Friday, May 13, 2005 100 years ago An outbreak of bubonic plague had been reported at Leith. It appeared that a labourer named John Hughes, residing in one of the poorer quarters of the town, was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital suffering
WE are a family of four including two teenage children. We already recycle all of our glass, cans, plastic bottles and garden rubbish, yet we still fill our wheelie bin every week. What more can we recycle? There's not much food waste because we have
IF the city council revises its refuse collection service to fortnightly this will increase the risk of rat infestation. The weekly collection was originally introduced to help combat such problems. The council should be thinking of ways of helping residents
RECYCLING... it's a doddle! Ten years ago I lived in West Yorkshire. When the new recycling scheme was introduced we were provided with a green wheelie-bin and a grey one. Into the green bin went paper, plastic, cardboard, tins and other recyclable materials
HERE in Hambleton District we have been using the black and green bins for the past two years and, so far, I have not had a problem with them. In the past we were a very hit and miss household when it came to recycling (normally after a boozy barbecue
The refuse collection system is diabolical, it seems refuse workers only want to do so much work. We have had to ring the refuse unit to complain our rubbish has been overlooked many times. Then we get a mouthful from collectors refusing to take it again
City of York Council's plans to reform waste collection deserves the full support of residents. We can't carry on as we are, throwing away huge quantities of recyclable waste every year. We are using far more than our fair share of the Earth's resources
THE proposal to cut rubbish collection to once a fortnight fills me with foreboding. Having seen the results of this in Kent, where rubbish builds up and people have big problems with overflowing bins, smells and other unwholesome effects of insufficient
I WISH like to clarify a few points about the payment of foster carers after your report 'Pay gap for city foster carers", (May 11). Comparisons between the payments given to foster carers by different authorities are extremely difficult in that they
ONCE again we have the moaners and groaners in the paper complaining about the development of Derwenthorpe (Letters, May 6). I just hope that once it is built they actually call it Disasterthorpe and move all the moaners into the development. Once again
IT was an All Too Beautiful afternoon on Knavesmire for former champion jockey Keiren Fallon as he rode three winners on the second day of York's opening meeting of the season. Fallon partnered All Too Beautiful to victory in the totepool Middleton Stakes
Johnny Murtagh, who scooped the major honours on Knavesmire yesterday when winning the Dante Stakes on Motivator - now the clear favourite for next month's Derby - can stay in the spotlight at Newbury tomorrow. He teams-up with Le Vie Dei Colori in the
OLD STAGER Quito is on course for a Royal Ascot double after scoring a memorable York Races triumph for Stillington trainer David Chapman. The eight-year-old gave a storming run under Tony Culhane on Knavesmire to win the Listed Bank Of Scotland Corporate
US Marine Sergeant Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) receives a gunshot to the head during active service in the Persian Gulf War and subsequently suffers debilitating bouts of shock-related amnesia. Unable to remain in the forces and without any relatives,
HOLD your horses, it's not that bad. That's the assurance from the Government for equestrian businesses in North Yorkshire, worried at the prospect of a new "manure tax". Race horse trainers and riding schools in the county have been kicking up a stink
A YEAR after Williams Investment Management LLP opened its doors for business it has appointed Robert Ash as senior partner. Mr Ash has now joined founding partners Duncan Williams and Denis Kaye. Duncan and Robert were partners at Cawood Smithie &
YORK'S first IT and digital convention takes place at York Racecourse next Thursday - and several companies from the York area will play a starring role. The event is a showcase for hi- tech companies and a chance for them to exchange ideas about topical
IT turned out to be a disastrous day both for Yorkshire and Michael Vaughan at Grace Road yesterday as Leicestershire dramatically turned the tables to put themselves firmly in charge of the Championship match. Play began with Yorkshire confidently expecting
SCORES more civil service jobs could be coming to York as MP Hugh Bayley continues to champion the city in Whitehall. The York MP said this week's announcement, that more than 100 jobs in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra
THE National Railway Museum (NRM) has scooped a prestigious award for its Save Our Scotsman campaign. The York-based attraction won the Museums and Heritage Show Award for Best Marketing Campaign during a special ceremony at the Caf Royal, in London.
A HEATWAVE looks to be on its way to North Yorkshire this summer - prompting the Government to publish a sun survival guide. The Met Office has predicted that temperatures in July and August will be above normal this summer. A spokesman said: "There will
A celebrity gardener visited Castle Howard to see his former mentor. When Alan Titchmarsh was a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, his guiding hand was John B E Simmons, the curator of the gardens at Kew from 1972 to 1995. Now in semi-retirement
A BIG crowd, estimated at more than 15,000, enjoyed York Racecourse's last big race before Royal Ascot arrives. Raceourse spokesman James Brennan said racegoers enjoyed warm sunshine as they watched favourite Motivator win the top race of the day, the
A BEGGAR found guilty of theft and breaching an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) by begging in York has been jailed for seven months. But Jeffrey John Ward immediately walked free from court because, having spent time in custody, he had already served
ASBESTOS has been found at another York swimming pool, the Evening Press can reveal today. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show council chiefs were alerted to the potentially dangerous substance in a "variety of locations" in the
IT turned out to be a disastrous day both for Yorkshire and Michael Vaughan at Grace Road yesterday as Leicestershire dramatically turned the tables to put themselves firmly in charge of the Championship match. Play began with Yorkshire confidently expecting
ONE-IN-FOUR pavements in York and North Yorkshire need repairing, according to new Government figures. The statistics are even worse for East Yorkshire, where more than 50 per cent of pavements are in need of repair. Councils across the region are struggling
YORK Cricket Club's longest-serving first-team player Greg How believes the current crop of players is the strongest since he arrived at Clifton Park in 1992. Australian bowler How celebrated his first Yorkshire League title with York last season at the
WOULD-be time travellers can now buy their very own version of Doctor Who's Tardis. Chris Thurstans, who runs Pond Cottage Antiques, at Stillington, near York, with his wife, Dianne, has made an almost exact replica of the doctor's famous police box,
THE "intelligent" rising bollard in York city centre has claimed another victim. The number six First bus collided with the Stonebow bollard when it apparently failed to go down at about 4.45pm yesterday. No one is believed to have been hurt in the incident
EMMERDALE'S Mandy Dingle, aka actress Lisa Riley, is to return to North Yorkshire in a steamy comedy - set in Harrogate's world famous Victorian Turkish Baths. The Baths have just undergone a £1m restoration and to celebrate, Harrogate Theatre is to use
NOW here's an opportunity not to be missed for Star Wars geeks. Headlining at The Other Side Comedy Club at City Screen on Sunday is ... one of the heads of the two-headed pod-race commentator from The Phantom Menace. Yes, that really was stand-up comic
YORK RI rugby union Under-18s came within five minutes of a perfect season but just missed out to Yorkshire Cup finalists and National Cup quarter-finalists Middlesbrough. The York side had been unbeaten in the North Yorkshire Challenge Competition South
POCKLINGTON RUFC completed their season at Percy Road with a 21st victory to regain the Roma Shield. A 29-5 triumph over the President's XV won back the trophy, which the visitors had held for the previous 12 months. Tries by Stuart Rowley, Graham Pickering
As our campaign gets under way to help York businesses get clean air, former Evening Press journalist Liz Todd, says she prefers life in a smoke-free New York. WHEN I moved from York to New York two years ago it took me a while to notice the clean air
A REJUVENATED product line-up, mixing many new models with some top selling favourites, has given Mitsubishi Motors UK a record first quarter sales result for 2005. To celebrate, the Japanese marque's 144 dealers are offering customers a selection of
Required for Jaguar Dealership. Please apply in writing with CV to: Girish Sonigra, Minster Jaguar, York, Clifton Moor Gate York YO30 4WR Updated: 11:32 Friday, May 13, 2005
This is an important post, in a rapidly expanding department. Candidates should be enthusiastic and well organised, with a good sense of humour, capable of inspiring musicians of all abilities. Initially, 2 days of teaching is available, although this
Huntington School, Huntington Road, York YO32 9WT. 11-18 Comprehensive School with Technology College status, 1488 pupils on roll, 267 in the Sixth Form. Teaching Assistant (term time only, 20-25 hours per week) £14,364 Level 2 pro rata (equates to £6,750
TO be honest, I was astonished that Tony Blair, the Met and the gang at MI6 failed to unleash a terrorism scare in the run up to last week's General Election. Doorstep polling before May 5 showed voters firmly believed the Prime Minister's most valuable
What happened to all those Minstermen released after relegation from the Football League 12 months ago? City reporter DAVE FLETT investigates. ALL but two of the 13 players released by York City last summer failed to find another job in professional football
As our campaign gets under way to help York businesses get clean air, former Evening Press journalist Liz Todd, says she prefers life in a smoke-free New York. WHEN I moved from York to New York two years ago it took me a while to notice the clean air
STEPHEN LEWIS discovers how to beat Derren Brown at his own game... IT HAS to be said that Dirk Bansch can't quite pull off that moody, mystical, messianic stare Derren Brown does so well. When Brown looks at you with his frightening eyes you can almost
WE need to look at the cause of so much rubbish - elaborate packaging, free newspapers, including the council's own publication, junk mail and brochures and even the Focus newsletter from the Lib-Dems pushed through our door uninvited. Tackle the problem
IF the council wants us to recycle as much waste as we can, they should pick up our recyclable items when they are suppose to. We have not had a pick-up since before Easter. The day for our refuse and recycling pick-up was delayed by a day during Easter
OUR garden rubbish recycle bin was delivered more than fortnight ago. Now we have Selby District Council threatening to issue fines if these bins, or any of the other three bins we have, are not correctly used. Our caring district council should be helping
CONGRATULATIONS on your admirable attempts to save York readers' lives, and to reopen to the non-smokers all the present "no go" areas which gave them pleasure (May 9). Some years ago I wrote this poem: Smokers Why build clubs for dancing, To play bingo
IT is interesting to read the AA's proposal to raise the speed limit to 80mph on motorways when suitable conditions exist ('Speed limit rise urged', May 9). Research on speed limits indicates drivers tend to over-estimate the safe driving speed, thinking
History was made in the York Stayers' Handicap yesterday on Knavesmire. The two-and-a-half-mile race was the first to be staged over the new track extension which gives the course a complete circuit as opposed to its previous horseshoe layout. A total
JOHNNY Murtagh left York today dreaming of a third win in the world's most famous race after Motivator maintained his unbeaten record with a stylish success in the totesport Dante Stakes. Sinndar in 2000 and High Chaparral two years later were both steered
KEEP your friends close, but your enemies closer. So say carefree temp Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez), the heroine of Robert Luketic's bloody battle of the sexes. Having almost given up on the search for Mr Right, Charlie falls madly in
YORK Cricket Club's longest-serving first-team player Greg How believes the current crop of players is the strongest since he arrived at Clifton Park in 1992. Australian bowler How celebrated his first Yorkshire League title with York last season at the
A SERIES of high-profile events geared towards providing Yorkshire with an imaginative and robust blueprint for economic success over the next decade kicks off in York next week. The first of five consultation events over 11 days to review the Regional
Suddenly Rufus Wainwright, son of famous parents, singer of the most ornate pop songs, is everywhere. He tells Charles Hutchinson about the growth of his baroque music and reveals how he was saved by Elton John. IF you want it enough, it will happen.
SINGER/songwriter Paul Brady, the man described by Bono as "the iron fist in the velvet glove of Irish music," has a hot date at York's Grand Opera House on Tuesday. With a new band - Sligo's James Blennerhasset on acoustic string bass, Liam Bradley from
YORK'S Martin Boyd and his Kid Boyd Band have become such firm favourites at the Keswick Jazz Festival that they are now booked to appear with high-calibre guest players. This weekend Martin's band will be sharing the stage at Keswick's Alhambra Cinema
A BIG crowd, estimated at more than 15,000, enjoyed York Racecourse's last big race before Royal Ascot arrives. Raceourse spokesman James Brennan said racegoers enjoyed warm sunshine as they watched favourite Motivator win the top race of the day, the
SCORES more civil service jobs could be coming to York as MP Hugh Bayley continues to champion the city in Whitehall. The York MP said this week's announcement, that more than 100 jobs in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra
HUNDREDS of young sports people were given their first taste of large-scale competition at the North Yorkshire Youth Games last weekend. Teams from the eight areas of North Yorkshire did battle in 19 events ranging from athletics and gymnastics to aquathon
OLD STAGER Quito is on course for a Royal Ascot double after scoring a memorable York Races triumph for Stillington trainer David Chapman. The eight-year-old gave a storming run under Tony Culhane on Knavesmire to win the Listed Bank Of Scotland Corporate
JOHNNY Murtagh left York today dreaming of a third win in the world's most famous race after Motivator maintained his unbeaten record with a stylish success in the totesport Dante Stakes. Sinndar in 2000 and High Chaparral two years later were both steered
The star of Mind Control and Trick of The Mind, Sance and Messiah is promising shocks, revelations and surprises on his 44-date British tour, although the content is under wraps. Magic, mind control and psychological illusion, psychology, suggestion and
WHAT mysteries lie in the past of the woman they call Lady Molly of Scotland Yard? Her faithful assistant Mary Granard has been sworn to secrecy and all they know at the London police HQ is that Lady Molly is the best psychologist of her day. With a mixture
Noel Coward's Hay Fever is built round a hellish weekend away in which bad behaviour abounds, reports Charles Hutchinson. DAMIAN Cruden has caught Hay Fever and he could not be happier. "I love it; I've always loved it, ever since seeing it at the Lyceum
Required to cover hols/sickness leave, 25 hours per week at Gale Farm Surgery. Apply in writing to: Mrs Heather Mapplebeck, Gale Farm Surgery 109-119 Front Street, Acomb, York YO24 3BU Closing date: 20th May, 2005. Updated: 11:27 Friday, May 13, 2005
Scott Road Medical Centre, Selby. Practice Nurse/Nurse Prescriber required (Grade G equivalent - salary dependent on experience). Up to 30 hours per week (plus holiday/sickness cover - job share potential Scott Road is a friendly, expanding and fully
Dr D M Whitcher and Dr M Potrykus, Receptionist/Administrator, 36 Hours per week (job share considered) £12,580 - £14,602 (pro rata). Tollerton Surgery is looking to recruit an additional member of staff to cover some reception duties and assist the Practice
York and District Citizens Advice Bureau is the lead bureau in delivering an Independent Complaints and Advocacy Service for the NHS, across the Yorkshire and Humberside region. There is a vacancy for the post of Regional Support Worker in this service
WHAT goes up must come down is a useful rule - until applied to the Stonebow bollard in York. This hi-tech traffic measure makes a habit of going wrong. Sometimes it is shy and won't come out of its hole and at other times it stands proud and refuses
BISHOPTHORPE completed a league and cup double by beating Easingwold Town 3-1 in the York FA Acaster Steel Cup final. Matthew Goddard gave Town a surprise lead after he ran on to a through ball from a free kick and shot past the advancing Bishopthorpe
YORK council's plan to change the rubbish collection from weekly to fortnightly has caused a right stink, as one whiff of our letters pages confirms. But do our waste disposal services really need reform? It is a question prompted by a letter received
