A YORK-based new media company will be working alongside some of the biggest names in pop at this weekend's Smash Hits Pollwinners' Party. KMA Interactive Media, based in Pavement, York, will be providing the graphics and animation for more than a dozen
THE sister of a York plane spotter being held in a Greek jail on spying charges today spoke of her hopes he will be home for Christmas. Andrew Jenkins has been in prison for exactly a month now, after Greek police arrested him and 11 fellow air enthusiasts
JAMIE Bucknell's old primary school is joining in the fundraising effort to help buy heart monitors for York District Hospital in his memory. Children at Robert Wilkinson Primary School, Strensall, are doing a sponsored Skip For Your Heart in an effort
YORK traders were today delighted after a crucial stage of the A64 roadworks was completed in time for the main pre-Christmas rush. A stretch of the reconstructed eastbound carriageway, between Askham Bryan and Tadcaster Road, re-opened yesterday afternoon
MY butcher friend Philip is not a frequent visitor to the city centre. When he is there at lunchtime he makes a beeline for Blake Street. Why not join me, he suggested. Why not indeed. On our way we collected a mutual friend, Judith, who as a young mother
SNOOKER is definitely a hit with the Year 6 pupils at St Aelred's RC Primary School in York. The class paid a special visit to UK Championship at the Barbican Leisure Centre this week to meet some of the stars, sample the atmosphere, see behind the scenes
What's up with Goughie? That's the question which large numbers of cricket fans are asking as they struggle to make sense of the bizarre stand-off between the star fast bowler and county champions Yorkshire over the past few weeks. Puzzlement over remarks
WASPS opponents tomorrow, Border Raiders, are confident that Sonny Nickle's stay at Craven Park will be a long one - barring a few rounds of machine-gun fire at his old club, St Helens. Cynics have suggested that his switch to Cumbria is merely a sly
COULD you make yourself look like Harry Potter or one of his wizard friends or foes? That was the challenge we set young readers when we launched a lookalike competition during our special Evening Press Harry Potter Week. Each entrant had to choose a
ON the up - that's Acomb's ace trampolinist Samantha McNichol. The rising star from the York Community and Gymnastic Foundation returned from the national grade two level trampoline finals in Hull with a top-level placing. The 12-year-old finished 25th
THERE were no holds barred as the Percy Road faithful were treated to a rare double header over the weekend. With the Pocklington 1st XV away at Sheffield Tigers on Saturday, Cambridge Univer-sity Women's XV took centre stage with their annual fixture
MOVES for a major business park on the outskirts of York have been backed by the city's Chamber of Trade. In a letter to City of York Council, chairman Adam Sinclair said the Chamber was behind plans to build the park at Monks Cross. The £50 million scheme
AT SOME point, hopefully very soon, a journalist and an air enthusiast will meet in York's Bar 38, and have a very long and fruitful pint of beer. They will talk of prisons in Greece, of frightful justice systems, and of a nerve-racking ordeal which the
YORK Wasps prop Andy Hutchinson is "gutted" to be out of action until after Christmas. The Evening Press player-of-the-year will miss tomorrow's trip to Barrow (kick-off 2pm) and next Sunday's visit of Batley after suffering concussion in Sunday's defeat
HELPING to light the last Christmas tree to be put up at Oaken Grove Primary School in Haxby is York's director of education, Patrick Scott. Mr Scott was invited to help the infant children switch on the lights by head teacher David Metcalfe, to mark
JAMIE Bucknell's old primary school is joining in the fundraising effort to help buy heart monitors for York District Hospital in his memory. Children at Robert Wilkinson Primary School, Strensall, are doing a sponsored Skip For Your Heart in an effort
YOUR correspondent C S Jeffrey (December 4) is clearly not a sensitive soul, but I sincerely hope not many share his perspective. Should he return one day to find a couple having sex in the empty entrance of his home I wonder if he will be able to keep
Nature magazine reported that wild maize, contaminated with genetically modified (GM) materials, had been discovered in a remote Mexican region. The contaminated plants were separated by some 60 miles and several years from the last recorded GM plantings
THE front page story of the Selby edition of the Evening Press on December 5 (Councillors to get wage), relates to inflation-linked salaries of the Selby District councillors, an issue I do not intend to comment on at this stage. What I do object to are
I usually like to book a table in advance when I'm going out to eat - especially at the weekend when you can guarantee that, at the more popular restaurants, tables will be hard to come by. Fellini's, the popular Italian eatery in Fossgate, was having
WHERE else would you expect to find a York shipbuilder but Navigation Road? Painter and decorator tiny Tim Agar, 42, is berthed in Rosemary Place, where he loves to make sailing ships out of oak, African walnut and mahogany to original blueprints. His
DRINK all night, but drink safely is the message from police after the Government announced the go-ahead for pubs to open for an unbroken 36 hours over New Year's Eve. Revellers across North Yorkshire can party through the early hours of January 1. However
A MAN at the centre of a York city centre disturbance in which a police van was damaged by fire has appeared before York Crown Court. James Honey, 34, of York, yesterday pleaded guilty to affray and arson to a police van during the incident, in Market
THE battle to keep trains running has taken to the air. York-based rail maintenance firm Jarvis is using £1 million worth of the latest airborne technology to keep Britain's railways going. A state-of-the-art thermal imaging camera, mounted on a helicopter
SHOPPERS' heads turned in recognition as Harry Potter did a spot of Christmas shopping in York city centre. But the bespectacled youngster was actually little Thomas Slater, who was judged the winner of an Evening Press competition to find the best character
A COMPUTER crash left hundreds of City of York Council staff "twiddling their thumbs" - for the second time in a week. All departments were affected as the system went down yesterday morning, making terminals relied on by up to 1,100 members of staff
When we got to Broxa Forest on the North York Moors it was typically wet, gloomy and misty winter weather, so no views from the bench. So we slipped straight into a larch wood and then soon found a nice sunken track through Silpho Moor with beech and
YORK City are looking to the future with the news announced today that the club will be offering free match tickets for youngsters. The Minstermen have pledged their support to the new Nationwide Supporters of Tomorrow scheme, launched last month by the
FORMER Wasps skipper Alan Pallister is all set for some birthday cheer, having this week received a present from the supporters. Pally, who has been unable to train with his team-mates because of work commitments down south, is due to be properly back
LEGAL action against litter droppers should be stepped up, according to York residents. A drop-in session with city councillors revealed people believe City of York Council should prosecute offenders, and launch a campaign to increase awareness. The session
PAINTINGS hanging in York City Art Gallery could have been created by Jack the Ripper, according to new claims by an American crime novelist. But curator Richard Green has no intention of taking down the works of Walter Richard Sickert - or of highlighting
THE sweet sound of birds in full song will soon be heard in the middle of York city centre - at the City Screen complex. A new design project by Atmospherics aims to re-introduce natural sounds to various parts of the riverside building in Coney Street
HARROGATE diver Emma Teather has fought off injury to concentrate on her bid to be chosen to compete in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The 17-year-old A-Level student at Harrogate Ladies College has won a number of titles since she took up the sport of
HOSPICE chiefs have given a big thank-you to the Evening Press and its readers for their vital help in making a dream come true. The £2 million target to build a much-needed extension to St Leonard's Hospice was achieved this summer, following the biggest
THE potential strike by football mascots is gathering momentum, just seven days after the move was revealed by the Evening Press. York City's Yorkie The Lion became the most sought after man in football yesterday - putting even David Beckham in the shade
What's up with Goughie? That's the question which large numbers of cricket fans are asking as they struggle to make sense of the bizarre stand-off between the star fast bowler and county champions Yorkshire over the past few weeks. Puzzlement over remarks
YORKSHIRE WATER has been awarded the Government's prestigious Charter Mark for excellence in public service. The company is being presented with the prestigious accolade after an independent panel of judges carried out a scrutiny of the company's customer
THE human and financial costs of arson have come under the spotlight at the launch of a major new initiative designed to clamp down on the crime in York and North Yorkshire. Leaders of local authorities, businesses and communities heard presentations
THE ever-expanding York Brewery has taken another step on the ladder to full capacity. Opening two pubs has done the only brewery within the city walls no harm in its quest to produce (and sell) more than a million pints a week. And a deal, sealed recently
YORK traders were today delighted after a crucial stage of the A64 roadworks was completed in time for the main pre-Christmas rush. A stretch of the reconstructed eastbound carriageway, between Askham Bryan and Tadcaster Road, re-opened yesterday afternoon
Despite the eloquence of Coun Merrett and his chums I don't think the general public like having the wool pulled over their eyes regarding Coppergate II (Coppergate II will help preserve city centre, December 6) . York City Centre thrives now - as it
IN this age of bad service and bad neighbours, I would like to thank my neighbours for their help. I have had no heating or hot water for several days. Seeing my plight my neighbours took pity on me and lent me fan heaters and support. We are very quick
ARE you a man who had an affair in the 1960s or 1970s? Did it end in tears, did you lose your wife and children or did she forgive you? Testimony Films is making a documentary series for Channel 4. If you would be happy to speak to us about your story
