THE scenes we will witness tonight would have been inconceivable a few years ago. Hundreds of children (and many adults) are barely able to contain their excitement as the big moment approaches, with midnight parties nation-wide, every newspaper and broadcaster
WE are naturally delighted that the Evening Press was named Daily Newspaper of the Year at the Newsquest awards. The honour was particularly pleasing because it made special mention of our role as the community's newspaper. Judges said the Evening Press
GOOD news for Mondeo man. Forget the Ferraris, mainstream motors are the ones we love best - because they are the ones that appeal most in terms of price and practicality. The family car market is full of fine motors, and Mondeo Man (and Woman) in particular
JOHN Travolta is a notoriously erratic role picker. This time it was Chicago or Basic, and he backed the outsider not the short-odds favourite. On the surface, you can see why he turned down the Richard Gere role. He had already done the egotistical if
A TEENAGE girl badly injured in an horrific car crash on the A64 in York has died, police said today. Charlotte Jackson, 16, of Worcester Road, Hull, died in Hull Royal Infirmary. Ms Jackson suffered serious internal injuries in the crash, which saw a
Green party councillors claim changes to the board of a group which is creating a joint vision of York for the future could undermine confidence in its work. Moves to install two Liberal Democrat councillors and one Labour councillor on the board of the
AN ACTIVE member of the Clifton community has died aged 92. Lilian Bramfitt was born and educated at Knaresborough. She moved to York with her husband, Ted, in 1937, where she quickly involved herself with community life in Clifton. She was a long-serving
A ROMAN Catholic Priest who originated from York has died, aged 61. Father Ian Stewart, studied for the priesthood at Ushaw College, Durham, and was ordained at St Joseph's, York, in July 1977. He began his ministry as assistant priest at St Thomas More
HEALTH bosses have reassured people in a North Yorkshire town that their maternity service's future is secure. Speaking at the unit in Malton yesterday Yvonne Webster - the new head of midwifery services charged with overseeing modernisation - said the
LESS than three weeks remain before the spectacular celebration of all things Yorkshire - the Great Yorkshire Show. With entries in the livestock section virtually back to pre-foot and mouth disease figures, show organiser the Yorkshire Agricultural Society
THE Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is having an open day at Askham Bog Nature Reserve, near York, tomorrow. Anyone interested in nature, conservation, birds, plants, and so on, is welcome to go along, meet trust staff and volunteers, and find out more about
A COUNCILLOR says it beggars belief that York should turn its back on the Mystery Plays. Coun Brian Watson called for developers wanting to fill the city's streets with flats and other developments to dig deep into their pockets to save the internationally-known
CYCLISTS can celebrate after thousands of pounds of cash was released to fund seven new projects based in York and North Yorkshire. Transport minister Kim Howells has doubled funding for the Department for Transport's Cycling Projects Fund from £1m to
A YORK man who took an 11cm blade with him to a nightclub has been jailed for a month. James Christopher Glenton, 20, of Rowntree Avenue, Clifton, York, admitted drunk and disorderly behaviour and carrying an offensive weapon. Paula Jack, prosecuting,
METHODISTS from across the York area came to Upper Poppleton for a service to celebrate the life of long-serving local preacher Audrey Cussans. Mrs Cussans, a widow who leaves a daughter, Liz, and grandchildren, Alex and Tom, died on May 30. Her funeral
THE York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir swept the board in a prestigious choir contest. The successful singers competed in the Eskdale Festival, at Whitby Pavilion, and scooped first prize in the Sacred Music Class, the Male Voice Choir Class and the Recital
AN EAST Yorkshire garden is to be opened to the public to mark the 800th birthday of an historic landmark. As part of a series of events to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the founding of Ellerton Priory in 1203, the garden at Tregonning, in the village
CELEBRATING students at York St John College were joined by York residents at their summer ball in an effort to build bridges. Organisers of the annual summer ball invited hundreds of residents living near the college in The Groves area of York to join
YORK Acorn Athletics Club's women's team won the Selby relay for the first time, breaking Knavesmire's nine-year dominance of the event. North Yorkshire Schools 3,000 metres champion Lara Gibbs gave Acorn an excellent start with the team's fastest run
A £230 green Honda lawnmower was taken from a shed in Claxton, near York, overnight on Monday. Thieves prised off the lock to get into the detached garden shed. A Honda rotary lawnmower was stolen the next night from an unlocked garden shed in West Lutton
A TOUGH scheme to tackle antisocial behaviour by young people could be introduced across the whole of York and North Yorkshire if it proves successful. Police in Ryedale are set to introduce the new system on July 7, targeting parents with youngsters
York couple Peter and Deborah Gibbon have so far raised £2,500 for the Lym-phoma Association after Deborah took part in a gruelling 130-mile bike ride. Peter, who lives at Stubden Grove, Clifton Moor, and who suffers from lymphoma, supported his wife
A NORTH Yorkshire man who masterminded Britain's biggest counterfeit toy operation has appeared in court after being on the run in Spain for nine months. Philip Butterworth, 53, of Sovereign Park, Harrogate, imported more than 350,000 fake Bob The Builder
COUNCIL chiefs in York and North Yorkshire will be told to draw up fresh plans for a mass evacuation in case of terrorist attack, under new laws. The Government has announced a shake-up of legislation dating back to the 1920s to prepare communities for
A YOUNG animal lover from the York area has won a nationwide competition to find Britain's "pongiest pets". Lynne Theakstone, 13, from Beningbrough, nominated her pet rats, Chloe and Maisy, for the competition and has won a silver trophy. Along with her
NEW Zealand import Jeetan Patel is hoping to use his stay at York Cricket Club as a springboard back into the international reckoning. The 23-year-old spinner, who has joined the Clifton Parkers on a season-long deal, has already made his bow for the
THE Government's Chief Medical Officer says patients are much better protected now against under-performing doctors than during Richard Neale's days at a North Yorkshire hospital. Sir Liam Donaldson was speaking before giving evidence in York at the inquiry
Mourners gathered to pay their respects to a close friend at a York pub where he was an almost permanent fixture. Friends said Peter Fogg, who died last week aged 78, was a "light-hearted man with a brilliant sense of humour" who will be sadly missed.
HORSE-DRAWN carriage operators in York could be forced to put "nappies" on their animals in a bid to clean up the city's streets. City of York Council is investigating ways to reduce the amount of horse dung on the streets, which costs the council £5,746
AFTER their welcomed victory in glorious sunshine at Silverstone last Saturday, Team Castrol Suzuki sidecar aces Steve Webster and Paul Woodhead have journeyed south across an even hotter Europe to the beautiful Adriatic coast of Italy for round five
TWO York teenagers were threatened with a large kitchen knife by two would-be robbers. The two 19-year-old victims fled without handing over any cash but were pursued by their attackers for a short time. Th incident happened at about 2.15pm yesterday
NEWCASTLE were last night urged to pick Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer against their old club Leeds at Elland Road on the season's opening day. The two clubs agreed Newcastle should ban Woodgate from playing when they clashed at Leeds last February.
HARRY Potter hysteria gripped York today, as thousands of copies of JK Rowling's latest magical bestseller landed in York - amid high security. Shops across the city were keeping copies of her long-awaited fifth volume, Harry Potter And The Order Of The
YORK City have taken their fight to bring Huntington Stadium up to Football League standard to the City of York Council. The Minstermen, who have to move out of their Bootham Crescent home at the end of the 2003/04 season, face a race against time to
A RADICAL new blueprint for the future of York's flagship leisure facility, the Barbican Centre, was unveiled today. Swimming in York would receive a major boost from the plans, as an extra £1.4 million raised in capital receipts from the sale of the
YORK City have taken their fight to bring Huntington Stadium up to Football League standard to the City of York Council. The Minstermen, who have to move out of their Bootham Crescent home at the end of the 2003/04 season, face a race against time to
JIMMY Cricket had no idea his Grand Opera House appearance next Thursday would form part of the York Comedy Festival. "You actually surprised me there. I just thought it was an ordinary gig," says the Northern Irish comedy turn, who will be performing
TOMMY Tiernan received an unexpected 34th birthday present this week: news that his June 28 show had been selected as the Headline Event of the first York Comedy Festival. "Headlining it? I didn't know that, but I'm sure I deserve it!" he says, on the
REGARDING your front page report (Minster library could be rescued, Thursday, June 5) the spokesman for the Archbishop of York, the Rev Rob Marshall was quoted as saying "Human resources are an extremely important part of what the church is about, and
STUNNED Yorkshire Phoenix never got over the shock of finding themselves on two runs for three wickets after only eight balls in their Twenty20 Cup match against Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford yesterday. They managed to recover to 102-8 but then
ROYAL Ascot stages its fifth and final day tomorrow, with North Yorkshire trainers bidding for a share of the action. Bollin Eric leads the way in the £150,000 Hardwicke Stakes, Tim Easterby's Classic-winning star teaming up with Kevin Darley, whose success
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS takes a look at at four new models. NEW car news this week features four very different sets of wheels, from family-sized to fast and furious. Out now is Chrysler's latest people carrier, the Voyager Touring, a new special
SIXTH time lucky for indie director Gary Winick, who makes the best Woody Allen sex tale in years in the grainy, rough style of a Dogme 95 movie. Tadpole is a smart and charming comedy of manners from the Upper East Side of New York, made on a minimal
JOHN Prescott has always been a Hansard writer's nightmare. He speaks in long, winding sentences with all the words in the wrong order. But normally the brave band of Parliamentary recorders have his measure. They take his garbled nonsense and, with a
THE Hunters York and District Senior League's Under-21 team had a comfortable victory over the Doncaster League at Scholes Cricket Club in the second round of the White Rose Trophy and will now travel to play the Halifax League in the semi-final on Sunday
MANY train services in York and North Yorkshire have been branded "intolerable" in a report by MPs - at the same time as it was announced that rail fares are set to increase. Arriva Trains Northern was among several rail companies blasted for offering
GRAVITY Control Hip Hop Club member Paul Webster, 14, demonstrates his skills during a breakdancing competition in Parliament Street, York. Groups from York, Leeds and Bradford battled it out as part of Dance Week York - a city-wide event to celebrate
TWO East Yorkshire schools are stepping into the limelight with a £75,000 Government grant to boost performing arts, it was revealed today. Pocklington Montessori School and Woldgate School in the town have been given the cash boost, which is the second
ARMY Cadets from Pocklington have received regimental honours in a prestigious competition. The cadets from the Pocklington Detachment of Humberside and South Yorkshire Army Cadet Force received the honours after winning a march and shoot competition
TAMSIN BARNES shows her picture of a beauty spot in East Yorkshire that has gone on display in London as part of a national protest about modern art. Tamsin, 19, of St Mary's Close, East Cottingwith, painted the scene of Filey Brigg while she was an A-level
A YORK woman with multiple sclerosis has praised her specially-trained dog for giving her back her life - while helping the charity that brought them together. Dog lover Dorothy Scott, 55, of Badger Hill, York, uses a wheelchair to get around and has
FORD Ka fanatics are set to drive their beloved motors from John O'Groats to Lands End in aid of charity. Amanda and David Steele, of Hanover Street East, York, have organised the trip to raise money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
LONG MARSTON will host a display with a difference this weekend. An abseiling vicar, gigantic cat and roadside hippy can all be seen as part of a quirky scarecrow display. Visitors are invited to enjoy the gardens on show, with scarecrows aplenty to keep
CALLING all those who know their foxtrot from their fandango - Mr Swing needs you. York-based Mr Swing's Dance Orchestra is staging a concert aimed at all those who are skilled in the elegant art of ballroom dancing. "Usually when we do a performance,
The British Lung Foundation is offering adventurous members of the public the chance to parachute for free - if they raise enough sponsorship for the charity. The solo or tandem jumps can take place at airfields across the country and training will be
MORE than 20,000 pedal cyclists, from across the UK and beyond, are set to gather on York's racecourse this weekend. The annual York Cycle Show will also hear the latest news on how the emergency services can benefit from two-wheeled transport. Cycling
A HAPPY York couple were today celebrating 50 golden years together. Len and Eileen Spray, of Huntington, were married at All Saints' Church, Wistow, near Selby, on June 20, 1953. "It was a fine sunny day. I had hair and a flat stomach then," laughed
THE former leader of City of York Council has called on the ruling Liberal Democrat group to "rethink" its approach to council meetings. Dave Merrett, Labour group leader, has called on the Lib Dems to separate out scrutiny board meetings and meetings
A DEBILITATING disease that is on the rise in the United Kingdom was being discussed in York today by doctors and sufferers. Lyme disease - contracted via a bacteria-infected tick - is widely publicised in the United States, where it affects hundreds
AN INQUEST has finally been held into the death last June of a victim of York's asbestos timebomb. York Coroner Donald Coverdale ruled yesterday that former York Carriageworks employee Jeffrey Sanderson died of the asbestos-related industrial disease,
YORK people are opposed to joining the euro, according to research carried out in the city. A team of students from the University of York quizzed almost 1,000 people about their views on Europe. Their findings were announced today, on the eve of the
IS IT a brooch, an ear-ring or some other form of fancy jewellery? No, it's a solid silver medieval ear scoop and tooth pick - and its discovery in a field near York may be set to make a metal detector enthusiast several hundred pounds richer. A York
POLICE were today searching for a red and white KitKat trailer containing thousands of pounds worth of chocolate, after it was hijacked on a North Yorkshire road. The lorry driver, a 30-year-old man from York, was stopped near Selby by at least three
THERE is a belief that old players should fade away gracefully from the game, without embarrassing themselves with the tired old line 'The game was better in my day'. Perhaps someone should then reiterate this to the 'mouth of the south' David Campese
A FORMER boss of a North Yorkshire school who was jailed last year for 13 years for serious sexual offences and child cruelty has won permission to appeal against some of his convictions. James Bernard Littlewood, 59, of Brigg Road, Wrawby, near Brigg
TOP York-born triathlete Lucy Jude will be running this month's Humber-Half Marathon. Jude, 34, will be competing as part of the Humberside Police team having represented Great Britain in the World Triathlon Championships in the 1990s. Former Hull City
NATHAN Grey has elbowed his way back into the Australia team as an emergency fly-half for tomorrow's Cook Cup face-off with England in Melbourne, and recent history suggests the physical Sydneysider won't be shy in making his presence felt. England flanker
THE two top teams in division one of the York Veterans' Bowls League both had comfortable away wins. Barbican beat West Park 'B' 23-11 and Holgate beat Scarcroft 24-13, while Bert Keech 'C' beat Dunnington 'C' 18-13 to remain in third spot. Division two
A MOTORCYCLIST has died on a North Yorkshire road after his bike went out of control on a bend and collided with a car. The accident, involving a black Honda motorcycle and a silver Toyota Carina, happened on the B1363 York to Helmsley Road, between Brandsby
THE opening weekend of the new season sees a busy schedule of fixtures on York waters. The highlight is the 'First Sunday' open that will be fished on the Ouse from Redhouse through to Poppleton. Early season pleasure anglers are already reporting some
A YORK transport watchdog said today was a "sad day" for rail passengers following news of future fare rises. Ernie Preston, secretary of the York-based North-East Rail Passenger Committee, said an announcement by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) that
THE Evening Press has been named Newsquest Daily Newspaper of the Year - for the second time in three years. The Press fought off competition from other dailies across Britain owned by Newsquest, the country's second-largest newspaper group, to win the
POACHER have gone clear at the top of York John Smith's Men's League division one. With Ray McInally (18) and Mark Gale (18) shining, and quick-fire wins by Shaun Day-Gale then Gary Kynman-McInally, Poacher stunningly beat close rivals Bay Horse, Marygate
WHAT does Francis Rossi normally do in a wood? "That's a leading question! Probably shag," says the Status Quo stalwart, who will be down down, deeper and down in Dalby Forest on Sunday, doing his bit for Forestry Commission conservation projects across
YORK RU could have a couple of aces up their sleeves as they launch their cross-code assault on the York International 9s. The Evening Press believes the Clifton Park club have been working on trying to secure the temporary signings of two well-known
YORK IRONSIDES player-coach Brendan Carlyle reckons he has a squad good enough to win the York International 9s this weekend. Carlyle - player-coach of Heworth ARLC, where the tournament will be played tomorrow and Sunday - announced his line-up last
THE Russians descended on York yesterday as their representatives in the York International 9s, Strela Kazan, arrived in the city. Strela, who made history when they took part in the Challenge Cup, are one of 26 teams from all over Europe who will battle
YOUR article "Top cop's dilemma over York's beggars" (June 17) gave the impression that the police were only paying lip service to the issues of beggars to appease the business community, City of York Council and the tourist industry. That is far from
I HAVE long suspected that the greatest evil of our time is feminism and now I know it. After reading the self-centred, hard-headed and acquisitive drivel spouted by Mandi Norman ("Let it be me", June 14), I tremble for the generations to come. If every
IT'S good to see the new Lib-Dem regime on City of York Council is getting to grips with the city's transport problems ("Roundabouts are given make-over", June 13). Apparently the length of grass on roundabouts on the northern ring road has been a "continual
I AGREE with all your correspondents who have reacted with horror to the news that the Mystery Plays are not to be performed next year, but I cannot agree with Rev Roden in his desire to see the plays performed in the Minster every ten years (Letters,
Following the news that York's Mystery Plays may not be staged again until 2010 at the earliest, MIKE LAYCOCK takes a look at some of the productions staged over the past 50 years THE Virgin Mary looks down tenderly at the infant Jesus, against a backdrop
