THE Duke of York told a gathering of business leaders of the "window of opportunity" that will be opened when Royal Ascot comes to the city in June. The prince told a 600-strong audience at the annual dinner of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of
ON-LOAN defender Jon Maloney is hoping set-plays can continue to play a key role in York City's renaissance under Billy McEwan during tomorrow's home game with Exeter. Maloney enjoyed his "best moment in football" when he grabbed the match-winning goal
The votes of working parents are going to be crucial in the forthcoming election. MAXINE GORDON looks at the problem of striking the right balance between work and family life. WE all know that politicians love babies. A chance snap of an MP plonking
RECENT articles and letters suggest a bollard is not a popular proposal in the Straylands area. It is undoubtedly unpopular and unwanted by Hopgrove residents who have unresolved traffic issues of their own. As a resident of Hopgrove Lane South I have
WHY is it never our fault when something doesn't happen the way we want it to? What a breath of air to read Chris Greasby's comment about how the police were only doing their job and they were still mocked ("Not so funny", Letters, February 23). They
Aren't some modern beds high? We have just bought one with roomy drawers - useful for storing well-washed rags of clothing and other junk for the long-suffering family to sort through when we start our journey to Valhalla. My husband has fallen out of
CHARTERED surveyor Matthew Ward, 29, has been made an associate director of York-based chartered surveyors and property consultants, Lightly & Lightly. Mr Ward joined the Lightly & Lightly York office at Clifton Moor in 1997 after gaining a degree
Dust bowl ballads and spooky Appalachian lullabies; Laura Veirs's country-blues deals with the troubles of Bush's America by digging ever deeper into the nation's semi-mythical past, decorating her autumnal narratives with the whiskey-soaked frontier
YORK Cantores set right a wrong in a concert teasingly entitled Like A Fish Needs A Bicycle. As recently as the second half of the 20th century, women's contribution in the field of composing music was restricted by a lack of access to the necessary education
Just A Quickie with... Steve Crowther, administrator of York Late Music Festival and avant-garde composer. How long has the Late festival been running? "It's in its 11th year, and there's a wider spread of music than ever this year, with improvised classical
Syncrownized launch their latest EP at Fibbers in York on Thursday. To mark the release, Leon Banks and his York band have provided three copies for readers to win. In addition, each winner will receive free entry for next week's gig. The EP track listing
TONIGHT (4th), Wakefield Jazz presents what might be termed a progress report on the state of jazz in Britain, the youthful Christian Brewer Band. Alto saxophonist Brewer shares the front line with vibraphone player Jim Hart and the band brings a refreshing
Gingembre, whose comeback trail will, hopefully, lead him to Ayr next month for the Scottish Grand National, a race he won in 2001, turns out at Doncaster tomorrow with the aim of keeping those dreams alive. Lavinia Taylor's high-class performer goes
PLANS to double the size of the University of York campus are set to get the green light - leading dismayed residents to repeat calls for a public inquiry. City of York Council officers are to advise its planning committee to give outline approval to
SELBY RUFC may have put Twickenham out of their minds, but they can revive their dreams of cup glory by defeating West Leeds in the first round of the Yorkshire Shield on Saturday. Selby will go into the game in good heart following a morale-boosting
CALLS to control the sale of samurai swords were made today after two thugs were jailed for a vicious attack on a York man. The judge in charge of the case in which Acomb resident Steven Johnson was sliced in the face and arm, and struck on the head with
WHEN news spread that award-winning ice cream man Alf Douglass had died, his grief-stricken customers sent messages of condolence to his family, and a collection was even held to buy flowers for his funeral. But fortunately the reports of Alf's demise
HGV Class 1 driver for our 6 car transporters. Good rates of pay and over time, permanent position. Bernard, Simpson Bros (York) 01759 372727. Updated: 15:38 Friday, March 04, 2005
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THE new Fiat Panda 4x4, a four-wheel drive version of Fiat's multi-award winning European Car of the Year, goes on sale here tomorrow. The Fiat brand has been synonymous with Europe's most affordable 4x4 since a four-wheel drive system was first installed
PAUL Horton, "the people's artist", will make a book-signing appearance at Castle Galleries, York, on March 13 from 11am to 3pm as part of his In My Life tour. The exhibition opens on March 5 at the Castle Galleries and marks the launch of Horton's first
HARROGATE Town return to Nationwide North action tomorrow after a 14-day break at home to Redditch United, complete with former York City player-coach Lee Nogan. The veteran striker signed up to play under ex-Darlington team-mate Neil Aspin after parting
STEPHEN Jackson scored his seventh hat-trick of the season in Deramore Arms' 6-2 win at Acomb SC. Jackson beat Acomb's 53-year-old goalkeeper Mal Ibbotson four times in York John Smith's Sunday Morning Football League division two scrap, with Andrews
BISHOPTHORPE'S York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division three title hopes all but vanished as they went down 4-1 at home to chasing Fulford. Sykes had given Bishopthorpe the lead but a stirring second half performance from the visitors saw Nigel
IT'S a normal Friday afternoon on the Churchill ward - schizo Pete is planning his daily trip to Hawaii, while the distinctly un-pregnant Marie is convinced she's having a baby. So Alan Bleasdale - perhaps best known for the 1990s TV series GBH - begins
THANKS to Kenneth Barnes, who has put me right in my effing place. Responding to the Diary's suggestion that there is more bad language heard in York than aired on TV, he emails: "Tell that to the Marines!" "I have heard far worse filth on telly, including
TYRONE is the impetuous student who can't read but sure can dance in Fame, The Musical. On the latest tour, which visits York's Grand Opera House next week, this peach of a role goes to Craig Stein, right, who shares Tyrone's gift for dance and determination
COLIN Fry, the 6ixth Sense medium on Living TV, is celebrating 25 years of contacting the other side on his silver anniversary tour. Yet he turned professional only nine years ago. "I started at 18, I'm 43 now, and when you start to develop as a medium
Re-introducing... Stewart Lee, comedian and co-creator of Jerry Springer - The Opera. Ricky Gervais calls him "the cleverest, funniest, most clich-free comedian on the circuit". In his 15-year career, Stewart Lee has written for Steve Coogan and Michael
BERWICK Kaler has started rehearsals for his first "serious" role at York Theatre Royal for 20 years. Guest director Gregory Floy's cast assembled at the Walmgate rehearsal studios earlier this week to begin work on Harold Brighouse's vintage English
SELBY RUFC may have put Twickenham out of their minds, but they can revive their dreams of cup glory by defeating West Leeds in the first round of the Yorkshire Shield on Saturday. Selby will go into the game in good heart following a morale-boosting
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has told his players not to get carried away with their recent success ahead of tomorrow's home game with Exeter (3pm). The Minstermen go into the Conference clash having taken maximum points from their last two games - an
MIDFIELDER Kwame Ampadu and target man Steve Flack will bolster Exeter City's ranks for tomorrow's trip to KitKat Crescent. Ampadu is likely to return to the starting line-up against York City after missing the 2-1 midweek defeat at Aldershot because
YORK City will be bidding to rack up three successive victories tomorrow for the first time in 19 months. The last time the Minstermen managed a hat-trick of consecutive wins was in August 2003 during Chris Brass' first month as player-manager. Billy
THESE days we make do with Carrie Bradshaw's lip-gloss platitudes in Sex And The City. In 1948 Professor Alfred Kinsey famously "dropped the atom bomb" with the publication of his book Sexual Behaviour In The Human Male. Just as Kinsey broke boundaries
I WAS very sad to read of the death of John Angus the Minster verger. When I was secretary of the Old Choristers' Association for eight years, John was always extremely helpful on our Reunion Day Evensong service, seeing to all those late-minute details
IT seems councillors and their road planning departments imagine that by closing a road which copes with 10,000 vehicles a day, these will vanish into thin air ("Rising bollard anger", March 2). Don't they realise, as the people of Hopgrove Lane do, that
I am probably one of the "so-called experts" referred to in Mr Barnes' letter about our recent discovery of Roman burials (Letters, March 1), so I feel I should reply. If one is to be criticised for coming up with a bizarre explanation for the decapitation
AS Chancellor Gordon Brown prepares his Spring Budget for Wednesday, March 16, businesses throughout York and North Yorkshire are preparing their own "wish list". And why not? In a pre-election Budget there is every chance that the public "Will" could
STAFF at Beacon, the York-based purchasing organisation for the independent hospitality trade, raised a glass to celebrate the company's fifth birthday. Formed in 1999 following the merger of Best Western - the largest group of independently-owned hotels
THE outcome of Shabina Begum's case in the Court of Appeal on her right to wear a jilbab instead of the agreed school uniform is a victory not for Islam but the proverbial ass that lurks in English law. How can Islam benefit when a teenage schoolgirl
A MAJOR contract to design and build a 27,000sq ft warehouse for National Tube Stockholders (NTS) is under way by Thirsk-based Severfield-Reeve Projects. The warehouse, the eighth built for NTS at its headquarters on Dalton Industrial Estate near Thirsk
OUR local MP John Grogan has kindly reminded owners of small businesses at Tadcaster to apply for a cut in their business rates. He referred to the number of small businesses in Kirkgate. Significantly, these are cheek by jowl with the plot of land which
ADAM Pursar, former head of business investment at Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, has joined york-england.com as marketing director. The appointment will mean an even closer working relationship between Yorkshire Forward and the inward
Merrill Osmond will be appearing at the Grand Opera House, York, on Friday, March 25 at 7.30pm. You may not know the name, but you will know the voice because Merrill has been the lead singer on many Osmonds hits such as Love Me For A Reason, Let Me In
PERK up your ears! A very special rabbit has spawned a new children's entertainment agency based in York. Henrietta Rabbit Children's Entertainers Ltd has been launched by actor Stephanie Preacher at her home in Acomb Park, York. She has become so successful
IF Mrs Collins is a regular reader of the Evening Press (Soapbox, February 26), she must have read about all the good Terry Smith - the man who offered to pay another driver's parking fine - has done for the community, especially disabled people. Big-hearted
IT is true, children and the older generation are pre-occupied with thoughts and fears of death before they go to bed at night (Helen Mead, March 1). When I was a small child I used to say my prayers before being visited by the "Sandman". They began with
A VISIT to Burnholme Community College to see their production of Blood Brothers proved more than just another night out. It may have been cold and damp outside, but in the school hall the audience were moved by the musical drama and warmed by the commitment
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club could be on the verge of signing 30-year-old South African seam bowler Deon Kruis, who plays for Eagles, the Free State side. Director of cricket David Byas confirmed today that Yorkshire were interested in making their second
AN MP said today that York's Derwenthorpe scheme should be called in for a public inquiry - because it raised issues of national significance. Ryedale MP John Greenway has written a five-page letter to Government Planning Minister Keith Hill, explaining
A RAPTUROUS welcome from a local community, a trip round a vital development site on a steam locomotive, and a rousing reception from business leaders - this was all part and parcel of a packed Royal visit to York. Excitement filled the air, and Comic
ONLY one week of severe winter weather in York cost the city council a whopping £180,000, it has emerged. City of York Council normally spends about £15,000 a week tackling its winter roads - but costs during last week's snow onslaught soared to 12 times
BATTLING through a monsoon to star for Britain in the greatest race of his life has brought York marathon runner Darran Bilton to international notice. He got back home this week from his gruelling performance in the Hong Kong Marathon last Sunday to
A LEADING York councillor has pledged to back a village's bid for badly-needed flood defences. The Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee (YRFDC) will decide next month whether to help fund a scheme to protect Elvington from flooding by the River
VOLUNTEER'S Paul Cooper included a maximum for 16 darts in the York Cygnet Open Darts League division one match against Huntington WMC. Cooper added an 18-darter and was well supported by Paul Botterill (16) and Mick Harris (180) as Volunteer edged closer
A STARTLING one-in-ten young people in York spend their days doing nothing, according to Government figures. Fresh statistics reveal nine per cent of 16 to 19-year-olds do not have jobs, college courses or training schemes to attend. It means that instead
A CHEATING boyfriend sent threats to his girlfriend and the woman who revealed his infidelity by telephone message, York Magistrates Court heard. Businessman Brett Vincent Lill, 33, made messages threatening to kill both women, and then invited himself
HARROGATE Town return to Nationwide North action tomorrow after a 14-day break at home to Redditch United, complete with former York City player-coach Lee Nogan. The veteran striker signed up to play under ex-Darlington team-mate Neil Aspin after parting
ON-LOAN defender Jon Maloney is hoping set-plays can continue to play a key role in York City's renaissance under Billy McEwan during tomorrow's home game with Exeter. Maloney enjoyed his "best moment in football" when he grabbed the match-winning goal
CAMPAIGNERS against controversial proposals to bring a £3 million big wheel to a York riverside park were celebrating today, after the plans were withdrawn at the 11th hour. Local resident Win Derbyshire, pictured, said the decision by World Tourist Attractions
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HOW do you create "emotional force" from colour, asks Heworth artist Elaine Brown. "It comes from inside you; art has to come from the heart." Elaine's responses to her heart's prompting are on show in her Captured Memories exhibition at Lucius Gallery
CAPTURED Memories, an exhibition of Colourfield paintings by Heworth artist Elaine Brown, goes on show at Lucius Gallery, Fossgate, York, from February 5 for at least a fortnight. This will be the second show inside three months for Elaine, a fine art
IF you believe what you read in the newspapers, the General Election is a mere two months away. Of course, Tony Blair becomes as coy as a schoolgirl when asked to confirm the day New Labour seeks to win an historic third consecutive term in power will
Alex Lloyd gets over the closure of Ikon and tries something new instead. IKON is dead. It's all very sad, but as my mum always says, there's no use crying over a closed superclub. Instead of wallowing in your pity and staying in this weekend, why not
Friday, March 4, 2005 100 years ago: The Lancaster Inn in Scarborough was being rebuilt, and during excavation work a couple of stones of some antiquarian interest had been found. One appeared to be a holy water stoup such as was found in Roman Catholic
HERE is the latest score from the York planning league: Campaigners 1, Developers 1. While city centre residents celebrated the big wheel coming off, Heslington villagers were angered by council backing for the university expansion. World Tourist Attractions
WHEN Britain's best ice cream man flaked out, his absence was quickly noted. The rumour soon caught hold that Alf Douglass was serving up 99s to the angels. Friends even began a collection, raising loads of lolly for his funeral flowers. But then the
THOMAS'S Hotel destroyed Wrights Sports Bar with a fluent display of attacking football in York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division five. Stevie Scott took his season's tally to 30 with a treble, Terry Taylor also bagged three and Graham Cassidy
YORK College found themselves on the wrong end of an 8-0 thrashing against York Mitchell Football League division one leaders Bishopthorpe White Rose. Adam Thornton hit a hat-trick, while Stevie Hood (2), James Edmund (2) and Tom Sandison added the rest
SCARBOROUGH will give late fitness tests to both David Reeves and NeIl Redfearn ahead of their trip to Gravesend tomorrow. Midfield player Neil Bishop, who joined from Whitby Town in midweek, will be in the squad. Boro coach Nicky Henry will have the
Charles Hutchinson finds out why there are eight dwarfs in the latest production of Snow White. NICK Lane's Snow White is the classic story of a jealous stepmother, a magic mirror, a beautiful girl, a poisoned apple and eight dwarfs. You read right. Eight
CALLUM O'Connell was determined to win his Chess match. "I haven't stopped bugging Shipton Theatre Company about doing this show for two years," says 24-year-old Callum, whose wish to direct the musical has come to fruition. In the 20th anniversary year
JOHN White knows the ins and outs of the acting world, working as both an amateur and professional in the land of greasepaint and footlights. So, who better to direct York Settlement Players in Alan Ayckbourn's study of amateur dramatics, A Chorus Of
