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  • St Sampson's Square goes green

    A PAVED square in the heart of York has been transformed into a tranquil oasis. Shoppers and visitors to the city this weekend could be forgiven for thinking they've stepped into an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show when the take a stroll round St Sampson's

  • A squawk in the park...

    THESE chickens are just one of the exhibits on display at the Newby Hall Sculpture Park, near Ripon. Now in its seventh year, the open-air exhibition of contemporary sculpture will this year be complemented by an exhibition of paintings. Established

  • Quiz to focus on climate change

    A climate change quiz will be held next week to celebrate World Environment Day. The event will take place on Tuesday, at the city's Eco Depot, in James Street, as part of the Climate Talk project. The year-long project is backed by The Press and aimed

  • Brick train sculpture, Darlington

    What? A train sculpture and a sculpture park. Why? Why go to Darlington to see trains, when York has such a splendid collection? Well, have you ever seen a brick train in York? This has to be one of the most imaginative modern "sculptures" I have ever

  • The Tower, by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Pan paperback, £6.99)

    IN a remote corner of the Sahara desert, a squad of Roman soldiers stumbles across a mysterious tower. That night they all die, annihilated by an unseen power. One man survives: an Etruscan diviner and magician who was with the squad. He leaves a written

  • On right track

    IT is freezing mid-winter, 1909. A train hits a snowdrift on a lonely stretch of line running along the clifftops between Whitby and Middlesbrough. In the process of clearing the line, a body is discovered. So begins York railway detective Jim Stringer's

  • The low-down

    AS I write, it is Bank Holiday Monday and the rain is heavily and steadily pouring down on an already-sodden garden. The weather has been so diverse these past couple of months, and it is hard to believe that in April plants were coming into flower too

  • Home rule in the West

    Home rule in the West IN the first week of fixtures in the Under 9 League West Zone all the home teams chalked up a win. Three Heworth batsmen - M Fairburn, D Tingle and L Atkin made double figures- in the victory against Acomb. B Stevenson (0-2) and

  • Skipper Charlie

    MEET cricket prodigy Charlie Elliot who has hit another milestone - by being made captain of the Yorkshire Under-11s team. The youngster, who plays cricket and rugby union at York Cricket and Rugby Club, has been representing his county with bat and

  • York in command

    YORK A' clung on to the leadership of the Hirepoint Under-15 League East Zone in athriller at Malton. The home side reached 118-4 with B Holtby (42) top scoring but York just overhauled them in the last over thanks to K Waite (45) and A Davis (31no).

  • Schools eye up quarters

    YORK schools are gearing up for an area quarter-final in the Drax Cup 2007, the first-ever cricket competition in Yorkshire for children under nine. Osbaldwick School will next week find out whether they face St Lawrences Church of England School or

  • York’s swimmers

    YORK City Baths Club swimmers Chris Burns and Bradley Swainston battled through to finals at the ASA North Eastern Region Youth Championships at Sheffield. Burns made it through to the 50m breaststroke final and Swainston went all the way through to

  • White Horse setting the pace

    SWIMMERS from Thirsk beat off stiff competition to take third place in a national competition. The White Horse Swim Team members took part in the Postal Swim - an annual event organised by the British Long Distance Swimming Association which brings in

  • York teams run to success at Twickenham

    THREE York RUFC teams left Twickenham unbeaten after excelling at the 2007 National Mini and Junior finals. The Under-9, U10 and U11 sides all fought out draws in their respective finals to share the silverware with their opponents. York U11s completed

  • Let the Games begin

    THE county's biggest sporting event for kids explodes into action tomorrow. More than 1,500 young people will be battling it out in the seventh North Yorkshire Youth Games at Ampleforth College. Teams from all seven Local authorities in the county -

  • Burnholme through to facing the Canon blast

    Burnholme School will meet Canon Lee in the Year 7 rugby league Marston Moor Cup final after finishing in the top two of the second qualifying festival held at Archbishop Holgate's School, writes Peter Martini. Both teams finished on five points in

  • Pocklington athletes make an early impression

    POCKLINGTON School made a first successful foray into the National Schools Cup Athletics Competition. The first round was held at Hull and despite fielding a weakened Under-15 side they finished fourth out of 13 teams. Greg Berry won both the high jump

  • Fishergate angling for championships title

    FISHERGATE Primary School's footballers aim to make it a real champion season. They are one of the six York Primary Schools Football League winners who will battle it out in the Champions League at New Earswick Sports Club on Saturday, June 23, (kick-off

  • Same again final

    CLIFTON with Rawcliffe booked their place in the Primary Cup final with a 3-1 win over fancied Ralph Butterfield. The final will be a repeat of the Cade Trophy final earlier this season when they came from behind to beat Bishopthorpe 3-1. Bishopthorpe

  • Title hat-trick

    HAT-TRICK heroes Rawcliffe under nines have set a new Mitchell Soccer League record. The prolific junior team finished the season as Division 1A champions to become the first side to clinch a league title in three consecutive campaigns. Coached by Pete

  • Sponsor sought

    THE York Girls League are seeking a sponsor for their summer tournament on Sunday, June 10. Anybody interested should contact David Winterburn on 01757 249046.

  • Haxby recruiting

    HAXBY Town JFC are on the look out for new players to start a U8's team for the coming season. Contact Neil on 01904761908 or mobile 07845496457 for more details.

  • A place in the sun

    YORK-BORN teenager Charlotte Walton has become the first girl from Lanzarote to represent the Canary Islands in the Spanish National Futsal Championships. Walton, 12, used to live in Ulleskelf, near Tadcaster, before her parents emigrated to the Canaries

  • Annual meetings

    RAWCLIFFE Junior Football Club will be holding their annual meeting at Rawcliffe Recreation ground on Sunday, June 10 (noon). This will be followed by the club's presentation day and barbecue. The club have vacancies on the management committee and

  • It’s hard on Hardy

    LADY Lumley's School, Pickering, were beaten by Filey School by ten runs in their County Cricket Cup game. Lumley's opener Dan Hardy carried his bat for an unbeaten 107-9 in response to Filey's 117-9.

  • It’s double joy for magic Millers

    MILLER'S junior netballers doubled up for success at the York and District Youth League's end-of-season tournament. The club's Millerpedes won the Bugs' competition, played by year seven and eight girls while Miller's Kestrels clinched victory in the

  • Buck the trend

    YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook reckons the plaudits coming Dave Buckley's way are just reward for his unstinting efforts. The Australian packman has caught the eye so much since he was pushed forward from the second row to the front line that he has

  • Ace Ryan's side show

    WHAT a triumphant return to Headingley Carnegie it was for Ryan Sidebottom, who left Yorkshire under a cloud at the end of the 2003 season when he packed his bags and made off to Nottinghamshire. And what good news it was for England that the 29-year-old

  • Fairway to heaven at Fulford

    THE heat will be on at full-force at Fulford Golf Club tomorrow. That's when the battle for the York Amateur Championship swings into all-out action with no fewer than five former champions in the field for York Union of Golf Clubs' showpiece amateur

  • Kay’s all of a daze

    YORK Cricket Club first team all rounder Nick Kay excelled to win the St Leonard's Hospice annual golf tournament at Fulford. Kay, who plays off 18 and is not currently a member of a golf club, scored 45 stableford points, the equivalent of nine under

  • Tallin calling

    TALLIN calling, Tallin calling. How that chant must be ringing incessantly through the ears of England football national coach Steve McClaren. Irrespective of what happened last night in the money-grabbing hyped-up duel that pitted England against Brazil

  • Tune into Piano Man

    RICHARD Quinn, back among the winners after returning to the saddle a couple of weeks ago, can give a reminder of his talents at Brighton tomorrow. Quinn (pictured), who called time on his career last season, had second thoughts about retirement after

  • Hardraw

    HARDRAW seemed the same after a night under canvas, but wetter. I sympathised with the bedraggled baby sparrows, did the cursory campsite ablutions and hummed Bob Dylan's Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin soft'. Hardraw Beck was strong, the

  • Village people

    "YOU'RE in The Village!" That line may sound familiar to older readers and fans of the cult 1960s TV series The Prisoner, in which Patrick McGoohan played a secret agent who resigns his job and is kidnapped and imprisoned in a mysterious resort. Each

  • Three hurt in city colision

    TWO bike riders were injured in a rush-hour smash on a busy route out of York. A motorcyclist and a pillion passenger were both thrown about 40 yards from the crash site, along with their bike, as a result of the impact. They suffered leg and back injuries

  • Hotel hit by bar burglar

    AN ALCOHOLIC helped to steal wine and beer worth almost £650 from a top York hotel, a court heard. The city's magistrates were told that Thomas Jack Kennedy, who lives at the Arc Light Centre, in Leeman Road, York, walked into the Royal York Hotel, in

  • Witness plea after brawl

    This was the scene as 10 people were arrested during a mass brawl in York city centre. Police are appealing for witnesses to the massive fight, which broke out in Tanner Row, outside Flares nightclub, at about 10.20pm on Sunday. Trouble erupted after

  • Fares may rise as taxi fleet changes colour to black

    THOUSANDS of taxi customers may face increased fares, if plans for York's entire hackney carriage fleet to be painted black go ahead. Councillors are looking at a scheme to ensure all the city's 158 licensed hackney carriages have uniform black paintwork

  • Water works

    MENTION Yorkshire water and most people will think of dripping taps or bills to be paid. Walking, fishing, sailing, cycling and horse riding probably will not come into it. But these are some of the activities to be enjoyed for free at reservoirs owned

  • Lovers of rosé wines should be tickled pink

    NOT so many years ago, the supermarket shelves had little choice when it came to rosé wine. There was always that stuff in an odd shaped bottle from Portugal (incidentally the wine producers in the Franken region of Germany will tell you that the shape

  • How Bettys came to York

    NOTHING says sophistication like afternoon tea at Bettys. Sipping tea from china cups while nibbling cakes delivered on delicate silver stands has become something of a tradition in York and, 70 years on, customers are still queuing down the street for

  • At last, a green wave sweeps through shops

    ISN'T it great the way shops are falling over themselves to go green these days? There's Marks & Spencer's Plan A (Because there is no Plan B'); New Look is selling organic jeans, and Tesco is out to flog ten million low-energy light bulbs within the

  • Leeds’ power game locked in limbo

    KEN BATES is sweating on a recount of creditors' votes as he bids to cling on to power at Leeds. After a six-hour meeting to consider seven bids for the club yesterday, Bates's offer to pay just one penny in the pound was passed by the narrowest of margins

  • Vaughan in but who goes out?

    YORKSHIRE Phoenix face a tricky problem in who to leave out against Durham Dynamos at Headingley Carnegie tomorrow in order to accommodate England captain Michael Vaughan. The comfortable victory over Derbyshire Phantoms on Thursday night has renewed

  • Parents call for lollipop person

    HUNDREDS of parents are calling for a lollipop person to be brought back outside a York primary school. More than 350 parents and local residents have put their names to a petition to bring back the crossing patrol outside St Paul's C of E Primary School

  • York swimming gala to be held in Beverley

    "I BELIEVE it's absolutely disgusting that residents have to go to another town that isn't the size of York." Those were the words of Labour councillor Ken King, speaking ahead of a York swimming gala - which will be held in Beverley. The Jorvik Gala

  • ASBO effect is not punishment

    THE DIRECTOR of Safer York Partnership, Jane Mowat, tells us that her organisation considers an antisocial behavioiur order (ASBO) to be a last resort (Mocking Justice, The Press, May 28). We are also told that they have worked long and hard to provide

  • Getting to the point on transport

    I must thank Coun Paul Blanchard for his informative letter (Clearing the jams, May 28). The draft Bill published by the Government this week will help to improve public transport and cut congestion. The core purpose is to give local authorities such

  • Pushchair poser

    REGARDING the letter by N Eastwood about pushchairs on buses (Travel intolerance, May 29). In the 1960s, when I had my children and needed to take a bus, I had to fold my pushchair and put it in the luggage compartment while struggling to keep the children

  • Forget politics

    FOR me, there two important ways in which our MPs can usefully employ their time between now and the next election. Three actually, and this one would make all others easier: forget about party politics. The other two, easiest first: Generate support

  • The gift of life

    THE recommendation by rightist MPs that women seeking an abortion be forced to view a scan of their child is excellent. It would certainly reduce abortion rates, in that most women seeing a beautifully-formed child sucking its thumb would only want to

  • Rabbit proof

    SEX education in schools is an issue which keeps cropping up. It was non-existent in my school days, but we did keep rabbits at home. They were experts in the field. You could say, it was their recreation of choice. Did any of them swing both ways?

  • Property sacrifice

    WHATEVER else has gone on over the last ten "you've never had it so good" years, one thing is absolutely certain. The whole caboodle surrounding property has become unreal - involving unreal amounts of money. A defining moment in this area of York was

  • Caring staff

    ON MONDAY of this week, I had an appointment at York Hospital with Dr Hall for day care unit treatment. I feel I must write to you to say a big thank-you to Dr Hall, my consultant, and his team, and staff on the unit for their care and understanding.

  • Stick to the path

    I wish Rufforth every success in the community's campaign for a cycle path (Villagers call for cycle path, The Press, May 29). However, if it is ever built, although it will be used by some, they may have a hard time persuading many others of its benefits

  • Badges appeal

    AS a paramedic and a collector of ambulance service insignia, I am trying to locate certain cap badges to complete my collection, which to date numbers some 320 items. One such badge that I hope to find was used by York City Ambulance Service from 1948

  • Hospital thanks

    I WOULD like to thank theatre staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and all those who looked after me on Wards 15 and 26 for their excellent care during my recent stay in York Hospital. I am sure it helped with my recovery. Joyce Almgill,

  • Signalling uncertain future on the telly

    IS the television switchover in 2010-2011 going to be something to look forward to? I have already been told by those on this new system that adverse weather conditions can affect reception to many. Transmitters sited at a distance may cause weak signals

  • Couple get gas demand for tuppence

    MOST people dread the sound of a bill dropping through their letter box. But Press reporter Lucy Stephens was merely amused when she arrived home to find an overdue electricity bill on her doormat - for the princely sum of two pence. Officials from

  • Coach Mick Cook hails returning Esders

    RYAN ESDERS comes back in for York City Knights tomorrow boosted by words of praise from head coach Mick Cook. Esders, fit again after missing last week's win at Blackpool with a shoulder injury, is still only 20 but has not looked out of place in his

  • Review: Safe, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until June 9

    In its fifth year of promoting new writing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Northern Exposure is presenting three full-scale productions for the first time. This is an admirable policy but it also leaves new plays at risk of being rudely exposed in the

  • £120,000 fund up for grabs

    A CASH bonanza worth £120,000 is up for grabs across York, as part of this year's YorKash fund. The fund, run by City of York Council, is aimed at children and young people between 11 and 21 years of age. Youngsters can bid for funding to support a

  • Carers out in force in York

    REINFORCEMENT home carers brought in to deal with a shortfall in York will start to arrive within a fortnight. City of York Council's new provider of home care services in the west of York will be making contact with customers and their families in the

  • New research centre backed

    PLANS for a new humanities and education research centre at the University of York have been given the thumbs-up. City of York Council's planning committee has approved the university's plans to bulldoze its language centre and build a new three or four-storey

  • Fish and chip restaurant offers service with a smile

    IT has already been voted the best fish and chip shop in York - and now this restaurant has been nominated for a York Community Pride award. Norah Crowhurst, 75, who cannot walk, has put Wackers, in Gillygate, York, forward for the Service With A Smile

  • Taking a fag break ... permanently

    WITH less than one month to go before England goes smoke-free, another 711 smokers have successfully ditched the habit in York and Selby. Patricia Hodgson, regional tobacco policy manager in Yorkshire, said: "The smoke-free legislation is just a month

  • Blitz on drivers

    UNLICENSED motorists who take to the roads of East Yorkshire are in for a tough time, as the region's police force begins a clampdown on the law-breakers. Humberside Police are cracking down on the number of people driving around who are either disqualified

  • OAP slams free bus travel rule

    A PENSIONER has hit out at a transport company after he was denied free travel because his bus was TWO MINUTES early. Chris Coxon, 74, of Thorpe Willoughby, uses the Arriva 402 bus a couple of times every week to travel to Crossgates, in east Leeds.