THE Evening Press article speculating that jumbo jets would use Elvington airfield if planning permission for two large hangars is given was interesting. I presume this means all very large aircraft - Boeing 777, Airbus A340, for example. The only jumbos
IN reply to some of the comments made about Elvington Airfield, I remind Len Cruddas that all three local airports at Leeds/Bradford, Humberside and Doncaster have excellent links to Heathrow and Amsterdam, both of which are major worldwide hubs. When
MY niece has recently been suffering with a dental problem which caused her severe pain for about two weeks. She phoned numerous dental surgeries, health clinics and emergency health clinics and eventually got through to one emergency clinic in Monkgate
J HARRISON supports teachers' opposition to the Bootham sex shop on the grounds that they should be trying to "instil proper moral values" into their pupils (Letters, March 8). Whether you believe trading merchandise related to human sexual activity is
FINANCIAL director Terry Doyle has handed back his 100 shares in Bootham Crescent Holdings to the football club and York City's board are calling on all minority shareholders to follow suit. Doyle's gesture matches the undertaking previously made by former
YORK Acorn ARLC have become entangled in a controversy over alleged incorrect names on a team sheet. The club's 'A' team allegedly did not field the side named on their team sheet for the Pennine League Andrew Bennett Memorial Trophy quarter-final victory
HEWORTH have labelled Saturday's game at home to Millom as crucial to their battle to avoid the re-election zone. The Villagers go into the game fourth from bottom of the National Conference League division two but they are only one point above the bottom
York is about to emerge from the dark ages. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on exciting new projects to bring light and life to the city centre. GO into York city centre tomorrow night and you could find yourself dancing in the streets as part of a living light
THIS topic may seem so last week, but stick with it. There is still much to think and say about the long-running soap that is the relationship between the Government and the BBC. First, before looking at the details - only a few, because these things
THE metamorphosis into a Caledonia-tinged REM circa 1990 continues unabated. The yawning gulf between the wild punk thrash of debut Captain and the classic folk-rock shimmer of Warnings/Promises may echo from the smoky diners of Athens, Georgia, to rowdy
ONE reunion after 11 years has been garnering the headlines, and it isn't the House Of Love. More excitement surrounds Suede's Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler forming The Tears, but Guy Chadwick making up with Terry Bickers is no less welcome and far
Paris DJ and producer Laurent Garnier is an internationally-renowned master blender of techno and house. His fourth studio album finds him eschewing his signature peak-hour beats and dancefloor rhythms for ambient sounds, with occasional rock and jazz
A lot of bad blood between Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith had to be purified to make Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. The parting of their ways over 12 years ago was especially vitriolic. Hardcore fans have been speculating on the arrival of these new recordings
DOZENS of small business representatives will gather near York this month to plot their battle against rising crime against small enterprises. Leaders and members of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Britain's biggest business representative body
RAPIDLY expanding York Cleaning Angels has won a contract to provide the office cleaning for Combined Insurance's training centre on Clifton Moor. York Cleaning Angels were formed 18 months ago by Diane Potter and Shaun Canner and from an office in Rawcliffe
The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has welcomed conservation students from nine countries. The firm, based at Alne, near Easingwold, opened its doors to students on the one-year Historic Buildings Conservation MA course at King's Manor, University
Lancastrian Jet can strike a blow for the 'golden oldies' at Sandown tomorrow by landing the prestigious Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Memorial Hunters' Chase as a 14-year-old. The evergreen performer, trained by Henry Daly, will bid to provide amateur
THE fight against crime will be taken to residents' doorsteps in every area of York - by a new £50,000 mobile police station. The city's crime-busting group, Safer York Partnership (SYP), has unveiled a 7.5 tonne community vehicle that will take policing
WITH its green, red and black fascia - considered "garish" by City of York Council, city pub Rumours generated a major headache - and a lengthy appeal battle - for planners. Now, fewer than 18 months after the owners of the Micklegate nightspot finally
YORK won the Yorkshire Double Rinks Indoor Bowls Championship for the first time since 1992 by beating close rivals Featherstone 31-21 in the final at New Earswick. David Stroughair's York rink beat Tony Horobin's 16-6 after winning seven of the first
HEALTH officials said today there have been no further cases of meningitis in York since a student was admitted to hospital on Saturday with a suspected case of the killer bug. A York Hospital spokeswoman said student James Flinders was today in a "comfortable
COACH Mick Cook may have an injury crisis looming ahead of York City Knights' banana skin Powergen Challenge Cup tie against the amateurs from Elland. There was good news surrounding utility player Jonny Liddell, whose injury is not now believed to be
A MOTHER and her daughter died and a baby was today fighting for his life in hospital after a horror road crash in East Yorkshire. Double tragedy struck on the A1079 near Pocklington, when a car left a dual carriageway and careered into a tree. As a probe
RESTAURATEURS who lost trade when evening parking was banned in their York street called today for the restrictions to be lifted without delay. They said Fossgate, with many restaurants, was one of the worst affected streets when new yellow lines were
FROM Blakey and Butler to Cliff Richard in Summer Holiday, buses have long been condemned as the least glamorous form of transport. That could all change with the arrival of FirstGroup's space-age vehicle. The purple people carrier could herald a new
LEEPER Hare York and District Football League Reserve A leaders Dringhouses had to wait until ten minutes from time before snatching victory at Kartiers. Wayne Carter, with his ninth goal of the season, finished a move down the right to keep Dringhouses
OF all the blockbuster Tim Rice musicals, why would 24-year-old Callum O'Connell choose to make his directorial debut with Chess? What does it have the others don't? High-octane action? You gotta be kidding! It's about two guys playing chess! Accessibility
EVERYONE and his wife has seen fit to comment on the proposal for a rising bollard to stop "rat-running" along Straylands Grove in York. But one resident of a street which would benefit from the traffic calming proposal has remained silent. Until now.
ANY resemblance to tonight's company is purely coincidental, says director John White with an exclamation mark. Therein lies the joy of Alan Ayckbourn's ribbing of the dangerous, claustrophobic world of amateur dramatics, a world that should carry the
THE famous Terry's factory buildings have been saved as a key York landmark for the 21st century. The Government has listed five older buildings, including the distinctive clock tower and offices, effectively protecting them from demolition after the
LEN Cruddas, chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce, fails to make a valid argument in favour of converting Elvington Airfield into an airport (March 7). He argues that Manchester Airport is too far away by train. Manchester Airport is not, however
WHY not have commercial air flights from Elvington? Air travellers would save time and money flying from Elvington to London Heathrow or Gatwick airports. People going on holiday overseas would be more refreshed for not having to travel by car or rail
Thursday, March 10, 2005 100 years ago: Bridlington had entered into full possession of its new electric lighting works, and the town in the evening was lit up with the new form of illumination. The opening ceremony was performed by the Mayor, who had
LEN Cruddas is right about people losing the will to live travelling on the rail link between Manchester Airport and York. Considering that many of the passengers travelling to and from the terminal at the airport are loaded up to the gunnels with suitcases
LAST month, a group of four men with a large trailer-mounted machine were cleaning the pavement at the south end of St Andrewgate. They were the gumbusters. They were working for more than an hour and cleaned about 60 metres of pavement. All the time
YOU report that one in ten young people in York spend their days doing nothing (March 4). The solution? Get them out salting the pavements in bad weather, and doing other jobs that cost the council a fortune. On the same night you reported a £180,000
I WAS saddened to read that York councillors unanimously approved a new sex shop in Bootham. Their excuses "women use it", "it won't be open to the under 18s", and so on are not very convincing. The man behind Darker Enterprises (an appropriate name in
FOR many years the House of Lords has been under attack because the members, although British, are not elected. The same snipers are frantically trying to ensure Britain stays in the European Union which has a totally unelected ruling elite, almost all
ENJOY these songs while you can, because before long they may annoy the hell out of you. In terms of sheer catchiness, there are many potential singles among Employment's 12 tracks, and that is no mean feat. But many become too annoying on repeated listens
THE New Orleans veterans make their first recording since 1999, with Aaron, Art, Charles and Cyril being joined by two of the next generation, Ivan and Ian. What a lot of Nevilles. The walking stick on the cover suggests that the original boys are getting
CRAZY Detroit combo Electric Six are back with a record which shows they are much more than a novelty act. The follow-up to the surprisingly successful debut Fire, Senor Smoke is another 15 tracks of chaos - but superior. A brilliant cover of Queen's
A MULTI-million pound fund has been launched to help boost business across North Yorkshire and the east coast. The Partnership Investment Finance (PIF) is the driving force behind the fund, which aims to invest £37 million in small to medium-sized businesses
THESE visiting tour operators swapped the Great Wall of China for the great city walls of York. The 22 Chinese tour operators visited the major sights of York and vowed: "We'll be back with thousands more from our country." Kay Hyde, spokesperson for
A groundbreaking trial designed to cure high levels of absenteeism has triggered claims that York council staff feel "harassed" to return to work. City of York Council will be asked on Monday to extend the life of the sickness absentee pilot, which has
RESTAURATEURS who lost trade when evening parking was banned in their York street called today for the restrictions to be lifted without delay. They said Fossgate, with many restaurants, was one of the worst affected streets when new yellow lines were
A PROMISE of vacuuming while wearing only boxer shorts and a male escort service were some of the cheeky lots auctioned at a Ryedale pub to raise more than £5,500 for survivors of the Asian tsunami. Organiser Richard Murray-Wells said the event at his
GRIDLOCKED streets around a York school could be eased if councillors give a congestion-busting new access road the thumbs-up. St Peter's School, in Clifton, wants to build a new road on its campus to help reduce the traffic caused by children travelling
CALLS for a memorial to victims of York's asbestos timebomb have won backing from York MP Hugh Bayley and a leading asbestos campaigner. The MP has praised the proposal as a "very, very good idea", while union secretary and former carriageworks employee
LEEPER Hare York and District Football League Reserve A leaders Dringhouses had to wait until ten minutes from time before snatching victory at Kartiers. Wayne Carter, with his ninth goal of the season, finished a move down the right to keep Dringhouses
FOUR householders had a narrow escape today when a car skidded off a York road and ploughed into two houses. Police were called to Wetherby Road, Rufforth, after the dramatic crash at 7.15am. Officers at the scene said a red Vauxhall Corsa left the road
A GLITZY ceremony today heralded the launch of a new 21st century bus - which will soon be seen out and about on the streets of York. FirstGroup launched its innovative StreetCar today, promising that "the future of travel has arrived". The vehicle, which
HEWORTH have labelled Saturday's game at home to Millom as crucial to their battle to avoid the re-election zone. The Villagers go into the game fourth from bottom of the National Conference League division two but they are only one point above the bottom
FINANCIAL director Terry Doyle has handed back his 100 shares in Bootham Crescent Holdings to the football club and York City's board are calling on all minority shareholders to follow suit. Doyle's gesture matches the undertaking previously made by former
THE famous Terry's factory buildings have been saved as a key York landmark for the 21st century. The Government has listed five older buildings, including the distinctive clock tower and offices, effectively protecting them from demolition after the
COACH Mick Cook may have an injury crisis looming ahead of York City Knights' banana skin Powergen Challenge Cup tie against the amateurs from Elland. There was good news surrounding utility player Jonny Liddell, whose injury is not now believed to be
EASINGWOLD will play Bishopthorpe in the final of the York FA Acaster Steel Cup after two thrilling Under-12 semi-finals. Easingwold just edged out Pocklington, scoring from the spot through Spencer Brown after Matthew Goddard was brought down. Hoggard
POCKLINGTON recovered from a poor start in their York FA Intermediate Minor Under 14 Cup semi-final against Strensall to storm home 6-1. Strensall took a second minute lead with a Chris Leedham penalty, but Pock hit back with goals from Nathan Hinds (
