We set off to the scent of new mown grass, past Temperance House and the Crown and Cushion and left the village of Welburn down Water Lane for a super true blue walk. Others were strolling over Primrose Hill and a couple from Norfolk were here for the
Philip Crowe ("Reasons why the White Swan stands empty", Letters, April 25) claims that the council knows more than it is letting on about the future of the building. Yet this is simply not so. As the source of the information on which the council spokesman's
I would like to appeal to Evening Press readers to help us with a survey of house sparrows to be carried out between May 3 and 11. In recent years numbers of these popular birds have declined dramatically and we urgently need more information to help
So, the Dean and Chapter of York Minster has finally decided to ignore the wishes of both its own Archbishop and the people of York, and put greed first, taking away York's flagship resource from the people and reducing it to the level of Jorvik and Flamingoland
ON reading Turpin's story about Pam Mallinson's find of G clamps in the Bulmer store (April 19) perhaps if she'd researched back she would have found during our time at the post office my late husband, who was a time-served joiner, could well have had
STAR import Trevor Krause has declared his dedication to York and his desire to help the City Knights regain their form and go on to win promotion. The Aussie - given the tag of 'Clever Trevor' by the supporters - was unknown to most fans when he arrived
Mike Laycock took his excited daughter and niece on the 'Harry Potter' line When my niece Heather and her family came to stay recently, I asked what she would most like to do. "Go on a train, please," came the immediate reply. Heather is a bit of steam
Be bold with your planting and think of how different varieties and colours can make an impact in your garden, says GINA PARKINSON There are well-known plant combinations like climbing roses and clematis for example, but many gardeners come across good
YORKSHIRE new captain Anthony McGrath today admitted that the side had fallen short of their best in coloured clothing cricket in recent years - and he pledged that this summer they would be working flat out to become National League champions. But McGrath
A CHEF at a York hotel has been inspired by the Eat Local campaign to incorporate local goods into his menu. Andrew Bingham, head chef of the Dean Court Hotel, was set the challenge by hotel boss David Brooks to come up with an exciting menu for the Evening
TWO North Yorkshire police officers climbed aboard a steam engine today to launch an extraordinary challenge. Sergeant Paul Stephenson, based at North Yorkshire Police headquarters at Newby Wiske, pictured right, and Community PC Ray Thwaites, from Helmsley
A FILM about the rise of the anti-war movement in York will premiere at the City Screen cinema tomorrow. Campaign group York Against the War teamed up with local film production company Wide Eyed Productions to make Not In Our Name. The half-hour documentary-style
THE day Gladys Handley married Ralph Robinson, she had a little business to attend to before she could change into her wedding dress. She helped her father calve a cow on the family's North Yorkshire smallholding. But she still got to the church in Farndale
RENOVATIONS are expected to begin next month in a North Yorkshire town centre. New railings are to be built and worn footpaths repaired in the Market Place at Easingwold. The move comes after a vehicle collided with the railings several months ago, with
THE area's two England youth internationals both tasted defeat at the weekend in their respective fixtures. St Peter's pupil Thomas Woolsey was part of the England Under-16s team that slipped to a 19-10 defeat to Italy Under-17s, while Pocklington's Rob
BIG HEARTED Evening Press readers have raised nearly £3,000 to help the children caught up in the conflict in Iraq. The Evening Press teamed up with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), last week to launch a special fundraising appeal in a bid
A CHEF at a York hotel has been inspired by the Eat Local campaign to incorporate local goods into his menu. Andrew Bingham, head chef of the Dean Court Hotel, was set the challenge by hotel boss David Brooks to come up with an exciting menu for the Evening
A YORK soldier is marching almost 60 miles to help send his poorly daughter to a specialist institute for treatment. Corporal Colin McCrudden, 40, of 2 Signal Regiment, based at Fulford Barracks, plans to march non-stop from his home in Strensall, York
POPULAR York artist Alan Stuttle is closing the doors on his gallery for the last time today after 33 years. The 64-year-old was inspired by the adventurous spirit of his murdered daughter, Caroline, to sell the premises in Micklegate and use the proceeds
Pickering Town stormed to a 4-1 home victory over neighbours Selby Town in the Northern Counties East Premier Division last night. The Robins took the lead after just four minutes when a mix-up in the Pikes defence allowed Kris Baxter to lob home. Pickering
THE CREW of Royal Navy destroyer HMS York have sent a "thank you" message to York's residents for their support during the Iraq War. Speaking to the Evening Press on a satellite phone, Lieutenant Commander Steve Greenway said the ship's crew was safe
NORTH Yorkshire knowledge played a leading part in taking a young American football team to the verge of major Stateside honours. Ex-Nestle Rowntree goalkeeper Sam Griggs coached Nether Mustangs Under-14s FC, from Philadelphia, to the quarter-finals of
Police are appealing for witnesses after luggage was stolen from a car parked in the Esplanade car park, in Leeman Road, York. Thieves smashed a window of the blue Renault 5 and pulled down the back seats to get to the luggage in the boot. The theft happened
INSTALLING retractable seating so that the running track could be retained at the redeveloped Huntington Stadium has been ruled out because of costs. The idea was floated at a York City Supporters' Trust fans meeting at the Tempest Anderson Hall in York
AN insipid inward nine heaved North Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson out of the business half of the Spanish Open in Tenerife. Dyson was in perfect position to make the cut after the first nine holes of the second round as the Malton and Norton star started
AN avid York City fan who was banned from the club's matches following an attack on a rival supporter has had the order overturned. Anthony Charles Long, 44, of Lowfield Drive, Haxby, was fined and given a three-year ban by York magistrates after he admitted
THREE York amateur boxers have proved the future of the noble art is bright in the city with wins in the week. Glenn Banks and Luke Atkin, who fight out of the Hull St Paul's club and were both gold medallists at the Multi-Nations Competition in Denmark
HALIFAX have won the race to clinch the signature of 16-year-old Joe Hirst, son of their former player, Graham. He was man of the match for Normanton Knights in last month's National Cup final and had turned down Castleford Tigers and today's Challenge
LUCKY Linda Swallow has won a shiny new car in a prize draw - but she can't even drive! Linda, from Knapton, is a renal dialysis assistant working in Easingwold. She won the Citroen C3 car with just a £2 stake in the York Health Services NHS Trust staff
STEPHEN LEWIS discovers a jewel of a restaurant in Clifton Moor in York CLIFTON MOOR on a damp Friday evening isn't perhaps the most romantic of places. Handy for Tesco, certainly. The Warner Village Cinema right on your doorstep. But with the best will
BRAVE Matthew Walwyn wore his York City shirt with pride at his father's funeral. Keith Walwyn was a goalscoring hero to thousands of City fans and his 12-year-old son paid his own touching tribute as he said goodbye to his dad. Across the front of the
IT'S not often estate agents flag up a building as a potential safety risk. But this is the case with a run-down property in Appleton-le-Street, near Malton. And prospective buyers have been flocking to snap up the building, which has been empty for nigh
SNAP, craic and pop - the 45th John Smith's Good Friday Pocklington Sevens certainly had it all. With plenty of food, top quality rugby action and enough beer to sink a brewery, spectators from across the country - and seemingly all of Pocklington - descended
Bewildered by the array of beer names at the bar? Guzzling Greenwood takes a peek at what lies behind the label of a fresh brew. ASK for "same again" at The Maltings in York and you'll get just that - a fine pint of guest ale Same Again. For punters of
WE were in need of refreshment. Having regularly driven past this venue in Acomb, now was the time to step inside. The Coffee Shop is attached to The Gables, in the centre of Acomb. It opens from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday. On entry we were immediately
MAY I please respond further to the report "Sexist" Race For Life slammed by campaigner (March 25), also to the editorial comment which stated "I was on the wrong track" and suggested I should organise a male equivalent to the Race For Life, instead of
TRUST me, I'm a patient. A brain scan is more fun than the play Abandonment, recently experienced at York Theatre Royal. I expected the wings to yield Dracula any minute. Mind you, the acting was magnificent. Come back Chris Barber and your jazz band.
A NEW training venture swung into action in York today primed with producing a British golf star of the future. The programme - Young Masters Golf - was launched in the area at the new high-tech York Golf Range and its driving force made a cast-iron forecast
NOW'S you chance to shape the future of York City. Fans are being asked to chose the next club badge from a shortlist of three. The trio of choices are reproduced on this page and you can vote for the one the club should adopt. The choices are: Badge
POLLUTING watercourses running through a nature reserve and conservation area has cost a North Yorkshire company nearly £20,000. The pollution was caused when liquid waste sludge was spread on land at Camblesforth and Aughton Common, near Bubwith, Selby
TOURISM chiefs in the Hambleton district are urging local businesses to enter awards to find the "best in Yorkshire". Council officers want locally-based companies to enter the Yorkshire Tourist Board (YTB)-run White Rose Awards. The awards recognise
YOUNG artists in York have had a whale of a time entering a painting competition. About 150 entries were received for the competition run by The Wetherby Whaler, at York Business Park, Nether Poppleton. The fish-and-chip restaurant ran the contest for
YORK RUFC's Youth Section will grace the hallowed Twickenham turf for the third success ive year after the Under-13s qualified for the finals of the prestigious Gulliver's Festival of Rugby at Nottingham University. York, who successfully qualified for
A Yorkshire woman has taken a top prize in a national inventors' award scheme. Tish Fearn was voted British Female Inventor of the Year for her design of a lightweight, ergonomic fork for mucking out stables. Her business, Lite-Lift, was nominated in
SURELY time has come for the Yorkshire RFU committee to take the bull - or even ball - by the horns and admit it is time to change the dates of the Yorkshire Cup. The first round of fixtures were beset with the worrying sign of 'w/o' in too many of the
A YORK youth theatre group is to hold a special meeting next week to discuss a new venture to increase dramatic opportunities for young people in the city. Stagecoach Theatre Arts School is holding an open meeting to announce the launch of its second
TRADING standards chiefs are urging businesses to be wary of companies asking for money in an alleged data protection scam. City of York Council officers are warning anyone who has received details from companies wanting payment for registration under
WIGGINTON cycling star Phil Brighton is to test his pedal power to the limits after being selected for England for the European Road Championships on the Isle of Man in July. The 32-year-old science technician has been invited to ride in the Masters '
A MOTHER who won the nation's hearts by defying terminal cancer to complete the London Marathon and cycle the length of Britain has thanked the people of York after receiving thousands of pounds from fundraisers. Jane Tomlinson, from Leeds, appeared yesterday
VISITORS were invited to the former White Swan Hotel today for a "squatter art" exhibition. Peace protesters who have taken over the premises in Piccadilly, York, invited the people of the city inside for tea or coffee and a guided tour. Visitors were
The faithful 600 gather at the church of The Damned. There's more black than on funeral days, Gothic regalia, coats worn indoors, and hair like Dracula or gone missing. It is the opening night of the Pop Be Damned tour - they'll be rocking in Scunthorpe
SUPERMARKET supremo Sir Ken Morrison has dropped down the league of Yorkshire's richest business brains, according to the latest Sunday Times rich list. East Yorkshire-based property tycoon Eddie Healey, who owns the Warter estate, near Pocklington, and
HIS old team-mates carried him shoulder-high in to St Michael's Church, Kirkham yesterday and after emotional memories had been recalled in the next 45 minutes they carried him out again, writes Malcolm Huntington. It was a fitting tribute to Keith Walwyn
A YORK bar and nightclub doorman appeared before York magistrates charged with the murder of a retired camera operator. Paul Maurice Garner, 59, of Chaloners Road, Woodthorpe, is alleged to have killed William John Smith outside Yates' Wine Lodge, in
A YORK father claimed today that the tax credit chaos has left him so hard up that he had to ask a neighbour for milk powder to feed his baby. Trevor Goddard is the latest in the number of angry people who have contacted the Evening Press to complain
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was hopeful two new players will be at Huntington Stadium come next Tuesday. Ferres told the Evening Press today that he was nearing an agreement with Dewsbury Rams for former York Wasps winger Leigh Deakin
BRAVE Matthew Walwyn wore his York City shirt with pride at his father's funeral. Keith Walwyn was a goalscoring hero to thousands of City fans and his 12-year-old son paid his own touching tribute as he said goodbye to his dad. Across the front of the
DETECTIVES have launched an investigation into claims that thousands of pounds have gone missing in a York club's lottery scratchcard game, the Evening Press can reveal today. Police confirmed that Fulfordgate Working Men's Club (WMC), in Heslington Lane
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was hopeful two new players will be at Huntington Stadium come next Tuesday. Ferres told the Evening Press today that he was nearing an agreement with Dewsbury Rams for former York Wasps winger Leigh Deakin
INSTALLING retractable seating so that the running track could be retained at the redeveloped Huntington Stadium has been ruled out because of costs. The idea was floated at a York City Supporters' Trust fans meeting at the Tempest Anderson Hall in York
