Wednesday, June 9, 2004 100 years ago: Columnist TT was knocking the "old fashioned" idea of having a fixed day to discontinue fires, and another for starting them again, regardless of whether there was snow on the ground, or a blazing sun shining. He
OUR Save Terry's crusade has reached royalty. The Prince of Wales feels deeply about the impact of the planned closure of the factory, the Diary has learned. After reading about the Prince's fondness for Chocolate Oranges, we sent one to him at Clarence
WHILE wanting to avoid banging on about York City Knights every week, where else can we start other than Sunday's amazing day out at The Shay? From within camp, we'd had a decent week's build-up, no special preparation, just the usual, highlighting where
WHERE there is a will for two totally different York firms to help each other out, there's a way. RedBlack Software, the IT firm in King Street, has designed an online database for its near-neighbour National Legal Services (NLS) of Ryedale House, Piccadilly
A NEW chapter of British Network International (BNI) is being established in York, bringing the total number to three. Only one representative from a profession or trade can join each chapter so that members are not in competition. Because the existing
IT'S hotter than their native Texas, high-voltage rock'n'rollers Young Heart Attack (YHA) triumphantly inform the York rock faithful, midway through their sweat-drenched set. But however hot the sweltering night or the famously sweaty and intimate Fibbers
Young Leeds hooker Johnny Wainhouse has joined York City Knights on a month's loan to help bridge the injury gap, writes Claire Hughes. The Rhinos under-21 regular has been drafted in as cover for Jim Elston, who is now expected to be out for up to five
STEPHEN LEWIS is delighted by the fantastical, frightening world of Wormwood summoned up by GP Taylor. NORTH Yorkshire vicar Graham Taylor says of Wormwood, his eagerly-awaited follow-up to Shadowmancer, that it is "the first real book I have written"
PUPILS from schools throughout the Clifton area of York were today getting together to take part in a day of drama. The performing arts events were being organised to launch One School@Clifton, a new initiative involving more than 2,000 children, 200
Could the rape seed fields of North and East Yorkshire be the oil wells of the future? STEPHEN LEWIS investigates. PAUL Temple pushes through a field of shoulder-high oilseed rape and twists one of the plants back to show me. The yellow flowers on its
AN all-singing, all-dancing York school busy preparing to stage a summer version of a Shakespeare classic has been praised for its ace arts provision. St George's Primary School has won an Artsmark gold award from Arts Council England. The award recognises
THE police say a hard core of 200 youngsters are fuelling anti-social behaviour in York. The council says a hard core of school pupils are behaving worse than ever before. It doesn't take a degree in social sciences to realise that, in many cases, they
FOR years it was the flag that never flew. So the sight of ten thousand St George's crosses fluttering from five thousand foreign cars is uplifting. But this scenario would not be truly English without the intervention of a killjoy. Bang on cue, drivers
POLICE chiefs in North Yorkshire are on target to give the county the best-performing force in England and Wales, according to the latest figures. Overall crime has dropped by five per cent during April and May this year, with 11,225 offences taking place
RARE bats have forced three elderly cleaners to hang up their mops and dusters at a North Yorkshire Saxon church. Olive Satterthwaite, who is also known as Peggy, her sister, Rachel Grimble, and Jacqui Campbell, are part of a seven-strong team that takes
A YORK seamstress plans to splash out on a Gucci watch and sunglasses after sewing up a lottery win. Eileen Southern and two colleagues from Droopy and Browns Fashions, in Blake Street, scooped £72,325 on the Lotto draw held on Saturday after matching
FORMER Joseph Rowntree student David Benton has become a world champion just months after entering his first duathlon competition. Benton ran and pedalled his way to victory in Geel, Belgium, winning the age 35-39 category and beating off the challenge
A TEENAGER caught up in violence that left a York resident fighting for his life was told by a police officer that he was involved in "murder", a court heard. York Youth Court was told that the 17-year-old was "extremely scared" when confronted by the
Keith Mitchell (Selby) scored an easy win in Sunday's 42-peg York open match on Marley Lake at the Laybourne Lakes complex. Taking full advantage of a plum draw at 'hot' peg 46, he plundered the recently introduced extra stocks of pastie carp on pole
NORWICH Union Life is axing at least 150 jobs in York. The company announced today that work in its Life business services division will be transferred to IT outsourcing companies, operating globally in locations including India, Europe and America. The
Classical Dancer, who went down fighting at Goodwood last time, can get back on top in the feature race at Newbury on Thursday. Henry Candy's progressive filly goes for the Lord Weinstock Memorial Stakes, a race which was originally registered at the
YORK City will be among the most expensive teams to watch in non-League football next season. The Evening Press has carried out a survey of admission charges for all clubs in the Conference and the Minstermen are among those at the top of the pile in
IS it fair that City of York Council gets £247 less per person than the average local authority in funds allocated from the Government? Clearly, from his comments praising the Government, Hugh Bayley thinks so (June 3). Instead of joining with the council
I have voted at all elections be it general, county, district or parish since I was eligible to vote. I have no intention of voting in the European election as I regard postal voting, except in extreme cases, as unnecessary and a step to ending democratic
LAST weekend more than one hundred Yorkshire-built historic Jowett vehicles met in the York area for our Jowetts in Jorvik event. On behalf of the organisers, I would like to express thanks to the York Tourist Board (Kate McMullen), City of York Council
CATHERINE BRUCE talks to a woman who is looking to turn one of the world's most traditional crafts into an international business. You don't get much more traditional than glassblowing. The craft first saw life about 4,000 years ago on the Syrian/Egyptian
AN EAST YORKSHIRE farmer is to be recognised with a top award. Richard Fuller, who farms at Great Givendale, Pocklington, has been chosen to receive the Royal Agricultural Society of England's Excellence in Practical Farming Award for 2004. It will be
Arguably, with the notable exception of The Beautiful South (and the A1079 to York), Roland Gift is the only good thing to have come out of Hull. His stylish, powerful, and instantly recognisable voice thrilled the Grand Opera House audience, who warmed
BELGIUM would have been the team to watch at Euro 2004 - had the qualified - if a recent schools tournament proves to be a pre-cursor to success in Portugal. Three York primary schools ran out in different international colours in the Yorkshire Water-backed
IT seems odd for a paperback re-issue not to cash in on the success of the Hollywood film which presumably prompted it. Especially when that film, The Missing, starred Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones and was a western spoken of in the same breath as
SCHEMING football club owners plotting to sell a stadium to salivating property developers would not normally make pleasant reading for York City fans. But the light humour of Dominic Holland's second novel should compensate for any psychological scars
BRITAIN is a mongrel nation. Without immigrants Britain would not have tea, pizza, curries, pasta and kebabs. Nor would it have institutions and companies founded and run by foreigners, such as Eton, The Times, the London Stock Exchange, Dolland &
A new report reveals the radical tactics now being used to tackle bad behaviour by pupils in York's schools. Mike Laycock reports. Just expel 'em. You might think that this is the obvious solution to violent, abusive and generally misbehaving pupils -
A school in Tanzania which has only one book for 400 students is to benefit from an exhibition taking place in York. Photographers will be selling their work at York Cemetery Chapel on Saturday and Sunday to raise cash for the Mwenge School. The school
CENTENARY reunions at a York primary school have been delayed due to school inspections. It had been intended to hold the reunions for ex-pupils of Haxby Road Primary School on two dates during next month. But head teacher Nick Long said: "The school
SHOCKED education chiefs today paid tribute today to a York headteacher who has collapsed and died at the peak of his profession. Peter Feasby, 48, the head of Robert Wilkinson School in Strensall, is believed to collapsed at his home in the Heworth area
TURNOUT figures for the Euro election postal vote could reach 50 per cent, it was predicted today. Politicians busy canvassing in York and North Yorkshire forecast that numbers could easily double those seen in the last EU poll. The 1999 election produced
RESIDENTS of a crime-hit area of York are among some of the first in the city to benefit from official security "alleygates". Police hope a metal gate restricting access to an alleyway behind Walpole Street, in The Groves, will deter criminals and cut
FOUR passers-by had a narrow escape when tonnes of masonry were sent crashing down into a busy North Yorkshire street, after an empty cattle wagon clipped the corner of a furniture store. PC Daniel Spence said it was lucky no one was hurt or even killed
ANGRY residents have spoken out against a controversial plan to double the size of the University of York campus. More than 100 residents and councillors grilled university representatives and City of York Council officers at a public meeting in St Paul's
POLICE are blaming a hard core of 200 youngsters - many belonging to gangs - for the bulk of York's antisocial behaviour. And a senior York education officer is warning that the behaviour of a "small but significant" number of pupils in the city's mainstream
ANTHONY McGrath yesterday hammered out his first century of the season and gave the England selectors a timely reminder that they should keep him in their thoughts next week when they pick their squad for the NatWest Series of one-day internationals.
Young Leeds hooker Johnny Wainhouse has joined York City Knights on a month's loan to help bridge the injury gap. The Rhinos under-21 regular has been drafted in as cover for Jim Elston, who is now expected to be out for up to five weeks with a knee injury
YORK City will be among the most expensive teams to watch in non-League football next season. The Evening Press has carried out a survey of admission charges for all clubs in the Conference and the Minstermen are among those at the top of the pile in
ANTHONY McGrath yesterday hammered out his first century of the season and gave the England selectors a timely reminder that they should keep him in their thoughts next week when they pick their squad for the NatWest Series of one-day internationals.
IT was the village fete day that did for me. Not in York, you understand, but on the telly, in Morocco. Yes, if this travel programme was anything to go by, the feast added up to a good day for donkeys and humans, and a catastrophically bad day for goats
I AM a pensioner and I was most upset on reading about the closure of some rural post offices (May 27). It is so convenient for me to sign my book and go along to the post office. It is also a pleasure to be treated as an individual as we are in Copmanthorpe
NEVER mind the tourists - beware the invasion of irate Cornishmen. Not content with trying to steal Robin Hood for Yorkshire, the tourist board is now trying to install King Arthur of Cornwall in Richmond Castle (Business Press, June 1). Come on, Yorkies
I WAS visiting York with friends. My daughter and I wished to take them to one of our favourite restaurants on Micklegate. We were astonished to find the new pay and display regulations in operation. Because of the limited time allowed we had to rush
