I HAVE always known Australia is ahead of us in time... but not by nearly two months. What must have been the earliest Yule-tide party of the season was held in The Ship Inn, Strensall, just outside York when the Greens, Longs and Shields families and
GEORGE WILKINSON stretches his legs before an appointment with the surgeon's table... If you drive the road from Thirsk to Ripon you will have been stopped at the start of this walk by the traffic lights on the bridge over the river at Skipton-on-Swale
I WAS interested to read the comments of your correspondent AP Hamilton regarding the filming of Tyne Tees Television's new gardening series The Whole Nine Yards in York (October 13). Your correspondent spotted that we had used a particular type of lavender
AS November 5 approaches, could I plead with people not to let off the odd firework whenever they feel like it - please save them until the appropriate date. Pet owners can sedate their pets on November 5 (not that that is particularly good for the pets
YESTERDAY Once More reminded me of the excitement the coming of television had provided (October 15). The 1940s had been a decade of war and privation. Rationing and identity cards were still around. Fuel crises and power cuts were the norm. Although
BEING a chartered civil engineer working in the rail industry and having experienced daily the traffic congestion on the A64, it surprises me greatly that the Highways Agency has not used bridge jacking or thrust boring construction methods as a way of
I'M trying to find the family of one of my mum's long-lost sisters who left home nearly 70 years ago. I know my aunt had a daughter who was born Judith Marilyn Sharp on January 30, 1947. I know also that Judith married a man named Patrick Johnson on September
OUR daughter Beth leaves Priory Street Nursery this week and we would like to take this opportunity to give a big thank you to all the staff. They have helped turn Beth into a confident, sociable and articulate young girl, well prepared for the next stage
EACH visit to the St Vincent Arms, Sutton-on-Derwent, has been an impressive one. Whether it's been a stop off for a light snack or a full-blown Sunday lunch, I've always found the fare boasting that unbeatable combination: home-made, fresh and excellent
DAVID MARTIN tries out an Indian restaurant with a bright, modern look, but did the food match the fittings? SPICE Twenty One is an oasis of warm colours amid the dark, derelict shop fronts of George Hudson Street by night. This out-of-the-ordinary and
A NEW 24-hour "street lights hotline" has been launched as part of a package of measures designed to speed up repairs and minimise failures. The freephone hotline number - 0800 9151512 - has been unveiled by City of York Council, which has introduced
THE kind acts of a York care worker have led to a diamond wedding couple getting a letter from the Queen - even though it was three months late. Wilfred and Dolly Larcum, of Huntington Road, York, celebrated their anniversary on July 26, but were disappointed
THIS is the man charged with putting Arriva Trains Northern to rights. Ray Price has jumped out of the frying pan into the fire by leaving Railtrack to take over the reins as managing director of embattled operator Arriva Trains Northern. Mr Price starts
A SUBLIME piece of African culture stormed the Barbican last night - thanks to the powerful singing and energetic dancing of the choir known as Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The ten men, led by Joseph Shabalala, captivated the capacity audience with their
A MOVE to keep lads off the street and on the pitch has scored a six of the best rating, writes Tony Kelly. The York Rovers under-14s football team was formed to provide a platform for youngsters to keep playing the game after their ranks at York Railway
SAND Hutton Primary School have received a smart new football kit from Griffon Forest Holiday Lodges - thanks to a letter sent by one of their pupils, writes Tony Curtis. Henry Mook was so fed up with playing in "old, sickly yellow, horrible shirts" and
YORK basketball player Donna Smith, 14, has been awarded a £150 grant to help with her travel and equipment costs. It is a result of a new partnership between the Rotary International and SportsAid, the Charity for Sport, called 'Creating Champions in
THE house will be strangely quiet next year for mother-of-six Lesley Hogarth. By then all of her children will be at Langton School, near Malton. The last two to join the school will be twins, Bryn and Troy, and preparations are already under way for
THERE are some weird Hallowe'en celebrations being planned across York, but a Heworth Green pub looks to have topped the lot. As well as putting up the usual Hallowe'en decorations, staff at the Shoulder of Mutton have built a GRAVEYARD in the pub. Beverley
Wakefield businessman Paul Ablett has been elected to Yorkshire's general committee after winning the by-election in West District caused by the resignation of Philip Akroyd. Ablett, who has made several previously unsuccessful attempts to get on to the
THE final of the big snooker tournament in York next month is already a sell-out. And demand for tickets for other big matches is also so high that the Barbican Leisure Centre will be almost full to the rafters. There is seating for 529 spectators at
SPIRITS are on the menu once more as York pubs go Hallowe'en crazy. The evil, undead, ghouls, ghosts and apparitions will take to the bar next week as the mandatory apple bobbing and badly-carved pumpkins come out for their annual visit. The Wonky Donkey
DAVID WILES hunts down a great eating spot in the moorside village of Sinnington Style over content is a criticism that can be levelled at a lot of restaurants, bars and pubs these days. Some leave you feeling they should invest as much time and creative
YORK has now been hit by five armed robberies in less than three days. The latest happened earlier today when a petrol station assistant was threatened by a man wielding a knife. This followed two incidents yesterday when a charity shop worker was confronted
Nick geared up to live dangerously FORMER York City youth ace Nick Culkin faces the biggest screen test of his fledgling career tonight. Goalkeeper Culkin will be the last man standing for Scottish Premier League surprise package Livingston at home to
HAVING been inundated in recent weeks with advertisements for double-glazing, loft insulation, condenser boilers and questionnaires regarding saving energy - all council-instigated with a view to cutting emissions into the atmosphere, and energy-saving
When his epoch-making book, The Origin Of Species, was published in 1859 to great controversy, Charles Darwin - apparently a bit of a hypochondriac - was undergoing hydropathic treatment at the Yorkshire spa town of Ilkley. Now the world-famous naturalist
FIREFIGHTERS opened their doors to members of a York Scout group, whose headquarters was destroyed in an arson attack. Members of St Chad's Greys Scout Group, whose building in Lorne Street, South Bank, was gutted by a blaze in July, went along to the
REVELLERS marking the work of one of York's most infamous sons are being offered expert safety advice. Organisers of firework parties are being invited to advice surgeries held by City of York Council, and are being given booklets packed with guidelines
A YORK boy who has suffered with cancer has said his own little thank you by handing over hundreds of pounds to a children's charity. Three-year-old Curtis Thirlway presented a cheque for £483 to Candlelighters to say thank you for his recovery after
YORK-based free learning and work advice service, Future Prospects, is offering help to people following the scrapping of the Government's training vouchers scheme. Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs), part of the Government's lifelong learning strategy
A NORTH Yorkshire anti-hunt campaigner has spoken of her fears after it was revealed that a ban on fox hunting could be put on the back burner. The news came in a briefing when Robin Cook, Leader of the Commons, stressed that no decision had been taken
A FORMER wartime airfield in the Vale of York could once more be used for flying. Planning officers are urging the granting of a 12-month temporary consent for a scheme to allow land at Tholthorpe, near Easingwold, to be used as an airstrip. The officials
A TITLE-GRABBING south lark was sampled by a trio of York College students. George Robbins, a one-time Archbishops Holgate School pupil, and fellow 17-year-old Adam Newton, ex-Huntington School, combined with 18-year-old Adrian Lount, formerly of Tadcaster
MILLIONS of pounds worth of cigarettes have been seized in a massive police and Customs haul in North Yorkshire. HM Custom and Excise officials said the two hauls were organised by criminal gangs who would not stop at smuggling anything, including drugs
'I CAN do better' is the message from York City shot-stopper Alan Fettis. The Northern Ireland international has been producing some of his best form of late, but Fettis is personally not happy with his displays. Fettis, who has been out of the national
BUNGLING masked robbers who raided a York newsagent were caught out when they raised their disguises because they could not see. Thomas Rathbone, 18, formerly of Queen Anne's Road, Bootham, York, and a 17-year-old who cannot be identified for legal reasons
HIGHWAYS bosses have promised to introduce a series of measures to Get York Moving again. Roadworks on the A64 at Copmanthorpe are to switch to a seven-day week in an effort to get the first phase completed more quickly. The Highways Agency and City of
Errand Boy can deliver the goods on time at Aintree tomorrow. The smart gelding, trained near Bingley by Sue Smith, made a bright start to the season at Market Rasen recently when finishing second to Spring Margot. A high-class hurdler two years ago,
