HE can now stand up and say: "My name is Sir Michael Caine." The screen veteran is the biggest name on the Queen's birthday honours list, receiving a knighthood. What's it all about? Services to the film industry of course, celebrating a near-40 year
MANY people see a problem in the Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles getting together officially. I don't. The obvious solution is for them to marry and he then to abdicate! That would also please most of us! David Quarrie, Lynden Way, Acomb, York
I THANK everyone involved in helping North Yorkshire education authority achieve an excellent Ofsted report. It recognises the hard work and dedication of the management team, teachers, and pupils. We should be rightly proud: examination results in the
DOG owners were today given a stark warning to control their pets after a postwoman who was savaged by an Alsatian near York was awarded more than £10,000. Sue Easton, who still works for Royal Mail, was left with bite marks and a deep fear of dogs after
THE council will again soon decide whether or not to give the go-ahead for a proposed development at Clifford's Tower and the River Foss. The plans, which were rejected last time round, have been revised but place the proposed shops only a further 33ft
Firstly, let's get the stereotypes out of the way. Not everyone is blond; they don't all drive Volvos; and life there is not that expensive. And shock horror - I did not so much as hear a note of Abba in my week in the country. Sweden is not an obvious
A THUNDEROUS bomber aircraft will take off from the runway at the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, York, this weekend, as a preview of the Great Yorkshire Air Show. The mighty Victor V Bomber is one of only two working examples of the Handley Page
UP, UP and away went hundreds of gas-filled balloons to mark the end of York's Timewarp 2000. Children and teachers from 35 York area schools met in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre yesterday to mark the end of the Timewarp project which put the Millennium
AN EIGHT-year-old boy has won his step-dad a ride on an army tank in York after winning a Father's Day competition. Simon Murray, from Leeds, sent an e-mail describing what made his dad special in the Supadad competition organised by the Internet service
LIVING above a pub had its attractions for Baz Fowler. There was no problem getting home after one too many pints. But last Saturday he had to vacate his lodgings because Mick and Kay Henagan, of the Waggon And Horses in York's Lawrence Street, were themselves
TADCASTER Swim Squad's Peter Webster took the top boy award at Scarborough Swimming Club's Graded Meet. He took four gold medals and produced a national qualifying time in the 100 metres backstroke of 1.05.74. He also won the breaststroke, freestyle and
YORKSHIRE Phoenix take on Kent Spitfires at Headingley tomorrow in a game which both sides must win if they are to stand a decent chance of going on to finish up as champions of the Norwich Union National League. Both teams are wedged together in the
IT'S six minutes of excitement mixed with pure fear. Valhalla, a log fume ride with a difference, opened this week at the popular theme park attraction in Blackpool. I took my friend to test out whether it lived up to the hype - and I can now say it's
Coffee Espresso Goodramgate, York IT is remarkable that we find yet another snack spot where cappuccino is misspelled. This is a great pity because that is the only thing wrong with this small venue. I say little, because it would be difficult to accommodate
HELL'S bells. If this is a sign of the times, heaven help us. The Blue Bell is one of York's most historic hostelries. It boasts the last perfectly preserved Edwardian interior in York and is Grade II listed. So how does Pubmaster decide to advertise
THE caption to the picture of me declaring the opening the new cash machine at HSBC Stamford Bridge (June 9) and receiving a £50 donation to give to charity, stated that I would give it to the British Legion Poppy Appeal to commemorate the 60th anniversary
YOUR article praising the role of the old matrons was so truthful and perceptive (June 6). Many national health problems arose when the NHS converted to the new system of hierarchy, implementing nursing officers. The foundation of nursing evolved from
I AM pleased to see that York is getting organised by building a Park & Ride on each major approach road into the city to reduce the amount of cars entering the centre. Another plus is the addition of lockups for bicycles at the Shipton Road Park
FOR the last three days my husband and I have been visitors in your fair city of York. As well as seeing all the sights, we were privileged to attend - and enjoy in the extreme - two outstanding performances at the theatre in Lower Friargate, the new
Book: Larder Lads, by Louise Holland and Roberta Moore (Ebury Press, £12.99, paperback) Chef's CV: Capital career path has taken Louise Holland from the Dorchester and Mossiman's to in-house chef at cookery book mecca, Books For cooks and food producer
POSING palaces are springing up all over York and this glass-fronted designer bar in the city centre is the newest kid on the block. The Ha!Ha! Bar and Canteen opened in New Street a few weeks ago, hot on the heels of the Pitcher & Piano, Kites Wine
WHEN it comes to putting the green into greengrocer, you'd be hard pressed to find a better example than Alligator, the organic wholefoods shop in York's Fishergate. The small outlet has been selling organic produce for 27 years and stocks an astonishing
NEW commercial manager Gary Hall's generous gesture to help out the club he loves for no financial reward is just the kind of spirit York Wasps need to survive. Now he is hoping other fans may follow his lead by using their expertise to aid the cash-strapped
Links around the globe have been boosted by an award to help build links between York and a district in Ghana. Angie Stratton, from the city's South Bank area, was out on the river celebrating with her York Global Link Group after receiving an £8,500
On the sixtieth anniversary of a Second World War naval disaster - hushed up at the time for fear of its effect on morale - a York man has told how he survived the wreck. It is believed that more people lost their lives on the Lancastria than on the Titanic
DRINKERS in and around York can from today take advantage of longer opening hours in more than a dozen watering holes. Extended licences have been granted to 18 pubs and bars to allow them to open until midnight on Mondays to Saturdays and 11pm on Sundays
THE director of York Archaeological Trust, Dr Peter Addyman, is among those from North Yorkshire who have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list today. Dr Addyman, 60, who founded the York Archaeological Trust in 1972 and has been the director
A YORK couple have already celebrated their golden wedding on Australia's Gold Coast. But Cyril and Amy Parkin-Coates, from Chudleigh Road, off Leeman Road, will next week have a family party at home to mark their special day today. The couple were married
RESIDENTS awaiting wheelie bins in an outlying area of York may have to wait a little longer after an administrative blunder led to them being given the wrong information about when their bins would arrive. Residents of Hopgrove were sent letters informing
A PAINTING valued at more than £300 has been stolen from a York art gallery. The gallery's owner today appealed for help in tracing the work by train artist Michael Smart. The wood-framed 17in by 17in oil painting of a train leaving King's Cross station
MOTORISTS fuelling up in York will soon see the grim spectre of the £4 gallon become reality on forecourts across the city. The price of Leaded Replacement Petrol - greener four star - has already burst through the £4-a-gallon barrier at city filling
IT'S business as usual tomorrow for Kevin Darley, who, with two more winners on Knavesmire yesterday, is blazing a trail in the jockeys' championship to the likes of Pat Eddery, Kieren Fallon and Richard Quinn. Spending a leisurely Sunday at home with
A POLICE blunder left a North Yorkshire wife to endure five weeks of "hell" thinking her missing husband could still be alive and well. But butcher Eric Layfield, 50, whose description was circulated to all forces after he was reported missing from the
DEFIANT residents last night vented their anger over plans to build a new village near Osbaldwick. More than 40 residents and other protesters attended a stormy meeting at Osbaldwick village hall to give their views and suggestions on the proposed PRP-designed
IAN Hinder managed to capture the scalp of Yorkshire county cap Fraser Kelley in the singles, but could not prevent York from slipping to a 20-16 defeat at the hands of East Riding in the Yorkshire Inter-district Union match at Bridlington. Hinder (The
YORK City may have to break their club record transfer fee to sign Chester City hotshot Luke Beckett, writes Peter Martini. As reported on the Evening Press internet site yesterday, the Deva Stadium club have confirmed that York are in talks with the
MARK Cain is again expected to settle for a cameo role when he returns to York to face his former team-mates tomorrow. Dewsbury Rams' newest acquisition has made two appearances from the substitutes bench since joining the league leaders from York Wasps
Three Cranes St Sampson's Square, York 01904 653367 DESCRIBED as a 'proper city centre pub' by licensee Barry Sissons, The Three Cranes certainly fulfils that description: 'city centre' in the sense that it's located in St Samspon's Square and 'proper
I thought that one of the main reasons for the ECB's decision to put 12 of the country's top players on central contracts was to make them feel a part of the new 'Team England'. So why was Michael Vaughan ignored by England this week and told to play
