WE ALL need somewhere to go and grumble. Charles Dickens knew this and created a lovely term for such a retreat, calling it a "growlery". This coinage appears in Bleak House, which can be seen tonight on BBC1 in the first part of what looks like being
IT WAS Las Vegas-style showtime for the opening of Scarborough's new £7 million Opera House Casino. More than 800 invited guests turned up for the high-kicking razzmatazz celebrating the town's largest single leisure investment. All were given a preview
DON'T lose the opportunity to generate more jobs and prosperity on empty land in Selby by giving in to short-term gain for housing. That is the warning to Selby District Council planners from Derrick Potter, executive chairman of the Potter Group, the
PREPARE for one of the region's biggest business networking opportunities. The Evening Press is holding its free Business 2 Business event at the Knavesmire Stand at York Racecourse. The event takes place on Thursday, November 17, the same day scheduled
A RURAL waste water treatment works near York is catching the eye of industry leaders, winning further awards for its environmentally-friendly design. Yorkshire Water's Scrayingham sewage treatment works, north of Buttercrambe, has won the Environmental
A TEENAGE robber inflicted these appalling injuries on a frail 77-year-old woman as he attacked her in her own home - for the sake of just £20. In a frenzied attack, the intruder shook Mary Burton so violently by her hair that she needed 21 stitches to
INCIDENTS in which its vehicles have been damaged have left North Yorkshire Police bosses with a £140,000 garage bill. The force has spent £139,679 repairing its own damaged vehicles since January 1, according to new police figures. In addition, bosses
DELAYS over York's Barbican Centre redevelopment scheme are blowing a massive hole in council finances, Labour claimed today. The party said half a million pounds had been wasted by the authority since the centre closed to the public last December. Resources
COUNCIL property bosses today said they hoped to receive "well in excess" of the £125,000 valuation which has been placed on a former York school. Neil Hindhaugh, City of York Council's assistant director of property services, spoke out to reassure Clifton
GAINSBOROUGH'S biggest claim to fame is probably being chosen by George Eliott as the backdrop for her classic love story The Mill on the Floss. But the old market town's football ground provided no setting for FA Cup romance on Saturday as York City
The diary is committed to keeping an eye out for scurrilous gossip flying around our fair city - but today, we turn our attention to another form of flying creature. Yup, it's pigeons. Not nearly enough gets written about these delightful cooing birds
COUNCILLOR Ann Reid has, as your editorial stated, given excellent and devoted service to this city over many years. She was a fine Lord Mayor and continues to give very substantially and spontaneously of her own time for scant personal reward. She is
IT REALLY does beggar belief, the number of sheep who are York residents. I refer to those naive little souls who seem to think Coun Reid had done nothing wrong in abusing her position to "fix" the traffic lights for her daughter's wedding. Councillors
It was interesting to read the views of Bob Waite and John Beisley (Letters, October 22). Attempts to defend the indefensible are always illuminating in the way that they bring out strange perspectives on life. I would remind the above gullible people
IN RESPONSE to Mr Hillen's letter (The spin on crime, October 25), unfortunately the Liberal Democrats aren't in charge of national policies such as sentencing and policing. However, at a local level the York Lib Dems are taking significant steps to ensure
IT was interesting to read Councillor Watson's pontifications on rogue takeaways (October 24) - bravo! But, hang on a second, isn't he and his fellow puppets on the planning committee responsible for giving the "green light" to most of the takeaways that
THEY say that hate is a negative feeling, but hate is exactly what I have felt for the owners of pets, whom I have read about this week in the papers, who have been convicted of three horrific cases of animal abuse. The pain and terror these animals went
Thursday, October 27, 2005 100 years ago An advertisement claimed you could "stop a cough in one night" by taking Veno's Lightening Cough Cure. The remarkable rapidity with which Veno's Lightening Cough Cure absolutely cured the worst cases of coughs,
I am one of the rare breed of cyclist who DOES indicate to tell people where I am going and I take offence at people who tar all us cyclists with the same brush. Sometimes even I get self-righteous, especially when I had to get from South Huntington to
STEPHEN LEWIS visits a York clinic that helps patients cope with constant pain. ALAN Flintham is used to pain. It has become a constant companion over the past 13 years ever since the day the watch company area manager stooped to lift a briefcase out
ACOMB collected several main individual prizes at the Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket league annual dinner at York Racecourse. The Alan Shipley bowling award went to David Sykes, while his brother, Richard, claimed the Brian
A SURGICAL instruments distributor selected to hit the fast lane for growth with help and advice from the Business Accelerator Network (BAN) has doubled its turnover in the last quarter. York Medical Technologies, on the Vivars Way Industrial Estate in
YORK-BASED estate agency Hunters has won recognition for the valuable community work done by its staff, in a major national awards scheme. The LMS and Negotiator Estate Agents in the Community Awards go to the estate agencies which do the most for their
IT IS every parent's nightmare. Your child is seriously ill or injured - yet no one in authority appears to believe there is anything much wrong. This is the frightening scenario that Stephen and Karen Fletcher say they faced when they took their six-year-old
BETTYS tearooms are a great Yorkshire tradition which turn nostalgia into a culinary art form. The visitors who queue outside the York branch do so sensing that they are about to enter an older world of afternoon teas and plates laden with scrumptious
LANDLORDS in York today welcomed an 11th-hour deal on the future of smoking in public places. The Government's decision followed publicised Cabinet wrangling, but Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said a bill would be introduced to the Commons today. The
INTERNET filth has once more been directed at an innocent York village website. Earlier this year the Evening Press reported how the public message board on Copmanthorpe Parish Council's website had been targeted by web porn perverts. Now an independently-run
THIRTEEN-year-old Alex Fowler enjoyed a fine York and District Badminton League debut - even though he ended up on the losing side. He teamed up with Craig Dobson and they were unlucky not to take all three rubbers for Riverside in the 6-3 home defeat
ACOMB collected several main individual prizes at the Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket league annual dinner at York Racecourse. The Alan Shipley bowling award went to David Sykes, while his brother, Richard, claimed the Brian
YORK Indoor Bowls Club's teams moved into the next round of their national knock out competitions with relative ease. Ther ladies crushed Ryedale 108-43 in the Yetton Trophy preliminary round and the men beat Blackburn 95-64. Melanie Brooke's four paved
FORMER York City Knights player Chris Smith will take to the field for Heworth on Saturday for the first time in months, having had his professional wings clipped by injury. He had surgery on a recurring knee problem in the 2003-4 closed season and has
A COMMUTER has told an Italian court how she almost fell through a "gaping hole" in a station moving walkway - more than two hours before University of York professor Sally Baldwin fell to her death. Professor Baldwin, 62, a sociology lecturer, sustained
NORTH Yorkshire snooker fans can book a date from this weekend to see the stars in action in York in December. All the famous players shooting it out in the revived Pot Black tournament being shown on BBC1 on Saturday will be in the city for the Travis
POLICE were called in after a dispute over a wall boiled over. Residents clambered on top of the century-old two metre-high wall at the end of Markham Crescent, The Groves, after workmen began demolishing part of it yesterday. They brought work to a halt
NEXT week Gillygate is to be closed. Gillygate is an essential feeder route into York city centre for those who have to get there, particularly the workers who need to travel in and out during the peak periods. The alternative routes will just clog up
AS I write (October 25) the water level in the River Ouse through York is quite high due to recent heavy rainfall. Some people have suggested that to alleviate flooding the river should be dredged. I maintain that this will not make the slightest difference
THE early start for the skyline fireworks on November 5 has been influenced by a range of factors (Letters, October 24 and 26). These include: The programme is for a family audience. This will include, in the city centre, national street entertainers
WITH all the recent revelations and misfortunes that have befallen City of York Council over recent months - ie early retirement, missing finances, and an alleged abuse of privileges - the timely discovery of a medieval key and Roman sandal in Spurriergate
WITH regards to your report on a "pizza patrol" for York (October 24), it seems as if all late-night violence, noise and so forth has been created by takeaway outlets. But City of York Council forgets that if it didn't let bars stay open so late, this
John Grogan's campaign to return live test match cricket to terrestrial television is admirable and I wish him every success. The main problem is that if Tony Blair has to choose between what the majority of cricket lovers want and what Rupert Murdoch
FORMER York City Knights player Chris Smith will take to the field for Heworth on Saturday for the first time in months, having had his professional wings clipped by injury. He had surgery on a recurring knee problem in the 2003-4 closed season and has
Hi! I'm a youth support worker for York Youth Service, and the reason I'm writing is to advertise Fulford Youth Club. We are open every Monday evening 7pm-9pm and are based on Fulford School. Our age group is 11-19. We have pool, table tennis, ps2, crafts
