RESEARCH and educational excellence would be in jeopardy if the University of York's expansion plans were blocked, top academics have warned. Speaking at a public inquiry into the proposals, university chiefs defended their controversial £500 million
I AM sorry to have to tell Mr Burton that it is Hugh Bayley who is deliberately twisting the facts not the Liberal Democrats (Council Tax Poser, April 22). In a discussion about capping the City of York Council's budget, one would expect him to compare
There's a lot of adverse publicity about the police. Let me tell you about an experience I had. On a Saturday night, on our drive, my car had been tampered with and some petrol had apparently been siphoned off. I reported this on the basis that if anything
MORE than £1 million spent on roadworks, more again on two shiny new buses and a wonderful new payment system. That is York's new Number Four bus route. Just one snag if you are over 60 and you, like me, foolishly opted to take travel tokens this year
FREE travel on buses for senior citizens - what a laugh. Senior citizens living over the boundary in East Yorkshire, a mere six miles from York in some cases, have to purchase a boundary pass at a cost of £10 per year just to get into York. They cannot
YORK City defender James Dudgeon has listed five reasons why the team are desperate to win their final game of the season against second-placed Hereford United. The Minstermen might be out of the play-off picture now but Dudgeon is hoping to prove the
ONCE upon a time, the only thing green about the Tories was the wellies they put on when in the countryside. But nowadays, the Tories are green as green can be. This development must fall hard on the really green politicians, the ones who are entitled
POSITIVELY promote York, not just as a tourist honey pot, but also as a centre of business excellence. That, concluded top business brains at a Leadership Business Forum organised by York-based law firm Langleys, was what was needed to attract new commercial
IT'S hats off to Beryl Otley's North Yorkshire venture, Get Ahead Hats, which has spread its tentacles throughout the UK. Beryl, 64, is celebrating 21 years since she started the farmers' wives' co-operative, which now has 22 showrooms on farms from Devon
BRIT-POWER will be the target for recently-crowned Euro swing-king Simon Dyson. The North Yorkshire ace has returned from impressive performances in the Far East only to be advised to withdraw from the European Tour event in the Andalucia Open starting
ARTISTS from across North Yorkshire will be getting a chance to display their work together at a charity exhibition in one of the county's finest stately homes. Picturesque Castle Howard, near Malton, will be the setting for the exhibition - called artexny
NUMBERS of patients referred to York Hospital have soared well over planned levels, with hundreds more sent by doctors in March than in the previous year, a new report has revealed. The report to York Hospitals NHS Trust board, which met yesterday, revealed
SHOCKED staff at a historic Christian book shop in York were told the premises was closing down - via email. Charity bosses from the Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), sent the memo to managers at the Goodramgate store following the collapse
VETERANS of a key Second World War battle gathered in York, to remember their fallen comrades 62 years on. Survivors of the Battle of Kohima, which took place in 1944, held their annual memorial service at York Minster yesterday, followed by a wreath-laying
Opportunity is knocking for several of York Acorn's understudies this weekend ahead of the final match of the season at Rochdale Mayfield, writes Claire Hughes. Half the regular first-team squad are sitting out for injury, holiday or Yorkshire representative
BRIT-POWER will be the target for recently-crowned Euro swing-king Simon Dyson. The North Yorkshire ace has returned from impressive performances in the Far East only to be advised to withdraw from the European Tour event in the Andalucia Open starting
THE cost of a litre of unleaded petrol in York has broken the £1 barrier for the first time. Soaring oil prices have led to further price rises and ordinary unleaded is now selling for as much as £1.01.9 per litre. Diesel in the city now sells for up
THE case of a York predator who tried to snatch a girl at a bus stop could lead to a new law allowing child abductors to be regulated. Campaigner Sara Payne today thanked The Press for bringing the case to her attention and now her pressure group, Phoenix
IT is dangerous and a "health problem" for which "prevention is clearly better than cure". So says Dr Jeffrie Strang, public health director for the Ryedale, Scarborough and Whitby area. And what is it he is talking about? Passive smoking? Obesity? Lack
Big rewards are in the pipeline for volunteer Lancealotto agents and the club at York City Knights. The Lancealotto was launched this week - a brand new scheme offering Knights fans the chance to win big prizes and raise cash for the club. It costs £1
AS A resident of South Bank, in York, and a regular user of the Knavesmire area, may I congratulate all concerned at the recent successful conclusion of the licensing wrangle. I was one who feared the outcome of late licence applications in residential
WITH reference to Bill Hearld's feature on whistling, or rather the lack of it (The Press, April 25), I believe I may be from the same generation as his late dad, living in an era when tunes were musical, could be carried in the mind, and were "whistle-able
I WONDER if your readers, like me, are wondering what sort of society lets out known dangerous criminals? Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, 108 Main Street, Wressle, Selby. Updated: 09:51 Thursday, April 27, 2006
WE HEAR a lot about saving the planet from global warming, but apart from punishing people with higher taxes, with which I disagree, there is no green initiative from the Government worth considering. However, a lot could be done. Some 25 years ago, the
READING Stephen Lewis's article about the FTR (It's The ftr Of City Travel, April 24) raised as many concerns as it settled. I never use the Number Four service and, in all likelihood, will never have reason to do so. But it might spread to other routes
REGARDING the article It's The ftr Of City Travel (Monday April 24), the £1.3 million spent by City of York Council comes from its capital budget, not its revenue budget. It is not, therefore, council taxpayers' money, the council says. While technically
Our faith in human nature is finally restored. There are some kind, helpful people in the world. Geoff and Mary Bradley have just experienced it, and they have written to The Diary to say thank you to the people who helped them after a bizarre accident
FORMER York City star Graeme Murty has earned a recall to the Scotland squad. The stylish Reading right-back has been drafted into the 20-man squad for the Kirin Cup in Japan after leading his club into the Barclays Premiership. Scotland are scheduled
Yorkshire captain Craig White got himself out of jail on the first day of the Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. For no apparent good reason, White chose to field first and it seemed as if his plan had badly misfired with
"WE ARE the minority in this case - not a right-wing force, just a family trying to survive." These were the words of Rick Troughear, owner of the Moat Bed and Breakfast, in Nunnery Lane, York. He was responding to council leader Steve Galloway's stark
THE massive bill for flood defences elsewhere in Yorkshire could leave York short of funds for years to come, a councillor warned today. A billion pounds may need to be spent on protecting Hull and other communities from the Humber, and another £200 million
WOMEN have turned into "desperate housewives", spending more than nine years of their adult lives cleaning and tidying. Domestic chores have been credited as the one thing women feel they can control, despite working longer hours than ever before, while
YORK council chief Steve Galloway has criticised the city's opposition group for not moving with the times after his party came under fire for adopting an "arrogant approach" to the authority's new constitution. City of York Council's Labour group claims
Big rewards are in the pipeline for volunteer Lancealotto agents and the club at York City Knights. The Lancealotto was launched this week - a brand new scheme offering Knights fans the chance to win big prizes and raise cash for the club. It costs £1
Yorkshire captain Craig White got himself out of jail on the first day of the Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. For no apparent good reason, White chose to field first and it seemed as if his plan had badly misfired with
YORK City defender James Dudgeon has listed five reasons why the team are desperate to win their final game of the season against second-placed Hereford United. The Minstermen might be out of the play-off picture now but Dudgeon is hoping to prove the
Desperate housewives? Or simply determined to be in charge? Women are spending an average of nine years of their adult lives cleaning and tidying, apparently. Some say they find it mentally therapeutic: others that it is better than sex. Many insist they
Opportunity is knocking for several of York Acorn's understudies this weekend ahead of the final match of the season at Rochdale Mayfield, writes Claire Hughes. Half the regular first-team squad are sitting out for injury, holiday or Yorkshire representative
It brings together a primary school, a special needs school, a nursery, an extra-hours fun-club and a family support team under a single roof. It's the new £7.5 million Hob Moor Children's Centre - and it opens today. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. It's been
Those of you who remember Soba, styled 'Queen of the North' in the 1980s, should also know of her son, who runs at Southwell this evening and is napped to show his rivals the way home. Soba, 13 times a winner, was trained by David Chapman and ridden by
