THROUGH your columns may I thank the kind person or persons who left a bottle of Ice Valley water on my doorstep in response to my letter about drinking fountains in York (Letters, July 6). I would like to add to my previous letter that I think
Starbucks and York gallery According To McGee are uniting for the Red Dot Event, a series of art displays at the Coppergate coffeehouse that will bond cappuccinos with contemporary art. “Starbucks approached us and asked us to source some art work
When Queen Elizabeth I visited the Hampshire home of the Duke of Hertford at Elvetham in 1591, she was royally entertained by a mixed consort of six instruments. The same grouping, in the shape of William Lyons’s versatile City Musick, attempted to
THIS new national touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s award-garlanded musical “truly promises to be the theatrical event of the year”. Or so said the flyer. The reality is somewhat different when faced with a performance
Purcell’s semi-operas get only occasional outings. They need, but rarely get, lavish staging, not to mention an orchestra, and a full cast of actors for the principal roles and singers for the lesser ones. But the festival turned adversity into
POLICE in York have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed an assault in Blake Street last month to come forward. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, June 11, and left a 24-year-old man unconscious with injuries to his
JIM Orme will give an artist’s talk on Wednesday evening on his working practice at Bar Lane Studios, York, where he is exhibiting his new paintings under the title of Surface Memories. “It’ll be a rundown of what I do and why I do it, and
YORK and North Yorkshire councils have signed an agreement with the Federation of Small Businesses, committing to engage with small businesses in the region. The FSB’s Small Business Engagement Accord was signed by North Yorkshire County Council
WHILE Harrogate’s feral youths were making a nuisance of themselves outside the Wesley Chapel, inside three of the town’s young lads restored the audience’s faith in teenagers. They had been chosen to open last Saturday’s concert by members
DAVID McDermott was having an X-ray on a foot injury following York City’s 1-1 pre-season friendly draw at Garforth Town. The midfielder fell awkwardly towards the end of the first half, with no-one around him, and Minstermen manager Gary
YORK City’s new home shirt will go on sale before tomorrow night’s pre-season home clash with Premier League Sunderland. The club’s strip has been changed for a second successive summer with manager Gary Mills keen to mark the beginning of
York’s Jonny Bairstow admits being awarded his county cap is the proudest moment of his professional career so far. The 21-year-old was presented with the accolade before day one of Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship match with Worcestershire
Brad Pitt could be heading to Cornwall next month to shoot scenes for his new film, the zombie blockbuster World War Z, according to reports. Officials in Falmouth said they are discussing the logistics of the shoot in August with the film's maker, Paramount
A LATE goal from David Brown robbed York City of victory at Garforth Town. The Minstermen had looked to be coasting in a virtual training ground exercise before the substitute finished under Paul Musselwhite to give the Evo-Stik outfit a 1-
The feeling is that Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad are facing a fight this week to see who will fill the last remaining place in England’s team for next week’s first Test with India. After round one it must surely be the Tykes star who is in pole position
SESSAY Cricket Club are just three games away from a return to Lord’s, scene of their historic 2010 Village Cup triumph, after thrashing Shireshead and Forton by nine wickets. The reigning Persimmon National Village Cup champions will face
SKELTON Park Golf Centre is planning to celebrate the 140th Open Championship in style. On Sunday, the final day’s play at Royal St George’s in Sandwich, Kent, the Shipton Road venue is holding a nine-hole yellow ball competition. In teams of three
SA Sports Coaching will be staging junior cricket courses in York throughout the summer holidays. Coaches, including ex-Yorkshire player James Finch and Sam Anderson, will cover all aspects of the game for youngsters aged between seven and 14.
Kirkbymoorside Tennis Club are offering coaching sessions for juniors with Lawn Tennis Association coach Mark Franklin on Monday, July 25 and Monday, August 1, at 2pm. The sessions will be suitable for youngsters aged between seven and 11 and the cost
YORK-BORN Simon Dyson will be in Major-winning company when he tees off in The Open Championship on Thursday. As the sixth trio out, Malton & Norton Golf Club’s Dyson is paired with three-time Major winner Vijay Singh of Fiji and America’s Gary Woodland
SELBY Town have added an extra pre-season friendly against a Grimsby Town XI to their schedule. A Mariners side will visit Flaxley Road on Tuesday, July 19, kick off 7.30pm. The Robins lost their opening game against Hessle Rangers 3-1 last week
THE focus is firmly on promotion and relegation issues as the IT Sports Mixed Doubles Tennis League season enters its final weeks. The division one title race is wide open, with current holders Dunnington heading the table after a win at York 2.
ANNE BASS gamed in 23 darts as Five Lions beat St Paul’s 7-4 in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Pat Jamieson was the lone singles success for hosts Saints as she checked out on 76 as Five Lions secured the points before the
DIVISION one top-guns Trevor Loten and Dave Walton won 32 games for Dunnington in their 88-20 win at home to Pocklington in the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League. Dunnington are second in the table behind leaders Poppleton, who racked up
THE Alf Bewick Trophy mixed doubles tournament, held annually in memory of the former Dunnington Tennis Club chairman, is to be held at Dunnington on Sunday, September 25 (1pm). The veterans event is for York and district players aged 50 and over
DUNNINGTON head into the second half of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League still boasting a 100 per cent record in division one. The table-toppers beat Fulford 60-48 to maintain their title surge. Julia Lister returned after two years
A LOOSE horse caused traffic problems around York this morning. Police responded to reports of the horse near the Hopgrove roundabout on the A1237, at about 8.20am, as the brown and white animal had wandered into the road and caused traffic
IT is Catterick tomorrow, which must mean that Eijaaz is racing! The evergreen veteran, trained near Thirsk by Geoff Harker, is virtually an annual member of the North Yorkshire course. He has made 21 Catterick appearances, winning five times, finished
Updated: THREE new super-care homes could be built to replace City of York Council’s nine existing elderly person’s homes. The authority is set to launch a city-wide consultation on radical plans to build state-of-the-art 55-bedroom care homes
A CHARITY started by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, which provides financial support to families across the country, will celebrate its first anniversary today. The online charity, Acts435, originally ran as a pilot project across Yorkshire
Updated: LORD Harewood, cousin to the Queen and the first chancellor of the University of York, has died at the age of 88. He passed away at the family home, Harewood House, near Leeds, yesterday morning. Born George Henry Hubert Lascelles in 1923
PLANS are being put forward to reopen the riverside area next to York’s Castle Museum. The £100,000 project envisages restoring the Victorian watermill, creating an “interpretation” of the towering York Castle walls and landscaping the banks
A MAN was rescued from rocks off the coast of North Yorkshire last night. The man, thought to be in his early twenties, was walking to his Bridlington home from Primrose Valley, when he got stuck on some rocks at about 10.50pm. The coastguard were called
IT would seem that nowhere is safe from the Harry Potter mania gripping the nation. Now farmer Tom Pearcy has carefully cut two portraits of the boy wizard into the Elvington maize maze in the hope of creating the world’s largest spot-the-difference
TWO men were banned from York city centre yesterday after police and community support officers were called to an incident in Walmgate. The men, who were drunk, were issued with Section 27 Orders by police at about 2.15pm after reports they had become
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a York coach and car park have hatched their own plan to buy the site. City of York Council has postponed a decision on the sale of the Union Terrace car park to York St John University following intense public opposition
The News Of The World scandal has opened up a can of worms that looks like developing into a pit of snakes. The seeds of this mess were sown in 1997 when Labour took power and Alistair Campbell decided he was going to control the media by any means
Further to your article on July 4 (Hip support group pushes for medical help), we would like to point out that the allegation that DePuy’s Corail Hip System is “subject to official scrutiny that could see it withdrawn” is not correct. To be very
I have read with interest the recent articles about all the new houses that will be built in and around York in the coming years. Given that York residents object to a wind farm, how will we supply the additional energy required by these houses?
I do not know Francis Fernie (Talented student jailed over riot, July 8) but my sons are acquainted with him, having been to the same secondary school. They know him as someone who does a lot of charitable work, as you reported, which is exceptional
FOUR teenagers robbed a man of his iPhone in broad daylight in York. The youngsters, all believed to be about 16, followed their victim and threw sticks at him on the railway bridge between Hollybank Road and Tadcaster Road, at about noon on Friday
York has a history of weak ruling parties dominated by self-assertive leaders. In the 1970s, Coun Burke of the Labour Party, followed later by Coun Hills and more recently by Coun Galloway, who even after stepping down as leader of the Liberals
Now that the campaign against the sale of the city’s Union Terrace coach park has gathered momentum, it is time to ask a few searching questions. 1. Why the big rush to bring about the sale? 2. Why have other potential buyers not been sought
I had to put into writing how strongly I feel regarding the discrimination against children in this day and age. Myself, my husband and three children live in rented accommodation, me being a full-time mum and my husband in full-time employment.
AN EAST Yorkshire man has been ordered to pay more than £1,400 in costs and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, after selling counterfeit tobacco and fake designer clothing from a market stall. Anthony Steven Firth, 26, of Cambridge Street, Bridlington
There have been many letters recently from believers and non-believers in climate change. It is undeniable that the earth’s climate is changing. Whether this is due to mankind or is some natural cycle linked in part to solar activity is the
A NEW cycle shop has opened at York Station, as rail operators look to make the site more accessible to cyclists. York retailer Cycle Heaven is behind the venture, and is offering cycle sales, repairs and hire to the hundreds of cyclists who use the
As one of the “anti-affordable housing brigade” to whom ex-planner and ex-Labour councillor Dr Roger Pierce refers to (Points on housing, Letters, July 9), I must correct him on his inaccurate misrepresentations. Firstly, we are not anti-affordable
I would just like to thank all the people who came to my rescue last Thursday morning (July 7) when l fell near Skeldergate bridge: the two people who helped me stand up, the lady who stopped in the car and especially the lady with the Nescafé bag
THE second phase of a housing development planned for a Selby village could see 115 new homes being built. Linden Homes Ltd has applied to Selby District Council for permission to create the estate on land to the east of Low Street in South Milford
Thank you for the excellent coverage which you gave to the first birthday of my grandson, Isaac Best (Our little miracle, July 8). We share the same birthdate of course, and my only disappointment was that you didn’t ask me for a quote. I wanted
The serious situation which has again risen in Somalia is not only due to the last two years of drought but the continued unrest and civil war in the country which has persisted over many years. The marauding bands of militants don’t seem to be
Now I know why motorists in Continental cities behave so badly – why, in Rome, Madrid, and Athens, they shout and sound their horns like there’s no tomorrow. It’s the warmer climate. The recent heatwave – however short – turned the roads into melting
IT’S not a great time to be a journalist. As one News Of The World atrocity has followed another into the public consciousness, each seemingly dragging the world of reporting further into the pit, I’ve found the jokes about how many mobiles I’ve hacked
YORKSHIRE’S biggest celebration of farming and countryside life got under way today with tens of thousands of people expected to make the trip to our region for the spectacle. Organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate said entries to the
CUB scouts in the York District held their It’s A Knockout event at the Snowball Plantation in Stockton-on-the-Forest. About 150 cubs, aged eight to ten, attended from all over the York area to take part in a competition involving 12 activities
RIVAL political leaders have locked horns over the amounts they were paid between the local elections and the official change of council control in York. The May 5 poll saw Labour claim command of City of York Council, but the party did not formally
EMPLOYERS from science, engineering and technology companies are holding an event to find young talent in East Yorkshire. TeenTech, which will take place at the KC Stadium in Hull on Thursday, will give 300 school students, aged 12 to 13, including
YORK’S luxury Cedar Court Grand hotel may finally receive coveted five-star status later thus year. The £20 million hotel in Station Rise opened in May last year, when it was widely heralded as the city’s first five star establishment in a boost to
AN East Yorkshire brewing couple have taken part in an epic cycling challenge to raise more than £9,000 for charity. Tom and Gill Mellor, Wold Top Brewery directors from Wold Newton, cycled with a fundraising team from Lands End to John O’Groats to
A North Yorkshire-based TV home shopping channel has won exclusive UK retail distribution rights to Zumba, the Latin-American dance-fitness craze. It is expected to yield £5 million in sales this year. Rights to the Zumba product, a four-DVD package
A WELL-KNOWN busker who performed in the city for 37 years has died at the age of 72. Thomas “Tommy” James Morris, of Bishopthorpe, was best known in York as a skilled harmonica player and artist who regularly played outside Crabtree and
ONE of York’s oldest shows has been saved from the axe – and could now end up bigger and better than ever. Fulford Show, which dates back to the 19th century, will take place as usual on Bank Holiday Monday, August 29, this year. Show committee secretary
North Yorkshire Police have been named as a Significant Improver in Business In The Community’s Yorkshire and Humber Environment Index for 2011. The accolade follows the force’s achievement in reducing energy, fuel and water usage. Assistant Chief
ROBERT Winston made his name as the man who delivered babies to women who had given up hope. Then media fame beckoned and now he is our most loved TV scientist since Magnus Pyke. But there is much more to Baron Winston of Hammersmith, to give him
OTHER new businesses may be finding it hard to pedal uphill in dauntingly steep economic terrain, but good preparation has meant that Jon Dean has been clicking through the gears to success. From a standing start, in less than a year Jon’s bicycle sales
A NEW concept in the camping industry has been launched in the UK by a York-born engineer who has returned from Australia. Andy Rogan set up Go Gecko Camping Trailers on Evans Business Park, in Nether Poppleton, after returning from Australia last
A SEMINAR demonstrating to local authorities and housing associations how they can make the most of “feed-in tariffs” in solar panel projects will be held at York Racecourse on Thursday. Speaking at the event, which is being organised by the Northern
WORKMEN across Selby have been advised not to leave valuable tools in their vans following a spate of thefts in the district. Between Friday and Sunday, four vans and a garage were broken into, and hundreds of pounds-worth of power tools and a laptop
Helen Pannitt, of Helen James Flowers, in Harrogate will represent the North East at the grand final of the Interflora Florist of the Year 2011 competition. Helen will join ten other top florists from across the UK and Ireland to fight for the coveted
BARRY Dodd, chairman of the new York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), will be guest speaker at the York Professionals meeting to be held at York St John University tomorrow evening. Mr Dodd will outline the new economic development
BRIGHTHOUSE, the rent-to-own chain, has opened a new store in Bridlington as part of an expansion programme. The new 1,950 ft store in The Promenades Shopping Centre will employ 11 staff. It will stage a grand opening on Saturday, and it will hold
A NEW book on the history of New Earswick has been published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The 192-page paperback book, created by York graphic design company Red Publications, explores the history and development of education, learning and the
CHILDREN at a York playgroup will say goodbye to its leader this month with a fancy-dress party. Sarah Ackroyd is standing down from the role at Panda Playgroup in Copmanthorpe, having been involved for many years after attending sessions with her own
THE gruelling national Three Peaks challenge is to be attempted by three members of staff from York Hospital who want to raise money for elderly care. Hospital trust chairman Alan Rose, biomedical scientist Graeme Shaw and staff governor Martin Skelton
