Evening Press reporter STEVE CARROLL donned his top hat for a day at Royal Ascot to see what York can expect when it hosts the meeting next year. THEY were gathering several hours before the first race. The horses were the last thing on their minds. As
FROM its earliest days, York Opera has always given a prominent place in its repertory to the Savoy Operas. Quite right, too. They are one of Britain's few really distinctive contributions to European music and - let's face it, in these Eurosceptic times
Pocklington RUFC are already preparing for the 2004-2005 campaign, after the players requested an early start to pre-season training. The club usually begin in early July, but commitment to training played a big part in last year's success, and the players
Running a business from home with your other half might sound like some people's idea of a nightmare. CATHERINE BRUCE spoke to one woman who enjoys mixing business with pleasure. AT THE tender age of 27, Becky Quartermaine has achieved a lot. She started
A YORK firm has designed a new attraction which is set to get the royal seal of approval. Past Forward, based in Margaret Street, York, has completed the first phase of Fenscape, a tourist information and welcome centre in Spalding, Lincolnshire, which
Businesses across North Yorkshire are being urged to get up to speed with the latest Broadband technology. Business Link York and North Yorkshire is inviting small to medium-sized businesses to inquire about their eligibility for a support scheme through
YORK'S leading junior basketball players returned home from the under-14s Inter Association English Schools final with an unofficial northern champions tag. The representative side, made up of the city's best young players, travelled to Nottingham for
STEPHEN LEWIS is charmed and appalled by the autobiography of the outrageous Mr Nastase. ILIE Nastase had a recurring dream that came to him all the time during Wimbledon tournaments, the former bad boy of tennis reveals in his autobiography. "Finally
AN EPIC story spanning a century, A Man Of His Time centres around the life of blacksmith Ernest Burton and his family, focusing on how they are torn apart thanks to their father's tyrannical ways - and how this legacy carries through to the following
Maxine Gordon compares and contrasts two new chick-lit novels. WOMEN on the verge of nervous breakdowns, on the brink of escape from family, work, love and facing dark secrets from their pasts are familiar territory in the chick-lit lexicon. Here, two
HAROLD Macmillan's name is the most widely known of the quartet of influential men whose lives are chronicled in a new book which will appeal to those who enjoy reading about the world of high-powered politics. Macmillan was Conservative prime minister
AFTER years of ex-pat life abroad, the Freeman family return to England. The passion in Isabel's marriage has declined to the stage where she says yes to her husband Neil's advances simply because it's easier than saying no. Then, for the first time in
BIRDIE, Joan and Dinah are different women with one thing in common: their husband. Over a 25-year period, they cook, care for and coddle Ken Kimble, an abysmal, amoral man with just enough charm to get his foot in the door and not enough love to keep
If you are worried about pollution levels in York (and you should be) you have until the end of the month to make your voice heard. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. STAND at the top end of Fishergate at the height of rush hour, where the traffic is queuing to feed
THE glamour, the pageantry and a few horse races to boot. Royal Ascot is a thrilling prospect. York is watching the festival with renewed interest this year as the countdown to our hosting the event began in earnest. Already there has been great speculation
BIKERS turned out in force to say a fond farewell to a York man who died in a motorcycle accident. They joined grieving relatives and other friends to say tearful goodbyes to Garry Wakeman, a "free spirit" who loved riding his red Triumph on the open
YORK council's ruling executive is preparing to launch a major project to design a £6 million eco-friendly waste depot in the heart of the city. The ruling Liberal Democrat group says plans for the new Hazel Court depot, off James Street, will be City
A GOLFER was recovering today after a terrifying attack on a course near York. Geoff Moore, 48, from Acomb, told how thieves grabbed him round his neck, stole his clubs and threw him into a ditch at the Forest Park Golf Club, at Stockton-on-the-Forest
A WOMAN died in hospital in "one in a thousand" circumstances, an inquest heard. A consultant with 20 years' experience failed to find a vein in her chest and "nicked" her lungs, causing her to have a heart attack, the York inquest was told. Consultant
With Lancashire out of form and beset by injury problems, things appeared to be going almost too well for Yorkshire as they geared themselves up for today's Roses clash at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. Yorkshire
YORK City have yet to find a potential new site for their proposed new ground, club chiefs have stressed. The Minstermen began their search for possible new locations when they were first informed that they would need to leave Bootham Crescent, and the
IT'S the news you have been waiting for - the Evening Press is converting to a compact format. It's what you, our readers and advertisers, have been asking for since we first experimented successfully with a tabloid Saturday edition. From this autumn,
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass is urging Sven-Goran Eriksson to keep faith with Ledley King for England's crucial Group 'B' clash against Switzerland on Thursday. Brass, who will be among the crowd at Coimbra, is hoping that King continues in defence
Kieren Fallon, who drew first blood at Royal Ascot yesterday when winning the opening Coventry Stakes on Iceman, can take the feature honours tomorrow. The champion jockey teams up with what he regards as his best mount of the meeting, Mr Dinos, in the
THE new football stadium being planned for York is likely to also house York City Knights RLC, the Evening Press can reveal. The idea of a ground-share in the city has long been mooted, especially since the Bootham Crescent issue came to a head in 2002
THE man who caused the deaths of ten people in the Selby rail disaster will be released from prison next month, the Evening Press can exclusively reveal today. Gary Hart, 38, has served half of the five-year sentence he received in January, 2001, after
IT'S the news you have been waiting for - the Evening Press is converting to a compact format. It's what you, our readers and advertisers, have been asking for since we first experimented successfully with a tabloid Saturday edition. From this autumn,
With Lancashire out of form and beset by injury problems, things appeared to be going almost too well for Yorkshire as they geared themselves up for today's Roses clash at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. Yorkshire
DID you serve in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Artillery or any other of Her Majesty's Forces on board any of the light fleet carriers HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion, or HMS Centaur? If so, you may be interested to know of our association - the Bulwark
I HOPE the powers-that-be will have noticed many people were late arriving at York Races on Saturday because of severe traffic congestion. Bedlam and mayhem looms for Royal Ascot at York next year. It looks like a problem that will prove to be insoluble
BECAUSE of the illness of officials the York Branch of the REME Association has had to close. If you wish to transfer to other branches in the area I should be pleased to let you have details of the branch nearest to your home. Please contact me on 01302
PUPILS at a primary school near York are enjoying a "gorgeous" new teaching block. Cynthia Welbourn, director of education at North Yorkshire County Council, will officially open the £210,000 new building at Long Marston Church of England Primary School
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 100 years ago: The boy trumpeter of the 18th Hussars mistakenly rode from York to Welbeck, the camp of the Yorkshire Dragoons, instead of to Harrogate, where the Yorkshire Hussars had been under training, earning himself the nickname
JUST how way out is too far? Never far enough, judging by the standards in the Royal Ascot fashion stakes. An upturned umbrella tipped with peacock feathers, a hat in the shape of a shoe, and a Picasso-inspired creation complete with an embroidered eye
THE Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League had a comfortable first round victory over the Nidderdale League as they began their quest to retain the Yorkshire Inter-League Knock-Out Trophy, writes Albert Pattison. York skipper Richard Sykes won
The Hunters York Senior League Joe Lumb XI continued their winning habit, beating Craven at Embsay by eight wickets. Heworth's Dan Walton set up the win, claiming five wickets in his first six allotted overs, reducing the home side to 26-6. Walton finished
YORK councillor Mark Hill has had a bad week. If the Green Party had done better in the European elections he could have swapped his bike for the Brussels gravy train. Then the fickle electorate fell in love with another small party, UKIP. Mark is going
MYSELF and Steve Ferres went to watch the England game on Sunday in the local. We left the pub with about ten minutes to go and I said then that by the time I got home it would be 2-1 to France. Honest. It's one of those things where you think it can
SUBMARINE rescue is to be brought into the 21st century - thanks to a North Yorkshire firm. Perry Slingsby Systems Ltd, based at Kirbymoorside, built the current UK rescue vehicle LR5, which was dispatched to try to rescue the 118 crew members trapped
UNIVERSITY chiefs in York have been given £2.4 million to help them improve their links with the business world. The Higher Education Innovation Fund has awarded the cash to the University of York to create a new innovation and enterprise unit, to reach
NEARLY a third of pupils excluded from York schools last year were girls, education chiefs have revealed. The number of girls on the behavioural support register has more than doubled. To put this in context: most York pupils are well behaved, and of
A COUNCIL blunder could have led to York residents chaining themselves to lampposts, in a dramatic protest against a planned bus shelter. Heworth Green residents were "outraged" when they received a City of York Council letter informing them that work
THE owners of a York business claim increasingly tight parking restrictions outside their showroom of 21 years are making trading impossible. Beverley and Malcolm Stokes, owners of York Window & Kitchen Design, say they are constantly "harassed" by
MOTORISTS who only want to use the new Park&Ride car park at Monks Cross, York, without using the bus will have to pay more than users of the public transport service. Drivers will be charged £5 to leave their vehicle, civic leaders have decided,
THE 56-peg final round of the Spring League at the Willows saw the consistent Dave Pollitt take the title with a score of 69 points, helped by fourth place on the day. Tony Hewson jumped from sixth to second thanks to his second-placed catch to nudge
A LONG-AWAITED flood defence scheme for Tadcaster has been put back three years, it was revealed today. Work was due to start on the £7 million project next April - but has now been postponed until 2008 because of a shortage of money. The Environment
GIRLS are responsible for a worrying surge in violent, bullying and disruptive behaviour in York schools. Education chiefs have revealed how the number of girls being excluded has soared, while the proportion removed from mainstream teaching has doubled
JAILED doctor Michael Haslam has written an extraordinary letter to the Evening Press from his prison cell in which he compares his media "persecution" to that of David Beckham. The former York psychiatrist also claims that the ongoing inquiry into the
THE new football stadium being planned for York is likely to also house York City Knights RLC, the Evening Press can reveal. The idea of a ground-share in the city has long been mooted, especially since the Bootham Crescent issue came to a head in 2002
YORK City have yet to find a potential new site for their proposed new ground, club chiefs have stressed. The Minstermen began their search for possible new locations when they were first informed that they would need to leave Bootham Crescent, and the
YOU report that the persistent beggar Jeffrey John Ward has been made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO), which, given the young man's circumstances, is disgraceful (June 11). Mr Ward is described as being a heroin addict - has any action
IN response to your Diary ('The new BBC - Beeb's Bootham Crescent' June 14), I wish to clarify the BBC's position. The relationship we have with York City FC as their official media partner in no way guarantees the BBC exclusivity on news stories. The
LAST week Chris Titley urged us to investigate whether the two new Great Crested Newts discovered just before the planning committee discussed the Derwenthorpe project had "migrated" on to the site or whether a colony lives there (Diary, June 2). The
HUNDREDS of people queued three deep in Scarborough desperately trying, but in vain, to register as National Health Service dental patients. An old woman extracted her own teeth with pliers. Many hundreds of others have been rejected by their once-welcoming
AS a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) I should like to thank all the voters in this area sensible enough to realise there is only one answer to the idiotic bureaucracy stemming from Europe. Let us remember that in 1974 we voted to enter a trading
I WAS horrified to hear the powers-that-be were going to close Walmgate Bar because of a few bad drivers (June 3). Other areas need looking at rather than Walmgate Bar. At the waiting area for turning into the York Hospital drivers get into the middle
THE head of a York Quaker public school has launched a broadside against the national "obsession" with league tables, as he prepares to bid farewell after 16 years in the post. Ian Small, 60, will leave Bootham School at the end of this summer term. He
