It was interesting to read your piece 'Time Waits For No Man' and also your editorial comment that "Inaccurate public clocks are a menace" (October 23). While stopped, or inaccurate, public clocks are still a major inconvenience, imagine the situation
Now that the Labour council is safely ensconced for another term we are hearing warnings about substantial council tax increases for the year 2000. It was significant, this being election year, that increases were not as savage as previous years but,
Time out! It's time to cool down over the beef beef - no, I'm not writing it twice by mistake). That guy from Dijon Avenue was just amazing ('Noel's Keen To Ditch Dijon', October 27). He'll be junking his 'French' Christian name, Noel, next. Looking for
As Hallowe'en looms, something ghostly drifts down York's ancient streets in the witching hour. SPIRIT LEVEL: Is it a ghost or is it a hoax? A visitor from Staffordshire took this picture of a spectral presence in York The spectral image, above, was captured
A high five was right 'two' the point for former York women's golf champion Louise Secker. In a stunning show of power Secker took just two shots to conquer Fulford Golf Club's 467-yard par five 11th hole. The one-time Yorkshire county star hit a three-wood
Yorkshire make their earliest one-day start to a season next year when they open their programme with a Benson & Hedges Cup Group match against Durham at Chester-le-Street on Saturday, April 15. The season stretches for a full five months and concludes
You are feeling sleepy, very sleepy... Or at least nine out of ten of you are, judging by the Sleep Council survey. A whopping 91 per cent of North Yorkshire residents would rather have a kip than a night out with a celebrity of the status of pop star
Precious religious statues stolen from a York church were loaded into a car in a shady motorway handover four years after their theft, a court was told. Six alabaster statues of apostles Matthew Mark, Luke, John, Peter and Paul, worth £100,000, were stolen
Expecting the unexpected has become part of a day's work for the volunteers who sort out donated goods for the St Leonard's Hospice shops. They are hoping to find good quality clothes, household goods and bric-a-brac, which sell well in the shops and
The new Borders Books Music Caf opens in York's Davygate next month - and promises to offer shoppers a new concept in "unhurried, lifestyle shopping." General manager Andrew Murgatroyd views the preparations for the opening of the new Borders Books Music
A 'Non' to York's French Christmas market and the deepening Anglo-French trade crisis will not damage relations between York and her twin city Dijon, according to a top official from across the Channel. Michel Lallemant, deputy mayor of Dijon and president
York City fans have been slapped with a £40 bill for cleaning up the mess left by last month's red card protest against City chairman Douglas Craig. ABOVE: Flashback to the red card protest during York City's match against Peterborough at Bootham Crescent
Diabetic eye disease and Glaucoma are the two leading causes of preventable blindness in the British Isles and Ireland. The Lions Eye Health Programme is a unique project in which Lions Club International are working with the International Glaucoma Association
The last round of the Mintex National Rally Championship, the Bulldog, saw York's Warren Philliskirk pull out all the stops to take second place overall. It was a result which also strengthened his position in the drivers' championship. It was a storming
Steven (left) and Kevin Gregson York brothers Steven and Kevin Gregson have got their sights set on becoming kings of the cues. And one of them is all set to whip up a Whirlwind on the green baize. Snooker loopy Kevin and Steven Gregson are ready to clear
York could be in line to play a part in next year's Rugby League World Cup - the biggest competition in the sport's history. The 31 matches in the 16-nation tournament will be spread around 27 different venues throughout the United Kingdom and France.
Just what would it take to get you to give up a good night's sleep? A date with heart-throb Pierce Brosnan? Supper with Posh Spice and David Beckham? A cheque for £1,000? North and East Yorkshire folk would rather stay in bed, according to a new survey
A couple whose baby died after just nine days have paid tribute to staff at York District Hospital's special care baby unit for helping them come to terms with their loss. Nathan George Eatwell was born six weeks early on October 12 and his parents Chris
Suede puts the boot in Suede fan Anthony Johnson went right off his rocker the night his hero kicked him in the face. Armed with his camera and a bona fide pass to the press pit, the 16-year-old aspiring press photographer from York went in search of
"Someone will get killed if buses do not slow down." Lucy Mannion, of Tattersalls Beauty Salon, York, who believes someone will be killed if buses do not slow down That is the claim of York shop owner Lucy Mannion who says she could have been seriously
An animal export farm near Easingwold has been fined thousands of pounds after it transported sheep which were unfit to travel. F Machin and Sons Ltd, based at Low Farm, Brandsby, was fined £7,800 with £100 costs at Dover Magistrates' Court after pleading
