CAN you taste the restlessness in the air? The Brits are on the move. The ground trembles, the sea boils as we demented lemmings throw ourselves off the white cliffs of Dover - three-piece suites, Ikea wardrobes and MFI kitchen sinks strapped to our backs
SOMETHING comes over the male of the species at this time of the year that is difficult to explain. It may have something to do with spring being sprung, the sap rising and all that. But it may also be something totally prehistoric. Whatever it is, it
I can finally quit worrying, none of it is my fault. No matter what I do, who I upset or insult, whether I go begging on the streets of York or behave anti-socially to my neighbours, it was all decided long ago. I can behave how I wish in the safe knowledge
LOVE 'em or hate 'em, you will never forget them. Whether it was five or 50 years ago, your old teachers are forever ingrained in the memory. Come on, think back. You remember with fondness or hatred the people who shaped your young lives. You can't forget
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 100 years ago: Messrs Merryweather and Sons, Limited, the well-known manufacturers of fire extinguishing appliances, had recently supplied different types of floating fire engines to various public authorities and private firms
MIKE TIPPING indulges in some Chilean reds in the knowledge they are good for you. Aren't flavonols brilliant? They are antioxidants that are believed to protect against heart disease, cancer, degenerative illness and the effects of ageing. Good enough
OI, you lot, listen up! There are some fantastic white wines out there and I bet many of you wouldn't even consider buying them. Why? Because they're German. It's fair to say that this reluctance to choose German is partly due to memories of mass produced
In this week's Tipping's Tipples, Mike Tipping insists that it can be worth spending £10 on a bottle of wine. WHAT can you buy for £9.99 these days? Just less than eight hours in a York car park, that's what. I have an environmentally-friendly solution
Mike Tipping tries some wines full of animal magic. The Tipping's Tipples household has taken stock of a gorilla and an orang utan this week. Don't worry, not the real thing. My pet crocodile would try to eat them. The apes in question are in fact wines
In TIPPING'S TIPPLES this week we discover that the Vikings liked their wine. Now that Viking god Odin. He's the one that put the vin in divinity. He was more grape and spillage than rape and pillage. Viking folklore tells us he had nothing for sustenance
This week Tipping's Tipples suggests ways to put some fizz into Valentine's Day. In two weeks' time, the shops will have sold out of scentless forced flowers, over-priced heart-shaped foil-wrapped chocolate and tacky teddies tattooed with LOVE. Fortunately
The last surviving Terry who managed the York chocolate factory returned to the Bishopthorpe Road site today and declared: "This is a tragic moment - for the more than 300 who work here, for past employees, for years of history." Peter Terry, aged 85,
FOR one former Terry's worker, the news the historic York factory was to shut hit especially hard. Pensioner Beattie Rippon, 82, of Acomb, gave 36 years of her life to the factory, until she retired in 1978. Her duties were to keep an eye on the chocolate
MANY Terry's workers have been at the factory since they left school. Reporter Richard Edwards asked them their thoughts on a black day for York. Paul Illingworth, of Dringhouses, York, has worked at Terry's for 16 years. He said: "I'm not surprised.
APART from the Evening Press, the only newspaper I read is my surprisingly Conservative half's Sunday broadsheet. If I immersed myself in daily tabloids, I would get even less work done, but can't help thinking tabloids must be easier to manage. Although
SUPPORT services company, Mouchel Parkman, is celebrating five years working in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC), providing engineering and property services across the county. Senior officers from the council marked the occasion
A NEW training centre in Selby will be formally opened next month. York Training Centre's Selby outpost is already operating in its new premises in the Ousegate Business Centre and just moved in with it is the Selby Business Advice Centre. But now all
THERE was not only one change of haircut that caused a shock last night. David Beckham had said goodbye to his blond locks, and so too had former Steps pop princess Faye Tozer. All the publicity photographs, production shots and even the programme cover
WINNING a world ranking tournament for the first time in his career after a dramatic Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York gives Matthew Stevens double reason to celebrate this Christmas. The 26-year-old Welshman, who hit back from 4-0
THE Welsh dragon will walk into the arena in York tomorrow for a final snooker showdown after having had just enough fire-power to stem a once mighty 'Whirlwind' reduced to little more than a few feeble gusts. Jimmy White's legion of fans trooped home
THE chance of a clash of all-time greats in Sunday's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York is a step closer today with Jimmy White through to the semi-finals. But Yorkshire hopes of glory have crashed, with Paul Hunter being swept aside
RONNIE O'Sullivan, the world's most popular snooker player, is close to mental collapse he revealed after winning through to the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship quarter-finals in York. Despite being in tremendous form, with five century breaks
SNOOKER star Ronnie O'Sullivan, safely over the first hurdle in his bid to regain the UK title, isn't sure what the future holds for him. "I'm on a new journey and I don't know where it's going but we will see what happens," he said after comfortably
MARK Williams, the world's top-ranked snooker player, whose opening match in this year's Travis Perkins UK Championship ends tonight, is attempting to become the first player for seven years to successfully defend the title. The first session of his second
NEW recruit Richard Wilson is looking forward to getting down to business with York City Knights, despite starting on a sour note. The 29-year-old prop made his debut off the bench on Sunday and, although the Knights lost at home to Hunslet, the Hull
CONGRATULATIONS and thanks are due to all those who opposed the Coppergate shopping development. Surely the lengthy and detailed public inquiry must demonstrate to those councillors and officers at York council who supported the scheme so vigorously and
THE 1991 world champion John Parrott faces a tough second round match in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship in York on Saturday against Stephen Hendry, winner of the British Open last Sunday. Parrott came from 4-0 down to beat world number 42
A RELIEVED Paul Hunter has moved into the televised rounds of the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship, but Irish star Ken Doherty, beaten finalist in the last two UK tournaments in York, is on his way home after suffering a shock early exit. The Leeds
IT was hairy stuff as Leeds potter Paul Hunter made it through to the last 16 of the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Hunter, sporting a new plaited hair style, had a close shave in his last 32 meeting with Scott Maguire, twice been pegged back
York City Ladies cruised into the final of the North Riding County Cup after seeing off Saltburn 5-1. Emma Fawcett opened the scoring after unleashing a powerful shot which the 'keeper could not hold and ten minutes before half-time, Jenny Garnett broke
MALTON Bacon Factory and Pocklington have reached the final of the East Riding FA Senior Country Cup. The all-Leeper Hare York and District League affair will be held at Bridlington Town's ground on Saturday, May 8 (3pm kick off). All the York and District
Evening Press sports reporter Claire Hughes gets the lowdown on Tadcaster Albion's descent with club mainstay Wayne Day. Trouble is brewing at Tadcaster Albion. The chairman has resigned, the treasurer has resigned, the first team manager has resigned
STEPHEN LEWIS looks at what has driven a centuries-old York chocolate factory to the wall - and assesses prospects for its bigger rival. FOR the 316 Terry's workers who learned yesterday that their factory is to close, the news was devastating, if not
A FUTURISTIC £2.5m centre for research into the science of sound opened at York University today. The Sir Jack Lyons Music Research Centre includes a surround sound auditorium, which is the only one of its kind in England. The 150-seater concert hall,
PAT Cairns was Slip's star hitting 174 then closing on a two-dart 57 in their York John Smith's Ladies League division one match at Slipper before following up in the pairs with 121 and 100 for 21 with Claire Robinson. Dringhouses bowled out Phoenix 6
YORK Police are hunting two Asian teenagers who pulled a man from his bike and slashed him across the face. The attack happened as the man was cycling along Kitchener Street, off Haxby Road, at 6.40pm yesterday. A police spokesman said one of the teenagers
HOMES at risk of flooding could lose insurance cover if the Government slashes spending on new defences, Gordon Brown has been warned. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has urged the Chancellor to resist trying to save cash by cutting back on
Evening Press sports reporter Claire Hughes gets the lowdown on Tadcaster Albion's descent with club mainstay Wayne Day. Trouble is brewing at Tadcaster Albion. The chairman has resigned, the treasurer has resigned, the first team manager has resigned
PEOPLE living closest to York's Barbican Centre failed to receive a vital public consultation document about its future, campaigners claimed today. Members of the Save Our Barbican (SOB) campaign say they had conducted a door-to-door survey of residents
THE weather cleared sufficiently for Yorkshire to get in some much needed practice yesterday ahead of their opening Championship match of the season against Essex at Headingley on Wednesday. The one-day Roses friendly at Old Trafford last Wednesday was
THE man who died in a bus crash in York phoned his girlfriend to tell her he was on his way home moments before the fatal accident. Mohamed Mahmoud Hussein Eltahtawy, 49, was killed when a bus travelling from the Ikon and Diva nightclub smashed into the
NEW recruit Richard Wilson is looking forward to getting down to business with York City Knights, despite starting on a sour note. The 29-year-old prop made his debut off the bench on Sunday and, although the Knights lost at home to Hunslet, the Hull
The last surviving Terry who managed the York chocolate factory returned to the Bishopthorpe Road site today and declared: "This is a tragic moment - for the more than 300 who work here, for past employees, for years of history." Peter Terry, aged 85,
THE American owners of Terry's were urged today to think again about their decision to close the York chocolate factory. Union leader John Kirk said he wanted to put forward a survival plan to Kraft Foods to keep Terry's in the York area. The GMB organiser
It's Christmas, so Tipping's Tipples has gone a sip upmarket with four wines - two reds and two whites - around the £10 mark and pushed the boat out for a bottle of port. I WAS thinking how nice it would be to roast chestnuts on a log fire in my recently
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries a red and a white from M&S. I WAS glad to receive a 12-month subscription to expertwine. com. It's a winespotter's website by wine buyer Matthew Jukes and wine lover Quentin Johnson. Nice for really
As he takes over as the Evening Press wine writer, MIKE TIPPING introduces Tipping's Tipples with two bottles of affordable German white wine. I CAN'T start writing this column without reference to what went before. Martin Lacy spent 15 years as Evening
EVER since the September 11 terrorist atrocity that devastated the heart of New York, the world has been in a heightened state of alert. Last month's bomb attack in Madrid has only intensified the efforts to guard against further outrages. Most days bring
DAVID Beckham's haircuts come and go. The latest is a cropped style, perhaps in sympathy with his close shaves over allegations of marital straying. Yet the footballer seems far from penitent in the pictures, grinning away as he poses with Victoria in
Do you mind if I just park my column here? I know I'm actually supposed to park it on the next page but, to be brutally honest, I just can't be bothered. Okay, so the next page is only a few inches away and it would only take me a matter of seconds to
TEA? Aah, go on. Have one. You know you want to. Will you not have a little cup of tea. Go on. Go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... No, it's not a scene from Father Ted, the story of demented priests on a remote Irish island; it's a scene from
WALKING in on the middle of conversations is one just one of my many talents. Eavesdropping and getting the wrong end of the stick are the other two. It has become something of a sport for me. I join a group of mums lurking around waiting for their kids
Here's a contemporary conundrum for you: how come celebs get thinner when they have kids, while the rest of us end up looking like blow-up versions of our former selves? I saw a picture of the German model Claudia Schiffer in a tabloid newspaper the other
I WAS appalled to read of the plan to entirely close the long-established Terry's factory in York (Terry's factory to shut, April 19). Why is this happening? Is Terry's losing money? No. Are their chocolates less popular? On the contrary. Is the parent
CHARLIE Croft reckons York is getting a good deal by accepting Absolute Leisure's one off payment of £750,000 (Don't 'give away' the Barbican, April 14). Surely when a property on Boroughbridge Road, the old Forge next to the Petrol Station, which is
I AM looking for '66 Heroes to join me on a trekking adventure to Patagonia, Chile in October 2004, in memory of my late husband, football legend Bobby Moore. After Bobby's death from bowel cancer in 1993, I set up Cancer Research UK's Bobby Moore Fund
THE weather cleared sufficiently for Yorkshire to get in some much needed practice yesterday ahead of their opening Championship match of the season against Essex at Headingley on Wednesday. The one-day Roses friendly at Old Trafford last Wednesday was
SUPER-SUB Dani Rodrigues looks poised to make his full debut for Yeovil Town at Bootham Crescent tomorrow night as the Glovers' fight for a play-off place. The former Southampton and Bristol City striker came off the bench against Bury to sink two goals
Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis, who has made a bright start to the season, can continue his winning momentum tomorrow when Epsom, the home of the Derby, opens its doors for the first time this year. Jarvis saddles Ofaraby in the £25,000 Great Metropolitan
Are sisters really doing it for themselves? JO HAYWOOD uncovers the power behind the power tools. THERE are now 200 good reasons why women don't need a man about the house. But before you start shouting "Is that all?" in a sexist manner, let's make one
JO HAYWOOD finds out why York women are going nuts over the Brazilian. HAVING a Brazilian wax is like wearing a pair of fabulous shoes. Both are painful and both make you feel like a goddess. It's true. Give a woman a Brazilian and a pair of Blahniks,
LIGHTNING supposedly never strikes twice, though until Saturday's 2-0 defeat it looked as though it could. The Football League's very own equivalent of Harry Houdini, Carlisle United, had looked as though they might escape the drop while consigning another
I FELT disappointed in the comments that some so-called York City Knights fans made after and during their latest match against Hunslet Hawks. Defeat is never easy to take whichever sporting team you happen to support and the Knights deservedly lost to
"Do you ever worry about whether you are an alcoholic?" a female colleague asked one day over a quiet lunchtime session in the pub. "Get your round in and I'll tell you," I quipped through the rosy glow. But she was insistent and worried: "No, seriously
DEATH is such a selfish, one-way affair. It's all right for the dear departed, they swan off without a care in the world. They have time on their hands, so all they have to do is take a few music lessons and start plucking a harp with the angels on a
CAN you taste the restlessness in the air? The Brits are on the move. The ground trembles, the sea boils as we demented lemmings throw ourselves off the white cliffs of Dover - three-piece suites, Ikea wardrobes and MFI kitchen sinks strapped to our backs
MIKE TIPPING discovers a treasure trove of Italian wine in the heart of historic York. Sandwiched, or should that be paninied, between Bootham Bar and York Minster is a little bit of Italy. La Bottega delle Langhe is a small, but beautifully proportioned
WHERE are Villa Maria wines from? Spain, Portugal, Italy? Guess again, they hail from New Zealand. I can hardly imagine the Aussies giving their wine brands such a misleading name. They'd come up with something suitably Australian, such as Swagman Billabong
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries two wines which carry the name of a sporting hero. I WAS bowled over to meet one of my sporting heroes at a Playford Ros hosted wine tasting at Rudding Park, near Harrogate, last week. Ian "Beefy" Botham
In Tipping's Tipples, MIKE TIPPING raids the shelves at Safeway for special offers. You have only a few days left to make the most of the wine promotions at Safeway. I stuck a pin in the offers list and came up with two reds and a white to put to the
MIKE TIPPING tries some wine from the old and new worlds at M&S. There are some new additions to the wine racks at M&S and this week I've picked a white from New Zealand and a red from the South of France to put to the Tipping's Tipples test.
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tastes the difference at Sainsbury's wine festival. Sainsbury's has an extra aisle set aside for wines until March 2. There are lots of wines on offer and they're all pigeon-holed into categories such as 'ripe
In Tipping's Tipples this week, Mike Tipping raises a glass or three to Australia. THEY'LL be celebrating Down Under on Monday as it's Australia Day. Fortunately, the only sour grapes exported from the former colony relate to England's Rugby World Cup
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE 'CORLEONE' TIPPING tries a wine from Sicily FOR those of you who don't know, syrah is known as shiraz in Australia. Not to be confused with Little Sirah which has an I not a Y. Unless, of course you're a Californian
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries a white and a red, one happy drinking, the other not. I WAS reminded while scrubbing pans of the part-time job I had when in the sixth form. Being a kitchen porter paid for my weekend beer and cigarettes
YOU'VE got to admire the Liberal Democrats. Their fortitude makes Indiana Jones look like Walter the Softy from the Beano. Not one, or two, but three members of the governing group on City of York Council have crocked legs. Yet they are rattling about
THE American owners of Terry's were urged today to think again about their decision to close the York chocolate factory. Union leader John Kirk said he wanted to put forward a survival plan to Kraft Foods to keep Terry's in the York area. The GMB organiser
THE Terry's chocolate factory site could be worth more than £50 million, if property-hungry developers get their way. A mad scramble is predicted for the 33-acre site, which straddles Bishopthorpe Road, and is one of the city's prime locations overlooking
THE design duo behind a creative York business has achieved regional glory. Rosie Ellis, 23, and Matt East, 24, were named Young Entrepreneurs Of The Year in the Yorkshire and Humber Shell Livewire competition in Leeds yesterday. The plucky pair, who
A GLOOMY picture of economic growth in Yorkshire next year has been painted in a new report which foresees a return to the North/South divide, though less pronounced. Forecasters at HSBC bank say that while growth in the region at little more than two
A NORTH Yorkshire car dealership is giving its stores a makeover. Harrogate motor retailer the Nidd Vale Group has refurbished its showrooms in the town. The company has spent £200,000 upgrading the Saab showroom and offices on Nidd Vale Corner in Harrogate
MATTHEW Stevens has gone top in snooker's LG Electronics Tour Order of Merit following his victory in the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York on Sunday. The hundred points he got for his dramatic victory over Stephen Hendry in the Barbican Centre final
York team captain Kevin Hopper triumphed in style in the inter-town amateur challenge final against Harrogate's champion this week. His 3-1 win over flying instructor Brian Pritchard put York 2-1 ahead in the annual challenge and thwarted the Manhattan
RONNIE O'Sullivan was leading the way with most centuries at this year's UK Championship ahead of the semi-finals and final. Three tons in his opening win over Ian McCulloch, five in knocking out Alan McManus and three more in beating Quentin Hann put
JIMMY White is hoping to be at his best as he bids tonight to earn a place in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship semi-finals in York. Stephen Hendry, meanwhile, booked his place in the last eight thanks to cashing in after his third round opponent
KEEPING positive under intense pressure helped Yorkshire star Paul Hunter stay on course in his bid to capture the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Playing well below his best form, Hunter was taken to a deciding frame by Romford's Mark King at
THERE have been 25 century breaks in the 28 matches played in the first three days of the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship at York's Barbican Centre. The highest was Stuart Bingham's 143 in his first round win over Anthony Hamilton. That is also
BRIAN Pritchard has won a second crack at winning some glory for Harrogate at this year's UK Snooker Championship. On Tuesday he will play Kevin Hopper in the Harrogate v York annual amateur challenge match in the CueZone tent at the Barbican Centre.
QUIP of the week at the Barbican this week was by Mark King after his first round win over Alain Robidoux. The bald Romford cueman takes on hair-flair idol Paul Hunter in the second round starting tomorrow night. King returned home after his opening match
Centre John Tattersfield was the hat-trick hero as a strong second half showing saw a vengeful York Acorn 'A' overcome a spirited York Groves 38-14 to book their place in the final of the York and District Amateur RL Cup. Several weeks of inactivity meant
THE 'Whirlwind' is up and running again and eager for his next big match in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Watched by a large following of fans, Jimmy White eased to a 9-5 second round win over Drew Henry at York's Barbican Centre yesterday
Steve Davis went out at the first hurdle for the third tournament in a row, beaten 9-6 yesterday by world number 17 Allister Carter, from Essex, in the UK Championship at York's Barbican. Davis never recovered from being 6-2 down at the end of the first
SOME of the star names came into play today in York after a opening day of revenge, tight finishes and sore limbs in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. All eight of yesterday's first round winners were straight back into action today, with former
NIGEL Bond, world championship beaten finalist eight years ago, made the first century break of the tournament as the £84,500 Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship got underway in York. Bond, who had his 38th birthday three days ago, has slipped down
SNOOKER'S glamour boy, Yorkshire's own Paul Hunter, makes his bow in this year's UK Championship in York at 10am on Wednesday morning. His second round opponent will be the winner of the first round match between world number 31 Anthony Davies and world
Kirkbymoorside Reserves will play Pickering Royal Oak in the RJF Homes Beckett Football League Victory Cup semi-finals after beating Sinnington 3-1 to shepherd Pickering Royal Oak into the top four in division one. The Moorsiders were soon 2-0 ahead,
Lenny Curtis will get his first start of the season for Harrogate Town at Runcorn tonight as Town push for third place in the UniBond League premier division. The centre-half will line up in the penultimate game of a successful Harrogate campaign that
THE Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' title looks to be heading back to Dringhouses after their convincing 6-1 win against Osbaldwick while nearest rivals Kartiers were losing at Old Malton. Dringhouses' Graham Mitchell (2), Craig Atkinson
ESTATE agents in York say house prices in the city are continuing to soar, despite doom-laden predictions from a leading financial expert. According to London investment guru Tony Dye - who earned the nickname "Dr Doom" after predicting the end of the
REGULAR beat bobbies are forging closer links with British Transport Police officers patrolling York Station, in the wake of a heightened terrorist threat. York Police officers are regularly assessing the safety of travellers at busy passenger areas,
AMBITIOUS plans to shake up leisure services and make York a City Of Festivals have been given the green light - but at the cost of a council officer's job. City council leisure chiefs have backed plans for York's arts service and culture and community
PLAYER-MANAGER Chris Brass is calling on his team to pay back the belief he has shown in them this season with a win tonight. Relegation-stricken York City must realistically take all three points from tonight's match against Yeovil at Bootham Crescent
FLAWED genius - it's a description that has doggedly attached itself to the shirt-tails of sport throughout history. Think Jack Johnson (boxing), Hughie Gallacher (football), Ty Cobb (baseball), and more recently George Best (football), Mike Tyson (boxing
It was like a Milan catwalk show, only without as many tears and tantrums. There were some tears of course, and one very minor tantrum, but all in all I think it is safe to say that the school Easter bonnet parade was a raging success with the critics
The other day I found myself standing behind a startlingly attractive young man in the queue at Sainsbury's. He was one of those Bambi-eyed, Brad Pittalikes who makes women of a certain age come over all Demi Moore. We should know better of course. Unfortunately
I AM more than pleased to see the issues of litter and fly tipping being taken seriously at last; it is a blight of our times (Paving the way for a cleaner city, April 15). However, being a retired police officer, now a part-time claims inspector, I have
LIKE me, are other readers confused about York council's plans for suburban stations along the Scarborough line (Talks under way for suburb station plan, April 15)? Fellow train enthusiasts will recall that the original plan was for a local service comprising
I HAVE a message for the four young idiots, especially the one with the blonde fringe, who attempted to splash water on all the visitors waiting for the volunteer guide outside York City Art Gallery on Wednesday afternoon last week. Despite your childish
AT this time of year many of us are eager to get into the garden or allotments. Bonfires can be a nuisance to neighbours. They are also a serious threat to nesting birds and their young. Please think carefully when lighting a bonfire. D James, Huntington
PLAYER-MANAGER Chris Brass is calling on his team to pay back the belief he has shown in them this season with a win tonight. Relegation-stricken York City must realistically take all three points from tonight's match against Yeovil at Bootham Crescent
MAKE no mistake, tonight is the most crucial game in York City's Football League history. A quick glance at the League table above confirms City's plight. Defeat at the hands of Football League newcomers Yeovil at Bootham Crescent would leave the Minstermen's
WHEN our eldest daughter fails to get to sleep and tentatively sneaks downstairs - generally after 9pm - either my husband or I give her short shrift and send her scurrying back up again. But, on one occasion recently, to her amazement, we decided that
WHO is Terry Doyle trying to kid when he says York City could be the 'Arsenal of the Conference'. What a load of rubbish. The top half of the Conference is on a par with the Third Division. I think it is more likely we would be the Wolves rather than
TUESDAY, April 13; Saturday, April 17, Tuesday, April 20 - three home games in one week. That's 510 miles in total for round trips. That's two night games resulting in getting back to Warrington about 10.30pm after working all day. As a York City supporters
