National Hunt enthusiasts have the stage to themselves on Sunday with three jumping cards, including Aintree, the home of the Grand National, forming the racing menu. The bad news is, that the continuing firm ground has taken its toll on two of the fixtures
GEORGE WILKINSON falls for a surprisingly gentle five-mile walk setting out from Aysgarth. NEAR Aysgarth we found cheap parking and a nice day, and walked some pastures to said village, by walls splashed with lichens and the Wensleydale fells splashed
Charlotte Percival goes stateside as she dashes between New York, Washington and Miami - and finds her holiday unexpectedly extended. After a seven-hour flight and four hours already wasted trying to find a hostel, our first glimpse of Manhattan - glittering
CHRIS Brass is calling on his midfield to provide the leadership qualities that will propel York City back up the Division Three table. The City boss was hoping that Mitch Ward and Darren Dunning could dominate a Scunthorpe team depleted by suspension
IT does not appear that Dean Crowe will be welcomed back to Luton Town with open arms if, as expected, he ends his loan spell at Bootham Crescent today. Crowe has struggled to make an impact during his one-month stay with the Minstermen and Chris Brass
With Hallowe'en approaching, RACHEL LACY visits spooky corners of York. IN WHAT is reputedly the most haunted city in the world, the problem isn't finding places for Hallowe'en, but deciding 'witch' to visit. Alongside the ghost cruise and the many ghost
YORK City's two matches this week realised a point apiece but in all other aspects it was a week of contrasts for the Minstermen. City were a side transformed against Oxford United, as vibrant and enterprising as they had been shaky and scrappy against
PASSENGERS who were told to "use or lose" a York bus service are getting on board and heeding the message, a councillor said today. Acomb ward member Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing said that the restored number 16 bus between Boroughbridge Road and Beckfield
THREE-QUARTERS of local people believe there are junctions and roads in the Vale of York that need to be looked at urgently, a new survey has revealed. The figures showed that 75 per cent of people who responded were concerned about certain stretches
A VETERAN Labour councillor has called for a crackdown on people who dump cars on York's streets - and an out-of-hours service to clear them up. Derek Smallwood, City of York Council's shadow executive member for the environment, said he was concerned
A STUDENT who caught a bus near Selby was given an IOU by the driver because he couldn't change a £10 note. Today, Arriva Yorkshire expressed "concern" about the incident on Wednesday, which left teenager Will Thornton without enough money for his lunch
EASINGWOLD'S nine-time sidecar world champion Steve Webster is ready to attempt a Perfect Ten. Webster's latest title was clinched in France this month with passenger Paul Woodhead but he is already thinking about taking that impressive record into double
A COMMUNITY safety group is launching a major campaign in a North Yorkshire town - but not because of rising crime levels. Hambleton Community Safety Partnership is launching an awareness-raising campaign in Easingwold and nearby villages, to tackle what
THE young owner of a mini-scooter used to batter a York father-of-two had the "cheek" to twice return to his house to ask for it back. But attack victim Doug Unwin said this was in stark contrast to another youth who turned up on his doorstep to apologise
NEW York City Knights ace Nathan Graham is relishing the return of international rugby league and is gunning for new European honours to kick off 12 months of success. The 31-year-old full-back, who moved to Huntington Stadium from Featherstone earlier
CHRIS Brass is calling on his midfield to provide the leadership qualities that will propel York City back up the Division Three table. The City boss was hoping that Mitch Ward and Darren Dunning could dominate a Scunthorpe team depleted by suspension
NEW York City Knights ace Nathan Graham is relishing the return of international rugby league and is gunning for new European honours to kick off 12 months of success. The 31-year-old full-back, who moved to Huntington Stadium from Featherstone earlier
In an exclusive interview, Shed Seven frontman Rick Witter tells Charles Hutchinson the reasons behind the band's split after 12 years. IT IS not the end of the world, it just feels like that. With those words, Rick Witter felt the weight of the decision
JO HAYWOOD talks to a York University professor who appreciates the power of flowers. Learn about wild flowers and save the world! It's a nice idea, isn't it? But is it a philosophy to live by or a whimsical notion with about as much weight as rose petals
I DON'T often read Chris Titley's column because of his usual sarcastic and insulting remarks. I did, however, read his column about TV programmes (October 22). Does Chris think television is there just for him? Many people, including the elderly who
IN response to Dr Campbell's letter (October 18) it is widely recognised foxes are encouraged to breed for the pleasure of the hunts. If foxes are hunted to extinction the rabbit population will increase and munch farmers' crops. Hounds are injured and
TWAS a dark and bitter night some years since. Riven by cold and some distance from the park bench called home, Bar Talk stumbled into a York hostelry, seeking warmth and humanity. And beer. As the heavy door was pushed open, a gust of wind blew out the
WHY we have not visited this venue before is a mystery. Its advert appears often enough in the Evening Press. But having got there, what a find. There is a pensioners' lunch between noon and 2pm daily except Sunday. Three courses for only £5.45. For evening
The last leaves of summer were looking sorry. So Gina Parkinson set to restoring the hanging basket. OUR hanging basket and container by the front door had finally descended into a mass of dying foliage and flowers. So they were cleared and replanted
DARREN Dunning has opened up a sizeable lead at the top of the Evening Press player of the year rankings. A man of the match display against Boston last Saturday earned the young midfielder three points and means he now has a six-point advantage over
IT'S now remember, remember the fourth of November for young City fans. As reported in this column last week, a planned firework display due to be staged at Bootham Crescent on November 5 had been postponed. The City youth team are due to play Macclesfield
A MAJOR new shopping centre on the site of the rejected Coppergate II proposal is still the way forward if York is to benefit from retail expansion, the city council's leader says. Coun Steve Galloway said he believed that independent advice would show
A MYSTERY spanning ten years is proving a stubborn tease for Malton and Norton Golf Club. The club's captains' board is conspicuous not just for the roll call of honour it depicts, but for an absence of a decade where there are no entries for the years
IT was a Cook's special that decorated the inaugural York Golf Range juniors tournament. Chris Cook hit a shot level with the eighth green to win the flag competition in the event attended by 26 boys and girls aged between six and 13, who are all taking
HOW would you like a top York chef to come into your home and cook a delicious five-course meal for six? That is the prize which can be won in a raffle being organised to raise funds for York cancer sufferer Chris Nelson. The Evening Press reported earlier
RAILWAY superheroes Diddly Dum and Diddly Dee were the stars of the show at a York museum. Children at the National Railway Museum caught their first glimpse of new cartoon characters, The Diddlys, at the launch of their first book, A Whale Of A Time.
A MAJOR new shopping centre on the site of the rejected Coppergate II proposal is still the way forward if York is to benefit from retail expansion, the city council's leader says. Coun Steve Galloway said he believed that independent advice would show
EVENING Press sports writer DAVE FLETT talks to Easingwold's Steve Webster, in the slipsteam of his ninth world title success. FAME and adulation follows Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi wherever they tread foot let alone burn rubber. The respective
EVENING Press reporter SALLY FLETCHER gets an insight into what makes England football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson tick behind that legendary Scandinavian cool exterior... PASSIONATE encounters may have scored Sven-Goran Eriksson almost as many front-pages
A YORK woman is mourning the demise of Concorde - remembering her flight on the famous plane with help from the Evening Press. Rita Willis, 45, of The Crescent, Heslington, enjoyed a whirlwind trip to New York on Concorde after winning a competition she
A YOUNG York girl turned Good Samaritan when she stopped to help a man who collapsed in the street - as adults passed by and ignored him. Samantha Rayner, ten, of Elmfield Avenue, was praised for her "prompt, calm and caring" attitude by police and ambulance
CHILDREN cycling and walking on the streets of York and North Yorkshire have been warned to "be safe and be seen", as the clocks go back. The Department for Transport has launched a campaign called THINK!, which highlights the need for children to wear
STEPHEN LEWIS looks at what the latest rail re-organisation will mean. ON hearing about the latest rail re-organisation, most people will probably have thought: how did the railways ever get into such a mess in the first place? The second may well have
JAMES KILNER visits York's newest Indian restaurant. I HAVE a theory about Indian restaurants. You can go for a posh nosh in the most palatial of surroundings, but if you want the genuine article, the Taj Mahal of curries, you are most likely to find
I WRITE in response to Keith Gregson's article 'All hail the king of cabs' (October 20). I am amazed that no mention was made of St George's Church in George Street which was built by Joseph Hansom. St George's Church was opened in 1850 and was the first
THE article on the Holgate Windmill ('Windmill gets 'hair net' aid', October 21) was very interesting. As one of the two Labour councillors who supported this project from Christine Bramwell's first tentative inquiries some years ago, I believe this is
AS recent letters have highlighted, the council tax is outdated inefficient and expensive. The way forward is to abolish council tax altogether. Revenue can be collected more efficiently by central Government through tried and trusted income tax. A 1p
THERE are probably many people in York who have heard the results of the GM farm scale trials in Britain. But we have only heard selected extracts from the reports and, because all parties in the debate are claiming victory - as if it were a battle -
SO S Arundell wants ID cards to be made compulsory as in the Second World War (October 20). The problem is that such cards can be easily lost, stolen or forged. If the British Government really wants its citizens to carry a unique personal identifier
