Having pulled along the roadside in Stillington, I experienced an unusual sighting. Being a bird enthusiast I first thought the bird in the next field was a sparrowhawk. However, as the bird neared, I realised that it was undoubtedly a cuckoo. Later,
I was disturbed to read the letter from Mr Geelan arguing against the proposed path across Hob Moor (Evening Press, November 22). This is part of a larger scheme to provide a safe all-weather route for pedestrians and cyclists from Acomb to Knavesmire
A number of new offers are said to have been made by informal tender for White Rose Lodge, the luxurious 30-bedroom former union convalescent home in Bridlington next door to the coastguard station in Kiln Lane. The home, which closed with 22 redundancies
Jack Straw's announcement that passport prices are increasing by a third has left travellers wondering when they will stop paying for governmental incompetence. We first shelled out as taxpayers. A new computer system, designed to improve the efficiency
Injury-jinxed Yorkshire paceman Paul Hutchison has had his fitness programme interrupted by a hernia operation. But the left-arm swing bowler, who spent last Friday in hospital, is hoping to be back in the gym by as early as next week in a determined
A once-contaminated gas-processing site in Scarborough has been bought by the Scarborough Building Society. The former gas-processing site in Scarborough, outlined above, which has been sold The rapidly-expanding building society has struck a deal with
'Back us' is the rallying call of York City boss Neil Thompson ahead of tonight's Auto Windscreen Shield first round northern section duel with Hull City. With the Fans Against Craig's Tyranny supporters' group urging a boycott of tonight's match, Thompson
Families caught up in this summer's passport chaos today said the Government is punishing them for its own mistake by increasing the price of a passport by a third. People in North Yorkshire have reacted with anger to Home Secretary Jack Straw's announcement
Prof Dianna Bowles, Prof Ron Cooke and Prof Alastair Fitter with a model of the new development A multi-million pound award for the University of York announced today will mean new jobs and investment for the city. The university's biology department,
Major improvements are to be carried out at many hundreds of York council homes after the Government allocated the city more than £5 million to invest in housing. Housing Minister Nick Raynsford, announcing a 45 per cent increase in housing investment
Everyone takes exception to the smells over the city of York and, automatically, the sugar factory in campaign gets the blame. But I should like to point out there is an effluent processing plant at the side of the outer ring road (B1237) in Rawcliffe
Further to Pat and David Onions' letter about a fox's messy death (November 30) and their revised version of events. As a mounted follower of Saltersgate Farmers' Hunt I can inform the Onions that we met at Cropton on Saturday, November 14 and that the
A meteorite which fell on a Yorkshire farm two centuries ago is to be returned for the first time to the spot where it landed. The phenomenon which happened on December 13, 1795, at Wold Cottage, Wold Newton, near Scarborough, is the oldest recorded meteorite
Refugees in war-torn East Timor now have vital electricity and running water - thanks in part to a York soldier. Former Lowfield School pupil Lance Corporal Paul Johnson is in the Indonesian territory which recently voted for independence as part of the
PROMOTION CONTENDERS: York Ladies, who are in the top three of North League division one, from left back row: David Lancaster (coach), Sarah Harrison, Tanya Baughan, Paula Clough, Lynne Gowland, Karen Howells, Sally Sleightholme, Jacqui Birch. Front row
Profits in the Yorkshire region have risen to their highest for three years as manufacturing at last shows sign of joining the boom. Figures compiled by global information company Experian in its latest corporate health check show that in the second quarter
Click here to enter York City today kicked-off a new commercial era. Fans can now buy goods at the club's first virtual shop on the internet. Lots of goods that are available at the club shop at Bootham Crescent can be bought on-line at City's virtual
The multi-million pound extension to York University's biology department is a further boost to our science city. It is also the latest success story from a university whose international renown grows stronger every year. Last week, York University scored
Chief Monarch, who had the misfortune to bump into a potentially high-class rival at Ayr last month, can gain compensation at Hexham tomorrow. The Richard Fahey-trained gelding goes for the Tote Top Of The North Novices' Hurdle and will be hard to beat
A millennium to get your teeth into: Lois Walker, centre, shows her cake to business assistant Richard Walker and Business Link adviser Marian Hodgeson Baker Lois Walker, of Ripon, has discovered a market for those who like a bit of dome cooking. Her
Disabled advisers are threatening protest over fears their voice could be silenced. Members of the Disabled Persons' Advisory Group, which includes disabled residents who volunteer their help to City of York Council, said they would demonstrate unless
When the Duke of York dropped into Stamford Bridge he was given a memento of his last visit - a picture of the floods that engulfed the village in the spring. A smiling Prince Andrew arrives in Stamford Bridge But there was no watery welcome for the Duke
A little Chef cook told today how she fell victim to an "absolutely lethal" gap on the A64 near York - and amazingly survived to tell the tale. Little Chef cook Janet Bird holds up a Close The Gaps petition form at the Bilbrough Top gap where she has
Hundreds of people will die in North Yorkshire because they cannot afford to heat their homes, according to a report out today. Friends of the Earth estimate that more than 300 people will die across the region this winter, basing their calculations on
Let's honour our Les comes the rallying cry The idea to immortalise king-of-the-paper-sellers Les Richardson in bronze or stone in St Helen's Square, York - featured here last week - struck a chord with many readers. A flurry of letters landed here all
The York teenager accused of murdering a psychiatric patient has told a jury that he punched the alleged victim in the face three times and gave one kick to the head and shoulder as the man lay on the ground. But Jamie Richardson, 18, denied that he intended
Emma and Greg with their new-born unnamed daughter Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has given birth to a daughter with North Yorkshire connections. Yvonne Wise, the mother of the father, actor Greg Wise, lives in Skelton, near York. And Greg is an
