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  • Vane comes home to roof

    A WEATHER vane has been returned to its rightful home on top of a York primary school after more than 15 years on a pub. When St George's Secondary School closed in 1985 the weather vane was put on top of The Phoenix Inn pub on George Street. As part

  • York Training Centre in UK top third

    AN INSPECTION of York Training Centre has put the City of York Council-run facility into the top third of providers in the country. The Adult Learning Inspectorate has given York Training Centre an average score of 2.86 - where one is good and five is

  • Sweet justice

    JUSTICE was served last night according to York City manager Terry Dolan as his Minstermen came from a goal behind to claim a 1-1 draw with Wrexham. Peter Duffield's 74th-minute equaliser cancelled out Steve Roberts' first-half opener for the visitors

  • New trainer Hogarth can double score - 30/10/02

    Harry Hogarth, a newcomer to the training ranks, returns to the scene of his first win tomorrow and could well double his score with Keiran in the Jayne Thompson Memorial Novices' Chase at Sedgefield. Hogarth, a farmer who lives near Stillington and who

  • We wanted to dance the night away with Bryan

    TONY McKinstry's short, but excellent, report of Bryan Ferry's brilliant gig (October 26) failed to mention the awesome guitar play by Chris Spedding. Had it not been for Ferry being totally brilliant, Spedding would have stolen the show. I hope we don't

  • No needs for horns

    THE case of the First bus driver charged with road rage (October 24) interests me because it adds weight to the belief that most road rage is triggered by the sounding of the horn. Our roads would be much safer and less frenetic if cars were made without

  • Pupil's funeral

    The funeral of York school pupil David Harry, who died of a suspected heart attack, was taking place at York Crematorium today. The 15-year-old Joseph Rowntree School pupil was found dead in bed by his mother, Tracy Way, at their home in Lime Tree Avenue

  • Ballet company in York

    ARTISTIC director Peter Mallek brings his Vienna Festival Ballet company to the Grand Opera House, York, tomorrow to present Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty. Re-staged for the company by Justine Berrie, this production remains faithful to the

  • Bleach refuses help

    JAILED arms dealer Peter Bleach is refusing to be treated for tuberculosis in protest at the Indian Authorities' handling of his case, the Foreign Office confirmed today. Bleach, a former pupil of St Peter's School in York, has been ill with TB since

  • Back problems on the agenda

    The York branch of Backcare is to meet at the Purey Cust Hospital, Precentors Court, York, on Thursday, November 21, at 7.30pm. There will be a presentation by physiotherapists on the facilities and services that can provide for spinal problems, including

  • Urgent repairs to river path

    A YORK riverside path is to be replaced because the existing bank is collapsing in places and is in a dangerous state. City of York Council will be starting work on the footpath behind numbers 20 to 90 Huntington Road during the week commencing Monday

  • Flats group may return to court

    A CAMPAIGNER who convinced a High Court judge to quash planning permission for 24 flats on a York school site may take further legal action, it emerged today. Stephen Prophet, of protest organisation the Clifton Preservation Group, won a legal challenge

  • Village development protest brings police to roadworks

    POLICE were called out to a North Yorkshire village after feelings ran high over a controversial new development. Officers attended the site in Appleton Roebuck to calm tempers during preparatory work on road narrowing as part of a housing scheme. Protesters

  • Medieval flagon thrown down the toilet by a clumsy monk

    A 16TH CENTURY drinking vessel whose discovery led to an "archaeological goldmine" was today being put on display. The half-buried stoneware flagon was discovered by a US tourist visiting Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley, in the summer. The chance discovery

  • Stuart caged for charity

    EVENING Press finance director Stuart Watts is swapping his calculator for the cells - and it is up to you to get him out. Stuart has volunteered to take part in the 2002 RNIB Jail And Bail event, and will be one of a number of well-known York people

  • Driver killed in crash had suffered blackouts

    A MOTORIST who died after veering across a busy North Yorkshire road, clipping an oncoming car and smashing into a tree had suffered blackouts in the past, an inquest was told. Coroner Donald Coverdale heard how Roy Stansfield's vehicle pulled out of

  • Safety first on the road

    NORTH Yorkshire drivers are being asked to take extra care ahead of the start of dark evenings and worsening weather conditions. Almost 1,000 people were killed or seriously injured on the county's roads last year and 95 per cent were down to human error

  • Police in warning to spooky night tricksters

    Pranksters have been warned by York police that disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated this Hallowe'en and extra officers are being brought in to patrol the city's streets. Police chiefs will be drafting in more officers tomorrow as hundreds of youngsters

  • Moor to come from Junior Cup holders

    YORK FA Saturday Junior Cup holders Barmby Moor continued their defence by beating Rufforth United Reserves 6-2 in the second round. Two goals each from Tom Rastall and substitutes Tom Gibson and Paul Tatterton settled the tie. Heslington met their own

  • Pub bosses fume at pint price

    BITTER pub bosses today accused the UK's leading brewer of spoiling the local pub trade by jacking up prices for the second time this year. Some angry landlords, who have had to put up their prices by 12p a pint for John Smith's Extra Smooth bitter, claim

  • Park win to stay top of the table

    DUNCOMBE Park remain top of RJF Homes Beckett League division one after their 2-1 win at Sinnington. Jeremy Richardson put the visitors head with a tap-in from close range following a Liam Ogunshakin corner and Ogunshakin made it 2-0 from the penalty

  • DEFRA team in fact-finding mission to N Yorks

    A TEAM of officials from the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is to visit North Yorkshire tomorrow for a fact-finding mission to study the impact of environmental regulations on small enterprises. Eight DEFRA officials will visit

  • Anti-war workers to stay silent for children of Iraq

    PUBLIC services will come to a standstill tomorrow as a union backs a day of anti-war protest. Public workers' union Unison, which represents hundreds of City of York Council workers, is urging its members to observe a five-minute silence in memory of

  • Price hike for Tykes

    Yorkshire's adult members will pay more to watch their championship-relegated team play next season - but junior and student members will see a reduction in their fees. Subscriptions for full members rise from £101 to £125 and other increases are: country

  • Ticket rush for UK Championship

    TICKETS for the UK Snooker Championship final in York on December 15 were all gone today, only three days after going on sale. The crowd capacity in the Barbican Centre's arena for the Sunday double-session climax to two weeks of world-class sport is

  • Home Office responds to mother's plea over hostel

    A SENIOR Home Office official has responded to concerns by a worried mother over York's probation hostel - on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Blair. The resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote to Mr Blair following Evening Press revelations that

  • Knights to shine in new kit

    THE Evening Press can today reveal the new home strip of the York City Knights. The Press can also reveal - as seen on the graphic - that the Knights' new shirt sponsor is Guildford Construction, the York-based company owned by the club's majority shareholder

  • Mac back for City

    FANS' favourite Jon McCarthy is to pull on the York City shirt once more when he turns out for the reserves for their trip to Hull City. Northern Ireland international McCarthy, who only teamed up with the Minstermen again on Monday, has looked bright

  • Sweet justice

    JUSTICE was served last night according to York City manager Terry Dolan as his Minstermen came from a goal behind to claim a 1-1 draw with Wrexham. Peter Duffield's 74th-minute equaliser cancelled out Steve Roberts' first-half opener for the visitors

  • Mount's perfect foil

    GIRLS from Mount School in York are making a big point in the sport of fencing. Helen Holloway, 15, has been selected to fence for Great Britain Under-17s in a major competition in Heideheim in Germany next month. She is currently third in the National

  • Final agenda for girls

    THE York College Women's Football Academy team have swept in to the national finals of the British Colleges Five-A-Side Championship to be played at Loughborough in January. The first intake of the academy won the their regional heat at Barnsley by drawing

  • Professor in pursuit of excellence

    CHRIS GREENWOOD meets material man Prof Eric Cantor, right, who has taken over at York University YOU don't have to be a professor of materials science to know that York University is a success story - and one with plenty of building blocks available

  • Snaggletooth's Mystery by Gene Kemp (Faber and Faber, £4.99)

    A FUN and imaginative book, exploring the possibilities of the supernatural, when doors at Cricklepit School refuse to be opened and cars are vandalised. Although a strange illness begins to spread throughout pupils and teachers and shadowy figures are

  • Patton's Last Battle by Charles Whiting (Spellmount, £16.99)

    WAS General George S Patton, known as the GI General and Ol' Blood And Guts, really the kind of folk hero America needed? Autocratic, with an arrogance bordering on contempt, especially towards his superior, Eisenhower, he delighted in referring to the

  • Find out about school rebuilds

    A SERIES of meetings are to take place in York to give the public information about controversial plans to use private funding to build three primary schools. Hob Moor, St Barnabas' and St Oswald's primary schools, in York, are all set to be rebuilt under

  • Children harvest cash crop

    PUPILS from a York primary school raised more than £400 for a national children's charity during their harvest festival celebrations. Rather than giving out food parcels, pupils from Knavesmire Primary School took home envelopes and collected money for

  • School gets new features

    THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, helped staff and children from a North Yorkshire school celebrate the opening of a new extension. The two classrooms and ICT suite were opened at the Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary School, in Shipton-by-Beningbrough

  • The Troubleshooter

    TO hire a successful businessman to come into a failing company and turn it around would cost a small fortune - but Yorkshire CCC have managed to get their own Sir John Harvey-Jones for nothing. Using tried and tested strategies from his 'day job' as

  • Price hike for Tykes

    Yorkshire's adult members will pay more to watch their championship-relegated team play next season - but junior and student members will see a reduction in their fees. Subscriptions for full members rise from £101 to £125 and other increases are: country

  • Knights to shine in new kit

    THE Evening Press can today reveal the new home strip of the York City Knights. The Press can also reveal - as seen on the graphic - that the Knights' new shirt sponsor is Guildford Construction, the York-based company owned by the club's majority shareholder

  • Mac back for City

    FANS' favourite Jon McCarthy is to pull on the York City shirt once more when he turns out for the reserves for their trip to Hull City. Northern Ireland international McCarthy, who only teamed up with the Minstermen again on Monday, has looked bright

  • Tony the tops at trantrums

    WE should not be surprised. Any childcare expert will tell you - let them get their own way all the time and you are storing up trouble. For years, what Tony wanted, Tony got. He wanted to meet all his favourite pop stars and footballers. They dutifully

  • Amateur bid defeated

    THE proposal to scrap professional players from the York and District Senior Cricket League was defeated last night. The proposed rule change had been put forward by Pocklington CC, but at the league's annual meeting at York St John's College, the motion

  • Union 'scabs' will accept pay rises

    MY heart bleeds for the people named as Arriva trains dispute "scabs" (October 26). Their "stand" is a wonderful metaphor for the lack of social solidarity in Britain today; where people think they can opt in and out whenever they want to and to hell

  • Schools alert

    WE write to alert readers to dates of forthcoming ward meetings about rebuilding three York primary schools: Hob Moor, Westfield (November 6), St Oswald's, Fulford (November 14) and St Barnabas', Beckfield (November 19). This rebuilding is to be funded

  • Simply crackers

    ONCE again it is the silly season of powerful and expensive fireworks. I wish to highlight the stupid, irresponsible actions of those who discharge these fireworks without any consideration for others. Friday evening was typical. Fireworks were let off

  • Post office campaign

    YOUR article in opposition to the closure of post offices (October 15) is a laudable stance. However, you seem unwilling to note the comments given by the people interviewed as part of the article. All three made more or less the same points which are

  • Vera's in our hearts

    I WAS saddened to learn of Vera Hornshaw's death. I first met her 20 years ago when, as a member of Trinity Methodist Church, I got involved in Trinity Dramatic Society. She was always jolly, had a smile and a cheery word for everyone and was forthcoming

  • End housing rip-off

    JOHN Prescott was recently reported to be considering blocking the sale of council houses. It has taken some time for the Government to realise that buying a property from the council at a peppercorn rent and selling later at full market value is a rip-off

  • Railway research

    I AM researching early British Railways departmental installations and want information about York engineers' yard and concrete depot, especially where it was within the system, what was there and when it closed. Please ring me on 0121 444 8896 or at

  • Revamp for magazine

    MORE than 300,000 copies of the Reporter, the guide to North Yorkshire County Council's services, are now hitting homes and businesses across the county. The twice-yearly publication has a new revamped magazine style, and the current issue not only gives

  • Talented young actors to get their big break

    TALENTED North Yorkshire youngsters have been bidding for the chance to tread the boards alongside Britain's top Shakespearean actors. Tickets are already on sale for the Royal Shakespeare Company's visit to Hambleton Leisure Centre, in Northallerton,

  • Local workers wage rise 'winners'

    LOCAL workers are among the "winners" in a new survey showing which areas of the country have seen the biggest - and smallest - increases in earnings. The East Riding, North Yorkshire and York all scored higher than the national average for pay increases

  • Mum's the word at opera house

    A SPATE of childbirth, which saw five York work colleagues become mothers in two years, is being used to publicise a play about parenthood. The five women worked in the marketing department of the Grand Opera House - which has a staff of only eight. They

  • Give blood

    A blood donor session is taking place at The DeGrey Rooms, Exhibition Square, York, on Monday. Donations can be made between 2pm and 7.30pm. Telephone 08457 711711 or visit www.blood.co.uk for more details. Updated: 12:02 Wednesday, October 30, 2002

  • Mince label confusion

    TRADING standards officers from York have taken part in a project which has led to a warning to consumers and the Government about confusing labelling for minced beef. Officials from across the Yorkshire region, including those from York, sampled minced

  • Football gadget scores top science prize

    THE innovative imagination of a young York football fan has seen his solo kickabout machine put on display in the national Science Museum. Nine-year-old Daniel Walton, of Huntington, is the proud inventor of the Football-O-Matic, a contraption that solves

  • Posties, stylists support hospice

    POSTMEN in York will be delivering something extra with the morning mail in a bid to help St Leonard's Hospice light up a life this Christmas. A leaflet about the St Leonard's Hospice Light Up A Life appeal is being delivered by the Royal Mail to selected

  • Weather washes out Ouse match

    THE dreadful weather of the past week put paid to the weekend's top match with the decision taken on Sunday morning to cancel the Ouse Championships. With the county's premier river carrying more than eight feet of rapidly rising flood water the organisers

  • Concern over rail station delays

    COUNCIL officers have been quizzed about the continuing delay to bring rail halts to two York villages. Members of City of York Council's Transport Scrutiny Board demanded to know when people would see new rail stations built at Haxby and Strensall. Liberal

  • Town on the rise after win

    HARROGATE Town returned to the winning trail in the UniBond League premier division last night as they returned from Gainsborough Trinity with a 2-1 victory. Town, who had suffered four straight league defeats interspersed with two FA Cup wins, overcame

  • Amateur bid defeated

    THE proposal to scrap professional players from the York and District Senior Cricket League was defeated last night. The proposed rule change had been put forward by Pocklington CC, but at the league's annual meeting at York St John's College, the motion

  • Twins born on different days

    A COUPLE caused a stir at a hospital maternity ward when their twins were born on different days. Despite being born only minutes apart either side of midnight, twins Louise and Luke Raddings will always celebrate their birthdays on separate days. Their

  • The Troubleshooter

    TO hire a successful businessman to come into a failing company and turn it around would cost a small fortune - but Yorkshire CCC have managed to get their own Sir John Harvey-Jones for nothing. Using tried and tested strategies from his 'day job' as

  • Pupils caught in Etna eruption

    EAST Yorkshire students on a school trip to Sicily watched in amazement as Mount Etna erupted only hours after they had walked on it. About 40 youngsters and four staff from Pocklington School were on a week-long holiday which finished with a trip to

  • House prices boom shuts Starting Gate

    YORK'S property boom has sounded the death knell for another city pub and restaurant. The Starting Gate, in Tadcaster Road, will be closed before Christmas and then sold to developers for housing, subject to planning permission. The closure is the latest

  • York City 1, Wrexham 1

    PETER Duffield's eighth goal of the season salvaged a point for York City against Wrexham. But while his 74th-minute leveller spared City's blushes and keeps them on the coat-tails of the division's front-runners it could not paper over the cracks of

  • A seedy slice of Tokyo

    ADAM NICHOLS finds why the 'czar' of Soviet Cold War spying has headed East MARTIN Cruz Smith knows a lot about the world. Not surprisingly, his reputation is as a specialist in the intricacies of Cold War Russia's secretive world of spying. Gorky Park

  • Never Been Kissed by Ashley and Mary-Kate, (Collins, £3.99)

    THIS is the first part of two books about two 15-year-old twins planning their sweet 16 birthday party, including all the stress and arguments along the way. At first I found this book hard to understand because it is written in the first person - but

  • Now its profit before pints

    IN the words of Whitbread, closing the Starting Gate pub and restaurant was a "cold commercial" decision. It will certainly send a shiver down the spine of anyone who cares about York's social scene. We have become used to the disappearance of once familiar

  • Some you twin

    TWINS, it is said, share a special bond. They grow up together, play together, start school together and have a connection no one else fully understands. But there are downsides to life as one of a pair. For example, a twin never enjoys a birthday dedicated

  • It's time to take action over City's lack of goals

    WHEN is Terry Dolan going to take responsibility for City's poor ratio of goals to chances. It's all right him bleating after every game that we have failed to convert our chances, but when is he going to take some action. Surely that is what he's paid