I have a nasty feeling I may run out of superlatives in writing about our meal at the Blacksmiths Arms at Hartoft. In the interests of balance, I shall try my best to find something to criticise, but it's not going to be easy. It was just that good. Nestling
STEP by step, slowly but surely, I struggled across the river. With only enough space for one foot on each stone, it takes a while to negotiate the stepping stones across the Wharfe at Bolton Abbey. And after eight tentative steps, I found myself facing
THE late and very sadly missed Princess Diana is to have a huge (50 acres) Rose Garden as a memorial to her tragically short life. Cost £20 million (July 3). That is in addition to a Princess Diana Memorial fountain on the banks of the Serpentine. Cost
READING Alan Smith's letter ('Fight traffic chaos', July 3) prompts me to make a suggestion that would reduce car usage and vehicle pollution at the same time. The basic idea is to issue a smart card with each vehicle that could be used in a few ways.
by Adam Nichols A WHEEL-changing aid and a toothpaste dispenser indicated a bright future for British engineering as York hosted a major competition. The inventions were only two of 50 which went on show in the Young Engineers of the Future competition
NOW everyone can find out just what's happening behind the doors of York's health services - just by logging onto the "net". The website www.yorkhealthservices.org has been launched - meaning people can log on to the net and browse through details of
THIS is the car which is set to take the motor trade by storm. The new BMW Mini is launched with a fanfare this weekend, and the nippy little motor is already selling like hot cakes. Local dealer Castle Mini, at Clifton Moor, has been accepting deposits
Yorkshire star suffers big blow - England face the prospect of being without Michael Vaughan for longer than they expected following keyhole surgery on his troublesome left knee. The Yorkshire batsman was pencilled in for a return in the third Ashes Test
Former York City goalkeeper Bobby Mimms (pictured) has hung up his boots to take up a full-time coaching role with Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 37-year-old from Newton-on-Ouse replaces former England international Peter Bonetti at Molineux. Bonetti has
PANNAL professional Richard Nutten left his rivals in a fog by winning the East Lothian Classic at Whitekirk, near North Berwick. Three days of fog finally forced PGA officials to abandon the tournament, part of the MasterCard Tour. The first round, which
WEEK-OLD baby Caitlan Myers is being hailed as a little miracle. Weighing just 1lb 14oz, Caitlan is lighter than a bag of sugar, but she has shown a will to live that far outweighs her size. Caitlan's parents, Sean and Marie, of Acomb, York, were told
Wimbledon fever may have gripped Britain, but the prestigious City of York tennis championships are in danger of disappearing this summer. Championships' committee member John Linfoot today issued a last-ditch appeal to attract entries into the annual
BIG Future can live up to his name at Sandown Park tomorrow. The Amanda Perratt-trained four-year-old goes for the featured £45,000 sandown.co.uk. Showcase Handicap and is expected to gain richly-deserved compensation after his bold bid at Royal Ascot
MY very good pal Vivienne Lee - Scarlet to her chums - has asked me to remind you not to miss Fashion In Action, the charity show she is organising for Actionaid, the Third World charity that helps millions all over the world. A new £18,000 1.8 litre
THE second most exciting thing to happen in the world of York Brewery pub-opening takes place this week. Ever-popular and ever-expanding, York Brewery opens its second pub on Tuesday, veering away from the tradition found in pub number one, the Last Drop
I HAD been thwarted by overgrown veg along the River Foss at Strensall, so moved five miles out to Stillington and had a good time. A nice start - grass/lawn to sit on while you tie your laces, pubs a plenty (one metamorphosed into an Indian) - is followed
PEOPLE in York are being softened up for a waste incinerator being built somewhere in, or very near to, the city. I agree with Dr K Davis (Letters, July 4) that the "consultation" document recently delivered through our doors is flawed because it does
"I THINK stage hypnosis should be banned" (Letters, July 5). This statement does annoy me, why should stage hypnosis be put on the 'let's ban this list' by another hypnotherapist? Why does Val Hird expect an entertainment critic or people who turned up
IN response to Diana Wallis MEP, (Letters, July 5), I say there is little wonder that the English are no good at learning a foreign language. Most old people don't want to learn. They are still at war in their heads. They still think Britannia rules the
ALL praise to York city centre office once again for giving city artists another excellent Open Air Art Exhibition in Parliament Street recently John Wood, Tom Hughes and all the team worked very hard to support the arts in York. All the artists had a
SEEING Beneath The Veil, the Dispatches report by Saira Shah (Channel 4, June 26) and reading Julian Cole's sensitive review of this powerful documentary ('On the Box', June 30) made me feel ashamed of ever complaining about anything. Margaret Lawson,
THEY'VE managed to pacify warring neighbours...now they're being asked to sort out disputes in York schools. Experts from City of York Council's award-winning mediation service Face to Face have been used successfully to end disputes and anti-social behaviour
THIS is the stocking-clad face of a robber who held up a York mini-market armed with a handgun. The image, taken from a CCTV camera at the Jacksons food store, in Moorcroft Road, Woodthorpe, has been released by detectives hunting the man who threatened
A SEA of spectators gathered outside York Minster today to watch as the entire ship's company of HMS York celebrated their Freedom of the City. The immaculately turned out parade formed up in Duncombe Place, led by the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
WATCHING the world go by as you sit on a French-style "terrace", sipping your caf au lait, under an endless blue sky - you can almost hear the sound of the accordions playing. But this is what any local can get in York, if the weather's right. Almost
STUDENT Lizzie Pickup and teacher Alison Metcalfe are celebrating after the recognition of their hard work at York and North Yorkshire schools. Both just missed out on the top prizes in major awards ceremonies, but both enjoyed attending glittering ceremonies
A CASH boost of £675,000 will improve life for York patients and staff, say hospital chiefs. The cash is the York Health Services Trust's share of the £105 million given out by the Government for capital projects that help in the modernisation of the
WHITE roses are being shipped to one of the farthest-flung corners of the globe as part of proud ex-pat Tyke Gordon Naylor's Yorkshire Day celebrations. With the help of a chef friend, Mr Naylor, who emigrated to New Zealand from York two years ago, will
FINANCIAL adviser Elaine Duffy got her calculations right to win the York Union of Golf Clubs' York Ladies Amateur Championship. The six-handicapper from Heworth GC blazed round the course in 77 gross to win the title for the first time. The 31-year-old
A ELDERLY paedophile who smuggled a ten-year-old boy into prison as a sick birthday present for a York child molester has died in jail. Gerald Frank, 81, the stepfather of Stephen Carruthers, a child sex monster well know for abusing young boys in York
DISINFECTION is now the key to wiping out foot and mouth disease, said Countryside Minister Elliot Morley during a flying visit to the North York Moors. Ruling out the possibility that the disease has been airborne in North Yorkshire, he said that in
ARSONISTS are suspected of causing a blaze which could have killed an elderly woman, fire crews said today. A neighbour had to enter the woman's flat, in Ancroft Close, off Piccadilly, and wake her as a storage room next door went up in flames. Another
RISING karate star Liam O'Grady has moved a step closer his dream of full international honours after being selected for the British Under-21 team to compete in this year's World Championships in the Czech Republic. The York Kenshinkan Karate Club member
