IT HAS been interesting to read about the lack of public consultation about York bus services (The Press, June 9). At the second public meeting arranged by Hugh Bayley in April, 2011, about this very subject, Coun Dave Merrett (the member now responsible
I HAVE just read the article regarding the metal theft of the exhaust system from the York Against Cancer mini-bus (The Press, June 12). I cannot believe anyone could stoop so low to commit a crime like this. I had to use this transport
I ALWAYS read David Quarrie’s letters with interest and appreciate his strong views on everything. However, I did not put him down as a pessimist, as shown in his letter of June 14 about the state of the world in general and Britain in particular
WITH reference to Coun Sonja Crisp’s comments about the new swimming pool (Letters, June 13), my friend and I have been looking forward to its opening. We only hope the pay-as-you-go price is affordable for the residents of York. It
IN HIS attack on renewables, Nick Blitz shows a hedge fund manager’s instinct for global economics – pursue the cheapest deal today, make a fast buck and stuff the consequences (Letters, June 12). His figures don’t add up. While he criticises
FIRST the debacle over the solar panel feed-in tariff and now the green deal failure which the Coalition Government said was a key ambition to deliver large cuts in climate-warming carbon emissions and curb energy bills. The policy to transform
Your editorial comment on the scandal of the housing crisis (The Press, June 13) calls for incentives to be urgently introduced to get builders building affordable homes again. Most of the rules and regulations which increase costs to house-builders
YORK is in a housing crisis. Why are we not building when we can sell homes well in this city? Some of the fault lies with those responsible for planning. Councillors say they are helping; they are not. They reduced affordable targets from an unsustainable
SHOULD Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt really be our top priority? I know there will be some who argue that the Hunt affair is an important question of integrity and politicians’ fitness to govern. But many others, including the general public,
JUST when I thought the “Elf ’n Safety Brigade” were toning down their activities, the announcement that postal deliveries in South Yorkshire may be cancelled when its raining proved that they were still running round with their “cotton woolly thinking
OUT-OF-CONTRACT left-back James Meredith is keen to talk to York City before making a decision on who he will play for next season. Meredith has told The Press that there is interest in his services from a number of clubs who will ply their trade
IN CASE you were wondering, this is National Crime Month. Do not worry yourself unduly over this: the crime in question is fictional; unless you are feeling gloomy about modern life if which case you may well believe every month is National Crime Month
CARDIOLOGIST Alistair Hall once said of his friend Jimmy Savile that he was like a pack of cards. Speaking on the day of Sir Jimmy’s funeral in Leeds last year, Prof Hall said: “Sir Jimmy was a king of spades because he’d worked in the coal mines and
It was damp in Boltby, but that didn’t stop GEORGE WILKINSON discovering a lovely route. BOLTBY was damp, its stream was gushing and the sky was dark downwind. Rain was our concern, how to keep midsummer cool and dry. Because we had
Historian and novelist Alison Weir will be in York tomorrow as part of the Festival of Ideas to talk about her new book – a delicious historical mystery featuring the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. LADY Jane Grey is one of
YORK City Knights may have to wait to find out if John Davies is coming to the club permanently – but in the meantime they are hoping to tie up a deal for a Kiwi bruiser to bolster their pack. Castleford Tigers forward Davies, who is on dual-registration
ANITA TASKER shares her best-selling brownie recipe. This fantastic brownie recipe came from a book I found in a charity shop in York 18 years ago, it cost me 20p. Our brownie is one of our best sellers. Ingredients 300g unsalted butter
GAVIN AITCHISON welcomes a new ale slot in York. IMAGINE a reality TV programme for brewers. Aspiring wannabes could take to the stage, hand the judges a pint of their latest offering, and be shot down in flames or welcomed with open arms. It might
ONE of the joys of wine is opening a bottle and finding it exceeds expectations. This, I find, is relatively rare. Frequently a wine tastes how I expect it might but quite often wines are not as good as I had hoped. In between the capable examples,
THE drink known as Black and Tan is a mix of dark beer (stout or old ale) and light beer (pale ale or lager). In the USA it is conventional to layer the dark beer on top of the pale, creating a two-tone effect, while in the UK the two beers are thoroughly
GINA PARKINSON introduces an elegant late spring plant that will thrive almost anywhere. IRIS siberica is dotted about our garden and from late May produces lovely rich blue flowers from tightly furled buds. This graceful late spring-flowering plant
YORK’S club class Simon Dyson was fighting to make the cut in the year’s second major – the US Open Championship. The world number 48 – playing his first competitive golf in just under a month after recovering from a serious pelvis injury – was being
Yorkshire’s hopes of making a major impression on this summer's Friends Life t20 competition suffered an opening night setback after they were unable to chase down a modest total and slumped to a final over two-run defeat to Durham Dynamos. Chasing
England need only a draw against Ukraine to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after coming from behind to defeat Sweden 3-2 thanks to Danny Welbeck's superb winner in Kiev. England were the better side in the first half and deservedly led through
A sharper second-half performance saw France cruise to a 2-0 victory over Ukraine and assume top spot in Euro 2012 Group D in a rain-delayed encounter in Donetsk. Jeremy Menez and Yohan Cabaye, with his first international goal, finally put an end
SOMETIMES living in Britain can be as grating as it is Great. After last week bemoaning – in a record review though – how a re-release from 25 years earlier had coincided with the diamond jubilee and its reinforcing of an even stronger golden grip
YORK City Knights chairman John Guildford has reiterated the club’s policy of “living within their means” as transfer talk begins to build ahead of the 2013 season. As reported by The Press, the Knights have already turned some sights to next season
COULD Richard Fahey have unearthed another juvenile to bag a top York prize? Flyman looked an impressive winner for the Malton trainer when scooping the Acturis EBF Maiden Stakes on his racecourse debut at Knavesmire yesterday. A son of Pastoral
Frankie Dettori warms up for Royal Ascot at Doncaster tomorrow and has good prospects of bagging a double on Columella and Paramour. Newmarket trainer William Haggas, who sent out Valiant to win at York yesterday, is introducing Columella in the Coffee
A TEENAGER from York has died after falling from a hotel balcony on his first holiday abroad with friends. The body of former Huntington School pupil Iain Knox, 19, was found on the ground at Kavos, a resort on the Greek island of Corfu, where
JUBILANT Selby & District Riding Club are celebrating a national double. The club were crowned open national champions at the Festival of the Horse in Aston Le Walls, while Selby rider Sharon Bayston won individual honours on her horse, Turbo. Claire
A FORMER Lord Mayor of York, York Minster’s director of development, and two leading education figures are among those from this region to be named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours today. Dr Alison Birkinshaw, the principal of York College,
MORE than 16,700 tickets for the free Olympic Torch celebrations at York Racecourse have been collected, but more are still available. The event takes place from 2.30pm on Tuesday and tickets are available from Visit York’s Visitor Information
MORE than 300 letters about plans for a community stadium and two superstores in York have been sent to the Government minister who will make a crucial decision about the scheme. Yesterday was the deadline for representations to Communities
THE father of Claudia Lawrence, the York woman missing for three years, will meet a team of cyclists who are raising awareness of missing people. Peter Lawrence will welcome the team, who are cycling from Edinburgh to London, when they stop off in
A “WICKED” alcoholic who punched, bit and hit a woman over the head with a weapon has been jailed for 18 months. Darren Rooke’s victim was left with multiple injuries to her face and body following the attack earlier this year. Police were called to
MISS North Yorkshire, Anastasia Smith, front row, centre, in red bikini, joins nine other Miss England finalists at a photo shoot with top celebrity photographer Alan Strutt, ahead of the final later this month. Anastasia, from Norton, who
A TOTAL of 150 long-serving volunteers from Martin House Hospice at Boston Spa are being invited to Bishopthorpe Palace next month as the hospice celebrates its 25th birthday. The charity’s patron, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has invited
POLICE in North Yorkshire have arrested 44 people suspected of drink or drug driving as part of their summer crackdown. Of those arrested since June 1, 28 have appeared before court and eight drink-drivers have been banned from the roads. They
ROADWORKS which have closed Skeldergate in York are set to continue for another fortnight. The works, needed so engineers can replace gas mains, were originally scheduled to last until tomorrow but may now continue until July 1.
A YORK woman has been fined for breaching a noise abatement order after complaints about loud music at her home. Susan Tracy Dixon, 37, of Byland Avenue, pleaded guilty at York Magistrates’ Court to failing to comply with an abatement notice
HEAVY downpours meant extra money for charity at York Racecourse yesterday, as racegoers made donations to keep out of the rain. Although there were bright and warm periods, the unpredictability of the weather saw extra rain cover brought out to shelter
A WIDOW from York is counting the cost after a travel firm went into liquidation leaving her £469 out of pocket. Joyce Rawson, 80, of Wain Close, Huntington, is one of many holiday makers who have been hit by the problems plaguing Bradford-based coach
A CAREER soldier who is about to be made redundant after 12 years in the Armed Forces has appeared in court for assault. Darren Stuart Nicholls launched a “totally unprovoked” attack on another man in the men’s toilets at The Queen’s pub in Tadcaster
A YORK MP has lent his support to a drive aimed at reducing the number of attacks on guide dogs. Figures released this week showed incidents of the animals being attacked by other dogs are at an all-time high, reaching an average of eight a month
A MAGISTRATE and former chairman of Drax Golf Club is preparing to undertake an epic trek across the Middle East to raise money for charity. Bill Scott, from Gowdall, will be one of a group of 30 taking part in the walk from Dana, a village
A YOUNG dog that was found with horrific facial injuries is looking for a new home after members of the public helped fund £1,000 for reconstructive surgery. When Amos the Staffordshire terrier cross was found in somebody’s back garden and
JUNIOR cricketers from York’s Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Primary School missed out on a place at Drax Cup finals day at Headingley. Our Lady finished as runners-up to Bedale in the North Yorkshire final at Dunnington in the Drax Cup, the country’s biggest
ALIVE and kicking and in the rudest health – that’s the strength of youngsters’ kick-boxing in York. Evidence of the rapid growth in toddlers to teenagers taking up the sport of kick-boxing was provided at the inaugural Ring Series show.
Tadcaster Swim Squad are planning to turn their friendly inter-club swimming gala against New Earswick Swimming Club into an annual event following the success of the inaugural meet. Races were split into three age groups – ten years and under, 12
A YORK man is planning a series of fundraising events to raise money for a men’s charity starting with a coast-to-coast bike ride from Edinburgh this weekend, writes Arjun Kharpal. Father-of-two Robert Abbey, 39, from Heron Avenue, said the Edinburgh
SEVEN council houses in York have been fitted with heating systems designed to cut their carbon footprint. The City of York Council properties in Wenlock Gardens, Wheldrake, have had air source heat pumps installed to provide central heating, which
DUNNINGTON celebrated double victory in zone ‘A’ of the York and District Junior Cricket Association’s Hirepoint Plant & Tool Hire Under-13s League. Tom Loten made 32 not out as they beat Acomb by nine wickets. Acomb made 59-9 (Will Fryer 12) with
Malton & Old Malton battled their way into the third round of the York & District Junior Cricket Association Hirepoint Plant & Tool Hire Under-13s Cup after posting a score of 117-4 at Clifton Alliance. Jack Charles made 31 not out and Matthew Watson
Haxby Under-12s netballers did themselves proud at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield when taking part in a regional netball festival. They had qualified for the tournament through a North Yorkshire County League competition over a four-week
A MOTHER-OF-THREE who died in a York hotel had slipped and hit her head as she ran a bath, an inquest heard. Susan Beedle, 62, was found in a bath of water at the Judges Lodgings, in Lendal, where she was staying while holidaying in the city
PLANS for a wind turbine on farmland in York have been approved by city councillors. The scheme will see the 15-metre structure built at Springfield Farm in Appleton Road, in Bishopthorpe. Seven residents and Acaster Malbis Parish Council had
A classic car show planned for tomorrow at Harewood House, near Leeds, has been called off due to recent bad weather. The rally had been organised to celebrate Father’s Day but a ground inspection revealed that the site was waterlogged. Anyone with
Fight arrests TWO teenagers have been arrested after a brawl outside Selby Jobcentre which left a man with face injuries. The incident started at about 2.30pm outside the Jobcentre in Flaxley Road involved a group of people. A second fight involving
ROADSHOWS focusing on ending hate crime against people with learning disabilities will be staged across two North Yorkshire districts next week. Hambleton and Richmondshire Community Safety Partnership is supporting Learning Disability Week, which
YORK-BASED housebuilder Persimmon is launching a £400,000 charity giveaway to mark its 40th birthday – with one lucky charity set to win a new three bedroom detached house worth £250,000. The company will also give a further £138,000 in cash
COUNCIL-OWNED land in Scarborough could be used to help solve affordable housing problems in the town. Scarborough Borough Council’s cabinet will next week discuss launching a public consultation on plans to use sites off Scarborough Road in Seamer
A NEW sculpture by University of York alumnus Keith Mellard will be unveiled at a special event tomorrow. The unveiling of the new sculpture Eunoia, which means ‘beautiful thought’ in Greek, will be the highlight of the Alcuin College fete, which
100 years ago For many years in Bridlington Priory Church a neat little notice in gold letters had been in position over a table tombstone, close to the entrance to the church by the south aisle. The notice was as follows: “'1542, Thomas Newman
Welcome back to our picture quiz. Each day, we show you a picture of somewhere in York - all you have to do is answer the question. Good luck! Where are these steps? Come back tomorrow for the answer. Yesterday's answer
