IT'S great that York is an ever safer city for cycling. Last year, commuting by bike rose by 16 per cent. Yet there were 30 per cent fewer cycle casualties overall, with 40 per cent less for children under 15. New routes help explain these good trends
LIKE many others after the general election, I looked forward to a new era in British politics. As the Government nears the end of its second year in power, I am surprised at the direction taken on many issues. Not only is Socialism banished from the
All the world is a stage for award-winning coach driver Nick Barker. ON TOP: Coach driver Nick Barker, of Eddie Brown Tours, of Helperby, who has been ranked among the top five coach drivers in the county after reaching the finals of the Coach Industry
Misconduct who left her previous modest form well behind when sauntering home by 21 lengths at Folkestone last week, heads north to Catterick tomorrow to bid for a quick double. The five-year-old, trained at Lambourn by Merrita Jones, tackles the Wensley
York's Ann Redhead and Sue Chilton were edged out by just three shots after a semi-final thriller in the Unbadged Pairs in the Women's All England Indoor Bowls championships at Exeter at the weekend. Redhead and Chilton found themselves with a battle
A Heart-rending poem about Tig the blind labrador is being published in a new anthology after his owner put pen to paper and poured out her feelings about his plight. Shirley Chapman with her black labradors, Tig and Max, at Norton Labradors are well
A COFFEE shop owner has reacted with fury to Safeway's plans to build an extension incorporating a caf and bakery at its Malton supermarket. Vanessa Baines has owned Crumbs Coffee Shop in Castlegate - which is directly opposite the Safeway store - for
VEGETABLES are the food of love for a York woman who discovered her ideal man - on an Internet page designed for vegetarians. LOVE AT THEIR FINGERTIPS: Internet vegetarians Carol Leyland and Mark Nicholls Carol Leyland, 29, cooked up romance on a dating
BUS drivers in York are to be granted the powers every motorist dreams of. The frustration of traffic lights that turn red as you approach them will be a thing of the past - for bus passengers. York's proposed hi-tech new system will give buses the power
YORK hospital bosses have launched a freephone "hotline" in a bid to cut the number of patients who fail to keep appointments. Amber Lee and Helen Pickard at the York District Hospital Call Centre They hope that by making it easier for people to contact
RELATIVES of a five-year-old boy whose death sparked the building of the Clifton footbridge will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the tragedy this week. SAFETY: The familiar footbridge over the A19 in Clifton, York Antony Mitchell Howat was knocked down
PANICKED customers of York's most famous fish business seem to have got their wires crossed over the impending closure of one of its two shops. FRESH LOOK: Andrew Kenny serves a customer at the Cross of York fish shop on Newgate Market, York, which will
PENSIONERS' leaders in North Yorkshire today hailed proposals to scrap charges for nursing home care. The Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly was this afternoon expected to recommend the elderly be given free care in nursing homes, rather
A York schoolboy was today dramatically cleared of killing his 18-year-old brother in a knife incident at the family home. Daniel: described as "perfectly pleasant youngster" In scenes of high drama, the prosecution at Leeds Crown Court first asked for
WITH reference to Jonathan Charles Bonner's letter - Leave the foxes alone, February 23 - doesn't he realise that foxes are vermin? Granted, they are beautiful animals, very crafty and intelligent. But has Mr Bonner ever seen a hen coop that has been
Brentford 1, Scarborough 1 Whenever a new manager is appointed, especially to a struggling club, one of the key factors is whether he can get a response from the players to achieve the job that he was set on to do. For Scarborough's Colin Addison, the
ANTONY Howat's life was short, but 50 years after his death he is still loved and has a lasting memorial which is saving lives both young and old. Antony was a five-year-old pupil at Clifton Preparatory School when he was knocked down and killed on the
York City 0, Fulham 3 There's such a great divide in riches between Fulham and York City that Saturday's Bootham Crescent meeting provoked the Harrods v haberdashers comparison. Tony Barras challenges Fulham's Geoff Horsfield No prizes at all for guessing
THERE are few things simpler in life than picking up the telephone and making a call. Yet, for the sake of a call, more than 15,000 people in the York, Selby and Ryedale areas failed to cancel medical appointments last year. That left hard-pressed doctors
Teetering York City lurched further into the relegation morass, but England coach Kevin Keegan maintained salvation would come by 'sticking together'. A header from Geoff Horsfield creeps inside the post, despite a brave effort by Andy Warrington, to
Keegan-mania infected Bootham Crescent when the two-job man came to York City. Kevin Keegan in York Chief operating officer at Fulham and national coach of England, Kevin Keegan was a wow during his first away outing since he succeeded Glenn Hoddle. And
