Tuesday, November 16, 2004 100 years ago: One of York's "grand old ladies," who was in remarkably good health if somewhat hard of hearing, was celebrating her 101st birthday. She resided in Walmgate, within a stone's throw of the famous old Bar, in the
SOMETIMES don't Londoners get on your muddy curves (that's mock-Cockney for bloody nerves). The London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games was submitted in all its capital glory yesterday to the International Olympic Committee along with tenders from host-city
THE name suggests a man in disguise, afraid to reveal his true identity. But Ian Cognito was aggressive, challenging and probably the most outspoken comic to appear here in recent memory. Crowds spilled from City Screen feverishly discussing a controversial
MARC Dobson snatched a 5-4 win for Black Swan Pickering over Thornton-le-Dale with a header four minutes from the end of their RJF Homes Beckett League Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy second round tie. Shaun Hornby, Simon Dale (2), Adrian Voicu (penalty
BEN Jones put on a masterclass of rugby league as New Earswick All Blacks crushed Queensbury 'A' 52-14 at White Rose Avenue. Man of the match Jones amassed a personal tally of 22 points from two tries and seven goals as All Blacks breezed to victory in
IT was a bitter-sweet demonstration. Oxfam officials and Malawian sugar producers poured the contents of a giant sugar bag next to a map of Africa outside the Oxfam Homestore in Micklegate, York. The sugar "dumping" was their way of calling on Britain
AFTER spending £500,000 anyone would need to relax. That is how much this new Conservatory Bar at the Royal York Hotel will cost by the time it is finished. Here is an artist's impression which shows exactly how relaxing the Conservatory Bar will be.
THE head teacher at a York school has praised the "excellent achievements" of pupils throughout the year at an annual prize-giving ceremony. Kevin Deadman, of Canon Lee School, celebrated the school's achievements at a ceremony at the Salvation Army citadel
SOMETIMES don't Londoners get on your muddy curves (that's mock-Cockney for bloody nerves). The London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games was submitted in all its capital glory yesterday to the International Olympic Committee along with tenders from host-city
THE number of travellers camping on unauthorised sites in North Yorkshire has risen by 77 per cent, new figures have revealed. Official Whitehall statistics show there have been 62 caravans parked unlawfully across the county this year, compared with
NUISANCE neighbours living in council homes are being warned to expect firm action as a city housing boss reveals that one tenant is evicted on average each month. During the Liberal Democrat's 18-month rule at the City of York Council, 18 people have
THIS is the face of a young man beaten unconcious by thugs in an unprovoked attack at York Railway Station. Matthew Cox, 23, and his friend, Matthew Elliott, 18, were set upon by a four-strong gang as they walked along platform six, having just got off
CITY of York Men I led Southport a merry sand-dance despite the inclusion of three Egyptian internationals in the hosts' ranks. The trio, who had all featured in the Athens Olympics, had been recruited by the Seasiders in an effort to lift the club off
FESTIVE shoppers are being urged to support rural businesses in North Yorkshire's market towns instead of travelling to York or out of town shopping centres. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which has a regional office in Easingwold, has
A YORK pubgoer was today starting a nine months jail sentence for blinding another drinker in one eye with a beer glass. Last month, a jury convicted Steven Dalton, 30, of unlawful wounding after hearing how he had hit Paul Anderson in the face during
WORRIED residents fear that work to decontaminate a former York gas works could have exposed them to cancer-causing chemicals. People living around the Heworth Green site have hit out at those responsible for removing "poisoned earth" from the heavily-polluted
AN entire police night shift stormed a house to tackle two brothers armed with a pickaxe and another weapon during trouble on a York housing estate, a court heard. Officers had already used CS gas on David Raymond Powell, 20, and Lee James Powell, in
YORK City striker Andy Bishop is hoping for a more sporting contest at Woking on Saturday after being spat on, hit and squealed at during his last match. Bishop played for the England National Game XI side against an Italian Serie 'C' under-21 representative
A CHILD porn addict caught with sex photos on his daughter's computer has walked free from court. York man Charles William Holdaway escaped a jail sentence on the day a report by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that fewer than one in
"THIS is the best sort of upbringing for children," I wrote on a postcard to my sister, who has just given birth to her first baby. The card showed a 19th century photograph of a young boy, no more than eight, stoking the furnace in a grimy workshop,
IT'S not surprising that Coun Steve Galloway attempts to defend the indefensible, ie his appalling abuse of the council's constitution at last week's full council meeting which gave rise to me absenting myself from the council chamber (Letters, November
WHAT a sad story historians will have to write in respect of the Barbican fiasco. This facility was paid for by land owned by the people and cost £14 million, yet after 15 years of incompetent management, the city council is giving it away for a mere
"THERE are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Just who is the Home Office trying to fool when it states that the crime rate in North Yorkshire fell 22 per cent to last September (November 10)? If we are to believe your reporting,
MR CARRADICE wrote regarding the provision of a community centre on part of the former Danebury Drive allotment site (November 8). The council has agreed to build 20 three-bedroomed homes on part of the site. This will help to ease the problem of homeless
JOHN Kerr implies that if I did my job properly, no one would ever have their windscreen broken in York (Letters, November 8). If only it were so! He is right that reducing crime and helping people to feel safe is one of the most important tasks for politicians
WHERE's my bus, the 16a? We never used to miss it, now we do. Bring it back please. E A Pitcher, Bonington Court, Holgate Park, York. Updated: 10:18 Tuesday, November 16, 2004
YORK City Knights have signed loose forward Craig McDowell from Keighley Cougars. McDowell, 23, was highly rated as a youngster and Bradford Bulls were forced to pay a signing-on fee to snatch him away from St Helens. The Cumbrian-born player, who still
GOVERNMENT health warnings are making me ill. I'm suffering severe stress and anxiety wondering what is harmful. Who can I sue? Some days I hardly dare leave the house. But there is probably some polyunsaturated substance oozing out of the wallpaper in
ONE of York's legendary landladies has rounded on plans to convert the Bay Horse in Marygate, York, into ten flats. Eve Briggs ran the pub with husband Arthur for an astonishing 35 years. She married RAF hero Arthur nine days after he returned home from
MO Mowlam walked on to the scene of another Irish mess: the Connemara country kitchen for the Theatre Royal's domestic drama The Beauty Queen Of Leenane. At the height of her political career, Ireland's long-running domestic was her problem to solve.
CHILD pornography is big business. The global crackdown on Internet paedophilia, Operation Ore, has identified hundreds of thousands of people paying to download horrific images of children being sexually violated. This is not a passive crime. Every individual
YORK'S nuisance neighbours are on the run. For years they wrecked the peace of mind of those unfortunate enough to share the same street with apparent impunity. But City of York Council has taken up its new enforcement powers with commendable zeal. On
GREAT team work by New Earswick All Blacks Under-12s paid off with a 42-10 win at Wetherby. Tries from Louis Pool (2), Liam Dawson, Joe Davison, Connor Thirlway, Dean Layton, Kieron O'Mally, Joel Johnson and Adam Johnson racked up the points to take the
SNOOKER star John Higgins was uncertain today if he will be able to make it to York in time for his opening match tomorrow in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Higgins, who won the British Open title on Sunday, is back home in Wishaw with his
YORK City striker Andy Bishop is hoping for a more sporting contest at Woking on Saturday after being spat on, hit and squealed at during his last match. Bishop played for the England National Game XI side against an Italian Serie 'C' under-21 representative
York's Barbican redevelopment has been dogged with controversy. As the snooker comes to town for the last time before redevelopment begins, STEPHEN LEWIS considers some of the questions still hanging over the project's future. YORK'S Barbican Centre is
All-weather surface Flat racing is no longer the poor relation to jumping in the winter. That is illustrated tomorrow when a five-furlongs handicap at Southwell is the richest race on a day when there is also National Hunt racing at Kempton and Hexham
A YORK resident has hit out at the council after she was given a parking ticket while street cleaning took place near her home. Daxa Riley, of Bishopthorpe Road, said she received no warning letter about the scheduled gully cleaning work in nearby Southlands
YORK's legendary pantomime dame is flexing his vocal chords as he prepares to leap back into the limelight for another season of fun and frolics. Berwick Kaler returns to the stage for this year's panto, Sleeping Beauty, with the help of other firm favourites
THE house near Selby where the bodies of twin sisters Claire and Diane Sanderson were found is up for sale. The one-bedroom "quarter house", in the rural village of Camblesforth, is on the market at £73,000 - £3,000 more than a similar home three doors
BEN Jones put on a masterclass of rugby league as New Earswick All Blacks crushed Queensbury 'A' 52-14 at White Rose Avenue. Man of the match Jones amassed a personal tally of 22 points from two tries and seven goals as All Blacks breezed to victory in
SNOOKER star John Higgins was uncertain today if he will be able to make it to York in time for his opening match tomorrow in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Higgins, who won the British Open title on Sunday, is back home in Wishaw with his
TRIBUTES have been paid to a victim of the Jordanian bus crash whose funeral will be held in York tomorrow. The Rev Isabel Stuart, minister of Heworth Methodist Church where Hilda Brisby worshipped, said Miss Brisby was known as Topsy to her many friends
YORK City Knights have signed loose forward Craig McDowell from Keighley Cougars. McDowell, 23, was highly rated as a youngster and Bradford Bulls were forced to pay a signing-on fee to snatch him away from St Helens. The Cumbrian-born player, who still
I TOTALLY agree with Ms Hampton (Letters, November 4). I have had to go to Archbishop Holgate School to do circuit training this evening, while the Barbican Centre stood empty. The class was run privately and not by the council (when the City of York
MAY I say how much I enjoyed The Wizard Of Oz at Rowntree Theatre recently. The New Earswick Musical Society may be a smaller group but the casting by director Ann McCreadie made it a memorable show. There was Carol Richardson's wicked witch, Alan Rome's
IN 1927 the infant, privately owned British Broadcasting Company was converted to a public corporation under a Royal Charter which required its news programmes to be politically impartial. When did this requirement cease to exist? Sneaky Robinson, big
AT certain times most days of the week, York Railway Station forecourt is full of waiting taxis. They double park on the taxi rank in the middle of the road, they park on the bus stops and even encroach on to the approach to Queen Street bridge. It should
MARK Grahame hits the nail on the head with his comments about the new breed of ultra-loud fireworks (Letters, November 10). The wood at the south end of Rowntree Park is the best wildlife site in South Bank. It has the full range of songbirds, plus squirrels
