New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming joined up with Yorkshire yesterday and said that the most important thing he could do to help the beleaguered county get out of their rut was to score lots of runs. However, his pledge did not come to immediate fruition
I WISH to sing the praises of Rowntree Musical Theatre's Singing In The Rain. Clive Hailstone has put together a masterpiece and the partnership of Scott Garnham and Craig Barley as Don Lockwood and Cosmo Brown was a brilliant piece of casting and Christine
THE great strides being made by York City Knights off the field could not have been summed up much better than they have been this week. First of all, on Tuesday we learnt that the Knights were in a position to sponsor a trophy at the forthcoming York
YORK Wasps nearly man Diccon Edwards has returned to his hometown rugby union club, Selby, as reported by the Evening Press yesterday. The former Pocklington schoolboy, now 30, played for Castleford among other clubs, as well as Wales, at rugby league
FANCY something cool, smooth and refreshing? Then perhaps the varieties of alcoholic ice cream on offer at the Mowbray caf, Stonegate, York could be just the ticket. Owner John McKendrick - who is more used to selling pizza slices and paninis to his hungry
Frankie Dettori, beaten on one favourite at York yesterday, but triumphant on another, can enjoy an even more productive afternoon at Sailisbury tomorrow. The popular jockey, whose half-length success on Barolo in the concluding race on Knavesmire highlighted
There's water, water, everywhere. STEVE NELSON and his family dip their toes in the new attraction at Alton Towers. SOMEWHERE in the bowels of Alton Towers there is, I imagine, a mischievous little devil who engineers the attractions that make it the
WEE Wonders was a title never more appropriate than during the East Riding qualifier held at Kilnwick Percy Golf Club. Of the seven host club tots who took part in the Professional Golfers' association-backed 'Wee Wonders' event four qualified for the
KILNWICK Percy opened the East Riding Junior League campaign with a 2-1 win over visiting Hull GC. Lee Eastoe beat Jodi Campbell and Steven Kendra beat Daniel Wallis, while Jamie Nesfield lost to Ben Atkinson. However, the club's Scratch League team sampled
Terry Ruane and family enjoyed a boozy soaking during a day of family fun. "Can we go on it again?" said Samantha, as we neared the end of the Boozy barrel ride. This was without doubt her favourite ride at Sundown Adventureland, having already been on
Pieter Swanepoel's career as a Yorkshire first team player goes back only a fortnight but the 26-year-old South African all-rounder has slotted into the framework so well that he seems to have been around much longer. He won his place because backs-to-the-wall
ROSEMARY COOK savours some good pub grub at a country inn. THE Sun Inn pub is everything a country pub should be - good food, at reasonable prices in a lovely setting with friendly staff who make you feel at home. We visited the pub, in the heart of the
DANCING in the streets - hoofers were strutting their stuff in the centre of York today to launch a week-long extravaganza of music and movement. City of York Council is encouraging would-be dancers to put on their dancing shoes as part of the city's
HUSKY-OWNER Tania Stephenson loves the breed so much she has now had one tattooed on her back. Tania, of Acomb, York, owns two Siberian huskies, Nanook and Timba, with her husband Phil, and decided she wanted a lasting image of the Russian breed. The
SELBY'S annual fun day takes place tomorrow with a host of events at venues across the town. Organisers have been planning the celebration for the last 12 months and promise there will be something to suit everyone's tastes. One of the highlights of the
YORK'S tourism chiefs are concerned that hotel policies could discourage visitors to the city. Yvonne Gordon wanted to visit York from her home in Edinburgh on June 21. But when she rang hotels in the city she found she was unable to book a hotel for
Nestl Rowntree FC are holding their annual meeting on Monday at 8pm at the York Health Social Club. All present and new members are welcome to attend. The club are also looking for a secretary and anyone interested is asked to contact present secretary
A POLICEMAN who had to deal with a massive pile-up on the A1 in North Yorkshire has been commended. Sergeant Steve Hugill, of the Tadcaster road policing group, received his award for "acting with the highest levels of professionalism and protecting life
HEWORTH ARLC player-coach Brendan Carlyle and new assistant Alfie Hill have called a players' meeting for Wednesday, June 18 at the Villagers' Elm Park Way clubhouse starting at 7pm. This will act as a pre-season get-together aimed at setting out a strategy
A SHOPLIFTER bit a policeman's arm as she tried to defy him while under arrest, York magistrates heard. Steven Ovenden, prosecuting, said Kathleen Theresa Ward, 35, tried to light a cigarette in the back of a police van after she was arrested for theft
A YORK child porn cameraman who filmed an eight-year-old girl in her mother's underwear has been ordered to undergo treatment as a sex offender. Terence Amesbury, 48, indecently assaulted the girl when he took pictures of her in a way that caused her
THE University of York has been named as a possible site for York College's £35 million development. A model of the proposal, which will bring together York College - currently based on two separate sites - was unveiled by architects Bond Bryan. But the
YORK City Ladies are celebrating after winning the annual White Rose six-a-side tournament in Castleford. Victories over Steel City, Farsley Celtic and Morley Spurs and a draw with South Durham Royals in the group stages ensured a semi-final berth against
STARS and students rode their luck on the first day of York's June race meeting - held on Friday the 13th! Enjoying a boys' day out with a difference were Yorkshire TV stars from Heartbeat, Emmerdale and The Royal. "We are all enjoying a nice quiet day
POLICE are searching for a 66-year-old man last seen wandering aimlessly at 3am today. Geoffrey Albert Dawson, from Keith Avenue, Huntington, was seen in the Broome Road area. A police search team was working in the vicinity today. Mr Dawson was last
FRESH from their disappointing performance at Eurovision 2003, pop act Jemini mounted the stage at the York St John College's summer ball to entertain more than 1,500 exam-weary students. The pop duo, affectionately dubbed "null points" after their May
GOLF at its most challenging will be at the forefront of a new course growing tall amid wooded splendour. Rising proudly into the sky - just like its projected green oak-timbered clubhouse - is the new Griffon Forest Golf and Country Club, near Flaxton
SHOPPERS faced the strange and the hilarious during a "startling" preview for the York Comedy Festival. The notorious Natural Theatre Company, from Bath, brought their surprise street performances to the city in Parliament Street yesterday to promote
THE people of York have spoken of their shock and disappointment at news that the world-famous Mystery Plays may not be performed again until at least 2010. Amateur actors and actresses who have taken part in past productions, along with regular members
Sheriff Hutton Bridge's David Coverdale smashed 140 not out, his third century of the York Junior Cricket Association's Under-15s Rawcliffes Intersport East competition, as his side ran riot. Bridge amassed 205-3 in 20 overs against Yapham, who were bowled
A HEROIN addict was jailed for six months for a three-year crime spree against shops in York. Melanie Jane Small, 20, of Woolnough Avenue, Tang Hall, admitted eight offences of theft, four of handling or receiving stolen goods, two each of deception and
A BANNED driver who repeatedly took to the wheel to relieve stress was jailed for three months by York magistrates. Steven Ovenden, prosecuting, said Wayne Henry Bond, 20, crashed into a tree in Beckfield Lane, Acomb, York, on May 18. He was banned from
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming joined up with Yorkshire yesterday and said that the most important thing he could do to help the beleaguered county get out of their rut was to score lots of runs. However, his pledge did not come to immediate fruition
HUNDREDS of people have spoken of their fears over genetically-modified crops as the national GM debate arrived in North Yorkshire. More than 250 people from all over the North, ranging from environmental campaigners and Women's Institute members to farmers
YORK-BASED Hunslet prop Dan Briggs reckons his hometown team will be one the Hawks' chief rivals for the National League Two title. Briggs, a product of Heworth ARLC, believes that although York City Knights are currently out of the play-off picture they
A BALACLAVA-CLAD youth who subjected post office staff to terrifying sledgehammer ordeals in two North Yorkshire raids has been jailed for 10 years, the Evening Press can reveal. Anthony Michael Hughes was 17 when he and his accomplices burst into Rufforth
YORK City Knights face one of their most crucial games tomorrow with player-coach Paul Broadbent confident they can continue their good run. The Knights visit high-flying Hunslet Hawks at South Leeds Stadium (kick off 3.30pm) going for a third win on
A PENSIONER fleeced out of his life savings by cowboy builders said today he hoped their jail sentences would be a stern warning to others. The builders were jailed for five years between them for the "extortionate" way they embezzled the Acomb pensioner
A YOUNG York footballer who made an amazing fightback from a double organ transplant was today warming up for a charity five-a-side tournament. Paul Bradley, 12, endured a 15-hour liver and kidney transplant operation in 1999. Last August, the Evening
York College fashion students take to the catwalk next Friday for their annual fashion show. ZOE WALKER has a sneak preview of the daring designs. THE wild and wonderful designs of York College fashion students have caused a stir in recent years, and
GO for it Bill - enjoy your fifties ("Fifty nifty ways to defy having been born before 1960", Bill Hearld, June 10). Yes we have to behave or the "young ones" say "mutton dressed as lamb" etc. We don't all wear those Jacques Vert chiffons, you know -
CHRIS Titley's bright idea of a local currency (June 11) is already in use. And he's almost right about the name - we call them Yorkys so we do not upset chocolate manufacturers! Members of York Local Exchange Trading System (York LETS) have been able
I WRITE to express my profound disquiet at the proposed closure of York Minster Library. As a member of the University of Manchester's School of History and Classics' support staff, I am appalled at the thought that any of our 1,200 students, many of
KNIGHTS star Trevor Krause, the new rugby league development coach in York, has praised the enthusiasm and ability of young players in the city. The Aussie was speaking after 50 youngsters from three York primary schools took part in a tag rugby competition
LUCKLESS Aussie star Jonny Firth has returned Down Under to recuperate from his bad arm injury. The amiable stand-off, who came to England off his own back to further his rugby league career, played five Arriva Trains Cup games for the Knights before
I HEREBY throw down the gauntlet for all brain-boxes out there to try to take the 'Quiz Knight' crown. The Knights' fundraising committee, led by Phil Seymour, has organised a general knowledge quiz for Thursday, June 26, at Huntington Stadium, starting
TICKETS are selling quickly for the fund-raising race night being staged by Knights fans at Huntington Stadium next month. The bash will take place on Friday, July 25, starting at 7.30pm and, due to the success of the first 'Race Knight', which raised
FANS still have time to book a place on the Knights Supporters' Club bus to tomorrow's important National League Two match at high-riding Hunslet. Times and pick-up points are: Haxby (outside Memorial Hall) 1.05pm, Huntington Stadium 1.20, New Lane (opposite
George Wilkinson climbs up among the wildlife deep in upper Wensleydale at Burtersett. BURTERSETT is a dozen or so old houses, all made of stone with heavy roofs and narrow, mullioned windows. It is found deep in upper Wensleydale, at a thousand feet
GOLF at its most challenging will be at the forefront of a new course growing tall amid wooded splendour. Rising proudly into the sky - just like its projected green oak-timbered clubhouse - is the new Griffon Forest Golf and Country Club, near Flaxton
THE Hunters York Senior League Under-21 side which has been selected for the second round match in the White Rose Trophy is made up of players from ten different clubs. The side to play Doncaster League tomorrow at Scholes, near Wentworth, shows three
GINA PARKINSON has advice about what to do as the garden warms up and dries out in June. RECENT hot weather makes watering a priority in the garden, with containers and newly-planted trees and shrubs top of the list. Water containers in the evening or
A breather in the Championship programme has given Yorkshire the opportunity to stand back and try to work out why their season has gone so disastrously wrong after a dazzling start which saw them beat Northamptonshire by the record margin of an innings
BRITISH music was in the air as members of a York Orchestra rehearsed the Last Night Of The Proms in the city's Museum Gardens. Musicians of the Academy of St Olave's assembled in the grounds of the Yorkshire Museum to give passers-by a sneak preview
A PICNIC with a difference is set to kick off a week-long celebration of cultural diversity in York on Sunday. From 12.30pm, The Museum Gardens will host the York Refugee Week 2003 launch picnic. Hundreds of people are expected to attend to sample food
FLORAL magnificence should not be missed at a flower festival taking place this weekend in a York village church. Displays depicting the church year are on show at St Giles's Church, Copmanthorpe, until Sunday afternoon. Church workers have used dozens
THIEVES have been busy in York in a spate of raids. Residents of a flat in Tadcaster Road, York, found burglars had entered their home through a ground floor side window. Nothing has been reported stolen. Two handbags were stolen from Fairfax Street,
SOUTH Korean exchange student Sun Wook Sim has been hitting the right note with pupils at a North Yorkshire boarding school this term. Eleven-year-old Sun Wook Sim is staying at Terrington Hall School, outside Malton, as part of a massive exchange trip
A NEW group has been established for residents of a North Yorkshire town and its surrounding villages to discuss and help shape their own future. The Easingwold and Villages Forum has been launched as an attempt to address the broad issues affecting the
BUSINESS was booming at a York school after Christmas decorations and sweets for Bonfire Night helped sixth-formers scoop a top award. A team of 12 students at Bootham School won the Barnardo's Business Incentive Scheme for the northern region. The group
Continuing his series on seasonal food, York chef JAMES LOWE shows you how to get to grips with lobster and crab. As things start to hot up outside, there are some cool seasonal ingredients to try out in the kitchen this month. June is the month for home-grown
YORK tourism chiefs have given a cautious welcome to figures just released by Yorkshire Tourist Board which show an overall improvement in hotel occupancy figures in the city. There was an improvement in both bed and room occupancy over the equivalent
North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson hit a four-over-par second round of 75 for a midway total of 144 to make the cut for the business half of the Aa St Omer Open in France. The Malton and Norton ace is ten shots off leader Brett Rumford (Australia). Ex-Heworth
Man of the match Ryan Gallacher scored four tries for York Acorn ARLC under-9s in a draw with Doncaster Toll Bar. Three of them were wonderful solo tries while the other was set up by most improved player Jack Appleby. Top tackler Danny Atkins crossed
A MAGICAL wonderland has been created by keen gardener Sheila Markwick - with the help of St Leonard's Hospice mascot Lenny Bear. Green-fingered Sheila has been working to ensure her nursery-rhyme garden is ready for the public next Saturday and Sunday
FROM the owner of an innovative museum to the First Knight of North Yorkshire farming, people across our region were today celebrating their inclusion in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Stan Johnson, the owner of the Eden Camp modern history museum, near
A HEARTBROKEN York mother has slammed callous thieves who stole a special light which illuminated her son's grave. Shirley-Ann Gibb-Kirk, of Hamilton Drive, Holgate, was horrified to discover someone had stolen the solar-powered lamp from the plot in
CITY Screen, York, is holding a free open morning with demonstrations of Cinerama, 70mm and other exciting widescreen film formats. Visitors can also see behind the scenes of the cinema. Doors open on Sunday, June 15, at 10.30am, for free coffee in Screen
ANDREW Cowan and Bobbi Horner were both winners for Tadcaster Swim Squad at the Scarborough 'A' and 'B' Meet. The club brought home 18 trophies, three speeding tickets and clocked up 37 personal best times. Cowan, 14, broke the meeting record, set in
A SELBY woman locked in a year-long battle with npower to switch gas supplier has finally settled the dispute with the help of an independent watchdog. Dawn Crossland turned to energywatch North East, the watchdog for gas and electricity consumers, after
LEEDS cruiserweight Denzil Browne has turned up the heat on Jamie Warters by claiming he wants to 'punish' the Jorvik Warrior. Browne, a former member of Henry Wharton's Hard N' Fast stable, and York-based Warters are on collision course for the Central
THE Hunters York Senior League Under-21 side which has been selected for the second round match in the White Rose Trophy is made up of players from ten different clubs. The side to play Doncaster League tomorrow at Scholes, near Wentworth, shows three
A NURSE who dressed elderly patients in nappies overnight so she could sleep on duty has been struck off for the second time. Sister Ann Marie Lee, 40, curled up in a comfortable armchair, popped her feet up and snuggled under a coat nearly every shift
HEROIC England grabbed rugby union history by the throat as they throttled New Zealand in their own All Blacks' back-yard. A performance of leonine strength, courage and commitment underpinned England's magnificent 15-13 victory over the All Blacks in
THE North Yorkshire-based leader of Britain's biggest farming union today spoke of his pride after being named a Knight in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Ben Gill, the president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), was awarded a knighthood for his
FIREBUGS ran wild in a York street early today, torching three cars and a trailer and sending one man's worldly goods up in smoke. The multiple arson attacks happened in Etty Avenue, Tang Hall, at about 3.30am today. A Citron and the trailer suffered
YORK City Knights face one of their most crucial games tomorrow with player-coach Paul Broadbent confident they can continue their good run. The Knights visit high-flying Hunslet Hawks at South Leeds Stadium (kick off 3.30pm) going for a third win on
YORK-BASED Hunslet prop Dan Briggs reckons his hometown team will be one the Hawks' chief rivals for the National League Two title. Briggs, a product of Heworth ARLC, believes that although York City Knights are currently out of the play-off picture they
WITH reference to David Warner's Yorkshire notes (Evening Press, Saturday, June 7). Bowler Ryan Sidebottom's wayward over against Glamorgan Dragons was completed by Gary Fellows and not Vic Craven as reported. Fellows promptly bowled a no ball and the
