A CHARITY choir of youngsters from Africa will appear in a concert in York later this month. The African Children's Choir will perform at the Salvation Army Citadel, in Gillygate, and have been welcomed by the city's archbishop. The children who will
BELOW IS A COPY OF MY UMTEENTH email TO INDECIT/HOTPOINT ABOUT THE £550 COOKER WE BOUGHT FROM HERBERT TODD IN YORK FEB 2005. THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, FRANCO SECCHI, HAD ANSWERED A PREVIOUS ONE SENT TO ENRICO VITA, MD, AND JOHN MORRISSEY, SALES DIRECTOR,
THERE will be dancing in the streets of York this month - when the city's annual dance festival leaps into action. Highlights of this year's festival, which runs from June 19 to 30, include Dansopolis, which has been produced by Yorkshire Dance and will
COUNCIL chiefs have stepped up the war against underage drinking, taking legal action against more than 20 people in only three months. New figures published by City of York Council's trading standards team show that 21 people were prosecuted or formally
Commuters suffered delays to the start of their working week after a rush hour smash in York today. The accident happened at around 6.50am in North Lane, Huntington, and involved a Ford Focus and a Transit Van. One of the vehicles hit an electricity
SHE worked more than 20 years as an NHS nurse - a job that has left her with constant, crippling back pain. But now hard-hearted health bosses have refused to fund treatment that Ruth Woodhead hoped would make her life bearable. Ruth had hoped to be
SWIMMERS in York face yet more disruption this summer, with Yearsley Swimming Pool now likely to be closed for FOUR months. Members of City of York Council's executive will be asked to approve plans to refurbish the pool later this month. If agreed,
SIX fire crews battled with an inferno in a barn as a huge blaze gutted a timber merchants near York. Flames engulfed a storage shed at Haxby Sawmill, at Yew Tree Farm, off Moor Lane, as 35 firefighters tried to dampen the blaze. The 300 square metre
A CANCER survivor will be getting on his bike to help raise money for other men going through the same ordeal. David Dickson, managing director of York chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott Ltd, will be pedalling his way round the Wetherby Cycle Ride
A YOUNG thug has been jailed after being caught in McDonald's restaurant with a set of knuckledusters while drunk on booze and high on drugs. Matthew Adam Eccles, 18, of Stirrup Close, York, pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon, two counts
AN ELEVEN-year-old boy has been left "heartbroken" after his bike was stolen only three weeks after he was given it. Dillon Raisbeck, who lives in Leeman Road, York, with his grandmother, was getting ready to take his road safety test at Knavesmire Primary
HUNDREDS of jars of coffee caused hold-ups for drivers after a lorry carrying Nestlé goods overturned on York's ring road. The lorry jackknifed on the westbound carriageway of the A1237, near the roundabout with the A19 at Clifton Moor, at about 7am
POLICE in North Yorkshire have reduced their massive bank balance by £6 million in only 12 months. North Yorkshire Police Authority has caused controversy in recent years by continuing to increase the council tax precept despite having almost £35 million
SOLDIERS put on a show of force in York to mark the anniversary of the Queen's coronation. The 28-strong firing party from 103 (Lancashire) Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) - based in St Helen's, Merseyside - fired a 21- gun salute in the city's
We continually hear about youngsters endangering their health with obesity, drink and drugs while OAPs are living longer, working in supermarkets running marathons, line dancing and forming pop groups. Will we finish with the younger generation being
Portsmouth has become the first British city to introduce a blanket 20mph speed limit on residential roads. Campaigners believe others will quickly follow suit - but would it be right for York? HOLLY OLDROYD found out. DRIVERS fed up of sitting in
A CONTROVERSIAL bid by a former sugar beet farmers to hold more car boot sales on their land has been rejected by planning chiefs. But the plans divided opinion at the first meeting of the new City of York Council's planning committee. Ken Roberts,
HERE'S an odd thing: a public body that seems desperate to spend cash. While health bosses at the local primary care trust are going all-out to reduce spending because of a £35 million debt, police chiefs seem to be doing exactly the opposite. They
Punters' favourite Frankie Dettori finally broke his Derby duck on Saturday and followed it up with a stunning double in clinching the French Derby yesterday. North Yorkshire racing enthusiasts will have a bob or two riding on Frankie when he travels
"FICTION writer" appears to have been omitted from Cynthia Glasby's letter (A woman's work, The Press, May 31) as that seems to best describe her profession. Why is there always constant talk about which gender works harder? My wife and I share
RECENTLY, Labour celebrated an unprecedented ten years in power. We will always have our critics - many of whom regularly write into this letters page - but it's worth pointing out that despite much more to do, we have achieved a great deal. We introduced
I AM hugely disappointed with the Government's decision to allow the expansion of the University of York. This is extremely bad news for people who live in the area. I am at a loss as to know how this will make properties more valuable, as it
MY HUSBAND, who is confined to bed, received personal care from City of York Council care service. Since December 4, 2006, we have had 60 different carers in our home and are still counting. The majority of carers are good, some who are employed
READING the letter by K Jenkins (Blair was one of the best PMs ever, Soapbox, The Press, May 18) reminds me that Britain is following a similar political pattern to what recently occurred in Australia. From 1983, for 12 years, the Labour government in
IN my most nerve-racking venture since leaving the celebrity-filled jungle, I posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine in support of Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month, in June. I'm not suggesting you bare all, but there are many other ways you can
SO the UK's Food Standards Agency has recommended mandatory fortification of bread or flour with folic acid in an attempt to reduce birth defects. About 13 million Britons don't eat enough folic acid - essential for red-blood-cell formation and the
HOW right Kylie is when she says bigger butts are better. My centre of gravity is getting lower every year. Andy Baldock, Villa Grove, Heworth Green, York.
THROUGH The Press I would like to congratulate Captain Martin Stubbs, of St Andrew's Church, Huntington, York, and the members of his brigade on all the awards that they have recently won. Captain Stubbs gives up a lot of his time to be with these
WE are all agog: what will Prince Harry do now? Will he do a Harry Faversham and go off to the Middle East dressed as a native and save his unit from annihilation? Or will he sit behind his desk in England handing out jankers while young British women
SOAP opera stars descended on York to meet fans and support charities this weekend. Actors from TV's Coronation Street and Emmerdale were in the city on Saturday and Sunday. The Hope brothers from the popular ITV show set in the Yorkshire Dales, aka
THEY compiled a dossier of photographs charting the damage caused to their property - but now a bid by residents to get a trouble-hit alleyway closed looks set to be rejected by councillors. People living in Woodthorpe have sent a petition of 87 names
FORMER York City defender Richard Hope has joined Wrexham in a three-year deal. Hope, 28, was Shrewsbury Town's club captain last season but was the defender released after the Shropshire club lost their League Two play-off final against Bristol Rovers
YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook was quick to praise Danny Grimshaw following the rookie scrum-half's fine comeback display in the win over Keighley. Cook revealed Grimshaw had only been called into the side yesterday morning, with little time to prepare
JAMES Thompson found the going tough in round eight of the World Touring Car Championship. The York driver, who had won both races at Valencia in the previous round, could only finish tenth and seventh for N Technology Alfa Romeo around the streets
Due to unforseen circumstances the Leeper Hare York and District Football League annual meeting - originally to be held this Thursday - has been cancelled. It will now be held on June 25 at the Dunnington Sports Club, starting at 7-30pm, though fees
A fighting century from Anthony McGrath, his second in his last three innings in the Friends Provident Trophy, could not stop Yorkshire Phoenix from losing by 53 runs to Durham Dynamos at Headingley Carnegie yesterday. The defeat also snuffed out Yorkshire's
Duncan Revie and his Middle East backer are biding their time in the power struggle at Leeds. It is expected that Ken Bates' penny-in-the-pound offer to creditors will go through today when votes are recounted in the aftermath of Friday's poll, which
YORK kept up the pressure on ECB Yorkshire County Premier League leaders Barnsley with an 83-run victory over Driffield. The second-placed Clifton Park outfit bowled out their visitors for a paltry 115 after being skittled themselves for 198 in 52.4
Acomb are proving to be the season's real surprise package and maintained their pressure on the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League premier division leaders when they gained their fourth win at the expense of third-placed Clifton Alliance.
The top two sides in division one met head-to-head at Stamford Bridge where a six-wicket win for visiting York II saw them nip ahead of their opponents to reclaimed pole position. Andy Milner was in fine fettle for the hosts as he hit 73, while Dave
Second division leaders Crayke have opened up a gap of 46 points, easily the best in any division, after their win at Bolton Percy as closest rivals Dringhouses lost at Sewerby. As they posted a target of 231-5, Bolton's Matt Westwood hit 74 and Alistair
There was just cause for jubilation at Wilberfoss where home batsman Julian Atkinson hit his maiden century in division three to grace his side's first league win since the tail-end of 2005. The opposition on this landmark day was provided by Londesbrough
There was a truly remarkable Hunters York and Disrict Senior Cricket League division four game at Sheriff Hutton Bridge as the hosts came within a whisker of overturning a massive total of 304-5 posted by Pickering. Records tumbled as the home side narrowly
Premier Division Acomb (30) beat Clifton Alliance (5) by 6 wickets. Clifton Alliance 150 (R Musgrave 57no, D J Sykes 3-77, A Green 3-32), Acomb 155-4 (L Sacks 66, P Hemmingway 28, A D Tute 25). Easingwold (26) drew with Heworth (12). Easingwold 240-
THERE were two games at Huntington Stadium yesterday. One was rugby league, and the other was guess what decision the referee would make. For the most part only one team played rugby, and that team, York City Knights, won 34-8. The other game was played
Frankie Dettori, fresh from his unforgettable Derby double weekend aboard Authorized at Epsom on Saturday and then piloting Lawman to victory in the French equivalent yesterday, travels to Ripon tomorrow. A star attraction at the North Yorkshire track
Its opening weekend saw the YLMF get off to a cracking start. There was nothing here to daunt anyone apprehensive about "modern day music" - the festival's subtitle - but plenty to set pulses racing. To judge by Matthew McCright's piano recital on
ASKED what would be the most fitting tribute to pay playwright Harold Pinter, the ever witty Alan Bennett decided upon a minute's silence. There has been an aptly Pinteresque long pause since the last Pinter repertory production at the Theatre Royal.
TWO York schools have been given the green light to go ahead with building work before they merge. Councillors voted unanimously to approve applications for changes at both Lowfield and Oaklands schools at a meeting of City of York Council's planning
THOUSANDS of primary school pupils from across the region will take part in countryside events in Harrogate this month. More than 5,000 children will go to the Countryside Days event at the Great Yorkshire Showground to give them an insight into rural
NATURALIST David Bellamy visited a York school to plant 25 trees donated by a city garage. Youngsters at Poppleton Ousebank Primary School returned early from their half-term holiday to welcome the TV botanist to their school. The trees were a gift
THE way we picnic says a lot about us as people. A few curly cheese sandwiches and a Tupperware box full of pickled eggs probably wouldn't stand up in court as a psychological profile, but I think they are a pretty good indicator of how organised we
THE Diary prides itself on being the smartest Diary around - and now we're tempted to put our mental skills to the test. Those clever people at Mensa are coming to town to test the people of York, to see if any of us are smart enough to join the 24,000
A RIVERSIDE café will hear whether or not it has got the go-ahead at a crucial meeting this week. The plan - to transform a section of the banks of the River Ouse in York into an eating and drinking area - has sparked fears of rowdy behaviour, but has
A NORTH Yorkshire design company has come out top in a battle of David versus Goliath to win a contract with a major cancer charity. Turn Design Ltd, in Harrogate, has been chosen as Yorkshire Cancer Research's exclusive design agency - after impressing
The UK's biggest off-licence business has changed hands after being sold to a team of private equity investors. Entrepreneur Guy Hands' Terra Firma investment company has sold Thresher Group, which owns Threshers, Wine Rack and Haddows in Scotland, to
WANNABE maintenance workers across York now have a chance to make their employment hopes a reality - thanks to a pioneering new apprenticeship scheme. Speedy Hire in York, has launched the scheme for potential maintenance workers to provide training
SMALLER businesses in Yorkshire and Humberside outperformed all other parts of the UK in their sales performance in the first quarter of 2007, according to an independent survey. The Small Business Research Trust (SBRT) quarterly reports are sponsored
A CAR smash on an infamous stretch of road running through a Selby village has put long-awaited safety improvements back on the agenda. A woman was taken to hospital with arm and leg injuries after a head-on collision on the A63 in Osgodby, just before
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, confirmed more than a dozen people aged from ten to 48 in a service at St John the Baptist Church in Stamford Bridge. The 15 candidates were all parishioners of Stamford Bridge, including: Lucy Bryan, a student
CYCLE thieves have been targeting camp sites, caravan parks and a new off-road mountain bike track in Ryedale. Police say that in the last few months there has been a spate of cycle thefts in the Dalby area and from sites throughout Ryedale. Officers
