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Safety moves to end the electric bike hassle
10:20am Thursday 9th July 2009
While I applaud Stephen Rose’s green credentials and motives (Honest, officer, I’m street legal, The Press, July 7), I can’t say I’m at all surprised he’s being regularly stopped by the police, for one simple reason only.
Have your say »Hands-on cycling tuition?
10:10am Thursday 9th July 2009
Currently, children can be seen on the street near to schools allegedly undergoing training in safe cycling.
Rights of way: Westminster Road, York
10:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
MY family has lived in Westminster Road for more than 50 years. It was a very pleasant residential road.
Pride of Place in St Leonard’s Place, York
10:02am Thursday 9th July 2009
I would like to commend City of York Council on the imaginative plant display above the portico of Number Five, St Leonard’s Place.
Needs of families: derelict flats in York
9:57am Thursday 9th July 2009
I see in The Press that there are “hundreds of derelict flats” empty at York Hospital.
Be fair in this tale of two Georges - Hudson and Leeman
9:49am Thursday 9th July 2009
I FEEL I must have take issue with Robert Beaumont's comments about George Leeman in your feature Taking The Train Through Time (The Press, July 3).
York MP Hugh Bayley seeks views on future of East Coast rail service
10:10am Wednesday 8th July 2009
THE Press’s front page on Friday said I would press for the East Coast rail service to keep its base in York “in due course” (PM’s pledge on rail jobs, July 3). That is wrong. I have already done it.
It’s not up to us to "police" the world
9:52am Wednesday 8th July 2009
There are a few problems in Iran. So what? It is none of our business.
Britain should leave Afghanistan
9:54am Wednesday 8th July 2009
The latest news of British soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan brings the total to 144, plus 29 deaths as a result of duty in that country.
Two cups of coffee a day
9:55am Wednesday 8th July 2009
THE latest nonsense researchers are serving us up with is that two strong cups of coffee a day not only helps stave off dementia but can also treat it.
Meat-free Monday in York
9:57am Wednesday 8th July 2009
In May, the Belgian city of Ghent announced it was going meat-free for one day a week to encourage the city’s inhabitants to reduce their contribution to climate change and, simultaneously, boost their health.
East Coast Main Line 'incompetence' by Labour Government
10:00am Wednesday 8th July 2009
The problems with the East Coast Main Line service and the threat to York jobs are a direct consequence of the Labour Government’s incompetence.
Don’t let this be the final curtain for Bev Jones and Northern Musical Theatre Company
9:46am Wednesday 8th July 2009
It was sad to hear that Bev Jones will not be able to continue to entertain audiences in York with the excellent productions of his Northern Musical Theatre Company (What next for…, The Press, July 3).
Not impressed by "crackdown" on offending cyclists in York
9:47am Wednesday 8th July 2009
The so-called “crackdown” on offending cyclists reported in The Press on Saturday (Cyclists targeted in city crackdown, July 4) would have as much effect on law breaking cyclists as standing on the White Cliffs and shouting “go away” would have had on the Luftwaffe in 1940.
At the charge
9:48am Wednesday 8th July 2009
A generation of teenagers have very little, if any, knowledge of the history of our nation.
What’s the point of sign in Walmgate?
9:50am Wednesday 8th July 2009
Years ago I was told of a competition to locate the most pointless sign in the world. The winner read, if memory serves, simply and succinctly: “Do not throw stones at this notice.”
Pleas for ‘finest school in York’ - Burnholme Community College
9:40am Tuesday 7th July 2009
I am writing to you to express my concerns over the possible closure of Burnholme Community College.
Different country
9:32am Tuesday 7th July 2009
Dennis Barton yet again accuses anyone who criticises his beloved New Labour party of being negative (Silver linings, Letters, July 2).
It’s not wanted
9:33am Tuesday 7th July 2009
As pointed out by A Kefford the articles concerning the Piccadilly Masterplan and the number of empty business premises do offer contradictory viewpoints. I also fail to understand the so-called need for more retail space.
More trouble ear
9:34am Tuesday 7th July 2009
LIAM Brooks (Letters, June 30) is by no means the only patient to be given the run-around by the NHS in York during the last few months.
Residents taking road to conflict?
9:28am Tuesday 7th July 2009
As a near neighbour and friend of residents in Westminster Road, I am aware of the disturbance and dangers caused to them by hundreds of vehicles every day using Westminster Road and The Avenue as a rat-run.
Risking standards
12:10pm Monday 6th July 2009
I was appalled to read in The Press that Askham Grange Prison has lost its governor (June 30).
Missed the point
12:12pm Monday 6th July 2009
I AM replying to Dale Edward’s letter commenting on my previous letter (Town’s attractions, May 18).
Press your views
12:13pm Monday 6th July 2009
ALL MPs are now batting on a sticky wicket. For too long most have ignored the wishes of their voters on issues like European Union, which has a much more corrupt parliament than our own, and the irritating subject of immigration.
Wrong from day one
12:14pm Monday 6th July 2009
The sudden demise of The East Coast Main Line under National Express is no surprise whatsoever.
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