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Student’s final act of self-harm

Laura Gerstel

11:00am Friday 4th July 2008

ON the surface, she was a beautiful and talented student with her whole life ahead of her – but it masked a tragic reality of bulimia and self-harm.

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Venue found for legion’s festival

The Grand Opera House will host the Festival of Remembrance on Sunday, November 2

10:30am Friday 4th July 2008

WE will remember them after all. York’s Festival of Remembrance is to be staged again this autumn – at The Grand Opera House.

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Racecourse lease again held back

10:10am Friday 4th July 2008

THE planned new lease for York Racecourse has again been put on hold after opposition councillors challenged it for a second time.

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North Yorks is placed bottom of crime table

9:50am Friday 4th July 2008

CRIME costs less in North Yorkshire than anywhere else in the country, according to a report.

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Gadgets trigger police jobs fears

9:30am Friday 4th July 2008

A HI-TECH new gadget which gives police on-the-spot access to information could lead to job losses for bobbies in North Yorkshire.

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Carving out a future

Stonemasons Dave Willett, front, with, from left, Danny Sampson, Martin Coward, Bob Morris, Payson Muller and Tim Foster.

9:20am Friday 4th July 2008

STONEMASONS and carvers at York Minster have showcased their skills on an international stage to help fund training for future craftsmen.

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Parking fines bring in £260k

8:50am Friday 4th July 2008

MOTORISTS in York have shelled out more than £260,000 in new parking fines that were introduced three months ago.

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Mail collections resume as disciplinary adjourned

Collections from post boxes around York ran as usual yesterday

8:16am Friday 4th July 2008

MAIL was being collected normally again in York the day after a wildcat strike by postal workers.

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Civic leaders hail the success of their new contact centre

The blueprint for the new contact centre unveiled earlier this year, with Coun Ruth Sayner on the right

7:46am Friday 4th July 2008

A NEW contact centre set up to answer residents’ questions in Selby has been hailed a success by the council, with nearly 10,000 people making use of the service.

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Music centre in funding bonanza

Delma Tomlin, director of the National Centre for Early Music, celebrates the Arts Council grant as the York Early Music Festival begins

7:50pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

A MUSIC centre in York is to receive a cash boost to help it promote early music throughout the country.

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York couple complete trans-US cycle odyssey

Stacey and Brian at the finish

7:00pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

THE first UK couple to complete a gruelling cycle race across America are back home after braving extremes of temperature, a huge thunderstorm, “sugar burn” – and a frog chorus.

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Thousands are expected to see village carnival’s musical line-up

Musicians gather at the recreation ground in Copmanthorpe to promote Saturday’s carnival

6:10pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

THOUSANDS of people are expected to flock to a York carnival this weekend, when the city’s only music festival will be combined with a day of fun for all the family.

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Gurkhas lose legal battle

5:20pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

Former Gurkha soldiers have lost their High Court battle over a pensions deal with the British Government they say has left them struggling to live.

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Bicycle Channel hop for Richard

MS sufferer Richard Gleadhill, of Osbaldwick, in training for his MS Trust fundraising bike ride to Paris

4:30pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

A PEDAL-POWERED postal worker who suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS) has embarked on a daunting test of endurance.

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Joy over bid to tame Selby blackspot

3:40pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

COUNCILLORS and MPs have welcomed the news that the Highways Agency is to look into the possibility of funding road improvements at an infamous accident blackspot in the Selby area.

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Messing about on the water

A canoe race gets under way during last year’s Festival Of The Rivers on the Ouse

2:50pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

VISITORS and residents will be making a splash in York later this month, when the city’s third Festival Of The Rivers gets under way.

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Civic leaders want to attract more film-makers to York

Shambles in York is transformed during the filming of Robinson Crusoe.

2:00pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

Top actors and actresses could soon be beating a track to York, after it was confirmed the city is to sign up to an initiative aimed at encouraging producers to film in our area.

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Persimmon gets back on track

The site of the planned 160 apartments at The Barbican site which Persimmon shelved earlier this year

1:10pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

PERSIMMON, the embattled York-based national house builder, claims it is bucking the trend of the economic downturn when it comes to its operations in Yorkshire.

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UK News

Armed forces' IT system over budget

A soldier has been killed in a firefight in Iraq

Updated 9:45am Friday 4th July 2008

A £7.1 billion programme to equip the armed forces with a new computer system is running 18 months behind schedule and £182 million over budget, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.


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Editor's choice

Here are my salty thoughts

LAST YEAR it was a shark off the Cornwall coast that saw The Sun through the silly season; this year it’s little green men in flying saucers over Shropshire. Both stories, of course, are utter tosh.

Janet Mountain and Kath Webb look through items from the NHS’s archive at the University of York
Birthday wishes to the NHS at 60

IT’S an institution which has saved lives – and provided many people with a new lease of life.

Racing at the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in Paris. Picture: Steve Carroll
’Vive le difference’ is my French lesson

IT was a bit of an eye-opener to say the least. The highlight of a friend’s stag party in Paris last weekend saw a group of hardened racegoers, including your correspondent, take a trip to the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in the west of the city.

Radio York staff in October last year with the book of children’s stories which saw the station nominated for a Sony Radio Award.
A special day for a North Yorkshire radio station

BBC Radio York celebrates its 25th birthday today. Reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN looks back at the station’s history.

Authorized, ridden by Frankie Dettori, left, wins the 2007 Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse. The Group 1 race will feature in racing’s new ‘Champions League’ competition
York welcomes Champions League spot for flagship race

RACING’S equivalent of the Champions League has been given the thumbs-up by York Racecourse chief executive William Derby.

John Brain, the Langwith victor
Clever Brain leads the way with massive victory haul

There were some brilliant matches on local stillwaters at the weekend with 100lb bags needed to make the top of the prize list.


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