MULTI-million pound plans to build a sports complex on the outskirts of York could be ditched - leaving hundreds of sportsmen and women without anywhere to exercise. City Of York Council looks set to throw out plans submitted by the Civil Service Sports
HISTORY is always throwing up surprises, the latest being that railway pioneer Robert Stephenson may have died of executive stress. The key to the causes of his demise, at 55 in 1859, could lie in a lock of his hair held by the National Railway Museum
FOR heaven's sake get rid of Richard and Judy ('Who should go in the great TV shake-up', October 10). I have had a friend from America staying and when she first saw Judy she said: "I'm surprised, she looks quite young for Richard's mother". Secondly,
MY dealings with the city council's finance department leads me to believe a large amount of its deficit can be attributed directly to incompetence. I had the misfortune to be unemployed for six weeks between July and August this year. The Benefits Agency
I MUST take issue with T Gibson's opinion of parish councils (October 2). We here in Fulford are anything but self-satisfied. We work hand in hand with our ward committee and councillors. Chairmen past and present work tirelessly and, of course, voluntarily
I WAS very disappointed by the attitude of A French, the head of Meadowhall Junior School in Rotherham ('Offensive old books', Letters, October 9). This attitude falls into two broad categories which are to be treated suspiciously. The first is those
IN their dealings with local residents bordering the proposed New Osbaldwick development it appears the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust is preparing to use the ultimate weapon to push through this very unpopular project - a compulsory purchase order. A
Master Robbie, who continued his splendid season at York last week, turns out again at Newmarket tomorrow to bid for his eighth win of the campaign. The Mick Channon-trained gelding goes for the Tote/Racing Post Ten To Follow Showcase Handicap over seven
Wry and wistful New York quartet Fountains Of Wayne revitalised Sixties' Britpop and Seventies' American power pop on their self-titled debut and Utopia Parkway. Four years on, storytelling songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood spread their
THE Electric Soft Parade, ultra-talented Brighton brothers Tom and Alex White, made waves last year with the Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut Holes In The Wall. Like contemporaries The Coral, they haven't hung around for the follow-up. Unlike The Coral
IGGY needs no introduction, but this is Iggy plus guest stars. Working with The Wild Man of RockTM are Sum 41, Green Day, and Peaches (more on her later), as well as regular cohorts The Stooges and The Trolls. The album's all the better for the variety
DECENT American rock bands are like buses: you don't get one for ages, then loads turn up at once. It is difficult not to feel sorry for Kentucky misfits My Morning Jacket. Usually their arrival would have generated more interest, but their thunder is
SINEAD O'Connor began her solo pop career with The Lion And Cobra, an album title taken from Psalm 91. At 36, she ends it with She Who Dwells, the opening line from that same psalm. O'Connor has "retired from the commercial world of music". Last month
NICK Thompson scored a hat-trick as York Mitchell Sports League division one leaders Poppleton hit Hamilton Panthers' 'A' for six. Also on target in the 6-0 win were Sam Hope, Kevin Luke and Alex Fowler. Haxby Town did even better as they moved in to
PLAYER-CHIEF Chris Brass is demanding York City banish the losing blues in the coming weeks to maintain their place in the promotion pack. Since beginning their season with a bang and four successive wins, the Minstermen have seen their form and fortune
PARDON the yawn but my sleep keeps being fractured. It's that time of year. As the poet Keats almost wrote, autumn is a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and drunken students singing at two o'clock in the morning. Mist we do get occasionally, although
COULD one of the great Victorian railway pioneers have died young because he was "burnt-out" by a 19th century version of executive stress? That's one of the questions researchers hope to answer with the help of York's National Railway Museum (NRM), in
THIRSTY drinkers will shudder at the prospect - the average price of a pint of British bitter has broken the £2 barrier for the first time. But hard-up punters in York and North Yorkshire have no need to drown their sorrows yet. According to the latest
YORK'S own Japan Day saw the city welcome a very special visitor. His Excellency Masaki Orita, the Ambassador of Japan, today began a two-day tour of the city to increase cultural and industrial relations between his country and the North of England.
CITY of York Council now has one of the worst records in the country for handling new housing benefit claims, figures revealed today. The housing department's performance, in a responsibility described by the Government as a "vital weapon in the war against
CLIFFORD'S Tower was bathed in colour to celebrate the launch of a York-wide digital arts festival SightSonic. The festival, which was launched today and will run until October 19, will feature almost 40 events in 11 venues across the city in a programme
AN MP has called for a public inquiry into York's controversial New Osbaldwick proposals. The Evening Press has recently reported extensive protests against the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust's plans for a 540-home new village on York's outskirts. Residents
YORK City's youth team won their first game of the season last night, and couldn't have picked a better time to taste victory. The City youngsters beat rivals Hull City 1-0 after extra time on a night of high drama at Bootham Crescent to book their place
A DESPERATE York woman says she will leave a teenage girl at council offices unless she is given some financial help to continue looking after her. Mary Harris, 54, of Middleton Road, Acomb, said she wanted to officially foster Kaye Chadwick, 15, whom
Is forcing staff to compete for their jobs really the best way of slimming down Network Rail? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. NO one would enjoy going to work every day knowing any moment you could be told you're out of a job. Even worse, if you are in direct
At last a sign that the problems of the A1237 may soon be addressed ('Ring road could be dualled to ease York's traffic congestion', October 14). My only fear is of the potential chaos which will ensue while the work is being carried out. If dualling
My family came to York on Friday October 10 and stopped overnight. We make many trips to this beautiful city, about six times each year. I have been coming to York regularly since 1988 and treat it as my second home. However, one aspect concerned me deeply
I WAS amazed to read in the Evening Press about the pro-hunt vets (October 8). Surely, this is contrary to their ethics. I understood they were in the caring profession of healing, along with doctors. To hunt an animal to the point of exhaustion and then
With winter on the way, STEPHEN LEWIS seeks advice on how to keep your heating bills down - and how to prevent the misery of burst pipes. WITH the cold weather on the way, now is the time to start thinking about winter essentials. How can you stay warm
This autumn the Office of Fair Trading has launched a major consumer awareness campaign on shoppers' rights with the aim of increasing local consumers knowledge of their rights on the high street. As part of the campaign, the Office of Fair Trading has
IT'S two years since unassuming Glaswegians Travis found themselves peering bemusedly down from the top of the world, having almost by accident become one of the UK's most successful bands. The melancholy singalongs of breakthrough albums The Man Who
so it's back to the original rather than one of the multitudinous rip-off bands that are around. Done properly by the originators, this sound is so much better. After the expected twisted/broken relationship tracks, we get to Figured You Out, which starts
YORK City's youth team won their first game of the season last night, and couldn't have picked a better time to taste victory. The City youngsters beat rivals Hull City 1-0 after extra time on a night of high drama at Bootham Crescent to book their place
I said in this column last week that I thought England could get a result against Turkey on Saturday and I was very pleased we got the point to take us to Euro 2004. The match showed the character and the togetherness in the England camp, and that is
PASSENGERS will soon be told if York's buses are running late while they wait at the bus stop. Work is now being carried out on the city's bus stops so the high-tech system will be up and running from the start of December. Stops along the Rawcliffe Park
FOR most people, running a marathon would be the realisation of a lifetime ambition and the ultimate test of endurance. But York physiotherapist Dot Wagstaff is contemplating a greater challenge after qualifying for the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championships
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to build a state-of-the-art sports complex on the outskirts of York look set to be thrown out - leaving a popular sports club homeless. Hundreds of sportsmen and women from York face the prospect of permanently losing their facilities
REALISTIC solutions are needed to solve traffic problems that are leaving York roads gridlocked, a councillor has claimed. Labour transport spokeswoman Tracey Simpson-Laing believes bringing in more low emission cars and dualling sections of the ring
YORKSHIRE Ladies started their Northern Counties Indoor Bowls League season in fine form when they beat Northumberland Ladies 160-92 to pick up ten points. Melanie Brooke, Pam Bayes, Mary Riseam and Margaret Roberts had a good start scoring a five on
THE University of York has been chosen as the base for a £9 million flagship centre aimed at inspiring teachers to bring excitement back into science. The centre, which will open in 2005, is part of a £50m scheme which will see six other regional centres
York RI Ladies made the best possible start to their York Badminton League division one season with a 9-0 home win over newly-promoted Market Weighton. Heather Powell and Joyce Petch hit good early season form to record three straight wins for 90-9. YUSC
TWO phone boxes were blown up last night in further fireworks attacks in York. At 8.20pm yesterday, a resident in Burton Stone Lane described a bang loud enough to move the mirror on her wall as a phone box exploded outside. Police have issued descriptions
PLAYER-CHIEF Chris Brass is demanding York City banish the losing blues in the coming weeks to maintain their place in the promotion pack. Since beginning their season with a bang and four successive wins, the Minstermen have seen their form and fortune
A YORK man could face the death penalty after being accused of drug smuggling in Thailand. Robert Duncan Bailey could be executed by firing squad if convicted of serious drugs charges. Mr Bailey, who Thai police say also uses the name of Robert Duncan
YORK ACORN face perhaps their toughest assignment of the Arriva Trains Conference division two campaign as they visit leaders Widnes St Marie's. But player-coach Dave Kay is looking for his team to upset the apple-cart and kick on from their good win
