Hold your breath that Rakti is on his best behaviour tomorrow. If he makes it to the start at Newmarket without boiling over, this brilliant performer can then turn the heat on Dubawi and company in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the big race of the day
Yorkshire's spinners failed to exploit helpful conditions at Northampton on Thursday, so putting their side in danger of falling at the last hurdle in their bid to complete the Championship season without being beaten. The inexperienced Mark Lawson and
WELL-KNOWN national figures will attend a conference entitled Business And The Environment - The City Of The Future near York next month. Kevin McCloud, presenter of Channel 4's Grand Designs, who has an interest in sustainable development, will chair
THERE are more than three times as many pages in the latest Finance Act than there were 25 years ago, and in the past five years alone they have increased by 54 per cent. This is revealed in new research by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
DESIGNERS Justin and Colin, stars of Channel 5's How Not To Decorate series, literally dropped in on a conservatory company in York. Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister landed by helicopter in the field next door to Aurora Conservatories at The Old Station
GOLDEN Olympian Denise Lewis will be a keynote speaker at Venturefest Yorkshire 2006. Denise, who won a gold medal in the heptathlon at the Sydney Olympics, in 2000, and retired from her sport in June, will speak at the climactic celebration dinner at
AFTER recent hints, dare we hope the Government is getting cold feet about their new licensing laws? These were supposed to put the decision on drinking hours in the hands of local people, which may work well in some places. Here in York we do not have
PAUL James, operations manager for Absolute Leisure, says he has collected 500 signatures supporting their plans for the Barbican in the centre of York and that this proves the protesters are in the minority. He has some way to go because the protesters
I FEEL compelled to respond to the comment from Mr Bastin regarding the tragic accident at Rillington last weekend ('Have transport cops lost plot on railways?', Letters, September 21). This incident was dealt with professionally and efficiently by officers
I HAVE recently been told by a York undertaker that the charge for use of the crematorium is £500. No apparent improvements have been made since it was built and the staffing is not lavish so can someone explain what happens to the vast profits? When
SEVERAL readers have written in since the start of the Evening Press's Bin It! campaign telling us all how we can cut down on what rubbish we bin. Absolutely fine, I have been saving my plastic and packaging/cardboard for the past ten days to see how
IT surprises me that the council still insists on going forward with the crazy fortnightly scheme without even doing a trial run. Could they tell me if the paper and bottle and tins trial is still in progress or complete? I am still waiting to participate
I VISITED the re-cycling exhibition in St Sampson's Square some weeks ago and said I did not want a green bin because I composted all garden waste. The council representative assured me that this request would be passed to those responsible. Needless
IN the early hours of the morning a young man sways and stumbles on his way home. Yards from his front door he collapses on to the pavement. He is dying of drink. Danny Adams should be here today, looking forward to a Friday night out with friends. But
UNLIKE other major developments planned for York, Hungate has not aroused mass protest. John Prescott has shown hitherto unrecognised powers of discrimination by choosing to call in the far more controversial schemes of Derwenthorpe, Heslington East and
POCKLINGTON entertain Yarnbury at Percy Road in Yorkshire Two but will be without regular fly-half Kevin Bowling who is out for several weeks after a shoulder operation. Henry Mitchell moves across to take over the No 10 jersey, allowing his brother,
HOUSE buyers looking for good value in York and North Yorkshire should act now as the market shows signs of picking up, according to property experts. New figures by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) revealed the number of potential
THE builder who pulled two elderly sisters from the wreckage of their devastated home after it was hit by a bus insisted today that he was "no hero". Jim Nelson, 39, of Middleton Road, Acomb, York, was waiting for his lift to work in James Street on Tuesday
A £150 MILLION scheme to transform a semi-derelict area of York city centre can finally go ahead after the Government removed the remaining obstacle. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has decided not to call in the proposals for 720 homes, bars, shops
A WOMAN and a nine-year-old boy were injured in a three-car smash during the height of the rush hour in York. The two, who were travelling in the same car, were taken to York Hospital following the accident at 4.50pm at the junction of Melrosegate and
Bubwith White Swan became giantkillers by scalping Wills Bar in the first round of the York and District Sunday Afternoon League Cup. The second division side knocked out their division one opponents on penalties after levelling the scores in the last
Rumours survived a second-half onslaught in their division four match with league leaders Thomas's Hotel to run out 2-0 winners. Rumours scored through Beddows and Sanderson and hung on through rock-solid defending as Hotel threw everything at them. A
I can still remember my first sight of York. We walked out of the station and I looked up at the city walls, silhouetted against the darkening evening sky. The ancient fortification looked dramatic and not a little forbidding. 'This is going to be my
Could I request that you switch off your mobile before reading this column? I should like your undivided attention. None of this getting distracted by text messages... Hang on a minute, I think that's mine. I'll get back to you. Sorry about that. I've
I've tried to stop. It's a filthy habit and I'm not proud of myself for doing it. Thankfully, there's less than a week to go before it's over. Hello, my name is Kate and I'm a Big Brother addict. The Channel 4 show polarises reactions. Mention it and
FORGIVE me, but I'm going to talk dirty. It's a popular subject. Every time we get down to it letters to the editor go up excrementally. I'm talking, of course, about goose poo. Geese - and their droppings - tend to get people in York very excited. Take
Lovely weather we've been having lately. Great Yorkshire Show - phew, what a scorcher. Parts of North Yorkshire reached 82F. Hot enough for you? Well, yes, actually. Far too hot, since you're asking. My skin is a very good indicator of the thinning of
IT'S a dirty job but someone's got to do it. And because I'm the driver in our household, that someone gets to be me. I'm talking about going to the tip. I go to Foss Islands Road about once a month, when the mountain of empty cereal boxes and plastic
ON Wednesday, I watched the lunchtime news with disbelief followed by elation as London was chosen to host the 2012 Olympic Games. On Thursday, I watched the morning news with disbelief rapidly superseded by horror as London was reduced to scenes of carnage
THE Diary was rocked by the latest news from KitKat Crescent. It ran out of KitKats. A distraught fan contacted the Diary after attending Tuesday's match when York City drew with Dagenham and Redbridge. The players dished up another fine display of football
Friday, September 23, 2005 100 years ago Arthur Ellis, chauffeur, was summoned for driving a motorcar at a speed which was dangerous to the public at Dringhouses, York. Sergeant Henderson stated that the defendant covered a measured quarter of a mile
Could North Yorkshire police be swallowed up by a larger neighbouring force?And how would that affect policing on the streets of York? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. THIRTY years is a long time. Back in 1974, when the North Yorkshire police force was set up,
THERE'S only one month to go before York finds out who the winners of our Community Pride campaign are. Earlier this year, the Evening Press and City of York Council launched the second year of our campaign to unearth the city's true community heroes.
I HAVE not seen the letter allegedly written by Absolute Leisure and signed by 500 people in York city centre, apparently in support of the re-development of the Barbican. However, the fact that 500 have signed raises many queries in my mind. How biased
PHIL Atkinson's letter suggests a monument for Bomber Command (September 21). While he obviously has good intentions he ruins his case by damning with faint praise, and two significant inaccuracies. Firstly, Bomber Command did not indulge in pattern bombing
I AM not political but this latest touch of arrogance must surely precipitate the demise of the Lib Dem council come the next local elections. It is interesting to note that when wheelie bins were introduced in the Haxby area where I live, they were smaller
HAVE the "stun guns" been really tested ('Shock tactics', September 21)? We have had several case here in Canada where stun guns were used and people died after receiving the shock of the voltage hitting their bodies. Several police forces decided to
Ever wondered why you constantly struggle with backache, headache or colds? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL discovers how the root of all your ills could be linked to your spine. NOT many of us wonder whether our spine or pelvis needs to be realigned - at least not
AFTER their resounding win at Acklam in the Intermediate Cup, York are back in Yorkshire One action at Old Crossleyans. Although York's backs have excelled with eight of the 11 tries scored so far this season, the Clifton Parkers are looking to the pack
HEALTH experts launched a nationwide search after the death of a 33-year-old York woman from E.Coli bacteria. Restaurants across York have been examined, and even duck droppings in Rowntree Park tested for signs of the deadly bug, but no other cases have
BY day he works as an optician in York - but how many of his customers know he is also a champion runner? Steve Smith, who works twice a week in Rayner opticians in Church Street and in York Road, Acomb, has recently returned triumphant from the World
OFFICERS want to trace the owners of dozens of recovered bicycles that are in storage at York Police Station. More than 180 bicycles worth thousands of pounds in total are crammed into a property store at the Fulford Road offices. Staff who work at the
COUNCIL chiefs have insisted parks and open spaces in York are being improved to suit residents' needs - amid calls for local authorities to consult people on recreation facilities. Coun Keith Orrell, executive member for leisure and heritage said extra
A DEVASTATED mother today warned youngsters about the dangers of binge drinking after her son collapsed and later died following a night out. Sue Walker condemned the introduction of late-night opening by pubs and clubs in York as part of licensing changes
SHOPS in York had to close their doors as more than 100 properties were hit by a power failure. The hour-long cut, from 2.14pm yesterday, closed stores in Parliament Street, High Ousegate, Low Ousegate and Bridge Street. The HSBC Bank in Parliament Street
WITH two games left to play in York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one, Sun Inn have opened up an eight-point lead over nearest rivals Shepherd SC 'A'. Sun cruised to an emphatic 8-1 win against Clifton with Jon O'Mara (180) sealing victory with
A TRIO of Nestle Rowntree athletes are each celebrating triple glory after golden performances in the Yorkshire Veterans' Championships. Maria Williams, Fiona Crompton and Jim Ellis, whose combined age is 168 years, each won three gold medals at their
A seven-goal haul for Chris Harkin was the highlight as unbeaten Hounds FC continued their excellent start by savaging Wigginton 12-2 in their York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division one match at Thorpe Willoughby. It was one-way traffic as Hounds
Yorkshire's spinners failed to exploit helpful conditions at Northampton on Thursday, so putting their side in danger of falling at the last hurdle in their bid to complete the Championship season without being beaten. The inexperienced Mark Lawson and
RECOVERING York City defender Chris Brass has had his loan spell at Harrogate Town cut short by York City boss Billy McEwan. The 30-year-old former manager was shipped out to Wetherby Road three weeks ago to build up match fitness following months on
BATTLING midfielder Gavin Dickinson has signed for Selby Town - a week after walking out of UniBond League division one neighbours Goole. The young journeyman joined the Vikings after two years at Pickering Town in the close season but left after failing
SCARBOROUGH coach Nicky Henry has so far drawn a blank in his attempts to bring in a loan signing ahead of tomorrow's Conference home game with Forest Green. "We were talking to an experienced player in the hope that he would join us but in the end he
A seven-goal haul for Chris Harkin was the highlight as unbeaten Hounds FC continued their excellent start by savaging Wigginton 12-2 in their York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division one match at Thorpe Willoughby. It was one-way traffic as Hounds
OCTOBER, 2004: my husband phoned me on his mobile from Waterstone's. He could barely contain himself. "There's this new book that's just been published. It's called Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and it starts in York Minster. They're calling it Harry
AS Grandpa Joe points out in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka's golden ticket wheeze is brilliant. "Everyone will be buying Wonka's chocolate bars in the hope of finding one! He'll sell more than ever before!" These were my thoughts exactly
RECOVERING York City defender Chris Brass has had his loan spell at Harrogate Town cut short by York City boss Billy McEwan. The 30-year-old former manager was shipped out to Wetherby Road three weeks ago to build up match fitness following months on
ALDERSHOT defender Greg Heald is hoping York City fans will understand his reasons for walking out on the club when the two teams clash at the Recreation Ground. Heald signed for the Minstermen in July but, just days later, realised he had made a mistake
MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has given old friend Billy McEwan a "rollicking" for not tipping him off about the ability of his new York City team. Ferguson delivered a light-hearted version of his famed hairdryer treatment to fellow Scotsman
STRUGGLING Aldershot are expected to field five on-loan players for tomorrow's home clash with York City. Summer injuries to first-choice full-backs Darren Barnard and Tarkan Mustafa and midfielders Gary Holloway and Steve Watson, as well as the departures
