PHONE boxes have been in the news in York, for all the wrong reasons. That is often the way these days, because this once treasured public utility is now more prone to vandalism and abuse than ever. The vogue among young thugs is for causing dangerous
SOME may say the England cricket side could do with a bit more venom in their attack. And such a quality was in danger of being provided today, although not quite in the achieving sense. A Test warm-up match in Bangladesh had to be temporarily abandoned
After exploding phone boxes the latest craze for amateur arsonists in the Kingsway West area is to pour inflammable fluid in kerbside drains and set them alight. Because these are never emptied of litter and other debris by the council they burn very
I AGREE with Dr Campbell (Letters, October 13) that tourists are seen to be more important than residents. Drunks are being moved on from city centre areas so they are not in view of visitors to York. They are being relocated in residential areas in a
Kieren Fallon, who has been sidelined because of a suspension during the last four days, can return to action in a blaze of glory on Champions' Day at Newmarket tomorrow. Fallon teams-up with Russian Rhythm in the £400,000 Emirates Airline Champion Stakes
WITH the price of fuel marching ever upward, Vauxhall's range of Corsas on sale soon have been fitted with new money-saving petrol and diesel engines. Although the revamped Corsa has been given a face-lift, the sales emphasis will be on the new engines
WHO but enfant terrible Quentin Tarantin could get away with this? Ill disciplined film-making had left his Kill Bill movie massively over proposed length and $13 million over budget. No problem, says Miramax overlord Harvey Weinstein, split the Bill,
HARROGATE Town boss John Reed has slammed the paltry turn-outs at Wetherby Road and has implored the town's football fans to get behind the club. Town are flying high in the UniBond League premier division as they eye a place in next season's expanded
THE Pope is this week celebrating his 25th anniversary as head of the Catholic Church. So today we look back at his great visit to York 21 years ago, when tens of thousands of people descended on Knavesmire to honour the pontiff. On a sweltering hot day
NEW Harrogate Railway boss Martin Haresign has set his players a top-five target, averaging two points a game between now and the end of the season. The Station View team lie fourth bottom - nine points behind fifth-placed Sheffield - but Haresign believes
SELBY Town will be looking to return to winning ways in tomorrow's FA Vase clash. The Robins suffered their first Northern Counties East League premier division defeat of the season last midweek at the hands of Pickering Town and are now looking to raise
THE stars of Marcia came up against the steel of Severus at the top of the York John Smith's League and the latter won the day to remain the only division one side with a 100 per cent record. Mark Woodward gave the home side a first-half lead which was
Wakefield Jazz presents singer Elaine Delmar, who has worked in cabaret, cruise ships, television and jazz festivals on October 17. She has also featured in stage musicals Bubbling Brown Sugar and Finian's Rainbow at the National Theatre. Tonight Elaine
York Opera gives a 7.30pm concert of opera excerpts from Russian and East European works on Sunday (19th) at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. Musical director Alasdair Jamieson says: "This repertoire is, perhaps, less well known than the German and
TORY MPs have been entertaining themselves with an e-mail sent out by the Sergeant at Arms, Michael Cummins, to highlight a new free postal service to Government departments. It said: "There are up to seven collections a day between Parliament and Government
IGNORE the Rumours. Contrary to the title in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre autumn programme, the Rowntree Players are performing Trio, and not the comedy Rumours. That said, there is comedy aplenty in Trio, both planned and unplanned in the case of Lucy
Ten things you didn't know about... An Audience With Melvyn Bragg. 1. What is the show: As it says, An Audience With Melvyn Bragg, York Theatre Royal, October 23, 7.30pm. 2. What is in the show? In the first half, the author, journalist, radio presenter
GRAHAM Sanderson had taught at Fulford School for 30 years when he decided to stop in 2001 to do more writing and travel. He had co-written two plays for performance at the York school but never an adult play until the Six By Six Project for new plays
COMPLAINTS against North Yorkshire Police officers continue to fall - but half of all allegations still involve claims of assault or incivility, according to a new report. Two officers convicted of criminal offences have also been required to resign since
THERE is a first time for everything. Actor Matthew Cottle, for example, will be chalking up not one but four firsts at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. From this evening, the former Game On star is making his Scarborough debut, but that's the
TORY PARTY chairman Theresa May claimed the Conservatives have "our best opportunity for a decade", during a visit to York. Ms May was speaking to members of Conservative Future at the University of York. She said the political environment had opened
A PENSIONER has told of her distress after British Gas demanded hundreds of pounds for electricity - even though she was an npower customer. Mora Robinson, 80, of St Helen's Square, Barmby Moor, near Pocklington, received an electricity bill for £345
ROAD SAFETY bosses are to focus on cutting the tragic toll of biker deaths on North Yorkshire's roads, as they seek to meet tough targets for cutting accidents. Twenty-eight bikers have died on North Yorkshire's roads so far this year, a record number
THE devastated parents of Sarah Lunn, who died in a North Yorkshire car crash, have paid tribute to a "wonderful daughter". Sarah, 32, was the passenger in a Mercedes saloon that crashed into a fence north of Easingwold on Wednesday, October 8. She was
PRIVATE carriers for a York parcel delivery company were today rejoicing at the news that they are to be paid at last. Seven independent delivery drivers for Laudan Ltd, which traded as a franchise for Business Post in Murton Lane, Murton, claimed that
A BACKPACKER from York was today trapped in a Bolivian hostel with limited food and water supplies as an anti-Government rebellion raged around him. Dan Baines, of Nether Poppleton, stopped off in the South American country as part of a round-the-world-trip
VIRGIN Trains' idea of sending passengers' luggage by road (October 13) is not such a new one. "Luggage in Advance" was a service provided by the railways for very many years. In 1964 luggage could be sent between any stations in Britain for 2s 9d collection
AS a resident of Malton for more than 15 years, I agree with your article about the A64 (October 6). We travel to York on a regular basis and witness the need for upgrading the this road. There is a pressing need to reduce heavy traffic through Malton
SUBARU's new Forester sports utility has been voted Towcar Of The Year. It beat 52 other cars for the title in a competition held by The Caravan Club. The turbocharged Forester 2.0-litre XT, which also scored a category win in the Compact 4x4 class, bet
In Victorian England, a team of extraordinary figures, enlisted by a mysterious caller, assembles to stop a villain from turning the nations of the world against each other. It's a comic book premise made even flimsier by the appalling production values
The Proclaimers are busy with a round of recording and performing. Charlie Reid tells Charles Hutchinson why music still makes sense. THE Proclaimers are on a roll again. Scottish brothers Craig and Charlie Reid took seven years to follow up 1994's Hit
CHRIS Brass is demanding York City put friendships to one side tomorrow and get mean and moody. Boston United will arrive at Bootham Crescent with no fewer than five former Minstermen in their ranks. Matt Hocking, Chris Hogg, Graham Potter and Peter Duffield
REDS leader Chris Brass has dilemmas aplenty ahead of the visit of Boston United to Bootham Crescent but the City supremo insists he would still have liked more. Brass gave a handful of fringe first-team players a chance to stake a claim for a permanent
They're together at home and on the stage. Charles Hutchinson talks to a couple who are appearing in a Cowardly role. HE thought he would be too old, she thought she would not be old enough. Nevertheless, real-life husband and wife Paul Shelley and Paula
THE most enduring of all Stagecoach Youth Theatre York productions takes to the boards once more with its youngest cast yet. The musical melodrama Run Ragged will be staged at the Stagecoach Studio Theatre, Trinity Hall, Monkgate, York, from Wednesday
MARTYN Turner opened for Clifton 'A' with a 180 for 16 darts in York John Smith's Men's League division one. But another super 16 darts from Mick Willsden and top legs from Chas Ramsden, Heath Scaife and Kev Walton meant Shepherd took the next five and
It hasn't taken long but litter is now becoming a big problem at Laybourne Lakes. The same issue also blights some other local fisheries where anglers are swift to point the finger of blame elsewhere. This may be with some vindication but there are no
YORK and Japan's cultural and business links were celebrated at a special reception at the Mansion House. His Excellency Masaki Orita, the Ambassador of Japan, was guest of honour at the event which was attended by about 60 city dignitaries. York &
Easingwold's Team Castrol Suzuki sidecar superstar Steve Webster goes into Saturday's final round of the 2003 World Championship series needing just one point to take a momentous ninth sidecar world title. Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead go to Magny
PLANS to build a controversial new flat development have been put on ice by councillors, who condemned the newly-submitted designs as "cheap and nasty". City of York Council's west area planning committee yesterday declined to give the go-ahead to a new
GET in their faces will be the battle-cry yelled by York Rugby Union Club 1st XV away to hosts Hull on Saturday. York coach Andy Gair rates the Hull outfit as being the best in North 2 East, and he pinpointed them as clear favourites to lift the title
HARROGATE Town boss John Reed has slammed the paltry turn-outs at Wetherby Road and has implored the town's football fans to get behind the club. Town are flying high in the UniBond League premier division as they eye a place in next season's expanded
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build an equestrian centre in York's Green Belt were rejected by councillors, but only just. City of York Council's west area planning committee considered an application for a large indoor equestrian centre on a pig farm at High
PHONE boxes may have been exploding in York - but they are also disappearing from streets and trunk roads across the region. BT is removing kiosks from certain locations in the wake of falling revenue, caused primarily by the mobile phone revolution.
CHRIS Brass is demanding York City put friendships to one side tomorrow and get mean and moody. Boston United will arrive at Bootham Crescent with no fewer than five former Minstermen in their ranks. Matt Hocking, Chris Hogg, Graham Potter and Peter Duffield
THE case of the York man accused of drug trafficking in Thailand took a dramatic twist today as his family claimed he had been freed. Robert Duncan Neilson, 44, had faced the death sentence if convicted of trafficking heroin, cannabis and ketamine. Reports
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out what gets Yorkshire's Grumpy Old Men in a lather. Grumpy old codgers such as John Peel, Will Self and Bob Geldof have been moaning and groaning on prime-time TV about what really gets their goat. Pet hates they have aired on Grumpy
