AS the horror of the conflict in Lebanon continues to unfold, The Press can today reveal that a chef from North Yorkshire is among the desperate Britons trapped in the war-torn country. Camille Chehab is under siege as Israeli warplanes pound the city
AN ACCIDENT blackspot on the York ring road is to be redeveloped, with a new roundabout being constructed in a bid to improve safety. City of York Council's city strategy panel voted to build the roundabout to replace the Moor Lane, Askham Lane and Askham
NORTH Yorkshire Police receive ten complaints a week, new figures reveal. The number of complaints made against the county's police officers and staff between April 1 and June 30 this year was 118 a slight increase from 112 in the same period last year
SCHOOLS across York have won thousands of pounds worth of grants to promote healthy eating to pupils. The £135,000 cash from a Government pot inspired by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's nutrition campaign will go to projects including fruit tuck shops
STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report on how York coped with its day of water torture. ANGRY householders are today clearing up after their homes were flooded by burst water mains. Four houses in Gale Lane, Acomb, were flooded yesterday after
WITH reference to your article "Cosmetic or crucial?" (July 14), I am a friend and colleague of Clair's and I have seen her in extreme pain, crying with it. She had taken her painkillers but couldn't take any more for two to three hours. All Clair wants
NOT all of the younger generation need to be admonished for their behaviour. We only have to examine ourselves, the older, retired generation. Having returned from a short summer break, I think it is time to redress the balance. On the first day, the
I WISH to respond to the story about full pints (Head Ache, July 15). For years, I have taken my pint for a top-up. It is something close to my heart. Nobody seems to talk about beer costing between £1.75-£2.25. Why shouldn't we expect a full pint? Although
YORK is used to coping with floods. Normally, they are of the natural variety caused by heavy rain and the vagaries of the weather. Yesterday's, however, occurred on the hottest day of the year, when there was not a rain cloud in sight. A power failure
THE unveiling of a memorial sculpture to tragic caving victim Joe Lister could not have been more poignant. The Tadcaster Grammar School pupil's 13-year-old sister Laura sang a song written specially in Joe's memory by his friend Ben Richards. It is
THERE has been a lot of publicity about the extradition of three bankers to the US, but one very important point has been overlooked. The same Act of Parliament which granted the US the right to demand the surrender of a British citizen, without having
TOO often we hear negative stories concerning children and young people. But I am writing to publicise an outstanding campaign that is trying to buck the idea of young people as troublemakers, but rather highlight the fantastic work they do for their
YES! I saw Pink Floyd at New Earswick Folk Hall, together with the light show (Diary, The Press, July 13). I believe The Mandrakes opened for them, featuring singer Robert Palmer. Also, I saw Procol Harem, Alan Bown, Jimmy Cliff, Soft Machine and Tomorrow
BEING a keen student of pop music, gigs and venues of York it was with great delight I read about the Pink Floyd concert in New Earswick. At last, someone who was there! It's not a myth, then? Strangely enough, it doesn't appear on the concert listings
WE have heard a lot lately about the British Sugar factory closure (Buried, The Press, July 5). Why do they not change production to produce fuel for cars, as they do in Brazil from sugar-cane? This would bring the factory more money than the site
QUESTION. Do the people who object to mobile phone masts have mobile phones themselves? Just asking. Rosemary Johnston, Lastingham Terrace, York.
SUE Wallace asks "Why can't someone design a slim-line electric bus?" (Wider Monsters, letters, July 15). It has been done. Those responsible for York's monster buses should take a trip to Newcastle where small, electric buses operate. Being electrically
THANK you to all the caring motorists who helped me when at 10am on Saturday, July 15, I fell off my bicycle at the roundabout at the end of Eastholme Drive; especially the woman driving behind me, driving with great care and attention, who stopped
WITH two well-known names testing out their new shows for this year's Edinburgh Festival, comedy fans were treated to a night of never-seen-before material. Rob Rouse, from Channel 4's Friday Night Project, and Lucy Porter are big names on the comedy
THE day the boss walks into the office in Bermuda shorts, flowery short-sleeved shirts and sockless, you'll know it's hot. Until then, it seems, most British workers will have to suffer their normal work "uniform" no matter what heights the thermometer
York City Knights coach Mick Cook will stay in charge next season whether or not they stay up. A new contract that will take Cook's tenure to the end of 2007 has been announced by chief executive John Guildford as part of a triple boost alongside
IT was December 1980. I was lying curled up in bed, not wanting to leave the only warm spot in my freezing attic bedroom, and certainly not wanting to walk through the drizzle and fog to my punishing four-hour schedule of lectures and tutorials. I switched
AN OLYMPIC champion joined a 2012 hopeful in York to help launch a new lottery game to raise cash for the games in London. Gold medallist Steve Backley arrived in the city in a limousine with James Curtain, a hopeful for the 2012 Olympic Games, and
GETTING young people to give up their spare time to volunteer work can be a challenge. But as Education Reporter HAYDN LEWIS found out, that isn't always the case. THE demands placed on today's young people are greater than ever before, juggling school
A YORK company is the first in Yorkshire to make a hefty contribution towards a major new corporate sponsorship package to bring a new air ambulance helicopter to the city. Corries Solicitors, a national personal injuries law firm which incorporates
YORK City have reduced the admission prices for their friendly against Leeds United on Tuesday, August 1, writes Dave Flett. Minstermen supporters will now be able to watch the game for £10 (adults) and £5 (concessions) rather than the original prices
Shaun Derry is hoping to get back into the action this week after missing out on Leeds United's trip to Scandinavia. The midfield dynamo was suffering with a sore toe and took advantage of the chance to spend more time with his new baby but now he
BATSMAN and leg-spinner Adil Rashid was today poised to make his Yorkshire debut in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match against Warwickshire at Scarborough. A few months ago, 18-year-old Rashid was singled out as the best leg-spin prospect
York Cricket Club is arranging coach transport for any members or supporters who wish to travel to Gosforth, Newcastle, for the Cockspur Cup quarter-final match on July 30 against South Northumberland CC. The cost will be £10 return. Contact Chris
Orienteers at The Mount School and junior arm Tregelles were smiling after the girls enjoyed a clean sweep in the York Area Schools Summer League. Runners clocked up points against their own ability, reaching as many controls in a set time as possible
Paul Hutchison looked tailor-made for the big-time when he burst on to the county scene in 1997. On his first-class debut for Yorkshire against Pakistan A', the left-arm seamer claimed 7-38 and he followed up with 7-50 in his first county championship
APPLEFIELDS I pipped their rivals to win the first Sportsability Festival run by the Oaklands Sports Partnership at Burnholme Community College. Forty children from York's two special schools Applefields and Hob Moor Oaks were joined by children from
St Oswald's Primary School have lifted the Derwent Sports Association athletics cup despite not having a field to train on. A 40-strong squad triumphed in the large school section of the annual contest after training on the nearby parish field. Pupils
HUNDREDS of people gathered for the unveiling of a memorial to 14-year-old Joe Lister, who died in a school caving accident. Classmates, relatives, friends and teachers attended a special ceremony at Tadcaster Grammar School, where the teenager was
Two girls from Queen Mary's School, Topcliffe, near Thirsk have been crowned Yorkshire Under-11 tennis champions. Harriet Makin and Chloe Lister faced fierce competition from eight other teams from all over Yorkshire in the tournament at South Leeds
Widely regarded as England's finest uncapped goalkeeper, this new book gives a detailed summary of former York City manager Sam Bartram's playing career. It's title is somewhat misleading, however, as it does not really offer any insight into the
STRICT controls over which patients are referred to hospital could be in place for all procedures by the end of September. Selby and York Primary Care Trust's (PCT) board yesterday approved an ambitious financial recovery plan which contains details
An excellently nostalgic collection of photographs taken from the 1966 World Cup finals most previously unseen. Coffee-table sized, the hardback book might seem expensive but it is tremendously presented and a perfect, permanent souvenir of English
BUBBLING Simon Dyson is banking on a swelter-skelter ride to an impressive finish in The Open. Tomorrow the 135th Open Championship swings into view at the Royal Liverpool course in Hoylake on the Wirral peninsula in baking conditions. Indeed, such are
THE ninth event in the Clifton CC evening time trial series saw Nigel Goscinski (Obri Coaching) take first place with a time of 23 minutes 45 seconds over the flat, ten mile course. Clifton's Charlie Evans was second with 24.02, and Colin Hawksby
Andy Hilton was the winner for the second time in a row at the final race in the York and District road running league at Selby. His winning time of 32 minutes and 12 seconds was one second inside the previous course record for the revised Selby course
Can she do it again? Noble Nova, on a Scottish working holiday, bids to make it four wins off the reel at Hamilton tomorrow. The Mick Channon-trained filly got off the mark at Ayr, followed up at Hamilton in under a week and returned to Ayr on Monday
A BOOKMAKER has been jailed for 21 months for money laundering and ordered to pay £57,000 or face an extra two years behind bars. Gerald Desmond Geraghty, 61, of Primrose Hill Farm, Terrington, pleaded guilty to offences committed between September 2001
Who says global warming is a bad thing? Anglers in the York area certainly weren't complaining over the weekend. As the thermometer rose so did the weights and two venues posted new top scores in the baking conditions. Venue regular John Brain shattered
THE blaze which engulfed a derelict shoe shop in York city centre was caused by people squatting in the building. The Press told how the massive inferno broke out in the boarded-up Wynsors World Of Shoes at about 10.15pm on Saturday night. Nearby Fibbers
FURY today erupted among York estate agents over the Government's decision to scrap the controversial survey element of their Home Information Packs. Yvette Cooper, the Minister for Housing and Planning, said further testing of Home Condition Reports
NORWICH Union will compete in the FA Futsal National finals this weekend at Sheffield. The five-a-side team, which consists of players from the Leeper Hare York and District League division one club, will take on 16 other qualifiers from up and down
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 100 years ago Probably the largest single order for cutlery and plate ever placed with a Sheffield firm was completed and despatched by the well-known house of J H Potter, of Rockingham Works in that city. It was composed
