York City Knights Supporters' Club will be running buses to Sunday's last game of the regular season away to Chorley. The price, depending on numbers, is £8 adults, £5 concessions and 12-16-year-olds, and £1 under-12s. All bookings to the club office
YORK writer-director Mark Herman made his tragicomic film Brassed Off at the height of the Yorkshire pit closure programme of the 1990s. York Theatre Royal presents Paul Allen's stage adaptation to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1984 Miners' Strike,
TRADE mark specialist Carin Burchell, from York-based Carin Burchell Trade Mark Services, will be taking part in a branding and PR workshop next Wednesday to give local businesses an insight into how to protect their brand and maximise PR opportunities
RUBI Robinson and her daughter Sky had many friends. Sky was a lively, happy little girl who lived up to her middle name, Sunshine. Together they were among protesters who occupied the long-neglected White Swan Hotel in Piccadilly, briefly transforming
YORK City boss Chris Brass has no immediate plans to raid the loan market. The current form of teenager David Stockdale has seen Brass decide against bringing another goalkeeper to the club on a temporary basis despite Paul Crichton's departure. Brass
BEHIND every winning team is a good physio. And behind York Groves' new physio is a winning behind. Seventeen-year-old student Hannah Wyles has agreed to administer the magic sponge whenever necessary for the amateur rugby players on match-days. What's
CHARLES HUTCHINSON finds out why Ludo Keston is leaving his chief executive's role and heading to Shakespeare country. Ludo Keston, chief executive of York Theatre Royal since September 2001, will step down in December. He is to take up the newly created
YORK City manager Chris Brass wants to set up a training day with rugby league club York City Knights. Brass believes his players could benefit from witnessing the rugby league club's coaching methods first hand and also feels that a trip to Wigginton
A YORK security firm boss has welcomed moves to introduce stricter licences for door staff and security workers despite fears that the increased cost could lead to job losses. Paul Cody, managing director of Britsafe Security in Clifton Moor, said the
Frankie Dettori, who stole the show at Doncaster yesterday when clinching a sparkling four-timer, goes for quality rather than quantity on Town Moor tomorrow. The charismatic jockey, only four winners adrift of Kieren Fallon in the title race, teams-up
YORKSHIRE Phoenix watched on powerless as Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Somerset Sabres at Taunton by 34 runs to steal promotion from the Tykes in the totesport League. Had Somerset won last night, then Yorkshire would have kept hold of the third promotion
At last Alison Moyet delivers the album her fans deserve. She is one of the great British vocal talents; unfortunately, she just hasn't got the same talent as a writer and her solo albums have disappointed. Voice, however, is the glorious kind of record
LEGEND has it, a stranger wrapped his car round an old oak tree at Devil's Curve in Deer Lick Holler Valley, Appalachia. He died but his music lived on or, rather, the box of vinyl on his back seat came into the possession of bluegrass mountain hicks
CELEBRITY chef John Benson-Smith has revealed he was thinking of opening a new restaurant in York - until evening parking charges came in. Mr Benson-Smith, who is chef director of award-winning Hazlewood Castle, near Tadcaster, told the Evening Press
What do you get if the cross the offspring of the Beach Boys and the Mamas And The Papas? The Beachbabes may have been a better name, but Carnie and Wendy Wilson (daughters of Beach Boy Brian) and Chynna Phillips (daughter of John and Michelle from the
I HAVE often heard buskers on the London Underground but the sound has passed me by, but put them in a recording studio and the work of these 20 buskers shines. Classic songs such as Jealous Guy and Perfect Day are given the Tube treatment and you can't
RETURNING after an eight-year hiatus, legendary recluses Blue Nile are firm believers in the 'if it ain't broke' musical maxim. Fans may prefer a steadier flow of releases - High is the Glaswegians' fourth album in 21 years - but they can't quibble with
HERE'S a quirky one for the wrinklies. A weird and wonderful collection of artists and Bee Gee songs. Who will ever forget 4ft 11ins Hylda (She knows, y'know) Baker, right, belting out the dance anthem Stayin' Alive with squashed-faced Arthur Mullard?
HEALTH Secretary John Reid today admitted that the NHS failed many patients of disgraced North Yorkshire doctor Richard Neale. Dr Reid spoke out following the publication of the report of an inquiry into the way the health service handled complaints against
NORWICH Union wrapped up the HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title by smashing British Sugar. The factory side were shot out for just 64, David Johnson (5-5) and Simon Cook (3-9) doing the business. Matt Phillips then wasted no time in reaching
YORKSHIRE Phoenix watched on powerless as Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Somerset Sabres at Taunton by 34 runs to steal promotion from the Tykes in the totesport League. Had Somerset won last night, then Yorkshire would have kept hold of the third promotion
IT WAS a day of smashed speed records at Elvington Airfield near York. Motorcycle instructor Alec Tague, 39, broke the mini moto speed record on his miniature Italian bike when he took to the tarmac yesterday. Alec reached a speed of 72.4mph on the bike
YORK Acorn ARLC step into something of the unknown on Saturday as they face league newcomers Ovenden on their re-turfed Thanet Road pitch. The West Yorkshire side made the step back up to the National Conference League this season after several years'
A HERO cabbie has been praised for snaring a vicious knifeman after recognising his description in the Evening Press. Darren Atkins brought Martin Bailey to justice after reading of his attack on a York schoolgirl who was left permanently scarred when
HEWORTH put Woodhouse Grange into bat in their HPH League division three encounter and watched them generate 141-7. Ed Smith top scored with 61. However, after a spate of four run outs, Mal Caddie (39) and Paul Flint (35) guided Heworth to victory by
DIVISION five winners Ovington had youngster Craig Nicoll (71) to thank for reaching 175 all out against Selby, whose Tom Smith took 6-30. Karl Walker followed with 3-20 in sending Selby crashing to 97 all out. Kevin Dent took 6-25 for Wheldrake as Stockton
I VISITED Northumberland with a friend at the weekend and found it much cheaper than my home town - you could buy a pot of tea for the price of a cup of tea in York! So I tell visitors thinking of coming to York - don't! Go to Alnwick instead, it only
I WAS interested to read of chief reporter Mike Laycock's experience of parking in Chester. I was recently in Chichester, Sussex, where I parked in a very large car park in the city centre which cost £2 for all-day parking. It was good to feel motorists
I WAS mildly opposed to the changes to parking charges but, because I normally cycle in and out of York, I thought the move to discourage the use of cars in the city was necessary. I have, however, changed my mind. On Thursday, July 2 I had arranged to
Welcome to York & District Citizen's Advice Bureau's advice column. This month, we look at Pension Credit Q. What is Pension Credit? A. Pension Credit is a means-tested benefit for older people. It has two parts and clients can claim either or both
HERE at the Evening Press we are well aware that poor spelling and grammar infuriate people. Now dodgy English has spoilt one reader's tour of a new attraction. "I was delighted to visit York's latest exhibition space at the defunct York Story in Castlegate
HONOURS were even as York RUFC's Development Squad started their inaugural campaign with a mini-tour to Scarborough. Winger James Lund scored a hat-trick of tries as the Under- 18s won 24-5 but theU16s went down 26-5. York's other try in the older encounter
PREMIER Tony Blair has stamped his seal of approval on the York Community Pride Awards. In a letter to Evening Press editor, Kevin Booth, the Prime Minister said he was delighted to offer his "personal support" to the awards, which are run in conjunction
THIS week's column comes in a visually enhanced format. We live in a visual age, so it has been decided the words shall now have a picture to go with them. The illustration is perhaps not the prettiest available, but it helps to get the ball rolling.
THAT Martin Bailey is now where he deserves to be, behind bars, is thanks in large part to taxi driver Darren Atkins. Like all our readers, Mr Atkins was horrified to read the Evening Press report describing how a man slashed the face of a teenage girl
NEW Earswick All Blacks could probably not have picked a harder game with which to start their first-ever season in the Pennine League. All Blacks entertain Newsome Panthers, who have gone four years unbeaten in the league in rising up the divisions and
YORK Acorn ARLC step into something of the unknown on Saturday as they face league newcomers Ovenden on their re-turfed Thanet Road pitch. The West Yorkshire side made the step back up to the National Conference League this season after several years'
MUCH has been said about Sir Clive Woodward thinking about a switch from rugby union to football coaching this week and I certainly wouldn't consider making a move in the opposite direction. And that's even though I was once given the chance by my brother-in-law's
Janine Roberts has always been at her happiest among the flowers, especially her own at her shop, Ello Flower in Goodramgate, York. Even when the 23-year-old was a tot, she was arranging them, sniffing them and being delighted by them - a fascination
COVER versions give an artist two choices - play it safe paying homage to their heroes, or rip up the rule book and make a song their own. Decades on from his firebrand youth fronting The Jam, Paul Weller remains a hero to many as he settles into his
BUS users in York are being left in the dark about changes to the city's bus services, according to a senior Labour councillor. Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing, who is opposition transport spokeswoman on City of York Council, fears changes to a number of First
A YORK security firm boss has welcomed moves to introduce stricter licences for door staff and security workers despite fears that the increased cost could lead to job losses. Paul Cody, managing director of Britsafe Security in Clifton Moor, said the
COUNCIL chiefs are "living in cloud cuckoo land" if they hope to collect £100 fines from York residents who put bin bags out too early, a leading councillor has claimed. Labour environment spokesman Councillor David Horton hit out at the enforcement plans
PREMIER Tony Blair has stamped his seal of approval on the York Community Pride Awards. In a letter to Evening Press editor, Kevin Booth, the Prime Minister said he was delighted to offer his "personal support" to the awards, which are run in conjunction
AN ambulance on a 999 call crashed on its side after it was in collision with a car in North Yorkshire. The accident involving a Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service vehicle and a Hyundai Accent happened at about 5.30pm yesterday. Nobody was
BEHIND every winning team is a good physio. And behind York Groves' new physio is a winning behind. Seventeen-year-old student Hannah Wyles has agreed to administer the magic sponge whenever necessary for the amateur rugby players on match-days. What's
JURORS heard a massive bang as CCTV video illustrated the shotgun blast that has seen York psychotherapist Heather Stephenson-Snell charged with murder. The 12 men and women watched and listened intently at Manchester Crown Court as they were shown sections
A YORK fire chief has called for lessons to be learned from a tragic house fire after an inquest heard that a string of mishaps helped the blaze spread through the property. Popular peace activist Rubi Jean Robinson, 36, and her two-year-old daughter
YORK City manager Chris Brass wants to set up a training day with rugby league club York City Knights. Brass believes his players could benefit from witnessing the rugby league club's coaching methods first hand and also feels that a trip to Wigginton
NORWICH Union wrapped up the HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title by smashing British Sugar. The factory side were shot out for just 64, David Johnson (5-5) and Simon Cook (3-9) doing the business. Matt Phillips then wasted no time in reaching
DIVISION four champions Acomb beat Burn, who were bowled out for 87, Acomb skipper Ade Harris taking 4-18. Andy Ingle (40) thwarted bowler Sean Moses (5-28) to lead Acomb to victory by four wickets. Bishopthorpe's Mike Brown (4-32) and Derrick Slack (
CELEBRITY chef John Benson-Smith has revealed he was thinking of opening a new restaurant in York - until evening parking charges came in. Mr Benson-Smith, who is chef director of award-winning Hazlewood Castle, near Tadcaster, told the Evening Press
IT is time you brought to an end the boring and trivial correspondence about car parking fees. As I write a shocking natural disaster is taking place in the form of Hurricane Frances on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Even more horrific is the tragic
YOUR readers have a chance to find out their most vital statistic - their blood pressure numbers. Every year the Blood Pressure Association, of which I am a member, runs a high profile national blood pressure testing week as part of its ongoing Know Your
IT is worth clarifying that the traffic management system piloted at last month's Ebor race meeting was a one-off trial in preparation for Royal Ascot at York next year. Contrary to what was stated in a report in the Evening Press (Traffic scheme halted
RURAL vandalism is being perpetrated by "planners" in the guise of progress. This is happening in Riccall, above, where inappropriate housing developments have been sanctioned by Selby District planning authority against the wishes of the parish council
YOU published my request for details of a post office at Claxton (August 19). The following day three readers contacted me; two said there had never been one, and one said there had. The next day's post brought me a copy of a superb book Claxton And Sand
THE Salvation Army is the largest provider of social welfare in Britain after the Government and at this time of year we are preparing for our annual appeal, which raises millions of pounds to support that role. In 2003 the people of York helped The Salvation
FAR from the "slaughter of wildlife" alleged by Bob Peel (Letters, August 26) we are taking significant steps to enhance the environment on the Derwenthorpe site. Our proposals far exceed those of housebuilders on comparable developments. Most recently
SINCE its opening at Monks Cross I have become a huge fan of Park & Ride. I use it all the time. I know my car is safe, the £1.80 return fare gives me peace of mind because I can stay in town for as long as I wish. Buses are comfortable, clean with
UNILEVER wants to close Bird's Eye or send it to Germany. There is one thing we should do about all these firms that ditch Britain for Europe - refuse to buy any of their products. Its time we got out of the EU and started being British and proud of it
