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  • Le Mans 24hrs, published by Infogrames for PlayStation 2

    STRAP in for the ride of your life as Le Mans comes to the PlayStation 2. Test your endurance and skill as you power round tracks for up to 24 hours. Whether your PlayStation blows up before you finish is a moot point - but if it does, you can blame your

  • Aiming to be back on call for Ashes duel

    WHAT a roller-coaster week. It began with a great display in which we demolished Warwickshire in the Norwich Union League day-night match at Headingley, but two days later we lost to the same opponents in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy quarter-finals

  • The Three Musketeers, York Theatre Royal, until September 1

    As The Three Musketeers prepare to come crashing into York Theatre Royal, CHARLES HUTCHINSON hears tales of beards, bravery and a wicked woman FOR all that bullish testosterone zapping around in The Three Musketeers at York Theatre Royal from tomorrow

  • The biggest shows yet

    Charles Hutchinson catches up with York's busiest young people's theatre group. STAGECOACH Youth Theatre York is to mount the most ambitious programme of its nine-year history. Director John Cooper plans to rehearse and mount nine productions in the new

  • Door still open for talks about car park plan

    I READ with interest the article 'Home zones could get £100,000' (July 17). The council officer inferred that the Harcourt Street pilot scheme had been abandoned, because it was felt the residents mistrusted what the council was trying to do. As a result

  • Recycle for health

    FURTHER to the debate in the Evening Press on incineration, the most notorious by-product of burning rubbish is dioxin which is formed when things that contain substances like PVC plastic are burnt. Dioxins are highly toxic and accumulate in the food

  • Food for thought

    STEPHEN Lewis describes a Casa Alberto Ristorante which is utterly different from the one I know (Weekender, July 21). I and many friends dine frequently at Casa Alberto and have always found it totally satisfactory. I'm glad that having enjoyed their

  • Why back Bleach?

    YOUR article about Peter Bleach ('Jailed smuggler loses his appeal', July 24) said in the first line he is a smuggler, and smuggling is against the law. So just because he is from dear old Yorkshire why should everyone be defending him? You can understand

  • York's Mr Theatre takes curtain call

    It will take six people to fill the shoes of theatre boss David Bushby, discovers CHARLES HUTCHINSON. TODAY David Bushby leaves his post as manager of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York after 30 years. He will not be replaced. Instead his duties - managing

  • Ex-pros set to grace Recreation Ground

    A HOST of former Football League players are set to be on show tonight when Harrogate Town visit Pickering Town for a pre-season friendly at the Recreation Ground (kick off 7.45pm). Former Leeds United defender and now player-coach at Wetherby Road Neil

  • Blood tests on Vale sheep

    VETS from agriculture ministry DEFRA are set to embark on a major blood-testing programme on sheep in the Vale of York. A cross-section of about 60,000 of the vale's 300,000 sheep will be tested, to check whether the disease is already lying dormant in

  • Shock as Silverwood misses Roses clash

    ENGLAND opener Michael Atherton and Mark Chilton became the latest victims for Steven Kirby as the red-haired firebrand struck two early blows for Yorkshire in the 236th Roses match at Headingley today. Championship leaders Yorkshire suffered a shock

  • Straw backs missile plan

    FOREIGN Secretary Jack Straw today delivered a blow to campaigners by arguing there was a strong case in favour of the "Son of Star Wars" missile defence shield, which would involve RAF Fylingdales and Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire. Mr Staw's comments

  • Police blame crime surge on travellers

    A CRIME surge around a Ryedale gipsy site earlier this month was probably down to visiting travellers, senior police officers claim. More than 30 criminal incidents were recorded around the Malton site in a short space of time, community officer Chris

  • Copley crushes Selby double tilt

    SELBY'S hopes of a cup and league double were dashed in the NatWest Bank under-15 Championship final. The dream began to fray as soon as Acomb first change bowler David Copley came on with Selby on 60 for one, and on course for victory through Matt Hoyle

  • Five-strong shoal steeled for Sheffield's test of mettle

    York City Baths Club will have five swimmers travelling to Ponds Forge Leisure Centre in Sheffield on Sunday to compete all week in the National Age Group Championships, the biggest competition of the swimming calendar for the country's top young swimmers

  • Decision on Kerr appeal in autumn

    THE Court of Appeal has reserved judgement until October in the case of the North Yorkshire consultant psychiatrist William Kerr. Lawyers for Kerr, aged 75, of Haigh End, Alne, had claimed that he was the victim of an "oppressive" procedure after he was

  • Oldham's frisson in the sun is eclipsed

    A COMPLAINT by Yorkshire Academy coach Steve Oldham to the Yorkshire Oxbridge ECB County Premier Cricket League about a crucial umpiring decision has been rejected. Oldham registered his fierce disapproval of the umpires for bringing the Sheffield United

  • Paul's challenge

    Pickering snooker professional Paul Davison was today starting his quest to qualify for an appearance in York in December in the final stages of the UK Championship. The first qualifying round for the championship was being played today in Newport, south

  • Top young athletes spring into action

    SPORTS stars of the future will be on parade at Huntington Stadium, York, on Sunday. Nestl Rowntree Athletics Club are hosting a National Junior League fixture in which some of the region's leading athletes aged between 15 and 19 will be in action. Rowntrees

  • Town chiefs ponder new bridge

    A third bridge linking Malton and Norton could be on the cards after councillors agreed to look into the idea. Members of Malton Town Council voted in principle to back a feasibility study which could cost up to £8,000. If grant funding can be provided

  • No sex on Sundays

    York Councillors have said no to sex on Sundays at Gillygate's most controversial shop. The sex shop, run by Offshore Publishing Co Ltd, had applied to open on Sundays to meet increasing customer demand. But after hearing objections from the Salvation

  • Cemetery graves rules may be changed

    THE plight of a widower who claims his wife's grave was desecrated may force a change of heart from Malton Town Council. Ron Paterson said he was disgusted when he found his wife Joan's grave had been tampered with. Officials had ordered memorial stones

  • A little lovelier the second time around

    WHEN Ford launched its new Mondeo last year I forecast it would take the European Car Of The Year award. I was wrong. Instead, the accolade went to an Italian manufacturer. I still reckon Ford should have won, especially after being given the opportunity

  • Act now to halt bridge louts

    EVEN its most fervent admirers would admit that the Millennium Bridge has had its problems. Hit by production delays and the floods, it was inched into place across the Ouse many months late. Since then, cracks in its surface, vandalism and rowdy behaviour

  • Making amends

    ON Wednesday, we accused officials at Malton Town Council of "unfeeling bureaucracy" for moving memorial stones without consulting the bereaved. Today, we are delighted to report, councillors have shown their human side by apologising to those upset by

  • Nogan hungry for success

    Hit-man Lee Nogan is playing down his chances of repeating the end-of-season goalscoring endeavours that catapulted York City to safety. But the former Welsh international insists his hunger for success remains as strong as ever and is banking on City

  • Galileo can outshine Light in race of year

    Galileo, brilliant winner of the English and Irish Derbys, and unbeaten in five races, can put the seal of greatness on his career by landing the King George V1 and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot tomorrow. This £750,000 contest is the not-to-be-missed

  • Getting started is a stall order...

    Hello, folks. Evening Press here. I've been back in those starting stalls again this week. I've been having to get used to them because in Flat racing, especially the sprints, the start can be very important, and you don't want to feel uncomfortable before

  • Crazy Taxi 2, published by Sega for Dreamcast

    The eagerly-awaited, if unimaginatively-titled, sequel to Crazy Taxi is here and it doesn't disappoint! Taking the best bits of the original, such as the frantic fare-chasing and exhilarating soundtrack, Crazy Taxi 2 is an arcade dream. Set around New

  • Tribes 2, published by Sierra for PC.

    Tribes 2 is the latest first person shooter, but with a couple of extra touches to set it apart from the rest. Boasting an excellent tutorial, the main game itself is best to play in multiplayer mode but, unlike most other FPS games, you will find Tribes

  • Town shames slide vandals

    YOUNG tearaways have been publicly shamed in a new ploy by police and councillors to combat vandalism. Twelve youngsters aged between ten and 13 were brought to book after covering new play equipment in Tadcaster with graffiti. But instead of charging

  • I won't rest until my brother's killer is caught

    THE sister of North Yorkshire murder victim David Williamson has revealed her final promise to her brother: she will not rest until his killer is caught. Barbara Sherwood, from York, told of her solemn vow as she laid flowers at the spot where her brother

  • Boat passengers pull drowning boy from Ouse

    BOATING heroes saved a ten-year-old's life after plucking the semi-conscious boy out of the River Ouse. A woman passenger on the boat leapt into the water and dragged the boy ashore after spotting him near the sewage works in Fulford. North Yorkshire

  • York girl, ten bitten by adder

    A DAY beside the seaside turned into a nightmare when York girl Charlotte Shipley was bitten by a venomous snake. Charlotte, ten, of Woodside Avenue, Burnholme, was enjoying a day trip to Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar with her friend's family when the

  • Your move, Layerthorpe...

    THIS week's Yesterday Once More comes from one of York's busiest areas - Layerthorpe. Now, the area is included on the city's inner ring road and is home to some of its most popular businesses. Our picture is taken from 1969, when planning chiefs were

  • Put children first

    IF a married man walks out on his family, or worse still, takes his children with him leaving his wife devastated when she has done nothing to deserve such treatment, he is, quite rightly, criticised. If the so-called reason for this desertion is that

  • Swordfish (15, 99 minutes)

    THE opening is extraordinary and entirely disconnected from anything that follows in this biff-bang Joel Silver-Dominic Sena production. Criminal mastermind John Travolta sits at the lunch table, pontificating over the rotten state of Hollywood and its

  • Supply company boss dies

    A prominent York businessman, who helped build up the biggest scaffold and plant hire company in North Yorkshire, has died. John Riley, who was known for his work with HB Raylor & Co, of James Street, York, died in St Leonard's Hospice. He was 82.

  • Manning looks to overtake his rivals in F3000

    KNARESBOROUGH driver Darren Manning is gearing up for the next round of the Formula 3000 series in Hockenheim and hopes the overtaking opportunities the circuit offers will put him firmly up-front this weekend. The 25-year-old Arden International front-runner

  • Police say bridge is a 'nuisance'

    IT WAS meant to be a monument to civic pride in the new century ... but police today admitted the Millennium Bridge site is now a major nuisance. York-based Chief Inspector Andy Bell spoke out as high temperatures prompted many youngsters to congregate

  • Reliving the past

    IT is never an easy thing to keep the kids entertained over the summer holidays. But an answer is on offer at Harewood House, between Harrogate and Leeds, where children can get all dressed-up in fairytale garb and then paint portraits of themselves against

  • Date set for gaps inquiry

    A PUBLIC inquiry into plans to improve a dangerous junction on the A64 at Bilbrough Top will take place on September 12. The inquiry, which will examine plans to replace the existing gaps in the central reservation with a £3.9m flyover, will take place

  • Bank mix-up locks out staff

    BANK staff were temporarily locked out of their workplace yesterday when a fire alarm set off an internal system used to alert the police to serious crime. The fire alarm at the Natwest Bank in Yorkersgate, Malton, set off an internal alarm used to alert

  • Trio on the move

    FORMER York City duo Mark Sertori and Kevin Hulme have joined non-League Altrincham. The pair have both signed one-year deals with the UniBond League premier division club. Midfielder Hulme, 33, and central defender/striker Sertori, 33, both joined City

  • Singing for her supper

    A BUDDING stage star who achieved her dream of getting into a prestigious drama school has organised an evening of musical entertainment to raise funds to help finance her course. Rachel Drew, 20, from Poppleton, won one of 30 coveted places at the Arts

  • Bootham Crescent cup bonus

    YORK City have been given the chance to grab their first silverware just four days into the new season - and on home turf too. City's North Riding Senior Cup final duel with Premiership Middlesbrough has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 14 at Bootham

  • Rail boss outlines plans

    GNER chief executive Christoper Garnett will today outline the company's future plans to MPs Hugh Bayley and Lawrie Quinn. The talks at GNER's Station Rise Headquarters follow the Government's decision not to award the train operator a new 20-year franchise

  • Nogan hungry for success

    Hit-man Lee Nogan is playing down his chances of repeating the end-of-season goalscoring endeavours that catapulted York City to safety. But the former Welsh international insists his hunger for success remains as strong as ever and is banking on City

  • Coach plant closes for major revamp

    THE last shifts at Scarborough bus and coach plant Plaxtons began today before a huge restructuring under which 550 workers have lost their jobs. In early May, bosses announced the factory would close entirely with the whole 750-strong workforce being

  • Strike on buses is threat to Metro service

    AN £11 million revamp of York's bus service is in doubt as drivers today prepared for strike action. First York staff have voted not to accept a pay deal offered by management. A new ballot seeking support for industrial action is expected to be completed

  • Police say bridge is a 'nuisance'

    IT WAS meant to be a monument to civic pride in the new century ... but police today admitted the Millennium Bridge site is now a major nuisance. York-based Chief Inspector Andy Bell spoke out as high temperatures prompted many youngsters to congregate

  • Bootham Crescent cup bonus

    YORK City have been given the chance to grab their first silverware just four days into the new season - and on home turf too. City's North Riding Senior Cup final duel with Premiership Middlesbrough has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 14 at Bootham

  • Trio on the move

    FORMER York City duo Mark Sertori and Kevin Hulme have joined non-League Altrincham. The pair have both signed one-year deals with the UniBond League premier division club. Midfielder Hulme, 33, and central defender/striker Sertori, 33, both joined City

  • Win a family voucher to see York City

    The Evening Press has teamed up with Harrogate Town to offer a family of four free entry to York City's pre-season friendly at Wetherby Road on Wednesday, August 1, kick-off 7.30pm. The family voucher, for two adults and two children, is up for grabs