Hi there Chrisber,
Thanks for replying to my problem. However having had a look at my single.php file it does appear to be calling the sidebar and while looking I found that in fact it is not pulling the footer as well as the sidebar.
Here is what is contained in my single.php:
<?php get_header();?>
<div id="main">
<div id="content">
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<p class="date">
<span class="month">
<?php the_time('M') ?>
</span>
<span class="day">
<?php the_time('d') ?>
</span>
<span class="year">
<?php the_time('Y') ?>
</span>
</p>
<h2 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="meta">
<p>Published by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?> at <?php the_time();?> under <?php the_category(',') ?> <?php edit_post_link(); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(__('Continue Reading »')); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
</div>
<p class="comments">
<?php comments_popup_link(__('No responses yet'), __('One response so far'), __('% responses so far')); ?>
</p>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<p align="center"><?php posts_nav_link(' - ','« Prev','Next »') ?></p>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar();?>
<?php get_footer();?>