A PENSIONER says she has been dancing around her home after The Press stepped in to solve her TV nightmare. Phyllis Pearson contacted the newspaper last month after reaching her wits' end with an overgrown tree that was blocking her satellite signal.
HIS life has been torn apart by 14 years of crippling back pain, but health bosses are refusing to fund the only treatment that he believes will end his "nightmare". Andy Ford, 59, was referred for the surgery by The Spinal Foundation - a specialist
British Sugar close their factory in York, taking all the lost jobs and economy to their Norfolk factory and pocketing a handsome profit from the sale of it’s site here for anything but an industry which benefits our surrounding farming industry and brings
A DOG owner is urging others to have their pets vaccinated against a canine disease that killed his first French mastiff puppy - and saw him and his family go through a similar ordeal with their second. Andy Harkus, who lives in Fulford, York, bought
RAILWAY bosses have been outlining their ten-year blueprint for the flagship East Coast Main Line to key stakeholders in York. Network Rail hosted a meeting at the Royal York Hotel yesterday to speak to local authorities and other key organisations about
If ever there was a head of state begging for the rock-musical treatment, it was Tony Blair. Tony, the man who settled for being prime minister only after his preferred career as a pop star took a nosedive, who modelled himself at university not
SCHOOL'S out as youngsters across York get ready for their six-week break. At schools across the city the end of the summer term sparked an array of celebrations. Pupils at Burnholme Community College celebrated record SAT scores for both maths and
THE principle of rewarding success is, in many cases, a very good one. But sometimes it doesn't make sense. Take the way the Government hands out road safety cash. The number of people killed and seriously injured on York's roads has soared, new figures
HARROGATE'S Viking hoard has been described as the most important find of its type for 150 years. The treasure discovered there is unique, and contributes hugely to our understanding of our Viking ancestors. The find reinforces North Yorkshire's reputation
GOVERNMENT plans to force single mothers to look for work when their youngest child reaches seven have received a lukewarm reception in York. City of York Council's Liberal Democratic executive member for children's services, Coun Carol Runciman, said
I was fascinated by the article "York aims to claim the night" (The Press, July 18). How, exactly? Currently, York city centre is grimy, litter-strewn, and on many an evening, full of all manner of rambunctious folk carrying on in one of many unbecoming
With the holiday period fast approaching, please can we all remember the missing little girl Madeleine McCann. We can all do our little bit to help by logging on to www.findmadeleine.com/campaign/ and going to the downloads section where you can download
Drink-driving may be on the rise, but the only crackdown by the police is at Christmas. Look at any licensed premises car park and see the number of vehicles parked there. Are we all assured that their visit will not involve drink? I can remember
HOW refreshing to see a councillor - Dave Taylor of Fishergate - taking the lead, showing initiative, and suggesting a means of financing a city centre swimming pool in the new Hungate development (Location hope for new city baths, The Press, July 13)
IN response to your article regarding the deregulation of taxies (Taxi rancour, The Press, July 11), as an elderly disabled person living in the community I was filled with horror. The idea of having a carte blanche for all bogus traders on the road
THE second part of Andrew Hitchon's article (Tintin in the lion's den, The Press, July 17) is one of the very best that I have ever read in defence of the Crusades and explaining what they really were. It is an excellent summary of what happened.
Why not paint it (York's Marble Arch) magnolia and lay some laminate flooring. It seems to be obligatory work with Victorian houses. Kim Morris, Fountayne Street, York.
A HOARD of Viking treasure uncovered in North Yorkshire has been declared "the most important find of its type in Britain for more than 150 years". Father-and-son metal detection fans David and Andrew Whelan stumbled across the trove in January, and
PLANS are afoot to adapt an historic York primary school with a £300,000 refit to bring it into the 21st century. Staff at Poppleton Road Primary School have submitted plans to City of York Council to make major alterations to their listed Victorian
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of its West End debut and not seen in Scarborough for 30 years, Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking returns to the Stephen Joseph Theatre this summer for a revival directed by Ayckbourn himself. In this summer's day
MORE than £20,000 was spent on recruiting the county's two top cops - but police chiefs say the money was well spent. The figures, which reveal the significant cost of selecting a new Chief and Deputy Chief Constable for North Yorkshire Police, were
THE husband-and-wife writing partnership of John Godber and Jane Thornton has teamed up for Hull Truck Theatre's Wilberforce Bicentenary premiere, Sold, in the autumn season. A play with adult themes, suitable for 15 year olds and upwards, it tells
MARGUERITE Porter has done it again. The Yorkshire-born dancer and teacher is bringing together stars from the worlds of ballet, music, stage and screen for an evening of song and dance in aid of the Yorkshire Ballet Seminar Charitable Trust. Gathering
YORK Stage Musicals has selected its cast for the York premiere of the hit Queen musical We Will Rock You. Following last year's sell-out production of West Side Story, YSM will return to the Grand Opera House in September to stage Ben Elton's rock
What was the last role you played? "Very recently I've been playing Prospero in The Tempest, which is a serious contrast to this show. That was with the university drama society outdoors in the Minster Gardens, but we did get to do five performances
SOME of the biggest names in classical, jazz and world music will perform at Harrogate International Festival 2007. This year the festival also celebrates Elgar in Yorkshire, marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Edward Elgar, who
THE Fibbers website sums up Elliot Minor just so. "Posh, prep school classically trained ex-York Minster choirboys gone bad. Very bad. Corrupted by All-American Rejects, Beach Boys and Green Day, " it reads, previewing tonight's gig in York. Last year
YORK Theatre Royal opens its doors tomorrow for a revamped, expanded open day, from 10am to 4pm. Antony Dunn, the theatre's new head of communications, says: "I really hope people will take this opportunity to get right inside York Theatre Royal. Such
LOOK at his towering build, listen to his big northern voice, and actor Matthew Rixon is surely a shoe-in for a credit for John Godber's Bouncers on his CV. Not so, until now when he looms large and intimidating as doorman Judd in Damian Cruden's 30th
PAVLO Beznosiuk, virtuoso pianist, and Avison Ensemble, musical director leader, will play solo sonatas and partitas by JS Bach next Friday at St Michael's Church, Coxwold, in a 7.30pm concert entitled Bach's Lyre. The performance has been arranged
YORK music promoter Steve Stubbs is putting on his first gig with acts from his record label, Bright Pink Music, at City Screen, York on July 31 at 8pm. Tickets cost £4 on 08707 583219. Playing this exclusive gig in the Basement Bar will be Casualkai
BEN Leftwich headlines the Acoustic Sundays bill at The Junction, Leeman Road, York, on Sunday evening. Formerly of York band The Nicoles, Ben now plays as a solo acoustic act under the guise of Lights and will be introducing some of his new material
THERE are many glorious things about being pregnant - a situation I have found myself in for the past six and a half months - but going out to eat isn't one of them. For the first three months, you're generally feeling a bit under the weather and
ONE thing is certain. If this cafe flooded, York would be in trouble. Perched high above the Ouse, the accommodation embraces one of the bridge pillars and the adjoining small garden. From previous experience, vehicle fumes can be a problem if you
A GAPING hole has appeared in the familiar pyramid roof of York's Barbican Baths as demolition work gathers pace. Bulldozers moved on to the site earlier this month, three years after the controversial closure of the City of York Council pool. The
EVER wondered why there is snow on the top of mountains, even in summer? Find out when York Rising Stars present The Snow Queen, a magical, musical fairytale for adults and children alike, at York Railway Institute, Queen Street, York, from Thursday
PARENTS will have to find a tenner from their pockets to pay for school dinners from next term. The "Jamie Oliver effect" has put pressure on schools to provide healthier meals and this means paying catering staff more. City of York councillors agreed
THE first KinderKonzerts on British soil take place this weekend in Rowntree Park, York. Concert promoter Michael Furler has chosen York as the first city in the UK to host an open-air concert and workshop series that plays to 40,000 people each summer
IMPRESSIONS Gallery will open its doors in August instead of tomorrow as first planned, and all because of the incessant Yorkshire rain. The downpours have caused problems at the former York gallery's new "banana building" premises in Centenary Square
ROUNDHEADS and Cavaliers await unsuspecting festival-goers in Knaresborough next month during the annual festival of entertainment & visual arts, FEVA. The collection of new Town Windows will include Blind Jack and echoes of Knaresborough Zoo in artwork
Motoring Editor STEVE NELSON lifts the lid on Volvo's coupé-cum-cabriolet, the C70. We have long had a love affair with the convertible in the UK, which is the second largest market for these vehicles in Europe. Only the Germans like to feel the wind
A BAD cold and a sore throat at the soundcheck put paid to Kate Rusby's concert at Harrogate Theatre on April 18. "They're just the worst thing a singer can get, " says Barnsley's fair folk queen, who has rearranged the Harrogate date for tomorrow
JAZZ polls provoke furiously partisan arguments. How do you vote for the best trumpeter, saxophonist, pianist with so many hundreds of shades of personal opinion? The best that can be said is that jazz polls bring the music to a wider range of ears.
BLACK Comedy @ The Black Swan will take a summer break from its regularly fortnightly format after Tuesday night's show. "We'll be returning in September, bigger and even better, " promises promoter and compere James Christopher. "Before then we do
JAMAICAN ska and reggae legends Toots and The Maytals play the Cockpit in Leeds on Tuesday as part of a 15-date British tour. Frederic 'Toots' Hibbert and his band are best known for Money Man, Pressure Drop, Funky Kingston ands Sweet And Dandy.
John Graham, of Yorktest, is the Entrepreneur Of The Decade. The chief executive and founder of the York company, which produces blood testing kits for allergies in humans and animals, was awarded the title at a ceremony at York's Merchant Adventurers
MARK Ronson will play Leeds University on October 19 on his autumn tour. His album Version spent four weeks in the top ten this year, peaking at number two, and his new single Oh My God, featuring Lily Allen, was released this week. Tickets cost
PIANIST Vincent Billington and narrator Phillip Mindenhall present The Brahms Story in the lunchtime concert at St Helen's, Church, opposite Bettys in St Helen's Square, York, on July 30 at 1pm. "We present the life story of one of the world's greatest
CAR GIANT Ford is reportedly putting Swedish car group Volvo up for sale as part of a move to offload the remaining brands in its loss-making European portfolio. Volvo is believed to be joining fellow Premier Automotive Group (PAG) marques Land Rover
The Government's chief medical officer wants everybody in the UK to be on the national organ donor register - unless we say we don't want to be. CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL and STEPHEN LEWIS report. ASHLEY PARKER can understand the people who have never given
THE expected cost of York's new council headquarters is to rise to more than £40 million. But bosses say the long-term savings will more than compensate for the increase. City of York Council's ruling executive is being asked to agree to spend another
Can a series of treatments at a health spa help a seasoned smoker cope with the pangs of giving up cigarettes? Richard Harris found out. AS a smoker of more than ten years standing, the smoking ban seemed the perfect opportunity to give up the evil
HERE'S a prize that should appeal to plenty of Press readers (and writers) - an award for services to pubs. York is rightly proud of its vast range of pubs, so The Diary was delighted to hear one of our local MPs had scooped this noble and worthy accolade
STICKS and stones may break my bones but, to be perfectly honest, an angry Muslim waving a bit of cardboard isn't going to hurt me. That's why I'm uneasy about the lengthy jail sentences handed out this week to four men who were part of that notorious
NEW work by favourite artists on the roster at the Blake Gallery, in York, is on show for the summer season until August 31. Paintings by Diane Thornton, Tom Wanless, Walter Holmes, Ian Layton, Piers Browne, Douglas Gray and Michael Smart share exhibition
WHAT better time to see a portrait of The Queen than amid the furore over photographer Annie Leibovitz, the BBC documentary preview tape and the walk-out that never was. The Bowes Museum, at Barnard Castle, County Durham, had reported high interest
THE number of people killed or seriously injured on York's roads has rocketed, new statistics have revealed. A report to ruling City of York councillors shows 160 people died, or were seriously hurt, on the authority's roads in 2006. That is up from
NEW York City signing Alex Meechan is hoping he can help compensate for the loss of last season's 26-goal top scorer Clayton Donaldson. Meechan is one of three players on City's books - along with Paul Brayson and Craig Farrell - to have reached double
DOUBLE figures. That's the try-scoring target Johnny Waldron has set himself this season after marking his National League debut with a touchdown. The 24-year-old product of York Acorn ARLC signed for York City Knights in the winter, but his start to
KIDS as young as five have been caught committing crimes on the streets of York and Selby, The Press can reveal. Children and teenagers under 18 are committing more than five crimes a day, according to the shocking new figures released today. Last year
YORK City Knights Supporters' Club will be organising a coach to the National Two game at Keighley Cougars this Sunday. It will leave the rear of Huntington Stadium at noon, with a further pick-up point at Clarence Street. To book, phone 07958 569266
FOLLOWING this week's heavy rain, it looks as though rivers will once again be out of sorts this weekend. The heavy rain, that seems to be a daily occurrence this summer, has resulted in all our rivers running well above normal once again. It remains
FIRST team stars Dan Potter, Alex Godfrey and Lee Lingard all emerged unscathed from York City Knights' 22-20 Academy victory over Keighley last night. Potter scored two tries in the win, with other touchdowns coming from Andy Gargan and Luke Watling
Volunteers consolidated their division one lead in the John Smith's Bulmers Men's Darts League with an 8-1 victory over Crescent B'. The stars for Volunteers were Paul Botterill (146 finish for 21), Mark Hartley (17, 21), Paul Cooper (18), Mark Thornton
A TEAM of 40 cyclists braved torrential rain for Clifton Cycling Club's very own version of the Tour de France prologue time trial. There were prizes for various categories in the 7.9km event, which included a circuit around Stockton-on-the-Forest,
THE 40th York Open Bowls tournament gets under way on Monday. The competition will be opened by the Lord Mayor of York, Irene Waudby, in Clarence Gardens, at 9.45am. The programme of events starts with the mixed pairs at Clarence Gardens, West Bank
LEADERS Yorkshire will be looking increase their slender lead at the top of LV County Championship division by completing the double over Surrey at Headingley Carnegie today. Yorkshire, clinging on to their top-of-the-table place by a single point,
THE pick of the weekend angling action was at the Carpvale complex, where the Front Pond dominated the opening round of the North Central League. The majority of a string of excellent weights were recorded from here led by Phil Sellars, who was appearing
YORK Cricket Club embark on a massive weekend home double which could turn the destiny of the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League title towards their Clifton Park stronghold. The men of York play host to leaders Barnsley tomorrow who, apart from one
A TASTE of things to come for the city's night time economy - that's what York's Festival Of Food And Drink will bring as it prepares to open later than ever before. With its highly-visible twilight market open until 9pm, organisers say the popular festival
Leeds United players have not been paid for nearly six weeks as a result of the ongoing saga surrounding the club's ownership, according to the Professional Footballers' Association. Ken Bates placed Leeds in administration on May 4 with debts of
PETER CHAPPLE-Hyam has left open the tantalising possibility that Derby winner Authorized could run in the Juddmonte International during next month's Ebor Festival at York Racecourse. Confirming the Epsom king would miss the King George VI and Queen
Indonesia. Remember that name - because if trainer Tim Walford has his way it will be on the lips of thousands of punters at Newmarket Racecourse come October. The Sheriff Hutton handler hopes his equine star can help him land the biggest win of a 30
William Carson, grandson and namesake of the five-times champion jockey, gets his chance to shine at Ripon tomorrow. The Newmarket-based apprentice, an accomplished young rider, travels to North Yorkshire to team up with Cleaver in the £18,000 Ripon
LET'S see if we can make it third time lucky. After George Washington failed to deliver in the Coral Eclipse and Emirates Skyline was pulled out of the John Smith's Cup at York Racecourse last week, I'm hopeful I can get off the mark with Al Qasi in
CHARLIE Wegelius will go into today's 12th stage of the Tour de France in 87th place overall. The former York cyclist, riding for Italian team Liquigas, finished 162nd in stage 11, from Marseille to Montpellier, yesterday, ten minutes behind winner
COMPLAINTS about City of York Council have fallen - but gripes over planning have more than doubled. The national watchdog for councils received 67 complaints from York residents in 2006-7. That compares with 72 in 2005-6 and 74 the previous year. But
A BUSY doctor's surgery in a York suburb has become a war zone, thanks to vandals. Dr Stuart Calder has been serving the community as a GP at Clifton Health Centre, in Water Lane, York, for 30 years. But now he claims his surgery has been transported
A CARAVAN park owner who forked out £5,000 towards a new bus shelter to comply with the planning conditions for his new park is demanding a refund. Richard Wilson, whose son, Andrew, runs the York Caravan Park, in Stockton Lane, York, said he felt "cheated
A NIGHTCLUB has appealed after planners threw out proposals for an outdoor smoking area, amid concerns about the noise impact on local residents. The Gallery club, in Clifford Street, York, wanted to create the smoking area on an extension to an external
MISS ENGLAND will be sharing her recent victory in the competition with the people of York - when she tours the city centre on an open top bus. Georgia Horsley, 20, of Norton, who was crowned Miss England last month, will be winding her way through the
THE FATE of a historic and beloved York drinking den has been sealed. City of York Council planners "regretfully" approved plans for the Grade II-listed Bay Horse pub to be turned into offices and flats. A planner said in a report at a meeting at the
A NEW multi-million pound hotel, pub and restaurant complex opens in Selby on Monday. The 40-bedroom New Country Inns development has been planned since 2004, but has finally come to fruition. The hotel, which is based at Selby Business Park, will offer
