DO the planners really know what they are doing regarding their proposed measures for the York/Ascot meeting? The closure of Tadcaster Road to out-of-town traffic from 11am until 2pm seems odd. Extra traffic will be travelling into the city, not out.
PROMOTION is back on the agenda at York City Knights after Sunday's rousing win over Barrow. Knights' chief executive Steve Ferres says that getting into National League One remains the main target of the season -- and thanked the dedicated Knights fans
DO the planners really know what they are doing regarding their proposed measures for the York/Ascot meeting? The closure of Tadcaster Road to out-of-town traffic from 11am until 2pm seems odd. Extra traffic will be travelling into the city, not out.
AS organiser of the Roman Festival I am again grateful to the many who helped make this year's event such a great success. The list is so long it would fill the entire letters page, and if I were to try I would undoubtedly miss someone out (as I did on
I THANK Mr Acomb for the ideas he put forward in his letter ('What a perfect site', July 27). The council is indeed aware that the 20 or so buildings it occupies (though it doesn't own them all) in the city are not best suited to the provision of good
THE RSPCA want new powers on animal welfare (July 28). The RSPCA has sufficient powers already at their disposal and are only seeking to further their already high profile by wanting to prosecute people before an offence has been committed. The RSPCA
AS a lifelong wildlife enthusiast and keen birdwatcher, I am pleased to say that this year seems to mark a definite upturn in the numbers of birds of prey in the York area. A guided tour of the Harewood estate in March was rewarded with dozens of red
THE Diary was interested to read in an article in the national press claiming that a diner would need to walk 9 miles to burn off the calories of a Big Mac Meal. In the past few days we have been trying out a new health gizmo - courtesy of McDonald's.
They say a week is a long time in sport and the past week certainly has been that at the Knights. After what has obviously been a poor month, we felt that changes were needed for a multitude of reasons, but the comings and goings of last week, even took
WHO says there is no such thing as a money tree? More than £500,000 worth of orders have poured in over just three days for luxury tree houses being marketed by a York entrepreneur. Simon Aldrich, co-founder of the Osbaldwick-based £4 million turnover
WE have been here before. Campaigners claim that RAF Fylingdales is to be upgraded for use in a new US weapons system. Yet official British channels airily dismiss this by saying America knows what it is doing. Why should we believe them? For years it
MARK Stratford popped round with his mother's shopping the other day. Nothing unusual in that - many a caring son is only too delighted to run errands for his dear old mum. But Mark travelled thousands of miles from Canada to take Mrs Stratford's groceries
IT is 40 years since a little lad called Charlie Bucket first found his dreams coming true as he walked through the gates of Willy Wonka's legendary chocolate factory. In the years since, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has become one of the most famous
SOME children's books you never forget. You read them again and again at that age when your mind is just forming, and they become part of who you are. For any child lucky enough to be given a copy of Helen Ward's retelling of Aesop's Fables, this could
SIMON Bartram's previous book, Bob, Man On The Moon, was shortlisted for an award. It turns out Bob's cousin Dougal is the adventurous type too, and if there is any justice his underwater odyssey will bag Bartram a prize. From the dedication: "For my
VETERAN children's author Colin McNaughton has invented a cow family, the Butterfields. This book tells how daughter Cushie paints her face in all manner of bright colours to feign illness and stay off school. The pictures are as cheerily brash as that
FOR her last book, Harrogate author Julia Clarke took her experience of living through foot and mouth and turned it into a gripping novel for teenagers. Set on a Pennine farm in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, You Lose Some, You Win Some was
HEALTH chiefs linked to York-Hull Medical School have scooped £1.5 million of Government cash to carry out research. The extra investment will allow the school's NHS partners to set up research facilities, attract world-class researchers and carry out
SCHOOLCHILDREN are being helped to stand up to bullies with a summer campaign. Anti-bullying competition winner Lauren Ramsey yesterday saw her own design blown up and splashed over York's buses as part of an extended campaign to support victims of bullying
YORK schools are among the worst funded in England, new figures have revealed. City of York Council, the local education authority, received only £3,270 per pupil from the Government last year. Only four local education authorities (LEAs) fared worse
YORK CITY player-manager Chris Brass felt last night's 1-1 draw with Leeds United marked another step in his new team's progression towards readiness for the forthcoming Conference campaign. He admitted that the line-up against Leeds could bear a very
Mrs Moh, who ran a fine race in defeat at York 12 days ago, heads to the other side of the Pennines tomorrow with excellent prospects of gaining her second success of the campaign. Tim Easterby's filly goes to Haydock for the Diane Murphy 40th Birthday
MATTHEW WOODCOCK examines the contradictory personality of James Glenton, who yesterday admitted causing a York bus crash in which a passenger died. AS a fresh-faced 11-year-old James Glenton was one of a "Famous Five" gang of schoolboys who helped convict
PLANS have been revealed to purchase York's first mobile skate park - to be used by young people across the city. The news comes after plans to rebuild a York skate park hit the downhill slide over a failure to find a new site. Now City of York Council
SPIRALLING debts led a York couple to falsely claim £27,000 of benefits. York Crown Court heard that David and Jane Waistle, of Dane Avenue, Acomb, were driven by panic over rent arrears and debt collectors when they set out to make false claims. Diana
CONTROVERSIAL York parking charges have been defended - because they could help in the battle to save the environment. Christian Vassie, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Wheldrake, said the real issue behind the charges was not council funding, but
CHARITIES, voluntary workers and street entertainers in York could be spared evening parking charges. The idea was mooted yesterday by council leader Steve Galloway as a review continues into the city's controversial new parking charges and yellow lines
TROUBLED classic steam locomotive Flying Scotsman is being helped out - by Prince William. The historic engine, which is based at the National Railway Museum after a fundraising campaign, is still making regular trips between York and Scarborough. But
PROMOTION is back on the agenda at York City Knights after Sunday's rousing win over Barrow. Knights' chief executive Steve Ferres says that getting into National League One remains the main target of the season -- and thanked the dedicated Knights fans
A SHOCKED widow had a birthday to remember when her son jetted in from Canada with her weekly shop. Vera Stratford, 80, depends on son Mark to buy her groceries on the internet from his home 7,000 miles away in Toronto. The Wheldrake pensioner has battled
CHRIS Brass has challenged Turkish youth international Lev Yalcin to prove he is worth a first-team starting place before the start of the new season. Yalcin impressed in last night's 1-1 friendly draw against Leeds United after coming on as a 29th-minute
York City's pre-season friendly with Newcastle United at Bootham Crescent on Friday night was this afternoon called off. The Magpies pulled out of the game because of an eye infection which is spreading throughout their squad. Newcastle have closed their
YORK City's gradual pre-season improvement continued with a well-earned 1-1 draw against Leeds United Reserves at Bootham Crescent last night. Summer signing Andy Bishop grabbed his first goal in Minstermen colours to give the home side a first half lead
"COUNCILLOR" Mike Laycock's restaurant review (July 31) shows clearly that his parking campaign is just a soupcon of gourmet scaremongering. Leaving aside the selfish people who were not only parking illegally in Duncombe Place but depriving disabled
CHARITIES, voluntary workers and street entertainers in York could be spared evening parking charges. The idea was mooted yesterday by council leader Steve Galloway as a review continues into the city's controversial new parking charges and yellow lines
CONTROVERSIAL York parking charges have been defended - because they could help in the battle to save the environment. Christian Vassie, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Wheldrake, said the real issue behind the charges was not council funding, but
"COUNCILLOR" Mike Laycock's restaurant review (July 31) shows clearly that his parking campaign is just a soupcon of gourmet scaremongering. Leaving aside the selfish people who were not only parking illegally in Duncombe Place but depriving disabled
NOT content with planning to close a public right of way, St Peter's School also blocked public pavements with A-boards to direct traffic going to their playing fields. The same fields which York residents helped pay for with an interest-free loan of
I THOUGHT York was supposed to be reliant on tourism, yet I took two overseas friends out for lunch and was appalled by the "service" we received at the Punch Bowl Inn, Stonegate. When I ordered steak pie, I was asked if I preferred mashed potatoes or
FOR the second time you reported that City of York Council had sent 12,000 reminder letters to residents who had "failed to keep up their payments in the last 12 months." I think you will find that a large percentage of these owed not one penny. I believe
TRADING standards at York said today they were dealing with hundreds of complaints against a Canadian company operating a till roll sales business. As reported last month, a dozen complaints came from businesses in Greater York, but now the York trading
With the subtitle 'My Daddy Is The Best In the Universe', this is a must-buy present for dad's birthday. Jobling is the author of the hugely successful Bob The Builder series and the charming Dinosaurs After Dark. His artwork is bright and bold, and his
The days when you could be passed over for promotion or sacked simply because of your age are coming to an end. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. KEN Curry didn't suddenly become a different person the moment he retired as master of the 110,000 tonne Millennium
DEMAND for more York placements for children with special educational needs has prompted City of York Council to defend its work. Councillors want to send out a clear message that new residential schools are not always the best option for youngsters in
York City's pre-season friendly with Newcastle United at Bootham Crescent on Friday night was this afternoon called off. The Magpies pulled out of the game because of an eye infection which is spreading throughout their squad. Newcastle have closed their
CHRIS Brass has challenged Turkish youth international Lev Yalcin to prove he is worth a first-team starting place before the start of the new season. Yalcin impressed in last night's 1-1 friendly draw against Leeds United after coming on as a 29th-minute
POLICE targeting car tax dodgers in York arrested six people for a range of offences - including a 15-year-old boy who was caught at the wheel of a Ford Escort. The youth was netted during a joint police and DVLA operation in Tang Hall where officers
INSURANCE group Aviva, parent company of York-based Norwich Union Life, today unveiled a 37 per cent rise in half-year profits. The figures prompted criticism from a union leader over the company's latest round of job cuts. Karen Reay, lead officer within
YORK Railway Institute veered off the track when they met an unstoppable force in Jean Baker's Blackwell, Derbyshire team in a National Express Women's English Fours Championship bowls clash at Royal Leamington Spa last night. Pat Wilson and her RI clubmates
ONE of the world's most feared squash names has been snapped up by IT Sports Wigginton for the forthcoming season. World number three Thierry Lincou will star for the York side as they aim to get back in the winning habit in the Yorkshire Premier League
FOUR York workers who raced to the side of a fatally injured elderly woman when she was attacked by a bag snatcher have been commended for their deeds. Paul Harrison was joined by three colleagues from TICS railway signalling company when he saw drug
YORK CITY player-manager Chris Brass felt last night's 1-1 draw with Leeds United marked another step in his new team's progression towards readiness for the forthcoming Conference campaign. He admitted that the line-up against Leeds could bear a very
CONTROVERSIAL visitor charges to York Minster have brought in £1.5million during the past year. Senior church staff revealed that the fees have boosted the cathedral's coffers by £300,000 more than the amount of donations made last year. Tourists were
FRIENDS of York bus crash victim Mohamed Eltahtawy fear they may never know the full truth of what happened the night he died. Those who knew the popular Egyptian welcomed the decision by James Christopher Glenton, 21, to admit causing his death and called
WHAT a relief it is to learn that Halle Berry and Sharon Stone will forever be safe from the surgeon's knife. Despite their advanced age and obvious decrepitude, the plucky stars of the new movie Catwoman have both taken advantage of the film's British
