GETTING children to try foods which are good for them has been the bane of parents' lives since time immemorial, and with horror tales of escalating levels of childhood obesity never far from the headlines, the issue would seem more pressing than ever
JUNIOR football team Knaresborough Celtic took the strain to reach their goal of raising £45,000 for somewhere to play. And as they approached the halfway line for funds the high-flying kids were given a challenge - pull an RAF Linton-on-Ouse three-tonne
THE young Selby Warriors ARLC under-nines side excelled in their first game together before just losing ten tries to three to their much bigger and more experienced Featherstone opposition. All 13 players showed lots of heart and enthusiasm in defence
YORK Under-12s footballers produced a superb effort to beat Leeds 1-0 on their own turf. Attacking brilliantly down the wings with Connor Qualter and Jordan Holt, chances opened for Jacob Gore, Charlie Binns and man-of-the-match Jack Wickham. York's breakthrough
IT makes me a little sad to see repugnant letters of anti-monarch content as printed by you on April 20 from a woman in The Groves, York. I gave nearly seven years of my life (the desert, Italy etc) to help preserve our present way of life under a democratic
I'M QUITE prepared to believe that York has many meat-eaters (Pleased To Meat You, April 17). But I don't believe a word of the story which claims that 79 per cent of York residents know how to stew a steak; 75 per cent know how to prepare a leg of lamb
Following Mr Gledhill's letter (Tip Oversight, April 22), I would like to reassure readers that there is provision for plastic recycling for pedestrians and cyclists at the new Hazel Court Household Waste Recycling Centre in York. A dedicated recycling
In your weekend edition (Saturday, April 22) two reporters on three pages covered the fatal road accident in Stockton Lane, York. I suggest that the article was woefully unbalanced. On first reading, it appeared to be an obituary for two paragons of York
CITY of York Council is approaching its tenth anniversary as a unitary authority, yet it seems hardly a month has passed without one or more of its eight directorates "restructuring" itself. This usually means expanding its empire or upgrading staff posts
I am urgently trying to trace two of my English teachers, Mrs Surgenor and Mrs Green, from the former Queen Anne Grammar School. They taught English and introduced me to some wonderful literature, an interest which I have kept up all my life. If anyone
I could not believe what I read in The Press on Monday night (April 24) about the "ftr" of city travel and larger "luxury" buses on York's Number Four bus route. "Plush nightclub seating" is not needed for what, for most of us, is a 15-minute bus ride
THE time has come. A fact's a fact. Not my cue to break into Beds Are Burning, by Midnight Oil, but to realise that I'm getting neither younger nor smaller, and I ought to make use of something that came in to being almost as long ago as that 1980s pop
PLANS for a £1 billion science research centre in the Selby district could see a bypass built around a village which suffers from traffic jams, and millions of pounds of investment in the town. That is the message from leading councillor Brian Percival
A MAN was taken to hospital with head injuries after yobs assaulted him with a garden rake. The 27-year-old victim and his girlfriend were approached by the teenage thugs in Scarcroft Road, York, shortly before 4pm on Monday, where they had an argument
ACE angler Mick Addinall continued his resurgent form at Carpvale where he topped his second successive round of the Bob-Co Spring League. Drawn on the notorious peg three on Cyprio Lake, the Newton-on Ouse-based carp bagger used all his skills to haul
CILLA Black was topping the charts and England were still waiting to win the World Cup when retiring Heslington goalkeeper Pete Glanville first played between the sticks in senior football. Glanville hung up his gloves at the age of 58 this week after
ALTHOUGH Yorkshire gained promotion in the Championship last season they have not won a match in the competition since July 23 and were determined to end a sequence of one defeat and seven draws in the game against Warwickshire which began at Edgbaston
HE represents a "serious risk to children". Nevertheless, a judge is powerless to register would-be child abductor Terry Delaney as a sex offender. When he leaves prison, no one will be able to stop the 52-year-old, who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl
WE'RE sure you will get a fabulous welcome at the Marcia Grey. Just make sure you observe the Acomb pub's new dress code. In an attempt to deter baseball-cap-wearing youths from causing trouble, landlord Andrew Henstock has banned all headgear. He will
CILLA Black was topping the charts and England were still waiting to win the World Cup when retiring Heslington goalkeeper Pete Glanville first played between the sticks in senior football. Glanville hung up his gloves at the age of 58 this week after
HARROGATE Railway can take a huge stride towards promotion to the UniBond League tonight. They travel to rivals Sheffield knowing that victory will put them tantalisingly close to the coveted third spot in the premier division of the Northern Counties
Kevin Darley, who has recently moved from his long-time base at Sheriff Hutton to Boroughbridge, travels even further this evening when he takes in a 'night-shift' at Kempton's new all-weather track. The former champion jockey has good prospects of winning
I felt that I had to respond to a recent letter (Double Trouble, April 19) published in your paper. While I do sympathise with Mr Rose in respect of the difficulties in trying to find a disabled parking space at York Hospital, he should know the rules
HAVING moved from York in November last year I can say, without doubt, that it was the best thing I ever did, for my sanity at least. While keeping in touch with the goings-on in York regarding the City of York Council and the ever-increasing fury over
I read with disappointment your article on April 24 about the St George's Day Parade. Not a single Scout or Guide can be seen in the pictures. How can the young people of today show themselves off to the city of York, and be proud of it, without even
IN RESPONSE to the letter from Mr. Duckworth (Roundabout Snag, April 20), I am pleased to inform him that proposals to increase the capacity of the Hopgrove roundabout are included within City of York Council's 2006/07 capital programme as a partnership
As a parent of two young children, I would like to express both my sadness and disgust at the latest work of the vandals at the swing park in Wigginton, York. On arriving at the park on Sunday we were horrified to find that the soft flooring underneath
A York artist is doing his bit for twin-city relations by making a splash in Munster. Milladdio, otherwise known as Andy Hinkles, was commissioned by Munster's twinning authority to portray one of the German town's historical figures, philosopher and
ALTHOUGH Yorkshire gained promotion in the Championship last season they have not won a match in the competition since July 23 and were determined to end a sequence of one defeat and seven draws in the game against Warwickshire which began at Edgbaston
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to create student housing on the site of a former city bus station looks set to get the go-ahead. York St John University College is bidding to house hundreds of students in flats ear-marked to get the go-ahead, despite opposition
YOBBISH menace Graham Burbage may have been a trained psychologist - but the best therapy for his neighbours came when the council evicted him. Burbage was kicked out of his council flat in Dringhouses, York, after subjecting fellow residents to a decade
HER life was almost certainly saved by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance after she suffered severe head injuries in a road accident. Charlotte Leighton was whisked by helicopter to hospital in Leeds, where surgeons carried out pioneering facial reconstruction
YORK can avoid capping and the huge cost of rebilling residents if it limits its council tax rise next year - and submits to the Government's "nomination" process. MP Hugh Bayley was given the news at a meeting with local government minister Phil Woolas
THE passion and spirit of the Olympic Games could be brought to the York streets in 2012. The city's role in the sporting spectacular, and the potential economic and social benefits it could bring, were made much clearer following the unveiling of the
A group of 22 St Peter's School rowers, teamed up with one from St Leonard's School, Durham and two from Lancaster Royal Grammar School, hauled in a raft of medals from the Belgium National Junior Rowing Championships. Ghent International Regatta, which
ARGUMENTS over the expansion of the University of York were outlined as the public inquiry into the controversial plans began in the city. The hearing, which is expected to last at least four weeks, opened at the Guildhall yesterday with supporters and
Archbishop Holgate's School was in mourning yesterday as staff and pupils returned from the Easter break to hear of the tragic deaths of Joel Corner and Daniel Wright, both 15, who both studied there. Popular Press van driver Peter Alexander, 57, of Dringhouses
FULL-TIME rugby league in York is a real possibility with a new York City Knights lottery that could rake in more than £400,000 a year. Nearly 400 supporters packed the Huntington Stadium bar last night for the launch of Lancealotto - a lottery scheme
HE has been branded a "danger" to children whose bid to abduct a 13-year-old girl was motivated by violence or lust. But a judge has expressed outrage after he sent Terry Delaney, of Acomb, York, to prison for four years, but was prevented from putting
Is there a crisis in the NHS? Or was Patricia Hewitt right when she said this was the health service's best year ever? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt thinks it has been the "best ever year" in the NHS. But thousands of demoralised
Malton Bacon Factory drew 1-1 at Wigginton and now need two points from their remaining two games to maintain their Leeper Hare York and District League premier division status. New Earswick's run-in has seen them unbeaten in six division one games to
FULL-TIME rugby league in York is a real possibility with a new York City Knights lottery that could rake in more than £400,000 a year. Nearly 400 supporters packed the Huntington Stadium bar last night for the launch of Lancealotto - a lottery scheme
