Tony Culhane, with his maiden century of winners tucked neatly away, is continuing to ride on the Flat until taking a well-earned Christmas holiday, and the North Yorkshire jockey can be rewarded for his commitment at Lingfield tomorrow. Culhane travels
DO you ever find yourself idly thinking: "I wonder what happened to that pram wheel that disappeared all those years ago?" Well, the Diary can put your mind at rest. You left it at the Odeon, you foolish film fan. All sorts of odd things have been left
FOR reasons of economy, this column has been out-sourced to India. Please to be so kind and generous as to forgive the over-perfect, polite English and the odd poppadom crumb falling from the pages, but the people in the Delhi call centre will do it for
IT was a case of back to school for teenage midfielder Matthew Coad after making his Football League debut against home-town club Darlington. Coad, 19, was attending a Sports Leisure and Recreation course at Bootham Crescent just days after running out
THE Yorkshire Air Museum has been given a major boost with a five-figure sponsorship deal. East Yorkshire car dealership, Drakes MG Rover, at Shiptonthorpe, has joined forces with the museum at Elvington to drive forward the attraction's Sixty Years On
AN ALLERGY test for dogs has earned a York business a national award. Yorktest Veterinary Services, based at Osbaldwick, received a DTI Smart Award in November 1999. Now the firm is one of only ten companies to win a national achievement award this year
CHRISTMAS parties are a legal minefield for bosses, according to lawyers. Festive high spirits could see businesses facing possible litigation for their employees' drunkenness and bad behaviour. Tribunal hearings in recent years have seen rulings that
City of York I missed out on a chance to go second in the National Hockey League premier division after wasting a series of chances against Harrogate I. The two sides went into the match in joint second place with a blank half-time scoreline echoing the
TRAFFIC gridlock around York Hospital could soon end, as plans to locate staff vehicles at two temporary sites while a new car park is built are set for approval. The two-storey hospital facility had already been provisionally agreed by City of York Council
HUNDREDS of residents from across eastern York have objected to controversial plans for a new village. Householders have told City of York Council they fear New Osbaldwick will cause an unacceptable rise in traffic on local roads, and also lead to extra
DECK the halls with Christmas lights - that's the message from a York family whose decorations have made them the talk of their neighbourhood. Denise Howlett has been decorating the family house in Westfield Close, Haxby, for the past five years, and
A CHARITY leader today claimed elderly people were being treated like "commodities" in some care homes. Gill Myers, of the York branch of the Alzheimer's Society, spoke in the wake of the controversial closure of Laurens Manor private home. The charity
MAN of the match Mick Harrison led New Earswick All Blacks to a second convincing win over Myton Warriors in a month. Harrison scored one try and created three others in the 26-18 away win - the best of All Blacks' Yorkshire League senior division season
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has revealed he is likely to vote for the Government's controversial plans to introduce variable student top-up fees. Mr Bayley had been delaying his decision on whether to support the fees in next month's vote. He declined to sign
BRAVE stable groom Anne Blanchard has been named the Racing Post Stable Employee of the Year for returning to work just months after being kicked in the face and nearly killed by a racehorse. Blanchard, 42, who works for Tim Easterby at his Great Habton
IT was a case of back to school for teenage midfielder Matthew Coad after making his Football League debut against home-town club Darlington. Coad, 19, was attending a Sports Leisure and Recreation course at Bootham Crescent just days after running out
Detectives investigating a violent double murder could be met by a "wall of silence" as they attempt to get inside York's drug scene. A senior officer leading the inquiry into the deaths of Kevin Mulgrew, 38, and Daniel Wall, 27, believes drug users in
THESE are the faces of the two men found bludgeoned to death in a York bedsit. York Police released the images today as the distraught families of father-of-three Kevin Mulgrew, 38, and Daniel Wall, 27, spoke of their anguish. The two York families backed
I URGE residents to vote for play on their local ward committee scheme ballot. York Playground Action Group aims to improve children's play spaces. With a £1,000 grant from Fishergate Ward, we shall commission a study asking children what they want at
I WRITE in response to the letter headlined Caring carers, (November 29). I also have a mother in the care of Laurens Manor Nursing Home and I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments. For three years my mother has received exceptional care with a great
YOU published a second letter - this time from Mrs Walters of Almsford Road - claiming Acorn Rugby Club was justified in erecting a two-metre high, industrial standard security fence around public open space on Thanet Road (December 2). Local residents
P HEPWORTH of Holgate (Letters, November 11) puts the mainly commercial development and resulting traffic increases along the A1237 ring road down to the local authorities of Hambleton and Ryedale councils. This could be the case with some parts, but
AFTER reading the article about the inefficiency of the York planning department (November 27), I should like to nominate the city's highways department. The project to "one way" the remainder of Dales Lane, which began in November 2002, probably created
L COMAN predictably jumps on the ever-popular anti-cyclist bandwagon (Letters, November 27). As a cyclist who commutes to work every day by bike, I find pedestrians and car drivers far more of a menace to me and other road users. Not a day goes by without
PLEASE can you help me? I am trying to piece together the jigsaw of my childhood. At the end of the Second World War I was an orphan refugee from France who was fortunate enough to be befriended in the late 1940s by the late Mr Bingley Day of Hovingham
YET again Walmgate Bar was closed for a week after a truck got stuck (November 17, and pictured left). What I should like to know is, who was the genius who worked the diversion route out, ie, Paragon Street, Fawcett Street, Fishergate round St George's
DECK the halls with Christmas lights - that's the message from a York family whose decorations have made them the talk of their neighbourhood. Denise Howlett has been decorating the family house in Westfield Close, Haxby, for the past five years, and
ELDERLY villagers near York got into the Christmas spirit with song, laughter and food at an annual party. More than 45 members of the Appleton Roebuck and District Good Companions Elderly People's Group gathered at the village hall for the event. New
BY Government minister Peter Hain's infamous admission, Britain has "the worst railways in Europe". Britain's rail passengers also pay the highest fares in Europe. It is an intolerable double whammy. So how do the Government and rail industry respond?
A SWEDISH firm which provides wood for energy has opened a European outpost in York. Renewable Fuels Ltd (RFL), partly owned by the Swedish company Agrobrnsle AB, which is leading the development of short rotation coppice (SRC), has moved into the Escrick
TURNOVER of 39 per cent of companies based in Yorkshire and Humberside was at a standstill last year, while a further six per cent suffered decline. These are among the key findings of an independent national survey of businesses published today by The
Sundora, of Pocklington, has scooped the top prize in the health category at the 2003 Dried Fruit New Products Awards. Its Naturally Organic range, including figs, dates and apricots took ultimate accolades at the Dried Fruit Ball at the Savoy in London
A COMMITTED band of York's young people have joined forces to rally against anti-social behaviour and help improve the local environment. Budding environmentalists from Heworth, Hull Road and Osbaldwick wards are working with City of York Council's new
ELDERLY villagers near York got into the Christmas spirit with song, laughter and food at an annual party. More than 45 members of the Appleton Roebuck and District Good Companions Elderly People's Group gathered at the village hall for the event. New
York Acorn 'A' moved effortlessly into the second round of the Pennine Shipley Cup competition after beating higher league opponent Meltham All Blacks 36-0. Division five leaders Acorn had too much guile and craft in attack and stealth in defence for
LEEDS United remain confident that Arsenal will extend Jermaine Pennant's loan spell for the third time this season. However, lack of funds at Elland Road could see the England Under-21 winger leaving when the transfer window reopens in January. Birmingham
PICKERING snooker professional Paul Davison has almost certainly regained a place on the game's Main Tour next season after reaching the semi-finals of a Challenge Tour tournament in Prestatyn. Davison (pictured) claimed several high-profile scalps in
YORK and North Yorkshire passengers will have to put their hands deeper into their pockets in the New Year after local train companies announced fare increases. GNER, Virgin Cross Country and Arriva Trains Northern will all implement significant rises
IN view of the anticipated significant increase in council tax it would be useful to know what additional revenue would accrue if all users of the services were brought into the equation, and the extent to which that additional income would mitigate the
I SHOULD be grateful for help in locating family of mine in Yorkshire, more specifically the descendants of William Dales and Harriet Jane Dales (nee Court) who were married in 1866. They produced six children: Arthur C born in 1869; Kate E, 1870; William
THEY may only constitute nine words, but now I'm left wondering whether they should spell the end for Sven-Goran Eriksson. The England national coach may well have ushered the three lions' pride into next summer's Euro 2004 championships climax in Portugal
STEPHEN LEWIS attended a 'Dame academy masterclass' with prince of panto Berwick Kaler... oh yes he did! BERWICK KALER'S eyes light up the moment I take my hat off. They zone in on my ample nose and polished forehead. He leans forward eagerly, munching
"There's plenty of it about," people say, which is little comfort when you've got two children off school with 'flu and you feel you may also be coming down with it. Being as much a part of life in Britain as the changeable weather, colds and 'flu are
THE gruesome double murder of two men in a central York flat has shocked the city. Detectives have appealed for the public's help in finding the killer or killers. Today, a drug support worker expressed his fear that the police may face a wall of silence
Can you get high festive style at rock bottom prices? JO HAYWOOD hits the high street and supermarkets with £60 to spend... Gwynie thinks Top Shop is a top shop, Madge is more Miss Selfridge than Mrs Ritchie and you just can't keep Kylie out of River
