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  • Patient reports remarkable improvements

    "It's magic." Those were the words of York great-grandmother Julia Brown who has multiple sclerosis (MS) and is experiencing an amazing improvement after "miracle" stem cell treatment. Julia, 63, of Bishophill, York, was diagnosed with MS in 1973 when

  • Lines drawn in 2006 Battle of Fulford

    THE second Battle Of Fulford has started over whether the historic conflict of 1066 was fought on land where 700 homes are now set to be built. The two sides lined up yesterday at the public inquiry into Persimmon Homes' controversial scheme for land

  • Burst water mains generator replaced

    A NEW power generator has been installed at the York water tower at the heart of the city's burst mains drama in an effort to protect residents from further flooding. Plans are also being considered to replace the old Severus Water Tower in Acomb with

  • Do you fancy a spot of DIY?

    PROPERTY Ladder, DIY SOS such television programmes suggest there are always people willing to knock down/build up their properties. But if you are brave enough to tackle renovation without the aid of a camera crew, take a look at these. If you want

  • Going to town on a fine old home

    WITH great locations and good-sized rooms, townhouses can make fantastic properties. Take, for example, 80 Heworth Green, right. This splendid townhouse was built around 1820 and is a short walk away from the city centre. Accommodation, which includes

  • Foxe may snare role

    Hayden Foxe will be given another opportunity to impress Leeds United boss Kevin Blackwell when the reserves take on Darlington tonight. The Australian defender did well on United's two-match pre-season trip to Norway but Blackwell wants to make sure

  • Reindeer in need of a good home

    IT IS with great regret that we have to announce some tragic news. Rocking Rudolph is being made homeless. We may be in the grip of a heatwave, and we all know Rocking Rudolph is a Christmas creature, but we have to find him a new home before he is thrown

  • York hits £300m tourism jackpot

    TOURISM chiefs are toasting the success of York's attractions after visitor spending smashed through the £300 million barrier for the first time. The First Stop York tourism partnership has announced income from tourists reached a record-breaking £311.8

  • Alex gets the buzz back again for more league service

    FORMER York City Knights favourite Alex Godfrey is eager to return to rugby league after rediscovering a love for the game at the York International 9s. A number of National League clubs have already expressed an interest in signing him, but The Press

  • Not so funny at all...

    NOW here's a funny thing which is to say, one that's not funny at all. A year ago, the Metropolitan Police shot dead a Brazilian man while he was travelling on the Underground in Stockwell, south London. It quickly transpired that Jean Charles de Menezes

  • A good call

    A PERSONAL injury law practice, which opened giant York offices in September, has launched a new £1 million contact centre, generating 80 new jobs in three months. Minster Law bought out the car accident insurance portfolio of Corries last autumn,

  • Kids must learn to win and lose

    THE article on competitive sports struck a chord with me (Axing of competitive sports days is crazy, say parents, The Press, July 15). For various reasons, my life until the age of eight was spent with my grandmother, who virtually brought me up. She

  • Facilities appeal

    I READ, in total dismay, about the axing of competitive sports days. What else is going to go? The Barbican is closing and competitive sports days will not longer be held at schools. York urgently needs sports facilities for our children. Everyone

  • Ditch that car

    COLIN Jones (Rail travel hit by parking charges, Readers' Letters, June 27) will not be using the train any more because he can't afford the £8 parking fee. Why not use the bus, Mr Jones? Living in Stamford Bridge, you can catch the number 10 every

  • On the right track

    I REFER to Leo Enticknap's letter concerning GNER (Rail competition is great news, July 14). Whenever I have travelled to and from London on GNER trains, I have had a comfortable, fast journey, almost always punctual. Refreshments are served from

  • Stop the massacre

    SINCE the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip on July 6, 100 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured, including 170 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Since the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, 130 Lebanese people have

  • I’m a Tad worried

    TADCASTER is certainly a town in decline, and I should think it's a concern to many residents. While there have been many arguments between breweries and the council, it's certainly up for discussion as to who is actually holding this town back

  • Canteen revolution

    IN reply to Ian Snedden's letter (Food for thought on school meals, July 13), where has he got his information from? Has he been in a school kitchen recently? A revolution has taken place regarding school meals. In my experience, we have highly

  • The Stranglers, The Very Best Of The Stranglers (EMI) ***

    THIS is the first compilation to encompass the punk legends' careers on both EMI and BMG: 21 classic tracks spanning 30 years with various line-ups. From Get A Grip and Something Better Change in the beginning, through Always The Sun and Skin Deep

  • Academy aces excel

    Saturday's York 9s triumph will lift the York City Knights senior academy when they take on Halifax tonight at Huntington Stadium (7.30pm). Several members of the Fairfax Cup-winning squad will be back in action against Halifax Under-21s in a preview

  • The Automatic, Not Accepted Anywhere (B-Unique) **

    Those in the know either know very little or are getting desperate. While we wait for the second coming of Kasabian, the Kaiser Chiefs and The Killers, The Automatic have been hailed as the next generation of new heroes. Hailing from Cowbridge, Wales

  • Show’s top marks

    MY daughter and I decided to go to Harrogate for the Great Yorkshire Show, despite everyone complaining about getting there. What all the fuss and furore was about, I don't know. We left home at about 8.30am, caught the Harrogate train, took the free

  • Sincere thanks

    I WOULD like to thank two very kind ladies who helped my mother home when she tripped and fell in Acomb on Tuesday, July 14. I am sorry I do not know your names, but I hope you recognise your kind deed, and accept my sincere thanks. Ann Skilbeck

  • Plan B, Who Needs Actions When You’ve Got Words (679) ***

    Ben Drew alias Plan B has already predictably been dubbed the English Eminem. Yes, he is white, his rhymes are controversial and there is a passing resemblance in their delivery. But surely every young rapper in the world be they black or white

  • Wide of the mark

    SUE Wallace is concerned buses are getting wider. She will be pleased to know this isn't the case. All buses, including the ftr, conform to standard limits laid down by the Department for Transport. Dr Richard Greaves is concerned the levels of

  • TV On The Radio, Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD) ***

    THIS is not easy listening. TV On The Radio's American art-rock sound is at times baffling, dark and always heavily distorted. Lead singer Tunde Adebimpe's gravelly voice slides over thick guitar fuzz, beat-box rhythms and synth-samples on the Brooklyn

  • Britain buttered up by the all-powerful EU

    AS a frequent visitor to the battlefields of two world wars, and as an occasional writer and lecturer on military history, like most of us, I acknowledge the unbelievable sacrifices by Indian and Dominion troops made evident by the war cemetery headstones

  • York – one in 312 million

    ALMOST £312 million. That's how much income tourists brought into York during the past year. At a time when many of the city's traditional industries are under threat York's continued, popularity with visitors is a real boon. We are consistently in

  • Get into the swing

    Here is an offer you can't refuse: the chance of a great sporting day out, while helping our Guardian Angels appeal at the same time. The Press has teamed up with Sandburn Hall Golf Club to launch our inaugural golf day in September. We're hoping to

  • Billy banks on Lloyd lift

    YORK City's latest summer capture Anthony Lloyd turned down a new contract at League Two outfit Torquay United to sign for the Minstermen. Utility man Lloyd left Huddersfield Town for Torquay after a successful loan spell last season but he has opted

  • Bears’ sea slide

    Tim Bresnan grabbed the first three Warwickshire wickets for five runs in the space of 13 balls before being awarded his Yorkshire cap by captain Craig White at Scarborough yesterday. With Jason Gillespie continuing his recent dynamic form, Warwickshire

  • Rashid bowled over by first team experience

    A dream came true for 18-year-old Bradford-born leg-spinner Adil Rashid when he made his first team debut for Yorkshire at Scarborough yesterday in the Championship match against Warwickshire. And Adil only had to wait until his eighth delivery before

  • Park unbeaten run goes West

    WEST Park Bowls Club suffered their first defeat of the season losing 69-85 to Nestl Rowntree on the Copmanthorpe green in the semi finals of the Freedom and Fellowship Cup. Nestl's rink of John Henderson, Colin Waite, Frank Williams and skip Brian Arundale

  • Champs wobble

    Defending champions Ken Richardson and Geoff Marshall (Filey Southdene) had a fright before winning their home Eric Gill Pairs Knockout semi-final against Alan Lawty's team from Langtoft. Seemingly cruising home to a comfortable victory, they saw the

  • Shock defeat

    A visit to bottom club Stillingfleet should have been a walk in the park for HPH York Vale League division two leaders Hemingbrough. But an unhelpful pitch and gritty opponents who had thrown away the script conspired to produce a major shock as Hemingbrough

  • Packs go – but what will happen now?

    They were intended to streamline the process of buying and selling homes but now the crucial survey element of the Government's proposed Home Information Packs will not go ahead. Without them, what can be done to improve the process? They were the Government's

  • Drax hit out in rush to easy victory

    THERE was victory and defeat for the two joint leaders in HPH York Vale League division one. Drax made light work of overhauling Westow's 176-4, made largely from a 97-run partnership between Mark Earle (72) and Andy Welford (48). At their flamboyant

  • Melbourne debut duo on top form

    JOHN Chaplin and Joss Room make star debuts for the HPH York Vale League division four leaders Melbourne. The two new signings from Stamford Bridge helped Melbourne trounce Heworth II by 153 runs. Chaplin hit 137 not out and pace bowler Room took

  • Acomb joy short-lived as leaders triumph

    Acomb bowler Andy Jacques celebrates taking the wicket of Barmby Moor batsman Mike Brent, after he was caught behind by 'keeper Richard Crabtree in the HPH York Vale League division three game at Acomb. But Barmby Moor collected maximum points to stand

  • North Yorks chef and fiancée ready to quit war-torn Beirut

    A CHEF trapped in Beirut was due to be evacuated by a British warship today. Camille Chehab was hoping to escape war-torn Lebanon with his fiance, Misha. Speaking to The Press from Beirut, Camille said he was on a list of British citizens due to be

  • Nicholls could have double joy

    David Nicholls doesn't allow miles to get in the way of winning chances and the Sessay trainer proves the point by launching a mini-raid this evening on Epsom, where I fancy him to have a couple of winners. Nicholls saddles Serieux in the Mall Ashley

  • Ready and Abel

    JUDY Abel will be bidding for her third successive City of York Open Bowls ladies' singles title when the tournament gets under way on Monday. Shipton's Abel could face her toughest challenge in the quarter-finals, where she is due to meet last year's

  • Residents stuck in their flats after breakdown

    ELDERLY residents were stuck in their York flats after a lift was out of action for a month, a furious couple claimed today. Alice and Herbert Flear said the lift at Marjorie Waite Court a sheltered housing complex off Burton Stone Lane had now been

  • How broken leg burglar hopped it!

    BROKEN leg or no broken leg, burglar David Telford did a runner from hospital after police arrested him on warrant, a court heard. Nick Worsley, prosecuting, said that the raider nipped out the back door of a ward while police officers examined X-rays

  • Final bolt in place on new classroom

    THE final bolts have gone into the new school building structure at Huntington School in York. Work started in April replacing 30-year-old rotting mobile classrooms at the school, thanks to a £4.9 million building project and funds raised by pupils themselves

  • Schools link gets approval

    PLANS to unite two York primary schools have been given the go-ahead. Governors at Derwent Infant and Derwent Junior Schools, in Osbaldwick, have given their seal of approval to plans for the two schools to join forces and "federate", after a consultation

  • Heat takes its toll

    THESE youngsters succumbed to the heat in their school classrooms. Temperatures in classrooms at York's Scarcroft Primary School have soared up into the 90s over the past few days forcing, the head teacher to close the school early. The heat in the old

  • NHS cash crisis recovery plan due

    A RECOVERY plan to resolve the multi-million pound debt crisis facing local health services will be announced "very soon", an MP has said. York MP Hugh Bayley, and Selby MP John Grogan met Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt yesterday to ask for more time

  • York pensioner in wrong place at wrong time – inquest

    A YORK pensioner who died in a freak accident when a toppling traffic light column hit her on the head had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, an inquest was told. North Yorkshire West coroner Geoff Fell, sitting at Harrogate Magistrates

  • Burst water pipe headache

    A MAJOR street in York was closed after a large hole appeared in the road surface. Leeman Road was closed after a 4ft deep hole opened up yesterday afternoon, just outside the Junction public house. The damage was linked to the burst water mains which

  • Golf spectacular to help our appeal

    GOLFERS of York and North Yorkshire unite. The Press invites you to attend its inaugural golf day in September and help us raise as much as £10,000 for our Guardian Angels appeal. We have teamed up with Sandburn Hall Golf Club, at Flaxton, to host

  • Blair agrees to meet farmers over sugar fears

    TONY Blair has agreed to meet Yorkshire beet growers whose livelihoods are threatened by the closure of York's British Sugar factory. The Prime Minister told Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh he sympathised with the plight of constituents affected by the

  • Way we were

    Thursday, July 20, 2006 100 years ago Another serious motorcar accident had occurred at Bridlington. A car proceeding along High Street, got beyond the control of the driver, owing to the slippery state of the wooden blocks of which the road