While most local people were walking around Headingley with long faces and in a stunned silence following that shock defeat by Durham, one Yorkshireman was enjoying his happiest day on the ground for some considerable time. Former Yorkshire captain and
IN your article "Blueprint for the future of York" (June 3), Gillian Cruddas says she wants a five-star hotel for the rich - does she only want the rich? You say York could become a playground for the over 55s. Where's the playground for them now? We
NATIONAL Volunteers' Week is all about celebrating volunteers and their activities. The Wilberforce Trust would like to mark this special week by thanking all its volunteers for their continuing commitment, friendship and support. Our committed and enthusiastic
IT seems a shame that the University of York, which has a reputation as one of the finest universities in the UK, has to select Christine Hamilton as the postgraduate to be proud of from all the thousands of students who have studied at York over the
We started in the Dudley Arms at Ingleby Greenhow, shifted down the road to their car park, many thanks for this, and discarding all but summer gear, strolled out to explore the little valley south-east of the village. It is a notch of a valley, flat
LANDLADY Melanie Thornton is turning over a new leaf at The Appletree Country Inn. Bar Talk has discovered that the award-winning pub now has fruit, vegetables and herbs growing in its garden. The pub and restaurant at Marton, near Pickering, now has
IT is not necessary to pay an entrance fee if all you are seeking is a snack. Access to the refreshment area is from the visitors' car park, as is the shop. This is a spacious self-service caf with plenty of additional seating outside. Unobtrusive classical
A BRACE of titles were graced by two-time York Amateur champion Matthew Kelly - though one was strictly unofficial. In tandem with his capture of the York Union of Golf Clubs' glittering prize for the second year in succession - the 31-year-old Kelly
What do you get when you mix a strange fantasy world and the North Yorkshire countryside? CATHERINE BRUCE finds out at Forbidden Corner. DEEP in the heart of the countryside, unsuspecting visitors can meet sleeping giants, crawl through giant skulls and
During all the heart-searching and agonising brought about by Yorkshire's fall from grace, Matthew Wood deserves praise for his calmness and level-headedness under pressure and for his willingness to stand up and take flak even when it should not really
BORED youngsters can get involved in Changing Rooms and Groundforce-style projects throughout the summer holidays, as part of a scheme run by York Millennium Volunteers. School leavers and university students can help out with creating a wildlife garden
GOVERNMENT efforts to breathe new life into a flagship anti-yob initiative have failed to work in North Yorkshire. The Home Office made a raft of changes to Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in January last year after only ten were issued by local magistrates
TIRED youngsters slept soundly through the night after toddling hard for half-a-mile to raise money for charity. Children at Joseph's Nursery, Rawcliffe Lane, York, walked around the nursery's garden eight times, as part of a national sponsored toddle
YORK City Baths Club president Adam Baxter has been specially honoured to mark the amazing contribution he has made to swimming. Baxter, who recently turned 80 years of age, has been associated with the York club for, incredibly, about 60 years, and indeed
A CANCER patient dealt in drugs to pay for the cannabis he used as a pain-killer, York Crown Court heard. David Flintham, 23, started taking the illegal drug as a palliative after he had surgery to remove a tumour from his back when he was 20, his barrister
A PLANNING application with a difference is set to go before York planners, as a sandwich shop owner says he is being forced to ask for the go-ahead to sell jacket spuds. The bizarre request, which will go before City of York Council next week, is from
York athlete Gemma Endersby captained the Central and East Yorkshire team to a thrilling victory in the Air Cadets' Regional Athletics Championships held at York's Huntington Stadium. Her Wing collected 242 points to win the six-team all-day event, beating
AN EXCITING new exhibition is set to shed light on the Dark Ages in North Yorkshire - and to turn the clock back even further, to 5,000 BC. Impressive artefacts from the north's only completely excavated Anglo-Saxon village went on display today at Malton
RYEDALE will have a Mediterranean feel this summer, when music, drama and dance events take on a Spanish theme. More than 30 events will be staged at venues across the district as part of the 2003 Ryedale Festival - and organisers are confident visitors
TOP of the crop at the annual Kilnwick Percy GC Farmers' Day competition was a team from Appleton-le-Moors. The quartet of team-leader Bernard Feaster, Ben Beesau, Robin Cass and Richard Carr took the honours with a nett 153 to receive their prize from
YORK'S Iraq war heroes have been praised in the House of Commons for their "professionalism" and "bravery". City MP Hugh Bayley applauded the courage of 2 Signal Regiment as soldiers - led by Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart McCrostie - returned to Imphal barracks
HARRY Ramsden's world-famous fish and chips are on their way to East Yorkshire as the county leads the way in the future of a national restaurant chain. Soon all branches of Little Chef, the popular roadside eatery, could be following in the footsteps
STUDENTS in York have been slugging it out in a competition to find the most popular piece of art in a city bar. Artwork by students from York St John College has been display at the Slug And Lettuce bar for the last three months and was put to the public
PHONE thief Darren Alexander Rowat could not keep his fingers off other people's mobiles, even at York Magistrates Court. While waiting in the courthouse lobby to be called before the bench, he spotted a probation officer's phone and walked off with it
A COUPLE accused of stealing more than £22,700 are expected to stand trial at York Crown Court. Mark Phillips, 35, and Philippa Vanessa Phillips, 37, of High Street, Chagford, near Exeter, Devon, are accused of stealing £22,700 in York between September
Gavin Hamilton is back in Yorkshire Phoenix's squad of 12 for their National League game against Kent Phoenix at Tunbridge Wells tomorrow and he will feature solely as a batsman if selected. Craig White returns as he continues his recovery from pre-season
A SHOCKED York mother was given a rip-roaring birthday surprise today. Sally Bourton, from Wetherby Road, Acomb, was presented with motorbike lessons as a 50th birthday treat from her husband, John. It is the couple's ambition to go riding across Europe
YORK City Knights have been dealt a major blow with the news that Matt Blaymire has been ruled out until next season. The young winger cum full-back has suffered a serious recurrence of a knee injury and a specialist has said he needs to undergo full
THE former Mayor of New York has personally thanked the firefighters of old York for supporting their US counterparts in their time of desperate need. Rudy Giuliani, the man whose response to the September 11 terror attacks won worldwide admiration and
YORK City Knights' play-off hopes may well have been boosted by fixture changes in their National League Two run-in, writes Peter Martini. The club have switched the scheduled home game against Chorley Lynx on June 29 to an away fixture, with the reverse
YORK City Knights have been dealt a major blow with the news that Matt Blaymire has been ruled out until next season. The young winger cum full-back has suffered a serious recurrence of a knee injury and a specialist has said he needs to undergo full
THANK you for publicising my 90th birthday sponsored swim, which has raised £1,200 for York Blind Society (I can still accept money). I must also pay tribute to the staff of Francis Scaife swimming pool, Pocklington, who were more than helpful. Mention
POOR Chris Titley. He sounds like a lad at one of the minor public schools, who has been rejected by his family, never had any friends and wants to make the world suffer for his inadequacies. (It's all there is his picture, with the big, old-fashioned
I NOTICE that P Wallis has had the temerity to criticise the tide of filth emanating from York Theatre Royal's production of Trainspotting (Letters, May 30). Indeed he was so appalled he felt defiled and wished to cleanse himself in the air outside. Shame
THE contribution made by burly centre Neil Law to York City Knights' rise up the table has not gone unnoticed by either the club or rugby league writers. The former Sheffield Eagles and Wakefield Super League star has already proved his worth to the Knights
IT is encouraging that BT is finally accepting that people in the sticks need broadband access (June 4); but why are they discriminating against us in the first place? It's now my fourth year running an independent financial company. We spend at least
Zoe Walker recommends a trip to South London to discover the capital's hidden tourist treasures. IF you're planning a visit to London, don't do what everybody else does and avoid landmarks south of the Thames. South London is full of places to visit,
GINA PARKINSON soaks up the abundance of June as she enjoys the eventual flowering of a lily left over by another gardener THERE is plenty to keep the avid garden visitor busy tomorrow with a plentiful crop of gardens open in the area - see details on
MATHS, physics and engineering were brought to life for pupils from schools across York. Students visited the University of York yesterday to take part in a fair organised by North Yorkshire Business and Education Partnership. North Yorkshire Fire and
A TEAM of York childcare information workers has scooped a national award for excellence. City of York Council's Childcare Information Service has been awarded a National Quality Award for the high standard of its customer care, accuracy and efficiency
A BURGLAR who raided a house in the York street where he lives has been jailed for two years. Diane Campbell, prosecuting, said Scott Green, 29, had been released from a prison sentence for offences including burglary two months before he broke into a
REPLICAS of the Wright Flyer and Cayley Glider will go on show at the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, to celebrate 100 years of flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the skies in the Wright Flyer in 1903, and four years ago, with a £100,000 lottery
MORE than two decades of commitment to transport in York saw the city council's former leader honoured at a prestigious ceremony. Coun Dave Merrett, the Labour group leader, was recognised for his "lifetime contribution" at the National Transport Awards
FLORAL delights will take pride of place in two churches this weekend, as intricate displays and blooming exhibits go on show. Hundreds of flowers have been transformed into a host of saintly scenes at St Michael's Church in Malton to create a flowering
A PROMISING York dancer who has won a place at a prestigious ballet school is appealing for sponsors to help her realise her dream. Katie Lockhart, 16, pirouetted her way to success at auditions for the Northern Ballet School, in Manchester. Katie, of
"GREEN" homes built from recycled materials to high energy-saving standards are to be built on a former factory site in York. The St Nicholas Court development will see 18 flats built on the brownfield site overlooking the St Nicholas Fields urban nature
A NEW dimension will be added to the forthcoming York 9s tournament with the news it will include an England v Scotland international fixture. The rugby league festival - which will see 26 club teams from all over the world battle over two days for the
York University student Bethany Gray is in a race against time to raise money so she can play for England at the European Lacrosse Championships later this summer. She is busy trying to find the basic cost of £600 to pay for the trip to Germany but is
WASPS centre Stuart Abbott will make his first appearance in an England shirt on Monday after he was named in a strong side to face the New Zealand Maori. The South African-born star will line up inside Newcastle's Jamie Noon, who gets another opportunity
POCKLINGTON RUFC may have had a disappointing season, but they still know how to celebrate in style as 100 players, vice-presidents and guests came together for an excellent end-of-season dinner and presentation night in their Percy Road clubhouse. Club
A WOMAN who complained she had found a fly on her steak was told: "People like you should stay at home." North Yorkshire woman Jane Kay got the candid advice in a letter from Kevin Booth, of The Steer Inn, at Wilberfoss, near York, when her family wrote
While most local people were walking around Headingley with long faces and in a stunned silence following that shock defeat by Durham, one Yorkshireman was enjoying his happiest day on the ground for some considerable time. Former Yorkshire captain and
Yorkshire were forced to settle for a draw after a wet ground caused play to be held up until half-an-hour into the afternoon session on the final day of their match against Bradford-Leeds Universities' Centre of Excellence at Bradford Park Avenue yesterday
ARSONISTS have struck at the heart of a North Yorkshire community. Four members of a family slept upstairs while a fire was begun at the post office in Shipton-by-Beningbrough. The post office - the only shop in the village - was forced to close after
YORK City Knights' play-off hopes may well have been boosted by fixture changes in their National League Two run-in, writes Peter Martini. The club have switched the scheduled home game against Chorley Lynx on June 29 to an away fixture, with the reverse
SHE was an Avon lady who sold cosmetics to help make ends meet for her family. But a court heard how mounting debts led desperate mother-of-three Dawn Susan Lambert to start dealing in altogether less reputable goods. Lambert, 24, of Rawdon Avenue, Tang
'Cool Hand' Luke Robinson today re-lived a fairytale comeback that piled misery on fallen Super League champions St Helens. The 18-year-old Wigan scrum-half made a hero's return from a broken hand to play the decisive role in his side's 38-34 win at Knowsley
RESIDENTS in Strensall, York, woke to find they had no water today. A mains burst in Sheriff Hutton Road at about 6am left a large area of Strensall without a water supply. A spokeswoman for Yorkshire Water said it did not know how many properties had
CHRIS GREENWOOD stops off at an eating house on the York drinking circuit. If the words Nexus, Edward's and McMillans mean nothing to you, and Toffs sounds like the friendly nickname for a high-class gym, then The Mogul will probably not have appeared
