A YOUNG dancer from York is off to the Northern Ballet School in Manchester - at the age of only 16. Oliver Hajba, of Stockton-on-the-Forest, near York, only started dancing four years ago when he attended a summer school to keep him occupied during the
Nestl Rowntree is investing millions in a new KitKat production line at its York factory. The new moulding and packing line is being seen as a big vote of confidence by the company in both the York site and the nation's best-selling confectionery bar.
LUXURIOUS four-wheeled drive vehicles are far more visible than battered old Land Rovers in North Yorkshire villages these days - on the weekend or in the evenings at least. These off-roaders spend most of the time on motorways, transporting their owners
CHURCHES around the country are altering their Sunday service times to accommodate the great god football. Otherwise, the clergy fear, congregations will desert their pews to worship at the shrine of Beckham's foot, as England take on Sweden in their
Liz Todd reports on a pioneering project to help teenage mums face up to the responsibilities of bringing up baby DISCOVERING you are pregnant can be the best moment of your life. But what if you are a teenage girl at school? If exam pressure is looming
How do Hollywood stars and supermodels get that flawless complexion? MAXINE GORDON finds out... AIR-BRUSHING is the buzz word among make-up artists to the rich and famous. You may have heard of the air brush being used to touch up minor flaws in photographs
Yorkshire left-arm paceman Ryan Sidebottom returns to the side tomorrow in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy third round tie with Minor Counties' outfit Devon at Exmouth. And although Harrogate-born batsman Vic Craven, now with Bradford League club
A rapidly-growing design and construction company which supplies specialist modular laboratory clean rooms for the pharmaceutical industry is settling into a new UK headquarters in York. Pharmaspace Ltd, which began as a division of pharmaceutical production
AN IT consultancy whose numbers rocketed from three to eight has had to move out of offices at Knapton into premises five times as big, in Acomb, York. Now with the extra room of its first-floor offices in a large Victorian house in York Road, David Sellars
FILE under grasping at straws. Here long-standing Australian progressive rock band The Church attempt to destroy their uniqueness with a polished, totally forgettable release, their umpteenth. The group has previously garnered for themselves a loose,
A MONSTER of an album - an obvious clich for this band, but true. After more than 25 years in the business, there's plenty of material to pick from, but they have managed to balance old and new with material taken from their third Rock in Rio show. And
REMEMBER Embrace's swaggering arrival, backed up by outstanding single One Big Family, it seemed to justify all their outbursts about greatness might have some foundation. For a while, they were cruising, with All You Good Good People, their trying-too-hard
ONE could be forgiven for thinking Prince had made a miraculous return to form! It is spooky how much the former Savage Garden vocalist sounds like the Paisley One at his very best. Indeed even the titles, Strange Relationship, Insatiable and Dirty, are
THE people of York today spoke out passionately for and against the Coppergate Riverside scheme. As the public inquiry into Land Securities' £60 million redevelopment proposal entered its seventh week, objectors and supporters had a chance to say their
So the boss of Camelot, Dianne Thompson, thinks Joe Punter will be "lucky to win a tenner" on the renamed Lotto game, does she? The only sure winners are the bosses of Camelot, they win every week. It is one thing to capitalise on the greed, desperation
Mr Keston (Letters, May 25) is, of course, correct in saying that the Theatre Royal pantomime is a tradition at Christmas time for many families. However, the figures he quotes concerning prices etc do not address the main issue. These are the facts:
I AM a student researching Selby Abbey and have encountered a major obstacle with which you may be able to help. I am looking for minutes from vestry meetings dated 1850-1860. I have had little success in locating them and have only been able to find
AFTER the third round of fixtures in the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League, Sessay and Sheriff Hutton Bridge still have maximum points in the first division. Sessay kept their running going with a seven-wicket win over Tollerton. Dan Copeland and Gary Duckwith
MORE community bobbies could soon be on the streets of York following a major review of the how the city is policed. The city's police chiefs also want to see this increased presence backed up by flexible teams of "reactive" officers. The work, which
COPMANTHORPE defied torrential rain to win 56-52 at Tollerton to chalk up their third successive victory since promotion to division three of the Fulford Ladies Invitation League. Sue Green and Margaret Whitehead provided a grandstand finish to win their
WILBERFOSS third team won their first match since they entered the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League two years ago when they beat Appleton Roebuck 58-50. George Penrose and Lisa Turner started their team's win with a 9-3 first rubber, followed by Darren Penrose
WORK on the new £11million tennis centre off Hull Road is well underway. The centre, which will be run by Next Generation Clubs, is set to serve up an ace selection of sports when it opens in October. As well as 11 tennis courts - six indoor and five
PICKETING lecturers today launched a two-day strike at York College. The action is part of a national protest by the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education. The timing was criticised by college bosses because it coincides with
TWINS Matthew and Daniel Bryan-Smith put on their football booties to help launch a World Cup penalty shoot-out competition to raise vital funds for York's special care baby unit. The 18-month-old boys, of Heworth, York, spent the first five weeks of
STEVEN Kirby, renowned for his famous bowling exploits at Headingley last season, yesterday performed heroically with the bat to help bring Yorkshire maximum bonus points in their rain-hit draw with Hampshire. The 12 points which Yorkshire took from the
CITY centre trade is being killed by parking policies which are stopping people getting into York, a businessman claimed today. Graham Audus, who runs Shop and Save in Fossgate, said closing car parks would turn the city centre into a "museum." And he
THE Queen's association with York Minster continued in the 1980s. After celebrating the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent there in 1961, and distributing the Maundy Money there in 1972 she toured the great church again in November 1988. This was
YORK had a long wait to see the Queen after her visit in 1988. The city did not host the sovereign during the Nineties, but that only heightened the sense of expectation when it was announced she would tour York on July 27, 2000. Cheering crowds greeted
YORK was decorated with thousands of white roses for Yorkshire's biggest royal event in living memory. On June 8, 1961, Katharine Worsley from Hovingham Hall married the Duke of Kent in the Minster. The first royal wedding in York since 1328 was a magnificent
AFTER being dogged by bad luck and obscurity throughout the Nineties, Doves - who, bizarrely, began life as one-hit chart dance outfit Sub Sub - hit mass critical acclaim with their debut album Lost Souls. And inevitably, the melancholic Manchester band
FRANTIC and Ferry are not words that sit easily together. The boy who was born in the tightly-knit mining community of Washington, County Durham, in 1945 had no intention of going down the pit and he didn't. He got into music after leaving Newcastle University
The Yorkshire Cricket Board team today headed for Scarborough in keen anticipation of their third round battle with Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy holders Somerset at North Marine Road tomorrow. It is the biggest match in which they have ever played
Whenever I go into the kitchen my left arm raises of its own accord. Then in one smooth, subconscious movement my index finger extends and flicks on the kettle. More often than not I will switch the kettle on as Ipass through the kitchen, do whatever
NEW York City coach Luther Blissett swept into York City and immediately set his sights on the top. But before City boss Terry Dolan or chairman John Batchelor start fearing a coup from the former Watford striker, Blissett just wants the club to reach
All aboard the mind-blowing train bristling with science fiction-turned-fact technology, some of it made in York. The amazing Siemens-Explorer, pictured above, cost nearly £4 million and is as long as 25 double-decker buses parked nose to tail. It was
HOMEOWNERS risk being "massively overcharged" when they switch to new mortgage lenders, a York financial services company claims. Hunters Financial Services, linked to Hunters, the estate agent based in Colliergate, warns that many borrowers who switch
MARY Lorson, the East Coast American voice of Madder Rose, hid her Summer 2000 solo debut under the name of Saint Low. This time, the sleeve refers to Mary Lorson and Saint Low, giving due prominence to Lorson, one of the great American indie rock singers
WHAT eccentric glories are to be found in Giant Sand's 20-year career. Howe Gelb, who more or less is Giant Sand, produces off-kilter country music which sounds like nothing else on earth. The music is gruff, sparse and spooky, and resonates with real
FRENCH electronic trio Tlpopmusik, through massive Radio 1 backing, have already made an impact on the UK dance audience. Genetic World, their debut set, is a global journey of imaginative beats, weird TV show samples and off-kilter Parisian flavours
On behalf of City of York Council, Councillor Dave Merrett and myself, I thank all the children, parents and carers who joined in National Walk To School Week. This event has been a resounding success across the city, as typified by the children of Dunnington
I LIVE in Huntington and the phenomenon of a policeman policing my area is one I have yet to see. So I was amazed when I read in the Evening Press that Chief Constable David Kenworthy wants people to vote for their community policeman. Even when our car
I WAS disappointed to see a lack of local press coverage on the recent health meeting by Phillip Day, which was held at the Pavilion Hotel, Fulford, York on May 16. Phillip Day is a health reporter. He is touring Britain revealing the startling facts
THE way the city council has dealt with the Coppergate development has been a disgrace from the start. First they placed the public consultation in the hands of the very company which wanted to build on the site. Since then, they've tried every trick
LANDOWNER Martin Burgess today unveiled these proposals to refurbish and redevelop a key property in York's Piccadilly. The project to create 14 apartments and a restaurant or shop at number 34 - currently occupied by Greens furniture store - is in stark
Norton trainer Andy Turnell, who last night confirmed that he will saddle a runner in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday week, can win the feature race at Ripon tomorrow evening. Turnell, who has sent out two winners in the last three days, is represented
THE people of York today spoke out passionately for and against the Coppergate Riverside scheme. As the public inquiry into Land Securities' £60 million redevelopment proposal entered its seventh week, objectors and supporters had a chance to say their
A VICTIM of the stomach bug which has hit a village near Selby said today the virus had hit her "like a ton of bricks". Jean Collins was one of more than 200 staff and children to be struck down after an outbreak of gastro-enteritis at Thorpe Willoughby
KNAVESMIRE Harriers have enjoyed considerable success in a hectic of programme of events. The Harriers dominated the team competitions at the Thirsk Ten Mile road race, the men finishing second and the ladies collecting first and the prize for the second
CASUALTY patients in York face only a few hours wait compared with delays of up to four days nationally, a report has found. A spot check "casualty watch" found huge disparities in accident and emergency waiting times around the country. The Association
LUCKY couple Darren and Jayne King are in for a right royal weekend after winning tickets to one of the Queen's Jubilee garden parties at Buckingham Palace. Darren and Jayne, of Wigginton, York, won the pair of tickets by ringing a special telephone line
ANIMAL charity the RSPCA is hoping 50 of its longest-serving residents can mark the Queen's Jubilee with a new home. And seven of the cats and dogs featured in the national campaign come from its York base. The charity is highlighting 50 of its neediest
Yorkshire left-arm paceman Ryan Sidebottom returns to the side tomorrow in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy third round tie with Minor Counties' outfit Devon at Exmouth. And although Harrogate-born batsman Vic Craven, now with Bradford League club
WHEN the choice is David Beckham or God, York is plumping for God. While dozens of churches across the country are set to switch their morning services this Sunday, to avoid clashes with England's first World Cup match, York's churchgoers are keeping
NORTH Yorkshire's rural residents are being driven out of their own communities by soaring house prices, a report has revealed. The Countryside Agency's State of the Countryside 2002 report says less affordable housing to rent and buy has become a major
THE deadline for supporters wanting to by York City season tickets at reduced prices has been extended due to an overwhelming demand in which seat places are running out, writes Dave Stanford. The discount scheme, run in conjunction with the Evening Press
ROYALIST and photographer Jim Wilson took these pictures of the Queen while she was staying at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Although she is the most photographed woman in the world, Mr Wilson, a former president of the York Camera Club, does not
TEN years after the royal wedding, York was celebrating again. It was the city's 1,900th birthday, a wonderful reason for a year-long party. And the guests of honour were the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. York had organised hundreds of events scattered
LUCKY couple Darren and Jayne King are in for a right royal weekend after winning tickets to one of the Queen's Jubilee garden parties at Buckingham Palace. Darren and Jayne, of Wigginton, York, won the pair of tickets by ringing a special telephone line
STEPHEN LEWIS considers the implications of a new report on working patterns GOOD news for caring employers: you can now afford to give your workforce time to spend with their families and make a profit too. Shocking as it may seem, a report launched
There is an old saying that you should live as though you are going to die tomorrow, and farm as though you are going to farm forever. It encourages farmers to understand that the decisions they make in their everyday business lives affects their heirs
