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  • A chance to talk business in aid of our appeal

    BUSINESS network to your heart's content - and raise funds for our Guardian Angels appeal at the same time. York events company Top Occazzions is organising a charity "speed-networking" event which will enable business people can swap details to raise

  • Hollywood star bares his sole

    EARLIER this month the Diary revealed Robin Rawson's close encounter with the shadow home secretary. (David Davis, you may recall, looked after Robin's shopping while he took his little boy for a poo at Monks Cross. And didn't steal anything). At the

  • Making a big difference

    A GROUP of employees from Norwich Union in York are in the running to receive a national award for their community service. The 32 Norwich Union volunteers will be competing with three other organisations for the Best Employee Team Activity award as a

  • New Direct approach proves a boon for hospitality trade

    BEACON, the York-based procurement arm of Best Western hotels, has introduced a new "one stop shop" for the independent hospitality trade. Its new "Beacon Direct" online and mail order service will ensure that its more than 2,000 members can buy day-to-day

  • Lee's back on the Boyl

    PROLIFIC Conference marksman Lee Boylan looks set for his first start in three months against York City tomorrow. Boylan made a hero's return after a life-threatening injury when he climbed off the bench to net the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win at Altrincham

  • Home comforts in boost for new unit

    It cost millions and held its first clinic last October. Six months on, Health Reporter LUCY STEPHENS discovers how York Hospital's new one-stop breast unit is benefiting from thousands of pounds raised by local people. YOU can almost still smell the

  • Homeless battle success

    THE fall in homelessness in York is predicted to continue, following renewed efforts to help people stay in their homes. Council chiefs revealed that the anticipated number of York people accepted as homeless and in priority need in 2005/06 is expected

  • Lager thief went back for more

    A lager thief shuttled back and forth to a York convenience store as he stole 24 cans of alcohol, York magistrates heard. Gary Lee Walls twice walked out with 12 cans of Carling lager in five minutes, said prosecutor Xanthe Tait. But when he went back

  • Ken retires after completing his last derby

    THE man they call the "Galloping Grandad" has retired, after a record-breaking career in the world's oldest horse race. The historic Kiplingcotes Derby has seen horses raced across four miles of Yorkshire Wolds farmland every year since 1519. And 2006

  • Maize maze on the move

    It Is the size of 15 football pitches and is the largest of its kind in the world, but now one of York's top tourist attractions is set to get a new home. York Maze will have to move from its current home, next to the Grimston Bar Park&Ride site,

  • Losing track

    ALLOWING a rival train company to stop its services at York will cost GNER £5 million a year, the city-based company told rail bosses at a hearing to resolve a row over new routes. GNER chief executive Christopher Garnett claimed, at the Office of Rail

  • Jaded Selby go on red guard

    Tired legs could play a part in Selby Town's trip to Long Eaton United tomorrow. The Robins battled through an energy-sapping 120 minutes against Garforth Town in the Northern Counties East League President's Cup semi-final for an extra-time win. Tomorrow

  • Kilgallon return gets chief's blessing

    Kevin Blackwell is confident Matthew Kilgallon will slot straight back into first team action even though he hasn't played any football for eight weeks. York-born Kilgallon picked up a knee ligament injury in the FA Cup tie against Wigan in January. He

  • My weekend of dental anguish

    THE subject of NHS dentistry is in the news again (March 15). After being bumped off my dentist's list because I couldn't afford to go private, I found myself in the unenviable position of having an abscess on one tooth and an excruciating toothache in

  • School fire drama

    THE head teacher at a York secondary school was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after an arson attack. Millthorpe School head teacher Tony Wooton was one of three members of staff left needing hospital treatment after a fire was started deliberately

  • Code plea

    A REVISED version of the Highway Code is under consultation at the moment. It contains a rule which states that cyclists should use cycle lanes wherever possible. I do not agree that this should form part of the code. Cycle tracks, even here in cycle-friendly

  • Shoddy planning

    ON Thursday night I placed my grey bin out as I have done since moving into my house in Rawcliffe, York. My neighbours had done the same. Come Friday evening my bin was still full. I thought the bin men may have missed me but, checking a few other bins

  • Wanted: fence to protect Clifford's Tower daffodils

    IN order to give the daffodils on Clifford's Tower a fighting chance in the future, please may I suggest that City of York Council put up a steel fence, fitted with sharp inward pointing spines, around the base of the mound of the ancient monument? Alison

  • Value for money?

    COUN Vassie says the latest council tax rise for York, at twice the rate of annual inflation, amounts to three postage stamps (94p) per week and is great value for money (Letters, March 4). This is typical of unaccountable government. His assumption that

  • Many thanks

    YORK Unitarians would like to thank the trustees of St Crux for the use of their premises to raise money for the re-tiling of the chapel roof in St Saviourgate. We raised more than £500 and are grateful to all those who made it possible. The Rev Margaret

  • Intense desire

    AS you read this, innocent children are being born, some of whom could become murderers, rapists, warmongers, racketeers, abusers or perhaps suicide bombers. Others will be pacifists, sensitive to the consequential pain and suffering that indifference

  • Friendly staff

    I TAKE offence at the letter from Mrs Wigley regarding cash rewards for good grades (March 9). Both my daughters attend Canon Lee School, York, and one was included in the photograph. Canon Lee in the past has had a bad reputation. However, my experience

  • Closure of Businfo is a foolish political act

    AS a part-time member of staff at Businfo and therefore shortly to be made redundant by its closure, I feel I cannot allow Coun Sunderland's ill-informed letter to go unchallenged (March 15). Calls to Businfo on 01904 551400 are dealt with in York from

  • Way we were

    Friday, March 17, 2006 100 years ago A large company assembled in the Star Inn, Stonegate, York, on the occasion of presentations to Mr John Suter, a retired inspector of the NER Carriage and Wagon Shops, who had worked for 50 years on the NER. Mr Suter

  • Gareth whistles his way to York referees' award

    YOUNG rugby league official Gareth Evans lifted the JP Hebblethwaite Memorial Trophy for 2005-06 at the recent York RL Referees' annual dinner. The trophy is for the person who has contributed most to the society over the past season. Young ref Shane

  • Rail firms square up

    IT'S not so much David and Goliath as Ivor The Engine versus the Union Pacific Railroad. On Platform One, GNER. The multi-million pound train company has dominated the East Coast Main Line for ten years. It runs 61 trains a day to London through York,

  • On the move

    WHAT can truthfully be described as York's biggest tourist attraction is on the move. The maize maze, brainchild of farmer Tom Pearcy, is having to up sticks from beside the A64 to make way for the proposed university expansion. The puzzle, as frustrating

  • Clifton Parkers in hunt for double

    PRIDE will be the watchword at Clifton Park on Saturday as York RUFC look to revisit their glorious early season form by beating Old Crossleyans. It's a chance to put a dent in their opponent's Yorkshire One promotion hopes, while also gaining revenge

  • To Helvellyn and back

    THE famous English poet William Blake wrote that "Great things are done when men and mountains meet". Having scared myself witless trying to climb England's third highest peak last week, I feel he could have added: "But don't forget to pack some waterproof

  • A chance to talk business in aid of our appeal

    BUSINESS network to your heart's content - and raise funds for our Guardian Angels appeal at the same time. York events company Top Occazzions is organising a charity "speed-networking" event which will enable business people can swap details to raise

  • Va-Va gloom finally lifts

    A NEW Renault dealership is opening in Ryedale next month, on the site where one closed earlier this year with debts of more than £140,000 and the loss of eight jobs. Riverside Eastern, which already has a joint franchise with Renault and Mitsubishi in

  • Points more crucial than records

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan has emphasised that the greatest incentive for victory at Canvey Island tomorrow is three more points rather than equalling a club record. The Minstermen will emulate Tom Lockie's 1964/65 history-making side if they can rack

  • Porter planning another shutout

    YORK City goalkeeper Chris Porter has already reached his ten clean sheet target but is now hungry for more shut-outs. Porter set himself the double-figure challenge at the start of the season and it was met after Saturday's 1-0 home victory over Gravesend

  • Courses teed up

    YORK Golf Club will be holding free coaching sessions on March 26, April 2 and April 9 as part of the Get into Golf grass-roots structure. Golf balls and clubs will also be provided for the taster lessons that are open to beginners of any age and gender

  • Taxing time for city residents

    RESIDENTS are being offered advice on how to keep up-to-date with their council tax payments - as new bills begin to arrive on York doormats. City of York Council is reminding homeowners and tenants that it is important bills are paid on time, and that

  • Taking pride in waste success

    ENHANCED kerbside collections were hugely successful during the first week of the new service, diverting tonnes of recyclable material away from landfill sites, council chiefs said today. A total of 187.24 tonnes of glass, paper, plastic bottles and other

  • Stick to laws on coarse season

    I HAVE received several calls this week seeking clarification on the laws relating to the coarse fishing close season. The close season on rivers runs from March 15 to June 15 inclusive. Anglers are not allowed to fish on either of these dates and that

  • Capital show by women rowers

    SIX months of hard training paid off for York City Rowing Club's senior women's eight in London. The first crew were second in the provincial club category at the Women's Head of The River on the Tideway. Ruth Easterbrook, Emily Hulley, Becky Raines,

  • Causing a stink

    RUSH-HOUR gridlock could be caused when traffic is banned from using a busy York thoroughfare for two months. Shop owners in Bishopthorpe Road have attacked plans by Yorkshire Water to shut a section of the road between Nunnery Lane and Scarcroft Road

  • Porter planning another shutout

    YORK City goalkeeper Chris Porter has already reached his ten clean sheet target but is now hungry for more shut-outs. Porter set himself the double-figure challenge at the start of the season and it was met after Saturday's 1-0 home victory over Gravesend

  • Fears unfounded

    FURTHER to the concerns expressed by Keith Chapman, of the Nunnery Area Residents' Association, regarding the proposal that the Arc Light Centre may be situated in Nunnery Lane car park (Letters, March 14). I think his fears are quite unfounded. Does

  • Home alone

    A STUDENT left a four-year-old boy alone in his home at night while she went shopping and house-hunting, a court heard. York Magistrates Court heard how neighbours rescued the small child through a downstairs window when they heard him crying inconsolably

  • Jaded Selby go on red guard

    Tired legs could play a part in Selby Town's trip to Long Eaton United tomorrow. The Robins battled through an energy-sapping 120 minutes against Garforth Town in the Northern Counties East League President's Cup semi-final for an extra-time win. Tomorrow

  • Knights' KR convoy

    The York City Knights Supporters' Club will run two buses to the Hull KR game on Sunday. One will leave from Huntington Stadium at 12.30pm with the other going through town, with pick-up points at the usual places on New Lane (12.10pm), Clarence Street

  • King can rule - 17/03/06

    AFTER the Cheltenham Festival's thrills, tomorrow's racing menu includes the Midlands Grand National, the Winter Derby and a Yorkshire meeting at Wetherby. Stillington trainer Harry Hogarth saddles his rising star King Killone in Wetherby's feature race