I AM investigating the death of a Corporal Chapman, who was accidentally killed on the airfield at Full Sutton some time during the winter of 1944-1945. He was killed whilst coupling up a tractor unit to a Halifax bomber, but I am unable to establish
I AM writing to draw attention to your readers that June Sykes, one of our most valuable and long serving volunteers, retires this month as National Asthma Campaign's honorary regional organiser for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. On behalf of everyone involved
A TOP job in local politics has tempted away the man who masterminded the set-up of City of York Council. Chief Executive David Clark announced to councillors he will leave his post in mid-October after five years at the authority. He leaves to become
I AM a devoted Tom Jones fan. In December 1999, I booked with Blue Chip Travel a weekend trip in London with tickets to see Tom at Wembley included, for my husband and I and four friends. Great excitement. Oh no, total devastation. A letter came to say
THE lights had barely dimmed on the final performance of the Mystery Plays when the stepped stage that had transformed the Minster was being struck. After a month of playing to sell-out audiences, God's own theatre - which rarely draws such a packed house
AN Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel near Paris shortly after takeoff this afternoon. Initial reports indicated none of the 109 passengers and crew have survived. One eyewitness said the hotel in the town of Gonesse was in flames. Another eyewitness
AT the public meeting held on July 20, the residents and staff of Woodlands Respite Centre stated clearly their deep concerns about the leisure centre which Next Generation Clubs Ltd wish to build next to them. As reported in the Evening Press the next
FORMER York City favourite Andy McMillan could be striding onto the pitch when the Minstermen open their new league campaign at the Saltergate on August 12. However, the 32-year-old full-back - who lies second in City's all-time appearances list - will
LITTER, halternecks, flicked hair, aviator glasses, embroidered denim, lip gloss and even hot pants are the latest trademarks of the Seventies to be enjoying a revival of fortune. Seventies chic is the defining look of the summer, captured perfectly by
BAGS are a girl's best friend, allowing women to keep their must-have possessions close at hand. Whether it's their mobile phone, diary, snaps of their children, a favourite lipstick or a pair of tights, handbags let women face the world safe in the knowledge
Biker jackets have got a hot new look for summer, reports MAXINE GORDON. Zippy-chic has taken the fashion world by storm ever since Gucci paraded its funky leather biker jacket on the catwalk. Posh Spice, Zoe Ball and Meg Mathews all become devotees of
BAGS are a girl's best friend, allowing women to keep their must-have possessions close at hand. Whether it's their mobile phone, diary, snaps of their children, a favourite lipstick or a pair of tights, handbags let women face the world safe in the knowledge
Football fever will sweep the nation when Euro 2000 kicks off on Saturday. MAXINE GORDON suggests some alternative fixtures to ensure June remains a footie-free zone I'M not a football-phobe, but I am a bad loser. As a Scot living in England, the next
With the school summer holidays approaching, CHRIS TITLEY picks out some alternative destinations for days out. PETER Ward is doing an excellent job of selling his home town. "Pock is unique. It's got a catchment area of its own. People just pop into
James Kilner looks back at the public campaign to prevent the closure of two swimming pools in York TODAY the City of York Council revealed the results of a huge public consultation about the future of York's Barbican and Yearsley swimming pools. For
HOLLYWOOD and the Isle of Man aren't obvious bedfellows, but when it comes to shooting films on location the little island is quite a star attraction. Over the last few years the Manx isle has become a magnet for top movie producers, who are lured by
STEVE NELSON braved high season in a large holiday centre... and survived to tell a tale of quiet relaxation alongside bucketloads of fun in a glorious setting It was with some trepidation that I drove through the gates of the Golden Coast Holiday Village
David Wiles comes back down to earth after an exhilarating trip to New York 'Head downtown to the area around Canal Street. This is what New York is and has always been about; immigrants setting up shops or market stalls to get a toehold in their new
Tony McKinstry samples some country-house splendour in the heart of London WALK up the few steps at the entrance of the 54-room Gore Hotel and step into London luxury... eccentric, amusing, pleasing and expensive. The solid, six-floor Victorian town house
From high culture to high trampolining, a Eurocamp holiday in Brittany provided something for everyone in MIKE LAYCOCK'S family MY DAUGHTER beamed as she rode through the narrow and picturesque streets of historic Quimper on the back of a rather scruffy
JOHN LAVABRE lands in a Caribbean paradise HAVING re-entered the Earth's atmosphere in the Friendship 7 capsule, astronaut John Glenn splashed down near the Turks and Caicos Islands, allegedly claiming he wanted to land "in paradise." The story has probably
MIKE LAYCOCK headed north for a family-friendly weekend at a hotel in Edinburgh - and found himself journeying back to the beginning of time. Mention the Millennium Dome and you'll probably think of hype, controversy and expense. But travel to the Scottish
Evening Press picture editor MARTIN OATES finds plenty to do for all the family in France's 'Valley of the Kings'. He also manages to take a few pictures too... The Loire valley, often called the Garden of France, was the destination for our family holiday
Cycling novice LISA COOK braves a short break with a difference - a trip to Amsterdam by bike I had been told there would be no hills, that Holland would be as flat as a pancake - so how come the first bit of cycling we had to do was up a near-vertical
A disturbing true story lies behind James Herbert's latest book, as he told CHRIS TITLEY. CHILLER writer James Herbert was due in York earlier this month for a book signing, but called it off because he had shingles. The illness denied the author another
FORGET the British Open at St Andrew's - it has nothing on the hazardous labyrinth offered by the new open in Yorkshire - namely the first-ever Yorkshire Open Office Putting Competition. Companies throughout the region are being invited to take part in
WINNING the contract to build the extension to the innovation centre at York Science Park plus four huge offices there is yet another quantum leap in the amazing fortunes of Harrison Construction. The Malton firm's work list over the past year now makes
NEARLY 50 pubgoers fought each other as a York pub exploded into Saturday night violence, the city's magistrates heard. Visiting partygoers from the North-East on a stag night and a birthday celebration were caught up in the massive brawl that left victims
AN ACOMB vandal who smashed the windscreen of a York bus has been locked up for four months. Bus company First York welcomed the jailing of Kevin Ian Scott, 18, for smashing the windscreen of a Number Seven bus as it passed through the Chapelfields estate
A STRONG York City shadow squad take on Harrogate Railway Athletic tonight (kick-off 7pm) with the Minstermen's ranks swollen by the addition of another trialist. Irish defender Brian Kelly, 21, spent a few days with City at the end of last season and
YORK swimming star Caroline Foot goes into her British championships semi-finals this evening knowing only a personal best effort would see her reach her third Olympic Games. The national championships, being held in Sheffield, were doubling up as the
FOLLOWING hard on the heels of the announcement that York's swimming pools were saved, we are delighted to report another campaign success. York District Hospital has secured £500,000 which will go towards an integrated eye unit. This could cut the waiting
YORK'S status as a science city is now undeniable. The latest development, a £10 million extension of the Science Park, fulfils those ambitious promises to turn York into a centre of hi-tech creativity. In the Innovations Centre, the university has established
ON behalf of St Leonard's Hospice, I should like to thank everyone who helped make the Let's Party weekend of July 1 and 2 such a success. Although it will be a while before we know the total amount raised from all the individual events, our own Community
THE Wilberforce Home for the Blind would like to thank everyone who supported two recent events. The summer fayre on July 9 raised just over £3,000. We are very grateful to all those people who donated items, to all those who helped with the preparation
DRINK-DRIVER Daemon MacKay was today starting five years in jail for killing much-loved Selby couple Stephen and Susan Groves. The postman drove his Ford Mondeo into the back of the couple's Vauxhall Corsa on a level stretch of the A1041 near Camblesforth
FORMER patients of disgraced North Yorkshire gynaecologist Richard Neale this afternoon called for a public inquiry after he was struck off by the General Medical Council. The GMC action against Neale, 54, of Langthorpe, Boroughbridge, took immediate
WATER watchdog OFWAT has pulled the plug on a plan to make the assets of Yorkshire Water a "mutual" company. A proposal last month by Yorkshire Water's parent company Kelda to separate and sell Yorkshire Water's assets into a community-owned Registered
INSURANCE is probably something you cannot afford to live without, and life assurance is something you oughtn't to die without, that is unless you are destitute, or unconcerned about who will be left to fork out for your funeral. Life assurance and property
COLIN Addison's reign as manager of Scarborough appears to be nearing an end, with former York City boss Neil Thompson emerging as the early favourite to replace him. Boro chairman John Russell has revealed that the club are trying to come to a financial
YORK City were today handed an exciting but tough tie against Stoke City in the first round draw of the Worthington Cup. The Minstermen will face the Division Two giants over two legs, with the first match at Bootham Crescent in the week commencing August
One in four women suffer from oily or shiny skin. Clarins has just launched a new range of products to tackle these problems, but do they result in non-shiny, happy people? We put them to the test... SAY 'no' to shine is the catchphrase of the latest
York mum Jane Towler is turning heads with her distinctive hat designs. MAXINE GORDON reports. Finding a shop for her new hat business on Tadcaster Road opposite York racecourse meant there could be only one name for Jane Towler's new store. "Ladies Day
It was his first visit to Spain and Andrew Hitchon found much to enjoy in the country's rich heritage. HOW best to sum up the spirit of Andalucia - with a horse dancing on its hind legs while its rider somehow stays in the saddle, or a ruined castle tower
VICTORIOUS campaigners launched a joyful celebration in York today after council leader Rod Hills promised that none of York's swimming pools will close. Coun Hills bowed to immense pressure from York's public - and a hard-hitting Evening Press campaign
Paul Kirkwood likes biking around Cornwall FOR a holiday treat I hit the Camel Trail - but I was the one putting in the legwork and not a humped mammal. The Camel in question is a river in North Cornwall and the trailing is done by bicycle along a disused
REBECCA GILBERT takes a flying visit to London to check out its latest attractions IT has been said that anything with 'Millennium' in its name is bound to go wrong, which made me a little apprehensive about going on a trip entitled 'Discovering Millennium
'You're travelling to the Mediterranean ...by car?...with the kids?" Some people were more sympathetic than envious when I revealed my holiday plans. They probably felt that after driving 950 miles across England and France over three days, with two children
Simon Ritchie enjoyed some star treatment during a weekend break in Paris For a second or two as we stepped out of the Planet Hollywood restaurant on the Champs-Elyses we felt like movie stars. Lined up on any either side of the entrance, like the parting
April in Paris has been worth singing about for years but as FRANCINE CLEE discovered, it's not the only place to love in springtimeLet's be honest. Antwerp isn't a name to inspire you when you're planning your romantic springtime getaway. It doesn't
Halkidiki is where the Greeks like to escape to. Rebecca Gilbert visits this secret corner of Greece and finds much to enjoy... especially the puddings Never in my life have I eaten so much as on a four-day trip to Halkidiki in northern Greece. Before
Liz Page fulfilled a long-held ambition when she saw the eclipse - and she got to stay in France into the bargain It was around mid-day when the sun went out. The birds fell silent, the wind dropped, stars appeared and the blazing warmth of a high-summer's
450 new places planned in £10.4m York venture . A MASSIVE £10.4 million building programme has swung into action at York Science Park, a venture which by next year will double the numbers of high-tech jobs there from 450 to 900. But funding for a major
THE possibility of merging two primary schools should be considered by officers tackling falling pupil numbers in Haxby and Wigginton, according to a York councillor. Councillor Gerald Dean is to ask City of York Council to look at the idea of merging
POLICE in Malton are urging people to keep an eye on their outbuildings and trailers, following a number of thefts which they believe could be linked. Inspector Neil Burnett, of Malton police, said it is "quite possible" that an Isuzu Trooper and box
OXFAM'S York branch is receiving a fashionable makeover by a top design company, which was founded by international style-guru Terence Conran. The Conran Design Group is refurbishing the Oxfam branch in Goodramgate, as part of a massive revamp of the
THE new coach of York Wasps is expected to be installed this weekend. The final interview will take place on Friday with an announcement likely on Saturday or Monday at the latest. Chief executive Ann Garvey revealed six applicants were in the running
MANCHESTER United's Phil Neville could make his first appearance since his Euro 2000 penalty gaffe against either York City or Scarborough, writes Dave Stanford. The Red Devils are scheduled to play at Scarborough on Friday night and Bootham Crescent
RESIDENTIAL homes for the elderly could be closed or converted to other uses in massive changes to the way older people's needs are met in York. An independent report commissioned by City of York Council also suggests spending £500,000 to support more
FLAK Jacket, an easy winner at Pontefract last Friday night, is strongly fancied to defy a penalty at Catterick tomorrow. The David Nicholls-trained sprinter lines up for the Halifax Handicap over five furlongs and will again have the assistance of Darryll
With the Millennium Mystery Plays packed up and gone, CHARLES HUTCHINSON looks to the future of this great York institution. WILL we ever again see another York Mystery Plays on the scale of this summer's £600,000 show at York Minster? The Millennium
