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  • Time's up for Stan

    CASH restraints have ended the illustrious York City career of youth development coach Paul Stancliffe. The former defensive sentinel confirmed to the Evening Press that next month he will leave the club he has served for more than 14 years. The post

  • Final test for Heworth

    HEWORTH ARLC Under-16s travel to Hull tomorrow for the Yorkshire Youth Combination League division two play-off final after beating local rivals York Acorn 24-6 in the semi-finals. Chris Peace and Ben Potter crossed to send Heworth into an 8-0 lead. Peace

  • 'Cowboy' jibe at premier

    TONY Blair has been branded a "cowboy" and warned he will pay for ignoring rural voters. That is the message from the Conservative Rural Action Group (CRAG), which said rural research in East Yorkshire showed the Government should not just focus on big

  • Mike gets a taste for fine wine from Oz

    I've written before, in Tipping's Tipples, that I would be unlikely to spend more than £10 on a wine. You might notice my get out clause; the use of the word unlikely. The following three wines cost a good deal more than a tenner. That's not exactly an

  • La Bottega Delle Langhe, 36 Goodramgate, York

    IF you enjoy Italian baking this is the place for you. It is truly a snack spot with a very limited menu. Associated with La Cremeria in High Petergate where daily made ice-cream is available, this business imports fine Italian food direct from the suppliers

  • For the love of St George

    IT IS St George's Day today but apparently only 35 per cent of us proud Englanders are aware of the fact. Flag and banner manufacturers thebannerpeople.com, recently conducted a survey to determine our views on St. George's Day. The results showed that

  • Laura taps into tradition

    York food writer Laura Mason says it's time to get back to basics in the kitchen. Maxine Gordon meets a woman on a mission. DID you know that Chicken Tikka Masala is now Britain's favourite national dish? We eat more than 25 million portions of the Indian

  • Cutting advice

    APRIL seems to be flying by. I have still got jobs to do that should have been carried out weeks ago, with pruning at the top of the agenda. Our Buddleja davidii has already produced a good crop of new leaves and shoots but this tough plant will put up

  • The Sixth Lamentation, William Brodrick (timewarner, £6.99)

    WHAT happens when the sins of our youth come back to haunt us? That is the question at the heart of this accomplished first novel. The Sixth Lamentation, a biblical reference to the Holocaust, looks back at a time of unimaginable inhumanity through the

  • Eddie Reader, Grand Opera House, York

    SCOTTISH diva Eddie Reader continued her love affair with her famous countryman Robert Burns before an enthusiastic audience in York last night. She sang several titles from the bard's work with a little help from a "folk supergroup" featuring the accomplished

  • One will do nicely

    Keith Fairbank scales Pen-y-Ghent during a visit to picturesque Horton in Ribblesdale. HORTON in Ribblesdale has always attracted walkers keen to conquer the nearby Three Peaks but this small village near Settle has much more to offer than weary legs

  • Yorkshire poised for victory

    YORKSHIRE were going for the kill against Somerset at Headingley today. Somerset, after being made to follow-on, were 210 in arrears with six second innings left at the start today. Ian Harvey and Tim Bresnan's partnership of 238 was Yorkshire's best

  • Green vote grows

    ALLOW me to correct misunderstandings that may have arisen from the latest Lib Dem newsletter to fall through letterboxes in York. Despite their good results in the May 2003 local elections, which included the outer York wards where they are very strong

  • Search is on for old school chums

    WE are trying to contact members of Burton Stone Secondary Modern School who started in 1963 and left in 1967 as fourth years or 1968 as fifth years. Ten of us have made contact and would love to hear from others and from teachers who were there at the

  • Plans are no surprise

    ONE can sympathise with the residents of Heslington who have been affected by the growth of the university but, surely, only with those who were there before the university arrived. It was immediately evident when the university opened in October 1963

  • Hypocritical move

    TORY leader Michael Howard hit out at the council tax. This is a bit rich from a man who was deeply involved in its introduction to replace the infamous community charge (poll tax), also one of his babies. Neither does he say what they would replace it

  • Ten years lost

    LABOUR is fighting the General Election with the promise to reduce crime. So what the hell have they been doing these last ten years? Mick Snowden, Manor Farm, Amotherby, Malton. Updated: 09:49 Saturday, April 23, 2005

  • Time to heed what Billy needs

    STABILITY is so crucial in football. Liverpool enjoyed its benefits for 26 years under the tutelage of Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan. All three worked together at Anfield and simply passed the managerial reins from one to the other during times

  • City store will fetch 'millions'

    EDWARD the Seventh was King, Arthur Balfour was Prime Minister, Sheffield Wednesday won the Championship and Woolwich Arsenal were promoted to Division One. This landmark year of 1903 saw the birth of a York electrical business which was to become one

  • York reunion for army girls

    FOR three months, they spent all their waking time together. Now the eight women have reunited to spend the weekend in York - meeting again for the first time in more than four decades. In 1963, all were stationed at Catterick Garrison in the Woman's

  • Galloping into land row

    OWNERS of York Riding School face a public inquiry after they were accused of breaching planning regulations by allowing a car sales business on their land. Lorna and Mario Marchi, who once took three horses into council offices in protest at a previous

  • 'Cowboy' jibe at premier

    TONY Blair has been branded a "cowboy" and warned he will pay for ignoring rural voters. That is the message from the Conservative Rural Action Group (CRAG), which said rural research in East Yorkshire showed the Government should not just focus on big

  • Better than sex

    If you take the mental sharpness of chess, the physical demands of a Formula One driver and the geographical awareness of orienteering you can get an idea of what it's like to be a competition hang-gliding pilot. But it's more than just an extreme board

  • Saint's alive

    A GROUP of patriotic youngsters in York celebrated St George's Day in flag-waving style. But across the rest of England, the country's patron saint's day was expected to go by largely unnoticed. For unlike St Patrick's Day last month, when thousands of

  • Time's up for Stan

    CASH restraints have ended the illustrious York City career of youth development coach Paul Stancliffe. The former defensive sentinel confirmed to the Evening Press that next month he will leave the club he has served for more than 14 years. The post

  • Tomorrow's squads

    LHF Healthplan National League Two: York City Knights v Dewsbury Rams at Huntington Stadium. Knights (possible): Liddell, Fox, Potter, Law, Fairfield, Rhodes, Levy, Smith, Jackson, Sullivan, Kirke, Friend, Paterson. Subs: from Elston, Callaghan, Ramsden

  • Maximum Rams get all sheepish

    DEWSBURY boss Andy Kelly has tried to throw off the favourites' tag ahead of tomorrow's big clash, writes Peter Martini. The Rams recruited several ex-Super League players in the off-season and are the only LHF National League Two side with a 100 per

  • Knight on for tip-top power

    MICK Cook will call for high quality consistency as his York City Knights side head into their "biggest game of the season". The Knights lost their opening LHF Healthplan National League Two encounter against Swinton but since then have beaten NL1 club

  • Kilnwick Percy golfers making the news

    MAIL power was to the fore at Kilnwick Percy Golf Club. David Burrows and Lee Eastoe toppled opponents from Malton and Norton in their Daily Mail foursomes clash to earn a home tie in the next round against Fulford. And in the Mail on Sunday Team Classic

  • Pockley

    George Wilkinson puts a seasonal spring in his step as he revels in the delights of Riccal Dale. It's spring, it's time for a flower foray, and I can think of few better places for concentrated colour than the woods of Riccal Dale. The bluebells are the

  • Fox tries to join in with the hunt

    PETER Fox has become the first Knight to get into double figures for tries this term and it has taken him just ten games. To put it into perspective, it took last season's top scorer, Chris Langley, 16 games to score his tenth try, before going onto to

  • Lost and found

    Stephen Lewis uncovers a harrowing true-life story about the 'disappeared' of Argentina. WHEN Andres Jaroslavsky was five years old, his father, a cardiologist, set off for work one day. His family never saw him again. He had become one of the "desaparecidos

  • A Rosie outlook - 23/04/05

    Rosie Redman, the pride and joy of the Turner family from Helperby, travels to her local Wetherby course tomorrow with excellent prospects of landing the richest race on the card. The £10,500 Yellow Pages Handicap Chase over an extended three miles is

  • See O'Donnell in Glasgow

    I WOULDN'T usually put the name Daniel O'Donnell in the same sentence with the words rock 'n' roll, but just look what the Irish singer is offering his British fans. Get ready to boogie the night away this autumn with the Daniel in Blue Jeans Rock 'n'

  • Review: The Willard Grant Conspiracy, Fibbers, York

    IN MANY ways this was a memorable gig, all the more so for being unexpected. In previous York shows, the loose conglomerate that is the Willard Grant Conspiracy, orbiting around the singing mass of Robert Fisher, failed to really connect with the audience

  • Phoenix skip all fired up

    Yorkshire captain Craig White is confident that Phoenix will give another rousing performance tomorrow in their totesport League match against Somerset Sabres at Headingley. Phoenix were on top form last Sunday when they beat Surrey by 43 runs to go top

  • Bike-it launch was very 'tasty'

    MANY thanks for this fantastic photo of the incredible Dringhouses Primary School children who launched Bike to School week for us (April 20). It is staggering to imagine more than 170 children and their parents cycling into school. And what a scene it

  • Carry on walking

    WE are sure the many objectors to the closure of a public right of way will have welcomed the planning committee's overwhelming rejection of the case put forward by St Peter's School. We have always maintained the evidence put forward by the school and

  • Close funding gap

    LIKE two thirds of their age group in England, 10,600 16-to-18-year-olds study at their local college in North Yorkshire. Despite the wonderful service they receive, the Government funds these young people at least ten per cent less than schools - an

  • Nasty rumours

    A FELLOW called Clive Booth - never heard of him - has been circulating unpleasant stories about Hugh Bayley, and has even gone to the trouble of making a video nasty (he must be desperate). In answer, I know Mr Bayley has spent most weekdays since the

  • Sharing blame

    IN response to Colin Briden's letter ('Ousing filth', April 16), I must defend the group that will, no doubt, be held solely responsible for the litter in the Ouse. While anglers will be one of the parties proportionately to blame for some of the items

  • Floods target

    ENVIRONMENT bosses are now set to reveal this summer how they intend combating flooding in the York area through the 21st century. The publication of the draft Ouse Flood Risk Management Strategy will come shortly before the fifth anniversary of the devastating

  • Daniel verdict

    EPILEPSY claimed the life of 23-year-old Daniel Addyman, but his parents said he never thought his illness was life-threatening. Chris and Catherine Addyman, of Shipton-by-Beningbrough, said their son was never made aware of the seriousness of his illness

  • Security review for wine shop

    SECURITY measures at a York off-licence are to be reviewed after it was raided by a masked man brandishing a meat cleaver. Bosses at Wine Cellar said the safety and security of workers was a paramount concern for the company after a shocked staff member

  • Cancer claims hairdresser

    A YOUNG hairdresser has paid tribute to her inspirational mother and teacher who remained upbeat right up until her death from bowel cancer. Paula McDonnell, an established figure on York's hairdressing scene, lost her fight to the disease on Tuesday

  • Phoenix skip all fired up

    Yorkshire captain Craig White is confident that Phoenix will give another rousing performance tomorrow in their totesport League match against Somerset Sabres at Headingley. Phoenix were on top form last Sunday when they beat Surrey by 43 runs to go top

  • Knight on for tip-top power

    MICK Cook will call for high quality consistency as his York City Knights side head into their "biggest game of the season". The Knights lost their opening LHF Healthplan National League Two encounter against Swinton but since then have beaten NL1 club

  • Driver dies in horror smash

    A NOTORIOUS North Yorkshire accident black spot has claimed another life and left a female motorist with serious head injuries after being cut from the wreck of her car trapped under a lorry. The horror smash happened on the eastbound carriageway of the

  • Preview: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Theatre Royal, York

    THIS company is on the move, in every sense. For a fortnight it has split in two, half covering the south-west, half in the north-east, visiting Hull, York, Durham and Middlesbrough. It is also breaking new ground, premiering a setting by Michael Kopinski

  • Bramald not guilty

    Keighley Cougars full-back Matt Bramald has been found not guilty of a high tackle in the LHF League Two fixture against York City Knights on April 10. Bramald was sent off for the alleged offence on Adam Sullivan, which preceded a stunning match-winning