CHRIS BUXTON discovers the unspoilt secret of Sivota. IT WAS three o'clock in the afternoon and the sun was baking down from a clear sky. We were playing chase the shade as the shadow of the overhanging cliff moved steadily up the beach in a deserted
IN June this year we held a very successful fund-raising event and, thanks to the generosity of your readers, we were able to raise the amount required for a special casing in which our Branch Standard will be laid up in York Minster. We would like everyone
REFERRING to the question "are trains safe" answered by Messrs Semmens and Herschel; surely the question should be "are trains as safe since privatisation"? We have always known that trains are safer than other forms of transport. D J Semmens statistics
IT was with particular interest that I read about the traffic warden parked on double yellow lines (October 26). It appears that York must have been covered with cones at some stage on Sunday, if Mr Scott's team's reasons for the new York parking patrol
OUR Hospice Buy A Brick campaign has gained a big boost from the backing of the Archbishop of York. As the appeal came within a few pounds of the £1.5 million milestone, Dr David Hope gave his blessing to people purchasing a piece of the new St Leonard's
AN AMATEUR photographer is hoping to find this mystery woman who has magically appeared in his wedding snaps. After shooting his nephew's big day on the Isle of Wight, Peter Luke, steward at the Motor Yacht Club in Fulford, near York, was surprised to
A CALL for guarantees covering York's new traffic warden scheme has been made by the city's Conservative parliamentary candidate. Michael McIntyre has written to City of York Council leader Rod Hills asking for safeguards against future charge increases
Looking for a manicure or even a womanicure? Then this bar could be the place for you. The latest in London health and beauty treatments comes up north with the opening of a new manicure parlour - with booze. Nailbarone, in Swinegate, is offering York's
NORTH Yorkshire's latest lifesaver came down to earth in York. Local people got their first chance to see the new air ambulance when it landed in Museum Gardens. The helicopter will be managed by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS
YORK'S waste management company would face "insurmountable hurdles" if it applied for planning permission to extend a controversial "super tip" near York, according to Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh. Miss McIntosh was speaking at a public meeting to discuss
A YORK singer has crooned his way into the semi-finals of a national karaoke competition. Chris Hagyard, 19, a student at York Sixth Form College, who began singing when he was nine years old, started performing in karaoke nights three or four years ago
A NORTH YORKSHIRE karate expert saw his dream come true when he led Great Britain to glory in the home of the sport, writes Peter Martini. Harrogate-based Matthew Price captained the team which secured the bronze medal at the World Karate Championships
Royal York Hotel chef Stuart Nabbs cooks up a birthday treat for Scorpios. OBSESSION and passion - what better words could sum up the typical Scorpio? They want food bursting with powerful flavours like basil, cinnamon, curry and garlic. They enjoy food
GOALKEEPING great Neville Southall has hailed Bootham Crescent's international savers and backed York City number one Alan Fettis for an international recall. Southall, the former Welsh and Everton legend now puts both Fettis and his understudy, Russ
PETER Evely, City of York Council's head of highways regulation, told the Evening Press last Tuesday that six people had been injured in Pavement in the past three years. Since installing the automatic bollard on Stonebow, three drivers have been hurt
BRYN EVANS enjoys lunch fare close to (a stately) home There are times when you instinctively know that something is right. Just such a thought occurred to me last Saturday lunchtime as my wife Antonia and I set about tackling our joint pudding at the
IT was the advert that lured me to Lew. There it was in a panel in the Evening Press and it must have cost a few bob. "GIVE US A JOB. Lew, ex-Lew's Place, soon to be ex-Grange Restaurant, needs something to do. Otherwise I will be a complete hooligan
OUR Hospice Buy A Brick campaign has gained a big boost from the backing of the Archbishop of York. As the appeal came within a few pounds of the £1.5 million milestone, Dr David Hope gave his blessing to people purchasing a piece of the new St Leonard's
A SPECIAL York 2001 calendar is to go on sale to raise money for the Hospice 2000 Appeal. The calendar, titled York And Some Of Its Minor Pleasures, features unique photographs of the city taken by John Shannon, who is a vice-chairman of St Leonard's
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth is keeping his fingers crossed for another international call-up after savouring his 'best moment in football'. Howarth was an integral part of the England Under-18 squad that earlier this month won a prestigious qualification
GOALKEEPING great Neville Southall has hailed Bootham Crescent's international savers and backed York City number one Alan Fettis for an international recall. Southall, the former Welsh and Everton legend now puts both Fettis and his understudy, Russ
A FORMER plumber, carer and salesman will entertain a country pub full of people tonight with his 'fawlty' waiting skills. Diners at the New Inn, Cropton, will be treated to both a three-course meal and guaranteed entertainment as the Fawlty Towers crew
Mike Laycock went down a cavern in Derbyshire's Peak District to see the fabulous Blue John Stone. It has been described as the prettiest cavern in the North, and it would be hard to argue with that description after paying a visit to Treak Cliff Cavern
GEORGE WILKINSON heads out into the heather of the North York Moors. MY drive to the Hawnby Hills was exquisite, the landscape fairytale lovely with valleys mysterious and filled with mist, and peaks brilliant in the sunlight; I wanted more of this on
NOT being in York to hear the York Millennium Symphony, I hope some enterprising body has put together a recording which could be of great interest to residents and tourists (what a souvenir of York). As all churches are strapped for funds, part of the
I HAVE a shop in Fossgate, to which I need access with heavy boxes, most days. Thanks to the bollard I now have to make a long detour to reach my shop, causing extra air pollution (which we are surely against), as well as frustration and expense to myself
BOOTHAM Crescent sharing top billing with Sunderland's state of the art Stadium of Light, Arsenal's history-laden Highbury and Manchester United's 'Theatre of Dreams' that is Old Trafford - surely a flight of fantasy? But not according to this year's
LIFE has been choc-full of goodness ever since Alf and Violet Matthews met as workmates in Rowntree's chocolate factory at York in 1938. He developed a soft centre for her - and now they are celebrating their diamond wedding at their home in Jute Road
RESIDENTS across York are claiming extra income which they could have missed out on, thanks to the city council's Working Families' Tax Credit take-up campaign. About 50 per cent of more than 250 families who called the council help line found they should
COUNCILLORS and senior council officials are taking to the road in a ground-breaking examination of City of York Council's complaints procedures. The idea has come as a result of the council's newly-modernised decision-making structure which gives "backbench
THE debate over whether or not the Government should legalise cannabis has lured more than 250 students - including a vicar - into joining a university society. Just two weeks since the launch of the Legalisation Of Cannabis Society ( LOCSOC) at York
YORK'S rogue roadblock has claimed yet more victims, with five drivers now believed to have crashed into it in less than two weeks. The rising bollard in Stonebow, designed to keep private cars out of the city centre, has wrecked the fronts of three vehicles
RAIL travellers were facing utter chaos today as Railtrack launched the biggest work programme on the network for more than 100 years. Trains were running late or being cancelled throughout the weekend because of slower speed restrictions and a number
PATIENTS at the Accident and Emergency Unit at York District Hospital will get treatment more quickly thanks to the appointment of the hospital's first two emergency nurse practitioners. Simon Etches and Linda Dunlop, both experienced A&E nurses,
YORK kick-boxing king Paul Lynch has struck gold after a battling display in the European championships. And the 32-year-old tough guy had to overcome not only the best fighters in Europe but also injury problems picked up in the earlier rounds to lift
HEWORTH travel to Bradford tomorrow to take on West Bowling with the prospect of a fine and suspensions hanging over their heads. The Villagers and Leigh East face a National Conference League disciplinary hearing on November 6 after their division one
HEAVY rain and storm force winds are forecast for tonight in North Yorkshire. Winds are expected to strengthen through this evening and peak at about midnight, and could reach gale force, between 39 and 45mph. Tomorrow afternoon, a band of heavy rain
YET more accolades have befallen former Grade One official Gerry Kershaw in his glittering post-refereeing career, writes Dianne Hillaby. Kershaw, head of the upper school at Easingwold School, has been appointed as the Rugby League's referees' representative
A MASSIVE roundabout has crippled a stables business which has taught North Yorkshire horse riders for more than 40 years, its owners claim. Since the new roundabout was built at the junction of Wigginton Road and York's Outer Ring Road, 40 metres from
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth is keeping his fingers crossed for another international call-up after savouring his 'best moment in football'. Howarth was an integral part of the England Under-18 squad that earlier this month won a prestigious qualification
CHRIS TITLEY invites you on a Hallowe'en ghost walk around York. EVERYONE loves a spooky story. In his 1899 book The Ghosts of York, William Camidge described how families would gather at Christmas to listen to their favourite tales of terror. "In the
MAXINE GORDON reports on a new recipe book to let children with allergies have their cake and eat it. WHEN little Isis Dunthorne goes off to a friend's party she always takes a tupperware box full of food to eat. It's not because Mum Kate fears there
