THE party season is fast approaching. But how can you become the life and soul, the Sultan of Socialising? One word. Karaoke. Everyone loves a smashing serenade sung by a super singer. What is Band Aid 20 other than a celebrity singalong? True, it's not
EVERY November, York University's Department of Music stages some music theatre, new or old, as part of its Practical Project. The entire department pools its resources for the occasion. This year the spotlight has fallen on the court of Charles II. A
THE manner of my appointment as caretaker manager was not one I would have chosen and I felt for Chris (Brass) during the Forest Green Rovers match. Such abuse is difficult for anybody to take. I have been in that situation before at Hartlepool and people
FULL-BACK and goal-kicker Kev Brundrett is due to make a return to York Acorn for their National Conference division two match at mid-table Normanton Knights. Star man Jonny Waldron also looks set to play after shaking off a nasty head injury sustained
A SPECIALIST York company is proving there is more to the business than just bricks and mortar. York Brick Cutting Company, at Dauby Lane, Kexby, which shapes and bonds bricks together for unusually-angled building constructions such as conservatories
A new £200.000 conference suite opened at Burnholme Community College, York, at the start of National Enterprise Week. Pupils and the business community of York and North Yorkshire will now share the hi-tech suite bristling with networked computers, touch
SAY what you like about Boris Johnson, but he certainly has balls to go out running dressed like that. Middle-aged pavement-pounders everywhere will have been heartened to note they are not the only ones to look like sweating fools while they are out
FORMER York City manager Chris Brass speaks exclusively to Dave Flett, the Evening Press City writer. FORMER York City manager Chris Brass has vowed never to quit the club despite his sacking last week. Brass, 29, has agreed to carry on as a player for
YORK City's Boxing Day trip to Scarborough has been made an all-ticket affair. The decision has been made on police advice and a date when away tickets will go on sale is due to be announced shortly. City will be making their first league trip to the
York council is reviewing its complaints procedures in the wake of a high-profile blunder over the handling of a sex photos complaint. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. YORK council has a nifty little leaflet which explains what to do if you want to complain about
He's back. Best Mate, the most popular, and certainly the most celebrated steeplechaser in Britain, returns to action at Exeter tomorrow. The £65,000 William Hill Chase is the selected launch-pad for Henrietta Knight's superstar, who won his third consecutive
THE British don of hiphop, Tim Westwood, this week hailed Eminem as more influential than President Bush after Encore made history. High praise indeed, but then Eminem's fourth album did go straight to the top of the British charts after two days - a
DIDN'T Elton vow never to record another album after releasing Songs From The West Coast? No doubt scoring a number one with the reissue of Are You Ready For Love restored his enthusiasm. Far more consistent than Paul McCartney or Stevie Wonder, Elton
It must be frustrating sitting at a production desk when you want to grab a guitar and show these young upstarts a melody or two. With this solo album, Broudie does just that. Having recently helped produce albums by The Coral and The Zutons, the former
THE first phase of a scheme to transform York into a city of light has gone to planners. The York:Light project aims to illuminate some of the city's oldest and most attractive buildings and landmarks to keep tourists thronging the streets into the night
SOCIAL services in York have been given the thumbs-up by inspectors. City of York Council's social services directorate has been awarded a "good" or two star rating in national performance figures published today. It is the third year running that the
A YORK woman killed in the Jordan bus crash was described as "a person of total integrity and loyalty" at her funeral service. Mourners at Heworth Methodist Church heard yesterday that seasoned traveller Hilda Brisby, 80, known to friends and family as
UNIVERSITY Student Ladies whitewashed their staff counterparts in Ladies Division One of the York Badminton League. Students Heather Turner and Kate Haydock amassed 90-35 from three straight wins. Selby Jubilee Ladies also won 9-0, as they opened their
HUNT supporters in North Yorkshire have pledged to fight to the bitter end as foxhunting looked sure to be banned today. The House of Commons Speaker, Michael Martin, was expected to invoke the Parliament Act, forcing through the ban supported by the
FULL-BACK and goal-kicker Kev Brundrett is due to make a return to York Acorn for their National Conference division two match at mid-table Normanton Knights. Star man Jonny Waldron also looks set to play after shaking off a nasty head injury sustained
FORMER York City manager Chris Brass speaks exclusively to Dave Flett, the Evening Press City writer. FORMER York City manager Chris Brass has vowed never to quit the club despite his sacking last week. Brass, 29, has agreed to carry on as a player for
A YORK millionaire who chained himself to his car in protest over a £5 congestion charge said today he would rather go to jail than pay up. Property tycoon Stephen Vella chained his car to a digger - then chained himself to the vehicle - to thwart bailiffs
I HAVE just spent a very enjoyable two days in York, but, oh dear, what an expensive farce parking is. Before I drove into York I had made sure that I had sufficient change for a reasonable car parking charge and I arrived at the Union Terrace car park
PARKING in York city is a nightmare. There is not enough room and it is outrageously expensive. Why does it cost so much here but not in a bigger city such as Leeds? Where is the money going? Any efforts made to allow the citizens of York more room for
THANK you for the interesting article on the plans for preventing flooding in the Vale of York (November 8). I was, however, dismayed to read the list of options ruled out included dredging river beds to increase capacity. I would have thought that if
I AM moved to write by your headline "Call this Justice?" in reporting the sentence given by York Crown Court to my professional colleague Charles Holdaway (November 16). Well before the case reached Court, Mr Holdaway was undergoing voluntary counselling
ON holiday recently I overheard a man telling a friend a story which he insisted was true. He had shared a table with a foreign lady who had talked all through the meal and he had not understood one word. Later he asked a fellow diner which country the
WITHOUT wishing to bore your readers rigid with council procedure, I would like to point out that Coun Horton in his funny letter (November 16) spectacularly failed to answer the one question that needs answering. Why did the Labour group not bother to
STEVE Galloway has got a nerve when he says that the Labour group's walk-out of council last week created a democratic deficit. We walked out precisely to protest against such a deficit. Tabling a load of "questions" to executive members from their own
WHERE is the dignity in the councillors' slagging match that readers of the Evening Press are watching unfold in these letters pages? Local politicians - of all hues - constantly scratch their heads bleating "why is no one interested in politics?" Let
IT seems that Islington in North London, which has a ruling Lib Dem council, has, against the wishes of Christian parents in the area, decided that the practice of calling schools after saints or bishops has to stop because it alienates people of other
IT IS claimed that because of the lack of publicity, some (a lot of us) at Tadcaster were disenfranchised for the recent Tadcaster Town Council election, through no fault of our own. Nevertheless, many frustrated non-voters were heartened by the statement
I AM incensed with the Leeman Road train washing and refuelling planning application (November 15). Only a minority of the affected parties were officially notified. I live 100 metres from the site and I received no formal notification. I'm sure the noise
Thursday, November 18, 2004 100 years ago: A very heavy downfall of snow across the county, with four and a half inches falling in York and the neighbourhood in the early hours, stopped many of the unemployed being stood idle. An admirable opportunity
EACH Barbican bulletin brings fresh concerns about the viability of its redevelopment. The latest blow was delivered in the licensing court. Absolute Leisure's bungled application to run a late night bar at the centre was thrown out by magistrates. This
NESTL Rowntree said "Let there be lights" and there were lights. And lo, there was much rejoicing in the streets of York, for the city had been cast out of darkness and into a twinkly winter wonderland. And the wise men said, verily it is like the olden
YORKSHIRE star Paul Hunter's determined bid to win the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship was on track today after a tough opening victory which he likened to a scrap in the boxing ring. "I feel like I've been nine rounds with him, though I don't
Businesses in the Yorkshire region are lagging behind their counterparts across the UK when it comes to trading online, according to the DTI's International Benchmarking Study 2004, published this week. The findings, regarded by e-commerce minister Mike
ONCE they raged about dictators, serial killers, literary legends and political thinkers. Now those angry young men are misty-eyed with nostalgia, wistfully harking back to the mid 80s, when Torvill and Dean won ice-skating gold. That's right... ice-skating
Having seen Busted perform live in their early days, my expectations of this album were not high. After all, it seems strange to invite all of Manchester into your car or bedroom to sing along with you. This time round, the Busted boys have mastered jumping
DURAN Duran did it (badly), Siouxsie and The Banshees did it (well), and UB40 keep doing it (why?). Now Hull's The Beautiful South fall back on cover versions for their 11th album. The trademark boy-meets-girl vocal interplay is business as usual; the
A MAN who at first admitted killing a father-of-four in a street attack - but who later tried to plead his innocence - today failed in an Appeal Court bid to clear his name. But Carl Mason, of no fixed abode, was given some relief by the judges, who cut
TWO brothers have claimed they fled their homes into the night because they feared for their lives. David and Lee Powell told a jury at York Crown Court that they were escaping from a near neighbour with a record for violence and two of his mates in the
IT was a good weekend for New Earswick and York Indoor Bowls Clubs women players, with victories over neighbouring North Yorkshire teams. They both won their Yorkshire League fixtures, with New Earswick beating Selby 78-70 on aggregate to pick up seven
A FANFARE celebration is being planned to herald the official start of York's Christmas festivities following a successful fundraising appeal to illuminate the city. Nestl Rowntree has come up trumps again for the people of York by sponsoring the grand
YORKSHIRE star Paul Hunter's determined bid to win the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship was on track today after a tough opening victory which he likened to a scrap in the boxing ring. "I feel like I've been nine rounds with him, though I don't
Hundreds of people queued in the dank November drizzle outside a York book store to meet their racing hero - Frankie Dettori. The champion jockey was at Borders, in Davygate, York, to sign copies of his autobiography, Frankie, which he co-wrote with Jonathan
THE organisers of next year's York Roman Festival are bridging the gap between past and present in spectacular fashion. Preparations for the York Roman Festival 2005 have begun in earnest, including plans for a replica Praetorian Gate at the site of the
A "BOTCHED" application for a late-night drinks licence could scupper hopes of staging the UK Snooker Tournament at York's Barbican Centre next year. The Festival of Remembrance could also fall victim after a three-day hearing to consider a licence extension
ALTHOUGH I am not a smoker, I do not agree with a total ban on smoking in public places as proposed by the Government. I do like to be able to go out for a drink or a meal without having to worry about the effects of passive smoking, but I'm sure a lot
TOP contenders for worst records ever (November 11) must include I Am The Music Man, which is audience participation music of the worst kind. Mr Blobby would also be there but being a kids' tune he is "excused boots" although that means the Tweenies,
