Opinions? I have no time for them FOUR days off in a row has left me too unfocused to grapple with important matters. This is perhaps unprofessional. I'm sure that Hugo Young would not let such a domestic distraction deter him from rattling on about the
Every casting director in every television company must have a section in a filing cabinet market 'fat, little rascal, northern accent'. I know from my own experience that we are overflowing with young talent in this city alone - schools, Youth Theatre
The Evening Press today issues an invitation to all of you, the warm-hearted people of York and the surrounding areas who contributed to our Cancer Haven Appeal, to attend the official opening of the city's new cancer care centre on December 12. York
York Acorn and New Earswick All Blacks start out on the Wembley glory trail on Saturday. They are both involved in the first round of the Silk Cut Cup Challenge Cup. Acorn have probably the toughest task. The National Conference League third division
The Little Chef has uncovered big support for British pork. Pig industry representatives surveyed customers at the roadside restaurant chain and found overwhelmingly backing for home-grown bacon. Eighty per cent of pork in Little Chefs is British. That
Coach Dean Robinson has scaled the first hurdle in swelling the ranks of promoted York Rugby League Club. The senior trio of Iefata Sini, Allan Pallister and Steve Hill have all been signed on new contracts for the 1999 season which starts in just over
Star Wars in North Yorkshire? It sounds highly unlikely. Yet the hundreds of employees at the RAF Menwith Hill military base must be doing something. A BBC documentary will allege tonight that some of them are working to establish an illegal satellite
York City's injury crisis is still at critical point less than 48 hours before their FA Cup showdown at Wrexham. Of the ten men lodged in the treatment room only skipper Steve Agnew looks to have a chance of appearing in the second round tie. But to do
Henry Wharton's triple-crown mission may be the appetiser to the biggest world title feast this side of the Millennium. Henry Wharton The York ace is back preparing for his long-awaited crack at Leeds-based warrior Crawford Ashley, the reigning European
Oh yes we will! York's very own Panto Dame and local businessmen are rallying to the aid of a school with a 20 year old computer problem. Lakeside School, Clifton, is one of the newest in the city, but its computers date back to the early 1980s and are
A river cruise skipper is backing the £60 million extension to York's Coppergate Centre after hearing how a special landing stage will be built for his craft. Philip Bramhill will be able to continue taking passengers along the River Foss, using the landing
An international alliance of architects, civil engineers and building professionals have joined with local residents to condemn controversial proposals to extend York's Coppergate Centre. They have accused City of York Council of failing to respect the
The Coppergate development may be architect Richard Akers' dream (Evening Press, November 24) but is likely to become York's nightmare. He is able to go home to Surrey and leave it behind while we are going to have to live with it. Mrs J Leeman, Hesketh
The deadly sin of envy is something with which I am not usually afflicted. Your new columnist - The Millennium Dame - has changed all that. Not content to appear in Friday Night Fever, her glittering presence filtered through to the main Evening Press
Farmers exhort us to Buy British Beef, and say British Pork is Best etc. These same farmers can often be seen driving Mitsubishi Shoguns or Toyota Landcruisers and clutter our lanes with even bigger examples of the latest foreign machinery. Isn't this
We all appreciate that the home carers working for York City Council do a good job looking after elderly and disabled people in their own homes. How sad, then, they should have found it necessary to put their own case by making allegations about carers
Barton, the most exciting prospect in Ryedale, is confidently expected to bolster his burgeoning reputation by winning the feature race at Sandown tomorrow. The £15,000 Bovis Europe Winter Novices' Hurdle is a step up in a class for the Tim Easterby-trained
The first chairwoman in York City Rowing Club's history is hoping to help foster team spirit during her year of office. Caroline Sherlock, who was elected at the club's annual meeting last week, said that with patterns of living having changed there does
Health watchdogs are to investigate North Yorkshire's Emergency Doctors service following Evening Press reports that doctors are refusing to respond to calls. In the most recent case highlighted in the paper, doctors refused to go out to baby Jessica
A nationwide survey of roadside caf customers has shown they really do think British pork and bacon is best. The survey, carried out by representatives of the British pig farming industry in Little Chef restaurants, shows overwhelming support for the
Police have released this photo-fit of a man who threatened a 76-year-old woman with a knife in her own home. Photo-fit of the man sought They hope it will jog people's memory or that someone will recognise the culprit and come forward with new leads.
Council chiefs in York found themselves facing the stark choice today of hiking council tax bills - or making deep cuts in services. York taxpayers face an inflation-busting rise of between £30 and £67 on the average bill from next April. But the authority
Hunger striker Barry Horne greets his supporters from a York District Hospital window - despite claims he could slip into a coma at any time. Barry Horne Horne was helped from his bed to a third-floor window where he waved to an animal rights vigil gathered
A military base in North Yorkshire could help to send weapons into space as the nerve centre of the US Government's revival of the Star Wars project, a documentary will claim tonight. Menwith Hill BBC's Close Up North will broadcast the latest claims
