Wednesday, March 30, 2005 100 years ago: The report of the Chief Constable of York for 1904 had just been published, and "it may fairly be regarded as a most gratifying one". The criminal returns showed that, compared with the average for the past five
Fairgrounds, morris men and giant chess boards, or upmarket festivals and more posh shops? Which way is York city centre going to go? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. WHAT kind of city centre do we want? A cheap 'n' cheerful, friendly sort of place, with fairgrounds
Paul Mulrennan, who teams-up with the Mick Easterby-trained Blue Spinnaker in Saturday's Lincoln Handicap, can stake an early claim to a Doncaster winner tomorrow by landing the opening spoils at the three-day meeting - just as he did 12 months ago. Mulrennan
An organisation which has demanded a £145 fee from two pawnbroker shops in York to register their closed circuit television (CCTV) systems is under investigation. The demand takes the form of a fine-threatening "urgent notice", sent out by the organisation
WE didn't get the start we wanted in our LHF National League campaign with defeat to Swinton on Monday. I'm still a bit down about that result and the fact it's been a few games since we won. We've just got to keep working at it in training to make sure
A NEW acupuncture treatment and a chance meeting at Selby Abbey has helped save the sight of a York pensioner. Josie Tomlin, of Heslington, York, had to cross the Atlantic to find a remedy for a condition that could have resulted in her losing her vision
GOALS flowed for the top two sides in Reserve 'A' of the Leeper Hare York and District League. Leaders Old Malton beat Huntington 5-2 with the plunder shared by Tom Moorcroft (2), Shaun Thackeray (2) and Paul Walker. Sixteen-year-old Davey Smith and Mark
POLICE are investigating how a hoax package containing a harmless white powder came to spark a chemical attack alert at a York city centre bank. A massive emergency services operation was mounted after staff at NatWest Bank in Market Street returned from
PUNTERS who want to hit the finishing line in style during Royal Ascot at York are being told train operator GNER is their best bet. The York-based train company has announced plans to provide extra services when the horse racing festival hits Knavesmire
NOWHERE is safe, no one is sacrosanct. The thieves who stole computer games from a York Hospital children's ward have plumbed new depths of dishonesty. Local teenagers raised the money to buy the PlayStation software before Christmas. For sick young patients
I FEAR it is Mick Snowden that has the wrong idea about ID cards (March 25). The Government treats us all as potential criminals by introducing these draconian measures and, as a free citizen of the UK, I object most strongly to having to carry identification
JUST when the Conservative Party was at last making a dent in the standing and popularity of New Labour it scores a classic own goal. Their MP Howard Flight speaks out of turn at a dinner party and the walls crumble down again. It is possible to cut out
IN 1970 I was involved in the choosing, ordering and return of technical reports and memoranda from the Technical Research department of British Rail at the Derb unit. One report was about asbestosis and its implications. I was appalled and incensed to
THERE were two main reasons for listening to Radio York: Mike Hurley's Saturday morning radio show and Jonathan Cowap's Sunday phone-in. These radio shows were two of the most popular on the radio station but have been mysteriously axed with little publicity
JUST out of interest I bought a copy of the Highway Code and read the chapter on yellow lines. Fascinating as it was, I struggled to find any mention of the "lemon lines" which are soon to appear on our city streets. Does this mean the Highway Code and
BECKETT Football League leaders Kirkdale United tightened their grip on top spot with a 2-0 win against Thornton-le-Dale. A Philip Charlton penalty and a goal from Ashley Windress were enough for victory. Union Rovers kept up the pressure with a 3-0 win
HERE'S a business idea which should draw the foot-weary punters at June's Ascot Races in York. Called Foot Fetish, it is a curry-powered foot-massaging station which would be a service particularly welcomed by York Racecourse visitors who have to bear
YORK City Baths Club's Hannah Petts won the 13 years top girl award with team-mate Rachel Eastaugh third in the Yorkshire Age Group Championships at Sheffield. It was the third and final gala of the championships with all races over 50 metres. Eastaugh
A WIDOW whose husband was killed by asbestos dust brought home by his father from York Carriageworks has won a ground-breaking claim for damages. As a teenager, John Dawson regularly used to be tinkering with his motorbike in the backyard when his father
FRESH hope could be on the horizon for York community groups after they were threatened with being turfed out of their building. Groups that use the Institute building in Escrick Street faced the threat of homelessness when the city council said it was
INTRUDERS are on the prowl for insecure sheds and vulnerable garages full of often valuable equipment, police have warned. Officers have urged householders to review the security of their outbuildings after a spate of shed and garage burglaries across
THEY are blamed for many of society's ills. They are stereotyped as super-scroungers and "Chavs", have numerous children at a young age and live on benefits in council housing for their whole lives. In "TV land" they are like Little Britain's Vicky Pollard
Ian Walker (Kerrs Angling) utilised his favourite method to deadly effect to top the sell-out second round of the Outwood Angling Centre series at the Willows. Pegged on Goldrush 45, he blasted the peg with casters to draw quality silver fish up in the
SICK children stuck in hospital have had their playthings snatched by thieves who broke into their toy cupboard. Staff at York Hospital's children's ward were sickened when they found between 15 and 20 PlayStation games had gone missing from the playroom
KATE Marchbank and Eleanor Ramsden were in sparkling form as University Students won 5-4 at Clifton Ladies in division one of the York Badminton League. They had three wins for 112-85, including a tough 15-12, 12-15, 15-12 victory over Lucy Smith and
THOUSANDS of families waiting for homes in York could be given relief if an overhaul of the council's allocation system is approved. Members of a board which looks at York's housing needs want to bin the current "points" allocation system and replace
YORK City Football Club today announced Nigel Pleasants is to join the Minstermen as club secretary. Pleasants's role will be to supervise all administration at the club and he will officially start on Friday. He has vast football experience having worked
IT has been the focus of York's railway industry for more than a century. Now a piece of the city's history is set to be sold - in a deal expected to be worth more than £11 million. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has announced it is to sell Station
THE King And I opened on March 29 1951 at the St James Theatre in New York. With coincidental but pleasing symmetry, the show's opening night at the Grand Opera House fell on March 29 2005, the 54th anniversary of that first night. Written at the request
THE man in the England thong seemed very pleased with himself. He stood all but naked, plastic pint of lager in hand and smiled in apparent satisfaction as he surveyed his comrades in their various states of drunkenness and undress. Football club banners
PEOPLE on the York housing list must feel they are involved in a particularly cruel game of snakes and ladders. As the months and years go by, they slowly climb towards the front of the queue - only for someone with more points to leap ahead, sending
WITH such high hopes for the forthcoming Royal Ascot in York I am surprised that at least some of the £650,000 Yorkshire Forward grant (February 18) to City of York Council has not been spent refurbishing two centres to be used by thousands of racegoers
IN response to J Atkinson's letter, ('Just move away', March 17), while he or she chose to live near the racecourse I certainly did not. I had no choice about where I was born and raised. As for the suggestion that I move, if J Atkinson, or anyone else
MY wife and I have recently returned from our visi to India and Sri Lanka and we were told that we were only the fourth cruise ship to have called at Columbo since the Tsunami disaster. We were unable to call at Galle because conditions still would not
I WAS invited to a meeting of the Inland Waterways Association to see a slide show entitled Crusade On The Rivers. It was suggested a group was formed to be called the Yorkshire Ouse Corridor Section, with membership open to all who attended that evening
IN response to 'Lawyer defends appeal system' (March 25), how foolish of the man or woman in the street to think we taxpayers pay megabucks to our Crown Court judges to bestow sentences on the criminals who pass through their hands, and that the criminal
In his letter Mick Phythian says St Nicholas Fields wasn't rat-infested and full of rubbish (Letters, March 16). I'm sorry, Mick, but your memory doesn't match the reality at the time as anyone who lived in Tang Hall, as I did, knows. As the original
GOALS flowed for the top two sides in Reserve 'A' of the Leeper Hare York and District League. Leaders Old Malton beat Huntington 5-2 with the plunder shared by Tom Moorcroft (2), Shaun Thackeray (2) and Paul Walker. Sixteen-year-old Davey Smith and Mark
PICKERING Town and Goole are both aiming to resolve a weekend of league misery with the chance of cup success tonight. The Pikes are hoping to welcome back Mark and Steve Swales from injury, with Rob Eeles also returning to strengthen the side for their
MANY thanks to my colleagues for keeping the Diary while I was away contemplating the true meaning of Easter (Smarties versus Mini-Eggs). Now, where were we? Ah yes, Republican Ascot... Our campaign to stage a counter event to the royal horsey hoo-hah
YORK City Football Club today announced Nigel Pleasants is to join the Minstermen as club secretary. Pleasants's role will be to supervise all administration at the club and he will officially start on Friday. He has vast football experience having worked
