Wednesday, May 12, 2004 100 years ago: A friend of columnist TT, who possessed five medals, including the Crimean and Turkish, belonging to his father, and the Peninsula with bars, belonging to his grandfather, was discussing with him the question of
WHAT makes Nora Williams think she is one of a silent majority who agree with everything being done to our environment (Letters, May 7)? I think it is far more likely that most people disagree with vast swathes of countryside lost forever to motorways
SADLY, Kraft Foods will close the Terry's chocolate factory on Bishopthorpe Road, no matter what MP Hugh Bayley says. York will need another new large hospital in the near future and what a good site Terry's would make. The old listed buildings could
DOES anyone else agree with me that the statue to be erected in London to commemorate the work done by British women in the last war is hideous? I was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) from 1940-1945 and my sister in the forestry side of the
GEORGE WILKINSON is happy and untroubled on the flatlands close to Beverley, apart from an encounter with a trouser-tearing gate. BEVERLEY and its environs have been due an exploration, so we travelled on a hot Saturday to Tickton, a satellite of the
WE would not suggest for one moment that our Save Terry's campaign will reach anything other than a triumphant conclusion. But it is always best to plan for every eventuality. Kate Lock thinks the same. She has a suggestion. The author, whose memoir of
AN operations director has been appointed to oversee a £20 million hotel and golf course project in North Yorkshire. Iain Russell-Jarvie will head up Flaxby Park Golf and Country Club, a new 27-hole golf course and hotel complex being developed at Flaxby
BUSINESSES throughout York and North Yorkshire are being urged to take advantage of the radical reforms to apprenticeships announced by the Government today, to tackle their skills shortages for the future. The plea comes from David Harbourne, executive
YORK City Knights have added new spped and power to their back line with the signature of Leeds Rhinos youngster Austin Buchanan. The 19-year-old winger has signed at Huntington Stadium on a permanent deal until the end of the season, with head coach
Ralph Butterfield will represent York in the rugby league section of the North Yorkshire Youth games later this month. They beat Wheldrake 20-12 in the final of the York Schools' tag rugby competition. Wheldrake also qualify for the Games in York on May
LAKESIDE Primary School completed a terrific treble with victory in the final of the York and District Schools' Under-11s Cup at Bootham Crescent. Both the semi-finals and the final of the seven-a-side competition were played on the night, with Lakeside
STELLA is running from her past. Jake is running from a mistake that could ruin his future. And both are running to Scotland. Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel tells the disparate stories of two lives that start on different continents and end in a grand
TWO York secondary schools will be given £180,000 worth of funding, after being commended by the Government. Huntington School and Archbishop Holgate's School will each receive £30,000 a year for the next three years, after being named Leading Edge schools
Top national police officers sparked confusion yesterday by warning that 24-hour pub opening due to come in next year could lead to more drunken violence on our streets - after insisting for years the move would help reduce problems. So we ask Should
CHILDREN from four York schools will be getting together for a musical performance at the city's National Railway Museum. Youngsters from Burnholme Community College, Galtres School, Lidgett Grove School and Poppleton Ousebank School will be taking part
SCIENCE expert Professor Charles Stirling has been named as a speaker at this year's Engineering Inspirations event at the Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington. Professor Stirling, who is an expert in molecular behaviour, will be speaking to students about
AN Olympic-style event will mark the launch of the Oaklands Sports Partnership taking place at Huntington Stadium, on May 26. The partnership, made up of 21 primary schools, four special schools and five secondary schools, is part of a government scheme
MORE than 100 more affordable homes are to be built in York, thanks to successful bids for government funding. The Housing Corporation has supported a £3.3 million bid for 2004/5, which will fund 61 affordable homes, while support for a further £2.3 million
THE 30 per cent of York workers who commute to work by foot or bike have a right to feel smug. They are not causing any noise or air pollution; they are evading jams; they are meeting Government guidelines for exercise; and today they were acclaimed by
MAURY Yeston, the writer of Titanic: The Musical, has flown in from the United States to see York Musical Theatre Company's British premiere of his Broadway hit. Mr Yeston was given a civic reception at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of York, Councillor
TWO of the great names of snooker took their leave to a standing ovation from hundreds of adoring York fans after snooker's 'Hurricane' was swept aside by the 'Whirlwind' in their exhibition match at the Barbican Centre. A frail-looking Alex Higgins was
YORK City Knights have added new spped and power to their back line with the signature of Leeds Rhinos youngster Austin Buchanan. The 19-year-old winger has signed at Huntington Stadium on a permanent deal until the end of the season, with head coach
A YORK man today demanded a face-to-face meeting with magistrates who gave his teenage attacker a "slap on the wrists" for a near fatal assault on another victim. Doug Unwin's call came as the outcry grew over a 12-month referral order handed to the Acomb
YORK bus bosses have rerouted a city estate bus service after yobs ambushed two of their vehicles with stones and heavy tools. Managers at First York have offered a reward for information after thugs attacked buses in the Chapelfields area on two consecutive
Beware the Godolphin team on the final days' action on Knavesmire tomorrow. Owner Sheikh Mohammed, trainer Saeed Bin Suroor and jockey Frankie Dettori, on the mark yesterday with Punctilious in the Musidora Stakes, can complete a successful raid tomorrow
THERE are some things I hate more than having my photograph taken. Root canal work, for example. My resident David Bailey spends several hours composing an image, then says: "Come on... SMILE!" By which time my jaw is aching, I'm plotting mutiny, and
VICTORIOUS North Yorkshire owner Reg Bond today targeted the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot after Monsieur Bond strode away to win the Duke of York Stakes at York Racecourse. Monsieur Bond, trained by Hambleton's Bryan Smart and owned by Pocklington
I MUST take issue with your correspondent Janet Kitchen who described York's public transport system as "abysmal" (Letters, May 6). It may not be perfect and it is unlikely ever to offer the door-to-door and on-call convenience of the private car, but
I FULLY agree with Mr Reynolds (Letters, May 3) that cyclists should pay some form of road tax. To start a system of registering all bicycles would be almost impossible, but a one-off tax at point-of-sale for new bicycles would be the easiest answer.
IN response to Chris Titley's Diary piece about our successful Bite Size Intros campaign to encourage adults to get back into learning (May 4), you are quite right that a campaign run with taxpayers' money must be accountable and should be open to public
I SEE our MP Mr Hugh Bayley is promoting international laws to stop the bad guys of the world from getting guns (Evening Press, May 7). Such laws have been a dismal failure in this country, so why should they work in the rest of the world? Does he think
I NOTE that the petition to Save The Odeon has 14,000 signatures (April 30). Should these same people merely pledge to attend the cinema once every month, then perhaps the management may take a different view. The best way to save it, is to use it. As
WITH all the sightings around the country by sensible people there can be no denying that big cats, which have either escaped or been freed from captivity, thrive in our countryside alongside all the other creatures. They are secretive and live off the
IF you want to see Tony Blair and George Bush transformed in the twinkling of an eye into Genghis Khan and Vlad The Impaler, ladies and gentleman, come and behold Gorgeous George Galloway, the Great Illusionist and his able assistant, Graham Horne (Letters
THIS weekend sees the Powergen Challenge Cup final take place and while last year it featured two Yorkshire clubs, this year we've got a Lancashire derby between St Helens and Wigan. I don't think this necessarily reflects a shift in power to the Red
THREE new reports point to a booming UK economy - and nowhere more than in Yorkshire. The county's economy is continuing to grow, with an increase in jobs in the region, according to April's report on business in the private sector, produced today for
STEVE Lydiatt has become the personification of enterprise on wheels. His sandwich board trike pedalled around the streets of York helped to attract 700 people to last weekend's 2004 Enterprise Show, staged by Yorkshire Forward and Business Link York
IF YOU travel out of Helmsley on the Scarborough road, you soon slip through two little villages squeezed together, Beadlam then Nawton. The pair persist as separate identities which is confusing. Every reference book has two sets of entries. In 1754
HEWORTH ARLC will continue to play in the British Amateur Rugby League Association's flagship league after successfully gaining re-election. The Villagers finished second-bottom of the Arriva Trains Conference division two last season meaning they needed
York Acorn's Thanet Road base is to host a girls' rugby league development day aimed at girls in school years seven to 11. All the basic core skills from scratch will be covered so girls of any ability and experience will be welcome. It will be held on
TWO lives, nearing their end, are wrapped in unspoken friendship and ingrained habit. Ray Cruddas is a once-famous light entertainer withdrawing from the limelight with as much dignity as he can muster; Jackie Mabe, a boxer denied greatness by injury,
HEAD teachers from schools in York and in North and East Yorkshire have been urged to adopt a national charter aimed at tackling bullying. The Charter For Action, issued by the Department for Education and Skill (DfES), presents a clear policy on bullying
A BOOK highlighting different aspects of a North Yorkshire village has been produced by local schoolchildren. Youngsters from Years Five and Six at Sheriff Hutton Primary School have written and illustrated the book called A Walk Through Sheriff Hutton
BUSINESSES throughout York and North Yorkshire are being urged to take advantage of the radical reforms to apprenticeships announced by the Government today, to tackle their skills shortages for the future. The plea comes from David Harbourne, executive
THE police's sudden wobble over licensing reform is most odd. At the Association of Chief Police Officers' annual conference, president Chris Fox warned that the demise of last orders could lead to more alcohol-fuelled violence. Yet the act which will
WORKERS in York can have come top of the tree for ditching their cars and taking a morning stroll or cycle to the office. Figures from the 2001 Census show that more than 13,000 York people opt to amble to their workplace every day, with another 10,000
THE thunderous roar which rocked Knavesmire as local favourite Monsieur Bond strode away to win the Duke of York Stakes capped an excellent start to the season at York Racecourse. A huge cheer greeted the well-backed favourite, owned by Pocklington tyre
A TROUBLED parish council looked to the future as it held its annual general meeting. Members of the depleted Strensall and Towthorpe parish council met to confirm their new chairman and vice-chairman in Strensall village hall last night. The Evening
AN animal rights activist died after falling 40 feet from a window at a house in York, an inquest heard. Lara Saunders, 35, of Lindsey Avenue, Acomb, was found dead in an alleyway in Bootham on May 21 last year, after falling from the fourth floor bathroom
RI Tuesday/Thursday 'A' visited York University SC in men's division two of York Badminton League and won a close match 6-3. Chris Hunt and Mark Finer made the difference for the Institute with three wins for a return of 90-37, including a 13 and 9 over
A WORLD-famous circus has been banned from a North Yorkshire town after landing a helicopter without permission. The Moscow State Circus performed on The Stray in Harrogate last week. But after a dispute over a helicopter landing on the site on the final
THE 40-peg Sunday open on match lake and Cyprio at Carpvale saw John Fletcher (Ripon) score an easy win from peg 52 on the match lake. Fishing pole and pellet tight to an island 15 metres away he netted carp to 8lb and tench to 5lb for a winning 54lb
AN MP has stepped in to try to prevent a York dental practice going private. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh said she was working closely with the Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) as it sought to persuade Wigginton Dental Practice to continue offering
HEWORTH ARLC will continue to play in the British Amateur Rugby League Association's flagship league after successfully gaining re-election. The Villagers finished second-bottom of the Arriva Trains Conference division two last season meaning they needed
ONE hundred jobs dealing with Norwich Union Life "new business" are in the balance - but this is not expected to have any impact on the company's York headquarters. A Norwich Union Life spokeswoman confirmed today that, as part of a feasibility exercise
A JOBLESS woman branded "Britain's laziest woman" by a tabloid newspaper faces a difficult future after a tribunal approved a decision to stop her benefits. Susan Moore, 34, has never had a job, and after 14 years cashing welfare cheques benefit bosses
YORKSHIRE'S recently improved form was being put to the test at Headingley today by Frizzell County Championship Second Division leaders Hampshire. So far this season, Hampshire have yet to lose a match in any competition and they would have registered
Yorkshire Ladies golf title favourite Emma Duggleby went into today's first matchplay round as the third seed after being knocked off the number one spot by a record-breaking round by Naomi Edwards. Malton and Norton talent Duggleby, who is also the English
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a spymaster turned novelist who is bringing to York his message that we can beat terrorism. IF anyone should be able to write an authentic spy thriller about the international fight against terrorism, it is David Bickford
