A HAIRDRESSER fears a child will be killed on the street outside his salon after plans for five new homes were given the go-ahead. Approval was granted this week for the building of four flats and one detached house in a builder's yard behind Trafalgar
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A REGISTERED blind and deaf man today said he felt discriminated against when he was not allowed to travel for free on a bus in York - despite having a pass which allowed him to do so. Michael Reeves, 34, of Ostman Road, Acomb, said he had to walk
A PUPPY who was stabbed repeatedly in one of York's worst animal cruelty cases is recovering well after suffering from digestive problems. Storm, an eight-month-old German Shepherd, was found bleeding and in desperate need of treatment in a garden in
"WHEN he was born, they told us he wouldn't even make it to the age of five, but he beat all the odds and nearly got to 18 - with a smile on his face." Those were the words of Kevin Flintoft, the father of 17-year-old Dean Flintoft, of Barlby, near Selby
A BID by a former sugar beet farmers to hold more car boot sales on their land is set to be rebuffed by councillors. Ken Roberts, 50, and his wife, Adele, 46, saw most of their business disappear with the closure of York's British Sugar factory earlier
Photograph by Ben Black, Selby © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Ben Black, Selby © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Adrian J. Wray, Selby © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Adrian J. Wray, Selby © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Dan Kettlewell © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
YORK'S rich history and attractions for visitors have won praise in a new edition of an internationally-renowned travellers' bible. The city was granted a gushing write-up in the latest version of the Lonely Planet guidebook to Britain. It says: "Literally
DRINKING-UP time could finally be over at an abandoned York pub, after its owners announced plans to convert it into flats and offices. The Bay Horse, in Marygate, which is a listed building, has been closed since 2004. Now, the pub's owners, Wolverhampton
A COMMUNITY recycling group in York has won a prestigious national prize - the 2007 Biffa Climate Conscious Award. The award, made to the Friends of St Nicholas Fields, was one of the four resource awards presented in Birmingham at the annual conference
WELCOME to The Cage - a York bingo hall's answer to the looming indoor smoking ban. Across the city, many pubs and clubs are preparing for the ban on July 1 by installing giant umbrellas, awnings and heaters, and creating pleasant outdoor seating areas
NAPPIES, wardrobes, settees and cardboard. These are just some of the items in a garden full of rubbish which is now attracting flies. Tenant Linda Ashton, who moved into the house in Nunnery Lane at the beginning of the month as part of a council
The election battle dust is finally clearing and a new day is dawning for politics in York. It is a pretty weak and watery dawn as yet, far from the splendours of the rainbow alliance voters may have hoped for. After three weeks of political wrangling
HATS off to the people at Lonely Planet. They certainly know quality when they see it. "Literally nothing compares to the unparalleled splendour of York, northern England's most visited town," the latest edition of the renowned travellers' bible says
Controversies over parking, swimming, housing and health are firmly at the top of York's political agenda, after leading councillors outlined their plans for the coming year. The four party leaders on City of York Council met yesterday to unveil their
ONE name and one life was not enough for a bereaved son with £80,000 in the bank, York Crown Court heard. David Anthony Jopling-Woods gave himself four other names, each complete with employers, homes, bank accounts, credit cards and driving licences
IF you are after more space, you won't be disappointed with these properties. First up, Hunters has a modern detached in Main Street, Ellerton. Priory Grange boasts five reception rooms, seven bedrooms and two en-suite bathrooms. There is an entrance
TECHNOLOGY fans who want a slice of the countryside don't have to travel far - just to Little Fenton. This North Yorkshire village is surrounded by idyllic scenery but still has good links with the A1, A64, M62 and the M1 link road. And Hunters has
RICHARD Thompson produces work at a rate, and at a quality, to make other musicians blush at their idleness. In a 40-year career, he has released more than 40 albums of distinctive, sometimes idiosyncratic music that could be called folk-rock, although
TOO stark for five stars, this is a haunting nocturnal offering from the late songwriter. Smith, who died in 2003, had the rare talent for effortlessly grafting gentle melodies to searing lyrics. These unreleased songs were mostly composed night-walking
IT'S almost summer, so the latest CD from Groove Armada is right on cue. The DJs-turned-musicians have provided some of the best club sounds for a decade now, and you can be sure some of the 15 tracks here will be played at those Ibizan beach bars
RATHER than a poncy new ale, the name Lavender Diamond is an "embodiment of the sound of love, the sound of joy and healing", explains Becky Stark, who wrote this debut album as her reaction to George Bush's invasion of Iraq. Make love, not war, is
JEFF Tweedy's session in rehab has led to the uncharacteristically happy album title of Sky Blue Sky, yet the sky is more grey than blue on this sluggish return. Wilco have cast aside the noise wars and emotional turbulence of their Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
IT'S two years since The Cribs' excellent sophomore release, The New Fellas. Despite being jam-packed with driving sing-along classics, their star hasn't ascended as high as their contemporaries. The three Wakefield brothers have watched as friends
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the heartbreak and confusion of the Remploy workers whose factory is set to close. A small group of people stand disconsolately outside the Remploy factory in Redeness Street, York. It is a day since they learned their factory
A BABY penguin at Scarborough Sea Life & Marine Sanctuary is getting so pampered that staff have christened it Paris - after socialite heiress Paris Hilton. The month-old chick is constantly screaming to be fed by doting dad Dougal and mum Dick. (The
YORK knows all about fires and the devastation of cherished structures. So the city should extend some fellow-feeling to the London borough of Greenwich, which has seen the Cutty Sark burn in its dry dock by the River Thames. As the trustees of that
ANTHONY Neilson knows how to sell his taboo-breaking study of mental illness. "If you like Alice In Wonderland, but there isn't enough sex and violence in it, then Dissocia is the show for you," says the writer-director of The Wonderful Of Dissocia,
My first thought while I stood amid the screams as the lights went down was "am I at a Girls Aloud concert or did I take a wrong turn to a Chippendales show?". Eight, very fit, young men marched past us and on to the stage to writhe around in a way
CITY of York Council has been going back to the classroom as part of Noise Action Week. As part of this week's Noise Action Week, staff from City of York Council's environmental protection unit have been giving talks to local schools. The talks are
THESE were the dramatic scenes as eight people were arrested and a "large quantity" of suspected heroin and crack cocaine was seized in a series of dawn police raids across York. Police intend to charge the suspects with either conspiracy to supply Class
Evening parking charges for residents are to be scrapped as soon as possible; marking a victory for The Press's Stop The Highway Robbery campaign, which was first launched back in 2003/04. Labour leader David Scott, whose party opposed the charges, said
COUNCILLORS have begun the task of selecting a new chief executive for York, and agreed to an increased salary. The new chief executive of City of York Council will be paid from £130,000 to £145,000 a year - up from less than £118,000. The new chief
LEEDS United may have had a terrible season but Dunnington defender Andrew Milne is still dreaming of becoming a big hitter for the Elland Road club. Milne, who smashed 177 for Dunnington Seconds in a York Senior Cricket League match earlier this month
YORK City have arranged a fourth pre-season home friendly against Chesterfield on August 4. The latest game means the Minstermen will play at KitKat Crescent on four successive Saturday afternoons with the Spireites following Leeds United (July 14)
THE Lord Mayor of York was up before the assembled bench on her last day in office before she handed over the reins of power to Coun Irene Waudby. But Coun Janet Hopton was not in trouble and it was all smiles in Court Number One of York Magistrates
MICK COOK is refusing to get carried away by York City Knights' first victory in six games, but is confident they can rise up the Co-op National League Two table. Cook's team deservedly won 38-26 away to Swinton Lions on Sunday and now travel to struggling
Hemingbrough's nine-wicket win over Wheldrake keeps them at the top of the HPH York Vale Cricket League division one. Chasing 137, an opening stand of 130 between young Mike Smales (75 not out) and James Doughty (46) saw the game over in 20 overs
JACQUES Rudolph led the way with his second consecutive century and his third of the season as top-of-the-table Yorkshire showed their fighting qualities yesterday. They battled away bravely against tight bowling on the first day of their LV Championship
THE York Union of Golf Club's Kitching Trophy competition is held this Sunday at Easingwold Golf Club. The full draw is: 8.00 D Donaldson M Bainbridge (E), G Wilkins J Barrett (SH); 8.08 G Wensley P Green (FoG), A Garland M England (FP); 8.16 S Burdett
IT Sports Wigginton Squash Club swept into the final of the Northern Section of the National Club Championships by thrasing Lincolnshire champion's Boston 5-0. Making a rare appearance in the side was Jon Duffield who beat John Milner 3-0, a margin
A TIE-BREAK shoot-out sealed an opening victory for York Tennis Club men's team in the National League over hosts Canons Tennis Centre. Level at 3-3 after the singles matches' shoot-out, Nick Linfoot and Paul Blackett won the doubles 10-7. However
Bob Robinson, a member of York Squash Club, played in the England Over-55s team which won the Home International series against Scotland, Ireland and Wales in Dublin. England won all their matches 5-0 with Robinson beating Geoff Perrot (Wales) 10-
A magnificent 97 from Kelfield's Matty Walker, including five sixes, made light work of Acomb's 141-3, which was overhauled in just 17 overs for the loss of three wickets to maintain top slot in division three. Melbourne struggled at the hands of
If you're planning to travel west-to-east by road across the M62 tomorrow late afternoon, it might be advisable to keep any eye out for car-loads of jockeys, undertaking the same journey. Many riders will be completing a hectic double-header, riding
RI Amateurs now lead division one of the York Amateur Bowling Association by only one point from Shipton following the demise of two of the leading clubs in recent years. Holgate lost 7-1 at Dunnington and 7-1 at home to Selby in consecutive matches,
On a trip with my sciatica to see Jo, my physio at the hospital who is doing a grand job at gradually persuading the lower links of my spine to make friends again and work in harmony with my legs, I was outnumbered in a waiting room full of glum female
SUCCESS came two-fold for York City Rowing Club at a gale-lashed Tees Regatta. Due to high winds and rough water, all of the single and double sculling races were cancelled at the River Tees Watersports Centre in Stockton. The YCRC juniors therefore
The Yorkshire Bowls B' team to meet Northumberland B' at York Railway Institute on Saturday (2 pm) is: Rink 1: B Render (Seamer), D Kelly (Nafferton), W Waldie (Bert Keech), G Eagles (RI Corinthians). Rink 2: P Carmichael (Brotton), D Greaves (West
A YORK worker is in the running to be crowned Britain's top temp. Michael Ross, 36, of Bishop's Wharf, gave up his career as a publisher last October and decided to sign up with recruitment agency Adecco. Within weeks of starting his first job in administration
A YORK marketing consultant has been awarded a national fellowship in recognition of his work. David Leon, manager director of Partners Leisure Ltd, has been made a fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). With more than 15 years' experience
Wheldrake II had no answer to Hemingbrough II who shot out the home side for 99, Dan Collins taking 4-25 and Malc Walker 4-26, including a hat-trick. Will Ramsey top-scored with 51 as Hemingbrough cantered to a nine-wicket division four win. Bishopthorpe
Would you get in a taxi with no money? Would you go to the shop with no money? Then why jump on a bus with no, or incorrect, money? Having recently moved to the area where ftrs are the main bus service I have found them a godsend. If, as usual, I'm
Runs were at a premium in division five at Stockton and Hopgrove II where Copmanthorpe II shot them out for 85 thanks to a superb 5-23 from John Traves. Veteran Geoff Deighton (20) and Matt Oakes (23) steadied the Copmanthorpe ship to seal a well-earned
A YORK allergy testing firm has defended its results following a BBC Radio 4 investigation. Yorktest, which is based at York Science Park, off Fulford Road, offers a private service where it will examine a patient's blood for allergies and food intolerances
I have written to your paper before regarding passengers being fined for fare-dodging. I do not object at all, people being find by the courts, but this sets a very dangerous precedent when companies can fine people. I wonder how quickly they would
I HAVE no complaints about new technology being introduced, but surely there must be common ground with the new and old ways of preserving parts of our national heritage, without appointed government ministers in charge of these departments, feathering
YORK Opera's production of Eugene Onegin was absolutely wonderful. All those in the audience appeared to be revelling in the excellent presentation of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, I loved every minute of it. It made me wish to be up there again, on the
ON Wednesday, May 16, I spent a most enjoyable evening at the theatre. The performance was of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and it was staged at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, by York Opera. Over recent years I have seen almost all of their productions
THE RJF Homes Beckett Football League annual meeting will be held on Thursday, June 28 at Kirkbymoorside Golf Club (8pm).
If Drax Power Station really wanted to "go green", (We want to go green Press, May 21) rather than plead for more Government subsidy it would stop burning pet coke which is one of the most polluting and unhealthy fuels known to man. Mr B Emmerson,
Cars parked on footpaths obstructing pushchairs, dog filth on pavements, making us walk on roads full of speeding motorists who are preoccupied with inane thuds that they call music. Hard-faced teenagers hanging around smoking and popping their gum.
I SEE "our" (East Yorkshire) MP Greg Knight is one of the self-serving MPs who voted for the Private Member's Bill to exempt themselves from the Freedom Of Information Act. He, and all the other MPs who voted for this exemption, should be thoroughly
On Thursday, May 17, Gordon Brown pledged "more open" politics and to restore "faith and trust" in the political process. The next day, the same Gordon Brown rejected calls to block a bid by MPs to establish a "get-out" of the Freedom of Information
AFTER our MPs voted themselves generous increases in remuneration and conditions, just prior to advising us all to tighten our belts, it should come as not surprise that they now seek to set themselves beyond that scrutiny which applies to the rest
Carers from across the UK will be getting a well-deserved break in June - thanks to the Norwich Union Breaks For Carers. For many it will be the first time in years that they have had a break. For people like me, who spend most of our lives in the
READERS will recall that, a few months ago, Joan Ryan, under-secretary of state with special responsibility for passports, identity cards, criminal records, and judicial co-operation, used this paper to lecture us all on civil liberties. I was wrong
THE Government's U-turn on its flagship home information packs (HIPs) has been condemned as "the biggest debacle of the year" and a "shambles" by some York estate agents. HIPs were due to be introduced on June 1 and would have contained information about
FRESH plans for York's Barbican Centre look set to win the go-ahead next week, despite strong objections from campaigners. If planners approve the proposals, owners Absolute Leisure will have only five months to complete a multi-million pound refurbishment
RESIDENTS have complained about plans to permanently moor a boat on the River Ouse at Acaster Malbis. But Richard Dearlove, the proprieter of the village's Ship Inn, who wants to permanently moor the Duchess of York beside his pub, said the boat would
AN APPEAL to raise funds to replace a dilapidated roof at a historic York church is continuing, despite the work being finished. Contractors last week finished urgent repairs to the interior of St Clement's Church, in Scarcroft Road. The renovation
TROUBLESOME youths in a Selby district village have prompted the parish council to set the ball rolling on a booze ban. Mike Cowling, the chairman of Cawood Parish Council, said residents living near the playing fields, off Maypole Gardens, had complained
