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Try out a corset at Vamps boutique in York

Vicki Dawson, left, Marta Brzozowska, Suzannah Smith and Stevie Croft wearing corsets.

9:39am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Corsets aren’t only for Valentine’s Day, discovers MAXINE GORDON.

The mobile library service on the North York Moors

Mobile library man Barrie Pickering delivers books at Hill Cottages.

9:32am Monday 8th February 2010

The mobile library is a rural lifeline. MATT CLARK spent a day aboard one on the North York Moors.

Hot stuff

Chicken masala, cauliflower, pea and potato curry, cumin rice and chapatti

11:28am Saturday 6th February 2010

MAXINE GORDON checks into York’s new cookery school for a masterclass in curry.

The Pica: the first book printed in York 500 years ago

One of the pages in York's first printed book, The Pica.

9:17am Friday 5th February 2010

Today printing seems unremarkable, but not so 500 years ago when the first words were spelled out in the first book to be printed in York. MATT CLARK reports on that momentous start, and relays some of the history of printing.

York couple who have developed a love affair with a classic camper van

Martin Matas with two of his camper vans.

9:30am Thursday 4th February 2010

MEET Dolly, Lucy and Daisy. The ‘girls’ may be in their thirties now, but they are still very much stars of the show, at least as far as Martin and Karen Maltas are concerned.

BBC documentary hopes to trace descendants of York families

Documentary maker Guy Smith is looking for relatives of York people interviewed 100 years for research carried out by Seebhom Rowntree.

10:07am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

The BBC wants to trace the descendants of eight York families featured in a groundbreaking book by Seebohm Rowntree. STEPHEN LEWIS reports.

Betty’s & Taylors of Harrogate saving an area of rainforest in Peru

The River Ene, Amazon rainforest, Peru.

9:47am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

It’s a real challenge for our times: to combat climate change by saving an area of rainforest the size of Yorkshire. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the local family firm with big ideas.

Soul night raises £3,000 for Leukaemia Research

10:53am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

A CHARITY soul night has raised more than £3,000 for Leukaemia Research.

Dating tips from York coach Carol Costello

Carol Costello

9:13am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

Want to climb back on the dating bandwagon but don’t know where to start? MAXINE GORDON visits the York woman who can get you ready again for romance.

Star trek

Curator of Astronomy Martin Lunn, left, with Stephen Lewis with the telescope in the observatory

12:23pm Saturday 30th January 2010

STEPHEN LEWIS visits York Observatory for a crash course in the night sky.

Legal drug mephedrone presents a very real risk

Sergeant Mick Irwin with a sample of Mephedrone.

9:27am Friday 29th January 2010

The Press is campaigning for the legal drug mephedrone to be banned. Students in York and local drugs worker Paul Tye tell STEPHEN LEWIS why they agree with the campaign.

Elvington village residents cut off by closure of Sutton Bridge

Christopher and Wendy Bundy by the damaged part of Sutton Bridge.

9:41am Wednesday 27th January 2010

Today, work is due to begin at Sutton Bridge. MATT CLARK meets villagers who have been affected by its closure.


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Men don’t do sexy...

Helen Mead

10:04am Tuesday 9th February 2010

“Women are used to receiving sexy underwear and lingerie, but this year flip the script and present him with sexy unmentionables”

Why John Terry had to go and stay

Andrew Hitchon

9:41am Tuesday 9th February 2010

BESPECTACLED hardman Fabio Capello has done English football fans a big favour by acting so decisively to oust his errant captain, John Terry, of that there can be little doubt.

Little list of all things I loathe

Sue Nelson

10:06am Monday 8th February 2010

OVERFLOWING waste bins, wee on the lavatory seat and tissues left in pockets to then coagulate in washing machines…. These, according to a survey by a baby-devoted website, are the three top things that irritate mothers the most.


Readers' letters

Proposal to drop'Yorkshire' Dales

10:01am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Readers may not be aware that (although I thought this an April fool prank, except it’s February) some here-today, gone-tomorrow upstart from whichever quango controls our Yorkshire Dales National Park is proposing to drop the word Yorkshire from the title.

Right decision was reached on Terry’s

10:02am Tuesday 9th February 2010

AS a member of the comments forum formed by Grantside and a Freeman of York, I was delighted at the outcome of the application meeting last Wednesday evening, which I attended sitting in the public gallery.

Good riddance to rubbish

9:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Well done, Selby District Council, for eventually moving the fridge freezer that had been dumped between Stillingfleet and Kelfield, but what about all the rest of the stuff?


Eco Info

York signs up to national energy-saving campaign

7:57am Tuesday 9th February 2010

HUNDREDS of street lights are set to be replaced and council staff asked to switch off computers and turn down the heating to ensure York meets its carbon footprint-cutting targets.


Fundraising Fun

Fenwicks department store helps Hearing Dogs For Deaf People charity

9:46am Tuesday 9th February 2010

STAFF and customers at a York department store have helped raise thousands of pounds for the Hearing Dogs For Deaf People charity.


Weird World

Student auctions virginity

8:53am Thursday 4th February 2010

Weird world A CASH-STRAPPED teen student has auctioned off her virginity to help pay for university. After attracting 1,200 bids, the 19-year-old has accepted an offer to sleep with a stranger, reports ABC news.


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