Sparta's follow-up to the Austere EP starts off with guitars that are like Ocean Colour Scene... then in crashes the rest of the band, and the vocals, and it's definitely not OCS! Sparta are another of the post-nu-metal (new nu-metal maybe?) Nickleback-esque-type
SELBY area schools were celebrating today as they rewrote their GCSE record books. Sixty-five per cent of Barlby High pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades - up by a massive 12 per cent on last year. It was the same success story at Sherburn High
ARGENTINIAN trialist Nicolas Mazzina has signed a short-term contract, the Evening Press can reveal. Manager Terry Dolan said the deal will enable City to properly assess the winger's fitness before deciding whether to offer him a longer deal. Mazzina
YORK City are poised to offer Argentinian trialist Nicolas Mazzina a short-term contract, the Evening Press can reveal. Manager Terry Dolan said the deal will enable City to properly assess the winger's fitness before deciding whether to offer him a permanent
JANE Murphy moved west from Leeds, Paul Williams migrated east from Liverpool, joining up in Manchester in 1999 with a mutual love for early Postcard missives from Orange Juice, pre-Technique New Order and the cinematic strings of John Barry. They write
There is nothing like whipping up a bit of mass hysteria to make a story run and run (and, quite coincidentally, to shift a few more newspapers from the stands). So it was entirely predictable that as the appalling truth about the fate of Holly Wells
GLITZ and glamour dominated at Knavesmire as the second day of the Ebor meeting brought another capacity crowd to York racecourse. About 31,000 people packed into Tattersalls and the County Stand for another cracking day of running, riding and betting
A York-born skydiver plunged to his death after his parachute failed to open, an inquest heard. Stephen James Briggs, who lived at Copmanthorpe when he was young, before his family moved away to West Yorkshire, jumped 10,000 feet from a plane over South
ONLY one defeat in the last 13 games enabled Osbaldwick to be champions of division two of York Amateur Bowling Association Persimmon Homes/Ideal Standard Bowls League. They won by a clear 12 points from Dringhouses, who retained the runners-up place
A POLL to find out who is the Greatest Briton of all time has yielded only two York individuals among the 100 finalists. King Richard III and Guy Fawkes fly the flag for the city, taking their place among some great, and arguably some not so great, Britons
YORK RUFC have wasted little time in strengthening their squad as they look to win promotion - as well as the title of the area's best side. The Clifton Park outfit finished out of the Yorkshire One running last season, and even lost out on the unofficial
THE family of North Yorkshire's second victim of new variant CJD has been told there was no doubt Rory Potter was killed by the disease. Rory's mother, Wendy Potter, 50, and her 16-year-old son, Daniel, were at Harrogate Magistrates' Court yesterday to
EXTRA police have been drafted in to patrol North Yorkshire's roads this weekend in an attempt to reduce the carnage among motorcyclists. The high-profile patrols will concentrate on moorland and seaside roads in the east of the county - and police chiefs
CONTROVERSY erupted over the result of a photo-finish at York Races, with angry punters besieging the weighing-room and Barry Hills considering an appeal to the Jockey Club. The trainer was angry that his 7-4 favourite Arctic Burst was not awarded the
DEAN McKeown enjoyed a big-race pick-me-up as Hugs Dancer caused a 25-1 surprise in the Tote Ebor at York. McKeown, 42, does not have the high profile of some of his weighing-room colleagues and is better known to some for his occasional appearances on
RUGBY fans in York should see the positives emerging from the city's new club - and not dwell on the negatives of the old outfit. That was the message from Steve Ferres, the man who will take the reins should the new professional outfit get up and running
MARIJUANA legalisation campaigner Carl Wagner is still searching York for a premises to open a cannabis caf - and says he is looking into starting off with a stall in Newgate Market. Unlike any caf, Mr Wagner says there would be no cannabis available
MATTHEW Hoggard was responsible on his home pitch for England's one breakthrough in a dour first hour of the third Test against India at Headingley today. Yorkshire seam and swing bowler Hoggard joined forces with Andrew Caddick on an overcast morning
HAPLESS Hemingbrough's season of woe continued when they were forced to concede their game against leaders Norwich Union in the first division of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York League as the requirements of harvesting took their toll. The upshot was
A CROSS between a pussycat and a lion is how North Yorkshire's new chief constable Della Cannings describes her personality. "I'm very open and very warm and people find me approachable," she says of her pussy cat side. "But the lion side is that I am
BROTHER and sister Liam and Lorna Yewdall have taken the sheep judging world by storm at agricultural shows by scooping a cabinet full of trophies and a wall full of rosettes with their prize flock of Suffolk sheep. Liam and Lorna, of Youlthorpe, near
FARMERS who were due to supply the world's first wood-fuelled power plant near Selby before it went into liquidation this month have been given a glimmer of hope. A meeting of creditors of Arbre Energy Ltd, which was operating the revolutionary plant
FARMERS across North Yorkshire are to be issued with new advice on how to transport their animals. Animal Welfare Minister Elliot Morley said the leaflet would be sent to farmers who use their own vehicles to transport stock on journeys of up to eight
EXAM results are scrutinised like never before. Each fractional shift in subjects taken and grades achieved is seized upon to prove that students are performing better than ever/test papers are easier than ever, depending on your point of view. You need
I REFER to the report your newspaper declaring that Valerie Scott had taken her own life (Evening Press, August 15). The people who knew Val have been most privileged to have been part of this special person's life. As a schoolgirl she was always the
ON summer visits to York I like to take a picnic into the Museum Gardens and eat it sitting on one of the wooden benches on the terrace outside the museum's main doorway, looking across the attractive gardens that slope down towards the river. It's a
SOMETIMES bands are well named, sometimes they aren't. Leaves may not be the most memorable name, but it suits this Icelandic outfit. For just as leaves take on a vast array of different colours as autumn creeps in, so this band offers a similar range
LIKE a bullet from a gun, this party on the run is entirely about speed. This is rock'n' roll from the punk school - the kind that young tyros like The Hives yearn after or the kind that the Pistols or X-Ray Spex churned out first time round. Boasting
Maybe I'm missing something, or perhaps it's just me. But am I alone in detesting this new wave of punk and metal that has been sweeping the earth these last few years? Admittedly, Liars don't fall neatly into either of those two categories. But they've
A PARTIALLY-sighted teenager who took her GCSEs while suffering from glandular fever was one of thousands of pupils celebrating across York today. Fiona Maynard, 16, of Clifton, York, got two A*s, seven As and a B in her GCSEs, and today called for more
RUGBY fans in York should see the positives emerging from the city's new club - and not dwell on the negatives of the old outfit. That was the message from Steve Ferres, the man who will take the reins should the new professional outfit get up and running
True Courage, the horse at the centre of a controversial Pontefract defeat two weeks ago which resulted in his jockey Tony Culhane being suspended for 21 days, returns to action at Yarmouth tomorrow. The Barry Hills-trained colt runs in the Caister Haven
THERE were "flutters" of a different kind at York Racecourse as pigeon fanciers celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee in grand style. Punters were hedging their bets as more than 300 birds flew for a prize of £20,000 in The Royal Pigeon Racing Association's
With one match outstanding in each division, Copmanthorpe 'A' are Tockwith and District Village Bowls League division one champions with 60 points and one match to play. Bishopthorpe, with one match to play, are champions of division two with 71 points
YORK is set to enjoy an autumn visitor boom after a TV holiday programme turned a tourist information centre's phones red-hot. The first event to benefit should be the city's Food and Drink Festival next month, which looks likely to enjoy record business
Fulford Golf Club's quartet of Iain Simpson, Steve Dunn, Steve Mitchell and James Mason managed to stave off relegation from the Yorkshire first division team championship at Fulford yesterday. However, Ganton, who included father and son Mike and Frazer
FOUR of Yorkshire's cricketing greats, who often held widely differing views, came together in harmony yesterday to open the new East Stand development at Headingley on the eve of today's third Test between England and India. And Yorkshire's favourite
TRAGEDY tinged a superb day of racing after a man collapsed and died during York's Ebor meeting. The man, thought be in his late 50s and from Scotland, collapsed in the Knavesmire stand as huge crowds watched the summer's busiest day of racing yesterday
TWO theatre companies are hoping that collaboration will put them on the road to success when their first co-production opens in York next month. Rehearsals are currently underway for York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre Company's joint production of
ARGENTINIAN trialist Nicolas Mazzina has signed a short-term contract, the Evening Press can reveal. Manager Terry Dolan said the deal will enable City to properly assess the winger's fitness before deciding whether to offer him a longer deal. Mazzina
VOLUNTEERS in North Yorkshire could become "buddies" to paedophiles released from prison under a new government scheme to stop them attacking children again. Ministers are planning to set up "circles of friendship" involving four or five people, who will
IT is the time of year when most hard-working farmers don't come up for air never mind conversation very often; and my post bag has been a bit bare. Here, however, are some items for you to snooze over. 20-Day Rule - The 20-day standstill has stood still
Championship form was displayed by third division leaders Hirst United who ran up 226-4 against York University Staff. Pete Alford hit a chanceless ton, his fourth of the season, putting on 105 for the first wicket with Duncan Hedley. Adrian Brine chipped
PACE-SETTERS Burton Salmon were stunned by a determined performance from Huntington which saw the visitors triumph by three wickets. Taking first knock in the division four tie, Salmon were indebted to 49 from Alistair Byrne and 21 from John Nesbitt as
BATTLING Bishopthorpe gained promotion to the fourth division after their triumph over hosts Copmanthorpe. Now another ten points will see them clinch the division five championship. Copmanthorpe. Dave Stead held the Bishops innings together after they
IT IS great to be speaking to Evening Press readers once again, particularly given the fact we have had a decent start to the new season and are in second place. Of course it is early days but people have suggested we could not have asked for a better
ENVIRONMENTAL protesters launched a new attack on genetically modified crops at Tadcaster's Headley Hall Farm. The attack, which was anonymously reported to the media, targeted GM maize growing in the farm's research fields. The farm, owned by the University
THE British Horse Society is urging horse owners to be aware of potential killers in the paddock. While the dangers of the weed ragwort have been stressed in recent times, many other plants can be just as deadly. Horses could eat anything available to
IMPRESSIVELY, the small city of York has two representatives among the 100 greatest Britons. Unfortunately, our pair are notorious for their villainy rather than celebrated for their genius. Guy Fawkes is Britain's most infamous terrorist, and Richard
MISS Howat appears to have missed the point regarding the criticism of quantifiably lower standards in A-level examinations (Letters, August 19). The criticism is not directed towards students and teachers, but towards the Government who have let down
