After reading of the £12 million cash reserves that York Council has (Evening Press, February 25), I suggest they spend some of it resurfacing Windmill Way at Haxby. I wrote to the council in October 1996 about the state of this road and they said arrangements
I note the letter from Jean Glover, referring to the projected phasing-out of concessions for pensioners in adult education classes. As a pensioner currently on an evening course at the York Sixth Form College, I must ask: what concessions are these?
The council's claim that it is only increasing the council tax by below the rate of inflation merits scrutiny, given Labour's long-held policy of milking York residents. Firstly, the council claims an increase of 2.95 per cent is below the rate of inflation
Your article about the new road signs pointing to York City (Evening Press, February 24) got me thinking. Let's base our calculations that the signs last ten years and it will cost £87,000 for ten signs. This works out at £8,700 per sign over ten years
I read with interest the article by Jonson Cox, the managing director of Yorkshire Water (Evening Press, February, 26). I might have been more impressed if, that very morning, I had not just received my invoice for 1999/2000 sewerage charges from his
Basil may not be a bloodhound, but he certainly knows how to follow his nose. Julie Harrison and Joan Scott of Selby Animal Sanctuary, with Basil The seven-year-old Jack Russell amazed staff at the Selby Animal Sanctuary in Hambleton by showing up on
Scarborough's impressive teenage centre-back, Michael McNaughton, has survived an injury scare which could have sidelined him until the end of the season. It was feared the 19-year-old had suffered a depressed fracture of the cheekbone during Saturday's
Some years ago, Disney produced a film about three pets who undertook a remarkable cross-country expedition. Now Basil the Jack Russell has put in his bid to star in The Incredible Journey II. When Basil was transferred from the Selby Animal Sanctuary
David Warner on Yorkshire Greg Blewett's omission from Australia's World Cup squad means that he will now have a full season with Yorkshire and he is due to arrive at Headingley in the second week in April. Yorkshire skipper David Byas said today that
A price has finally been put on Barry Horne's selfishness. His aborted hunger strike cost the York NHS Trust a staggering £11,000. Horne will not be troubled by the precious resources he squandered. The animal rights activist appears never to have considered
Art thieves attempting to sell the haul stolen from York City Art Gallery could be stopped by new rules introduced today. The Council for the Prevention of Art Theft has joined forces with the Association of Chief Police Officers to urge art dealers to
A York man's claims that he suffered racism at the hands of North Yorkshire police have led to two officers facing disciplinary investigations. Dominic M'Benga: claims to have been victimised Assistant chief constable Peter Walker, who is responsible
EXCLUSIVE by Mike Laycock Hunger striker Barry Horne's controversial stay at York District Hospital cost the York NHS Trust more than £11,000. Flashback: Barry Horne smiles as he waves to supporters huddled outside from his room at York District Hospital
On Wednesday February 17 I took three passport applications to the Post Office. They are needed by March 22 and I was told it took four to five weeks to process so it was touch and go whether they would arrive in time. The completed passports arrived
I was interested to read (Evening Press, February 26) of the decision to spend £45,000 of public money on assistants for North Yorkshire County Council's political groups and that this had been branded a "disgrace" by the council's Labour and Independent
Netting the wrong sort of lover Barney didn't make friends easily. His job held him back. Being a cartoonist is a lonely business anyway; being the cartoonist on Tarpaulin Manufacturers Monthly was somehow lonelier still. As Barney half-heartedly sketched
City of York Hockey Club's first team maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Northern Counties League division one with a 4-0 away win over Brooklands II. The victory was a cause for double celebration for York - it was the first time Brooklands
It was with a huge sigh of relief that Micky Hammond welcomed Patras into the winners' enclosure at Newcastle yesterday. Middleham trainer Hammond's horses have been out of sorts for weeks and yesterday's win was his first success since early in December
Buzzing York Wasps are feasting on two new sponsorship deals. On a plate: York Wasps player Peter Edwards (right) with, from the left, Mark Kinsella , Sarah Boldson, Sarah Colmer and Ellie Reynolds, of Pizza Hut, who are to sponsor man of the match awards
Utility ace Gary Himsworth bade farewell to York City's relegation fight to enter a promotion push at basement club Darlington. Himsworth travelled north today to rejoin the club he spent three years with before returning to Bootham Crescent in 1996.
A woman who cried rape and got an innocent stranger arrested cost a hard-up police force £67,000, a court heard. Moira Waugh's concocted story came as a town's women were living in fear of a serial rapist and no stone was left unturned, York Crown Court
Almost forty North Yorkshire women treated by a former Northallerton gynaecologist have welcomed an official investigation into his work. Former patients Carole Millward and Sheila Wright-Hogeland, who have formed a support group The former patients of
Wartime foes will meet in the spirit of friendship later this month when York plays host to a gathering of air aces. But the decision to invite two of Germany's top wartime fighter pilots to the gathering at Elvington's Yorkshire Air Museum has come under
A bit of rain wasn't going to stop one man's personal crusade to save the pound. Ken Foster wins support from Rita Rudd, of Middleton, during his anti-euro protest Pickering pensioner Ken Foster braved a soaking Monday morning to pound the streets of
York is on the verge of a software boom, with three Information Technology companies set to bring more than 100 jobs to the city. Marking the new software jobs for York are, from left, Emma Martin, marketing manager for York Inward Investment Board,Jon
North Yorkshire's own pin-up chef James Martin is at the centre of a right Royal row after serving beef-on-the-bone to Prince Charles. Steve Hull, spokesman for the Celtic Manor Resort, near Newport, where the Prince and Welsh Secretary Alun Michael attended
