FORMER Seahorses lead singer Chris Helme will be at the helm of a festival of live music on Monday that looks set to turn York Theatre Royal into the hottest place on the city's music scene - for one day, at least. The Num Num Club event will bring back
THE Evening Press has called on Tony Blair to intervene in the case of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. Ian, 51, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, is serving a ten-year sentence for cannabis possession, a charge he has always denied.
WE DROVE to the North York Moors Sutton Bank Visitors Centre and then along the dead straight Cleveland Road to where its Tarmac stops and it becomes the famous Hambleton Road. Here there are arrows for cycle trails - '12 miles, highly technical', 'seven
Just to let you know, I won't be running at Nottingham tomorrow but am all set for Carlisle on Sunday. I am entered in two races, a nine furlong three-year-old maiden race, with 34 entries, and a seven furlong three-year-old fillies' handicap, with 40
York could put themselves back in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League silverware hunt if they can bury struggling Hull at Clifton Park tomorrow. They came back well pleased with a workmanlike, maximum points effort at Rotherham a
I WAS deeply moved to hear of the dedication of the memorial to the WAAF women at the York Air Museum (June 12). My mother, Elma Rivis, of Kirkbymoorside, was stationed at Debden in 1941/2, as a 'plotter', one of many who served their country in its hour
THE Government says patients must be put at the centre of the health care system so the Selby and York Primary Care Trust has asked all voluntary organisations to let it know the services required. In response to this invitation the York and District
THIS week, and for the next two, more than 600 York students are out enjoying work experience. This could not happen without the support of many businesses in the area. Taking a student is not a lighthearted whim. It requires a great deal of planning,
I AM pleased Castle Howard's attractive memorial is being restored (Evening Press, June 6). I remember that as a boy in the 1950's, while travelling in my grandfather's Morris 8 convertible, it had a golden ball on top. This was subsequently dislodged
THE Royal British Legion is holding a Queen's Jubilee Race Day at Doncaster Racecourse on Sunday, June 30. Please come along with friends and family and enjoy the World Cup Final on giant screens around the course and a great day's racing. Gates open
IF historic York wants to support its publicity as a Viking city shouldn't its good citizens be supporting Denmark against England in tomorrow's World Cup match? Annie Wright, Aston Science Park, Updated: 10:39 Friday, June 14, 2002
ARGUABLY the most famous Parliamentarian of recent times is Labour firebrand Dennis Skinner. The reason for his fame, or infamy, is simple. He is always in the Chamber of the Commons - siting in the same spot right in front of a TV camera - and always
A NEW scheme to help free families from spiralling debt has been set up in York. The Gateway Christian Centre, in Front Street, Acomb, has teamed up with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) to launch the free debt counselling service. Manager Jackie Adie
GREEN-MINDED people can now brew up while saving the planet, thanks to an energy efficient give-away. The PlanetYork team handed out kettles designed to use less electricity, at the Evening Press Years Ahead exhibition, in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall
MOTORCYCLES could be heard across York and North and East Yorkshire today as hundreds of people got on their bikes for Ride To Work Day. The national event encourages people to ditch their cars in favour of a two-wheeled vehicle, cutting congestion, reducing
MEMBERS of the public will be given a role in deciding how children in North Yorkshire should be protected from sex offenders who have been released back into the community. Home Secretary David Blunkett is poised to announce that local people will be
A FORMER Foreign Office Minister has pledged his backing to the campaign against the "Son of Star Wars" project. Tony Lloyd warned that America's desire to establish a missile defence system was "enormously dangerous". Mr Lloyd, who served in the Foreign
A YORK mother has appeared in court after her daughter attended school only four times in six months. Martin Cambridge, of City of York Council's Education Authority, said it had repeatedly tried to get the 14-year-old girl into class, and had gone so
A YORK woman today told of her terror at being attacked by "a pack of vicious, snarling dogs". Joan Willcock said she was cycling along the cycle path near James Street, off Hull Road, when the four "terrier-like" dogs pounced. New Earswick resident Joan
Anthony McGrath completed his first half-century of the season at Headingley yesterday but Yorkshire needed far more than 71 from him to get them out of deep trouble against Sussex. They closed another disappointing day on 195 for six and still wanting
PRO-HUNT activists have struck at the office of York MP Hugh Bayley, causing damage that is expected to cost hundreds of pounds to put right. A dozen poster stickers have been plastered across the outside of the Labour MP's Holgate Road base. The green
THE heartbroken mother of York busker Tony Grayson, who died in the city days after being attacked, today made an emotional appeal for information. Ethel Dobbs, who lives near York, is urging anyone with information to come forward and help detectives
TO avoid a clash with the England v Denmark game, all matches in the Evening Press World Cup for Kids this weekend will be played on Sunday. The competition, sponsored by McArthur Glen (York) Designer Outlet, is being played at the University of York
A PAIR of Small Blue butterflies are dancing in the warm afternoon sunshine amid wild flowers clustered on a bank. "And they are mating," says Barry Potter happily. "So we can expect to see more." We're standing in the northern half of the Mayfield Nature
THIS WEEK and next week the Evening Press is taking a look at some of York's lost historic places of worship. One such is Salem Congregational Church, built at the junction of Spen Lane and St Saviourgate, in 1839, at a cost of £5,000, to accommodate
Anthony McGrath completed his first half-century of the season at Headingley yesterday but Yorkshire needed far more than 71 from him to get them out of deep trouble against Sussex. They closed another disappointing day on 195 for six and still wanting
JUBILANT US military chiefs have hailed the latest Star Wars test a success. Yesterday, an interceptor rocket fired from an American warship in the Pacific collided with a dummy warhead. But were Pentagon officials cheering out of triumph or relief? Officials
IT is a grudge match. A millennium or so ago, the Vikings came over here and scored a memorable away victory. Tomorrow the modern equivalent of the invading hordes, the Denmark football team, take on the English in the return fixture. English and Danish
THE Evening Press has called on Tony Blair to intervene in the case of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. Ian, 51, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, is serving a ten-year sentence for cannabis possession, a charge he has always denied.
TOMORROW'S World Cup clash between England and Denmark is jokingly being touted as our chance to settle a thousand-year-old score that left a permanent mark on York. When England's warriors faced Scandinavian Viking invaders in the 9th century, no clear
FIAT'S new Punto range not only arrives with a deliberately transparent price list of models, but also with an attractive list of added extras which in many cases has actually led to a price cut when compared with earlier models. First of all though,
THE Wilberforce Trust would like to mark National Volunteers' Week by thanking all volunteers for their continuing friendship and support. Our committed and enthusiastic group of volunteers give a great deal of their time, skills and friendship to the
A FORMER Foreign Office Minister has pledged his backing to the campaign against the "Son of Star Wars" project. Tony Lloyd warned that America's desire to establish a missile defence system was "enormously dangerous". Mr Lloyd, who served in the Foreign
"WHO am I? You sure you wanna know?" asks Peter Parker, bespectacled photographer, high-school punch bag, suburban orphan and now Spider-Man. Director Sam Raimi, of Evil Dead fame, instantly establishes that it isn't always jolly super being a superhero
The North Yorkshire-trained Impressive Flight can soar home in the big race on the 32nd Timeform Charity Day at York tomorrow. The £65,000 William Hill Trophy, over six furlongs, is the target for Impressive Flight, who is trained near Thirsk by David
York could put themselves back in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League silverware hunt if they can bury struggling Hull at Clifton Park tomorrow. They came back well pleased with a workmanlike, maximum points effort at Rotherham a
MEMBERS of York and District Amalgamation of Anglers have been celebrating after receiving a grant of £5,000 from the National Lottery's Awards For All programme. The grant will allow the group to improve the fishing at a local pond, by de-silting the
LEEDS-based rider Phil West (VC St Raphael) was a worthy winner of the Castle BMW/Peter Longbottom Memorial GP held over eight laps of the gruelling Sheriff Hutton/ Bulmer/ Terrington course in North Yorkshire. The riders had to tackle numerous climbs
THERE were some close finishes in the cup competitions of the York Amateur Bowling Association (Veterans' Section) last week. In the Maddison Cup, Holgate WMC were a man short and having a quarter of their score deducted lost to West Park 'A' by threequarters
THE Yorkshire Disabled Cricketers Association are celebrating a three-year sponsorship deal with Dunnington-based Costcutter Stores. The YDCA was founded to oversee the growth of cricket for the disabled in Yorkshire and to run the Yorkshire Terriers,
FOUR teams have conceded their games in the Edward Readman Trophy, with Hunington and Hovingham being unable to raise a team on the original scheduled date and Bubwith suffering the same fate after re-arranging their game against Scarborough. The quartet
THE weather played havoc with the first round fixtures in the York and District Senior League Premier KO Cup with only three of the eight matches being completed. A fixture crisis is emerging with a number of clubs being involved in national competitions
A WOMAN aged 22 died after her car went out of control and collided with a wall. The accident happened on the A170 road between Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside at about 8pm last night. The woman, who has not yet been named, was driving a red VW Polo towards
BORN-AGAIN judo ace Rob Thomas is out to be a roaring success after a York business threw its lot in with him. Azlan Limited have backed a determined bid by York's Thomas to return to top-flight judo by competing in the International Masters tournament
PEOPLE flocked to the Evening Press Years Ahead Exhibition in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, York. The over-50s event, organised in association with BBC Radio York and sponsored by Fitness First, included demonstrations and special offers. Radio York
CHILDREN as young as 13 are buying fake identification cards on the internet and using them in hope of illegally getting into pubs and discos across York and North Yorkshire. Specialist websites offering the forgeries are generating so many fake cards
EMBATTLED miners at the Selby complex were today facing an anxious wait to discover if they will be handed a stay of execution by the Government. MP John Grogan, who is seeking a £100 million aid package to allow the pit to close gradually by 2005, said
LANDOWNER Richard Compton was £7.92 million better off today after selling a 2,000-year-old statue for a world record-breaking price at auction. The 2,000-year-old statue of Venus, owned by Mr Compton, of Newby Hall, near Ripon, was the most expensive
YORK'S first million-pound apartment was snapped up the day before it officially went on the market. John Reeves, managing director of property developers the Helmsley Group, confirmed he had taken a reservation for the apartment at the Bridge Street
MICHAEL Owen may not have opened his scoring account in England's World Cup campaign - but he's the man to send a shudder down the spine of the Danish defence. The Liverpool striker's seering pace and finishing skills could be the key to tomorrow's second
JOHN Hawkwood is distracted. In his workshop, the figure of a four-foot archer is disintegrating into pieces of modelling clay on the floor. His work table, under the low, wooden-beamed ceiling, carries no new piece in progress. Everywhere there is evidence
RE-ENTER the Gladiator, dressed as a fireman promising to send temperatures rising rather than putting out the fire. James Crossley, the York-born strongman with eight years of muscular service as Hunter in Gladiators, is returning to his home city next
