It was good to see that in the revised plans for the Coppergate extension (Evening Press, October 29) the Caf Andros is to be saved. In the 1840s this building was the drawing office of the York architect G T Andrews who was a close friend of The Railway
You have recently given excellent coverage of the pedal cyclist lobby's concerns about the proposed enlargement of the roundabout junction between the A1237 outer ring road and the Strensall to Huntington radial road. We are equally concerned about the
I should like to record my appreciation for the care and attention I received during my operation by Mr Stower and his team at York District Hospital. Also a big thanks to the staff on Ward 12. Nothing was too much trouble for them. When I read of salaries
The University of York has been named the "premier alternative" to the traditional academic centres of Oxford and Cambridge. York came fifth in the latest league table of universities published by the Sunday Times and came second only behind Cambridge
Unscrupulous workmen who prey on vulnerable old people are a despicable bunch who ought to be set in their own concrete. The horror stories about so-called cowboy builders charging horribly-inflated fees for work which was either sub-standard or did not
After nearly 3,000 games and career spanning some 47 seasons, Lol Cussons shows no sign of hanging up his boots. At an age when most pensioners are donning their slippers in favour of the good life, York's longest serving referee can still be found every
York City 1, Notts County 1 The 30 years flaw that is York City's home record against Notts County scratched out another tiresome tussle. City striker Richard Cresswell, right, is closely watched by a Notts County opponent Man was still three months away
Elderly residents in sheltered accommodation at New Earswick are outraged at having to carry their rubbish more than 80 yards to communal bins. Pensioners living at Hartrigg Oaks, are so fed up they have petitioned City of York Council asking for their
Hundreds of children entered a competition to investigate the mystery behind one of York's greatest artefacts. Run by the Jorvik Viking Centre, the competition invited young visitors to come with a theory behind the discovery of the helmet which was unearthed
Remembrance Day services across North and East Yorkshire saw thousands of people from all walks of life come together to remember those who gave their lives in two world wars and other conflicts. Hundreds of York residents joined with Servicemen and women
A mother who gave birth to tiny premature twins in York was stunned when doctors said: "They will have to go to Manchester." Ryan Murrie, given scale by his father' s hand, at the neonatal department in St James's Hospital in Leeds Karen Kelsall and her
Your report about viewers missing out on the digital television revolution (Evening Press, November 5) is misleading. Viewers in North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire are already watching digital TV - using a SkyDigital satellite dish and the appropriate
I was disappointed in the Conservative MP for Ryedale with his pre-emptive attack on the publication of the Jenkins report (October 29). This report on electoral reform has many virtues and others in need of reasoned argument. He complains that the money
Van Morrison's Saturday show in York was one of the best my wife and I have ever seen. Friday's show was good, if a trifle workmanlike. Saturday night's was inspired. We knew it would be from the way the band and the main man walked on stage: jaunty swagger
Fen Terrier, a beaten favourite at Sedgefield on his chasing debut 12 days ago, can gain quick compensation on the same course tomorrow. Barry Murtagh's gelding goes for the November Novices' Chase and is fancied to take all the beating in the hands of
During the second half of Scarborough's 4-0 defeat at Rotherham, the travelling fans were chanting "Johnson out" and it must surely be fairly unusual for the home fans to have joined in the call. But Anton Johnson, the chairman of Scarborough, was once
Two sell-out audiences meant nearly 3,000 people packed York's Barbican Centre on Friday and Saturday evenings to see rock and blues music legend Van Morrison. Opinions on his performances are deeply divided and the arguments linger on. But there was
Schemer Scott Jordan insists the passing game will help York City smack Macclesfield tomorrow. City's man-of-the-match Mark Tinkler chases the ball. The Minstermen touched down on home base for the first time in a month when they entertained Notts County
"Mac" the MP visited the home of the Big Mac in a new-style bid to meet the public. The MP for the Vale of York, Anne McIntosh, was holding an "open surgery" at McDonalds, Clifton Moor. About ten constituents showed up to chew over their problems, which
Hat parade Same man... different hats: Lord Mayor of York Derek Smallwood sports a wide and natty line in titfers TWO days before being installed into one of the highest civic offices in the country, Lord Mayor of York Derek Smallwood was seen entering
Fire crews were called out for the second time in a month to a blaze at the Yorkshire Farming Museum at Murton, near York. A pig and two goats were rescued unhurt from the fire which destroyed two earth and straw Viking huts, one of which was a longhouse
Cowboy builders who prey on the vulnerable have so angered a retired construction company boss that he has called for a helpline to stop the rip-offs. Jack Hughes, former managing director of Tadcaster Builders Hughes Limited, is so concerned that he
Parents fighting to keep Queen Anne School open will be putting their views across to York education chiefs tomorrow night. The meeting is being held at the school to hear the views of residents on the council's plans to close it and to expand the nearby
Two investigations were today under way after a fireworks display organiser was killed in an explosion as he tried to destroy burnt-out components at his business premises. Michael Mason, 53, of Hawthorne Avenue, Knaresborough, was burning firework parts
