Q I've started playing tennis and want to increase my strength and fitness so I don't get injured, and really lick my opponents. Any suggestions? A A competitive edge can make all the difference to our enjoyment. We see a lot of injuries happening because
Q I started going to exercise classes. I began with Bodytone but felt ready to move on, so I've been to circuits. But these classes exhaust me and half way through the class I start to feel sick. Will I ever be able to increases my fitness? A Learn to
THE Race For Life gets bigger and better every year. More than 4,000 women completed the York event, making it the most successful so far. Organisers expect the total raised for Cancer Research UK to greatly exceed last year's £130,000. That is a fantastic
YORK City supporters' chief Raymond Wynn today backed controversial plans from Minstermen chairman John Batchelor to change the name of the club. As reported in the Evening Press, the flamboyant City supremo has unveiled a string of new plans for City
NEW chairman, new kit, new ground, new underwear and now a new name? The winds of change are not so much blowing through a previously stale Bootham Crescent as whipping up a storm. The change of name from Football Club to Soccer Club will no doubt make
WHAT'S in a name might be the response of new York City chairman John Batchelor as he comes up with another wheeze for the Minstermen? Batchelor's latest initiative is to re-brand York City FC as York City SC- the 'S' standing for soccer. Replacing football
HAVE-gloves-will-travel York City goalkeeper Russ Howarth today woke up in dreamland. The 20-year-old City 'keeper will be on the bench for England's crucial Under-21 European Championship clash with Italy tonight after he answered a dramatic SOS from
YORK City's fans are the brainiest in the country! Supporters of the Minstermen top the BBC's Test The Nation IQ test on the Internet. The programme, hosted by Anne Robinson, was the biggest mass participation national IQ test in UK history. Registrations
YORK Cricket Club squandered a winning opportunity at Bawtry Road on Saturday when Sheffield United overcame them by seven runs. It left York with just two Yorkshire League points to show for their efforts, when six had seemed comfortably within their
Scarborough romped to an exciting Yorkshire ECB County Premier League double over the weekend following up their eight wicket victory over the Yorkshire Academy on Saturday with a 36-run win over local rivals York at North Marine Road yesterday. But it
CHARLES Dickens was in York on Friday. Cedric Charles Dickens that is, great grandson of the commanding Victorian writer. He was taking up a long-standing invitation by the Dickens Fellowship, York branch. Mr Dickens is rightly proud of his famous forebear
YORK Green Party has attacked the consumer spending calculations used to justify the Coppergate Riverside proposals. Party spokesman Andy Chase told the Riverside public inquiry that retail consultants Hillier Parker may have over-calculated the capacity
IN 'Why do men take refuge', Helen Mead seeks to distance herself from the new post feminist model, or simply fails to identify the chosen medium through which many men explore their vulnerable inner selves (May 13). A major success of the feminist movement
SECOND World War widows, the few that are left, will know that Jo Haywood's apparent concern for Miss Homsi (May 14) who received an "eventual" £250,000 special payment from the Ministry of Defence is misplaced - even fanciful! It so happens that the
CAN I point out to Fiona Shepherd that there is a difference between hitting a child and smacking (Letters, May 15). Hitting is usually done by bullies, drunks, abusive parents. Smacking is showing the difference between right and wrong. It doesn't have
I am a keen walker and since the North York Moors National Park was set up, I have been grateful for the work done to make it accessible: maintaining paths and gates, putting in steps and stiles where necessary. In the past few years, however, I have
MORE than 4,000 people ignored the rain to visit the annual gala at Sherburn-in-Elmet. A procession of floats, craft stalls, fancy dress and a bouncy castle were only a few of the attractions at the event over the weekend. Babies from throughout the Selby
SCIENTISTS working in York are behind the discovery that a potentially deadly chemical lurks in a huge range of cooked and processed foods. Experts at the University of York found "significant levels" of the substance acrylamide in basic foodstuffs such
A SCHOOLGIRL is being barred from York buses because drivers don't believe that she is only 13, her angry mother claimed today. Melissa Loosemore, of Thoresby Road, Acomb, was allegedly left in York city centre on Saturday because she couldn't afford
DOGS trained through the night in a money-spinning non-stop 24-hour marathon. Pet therapist Dave Olley worked through the night teaching dogs at the Dog Friendly Training and Therapy Centre, at Elvington, in an effort to raise cash for charity Hearing
YORK Green Party has attacked the consumer spending calculations used to justify the Coppergate Riverside proposals. Party spokesman Andy Chase told the Riverside public inquiry that retail consultants Hillier Parker may have over-calculated the capacity
FIVE people were taken to hospital after a head-on collision on the A64 between Malton and York. The crash happened shortly after 11am on Saturday, at the Scotchman Lane junction, near Flaxton. Police, fire crews and paramedics attended the incident,
Tedstale, winner of last month's Thirsk Hunt Cup, can take the feature race at Beverley tomorrow. Trained by the in-form Tim Easterby, who sent out two winners at Thirsk on Saturday, Tedstale bids for the £10,000 John Johnson 'Lifetime in Racing' Rated
HARROGATE martial art ace Matthew Price has been crowned British Grand Champion after taking first place in both kata (set form) and kumite (fighting) at the Karate Union of Great Britain's National Championships. Price, the chief instructor at the Granby
FORMER York Wasps star Andrew Lambert would be prepared to quit Australia and return to Huntington Stadium should a new club get the go-ahead. The Aussie centre contacted the Evening Press via e-mail to pass on his best wishes to the fans and the people
A printing firm from Bishop Wilton have posted up their support for the forthcoming WaspAid 2002 music event - and that support can be seen all around York. Another Fine Mesh have printed off 200 posters free of charge to help advertise the fund-raising
YORK City's fans are the brainiest in the country! Supporters of the Minstermen top the BBC's Test The Nation IQ test on the Internet. The programme, hosted by Anne Robinson, was the biggest mass participation national IQ test in UK history. Registrations
HUGE Chinese Dragon Boats raced through York in what has become an annual treat for the city. Teams of between six and ten people raced the 30ft boats from Scarborough Bridge to Lendal Bridge to raise cash for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, which
THE mystery illness which hit troops serving in Afghanistan, including Army medics from York, was today revealed to be the same bug which struck guests at two North Yorkshire hotels. The Ministry of Defence said tests on victims flown back to the UK for
Sewerby have a two-point lead over Yapham in division three after both teams had the better of draws in their games. Yapham were indebted to Brian Shirley, who has resumed his career after eight years on the neutral umpire panel and made 67 not out from
Sessay recovered from an horrific start to get the better of a close draw at Whitkirk to move second in division one. They lost their first three wickets for only six runs but found a saviour in Chris Till, whose 66 not out helped his side reach 147-7
Londesbrough Park took the chance to move closer to the two inactive pace-setters in division six by getting a big draw against Cawood, who are struggling to raise a competitive side. However, they were denied a win by Miles Taylor, who produced a brilliant
THE most thrilling finish in division four came at Huby where Bolton Percy gained a one-wicket win when their last man hit the final two balls for six. Huby took tea in comfort after making 200-9 through Tom Piercy (59), father Colin (26) and Paul Moore
HAVE-gloves-will-travel York City goalkeeper Russ Howarth today woke up in dreamland. The 20-year-old City 'keeper will be on the bench for England's crucial Under-21 European Championship clash with Italy tonight after he answered a dramatic SOS from
YORK City supporters' chief Raymond Wynn today backed controversial plans from Minstermen chairman John Batchelor to change the name of the club. As reported in the Evening Press, the flamboyant City supremo has unveiled a string of new plans for City
Beware men in brown shoes! Understandably, being a man-watcher this headline from a national newspaper caught my eye. It referred to remarks made by Lord Curzon, an eminent politician from the 1920s, who was very nearly prime minister. Allegedly, he felt
YORK and North Yorkshire have welcomed the Queen on many occasions during the first five decades of this Elizabethan age. Her first official visits came before she acceded to the throne. Princess Elizabeth toured North Yorkshire's air bases in 1944, including
THE past came alive in a memorabilia shop which celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Staff at Past Times, in Castlegate, York, dressed in 1950s costumes and offered old-fashioned prices as they knocked ten per cent off everything that was bought. Customers
Darren Lehmann curbed his naturally aggressive instincts to guide Yorkshire Phoenix to a hard-earned five wicket win over Norwich Union League champions Kent Spitfires at Canterbury yesterday. Chasing a 181 target on seaming pitch which made positive
THREE visions for the future of York's Barbican Centre site can today be revealed. Four developers are vying to take the leisure centre into the 21st century, and the Evening Press has already shown one of the four schemes. Details of the other bids received
POLICE today condemned the actions of hunt supporters who daubed giant slogans on the carriageway surfaces of the county's busiest roads. Roads and bridges near York and in Ryedale have been targeted by pro-hunting activists - and police say those behind
JOHN Batchelor has put York City on the map. His rescue of the club was the save of the season. Since then, he has been fizzing with ideas, from an ITV Digital rescue package to a new kit for the Minstermen. Only weeks into the job he has become one of
THE Evening Press is bringing good news to the environment with green deliveries. The company, one of the partners in the PlanetYork project aimed at making the city the UK's most energy-efficient, has added a green delivery vehicle to its fleet. The
I AGREE with most of your leader on the Boundary Commission's proposed changes (May 15). The removal of the Vale of York constituency is totally correct as it never made any sense geographically or on a community identity basis. Even its MP said that
The heavy overnight rain curtailed the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale Cricket League with many of the games cancelled due to unfit grounds. Of those who did manage to play Stamford Bridge ran up the season's best score of 251-6 against York Post Office
THE Evening Press is bringing good news to the environment with green deliveries. The company, one of the partners in the PlanetYork project aimed at making the city the UK's most energy-efficient, has added a green delivery vehicle to its fleet. The
Just one win from five games failed to take the gloss off of Woldgate School's Under-12s rugby team's fabulous trip to the capital. The Pocklington-based school had travelled down to Staines RUFC for the Emerging Schools National Festival group stages
CAMPAIGNERS demanding freedom for deaf charity worker Ian Stillman have admitted their legal fight is over. Ian's brother-in-law, Jerry Dugdale, who has just returned from a week speaking to lawyers in India, said today other options would have to be
VANDALS who dug up chunks of a York bowling green were today condemned as "mindless morons" by an angry city councillor. The damage was done at West Bank Park, in Holgate, on Friday night after the park had closed and Holgate councillor Liz Edge is now
An emergency journey from Yorkshire paid off as Jonny Milner captured his first Pirelli British Championship success in the Rally of Wales yesterday. However, there was no joy for York driver James Thompson, who crashed out on stage three, his Peugeot
FORMER pupils of a York school enjoyed a good old knees-up as part of a reunion which led them happily down memory lane. The class of 1978 from Canon Lee School, gathered at New Earswick Folk Hall to reunite after more than eight months of hard work from
THE past came alive in a memorabilia shop which celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Staff at Past Times, in Castlegate, York, dressed in 1950s costumes and offered old-fashioned prices as they knocked ten per cent off everything that was bought. Customers
COUNCIL chiefs in York want to modernise the controversial executive system which has been branded "undemocratic" by the authority's Labour leader. City of York Council will attempt to introduce new safeguards which will include members of all parties
Darren Lehmann curbed his naturally aggressive instincts to guide Yorkshire Phoenix to a hard-earned five wicket win over Norwich Union League champions Kent Spitfires at Canterbury yesterday. Chasing a 181 target on seaming pitch which made positive
York City's youth team have announced a series of pre-season friendlies. The youngsters start training on July 1 and play their first game against York College Academy on July 12 at the club's Wigginton Road training ground. Their other fixtures are July
THE RACE For Life charity spectacular has beaten its own personal best after more than 4,000 women made the event York's biggest yet. Organiser Dave Martin estimated entry figures were well above 4,000, more than 1,000 up on last year and 3,700 more than
Collis King's 25th century in the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League enabled Dunnington to gain the better of a draw with one of their main rivals, Easingwold, and move to the top of the premier division. They leapfrogged former leaders Heworth
STAMFORD Bridge took over top spot in division two as they beat Bubwith while former leaders Tadcaster Magnet lost to the weather. Bubwith made a first innings 167-8 through Gary Moore (39) and Brian Last (28). In reply, youthful David Chaplin (25) again
Tadcaster moved to joint second in division five as they strolled to victory at neighbouring Bolton Percy where the home side gave a dire batting performance. Kev Wakefield took 5-25 in 13 overs and John Reynolds 3-7 in six as Bolton crashed to 45 all
WHAT'S in a name might be the response of new York City chairman John Batchelor as he comes up with another wheeze for the Minstermen? Batchelor's latest initiative is to re-brand York City FC as York City SC- the 'S' standing for soccer. Replacing football
NEW chairman, new kit, new ground, new underwear and now a new name? The winds of change are not so much blowing through a previously stale Bootham Crescent as whipping up a storm. The change of name from Football Club to Soccer Club will no doubt make
The Queen's day follows a pattern reflecting her life of service. THE Queen's day begins at 7.30am when her maid brings morning tea. Two solid silver pots contain Earl Grey - the Queen's favourite brew - and hot water for a top-up. There is milk but no
On June 22, the Queen will become the fourth longest-reigning monarch in 1,000 years of English history. That is the day when she will overtake Edward III who died in 1377 after 50 years and 148 days as king. Then, only Queen Victoria, George III and
SHE was not born to be Queen. Until her uncle's scandalous love affair rocked the monarchy, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was destined to spend her life a step removed from the heavy burdens of sovereignty. Her royal pedigree, however, could never be questioned
