I think Gary Rhodes should wind his neck in. Delia Smith's new cookery programme has taught me how to poach the perfect egg - something I have never mastered in all my 24 years of marriage. So my thanks go to Delia who has had the patience and fore-sight
York Schools' return to competitive Under-11 rugby league was not a happy one as they were beaten 40-12 by an experienced Leeds Schools side at Heworth's Elmpark Way ground. York Schools' Under-11 rugby league team But it was an encouraging performance
A second-half flurry of goals rescued what threatened to be a disappointing weekend for high flying City of York in division two of the Northern Premier Hockey League. In a rearranged clash with Swalwell on Sunday, York found themselves 2-0 down after
Lest we forget. What short memories some people have. The theft of a poppy appeal collecting box from York's Garden of Remembrance in Duncombe Place seems difficult to comprehend. The callous act suggests a character devoid of compassion and respect.
The formula has been the same for decades: A driver has a crash or breaks the law, gets a fine and a few penalty points. If the offence is bad enough he or she may be banned from driving or even jailed. Yet many drivers re-offend, the number of road traffic
Reeling York City have suffered a major defensive blow on the eve of tomorrow's crunch game in hand at Reading. Player-coach Neil Thompson is out of the history-making trip to the Royals' Madejski Stadium with a recurrence of the Achilles problem that
York's most famous street cleaner, Fred Stewart, was invited back to the company where he started his working life after he told a TV audience how they sacked him when he was only 17. Retired cleaner Fred, 80, received the MBE after sweeping the streets
Steam train lovers can enjoy an Orient Express-style journey through the beautiful landscape of the North York Moors - and raise cash for a good cause at the same time. York rail enthusiast John Rathmell has organised a special "Pudsey's Pullman Luncheon
When Jared Cade planned the national launch of his new biography on crime writing legend Agatha Christie, there was only one place to go - the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate. The hotel is known the world over as the place to which Agatha fled in December
As a point of record, the documentation relating to the proposed Northern Gateway Park & Ride scheme has now been transferred from the Department of Environment, Transport & the Regions (DETR) in Leeds to Whitehall. This will prompt Minister Nick
After the hatchet job Turpin did on Selby scribe Steve Davenport (October 24), I was so sorry for Steve I was almost prepared to forgive him for his insulting Famous Five send-up, and the hurtful things he wrote about dear old Peter Mullen. But the way
'Chiropodist rang up £400 bill on calls to a chatline' (Evening Press, October 30). I suppose he will just have to reverse his normal practice and foot the bill. Edgar Newton, Melbourne Street, York. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some
The design for the Piccadilly Shopping Centre is just as bad as the last one. Haven't these guys ever designed anything but out-of-town shopping malls? It's like a ghastly cliff - like characterless thirties high streets of my childhood with an Odeon
If Margaret Lawson cannot cope with Alan Bennett's latest series of Talking Heads why does she watch it? If 'joie de vivre' is what she seeks, she should switch channels to the commercial ones where lightweight humour can be found in abundance. Along
Thursday is Bonfire Night so now is the time to make sure your pets have a stress-free time when the fireworks start. If possible, take dogs out for a walk during the afternoon before feeding them. The exercise and meal should help make them sleepy. Keeping
Rowntree Halt, shortly before it was closed in the late 1980s Paul Kirkwood and Helen Butler make an appeal to readers who remember the old Rowntree Halt station. Can you help? The York-based Ebor Group of Railway Modellers are reconstructing the railway
Delia dishes up her meals with grace When you spend five days in bed, coughing, sniffling and aching in every limb, as I did last week, you see the world outside through jaundiced eyes. In between sleeping and medication I watched some television (the
Rambling Ron has my sympathy IT'S no excuse for what happened, I know - but I have been under a lot of strain at home recently. Despite my best efforts with drill and Rawlplug, the bedroom curtain rail has fallen down repeatedly, causing grievous heartache
Kieren Fallon, who moved on to 199 winners for the season when scoring on Agiotage at Redcar yesterday, was today denied the chance to reach a double-century for the second successive year when Catterick abandoned its meeting because of a waterlogged
Karate kids Rachel, Amy and Lisa Barker have a trip full of Eastern promise beckoning. The fabulous Barker girls, of Keat's Close, Rawcliffe Lane, York, have been selected for the Karate World Championships in Japan in 2000. The four Barker sisters, from
Owners of a York city centre development have come up with a novel way to entice tenants and reduce congestion - they are providing a bicycle with each rented flat. Residents of the 61 studios, apartments and town houses in renovated County House, in
York's biggest department store will see the return of the traditional personal assistant - with a modern twist. When Debenhams asks customers at its big new store in Piccadilly the question: "Are you being served?", it plans to use the personal touch
Hospital operations carried out in York are amongst the cheapest in the country, it was revealed today. Health Minister Alan Milburn has unveiled a league table of how much operations cost in 235 health trusts. York Health Services Trust came 189th, carrying
Celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah headed for the heights today when he performed the topping out ceremony for the new £4 million wing at the National Railway Museum in York. Fred, who is known almost as much for his love of steam engines as for his nail-biting
Problem drivers could soon be going back to the classroom instead of being prosecuted. Under proposals put forward jointly by North Yorkshire County Council, City of York Council and the police, drivers who are involved in collisions or are stopped by
Callous thieves have plundered cash left in tribute to loved ones lost in wartime. The theft from York's Garden of Remembrance has been bitterly condemned by the Royal British Legion - and it has forced members to abandon a long-standing tradition of
