Wednesday, May 18, 2005 100 years ago At the York Police Court, James Harrison, a labourer, of 11 Tanner Row admitted stealing eight stones of bones from a field near New Walk, the property of Harry Armstrong. Sergeant Barn said that he was going home
IAN Millward will be missed in British rugby league if he doesn't get another job over here and returns to Australia. I'm not 100 per cent sure what's happened as regards his sacking by St Helens, which was confirmed last week, though there's quite a
AFTER reading the report on buses ('Pushchair halts city centre bus, May 11), I say passengers need help, but drivers have enough on their plates. First bus bosses should re-introduce bus conductors. It would give all passengers confidence and I'm sure
SO bus passenger Wendy Saint thought she could do as she liked on the bus with her buggy, for which she is not charged. It does not matter that she is inconveniencing other passengers. It's about time First put a notice on all the buses stating only two
After your front page report on waste ('Dumped', May 10), I believe recycling is given a bad press. The idea of reducing the refuse collections is a good one, and should help encourage recycling. The idea that recycling is a "massive struggle" is an exaggeration
I AM trying to contact a person who lived at Goland Cottages, Haxby, some years ago. There is no doubt her name has changed by now. I do not know if any of her family still lives there Their name was Woods and her name was Barbara. I met her in Devon,
A NUMBER of spoons and forks have recently come into my possession. On the face of the tang, they are embossed: "The County Live Stock Insurance Association Limited. Est 1896". On the reverse there is an engraving: "Presented by the Farmers' Insurance
ISN'T it about time the powers that be realised that men such as David Lutz Ward will always be a danger to little children? Men like him do not deserve a reduction in sentence for admitting his crime (May 5). Of course he admitted his offence, to him
Following the announcement that Kylie Minogue has breast cancer, STEPHEN LEWIS and Jo Haywood look at what she faces in her battle against the disease. Kylie Minogue's courage in facing up to breast cancer will have won the tiny pop star much admiration
PUPILS, staff and parents at a York nursery are celebrating a glowing Ofsted report. Inspectors found that Cherry Tree Nursery, at Hobmoor Primary School, Acomb, provided a good quality of nursery education overall. The report says: "Children make very
YORK Under-11s footballers pulled off a league and cup double as they defeated Sheffield in the Green 'Un Cup. After last week's disappointing defeat against Hull in the Yorkshire Cup Final, York bounced back to defeat their South Yorkshire rivals 2-1
Johnny Murtagh, the triple Derby-winning jockey who was on the mark at Beverley yesterday, can play a starring role at Goodwood tomorrow. Murtagh, who gained an odds-on victory aboard Karliyna yesterday, will ride Colisay in the £30,000 Peters Fairline
City of York Hockey Club Under-11 girls finished in fifth place overall in the National Mini-Hockey Championships at Highfield in Nottingham. The squad, who comprised, Rebecca Wootton, Emma Burton, Amber Moorcroft, Lauren Boddison, Rebecca Rankin, Charlotte
PLANS are in hand to try to build on the success of Fulford School Under-16s basketball team. They reached the English Schools' National 'B' competition final at Nottingham recently and, to help the boys' progress, a Fulford men's team is to play in the
THE biggest Evening Press's Business Awards will be staged this year, with two major new accolades to be won. With 14 categories to enter there is plenty to choose from for firms of all shapes and sizes. The latest awards include Large Business Of The
Apparently, Bob Dylan's a fan, and you know I ain't about to argue with Bob. Like Dylan's 1966 masterpiece Blonde On Blonde, Irish singer-songwriter Paul Brady's current album, Say What You Feel, was recorded with top session guys in Nashville, with Brady
A DEVASTATED mum told today how she trusted David Lutz Ward to babysit her children - with no idea he was running one of the world's vilest child Internet porn rings. The 33-year-old was speaking out about her former close friend to make an impassioned
YORK Crematorium will suspend funeral services for three hours a day during Royal Ascot, to ensure corteges are not stuck in raceday traffic jams. City of York Council says it is planning a break in funeral services between noon and 3pm, when traffic
ARMED combat is to come to an end for York's Rob Thomas - but not before a final crack at ruling the world. The judo ace is aiming for a Canada high as he seeks to make one last assault on the World Masters championships in summer. The event in the Canadian
CITY of York Council has come bottom of a regional league table, after failing to collect council house rents worth more than £1.15 million. The study by the GMB union found that the authority did not collect 6.26 per cent of the rents due from council
A bankrupt butcher who was jailed for setting up bogus companies in the name of characters from the TV series The Simpsons and dishonestly claiming £292,000 in VAT "repayments" has failed to have his jail term cut. Shaun David Stockhill, 35, of Durlstone
PLANS for a York pub to stay open until the early hours have prompted protests from local residents. Certificate 18, a live music venue on Gillygate, has applied to City of York Council for permission to remain open until 2am on Thursdays, Fridays and
Keith Mitchell topped the York Amalgamation contest on Marley Lake at the Laybourne Lakes complex. The Selby-based ace won a peg-to-peg battle to take the contest with a level 23lb. Drawn on peg 29, he targeted the far-side island with pellets for a mixed
CONTROVERSIAL plans to scrap the weekly refuse collection for 60,000 York residents in an effort to boost recycling have been given the go-ahead. From this autumn household rubbish will be collected one week, and recyclable garden waste the following
A MAN was dramatically rescued from his blazing house in York today, while another saved himself by jumping from a first-floor window. Firefighters fought their way through thick, black smoke to reach the 28-year-old man, who fell unconscious after being
York could be transformed into a pre-Olympic village if the London 2012 Games bid is successful after sports facilities in the city were given a resounding thumbs up. World-class athletes from 18 Olympic and 11 Paralympic disciplines could set up a home
AS with Chris Chibnall's Gaffer last autumn, York Theatre Royal artistic director Damian Cruden is encouraging new writing with Adam Canavan's Third Finger, Left Hand, this time in a fruitful partnership between Nine Lives Productions and Richard Jordan
MANY women know what Kylie Minogue is going through. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, with 41,000 new cases in Britain every year. They all understand the emotional turmoil Kylie is undergoing: fear, anger, anguish, even guilt. She
THE London Olympics seemed a very distant prospect. Even if the bid were successful, these games would take place 200 miles and seven years away. Now that has changed. Suddenly York is in the frame to host some of the 14,500 competitors because of its
I think I'm having what's known as a senior moment but in my case, the condition seems permanent. I have always been a bit, well, forgetful. Handbags, purses, brollies, gloves. They're all made to be lost, as far as I'm concerned. I'm even quite vain
WELL done City of York Council for giving the go-ahead for the Germany Beck development without taking any notice of local residents and their concerns for the single access road, and the destruction of land with strong archaeological links. As a resident
DURING the General Election campaign, the Labour Party made great play about offering "choice". Because of the Labour Government restriction on councils' borrowing for housing - as with the private finance initiative to keep it off the public sector borrowing
YOUR picture with the report about the Grand Opera House's next panto held me spellbound. Snow White was never like this. Perhaps pantomime has come on leaps and bounds down the decades and this sets the future trend. If it's a clash between Berwick Kaler's
In response to the Primary Care Trust's Clean Air Campaign (Evening Press May 9), I don't deny smoking is bad for your health, and agree that smokers should only smoke in designated areas. But what began as a campaign to encourage smokers to respect the
I AGREE with Bryan Lawson on issues such as top-up fees and the Iraq war (Letters, May 14). However polling during the General Election campaign suggested that most Labour voters he so despises were also against the Government on these issues. Surely,
I AM not in the least surprised that Radio York is fast losing listeners (Diary, May 10). There is now no local input into this station and any chance of expanding discussions over one or two days has totally vanished. At the risk of sounding like the
THE North Yorkshire Branch of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust thanks to all those who made a contribution to our street collection on Saturday May 7 in Acomb. We raised £336.14. Our thanks also to all those who took part. Moira Boast, Secretary, NY Branch of
WELL done to Andy D'Agorne for further increasing the Green vote in the City of York (Letters, May 10). However, many people would have been pleased to see the Green Party field a candidate in the East Yorkshire constituency. Couldn't Mr D'Agorne have
The Government plans to pour cash into primary schools to encourage more youngsters to take foreign language GCSEs. We asked kids at New Earswick Primary School: "Parlez-vous Francais?" PROUDLY sporting on her sweater a "bon travail" sticker for good
THE York and Selby Schools' Athletic Association Combined Events teams have been selected to represent York/Selby Schools at the North Yorkshire Trials on Saturday at York's Huntington Stadium, starting at 11am. Junior girls: Isabella Hill (Queen Margarets
FIVE dynamic men from our region have been named in the latest business "Oscars". In recognition of their undoubted success, they have all become North East regional finalists in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards. Three of the success
Yorkshire kept their cool under intense pressure at Headingley yesterday to beat Worcestershire by 14 runs on their way through to the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The draw was then kind and they will now meet Northamptonshire
A YORK sports centre is having a £1.7 million facelift. The programme of extensive refurbishment and new building, which has started at Oaklands Sports Centre, is expected to be completed by May 2006. The centre will remain open to the public throughout
COUNCIL bosses were today celebrating the success of their recycling scheme in Tadcaster - only days after threatening to take householders who did not comply to court. Councillors hailed an "important milestone" as the 5,000th tonne of waste from the
WORKERS in York will soon be saying "Hola" to a feast of new knowledge. Angela Buddo, who works for York rail firm GNER, donned Spanish costume as part of the celebrations for next week's National Adult Learners' Week. Throughout the week York College
YORK'S MP said it was a "shock" that a new building did not have better fire protection, in the wake of the Fulford Place blaze. The comments from Hugh Bayley came as residents continued to ask questions about the fire that ripped through more than 50
Yorkshire kept their cool under intense pressure at Headingley yesterday to beat Worcestershire by 14 runs on their way through to the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The draw was then kind and they will now meet Northamptonshire
Matthew Kilgallon may have to move if he wants regular first-team football next season. The York-born defender nicknamed 'Killa' joins up with the England Under-20 squad for the Toulon Tournament in France next month but his place in the Leeds United
FIRST the good news for racecourse staff. They will be able to cycle to work during Royal Ascot. This will please the pedal power brigade who were dismayed by the seeming anti-bicycle bias attached to this one-off race meeting. After all, every other
