NEW Earswick All Blacks ARL Club have the end of the season in sight but cannot afford to lose focus in the last two games with maximum points required to guarantee promotion. The All Blacks take on lowly Elland in the penultimate Pennine League division
THOUSANDS of homes across York are to receive a pre-election video from the city's Tory candidate in the May poll. Clive Booth's video features a series of striking newspaper headlines like "Clubbed to death", "Beyond the law" and "Armed and dangerous
LOOK Who's gone retro... Daltrey and his late, and still lamented brother in rock, Entwistle. Moonlighting is a two-CD offering featuring 39 solo records from a man who remains one of the world's best rockers. For 30 years the fish-farming OBE-winning
AFTER a band break-up and a rack of records which promised much but delivered little, Garbage return to the sound which sold ten million albums worldwide. Bleed Like Me isn't in the same class as their self-titled debut, but it is a welcome return to
Norton trainer Julie Camacho, who saddled her first winner of the new Flat season when Royal Melbourne landed an 11-1 success at Catterick yesterday, can double her score tomorrow. Camacho sends Rio Riva to Wolverhampton and Paul Hanagan's mount is napped
LAST time I looked, this was a Protestant country. In truth, it's probably more of a secular land, but officially at least, this is an un-Catholic place. So in some ways, the reaction to the death of John Paul II comes as a surprise. There are reasons
WHILE holidaying in York during Easter my wife and I were both admitted to York Hospital. At a time when the NHS is receiving bad publicity in the media with Government interference causing frustrations to all who work within it, I want to defend them
I SEE that Richard Best has once again put on his rose-tinted spectacles while looking to create utopia at Derwenthorpe (Letters, April 12). Perhaps he would care to comment on the following when considering the green areas he talks about. 1 Is it not
I totally endorse theatre reviewer Charles Hutchinson's comments about Flying Ducks Youth Theatre's production of Moby Dick! The Musical at Rowntree Theatre (April 14). I laughed at the comedy, bounced along with the music, and was amazed at the performance
NOT content with wanting to close ancient rights of way, St Peter's School, York, now proposes the abolition of residents' parking for the whole of one side of Queen Anne's Road and North Parade. This to increase accessibility for vehicles visiting St
IN response to your editorial comment about the York Ascot meeting, I note the disabled are to be charged extortionate fees to attend and also access to the crematorium may be restricted. Access to the crematorium must be free, and the disabled fees are
AS an atheist I admire your paper for being representative enough to include letters from different points of view on religious beliefs, and for also regularly carrying the excellent articles of non-believer Julian Cole. My mother was a Protestant, my
NEW EARSWICK Indoor Bowls Club's mixed pairs knockout competition produced a thrilling final. Brenda Keller and Ken Harrison looked to be walking away with it at the halfway stage with a 14-6 lead. But within three ends Roy Robinson and Barbara Stokes
AN aspirational scheme focusing on how Tang Hall could be developed in the future is to come before council chiefs. A health centre, family centre and upgraded sports provision are among the "needs" of residents in the area, members of City of York Council's
ANOTHER rural community is complaining about cuts to its village doctors' surgery opening hours. Wheldrake villagers suggest they can only be ill two days a week, now partners at Elvington Medical Practice has slashed opening hours at its Wheldrake branch
HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn out for a mass protest against the "overdevelopment" of the south of York. They will be led by members of Fulford Parish Council, who are holding two legal public demonstrations to show what they say is the huge
THIS is North Yorkshire's largest illegal tyre dump. The mountain of rubber is finally being removed after more than two years. It now seems likely that the man who dumped 500,000 tyres on the site will not have to pay a penny towards their removal. Instead
HUNDREDS of York pubs could be forced to close their doors this autumn unless they begin applying for new licences. That was the stark warning to landlords from City of York Council's temporary new licensing boss, former police chief John Lacy. Mr Lacy
MOTORISTS across York were hit by traffic chaos after a computer failure threw the city's traffic light network into disarray. There were major jams on roads leading in and out of York yesterday afternoon, with many journeys taking twice as long as usual
YORK City Baths Club youngster Andrew Burns was in sparkling form at the Kingston Upon Hull Age group and Open meet. He won five races, all in personal best times, -- 200metres individual medley, 100m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle
YORK City reserves will complete their Pontins League programme tonight with a home game against Halifax. Kick off is at 7pm and the game will provide certain fringe players with one last chance to impress first-team manager Billy McEwan before he decides
CAPTAIN Chris Levy is keen to keep the crowd on-side as York City Knights look to crank up their promotion push. Levy came in for criticism from some quarters of the Knights faithful during the Northern Rail Cup run of one win in six games but he impressed
YORK knows all about the pain of rail privatisation. First it saw its historic British Rail carriageworks sold to a foreign company, with many jobs lost in the process. Then ABB closed down the works completely because orders dried up because of the chaos
SCARBOROUGH student Jessica Haigh was brought face to face with Tony Blair yesterday, and gave him a blast every bit as icy as the North Sea wind. The daughter of a former Labour councillor and election agent, she told the Prime Minister he had turned
CAPTAIN Chris Levy is keen to keep the crowd on-side as York City Knights look to crank up their promotion push. Levy came in for criticism from some quarters of the Knights faithful during the Northern Rail Cup run of one win in six games but he impressed
HELLISHLY bored by mainstream politics? How about a party with some more radical policies, which would see Britain Invading France; Reassuming control of the USA; Lowering the school-leaving age to nine; and Repelling immigrants with boiling oil and longbows
YORK City reserves will complete their Pontins League programme tonight with a home game against Halifax. Kick off is at 7pm and the game will provide certain fringe players with one last chance to impress first-team manager Billy McEwan before he decides
Thursday, April 21, 2005 100 years ago There was an appearance of briskness in the river traffic at York. On this day there were199 keels and 20 steamers in the Ouse and Foss. The steamers included tugs, pleasure steamers, and steam barges. With these
ELECTION officials today moved swiftly to clear up confusion over postal votes, after residents complained they had been barred from the poll booth. Concerns were raised by York residents who received letters telling them they had asked to vote by post
WHISTLES and chants echoed through the streets of York as a protest rally shunted the future of the rail industry into the General Election spotlight. More than 50 protesters marched through the "railway city" yesterday to call for train services to be
STEPHEN LEWIS becomes a 'hell's granny' for the day. JENNY Bellard loves her motorised scooter. She says it has revolutionised her life. Jenny is 61 but looks ten years younger and is a cheerful, energetic woman full of life. She also suffers from a serious
IT starts with muted handclaps and muffled remnants of a boozy rehearsal, and ends with a heartfelt acoustic send-off. Sandwiched between these extremes The Yards respectfully doff their classic rock caps to Neil Young, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rod Stewart
ONE hand clapping? It doesn't make sense, does it? Think on. If one hand is clapping, where is the other? In 2003, it was being twisted by Taste Music - such an ironic name - who demanded a Top Ten single before releasing what should have been Shed Seven's
When cult songwriter Mark Mulcahy played in York in 2001, his extreme singing and lack of tunes were too much. Seemingly bound for commercial oblivion, this release is a real surprise; an excellent album dwelling tunefully on inadequacy, longing and the
BACK in the 1960s Solomon Burke was known as the "king of rock'n'soul". While Don't Give Up On Me, which revitalised his career three years ago, leant towards the soul element in that old label, this follow-up injects rock into the formula, with up-front
A computer package designed to teach youngsters history has been launched in York. The National Tudor CD-ROM teaching resource teaching youngsters about life in Tudor England was launched by the city's National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) at Heworth
WORK has begun on a new £1.4 million regional headquarters in York for a rapidly expanding national builder of retirement homes. McCarthy & Stone plans to move from its existing north-east regional HQ in Lysander Close, Clifton Moor, to new offices
RETAIL giant Matalan has opened the doors of its new clothing and homeware superstore in Scarborough town centre following a £6 million redevelopment project. The new 34,423 sq ft purpose built building at St Thomas Street has been completed by Northamptonshire
STAFF at a York-based international mobile phones provider learned today that their firm is to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise and International Trade. Cellhire, which supplied the England football squad, among other national teams, with local
YORKSHIRE'S agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board for staging Test matches at Headingley will have to be renegotiated now that the county club's hopes of buying the ground have been dashed. A 15-year agreement had been signed recently but
AS a recent patient I feel compelled to write in support of York Hospital ('Hospital patient gets 'superbug'', April 18). The floor was cleaned twice a day, the bedding was changed every day and more often if needed. Visitors were requested to clean their
I CANNOT understand if Lord Best of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has succeeded in deluding himself that his "Disasterthorpe" housing estate proposals are environmentally friendly, or whether his latest letter (April 12) is yet another bid to delude
BOTH Eric Wood and Richard Whiting (Letters, April 12) are incorrect - the idea behind the European Union did not materialise during or after Nazi Germany or the Second World War. It was earlier. European unity and dialogue has been a political ideal
WAS the collapse of the Rover firm at Longbridge timed to happen just before the General Election? I have spotted two examples of such timing by the Tories this year. The first was when Thatcher's son had his South African sentence announced. Not good
WE, the residents of Plum Street, are much aggrieved at the decision of Ryedale District Council planning committee to approve the re-development of the historic Cornucopia pub ('Ugly pub plan given approval', April 14). Members of the planning committee
CANCER sufferer Chris Nelson has lost her brave battle for life. Chris, 57, of Heworth, began complementary therapy involving up to 200 tablets, capsules and pills a day in 2003 after former Nestl Rowntree colleagues helped raise thousands of pounds for
A RAIL WORKER suffered terrible injuries as he tried to save a York academic who was killed when she fell into the mechanism of a moving walkway, a court heard. Sociology lecturer Sally Baldwin suffered multiple injuries after falling in front of her
WHISTLES and chants echoed through the streets of York as a protest rally shunted the future of the rail industry into the General Election spotlight. More than 50 protesters marched through the "railway city" yesterday to call for train services to be
YORKSHIRE'S agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board for staging Test matches at Headingley will have to be renegotiated now that the county club's hopes of buying the ground have been dashed. A 15-year agreement had been signed recently but
PROTECTING racegoers from thieves, thugs and fixers is the aim of a new partnership between the Jockey Club and Crimestoppers. The move, which is being backed by York Racecourse, aims to encourage racegoers to pass on information about crime on the course
A THOUSAND front line staff serving vulnerable people in York could take industrial action after a controversial sickness reporting scheme was extended. Union bosses say employees, including adult social workers, customer service and advice staff, are
NO wonder master percussionist Issam can't stop smiling. The Syrian Pharaoh of Rhythm has an unbeatable view of the "the art of sensuality in motion", on stage with the Bellydance Superstars and The Desert Roses. He is pretty much the only man here; there
YORK City Knights' rival coaches Ian Millward and Dave Woods have both been found guilty of breaching Rugby Football League regulations following investigations by its disciplinary commissioner. Millward, boss of the Knights' Powergen Challenge Cup fifth
CITY of York Council Environmental Health and Trading Standards deal with a wide variety of matters, as regular readers of this column will know. Given the intermittent good weather, readers' thoughts may be turning to their gardens, so this week we offer
