HIGH-POWERED rifles, shotguns and strychnine poison have been stolen from a North Yorkshire farmhouse. Thieves broke into the house, near Coulton, outside Malton, while the owners were at work. They ripped a heavy metal gun cabinet, housed in a downstairs
WEAPONS inspectors today marched into the University of York in their search for weapons of mass destruction. The team, a branch of the York Against The War coalition, walked into the computer science department dressed in white protective suits, goggles
MAX Kandhola's upcoming exhibition at Impressions Gallery in York, Illustration Of Life, is a study of death. Kandhola photographed his father in the final stages of terminal illness, and his intensely personal images confront the viewer with the intimate
FORTY soldiers left York today for the Gulf as conflict with Iraq looms ever closer. The party is among about 500 members of 2 Signal Regiment, based at Imphal Barracks in Fulford Road, who are being deployed to the Middle East. More than 400 soldiers
HOW can we believe Tony Blair when he says that it is for humanitarian reasons that he is prepared to launch an aggressive war against Iraq? The only certainty of war is that it will result in people being killed. Taking life is the complete opposite
Very little stands still in the automotive world and Chrysler has already produced another version of its new Jeep Cherokee. Here, IAN LAMMING drives the 2.8 CRD Sport PEOPLE scoff when you drive a big off-roader. "What do you want one of those for?"
Shed Seven will release their new single, Why Can't I Be You?, on May 5, setting their sights on their 15th consecutive Top 40 hit. Recorded in Cornwall with producer John Cornfield, the record will be in the shops for only one week and forms the first
Honda's new Accord which went on sale this month is roomier and sportier than the model it replaces, thanks to greater co-operation between Japan and this country. Motoring editor MALCOLM BAYLIS reports Developing the new Honda Accord included an unusual
I hope you've had a good week but I hope that you're going to have an even better weekend. I've found some good things going on, it's Joocy Joocy at the Gallery this weekend playing a bit of everything from commercial dance anthems to pop and chart to
the University of York has a double helping of Handel over the coming week. On Saturday, March 1 in Central Hall, the University Choir links up with the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists for the 7.30pm performance of Handel's Coronation Anthems, written for
TONIGHT (Friday 28th) Wakefield Jazz presents top British jazz stars the Henry Lowther & Jim Mullen Quartet. Jim's world-class status on guitar was forged with the Morrissey Mullen Band and as a guest with the Average White Band during the 1980s and
FATHER Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon turns into a hapless underworld gangster in one of the highlights of the first weekend of the York Independent Film Festival 2003. Irishman O'Hanlon appears in Matthew Bentley's new short, the 26-minute Another Bobby O'Hara
IN TIMES when there is not a great deal to smile about, thank heavens for Geoff Hoon and Tessa Jowell. A couple of classic moments from two of the least likely Cabinet Ministers of the Tony Blair years proved the only bright spot in a very grim week.
The AGM of the York and North Yorkshire Outward Bound Association takes place on Monday, March 17, at 7.30pm in classroom 5 of York District Hospital. The objectives of the Association are to publicise the adventure training courses run by the Outward
EASINGWOLD Town 'A' made it 13 wins out of 13 as they beat Rawcliffe 4-0 in the first division of the Mitchell League. The undefeated league leaders have an eight-point advantage over Thorpe United, who have three games in hand. Easingwold's marksmen
THREE clubs are tied at the top after the latest results, the biggest of which was Volunteers' 2-1 win at leaders Hounds. Lee Bartlett's precise header gave the visitors a first half lead. James Bonarius added a second in the second period and after Hounds
NEW crash barriers designed to protect vehicles from veering onto railway lines are not enough to prevent another Selby rail crash, an expert has warned. Structural engineer Professor John Knapton believes that crash barriers being installed at road over
HARROGATE Railway boss Paul Marshall is aiming for a better finish than last year to keep a remarkable managerial run going. Marshall - boss at Station View for four years - has finished higher up the Northern Counties East League standings each year,
A VILLAGE on York's outskirts has come a step closer to getting a new school, library and nursery. City of York Council planners have received an outline application to demolish the existing St Oswald's Church of England Primary School at Fulford, and
PAUL Goble led Nestl Rowntree home in 122nd place in the National Cross Country Championships at Hampstead Heath, London. Next home for the York club was Andy Hilton (133rd), followed by Andy Burt (154th), Steve Simpson (243rd) and Michael Raynes (321st
EASINGWOLD sidecar star Steve Webster is hell-bent on conquering the world this season. "I want the number one back on the front of my bike again," said the eight-time world champion. The 43-year-old North Yorkshire ace's 21st season of racing at the
EIGHTEEN darts from Dave Pilmoor got Greyhound off to a tremendous start in York Open League division one. He then combined with Mick Harris to secure a 5-4 win at Slipper which tightens their grip on second place. In division two, Pack recorded a narrow
AN EAST YORKSHIRE hostelry is looking to give its large climbing frame a new home. The large colourful frame at the Three Cups, at Stamford Bridge, boasts a bridge, steps and a steel slide. But Chris Jones, manager of the pub, feels the climbing frame
MALTON and Norton promotion hopes lie squarely on the line tomorrow as the race for the top spots in Yorkshire Two really hots up. While the third-placed Gannock-based squad will be attempting to plunder two points from the visit of Northallerton, across
INNOVATIVE staff at St Paul's CE Primary School have launched a school website to improve links with parents and the community. The school, off Holgate Road, York, has designed the site so parents can log on to see photographs of the children participating
YOUNGSTERS have given their seal of approval to a "crucial" new website created and launched in York. The website - www.crucial-crew.org - was unveiled in the city, to add an exciting new dimension to the Crucial Crew initiative, which, in York, sees
AN ALTERNATIVE anti-war message is being sent to U.S. President George Bush by staff and elderly customers at a women's hair salon in York. While browsing the internet, salon owner Jacqui Reilly spotted a range of T-shirts that states Smoke Bush Not Iraq
A £15.5 MILLION plan to expand and revamp the famous Harrogate International Centre looks set to go ahead. Liberal MP Phil Willis, who is the centre's chairman, praised Yorkshire Forward for its "vision" in plugging the final gap of £4 million, describing
BRIDGE-BUILDING talks are to take place between GPs and the Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) management after the sudden resignation of trust chairwoman Janet Looker. Chief executive Dr Sue Ross and acting chairwoman Wendy Bundy are to visit surgeries
A NORTH Yorkshire mother-of-three scooped a £1,000 shopping spree after being named McArthurGlen's ten millionth customer. Kathy Thompson, from Selby, a teacher at Marshlands Primary School, Goole, was amazed to be handed £1,000 of McArthurGlen vouchers
Giant dragons, magical monsters and dozens of schoolchildren were evacuated from the Grand Opera House in York - after the set caught fire. A pyrotechnic display malfunctioned during a matinee performance of The Hobbit, igniting a small blaze at the city
THE future use of York's Thrall site may have to be in other aspects of the rail industry rather than just manufacturing, according to city planners. At a meeting last night members agreed on a planning policy for the former Thrall Europa site, but it
BOSS Brian Talbot was today trying to beef up his defence ahead of tomorrow's visit of York City to Nene Park and keep Rushden & Diamond's stuttering automatic promotion quest on track. Talbot was hopeful of concluding a deal for Peterborough captain
THE Chief Inspector of Schools told teachers in York to be bold, take the initiative, and do what they thought was right with their school. Speaking to the city's education community at the annual education lecture, David Bell advised teachers not to
FORTY soldiers left York today for the Gulf as conflict with Iraq looms ever closer. The party is among about 500 members of 2 Signal Regiment, based at Imphal Barracks in Fulford Road, who are being deployed to the Middle East. More than 400 soldiers
HOW can we believe Tony Blair when he says that it is for humanitarian reasons that he is prepared to launch an aggressive war against Iraq? The only certainty of war is that it will result in people being killed. Taking life is the complete opposite
IT would appear a school in the south of England has come up with a novel way of encouraging the fathers of its male pupils to play an active part in after-school activities. It pays them! To create that special bonding between father and son, the school
This week Simon Ritchie reviews Harlan Coben's Darkest Fear, Robert Wilson's The Blind Man Of Seville, Steve Martini's The Arraignment, and Grisham's The King Of Torts. Thrillers are out by the truck load. Some are hot, others still need defrosting. My
Jim Hooper always wanted to direct When We Are Married - and now one of his favourite theatres is giving him the chance, reports Charles Hutchinson ON his application letter to become resident director at York Theatre Royal, Jim Hooper named his wish
Name: Peter Kay; Occupation: Multi award-winning British comedy's man of the moment, 2002 - 200? Born: Bolton, 1973. "I still live there right now, and will probably die there too, weather permitting" Breakthrough: Winning Channel 4's So You Think You're
SCOTT Garnham is directing The Wiz in York at the age of 18. Not a youth musical with his teenage contemporaries but a full-scale production for Shipton Theatre Company at Joseph Rowntree Theatre next week. That puts him in charge of the likes of John
IN 1914, Accrington in Lancashire was the smallest town in Britain to raise a battalion - affectionately known as The Pals - to fight in the First World War. A thousand men enlisted in ten days. In 20 minutes, during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, more
POCKLINGTON School's Rob Webber is keeping his feet on the ground after his shock call-up into the England Under-18s. Webber only represented England U16s last season, but a change of position from prop to hooker and a little bit of specialised coaching
BOSS Brian Talbot was today trying to beef up his defence ahead of tomorrow's visit of York City to Nene Park and keep Rushden & Diamond's stuttering automatic promotion quest on track. Talbot was hopeful of concluding a deal for Peterborough captain
RELIEF but no release is the York City maxim as the Minstermen go in search of a double first at Rushden & Diamonds tomorrow. With the dark clouds of uncertainty showing signs of lifting over Bootham Crescent, defender Chris Smith admits City must
AS WE look forward to Pancake Day, we take a look back at celebrations of the festival in the past in York. Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the Christian feast before the start of Lent, on Ash Wednesday. Lent - the 40 days before Easter - was traditionally
SURVIVORS and relatives of those killed in the Selby Rail Crash are still waiting for compensation claims to be settled - two years after the disaster. Kevin Hughes, solicitor for many of the families who are pursuing claims in the wake of the train crash
MYSTERY today surrounded the Yorkshire origins of the man who should have been on the FBI's Most Wanted list instead of innocent pensioner Derek Bond. Derek Lloyd Sykes, who has been arrested in Las Vegas, is alleged to have stolen Mr Bond's identity
ARMED police swooped on a York street after reports that a man was carrying a firearm. Teachers at Hob Moor primary school kept children in lessons as armed response officers searched streets in Ascot Way and Windsor Garth, Acomb. The drama began at about
Bobby Grant, trained at Brandsby by Peter Beaumont, bids to advertise his Grand National claims in the big race at Haydock tomorrow. Russ Garritty's mount goes for the £110,000 Red Square Vodka Gold Cup Handicap Chase, run over three-and-a-half miles,
THE BBC Concert Orchestra will perform an RSPB charity gala at the National Railway Museum, York, next Friday (7th). BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night will celebrate Yorkshire's wildlife in a live broadcast from 7.30pm, presented by Brian Kay,
BEN Sands, a cornerstone of the Sands musical family of Ulster, makes his debut York appearance at the Black Swan Folk Club, Peasholme Green, on Thursday (6th). Sands has toured and made 25 albums with his family's band since the early 1970s, and in the
THE new series of free Megajam Club activities start this week in York and anyone aged eight to 18 can join in. Places are available on all the sessions and there is no requirement to be a member to participate. "All you need to do is contact us to register
AUSTRALIAN finger-picking guitarist Tommy Emmanuel plays Oak House, the Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, on Thursday, March 6 at 8pm. Emmanuel, who performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has received a Grammy nomination and played
SOLARIS is not a re-make of Andrei Tarkovsky's cult, four-hour Russian epic from 1972, although it often feels longer than its 94 brooding, hallucinatory minutes. No, this Solaris mark two is writer-director Steven Soderbergh's interpretation of the Stanislaw
British maverick Alex Cox gives Thomas Middleton's 17th century revenge tragedy a modern makeover in the manner of Baz Luhrmann's shake-up of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Derek Jarman's Edward II and the crazy world of Ken Russell bubble away
THE change in atmosphere at Huntington Stadium has been unreal. That is the verdict of Louise Ince, chairman of the York Rugby League Supporters' Club, one month into the new season. Ince reckons the new club, York City Knights, have got off on the right
THIS is a tough day for all those involved in the Great Heck crash. The villagers will recall the moment when the early morning quiet exploded into horror. Emergency service workers who battled so heroically to save lives in the snow will remember scenes
OUTSIDERS who view York as a quaint little city which has enjoyed little excitement since the Vikings left are being forced into a reassessment. Last month we reported how a York car salesman wooed Wallis Simpson - while she was dating the King. And if
It is a year today since the York Livestock Centre re-opened after the foot and mouth outbreak. STEPHEN LEWIS went along to find out how business is doing Richard Tasker runs a practised auctioneer's eye over the two young steers in the ring and nods
STORIES about life as a conscript have been flooding in to the Evening Press following our story on the 40th anniversary of the end of National Service. Cyril Machin, 72, of Beaverdyke, Clifton, York, did National Service from 1951 to 1953. He phoned
PLANS to build a high-tech business park near York look set to be given the thumbs-up by councillors. Charles F Stead & Co is hoping to transform The Tannery, in Sheriff Hutton Road, Strensall, into a new business park, creating up to 400 jobs. The
MEET the real Lighthouse family! York couple Rob and Mary Watson, whose house in Woodlea Avenue, Acomb, is decorated with hand-made lighthouses, are celebrating 60 years of marriage. The light of love was illuminated when Rob, 83, was hospitalised with
The feature event this weekend sees the Ouse below York hosting the Tadcaster Tower Rose Bowl. Results have been very patchy so far this winter with the combined effects of variable water levels and temperatures leading to some poor weights. But along
A PIONEERING clinic set up by a York professor who died in the Selby rail crash was re-launched today - on the second anniversary of his death. Professor Steve Baldwin, who lived in Piccadilly, established the CACTUS clinic to provide alternative treatments
SESSIONS 'A' whitewashed Groves Associates 'A' in division one of Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League. That opened up a 20-point gap over second-placed Bootham Conservative Club 'A', who have a game in hand. Strensall 'A' move into
A NORTH YORKSHIRE district council has received warm praise in an independent review of the authority. Hambleton District Council has been heralded by council inspectors in a Peer Review team as "sound, competent and strongly led." They said that if the
THE Nestl Trust has agreed to sponsor a £1.2 million development fund to develop a network of Make Space clubs for young people across the UK. Organisers Kids' Clubs Network, the leading charity for out-of- school opportunities for four to 16-year-olds
IT'S neck and neck for the York John Smith's Men's League division two title, writes Dave Fotheringham. Saddle stayed in contention with a 6-3 win at Green Tree 'A' after Phil Knatt put them 4-2 up with 110 finish for 21 darts before Alistair Horne-Andy
PLANS are well under way to launch an important new screening programme in York, with the aim of detecting a "silent" sexually-transmitted disease. People under the age of 25 in the city are to be offered the chance to be screened for chlamydia - an infection
THE 76 per cent hike in tax agreed by North Yorkshire Police Authority has been defended by one of its members. North Yorkshire County Councillor David Lloyd-Williams told the Ryedale community and police group meeting at Pickering: "North Yorkshire was
SOME of the country's most prestigious names from the equestrian world are among the judges for the horse section of the 2003 Great Yorkshire Show. The show, which this year runs from Tuesday, July 8 to Thursday, July 10, always attracts entries from
A CITY of York councillor is leading calls for a crackdown on anti-social behaviour by students at York St John College. Residents living between the college campus on Lord Mayor's Walk, York, and the first-year accommodation at The Grange, Huntington
DUCK Sick have won through to the second round of the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands in York, but it took the secret panel's vote to swing the result their way in heat three of round one. Leeds band Ask My Cat received 47 audience votes, Duck
Plans to modernise a lifeboat station were thrown a lifeline today after a well-wisher left it a £1 million legacy in his will. Anthony Jones has kept afloat dreams of a new home for Bridlington Lifeboat by donating £1 million to the Royal National Lifeboat
THE impact of York housing developments on the city's schools is to be discussed by education chiefs, teachers and governors. Members of the school organisation committee will meet next Thursday to look at a number of issues surrounding new developments
A FATHER is planning to walk his teenage daughters to school to ensure that they reach the classroom, York magistrates heard. Phillip Gordon Hardwick, 36, appeared in court because his daughters, aged 13 and 15, had missed more than 270 school sessions
GRAPHIC designer Gary Robinson has proved himself to be lucky in love - three times over. The 29-year-old York man was given just three minutes to decide which one of three women contestants he wished to date as part of a TV speed-dating show. The matchmaking
INSPECTORS could name York the cleanest city in Britain next week - only days after growing problems with graffiti, vandalism and fly posting were reported. Pressure group ENCAMS, formerly the Keep Britain Tidy Group, discovered a "significant" deterioration
A PARADE of Orangemen is to take to the streets of Malton and Norton for the first time in their 21-year history. The groups of men - Protestants commemorating the Battle of the Boyne - are a familiar sight in Northern Ireland. Each year the Lord Louis
A FORMER York car dealership will be turned into 91 homes after planning chiefs gave the proposal the go-ahead. The planning committee last night approved the development at the D C Cook site, in Lawrence Street. The development will be made up of six
THE York City Supporters' Trust was today holding talks with representatives from the players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association, as part of their take-over bid. Discussions are also expected to take place with the Football League and more
A SHOCKED York pensioner feared he would have a heart attack after receiving an incorrect electricity bill for £2,500. Lol Lea, 80, of Tennent Road, Acomb, is now demanding compensation from npower for the stress caused by the ordeal. He contacted the
RELIEF but no release is the York City maxim as the Minstermen go in search of a double first at Rushden & Diamonds tomorrow. With the dark clouds of uncertainty showing signs of lifting over Bootham Crescent, defender Chris Smith admits City must
MONEY-GRABBING York City Council are at it again, increasing parking charges by ten per cent from April 1, this year. York is already one of the most expensive places in the country to park, and this increase is unnecessary. The new Park & Rides are
MALTON and Norton promotion hopes lie squarely on the line tomorrow as the race for the top spots in Yorkshire Two really hots up. While the third-placed Gannock-based squad will be attempting to plunder two points from the visit of Northallerton, across
KEY For Two is classic English comedy in the tradition of Brian Rix farces, Benny Hill and the Carry On movies, where matters of sex are all talk and no trouser action. "It's just the right tonic for an evening out in the middle of an English winter,"
Charles Hutchinson rounds up three York comedy shows, starting with the 'strange but true' world of lanky Irish comedian Ed Byrne whose voice sounds strangely familiar ED Byrne has been on the road for so long, his seat belt broke the other day. Such
ON December 29 1170 four barons of King Henry II's household murdered Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury at the cathedral altar, when under order only to arrest him. Cut off from the channel ports, and therefore barred from returning to Normandy,
THE York City Supporters' Trust was today holding talks with representatives from the players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association, as part of their take-over bid. Discussions are also expected to take place with the Football League and more
