TIMES really have changed for Peter Mandelson. Four eventful years ago, he was busy masterminding Labour's breathtaking General Election victory. Yesterday he was pleased just to be given an Alligator named Arthur. But Mr Mandelson, who twice resigned
A FREAK injury sparked this dramatic roof rescue at York Railway Station. A 34-year-old worker was working on guttering on the roof at the station, but when he stood up his hip joint "popped". An ambulance was called at 12.31pm yesterday and painkillers
THE final countdown has begun, the £2 million target is within weeks of being achieved. Now just under £65,000 is needed to meet the goal for the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal - and the final push is on. If every household in the Evening Press circulation
IN just over a month York Brewery's second bar, provisionally entitled the Centurion Inn, will be open for business. The success of the brewery's first pub, the Last Drop Inn, has "given us the confidence to open another," says York Brewery boss Tony
George Wilkinson heads back into the fields at Hovingham The clematis were out in Hovingham, the village store was open and I had a Dales ice cream. There was scaffolding on Sir Marcus Worsley's 18th-century hall. The Malt Shovel Inn sported a sign proclaiming
THE final countdown has begun, the £2 million target is within weeks of being achieved. Now just under £65,000 is needed to meet the goal for the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal - and the final push is on. If every household in the Evening Press circulation
A SCHEME which will form the next step on the road to regeneration for four York schools has been given the backing of top councillors. The city's education leader said the package would mean a better deal now for the children involved. Members of City
THE life of Alcuin, the brainy medieval scholar from York who has had everything from Avenues to University Colleges named after him, is to be brought to life in a series of talks. Alcuin was born in 740AD and was educated from an early age at the Cathedral
STAFF at one of York's most popular hotels are celebrating as the hotel has made the final of a prestigious national award. The Monk Bar Hotel, will battle it out with six other hotels for the title of Best Independent Hotel in the Group Travel Organiser
AN HISTORIC York airfield could wave goodbye to two of its three remaining runways under a new planning application. The airfield at Acaster Malbis was one of many in Yorkshire used by the RAF during the Second World War. It was first used as support
York boxers achieved a hat-trick of success when Huntington Working Men's Club hosted a show featuring fighters from across the north. Luke Atkin, Graham Fern and Glenn Banks won their respective bouts to the delight of the large home crowd. Atkin, 13
David Byas was entitled to his wide grin for proving the Doubting Thomas's wrong as Yorkshire overwhelmed Glamorgan by 328 runs at Swansea yesterday to increase their lead at the top of Division One of the CricInfo Championship table. It was the joint
A GROUP of walkers have launched an appeal to have some of North Yorkshire's footpaths reopened. Pickering Walking Group claims membership is dwindling because planned walks have had to be cancelled because of the foot and mouth scourge. Member Shirley
THE new season may still be more than two months away but York City have already started digging for victory. The club have undertaken an extensive repair programme to the Bootham Crescent pitch in a bid to safeguard the surface should last winter's monsoon-like
POLICE are searching for three men in connection with two assaults in York today. The assaults, which resulted in three men receiving minor facial injuries, all happened in The Mount area of York between 1am and 2am. A spokeswoman for York Police said
HALF-BACK Gareth Oul-ton could have played his last game for York Wasps after failing to show up for training this week. Oulton was unhappy at being substituted early on in last week's defeat by Dewsbury Rams because he was not following instructions.
THE Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League's senior representative team face the toughest of tests at Osbaldwick tomorrow. The hosts entertain trophy holders the Bradford League in the first round of the Yorkshire Senior Leagues'
WEMBLEY wing wizard Leroy Rivett is relishing the chance to become part of a bright new era at York Wasps. As reported in yesterday's Evening Press, the former Leeds Rhinos ace has joined York initially until the end of the season. But he is considering
THE ELDERLY and housebound saw what Labour could deliver when Hugh Bayley joined a Meals on Wheels round. The election candidate volunteered to tour Clifton with a Women's Royal Voluntary Service round, in support of the work they do. The WRVS has challenged
AS a very regular visitor to York, and a disabled driver, I have followed the bollard saga since it first appeared. Now that the bollard has gone wrong and run amok, skewering this time the very vehicles it was not programmed to (May 22, pictured right
HAVING read the policies on green politics of all parties, I can find little on fuel cell technology. Fuel cells combine hydrogen with oxygen from the air, which generates electric power by reversing the process of electrolysis. This electric power is
THE three main political parties have hardly mentioned pensioners in their manifestos. All we ask is to be treated not less well than asylum seekers and illegal immigrants who are paid in cash or kind per week, £150 for a single person and £210 for a
I WAS delighted to see the tribute to Martin Barrass given by colleagues and the Evening Press (May 7). For a number of years now, Martin has worked with young carers in the area offering drama workshops and activities. Young carers are children who are
PRINCESS Sofie, runner-up in her two starts, can make it third-time-lucky at Pontefract tomorrow. Tim Easterby's filly lines up for division one of the Furniture Factors Maiden Auction Stakes and is fancied to oblige for Kevin Darley, who rode two winners
HIS eyes burned with ambition through the thin layer of building site dust on his face. In mucky work boots and jeans he marched across the carpet of York model agency, sat down in front of the stunning blonde who ran the show and said defiantly: "I want
York Wasps may not be an official feeder club for Castleford Tigers, but there is no doubting the links between the clubs. The Tigers Alliance team for Thursday night's clash with Wakefield included no fewer than seven players who have turned out for
CITY OF YORK councillors have given the green light to a plan which will see an independent charitable trust called in to take over the running of York's museums service. The move is designed at addressing the problems of declining visitor numbers at
MAXINE GORDON meets some York students with designs on success in the fashion world. POOR Victorian fisherfolk from Whitby, the Eighties children's cartoon Thundercats and Shakespeare's Macbeth are just some of the inspirations behind the collections
STEPHEN LEWIS checks out a Chinese restaurant in York that's thrown off the spectre of last year's floods Back in the dark, dank days of early November the Jade Garden Cantonese Restaurant, like a number of other businesses in York's Tower Street, was
David Byas was entitled to his wide grin for proving the Doubting Thomas's wrong as Yorkshire overwhelmed Glamorgan by 328 runs at Swansea yesterday to increase their lead at the top of Division One of the CricInfo Championship table. It was the joint
Dan Rutstein heads for Bront country to see what could have inspired the literary family. TO write as well as the Bronts you would need a fair amount of inspiration. And arriving in "their country" by steam train, you feel almost inspired to pick up the
A new show gives aspiring actors the chance to step from obscurity straight into the Woolpack. CAN you do a Dingle? Could you pout like Peggy? Or brawl like a Battersby? Well, now's your chance to prove it? Apparently, the people who brought us Popstars
GOLDEN couple Arthur and Helen Carey are celebrating 50 years of married life today. They met at a garden party in Haxby organised by the local Methodist church. Arthur, now 74, had returned to his native Haxby on de-mob leave, and Helen, now 71, had
SHEPHERD 'A' were grateful to emerge as victors in a tough 5-4 York John Smith's Men's League encounter with Green Tree 'B', writes Dave Fotheringham. After a fine 21 darts by Mick Willsden, Kev Walton partnered Rod Thompson to snatch the decider, thus
INL Club 'A' team are top of York and District Summer Handicap Snooker League division one after beating Pack of Cards 'B' 4-0 in the first week of the season. There are twelve teams in the league, divided into two division. The Cueball Club are sponsoring
A YORK couple who met while walking beside the River Ouse in the city were celebrating their golden wedding on Saturday. George and Mavis Saunders, of Appleby Place, Tang Hall, got chatting after their chance riverside meeting and the couple's relationship
POCKLINGTON Rugby Union Club ended their season on a high note by winning both games on their mini-tour to the south of France. They beat Perpignan University 35-25 in a ten-a-side game at Stade Roger Ramis, with five tries from Sam Allen and one each
SOUTH Yorkshire proved to be a happy hunting ground for Heworth's Neil Smith as he landed one of the county's major prizes. Smith is pictured above with the Sheffield Plate Open Amateur Championship which he won at Hallamshire Golf Club to maintain his
PRESTIGIOUS honours have been presented to the creative minds behind two landmark buildings which have helped to put York firmly on the national map for architectural excellence. The £5 million City Screen cinema complex, created out of the former Yorkshire
A UNIQUE set of drawings by a famous York artist could fetch a six-figure sum when it goes under the hammer later this month. But they will not be coming to their home city, as bosses at York's main art gallery said a bid for them was unlikely. The drawings
A COUPLE whose lives were thrown into turmoil when they were badly injured in a car crash near York have praised the many people who have helped them recover. Kenneth and Pamela Hindmarsh, from Elvington, were seriously injured when their Renault Megane
IF the organisers of this weekend's double bill of concerts are hoping this will encourage people back to rural areas in the wake of foot and mouth, they're not getting much help from the weather. Last night Dalby Forest was cold, wet... and yet really
A ROW has erupted in Ryedale after Liberal Democrat election candidate Keith Orrell was accused of using false information in an effort to win the seat. Both Conservative John Greenway and Labour candidate David Ellis claimed their opponent was spreading
THE FUTURE of York's council homes has been made an election issue by Conservative Michael McIntyre. He has asked Labour candidate Hugh Bayley to promise opposition to any plans to force City of York Council to transfer its housing stock to private landlords
WEMBLEY wing wizard Leroy Rivett is relishing the chance to become part of a bright new era at York Wasps. As reported in yesterday's Evening Press, the former Leeds Rhinos ace has joined York initially until the end of the season. But he is considering
HALF-BACK Gareth Oul-ton could have played his last game for York Wasps after failing to show up for training this week. Oulton was unhappy at being substituted early on in last week's defeat by Dewsbury Rams because he was not following instructions.
THE new season may still be more than two months away but York City have already started digging for victory. The club have undertaken an extensive repair programme to the Bootham Crescent pitch in a bid to safeguard the surface should last winter's monsoon-like
