GEORGE WILKINSON takes the Rosedale route. more...
I REMEMBER reviewing this venue when it opened five years ago - and being pretty tickled by the Ha! Ha! Bar. more...
Simon Ritchie and family enjoy a day out in the country. more...
Private eye Grace Smith is not having a good day. Her latest client - a penniless, pregnant 17-year-old - wants her to prove her mother is innocent of murder; the most chauvinistic cop in town is squatting in her spare room; and she has somehow been lumbered with a hysterical parrot that loves singing songs from the shows. more...
Stephen Lewis talks to former North Yorkshire vicar Graham Taylor about his third book, out next week. more...
Steve Nelson goes from the ridiculous to the sublime in a short family break in Northumberland. more...
GINA PARKINSON extolls the colourful virtues of super bloomers - hydrangeas. more...
SOME suggestions for snack surveys come in such vague forms that we fail to locate the venue. more...
Saturday, July 30, 2005 more...
THE dream of reopening a railway station at Haxby finally looks set to become a reality. more...
MORE than 160 jobs were under threat today following the shock closure of Sundora Foods factory in Pocklington. more...
A ROOFING expert has given a damning appraisal of "sandwich panel" roofing like that used in Fulford Place. more...
PEOPLE power has won the day after villagers forced a pub chain to drop its plan for a late-night licence - only two weeks after sinking a similar scheme. more...
WIGS crowned the heads of the costume-clad "Magnificent Seven" as they thundered on to an historic battlefield near York. more...
POLICE in North Yorkshire are to step up the fight against mobile phone crime from next week, in an effort to reduce the number of thefts and clamp down on fraudulent claims. more...
A PHYSIOTHERAPIST broke down in tears as York magistrates heard how she had fiddled the tax credit system for several months. more...
CELLS at a North Yorkshire town's police station will be reopened to stop York officers acting as glorified "taxi drivers". more...
EIGHT smokers have been fined £50 in York for dropping cigarette butts in the street - but another 20 people have been given raffle tickets for putting their litter in bins. more...
THESE Rotarians from York have scooped a prestigious international award. more...
In Tipping's Tipples, Mike Tipping finds something fishy going on. more...
IN response to S Mortimer's letter, suggesting that Hillards was open in March 1966 (July 22). more...
IN response to the letter "I'm sick of Harry Rotter" (July 27) I really enjoy the Harry Potter books. My only regret is that they weren't around when I was a child. more...
I WRITE to reply to Stephen Reynolds's issues about the use of bio-diesel (July 26). Firstly his Ford manual may restrict the use of bio to five per cent mixtures but many modern diesel engines are more than happy to run on bio. more...
THE New Generation Singing Club is a club that caters for children aged between nine and 16 years old who have an interest in music. We enable children to perform all types of music: karaoke, drums, piano, guitar. more...
I THANK members of the Friends of Clifton Backies and of the management committee for their contributions in publicising and making the fourth annual family fun day a huge success at the weekend. more...
WHILE I support York council's recycling efforts, I am concerned about the forthcoming arrangements for collection of garden waste. I understand that new collection arrangements will be introduced and household and garden waste will be collected on alternate weeks. more...
AS a Haxby resident I am very concerned about the proposed demolition of the memorial hall. more...
MOST residents in Haxby will agree with Barbara Taylor's letter objecting to the proposed plans for the replacement of the memorial hall (July 26). more...
HAVING read a great deal of comment, much of it incorrect and ill-informed, about the future of the Haxby Memorial Hall, especially by those who are adamant that it remain in its present form, I wonder if they have actually taken the time to look at the current state of it? You don't have to be a surveyor to see it is well past its "use by date." more...
MONDAY is Yorkshire Day, a day when all true Yorkshiremen and women celebrate our unique county. more...
More terrific deals this week as tour operators try to entice holidaymakers to book. more...
RICHARD Snowball has stepped down as the chairman of York City's Supporters' Trust. more...
YORK City have signed trialist trio Nathan Peat, Joe O'Neill and Ashley Winn. more...
I WAS at last Saturday's York City friendly with Hartlepool and witnessed the stupid outburst by the person in the Main Stand and also Billy McEwan's retort. more...
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook and his Dewsbury counterpart both reckon the extraordinary last meeting between the sides will have no bearing on tomorrow's clash of the titans. more...
FORMER Great Britain hooker Lee Jackson returns to the York City Knights line-up for the top-of-the-table tussle on Sunday, with boss Mick Cook saying his decision-making could prove vital. more...
Forest fervour: FOREST of Galtres GC beat Forest Park 4-2 in the first Andrew Wain Memorial Trophy event at Forest Park. more...
KILLING two birdies with one blow could be the motto applied to Pike Hills Golf Club's latest improvement. more...
FORMER Great Britain hooker Lee Jackson returns to the York City Knights line-up for the top-of-the-table tussle on Sunday, with boss Mick Cook saying his decision-making could prove vital. more...
YORK City have signed trialist trio Nathan Peat, Joe O'Neill and Ashley Winn. more...
ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard return for Yorkshire Phoenix against Kent Spitfires at Headingley on Sunday. more...
YORK bowler Betty Richardson has tested the skills of the organisers of the 38th York Open Bowls Tournament to the full. more...
NEW Olympic hopeful Richard Buck shows how the public can help clear the London 2012 funding hurdle under the watchful eye of two former medallists. more...
MICHAEL Lumb has just peeled off a string of stylish half-centuries in limited overs cricket, yet it is still turning out to be a season to forget for the Yorkshire left-hander. more...
PHIL Jaques' epic 219 against Derbyshire was his fifth double century in 14 three-figure scores since making his debut for New South Wales. more...
ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard return for Yorkshire Phoenix against Kent Spitfires at Headingley on Sunday. more...
Welsh Emperor, at his best in the mud, can take advantage of the recent rain by winning the feature race at Chester tomorrow. more...
BLACKPOOL Panthers director of rugby Dave Rowland might not have done his club any favours, I fear, with comments he apparently made this week about the lack of support from the seaside town. more...
DEAN Thomas has backed York City Knights to come out on top in tomorrow's battle royal at Dewsbury and go on to win LHF National League Two. more...
Charles Hutchinson checks out the art of gadget guru William Heath Robinson. more...
Holiday is an iconic star of the jazz scene with a dramatic biography including much heartbreak. more...
BAND leader, Buena Vista Social Club luminary and Cuban music curator Juan de Marcos Gonzales Cardenas calls his new Afro Cuban All Stars album Step Forward. more...
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