YOU can take the boy out of York, but not York out of the boy. Actor Greg Wise has long since flown our city walls but he obviously retains memories of our notorious transport problems. Greg is featuring in the BBC1 comedy According To Bex. As part of
Going Dutch, Hull Truck Theatre Company, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday. Box office: 0870 606 3590. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, April 11 to 16. Box office: 0113 213 7700 MARK and Sally's marriage is going stale, maybe even awry. To outsiders
THE RJF Homes Beckett Football League will provide three of the four Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup semi-finalists for the first time following Kirkdale's 1-0 win over Edgehill Reserves. Aislaby and Thornton-le-Dale had already reached that stage
SCARBOROUGH coach Nicky Henry is taking the opportunity to give squad players a chance to prove that they can solve the club's striking problem for the testing trip to Morecambe in the Gladwish Land Sales Conference League Cup tonight. Griff Jones, formerly
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 100 years ago: A columnist thought that the directors of the City of York Gas Company should be heartily congratulated upon the steps they had taken to more brilliantly illuminate at least one part of the city at night. Those
YOUNG striker Lev Yalcin is waiting to find out if League Two Yeovil want to take him on. The 20-year-old spent a week there on loan and is now back in the York City camp, waiting on news from the southern club. Caretaker-manager Viv Busby said: "Lev's
STEPHEN LEWIS gauges the extent of the work that will need to be done to restore fire-ravaged Allerton Castle - and looks back at the great house's history. GERALD Rolph cuts a forlorn figure as he stands in the Great Hall at Allerton Castle. The hall
NEW Yorker Jesse Malin's latest album is called The Heat. Considering that the first thing you learn at Lazy Rock Hack school is how to come up with lame record title puns, Jesse must have worried about the potential for cheap-shots like "this album left
PUPILS, staff and governors at a York secondary school are celebrating after getting an outstanding Ofsted report. The Education Standards team visited All Saints' RC School in November and inspectors reported the standard of "teaching and learning are
THE whole KitKat and caboodle has been let out of the bag with York City's cash sweetener from confectionery giants Nestl Rowntree. Besides being pitched - inevitably - into a punster's paradise, the revelation in the Evening Press that City's Bootham
ELDERLY people from a village near York are being forced to fork out up to £11 on taxi fares to get to the doctor's - because of changes to a 50p bus service. Elderly people from Rufforth have been fighting council transport chiefs for the reinstatement
NORTHERN Hockey League premier division leaders Brooklands II were given a scare by City of York. The Manchester-based side, who included six former National League players in their line-up, were given an early fright as York went 2-0 up. But class told
HOMEMADE buns, a seven-ton truck and an overcrowded loft all helped bring in more money for relief efforts in Asia following the tsunami disaster. Children at St Lawrence's Primary School in York raised more than £200 for the York Aid appeal - which has
DEFEAT could turn out to be a good omen for York long distance runner Darran Bilton. That's what he's hoping after having to settle for second in the Brass Monkey Half Marathon in York as he continues his gruelling preparation for his debut as a UK international
YOUNGSTERS are putting their lives in danger by illegally riding mini motorbikes on York's roads. Police in Heworth said they have received eight reports since Christmas of young people, mostly teenagers, riding the tiny machines, also known as monkey
THE Spanish lawyer acting for a York man arrested in connection with a multimillion-pound scam said today his client was innocent - and he vowed to fight a US extradition order. Businessman Graham Ernest Gill, from Bishopthorpe, faces 28 years in jail
COACH Mick Cook reckons his York City Knights side are in for a tough encounter tomorrow in their last friendly of pre-season. The Knights visit Hull (ko 7.30pm) and, although the Super League giants will now be without new signings Stephen Kearney and
GOALKEEPER Paul Crichton, who left York City under a cloud earlier this season is happy he won't come face to face with the Minstermen fans tonight. He left City in August after a bust-up with travelling fans at Gravesend & Northfleet. They claimed
A PARAMEDIC was taken to hospital with whiplash injuries when his ambulance hit an automatic rising bollard as the vehicle sped to a 999 call. Council officers were today investigating the incident in Stonebow, York, which ambulance chiefs said happened
HOMEMADE buns, a seven-ton truck and an overcrowded loft all helped bring in more money for relief efforts in Asia following the tsunami disaster. Children at St Lawrence's Primary School in York raised more than £200 for the York Aid appeal - which has
ON JANUARY 20, I attended an Open Forum Meeting at the Central Methodist Church, York. Having seen the meeting advertised in the Evening Press, I attended because I was interested to discover more about the proposed development in the city centre, a place
IT is heartening to see so many letters tackling the issue of the South Bank fireworks. As your readers and your leader column (January 18) suggest, the only solution is for the council to put a strict limit on decibel levels. But it's all very well for
J R TENCH complains that it is not possible to buy an evening parking ticket before 6pm (Letters, January 19). This is not the case. There is a notice on all the car park machines that states: "The flat rate evening parking charge is only applicable after
HOW attitudes and practices change over time. In 1984, when York City FC became the first club to amass over 100 points in a season, they were on the crest of a wave and the future looked very promising. The club approached Rowntree and asked if they
IN RESPONSE to the letter by R Cariss, I would like to share my experience of visiting Mothercare World at Clifton Moor. This being the only Mothercare in York, and knowing the store is full of parents with babies and children in pushchairs, I cannot
LEARNING that City of York Council is to appoint a project manager to oversee Royal Ascot, many residents will ask the same question: "You mean, there isn't one already?" We all know the week-long racing festival is the biggest event to arrive in York
CITY leaders are to appoint an Ascot "tsar" to help make this year's key Royal event a success, amid claims they are struggling to manage the mammoth task. With less than six months to go to what is widely regarded as the premier event of the racing calendar
PROMOTION-SEEKING New Earswick All Blacks ARL Club maintained their unbeaten home record this season as another fine display brought a 36-10 win over Crigglestone. The result brought the York club to within two points of Pennine League division two leaders
GOALKEEPER Paul Crichton, who left York City under a cloud earlier this season is happy he won't come face to face with the Minstermen fans tonight. He left City in August after a bust-up with travelling fans at Gravesend & Northfleet. They claimed
FARMERS' Cart, the award-winning farm shop and caf, is to grow a bigger and better, adding a classroom to its chalet-style building at Towthorpe, near York. Hundreds of children take school trips to Farmers' Cart - which was the 2003 supreme champion
WE are now a few weeks into a new calendar year and it is a time when many people take stock of their lives. A New Year can mean a new start. It is a time for contemplation and for reviewing what we have achieved, what we have learned and what we need
AS much as £90million-worth of deals were completed by the corporate department of commercial lawyers Denison Till in the last 12 months, the biggest total in the firm's history. The record value came from handling share acquisitions and disposals, business
TWO scholarship places - one worth more than £70,000 - are up for grabs at a prestigious York private school. St Peter's School is inviting applications from York's primary schoolchildren for the Donald Shepherd 11-plus Scholarship, a full-fee scholarship
AS I write, the blood dripping on to the keyboard from my slashed wrists, it's the day dubbed the most depressing of the year. It's true: the cleaning lady has got housemaid's knee, the butler's had a better offer from Castle Howard and the tax man's
THE sale of one of York's most prestigious period buildings at an asking price of an estimated £1.5 million could bring in much-needed funds for York Minster. The Dean and Chapter of York are selling Grays Court, a three-storey Grade I Listed Building
THE chain of events that led to the devastating Allerton Castle fire may not be known for at least another two weeks, it emerged today. Firefighters are still probing the cause of Saturday's inferno, and whether it is linked to an earlier call to a chimney
A SMOKING ban will be tested in a York pub before being rolled out across the country. The Postern Gate pub in Picadilly will be one of the first Wetherspoon pubs in Britain to be completely smoke-free. Pub giant Wetherspoon announced yesterday that smoking
THE elderly couple whose front room was wrecked when a car smashed through the wall say they have suffered weeks of cold and misery waiting for it to be fixed. Eric and Julia Mackman were lucky to escape serious injury, as they were in another room when
THE RJF Homes Beckett Football League will provide three of the four Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup semi-finalists for the first time following Kirkdale's 1-0 win over Edgehill Reserves. Aislaby and Thornton-le-Dale had already reached that stage
CITY leaders are to appoint an Ascot "tsar" to help make this year's key Royal event a success, amid claims they are struggling to manage the mammoth task. With less than six months to go to what is widely regarded as the premier event of the racing calendar
JO HAYWOOD meets a trio of York friends who believe the best way to help yourself is by helping others. HOW often have you walked past an eyesore in your neighbourhood and thought 'if only someone would do something about that'. Well, here's a newsflash
WELL, I've watched it and I'm not impressed. Being one myself, I had to take a look, but I didn't recognise either me or any of my friends. I mean, come on, who do I know who is having sex with the gardener (who do I know with a gardener?), or who makes
I READ Friday's Evening Press (Village set to be given go-ahead, January 21) with dismay. City of York Council is likely to approve the large housing development next to Osbaldwick. If so much land in the city weren't given over to luxury flats and other
COUNCILLOR Orrell's remarks about the noise created by the South Bank fireworks are drivel and based on lazy thinking (January 18). The fact that "hotels and other venues", as well as the racecourse management, hold these gratuitous events in no way excuses
GUY Fawkes was tortured and executed for plotting against leaders who disregarded the will and the welfare of the people. Now council leaders are planning to celebrate this event with a display of grossly loud super-fireworks. Thus disregarding the will
I WOULD like to add my support to R Cariss (Bay watch Tescos, January 22) concerning parent and child parking. I go regularly to Asda with my daughter and 15-month-old grand-daughter and she has only once been able to park in these bays. On the last occasion
IN OCTOBER 2004, the Act outlawing discrimination against the disabled came fully into force, accompanied by a blaze of publicity. The Evening Press sent out a representative to check all was well in York's establishments and she reported back, predictably
I WELCOME any innovation that provides an attractive public transport alternative to car-clogged streets, but how is the 'ftr' StreetCar proposed for the No 4 route (January 18) going to cope with Heslington Road? With parking on either side and insufficient
WITH reference to the report that the traffic system at Walmgate Bar may be abandoned, we agree with this suggestion. Even though the plan is only an experiment, it has caused delays at peak periods for taxis and buses, including Park & Ride services
WITH all the subtlety of a jackboot, American schools teach their kids that the American way is the "right way" and "God's way". This scary indoctrination leads me to believe that it is now a case of God Save America and God help the rest of us. Robert
DRIVERS and pedestrians already face enough perils on our congested streets. Pavement cyclists, selfish parkers and, as another story illustrates tonight, less-than-intelligent bollards are regular York hazards. Now we must look out for a new danger:
COACH Mick Cook reckons his York City Knights side are in for a tough encounter tomorrow in their last friendly of pre-season. The Knights visit Hull (ko 7.30pm) and, although the Super League giants will now be without new signings Stephen Kearney and
