Oasis Dream, who produced a brilliant display of sprinting at York last month to win the Nunthorpe Stakes, can reinforce his reputation by following-up in the Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup at Haydock tomorrow. John Gosden's colt has nine rivals in this £225,000
JANUSZ Kaluski offers a shining example of how foreigners can become assimilated into the British way of life. The D-Day veteran from York has donated his valuable collection of stamps from his native Poland to the British Library. He has done this, he
The Ripon Art Festival exhibition has opened, run in conjunction with the Ripon International Music Festival. Piers Browne, Emerson Mayes, Tim Slatter, Austin Ruddy and Tom Wanless are among the 30 Yorkshire professional artists on show in the Ripon Cathedral
"THE BMW 5 Series offers everything customers expect of a premium executive car - comfort, practicality, quality, safety and responsive performance," says Jim O'Donnell, UK boss of BMW. Such expansive superlatives about a car, any car, deserve to be shot
DANIEL Letterle? Joanna Chilcoat? Robin de Jesus? Alana Allen? Never heard of them, but oh how desperate they are for Camp to be their 15-minute calling card. Imagine a whole cast as eager to grasp the greasy pole of stardom as Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls
Your report about objections to striking bus drivers congregating at the rail workers' war memorial is a red herring (Strikers picket on war memorial, September 2). The real issue is that First York pays its drivers a pittance. Many people in York can't
The Hamsters had a three-track session on Paul Jones's Blues Show on BBC Radio 2 last night in the lead-up to the autumn release of their new album, Open All Hours. On Saturday (7th), they are doing a "two-set special one-off" for York, at Fibbers. "We
THE Band of the Scots Guards beat the retreat on Saturday (7th) at 5.45pm on Ripon Market Place to mark the start of the sixth Ripon International Festival. The festival's artistic director, Janusz, conducts the Orchestra of Opera North in the opening
SHED Seven are off on their travels again, playing gigs from this month through to December. Closest to home for the York band will be Leeds Metropolitan University on December 14. This month the compulsive rock travellers will be at Kent University on
YORK Cricket Club approaches Saturday's programme with three of its teams having a chance of league leadership and promotion, while the club's third X1 have already risen from the York Senior League sixth division. The toughest ask faces the senior ranks
Pickering Town are gearing up for their first home league game of the season with boss Steve Brown anxious for his troops to repeat their sparkling FA Cup form. The Pikes have already won two cup ties but lie third from bottom in the Northern Counties
IN-FORM Rochdale arrive at Bootham Crescent on Saturday looking to secure their third consecutive victory. Wins over Darlington and Torquay have consigned a sluggish start, when Alan Buckley's side failed to triumph in their first four outings, to memory
ANGRY Acomb residents say life in their community is getting worse - and have challenged the police and city council to do something about it. The recent spate of muggings on the elderly in Acomb has caused a wave of anger among residents. Vanessa Wright
Pickering Town are gearing up for their first home league game of the season with boss Steve Brown anxious for his troops to repeat their sparkling FA Cup form. The Pikes have already won two cup ties but lie third from bottom in the Northern Counties
Conscientious York council tenants could be rewarded with a say over who moves in next door, if controversial new proposals move ahead. As part of the York Pride Campaign, some residents in local authority flats could be awarded a "gold star", granting
STUDENT Hayley Copsey is in a battle with 99 other hopefuls in the fight to be crowned FHM magazine's High Street Honey 2003. Hayley, a York St John College drama student, has entered the now-famous competition, which offers ordinary women the chance
POCKLINGTON will embark on their Yorkshire Three campaign on Saturday under the leadership of new captain, former Huddersfield back row Matt Atkinson. He will have the nucleus of last year's side still together with the only notable departure being prop
SHIFTING the paperwork mountain onto trained administrative staff could get up to 70 officers back onto the streets, claims North Yorkshire Chief Constable Della Cannings. Officers based at York Police Station have already lost their gym to make way for
YORKSHIRE had Steve Kirby back in action against Somerset following his collapse on Wednesday. Kirby now thinks that he deflected a drive from Nixon McLean on to the top of his head and this caused him to collapse. However, the Tykes were without Australian
TWO more people were arrested after the second successive day of early morning police raids in York. More than 30 officers simultaneously raided five flats in The Groves, smashing in doors as they searched for drugs and stolen property in Operation Oblique
A VALUABLE stamp collection that charts the turbulent history of Poland has been handed to the British Library by a York collector. Polish-born Janusz Kaluski, 80, a decorated soldier who took part in the D-Day landings, amassed the £125,000 collection
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass was sweating on the fitness of skipper Darren Edmondson before deciding on his starting line-up for Saturdat's home encounter with Rochdale. Edmondson was substituted early in the second half of last Saturday's 3-0 defeat
THE University of York's Central Hall has been attacked with spray paint and liquid fertiliser during a scientific conference. A dozen people - believed to be anti-GM crop campaigners targeting Bayer, one of the sponsors - damaged viewing screens, audio-visual
INSIDE information has York City confident of making a swift return to winning ways against in-form Rochdale on Saturday. Still smarting at last Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Lincoln, City boss Chris Brass and his assistant Lee Nogan have been carefully planning
THIS is the 20-year-old man accused of the killing of Acomb pensioner Eilleen Smith. Wayne Kenneth Cooper appeared before York Crown Court on a charge of murder. Cooper, of Danesfort Avenue, Acomb, was expected to deny charges against him relating to
SCHOOLCHILDREN became embroiled in a fight at a busy supermarket which left two people injured. Police say they were called to Safeway in Front Street, Acomb, following reports that pupils from Lowfield School and Oaklands School were involved in a disturbance
ONCE a Dr Who, always a Dr Who. Colin Baker, the sixth time lord to take up residency in the Tardis, believes he may have the good doctor to thank for his latest role... in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. "I've discovered it may be connected," says
IF the chance meeting of the country mouse from the Norfolk tea shop and Father Christmas on the streets of London sounds the stuff of a fairytale, then think again. Alan Ayckbourn's sinister 64th play is "a cautionary comedy of dark intentions". In this
YORK RUFC coach Andy Gair has bolstered his staff at Clifton Park. This season he will be assisted by three new faces. Former Harrogate coach Roy Mackay will pass on specialist tips to the backs, while Paul 'Stan' Matthews, who ran Leeds Tykes Under-21
POCKLINGTON will embark on their Yorkshire Three campaign on Saturday under the leadership of new captain, former Huddersfield back row Matt Atkinson. He will have the nucleus of last year's side still together with the only notable departure being prop
After the film based on their adventure was premiered this week, CHRIS TITLEY looks at how the Calendar Girls of Rylstone and District Women's Institute set us all shedding our clothes for charity. WE have many reasons to thank the stripping starlets
YORKSHIRE had Steve Kirby back in action against Somerset following his collapse on Wednesday. Kirby now thinks that he deflected a drive from Nixon McLean on to the top of his head and this caused him to collapse. However, the Tykes were without Australian
YORKSHIRE look all set to collect a maximum 22 points off Somerset at Headingley, despite losing their Australian debutant Damien Martyn to a sickening injury which may yet spell the end of his career with the county after less than half a match. Martyn
ACOMB is a pleasant-seeming suburb of York, with its own shops and schools. It is, as City Of York Council leader Steve Galloway says, "generally a safe and nice place to live". And he should know, he lives there. Yet there appears to be another Acomb
STAR cricketers from the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League have been collecting individual honours. The latest monthly awards were dished out at York Brewery by Jonathan Wright, one of the Hunters directors. The batting
I would like to congratulate Chris Titley on his excellent article on the local transport strike (Give them the money, September 3). However can I ask you now to do the same on behalf of a far larger group of citizens? This group have had their income
I READ with amusement the letter from Mr EJ Deighton regarding the City of York Council and developers altering the style and function of our city (August 28). Mr Deighton may be right, perhaps we should sit back and let the developers ruin our city:
I READ Mr Horne's letter with interest (August 29). It seems that the motor car was responsible for both world wars, the onset of AIDS and sank the Titanic and therefore should be banned. As a motorist, I have had quite enough of Mr Horne's anti-car rants
I WAS sorry to hear of the death of chorister Ken Askham (August 22). I sang the bass line with Ken in the Railway Institute Choir, between my brass band jobs there, and joined him in the trips to Scarborough and Saltaire, which were most enjoyable. Ken
The Poozies, the all-female folk band, are returning in a new incarnation. York fans have an early chance to see how the 2003 line-up is shaping up next Wednesday (10th) at the National Centre for Early Music in Walmgate, where the 7.30pm concert forms
HEWORTH country singer Suzy Martell has got the blues, and she could not be happier about it. Her new single, A Dose Of You, highlights her move from Stetson to swamp territory, and to preview the record's release on October 18, Suzy will be singing a
OBSERVING one of Tony Blair's monthly press conferences is similar to watching a prize fighter at a funfair. Rows of cocky contenders queue to take him on, but they never land a blow. At the end they stagger away, disorientated but safe in the knowledge
STRICKEN Simon Dyson has launched a gym'll fix it drive after a collision with a car door dented hopes of competing for more than £11million in prize money. The Malton and Norton king of clubs has been cast into enforced exile and is expected to miss
THE shock of the first round of the John Smith's Bitter Cup came at Stamford Bridge, where second division Bridge Colts went down to Skelton of division six. Neal Holmes scored twice in the first half and Jack Coates underlined the underdogs' superiority
INSIDE information has York City confident of making a swift return to winning ways against in-form Rochdale on Saturday. Still smarting at last Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Lincoln, City boss Chris Brass and his assistant Lee Nogan have been carefully planning
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass was sweating on the fitness of skipper Darren Edmondson before deciding on his starting line-up for Saturdat's home encounter with Rochdale. Edmondson was substituted early in the second half of last Saturday's 3-0 defeat
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays has taken a major step forward. A York Mystery Plays Association has been formed with the aim of staging the plays again - if possible in the Museum Gardens in 2005. Two working groups have been set up to investigate
A STUDENT died in a freak accident in her bathroom, an inquest heard. The devastated parents of York University student Lisa Marie Nicholls today called for an investigation into her death. Lisa, 18, was found dead in James College, Heslington, on October
ALEX Hurwood and Lindi Ding are officially two of the north's sexiest spectacle wearers after a special ceremony at a York opticians. Alex and Lindi are taking part in the Specsavers Opticians annual modelling competition, Look Of 2003. The competition
SECOND-ROW stalwart Mick Ramsden is set to return to action for York City Knights refreshed after a two-week lay-off. The 31-year-old veteran has been on a 'holiday of a lifetime' - which he booked last year before signing at Huntington Stadium - and
BUS drivers will be enticed by a shorter working week as management table yet another offer to try and bring an end to industrial action in York. Bosses at First are expecting staff to vote on Monday on a new pay deal which the firm is set to agree with
Les Dennis isn't normally a serious theatre actor, is he? Look beyond Celebrity Big Brother and his collapsed marriage, however, and there is much more to this TV comic, discovers CHARLES HUTCHINSON. NO disrespect intended, but Les Dennis and Art are
Dear Mr Unwin, Can you assure me your production will be as Shakespeare would have wanted? Artistic director Stephen Unwin has mischief in his deep-set eyes when he recalls responding to just such a letter from one of those concerned types alarmed by
THE first Studio production of the York Theatre Royal autumn season could not have a more apt title: A Special Relationship. Special relationships abound within the production: Three Legged Theatre Company, from London, has linked with the Theatre Royal
SECOND-ROW stalwart Mick Ramsden is set to return to action for York City Knights refreshed after a two-week lay-off. The 31-year-old veteran has been on a 'holiday of a lifetime' - which he booked last year before signing at Huntington Stadium - and
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays has taken a major step forward. A York Mystery Plays Association has been formed with the aim of staging the plays again - if possible in the Museum Gardens in 2005. Two working groups have been set up to investigate
