Friday, September 10, 2004 100 years ago: The Evening Press printed a letter in support of teachers, especially female teachers, saying they were not responsible for the behaviour of pupils after they left school. An earlier letter had called on people
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THE Diary is proud to announce a new discovery in the spirit world - York's first smart-casual ghost. While a team of highly trained ghoul spotters descended on the city's Dean Court Hotel this week, Lucy Pearson was confronted with evidence of an open-air
PADDY McGuinness, alias Paddy the Doorman off Phoenix Nights, is taking to the road in the Jumping on the Bandwagon Tour. On Sunday, Paddy's tour wagon pulls up at the Grand Opera House, York, for a night of quick-fire, stand-up comedy, gags and songs
Introducing... Martin Barrass, Hull City supporter, or is he? THE perennial pantomime sidekick to Berwick Kaler at York Theatre Royal is bouncing back in a new Alan Plater play that celebrates the centenary of Hull City Football Club. Martin Barrass,
How did two actors cope with being stuck in the water for hours on end filming the shark movie Open Water? Among other amphibious skills, they found that Snickers float and M&Ms don't, reports Charles Hutchinson. JUST when you thought it was safe
As a new traffic masterplan is unveiled for York race days, STEVE CARROLL and MIKE LAYCOCK look at what the proposals mean and what residents think of them. RESIDENTS have given a cautious welcome to radical plans to tackle York's race day traffic nightmare
Where will The Queen stay when Royal Ascot comes to York next year? STEVE CARROLL takes a light-hearted look at the options. CONFIRMATION that the centrepiece of Royal Ascot - the Royal Procession - is coming to York has put Royalists in the city in all
YORK awaits next year's Royal Ascot with fevered anticipation. It promises to be a great event and will give the city the sort of promotion and exposure of which tourism bosses can normally only dream. For five days, the eyes of the world will be on York
POLICE chiefs are locked in top-level talks to prevent local council taxpayers picking up the multimillion-pound bill for policing Royal Ascot at York. Officers say the meeting at York Racecourse will be the largest pre-planned event that the force has
York has a proven history of dealing with large successful events, says DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board, but for Ascot 2005 we must look further than the event itself. Railfest: What a marvellous event... Nine days
PLANNING is under way to bring the centrepiece of Royal Ascot to York when the famous race meeting moves north. Bosses at Ascot have confirmed that moves are being made to cater for a Royal visit should York Racecourse host the five-day festival of horse
JOSH Rouse, the chameleon spirit of Americana music, will play Pocklington Arts Centre on his autumn tour. Tickets for his November 22 show are on sale at £12.50 in advance on 01759 304819 or £13.50 on the door. Rouse grew up in Nebraska with his mother
I AM much impressed by a new CD, Less Than Nothing, from a young York singer, Holly Taymar. Holly, 18, has a fresh-sounding voice on a programme of new songs written by York sisters Lisa-Marie Baker and Catherine Cowan. I will be reviewing Less Than Nothing
PATIENTS of Richard Neale are right to be dissatisfied with the official report into his scandalous career. Their call for a full public inquiry into how the gynaecologist was able to go on botching operations for decades was ignored. When an inquiry
TO diet or not to diet? Tonight we investigate the newest theory on healthy eating, which suggests that obsessive calorie counting inevitably leads to weight gain. What is a dieter to do? Here is our suggestion. Don't rush into any major lifestyle changes
A MIDWEEK win will have lifted morale at Pickering Town as they get ready for a trip to Borrowash Victoria - but it is unlikely to have any bearing on boss Steve Brown's future. Speculation had mounted following a dire start to the season for the Pikes
SCARBOROUGH coach Nicky Henry is considering signing a second goalkeeper after Gareth Downey left the club. Downey's departure means that Leigh Walker is now the only keeper at the club. Although Henry has had a couple of trialists in training this week
JIM Collis is lining up a new signing ahead of Tadcaster Albion's long trip to Nottingham tomorrow. Taddy take on Carlton Town in NCEL division one without the unavailable Andy Cygan, who joins broken foot victim Paul James on the absence list, but perhaps
NESTLE Flag thrashed Acomb SC 8-1 in division two with goals by Ross (3), Martin (2), Fenton (2) and Laidlaw. Matty Williams scored a hat-trick for Hemingbrough but Andy Kerr (2), Jackson, Luck and Foote saw Deramore Arms home 5-4. Burnholme (Earswick
Schools across Yorkshire have been invited to field teams in this year's Yorkshire Water Rugby League Nines. A record 1,300 year-seven boys and girls from almost 70 schools took part last year and organisers are hoping to top that this time. "Rugby League
JOURNALIST and single mother Robin Ballantyne sees a woman who lives in her street falling from a top storey window to her death below. So begins Falling Off Air, a novel by former BBC journalist Catherine Sampson. Robin starts to discover that there
It began with a conversation in a North Yorkshire pub - no names, no pack drill - when Tony McGurrin and Tom Watherston discussed the poor state of the glasses in which their drinks were served. The conversation went something like this: "Would you drink
THERE are innate talents and discovered talents. Kate Holmes's innate talent is as a designer. She has "graphic artist" written through her core like a stick of rock. But Kate, of Selby, had always worked for others, so when she started her own business
The craft of traditional butchering is not dead in York. Martin Richardson, 36, who trained with two successful butchers in the city, lamented the loss of so many butcher shops in a city once famed for them. Shambles, for instance, once consisted of nothing
A BUS company boss has defended a decision to pull a regular service out of a York village estate in the face of concerns about the loss of "a lifeline" for elderly people. A worried Copmanthorpe resident has spoken out after the half-hourly No 13 bus
A REMARKABLE exhibition of glass went on display today in York. Fairfax House in Castlegate plays host to an important collection of 18th century English glass. The 350 pieces, brought together over 40 years by collector John Butler, represent a distinctive
A YORK charity has expressed "extreme disappointment" that City of York Council planning officers have opposed a bid to build sheltered homes for elderly people. Residential care organisation The Abbeyfield York Society wants to construct a three-storey
BARRY Noble captured the latest Clifton Hotel Open Darts Knockout Championship with a stunning 5-1 victory over Bertie Bingham. Noble's path to the final saw him defeat Gary Scott 3-0 with fine legs of 17, 18 and 19 darts, to set up a quarter-final tie
A YORK psychotherapist had a shotgun and two knives with her when stopped on the M62 in the middle of Hallowe'en Night, a jury heard. The jurors at Manchester Crown Court were shown a bloodstained sheet and earphones which Heather Stevenson-Snell also
YORK RUFC entertain Durham City in their first home league game in Durham/Northumberland One. It is a sign of the times, and a reminder, of how quickly, in league rugby, clubs can fall from grace that a former first class club that counts recent England
THE York Festival of Food & Drink got off to a right royal start today when Berwick Kaler opened proceedings dressed as Queen Victoria. York's favourite pantomime dame fired up the Food Theatre stove, in St Sampson's Square, for a cookery lesson with
DEWSBURY boss Andy Kelly is not interested in doing old mate Richard Agar a favour this weekend - but was hoping to do him a service all the same. Kelly's strugglers need to get a result against Barrow on Sunday on the last weekend of the regular season
YORK'S first "intelligent" bollard was today exposed by the Evening Press as a failure. The automatic rising bollard was installed in Stonebow in 2000 in an effort to prevent unauthorised motorists driving through Stonebow, Pavement and Piccadilly. It
YORK City boss Chris Brass believes Kevin Donovan and Gary Pearson can provide his team with the perfect midfield combination. The two summer signings had not started a Minstermen game together until Saturday's 3-0 victory at Dagenham & Redbridge
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NAIL-biting times at the Commons and in the countryside. Love it or hate it, fox-hunting has been an integral part of the rural North Yorkshire fabric for centuries. Most people have witnessed the - arguably! - impressive sight of dozens of red-jacketed
IT would be a terrible thing if I had voted in Parliament to undermine the Post Office, as claimed by York's Lib Dem and Conservative Parliamentary candidates. But I have done no such thing. The Post Office is closing branches because it is losing customers
THE Evening Press carried a report about the unfortunate death of a customer while travelling on a train service from York to Scarborough on Saturday, August 28. The report referred to Arriva as the operator of the train service. Arriva does not operate
THE residents of the Straylands Grove area are rightly concerned about their estate becoming a rat- run when motorists try to avoid congestion caused by the increased traffic in the Monks Cross area. Every time the city council introduce new traffic measures
IS this the beginning of the end for Radio York? I don't know how the presenters feel about being moved around (Diary, September 8), but I, and a great number of other listeners, are not very happy. The Jonathan Cowap phone-in programme is first rate.
IN response to the letter about the new bus for Copmanthorpe (September 7): this is ridiculous. On inquiring about to the route I was told passengers are being advised to go to Tesco's then change to a Park & Ride. I presume standing and changing
I WRITE in response to Coun D'Agorne's letter (September 8). If a party of two councillors had been able to co-ordinate their holidays to ensure one of them could have attended the east planning committee meeting on August 12, Coun D'Agorne would have
I LIVE outside York so do not have a petition form to sign, but I should like to add my signature to your campaign to Stop The Highway Robbery. I have had two experiences of coming to York at night - because the rule changes to a 10p charge at 9pm it
SKELTON artist Diane Thornton's second solo show at the Blake Gallery, York, opens on September 11. Colour Of Love 2 celebrates the beauty of York, Yorkshire, the East Coast and the North York Moors, painted in mixed media. "I use pastel, acrylics and
Just A Quickie with... Harrogate actor Laurence Mitchell, who returns to North Yorkshire in his Royal Shakespeare Company debut next week. THE RSC will be opening its UK and international tour of Julius Caesar at Hambleton Leisure Centre, Northallerton
THE cricket gods are evidently scripwriters as they have set up a last match of the season contest for the Yorkshire ECB League champions title with York's visit to Sheffield Collegiate's Abbeydale Park ground tomorrow. York are five points adrift of
DEWSBURY boss Andy Kelly is not interested in doing old mate Richard Agar a favour this weekend - but was hoping to do him a service all the same. Kelly's strugglers need to get a result against Barrow on Sunday on the last weekend of the regular season
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 100 years ago: The contractor who supplied the Selby Board of Guardians with coffins complained that there had been several deaths lately of men who had been of "extraordinary large size". Therefore he wanted an extra 9s or
Due to an increase in business, Crystal Windows and conservatories (York) Limited require extra fitters and a UPVC maintenance person. Good rates of pay for both positions. Please contact Mr Adrian Ripley on 01904 436600. Updated: 12:00 Friday, September
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Hall Porter, 21+ with clean driving licence. Top wages, tips shares, uniform, many benefits, ongoing training. Apply with CV to: Personnel Dept., Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel. 01904 625082 or email: sales@deancourt-york.co.uk for
Experienced Waiting Staff. Top wages, tips shares, uniform, many benefits, ongoing training. Apply with CV to: Personnel Dept., Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel. 01904 625082 or email: sales@deancourt-york.co.uk for application form
Assistant Restaurant Manager (third in charge). Top wages, tips shares, uniform, many benefits, ongoing training. Apply with CV to: Personnel Dept., Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel. 01904 625082 or email: sales@deancourt-york.co.uk
Since its earliest days, opera has always had an element of dance. But the economics of the lyric stage have gradually driven dance on to the fringes of the action or exterminated it altogether. So it comes as a shock to encounter a production that puts
AH, the masculine smell of the 1970s, when news anchormen were men and men were Burt Reynolds. It was an American era of big moustaches, buffed-up barnets, industrial-strength sideburns and intimidating, tightly permed chest hair. A time of colognes with
ROYAL Ascot will come to York between June 14 and June 18 next year, horse racing chiefs confirmed today. The fixture list released by the sport's governing body, the British Horse Racing Board, has removed any doubt surrounding Yorks hosting the five-day
HIGHWAYS bosses today unveiled radical plans to beat race-day congestion at all future race meetings in York. City of York Council said the prospect of Royal Ascot at York next year had provided the catalyst for reviewing route arrangements. The new arrangements
MAXINE GORDON makes her first visit to Royal Ascot to find out what York has to live up to next year. BY uttering the word Ascot, I had already fallen at the first hurdle. "Actually, it is Ascut," corrected my very proper colleague Charles Hutchinson
Evening Press reporter STEVE CARROLL donned his top hat for a day at Royal Ascot to see what York can expect when it hosts the meeting next year. THEY were gathering several hours before the first race. The horses were the last thing on their minds. As
JUST how way out is too far? Never far enough, judging by the standards in the Royal Ascot fashion stakes. An upturned umbrella tipped with peacock feathers, a hat in the shape of a shoe, and a Picasso-inspired creation complete with an embroidered eye
The Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, hosted a special drinks reception at the Mansion House for a delegation of Chinese dignitaries from Chongqing - the world's largest city - and then the group was invited for a Chinese meal. The ten delegates,
The sound of the 1700s will fill the Yorkshire Museum's Tempest Anderson Hall tomorrow (11th), in a 7.30pm concert to celebrate the restoration of a special York harpsichord. The instrument once belonged to Tempest Anderson (1846 - 1913), the leading
SOMETHING will have to give at Wetherby Road tomorrow when top-of-the-table Alfreton visit home loving Harrogate Town in Nationwide North. Harrogate have proved unbeatable at their home ground this season but Alfreton, who have won all three away games
DERWENT Table Tennis Club first team are on course for British League premier division glory. They took seven points from three wins and a draw in their first batch of matches, all played at Accrington last weekend. The Riccall-based Derwent club beat
RUFFORTH Football Club's crop of talented youngsters are hoping to make a big impression when they step up to the Leeper Hare York and District Senior League this season. The bulk of their all-star junior side will be mixing it with the seniors in Reserve
NEWLY-PROMOTED Thorpe United provided the major shock in the opening York John Smith's Football League games of the season. They won 6-3 at champions Severus SC after trailing to a Woodward goal. By half-time Thorpe were in front with two goals from Clamp
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a revolutionary weight loss programme that's all about breaking bad habits. MOVE over Weightwatchers, Rosemary Conley, Atkins and the F-Plan diet. Psychologists have some great news for everyone who has been struggling in vain
What would you do if you saw a young woman in hysterics by the side of the road? Probably nothing, as Claire Hughes found out. THE last time I was standing here, on the corner of Wigginton Road and Clarence Street in York, I was waiting for the police
VANDALS have caused hundreds of pounds of damage to new play equipment at a York primary school. About £4,000 worth of equipment, including a Viking longboat and caterpillar tunnels, were installed at the school last week in preparation for the start
YORK City supporters will now be able to watch live football and consume a wider range of drinks at Bootham Crescent's Social Club. The club will throw open its doors at noon on Saturday to celebrate a new deal with John Smiths Brewery and all visitors
CRAWLEY Town will be giving a late fitness test to Conference hot-shot Charlie MacDonald before tomorrow's clash with York City. MacDonald, 23, has scored five goals in Crawley's first six fixtures and is just one behind Barnet's leading Conference marksman
YORK City boss Chris Brass believes Kevin Donovan and Gary Pearson can provide his team with the perfect midfield combination. The two summer signings had not started a Minstermen game together until Saturday's 3-0 victory at Dagenham & Redbridge
Could the champion maker turn champion? Norman Whyte's staff thinks so. As chief executive of the York, Selby and Malton Business Advice Centres, Mr Whyte has groomed no fewer than seven outright winners in the Evening Press Business Awards since the
Quiff, who turned last month's Yorkshire Oaks on Knavesmire into a procession, can crown herself queen of the stayers at Doncaster tomorrow by landing the betfair.com St Leger. This would give trainer Sir Michael Stoute and jockey Kieren Fallon their
Phooey to all those who fear April 1. That was the lucky day in 2000 when Veronica Finney and her partner, Paul Spink, first opened Turn Back Time in Heworth Road, York. Ever since, the little shop displaying second hand furniture and the removal business
IT IS a bus company with drive. From a modest start in May 2000, Top Line Travel of York Limited has grown to six times its original size. No surprises then that the company, which runs tour buses as well as doing school runs and public passenger services
ALTHOUGH Yorkshire's hopes of promotion in the Championship have now all but disappeared they will still complete the season unbeaten away from home if they avoid defeat in their game against Somerset which began at Taunton today. Yorkshire opened the
THE animal lover who stormed the RSPCA's York headquarters with a sawn-off air rifle and a samurai sword has been banned from keeping dogs for 12 months. Phil Brown, prosecuting for the RSPCA, told York magistrates that on March 27 Paul Lovie had been
VANDALS have caused hundreds of pounds of damage to new play equipment at a York primary school. About £4,000 worth of equipment, including a Viking longboat and caterpillar tunnels, were installed at the school last week in preparation for the start
NEWLY-PROMOTED Thorpe United provided the major shock in the opening York John Smith's Football League games of the season. They won 6-3 at champions Severus SC after trailing to a Woodward goal. By half-time Thorpe were in front with two goals from Clamp
A NEW model village on York's outskirts is set to include a new home for great crested newts, following changes to the original proposals. But there are concerns that Government funding for badly-needed affordable homes could be lost if the Derwenthorpe
Plans for the construction of nine houses on the site of a petrol station at Fulford, York, have been approved by city councillors, despite residents' concerns over the development. Members of Fulford Parish Council fear residents will be greatly inconvenienced
A MARKET trader from York who faced serious drug charges in Thailand is back home - and today he spoke out to proclaim his innocence. Terrified Robert Neilson feared he faced the death penalty before he was dramatically cleared by Thai police. In an exclusive
A Jekyll-and-Hyde binge drinker was this afternoon jailed for five-and-a-half years for killing a father-of-three by grabbing the wheel of a bus. Mr Justice Holland branded former fire hero James Christopher Glenton as "aggressive, violent, self-centred
Part-time Night Manager. 2 nights - will include alternate weekends. Honest & reliable, must be able to cover holidays, excellent hourly rate, central York. Ring: 01904 559000 to arrange an interview. Updated: 11:47 Friday, September 10, 2004
Fitness instructors wanted, 15-24 hours/week, good rate of pay, personal training opportunities. Contact Louise Blades 01757 288465/288577. Updated: 11:41 Friday, September 10, 2004
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2 x Fitters/engineer to manufacture and install air compressors and other garage equipment. Driving licence required, good rates of pay + O/T. Also Trainee required, suit school leaver, Amag Ltd, Stockton-on-Forest, York. 01904 400424. Updated: 11:32
Archbishop Holgate's School, Hull Road, York YO10 5ZA. Tel: 01904 411341 Fax: 01904 414948. Receptionist to work in a busy school reception and assist with office duties. Term time, 32.5hpw. Scale 1 (to £13,071 pro-rata) or according to qualifications
Four High Petergate Hotel and Bistro. P/T Night Porter - 2 nights p/wk. F/T and P/T Chambermaids. P/T Receptionist. Apprentice Chef. Quality pay for quality people. Apply to Lewis 01904 658516 or York YO1 7EH. Updated: 11:17 Friday, September 10, 2004
I WRITE in support of Wilf Taylor and R S Scruton (Letters, August 28 and September 2) on a way of controlling traffic accessing York Races. Both are correct about the potential for access from the lay by on the A1237 York bypass. With the cooperation
RENAULT has a well-earned reputation for producing innovative cars and accessories ahead of its rivals. And with its Modus supermini, on sale this week, it is streets ahead of the game. This car is packed with new ideas, and not only that, it's a great
Motoring editor Malcom Baylis takes a look at the new Fiat Multipla. FOR reasons best known to itself, Fiat has decided to get rid of the "froggy" front-end styling of its award-winning Multipla people carrier. Instead, the latest model loses its individuality
THANKS for this picture and coverage of this year's annual Festival Of Traditional Dance in York (September 6). If any reader were inspired to want to join one of the local traditional dance teams, they can ring me on 01904 659600 for more details. Jonathan
AFTER reading that a council lorry damaged the railings outside Jessops in York's Coppergate, (August 31), my question is: what was he doing there in the first place? The sign at the bottom of Coppergate says buses and taxis only and deliveries. I am
WHEN the Porsche 911 Turbo was launched back in 1974 it set new sports car standards. Fitted with a new, turbocharged 260bhp 3.0-litre version of the company's air-cooled flat-six engine, the original 911 Turbo had a top speed of 155mph and was for a
I ASK City Of York Council: what is the point in placing a "keep off the grass" sign at Clifford's Tower, only for it to be blatantly ignored? I am aware, from reports in the media, that literacy levels in schools are "apparently" at an all-time low,
SO City of York Council and First York have done it again - improved the bus routes they say. But not as far as the No 26 is concerned. Certainly not for my neighbour who uses the early bus to get to work at Leeman Road, or the young woman who works at
Alex Lloyd reckons you should save your energy for Monday night. DESCRIBING something as dance music can give little indication of what to expect. However, Kennedy's new Monday night event - Dance Culture - will be offering up such a spectrum of different
PADDY McGuinness, alias Paddy the Doorman off Phoenix Nights, is taking to the road in the Jumping on the Bandwagon Tour. On Sunday, Paddy's tour wagon pulls up at the Grand Opera House, York, for a night of quick-fire, stand-up comedy, gags and songs
Introducing... Martin Barrass, Hull City supporter, or is he? THE perennial pantomime sidekick to Berwick Kaler at York Theatre Royal is bouncing back in a new Alan Plater play that celebrates the centenary of Hull City Football Club. Martin Barrass,
SHIPTON Theatre Company's autumn production of Return To The Forbidden Planet brings together youth and experience in Craig Barley's cast. York College drama students Nicki Fox, 16, and Nick Holbek, 17, represent youth in the roles of Miranda and Ariel
