Mike Tipping suggests some fine eisweins to round off a festive meal. Eiswein is a rarity in this country but good ones are a real treat and a great way to round off a meal. Because they're rare, I don't get to write about them too often, so forgive me
Martin Jarred samples a life of luxury in London's fashionable centre. HONESTY is the best policy at the Franklin Hotel. The 50-bedroom townhouse in the heart of London's fashionable Knightsbridge is so relaxing it has an open self-service bar. Champagne
DAVE Merris is the clear leader of the Evening Press Player of the Month contest for November. Last season's Evening Press Player of the Year has taken maximum points in this month's home defeats against Grays Athletic and Burton Albion, being our choice
I WOULD just like to express my disgust at the way York tourism has treated the forthcoming visit of former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Surely this is a great opportunity for York to welcome such a high-profile sportsman, but no! Why, we all ask? Is
OUR Government wants to reduce anti-social behaviour and lessen the damage to health caused by smoking and binge drinking. So what do they propose? Extend pub and club opening hours and allow shops, garages, supermarkets and off-licences to sell alcohol
Shopkeepers in York are being warned to keep on the look-out for counterfeit notes in the run-up to Christmas, after the Evening Press obtained a fake £20. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police force warned that bogus notes were likely to become more
FULFORD Golf Club will witness an historic final cut next week when the course loses a landmark feature. The avenue of poplar trees which runs alongside the left-hand boundary of the first hole are to be removed. The trees, which are an 'unnatural' feature
PAYING for parking in York is now as easy as making a phone call. City of York Council's scheme to allow people to pay and display using their mobile phones was launched by transport boss Counc Ann Reid. The scheme, run by a company called Verrus, will
A FIRM of top consultants has been brought in to provide plans for a state-of-the-art visitor centre for York. First Stop York tourism partnership has appointed a firm of consultants to provide detailed plans for the new city centre visitor information
DRUGS were seized from nine people at York Station during a day-long crime crackdown. This sniffer dog - a black border collie working for British Transport Police - helped officers track down a range of drugs including amphetamines, heroin and cannabis
CHRISTMAS is coming! Hundreds of children from across York joined Santa Claus in St Sampson's Square to celebrate the advent of the festive season - as the city's Christmas lights were switched on. Yesterday saw the launch of the council's Children's
THE public do NOT have a right to know the details of why a top York city council director left the authority, its top officer has claimed. City of York Council chief executive David Atkinson said the public interest was "better served" by refusing to
A FORMER York In Bloom judge and landscape gardener has been told the plants in his green bin were not "green" enough. Graham Warner, 46, of Askham Croft off Askham Lane, in Acomb, who was a York In Bloom judge 15 years ago, spent his week off doing his
RESIDENTS are still contacting York councillors complaining about the city's two-week household waste pick ups - more than six weeks after the scheme was introduced. Coun Ruth Potter, Labour's environment spokeswoman, said her party continued to be contacted
Two men, one victim, shattered bones, 19,250-plus witnesses. In other circumstances, Nigel Vagana would be sweating it out after his straight-arm challenge on Paul Deacon left the Bradford Bulls and Great Britain star with severe facial fractures that
Monday, November 21, 2005 100 years ago The procession of the unemployed in York was a rather sad affair. As far as one could judge the great bulk of the processionists were genuine unemployed. Most of them were thinly clad and seemed to be suffering
IT seems like only yesterday when the Pitcher & Piano pitched up at the old Evening Press building in Coney Street, York. In fact, it was December 1999. That was the year when York's boozing world was transformed. Thanks to the licensing protocol
Coxwold, we came here for the cakes from the prize-winning Village Store, but they were spoken for and the bow-tied shopkeeper wouldn't take a bribe. The walk was more than consolation. A long-time lovely village this, the unicorns of feudal lord on the
Still blooming, despite the frosts and the fact that it's 18 November - and to be totally honest, the rose bush has about ten full flowers and a few buds still on it. I would ask if this is global warming - but given the temperature at the moment and
Supermarkets used to be the one place you could do your whole weekly shop and much more besides, like clothes shopping, electrical goods and make-up. But these days all the shops are muscling in. My local newsagent isn't like it would have been in the
A CRACK team of York City Knights coaches past and present have thrown down a gauntlet to would-be challengers - come and have a go if you think you're good enough. Current assistant-boss Jason Ramshaw has put together a team of Knights luminaries for
YORK City Knights' early-bird offer for season-ticket holders for the friendly against Leeds Rhinos has been recycled for the pre-season games at home to Wakefield and Hull. Fans with 2006 season-tickets can now get discounted admission prices to these
CHARLIE Woodward boosted York City Ladies' hopes of another FA Cup conquest but they slipped out after letting Leeds City Vixens back into the game to win 6-1. Previously unbeaten in all competitions this season, York faced their toughest task yet in
THE first thing to strike you about this place is its spaciousness. We understand that it used to be a furniture shop which may account for its size. This food hall opened in August and aims to "reconnect our customers with local food producers and farmers
Gina Parkinson admires the winter shades of the climbing hydrangea. It is a cold, dismal day as I write, with a heavy grey sky and cold wind making the grasses and remaining plants in the borders quiver. I had needed some more photographs done for In
The Magical Worlds Of Narnia: A Treasury Of Myths And Legends, by David Colbert (Puffin, £5.99) A Field Guide To Narnia by Colin Duriez (Sutton, £20) Beyond The Wardrobe: The Official Guide To Narnia by EJ Kirk (HarperCollins, £12.99) The Lion, The Witch
GENIAL TV weatherman Paul Hudson was so bowled over by the success of his first book Weather Or Not that he's promptly written a second. It is only two years since that first venture into print, and the Look North weather presenter, who has become a housewives
Charles Hutchinson reviews Nigel Slater's new cookbook. "WITHOUT exception every single recipe in this book is a doddle to cook. A walk in the park." From the pen of any other cookery writer than Nigel Slater this promise should be taken with a pinch
THE appointment of former jewellery store manager Nick Bassett as York City's club secretary might have raised a few eyebrows last month. In comparison with the decades of experience amassed by his predecessors Nigel Pleasants and Keith Usher, Bassett
HAS the term "biting the hand that feeds you" ever occurred to Colin Henson ("Sunday trading fuelled by greed", Letters, November 11). While I do not condone superstores taking over every trade going, which seems to be the current trend, Tesco's has brought
TERRY Smith is to be commended for pursuing, in the face of obduracy, the matter of Mr Finnegan's disengagement from council employment (November 17). The legality of a public body entering into a non-disclosure agreement with an employee whilst excluding
HE'S unstoppable in his quest for justice, fighting for the greater good, helping those in need, and making sure evil wrong-doings are brought to light. Who is this marvel? Where is he from? Well, it's not Superman, Robin Hood or even Danger Mouse - it's
I WAS appalled by the article about the tragic death of Sadie Milson (November 15). I find it hard to believe that any person, especially a loving mother, would have to be given advice on storing "drugs" away from young children. I thought it would be
IT does not matter whether York's Odeon is in dire need of a major refit - as Alex B Cann bemoans (Letters, November 17). To me the Odeon will always hold a special appeal, no matter what state of repair it's in. The "old cinema" was, and is, a great
POLICE chiefs have reassured residents that force mergers will not destroy neighbourhood policing. Home Secretary Charles Clarke wants authorities to decide which forces they want to merge to meet his vision of improving 21st century policing. People
FLATS and a new community centre could be the future for a former York church hall, if a leading councillor approves the scheme. Coun Quentin Macdonald, City of York Council's resources boss, will be asked to give the thumbs up to a scheme to transform
CHILDREN In Need proved it is not just youngsters who dream of what they might be when they "grow up". The campaign's theme "what you want to be when you're older" was adopted by adults as well in our region, including a solicitor wearing Fred Flintstone
YORK Acorn ARL Club are to appeal against part of their punishment laid down by the National Conference League following their two abandoned matches. The Blue and Golds had two consecutive games last month cut short in the second half, the first away
TEENAGER Shaun Brown is on the fast-track to the top in motorcycle racing. He won a stack of trophies in his first full season which saw him finish second in two championships and collect 40 pieces of silverware. His campaign included victories at Mallory
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is demanding that the club's fans do not desert their team during its first blip of the season. McEwan was left astonished that last Saturday's home crowd for the 1-0 home defeat against Burton Albion dropped by more than a
A CRACK team of York City Knights coaches past and present have thrown down a gauntlet to would-be challengers - come and have a go if you think you're good enough. Current assistant-boss Jason Ramshaw has put together a team of Knights luminaries for
YORK fighter Richard Cadden has defied the odds to become World Thai-boxing light-welterweight champion. Cadden, 29, defeated experienced Iranian opponent Mohammed Rham-Pho after the judges' unanimous points decision settled a fight that was screened
DETECTIVES today hoped to bring foreward fresh witnesses in the hunt for a gang who subjected a deaf woman to a vicious rape ordeal. They released an e-fit image of a man suspected of being one of the gang, hoping it would stir people's memories of last
IT'S interesting what a girl will confess to when she's got a man holding her feet in his lap. Even if he is attacking her corns with a scalpel at the time. I guess it has to do with baring one's soles, so to speak. There I was, chatting away with my
Charlotte Percival takes a pew for dinner in a former York church. HOW many times have you dined under a tombstone? I'll bet the markings on ancient memorial plaques aren't your regular ingredients for dinner time conversations but it certainly makes
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is demanding that the club's fans do not desert their team during its first blip of the season. McEwan was left astonished that last Saturday's home crowd for the 1-0 home defeat against Burton Albion dropped by more than a
A MONK from Ampleforth Abbey today confessed to a string of sexual crimes against young boys at a preparatory school connected to the monastery. Father Piers Henry Grant-Ferris, 72, pleaded guilty 20 times in the dock at Leeds Crown Court to charges of
Saturday, November 19, 2005 100 years ago Work was about to be resumed at the Emergency Kitchen for the relief of the sick poor of York, which was for the immediate relief of all poor persons who were ill, and too poor to afford the pressing necessaries
YORK Acorn ARL Club are to appeal against part of their punishment laid down by the National Conference League following their two abandoned matches. The Blue and Golds had two consecutive games last month cut short in the second half, the first away
