What a pity that Bryan Marlowe (EP, August 23) is at odds with the banana! Perhaps his disappointment was due to the fruit standing too long in Jean's fruit-bowl! With careful selection and correct storage he will find that they are an excellent source
I am looking for people to take part in a Tyne Tees new series about lives that have been changed by a twist of fate. I would like to hear from anyone who feels that destiny has played a big part in shaping their future. It may be because an unexpected
I have never written to a paper before, but after a visit to the Grand Opera House in York with friends I feel compelled to do so. The show Danzmania was performed by 24 children aged nine to 17 years of age from Red Shoes Dance School, York. The whole
Two York independent schools rank among the nation's top 100 in a prestigious league table. The top 500 table in The Financial Times, which judges schools on A level achievement as a whole, shows Bootham School ranked 75, moving into the top echelon alongside
Up and coming York golfer Matthew Lord has come within three strokes of becoming the best player of his age group in the country. DRIVING FORCE: Young Heworth player Matthew Lord shows off the age group trophy he won in a national championship. Picture
Tim Easterby and Lindsay Charnock, who have been enjoying a particularly fruitful association in recent weeks, can hit the target again in the feature race at Beverley tomorrow. Charnock, who landed the Lowther Stakes at York on Jemima and Ripon's Great
In today's fast and furious world of mass-produced goods, people are queuing up for Tony Dew's particular hand-made brand of nostalgia - the good, old-fashioned rocking horse. It's the ultimate low-tech favourite - no batteries required. Just climb on
England representatives are to run the rule over York City's newest debutant Christian Fox. ON STAND-BY: City youngster Christian Fox, who is on the verge of a place in the England Under 18 team The 18-year-old has been put on stand-by for the England
A game of "boozical chairs" has taken place in York with three pubs getting new landlords. ABOVE: Bill Embleton who is on the move from Ye Olde Starre Inne to the Punch Bowl in the three- cornered move detailed in the map, below The Cross Keys, Goodramgate
Court in the act with these legal bloopers We have had a laugh at the expense of journalists, doctors, sport and now it's the turn of the law to be in the dock. These come from a little book called Disorder in the Court. Would you want these legal eagles
A little piece of York's history has died with the passing of a man from Gale Lane. John Houlgate: last person born in Shambles John Linton Houlgate, who was the last person to be born in Shambles, died on August 20 in York District Hospital after suffering
The Elvington Air Spectacular took off today with a display of giant radio-controlled model aircraft documenting the history of aviation from Edwardian times. Steve Holland prepares his De Havilland 88 Comet race plane as an RAF Tornado lands in the background
Unsafe caravans heading for the North Yorkshire coast were stopped in their tracks at the start the Bank Holiday weekend. OPERATION PLAGUE: Police inspect caravans on the A64 near York at the start of the Bank Holiday weekend Picture: Paul Baker And no
Could I appeal through the columns of your newspaper, for current and former patients, their families, and friends to take part in our 11th Annual Take Heart Walk to raise funds for the Yorkshire Heart Centre at the Leeds General Infirmary. We welcome
Our association will be left with a real problem when Barstow House opens and we have to find 35 additional parking places for staff, community workers and others that visit. At present residents are fighting to find a place to park when returning home
The time is now to abolish road tax completely, and put the tax on petrol. The ones who use and wear out the roads are the ones who should pay the most. Also the many who avoid paying it now, could not fail to donate their share as cars can run without
I have read with interest the city council's proposals to cut the amount of air pollution in the city, by providing incoming motorists with information on the levels of pollution. The intention of the council is to encourage drivers to use the park-and-ride
I have nodded my approval at several of the important changes which have taken place over the course of the 25 seasons that I have been following the fortunes of Yorkshire cricket. I was the first cricket journalist in the county to urge Yorkshire to
York man in black Richard Douglas has climbed a further rung up the refereeing ladder. BLOWING UP: Richard Douglas is progressing through the refereeing ranks Douglas, who officiates in the York Sunday Morning John Smith's League, could be casting his
York Wasps are aiming to recreate last season's carnival atmosphere as they bring the curtain down on their highly successful Northern Ford Premiership campaign at Huntington Stadium tomorrow. BACK IN THE FRONT LINE: John Strange is returning to the starting
With samba swayers Shaft and salsa shaker Ricky Martin dominating the pop world, York's Theatre Royal put something hot on its own lunchtime menu. Debra Michaels, who is appearing as Crystal in the Theatee Royal's Little Shop of Horrors, leads the way
Charity workers striving to provide a permanent shelter to save York's homeless from the perils of life on the streets have made an urgent plea to property owners in the city. Jeremy Jones, supervisor of the Arclight project with Rev Paul Wordsworth,
Surely you'd have to be off your rocker to pay £2,000 for a wooden horse. Chief carver Sam Glass in the workshop of the Rocking Horse Shop Owner Tony Dew in the showroom of the Rocking Horse Shop at Fangfoss, near Pocklington But Tony Dew's top-of-the-range
An incorrect brake part fitted on a car by a York garage could have put lives at risk, a court heard. Bob Hanscombe with his Vauxhall Carlton CD2.0i after yesterday's case Picture by David Harrison Motosave, of Malton Road, York, was fined £5,000 by city
