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Photograph by Colin Sayner © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

Photograph by Colin Sayner © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

Photograph by Colin Sayner © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

SO WHO half-inched 3,000 tape measures at a North Yorkshire antiques and furniture shop? Staff at Simply Dutch finally got a measure of the thieves when stocktaking in preparation for the store's tenth birthday. The tape measures are given to visitors

POLICE are set to spend £24.5 million on a new station and cell block on the outskirts of York. The plan could see the Fulford Road police headquarters closed down and the land sold for development. The Press told in March how the force had been planning

HISTORY buffs battled it out like gladiators at quizzes staged as part of the York Roman Festival. Teams were tested to the maximus at the Olde Starre Inn, in Stonegate, on subjects ranging from the building of Hadrian's Wall to Roman toilet habits.

IT was urged to make more than 70 NHS reforms within 12 months to protect vulnerable patients, following a North Yorkshire psychiatric scandal. But today the Government was accused of betraying the patients of former psychiatrists William Kerr and Michael

SOUNDS of the Sixties will ring out tonight as York Racecourse stages top-class horse racing is followed by live music. The Cavern Beatles will be performing after an evening of racing on Knavesmire. The tribute band has wowed die-hard Beatles fans

THE problem with homes in nice areas is that their price tags can be less than desirable. You pay for location as well as bricks and mortar, and you can sometimes only dream of moving to your suburb of choice. But now and again, affordable properties

THIS week our quest for grand houses takes us to Tollerton. The Firs, Cross Lanes, is a restored country house situated 12 miles north of York. This period property boasts a wealth of interesting features alongside gardens and grounds that extend

IT would be nice to think we lived in a society that rewarded hard work and individual responsibility. Anyone reading our news analysis today about elderly people being forced to sell their homes to pay for care in their final years might be forgiven

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. There are two principal reasons for this. Firstly, offenders

YORK people are being asked for their views on the future shape of our city. They are being asked to comment on a draft Conservation Area appraisal for the racecourse and Terry's quarter of York and on York Central, the biggest brownfield site ever

F W THACKRAY'S proposition that there should be more bus use (Ditch That Car, Readers' Letter, July 20) is laudable. Unfortunately, bus travel is not always a pleasant experience due to offensive passengers. I take the bus reluctantly and infrequently

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your reader Andy Patrick about the use of mobile phones while driving. If the idiot in the private-plated gunmetal-grey BMW hadn't been texting on his mobile in Gillygate, York, last Thursday at 5.40am he wouldn't have knocked

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

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. How can we stamp out racism when we

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). I, and those like me concerned about the death of an innocent Brazilian

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

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

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). I understand that the present owners are Absolute Leisure Ltd. Surely the company

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. When

I AGREE with your readers about prisoners in jail getting what they want (Jailhouse strop, July 18). A prison is a prison, not a holiday camp or hotel. In one way the lawyers are partly to blame for inmates getting the things they want. Lawyers

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. Sorry, Mike, but the scale you illustrate is the Centigrade (aka Celsius) scale

A HUSBAND tended his dying wife as a cycle ride turned to horror on the A64 outside York. Champion athlete Tracy Ann Kaye suffered serious head injuries from which she later died. The 36-year-old had been married to husband William for a year. The

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. And there's much, much more to Allen than a one-off party hit

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. So it's no surprise

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. Sometimes, however, an album has enough substance to back up the bombast. Guillemots' debut

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. The first many westerners knew of the Malian singer and guitarist was when he collaborated with

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

GIFTED folk musician Tim van Eyken has conjured up inventive arrangements of traditional songs on his second solo album. Babes In The Wood is a disturbing juxtaposition of a dark tale about the murder of two children woven into the sweetest of tunes

THE woman with the dirtiest mouth in pop returns with another instalment of shock'n'awe that fails to justify the controversy. Peaches is hardly subtle. Titles such as You Love It, Rock The Shocker and Do Ya (and they're just the ones we can publish

Imagine Lily Allen times three with an old-school rock'n'roll twist and you have The Pipettes with their introductory album. Opening head-filler We Are The Pipettes throws a sly wink at the old Smack The Pony parodies that were infuriatingly good with

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. Simon Moat, 37, player coach for York Groves, has lodged a planning application with Selby District

YORK City captain Manny Panther is hoping the club's newly-repaired pitch can help his team-mates reach greater heights next season. An excellent KitKat Crescent playing surface, unveiled at this week's 1-0 friendly defeat to Middlesbrough, was barely

Should elderly people be forced to sell their own homes to pay for care in their final years? STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report. LIKE most elderly people, Edith Smith doesn't like making a fuss. But nevertheless, it strikes the York widow as

YORK City's players will be the smartest in the Conference this season thanks to a new deal with clothing store Suits You. All members of the club's playing and managerial staff have been fitted with navy blue suits for the 2006-07 campaign by the McArthur

A YOUNG mum is scared to let her children play in their own garden because of a rat infestation. Mum-of-four Amy White, 27, said an alley running down the side of her York home is overrun with dozens of rats, many of them more than a foot long that come

TWO sloppy defensive mistakes were punished as a York City XI lost last night's pre-season friendly at Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-0. The Minstermen, made up of trialists, reserves and juniors went down to a goal in each half to the UniBond League outfit

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. Kick-off for the annual Harrogate clash at Wetherby Road is at 7.45pm, 15 minutes after the

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. All fixtures

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. Hampshire had further tightened their grip on the game by the close when they were 131-

EDDIE Lewis is set to make his comeback to a Leeds line-up at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. The American winger only returned to training last week after manager Kevin Blackwell gave him an extended holiday to get over the exertions of the World

A group of drinkers battled in the snow after leaving a York nightclub chanting football songs, a court heard. Fighters kicked men lying on the ground, a woman who tried to intervene was punched in the face, and several people were injured in the large-scale

SHOCKS all round have opened up the field in the 39th York Open Bowls Tournament men's pairs competition. Hotly-tipped Tex Stevens and Tony Horobin (Holgate) tumbled out in the first round to Vic Thompson and Peter Henderson (Bootham) 25-13 before last

HIGH drama added spice to the York Open Bowls Tournament mixed pairs quarter-finals after a sudden death show down. Maureen Robinson (Scarcroft) and Alan Ford (Hull Road) found themselves all square with Pauline Veitch (Seamer) and Tim Winter (Hull)

SEVERAL York-area players are involved in the Yorkshire County Bowling Association's finals day at Kingston Bowls Club, Hull, on Sunday. John Stroughair (Haxby Road) has reached his eleventh final, 30 years after his first appearance in 1976. International

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. Both division five teams had the good fortune to bat second and be chasing low scores. Leaders

NORTH Duffield reached the final of the HPH York Vale League Mitchell Cup after a nail-biting finish against Heworth. They will meet the winners of next Sunday's other semi-final between British Sugar and Askham Bryan YPO, the current cup holders.

PAUL Broadbent has pledged his commitment to York City Knights and their battle to beat the drop. It was thought the 38-year-old would relinquish his role as assistant to head coach Mick Cook after being unveiled yesterday as John Kear's number two at

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. The negotiations have been conducted with increasing urgency since the announcement that York sugar

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. The acceptance of a transferred fixture from Doncaster, which is undergoing a massive refurbishment, has

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. The hedge in Osbaldwick Village was severely cut back by council workers last week after a number of residents

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. Final declarations for Flat meetings, along with the betting, will be made 48 hours in

MEET Tom Hartley our uni-cycling paper boy! The 15-year-old, from Tholthorpe, near Easingwold, is a well-known face around the village as he delivers the paper on his one-wheeler. Tom, who joined The Press direct delivery team six months ago, uses

TIDY streets have won York a place among the top ten cleanest cities in the country. The city has been chosen as a finalist in this year's Clean Britain Awards. Council bosses said it was a "fantastic achievement" and promised to keep up the good work

Residents are being invited to play a part in shaping the future redevelopment of key corners of York. City chiefs are asking people around York Racecourse and Terry's factory for views on a draft Conservation Area Character Appraisal which identifies