YORK Central Library should reopen tomorrow after its facelift. This is an exciting moment for the city's book borrowers, as we get to admire the new counter, wallow in the improved air conditioning and slurp a beverage from the drinks machine (not too
SINCE he took over as music director last September, Richard Farnes has been making a powerful impression on Opera North in general and its orchestra in particular. His handling of this new Olivia Fuchs' production lifts the company on to a purely musical
Dringhouses reclaimed top berth in Leeper Hare York and District Football League Reserve 'A' thanks to a 3-1 home win over New Earswick. All their goals came in the first half courtesy of an own goal and two strikes from Wayne Carter. Paul Barker scored
Hat-trick winger Daniel Simpson catapulted York under-18s rugby union development squad to a stylish 52-0 win over Selby with three tries in less than 15 minutes. Selby's defence seemed vulnerable when the ball was kicked to them and York number eight
Thursday, January 20, 2005 100 years ago: A thick fog settled over York, accompanied by a sharp frost and the combination of fog and frost, which "clothed the trees and shrubs in exquisite dresses of delicate white lace work". Since the snow fell children
RAFAEL Benitez's decision to field a weakened Liverpool team against Burnley in the FA Cup on Tuesday night has caused much debate. I think it was sad because if you are an English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh player you still dream of getting to the Cup
HEWORTH will have to "grit their teeth and get on with it" on Saturday as they face a mighty task in the GMB Union National Cup. That was the view of club spokesman Ken Sykes ahead of the National Conference division two strugglers' visit to premier division
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby has admitted for the first time that the club may look to offload certain players to bring in new faces. Busby is keen to make "two or three signings" that will help ensure Nationwide Conference survival but might also
IT'S the Nanny State, they say - they being those who like an all-encompassing grumble. Complaints about state interference in our lives have grown under New Labour. Why this should be so is confusing, largely because New Labour itself is confusing. Tony
BRANDED! is the distinctive new name of York-based European trade mark attorneys Carin Burchell Trade Mark Services (CBTMS). Carin set up her own practice ten years ago after many years working in the UK and Hong Kong and felt it was time to update the
THIS stellar tribute to the American singer-songwriter, who died in 2003, is a second goodbye, Zevon himself having made his farewells in The Wind, released shortly after his death. Bruce Springsteen steals the show with a stirring take on My Ride's Here
HEY, it could be 1987 again! Where Our Love Grows follows the blueprint of Swing Out Sister's mega-selling It's Better To Travel from 18 years ago very faithfully indeed, but that's no bad thing. The gorgeous Corinne Drewery and instrumentalist Andy Cornell
Ryedale jockey Russ Garritty, who broke a seven-year losing run at Musselburgh last month, returns there tomorrow with a good chance of further success. Garritty, who is based at Great Habton near Malton, teams-up with Doe Nal Rua, trained by Tim Easterby
ONE of the biggest festivals York has ever seen could be held this year to celebrate the life of the city's most infamous son. Culture chiefs are hoping to hold a huge event on November 5 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot - when Guy
A £10million economy-boosting plan to turn the Great Yorkshire Showground into the centre for agriculture in the north of England has been unveiled. The five-year proposal, announced at the Harrogate showground yesterday by Nigel Pulling, chief executive
ELDERLY residents of a York council sheltered housing scheme donated their Christmas presents to a fundraising day for the York Aid appeal. The Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, opened the event at Lovell House, Dringhouses, which included cake stalls
THERE were no relatives or friends to say a final farewell to a man who was buried today in Selby Cemetery. His decomposed body was found in the River Ouse at Naburn Lock, near York, more than a year ago - but who he was remains a mystery. Despite a major
YORK fetishist Norman Hutchins was today jailed for three years and given an order which could ban him from NHS establishments for the rest of his life. Hutchins was given a criminal antisocial behaviour order which bans him from entering or contacting
FANCY getting Royal approval for a trip to York's Ascot festival? One lucky bidder will have their Royal Enclosure passes signed and stamped by the Duke of York - if they pledge enough cash to those affected by the tsunami disaster. Prince Andrew has
FEARS that new York City Knights ace Neil Thorman could be ruled out for a while have been allayed. The 20-year-old limped out of Sunday's friendly win over Doncaster with a calf problem but the former Gateshead star expects to be fit and ready for the
Liverpool have beaten Chelsea to the signing of Scott Carson, Leeds United's England Under-21 goalkeeper. The clubs today agreed terms, believed to be around £1million, for the 19-year-old who has made just three first-team appearances for Leeds. Carson
THE judge called them "monsters". There is no other description for the five teenagers who tortured a dying man for their amusement - and, more sickening still, filmed his distress to relish again later. We are able to name and shame the perpetrators
YOU could take the Duke of York's place at Royal Ascot this summer. Prince Andrew's passes to the York meeting will go to the highest bidder in an auction to raise funds for the tsunami victims. Disappointingly, the tickets do not entitle the holder to
IT is clear from Coun Orrell's comments about the racecourse fireworks that he has not grasped the central issue: the detonations used in the racecourse firework displays are far too loud ('10pm curfew on York fireworks', January 18). Coun Orrell states
THE official notice of the proposed closure of the historic public right of way through the St Peter's School grounds has now been published by City of York Council. We believe the crime-based evidence linked to the path which has been put forward to
YOUR article on the Yorkshire Air Museum was most interesting (January 12). Readers may like to know something of the origins of the museum, which was set up in 1983 and is a lasting memorial to the 55,000 men who gave their lives with Bomber Command,
IN response to your report 'Video nasty' (January 17), Monkton Road has, unfortunately, changed down the years from a respectable area to become one which, like others, is run by yobs. Even when caught, the police and the judicial systems are powerless
LIKE Emma Joyce (Letters, January 13), I think the owners of Escrick Park should be allowed to build wind turbines on their land. Not only do I find them hypnotically attractive, but I believe they are an essential part of trying to reduce our carbon
The couch potatoes-live-longer debate reveals the confusion between having a life, or a mere existence. Couch potatoes may well live longer, but why they should wish to? Terry Pullen, Vernon Close, Bishopthorpe, York. Updated: 09:26 Thursday, January
MRS M Dale openly declares to being a non-believer and doesn't attend church complains about paying £80 for a Canon from the Minster for her husband's funeral (Letters, January 14). I am not sure her parish priest would have charged less but he would
THIRTEEN proved mightily unlucky for Haxby Town as they were hammered by Pickering Town 'A' in the second round of the York Mitchell Sports Football League Cup. David Thompson and Jonny Birbeck both scored hat-tricks and Luke McLaren and Bradley Magson
FANCY getting Royal approval for a trip to York's Ascot festival? One lucky bidder will have their Royal Enclosure passes signed and stamped by the Duke of York - if they pledge enough cash to those affected by the tsunami disaster. Prince Andrew has
CUP heroes New Earswick All Blacks return to Pennine League action on Saturday without Jim Mulroney following a leg fracture last week. The second-row cracked a shin bone during the memorable National Cup win over National Conference outfit Askam - though
Are planning rules gagging councillors from speaking out on controversial developments such as Derwenthorpe? STEPHEN LEWIS investigates. NORMALLY, you wouldn't expect your local councillor to be a shrinking violet. People who stand for public office tend
CRIMES against business have gone to the top of the agenda for community safety experts in Ryedale next week. The Safer Ryedale partnership and the district council's Economic Development team have joined forces to present a free Crime Is Our Business
BRACE yourselves for the York Dream Machine, which is set to rock babies and the business world at the same time. A production line is being set up in Hungary for the Dream Machine - a contraption fitted to pushchairs and prams, which gently rocks their
LIKE The Smiths, The Pogues had only two Top Ten hits in their Eighties prime, and yet their songs sustain and succour down all the years. No wonder they patched up last December to join the Christmas cabaret arena circuit that Madness find so lucrative
Just before Christmas, Breeze On By became Donny's first major hit single since the heyday of Osmond mania. It also marked the first time Donny had ever written his own material, albeit helped by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy. Barlow is the obvious collaborator
Probably the last survivor from the golden age of crooners, 78-year-old Antonio Benedetto comes up fresh as paint and never disappoints. "The best singer in the business" according to Sinatra, Bennett shows no signs of fading - remember the ecstatic crowd
It's an awfully long time since we were treated to anything completely new from Billy Joel, which is a great shame. OK, the Billy Joel musical, Movin' Out, is playing on Broadway, if you happen to be in New York City, and there has been his venture into
IN the Eighties these boys from Basildon had a penchant for posing and electro-pop. Two decades later they have become rock royalty, crowned the kings of the re-mix. Here is their magnum opus: a special edition three-CD compilation spanning three decades
Former Stranglers front-man Hugh Cornwell has recorded his best solo record to date. Play the album a few times and you will be hooked. Land Of 1000 Kisses, Cadiz and Beauty On The Beach are excellent, along with 24/7 and Mr Big. Best of all is The Story
SPENDING on York council house improvements has been defended - amid claims City of York Council is hoarding cash set aside for refurbishments to hundreds of homes. Green Party member Mark Hill today said the Guildhall had set aside £12.5 million for
A WOMAN whose jaw was broken as she tried to protect her partner from a vicious kicking has told how the memory of the attack still haunts her. Sharon Friend was hurt desperately trying to defend Mark Stannard after he was attacked outside the couple's
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has enlisted the backing of his Parliamentary colleagues to support GNER's bid to win another term on the East Coast Main Line. Mr Bayley has put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons backing the York-based rail operator's
YORK City players were able to "Have A Break" from training when they visited Nestl Rowntree's KitKat production line. The factory tour followed yesterday's announcement that the club's home of 73 years is to change its name from Bootham Crescent to KitKat
A JUDGE has condemned television chiefs for broadcasting programmes which inspire copycat crimes. District judge Bruce Morgan spoke after hearing evidence that one of the youths involved in the horrific abuse of Roger Winfield regularly watched the MTV
New Earswick's ladies moved to the top of the North Eastern Indoor Bowls League with an impressive 91-62 victory over Selby. They collected ten points to overtake York by one point after the Thanet Road team could only muster three points against North
FORMER Wales flier Chris Smith may yet rejoin York City Knights for the forthcoming season. The Cawood-based full-back, who has spent the last two seasons at Huntington Stadium, is still to put pen to paper for any club this year and neither the player
THE Evening Press today names five youths branded "monsters" by a judge for taking pleasure in tormenting a dying man - and capturing it all on video. "How low can members of the human race sink?" asked district judge Bruce Morgan, as he sentenced all
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby has admitted for the first time that the club may look to offload certain players to bring in new faces. Busby is keen to make "two or three signings" that will help ensure Nationwide Conference survival but might also
ELDERLY residents of a York council sheltered housing scheme donated their Christmas presents to a fundraising day for the York Aid appeal. The Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, opened the event at Lovell House, Dringhouses, which included cake stalls
FEARS that new York City Knights ace Neil Thorman could be ruled out for a while have been allayed. The 20-year-old limped out of Sunday's friendly win over Doncaster with a calf problem but the former Gateshead star expects to be fit and ready for the
FORMER Wales flier Chris Smith may yet rejoin York City Knights for the forthcoming season. The Cawood-based full-back, who has spent the last two seasons at Huntington Stadium, is still to put pen to paper for any club this year and neither the player
REGARDING the 10pm firework curfew at the racecourse, the council has dodged the central issue, which is that the explosions, at whatever time they occur, are ludicrously loud. If a resident were to create 300 decibels of sound using a speaker system
SO the York City Council has made its decision. The babies, young children, pets and wildlife of South Bank will continue to have their hearing and their nervous systems shattered by grossly supercharged fireworks. But although a lifetime of suffering
THOSE who feel that wind farms are ugly should look at the likes of small windmills that can be placed on existing buildings (see WindSave at www.windsave.com). These can provide a significant amount of energy direct to a house, supplementing existing
AFTER yet another incident in Chapelfields ('Knife threat to York bus driver,' January 15) I fail to understand why bus drivers frequently use this area to "kill time" - especially during the evenings. Last Friday I was a passenger on the Number 1 bus
Here's another side of the couch potato argument (January 12): there are thousands of people of all ages, and many children, who are not nearly as active as they wish to be. People who, through unavoidable illness, tragic accidents or genetic disorders
IF you accept the opinions of Julian Cole and Chris Titley on Jerry Springer - The Opera (January 13) you have to accept Wolf's World on the same page as serious comment, not as a comic cartoon. K Barnes, North View, Catterton. Updated: 09:25 Thursday
CITY of York Trading Standards regularly receives complaints from annoyed residents who have received unsolicited and unwanted emails, known as spam. Experts reckon about 90 per cent of spam in Europe and the US comes from just 180 individuals. Once you
