Tuesday, March 30, 2004 100 years ago: A York publisher issued an "admirable" series of picture postcard views of York. A columnist said: "No city in the world lends itself more effectively to the skill of the photographic artist than this ancient city
I can finally quit worrying, none of it is my fault. No matter what I do, who I upset or insult, whether I go begging on the streets of York or behave anti-socially to my neighbours, it was all decided long ago. I can behave how I wish in the safe knowledge
PHOOEY to those who believe that York is deteriorating as a shopping city. Ask Norma Townend from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, what she thinks about shopping in the ancient English capital, and she will tell you that York is Streets Ahead. Norma arrived
RENOWNED industrialist Sir Graham Hall is to lead the production of a far-reaching report to unite the economic might of the North of England to boost its future prosperity. Sir Graham, 60, former chairman of Yorkshire Forward, brings a wealth of private
THE cream of Yorkshire's design talent is to meet major businesses from the region in Barcelona. A new pilot initiative by Yorkshire Forward aims to encourage businesses in the area to keep their design contracts within Yorkshire's borders. Yorkshire
SO grass verges in Acomb are, apparently, being damaged by local buses ('Bus firm hits back at driving criticism', Evening Press, March 26). A City Of York Council spokeswoman says action will be taken against those who drive on the verges. The grass
NO ONE in York should be despondent that the city is at number 26 in Experian's retail ranking (Queue for shopping, March 23). To be in the top 50 of the ranking (out of 1,100) signifies a first-class shopping location. The ranking is relative, so improvements
DOES Della Canning, North Yorkshire's Chief Constable, think she is above the law just because she is chief constable ('Chief Constable takes hat off to buy booze',Evening Press, March 26)? She ought to know better and when she is off duty, as a police
LOCAL hero Darren Callaghan reckons York City Knights' Challenge Cup run and their second half display against Huddersfield has set them up well for the campaign to come. The Knights, beaten 50-12 by the Super League outfit on Sunday, quickly return to
OFFENDERS who cause nuisance or disorder in York and North Yorkshire could soon find themselves landed with an on-the-spot fine. The immediate fixed penalties will be introduced from Thursday, under the Penalty Notice for Disorder scheme. North Yorkshire
CRIME in York is down and officer numbers are up despite little extra funding this year - according to North Yorkshire's Chief Constable Della Cannings. The county's top police officer hit back at critics who claim York and Selby are not getting the resources
Nestl Rowntree women's hockey team wrapped up their second successive Costcutter Ladies Hockey League title with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Pickering. Nestl started slow and Pickering took an early lead before Margi Charlson netted the equaliser.
A SHOCKING 2,770 children from poorer backgrounds in North and East Yorkshire are missing out on free school dinners, it emerged today. Bad food and parents not applying because of excess form-filling have been blamed for the low uptake. The Liberal Democrats
BOOTHAM Crescent is to be over the international moon yet again with another top youth fixture hosted at England's lucky York City ground. England's Under-18s side will entertain Sweden on Thursday, April 29 when they will bid to seal a seventh successive
LOCAL hero Darren Callaghan reckons York City Knights' Challenge Cup run and their second half display against Huddersfield has set them up well for the campaign to come. The Knights, beaten 50-12 by the Super League outfit on Sunday, quickly return to
CINDERELLA will not be going to two balls in York at Christmas after all. Both York Theatre Royal and the Grand Opera House announced Cinderella as their chosen pantomime for winter 2004-2005, but the Theatre Royal has now decided to end the mix-up by
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass is hoping the club's remaining home matches will hold the key to his side's bid for Division Three safety. Five of the Minstermen's last eight games will take place at Bootham Crescent and Brass is hoping that his players
ARMED police surrounded a York animal shelter after workers were confronted by a man with a gun. The terrified workers managed to escape and raise the alarm after encountering the gunman in the RSPCA shelter in Landing Lane, Clifton, last night. Police
FIRST we had fast-track justice. Now North Yorkshire police want to go one better with the introduction of instant justice. Anyone caught behaving badly can be slapped with an immediate fine from Thursday when new powers come into force. Meanwhile, traffic
"I'M in the mood for dancing," so the song goes. And we all love the activity so much that, because of popular demand, the TV show Come Dancing - which ran for more than 45 years until it was axed in 1996 - is about to resurface on television. Shame,
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass is hoping the club's remaining home matches will hold the key to his side's bid for Division Three safety. Five of the Minstermen's last eight games will take place at Bootham Crescent and Brass is hoping that his players
Middlethorpe, who gave his York owners a flying start to the Flat turf season when winning the first race at Doncaster last week, has an excellent chance of scoring at Catterick tomorrow. The Mick Easterby-trained seven-year-old goes for the catterickbridge.co.uk
DETAILED plans will be submitted next month for two speculatively-built office blocks, to trigger a massive £50 million business and science development on the outskirts of York. Vangarde, the York Business Quarter planned for Monks Cross, has already
PONTEFRACT beat York Rugby Union Club 68-19 on Saturday, but the scoreline conceals a story. York had arranged for both their first and second teams to visit Pontefract, but earlier in the week were obliged to cancel their senior squad through lack of
WHAT about this for a shocking series of car crimes waged against one elderly couple, my parents, who live in Acomb: January last year - Ford Escort stolen from outside their house and burned out. April - replacement Nissan stolen from outside their house
COUN Keith Orrell is attempting to defend the indefensible (Evening Press, March 23). The council was not given authority by the city residents to expand the original Barbican housing/hotel scheme at the expense of leisure facilities. The council used
O2 have distributed a letter and information to 400 homes in the Fulford area about its proposals for a mobile phone mast on Heslington Lane. In the first place the residents in the nearby houses and myself would have to disagree with the appeal inspector
I THANK, and I'm grateful to, a motorist who helped my father on March 3 on the York bypass at the Askham Bryan turn-off. My mother was taken ill in the car and my father tried to flag down a vehicle to seek help. A young man in a sports-type car stopped
I WAS interested to read Phil Sheperdson's excellent article on cycling in York (Evening Press, March 20). I had composed a long response, advising Phil not to give up, and stressing how it all gets much easier, and much of the danger is merely perceived
Selby Warriors conceded their Pennine League division five game away to West Bowling 'B', with the mandatory 30-0 scoreline being awarded. New Earswick All Blacks under-12s lost 26-18 to a fiery Fryston side, having held their opponents to 16-16 at half-time
Kirkdale United are seven points clear at the top of RJF Homes Beckett League division one after their 3-0 win away to Black Swan Pickering. Chris Simpson opened the scoring after 36 minutes and he made it 2-0 a minute before the interval. Black Swan
Wigginton Black Horse were the only team to beat the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'B' leaders Huntington in league action before their re-match and they repeated the feat with a 5-3 win to complete a daring double. Stephen Pearson, Matthew
YORK is leading the country in championing the cause of age diversity in the workplace, according to a Government department. The city has been chosen as a venue for a delegation of Italians - including civil servants - which is to visit selected businesses
A SHOCKING 2,770 children from poorer backgrounds in North and East Yorkshire are missing out on free school dinners, it emerged today. Bad food and parents not applying because of excess form-filling have been blamed for the low uptake. The Liberal Democrats
It's never too early to get your child hooked on books, reports MAXINE GORDON. FEW things thrill my daughter more than getting together with Katie Morag - or Katie Bobag as 21-month-old Eva calls her. Except, perhaps, a rendezvous with Maisie, or Miffy
MORE than 70 MPs, including a number of senior Tories, have now backed the campaign to keep the Flying Scotsman in the UK. A House of Commons Early Day Motion has attracted massive support from across the political divide. Signatories include Tory shadow
THE UNSUNG heroes of York's tourism industry have won the recognition of the public and of their peers at a glittering awards ceremony in the city. About 300 people gathered at York Racecourse to honour the winners of this year's York Hospitality Association
Law-breaking motorcyclists could have their machines confiscated as police officers gear up for the biggest season of road safety work yet seen in North Yorkshire. Chief Constable Della Cannings warned that bikers who break the speed limit and illegally
CLAIR Cooper closed on 120 shanghai on 20s for Phoenix in a York John Smith's Ladies League division one defeat of Cueball 'C'. Angie Hields scored 125 and two 100s in her singles and 121, 100 for 21 with Carole Pipes in the pairs, for Cueball 'B' as
A TALENTED angler died today of the injuries he suffered in a York hit-and-run crash. Ben Coulson's grieving father, Ron, said he was considering carrying on fishing in memory of his son, who lived for the sport. Foxwood resident Ben had been critically
"THEY gather around the tape, there's a lot of jockeying for position, the starter's flag is raised and a nation waits breathlessly as the race is about to get underway. "And they're off - runners and riders in the 2004 England National Coach Chase from
OUR next pantomime is Cinderella," announced Berwick Kaler on the last night of Mother Goose. To which the Grand Opera House management might have replied: "Oh no it isn't!" The double-booking of Cinders has now been resolved, with the Theatre Royal graciously
Dancing about on stage in the briefest of briefs is the latest celebrity trend to hit Hollywood. But, asks JO HAYWOOD, is North Yorkshire ready for the "smart tart" look? WHAT do Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, "dirrty" diva Christina Aguilera,
THE Diary is always on the lookout for a money-making scheme, and Graham Taylor has inspired us. Not the hapless ex-England football manager but Rev Graham Taylor, the vicar from Scarborough who has just sold the movie rights for his first novel Shadowmancer
