Robbie Dale points out that not all students are smelly layabouts. THE word 'student' can have many connotations. In its most basic sense, it refers to one who commits themselves to study and therefore is thought of as an academic, one in the pursuit
AT the Labour conference in 2000, a tub-thumping John Prescott said: "I tell you this, every time I see the Countryside Alliance I redouble my determination to vote in the House of Commons to abolish fox hunting for ever." According to those close to
BUSINESSES can keep up to date on rules and regulations at a seminar. Bridlington Business Centre is hosting a free seminar on Wednesday, exploring why businesses need rules and what they should cover. The session will look at disciplinary procedures,
FANCY some "Bristol squelch beat"? If so, heavily tipped Chikinki will be making plenty of noise at Fibbers on Sunday, the night before they release new single Like It Or Leave It on the Island label. Chance and destiny threw the five-piece together in
Mark White is at the villainous stage again, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON. MARK White usually plays comic characters on stage, dodgy pieces of work on television. For proof, think of his humorous turn as chef Frankie in Frankie And Johnny In The Clare De
ADRIAN Hood is over the moon at working once more with John Godber, the director who gave him his first break in theatre. The Hull Truck playwright had spotted Adrian's talents in his drama-teaching days and the two have worked together regularly, until
Imagine there is one starry night left to the end of the world. What would you do? The Shysters answer this question in their debut appearance at York Theatre Royal next week in the Studio show Tango Apocalypso. In a devised piece of theatre, dance and
BERTHOLD Brecht has three questions on his mind in The Good Person Of Szechwan. How can you be good when everybody is trying to rip you off? How can you protect yourself against those you love as well as those you fear? Are people vicious by nature or
MALTON and Norton can ensure their third successive promotion if they can overcome struggling Old Brodleians at the Gannock on Saturday. They need just two points from their remaining three games to take the Yorkshire One title. Malton retain the same
YORK City Knights fans are being urged to get behind the injury-ravaged team this weekend in their hour of need. The Knights could well be down to just 14 fit players for Sunday's crucial Powergen Challenge Cup tie at Featherstone - meaning they desperately
CLIFTON FC and St John's College will contest the final of the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup. Newly-formed Huntington Juniors are having a storming season, but the second division hopefuls were brought down to earth by Clifton who beat them 9-3 in
Tadcaster Albion beat Fulford in a goal frenzy to secure a York Mitchell League division one win. James Rawlings scored a hat-trick, Stan Wilson a brace with singles from Robert Ward, Oliver Box and Ben Bowden making it 8-2 to Tadcaster. Liam Summers
TOM Jackson scored a hat-trick as Rawcliffe beat York RI 4-0 at Wigginton to reach the York FA Acaster Steel Junior Cup final. There they will play Haxby 'A' who beat Poppleton 2-0 at New Lane in the other semi-final. Adam Scorefield opened the scoring
SEVERUS SC have one hand on the John Smith's York Sunday Morning Football League division one championship trophy after victory at Selby Olympia saw them open up a ten-point lead at the top. Moss, McShane, Lake and Jones all scored as Severus, in their
IS YOUR drink safe? That is the question York clubbers will be faced with tonight if they let their drink out of their sight. Staff at York's three Luminar Leisure nightclubs - Ikon & Diva, The Gallery and Toffs - will be placing yellow "warning"
CROOKED political activists could fix a referendum for a "mini-Parliament" in Yorkshire by going from doorstep-to-doorstep gathering unused postal voting forms, it was claimed today. Tory shadow regions spokesman Bernard Jenkin warned there was a threat
NORTH YORKSHIRE residents are to be offered more than £200 a week to house teenagers leaving the care system. The supported lodgings scheme is being launched across the county by North Yorkshire County Council's leaving care team. It aims to help young
THE battle for the York Phoenix Open League division one championship has hotted up after the top two teams ' latest victories. Bay Horse 'A' whitewashed Howden with Kev O'Hara including a maximum for 17, while Greyhound had a last game win over Cygnet
RACING legend Mick Easterby is letting his luxury farmhouse for York Royal Ascot. Mr Easterby - based at Sheriff Hutton - is one of Britain's top trainers and has notched up a string of high-profile winners during an illustrious turf career. North Yorkshire
BILL Hearld's column ("Die another day, live another day", March 9) struck a very personal chord, and vividly brought back my mother's last few grim months in York District Hospital just over three years ago. I have every sympathy, especially having to
YORK students have seen weeks of revision go down the drain after a blundering examination board lost their papers. A total of 84 AS-level business studies students arrived at York College to collect their results - but the Assessment & Qualifications
YORK City Knights fans are being urged to get behind the injury-ravaged team this weekend in their hour of need. The Knights could well be down to just 14 fit players for Sunday's crucial Powergen Challenge Cup tie at Featherstone - meaning they desperately
LET us not under-estimate the major coup that Fibbers pulled off by getting Gomez to play at their modest venue this week. The music-starved people of York surely couldn't fail to be delighted with Gomez's quality and originality. It has made them one
THE Evening Press has delivered your Save The York Odeon campaign message to cinema bosses - despite an attempted snub. I was accompanied by York MP Hugh Bayley and town crier John Redpath, on the trip to London to hand senior Odeon chiefs the petition
York City this afternoon made a double transfer swoop by signing young Newcastle United striker Richard Offiong and experienced midfielder Kevin Donovan, who has just been released from Rochdale. Former England Youth and Under-20 International Offiong
THERE are rumours that Chancellor Gordon Brown's summer Comprehensive Spending Review will cut the planned start of 13 of the Highways Agency's new road building schemes to just eight. How can it be that here in Britain, the fourth largest economy in
OX bow lakes, scree deposits and the average rainfall of the Russian steppes: these are our fragmented memories from geography lessons past. Fulford School pupils taught by Tim Morris, by contrast, are regaled with adventures from his world travels, not
IF York City perish on home turf to Torquay United tomorrow then they will equal an unenviable club record with home omens pointing to ultimate despair. City go into the clash against the high-flying Gulls racked by four successive defeats at Bootham
YORK City player-manager Chris Brass has received an unexpected boost with the news that goalkeeper Mark Ovendale will not now be suspended for next Saturday's home match with Yeovil. The City boss had believed Ovendale had picked up a one-match ban after
THE Evening Press has delivered your Save The York Odeon campaign message to cinema bosses - despite an attempted snub. I was accompanied by York MP Hugh Bayley and town crier John Redpath, on the trip to London to hand senior Odeon chiefs the petition
YOU'LL have to cough up an extra grand for the new Renault Grand Scenic that goes on sale in April. But for the growing family it could be money well spent because it provides seven seats, one of the few people carriers to do so in today's demanding market
RENAULT intends to up the stakes in the supermini line-up, introducing what must be one of the roomiest small cars on the market. It is called the Modus, not the most flattering of names, but this big-hearted little 'un is all space, providing the best
LOOK for the York Open Studios 2004 sign next weekend. Such signs will be displayed outside and around artists' studios in central York, Heworth, Heslington, Clifton, Stillingfleet and Stockton-on-the-Forest. Welcome to the third annual York Open Studios
Alex Lloyd perks herself up with a night of Jamaican music. I HAVE to confess that I was feeling less than enthusiastic when I stepped out into a cold Friday night to go to Reggae Explosion for the first time. I was tired, there were good programmes on
THE Diary has rejoined the Tufty Club. This organisation was originally fronted by a safety-minded squirrel who guided children through the highway code. Today, however, your diarist is less fearful of crossing the road and more worried about the clumps
IN the Eisenhower era, the twin-set students at exclusive American colleges for girls were recommended to pursue only three jobs. Teaching children up to 12, nursing or secretarial work and, preferably, they should marry instead, as early as possible
A FIGHT to protect North York Moors hill farmers from disaster has begun. The North East region of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has called on English Nature, the RSPB, the Countryside Agency and three National Park authorities to join forces to address
GRAPHIC design students at York College and motor retailer Mercedes-Benz of York have joined forces to work on a project to increase brand awareness for the revolutionary Smart Car. The 23-strong group of students, who are in the final year of a two-year
THE England cricket team's official magazine has moved to York. York-based print and design company, Maxiprint, which unveiled its new name, The Max Design and Print Company, yesterday, has bought a 51 per cent share of the publishing company Cricnet.
BRITISH folk institution Richard Thompson will play in York for the first time since June 2000 this spring. He will visit the Grand Opera House on May 27 as part of a 14-date solo tour, on which he will be supported by Jim Moray, winner of the Album of
DO you recognise the teenage singer in Brian Cooke's vintage photograph? The date is February 27 1965, and The Mandrakes are making their first public appearance at the Condor Club, South Cliff, Scarborough. Out front is one 16-year-old Allen Palmer,
THE Howden Live venue, the Shire Hall, must be one of the best in the region - an ample stage, a good-sized room with cabaret-style tables and great acoustics. Last Saturday Clare Teal was able to employ the full dynamics of her voice and her band over
DON'T bypass Passers-By, Tim Morrison's solo exhibition of paintings, pastels and woodcuts at Adze Gallery, Gillygate, York. Based on pencil drawings done from observation in central York, this new series seeks to capture feelings of chaos, collisions
FLYING Ducks Youth Theatre presents the York premiere of the gangster musical Tin Pan Ali at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. "It's probably the most challenging and ambitious show the company has undertaken, and we're delighted to be premiering it," says
Introducing Stomp... the show that puts the hit into hit show. MARC Bolan liked to bang a gong, get it on. In Stomp, eight performers bang everything including the kitchen sink. Outsized boots, garbage, bins, brooms, Zippo lighters and plumbers' plungers
Harrogate Town manager John Reed is turning to fun training to lift the spirits of his side ahead of their important clash with third-placed Barrow tomorrow. Town have seen their recent UniBond League premier division form plummet only weeks after an
THOMAS HOGG was Real Cliffe's hero in a dramatic York FA Intermediate Cup semi-final win over Dunnington at Hopgrove. He scored a hat-trick and got the winning goal in a penalty shoot-out after Dunnington had come from 3-0 down with 15 minutes of normal
HERE is a teacher guaranteed to make pupils sit up and pay attention. For York's own Tim Morris has been hailed as the coolest in the country. Mr Morris, who teaches geography at Fulford School, has been voted "the UK's coolest teacher" by Bliss magazine
PERSISTENT young offenders in York and North Yorkshire are being dealt with faster than ever before, with the average time between arrest and sentence down to only 66 days. Crime bosses believe that a new centre at Clifton Moor, York, bringing together
MALTON and Norton can ensure their third successive promotion if they can overcome struggling Old Brodleians at the Gannock on Saturday. They need just two points from their remaining three games to take the Yorkshire One title. Malton retain the same
Angelique is not alone. After the former parish councillor revealed all on her website, CHRIS TITLEY investigates York's Internet porn industry. NORTH Yorkshire has embraced the Internet. Every school, Scout group, shop and social club seems to have their
ANGRY passengers staged an impromptu protest in a York city centre street when they realised their bus was not going to stop for them. According to eyewitnesses, passengers stood in Piccadilly blocking its path in a vain bid to persuade the driver to
YORK'S car parking charges have been one of the highest in this country for years. This latest increase by the so-called custodians of the city - the councillors - is a disgrace and daylight robbery (Evening Press, March 5). York is a popular place with
Harrogate Town manager John Reed is turning to fun training to lift the spirits of his side ahead of their important clash with third-placed Barrow tomorrow. Town have seen their recent UniBond League premier division form plummet only weeks after an
I DID not have a view on the merits or otherwise of genetically modified crops (GM) until I became aware of findings from the United State. GM maize, soybeans and oilseed rape have been planted for eight years in the US, with the appalling result that
I WAS interested in your report on a proposed ban on smoking in public places (March 3). I live in Ballarat in Australia and we have had a smoking ban for a few years now. Smoking is banned in restaurants, public and private buildings, workplaces and
A SCHOOL pupil from North Yorkshire has been diagnosed as suffering from TB. The Easingwold School student is receiving treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and responding well, health experts confirmed today. North Yorkshire Health Protection Agency
CHRIS Brass has called on his players to overcome any Bootham Crescent nerves as York City aim to avoid equalling an unwanted home record on Saturday afternoon. Defeat against Torquay would mean the Minstermen will have lost five consecutive home games
WHEN are the drains at the back of Daysfoot Court going to be cleaned? These drains are conveniently forgotten and have only been cleaned once or twice in 25 years. So when are they due for recleaning, they must be near the top of the list by now? B Sawdon
WE thank our family, friends and neighbours for their generous help and support for Meningitis Research. We have so far raised £6,410 in memory of our grandson, Kenny. Thanks also to Brenda and Derek Mackfall for their wonderful support also Cyril and
THE main reason for hold-ups on the A1237 is because too many drivers are trying to get to the next traffic jam as quickly as possible. Maybe if all motorists kept their speed to 40mph and left a 50-yard gap from the vehicle in front they would reach
A new breakthrough in breast cancer care sounds like a cause for celebration. But is it too early for the champagne corks to be popping? A DRUG with an unpronounceable name is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer
ODEON bosses delivered a slap in the face to the 13,600 people who signed our petition and to York itself yesterday. Not one manager from the cinema chain's headquarters had the good grace to meet our party and receive the petition. While this craven
CHRIS Brass has called on his players to overcome any Bootham Crescent nerves as York City aim to avoid equalling an unwanted home record on Saturday afternoon. Defeat against Torquay would mean the Minstermen will have lost five consecutive home games
York City this afternoon made a double transfer swoop by signing young Newcastle United striker Richard Offiong and experienced midfielder Kevin Donovan, who has just been released from Rochdale. Former England Youth and Under-20 International Offiong
KIA, the Korean car manufacturer, this year celebrates 60 years of manufacturing. Despite not being one of the world's most famous car builders, as part of the Hyundai-Kia group it now aims to be a top-five global carmaker within the next five years.
Mick Fitzgerald, who has been out of action since he suffered a broken arm in a fall on February 7, can return to the saddle in a blaze of glory at Sandown tomorrow. The Lambourn jockey, who has a host of fancied mounts at the Cheltenham Festival next
