TODAY I throw down a challenge to whoever daubed the Minster this week to meet me and answer the question on everyone's lips in York and worldwide: why did you do it? What is your beef with the finest cathedral in Northern Europe? I will meet you, alone
I HAVE recently come across a campaign I should like to share with readers through your letters page. The charity War On Want is asking Gordon Brown to introduce a Tobin Tax on currency speculation. They claim this would enormously help people in developing
THE 'get-rid-of-spotted-dick' merchants have started something now. If they get their way out will go cock sparrows and cock robins. And if you can't have an Uncle Dick well, will all just have to say goodbye to Aunt Fanny, not to mention our beloved
Can't sell your home? North Yorkshire's very own House Doctor may have the remedy. MAXINE GORDON meets the woman following in the footsteps of Channel 5's Ann Maurice JUST uttering the name Ann Maurice is enough to make most property owners break out
HULL City this week announced a fresh crackdown on trouble-makers ahead of next Saturday's keenly anticipated derby with the Minstermen. The Tigers have pledged to install new CCTV cameras and draft in extra stewards to avoid a repeat of the scenes which
THE vital last fixture in the BARLA County Championship 2001 sees Yorkshire travel to Lancashire tomorrow aiming to seal the title. However, all three counties in the competition, the other being champions Cumbria, are still in the reckoning for the title
Dave Wiles savours an excellent supper A framed receipt, dated 1907, hanging on the restaurant wall of the White Swan in Pickering, shows a charge of £1 17s 6d for no less than 15 dinners. How times change. A three-course meal for the two of us - with
A little bit of sunshine can turn a theme park into a great day out, as DAN RUTSTEIN and friends discover at Lightwater Valley TECHNICALLY, you can enjoy a theme park whatever the weather. But we were more than a little grateful for the burning sunshine
IT CRIES, it coos, it eats and it sleeps. This is the latest must-have toy from the North Yorkshire company that brought us Pokmon and the Furby. Robo Baby is an interactive infant distributed by Harrogate-based Tiger Electronics and it should be in the
IF YOUR taste buds have earned a treat, the York Festival of Food and Drink is the place to be. Taking place from September 14 to 23, the fifth annual festival of all that's best in the culinary quarter is sure to have something to please everyone. This
DIAMOND couple Sydney and Edith Turpin, pictured, were today celebrating 60 sweet years together. Sydney was 17 and Edith was 15 when the pair met, at work, in the old Cravens sweet factory, in Coppergate, York. He was one of 11 brothers from Darnborough
PIZZA diners are expected to be given a slice of York's Parliament Street next week. Pizza Hut's application to create an 18-seat open-air eating area in front of its city centre restaurant is set to be approved by City of York Council's planning committee
YOUNGSTERS in York were encouraged to spray graffiti at a York community centre - without getting arrested. The children brightened up Chapelfields community centre with colourful spray paints as part of a new project. Pictured taking part in the project
A SON of York is being sought to play King Richard - along with assorted royalty, lords and ladies and the murderers of the Princes in the Tower. A design guru, people to work backstage, and anyone who can sew costumes are also needed. On the next two
THE vital last fixture in the BARLA County Championship 2001 sees Yorkshire travel to Lancashire tomorrow aiming to seal the title. However, all three counties in the competition, the other being champions Cumbria, are still in the reckoning for the title
MARC Thompson is pushing for a rapid senior squad recall after savouring a rare lucky break, writes Dave Stanford. The York City utility player looked to be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after it was feared he had broken his ankle in the Minstermen's
GREEN-FINGERED Hannah Carling has amazed gardeners by growing this massive marrow, which weighs half as much as she does. The 23-inch-long vegetable, which weighs 21lbs, was planted in May. And, despite Hannah's claims that she has no growing secret,
YORK WASPS RL Club have begun building for the future by signing 17-year-old scrum half Ritchie Hunter on professional forms. The Hull Dockers player has been with the Wasps' Academy for two years. Wasps' Chief Executive Ann Garvey said: "I feel he is
A MAN aged 62 who tackled a drugged raider who was armed with an eight-inch knife has been rewarded for his bravery. Michael Bettley was praised for his "courage and public-spiritedness" by Judge Gavin Barr Young at York Crown Court yesterday as drug
In a departure from Bar Talk's usual fun and games, DAN BEERGUTSTEIN has a serious chat with York licensing officer PC David Boag. Look around York. Go for a walk around the various pubs and bars. Try buying a pint of lager and examining your change from
MARC Thompson is pushing for a rapid senior squad recall after savouring a rare lucky break, writes Dave Stanford. The York City utility player looked to be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after it was feared he had broken his ankle in the Minstermen's
BUTCHER Tony Neary has carved up a treat for York City's latest crop of talented youngsters. Neary, who runs his butcher's shop just a stone's throw away from Bootham Crescent in Clifton, has sponsored the club's under-16 team for the coming season. City's
YORK City 'keeper Russ Howarth may still be kicking his heels on the sidelines as number one choice Alan Fettis maintains his blistering form of last season, but the 19-year-old must have been buoyed by the news this week that his counterpart at Chelsea
A MOTORIST was killed and another person was seriously hurt in a road accident on a major holiday route in North Yorkshire today. The driver of a blue Vauxhall Astra travelling towards Malton on the A169, between Malton and Pickering, died after the Astra
AS the person responsible for including Stubbs shop on the list of York's Listed Buildings, about ten years ago, I wish to make a plea. A very important part of the reason for making Stubbs a listed building was because of the quality of the shop fittings
I HAVE always lived in York and am fully in favour of the buskers. Just lately my wife and I, who visit the city centre most days of the week, have seen and listened to three really marvellous buskers. 1. A group of five Russians who are superb musicians
IN response to Graham Tissiman's letter about cricket on what is now the York District Hospital site, and his inquiry 'Memories stirred'? (August 25) - they certainly were. As a young boy in the late 1940s, I watched York in their annual cricket match
YOUR feature on 50-plus women (Impressions, August 28) reminded me of a lovely woman: Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs Moore in the film Passage To India. Mrs Moore, with her inner serenity, gracious manner and ability to put people at their ease, was a pure joy
GEORGE WILKINSON hops on the Moorsbus for the 'forbidden land' The Moorsbuses have been cruising the North York Moors like a fleet of Marie Celestes. Here is a chance to take a ride and do a linear route recommended by the parks authority. You jump off
A RETIRED police officer spotted this venue for us. As a recent arrival to the pensioner class he was obviously on the lookout for a bargain. And as bargains go, surely £6.75 for a three-course lunch qualifies! Situated just off Filey's main thoroughfare
PLANET York campaign manager Laura Collins is practising what she preaches by swapping her car for a bike. Laura, whose role is to make York the most energy-efficient city in the country this year, has put her black T-reg Citron Saxo on the market. And
THE 61st anniversary of the crucial air battle which helped save Britain from Nazi invasion will be marked in style at a museum near York. In one of the largest gatherings of its kind in the country, about 1,000 members of the Royal Air Force Association
FOUR vintage railway posters, advertising the delights of York, are expected to fetch a total of £2,800 when they go under the hammer in London. The posters were all designed by artist Fred Taylor, and the most valuable of the four was produced for the
YORK'S top duathlete, Colin Hawxby, has been selected to represent Great Britain in this month's World Championships in Holland. Hawxby returned from last year's competition in Calais, France, as Britain's top-dog in his age category, 30 to 34 years.
NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson, pictured above, continues to make a storming impact as a European Tour professional. Dyson's 22nd place in the Gleneagles Scottish PGA championship earned him £10,400. That hefty cheque was enough to elevate him
THE Sutherland family had a time to remember at Fulford Golf Club as Bill and his son, James, carried off major prizes in two competitions. Sutherland junior had a remarkable round of 59, 13 under par, to win the Benson and Hedges annual trophy competition
YORK MP Hugh Bayley can boast one of the most impressive voting records in Parliament, according to official statistics. Research by the House of Commons Library has revealed he took part in almost nine out of every ten "divisions" in the 2000-01 session
PET budgies Tom and Ben are such birds of a feather that they sought each other out despite living in different houses, streets apart from one another. Pale blue Tom escaped from Wendy Heath's home in Maple Grove, off Fulford Road, this week and flew
A MAN is lucky to be alive today after he awoke to find himself in a blazing bedroom. The 35-year-old, from Pottery Lane, York, had been asleep for three hours before waking and raising the alarm. Fire chiefs said smoker's materials behind a bedside unit
YORK Wasps might ask to play matches at York City's Bootham Crescent ground next season if their audacious bid to become a Super League club is successful. The Wasps are planning to upgrade their Huntington Stadium to Super League standards but if the
YORK Wasps might ask to play matches at York City's Bootham Crescent ground next season if their audacious bid to become a Super League club is successful. The Wasps are planning to upgrade their Huntington Stadium to Super League standards but if the
YORK WASPS RL Club have begun building for the future by signing 17-year-old scrum half Ritchie Hunter on professional forms. The Hull Dockers player has been with the Wasps' Academy for two years. Wasps' Chief Executive Ann Garvey said: "I feel he is
THE scene is set for a cracking days' racing at York tomorrow and Tim Easterby again looks poised to hit the headlines on the Evening Press-sponsored seven-race card, which has attracted a mammoth 139 runners. The Great Habton trainer made a tiny piece
