IT NOW draws thousands of students and visitors to its home city, but 40 years ago the campus of the University of York was nothing but fields. more...
THERE is nothing theatrical about the latest Daihatsu Charade, and its marketing maestro has every reason to be proud of the new performer. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS meets a dog of many talents... more...
A CENTURIES-old library is to become a casualty of York Minster's financial crisis. more...
MEMBERS of a family divided during wartime are to hold a very special reunion in a York village. more...
A COWBOY builder who fleeced a York pensioner of more than £20,000 has been told he is facing a prison sentence. more...
A YORK University lecturer who led a "secret life", downloading 16,000 indecent images of children from the internet, today escaped a prison sentence. more...
TWO York post offices and one in Selby are to close during June and July, it was announced today. more...
BRITAIN'S biggest Ferris wheel will be dominating York's skyline as part of this year's Thunder Theme Park at the city's Knavesmire. more...
A teenager seriously injured after falling more than 30 feet from a York city centre roof was today said to be stable in intensive care. more...
BRITAIN'S biggest Ferris wheel will be dominating York's skyline as part of this year's Thunder Theme Park at the city's Knavesmire. more...
AN MP today called for action to improve the safety record of the A19 around York - a road which has claimed two lives in a week. more...
SHOPKEEPERS in York today said turnout for late-night shopping was improving - and called for the scheme to be given more time. more...
A NORTH Yorkshire woman has escaped a jail sentence, after she admitted driving a car with seven children in it while nearly four times over the drink-drive limit. more...
A FORMER Sheriff of York was appearing in court today charged with causing £50,000 worth of damage at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. more...
COUNCIL chiefs in York have been handed £149,000 to prepare for controversial "bed blocking" fines. more...
Tonnes of sugar were on the menu for schoolmates at Lord Deramore's Primary School - but it was all part of their science week studies. more...
A SELBY man who had four rape charges against him thrown out by a judge said today his life had been torn apart. more...
STUDENTS who lost out when the collapsed York Business College closed its doors have been offered a lifeline. more...
THOUSANDS of York patients are set to benefit from a new high-tech scanner which is being installed at York Hospital. more...
WORK is set to start next week on the £3.1 million flood defence scheme for Stamford Bridge. more...
THE Archbishop of York is throwing open the gates of Bishopthorpe Palace for a charity fun day. more...
TOUGH new steps to halt car dumping could save £2.7 million for North Yorkshire taxpayers and ease a growing environmental problem. more...
A GROUNDBREAKING scheme to combat burglars has been set up in a North Yorkshire town. more...
RYEDALE district councillor Brian Cottam is settling into his new role as chairman of the authority. more...
THINGS are brightening up in Malton as colourful baskets, beds and borders are all spruced up for the summer. more...
JOHN Crossley, the 36-year-old Malton businessman who died last month in a skiing accident, had a distinguished army career behind him, including time served during the first Gulf conflict. more...
MOTORISTS have lost another place to buy petrol in York, with the closure of a second Total filling station. more...
NORTH Yorkshire teenagers are to benefit from a major county council investment in youth services. more...
AN award-winning hairdresser who teased the tresses of women in Pocklington and York has died aged 89. more...
PASSENGERS on GNER services which break down will soon hear a familiar cry - "Thunderbirds are go!" more...
Young footballers are to be given more "zing" in their step with nutritious meals from their restaurant sponsor. more...
SEVENTY new recycling banks are to be installed at sites across York. more...
light-footed dancers from the Barbara Taylor School of Dance hope to raise more than £1,500 for charity with their annual show. more...
A "YES" vote for a mini-Parliament for North Yorkshire could be ignored if the turnout is low, the Government has revealed. more...
THE best of contemporary sculpture is set to bring new life to the grounds of a North Yorkshire hall. more...
THOUSANDS of schoolchildren are to get a taste of the countryside by trying their hand at skills such as dry stone walling and wood turning. more...
ANTI-WAR protesters lobbied civic leaders and city councillors in a peaceful demonstration at the historic ceremony to appoint York's new Lord Mayor, as reported in later editions yesterday. more...
ESTATE agent John Holtby was hoping there would not be a rush as prospective buyers came to view the latest one-bedroom property on the market in North Yorkshire. more...
A YORK nurse is to get on his bike and cycle across America to help people with diabetes. more...
A YORK couple scaled the dizzy heights of the Annapurna mountain range in the Himalayas to raise more than £13,500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. more...
A YORK business gave charity hikers a kick start towards scaling three of the highest peaks in the Yorkshire Dales. more...
PEOPLE with multiple sclerosis will be spreading their wings in York next month when they take part in a special flying day in the city. more...
YORK shoppers can jump aboard a Friends of the Earth campaign when a spoof airline check-in desk is set up in the city centre. more...
HARLEQUIN Entertainers thanked the Red Cross for their work with singer Dawn Moore, by presenting the group with a cheque. more...
WESTMINSTER journalists had a big party on Wednesday to celebrate the Lobby's 200th birthday. more...
BIT by bit, David Beckham is giving British children a grounding in anatomy. more...
FOR a city supposedly so proud of its ancient roots, York often shows a cavalier attitude towards history. more...
POOR Zoe Walker must be going to the wrong restaurants or needs a good chef to show her how to cook if she finds eating meat is like dining on a Wellington boot, (Weekender, May 17). more...
DURING the last few years I have had several mini strokes because of hypertension. more...
THE Swan Hotel in York which was housing a colourful band of squatters is now empty again (May 20). more...
IN your report about the York Against The War demonstration at the council (May 21) Lib Dem leader Steve Galloway claims we don't understand the difference between national and local issues. more...
LAST week Education Secretary Charles Clark announced that £217 million was to be given to schools. This is in the wake of threats of teacher redundancies. more...
POCKLINGTON youngster Henry Mitchell is trending a path that could lead towards England glory. more...
CASH-CONSCIOUS York City are anticipating a first-team squad of no more than 16 contracted players next season, it emerged today. more...
SCARBOROUGH chairman Malcolm Reynolds has revealed that contracts are to be exchanged for the sale of the McCain Stadium to a local developer on June 6. more...
THERE were plenty of `chuckles' coming from Duncombe Park Cricket Club yesterday as one of their old boys hit the big time with Zimbabwe in the First Test match against England at Lord's. more...
ENGLISH women's amateur golf champion of three years ago Emma Duggleby, is on course to reclaim the national crown after she powered into today's quarter-finals at the Aldeburgh club in Suffolk. more...
YORK Cricket Club have a testing weekend ahead with Bank Holiday visits to Appleby Frodingham and Hull sandwiching their third round Sunday visit to Guisborough in the ECB National Club Knockout event. more...
YORK-BASED Eborienteers scooped several prizes at the British Orienteering Championships in Sheffield. more...
BARBICAN have taken an early lead in the fight to become the first champions of division one of the York Veterans' Bowls League. more...
EASINGWOLD Town's junior football section is booming - big style. more...
TAKING the heat has been a boon to a York-based group of super-fit athletes as they head into the summer season. more...
POCKLINGTON youngster Henry Mitchell is trending a path that could lead towards England glory. more...
YORK Squash Club men's team have completed a highly successful season by gaining promotion to the Premier Division of the Yorkshire League. more...
Grey Cossack, who provided Malton jockey Gyles Parkin with his comeback winner after ten months on the sidelines at Beverley recently, bids to do his grateful partner another good turn at Doncaster tomorrow. more...
DAVID Benson brings his one-man show Think No Evil Of Us - My Life With Kenneth Williams to the Old Meeting House on June 21 in the theatre highlight of Helmsley Arts Centre's tenth anniversary summer programme. more...
THE weather may disagree but the calendar tells us that summer is almost here. more...
REMEMBER Elton John in a huff in that Tantrums And Tiaras documentary, saying how he took his tennis very seriously? more...
CHARLES HUTCHINSON steps into the strange, silent world of the Men In Coats... more...
TICKETS are on sale for this summer's AIR 2003 music festival on Knavesmire, organised by York Arts Forum (YAF). more...
AFTER politely declining an invitation to join Courtney Love's new band, former Babes In Toyland leader Kat Bjelland is returning to the rock fray with Katastrophy Wife. On Sunday, May 25 Kat plays Fibbers in York on the closing night of a 13-date British tour. more...
HE went to see the Be Good Tanyas, but concert promoter Nigel Burnham decided support act Erin Mckeown would be better for his Americana showcases at The Band Room, in Low Mill, Farndale. more...
SIR Paul McCartney has re-scheduled his postponed Sheffield show for May 29. His April 6 concert at the Hallam FM Arena had been called off at the last minute after a heavy cold rendered him unable to sing. more...
SOME Like It Hot will be swinging down Nunnery Lane tonight (23rd) to York's newest jazz joint, the Victoria Vaults. Special guest will be the sultry saxophone sound of Steve DeVine. more...
THINK Floyd, the tribute band for surreal but classic rock band Pink Floyd, will be performing at the Grand Opera House in York on Sunday (25th) at 7.30pm. more...
IN 1948 in Rope, Alfred Hitchcock made cinema history with the ten-minute take, a short-lived technique which made the claustrophobic action, set in one room in a New York skyscraper, cinematically continuous. more...
Soweto Kinch, the British sax player attracting the hottest raves since Courtney Pine and Denys Baptiste, is flying solo with his debut album under his wing. more...
IN The Matrix , Thomas "Neo" Anderson, the Messiah for the Nintendo generation, freed human minds from the Matrix. Job done. That was The One, as post-modern pop culture as post-modern fantasy action movies could go. more...
Trumpeter Guy Barker, who plays in York as part of a jazzy weekend in May, tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about finding inspiration in film noir... more...
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