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Students climb the skills ladder
5:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
THESE York painter and decorators are on the ladder to success – after winning a place in the final of a national competition.
College history brought to book
12:03pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE history of York College is at the heart of a new book.
York College students graduate
1:30pm Friday 4th July 2008
THESE higher education students from York College were among about 130 who graduated at a ceremony at York’s Theatre Royal.
School book pledge appeal
1:31pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
BUSINESSES and organisations in York are being invited to take part in a community book pledge scheme.
Students help out
11:33am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
PUPILS at Badger Hill Primary School, in York, have been getting help with their lessons from university students.
Introducing French for the under-fives
11:33am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
IF you are heading to France this summer, why not prepare les enfants for the trip with a session of holiday French.
Tuned up for string day
11:32am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
A HUNDRED young violin, viola and cello players from York primary schools attended the 11th String Fun Day.
A licence to cook
11:21am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
BUDDING Jamie Olivers from York primary schools had the chance to try out their cookery skills at “big school”.
York College studies pay off
9:13am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
HIGHER education students from York College were taking part in their graduation ceremony at York Theatre Royal today.
Inspired by inventiveness
8:08am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
MORE than 600 budding engineers from over 30 schools in North Yorkshire will be hoping to get their hands on £300 prize money today.
Pupils set to shine in celebration of talent
8:09am Monday 30th June 2008
THOUSANDS of children from across York and North Yorkshire have signed up to the first national schools festival celebrating the talent of young people.
£10,000 new car up for grabs at school’s summer fair
11:06am Saturday 28th June 2008
THIS is no ordinary school summer fair.
Cool for catwalks
10:29am Thursday 26th June 2008
HIGH fashion came to the National Railway Museum in York as student designers put on a show.
Pupils from St Peter’s School dig in at York Hospital
10:23am Thursday 26th June 2008
YOUNG volunteers at a York private school are building a garden for patients at the city's hospital.
Takeaway takes on school meals
8:59am Thursday 26th June 2008
A ROW has broken out over a takeaway meal deal targeted at hundreds of York teenagers on their lunch break.
Growing gains
11:43am Wednesday 25th June 2008
With the latest Government figures showing one in ten children in England is obese by the time they start primary school, Haydn Lewis heard how one York primary is taking a fresh approach to the problem.
Eventful time for students
11:41am Wednesday 25th June 2008
A GROUP of business management degree students from York St John University have helped to raise £400 for two charities.
College hailed by inspectors
11:40am Wednesday 25th June 2008
SCHOOL inspectors have published a positive report on Ampleforth College, the North Yorkshire Roman Catholic private school.
Sexual health clinics set up at secondary schools
11:38am Wednesday 25th June 2008
THREE-quarters of York state secondary schools has a sexual health clinic.
Smartie move for York pupils
11:36am Wednesday 25th June 2008
CHOCOLATE crazy youngsters at a York school are trying to find out the secret of the Mona Lisa's smile with the help of 50,000 Smarties.
UK News
Osborne plan to slash fuel duty
Updated 8:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
Fuel duty would be slashed to help hard-pressed families deal with soaring prices, under radical Tory plans.
Editor's choice
Here are my salty thoughts
LAST YEAR it was a shark off the Cornwall coast that saw The Sun through the silly season; this year it’s little green men in flying saucers over Shropshire. Both stories, of course, are utter tosh.
Birthday wishes to the NHS at 60
IT’S an institution which has saved lives – and provided many people with a new lease of life.
’Vive le difference’ is my French lesson
IT was a bit of an eye-opener to say the least. The highlight of a friend’s stag party in Paris last weekend saw a group of hardened racegoers, including your correspondent, take a trip to the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in the west of the city.
A special day for a North Yorkshire radio station
BBC Radio York celebrates its 25th birthday today. Reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN looks back at the station’s history.
York welcomes Champions League spot for flagship race
RACING’S equivalent of the Champions League has been given the thumbs-up by York Racecourse chief executive William Derby.
Clever Brain leads the way with massive victory haul
There were some brilliant matches on local stillwaters at the weekend with 100lb bags needed to make the top of the prize list.
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