THE fate of the flagship East Coast Main Line - and 400 York jobs - will be revealed next month. York MP Hugh Bayley said Railways Minister Tom Harris had told him the winner of the franchise would be announced during August, after MPs have begun their
A long-serving barber has retired after 48 years at the same York shop. David Thompson, 63, of Huntington, has hung up his scissors after spending his entire working life at R Newton and Sons, in East Parade, Heworth. He said a lot had changed during
A YORK mum has beaten stiff competition on a prime-time TV show to win a dream holiday to see her favourite band. Sam Palmer, 31, of Clifton Moor, York, is also in the running to be crowned Sing It Back Lyric Champion 2007 after her impressive performance
"I've got a boy and a girl now, I'm really happy - it's like winning the jackpot!" Those were the words of Craig Cavill, 29, of Wood Street, Norton, after the birth of his daughter, Layla Mae Cavill - who he delivered himself. Mr Cavill, a team leader
AMPUTATION patients at York Hospital are being given help from a new counselling service to help them cope with the operation. The pilot scheme was the idea of nurse and volunteer counsellor Denise O'Connell, who works at York Hospital's surgical vascular
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A restaurateur on York's most famous cobbled shopping street has hit out at late night vandals. Giovanni Crobeddu who owns L'Antica Locanda, in Shambles, said rowdy youths hanging around and vandalising the nearby Newgate Market after dark were making
Dominating the music world in New Zealand with their dirty guitar riffs and dynamic live shows, The Checks have come to the UK to show us they are worthy of their NME description, "on the verge of greatness". With an explosive opening, the young
ASK people what the secret of comedy is and many will answer "timing", though actually being "funny" helps. But there's another little gem which adds to success - being immensely likeable. And the audience at The Other Side Comedy Club were treated
WE shall leave the sex to the Sunday night costume romp, Rome, which ends its hot-and-horny run this weekend. The violence that splatters the screen in the BBC2 series can be found in The Ruthless Romans too, albeit in more comic-book form with deliberately
THEY have planted hundreds of hedge plants and daffodils in a bid to improve the appearance of their local community - and now these youngsters' project has been nominated for an award. Children at Dunnington Primary School, near York, have had their
MORE than £200,000 worth of improvements will be carried out at care homes in York, council bosses have announced. The Department of Health has allocated cash to City of York Council, to redistribute to 20 public and private homes. Improvements will
YORK is a beautiful city. But for too long it has been depressingly dead in the evening. People don't flock into the city centre after 5pm to enjoy the pavement cafés and bars, because usually there aren't any. The shops all close, there is no street
I READ with interest the articles "In the line of fire" (The Press, July 13) and "Danger zone" (July 16). As a resident of Strensall for some 20 years and occasional user of the ranges as a civilian target shooter, I have every sympathy with Major Paddy
A GOVERNMENT minister has promised to look into the war pension scandal of the late Gulf War syndrome victim, Terry Walker. Derek Twigg, the Minister for Veterans, agreed to investigate after York MP High Bayley raised Terry's case in the House of Commons
I HAVE just learned of the death of Bill Bennett, who I knew for more than ten years, first as my chimney sweep, and then as "political opposition". Despite our not seeing things from the same political side, I was fond of him and respected his point
I WISH to respond to a couple of letters published on July 14. The writers of "What's so wrong with chastity?" and "Female shame" both seem to have a lot of venom and anger, but very little education or facts. I would love to simply bring to the attention
I HAVE the deepest respect for our health service and I realise how it struggles to get rid of its financial difficulties. It appears to many that the Government has turned its back on dedicated staff and management, who in their desperate efforts
IN response to Ken Holmes' letter "Is show now too more commercial"? (Readers' Letters, July 14), I wish to express my views on the Great Yorkshire Show. I believe that if people followed the designated routes issued by the organisers of the Yorkshire
THE Red Arrows are returning to York to play a leading role in next month's Yorkshire Air Show. The display team and their nine Hawk aircraft will put on a display of dramatic manoeuvres, including loops, rolls, opposition passes and tumbles. Their
I AM tired of people such as A P Cox churning out the same negative stereotypes of the younger generation that make it sound like everyone under 25 robs old people and commits crime (Readers' Letters, July 16). Mr Cox seems to have a rosy view of his
HAVING held a hackney drivers licence for 36 years, I feel qualified to respond to the article "Taxi Rancour" (The Press, July 11). It would serve no one's interest to flood the city with an unlimited number of taxis. In life we must learn from history
IT is usually the bride who worries about getting to the church on time. This time it was the bridegroom's mother. Cecilia Williams flew from the Caribbean to be at her son Dugal's wedding. But when she touched down at Gatwick, immigration officials
FURTHER to the letter from Kenneth Bowker, Swimming Saga (June 30), the second paragraph should read another champion. At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Britain won two gold medals, one of which was awarded to Anita Lonsbrough (facts verified by the Central
OVER-zealous immigration officials almost ruined a York war veteran's wedding after sending his mother 4,274 miles back to her Caribbean home. Copmanthorpe couple Dugal and Jenna Williams got married on Saturday at St Giles's Church in the village and
TRAFFIC jams were on the agenda last night as a council committee met to discuss issues surrounding the problem. The meeting of the Traffic Congestion Ad Hoc Scrutiny Committee came only days after a part of York was brought to a standstill because
A NEW £700,000 manufacturing building has been opened by the award-winning York Handmade Brick Company at its factory in Alne, near Easingwold. The "special products" building at the firm's headquarters at Forest Lane will start full production in April
PUPILS said final fond farewells as an era came to an end at two of York's secondary schools. Yesterday, Oaklands and Lowfield students came together on the Lowfields site to prepare for the merger of the two schools. Both schools are to operate as
HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire dental patients have had their treatment delayed for months because of restrictions imposed by cash-strapped health bosses. Even more will continue to face delays to surgery such as wisdom tooth extraction and orthodontic
MASSIVE changes could be on the way for York, in an attempt to revolutionise the city's stale nightlife and evening economy. Opening and floodlighting the bar walls after dark; creating a dedicated city-centre zone for daily evening entertainment;
Some York people are missing out on the economic boom. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. ONLY a week ago council chiefs were hailing the economic miracle that is York. A study by the Centre For Cities think-tank rated York in the top five cities nationwide
MEMORIES of The Bay Horse in Marygate continued Lorna Harris (neé Grantham) emailed us all the way from New Mexico, after reading our story about plans to convert the former pub into flats and offices, to the sadness of former landlord and landlady Arthur
I chest-bumped someone for the first time last week. No, this newly-coined verb is not a euphemism, or a chilling variant on happy slapping. It is, in fact, a greeting on internet networking site Facebook - a sort of electronic "hello". I'm not altogether
THE Archbishop of York has been presented with an honorary degree by the University of Hull in recognition of his work for human rights. Dr John Sentamu, who received an honorary doctorate of divinity, was one of several people honoured to mark the bi-centenary
SWING commander Simon Dyson has a double Major in his sights. The North Yorkshire golf ace is sweating on whether there will be enough hostages to fortune to enable him to squeeze into the field as a last-gasp replacement for the start of the 136th Open
BILLY McEwan is hopeful York City can help out Newcastle Benfield tonight in the same way Leeds United helped out the Minstermen on Friday. A crowd of more than 4,000 turned out for City's first pre-season friendly to boost the KitKat Crescent coffers
A SEX shop owner has managed to persuade a judge and two magistrates that £14,000 was too much to pay for not having a licence. Andrew Clark broke the law when he sold sexual items from XES in Goodramgate, because he didn't have a licence to do so, said
SPORT tutor Scott Nicholls is hoping to launch a cricket academy at York College after receiving a £400 bursary from SkillsActive's Nancy Ovens Trust. Nicholls, 28, has been awarded the money to shadow professional coaches at Headingley Cricket Academy
Gerard Brophy, Yorkshire Phoenix's Twenty20 batting ace, will have a late fitness test at Hove this morning to see if he is fit to play in tonight's floodlit quarter-final clash with Sussex Sharks. The wicketkeeper-batsman has been out of action for
CHARLIE Wegelius was the Brit-king of the mountains after a superb stage nine of the Tour de France. Wegelius finished the 159-kilometre stage from Val d'Isere to Briancon in 41st place, which bettered his previous stage best of 49th last Saturday
As the world's top golfers prepare for Carnoustie carnage or carnival, North Yorkshire ace Simon Dyson tells TONY KELLY who he thinks will win The Open. NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson believes long-time friend Luke Donald could be the man to
Local Poet, runner-up on his last two starts, can make it third-time-lucky at Hamilton tomorrow. Trained by Ian Semple, the six-year-old lines up for the Bill And David McHarg Memorial Handicap and is expected to follow in the hoofprints of Defi, who
LEEDS United midfielder Shaun Derry is stepping up his battle for fitness ahead of the League One campaign. Derry missed the club's battle with relegation last season due to a heel injury. Meanwhile, United kick-off their three-game tour of Germany
YORK City supporters can buy part three of the club's DVD season highlights at the home friendly with Bradford City on Saturday. The DVD will be available for £10 from the club shop and features every City game from February to May, including the play-off
Easingwold Town FC are looking to a bold future after the opening of their new £448,336 clubhouse at the Stillington Road base. The outstanding new facilities were funded with a Football Foundation grant of £337,696 as part of the Community Club Development
ORGANISERS of York's Race For Life are urging more women to sign up for the annual fundraiser after it had to be postponed twice. Downpours which drenched Knavesmire over the weekend meant the ground was too waterlogged to stage the race, which was to
A NEW six-a-side football league is due to start at York College on Monday evenings. Each new team which registers for the league, organised by 6asideleagues.com, will receive a free kit and leather football. Further information is available by
A STOLEN car, torched and dumped, has been discovered in Haxby - and police would like to know who was responsible. The car was found abandoned in Back Lane, Haxby last Sunday, burned out and barely recognisable. The fire was so intense that one woman
CITY of York Council is struggling to cope with the increased demand from police for CCTV images. Since CCTV went digital, the quality of images has vastly improved and the searchability of the system is easier. Consequently, police requests for CCTV
BUS prices in York are to be the subject of a council investigation, to check if passengers are getting a fair deal on fares. Charges in the city are to be compared with those in other, similar, places around the country. The report was called for by
A DISGRUNTLED homeowner today hit out after developers got permission to enlarge the "student ghetto" in his street. Residents living in the Badger Hill area of York have long lamented people buying properties in their area and converting them into houses
SINCE he was a boy, Phil Watson, from Knaresborough, has dreamed of just one thing; becoming an RAF fighter pilot. But five years ago he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Three years of chemotherapy gave him a 12-month remission and he went to university
A SCHOOL meals price hike of more than ten per cent for Selby and other North Yorkshire schools will be re-examined. Labour councillors at North Yorkshire County Council have called in a decision by the ruling Conservative group to increase the price
A TEENAGER from Selby district is bidding to be Miss Teen Queen 2007. Meganne Summer, 17, of Foxdale Avenue, in Thorpe Willoughby, entered the contest last year at the Clothes Show Live and was invited to London for a photo shoot in April. She said:
