YORK City's FA Cup exploits may have stalled for another season, but a posse of ex-Minstermen will ride into the competition's prime knockout heat tomorrow. The third round takes centre stage and no-one will be more imbued with the potential drama and
Nicole Kidman faced one of her toughest shoots yet when making Cold Mountain, but at least she got to work with Renee Zellweger, as she tells Liz Howell. IT IS undeniable that some actresses - no matter how talented they are, no matter how many acting
WORLDWIDE exports by a North Yorkshire company using cutting edge technology are projected to grow 40 per cent within the next five years, creating more jobs. Hunmanby-based Deep Sea Electronics plc (DSE), the world's largest, independent manufacturer
AN EXPERT on quality - who was made redundant from York Science Park's Smith & Nephew research and development centre in April - today announced the launch of his own company to provide specialist support for science-based ventures. Dave Rawlings,
ONE of Yorkshire's leading manufacturing spokesmen has sounded a warning note on employment relations activity for the New Year. Ian Hughes, director of EEF Yorkshire and Humberside, the region's leading organisation representing manufacturers, was introducing
COMPANIES in Yorkshire pay the average director 11 to 12 per cent below the national average, according to the annual directors' rewards survey from the Institute of Directors (IoD). By contrast, companies in the south-east pay the average director 12
KEITH Boardall, joint founder and managing director of the Reed Boardall Group at Boroughbridge, has brought his son into the 550-employee frozen and chilled foods distribution operation, as finance director and company secretary. Marcus Boardall, 41,
A FAIR wind blows for a new "green" energy company in Yorkshire. A Future Energy Company is being established in the Yorkshire to help businesses in the region to take advantage of the opportunities for development of renewable energy as they become available
York University has invited the city council and some prominent cash-subscribing businesses to join them in establishing a permanent "York Cares" project. This would identify and co-ordinate work on much-needed community tasks for which those of their
ANN Widdecombe, the Conservative politician, novelist and blonde bombshell, is the hot date of the winter and early spring season at Oak House, Pocklington Civic Arts Centre. On March 11, the diminutive yet larger-than-life Miss Widdecombe will answer
TICKET sales for Berwick Kaler's silver jubilee pantomime have passed the 40,000 mark, as Mother Goose lays the golden egg for York Theatre Royal. The show still has four weeks to go, so the theatre is on course to notch up about 50,000 panto punters,
YOUNG rugby league referee Gareth Evans is whistling happy after passing his exams to become a professional match official. The 18-year-old will now start on the bottom rung of the open age refereeing ladder, running lines at Academy matches and officiating
Former York City goalkeeper Alan Fettis could feature in a star-studded Hull City XI line-up against Harrogate Town tonight. Tigers boss Peter Taylor is ready to field a strong side for the Wetherby Road friendly ahead of their trip to Cambridge United
TRAVEL agents in York and North Yorkshire have warned families will be penalised whether or not they take their children on holiday during school term time. The Government is planning to crack down on parents taking their children out of lessons to go
CARING friends of a York teenager murdered while backpacking in Australia have teamed up to raise cash in her memory. Victoria Pool, 21, and Vicky Atkinson, 20, organised an auction and raffle, which generated £1,600 for the Caroline Stuttle Rainbow Foundation
INFECTION control staff at York Hospital say this winter has yet to see the return of the sickness and diarrhoea virus that has crippled the wards for the past two years. But they are urging hospital visitors to continue to be vigilant and not to enter
THE wife of a York man who nearly died after being savagely attacked by a gang of youths has publicly thanked the people who saved her husband's life. Chris Gregory, 57, of Beckfield Lane, Acomb, was kicked unconscious by the gang, some as young as 12
YORK City's FA Cup exploits may have stalled for another season, but a posse of ex-Minstermen will ride into the competition's prime knockout heat tomorrow. The third round takes centre stage and no-one will be more imbued with the potential drama and
MORE than 700 North Yorkshire homes were still in the cold and dark today after icy storms ripped through the county on New Year's Eve, causing devastating power cuts. David Gill, spokesman for Northern Electric Distribution Ltd (NEDL), power supplier
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar reckons the result at Huntington Stadium on Sunday is not of great significance - paying homage to veteran prop Rich Hayes is more important. The Knights take on Hull KR in the Rich Hayes Testimonial match (ko 3pm)
Need a new start to your New Year resolutions? CHRIS TITLEY has some suggestions. IF statistics are to be believed, most of us will have already broken our New Year's resolutions by now. The only resolve I have as the first day of the year dawns is the
STEPHEN LEWIS takes a New Year look at a race no one wants to win. STUCK for a New Year resolution? Well, here's a nice, cheery challenge. Why not place a bet with your mates on who is going to be the first one to get the sack in 2004? There are a number
HOUSE prices are set to rocket again in North Yorkshire during the next 12 months. Happy New Year, everyone! Except it is far from everyone who will benefit. For those already on the property ladder, the news will make the last of the turkey sandwiches
THE housing shortage is only one of the challenges which face City of York Council in 2004. Coun Steve Galloway today acknowledges it will be an important year for the city. It will be a crucial year for him, too. After leading the Liberal Democrats to
VOLKSWAGEN is striding into the New Year with engine changes to its Touran compact people carrier and to its super-luxury Phaeton, but more importantly with the prices of its new Golf range which goes on sale at the end of the month. The new, fifth generation
DALE Minks, or "Minnie" as we like to call him at the Diary, has been looking at life sideways for far longer than he has been writing jokey letters to the Evening Press. It turns out that Minnie the Minks was amusing people in print as far back as 1969
PETER Pan has been twisted by pantomime and Michael Jackson alike. Peter Pantomimes have had the boy who would not grow up played by a girl, often adult, and special effects have stretched no further than a few rope-assisted flights across the stage and
How did Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear end up playing conjoined twins in a film from bad taste brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly? Charles Hutchinson looks for an answer. MATT Damon and Greg Kinnear had never met but that did not stop them signing on the
THE letter from David Bowe MEP, (December 29), shows the European Union propaganda machine is working overtime even during the holidays. I wonder what they are afraid of? The British people, perhaps? To his comment "as individual citizens of the European
IN reply to your article about Mr Wild's concerns about possible Knavesmire developments (December 23), it is City of York Council's belief that it will remain as one of the most important areas of public open space in the city. Subject to the views of
IT was interesting to see rationality creep into the motoring/road safety debate courtesy of RJ McBroom (Letters, December 29). A couple of things are worth noting, though. There's no such thing as "road tax" - I'm sure Mr McBroom is referring to vehicle
BILL Hearld's article "Morning-after-the-party blues" (December 23) reminded me of a party we held 25 years ago. I was serving with the RAF in Scotland. We held a Hogmanay party. We set about building the booze stocks around mid-October and stocking the
IN response to Richard Willis's reply to the cost of Park and Ride in other areas (December 19) his facts about Canterbury are completely wrong. We use Park and Ride Canterbury at regular intervals. The cost is: car and up to five passengers, fee to park
I HAVE known Chris Gregory for 13 years and he is one of the few genuinely nice and generous people left in this increasingly cynical world. It is typical of him to help a neighbour without thinking of himself. I wish him a speedy recovery from his injuries
AILING York could barely have asked for a tougher assignment with which to kick-start 2004. The Clifton Park outfit tomorrow go north to Morpeth, who lie in third place in North 2 East, while in contrast, the visitors are labouring third from bottom with
BACK-TO-FORM New Earswick All Blacks are looking to finish the season the same way they finished 2003 - in the promotion zone. All Blacks began the season on fire before a bad run left them in mid-table in the CMS Yorkshire League senior division. However
HEWORTH ARLFC will be hoping 2004 begins much better than 2003 ended as they look to climb the Arriva Trains Conference table. The Villagers began the season as one of the favourites for a promotion place having just missed out on the top two in the Arriva
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar reckons the result at Huntington Stadium on Sunday is not of great significance - paying homage to veteran prop Rich Hayes is more important. The Knights take on Hull KR in the Rich Hayes Testimonial match (ko 3pm)
DRAINED and exhausted, North Yorkshire rescuer Ray Gray is back home after a harrowing four-day mission to the heart of the devastating Iran earthquake. Plucked from the warm glow of a family Christmas when the call came early on Boxing Day, festive thoughts
TWO tenants of York council properties doomed to be demolished say they are "living in limbo" because no one will tell them when they will lose their homes. Dave Barker, 59, and Ben Swaine, 47, said they were told in April that their flats in Peter Hill
HARDY revellers braved swirling snow and biting winds to greet the new year at York Minster. Thousands of partygoers gathered at the traditional focal point of celebrations to hear the Minster bells chime at midnight and wave goodbye to 2003. The fierce
Matthew Kilgallon has praised his Leeds United team-mates for helping him settle in the Premiership. The York-born 19-year-old centre-back has turned in two fine displays since being handed his first start against Aston Villa on Boxing Day at Elland Road
TWO shocked York parents today told how a freak household accident almost cost their daughter her left foot. Stuart and Ali Houlgate, of Tang Hall, endured an anxious wait as doctors performed a delicate two-hour operation on Rebecca. On Christmas Eve
HEWORTH ARLFC will be hoping 2004 begins much better than 2003 ended as they look to climb the Arriva Trains Conference table. The Villagers began the season as one of the favourites for a promotion place having just missed out on the top two in the Arriva
A HOUSING bonanza is on the cards in York and North Yorkshire for the third year running. Estate agents are dismissing fears of a property market crash, with another year of steady price rises expected in the region. The agents backed predictions by the
Evening Press critics look back at 2003 and pick their favourite releases. Charles Hutchinson: Most miraculous re-invention: Cerys Matthews, Cockahoop (Blanco Y Negro) The Janis Joplin of the Valleys has found a new, alternative country
Former York City goalkeeper Alan Fettis could feature in a star-studded Hull City XI line-up against Harrogate Town tonight. Tigers boss Peter Taylor is ready to field a strong side for the Wetherby Road friendly ahead of their trip to Cambridge United
JAZZ at the Spa is the new name to go with the new venue of Jazz at the Crown, Boston Spa. Because of development plans at the Crown Hotel, the jazz club has moved to the new venue of the Trustees Hall, High Street, Boston Spa. The club's first event
Lingo can make amends for an unlucky defeat last time, and put himself in the Champion Hurdle picture, by winning the feature race at Sandown tomorrow. Formerly trained near Thirsk by Lynda Ramsden, who developed him into a high-class handicapper on the
