on contract with Yorkshire yesterday but has been given permission
"I'm definitely the oldest person in here." My mum made the comment as she hurled yet another bowling ball towards the skittles at the end of our lane. To mark her 70th birthday, we had decided to treat her to a game of ten pin bowling. She had only ever
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 100 years ago At a meeting of the Streets and Buildings Committee of the York Corporation, a memorial was presented from the residents of Fossgate and neighbourhood calling the attention of the Committee to the danger and damage
ANYONE who has lived next door to a noisy neighbour knows misery. Home is your haven from the bustle and chaos of the outside world. But if it is invaded by the thump-thump of loud music, or the soundtrack from something no longer known as a TV but rather
WHAT will be on the menu at York's offshore caf? Diners could choose from a selection of oars-d'oeuvres, perhaps including jellied keels. For a main course something more traditionally Yorkshire: reef Wellington, perhaps. All this could be washed down
IT is a pity that Coun Vassie takes such a negative view of the comments by the Green Party and others on the waste strategy proposals now being put forward by the powers that be (Letters, February 16). Reliance on a private finance initiative to build
AFTER reading Bill Hearld's article on soaps (February 7), I felt I had to write and congratulate him on bringing up this topic. I have felt strongly about soaps being too violent and sensationalist for a while now and feel, as so many youngsters watch
CAN I just make a few personal observations on the hype that surrounds the proposed extension to Nexus York? Micklegate died a few years ago as the usual place where revellers went on a Friday and Saturday, save for an odd bar whose ethics on serving
THE House of Commons has voted to outlaw smoking in the workplace. It's a little late for me as I was subjected to 24 years of it as a NHS worker. Some York Health Authority managers, far from stopping it, even took part in it themselves. After developing
I READ with interest the letter from Charles Hall ("No rebate repeat", February 25) and thought, "Is this the same Charles Hall, of Oaken Grove, the Liberal Democrat councillor who is a member of the controlling Lib Dem executive of City of York Council
I WOULD just like to thank City of York Council for the inconvenience it has caused me and many of my friends and family for the roadworks, resurfacing and anything else it can think to do on the roads at this time of year. As a learner driver, each week
Ryedale trainer James Hetherton is aiming to strike while the iron is hot at Southwell tomorrow when Straffan turns out again after scoring on the same course on Sunday. Anyone who witnessed that thrilling success will surely have been impressed by the
HALF the "customer facing" staff of a top national audiovisual company based in York have earned international acclaim for their technical expertise. Saville Audio Visual, of Millfield Lane, Nether Poppleton, has announced the company has successfully
SHE'S the new face at Face. Designer Fiona Grundy, 24, has joined expanding communuications agency Face, of Harrogate. A graduate in graphic design from the University of Leeds, Fiona has worked with design companies in Yorkshire and internationally at
YORK City hat-trick hero Andy Bishop has admitted that he is waiting to hear whether the club want to keep him next season. Bishop took his season's tally to 20 with his treble haul in Saturday's 5-1 victory over Forest Green Rovers but revealed afterwards
TOURISTS and residents will be able to enjoy a drink on a floating caf in York next summer - if councillors back an innovative proposal. The council has received a planning application for a floating fair trade coffee bar and caf on the Ouse, adjacent
YORK'S gay scene is to get a boost, thanks to an enterprising bar owner who is starting a speed-dating night for gay men and women. William Leech, landlord of Williams caf bar in Goodramgate, wants to start the same-sex speed-dating night within the month
A TOURISM boss has spoken of the importance of York's Christmas lights, after an American visitor said she was devastated by the prospect of a festive blackout. Marti Brutcher, of Portland, Oregon, said she was coming to York this Christmas after previously
AN investigation into alleged corruption in horse racing is set to carry on for many more months, after bail for those involved was extended until July. A number of people from York and North Yorkshire, including York-based jockey Robert Winston, have
CHRIS Thompson hit a brace of maximums in Sun Inn's 8-1 victory in the York Phoenix Monday League division one match at Rose & Crown. Lawrie Morgan was the home side's best with 18 as the visitors had Gary Scott out in 18, Jon O'Mara with 19 and Thompson
Pickering snooker ace Paul Davison is on cue for a return to the sport's big time after chalking up a second successive appearance in the Pontin's International series final. The 34-year-old slipped out of the Main Tour last season after the numbers were
ACOMB Men's first team were on the receiving end of a double header hammering at the weekend. A 7-2 Yorkshire League division two defeat at Huddersfield I on Saturday was followed by a 9-4 home defeat against Doncaster III. The Tangerines were 2-0 down
UP to 950 jobs are in jeopardy at a massive supermarket distribution centre, bosses revealed today. A shadow has been cast over the future of the site in Sherburn-in-Elmet by the sell-off of 171 of its Kwik Save stores by retail giant Somerfield. Trade
YORK City hat-trick hero Andy Bishop has admitted that he is waiting to hear whether the club want to keep him next season. Bishop took his season's tally to 20 with his treble haul in Saturday's 5-1 victory over Forest Green Rovers but revealed afterwards
WITH rugby union's RBS Six Nations Championship in full swing, Sports Editor Martin Jarred selects five of his favourite tries which have lit up the competition. Do you agree or disagree with the sportsdesk choice? Then why not contact us at 76-86 Walmgate
NEW Earswick All Blacks continued their march towards promotion to the Pennine League premier division with a 40-6 defeat of West Bowling 'A'. The York side adapted to the heavy conditions better than their visitors to touch down seven times and concede
I WISH to express my disgust at the handling of budget cuts by City of York Council and the proposed closure of the bus information service. The council is supposedly trying to get us all to use our cars less and use public transport more. So how can
AS a van driver who regularly uses the roads on the proposed route of the FTR "super bus", I am afraid I cannot share Coun Reid's enthusiasm for this vehicle. No doubt my dispatcher will be impressed by my substantially improved delivery times to Acomb
YOU published three letters praising cycling after comments by Liz Edge on York's traffic problems (February 23). If only all cyclists and motorists obeyed the rules then perhaps we could see a reduction in congestion in York. We are regularly treated
I WISH to add my comments to those of Mr A G Reeson concerning the lack of birds around his house (Letters, February 21). Like this gentleman, we have no garden, but, unlike him, we live in a second-floor flat, with a lounge window only a few yards from
How can we close the pay gap between men and women? STEPHEN LEWIS and CHRIS TITLEY report. SOCIAL stereotypes which steer girls towards careers seen as traditional for women are costing the economy billions of pounds, a hard-hitting report has warned.
MY letter on Islamic tolerance (February 9) drew three varied responses. In fact, a week before that letter, in a discussion about the Danish cartoons at the mosque, I recited exactly the same verses. A few in the group dismissed them as irrelevant until
I DON'T recall the year of the cricketing photograph referred to in Anthony Still's letter (February 23) but teams of that size were not uncommon. When South Africa first hosted Test matches against England, the home team invariably was around 15 or 16
