A rich mixed meeting at Sandown tomorrow combines a Group 2 Flat race with the final action of the jumps season - but there's no lack of money or potential thrills at Ripon, either, with three races worth at least £15,000. The first of them is the Ripon
I applaud the brave, if not long overdue, decision to charge an entry fee into the Minster for tourists and visitors ('York Minster to charge for entry', April 23). A donation scheme works in principle, but if people don't feel the need to donate then
ONE of the great plus marks that comes with the new Peugeot 807 people carrier is its powered sliding doors, which can be opened, closed or locked at the touch of a button by driver or passengers. One of its problems is stacking the luggage of the seven
IN response to your report 'Fans' anger over bottle attack' (April 22nd). I along with my wife and father-in-law travelled to Sincil Bank to watch York play Lincoln last Saturday. After the match, we (the away fans) were "escorted" by the police towards
WE read of complaints about the noise created by low-flying aircraft and from people who cannot sleep in their beds because of bright pub lights. We see pictures in the papers of coffins carrying the bodies of young soldiers killed in the conflict in
I am delighted to read of your warm welcome to the campaign to slam the door on cold callers (Editorial, April 23). I can only assume from this that I shall no longer be receiving visitors wanting me to subscribe to the Evening Press. Alistair Carr, Brownlow
DOES the presence of Messrs Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness at Westminster indicate that Blair's regime has links with terrorists? And, given that in Leicester two Al Quaeda fund-raisers were jailed, will Bush now act to round up Noraid activists who
LET there be no mistake. The decision taken by a York planning committee last night marked a huge milestone for the city. What happens at the 'teardrop' site - that vast expanse of railway sidings and forgotten industrial buildings hidden away behind
IT'S only right that some of the beneficiaries of this year's two summer mega-concerts in Dalby Forest should be the local wildlife. Genius he may be, but Jools Holland can turn the amplifiers up a little loud when it suits him. And as for Status Quo.
A SEARCH for the people who maintain York's most wildlife-friendly churchyards and cemeteries has been launched by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The Living Churchyards Award 2003 aims to recognise people who have invested time and effort into creating these
PEOPLE in North Yorkshire have the chance to join a body which keeps an independent eye on the activities of their county councillors. All members of North Yorkshire County Council have signed up to the code of conduct and registered their interests.
EAST Yorkshire horse riders are celebrating after being given a grant of £500 to buy new equipment. Ebor Vale Riding for the Disabled, near Market Weighton, received the money from the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities (RMCC) The centre offers those
THOUSANDS of visitors enjoyed the first day of the 2003 Harrogate Spring Flower Show.Record numbers of pre-booked tickets plus thousands sold on the door saw more visitors than ever attend the first of four days of the 76th annual event at the Great Yorkshire
A WIDOWER took his own life because he was depressed about the death of his wife, an inquest heard. Retired joiner Alfred Thompson, 74, was found dead at his home, in Moss Green Lane, Brayton, Selby, on January 26. He had taken a cocktail of tablets.
A COUPLE fed up with bored young people vandalising a York estate have set up a scheme to keep them occupied and improve behaviour. Vicky and David Hughes, from the Foxwood estate, are encouraging teenagers to carry out voluntary work and then, depending
THE oldest woman in Ryedale was celebrating a special landmark today - her 105th birthday. Vera Yorke, who lives at the Rockingham House residential home for the elderly in The Mount, Malton, was to receive a special birthday telegram from the Queen.
BUSINESSES in North Yorkshire are being given easier access to information. A new local access point for Hambleton residents interested in starting up a business has been opened in Northallerton. In a joint venture with Business Link, the district council
THE world's longest railway station bench has been repainted as part of a community scheme for young offenders. The bench, at Scarborough Station, is 139 metres long and was given a smart new look thanks to a joint project between the North Yorkshire
A SPECIAL new beer has been brewed to launch the annual beer festival at the Wheatsheaf at Burn, near Selby. Sue Simpson, who runs the Brown Cow Brewery at nearby Barlow, has brewed a real ale called Old Prosser, and punters will get their first taste
A GREEN-FINGERED York couple whose love blossomed following a chance meeting at a fair, are celebrating 50 years of marriage today. Derek Rowe, 76, from Shipton Road, was on his way to a whist drive when he spotted his future wife, Joan, standing beside
TESTS will come early for York Cricket Club, who open their Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League campaign away to Scarborough tomorrow. Nigel Durham, the league's top keeper in 2002, will lead the side again but the count-down to summer has been something
PETE McNichol shot a splendid 17 darts in York John Smith's Men's League division two. Aided by Ged McMahon (180) and Barry McLaughlin, Swan registered a 6-3 win at Old Ebor to boast the league's only 100 per cent record. Kevin Pallister hit a fine 106
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attack outside a York pub after a man was taken to hospital with a broken cheek bone and fractured eye socket. The man, in his early 20s, received a blow to the side of his face outside Flares, Tanner Row, while
THE sights and sounds of the 1940s are returning to a wartime airfield near York for a charity event, inspired by the Dambusters raid. There will even be authentic Second World War NAAFI food on offer when the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington plays host
PICKERING Town and Selby Town may now be safe from relegation in the Northern Counties East League premier division, but the two rivals will square up tonight with local pride at stake. The old foes lie just a point apart in 15th and 16th respectively
A commercial property expert puts the value of the empty White Swan Hotel in York at more than £2 million - but the Evening Press has learnt that its owners pay less than £2,000-a-year in rates. Property agent Richard Flanagan said the dilapidated city
A SCOTTISH motorist was clocked notching a speed believed to be the fastest for a car on a British road - while on his way to York. Jason McAllister, 27, was caught doing 156.7mph in his BMW M3 on the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road. McAllister, of Manor
DRUG-RELATED materials and rubbish littered a York city centre public toilet - only weeks after City of York Council unveiled plans to give them a makeover. Peter Taylor, of Holgate, York, contacted the Evening Press after finding evidence of drug use
THE first step towards making the vital York Central redevelopment a reality has been taken by planning chiefs. Members of City of York Council's planning committee last night unanimously approved the planning brief for the "Teardrop" site, which has
A COUNCILLOR has come under fire for his comments in an election leaflet about student behaviour in an area of York. George Brichieri, president of York St John College's Students' Union, said he was "deflated" to see an article in the Liberal Democrat
THIS is what the promotional poster for the York International Nines RL Tournament will look like, following the competition run in York primary schools. As reported by the Evening Press, the competition saw school pupils invited to design and send in
A SUSPECTED arson attack gutted a York playgroup early today. The portable building, which houses the Cheeky Monkeys playgroup and toddler group on the site of Westfield Primary School, in Askham Lane, Acomb, York, has been burnt to the ground. Youths
YORK can finally end nine years of hurt tomorrow when they entertain Hartlepool Rovers in the Yorkshire One/Durham and Northumberland One play-off. Not since they were promoted to the heady heights of North One in 1993/4 have the Clifton Parkers tasted
RESCUE workers saved a 74-year-old man after he fell into a ravine on the North York Moors. The man had been mountain biking on the moors when he fell about 30ft into the ravine near the Hole of Horcum. Scarborough and District Search and Rescue Team
EXETER City arrive at Bootham Crescent confident they can upset the Minstermen's play-off charge and move a giant step closer to securing their own League status. The Grecians remain in the Division Three drop zone but Easter Monday's 1-0 win over fellow
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build almost 300 new homes on the outskirts of York have been given the go-ahead. Members of City of York Council's planning committee were satisfied with revised proposals to build on the old Tenneco site, off Manor Lane, in Rawcliffe
DAVID Patrick has some way to go to match his grandfather's York City exploits. But the teenage Minstermen fan has at least secured a small place in the Bootham Crescent annals. David, 16, from Woodthorpe, York, is the grandson of City legend Alf Patrick
A FRUSTRATED York man claims to have complained to the city council so often that its number appears under "friends and family" on his phone bill. Lionel Agar, of Rawcliffe, claims City of York Council staff have "ignored" him and just put him through
MANAGER Terry Dolan will be watching tomorrow's crunch Bootham Crescent clash from the stands. The City chief is serving the second game of a two-match dug-out ban following his touchline dust-up at Rushden and Diamonds earlier this year. Dolan today
GEORGE'S Marvellous Medicine is the perfect medicine for David Ahmad. As a child, he loved Roald Dahl's book above all others, and now he is playing the title role. Next week, part way through a nine-month tour, he appears in Birmingham Stage Company's
Former Spice Girl Melanie C tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about her latest album ahead of her gig in York this week... MELANIE C is feeling under the weather when the Evening Press comes a'calling. Not because the tabloids have been making mischief with stories
IN the first concert of the month-long York Live Music Festival, John Spiers and Jon Boden, pictured, perform at the Black Swan Folk Club, Peasholme Green, York, on May Day. Spiers plays melodeon and sings, Boden plays fiddle and sings, and together they
COURSE work combines with play when York College Music & Media presents four York bands at Fibbers, York, on Thursday (1st). On the Bak 2 Skool bill will be Stent, Covert Operatives, Treehouse and Non-Systematic, plus DJs Si D'Barr & Calvin M.
After last Wednesday's (23rd) experience of jazz on BBC4, somehow I doubt that the music will ever enjoy a meaningful relationship with television. If I had not bought a new telly only recently, the damn box would have been in the back alley, its face
MONTY Brogan is dreading the 25th hour, when his seven-year stretch for possession of Class A drugs will begin. In the latest "Spike Lee joint", adapted by David Benioff from his own contemplative novel, convicted drug dealer Monty (Edward Norton) has
FARMERS and landowners have been urged to give their verdict on draft maps showing where the public is likely to have the "right to roam". Earlier this month Countryside Agency officials attended a special roadshow in Pickering with detailed copies of
MEMORIES of village life last century will be coming alive at a special one-day event. Sheriff Hutton village hall plays host to an exhibition of memories on Sunday. Old photographs of residents, pictures of scenes around the village, and items made,
York's crucial local election is now only days away. In the run-up to polling day, Political Reporter Richard Edwards is putting questions on key issues to the leaders of the four largest parties. Today, he asks about York's housing crisis The question
AN EAST Yorkshire firm has launched a new shopping experience to attract visitors to the area. Timber specialists Sharp Brothers have opened Sharp's World of Wood at their site in Melbourne, near Pocklington. The company has sold timber to fencers, landscapers
HEALTH bosses in York and North Yorkshire are to get a share of £142,000 to prevent blindness in people suffering from diabetes. The cash has been allocated to North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire strategic health authority to purchase special
SELBY'S first mobile cinema will be launched at the town hall next month. Using a DIY screen and projector, there will be a film for adults and older children on Friday, May 30, and two matinee films for youngsters on Wednesday, May 28, and Thursday,
A KNARESBOROUGH garden is being opened to the public in memory of a "special" little boy. Joshua Scarlett-Abbott died last year from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer, aged seven. His parents have set up an appeal in his memory to raise
WORK to transform a former North Yorkshire residential home into a specially-designed estate for elderly people is due to start next week. The £3 million project to build 38 one-bedroom flats and two two-bedroom flats - known as extraCare units - on the
HEALTH bosses in York and North Yorkshire are to get a share of £142,000 to prevent blindness in people suffering from diabetes. The cash has been allocated to North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire strategic health authority to purchase special
OPTICARE will face York Nomads in the final of this season's Mecca Trophy after victory over third division Bridge Colts in the second semi-final. Goals from Brundrett and the prolific Matty Bastock gave Opticare a 2-0 half-time lead and despite Tolworthy
A 59-year-old man was appearing before York magistrates today charged with the murder of retired racecourse worker William Smith. Mr Smith, aged 62, of Cemetery Road, York, died in hospital on Tuesday after suffering serious head injuries in an incident
ARSENAL fan Jonathan Forbes, pictured, realised a dream when he clasped his hands on the most famous trophy in football. The 11-year-old was one of dozens of football fanatics who were "up for the Cup" when the FA Cup was paraded at ASDA at Monks Cross
HEWORTH Under-16s show off the Yorkshire Youth League Division One Play-off trophy they won this month. As reported by the Evening Press, the young Villagers took the title with a hard-fought 7-2 victory over Wibsey at Featherstone Rovers' Post Office
YORK City supporters will be rattling their buckets again in memory of York City legend Keith Walwyn, who died last week. Fans pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent and the Harrogate Minstermen, a branch of the City Supporters' Club, will be
PUPILS at a North Yorkshire school are being kept at home by their parents amid fears over the SARS virus. Up to ten per cent of pupils at Woodleigh School, a private boarding and day school near Malton, have been pulled out of classes following the return
THE grieving partner of a man who died after an alleged assault outside a York wine bar has told of her anguish at losing her "soulmate". Edith Smith, 46, of Cemetery Road, said William Smith, her common-law husband of 16 years, was a larger-than-life
GRAHAM Potter is banking on York City's simmering promotion hopes to reach boiling point tomorrow as the Minstermen prepare to welcome relegation threatened Exeter City to Bootham Crescent. In arguably the club's biggest home game for almost a decade,
REVIVED and revitalised, Phoenix Dance Theatre are on their first tour under artistic director Darshan Singh Bhuller, with a spring in their step. The Leeds company with the appropriate name have risen again, returning with a re-branding that sees 'Theatre
CATHERINE Griffiths may be performing for a company called English Touring Opera but she does not have far to travel on Thursday and Friday when singing at York Theatre Royal. Born in York - Fulford Hospital to be precise - and brought up in Stockton
YORK City supporters will be rattling their buckets again in memory of York City legend Keith Walwyn, who died last week. Fans pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent and the Harrogate Minstermen, a branch of the City Supporters' Club, will be
EXETER City arrive at Bootham Crescent confident they can upset the Minstermen's play-off charge and move a giant step closer to securing their own League status. The Grecians remain in the Division Three drop zone but Easter Monday's 1-0 win over fellow
MANAGER Terry Dolan will be watching tomorrow's crunch Bootham Crescent clash from the stands. The City chief is serving the second game of a two-match dug-out ban following his touchline dust-up at Rushden and Diamonds earlier this year. Dolan today
GRAHAM Potter is banking on York City's simmering promotion hopes to reach boiling point tomorrow as the Minstermen prepare to welcome relegation threatened Exeter City to Bootham Crescent. In arguably the club's biggest home game for almost a decade,
York's crucial local election is now only days away. In the run-up to polling day, Political Reporter Richard Edwards is putting questions on key issues to the leaders of the four largest parties. Today, he asks about York's housing crisis The question
It's 'open day' at the Rainbow Peace Hotel tomorrow. STEPHEN LEWIS gets a guided tour of the former White Swan Hotel... 'Come in!" says the young woman, peering around the glass panelled door at me. She holds it open and invites me in to the recently-renamed
