Thursday, March 3, 2005 100 years ago: A York labourer who frequently appeared before the magistrates as a result of his liking for alcoholic liquor had been fined and imprisoned but to no avail, and so the magistrates decided at his latest appearance
WHEN did we get so mixed up about what we eat? We have a strange relationship with food, eating too much half the time, then belatedly panicking about what we are putting in our mouths. It's almost obligatory to have an intolerance or allergy: if it's
LIGHT at the end of the tunnel is dazzling for railway engineering consultancy White Young Green (WYG) which has a major office in York. The group has announced spectacular half-year results, with its net order book up a record 52 per cent to £220 million
TORI Amos provokes strong emotions in people. You either love her or hate her - and she likes it that way. Since coming to our attention with 1992's Little Earthquakes, the quirky singer-songwriter has refused to blaze anything but her own trail. With
AFTER her song-writing credit for Kylie Minogue with the slinky Slow, Emiliana Torrini's second album is something unexpected. Rather than sending you towards the dancefloor, this will have you peering disconsolately into your coffee cup. It is a gently
Madeleine's uncanny impersonation of the smoky tones of Billie Holiday is initially discomforting. Yet as a result, unfamiliar songs sound as if you've known them forever. Larry Klein's immaculate production, spare and mainly acoustic, evokes the relaxed
MY wife and I wish are concerned about the proposal to erect a big wheel on Tower Gardens. This seems to be totally out of harmony with one of the most historic parts of York. We are very sceptical about the claim that a wheel would attract hundreds of
GOOD old Tony Blair could be Mary Poppins plying us with a little sugar to help the medicine go down and, like any self respecting nanny, he knows best. This is how Mr Blair treats his party and the country - with utter contempt. It is truly alarming
WHAT you need to know about hunting within the law. If I wanted to kill a hare for the pot, I could use only two dogs to flush out the hare from cover, then I must shoot it - the dogs could not take part in the actual killing of the hare - and I must
IN response to Colin Clarke's letter 'Build a lagoon' (March 1), I say the idea of building a fish refuge should be commended, however, the issue of preserving fish stocks and the flooding of the Derwent are more fundamental. Between the 1960s and 1980s
THAT old chestnut about peanuts and monkeys does not account for the many organisations which are run efficiently by enthusiasts who are content with a modest salary, or none at all ('When I ruled the city'), Stephen Lewis, March 1). Councillors fulfil
TEENAGE "gangs" are clashing on the streets of York, it was claimed today. Daniel Scott - a so-called Goth, who wears black clothes - claims he has been assaulted twice then mugged by "townie" gangs. He said several of his pals had suffered similar attacks
THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot. Cabbies are keeping their fingers crossed that councillors will agree to open up Terry Avenue to their cars during the
University Students 'A' remain unbeaten in their last six matches in men's division one of the York Badminton League after a 5-4 win over RI Tuesday/ Thursday 'A' followed by a 9-0 win at Riverside. Chris Hunt and Manik Chakravarti starred for the Students
A MAJOR highway repair scheme will mean road closures and diversions on the outskirts of York. City of York Council will start to resurface York Road in Haxby on Monday. This will involve removing the worn-out road surface and replacing it with a new
AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions. To Bolton Wanderers' international brigade of Jay-Jay Okocha, Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Fernando Hierro, Khalilou Fadiga and
BRAVE resident Ruth Wilks today praised the "power of the Press" for helping to end her five years of hell at the hands of drunken yobs. Ruth, 52, of Monkton Road, York, courageously spoke out last month about the 50-strong gang of teenagers making her
A BIG day for York Acorn ARLC will see their first team attempt to sustain their promotion hopes and their reserves claim a cup final place. The first team take on struggling Cottingham on Saturday in National Conference division two while the 'A' team
THE funeral service for a tragic verger who fell to his death from York Minster will be held in the historic cathedral on Monday, it was revealed today. As an inquest heard that verger John Angus was seen stepping over a wall high up the cathedral before
NIMEN hao! That, as readers will recognise, is the Chinese for hello. York is offering the warmest of welcomes to a delegation of tour operators from China today. There are many differences between East and West society. But as York has just hosted a
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough. There has been speculation that the young half-back, who joined Super League club Hull at the end of last season after setting points and goals in a season
THE Scottish Play meets the Far Eastern cinema of Kurosawa and Zhang Yimou and the Kill Bill movies of Tarantino, in director-designer Damian Cruden's ancient yet modern reinvention of Macbeth. The blasted heath has been replaced by black sand, a malignant
WHEN a company closes down unexpectedly, thousands of customers often don't know if they will get the goods they have paid for or their money back. In recent months, York has witnessed the demise of a large department store chain and two large retailers
THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot. Cabbies are keeping their fingers crossed that councillors will agree to open up Terry Avenue to their cars during the
YORK City's leading scorer Andy Bishop has again made the official Nationwide Conference player of the month shortlist. The young forward missed out on the January award to the cup heroics of Exeter goalkeeper Paul Jones but has been given a second chance
AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions. To Bolton Wanderers' international brigade of Jay-Jay Okocha, Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Fernando Hierro, Khalilou Fadiga and
A BIG day for York Acorn ARLC will see their first team attempt to sustain their promotion hopes and their reserves claim a cup final place. The first team take on struggling Cottingham on Saturday in National Conference division two while the 'A' team
New proposals could see the BBC going back to the future. Will it be out with trashy makeover and reality shows and in with quality programming? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. YOU can almost imagine the headlines as they had been read in the starchy tones of
TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success. All Saints' and Millthorpe Schools have won four-year extensions to the specialist language college status they have held for the last five
THE Bank of England came knocking at the door of Raymac Signs, of Malto, for advice about the economic signs of the times. Mark Pratt, Yorkshire agent for the Bank of England, paid a special visit to Richard and Ros Court, at their sign business at Prospect
Vebra, the growing Pocklington firm which provides software sales and efficiency solutions for estate agents throughout Britain, has bought a similar company in Somerset. The acquisition of GMW Systems with 15 staff in Frome, means that Vebra now employs
An award-winning North Yorkshire waste-to-energy organisation has been given the go-ahead to produce a small, but revolutionary, power station, which could change recycling attitudes throughout the world and generate £50 million for the company over the
THIS is Jane's labour of love. McDonald's third album salutes "the Great Ladies of Song", much the same as its predecessors. But whereas Jane's debut album, Inspiration, was a mere colour-by-numbers effort, this time the care in selection of material,
LULU was 15 when she began to Shout from the Glaswegian rooftops. Fellow Scot Karine Polwart was 33 before she released her debut solo album, Faultlines. Lulu's raucous voice always sounded old beyond her schoolgirl years; Polwart's wise and poised folk
I AM confused. Are any trees going to be cut down in Tower Gardens ('Trouble at the top', March 1)? Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing at the council, or do they spend too much time sitting on their elbows? While we are on the subject
HAVING had such a mild winter last time I find it incredible that a gritting overspend could occur before the really harsh weather finally arrived ('Digging deep', March 1). Surely the budget was totally insufficient to meet even one period of cold weather
I LIVE on the top floor of a block of flats in York. The building is entry by intercom only. Last Wednesday at 7.45am I struggled down the steps with my child. It was snowing and I found it difficult to wheel my pushchair, so I returned to the flat and
I AM disappointed to see that the Flying Scotsman will not start its excursions to Scarborough until the end of May because we have French friends making their first visit to England at the beginning of that month. While appreciating the difficulties
KEITH Whitfield asks: "Why should members of the public service unions get privileged treatment over the rest of us, by receiving higher pensions and taking earlier retirement?" (Letters, February 21). In reply, Ben Drake avoids the issue by giving us
I AM inclined to agree with K Barnes that decapitated remains are often ascribed to human sacrifice without much in the way of real evidence ('Roman skull-thuggery to blacken name of enemies', Letters, March 1). But the King Lucius/ Lleur Mawr story has
FOR more than a year now regular road users travelling along the A64 to Tadcaster have been aware of the roadworks at Bilbrough and Colton lane ends. We know when the speed restriction of 40mph starts and ends; the signs have been there all along. The
I WRITE in response to carbuncles on the landscape ('What would you demolish?' February 22). Apart from the obvious ugly features on Stonebow, York Moathouse on North Street is another example of Sixties architectural unimaginative failure, and mars a
TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success. All Saints' and Millthorpe Schools have won four-year extensions to the specialist language college status they have held for the last five
A DRIVER has narrowly avoided jail after police caught him at the wheel when he was four-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit. Dennis Charles Croft, 55, weaved his car back and forth across the central line in Mill Lane, Wigginton, as a police officer
PREPARATIONS for an "inevitable" flu pandemic are taking place across York and North Yorkshire. The North Yorkshire Health Protection Unit (NYHPU) has welcomed plans, just published by the Health Protection Agency and the Department of Health, to protect
YORK and District Indoor Bowls Club men's team have been crowned Yorkshire League division one champions. To cap a great week they have also reached the final of the Hebden Trophy for the fifth year running. The county crown headed to Thanet Road after
YORK'S CCTV maintenance is going to be completely overhauled, only weeks after the Evening Press lifted the lid on the city's creaking camera network. The upkeep of all 59 street cameras has been brought under one blanket contract. The new £300,000 deal
THE man behind plans to bring a big wheel to a York riverside park said his company might take the idea elsewhere if it was rejected by councillors today. Other cities were "gagging for" the attraction, according to boss Elliot Hall, who has proposed
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough. There has been speculation that the young half-back, who joined Super League club Hull at the end of last season after setting points and goals in a season
I SHOULD be eternally grateful, dear reader, if you could do me a favour during the forthcoming General Election campaign. Please ask Tony Blair some questions for me? Hacks here in Parliament's press gallery are growing concerned that they won't get
OUT-OF-CONTROL youths were making Ruth Wilks' life miserable. They stole her property, smashed up her car and urinated in her garden. For reasons still unexplained, the authorities seemed powerless to help Mrs Wilks. So she decided enough was enough.
THE York City faithful will be relieved to hear that Sophie McGill won't be "doing a Delia" at home games - although these two great female football fans are to meet. City director Sophie told the Diary she has no plans to emulate Norwich City majority
