DOCTORS and nurses in York faced their busiest Christmas this year after a festive surge of patients to the city's hospital and walk-in centre. Staff at York Hospital's accident and emergency department (A&E) usually see a drop in the number of emergency
For the crowds kept outside the station foyer, spilling over into the taxi ranks at York Railway Station, the confused frustration was growing. It was clear that not even the GNER men in uniform assigned to keep guard on the door knew quite what was going
ARMED police brought York railway station to a standstill for almost three hours as the hunt for Britain's most wanted man moved to the city. Thousands of passengers were stranded in freezing weather and packed trains were halted on the tracks last night
POLICE today arrested the man they had named as their chief suspect in the hunt for the killer of West Yorkshire constable Ian Broadhurst. Northumbria police detained American bouncer Nathan Coleman after a tip-off from the public, making the arrest in
Down at the dog warden service, a telephone is ringing. Receptionist: Hello, canine control operatives, in what may we be of service to you today? Caller (tearful): Oh, hello dear, I really hope you can help me... you see, I'm afraid I've lost my dog.
A FREE Information Technol-ogy (IT) training programme is being provided for smaller-scale businesses in parts of North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire County Council's continuing education unit has been delivering the programme to micro-businesses in Hambleton
IN response to your coverage of the incident of the car sliding into the Ouse at South Esplanade (December 23, pictured right), it was interesting observing the glee which greeted the announcement that the car was a Jaguar, and could have cost up to £70,000
I TAKE great exception to Frank Cartin saying don't close the pubs, close York FC football ground, (Letters December 16). I don't hear him complain when the races are on in city. No, it seems to me Mr Cartin and certain other businesses in York only care
MY wife and I totally agree with Jeremy Banyard's letter "Council tax bungle" (December 12). We too have decided to not pay our increase in the police precept and shall only pay an inflation rate increase to City of York Council. It is about time like-minded
WHEN 2004 arrives just after midnight tonight I hope people will resolve to refrain from saying the following: 1. "I may be talking out of turn here, but ..." You guess they are about to deliver a stinging knockout verbal punch to send you reeling and
A MAN whose work has been to "encapsulate beauty in this rather ugly world" is celebrating today after being made an MBE in the New Year's Honours List. George Smith, 69, of Heslington, York, has gained his award for his services to flower arranging.
HULL Kingston Rovers are set to bring their full first-team squad - and a bumper contingent of fans - to Huntington Stadium on Sunday as the Robins pay their own tribute to York City Knights star Rich Hayes. The 33-year-old York rugby league legend spent
Matt produces the funniest topical cartoons in Britain today. They are simple drawings with brilliant one-liner captions. But that's the problem with putting topical pocket cartoons into books. They are old news. When I was in my teens the leading pocket
ROWNTREE men's team are finding the going tough in division one of York and District Badminton League. Recently they lost 4-5 at home to University Students 'A' and then 3-6 away to Shepherds 'A'. Philip Pap and Manik Chakaravarti starred for the students
YORK had the upper edge against Hull 'A' in the Top Ten Tournament beating them 86-64 on aggregate thanks to the pairing of Iain Boyle and Graham Instone. They had a brilliant start, leading 16-0 after eight ends, and only lost two ends as they strolled
The Ouse had been carrying nearly six feet of flood water over the festive period, so it was with some relief that competitors in Sunday's York Winter League were faced with less than a yard of additional water. The freezing night temperatures did little
A tireless York youth volunteer who has spent more than half of a century introducing youngsters to life on the water has been recognised by The Queen in her New Year Honours list. Cecil "Tug" Wilson, who also celebrated his 81st birthday today, has been
FIRST York bus company has provided York City Knights with a "marvellous Christmas present" by offering free buses for fans travelling to home games next season. The free bus service taking supporters to and from different areas of the city to matches
Crime dominated the headlines in the second part of 2003, as CHRIS TITLEY recalls in the concluding part of our review of the year. JULY Former council leader Rod Hills is found dead in a house in Chapeltown, Leeds, days after rejecting an offer to make
I TAKE great exception to Frank Cartin saying don't close the pubs, close York FC football ground, (Letters December 16). I don't hear him complain when the races are on in city. No, it seems to me Mr Cartin and certain other businesses in York only care
WHILE you're downing your 15th pint of fortified wine this evening, seeing in the New Year with typical English sophistication, spare a thought for the workers. We're not talking about the police and nurses, but the real toilers at this time of year.
A NEW Year's Eve threat made by a York company to pull out of a deal to bring jobs to the former Thrall Carriageworks site has been called off - for the time being. Holgate Rail Industries (HRI) has agreed to more time to settle a dispute over a five-acre
Former York City manager Terry Dolan could be in line to return as manager of Rochdale - ironically with a little help from the Minstermen. Dale's manager of the last seven months, Alan Buckley, has left the Spotland club by 'mutual consent' in the wake
YORK City boss Chris Brass expects to choose from a virtually fully-fit squad when his side return from their two-week break. Brass believes that only Leigh Wood will be out of action when City entertain bottom club Carlisle United on January 10 with
I WISH to reply to the comments (December 12) about making the city centre foot-streets only, and my suggestion for a special vehicle for the disabled and elderly. In response to the comments made by Mr Watson, I agree I am not reliant on a wheelchair
IN response to F T Smith's comments about BT, (Letters, December 5), if the company thought that if it ignored me I would go away, it was very much mistaken. As a result the eyesore telegraph pole was relocated on December 13. Sorry F T Smith of Haxby
READING CR Duckels' letter about waterways and facilities (December 22), I am sure David Heigh of York leisure services is aware of the situation. I recently received the CVS newsletter and read that a centre to do with waterways is to be discussed. The
THE Grand Opera House pantomime has only three days to go before Jack And The Beanstalk becomes a has-bean. Simon Barry's production completes its run in York on Sunday, when Tonicha Jeronimo will bow out of theatre to take up a new career as she waves
HIGH-FLYING Easingwold School's football team have earned their stripes. They have been given a new strip by RAF Linton-on-Ouse to reflect the increasingly close links between the camp and the school during 2003. Kits were presented to first X1 captain
A POLICE chief has warned that officers will crack down on drunken and antisocial behaviour in York as revellers celebrate the New Year tonight. York Police operations commander Superintendent Alison Higgins said officers will be looking out for revellers
STEPHEN LEWIS welcomes the discovery of a nine-book pile of fresh crime-writing talent. CRIME novelists are a bit like buses, says Jane Wood. No good new authors come along for months then suddenly a log-jam of them arrives together. Hence Orion books
FIRST York bus company has provided York City Knights with a "marvellous Christmas present" by offering free buses for fans travelling to home games next season. The free bus service taking supporters to and from different areas of the city to matches
Reprinted for the first time in softback, this is the story of Albert, the saddest polar bear ever. All the toys in Mr Jolly's toy shop try to cheer him up and make him smile. But nothing works until Sally the Hippo accidentally falls over and kisses
A DISABLED York pensioner has been left stranded, after his motorised bicycle was stolen while he enjoyed a Christmas drink. The specially-adapted bike was stolen while Harry Walker, 87, who lives in Burlington Avenue, Tang Hall, was visiting Tang Hall
SICK thieves stole a nine-year-old girl's mobile phone as she lay bleeding in the street after a road accident in York. Clifton Without Primary School pupil Faye Sellers was crossing Water Lane to reach her home in Elston Close when the accident happened
YORK City boss Chris Brass expects to choose from a virtually fully-fit squad when his side return from their two-week break. Brass believes that only Leigh Wood will be out of action when City entertain bottom club Carlisle United on January 10 with
FORGET the Whitehall Sir Humphreys who collect gongs with the regularity that the rest of us receive gas bills. There are some extraordinary people on the New Year's Honours List who deserve their awards as much as they will cherish them. People such
IT is set to be another busy New Year's Eve in city and county, as revellers pack Yorkshire's pubs and bars to welcome 2004. If you are going out, please heed the police's plea: have a great night without spoiling it for others. This has been a year of
