THIS man went from being trapped in his flat to overcoming his fears and scooping a top award. Andii Watson, of Chipstead Walk, Strensall, dreamed of a life in the Merchant Navy, but due to his agoraphobia, just leaving the house was a challenge before
LICENSING bosses are urging York's pubs and clubs to be the best - bar none - and enter a top awards scheme. Prizes will be given out to encourage the owners of pubs and clubs to drive up standards and crack down on binge drinking, as part of the Best
A MAN whose dead body was found in a city centre toilet had drunk the equivalent of 22 tots of whisky, an inquest heard. Andrew Dudley Atkins, of Severn Green, in Nether Poppleton, was discovered by a cleaner lying on the floor of the disabled
A DISABLED woman has been forced to back out of buying her ideal flat after some residents refused her permission to install an aid to help her open the front door. Carolyn Suckling, who currently lives in Badger Wood Walk, Heslington, had intended to
TOP property professionals and developers in York have called for a new way of providing permanently cheap housing for people who want to get on to the property ladder. The York Property Forum (YPF), set up four years ago to tackle property-related
RICHARD Staples, 34, gets into the spirit of Wimbledon with two tennis-themed open days at his Heworth showroom, the first of which was on Saturday. He invited 1,000 customers in York to experience the drama of centre court in two ways - either by
YOU only have to visit a railway line and warehouses in Selby to understand why Derrick Potter is so happy just lately. Mr Potter is the executive chairman of the independent Potter Group logistics empire who has spent more than 8.5 million converting
DALESIDE Brewery Ltd, Harrogate's award-winning brewer of cask and bottled ales, has appointed Patrick (Pat) Green as commercial director. Mr Green is joining the board of Daleside and will own a third of the company along with existing owners Eric
DESPITE the "hung council" we now have in York, it is imperative that the Future York Group's report should not be allowed to "go hang". There may be rejection of a "rainbow" coalition of the four parties in the council chamber, but when it comes to
OK, so the no-smoking change in the law came into effect on Sunday, prompting employers to review where and when staff are allowed to light up. But have you made the right provisions and changes at your workplace? The new law has been introduced to
THERE are many ways you can start trading as a business. Among others, partnerships are a very common business arrangement. Many professional, family and small businesses are set up as partnerships. In English law a partnership is not an entity distinct
AS a boss, Hugh Venables is not averse to the occasional wind-up. Not, it must be said, from his 16 staff at his York marketing and communications business, The Partners Group. Rather, from the likes of a double hollow, string-and-dot Newhaven drop
WORK on a delayed 500,000 scheme to improve Acomb Library will start on Monday, July 16, says City of York Council. The start of the project had been delayed by tender negotiations, but the library closed last Saturday to allow staff to empty the building
AS sheets of rain swept through the strange, small town that is Portakabin in York, work continued at a furious pace. That's an irony, because last week's downpour put a frustrating end to work on traditional building sites all over Britain. Yet
THE familiar Make Way For Noddy tune opened the show and soon had you singing and clapping along. Noddy had arrived and his famous bell was ringing. He was planning a tea party for his Toyland friends, with googleberry muffins on the menu. Big Ears
YOU reported Network Rail's latest route utilisation strategy has good news for the East Coast Main Line, with planned upgrades to tracks at Holgate junction, just south of York (Strategy on track, June 29). Harking back to my days as a British Rail
IT MAY have been a quarter of a century ago, but I can clearly remember my husband's irritation when he and a couple of mates were having a meal in a vegetarian restaurant and were asked to move to the smoking area. If I remember rightly, he didn't enjoy
HAVING read Mr A Dobinson's explanation as to what happens to the disappearing buses in Acomb (The mystery of the one-way Acomb buses, Readers' Letters, June 19), I would like to offer another answer to the problem - this time the number six bus. Why
Maxine Gordon meets two women ready to give you a mind and body makeover. WHAT do you see when you look in the mirror? If you hone in on wrinkles rather than a tiny waist, or a spare tyre rather than a fantastic cleavage, chances are you could do
WHAT is the Archbishop of York on about, give parents a wage to stay at home and raise their children? (Parents staying at home should get paid, The Press, June 26). I am 70 years old, raised seven children and worked to help give them what they
WE HAVE always believed the Ministry of Defence's decision to cut disabled Gulf veteran Terry Walker's war pension was callous and wrong. Now we have the proof. The surgeon who performed a heart transplant in a vain attempt to save Terry's life has
WITH reference to your article on the police car accident (Emergency, June 25), we all are aware that any road accident can be potentially serious and there is no course for flippancy. However, having read about the damage caused by the police car
THE sight of police armed with sub-machine guns patrolling the centre of York is truly chilling. Yet if this is the price we must pay to protect ourselves against the threat of terrorists, so be it. Police stress there have been no direct threats
IF the police want an office in Clifton (School site unsuitable, The Press, June 29) why don't they consider the former tram office at the apex of Clifton Green? It is now being marketed for rent by the City of York Council and both parties should
IT has come to my attention that a large percentage of the population ignorantly, and even wilfully step on the cracks in the pavement. This despicable behaviour has to stop. I think a 75 spot fine should do the trick. Once people cease this senseless
MORE and more criminals are enjoying early release and returning to our midst because we have not been able to keep pace with their needs and keep them in the manner which they have become accustomed to with jail accommodation. Why is it that their
I RECENTLY read (and even tried to understand) a 226-page book titled Making Sense Of Leasehold, by Kat Callo, quoting Henry Tricks, a previous residential property editor of Financial Times as saying that it has curiously British characteristics which
THE family of Terry Walker is celebrating a small victory after the Government agreed to review its decision to stop his army pension. Since their father died earlier this month, Stefan and Kirsty Walker, aged 17 and 12, have been living with Terry's
A TOP hospital surgeon says the war pension of Gulf War veteran Terry Walker should never have been cut and is now backing our campaign to bring him justice. The former lance corporal, who was buried earlier this month at his home village of Wheldrake
HOW many readers are aware of the following little gem? Jean Manmet, French diplomat and founding father of the EU, declared some years ago: "Europeans should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening.
TONY Blair has at last gone as PM. What is his legacy? Internationally it is bad - Iraq dominates - he has left us in more danger than we faced before 1997. Internally - Britain is a much more liberal and tolerant nation than it was ten years
UNISON fully supports its comrades in the CWU taking strike action for a fair deal on pay and jobs (Mail disorder, The Press, June 30). Like all of us across the public services, they are being asked to accept 2.5 per cent while inflation runs at
WITH the recent flooding in South Yorkshire and the prolonged heavy rainfall experienced elsewhere, climate change predictions seem to be reasonably accurate. Should the recent planning approval for both Derwenthorpe and Germany Beck not be reconsidered
A MAN who died when he was hit by a car as he tried to cross a road in York has been named by police. The victim, David Galloway, 51, of Carr Lane, Acomb, has been described by his family as "a loving father and grandfather". In a statement issued
SMOKING enforcement officers have been out and about on the streets of York to ensure businesses are complying with the new law to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces. Dawn Clarkson, the senior smokefree officer with City of York Council, was out
SHE'S conquered York, and she's conquered England. Now the city's star beauty is preparing to go global. North Yorkshire model Georgia Horsley says she is still coming to terms with the excitement of being crowned Miss England 2007, after an exhilarating
Police have promised to continue their campaign against drink and drug-related violence in York's bars and clubs. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. THE crackdown on antisocial behaviour in York bars, pubs and clubs will continue with a series of high-profile
WILL he leave or won't he? After all the publicity in the wake of being crowned "One In A Million" as the UK's top temporary worker, Michael Ross from York is now searingly hot property - and that presents him and his boss with that terrible dilemma
"BUT what can I claim for, then?" This might well be your anguished response when trying to establish just what element of your household expenses you can successfully claim as an expense of running your own business from home. Well, despair no longer
THERE has been a great deal of media coverage recently on buy-to-let property investors and the possibility that vast numbers of them have not paid any tax. One newspaper article implied that HM Revenue and Customs are preparing to "clamp down" on
THAT is the title of a free workshop and seminar which will be conducted at York Racecourse on Monday, July 16, by multi-millionaire Brad Sugars, founder of global business coaching business ActionCOACH. Mr Sugars will lecture on how to create the
A deputy head teacher's career is in ruins after he admitted that he abused children over a 14-year period. Paedophile Howard John Beattie, 52, has taught youngsters at the 206-pupil Carr Junior School in Acomb, for more than 30 years. But, for much
A RESIDENTIAL letting agency in York has joined the industry's elite after achieving a series of tough quality standards. Linley & Simpson, based in Micklegate, has been accredited by the leading professional and regulatory body in the UK for residential
POLICE in York are continuing to step up security after a series of terrorist attacks. Extra officers patrolled the streets of the city yesterday as police urged people to be vigilant. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Following the suspected
COALTERS estate agents, which was previously based in offices in Fishergate, York, has moved into refurbished, onefloor, 1,200sq ft offices in George Hudson Street, formerly occupied by Breeze hairdressers. The relocation has also seen the business
EAGLE-EYED Diary contributor Nigel Burnham thinks he may have found Whitby's answer to culinary legend Mrs Beeton. He writes that he was in Whitby on Saturday and discovered some amazing manuscripts of recipes, cookery and housekeeping tips in an
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has questioned the wisdom of packing a third of the Blue Square Premier season into the first two months of the new term. Clubs will play 16 matches during the opening nine weeks of the campaign from Saturday, August 11 to
THOUSANDS of drivers in a part of York are facing a fortnight of misery, with major works set to be carried out on a busy city road. Moor Lane, in Woodthorpe, is to be shut between Chaloner's Road and Alness Drive, for two weeks from next Monday. The
"WHY is it always bad news? Why can't you give us good news for a change?" It's a question journalists regularly face, and not just on this newspaper. So seriously do they take this quandary north of the border that a Scottish paper had a day last week
LIVELY youngster Lee Mapals is a sure bet to fulfil a hat-trick of cocky boasts, after adding to his reputation with a brilliant brace at Celtic Crusaders. The flying winger is odds-on to finish as York City Knights' top try-scorer this season after
FORMER York City midfielder Mark Convery has been snapped up by Cambridge United. The 26-year-old has gone to the Abbey Stadium on a two-year deal after being released by Minstermen boss Billy McEwan at the end of last season. Several clubs were
THERE were few bright spots for an under-strength York City Knights academy in their 36-0 defeat at Sheffield Eagles. Boss Paul Higgins was without six regular under-21s players due to injuries and call-ups to the injury-ravaged first team, and, without
TEN luxury 500,000 flats and a stylish new restaurant are part of the multi-million pound plans of a landmark York building's new owner. Property developer William Legard, 63, who bought the Bonding Warehouse in a £1.151 million sale at the end of last
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC coach Chris Judge reckons the new Pennine League Player of the Year, Ben Jones, can flourish in professional rugby league. Jones was given the Pennine League's top man gong at the club's annual awards dinner at the Monk
FOR the first time in three years North Yorkshire's Simon Dyson will not figure in The Open. The man, who two years ago hit the very first shot in The Open championship when it was staged at St Andrew's, lucked out in the European qualifying competition
HEWORTH ARLC have received a boost after it was confirmed that Chris Smith and Paul Newlove would continue as coaches next season. Former Wales international and York City Knights ace Smith, formerly of Cawood, now lives near St Helens so his continued
SELBY and Pickering Town could clash in a crunch FA Cup tie in September - if they get past their opening games. The two clubs are set to collide in the FA Cup preliminary round on September 1, but the Robins must first win at Pontefract Collieries and
EIGHT per cent of all suspected criminals arrested in York have travelled to the city to commit crime, it has been revealed. As a new database to track shoplifters who travel across the country to steal was unveiled, Sergeant Rick Ball, pictured, of
Yorkshire Phoenix have failed in a desperate attempt to get in some outdoor practice ahead of their Twenty20 Cup match at Riverside tonight (6pm) when they will be aiming to complete the double over Durham Dynamos. After Yorkshire were forced indoors
JOHN Quinn will be hoping Pevensey can add to his stunning success at Royal Ascot by becoming the first North Yorkshire winner of the John Smith's Cup at York Racecourse for five years. The Settrington-based trainer has entered the impressive five-year-old
TONI Smallwood starred with 23 as Burnholme got off to a great start against York John Smith's Ladies League division one leaders Cueball. Colleague Celia Jones had also won the opener, but the club side could not build on their 2-0 advantage as Angie
Norton jockey Tom Eaves, very much a rider to follow at present, can continue his purple patch at Catterick tomorrow. Eaves, who rode three winners last Thursday, and who has 30 to his credit this year, has double prospects aboard Silk Drum and Turn
Josh Beavers and Pauline Craddock were the week's top scorers in the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League with 34 games. The Fulford pair were in top form in the division 11 victory over a young Wistow side. Poppleton turned out the youngest pair of the week
Leeds United have upped their offer to the Inland Revenue from £77,000 to £616,000 in a last-ditch attempt to avoid a legal challenge to the club being re-sold to Ken Bates. The initial offer to creditors was only 1p in the pound, which meant the
THE search is on for a York home-owner, whose empty house is being targeted by mindless vandals. Councillors are urgently trying to track down a Mr Dean Hill, whose house in Bradley Drive, Foxwood, is standing vacant and boarded-up. Bizarrely, Mr
SENIOR football will return to the village of Cliffe, near Selby, this season after an absence of more than 15 years. Manager Keith Tiplady will lead the newly-formed club, based at Oxen Lane, in the East Riding County League. Training will begin
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a York University college in the early hours of this morning. An automatic fire alarm went off at around 3.50am in James College in Heslington and was attended by both of the fire engines from York. It was found to be
Hamilton Panthers Football Club, newly promoted to the York and District Leeper Hare League premier division, and the club's reserves division B' side, start pre-season training today and this Thursday at Little Knavesmire, both at 6.30pm. Old and
A MAN cooking some bacon for his supper caused a panic when he left the grill unattended and it caught fire. Two fire engines from York plus one from Acomb along with the aerial ladder appliance were all called to the scene of the fire in a four-storey
Pocklington'S first and second teams are still unbeaten in division two and six in the Fulford Ladies Invitation League. The firsts needed the skill of Liz Jones and Cathryn Postlewaite, who scored 21 games, to seal a 60-48 win at Wigginton. The second
POPPLETON were the only top three team in action in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League - and they moved four points clear of the rest by beating Rowntree Park 62-46. John Moore and Rob Jones contributed 32, more than half the total
THIS is the moment when armed robbers tried to walk into a York shop wielding a samurai sword. The CCTV images show how brave shop owner Desmond Johnson foiled the attempted raid at the Stop Gap store, in Gale Lane, Acomb, by slamming the shop door in
The draw has been made for the City of York Championships, which start on Monday. Monday, July 9: Rowntree Park, men's singles, 5pm, Shread v Walker; 5.45 Birch v May; Denton v Baker, Smith v Whurr. Mixed doubles Cooke/Whitehead v Anderson/ Connor. 7pm
PEOPLE from all walks of life are to help health bosses shape York Hospital's future. Thirty two governors elected by 14,000 people from the NHS foundation trust are to form a new members' council. The council is open to the public and aims to represent
PEOPLE from all walks of life are to help health bosses shape York Hospital's future. Thirty two governors elected by 14,000 people from the NHS foundation trust are to form a new members' council. The council is open to the public and aims to represent
SOME residents in a North Yorkshire hamlet are objecting to the building of a large hay barn because they say it will aggravate traffic problems on a damaged road. Bruce Falkingham, who owns West End Farm, in Woodhall, South Duffield, near Selby, applied
A VICTORIAN themed garden party in a North Yorkshire village has raised about £2,500 for a church which is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Escrick Church garden party, at which there was an old-fashioned sweet shop, York Railway Institute Band, as
