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I am a little concerned about the report regarding a boy who had found a Roman coin in Haxby ('City Roman finds are legion', October 4). To clarify matters: The coin was brought to the Yorkshire Museum by the child's mother outside normal opening hours
How disgusting that City of York Council turned down the St Helena statue, which I feel sure would have enhanced St Helen's Square (St Helena statue idea is kicked out, October 1). At present the square is uninteresting, with dull shops and crude seats
While I am well aware of Councillor Dave Merrett's admirable and very real efforts to consult York residents on local matters, the tone of his letter (October 5) gives the impression that councillors have little regard for public opinion when it does
Holidaymakers Pamela and John Warren today told of the horror of being caught in an earthquake and how they fled their trembling bedroom and stood outside their hotel "waiting to die". Pamela, 54, and John, 58, of St Phillip's Grove, Clifton, were half-way
After some narrow defeats in a run of five straight losses, including last weekend's 16-9 home defeat by unbeaten National Conference division two leaders Eastmoor, York Acorn travel to West Bowling hoping for a change of luck. The Bradford-based Conference
Goal-shy York City are homing in on Wigan Athletic battering-ram Graeme Jones. City manager Neil Thompson confirmed he was interested in the 29-year-old marksman, but the club would likely have to break their record transfer fee to land Jones. It is believed
Campaigners seeking a bone marrow donor to save the life of leukaemia victim Nicola Coates today issued an urgent appeal for help. The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust needs "phlebotomists" - people such as doctors or nurses who are trained in how to take
Mystery surrounds the death of a company director whose BMW car veered into the path of a brewery lorry on the York ring road. York coroner Donald Coverdale recorded a verdict of accidental death on David Love, 50, of Boltby Road, Clifton Moor, a director
The parents of York hanging victim Kirk Edwards have still not received an official report into his death - and now they have learned that parts of the document could even be with-held from them. Irene and David Edwards have been waiting more than ten
Yorkshire came close to nuclear disaster during the 1950s and 60s due to a string of blunders by the RAF, a documentary will claim tonight. BBC2's Close Up North will reveal that there was a spill of liquid oxygen at a base in Lincolnshire which held
A former York pharmacist takes to the silver screen in the opening film at the Leeds International Film Festival tonight. Ron Blass, 76, appears in Kay Mellor's romantic Millennium comedy Fanny And Elvis, the opening gala film at Leeds Odeon at 7.30pm
Following the two tragic railway accidents in West London on the Great Western main line, I despair at the present state of the railway industry in which I proudly served for more than 37 years. At the time of "restructuring for privatisation", readers
Community leaders from moorland villages facing the loss of their treasured spring-fed water supplies are vowing to fight to safeguard their "heritage". Yorkshire Water is proposing to spend about £3 million building a pipeline from the East Ness borehole
WATER WORK: York City Baths Club swimmer Lewis Porylo with his medal from the National Age Group Championships. Picture: Frank Dwyer York City Baths Club swimmers Lewis Porylo and Tom Southam have been selected to represent Yorkshire in the Inter-County
Everyone can empathise with the shock felt by Rod and Kerry Cruckshank of Wilberfoss. They had saved hard for their Spanish summer holiday and arrived at the airport to discover their tickets were missing. The transaction was only confirmed after frantic
Rossel, who shaped well on the Flat at Hamilton last week when returning from a summer break, switches to fences at Carlisle tomorrow and is fancied to come up trumps in the hands of smart young rider Liam Cooper. Trained by Peter Montieth, Rossel lines-up
The latest grants by the Lottery Charities Board bring into serious question the priorities of those who distribute cash for good causes. Yesterday we reported how the bid by St Leonard's Hospice for a £1 million grant was rejected by the board. Today
York Wasps have admitted they are prepared to sacrifice the squad which took them to the brink of the Northern Ford Premiership play-offs for the sake of financial security. But coach Dean Robinson believes they are making a big mistake and could be losing
York College students Oliver Jones and Marie Howley at York Station where they were due to read their poems over the public address system today It was a dance to the muse of time today as poetry was taken to the people. A-Level English students from
A couple have told how their dream of a relaxing foreign break turned into a nightmare after a booking blunder by staff at a holiday firm's new showpiece superstore in York. WORRYING TIME: Rod and Kerry Cruckshank, of Wilberfoss, with their five-page
Martin Howe: suspended A Salvation Army leader has been charged by police with indecent assault against two 16-year-old girls. One of the assaults is alleged to have taken place in York. Martin Howe, captain of the Salvation Army in York from 1996 to
A York travellers' organisation is being handed a lottery grant of more than £180,000. The decision comes just a day after a bid for £1 million from St Leonard's Hospice in York was turned down. Anne McIntosh: hospice is a "worthier cause" York Travellers
