AS AN act of inept timing, it takes some beating. To announce a rise in fares in the middle of a bus strike smacks of clumsy management. Yet that is just what First has done. Fares on Park & Ride buses will rise at the end of this month. This is doubly
WHOOPEE. Water bills in York are to be slashed by 15 per cent from next April. Good news, eh? Well, yes, it is. Except that the cuts won't be quite as big as you think, not everyone in York will benefit - and anyway, all Yorkshire Water are doing is honouring
FULFORDGATE'S Keith Pepper passed the 1,000-run mark for the season in the big division two clash of the day against Tollerton Outlaws. With his brother Mal scoring 55no, Fulfordgate reached 145-6, but it was not enough to stop the champions from winning
SO the closure of the Bilbrough Top gap on the A64 and the building of a flyover has been delayed by yet more bureaucracy (August 21). It is beyond belief that the highways authorities cannot properly estimate the cost of a simple flyover - building such
IT was with a heavy heart that I read about the death from meningococcal septicaemia of five-year-old Acomb primary school pupil Chloe Williams (August 20). On behalf of the Meningitis Trust, I would like to offer my condolences to Chloe's family, friends
YORK Groves kick off their 2003-04 campaign on Saturday with a derby day trip to Wetherby Bulldogs. Both teams were relegated from Pennine League division four last season and will be keen to begin their division five campaigns with a bang. The Terriers
A heartbroken York couple say they are being financially crippled by legal fees as they wait for a long-delayed inquest into the death of their son. Maureen and Keith Archer, of Lucas Avenue, Clifton, said they had now spent more than £3,000 on retaining
PARK & Ride fares are set to rise by the end of the month. First York is to increase the price of adult single and return tickets by ten pence, making the new fares £1.70 for a single and £1.80 for returns. The changes, which will be introduced before
A TOP North Yorkshire councillor says it is "imperative" that Ministers take speedy action to tame the county's worst accident blackspot. Coun Peter Sowray, the county council's executive member for environment services, has written to the Evening Press
YORK bus chiefs said today they were hopeful of a breakthrough in a pay dispute which has seen five days of strike action in York. Peter Edwards, First commercial manager, said some ideas had emerged from yesterday's talks with TGWU representatives in
STAR jockey Frankie Dettori looks glum as he takes a call on his mobile phone on a street near York Racecourse. Frankie was taking part in a protest against restrictions on on-course mobile use - timed strategically to take place just before The T-mobile
POLICE wearing protective clothing were called to a house in York after reports of a man brandishing a large knife. Residents in Burdyke Avenue, Clifton, said seven or eight police vans surrounded the house at about 4.30pm yesterday. One neighbour, who
YORK born and bred star Jonny Liddell will ignore home-city loyalties tomorrow night and put his all into securing a defeat for York City Knights. Liddell, the former York Acorn protg who played for York Wasps last season, has since been earning his corn
YORK City could have an unexpected face in their squad to tackle Rochdale at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. Central defender Stuart Wise returned to first team training yesterday, less than two weeks after being stretchered off in the 1-0 victory at Huddersfield
THE battle to "reclaim York's streets" began today as 40 police officers battered their way into homes and a pub in a series of early-morning raids. A team of officers used a battering ram to smash their way into The Reindeer pub, in Penleys Grove Street
RICHARD X says watching the promotional CDs of his first album sent out was like "when your hamster escapes and disappears somewhere in the house". Well, memorable collaborations punctuated with deep bass and thoughtful samples make this is a pet he won't
UNTIL 1965, The Animals were arguably only topped by The Rolling Stones as the raunchiest and most popular R&B band in the country. Then came the big split. Keyboard wizard Alan Price couldn't take flying any more and quit. The band then split with
Like their countrymen Super Furry Animals, cult Welsh band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci have been pursuing a pop mission as eccentric as their name for the best part of a decade. Their last offering, 2000's The Blue Trees, saw them hit a winning vein of charming
YORK born and bred star Jonny Liddell will ignore home-city loyalties tomorrow night and put his all into securing a defeat for York City Knights. Liddell, the former York Acorn protg who played for York Wasps last season, has since been earning his corn
IT IS possible to tire of Cuban music, which has been flogged half to death since the release of the Buena Vista Social Club. And perhaps there are only so many Cuban records a person needs - or rumba rhythms come to that. Yet this is a sprightly and
"MAYBE it's the weather, but the devil is partial to the South," sings Martin Simpson. The album title comes from an American who told the English guitar maestro that righteousness and humidity was a dangerous mixture after hearing about a fatal shooting
STEVEN Kirby, Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker, was taken to hospital in a semi-conscious state yesterday after a serious injury scare during the Championship match with Somerset at Headingley yesterday. The 25-year-old paceman moved towards a fierce
Having witnessed a fantastic team display of determination and commitment by the York City Knights on Sunday, I must congratulate all 17 players for their efforts. The match itself was a superb advert for National League Two. Any neutrals attending must
Ryedale trainer John Quinn, who had to settle for second place on Knavesmire yesterday with one of his smart sprinters, can go one better with another at Haydock tomorrow. The Settrington handler, well pleased with the performance of Smart Predator yesterday
FLIRTING was once described as attention without intention. It is also often said to be harmless. Yet there is another sort of flirting which is something darker. A North Yorkshire firm is advertising for flirtatious recruits who are prepared to work
Ovington, bottom of division one, beat British Sugar to move within range of Burn at the foot of the table. Ian Holmes and Paul Mizon grabbed three wickets each to restrict Sugar to 129-7. Despite Wayne Bellerby's 4-55 Ovington ran out three-wicket victors
DIVISION three in the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton York Vale Cricket League will go down to the wire. The division has been tight all season as long-time leaders Burton Salmon have only a ten-point cushion over rivals Stillingfleet after losing a thriller
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Joyce Pickard (Letters, September 2). The balance of power at the forthcoming World Trade Organisation negotiations will be unfair, and the issues raised questionable. That a billion people live on less than a dollar a day,
WHEN is your organisation going to afford the growing global climate catastrophe the kind of coverage you have long granted the comparatively trivial threat of international terrorism? When will you expose the machinations and irresponsibility of big
ALL great cities have bridges. That's a generalisation, I know - and someone with a better grasp of geography than myself is no doubt beginning to fulminate right now, ready to point to a fine city without a single bridge. But let it stand. All great
YORK City could have an unexpected face in their squad to tackle Rochdale at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. Central defender Stuart Wise returned to first team training yesterday, less than two weeks after being stretchered off in the 1-0 victory at Huddersfield
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC's annual gala and rugby festival saw an incredible turnout with more than 420 children from all over Yorkshire taking part. Seven tournaments were held in six different age groups, from emerging 8s, and under-8s, through 9s
YORK Groves kick off their 2003-04 campaign on Saturday with a derby day trip to Wetherby Bulldogs. Both teams were relegated from Pennine League division four last season and will be keen to begin their division five campaigns with a bang. The Terriers
THE £3 million footbridge proposed for the River Ouse is to be the subject of a design competition. Councillors agreed that the design of the pedestrian footbridge, which will link the Guildhall and North Street Gardens, should be decided by a design
SCHEMING Emmerdale character Nicola Blackstock showed a different side to her personality when she waved off charity cyclists from a York hotel. The soap character, played by actress Nicola Wheeler, joined nine cyclists from the York Moat House Hotel
A CONTROVERSIAL 540-home development in Osbaldwick is a step closer to becoming a reality after plans were submitted to City of York Council. The proposals for New Osbaldwick are set to go before councillors in December. An outline planning application
BRIAN CLOUGH is returning to Leeds almost 30 years after his controversial sacking. Clough lasted just 44 days as Don Revie's successor in 1974 before player power cost him his job. Now he is back as chief speaker at a dinner to be held at Elland Road
AN eagerly-awaited championship spat between York's Jamie Warters and Denzil Browne looks to have been KO'd by a cash clash. Since the prospect of a set-to between the two cruiserweights was mooted in early summer a lot of interest has been generated
TAKE quality 1960s British pop-rock, add power, and then stick a Motor City accent on it and you might get somewhere close to The Sights. Full of riffs and melodic forcefulness, this Detroit trio - who graced Fibbers last night, making up for the fact
HE'S toured with REM and the Foo Fighters. He's headlined the Mean Fiddler. He's played Glastonbury. Me, I'd never heard of the chap. Which is a shame because he's awfully pleasant to listen to, as he spins his tales of broken love and disenchantment.
RIDE rode off into the Oxford sunset in 1996, since when the stock of the art-school pretty boys has risen to the point where Coldplay's Chris Martin admits In My Place is Ride's Dreams Burn Down in disguise. Latterly their albums have been re-issued
THIS is whiplash rock'n'roll, say American-fixated Danish duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo on their B-movie spoof sleeve. After eight mean, lean and menacing tracks in 21 minutes on last year's mini-album debut Whip It On, they speed through 13 more
Geoff Hoon is not the only one who could be in for a roasting when Parliament is recalled early on Monday. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. NOT even the England cricket selectors could have chosen a more unfortunate candidate to open the batting for the Government
