Motoring editor MALCOLM BAYLIS reports on BMW's latest roadster, the two-seat Z4 BMW's much-publicised and long-awaited Z4 two-seater roadster is on the way - in fact it is just a couple of months away. It will arrive in June powered by either a 2.5i-litre
IN a new summertime music venture in York, Fibbers is to run twice-weekly Afternoon All Ages Shows for 12 Plus. Staying Out For The Summer will take place at the live music bar in Stonebow on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 22 to August 28. Doors will
SPRING is here and not a moment too soon. Now we can go out without fear of snow or rain. Yorkshire paintballing centre is the largest in the north, with 100 acres of woodland. The centre caters for quad biking too. It costs £15 for paintballing and £25
LEVEL 42 are to play York Barbican Centre on October 29 on their 2003 Ultimate Tour, All The Hits And More. Mark King's re-formed band from the Eighties appeared at the Barbican on their comeback tour last November, and this time they return as part of
AMERICAN paranoia feeds its movie industry, the superpower's biggest propaganda machine of all. So Roger Donaldson's The Recruit is a warning, a recruitment drive and a spy thriller wrapped inside a cautionary tale of flushing out the rotten apple from
A PECULIARITY of Parliament is life goes on, no matter what is happening in the real world. Tony Blair and Geoff Hoon, who is proving a surprisingly safe pair of hands for the Prime Minister, have turned up to make statements on the bloody war in Iraq
IF Royal Ascot is transferred to York for the 2005 season, it will be a chance for the meeting to go up market. No offence to Ascot which, we understand, is an impressive venue. But the Berkshire course does not boast a brand new, five-storey, £20 million
A RECENT visit to the Shambles car park revealed parking charges are to increase by more than 18 per cent from April 1. This means our usual visit to the city centre shops lasting not more than three hours will now cost £3.90. What possible justification
I HAVE been very lucky because I have worked non-stop since I was 16 and have never been unemployed. Unfortunately, my luck changed at the end of last year when I was made redundant from my job with Smith & Nephew, the healthcare company, along with
TO some of us the sad story of dilapidation in two City of York Council properties (March 19) was less surprising than it should have been. Liberal Democrat pressure to increase spending on repairs has been constant for some years. In the recent budget
I AM writing in response to EC Earle's letter (March 25). I consider the current criticism of Hugh Bayley to be entirely justified. I have written to Mr Bayley on a number of occasions about the war in Iraq. In each reply he has stressed the need to work
THOUGH our members are all around 80 years of age, their memories of 60 years ago have not diminished. It is with this in mind, that having in the most part been face to face with the enemy, we can fully understand the traumas that our troops are enduring
PLANS to develop a former private school in the centre of York into a restaurant, shops and apartments are set to be given the go ahead. Planning officers have recommended approving the application for the development of the former York College for Girls
AN ANCIENT gold coin discovered in North Yorkshire has reached top price at auction in London. The Anglo-Saxon coin, believed to be more than 1,300 years old, was sold for £3,795 by Spink yesterday. It was found near Bulmer Bank, near Malton, in the 1980s
THE disappearance of one of Britain's most magical birds is causing a flap among York scientists. The barn owl, feathered friend of Harry Potter, was once a common sight in the British countryside, but has experienced a massive fall in numbers over the
A SWEET dream could come true for a lucky North Yorkshire youngster if they win a "tasty" competition. Sweet manufacturer Haribo is looking for young experts to form part of its 2003 sweet tasting panel. It is giving ten children the chance to taste sweets
FURIOUS residents say York's outer ring road and its feeder roads are being used as a rubbish dump. Householders in Askham Lane have condemned the state of the verges running alongside its link with the A1237. Resident Stephen Fenton said the area was
KEN Taylor, of Bootham, successfully defended his title in the last York Conservative clubs' Hunters Motor Spares Over-50s snooker competition when he defeated Colin Richardson, of Heworth, in the final played at Acomb club. Richardson, with a handicap
KEVIN Hopper potted a snooker double within four day by winning the Champion of Champions snooker handicap knockout tournament at the Cueball Club and then winning the March monthly competition at the same venue. He came from behind to beat Tim Hart 2
MALTON and Norton's promotion credentials will be given the sternest of examinations by Pocklington tomorrow. Pocklington may be bottom of Yorkshire Two, condemned to their second successive relegation, but the Percy Roaders will be in no mood to roll
YORK University Student Ladies handed out a lesson to the University Staff with an 8-1 win in ladies division one of the York Badminton League. Nicky Roe and Alex Darlington took the honours degree with three straight wins for 90-12. Sally Locker and
HUNDREDS of grumpy dogs and sickly cats across York are now being treated with acupuncture and other alternative therapies due to the success of a network of complementary therapists. Poorly pets in the city are being offered healing, homeopathy and acupuncture
EIGHT out of nine local authorities in the area have now backed a York IT company to win a blockbuster nine-figure contract to transform local government communications in York and North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire County Council and Selby District Council
HARROGATE Railway last night became the first side to beat Bridlington on their own turf this season with a 3-2 win in the first leg of the Northern Counties East League President's Cup final. Rail came from 2-0 down at half-time against the champions
BLOOD donors from York, Tadcaster and Goole were among those receiving prestigious awards at a ceremony in Leeds. Donors who have clocked up 75 and 100 donations of blood were given a big thank you from the National Blood Service at the special event.
SCARBOROUGH travel to the Huish to take on champions-elect Yeovil tonight (7.45pm kick-off) with manager Russ Slade able to rejig his side. An international call-up deprived him of Michael Price, but in a late deadline day double swoop Slade signed defender
RSPCA volunteer Carolyn Cox and her husband, Peter, are going to the dogs! The couple of Strensall, York, will compete in the London Marathon to raise more than £2,000 for the charity's York and District branch. It will help fund a new small animal centre
A LEADING architect has claimed the proposed Hungate redevelopment scheme has the potential to create a "wonderful new area of York in which to live and work." Nick Allen said the massing and scale of the proposed buildings, some of which will reach seven
NORTH Yorkshire's Deputy Chief Constable fears a teenage prank with a toy pellet gun could end in tragedy. Peter Walker has highlighted the dangers of brandishing air weapons and BB (ball bearing) guns in public as the force gears up to take part in a
A total of £800 was raised at the sports forum held at York Acorn ARLC last night, with York City Knights and York City receiving £400 each. The bash, to which about 60 people turned up, saw a panel of sporting stars from the city answer questions and
YORK City Knights have completed a stunning 12-hour triple swoop. As reported in later editions of the Evening Press yesterday, the Knights have signed Castleford Tigers half-back Adam Thaler on loan for the season, and they followed that up by snapping
THINGS were going glug in the night at the start of the York Beer Festival. The three-day event, sponsored by the Evening Press, has a ghostly theme. So York ectoplasm expert Ewan Main, of the Ghost Trail of York, opened the festival in its new venue,
A TEENAGER threw tiles into a York street during a rooftop standoff with police York magistrates heard. Michael Brian Kitching, 18, climbed onto the roof of his family's home in Birstwith Drive, Acomb, after an argument with his mother over his drinking
YORK City Supporters' Trust have planned a day of celebration to mark tomorrow's historic home clash with Southend United (3pm). The game will first since the Trust completed their monumental take-over of the Minstermen on Wednesday - and the fans' body
THIS is the damage done by a thug to a 52-year-old man innocently walking home from work. Andrew Hart was unlucky enough to cross the path of a youth who had decided he wanted a fight. Police are investigating the incident which unfolded late on Sunday
A former North Yorkshire coroner found guilty of stealing almost £155,000 from the estates of his dead clients has been struck off the roll, a tribunal heard today. Jeremy Cave, 53, was barred from practising as a solicitor at the Solicitors Disciplinary
RACE fans were champing at the bit today at the prospect that Royal Ascot could move north to York. The cream of high society could be sipping champagne on Knavesmire if the hugely popular racing festival, known as the Season, moves from Berkshire to
SCOTTISH striker Alex Mathie was the big name casualty as the Supporters' Trust began their cost-cutting measures at the club. It had been widely rumoured that the Minstermen would have to trim their squad this week, to attempt to clear their crippling
NORTH YORKSHIRE parents of soldiers out in Iraq have told how they feel isolated and lacking in support as they worry for the safety of their sons. They have said their plight would be eased if they could meet up with other soldiers' relatives, and share
EUROPEAN visitors are making their anti-war feelings felt - by not coming to York. The tourism industry in York is suffering a double blow from the war in Iraq as, besides the fall in American visitors, the country is now suffering a backlash of anti-war
Yes... says Dorothy Dawson, chair of the York Conservative Supper Club Last year should have been a good year for the Monarchy. It was the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Just think of it, 50 years on the throne. Life is always made up of highs and lows and it
NEVER let it be said that York City fans aren't a hands-on bunch. York City Supporters' Trust has now become the football club's new owner. But looking at these photos of Bootham Crescent past, that's not such a surprising outcome. Over the years the
John Quinn, with a brace of winners and several placed horses already bagged in the first week of the new turf campaign, can make his presence felt at Ascot tomorrow. The Settrington trainer saddles the highly-regarded Beauvrai in the £50,000 tote.co.uk
Motoring editor MALCOLM BAYLIS is won over by the most desirable Ka on the block FORD'S StreetKa, the cute soft top version of the Ka, was designed for posing, so where better to test its credentials than in Cannes on the French Riviera? With the top
SEAT's Cordoba deserves attention, if only for its gargantuan boot, says IAN LAMMING FIX a boot on a Seat Ibiza and you end up with the latest model in a rejuvenated model line-up, namely the Cordoba. The four-door saloon seems to have slipped into the
Life is sweet for the Sugababes. After a run of chart-topping releases, the girls have netted themselves yet another award, a Brit for Best British Dance Act, and this week they have embarked on their first headline tour. Ten shows in all, and like the
SIX hundred years of the musical traditions of England will be celebrated at York Early Music Festival 2003, from July 4 to 13. In its 26th year, Britain's premier festival of early music will welcome such luminaries as The Sixteen choir, soprano Emma
IF YOU are keen to tune in to some of the best, up-to-the-minute, world-class UK jazz, there are three essential gigs this weekend. The tiny village of Brawby, North of Malton, has a nationally recognized venue for contemporary jazz and world music at
As fight movies go, Cradle 2 the Grave has just about everything it needs... plenty of fights. Fait (rapper DMX) is the leader of a highly-skilled LA crime crew which has just stolen some priceless black diamonds. All would be well except their fence
AS pigeons fall out of the sky over Trafalgar Square and people with pacemakers drop dead in Boston, the people at the top start to get worried. Other incidents of bizarre weather formations and strange lights in the sky are reported. The Earth's inner
THE highlight of a very different social calendar got underway last night. It would be stretching credibility to call York Beer Festival the Royal Ascot of the working man's drink, but it is a fine event in its own right. The Evening Press-sponsored drinkathon
IN the midst of all the doom and gloom of the Gulf war I can't tell you how much we enjoyed the picture of the "purple sheep" in Goathland (March 21). Evidently the sheep's wool had been dyed to promote The Purple Passport, providing discounts for people
NOW that a combination of increases in council tax and police precept - the latter having increased in two years by 117 per cent - has wiped out state pension increases for this year, perhaps I may be lucky enough to see something I have not seen for
A WELL-KNOWN North Yorkshire businessman who became head of the largest farm machinery dealership in the county has died aged 64. Paul Seward, born in Bishopthorpe, York, set up in business after a five-year apprenticeship with Kay and Blackhouse, agricultural
A WELL-KNOWN York entrepreneur with a varied and colourful past has died aged 80. Neville England was particularly remembered for his work as a photographer at the Assembly Rooms in York during the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Thousands of young people
North Yorkshire athletes who have secured a place in next month's Flora London Marathon are being asked to strap on their trainers for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Susie Fothergill, the county's community fundraising manager, said: "Running 26 miles is a
FILM fans in a North Yorkshire village are looking forward to the launch of a new venture. Villagers in Kirk Hammerton, near York, have been given National Lottery funding to launch their own film club. A new projector, audio equipment, PA system, DVD
Two Tadcaster Swim Squad members reached finals at the Yorkshire ASA Championships in Leeds. Twelve-year-old Chloe Carter swam a personal best time of 34.91 seconds to finish sixth in the 50m butterfly. She missed a place in the 50m backstroke final by
RESIDENTS campaigning to block a development of flats on a York conservation area, have failed to sway councillors considering the proposal. A petition of 61 signatures did not deter councillors from approving plans to build a block of six flats at 6
York City Baths Club competitors won 15 gold medals, seven silver and eight bronze at Gala 2 of the Yorkshire Age Group Swimming Championships held at Leeds International Pool. They also achieved 16 other final places and a total of ninety personal best
HISTORY was made during the York John Smith's Mixed League competition finals. A brother-sister partnership, Dean and Toni Smallwood won the main prize, the mixed pairs title, by beating Cygnet's Dave Gibbons-Lynne Thompson 2-1. Dean hit the tons-plus
PANTOMIME dame Berwick Kaler is set to join Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench as an Honorary Freeman of the City of York. The larger-than-life character, who has entertained thousands in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, was nominated by the Lord
A DEFUNCT pit could be used to create much needed North Yorkshire jobs. North Selby Mine, in Escrick, was closed down in 1997. Economic concerns have been raised about the future of the former workforce. Now owners RJB Mining have applied to City of York
YOUNG patients on a ward at York Hospital enjoyed a belated Christmas party this week thanks to city-based fundraisers. York Lions raised £300 to take patients from the children's ward on an excursion to meet Santa Claus just before Christmas. But because
THE number of "super-teachers" in York is to be drastically reduced because of budget cuts. There are currently about 30 of the teachers - known as advanced skills teachers - in the city's schools, but the number is expected to drop to nine. These teachers
SESSIONS have retained the Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League division one championship. They clinched the title when they won their match against Poppleton 'A' 8-2 and they will finish well clear of nearest rivals Bootham Conservative
Many stillwater fisheries in the York area will only allow keep nets to be used in matches. The principle behind such a policy is to protect valuable fish stocks by not having catches restrained for lengthy periods in unsatisfactory products. The task
PEOPLE in Boroughbridge are being consulted on a proposed traffic-calming scheme at an accident blackspot. North Yorkshire County Council wants to take action because people have been hurt in six accidents in Wetherby Road, between the Minskip Road roundabout
VOLUNTEER put a huge dent in Marcia's hopes of winning the top-flight title and increased their own chances by beating them 2-0. Lee Bartlett opened the scoring in the second half before a Stuart Lee penalty secured the points ten minutes from time. Hounds
Nestl Rowntree became the first York-based side to win the North Riding County Sunday Cup when they beat A D Components 6-2 in the final at Guisborough last night. After falling behind to a Components free-kick, Rowntree equalised with a Matty Wain penalty
THE headmaster of St Peter's School in York is to leave after nine years in the post. Andrew Trotman will leave in September next year to take up a post as warden of St Edward's School in Oxford. The chairman of the board of governors, Major General Murray
FARMER George Copeland has moved into emergency bed and breakfast accommodation after being evicted from his North Yorkshire farm. The 53-year-old left Walnut Tree Farm, at Thorpe Bassett, Rillington, near Malton, just hours before bailiffs arrived at
SOUTHEND United's new boss Stewart Robson has moved quickly to bolster his squad just days after taking control of the Shrimpers on a temporary basis. Robson, who only took over on Monday, beat the deadline sales rush to snap up 24-year-old midfielder
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build almost 300 new homes on the outskirts of York have been put on hold to the relief of local residents. More than 30 residents packed into St Mark's Church Hall, Rawcliffe, to hear the planning committee's views on the development
SCOTTISH striker Alex Mathie was the big name casualty as the Supporters' Trust began their cost-cutting measures at the club. It had been widely rumoured that the Minstermen would have to trim their squad this week, to attempt to clear their crippling
THE Sunderland scouts at Bootham Crescent will be keen to see how Keith Graydon adapts when he makes his League debut for York City against Southend United tomorrow. Sunderland, who have been regulars to Bootham Crescent watching the progress of fellow
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined £8,500 for a trench collapse at the University of York that buried two men alive. The earth completely covered sub-contractor Trevor Wightman and its pressure broke his ribs and caused him head injuries, Health and
SOME limited Virgin Cross Country rail services were expected to run through York today, despite a national guards strike. About 3,000 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) were staging the first of three 24-hour walkouts in a long-running
MALTON and Norton's promotion credentials will be given the sternest of examinations by Pocklington tomorrow. Pocklington may be bottom of Yorkshire Two, condemned to their second successive relegation, but the Percy Roaders will be in no mood to roll
YORK City Knights have completed a stunning 12-hour triple swoop. As reported in later editions of the Evening Press yesterday, the Knights have signed Castleford Tigers half-back Adam Thaler on loan for the season, and they followed that up by snapping
The many enduring images of Marilyn Monroe drew York writer and director Kate Bramley towards the movie icon, reports Charles Hutchinson ONLY this week has writer and director Kate Bramley realised the link between her four plays: history and mystery.
Novelist Kate Atkinson has given her first stage play an English twist for its premiere south of the border, reports Charles Hutchinson SINCE Kate Atkinson's Abandonment was premiered by the Traverse Theatre at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival, only amateur
HAVE you ever wondered what happens to the couple that walks off into the sunset to live happily ever after? New Earswick Musical Society will answer that question in next week's production of Sandy Wilson's Divorce Me, Darling, at the Joseph Rowntree
YORK City Supporters' Trust have planned a day of celebration to mark tomorrow's historic home clash with Southend United (3pm). The game will first since the Trust completed their monumental take-over of the Minstermen on Wednesday - and the fans' body
THE Sunderland scouts at Bootham Crescent will be keen to see how Keith Graydon adapts when he makes his League debut for York City against Southend United tomorrow. Sunderland, who have been regulars to Bootham Crescent watching the progress of fellow
A NORTH Yorkshire schoolgirl is so worried about the war in Iraq that she has gone straight to the top with her concerns. Jenny Hyde, from West Heslerton, near Malton, penned letters to US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair after seeing
HUMAN shield Antoinette McCormick was today heading for Jordan after being turned back from Syria. The 38-year-old woman set off for the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday after being told she could no longer remain in Baghdad on her tourist visa. She
FULL support for our British troops - that was the message from shoppers in Parliament Street, York. Some told the Evening Press they felt it was time Saddam Hussein's regime was quashed and supported military action in Iraq, while others deplored the
CHEESEMAKERS in North Yorkshire are set to benefit after their French counterparts fell out of favour in America over France's opposition to the Iraq war. A team of buyers from the United States, including Robert Kaufelt, owner of the famous New York
