RESIDENTS calling for a police station to be reopened have taken their fight to council chiefs. More than 100 residents from Acomb and Holgate signed a petition to have the old Acomb Road station reopened after a recent spate of crime in the area. At
WHEN disabled pensioner Bryan Lester filled up his Mercedes with petrol, he had no idea of the stress and trouble he was about to experience. For, unfortunately, there was something else in the liquid as well as fuel - water. And about a mile down the
AUDITORS say they can find "no significant weaknesses" in the way City of York Council is selling off the Barbican site. But they are still urging the authority to take three steps to improve the way it handles key decisions in future. The Audit Commission
A CANCER sufferer fears he could develop an infection and die because his home has no hot water. York pensioner John McIntyre says he has decided to speak out after being refused a grant to help him meet the cost of replacing his broken down boiler.
Singing at York Minister was accompanied by howls and barks as dozens of guide dogs and their owners celebrated 75 years of partnership. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Heartbroken pensioner Dorreen Ward has sobbed uncontrollably since a "despicable" thief stole her precious wedding ring while she swam at a club for the disabled. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
MYSTERY still surrounds why a young woman came to York and lost her life on a railway line. Naomi Coley-Rogan, 22, caught a train from Manchester to the city the day before she was killed on the track at Dringhouses. Police are appealing to anyone who
Following the opening of the new junction at Melton, the A63 will be reduced to a single lane in each direction with a 40 mph speed limit from Sunday 8 October 2006, until early 2007. This is to allow engineering work to take place safely at the edge
Moderate delays are possible on the M62 between Junctions 31 and 32 due to the replacement of road studs. Two eastbound lanes will be closed overnight from 9-10 October and two westbound lanes will be closed overnight from 10-11 October and from 11-12
Severe delays due to resurfacing work between Saturday, October 14 and Friday, October 20. Contraflow will be in place from Monday, October 16.
YOUNG sports stars from across North Yorkshire have been rewarded their efforts as they take the first important steps towards Olympic glory. Northallerton College played host to Hambleton and Richmondshire School Sports Association's 20th annual awards
HEARTBROKEN pensioner Dorreen Ward has sobbed uncontrollably since a "despicable" thief stole her precious wedding ring while she swam at a club for the disabled. The 69-year-old, of Huntington, York, was left distraught after discovering her purse containing
SKIPPER Adam Thornton made his presence felt after scoring the only goal of York City Schoolboy Under-14s football team's win over rivals Leeds. He lost his marker and unleashed a shot from the edge of the area to grant a first-half lead that was never
YORK Vikings Under-13s and U14s basketball teams opened their 2006-07 season with strong performances at the North Yorkshire U14 Boys Central Venue League held at Northern Ryedale Leisure Centre, Pickering. The U14s started as they meant to go on by
GIVE a big hand to teenage Murton rider William Winteringham and his horse Digit. The pair were victorious in the Novice Cross Country UK Amateur Eventing Qualifier at the Harrogate Riding Centre at Burn Bridge, near Harrogate. The course was 11.2 miles
Wigginton Squash Club's young players enjoyed outstanding success in the recent Yorkshire Closed Tournament at Pontefract. Star performer was Neil Cordell, the Joseph Rowntree School pupil, who added the Under-19 title to his growing collection.
YORK RUFC Under-9s swept to victory at the Morley Festival, winning all five of their games. The racked up 21 tries and didn't concede any as they totally dominated the opposition. The victorious squad was: William Atkin (five tries), Tom Belt, Sam
Clifton With Rawcliffe set their stall out early on as potential Peter Feasby Celebration Trophy hockey tournament champions and they delivered on their promise. Early wins over Elvington and New Earswick in Group One showed that they would be the team
Qualifying festivals run by York City Knights' development department have taken place to decide which schools will represent North Yorkshire in the regional stage of the Champion Schools Rugby League Tournament. In Year 9, Millthorpe and Canon Lee,
York Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club's under-18s started and finished excellently to beat Newsome Panthers 42-16. Acorn shot into a 16-0 lead after 14 minutes but took their foot off the gas and conceded a soft try. Another Acorn try made it 22-6 at
Ricky Watson scored a second successive hat-trick as York Acorn U11s made it three wins in a row with a 60-0 victory at Thornhill Trojans. This was a solid team display, which saw two tries apiece from prop Ben Church and pacy centre Josh Thompson.
NEW-LOOK Thorpe United Under-13s swept to their first York British Sugar Minor League victory in style. They beat York RI 5-0 at New Lane, with striker Callum Rowe-Dixon scoring a hat-trick and the other goals coming from Sean Greenwood and Joel Langton
HUNTINGTON Junior FC Under-12s made the most of the sloping Tadcaster Magnet pitch in the first half in their Mitchell League division two encounter. They led 3-0 at the interval after playing down the hill. Just ten minutes were on the clock when Huntington
NEW Earswick Swimming Club is unique in York. That is the boast of treasurer Christine Grainger, who says her club is the only one in the city to be run entirely by volunteers. Furthermore, children there are taught all four strokes as fundamentals,
THEY say oil and water don't mix. This is certainly reflected in John Godber's play, On A Night Like This, performed by the Rowntree Players. The basic premise to the story is as follows. Two working class, Northern Soul-obsessed decorators, Leo
EVERY morning I travel down the A19 to the roundabout at Rawcliffe. I queue in the correct, left-hand lane to go straight over into Rawcliffe. The road is clearly marked, not only with signs, but with huge white words and arrows on the road, telling
I SEE that Ben Drake is championing the influx of migrants (Migrants made into scapegoats, Readers' Letters, October 2). In his letter he mentions the coming loss off 1,000 jobs in York (I thought the total was nearer 1,500). It does not take
PHILIP Roe (Nuclear answers, Readers' Letters, October 4) claims that nuclear power stations are "extremely safe and highly efficient". On the safety issue, we had a fire at Windscale as it then was, a near meltdown at Three Mile Island and a disastrous
SOME recent correspondents assert that migrants steal jobs. In fact it is Nestle, Norwich Union, and British Sugar that are depriving people of their jobs. Work is difficult to find because these companies and others have destroyed tens of thousands
WITH reference to the Barbican Centre: When is a promise not a promise? When it comes from the City of York Lib Dem administration. Steve Burton, Lowther Street, York.
WITH reference to Bill Hearld's column about Goole (Times are a-changing, September 26), in the late 1940s, there was one way in and one way out of the town, and if you missed the turning you ended up at Howden or Selby. An "exaggeration" of course
ISN'T Danny Golding (Pool Protest, October 4) guilty of using the same spin that the Save Our Barbican (SOB) campaigners have used, that has both delayed the sale and redevelopment of the Barbican site and in the process lost the replacement pool there
GROWING financial pressures in the NHS are making it increasingly difficult to ensure that new ways of tackling prostate cancer are converted into practice across the UK. Only by determined action, increasing pressure on Government, will we see
I ONCE wrote in support of women getting a fairer deal in respect of the way men had treated them over the ages. However, I never supported women changing into Mark Two men. Because femininity is more attractive than male aggression. So the trick
George Wilkinson enjoys a walk near Ampleforth, famous for its public school. Ampleforth has a Millennium Breathing Space with benches and a pond, but it's at the beginning of this little walk, so we moved on by. The next attraction was a playground
Mike Laycock visits a castle that's still going strong after 900 years. WHAT AND WHERE? Skipton Castle. WHY? It's one of the best preserved medieval castles in England, having even survived a three-year siege by Roundheads in the Civil War. With
It is the first Saturday of October and the garden, encouraged by the mild, damp weather, is filled to bursting with flowers and foliage. Annuals and perennials look to be going on forever but, of course, they will soon collapse once the temperatures
"I JUST knew I had to help him. Everything went so fast, instinct took over, and I did the best I could." Those were the words of 15-year-old Grace Bower, hailed today as a heroine by the emergency services. Grace and her canoeing companion, Sue Couling
PAMELA Hartshorne reckons her books have sold eight or nine million copies. They have been translated into 20 languages, and are popular all over the world. So why haven't you heard of her? She lives in York, after all. Because she writes under a pseudonym
NO less a literary luminary than Norman Mailer reckons that Andrew O'Hagan "can write like an angel" and "in the rare style of an intelligent angel". How right he is. In this quietly devastating novel, O'Hagan tells of an English priest who moves
THE best poetry can delight and surprise us with the sudden revelation that we're not alone. It can take a moment of privately-lived life and record it so that, with a shock of recognition, we see ourselves reflected there. York poet Oz Hardwick,
THERE were cocktails, elegant girls in long dresses and handsome men in smart jackets. It might sound like the set of a James Bond film, but in fact it was closer to home. Brummels nightclub first opened its tall, grand doors in 1972. The plush nightspot
A FAMILY man cleared his name from racist allegations when his neighbour failed to give evidence against him. Crown court judges gave Ahmed Karbani three chances to go into the witness box and repeat the allegations he made in the magistrates court
Maxine Gordon goes back to school for a chemistry lesson with a difference. IF admitting to being an accountant is a sure conversation killer at parties, then spare a thought for chemists. A quiz about the periodic table or recollections about experiments
I was talking to an older soul than myself during a York Festival Of Food And Drink wine tasting last week. It turned out that he had also been to the same Rioja tasting I had been at four days earlier. "So tell me, what did you think to the Rioja
Everything's coming up rose as the high street turns pink to fight breast cancer. Maxine Gordon reports. IT all began with a little pink ribbon which has unravelled into a multi-million pound industry, spawning colourful items such as cerise-coloured
Johnnie has written to me again. After his last letter, I'd assumed things were over between us. I hadn't made contact for months, he said, and if he wasn't ringing my bell any longer, well, so long and no hard feelings. At first, I'd thought I could
PUNTERS descended on York Racecourse yesterday for the first day of the two-day October Finale meeting. Racegoers braved the blustery conditions on the penultimate day of racing on the famous Knavesmire, with the final day of the 2006 calendar taking
York City boss Billy McEwan is compiling an official complaint after being sent to the stands during last night's 1-0 win over Aldershot at KitKat Crescent. The manager, renowned for his vocal enthusiasm from the dug-out, was effectively dismissed by
Yorkshire CCC have confirmed they are in discussions with Pakistan batsman Younis Khan as they seek to replace Darren Lehmann as an overseas player for next season. Chief executive Stewart Regan was unable to corroborate Younis' claims that Yorkshire
If there was a book on misunderstandings that started wars, Billy McEwan and the respective benches would find themselves in the index under N' for nosebleeds. Debutant loanee Luke Foster was sidelined by referee Mo Matadar with blood dripping from his
A SHOW of rippling first-half power enabled Harrogate Town to soar four places into fourth place in the Nationwide North. Town travelled to Worcester who were just above the Wetherby Roaders before last night's showdown. But the hosts never knew
MAKE sure you bring your wallet to York City's home game against Cambridge United on Tuesday. Our Press fundraisers will be there before the game, rattling their tins and hoping for your generous support for our Guardian Angels appeal, which celebrates
HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights will not risk the club's financial state in a bid to keep up with big-spending Featherstone Rovers. The Knights drop back into National League Two next season and will come up against a resurgent Post Office
JULY player of the month Mark Blanchard is all set to leave York City Knights after turning down new terms. The former Hull KR back-rower has offers on the table from a number of clubs in both National League One and Two, but has made no decision on
Elite status has been accorded to Pike Hills Golf Club's upcoming teenager Charlotte Austwick. The 15-year-old has made such sterling progress this season that she has been selected for the Yorkshire Ladies elite squad' training group for the coming
EASINGWOLD GC junior team excelled as the York Union representatives in the Inter-District Junior Club Championship at Woodsome Hall in Huddersfield. The quartet of Michael Kay, Ross Earnshaw, Stuart Rice and Mark Browne, who won the summer York Union
THE North Yorkshire Under-18s Service Area rugby league team lost to Hull in an encounter which was closer than the 32-17 scoreline suggested. North Yorkshire started the brighter in the game at Heworth ARLC, with captain Tom Hodgson scoring a trademark
Aqua, a 50-1 winner for Ryedale trainer Paul Midgley at Musselburgh two weeks ago, returns to the Scottish track tomorrow with every chance of following up. A lowly-rated performer who carries the colours of owner-breeder Muriel Hills made famous by
NORTH Yorkshire snooker pro Paul Davison faces the biggest test of his career later this month with a duel against a former world champion who is currently provisional world number one. After 14 years on the pro circuit, the 35-year-old from Pickering
Beenie the horse has become a bit of a symbol for the Disney-like revolution that's going on at Manchester City. Okay, so as far as I know Disney never actually advocated the use of the moon as in Joey Barton and the' but things have certainly taken
SINGING at York Minister was accompanied by howls and barks as dozens of guide dogs and their owners celebrated 75 years of partnership. Hundreds of people from all over Yorkshire came to the special service to mark the anniversary of the first canine
THE Press has scooped an unprecedented number of nominations in the prestigious Yorkshire Press Awards. Judges have singled out practically every department in the newsroom, from reporters and photographers, to designers and sports writers. We have
The bereaved father of the youngest Briton to scale Everest, who failed in a private action against a York man over the death, has been dealt another blow as a judge handed him a large court bill. Millionaire property developer David Matthews, 62, who
DEVELOPERS will appeal against being refused permission to build a convenience store near Stamford Bridge. On Thursday, East Riding of Yorkshire Council threw out plans for a new store at Full Sutton Garage - in spite of a 1,258-signature petition from
SHE feared her daughter, Hayley, might never reach adulthood after being struck down by leukaemia at the age of seven. And then, after the illness was successfully tackled by three gruelling courses of chemotherapy, Linda Welch was worried that the
The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the case of the top international scientist accused of fiddling his expenses. Analytical chemist Michael Frank Wilson, 53, of Park Gate, Strensall, York, denies 22 charges of theft. The allegations
THE row over the safety and reliability of York's new ftr bus still continues. Labour councillors say many passengers have contacted them to complain that the "superbus" is less reliable than the traditional service. Passengers have also raised concerns
HEALTH watchdogs have named York Hospital one of the top performing in the country for how well it admits patients. The Healthcare Commission has come up with new research on how patient admissions are managed in hospitals across the country. York Hospital
A RAMBLING enthusiast who celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year has died. Edith Dresser, who climbed many of Britain's highest peaks in her younger days, passed away at her home in Clifton, York. The much-loved aunt received many cards and
PLANNERS will consider a controversial application for a wind turbine farm at a meeting next week. Wind Prospect, a Birmingham-based company which develops wind energy, has applied to erect 12 100-metre turbines at Rusholme Grange, near Drax. The application
CARDBOARD recycling is at last coming to Ryedale. Residents who live in some of the villages between Malton and York will be among the first people to receive a kerbside cardboard collection later this month. At the same time, about 1,350 homeowners
Why should I, christened chapel, with a basic christian upbringing, which I do not usually advertise, and a life to live, need to understand, let alone reach out to, two eyes shrouded in dark material, which I accept as feminine, peeping out at the world
