WHAT a pleasure to be able to see people filming in the city centre for other purposes than protecting profits from shoplifters. On Saturdays I often chat to tourists, hoping to make them feel as welcome in York as I did when I first arrived. While rarely
I WISH Mike Usherwood and my husband would stop their stupid male posturing on transport issues. All it takes is mutual respect and everyone can safely use the roads. Mr Usherwood's recent letter (October 14) about there being at least 11 law-abiding
YORK has slipped into a dreadful state of chaos when it comes to traffic (mis) management. There are no clever answers to the problems the city faces in the 21st century, only simple ones; remove all congestion-causing speed humps (they also delay emergency
MIKE Tavener's letter about the funding of the proposed Ouse footbridge in York (September 27) shows a disturbing aspect of the thinking of our council officials. Just because the bridge would be funded by Government money does not mean there is no cost
MANY family bibles and books of daily prayers used by farmers and other employers were diligently inscribed with family events, especially births, marriages and deaths. These are of great interest to family historians trying to trace their ancestors.
DISAPPOINTING but not disastrous. That is the verdict on York's new batch of tourism figures. Today for the first time the long term decline in overseas visitors is revealed. During the last eight years, the number of foreign guests coming to our city
CHRIS Nelson is a remarkable woman with some remarkable friends. Her determination to beat cancer is inspiring: just taking her daily medication takes dedication. And staff at Nestl Rowntree have responded to Chris's plight with similar gusto. Their fundraising
Landing Strip, who is currently flying high, is poised to complete a hat-trick of wins at Brighton tomorrow. The James Eustace-trained gelding goes for the featured £12,000 Weatherbys Insurance Handicap over six furlongs and will again have the services
JOSEPH Rowntree and Queen Margaret's School, Escrick, continued their domination of York schools netball by qualifying for the North Yorkshire Under-19 finals. The schools will represent all three age groups at the county round in Hambleton on November
THE first round of the Champion Schools years seven and eight tag rugby league tournaments were held last night at New Earswick All Blacks' ground. Played as a festival of nine-a-side rugby, the top teams of these competitions go on to face the leading
FORMER teacher John Godber wrote his stinging classroom comedy deep into the Thatcher years, frustrated at the rotten state of comprehensive schools. He is not averse to updating his plays, but to go back to the drawing board with Teechers would be wrong
CORPORATE managers at Jarvis Rail could be most at risk from the company's decision to dump its rail maintenance contracts, it was claimed today. Chiefs at the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) are concerned for staff at the York-based company
THE number of overseas visitors heading to York continues to plummet, according to worrying new figures out today. The percentage of foreign guests spending dollars and yen in the city has nearly halved since 1995. Tourist chiefs believe short-term factors
THE devastated husband of a North Yorkshire woman tragically killed during a freak camel riding accident in Egypt, today called for new rules making protective headgear compulsory. Brian Hewitt, of Wiganthorpe, near Malton, was speaking after the death
THE public is to be consulted on plans to demolish Lowfields School and create a new school at Oaklands in York. City of York councillors yesterday agreed a consultation process on how to deal with falling pupil numbers in the west of York. Options include
THE victim of a terrifying road rage attack today told how his attacker punched him in the head and nearly bit his ear. The motorist, whose wife was with him during the ordeal, said: "I've never seen a man so out of control." The violence erupted on a
THREE men have been arrested for fighting in a York street. They were arrested after a large fight in Walmgate, an area police and Safer York Partnership are currently trying to clean up. Police said the fight developed after an argument between two men
YORK City Knights star Lee Jackson leads the National League Two side out tonight believing they can go one better than Cumbria and topple the touring Kiwis. New Zealand 'A' kicked off their British tour on Sunday when coming from 24-0 down to draw 24
A MASSIVE waste recycling plant has been given the go-ahead - despite fears that groundwater supplies used by Tadcaster breweries could be contaminated. The Waste Management Facility is to be built by Darrington Quarries Ltd inside Jackdaw Crag Quarry
THE Lord Mayor of York has refused to back a new memorial fund for Rod Hills because of allegations that the former council leader took drugs. Coun Charles Hall said he would not initially put his name to the Rod Hills Memorial Fund - a charity to help
Facts, glorious facts. STEPHEN LEWIS and MEGI Rychlikova browse through some of the new encyclopaedias and dictionaries in the shops. Chambers Concise Biographical Dictionary, Chambers Harrap, £14.99 BET you didn't know Maggie Thatcher was the daughter
TWO tourists were badly beaten and a doorman suffered a fractured skull when a group of drunken thugs attacked them in a York pub. Police are investigating the trouble at the Northern Wall, in Fossgate, which is believed to have started when the visitors
WHEN reading a biography, it is possible to be left questioning some of the finer details. When that biography is written by a close family member, it's easier to believe what you read. That is the case with this warm, poignant, honest book on the life
A FRIGHTENED cabbie could only watch helplessly when a teenager hurled himself at his windscreen as he drove down one of York's busiest roads. Brian Norrie had only been working as a taxi driver for two weeks when the drama happened early today. Sergeant
CHRIS Nelson surveys the mountain of tablets and solutions she will shortly start taking in an extraordinary battle against cancer. The 56-year-old terminally ill York woman is set to undergo complementary therapy involving no fewer than 43 different
YORK City Knights stand-off Scott Rhodes has confirmed he has pulled out of the Scotland squad for rugby league's new European Nations Cup. The inaugural four-week tournament kicks off on Sunday with Scotland meeting Ireland in Glasgow and Wales taking
YORK City Knights star Lee Jackson leads the National League Two side out tonight believing they can go one better than Cumbria and topple the touring Kiwis. New Zealand 'A' kicked off their British tour on Sunday when coming from 24-0 down to draw 24
A lucky bounce in the dying minutes gave Keighley under-16s a 16-14 win at York Acorn ARL U16s. In a fine game, Acorn started poorly to go 10-0 down but rallied to run in three tries from Lee Acaster, Adam Sellers and Chris Corr, with Timmy Elliot adding
A YORK teacher nominated for a National Teaching Award will be heading to London this weekend for a star-studded ceremony to be shown on national television. Joseph Rowntree School teacher Paul Offord is up against colleagues from all over the country
CHILDREN from St Oswald's Primary School have been given safety advice, thanks to a local businessman. Children were provided with a pack from the charity Child Victims of Crime which gives information on a range of topics including bullying and alcohol
AN EDUCATION leader has pleaded for councillors to ensure that a vocational education centre does not become a "dumping ground for the disaffected". York College principal Mike Galloway last night addressed councillors backing plans for the creation of
CASH could be on the way to put right a school's crumbling classrooms after a second Government funding bid was approved by City of York Council. Education councillors have backed the submission to replace temporary classrooms with a new block at Huntington
Bored York teenagers have petitioned the city council saying there is not enough for them to do. A pioneering project in Haxby could point the way forward, reports STEPHEN LEWIS. IT doesn't look much at the moment - just the boarded-up wing of a primary
MR Cockerill's letter ('The dirty truth', October 7) is wrong on several counts. At no time did the Labour council stop cleaning roads and grates, and road cleaning in residential areas was never halted to focus on the city centre. The key Encams award
THIS Is Your Life has been cancelled after 48 years, we reported yesterday. Forty-eight years? It should have gone after 48 hours. This festival of fawning has never done much more than offer a weekly workout for viewers' bile ducts. The first programme
PLAYER chief Chris Brass reckons York City are firmly back on track after failing by a whisker to beat high-flying Oxford United. United arrived at Bootham Crescent in second place having suffered just one defeat all season and boasting the best defensive
WING-BACK wizard Dave Merris reckons York City have proved they are a match for any side in Division Three. A goal five minutes from time denied City the rare scalp of second-placed Oxford United at Bootham Crescent last night. City were leading 2-1 only
ST AELRED'S and Lakeside will represent York in the Cade Trophy North Yorkshire Six-A-Side Football finals. They came out on top in the York finals at Woodthorpe School with St Aelred's amassing 15 points and runners-up Lakeside 12. Woodthorpe were third
PEOPLE struggling to get a foot on the York and North Yorkshire property ladder have been handed a welcome boost after the Government confirmed it was pumping £285 million into the regional housing market. As part of the two-year cash injection, building
PEG 220 at Hunters Lodge came up trumps for the second week in succession in the second round of the Yorkshire Winter League on the Ouse. Hirst Tackle 'A' made it back-to-back wins and even at this early stage the rest look to be fishing for second place
AN EDUCATION leader has pleaded for councillors to ensure that a vocational education centre does not become a "dumping ground for the disaffected". York College principal Mike Galloway last night addressed councillors backing plans for the creation of
YORK City Knights stand-off Scott Rhodes has confirmed he has pulled out of the Scotland squad for rugby league's new European Nations Cup. The inaugural four-week tournament kicks off on Sunday with Scotland meeting Ireland in Glasgow and Wales taking
WING-BACK wizard Dave Merris reckons York City have proved they are a match for any side in Division Three. A goal five minutes from time denied City the rare scalp of second-placed Oxford United at Bootham Crescent last night. City were leading 2-1 only
PLAYER chief Chris Brass reckons York City are firmly back on track after failing by a whisker to beat high-flying Oxford United. United arrived at Bootham Crescent in second place having suffered just one defeat all season and boasting the best defensive
THIS is a book reminiscent of Greek tragedy, originally written in Spanish and set in modern Mexico. It tells the story of Ramon Castanos, an insignificant shop-boy whose life takes a dark turn when he discovers the body of Adela, a local beauty he has
THE end result may well have been the same, but in every other respect York City were a side transformed. Against a distinctly average Boston United side at the weekend, a weary, nervous City eked out a point. A solitary reward was all that was pocketed
YOUNG people in York have launched a hard-hitting video, which challenges schools to make inclusion work. Sixty special needs and mainstream pupils worked alongside each other to give frank insights into the issues facing schools as more special educational
After last season, the best for about nine years, York City sacked manager Terry Dolan, who they are still having to pay. Not bad for a club who are in financial difficulty. Where is the sense in that? This season somehow we topped Division Three after
