CHANGING the image of tattoos and piercings - this was the ambitious aim of a York body art studio. Becky Nicholas and Brendan Singleton spent more than a year sizing up the competition by trawling across the country looking at other studios which offered
A GRATEFUL 84-year-old has nominated a truly good neighbour for a York Community Pride award. Gladys Elliott, of Howard Drive, Rawcliffe, has put forward 68-year-old Brian Fawcett, also of Howard Drive, in the Volunteer Of The Year category - for his
YORK City Knights bosses reckon it is "great for the club and the competition" after opponents Hull KR revealed they are to temporarily raise their ground capacity for next week's semi-final. Rovers are expecting a massive crowd for the eagerly-awaited
CHANGING the image of tattoos and piercings - this was the ambitious aim of a York body art studio. Becky Nicholas and Brendan Singleton spent more than a year sizing up the competition by trawling across the country looking at other studios which offered
MAXINE GORDON makes her first visit to Royal Ascot to find out what York has to live up to next year. BY uttering the word Ascot, I had already fallen at the first hurdle. "Actually, it is Ascut," corrected my very proper colleague Charles Hutchinson
AS one wrangle is resolved, another emerges. In its unseemly dash to rebuild the Barbican Centre the council keeps tripping over its own shoelaces. Today leisure boss Charlie Croft confirmed the Festival Of Remembrance will go ahead in the Barbican in
HIDDEN plain clothes police officers using hand-held video cameras captured a number of youths on camera as they attacked a York school. The Evening Press can reveal that over the past month police have held an innovative operation at Oaklands School,
BURN blasted into the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton Cup quarter-finals thanks to the bowling of Frazer Fillingham. He took a stunning 4-9 haul, aided by Ashley Abbott's 4-37 to stifle the reply from fellow second division side Copmanthorpe. Burn batted first
THUGS who disrupt public transport services in York face being banned from buses across the UK under a campaign launched today. Bosses at bus company First have joined forces with York Police to crack down on yobs who cause thousands of pounds of damage
A SELF-CONFESSED crime addict who was banned from York has admitted burgling one of the city's church halls. Daniel Holmes, 18, hit the headlines last month when he was made the subject of a criminal antisocial behaviour order (CRASBO) by York magistrates
CAN she make it eight? That's the burning question in advance of tomorrow's latest Royal Ascot action as North Yorkshire's brightest star bids to shine yet again, this time on racing's brightest stage. Attraction, trained by Mark Johnston at Middleham
ENGLAND fanatic Paul Egan has created his own piece of football heaven for Euro 2004 - in his garage! Paul, 40, who lives in Osbaldwick, has erected a giant 6ft screen in the outhouse, and even built a bar in the corner to serve up hand-pulled beers during
Michael Vaughan shed his England sweater yesterday, put on a Yorkshire one and marched out to play a dazzling innings which helped defeat Lancashire by three wickets and take his side through to the semi-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy.
THE former Squeeze man continues with his stand-alone career, releasing his second solo album. Not many surprises here and the songs, such as the opening Untouchable, resonate with late-career Squeeze. The subject matter is laddish, shot through a middle-aged
ESCAPING the Indie enclave for fresher pastures is not easy. Seafood are the latest to attempt to re-invent themselves, leaving behind the low fidelity, occasionally fierce sound of their previous two albums for a more varied, better produced slice of
THERE comes a point - and it's surely after 23 years and 19 albums - that you have got to question the word 'youth' in the band's name. Not to deride Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon et al, but it is stretching the concept. Stretching the concept wouldn't go
CARL Johns could have spent the Wisconsin winter cultivating his already extravagant handlebar moustache, when his alt.country hillbilly band, NoahJohn, took the season off after touring. Instead, he wrote, played all the instruments, multi-tracked the
WHO would have believed a year ago that the girl formally known as "Not So Posh" Jordan and Peter "Pecks" Andre would become the tabloid's second favourite celebrity couple? The world of celebrity has gone insane... Surprisingly The Long Road Back is
A STAGGERING 435 runs were scored at Ovington in their Prendergast Memorial Trophy tie against Wheldrake. Wheldrake took to the field first and let Ovington's comeback opener Matthew Knowles crack 53 runs followed by a storming unbeaten 97 from Barry
BURN blasted into the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton Cup quarter-finals thanks to the bowling of Frazer Fillingham. He took a stunning 4-9 haul, aided by Ashley Abbott's 4-37 to stifle the reply from fellow second division side Copmanthorpe. Burn batted first
LIKE England's fans back home, no doubt, I am still coming to terms with Sunday night's injury-time defeat against France, having watched the drama unfold at the fantastic Stadium of Light. I've never experienced anything like that as a player, leading
JS Talbot's letter supporting the Liberal Democrats and their Axe The Tax campaign fails to consider the complexities of this important debate (June 15). The writer calls for a serious debate but then goes on to call for a local income tax, which is not
SO what did we learn from the European elections in York? The first thing was that fewer than half the people in the city voted. Secondly, that in this district the Conservatives got the largest number of votes. Had it been a General Election, Hugh Bayley
I WAS surprised and saddened to read in a national newspaper that D-Day (BBC1) had been given only a three-star rating by its own newspaper's television critic. So I was very happy and grateful to read what was to me an excellent narrative by Julian Cole
Thursday, June 17, 2004 100 years ago: Columnist TT was credibly informed by a prominent official in York, "whose word is not only beyond doubt, but whose business it is in life to verify statements before repeating them", that a certain vicar in the
STEPHEN LEWIS seeks some food safety tips for healthy summer eating. DON'T wash your chicken under the kitchen tap before cooking it: you could be at risk of food poisoning by spreading germs around. That's the message from the Food and Drink Federation
THE holiday season has arrived, and as much as we may like getting away from it all, some of us may need to keep in touch while we are away. This is not so difficult if you are staying in the UK, although remember to check the call charges levied before
MAXINE GORDON makes her first visit to Royal Ascot to find out what York has to live up to next year. BY uttering the word Ascot, I had already fallen at the first hurdle. "Actually, it is Ascut," corrected my very proper colleague Charles Hutchinson
FIRST it was called New Osbaldwick. Then the Joseph Rowntree Foundation rechristened it Derwenthorpe. Now the Diary learns it has a new name: Dead Newt Thorpe. The nickname was dreamt up by opponents of Jo Ro's plan to build a model village on open land
THE balance of power is shifting in York's amateur stage scene. Rowntree Musical Theatre was unable to muster a cast for Godspell, so the production was cancelled, whereas the rise of Shipton Theatre Company continues apace. So much so that it is hard
HARRY Potter has boosted business for a York company, which supplies school furniture. The children's books, by J K Rowling, and the subsequent Harry Potter films have led to a surge of children wanting to go to boarding school. This has helped Castles
Time and attendance specialist Mitrefinch enjoyed a full house at its annual user group meeting held at the prestigious York Racecourse. More than 100 delegates were given an exclusive insight into Mitrefinch's strategy for future software developments
FEAR of the European bogeyman certainly helped the party which calls itself UKIP. The Europe-haters now have 12 MEPs in, of all places, the European Parliament. What pungent irony. A single-issue party which campaigns on pulling Britain out of the EU
Young footballers can take advantage of a series of summer coaching courses at York College. Players aged between six and 14 are being given the chance to brush up on their skills and maybe go one step closer to honing their future Zinedine Zidane or
HARRY Potter has boosted business for a York company, which supplies school furniture. The children's books, by J K Rowling, and the subsequent Harry Potter films have led to a surge of children wanting to go to boarding school. This has helped Castles
YOU can take the publican out of the pub, but not the pub out of the publican. In his licensee days, Paul Egan transformed the Shoulder Of Mutton in York into an Ibiza beach, a spaceship and, in a startling Easter special, Jesus's tomb. Now he has transformed
A YORK man who set part of a city school ablaze last summer is to be confined indefinitely in a secure hospital. The city's crown court heard that Gary Stannard had a history of starting fires, after a jury found that he was behind the blaze at All Saints
A YORK survivor of the Selby rail crash today reacted furiously to news that the man who triggered the disaster will be freed from jail next month. The Evening Press exclusively revealed in later editions yesterday that Gary Hart will be released within
THERE was standing room only when a house near York which is only accessible by boat was auctioned off. More than 30 people packed into a small back room at The Vincent Arms pub in Sutton upon Derwent to watch the tense bidding for the 19th century Lock
YORK'S Barbican Pool is still being heated and treated - more than a week after it closed and swimmers were ejected to pave the way for redevelopment. City of York Council says it is keeping water in the pool to protect it from short-term damage, until
AT the halfway stage of the York Amateur Bowling Association league competitions only Holgate and Selby remain undefeated. In division one, Holgate have gone 14 points clear of Haxby Road, who have a game in hand and remain the only club who can make
WAR heroes are celebrating after council chiefs said they could use York's Barbican Centre for this year's Festival Of Remembrance after all. Oganiser Ted Griffiths reckons the Royal British Legion's efforts to stay at the venue might not have been successful
Michael Vaughan shed his England sweater yesterday, put on a Yorkshire one and marched out to play a dazzling innings which helped defeat Lancashire by three wickets and take his side through to the semi-finals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy.
FORMER Grimsby Town boss Paul Groves has become York City's third summer signing. Midfielder Groves, who will turn 38 next February, has agreed a one-year deal, joining fellow experienced campaigners Steve Davis and Kevin Donovan as summer additions to
YORK City Knights bosses reckon it is "great for the club and the competition" after opponents Hull KR revealed they are to temporarily raise their ground capacity for next week's semi-final. Rovers are expecting a massive crowd for the eagerly-awaited
A POLICEMAN was recovering today after being injured during a high-speed car chase in York. The officer was hit when he got out of his patrol car in Heslington and tried to stop a white Citroen AX carrying four youths, because he thought the driver looked
FORMER Grimsby Town boss Paul Groves has become York City's third summer signing. Midfielder Groves, who will turn 38 next February, has agreed a one-year deal, joining fellow experienced campaigners Steve Davis and Kevin Donovan as summer additions to
YORK City's season ticket sales have been boosted by last Friday's Bootham Crescent announcement. The club revealed last week the full details of the deal that secured a majority ownership of their 72-year-old home venue as well as plans to move to a
Tim Booth, Boston Spa's most famous modern son, is back. Three years after leaving James to concentrate on acting and writing and - I suspect - to chill out in his cool, adoptive home of Brighton, Booth has returned with an engrossing new album. He refuses
Another collection of "rock anthems", this time taking its title from the Boston song which opens the album. Not many compilations would dare to mix AOR with Eighties spandex rock, Maria McKee's Show Me Heaven, Roseanne Cash's Runaway Train and a Jim
SPRING chickens they ain't, but Stan Webb's "rebuilt" Chicken Shack are finger pickin' good. They were never challenging higher high-fliers such as Fleetwood Mac, despite learning to fly in the pop world at around the same time in the hazy, crazy, spaced
WHILE rock music sells by the bucketload - most of it seems to have no ambition beyond soundtracking middle-class dinner parties - it is good to know bands such as Mclusky still exist. Play this at a dinner party and it would curdle the gravy. Having
YOUR editorial asks the city council to show flexibility in the case of Mark Elwers who paid his parking fine in pennies (June 11). We were in the process of doing just that when Mr Elwers staged his protest. Mr Elwers had been asked for medical confirmation
COUN Andrew Waller falsely claims credit for the 15 per cent recycling figure achieved in 2003/4 and condemns the previous Labour council's record (June 11). But it was Labour's final January 2003 budget that funded the roll out of doorstep recycling
STEVE Helsdon wrote about the anonymous benefactor who is prepared to re-furbish Tadcaster's central car park at his/her own expense (June 8). Is this the same anonymous benefactor who: 1. Was given the responsibility to carry out such a scheme but failed
SO Douglas Craig has had a snipe at the York City Supporters Trust, claiming they lacked "negotiation acumen" in City's business affairs (June 11). No doubt his own dealings were undertaken with flair and elan. If Mr Craig's York City dealings were based
