Bollin Eric, celebrated hero of last year's St Leger for Tim Easterby's Great Habton stable, makes strong each-way appeal at Ascot tomorrow in the biggest test of his career. The prized North Yorkshire colt, again the mount of Kevin Darley, lines-up with
York Colourscape Festival 2003 turns the Museum Gardens into a magical world of music and colour from tomorrow until August 3. Billed as the only music festival to take place within a sculpture, Colourscape is a multi-chambered labyrinth of pure colour
IN America, it was once the Moose; in China, it is Shamowang, King of the Desert. Most Latin Americans label it El Macho, while in Brazil, a special edition was named Bandeirante, after the Portuguese pioneers who first explored the country. In Britain
ROVER has unveiled a couple of new models which it hopes will give its sales a much-needed shot in the arm. It is an interesting move. Firstly because Rover is pinning its faith in an Indian-built new city car which takes the place of the old Metro, and
IT'S Day 62 in the Big Brother House, and Jeffrey is looking sulky. He has dreamed up ambitious plans to inject some light relief into the desert of reality TV; he wants the contestants to hold a Krug and shepherd's pie party. But Jeffrey's bold concept
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays has won immediate backing - from God and Jesus Christ. Rory Mulvihill, the actor who played the Saviour in the 1996 production, and John Hall, who played God in 2000, have both offered to do their bit to ensure
STUDENTS at All Saints' School, York, were presented with awards after training to be "active listeners". Youngsters in Year Nine and 13 gained the qualifications after a three-day training programme at the school. The qualification means the youngsters
Has the humble postcard - for so long an essential part of the great British holiday - had its day? JESSICA ROGERS went on to the streets of York to find out. POSTCARD sales in York have plummeted in recent years, according to a Shambles trader. It follows
A NORTH Yorkshire council's rent collection service has notably improved over the past year - a recent inspection has revealed. A report has praised Selby District Council, stating that council tenants across the area benefit from a customer-friendly
PLANS for the new swimming pool at York's Barbican Centre were unveiled today. Two sets of plans have been released showing what the pool could look like in the future. The options which have been put forward for public consultation are for either an
A YORK hotel is hoping to make a big splash on Saturday when it throws open its doors for a gala fun day in aid of local charities, including St Leonard's Hospice. Visitors to The Knavesmire Manor Hotel, Tadcaster Road, between 1pm and 6pm on Saturday
THE life of York's Lord Mayor was being experienced at first hand today when his home was opened to the public. The first '"At Home" of the civic year offered local people the chance to visit the Mansion House and to chat to the new civic party, including
A woman had her mountain bike stolen by two youths who pushed her to the ground outside a shop in Front Street, Acomb, York. The two youths, believed to be aged in their teens, made off on the purple Rapid Reactor bike at about 4pm on Wednesday. One of
A REVOLUTIONARY new scheme to help children struggling with reading is coming to York. The Electronic Library 250 Scheme is aimed at children going from primary school to secondary school whose reading is below the national average. Children are able
THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, has thrown open his home to young campers. More than 55 children aged between nine and 11 are once again camping in the grounds of Bishopthorpe Palace for a week of fun, games and to learn more about the Christian
A STAR is to be born in York this weekend as a young pop hopeful awaits his big break onto our TV screens. Dan O'Shea, 20, from Wilberfoss, has told the Evening Press how excited he is about his big chance on the first show of this year's Fame Academy
A TEENAGER nurtured at Selby Dance Centre has gained a scholarship to the prestigious Northern Ballet School, based in Manchester. Jennifer Pullon, 16, has attended the Selby centre for the last five years, during which time she also won a place with
THE York firm which runs the city's famous Jorvik Viking attraction has been invited to operate Portsmouth's exciting new Spinnaker Tower. Heritage Projects Ltd, based in a former schoolhouse in St Edmund's House, Margaret Street, has been appointed by
SPORTY officers at York's central police station are losing their gym facilities to make way for more office staff. Senior police officers have scrapped the gym at Fulford Police Station to create room for a wave of new civilian administration staff.
A SELBY teenager has been given a conditional discharge for two years after she admitted swearing in front of police officers. Leanne Pentland, 18, was heard to swear loudly at a group of males, near the In-Shops, Selby, by two police officers on July
A GOOLE charity has said it is being forced to close a £1.5 million specialist brain injury unit because local health authorities are failing to refer patients. Bridgehead House was opened by the Leonard Cheshire organisation in January last year in response
SELBY councillors could be set for a pension and retirement lump sum. If a proposal is approved and the majority of the 41 councillors take up the offer, it could cost the council up to £20,000 a year. District council chiefs are recommending that the
A YORK mother has held a second funeral for her son, who was stillborn eight years ago, after being given tissue samples that were removed and stored after his death. The second burial held this week means that Sharon Sellars, 29, of Barkston Grove, York
BERT Keech 'C' went top of York Veterans' Bowls League division one for the first time when they beat Barbican 16-15. However, their stay at the summit will be short-lived, as the winners of the rearranged clash between high-flying duo Barbican and Holgate
PEOPLE are being given more time to choose which swimming pool they want to see at a redeveloped York Barbican Centre. City of York Council leader Coun Steve Galloway today indicated that the authority will take written representations on the future of
Bay Horse increased their lead at the top of York Phoenix Open League division one with an emphatic 7-2 win over Mount 'B'. Second-placed Volunteers missed out on a chance to close the gap after suffering a home defeat to Pack, whose Greg Robinson stood
SOLDIER Dave Benson has returned home to York from Iraq with a rare American honour. Signaller Benson believes he is one of only two British servicemen to receive the American Army Achievement Medal in the wake of the Iraq war. Dave, 21, of Haxby, was
Ray McInally shot a fantastic 87-bull finish for 15 darts in York John Smith's Men's League division one. He was well supported by Mark Gale as Poacher swept aside Holgate, whose Mick Brookes won the opening leg, 8-1. Mick Willsden (120 finish for 18)
SURREY bowler Jimmy Ormond claimed his first first-class hat-trick to complete a haul of four wickets in six balls against Middlesex yesterday. The blitz left the visitors on 165-5 in their first innings of the Frizzell County Championship Division One
HAVING been awarded the full eight points by the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League committee for last week's cancelled match against Hull, York are sandwiched in second place one point below Scarbor-ough and five above Cleethorpes, who visit York
A NATIONWIDE investigation has been launched into a spate of lorry thefts, including the hijacking of two Nestl trucks. Detective Sergeant Dave Pegg, of North Yorkshire Police, is working with colleagues in Humberside, Derbyshire, Thames Valley, Cheshire
A BUILDER who died from injuries suffered while on a night out in York with friends was probably killed by a hit-and-run driver, police revealed. Home Office pathologist Professor Chris Milroy said Andrew Hickox died from a single blow to the head, consistent
YORK City boss Chris Brass has pulled off his first major transfer coup in recruiting former Sheffield United, Everton and Barnsley midfielder Mitch Ward. The vastly experienced 32-year-old spearheads a list of five new players to sign for the club, with
TWO small points about your "Imperial" coverage "Bath fright with the Romans" (July 22). The Roman bath under the pub of that name lay well within the legionary fortress, which was supposed to be an exclusively military - and therefore a male zone. Although
TRY-SCORING sensation Neil Law reckons York City Knights are set to soar up the National League Two table. The Knights' run of six wins in seven games has seen them climb only to sixth place as results elsewhere have tightened up the top half, but they
THE Buena Vista Social Club may suggest all Cuba's leading musicians are of an age to be residing in Harrogate's old people's homes but not only the venerable are making waves. Last year, Yusa received two nominations in the BBC World Music Awards, and
With Terminator 3 about to hit cinema screens next week, STEPHEN LEWIS asks if intelligent robots ever could rule the Earth? BIG Arnie is back as he always promised. He may be older and creakier, he is 56 on Wednesday, but that is no problem for hunky
CAN I just say a big thank you to York City Knights and fans for a wonderful weekend in London. The game against London Skolars produced a fantastic score. It was certainly a hard thing to pick a man of the match as there were some very good individual
ANY murder is distressing, but the death of David Williamson has been peculiarly unsettling. From the beginning the case has raised more questions than answers. Sadly that is still the situation after the court case ended before it began yesterday. Mr
BECKS on a bender? York drinkers were stunned to see the football idol idling the night away in city nightspots. But this was not the man from Madrid, but his Scunthorpe double, Paul Mansley. Being David's doppelganger must be a doddle. Or is it? Imagine
IAN Thompson moved from Birmingham to a remote Pennine farmhouse as the ideal setting to pursue the art of sculpture. A decade on, the latest results can be seen in his new exhibition, Sculpture, at King's Manor, Exhibition Square, York. After spending
Helen Sear's new photographic series, Still... A Landscape In Ten Pieces, will be premiered at Impressions Gallery, York, from August 9 to October 4. This will be complemented by the first showing in its entirety of her recent work Grounded (2000-2002
IF you take your load carrying as seriously as your driving, and want real pace, all packaged in a premium-market motor, do not settle for anything less than a Saab 9-5 estate. In the classy cargo-carrier stakes, the Saab 9-5 is a genuine all-round thoroughbred
"DISCIPLINED Pizzazz". That, to quote the American behind its design, is the Chrysler Crossfire in a nutshell. Certainly it looks American. Not your brash vulgar American, but the sleek, slinky curvaceous side of America, the side blessed with good looks
SPY Kids meets James Bond junior in this amiable teen spy movie that arrives with perfect timing: just as the school holidays start and just before Spy Kids 3 clocks in. Agent Cody Banks is as proficient as its slick young star, Frankie Muniz, the teenager
HAVING been awarded the full eight points by the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League committee for last week's cancelled match against Hull, York are sandwiched in second place one point below Scarbor-ough and five above Cleethorpes, who visit York
A naval officer from Thirsk set his feet on British soil for the first time in 188 days last week. Peter Stanton-Brown, a crew member on the submarine HMS Splendid, had been stationed in the Gulf since the beginning of January. Peter said he was happy
Reg and June Waudby are the diamond couple today as they celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married at the old Blake Street register office before Reg had even had his 21st birthday, and June was sweet seventeen. The couple were so young
A YOUNG North Yorkshire artist is leading the way in a regional exhibition. Debbie Loane, 31, from Easingwold, is gaining all the plaudits from a week-long exhibition in Harrogate. The young artist was drafted in alongside three established artists from
A GROUNDBREAKING scheme to protect wildlife has already begun to pay off for one York farmer. The Safeguarding the Arable Farmed Environment (Safe) scheme has been set up between local farmers, the RSPB and supermarket Asda to prove "safe" farming benefits
AN APPEAL has been made to Race For Life runners after it was revealed less than half of the sponsorship money has been sent in. Only 38 per cent of those who took part in the event on Knavesmire, in York, have so far sent their money to Cancer Research
YORK Crown Court staff are taking their wigs, gowns and legal documents to Leeds next month while the historic court house is modernised. The judicial process will not be interrupted as all cases are to be tried at Leeds Combined Court Centre while the
YORK City fans will get their first glimpse of new signing Mitch Ward on Saturday when the midfield ace makes his debut against Scarborough at Bootham Crescent (3pm ko). Ward, along with fellow captures Liam George, Darren Dunning, Arron Wilford and Andrew
YORK police were today holding "positive, constructive" talks with travellers following an incident at a site in the city. Officers were talking to residents of the site in Outgang Lane, Osbaldwick, about a "fracas" that broke out when Humberside and
YORK City boss Chris Brass has pulled off his first major transfer coup in recruiting former Sheffield United, Everton and Barnsley midfielder Mitch Ward. The vastly experienced 32-year-old spearheads a list of five new players to sign for the club, with
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays has won immediate backing - from God and Jesus Christ. Rory Mulvihill, the actor who played the Saviour in the 1996 production, and John Hall, who played God in 2000, have both offered to do their bit to ensure
A hi-tech York firm supplied the electronic clocking-in devices which sparked wildcat walkouts by British Airways check-in staff and the stranding of thousands of passengers at Heathrow Airport, it was revealed today. Mitrefinch, on the Green Lane Trading
THOSE magnificent men in their flying machines will be in the air again this weekend. The Real Aeroplane Museum, at Breighton Aerodrome, near Bubwith, will host a two-day event as pilots demonstrate their skills in classic and antique planes. On show
Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at a house in York after a decorating dust sheet caught light. The minor blaze at Ramsey Avenue, Bishopthorpe, at 7.40pm last night, was extinguished by two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus using a hose
A SELBY man was caught "paddling" his motorcycle while nearly three times over the drink-drive limit. David Glassford, 23, was banned from driving for 23 months after police officers saw him using his legs to propel his moped, in Low Street, Sherburn-in-Elmet
A MOTORBIKE salesman sold a string of hapless bikers their longed-for dream machines - knowing full well they would be stolen within days. Unknown to his employers, Christopher Davison, 24, passed on to burglars the addresses of bikers who bought or serviced
ORGANISERS of York's biggest ever open-air concert are hoping the weather clears up in time for their extravaganza tomorrow. Air2003, the two-day open-air music and arts festival held for the first time this year, kicks off tomorrow, at York Racecourse
VIPs are now on hand to help thousands of tourists negotiate the historic streets of York city centre. Four specially-chosen people, known as Visitor Information Patrols, will meet and greet visitors during the holiday period. Now in its 12th year, the
Thieves stole a handbag containing a large amount of cash and bank cards from Hall's Bags, in Yorkersgate, Malton. Two men were seen in the shop at about the time of the theft. One was white, 30-years-old, 5ft 10in with a beer belly, balding grey hair
AN art exhibition at York Cemetery which features young female nudes has been defended by its warden. Local artists Andres Jaroslavsky and Malcolm Ludvigsen are hosting an exhibition at the cemetery chapel, above the catacombs, tomorrow and Sunday. The
York Archers' Society members triumphed at the National Clout Championships held in Harrogate. Ed Crundwell won the men's longbow competition and Robert West was in third place. Jean Clarkson, of Bowmen of Adel, who is an associate member of York Archers
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new University of York campus in Heslington are to go out to public consultation. Councillors yesterday approved the draft development brief for a new campus at Heslington East during a meeting of City of York Council's planning
FIREFIGHTERS performed a dramatic rescue when 16 people were trapped in a lift for 40 minutes. The crew from York fire station had to prise open the doors of the lift at York railway station, using heavy machinery to free the trapped passengers. They
THE National Federation of Anglers has teamed up with building materials giant Builder Center to re-launch the 22-year-old Team Knockout competition in a new format and with more than £11,000 in prizes. The winning team, in the teams-of-five event, will
HEWORTH ARLC have seen their cheeky bid for a place in division one of the Arriva Trains Conference come to nothing after it was turned down by league chiefs. However, their hopes of going up from division two next season have been boosted after clubs
EASINGWOLD'S three-wheeled hero Steve Webster knows he must win at Brands Hatch tomorrow to bolster his Superside Sidecar World Championship hopes. He gets back on the glory trail with Team Castrol Suzuki team-mate Paul Woodhead after a five-week absence
POLICE are to review the way their interviews are conducted, following the dramatic collapse of the case against a man who twice confessed to killing David Williamson. James Payling, 20, of Kirkgate, Ripon, had been accused of murdering Mr Williamson
Ged McMahon was in magnificent 14-dart form for Rose & Crown in their York Unique-Phoenix League division one encounter with Cygnet 'A'. McMahon included a maximum as did team-mate Karl Asplett, but this was all in vain as Cygnet romped to a 6-1 win
SCOTT Nicholls was man of the match as Acomb II beat Stillington in the replayed York and District Stephensons Junior Charity Cup final. Stillington batted first and were bowled out for 89 in the last of the allotted overs. Only Shani Dissanayake with
YORKSHIRE could probably have had their match against Hampshire almost sewn up now but for Australian left-hander Simon Katich, whose batting was on a different plain to that of anyone else at Scarborough yesterday. Katich, who played in one County Championship
DRINKERS in York thought they were seeing things when they caught a glimpse of David Beckham supping a pint in a local pub. But the Real Madrid footballer hadn't made a trip to York from the sunny climes of Spain. Instead, it was Beckham look-alike Paul
ROD HILLS has refused to accept one of the city's highest honours, the Evening Press can reveal. The former City of York Council leader said he felt unable to take up the role of an Honorary Alderman, which is awarded to councillors who have given more
YORK City fans will get their first glimpse of new signing Mitch Ward on Saturday when the midfield ace makes his debut against Scarborough at Bootham Crescent (3pm ko). Ward, along with fellow captures Liam George, Darren Dunning, Arron Wilford and Andrew
TRY-SCORING sensation Neil Law reckons York City Knights are set to soar up the National League Two table. The Knights' run of six wins in seven games has seen them climb only to sixth place as results elsewhere have tightened up the top half, but they
Veteran actress Sian Phillips was so taken with performing Marlene Dietrich that she evolved her own cabaret, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON IT can not be often that York Theatre Royal's principal production of the summer is stopped in its tracks to accommodate
AS elected councillors, parents and former teenagers, we share the sense of loss experienced by the young people who used the Sidings Skate Park. However, it is regrettable that, despite informing you in advance of our reasons for removing the skate park
I GATHER the Church Commissioners now have £35 billion in investments. What a pity they could not aid our Minster in its plight. A case of some having plenty but never enough you may think. I applied for a free pass to enter York Minster by forwarding
THIS delightful production of Mozart's Don Giovanni was the first performance by Ryedale Festival Opera, a welcome innovation in this year's programme and one which received a deservedly-enthusiastic reception. The challenges which Don Giovanni presents
Knavesmire will be jumping to the sounds of ska tomorrow as Buster Bloodvessel brings Bad Manners to York as part of AIR2003. The man mountain singer tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON why he's not about to stop after 27 years. BAD Manners spent 45 weeks in the
YORKSHIRE could probably have had their match against Hampshire almost sewn up now but for Australian left-hander Simon Katich, whose batting was on a different plain to that of anyone else at Scarborough yesterday. Katich, who played in one County Championship
I COMMEND the efforts of the York City Supporters' Trust and the club's board of directors to save their club, but find their attitude arrogant in their belief that they have a right to be re-housed at the community's expense with a monopoly (if not exclusivity
