IN his comments on the proposed green waste collections Julian Cole is concerned how the plans will affect him because he doesn't have a wheelie bin but does have a garden (May 12). The answer is: his collections will be unchanged. As you have reported
I AM searching for my old friend Roderick Rodgers who was involved in hotels and management in the Scarborough and York area. I first met him some 20 years ago, when my parents were alive. I only lost my dear father, Ernest, last September, and would
THE York contingent of the cannabis education march and rally recently enjoyed a fabulous day basking in the sunshine with thousands of others in Trafalgar Square as speakers from all walks of life, including human rights lawyers, medical researchers
THE former Dr Hook frontman sets such high standards he only misses out on the five-star treatment because this is just not as good as his last record, Out Of The Darkness, by one of his many whiskers. This 13-track studio album from the New Jersey working-class
Think The Mamas And The Papas without the Mamas, and the likes of the Beach Boys and the Monkees and you are on the right track with the Caesars' fourth album. Everyone knows the iPod ad song Jerk It Out - and there is a special extended remix on Paper
MARTIN Simpson, an English guitarist of great dexterity and versatility, has also been blessed with a lyrical voice well suited to singing emotionally-charged folk ballads. In his latest album he explores the English folk treasure chest to create beautifully-judged
PARENTS with youngsters at a York special school are angry that it will be closing early for the summer term. A father from Badger Hill whose son goes to Applefields School said many parents will struggle to pay for child care for their children when
THE future of two schools in York will be decided in the next few months, after a wide-reaching consultation was given the go-ahead. Staff, parents and governors at Carr Infant and Junior Schools, in Acomb, will now be asked their views on proposals to
HOW encouraging to see the Government take an interest in what young people are wearing. Never mind all those hoodies, how about passing an edict banning baggy jeans that drag along the ground, hoovering up who knows what? Or T-shirts covered in grass
SHAUN Arnold was a last-ditch hat-trick hero as division one high-fliers North Duffield scraped through the first round of the HPH York Vale Cricket League's HPH Cup. Division two side Copmanthorpe needed six runs from the final over with four wickets
AMBITIOUS expansion plans for a York-based research and marketing agency promise to create fresh jobs for the city. QA Research is taking on 20 recruits to help drive forward its plan to boost business growth by 25 per cent over the next 12 months. By
APPRENTICE aircraft engineers have graduated at RAF Linton-on-Ouse after 20 months of training. The four trainees have become employed as airframe technicians at the base. Paul Miller, of Haxby, and Craig Pagram from Selby, along with Ryan Macpherson
GROUND-BREAKING work on an epic project to revive an ancient city in Israel has won an accolade for a York multimedia company. The Continuum Group has secured the Museums And Heritage Show Award 2005 for excellence overseas - one of the UK's top honours
A MAN almost lost £7,500 after his identity was stolen, it was revealed today. The father-of-two said he wanted to warn other people before they fell victim to a similar racket. The "sting" netted the fraudster £7,500 but, fortunately for the victim,
YORK Hospital expects to deal with up to 30 extra patients each day during the Royal Ascot race meeting in York. Health chiefs predicted between 20 and 30 racegoers could descend on York Hospital's accident and emergency department during next month's
A BRAVE pensioner told today how he fought off a violent robber who was trying to steal his wife's handbag. The 71-year-old, from Acomb, managed to punch the man twice in the face - despite threats that he would use a knife unless they handed over the
York Amateur Bowling Association champions Holgate rallied late on to secure a tense victory against last year's runners-up Haxby Road. After 19 ends Haxby Road looked all set for a convincing win, but a late reply from Holgate, and in particular Alan
THIS summer the Special Olympics Great Britain stages its seventh National Summer Games in Glasgow from July 1-9, with the Torch Run stopping in York on Sunday, June 5. The Torch Run, which will convey the 'Flame of Hope', the Special Olympics torch,
MORE than 1,000 new mobile phone masts could be installed in North Yorkshire, an MP claimed today. Anne McIntosh warned that an average of 209 masts could be erected in every parliamentary constituency to cope with the rise in the number of phones using
YORK City Knights' hopes of one day winning automatic promotion into Super League look like being dashed - unless they can win two promotions in the next few years. The Rugby Football League were today set to announce plans to eradicate promotion and
Thursday, May 19, 2005 100 years ago After a year of matrimony a young woman named Beatrice Cartledge, a talented violinist, obtained a separation order from her husband for cruelty of an unusual kind. Having taken to drink it was stated that Mr Cartledge
Heworth's open age presentation night saw the following awards handed out: Player of the Year - Luke Judson (this award incorporated the Atkinson Memorial Trophy in memory of former Heworth players Keith and Kevin Atkinson, who were killed in a motorway
THE final piece of silverware available to York clubs this year goes up for grabs on Saturday when New Earswick All Blacks and York Acorn meet in the York Accident Cup final. Both clubs have enjoyed superb seasons, with All Blacks winning Pennine League
DEPARTING York Acorn head coach Dave Kay will be taking charge of the representative York Ironsides team to take part in the York International 9s at Heworth on June 4-5. The plan is to take players from each York club. Said Kay: "It will be quite a quick
FORMER Hull KR star Steve Smith and club stalwart Jimmy Rothwell are to take over the reins at Heworth ARLC - and their first season in charge will almost certainly be in the National Conference League. Smith and Rothwell have replaced Alfie Hill, who
I AM so disappointed not to be able to run in this year's Race For Life. Cancer Research tell me only 5,000 people can run on Knavesmire for health and safety reasons - and that the event has been hugely over-subscribed. They said City of York Council
YOUR report about policing for Ascot week ('Della in Ascot policing promise', Tuesday, May 17) quotes a force spokesman as saying the funding arrangements have not yet been finalised but Ascot has agreed to meet some of the costs for policing the event
I AGREE with your editorial 'Canny ways with waste' (May 10) regarding all of us stepping up our recycling habits. It's just a shame that threats of landfill tax bills are the only way to get City of York Council to start being proactive. However, I should
I HAVE been a taxi driver in our glorious city for three years. Although people say we are bad drivers, I see more clowns every day on our city roads than at Billy Smart's circus, and this does not include those at the council's traffic management department
IN response to the letter 'Bad hair days, (May 16), I must reply on behalf of all the good mobile hairdressers of York. I have been a fully qualified hairdresser for 29 years, the last 15 of which I have been a mobile stylist. I provide everything except
I SHOULD like to clarify a few points raised by Mr Parkin's letter about air quality in Holgate Road, Blossom Street, Gillygate and Bootham (May 16). The areas mentioned in the letter form part of the air quality management area (AQMA) declared by City
TWO years ago my eldest daughter was living in our basement flat; it is rated separately for council tax but, as a student, she was exempted from the charge but only until the end of her A levels. Despite my protests that she was going immediately to
I WRITE in response to your review of the Blacksmith's Arms, Westow (May 7). To say this was "formerly a sleepy, stuffy tavern with stained beer mats, pork scratchings and dusty dead flower arrangements" is unjustified. The Blacksmith's Arms was a well
YOUR On This Day column said that the first Zeppelin raids on England took place on May 10, 1915. I am reading a library book about the First World War, selected on my behalf by the staff of Tadcaster Library, and brought to my home by the much-appreciated
STEPHEN LEWIS examines the changes proposed in York for what we throw away. YORK council's decision to scrap its weekly refuse collection is bound to cause an almighty stink. And no, it won't just be from the disposable nappies and rotting chicken carcasses
NO one could accuse Morrison of not being a stayer. It's 40 years since he started with Them, and not far short of that since he released the classic album Astral Weeks. Through rich and more barren times, he has kept going, backing up his albums with
IT doesn't say, but the kind of teeth referred to in the title of this record must surely be huge, razor-sharp ones. Forget pounding a punch bag to get a bad day out of your system - just play this. Fans of Trent Reznor will be pleased to know he has
YOU could envisage a compilation of My Way done myriad ways, and Richard Berry's pub-rock anthem Louie Louie was the subject of forensic-style investigation on Ace's package of covers, Love That Louie, The Louie Louie Files, in 2002, but what's this?
She's got a great voice, lots of notoriety and she's a star. And thanks to Hope, Faith's collaboration with Twista, she has a current hit single. Indeed, Goin' Out and Again are likely to become sizeable hits too. Sadly, this is because they are among
Tom Greenall, who is based with Mick Easterby at Sheriff Hutton, will be crowned champion amateur rider over jumps on Saturday, a title he has had sewn-up for several weeks. Tomorrow, though, he switches his talents to the Flat and travels to Newmarket
IT could hardly have been closer in the opening round of the York Vale League's Scothern Construction Cup at Stockton and Hopgrove II. The hosts needed two runs from the final delivery to tie the scores against Melbourne and win due to losing fewer wickets
STAFF at the York branch of a failed national chain of herbal retailers have learnt their jobs are secure. Culpeper went into administration after a number of the shops, including the outlet in Low Petergate, York, failed to cover costs. Six of the 13
A LEISURE company has renewed its bid for a late-night licence for York's Barbican Centre. Prospective centre operator Absolute Leisure has applied to City of York Council for permission to keep the centre open seven days a week until 2.30 am, and to
A DEBATE is brewing on the streets of York about the merits of the traditional cuppa following news that sales of tea have fallen. Sales of standard tea bags fell by 16 per cent and loose tea by nine per cent over the past two years, according to a report
THE pomp and ceremony of Royal Ascot made its first appearance in York today - for a dry run of the Royal procession. Under murky skies at Knavesmire, York Racecourse prepared for a major highlight of the world-famous five-day meeting. Today's historic
A CITY centre shop opened amid high hopes by the National Railway Museum less than two years ago has hit the buffers. The museum has blamed its decision to shut the store in St Helen's Square on the current "economic instability" of high street trading
LUCKY lady Brenda Silman has found the perfect tonic in her recovery from open heart surgery - winning a new car! The 65-year-old, from Rawcliffe, York, has driven away with a sporty new Mazda2 worth more than £10,000 after being the first name out of
YORK Hospital expects to deal with up to 30 extra patients each day during the Royal Ascot race meeting in York. Health chiefs predicted between 20 and 30 racegoers could descend on York Hospital's accident and emergency department during next month's
YORK Hospital has been hailed as a top performer. It was ranked in the top 40 in the UK in the annual awards run by CHKS, an international company specialising in measuring health care performance. Each hospital was rated on 17 different performance targets
A COUPLE whose first home together was left in soggy ruins following the Fulford Place fire have learned it could be six months before they can move back in. Dan Adams and his partner Michelle McCormack have been left with only a handful of possessions
Ben Simpson is the youngest in a family of distinguished York cricketers. But while he also may currently be the smallest, he is ten-year-old big Ben after a quite astounding bowling achievement. The left-arm spinner proved to be one of the eighth wonders
FORMER Hull KR star Steve Smith and club stalwart Jimmy Rothwell are to take over the reins at Heworth ARLC - and their first season in charge will almost certainly be in the National Conference League. Smith and Rothwell have replaced Alfie Hill, who
NORTHERN Exposure, the BBC-backed festival of new writing, is in its third year. One play a week will be presented at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, giving first commissions to three Yorkshire writers, kicking off with Jodie Marshall, a writer with North
PATIENTS will not be surprised that York Hospital is among the best in the country. Readers regularly write in to praise the professionalism, expertise and warmth of the staff there. Being named on the list of Britain's leading 40 hospitals is even more
YORK City Knights' hopes of one day winning automatic promotion into Super League look like being dashed - unless they can win two promotions in the next few years. The Rugby Football League were today set to announce plans to eradicate promotion and
IT causes motion sickness, upsets partially sighted people, downgrades Northerners and has baffled anyone wondering whether it's nice out. But BBC TV's zooming, swooshing new weather forecasts have at least one group of fans: the meteorological experts
OUR trading standards column today looks at warranties issued with used cars, and whether it is worth paying extra for one. Most people buying a second hand car are more comfortable purchasing it from a garage. The main benefit of this type of transaction
