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  • A worshipful pint

    IF the burden of civic leadership ever becomes too much for the Lord Mayor of York, she could easily find work as a barmaid. Coun Janet Looker poured a mean pint of Stonewall during her visit to the York Brewery in Toft Green. Turns out this was not her

  • Agar warns Knights that play-off places are up for grabs

    INTERNAL affairs will be the focus for the York City Knights tomorrow - regardless of what is going on at Dewsbury. Head coach Richard Agar says there is still plenty to play for on the final day of the regular LHF Healthplan National League Two season

  • Turned out Chile again

    I'M turning my attention to Chile again this week. The South American country couldn't have been designed better for wine production. It benefits from the perfect grape-growing climate and volcanic soil. I've been sampling wines from Montes, the wine

  • Wolds Way Lavender, Wintringham, near Malton

    NEW tourist attractions are springing up all the time. One we recently discovered was a lavender and herb farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. Naturally there was a caf which was the focus of our visit. From now till the end of October, the caf will

  • In bed with Brad

    Maxine Gordon heads to London for a Girls' Night In with a difference. IT'S a hard life when the biggest decisions to be made are whether to rip open the Maltesers or popcorn, order a champagne or vodka-based cocktail and curl up in bed with Brad Pitt

  • Having fun with phlox

    Gina Parkinson has failed to grow phlox before, so has she been any more successful this summer? SEVERAL years ago I tried growing a number of perennial border phlox but without success. They didn't flower and had badly distorted leaves, a possible sign

  • The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Fibbers, York

    THERE are some bands who just look, and probably sound, so much better under the twinkling stars and smoky haze of a festival skyline. Take the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. The New York three-piece hail themselves as - wait for this - an "indie-vaudeville

  • Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary, Scarborough

    MAXINE GORDON takes her family on a journey to the bottom of the sea. DONKEYS, fish 'n' chips, ice cream, sand and sea. These are just some of the reasons that I love going to Scarborough. But after a visit to the Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary, I'll have

  • Collaboration brings success

    Fears over paedophiles living in our communities have resurfaced after fresh plans emerged to house them in hostels across the UK. Crime reporter CHRIS GREENWOOD investigates if those worries are justified. NO sex offender or violent criminal living in

  • Ryan's express - 11/09/04

    HAMBLETON trainer Kevin Ryan, who enjoyed a memorable triumph at Doncaster in midweek when Halmahera won the Portland Handicap for an historic third time in succession, looks further afield tomorrow as he bids to add to his burgeoning score. Ryan, who

  • Join Elton in Las Vegas

    HOW'S this for a fascinating combination? See the legendary Elton John and his five-piece band perform the spectacular Red Piano Show - and do it in Las Vegas. Elton is famous for his passion for performing, and the Red Piano Show includes, as you would

  • Cap of cheer

    YORKSHIRE'S heavy defeat by Durham put the dampner on an otherwise splendid Scarborough Cricket Festival but the game will always hold cherished memories for off-spinner, Richard Dawson. During the match captain Matthew Wood suddenly pulled off his Yorkshire

  • Ancient bones may be Iron Age

    A TEAM of archaeologists working in East Yorkshire has made more exciting discoveries. The Evening Press reported last month how diggers excavating the site near Pocklington unearthed fragments of a human skeleton which almost certainly dated back to

  • More groups in City exodus

    THREE more organisations are abandoning York city centre for their meetings in the wake of evening parking charges. Ornithologists, the Inner Wheel Club and even the Ramblers are the latest groups to join the exodus to venues outside the centre where

  • Outrage at bus crash sentence

    FRIENDS of York bus crash victim Mohamed Eltahtawy today reacted with outrage at the "lenient" sentence given to the man responsible for his death. James Christopher Glenton was yesterday jailed for five-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of the father-of-three

  • Pulling power

    GREAT Britain now boasts Olympic athletics, show-jumping, sailing, rowing and cycling champions after successful showings in Athens last month. In eight years time, we might be able to add tug-of-war medalists to that golden sporting roll of honour and

  • Clifton pot easy victory

    CLIFTON 'A' made a fine start to the John Smith's Sunday Pool League with a 7-1 victory over their 'B' team. Doubles from Chris Wilbraham (including a seven-ball game), Jamie Mitchell and Mark Horsman put the 'A' team in control. The only reply came form

  • King Albert's 40-year reign

    CRICKETERS from across the area will be at Sheriff Hutton Bridge tomorrow to take part in a special match to mark 40 years of unstinting service to York-area cricket by one man, writes Claire Hughes. Albert Pattison started compiling reports on the York

  • Loving son is remembered

    FAMILY and friends gathered in a York church to say goodbye to a "special" young man whose life was tragically cut short in a car crash. Richard Dale's father, Trevor, steered his wife Lynda's wheelchair into All Saints' Church in Huntington behind their

  • Agar warns Knights that play-off places are up for grabs

    INTERNAL affairs will be the focus for the York City Knights tomorrow - regardless of what is going on at Dewsbury. Head coach Richard Agar says there is still plenty to play for on the final day of the regular LHF Healthplan National League Two season

  • Target: Brown Crown

    YORK'S amateur titans will gather for an end of September summit meeting at Pike Hills Golf Club. That's the venue for the York Union of Golf Clubs competitive climax to the season - the match-play championship in which semi-finals and grand final will

  • Prim but sexy

    School-ma'am chic is top of the class this season. JO HAYWOOD swots up on the latest look and asks York's fashion headgirls for their own top three must-have items. MATHS was never my strong point, but even I can grasp this simple style equation: prim

  • More groups in City exodus

    THREE more organisations are abandoning York city centre for their meetings in the wake of evening parking charges. Ornithologists, the Inner Wheel Club and even the Ramblers are the latest groups to join the exodus to venues outside the centre where

  • Bill Hearld is write on...

    I enjoyed Bill Hearld's "People watching people" column (September 7). It was interesting and amusing, and amazing. What goes on in the mind of someone to persuade him (or her?) to send a message full of obscenities from the other side of the world? I

  • Job for a big lorry

    THE disgraceful road rage attack on the female tractor driver (September 8) raises another issue. Why is the Crockey Hill farmer sending an agricultural vehicle on 40mph-plus round trips on the highway? Surely it is a job for a heavy lorry. It is certainly

  • Bus timetable woe

    I WAS most surprised to see a number 22 bus at the stop in Skelton on a Sunday. Surprised because we do not have a Sunday service and our normal weekday bus is the number 27. After complaining to bus company First I received a reply saying it is all down

  • ARR, TACHE THE WAY AHA aha, WE LIKE IT

    EVER fancied yourself as a dashing Derek Hood, Gordon Staniforth or Dale Banton? If the answer's yes then then ditch the razor and let your whiskers grow because Yorkie are encouraging City fans to grow moustaches for charity. Yorkie are the sponsors

  • Big thanks to all the Knights

    I WOULD just like to say thank you to all directors, players and staff as well as all the supporters of York City Knights RLFC for a truly great season. Two and a half years ago York RL was gone. The rugby league people of York could have become Castleford

  • The Horseshoe Inn at Levisham

    It's a long road to The Horseshoe Inn at Levisham. Chris Greenwood investigates whether it's worth the trip. THERE are a couple of things you can't do at The Horseshoe Inn. Don't wear walking boots inside and don't visit on a Monday as it's closed "until

  • A "nice little walk" around Lastingham.

    LASTINGHAM was very quiet. We sat on the village bench, pulled on our boots, speculated on how many of the pretty sandstone houses were holiday cottages and eventually realised that the immobile pigeon in a dovecote was not alive, but not dead either.

  • King Albert's 40-year reign

    CRICKETERS from across the area will be at Sheriff Hutton Bridge tomorrow to take part in a special match to mark 40 years of unstinting service to York-area cricket by one man, writes Claire Hughes. Albert Pattison started compiling reports on the York

  • Way we were

    Saturday, September 11, 2004 100 years ago: The "Spanish prisoner" who fleeced a local man to the extent of £140, made an attempt to bamboozle a well-known licensed victualler in Beverley, but the latter had too much Yorkshire instinct about him to be

  • It's tricky to define a legend

    GOSSIP columnists and paparazzi across the world love a good Hollywood feud. Since the days of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, who were alleged to have detested each other, the media have revelled in stories of spats, tiffs and rows between rival Hollywood

  • Ancient bones may be Iron Age

    A TEAM of archaeologists working in East Yorkshire has made more exciting discoveries. The Evening Press reported last month how diggers excavating the site near Pocklington unearthed fragments of a human skeleton which almost certainly dated back to

  • Stan nets charity a 4,500 pound whopper

    AN 84-year-old York fisherman has netted almost £4,500 for cancer patients. Stan Britton organised a 24-hour sponsored fish-in at his lake in Elvington to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. Anglers also enjoyed a fancy dress competition and were

  • Minster Boosts campus scheme

    THE University of York's expansion plans have been boosted by comments from the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke. Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that the Higher Education Funding Council would look favourably upon institutions that meet policies

  • Dead interesting

    Meet Sir Richard De'ath who is to tell ghost stories in pubs in York. "IF thou art ready for death, book me now!" This is the challenge being issued to the people of York by the city's latest spook master Sir Richard De'ath, also known as Dead Dick. He

  • Cooking up pancakes with relish

    IT WAS a recipe for disaster - four Evening Press staff, a kitchen and orders to make pancakes. Bill Hearld, Francine Clee, Rob East and Jenny Horsley took up the cooking challenge with relish to mark the opening day of the York Festival of Food &

  • Wiggy marathon

    Wigginton Squash Club were starting a 24-hour playing marathon at their Mill Lane courts at noon today to mark the club's 25th anniversary. Spectators are welcome to the event which will raise cash for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity. Updated: 10

  • No respect

    What is the world coming to when a woman like elderly widow Mary Speed is the victim of girl mugger aged 11? AT the age of 78, widow Mary Speed has become another mugging statistic. She was walking in a York street when the robber pounced and stole her

  • Alarms are a menace

    I LOVE almost every aspect of living near the centre of this beautiful city. However, barely a day or night goes by without the sound of a burglar alarm wailing. I cannot believe that more than a tiny percentage are activated by burglars. It is clear

  • It's vital for me

    I MUST respond to the letter written by John Robson (September 9) arguing that continued complaints about the parking charges are "boring and trivial". In relation to world events, York's parking charges do appear insignificant. However, to a business

  • Parking over-kill

    I AGREE with John Robson's comments pointing out the absurd volume of letters published on the subject of York car parking fees. With dreadful things happening in the world causing death and great suffering, it seems that at least half the population

  • World news glut

    TWO points. Firstly, it seems that John Robson thinks we are not suffering enough. He complains the Evening Press is not prioritising events "on the other side of the Atlantic". Good! The national media feed us far too much transatlantic news as though

  • Labour pains

    I HAVE no qualms about how Hugh Bayley has carried out his duties as MP for York. However, the actions of this Government and especially those of the Prime Minister, who acts like a dictator, has caused me to decide I can no longer support any Labour

  • Thanks to Press

    I THANK the Evening Press for running the appeal for volunteer home visitors for the RSPCA. We have received many calls from which we have been able to get the volunteer home visitors we need to man the areas around York. Your help has been so valuable

  • Be considerate

    THE "road rage" attack on a female tractor driver highlights an increasing problem on rural single carriageway A-roads: vehicles travelling slowly and preventing others from overtaking them safely. No sane motorist would object to waiting a few minutes

  • City erosion is rife

    I WAS pleased to see on the readers' letters page that there are like-minded people who feel deeply concerned about the way in which buildings in York and areas of the green belt are being used for the development of housing. No thought is given to York's

  • Cheated and betrayed over meadowland

    HAVING spent several months worrying about Joseph Rowntree Foundation's plans for the Derwenthorpe development at Osbaldwick I was relieved to hear this week that the foundation has submitted revised plans. Excited by news that JRF would be providing

  • Legend lauds record player

    YORK RL legend Vic Yorke has nothing but praise for the man who broke his 46-year-old club record. As all fans must now know, Danny Brough toppled Yorke's goals-in-a-season record of 146 last month, and to mark the occasion, the former hero was made guest

  • Gerry's chance to earn contract

    I READ Stephen Dalby's letter (Evening Press, Wednesday, September 8), regarding Gerry Harrison's position at York City, with disbelief. Mr Dalby states that Harrison playing unpaid for City is "naked exploitation". No it is not. It is a chance for a