DON'T underestimate North Yorkshire challenger Desert Deer in tomorrow's feature race at Royal Ascot. The colt, trained by Mark Johnston and the mount of Sheriff Hutton-based Kevin Darley, lines up for the £250,000 Prince of Wales's Stakes and is expected
CHILDREN mess around on railway tracks for the obvious reasons. "Nothing else to do"; "my friend wanted me to do it"; "it was exciting": these are the most popular excuses given by young railway trespassers. They have little concept of how much danger
SO David Beckham is moving to Spain. That caught everyone by surprise. Even now he will be practising key Spanish phrases: "quiero que me corte el pelo": I want a haircut; "Hay un tienda por aqu?": Is there a shop around here? This is a disappointing
'THIS is good for democracy," said John 'Two Fingers' Prescott, hailing his plan for northern assemblies. No it isn't. It is good for politicians and bureaucrats. It is bad for voters and taxpayers. I have always been suspicious of the idea of regionalism
York Under-11s' cricket team were just beaten by five runs by East Yorkshire in their Lord's Taverners 30-overs game. East Yorkshire posted 110-9 despite three run-outs with Chris Bilton (Woodhouse Grange) and Mark Dobson (Heworth) taking two wickets
The first Minster Inn chess tournament was won by Owen Robson (Shepherds), who took first place with an impressive 100 per cent record. Pre-tournament favourite Peter Cloudsdale (RI) started well with a decisive win against Les Bresnen (Minster Inn) in
York cyclists were well represented in the Ferryhill Wheelers' road race in County Durham over a lumpy 50-mile course in searing heat. With a field of 76 riders, problems arose with riders crossing the central white line. The race was stopped on the second
After three races in the five-race Sweatshop York District Road League, Knavesmire Harriers' Cameroon Brooks looks set to take the overall title for the first time. Having achieved comfortable victories in the first two races at Pocklington and Tadcaster
THIEVES have targeted a North York Moors village for the second time this year to steal a distinctive roadside nameplate. Villagers in Cropton, outside Pickering, have lost another old-fashioned glass-beaded sign. The first aluminium sign disappeared
impressionist and comedian Phil Cool has been getting in character for two performances at Fountains Abbey next month. The rubber-faced funny man is to appear with TV comic Jasper Carrot in their first live performance together for eight years on July
A PICKERING-BASED charity will celebrate its move to smart new headquarters by throwing open its door to visitors. The Wilf Ward Family Trust, set up in 1986 to help those caring for learning and physically-disabled people, has taken over a former nursing
MORE people in Malton are now forsaking out-of-town developments in York and Scarborough to shop locally - thanks to a successful campaign. A report by the town centre management shows that major steps have been taken to stem the drift of shoppers to
GREEN-FINGERED Jamie Campbell might only be one, but he has been helping his mum prepare the garden for an onslaught of visitors as villagers get ready to open to the public. At least a dozen gardens in Westow, outside Malton, will be on show this weekend
MORE than 200 enthusiasts turned up to display their restored machines at Selby's tenth annual classic motorbike rally. Held in Selby Park, the rally attracted bikers from all over Yorkshire and the north-east. Among them were George Toone and his wife
A ROW has broken out over plans to build a massive 140-bedroom accommodation block at a top North Yorkshire boarding school. As one of the leading independent schools in the country, Ampleforth College says it competes against Harrow and Eton, and needs
The next meeting of York City Supporters' Club branch the Harrogate Minstermen will be held on Monday, July 7, starting at 8pm at the Knaresborough Working Men's Club. An as yet unnamed City legend is expected to attend. Tickets will be on sale for the
Internet buffs are to benefit from a hi-tech crime-busting solution for recurring vandalism and disorder problems at a North Yorkshire community centre. Officers and residents in Knaresborough are to unveil a new CCTV monitoring system at the town's community
AN ambitious York drama group says it would never have been set up without the Mystery Plays - and claims the medieval dramas must be performed again in 2005. Members of the York Shakespeare Project, which plans to perform all the Bard's plays in the
REPUTABLE tradesmen are being urged to join City of York Council in its fight against unscrupulous workers. Builders, joiners, and plumbers are being encouraged to enlist on the Home Services Directory, a list intended to curb the exploitation of the
Transport police have highlighted the lethal dangers of York's train lines after two teenagers were caught trespassing at a rail bridge on the outskirts of the city. The 14-year-olds were cautioned by British Transport Police (BTP) officers after being
POTTING ace Steve Gregson saw his hopes of securing a York and District Snooker Association double dashed by Barry Heltstrip, Gregson claimed the YDSA Junior crown after beating Jordan Worobec 2-1 in a best of three frames final. Fresh from his junior
GREEN Hammerton harness racer Vicki Gill beating some of the best drivers from the United States in a special challenge race at York Harness raceway. She was leading on the last bend on her home track with Direct Deal but was overhauled in the last 150
VALE OF YORK MP Anne McIntosh wants transport bosses to protect a regional air service which takes North Yorkshire business leaders to London. The Tory transport spokesman has been concerned by cuts in other regional services, such as the link between
A MOTORCYCLIST who died when he collided with a car on the A64 near York was undertaking a "hazardous exercise," an inquest heard. York Coroner Donald Coverdale said Paul John Stead, 36, of Lilac Avenue, York, had been travelling at a substantial speed
CITY of York Council has apologised after paper recycling sites were left without paper bank skips. Some paper banks were removed earlier than the council had been advised as part of the changeover to the new paper recycling plastic "igloos". Kristy Walton
YORK boxer Thomas Ward made a sensational return to the ring as he helped the Hull-based St Paul's Amateur Boxing Club to victory over a combined Dutch/London team. Ward, 27, gave up the sport five years ago after being a highly-promising fighter in the
MORE than 1,000 York properties were believed to have been left without running water this morning after a burst pipe disrupted the supply to New Earswick and parts of Huntington. Residents were left without running water for almost two hours after a
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save York Minster library have held lunch-time vigils to drum up support. People concerned about the planned closure have gathered at the cathedral's west entrance for the last week to make their feelings known. They carry a large
MORE than 135 guests were evacuated from a York hotel after a fire broke out in the lift. Firefighters were called to the York Marriott Hotel, in Tadcaster Road, at 6.25pm yesterday, after a rag ignited on top of a halogen light. The lobby area of the
Manchester United's £25million sale of David Beckham to Real Madrid will open the way for the Reds to try and lure Harry Kewell to Old Trafford. Leeds have offered the Australian ace a new contract worth £48,000 per week but Kewell has so far failed to
THE pre-season speculation surrounding possible York City targets slipped into overdrive today with three goalkeepers linked with moves to Bootham Crescent. Two of the three, Marlon Beresford and Phil Whitehead, played for City last season, while the
The next meeting of York City Supporters' Club branch the Harrogate Minstermen will be held on Monday, July 7, starting at 8pm at the Knaresborough Working Men's Club. An as yet unnamed City legend is expected to attend. Tickets will be on sale for the
THE pre-season speculation surrounding possible York City targets slipped into overdrive today with three goalkeepers linked with moves to Bootham Crescent. Two of the three, Marlon Beresford and Phil Whitehead, played for City last season, while the
Plot? Well, there isn't one as such. But this is Nicholson Baker not Agatha Christie, so plot's not what you get. What you do get from Baker is a novel about a man who gets up around 4.30am every morning, stokes a fire, sits before it and contemplates
OUT with the old, in with the new. York Shakespeare Project has brushed away the cobwebs of its rickety start with Richard III last autumn to freshen up cast and artistic policy for the second production of its ongoing programme to perform all 37 of Shakespeare's
TANG Hall Primary School is celebrating after winning a gold Artsmark award. Arts Council England's Artsmark award recognises schools that demonstrate a commitment to providing opportunities across all art forms from drama to music, design to literature
Tony Gavin had to go that extra mile to get the job as head teacher of Burnholme Community College - and this has made him more determined than ever to be a success, as Education Reporter Rosemary Cook finds out. TONY Gavin will take up the role of head
THE teams who make it through to the last 16 of this weekend's York International 9s will be offered automatic qualification to the 2004 tournament as organisers begin planning for next year's event, writes Peter Martini. Twenty-six teams from all over
I REFER to the article by Sally Fletcher and the comments made by Peter Turner on the decision to build 18 flats on New Lane, Huntington (June 13). I can assure Mr Turner that the Parish Council is equally appalled at the planning decision made by City
WHEN I moved to Yorkshire from Hampshire (January 4, 1944), I quickly found out that if I voiced a word of criticism about anything Yorkshire I was quickly told to "b****r off back where I came from". Could not the same be said to Graham Horne (the Cassandra
RISING one-lap star Richard Buck set a county record in the North Yorkshire Athletics Championships at Huntington Stadium, York. The Ryedale School student, who was representing York and Selby, clocked 49.10secs to storm to the intermediate boys' title
THOUSANDS of schoolchildren enjoyed a taste of the country life, courtesy of the organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show. Youngsters from York, Northallerton and Harrogate joined hundreds more from across the region at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's
A PORTUGUESE dance troupe specialising in funky rhythms is the latest act to sign up to a youth festival being staged in Tadcaster next month. The Funkyphatbeats will showcase their energetic moves at the Youth Arts Festival in Tadcaster Grammar School
PLANS to create a commercial motocross track in a village near Selby have been met with opposition by residents who say that the site already creates too great a disruption. An application has been submitted to Selby District Council for a track, together
THESE are the finalists in this year's search by the Evening Press to find new journalistic talent. This magnificent seven were being put through a series of exercises, including ones to test their spelling, their local general knowledge, their ability
DUNNINGTON have taken a giant stride towards their dream of a place at Lord's. The York and District Senior League champions beat highly-rated Guisborough by 22 runs in a run-fest at Common Road to win their group final of the ECB National Club Cricket
THIS York bank executive will be running all over the world in aid of charity. Stuart Revell, 44, of Sutton-on-the-Forest, is preparing to race three marathons in three different countries to raise cash for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. He was inspired
ENVIRONMENTAL health officials have been called in to assess the impact of proposals to put up a 20m phone mast outside a North Yorkshire town. Mobile phone giant O2 wants to build the mast, complete with six antennae, two microwave dishes and an equipment
TRAMWAYS lead Cueball in division one in York and District Snooker Association's Summer Handicap League after having played three matches. They beat Scotia Software 3-1, drew 2-2 against Cueball Club and beat Ebor 3-1. Cueball are in second place after
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge have a four-point lead at the top of the first division of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League. Meanwhile, it seems a three-horse race at the top of the second division, where Huby are two points clear of Rowntrees who lost to Sheriff
STRONG arm tactics turned a corner of Pocklington into the land of the giants. Around 2,000 spectators turned up to see eight muscle-men compete in the Samson's Giants event at the town's football ground. Barnsley's Andrew 'Stumpy' Raines claimed the
It was a record-breaking weekend in the Evening Press area with two venues posting their best returns. The new match record set last weekend by Alan Scotthorne didn't last long at the North Yorkshire complex. It was that same man again on Wednesday when
A YOUNG man cleared of raping a student after a York nightclub encounter says the accusations will leave him scarred for this rest of his life. Hotel worker Damien Robertson told the Evening Press that he would have taken his own life if he had been found
THE new Selby bypass is to be extended to open up a massive area of prime industrial land, creating up to 1,000 jobs. A new roundabout and link road costing £1.7 million will give access to 90 acres of employment land near the Potter Group, in Barlby
THE teams who make it through to the last 16 of this weekend's York International 9s will be offered automatic qualification to the 2004 tournament as organisers begin planning for next year's event, writes Peter Martini. Twenty-six teams from all over
A TODDLER had a miraculous escape after he fell into a pond and stopped breathing for more than five minutes. Harry Shepherd, who is 22 months old, was found unconscious in a friend's garden pond. His mother, Becky Cross, 25, from Greengate, Malton, was
Louis XIV, by Philippe Erlanger, (Phoenix, £12.99) Napoleon and Wellington, by Andrew Roberts (Phoenix, £8.99) Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852, Monarchy and Revolution, by Philip Mansel (Phoenix, £14.99) THE status of France as a great power is today
HEAT magazine calls it "a must-read" and, yes, it is if you're a typical, Heat-reading, gossip loving girlie like me - but this novel wouldn't really appeal to a wider market than that. Boyfriend In A Dress traces the love triangle between a TV executive
It is three years since York author Donna Hay published her first romantic novel. STEPHEN LEWIS caught up with her to chat about book number four. "THOSE books where women look in the mirror and notice their aristocratic cheekbones? Oh, please!" says
A CAPACITY audience was treated to a marvellous celebration of "the protest song" last night featuring the anarchic rock band, Chumbawamba, and singer-guitarist Brendan Croker. The stupendous double bill lived up to expectations as the two acts - inspired
It's not easy being a stranger in your own home. To mark Refugee Week, STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a York family who fled here to escape Idi Amin. After more than 30 years in the UK, Naseem Beebeejaun has seen the best and the worst of the British. The best
I FIRST saw the Mystery Plays in 1954 and have seen every production but one since then. I love the plays, although I did not feel that the Theatre Royal was the right venue - the proscenium arch felt like a barrier. After the success of 2000, I thought
LITTLE appears to have emerged in the press about loss of youth hostels in the Yorkshire Dales, resulting from the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) insistence on raising cash to fund improvements at some hostels. Already a useful hostel in the quiet pretty
WE really cannot understand all this fuss over the departure of your columnist Dick Turpin. Since we relocated to York more than two years ago from Essex, we have been avid readers of your newspaper. During our time here neither of us could understand
WHAT a patronising review from Zoe Walker (Musical has stage presence, June 12). We were not in the least "surprised" by the production of Singing In The Rain at Joseph Rowntree Theatre. In fact we would have been "enormously surprised" to see a show
IT is good to hear both from the new leader of the city council and from you ('Devolution needs votes', June 16) references to York as the seat of the future regional government of Yorkshire. York is the right place for the regional assembly and the right
THAT was a most delightful set of Happy Father's Day greetings as drawn and painted by a host of perceptive and talented local progeny (June 14). But the masterpiece you printed (second from the left, on the middle row) - isn't that the famous '1999 stolen
