THERE is an old Victoria Wood joke about a couple having sex on a packed commuter train (if you've heard it before, don't yell out the punchline and spoil it for everyone else who has been living in a box under the stairs for the last 20 years). As this
WHO is Mary Cathleen Collins? Or Eleanor Gow? No idea? That's because they changed their names to Bo Derek and Elle MacPherson respectively. It is now hard to imagine the curvaceous star of the movie 10 being known as Mary, or catwalk queen Elle being
I OBJECT strongly to DM Martin's letter (February 28) referring to York Against The War as the "save Saddam campaign". Most people accept that Saddam Hussein is a brutal tyrant, but we do not believe that killing 500,000 Iraqi civilians (the UN estimate
ALEXA Trezise is proving to be a model accountant. The 20 year-old student accountant with CGA Accountancy of York has yet again proved that she is as capable of joining those who display their figures as well as calculate them. Alexa, of Tadcaster Road
A SUCCESSFUL recruitment drive is helping to change the image of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, claims its boss. New recruits to the 600-membership chamber are adding a variety of new and different businesses, and are increasing attendance
WE should be relieved York is not Britain's cleanest city. That would suggest that Britain's other urban centres were dirtier still. Even as York was shortlisted for the award, the group formerly known as Keep Britain Tidy was reporting a significant
A YORK man has discovered to his own detriment that you have to be very careful what you joke about. Robert Davison jokingly suggested to his girlfriend, Petra, and her family that he might get a body wax to try to raise money for a good cause. The 21
A FORMER pig farmer battling to open a go-karting track has "beaten" the planning regulations to start his business. Robert Bulmer, of Little Habton, outside Malton, planned to start a rally karting track five years ago. But he was knocked back by officials
CITY of York II went down 5-2 at Sunderland I in division two east despite having the bulk of possession. Roz Ramli and Adam Simpson scored for York who struggled to contain the speedy Sunderland attack. Jimmy Flint scored a hat-trick as City of York
A TERRIBLE opening 15 minutes saw Heworth 'A' on their way to a 32-24 defeat at Allerton Bywater in Yorkshire League division three. The Villagers conceded 20 points without reply before steadying themselves. Allerton proved dangerous with the ball but
HERE we go again - a York theatre company is to revisit the past with the sequel of one of their favourite productions. The New Earswick Musical Society enjoyed performing The Boyfriend in April 2001 so much that the group has decided to produce the sequel
NEW Earswick All Blacks put in a performance right out of the top drawer to beat the fancied Batley Boys and progress to the final of the Gordon Teale White Rose Trophy. As reported in yesterday's Evening Press, the All Blacks upset the odds with a 24
CUEBALL 'A' side's June Miller shot out on 104 in York John Smith's Ladies League division three against Woolpack whose Kath Powell partnered Jackie Beswick to seal a 5-4 victory. Victoria Vaults cleaned up the pairs and went top with a fine 6-3 victory
HOLY pancakes Batman! A pair of mismatched caped crusaders came to the aid of sick children in the region today, in a charity pancake race in York. Managers and staff from Animal Care pet centre challenged Minster FM to a pancake tossing race, with a
CITY of York Under-13 girls have been crowned Yorkshire Mini-Hockey champions after a tense penalty shoot-out. They progressed to the North of England Finals in Manchester after winning the county title. Despite trailing 2-0 to Hymers College, who had
RESOLUTE City of York Ladies had a 3-1 North League win at home to Blackburn. The Lancashire side had their fair share of possession but a determined York defence gave them few clear-cut chances while, at the other end, York's forwards scored three well-taken
A NEW partnership between the public and private sectors could become responsible for the running of York city centre. Under the proposals a public/private management board would be responsible for improving and managing the city centre on behalf of City
YORK MP Hugh Bayley warned today he expected a long-awaited report on the city's flooding dangers to reveal the risks were growing. The MP has also spoken of his concerns about delays in publishing the report, which was commissioned by the Environment
A NORTH YORKSHIRE brewery has concocted a witches' brew for beer lovers to enjoy at this month's Campaign For Real Ale festival in York. The Brown Cow brewery at Barlow, near Selby, has made a ghostly-themed beer for the Evening Press-sponsored Phantom
THE two heroes who saved a coach-load of fellow sixth-formers during a clifftop drama have been given a £40 reward by an admiring Evening Press reader. We reported exclusively last week how Jonny Goddard and Pete Barnsley had prevented a coach carrying
A YORK hospice is opening another shop in the city in its continued effort to raise £1.75 million a year. The new shop in Scarcroft Road will help raise vital funds for the work of St Leonard's Hospice, which cares for patients at its Tadcaster Road site
JOHN Tindal has become the RJF Homes Beckett League penalty king after scoring from the spot for the fifth game in succession. He was on target just before half-time as Rosedale won their divcision one match at home to Sinngton 2-0. Richard Wilkinson
THE man charged with the murder of Bridlington women, Linda Grimm and Linda Wardill, is to face five further charges. A Humberside Police spokesman said Peter Allen Foster, 46, of Albion Terrace, Bridlington, had been charged with unlawful and malicious
HARROGATE Town netted a huge lift today ahead of tonight's tough UniBond League premier division trip to Blyth Spartans. Town boss John Reed told the Evening Press he had secured the permanent signing of striker Mark Smith after a loan spell from Eastwood
YORK today missed out on being named Britain's cleanest city. The city was among 11 finalists in the competition, from the 66 cities invited to enter the contest, sponsored by the British Cleaning Council. The winner was Westminster. This year particular
THE second day of month-long roadworks in Bishopthorpe Road, York, brought further traffic chaos to the area. The northbound section of the road between the junction of Vine Street and Nunnery Lane will stay closed until March 31, for gas works. Gillian
YORK City might have dropped down to ninth in the Division Three table but striker Jon Parkin reckons automatic promotion is not out of the question. The Minstermen fell out of the play-off places following Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Rushden & Diamonds
ONE of the great joys of retiring from teaching, other than having my evenings and weekends free, is that of being able to take holidays when I wish. I can now take advantage of bargains and late deals. When booking a holiday there is no need to refer
THE peace of Sunday afternoon, which means the snooze of Sunday afternoon, has been disrupted by the reports from neighbours of trespassers in one of our fields. These are not ordinary trespassers, but trespassers with greyhounds or lurchers. They will
JO HAYWOOD joins in the celebrations for International Women's Week LOUISA Creed has been a hooker for 16 years. She meets once a month with a group of like-minded women and, as part of International Women's Week, she and her friends will be showing off
HALF-term hols nicely over and our roads return to their normal sardines-in-a-can turmoil, especially at school time. If you've not been on a school run lately, you ought to try it. It's far more entertaining than anything on at the theatre or cinema.
A lot of people suffer from a fear of flying, but what about a fear of things that fly? LISA COOK talks about her fear of all things fluttery - and how she is fighting her phobia YOU may have seen me walking through York. I'm the mad woman who ducks (
HOLLYWOOD superstar Russell Crowe flew into a village near York - for a two-hour chat with the grandparents of his bride-to-be. The pensioners were introduced to the Gladiator hunk at their home in Nether Poppleton, because they are unable to travel to
TWO South Korean students, one whose body was dumped in a suitcase near York, were horrifically tortured for their bank card pin numbers before being suffocated to death, a court was told. The opening of the Old Bailey trial of Kyu Soo Kim, the 32-year-old
Inch Perfect, a winner on the Flat this winter, and placed over hurdles, tackles a new discipline at Catterick tomorrow. The Richard Fahey-trained gelding goes over fences for the first time in public in the Howden Joinery Maiden Chase over two miles.
BUSINESS leaders and organisations in North Yorkshire have called for a referendum to determine whether Yorkshire should have its own elected assembly. Speakers from a range of firms argued at a press conference organised by Campaign For Yorkshire at
WHAT an anniversary present for Premier Business Training And Design on York Business Park in Upper Poppleton. Just as Mary Rothery and her daughter, Elizabeth Lobley, were celebrating the 40th year since the venture came into their family's possession
YORK University has gone from being the new kid on the academic block to challenge the centuries-old dominance of Oxbridge in 40 years. That astonishing achievement was made possible by the fearless ambition of its founders. Now the university bosses
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to Heinz Wolff, the TV professor and lifelong science fanatic who is about to launch this year's York Festival of Discovery PROFESSOR Heinz Wolff has his own theory about why so many people these days are switched off by science. Schools
THE woman behind last year's spectacular Commonwealth Games success in Manchester will soon be drumming up business for York. Frances Done, who was awarded the CBE in the New Year's Honours list as chief executive of the Games' organising committee will
GRAB your pens and make your votes count - the Malton and Norton town centre awards have returned. For the second year running, businesses in the twin towns are competing to be recognised for excellent standards and notable service. The awards have been
SPECIAL walks and reflections celebrating the spirit of the North York Moors have been organised in a joint project to mark ten years of a Thirsk centre for health and pastoral care. The National Park Authority has teamed up with Holyrood House to bring
CITY of York I eased their relegation fears with a priceless 3-2 home win against fellow strugglers Brooklands Manchester University II. The victory saw York move to ninth place, four points clear of Brooklands, in the Northern Hockey league premier division
A YORK plane-spotter cleared of spying at a Greek airbase is still waiting for thousands of pounds of bail money to be returned, it was revealed today. Andy Jenkins, 33, of Barkston Avenue, Acomb, was among a group of 14 plane-spotters arrested on espionage
TOURISM in York has been given a half-a-million-pound boost after the announcement that a major educational conference is to take place in the city. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) annual conference will be held at the Barbican, from
A POPULAR village pub near York has been sold. Newly-formed pub company The Three Ms has bought the Dawnay Arms, at Newton-on-Ouse, near York. The country pub, pictured, which is on the banks of the River Ouse, was owned by Tim Longley and his family
ONE of York's oldest buildings will finally be accessible to all when a £300,000 refit is completed at the end of the month. Work is under way to transform the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, in Fossgate, and make it easier for people with disabilities and
PLANNERS have ignored pleas from residents who were hoping affordable housing could be developed in their tiny North Yorkshire village. Farmer Alec Bulmer, of Great Habton, outside Malton, plans to develop barns next to his grade II listed farmhouse.
RURAL ambulance services in North and East Yorkshire are being neglected because of a focus on urban areas, according to a new report. The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) found that Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (TENYAS
KATIE Scales has gone back to school, three months after being badly injured in a hit-and-run incident in a nearby street. The Haxby youngster's journey to and from All Saints' School in York even included using the pelican crossing in Blossom Street
AN OFFICER in charge of Ministry of Defence police at a North Yorkshire spy base fraudulently claimed almost £13,000 in housing benefits, York Crown Court heard. Chief Inspector Graeme Drummond, who headed MoD police at Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, denies
LABOUR MP Hugh Bayley today warned York could miss out on hundreds of new jobs and millions of pounds of investment if Britain delays joining the euro. The city MP spoke out after urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to consider the economic consequences of
RESIDENTS furious at the University of York campus extension plans have branded the institution a "greedy" and "bullying" neighbour. The view was aired at a stormy community meeting in which householders living near the site were given information about
MOTORISTS have been warned not to leave valuables in their cars after a spate of thefts from unattended vehicles. Thieves have broken into twelve vehicles across Ryedale since Saturday, stealing hundreds of pounds of belongings. Community safety officer
WITH one unbeaten run ending three days ago, York City boss Terry Dolan has urged his players to start another. The Minstermen's run of seven matches without defeat, which propelled them to fifth in the table, came to an end away to Rushden & Diamonds
A PATHOLOGIST has concluded that a man whose body was discovered in a York council flat died of natural causes. A care assistant found the body of a middle-aged man in a ground-floor flat in Glen Close, Fulford, last night. She had earlier called in City
I OBJECT strongly to DM Martin's letter (February 28) referring to York Against The War as the "save Saddam campaign". Most people accept that Saddam Hussein is a brutal tyrant, but we do not believe that killing 500,000 Iraqi civilians (the UN estimate
ALL those who marched in London opposing war with Iraq should think themselves lucky they were able to voice their opinion by taking to the streets. In Baghdad they would have been in fear of their lives if protesting against Saddam's government. People
THE idea of running diesels on old or even new cooking oil is not new (February 26). A friend of mine ran his diesel-powered Golf turbo on cooking oil, and with as little as a couple of tea spoons of a thinner to each tank-full, he reckoned that the performance
THE Middleton Hunt would like to invite readers to attend its annual point-to-point race meeting on Sunday, April 6, at Whitwell-on-the-Hill, Malton. The first race is at 1.30pm. The sport of point-to-point racing is enjoying increased popularity and
SPORT'S energising capacity for dramatic plot-turns - only Agatha Christie does it better - was played out once more with a run of heroes to zeroes and back again. Three months ago Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek was literally eating turf. The Polish
WITH one unbeaten run ending three days ago, York City boss Terry Dolan has urged his players to start another. The Minstermen's run of seven matches without defeat, which propelled them to fifth in the table, came to an end away to Rushden & Diamonds
YORK City might have dropped down to ninth in the Division Three table but striker Jon Parkin reckons automatic promotion is not out of the question. The Minstermen fell out of the play-off places following Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Rushden & Diamonds
