WHAT a transformation! The hotel has been refurbished. That is, the hotel proper. Terry's, a series of alcoves and a conservatory, has not changed. We thought that this would be a suitable venue for a snack before an evening at the theatre. Sadly no one
SOMETIMES words are just not enough and it is a rare poet who can sum up exactly how we all feel at a particular moment in time. Singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough, is one such talent. This reviewer sadly is not, so conveying more than
A LEADING York councillor has put forward plans for a disabled walkway linking York Station and the city centre. Coun Sue Galloway, City of York Council's executive member for social services and health, said she had the idea after watching wheelchair
EDUCATION guru Sir Ken Robinson will be addressing York teachers at a conference taking place in the city next week. Sir Ken, a business, creativity and education expert, will be speaking at the sixth annual education lecture at the National Railway Museum
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 38 homes on land surrounded on three sides by industrial estates are set to be thrown out by City of York Council. Planning officers say the field at Three Oaks, York Road, Elvington, where Barratt York wants to build houses
STEPHEN LEWIS looks forward to a celebration of the scientific spirit in all of us. WE'RE all scientists, in our way. We all have those 'Eureka' moments when we suddenly come to understand the world about us a little more. One of the first for me was
YORK businesses that fail to clean up rubbish on the land they own could face fines of up to £2,500 under tough new proposals. City of York Council environment officers have recommended that Coun Andrew Waller, executive member for environment and sustainability
HOURS of pounding the track have paid off for 75-year-old James Farrar, who won two medals at the British Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships in Cardiff. He scooped a gold in the M75 age group 800m in a time of 3mins 29.4secs, beating Midlands
YORK is becoming a hive of martial arts activity if recent championships at Sheffield's Concorde Leisure Centre are anything to go by. The Oriental Sports Association School of Martial Arts, based at Bellfarm Social Hall, Huntington Road, enjoyed 100
THE son of late City legend Keith Walwyn will take his father's place in tomorrow's Past Players Festival match at Bootham Crescent. Matthew Walwyn, who has signed for the Blackburn Rovers Academy, will don Keith's famous number nine shirt for the game
A LUCKY guest at the Lord Mayor of York's Valentine Ball may still be carrying something very precious. Two hundred leather pouches containing pieces of cut glass were sold at the ball last month, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. But one
AUSSIE flier Mark Stewart is primed for his first outing of the season tomorrow as York City Knights enter round one of their crucial double-header against Featherstone. Second-row Tom Andrews, the recent signing from Bradford, is also in line for his
A MOVIE blockbuster starring Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp could be filmed in York later this year, the Evening Press can reveal today. Nestl Rowntree's Wigginton Road plant is being lined up as a location for a new version of Roald Dahl's classic
Pizza Express pioneered the concept of fast food in fancy surroundings. But, asks MAXINE GORDON, is it still leading the way? THE lure of Pizza Express is as much its grand surroundings as the tasty Italian grub on the menu. Take the York restaurant,
I READ with interest David Jeffels article about the A64 (March 4). I have worked for 12 years at Newitts. Along with 49 members of my staff, I have to join this road every working day. Turning left to Malton is not too difficult as we join the flow of
JUSTIN Walker has admitted he is expecting an unpleasant welcome if he has to return to Cambridge United after York City's away match at Kidderminster this afternoon. The 28-year-old midfielder's two-month loan spell with the Minstermen ends today but
THE son of late City legend Keith Walwyn will take his father's place in tomorrow's Past Players Festival match at Bootham Crescent. Matthew Walwyn, who has signed for the Blackburn Rovers Academy, will don Keith's famous number nine shirt for the game
YORK City Knights may soon have another international on their books if the Godfrey twins take up an offer to play for the West Indies. Knights favourite Alex Godfrey and his brother Matt, who plays for New Earswick All Blacks ARLC, have been approached
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a walk in the snow in Kirkbymoorside. I woke up one morning to find snow on the ground but blue sky. The little market town of Kirkbymoorside was quiet. The locals were shuffling from shop to shop but the normal daily influx of
PLEASE refill your glasses, preferably with Terrier or Stonewall, and join Bar Talk in a toast: to Tony Thomson and Julie Midwood. The York Brewery supremo is engaged to be married after Julie took advantage of Leap Year Day to propose to him. Tony and
WHO'S the Greatest? Remember that? The flawed and short-lived ITV series that pitched sporting legends from different eras against each other. The merits of theoretical battles between Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, Ian Botham and Garfield Sobers and Diego
WHAT a transformation! The hotel has been refurbished. That is, the hotel proper. Terry's, a series of alcoves and a conservatory, has not changed. We thought that this would be a suitable venue for a snack before an evening at the theatre. Sadly no one
AUSSIE flier Mark Stewart is primed for his first outing of the season tomorrow as York City Knights enter round one of their crucial double-header against Featherstone. Second-row Tom Andrews, the recent signing from Bradford, is also in line for his
EDUCATION guru Sir Ken Robinson will be addressing York teachers at a conference taking place in the city next week. Sir Ken, a business, creativity and education expert, will be speaking at the sixth annual education lecture at the National Railway Museum
YORK residents will have a rare opportunity to discover how the Minster was built, and view original plans normally kept from view, as part of National Science Week. York Minster's Centre for School Visits is running a special workshop called How Was
A YORK department store is to host a glitzy fashion and beauty show. The Browns of York event, which will raise money for the Caroline Rainbow Foundation, includes a prize casino to keep the men occupied while the women get pampered. It will feature beauty
Priced out of the York property market? CHRIS TITLEY seeks alternative accommodation. ACCORDING to an Evening Press survey last week, the cheapest house available in York costs £105,000. Yup, 105 grand. The word you're looking for is "barmy". Who are
SPRINT record-breaker Dick Craven is definitely one of those in the age doesn't matter camp. The 60-year-old from Stockton on the Forest races vintage bikes in the thrilling National Sprint Association championship. He returned to the adrenaline-fuelled
A SENIOR policeman given a public reprimand by royalty over his uniform was today backed by his boss. Chief Superintendent David Short came in for criticism when Prince Andrew branded the national police uniform "unacceptable" for a Royal visit. As the
LOTTERY winner Julianne Peel would have missed out on her £800,000 windfall if it hadn't been for the kindness of her boss. Julianne, 35, was one of nine workmates from Europower Hydraulics in Market Weighton, to share a £7,190,550 million win on the
AT the last local elections the voters in York, unhappy with the then-Labour Council, voted to give the Liberal Democrats a chance. Because of the recent performances of our Liberal Democrat council, with the third highest increase in council tax in the
ONCE again precious police resources are wasted cracking down on road tax dodgers (March 2). Every car has a log book with the name and address of the owner which is all recorded at the DVLA. So surely it is only a matter of cross reference by the pen-pushers
THE pensioner's "day rover" for just 50p (Letters, March 1) is excellent news - unless you are a pensioner without transport and reside in Stockton Lane. The number 11 service was re-routed from February 29 leaving no First Bus travelling down Stockton
YOUR headline to Philip Crowe's letter says it all ("Speaking up for York", March 3), and by and large I am with Paul Cordock. Intelligent Mr Crowe may well be, but he has no right at all to claim to speak for anyone other than himself on contentious
Wet Lips, who won last Sunday at Musselburgh, turns up at the other end of Britain tomorrow as he bids to complete a quick double. Trained in County Durham by Richard Guest, the New Zealand-bred gelding heads to Kempton to contest the Betfair Handicap
