IT is great news that we are to get a mobile skate park - but what about the equipment salvaged from the Sidings Skate Park? Could this not be used in Westbank Park? The park seems big enough to accommodate this and it would have the knock-on effect of
The 61st anniversary of the Peenemunde precision raid by 600 bombers on August 17-18, 1943, in which all groups of the Royal Air Force bomber command took part, should never be forgotten. Forty aircraft failed to return. The Dambuster raid gets justifiable
SO Tony Blair publicly backs David Blunkett's affair with a married mother. It seems to me that Tony Blair would back any of his ministers, even if they had an affair with a rhinoceros. Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby, York. Updated: 10:02 Thursday,
I NOTE Paul Hepworth's remarks (August 12) about how easy it is to get to the Yorkshire Air Show by bike and I expect many may take his advice. However, it is difficult to carry a wife, one or more children and possibly a picnic as well if you have only
A STUDENT of the Royal Mail has asked me if I know of a post office at Claxton. Some years ago my wife and I went to a shop on the main street, for afternoon tea. I'm almost certain it was also a post office. The building was on the right-hand side of
DANNY Brough is on the verge of smashing two long-standing York rugby league records, one of which has stood for almost half a century. The 21-year-old scrum-half needs just two points - one goal - to equal the record of 318 points in a season set by
PLANS to shut seven post offices in York will be greeted with dismay by the communities they serve. A local post office offers so many important services to those who live nearby, allowing older people to pick up their pensions with ease, or letting young
Getting our first win in so many games was a great feeling on Tuesday - especially as it came in front of the fans at home. The seed of any challenge is always based upon your form at home so it was pleasing to make the most of our first game there and
The green belt has had its day, argues York businessman Geoff Beacon. It's time to find an environmentally-friendly alternative that doesn't hit the young and poor by artificially inflating house prices. There has recently been much comment on the vast
A PAIR of high-flying twins who could record York's highest number of A grades were today among thousands of students across North and East Yorkshire to receive their A-level results. York College students and identical twins Madhi, pictured top, and
EDUCATION bosses in York and North Yorkshire have struck the first blow in the A-level debate with a full-page advert congratulating students in The Times newspaper. City of York Council director of Education Patrick Scott and his North Yorkshire counterpart
LAST season's top scorer Lee Nogan netted City reserves' goal in a 4-1 defeat at Huddersfield yesterday. Player-coach Nogan, who was on the bench for Tuesday night's first-team victory against Tamworth, reminded watching boss Chris Brass of his striking
EVER since a couple of young entrepreneurs came on the scene in York, they have been creating their own scenario of success. Now Rosie Ellis, 23, and Matthew East, 24, of Scenecraft UK, are pitching for the title of the Evening Press Young Business Entrepreneur
LEASEHOLDERS of the troubled Bonding Warehouse claimed today that City of York Council has been stalling moves to bring the historic building back into use. Partners Lionel Davies and Keith Carby signed a 50-year contract for the riverside Skeldergate
THE weather may have been unable to make up its mind, but punters were united in celebrating another magnificent Ebor Day at York Racecourse. Glorious sunshine one minute, and heavy showers the next, gave the climate an unpredictable feel as 28,000 turned
TAXI drivers in York are planning to boycott Royal Ascot because they are sick of race-day roads chaos. Cabbies claim the trial aimed at calming congestion during this week's Ebor Festival has been a "nightmare". Now the Evening Press understands scores
Australian Phil Jaques was back in Yorkshire's side for today's Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road and fellow left-hander Joe Sayers, from Otley, was all set to make his first class debut. Sayers, 20, who earlier this season scored
NO new use is in sight for a derelict York building despite more than a year of behind-the-scenes work to identify possible users. The eyesore White Swan Hotel in Piccadilly has been brought under the spotlight again after a piece of wood and plaster
A BOWLFUL of magic mushrooms is the dietery requirement for anyone trying to interpret the musical world inhabited by Modest Mouse. Recently dubbed "Seattle's best kept secret", the trio are winning many new friends this side of the Atlantic with their
Displaying all the dash and panache of a turn-of-the-century stroll down the Seine, Paris-based Phoenix deliver a double dose of pop/funk excellence to open their studiously cool second album. The divinely melancholy Everything Is Everything and the expertly
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman were the Pete Doherty and Carl Bart of their day. They couldn't live with each other - and their music couldn't survive without each other. Their band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, was touched by genius, just like Doherty
EDUCATION bosses in York and North Yorkshire have struck the first blow in the A-level debate with a full-page advert congratulating students in The Times newspaper. City of York Council director of Education Patrick Scott and his North Yorkshire counterpart
Australian Phil Jaques was back in Yorkshire's side for today's Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road and fellow left-hander Joe Sayers, from Otley, was all set to make his first class debut. Sayers, 20, who earlier this season scored
Friends is a fascinating and artistically rewarding musical collaboration - 15 tracks featuring Eric Bibb performing with friends and musicians he has met on his travels. The album presents an audio picture of the music that has shaped the gifted blues
I WOULD have called this CD cynical had it been released around Hogmany rather than mid-summer. Nevertheless, it is the CD version of a tin of shortbread with Greyfriar's Bobby printed on the top. Naff... certainly. Cheesy... absolutely. Kitsch... you
YORK bus bosses believe a cycling youth playing a deadly game of "chicken" could be responsible for an accident in which at least seven passengers were injured. Paramedics and police were called to Bridge Street yesterday when a First bus driver made
THIS hits you like a torrent. While fellow Glaswegians Franz Ferdinand are successfully trading on a look created by Talking Heads, Sons And Daughters look even further back to Johnny Cash for inspiration. The man in black is gone, but the snarling vocal
CUSTOMERS reacted with anger today at news that seven York post offices face the axe as part of a nationwide cost-cutting programme. Branches in Albemarle Road, Bishopthorpe Road, Boroughbridge Road, Clarence Street, Fishergate, Gale Lane and Holgate
BAD weather, which wiped out the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton York Vale League's top match between first division leaders Askham Bryan YPO and North Duffield, gave Norwich Union a chance to close the gap by beating bottom club Fulfordgate, writes Andy Charlton
I SUPPORT City of York Council's decision to approve the demolition of Burton Croft. The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments did not consider the building of sufficient architectural importance to include it in their inventory of ancient and historical
IT seems to have been forgotten that when the Barbican swimming pool was built it had three pools, training, swimming and diving. What a missed opportunity, we could have sent a team over to Greece. Do they have synchronised building luxury apartments
ONCE again the owners of York's Odeon are being vilified by your newspaper and Save Britain's Heritage (Heritage lobby joins Odeon fight, August 9). Much play is made of the fact that Odeon Cinemas Ltd continues to assess the unit's viability, without
Thank you for reporting confirmation that the UK Snooker Championship will be coming to York again this year. Because it was reported on page 30 some of your readers may have missed the report. This raises an interesting issue which applies on a wider
TAXI drivers in York are planning to boycott Royal Ascot because they are sick of race-day roads chaos. Cabbies claim the trial aimed at calming congestion during this week's Ebor Festival has been a "nightmare". Now the Evening Press understands scores
In this special edition of the Diary, we slip on our best suit and tie for a day out at Knavesmire amid the splendour of the Ebor Festival. GILLIAN Cruddas, the chief executive of York Tourism Bureau, had better watch out - there's an unlikely candidate
Shoppers in Yorkshire are buying more locally-produced cakes, cheeses, pies, yoghurts and beers from their local Asda store with the help of the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire & Humber. The supermarket has launched 50 new Yorkshire-sourced products
A family-run farming, haulage and veterinary services business, with sites in Easingwold and Leeds, is celebrating a double success after achieving two industry accreditations. Both Whitkirk Produce Company Ltd and its subsidiary, Grants Veterinary Services
THERE are bigger issues around, but let's push on. This week I am parking myself in the nation's front gardens. According to warnings from Government advisers, too many front gardens are being replaced by concrete and cars. A number of issues run off
National Conference League division two club Heworth ARLC kick off their pre-season friendlies with a game against division one side Milford Marlins on Saturday. Kick-off at Elmpark Way is 2.30pm. The Villagers' new coaching duo of Alfie Hill and Kevin
YORK twins Hadi and Madhi Godazgar were among the local young people anticipating A grades in their A-level results today. Each August when such students do well, the annual grumbles start about exams getting easier, with sour mention made of dumbing
CASTLE Howard Estate is a natural contender for the Evening Press Best Environmental Company. Most people in the area have visited Castle Howard, but the estate's commercial arm is less well known. The business is tasked with conserving and restoring
A BOOM in demand for holidays has led to a York firm dealing in hotel breaks taking on 30 more reservation staff. The number of reservation staff at Superbreak Mini-Holidays Ltd, in Piccadilly, has soared by 19 per cent to 186 and brought the total number
Seb Sanders, fresh from his Gimcrack victory on Knavesmire yesterday, journeys to Sandown tomorrow with every chance of extending his scorching run, which has been going like clockwork for the last six weeks, with some 50 winners to his credit. Countdown
AUSTRALIANS Darren Lehmann and Ian Harvey bid farewell to Yorkshire Phoenix with sparkling all-round performances to bring about a crucial totesport League win over Leicestershire Foxes at Grace Road. Yorkshire triumphed by 34 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis
A DELIVERY man who stole a parcel of photographic and electronic equipment and tried to sell them out of the back of a van has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. Would-be customer Stephen Andrew Leaf, 30, was haggling with thief Lee Thomas Barker, 31,
Duncombe Park became the first side to win the York Senior Cricket League's Edward Readman Trophy for a second time when they defeated Whitkirk by 70 runs in a well-staged final at Stillington Park, who were the first winners of the trophy in 1999 and
DIPPING your hand into your pocket to buy a live album usually demands that you either attended the gig, or love the band so much you must own everything produced by the artists. Likewise, a concert CD's only other purpose is to help an act bridge that
IT wasn't enough to sell 2002 debut album Loss and last year's Us in gold quantities. The maverick, restless talent of Isle of Mull writer, arranger, performer and producer Colin MacIntyre was still deemed surplus to requirements by Warner. New label,
A PAIR of high-flying twins who could record York's highest number of A grades were today among thousands of students across North and East Yorkshire to receive their A-level results. York College students and identical twins Madhi, pictured top, and
A 7-1 WIN FOR Holgate at RI Amateurs clinched the return of the York Amateur Bowling Association Division One title, which they lost to Haxby Road in the last match of 2003. One point separates the top two teams in division two and both have one game
SINCE forming in 1988 to support the Battlefield Band at a gig in Adelaide, Australia, Colcannon have earned an array of folk music awards with their rich vocal harmonies and their polished ensemble playing. Their latest album, Dolphin Bay, offers quality
A MOTHER whose son was approached by sex offender Richard Freshwater has praised York's probation hostel for its quick response when she raised the alarm. The woman spoke out after the Evening Press reported earlier this week how Freshwater broke a court
LAST season's top scorer Lee Nogan netted City reserves' goal in a 4-1 defeat at Huddersfield yesterday. Player-coach Nogan, who was on the bench for Tuesday night's first-team victory against Tamworth, reminded watching boss Chris Brass of his striking
DANNY Brough is on the verge of smashing two long-standing York rugby league records, one of which has stood for almost half a century. The 21-year-old scrum-half needs just two points - one goal - to equal the record of 318 points in a season set by
ANIMALS That Swim are contemplating calling time after 15 years of swimming against the tide, and who can blame these weather-beaten, neglected North Londoners. "That's right son, I should have bigger than Elvis," sings a mordant Hank Starrs on Roy. Their
WHETHER it's a conference for 400 delegates or a dinner for ten guests, Mosaic Events Ltd can organise it. The company, which is the brainchild of 26-year-old Sarah Byrne, was only launched at the start of 2004 but already has big clients, including law
