SUPERMARKETS are no longer merely shops. They are multi-purpose community centres. We have seen the supermarket as a church: Asda held a nationwide carol service at its stores in December, backed by the Archbishop of York Dr David Hope. We have seen the
DADS everywhere will be hoping for breakfast in bed, a lie-in or another little treat this Sunday. But if one parent group gets its way they will enjoy a much greater Father's Day benefit - a day off work. Fathers Direct wants every dad to get an extra
MR MOLLOY (Costly Waste, June 12) is evidently not a daily walker on the cycle track otherwise he would appreciate the new surface. The old track was not a bit muddy - it was like glue, sticking to boots and dogs' fur, leaving your hands dry after washing
MY LETTER to City of York Council was published earlier this year, voicing my concerns at the council's decision to save money by reducing the budget allocation for street cleaning. Mr Hills replied that with modern equipment the city's streets would
CARERS Week ends on Sunday and I would like to tell you about a situation which we recently came across. 'In Safe Hands' offers short breaks to carers of older people, either in their own homes or occasionally in a volunteer's home. A 70-year-old carer
MILLIONS of pounds of Government money is to be poured into policing to try to crack the problem of rural crime. The news was today welcomed by North Yorkshire farmers' leaders - but they warned that the cash would not eliminate a problem many country
NO doubt York Minster will prove an inspiring setting for the Millennium Mystery Plays later this month. Hopefully it will also focus attention on a more mundane but nevertheless important matter. As anyone used to attending concerts or other similar
Yorkshire are likely to be docked eight points if it is found they have prepared a poor pitch for their Championship match against Kent which went into its third day at Headingley today. Pitch inspector A C Smith carried out a close examination of the
YORKSHIRE squandered the chance of overwhelming Kent after bowling them out for only 129 at Headingley yesterday and in the end were grateful to pick up a first innings lead of 20. Kent then lost two wickets before wiping out the arrears and they closed
Two well-known Yorkshire all-rounders, Richard Kettleborough and Craig White, can upset the delicate balance between Harrogate, Scarborough and York in the the Oxbridge Yorkshire League this weekend. Kettleborough's return to the Sheffield Collegiate
IT is the 30th Timeform Charity Day at York tomorrow and North Yorkshire trainers, successful in six of the seven races on last year's card, are out to do well again. Mick Easterby, who completed a double 12 months ago, is a vital part of the home team
A DECISION on the future of York's threatened swimming pools is expected as soon as next month. City of York Council has accelerated a city-wide consultation urging residents to tell it what they want to happen to the Barbican and Yearsley swimming pools
THE press show for this Sandra Bullock vehicle came rather more than 28 days ago, April 17 to be precise. Whereupon the Bullock bolted from the schedules, and nothing was seen nor heard of it until now, the Any Old Tat screen season when 22 days of men
LEARNING all about the benefits of pedal power is Liz McNeil, organiser of York's first learning festival. Liz was taking part in one of the final events of the festival - a sponsored bike ride held in St Sampson's Square, York. Volunteers took a turn
ANIMAL rights activists today launched a last-ditch attempt to save the threatened Canada geese in York's Rowntree Park. Fearing that the planned cull of about 50 of the birds will go ahead during the annual moult in June or July, they have made a final
A YORK poet has lost his lucky mascot and says he can't utter a verse without it. Adrian Spendlow, 46, of Leeman Road, shares the stage with ragdoll models of himself and girlfriend, Sharon Emery. But when he returned from a gig at the University of York
TWO university chiefs from York and Leeds today gave their backing to the bid by St Peter's School to buy the Queen Anne School site in York. The site off Bootham, which takes in a Grade II listed building, is up for sale and the City of York Council
WITH soaring temperatures, York Races and England's most important football match for several years, York is bracing itself for what could be its busiest weekend so far this year. A spokesman for the PA Weather Centre, said it will be hot and sunny all
THE York Summer Regatta should go off with a bang tomorrow as a 21-gun salute at Museum Gardens will also take place while racing is suspended at noon. A total of 150 crews entered for the 38 events the first of which starts at 10am. Some of the York
THE scores of motorcyclists who invade Helmsley Market Place at weekends should be made welcome, say Ryedale councillors. But the regular influx should be monitored at peak weekends. Councillors heard there had been two objections, from Myles Moorby,
Two well-known Yorkshire all-rounders, Richard Kettleborough and Craig White, can upset the delicate balance between Harrogate, Scarborough and York in the the Oxbridge Yorkshire League this weekend. Kettleborough's return to the Sheffield Collegiate
Yorkshire are likely to be docked eight points if it is found they have prepared a poor pitch for their Championship match against Kent which went into its third day at Headingley today. Pitch inspector A C Smith carried out a close examination of the
FORWARD-THINKING York Wasps are investigating the possibility of forming a new reserve team next season. The lack of an Alliance or Under-21 side has created problems over the last couple of seasons but due to financial constraints it has not been feasible
YOUNG football fans in York will be able to watch the world's up and coming stars for free at Bootham Crescent next month. There will be no charge for children under-16, accompanied by an adult, attending the Nationwide under-16 internationals involving
THERE will be live television coverage of races at York's ground-breaking Sunday race meeting on September 3. Evening Press Raceday - the first Sunday race meeting to be held on Knavesmire - is to be shown on Sky Television. "This is another endorsement
YORK City may have to break their club record transfer fee to sign Chester City hotshot Luke Beckett. The Deva Stadium club have confirmed that York are in talks with the 23-year-old marksman, who finished joint-second in the Division Three scoring charts
FORWARD-THINKING York Wasps are investigating the possibility of forming a new reserve team next season. The lack of an Alliance or Under-21 side has created problems over the last couple of seasons but due to financial constraints it has not been feasible
YORK actor and museum boss Michael S Bennett returns next month for a fourth summer season of his historical solo show, An Audience With King Richard III. Newly equipped with a "brutal but sensitive" wig, Bennett enters his fourth year of performances
YORK Light Opera Society celebrates the Millennium next week with its Songs From The Century musical revue. Running from June 19 to 24 at Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, this nostalgic show cherry-picks songs from every decade of the past 100 years. From
A UNION leader was today seeking meetings with employees and management at a BAe design and manufacturing plant near York, following shock news that it is to close. BAe Systems Avionics, just outside Sutton-on-the-Forest, will shut in the final quarter
WITH reference to your debate 'Should we pay to drive in York?' (June 6), Denise Raven's article was intended to be set against Matthew Page's case for road pricing, but it effectively demonstrated just why direct charging is urgently needed. At present
Creditors to meet over conservatories. A CONSERVATORY company which left householders heavily out of pocket is going into liquidation - as the fraud squad revealed it is helping a probe into its affairs. Direct Conservatories UK, run by David Richardson
A SPENDING watchdog could be asked to investigate if City of York Council proceeds with a £10,000 swimming pools consultation exercise. Liberal Democrats have threatened to appeal to the district auditor if council leader Rod Hills (Lab) insists on the
CAMPAIGNERS were today celebrating after a turbulent council meeting gave them their biggest victory in the fight to save York's swimming pools. Supporters of the Yearsley and Barbican pools applauded City of York Council as Labour councillors failed
WHEN I was a teenager, the high point of my social calendar was to slip on a pair of jeans and head off to the school disco. Now that I am considerably older, the high point of my social calendar seems depressingly familiar, because it still involves
AN EARLY warning system to protect York schools and schoolchildren from crime is to be launched in the city. The Ringmaster System will enable schools to rapidly receive information from police or Neighbourhood Watch on everything from vandalism to prowlers
A PIONEERING environmental building in York is joining a European celebration of solar power. The York Environmental Community Centre - the first public sustainable building in the country - will be at the forefront of the International Solar Energy Society's
A bootlegger cheated the taxpayer out of £76,000 as he ran weekly smuggling trips for his illegal tobacco and drinks trade, York Crown Court heard. Black marketeer John Edward Barnett, 43, completed 30 trips to and from Calais in vehicles loaded with
A NEW crimebusting initiative in which police surgeries will be held at a York supermarket may help women who are victims of domestic violence. Bobby Lobbies, an initiative which has been successfully piloted by Asda in Shipley, West Yorkshire, is now
YORK City could find themselves facing old foes Scarborough again next season - if a proposal for a change in the format of the Auto Windscreens Shield gets the go-ahead. A number of suggestions are currently under consideration by the Football League
IT was the moment of tooth for Scouse star Cilla Black when she was caught on film during a trip to York's Nestle Rowntree factory. Cilla was filming for an episode of the Moment of Truth TV game show where contestants were set the challenge of moving
A SPENDING watchdog could be asked to investigate if City of York Council proceeds with a £10,000 swimming pools consultation exercise. Liberal Democrats have threatened to appeal to the district auditor if council leader Rod Hills (Lab) insists on the
YORK City could find themselves facing old foes Scarborough again next season - if a proposal for a change in the format of the Auto Windscreens Shield gets the go-ahead. A number of suggestions are currently under consideration by the Football League
THE world premiere of a new stage version of York writer Kate Atkinson's award-winning novel Behind The Scenes At The Museum will be mounted by York Theatre Royal this autumn. Commissioned from Bryony Lavery, the adaptation will be staged in York - where
TO the names of the York Master, Canon J S Purvis, Howard Davies and Liz Lochhead, now add Mike Poulton, the latest writer of the York Mystery Plays. This former managing editor of the Oxford University Press for 17 years "gave it all up" in 1989, retiring
The England v Germany match in Euro 2000 is set to ignite ancient rivalries. But, CHRIS TITLEY argues, we should learn to love our European allies OKAY, so we've had our differences. Britain and Germany have not always seen eye to eye, but these days
