As The Wizard Of Oz goes hi-tech, CHARLES HUTCHINSON talks to the Tin Man THE Wizard Of Oz goes hi-tech at the West Yorkshire Playhouse next week. This is the production that places design concept before direction in the credit for artistic director Jude
THE Government has been criticised for "excluding" a major North Yorkshire road from improvements. The North Yorkshire East coroner Michael Oakley told an inquest into the death of Scarborough pensioner Jack Caldwell that "something very much more serious
A MAN died today after a car he was apparently driving left the road and ended up in a ditch. The accident happened near the village of Whixley, between York and Knaresborough, some time around 7am, on the road leading from the village to the A59 road
WE are delighted that plans for a York Planetarium are back on the drawing board. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society has shown trademark tenacity by resubmitting the idea for Hungate after its plans for a Museum Gardens planetarium fell through. York
NEVER mind the Golden Globes and the Bafta glory, A Beautiful Mind is the kind of Hollywood film that will be remembered less fondly with each passing year. What it has is two Tinseltown award favourites: a man in the throes of mental illness and an actor
...PLEASE keep the weekday paper a proper - broadsheet - newspaper. The Evening Press is a quality newspaper which does a great job of bringing us local and national/international news in a reliable and balanced way. During the week please keep it looking
I HAVE long advocated the change to tabloid format for the Evening Press for many reasons, primarily for ease of handling. As we become more advanced in years and, like me, get well past our sell-by date, holding a broadsheet becomes more difficult. The
YORK City striker Alex Mathie is out to make up for lost time and make good from team-mate Peter Duffield's misfortune. As revealed in the Evening Press, the luckless Duffield has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a third leg break
AN early goal from Stuart Greenwood set York John Smith's Sunday Morning League Challenge Cup holders Wiggin-ton on their way to a comfortable quarter-final victory over Pack of Cards. Gavin Dickenson made it two from the penalty spot and Owen Willis
JOHN Smith enjoyed mixed luck in the John Smith's Mixed League. The Tap and Spile arrowman threw a 180 for 16 darts in the early stages of their match against leaders Cygnet 'A'. However, Cygnet took the win 5-4, as Kevin Walton threw a splendid 17 darts
THE waiting is over as Selby and York go head to head in the race to finish as the top local team. For 13 years, York have proudly hung on to the tag as the area's premier club, but now this record is under threat with Selby set to end this run. In fact
RESIDENTS are seething after no one warned them about the replacement of an asbestos pipeline outside their York homes. The engineering giant Transco has also been rapped by council officials for its "inadequate" safety measures while working along Eason
A POWERFUL committee of MPs has criticised the Environment Agency's early flood warning system. In a report published today, the Public Accounts select committee said the agency needed to speed up improvements to the system - which is depended upon by
NESTL Rowntree have been handed a cup life-line after the were reinstated into the North Riding FA County Cup. 'Trees had been controversially knocked out of the competition 2-0 at the semi-final stage by Cargo Fleet, with the Teesside League taking the
SIX MUMS are set to tackle a marathon march around Cleveland and North Yorkshire in aid of a cash-strapped charity. The six, who are all relatively inexperienced walkers, are due to step out on their 166-mile trek tomorrow. Starting at the Asda superstore
CHILDREN from two areas of York look set to miss out on places at their preferred secondary schools at Tadcaster and Easingwold. Letters to parents of final-year primary school pupils were due to go out this afternoon allocating secondary school places
NORTH Yorkshire farmers crowded into Ripon Cathedral for a service to mark the effects of the foot and mouth disease across the county. The service, was attended by senior members of the farming community and church, was intended to help the county's
SOUTH Africa's opening batsman Gary Kirsten is top of Yorkshire's list to replace Darren Lehmann if the Australian is unavailable for the first three weeks of the season. Herschelle Gibbs, Kirsten's opening partner, has also been spoken to by Yorkshire
The funeral of York local football stalwart Ernie Fairclough, who died on Sunday, aged 80, will take place at the Salvation Army Citadel, Gillygate, York, on Monday, March 4. All York and Leeper Hare League clubs have been asked to observe a minute's
LUCY Chalkley shared a York stage for two months with one man, the same man, in three plays last autumn. This week, she returned to the Theatre Royal, the only woman in a company of nine men, including John Kirk, her co-star in The Studio's inaugural
GILL Adams has been so busy with television, radio and film work, and with her Hull University writer-in-residence commitments, that Something Blue will be her first stage play for five years. Originally conceived as a radio piece but now at home on the
SURVIVORS and relatives of those who died in the Selby rail disaster were today reliving their nightmare after a chillingly similar tragedy. On the same day they had shed tears of remembrance at Great Heck, on the first anniversary of the crash, many
A YORK rapist has been jailed for ten years after he "destroyed the life" of a vulnerable child by five years of sex abuse. Gary Evans, 43, used death threats and plied his disturbed victim with alcohol as he raped her repeatedly, a jury was told. After
SIR Clement Freud knows how to give a performance. The nightclub owner, television chef, journalist, politician, after-dinner speaker and radio wit always comes prepared, just in case, because experience has taught him to do so. "I'm not at all a born
Come and join the Evening Press "Life Savers" campaign to buy a new ambulance for the region's St John Ambulance brigade. We have joined forces with St John Ambulance to raise £45,000 for a new Crusader ambulance to be used in York and the surrounding
VAUXHALL is pinning a great deal of faith in its new Vectra. It is viewed as the start of a whole new chapter for the company, absolutely necessary bearing in mind that the home of the original Vectra at Luton is poised to close, and with the new model's
ST JOHN Ambulance volunteers are unsung heroes. They do not enjoy the high profile of health service paramedics who rush to the scene of emergencies, but the St John medics play a vital role in public life. The organisation can trace its history back
SOUTH Africa's opening batsman Gary Kirsten is top of Yorkshire's list to replace Darren Lehmann if the Australian is unavailable for the first three weeks of the season. Herschelle Gibbs, Kirsten's opening partner, has also been spoken to by Yorkshire
Talented York off-spinner Dan Broadbent has been unexpectedly added to Yorkshire's squad for the pre-season tour of Grenada which begins on March 20. The 17-year-old England Under-17s player could hardly believe his ears when he arrived home from Lady
CHILDREN from two areas of York look set to miss out on places at their preferred secondary schools at Tadcaster and Easingwold. Letters to parents of final-year primary school pupils were due to go out this afternoon allocating secondary school places
YORK City are facing a fixture backlog following the cancellation of tomorrow's home game against Bristol Rovers early today, writes Tony Curtis. After a pitch inspection referee Craig Barker, who was originally held up in traffic en route from Leeds,
HARROGATE Town could have one foot in the UniBond League premier division come 4.45pm tomorrow. The division one leaders already look on course for promotion, but a victory over third-placed Radcliffe Borough would virtually seal it for the Wetherby Roaders
HEWORTH 'A' made it 11 wins in a row with a 5-2 success against Fulford 'A' in the York Conservative Club's Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League. The win gave them a ten-point cushion at the top with only three games to play. John Anderson, Richie Burdett
Sessions 'A' increased their lead in Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League division one with a 10-0 win over second-placed York RI 'B'. Fulford Road WMC 'A' closed the gap on RI 'B' after an 8-2 win over Coneysthorpe 'B', John Farmery
RAIL commuters again faced major disruption today as services operated by Arriva Trains Northern were hit hard by conductors and station staff striking over pay. The company said it had "managed to exceed expectations" in the number of services it was
TWO more men have been arrested and charged by police investigating allegations of child abuse at a former North Yorkshire children's home. In separate cases, Bruce Clark, 68, of Scarthingwell Park, Barkston Ash, near Tadcaster, and David Peake, 57, of
North Yorkshire's Simon Dyson improved his position and ensured he made the cut for the ninth successive time after the second round of the Malaysian Open in Kuaal Lumpur today. The Malton and Norton star, who carded an opening day two-under-par 69, defied
A YORK man died four weeks after being kicked by a horse tethered on land near his home. A post-mortem examination was due to take place today on animal lover Les Cox, 82, of Newland Park Drive, Heslington, who was injured in the incident on January 29
Talented York off-spinner Dan Broadbent has been unexpectedly added to Yorkshire's squad for the pre-season tour of Grenada which begins on March 20. The 17-year-old England Under-17s player could hardly believe his ears when he arrived home from Lady
LEASEHOLDERS of an historic landmark tower in York want to sub-let it as offices at a profit of more than 24 million per cent. Keyland Developments Ltd, a subsidiary of Kelda, the parent company of Yorkshire Water, is looking for tenants of empty offices
A £5 MILLION planetarium and science museum could be part of a £100 million redevelopment of the Hungate area of York. The idea was being put forward today at the beginning of a community planning weekend in the Guildhall which aims to come up with innovative
AN Age Concern worker has told a jury how an alleged thief volunteered to befriend an elderly widow. Peter Michael Powers, 50, is accused of stealing thousands of pounds from Betsey Finlay in the last 18 months of her life. The jury at York Crown Court
YORK City striker Alex Mathie is out to make up for lost time and make good from team-mate Peter Duffield's misfortune. As revealed in the Evening Press, the luckless Duffield has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a third leg break
DRINK more and you think more, according to children at a York primary school. Pupils at Lord Deramore's Primary School, in Heslington, are taking part in a project to boost their brainpower using good old Corporation pop. The theory is that keeping hydrated
HUNDREDS of people in Selby Abbey listened to a poignant message from the Prince of Wales as they gathered to remember the Selby rail disaster. In his message, read by Sir William Castell, chief executive of the Prince's Trust, the Prince paid tribute
PLANS to build about 250 new homes and a massive office facility on a former York print works site have been given the green light. Developer Persimmon Homes had applied to build 276 homes, as well as 8,300 square metres of office space, on the old RR
YORK City are facing a fixture backlog following the cancellation of tomorrow's home game against Bristol Rovers early today. After a pitch inspection referee Craig Barker, who was originally held up in traffic en route from Leeds, was left in no doubt
GREY ABBEY, the pride and joy of Cumbrian trainer Barry Murtagh, can hit the jackpot at Doncaster's final jumping meeting of the season tomorrow. The eight-year-old gelding goes for the £30,000 Grimthorpe Showcase Handicap Chase over three and a quarter
