Better news

12:00pm Saturday 6th September 2008

NESTLÉ has moved swiftly to scotch rumours that plans to redevelop the south part of its Haxby Road factory site have stalled. This is a big relief.

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Opening up NHS debate

12:00pm Saturday 6th September 2008

YORK Hospital is to host a week-long series of live TV broadcasts starting tomorrow.

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‘Unique’ show deserves award

9:50am Saturday 6th September 2008

I am sure that a lot of people will agree with me that before the superb production of The Railway Children at the National Railway Museum fades from our memories, it should be given some sort of special award – special because it was, quite literally, unique.

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Young swimmers

9:44am Saturday 6th September 2008

I would just like to point out to your readers that I was quoted in your article about free swimming for the over-60s (In the swim!, September 3) as having asked what the council would do if they were inundated with under-16s taking advantage of the free swimming.

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Cash priorities

9:44am Saturday 6th September 2008

I see that over the next few years a total of £3.7 million will be spent on improving facilities for cyclists.

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Casino queries

9:44am Saturday 6th September 2008

In reply to Mr Haswell’s response regarding a casino in York (not on the cards, Letters, August 28), I was suggesting this could be good for the city, bringing in both jobs and revenue.

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Don’t blame police for dodgy stats

9:45am Saturday 6th September 2008

With reference to “Knife crime shock” (The Press, September 3), Government statistics have been manipulated over many years in the way that true crime figures are co-ordinated, broken down and presented by individual police forces to the powers-that-be, ie the Home Office.

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No to “have a go”

9:45am Saturday 6th September 2008

Our Government supports a report recently put out from EU Headquarters in Brussels that says the general public of Britain are the most passive in Europe when it comes to attempting to stop crime and or getting involved with actions of antisocial behaviour.

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Don’t be wimps

9:46am Saturday 6th September 2008

SO once again a council spokesperson is spouting rules and regulations and health and safety when asked why bin men can’t throw a plastic bag in the lorry (It’s really rubbish, Letters, August 25).

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All the eights

9:46am Saturday 6th September 2008

Great story about baby Summer being born on 8/08/08 at weighing 8lbs 8oz (A day to remember for little Summer, The Press, September 4).

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An all-round winner

10:40am Friday 5th September 2008

A simple solution to the Terry’s situation would be for City of York Council to take over the site and move in all its offices and services.

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In beholder’s eye

10:36am Friday 5th September 2008

With reference to the letter from Ken Holmes (Live, laugh, love, September 3), I don’t wish to be rude, I may be direct, but having seen Ken’s face in the local press once or twice all I can say is that only his mother and his horses could love him.

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Circulation worry

10:36am Friday 5th September 2008

WITH reference to the new prototype homes to be built in the city namely the model village at Derwenthorpe, while I am not a qualified builder or expert on environmental issues, reading between the lines on the proposed development, it does give me some concern.

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Olympic-inspired

10:36am Friday 5th September 2008

Mr Roe was not the only person to notice that the Olympic bus had the old York letters on the number plate (Registering that Olympic bus..., Soapbox, September 3).

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Cultural closure

10:37am Friday 5th September 2008

Reluctantly, and for the last time on this subject, I respond to one of Mr Dixon-Smith's letters (Culture clash, September 1).

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Iconic or ugly?

10:37am Friday 5th September 2008

Well done to The Press for establishing just where £5 million of taxpayer’s money has been blown on the council’s Hungate office fiasco (Hungate: the bill, August 20).

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We are not second-class citizens

10:37am Friday 5th September 2008

Looking ahead to race meetings resuming at York in the New Year, I would ask National Express management at the city’s station to review their arrangements with regard to temporary ticket barriers, so that those arriving by train are not treated like second-class citizens.

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Roadworks sense

10:38am Friday 5th September 2008

Would it not make sense to allocate a section of the Nunnery Lane car park to the All Saints’ teachers, instead of taking up one workman to oversee any of them coming or going to the school car park? Or is it that too much like common sense?

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Sorting ring road and Terry’s, too

10:39am Friday 5th September 2008

Further to Steve Helsdon’s and Paul Hepwoth’s recent letters, and following 50 years sorting out (or trying to) conflicting movement of trains at junctions, it seems to me that the only way forward with the A1237 is for it to be taken over the top of the B1224, A59, A19, B1363, etc, ending with it going over the A1036 and the eastbound A64, to join the westbound A64 at Monks Cross.

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Why didn’t town support market?

10:00am Thursday 4th September 2008

WE WERE enticed to visit Malton this Sunday to sample the “Flavours of Europe” market and a very good selection was on offer. Ten-out-of-ten to Di Keal for organising it.

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