Hand Inn Hand can produce a knockout punch in the £100,000 Tripleprint Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow on a day when National Hunt enthusiasts are set to be treated to another super Saturday of racing. Trained by Henry Daly, Hand Inn Hand will be
RETIRED York psychiatrist Michael Haslam was today convicted of raping a former patient. A Leeds Crown Court jury also found him guilty of indecently assaulting the same patient, of twice indecently assaulting a second patient, and also of an indecent
FIT-AGAIN midfielder Christian Fox has been called back into tomorrow's York City squad. Fox will travel down to Devon with the first team today after scoring the winning goal in the reserves' 4-3 victory against Newcastle on Wednesday. He is likely to
IF Chris Brass steers York City to promotion in his first season as player-boss then tomorrow's Division Three opponents Torquay United will have a valid claim that their club played a part in the young Minstermen manager's success. Brass was given his
CUBA Gooding Jr and Beyonc Knowles place their faith in the good Lord to give them a hit. The once good, now goody-gooey Gooding and pop's ultra-ambitious princess, Beyonc, team up for a gospel musical with the high energy of Whoopi Goldberg's Sister
A chauffeur service for pampered tycoons has opened in Pickering and will operate within a 25-mile radius of York. Peter Lovering and his stepson, Jon Darlson, have started a franchise of Pinnacle Chauffeur Transport, offering use of a fleet of eight
Public sector IT specialist Anite today said it had slashed pre-tax losses by 67 per cent to £14.2 million, but that underlying profits were down 40 per cent. Reading-based Anite said profits in the six months to October 31 fell to £6.5 million from £10.8
Francis Rossi isn't impressed with the new Quo album, discovers CHARLES HUTCHINSON. FRANCIS Rossi hasn't changed his mind. He was less than enamoured by Status Quo's latest album when speaking to the Evening Press in the summer, ahead of their Dalby Forest
GORDON Brown's pre-Budget report was the big news of the week. When the Chancellor has something to say, it always is. But, while always very important, is is also usually dull. So three Christmas cheers for less worthy MPs who managed to lighten the
Suzy Cooper, York Theatre Royal's golden principal girl, did not enjoy pantomime as a child. "I found the whole thing strange, but mostly the dame," recalls York's favourite "posh one from the South". "I was taken only once to the panto. I think it may
THE Grand Opera House panto remains the Volvo of pantomime, solid, safe for all the family, reliable, never flash. It has no delusions of grandeur, it gets from A to B, but it is not a work of inspiration or high-speed danger. Director Simon Barry's York
LIVES will be saved by an award-winning new military initiative developed in North Yorkshire, a local mechanic has said. Military and civilian officers have been working together at RAF Linton-on-Ouse to develop an early warning system to avoid planes
THE winner of the Turner prize, 43-year-old Grayson Perry wore a heavily-embroided, mauve satin dress with puff sleeves while collecting his £20,000 award for a painted vase. The unusual Mr Perry, married with an 11-year-old daughter Flo, gets Arts Council
HAVING read about recent events in the newspapers I am going to sue my parents. At 23 I feel I can now bring reasonable charges against my parents and, under the present spate of bizarre, if not downright ridiculous claims that are being agreed to in
BY ending the notion of free education for post 18-year-olds, the Blair Government is doing what Mrs Thatcher would not have dared. Many of the arguments in favour of their policy are specious to say the least. The assertion that graduates will earn £400,000
WHETHER City of York Council is acting out of ignorance or because it is trying to "pull a fast one" regarding plans to develop the former Moss Street depot I do not know. The Moss Street site is part of Micklegate Stray which, under the terms of the
A YEAR ago, I named a few people who brighten up my day at any time of the year. Here is an update. Alan Rhodes, the shopkeeper in Melrosegate, still tops the list - if anyone leaves his newsagents without a smile on their faces, even at 7am, they must
HOW we all miss true variety shows on our TV screens. The Rolf Harris 50 Years In Show Business Celebration at the Royal Albert Hall was a good example of it. What a delightful, fascinating, brilliant show it was, and showed what a great all-round performer
POLICE chiefs say new measures employed in York and across North Yorkshire to help stamp out accusations of prejudice and racism are a success. Strict procedures for recording stop and searches are expected to make policing more transparent and to encourage
I AGREE with Janet Kitching (December 8) about the threatened increase in council tax next year. So I now call on all like-minded citizens of this once great city and county of ours to tell the powers-that-be that we, the people, will no longer stand
PLANS to hit motorists with evening parking charges have been blasted as "ridiculous" by a leading York businessman. Graham Audus, spokesman for Fossgate Traders' Association, said charging would be understandable on late-night shopping evenings. But
THE report on chicken controls (November 26) was very timely because farmers are campaigning to have clear country-of-origin labels on all food. "Ready meals", "British classic" and "great British recipes" are sold by supermarkets yet very few contain
More than £35,000 of cannabis resin, cannabis bush and 19,000 cigarettes were seized as part of North Yorkshire Police's Operation Delivery. The crime-combating campaign, which aims to take the "fight" to the doorsteps of offenders, has now seen arrests
LEEDS United are in danger of losing four big name players after putting all contract talks on hold until a buyer for the club is found. The situation leaves Michael Bridges, Lucas Radebe and former Blackburn pair David Batty and Jason Wilcox free to
A YORK shopkeeper has vowed to take the law into his own hands after being repeatedly targeted by alleged homeless people. Daniel Fitzpatrick, 28, who runs Leeman Stores, in Salisbury Terrace, with his mother, Margaret, says the brazen thieves walk in
The career story of England and Leeds legend Paul Madeley is told in a new book released this week - 'Leeds United's Rolls-Royce' - with Madeley's share of the proceeds going to the National Heart Research Fund. Charting his career over more than 700
IF Chris Brass steers York City to promotion in his first season as player-boss then tomorrow's Division Three opponents Torquay United will have a valid claim that their club played a part in the young Minstermen manager's success. Brass was given his
THE parents and girlfriend of missing York man Peter Critchlow today made an emotional appeal for help to trace him. Peter's parents, John and Norma Critchlow, who came to York from their home in Northamptonshire, and his girlfriend Dawn Harrison, spoke
Fighting over the TV remote is the number one cause of arguments during Christmas, apparently. STEPHEN LEWIS doesn't believe it because we all know who wears the trousers... IT'S astonishing how many men like to pretend we wear the trousers in our relationships
Sarah and Peter Barber are exhibiting their winter show, Colour And The Sea, at the Blakehead caf, gallery and bookshop, in Micklegate, York. "This is the second successive year that we're running an exhibition there," says Sarah, who paints under the
IMPRESSIONS Gallery, in York, is revisiting the 19th century origins of photography in a two-pronged exhibition that opens tomorrow. The dual show brings together Simon Warner's film installation Follow A Shadow and Intrigue, an education project run
WHERE do all the top nobs hang out? In which fashionable corner of the universe will you find the most bizarre Brit artists, the toothiest TV presenters, supermodels, megamodels, international cabaret artistes and their tedious boyfriends? Yes, that's
THERE's an important new car on the way from Peugeot. It's the 407, an all-new range of saloon, estate and coup, which will replace the 406. The saloon goes on sale in the spring, and enters a market which has seen sales falling while competition has
THERE'S an awful lot going on in the final part of director Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Tolkein trilogy. As he himself has said, it's climactic from beginning to end, hardly surprising as journeys are completed and relationships resolved from previous
PIONEERING work in offsite construction has earned a major industry award for York-based modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon. The company was presented with the award for the Best Modular Specialist at the 2003 Specialist Contractor
THE High Court has granted a final injunction against the man whose misleading advertisements caused a storm of protests from business people throughout North and East Yorkshire. The injunction restrains Christopher Yewdall from sending out official-looking
HOTELIERS, proprietors of bed and breakfasts, restaurateurs and bosses of attractions in York and North Yorkshire are being urged to throw their hats into the training ring. The plea comes from the York Hospitality Association (YHA), which is organising
SNAPSHOTS have earned a York photo lab seven awards in a year. Snappy Snaps, in Stonegate, York, have won a High Street Lab Of The Year award from Amateur Photographer, a leading weekly photo magazine. It is the seventh time this year that the store,
A huge £200,000 investment by Saville Audio Visual of York has taken shape, generating extra space and jobs. It involves an extra 10,000 sq ft of warehouse space at York Business Park for the growing conference and hire business of the £33 million turnover
John, for your new play Black Tie And Tales, a comic story of a black-tie bash seen through the eyes of the hotel night porters, you have returned to men in black playing multiple roles. In Hull Truck land, men in monkey suits means Bouncers, doesn't
MALTON and Norton fly the cup flag for the York area tomorrow. They are in Yorkshire Shield action at Stocksbridge in which should be a straightforward game for the joint Yorkshire One leaders. The South Yorkshire side are in the bottom half of Yorkshire
POLLUTION levels could rocket in one of York's top congestion hot spots if new plans to redevelop the Barbican Centre go ahead, an angry ward councillor claims. Mark Hill, Fishergate councillor and City of York Council Green group leader, opposed the
RESIDENTS say they are being forced out of their homes by "disgusting" smells emanating from York's sugar beet plant. The vile odour has been caused by problems with the British Sugar site's water treatment process, off Boroughbridge Road, and is different
Alex Lloyd goes out on the town, this week looking at a chilled out music session. Hustler's Lounge in the bar at the Judges Lodgings, Lendal, Wednesdays, 7.30pm-11pm, free entry. "THE intelligent person's drinking place" is how Jed 104 of Beats sums
REGARDING the name Cinder Lane/ Path, (Letters, December 8), I have a number of York street plans dating from 1900. All these name the path from Wilton Rise to Leeman Road as Cinder Lane. There are four footpaths in the city with this name, the other
I write in response to your report 'Bus lane gets the green light at Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride site' (November 14). Unnecessary use of the Shipton Road entrance to the Park and Ride site has been going on for almost two years. Now inept council staff
PLANS to paint yellow lines in some historic York streets have been slammed by councillors. City of York Council wants to clamp down on city centre parking and fine motorists who leave their cars in areas such as Parliament Street and Coney Street, where
SESSIONS 'A' have increased their lead at the top of Integrated Utility Services York and District Table Tennis League division one after two more wins. Mick Willcockson and Chris Nicholls both scored three wins as Sessions 'A' beat Bootham Conservative
FIT-AGAIN midfielder Christian Fox has been called back into tomorrow's York City squad. Fox will travel down to Devon with the first team today after scoring the winning goal in the reserves' 4-3 victory against Newcastle on Wednesday. He is likely to
A MAN died and two people were seriously injured after a two-car collision north of York. The accident happened at about 3pm yesterday, at Moor Lane, Newton-on-Ouse, off the A19, and involved a red Alfa Romeo and a black Fiat Punto. The driver of the
Robbie Dale comes up with high-minded suggestions for students who know what city they are in. THROW your hands in the air and let out a gasp of relief: you've navigated another term without any knowledge of what happened on Monday of week three reaching
PICKERING Town are hoping to strike back tomorrow with the return of some much-needed firepower. The Pikes have scored just 12 goals in their 14 league games so far this season but will be able to call upon forwards Luke Ibbetson and Ricky Greening for
SEVERUS SC are now the only team in the John Smith's York Sunday Morning League with a 100 per cent record after Neil Ducey grabbed all four of their goals in a 4-0 win over Volunteer Arms. However, Nestl Rowntree are not going to relinquish their title
IT is supposed to be the king of streets. Deriving its name from the old Danish word for king, Coney Street has been a proud principal trading point in York since Viking times. But today the ancient thoroughfare is at risk of being treated like any old
HERE'S a turn-up. Nestl Rowntree, purveyor of sugary snacks to eager children for more than 140 years, may soon be producing dental care lozenges. Perhaps Nestl consider this a chance to redeem long-in-the-tooth decay. Could this be a new trend: the corporate
THE Soweto Kinch Quartet was one of the sell-out attractions at the York International J Night Concert in May. If you get your skates on, you may just grab a ticket for the Quartet's appearance at The Venue, Leeds College of Music, tomorrow at 7.30pm.
Charles Hutchinson looks at the rapid rise of Liverpool's The Coral. THE prospect of closure has worked wonders for York Barbican Centre and its concert programme. The Sugababes, Liberty X and Craig David have all played there this year, and when The
