Saturday, May 7, 2005 100 years ago The York and District Band of Hope Union had organised the May Carnival, which was proclaimed sufficiently successful to be a source of satisfaction, attracting an average attendance of about 1,200 per day. The performances
There are good parties and bad parties. Political parties are bad and house parties are good. Here are three user-friendly wines that are guaranteed to break the ice at parties. You have until Tuesday to catch them at a knock-down price courtesy of Tesco
MAY is the time for Clematis montana, a beautiful climber that begins to flower in April and is at its rampant best the following month. This vigorous plant can outgrow its allotted place if not kept in check, but the mass of springtime flowers are worth
A PIONEERING new approach to teaching secondary school science has been developed by a York academic. Professor Robin Millar, from the University of York's department of educational studies, has devised 21st Century Science, the new Key Stage 4 science
Andie Corcoran and her sister Jin couldn't be more different. Andie is an independent, talented, but broke music teacher. Jin is a beautiful ex-model, married to a successful but controlling businessman. The sisters have never got on, but when their mother
YORK RACES is ready for the off with a later start than usual to the new season. The Knavesmire campaign kicks in to action next Wednesday with the three-day May Festival, beginning a day later than normal. That means the course will be hosting a Friday
THE latest novel by Ms Blair, otherwise known as Mr Bill Spence of Ampleforth, is set in Whitby in the 19th century when most of the sea-faring trade came from whaling. The families of Sam Coulson and Seaton Campion have grand plans for expanding their
YORKSHIRE poet Pat Borthwick will be at York's Wormholes bookshop in Bootham on Thursday to read from her latest collection of poems, entitled Swim. Pat lives near Hovingham and teaches a creative writing evening class at Huntington School and is a former
LIKE Liz Edge (Letters, April 28) I went into York Hospital for an operation with my antiseptic wipes and awful foreboding, scared to death and convinced I was going to get MRSA. What a shock, as soon as I entered Ward 26 I felt a real wimp. Gel on every
ARE the people who are leading the protests against developments on the south side of York acting for the good of the city as a whole (April 21)? Or is it really just another case of Not In My Back Yard? York University is one of the largest employers
IN response to Mrs Pinder's letter "At least get the lights to work" (April 30), it is worth setting out the facts on City of York Council's approach to traffic light maintenance. We are responsible for 8,500 bulbs within traffic lights and each bulb
South African Deon Kruis showed what a shrewd signing he is by capturing 5-59 as Yorkshire sent back Northamptonshire for 281 on the first day of the Championship match at Headingley yesterday. The Kolpak player, recommended to Yorkshire by Allan Donald
A LEADING York landlord faces a court bill of more than £1,000 after he admitted selling watered-down vodka. Michael Short, 61, the landlord at the Burton Stone Inn, in Clifton, told York magistrates his assets had been frozen. Trading standards officers
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, takes in the view from the top of York Minster, where she saw for for herself why clergy have launched a £23 million fundraising appeal. Coun Janet Looker took a lift up the East Front, and was shocked to discover
UNION dues could be rewarded with a strike for glory this summer. York Union of Golf Clubs' Inter-District Union campaign gets under way a week tomorrow at Leeds with the York ranks at arguably their most talented for some years. That was the verdict
POCKLINGTON RUFC prop Matt Webber is in demand. Both England Universities and the Yorkshire senior side wanted him in their squad this weekend. Webber, 21, from Laytham, near Seaton Ross, has had to put his county call on ice while gaining his third England
OUT-OF-CONTRACT left-back Dave Merris has turned down his offer of a new one-year deal with York City. But Merris, 24, has requested a meeting with City manager Billy McEwan to discuss his KitKat Crescent future and could still put pen to paper for next
Super-charged Formula One cars are are being prepared at Elvington Airfield for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. The Evening Press was given exclusive access to the high-speed tests on the two-mile runway by the McLaren Mercedes team, after villagers raised
A DISABLED widow told today of the hurt and betrayal she felt when she was cheated out of thousands of pounds by a man she treated "like a son". Marion Cooper said she was horrified when she discovered that Dave Matts had run up a £20,000 overdraft on
APRIL power has inched Kilnwick Percy GC's Peter Williamson into an anxious vigil. He is now awaiting confirmation of the venue for the regional final of the Hall of Fame championship, which is in aid of Cancer Research UK, after he won Kilnwick's April
DIGGING up the past could have a bright future in York. The group behind the city's famous Jorvik attraction has won a £750,000 grant from the Millennium Commission to help create a new experience where visitors can part in a simulated archaeological
George Wilkinson enjoys the first walk in a two-day trip to Malham. Malham campsite boasted but one other tent. Ours took ages to put up because I'd forgotten one of the pole linkages, but bent wire and sticky tape sorted that and we were ready and willing
HOW far would you go for a pint of honest Yorkshire ale? Gordon Campbell-Thomas trekked 7,000 (that's seven thousand) miles for a taste of proper bitter. Setting off from his home India he finally reached York Brewery's newest pub, the Yorkshire Terrier
OUT-OF-CONTRACT left-back Dave Merris has turned down his offer of a new one-year deal with York City. But Merris, 24, has requested a meeting with City manager Billy McEwan to discuss his KitKat Crescent future and could still put pen to paper for next
York City Knights added to their top-of-the-table status last week after having the most players in the LHF Healthplan National League Two team of the month. As reported last week, double Evening Press player-of-the-month winner Adam Sullivan also claimed
BLUE is the colour in North Yorkshire today after the Conservative Party swept to a comprehensive victory in the county council elections. With all 72 results in, the Conservatives gained 41 seats giving the party a comfortable majority in the new council
THE winners in the county council elections were: Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge - Morris Lightfoot (Lib Dem), John Peter Burrill Wren (Lib Dem). Harrogate Central - John Walter Marshall (Lib Dem), Stephen Richard Macare (Lib Dem). Harrogate Harlow -
I'm very pleased to say I missed out on the days of school corporal punishment and thankfully was never exposed to the cane or other similar infamous tools of torture. The Victorian ethos that "children must be seen and not heard" never applied to me
When is a cruise not a cruise? RICHARD JOHNS found out when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary 2. I HAD never really contemplated the idea of a cruise before, so I was encouraged when the captain informed me: "Remember, this is a crossing
Stephen Lewis is on the trail of some modern fairytales set in York. FIRST we had the York Tales. Now, thanks to local publisher ENDpapers, we have the York fairytales. The Grape Lane publishing house's latest book, York Breadcrumbs, is much more than
YORK racing punters will be hoping North Yorkshire's equine superstar Attraction will be a flop in the Far East a week today. If she succeeds in a high profile race out there she will miss the Royal Ascot meeting at York. Middleham-based Mark Johnston's
PUNTERS at York will also be able to obtain a discount if they book in advance for the 35th Timeform Charity Day on August 27, a Bank Holiday Saturday. They will save £5 each, provided they have already spent at least £50 in advance bookings at the course
WHO does Dave Quarrie think he is (Letters, April 22)? What about the men who join the "express queue" in the supermarket and think because they have an item less than you, they should be in front? The reason they should be in front is because they are
THE inclusion of the facsimiles of the Yorkshire Evening Press for May 8 and May 10 1945 certainly got the old memory banks kicked into action! I was eight years old at war's end. Being ex-New Earswick it was the article on the front of the May 10 issue
MY grandfather, Bertie King, was stationed at Naburn during the Second World War and would love to contact any surviving members of his regiment who may remember him. He was based at Naburn in 1942 with the Royal Engineers, Section 2, Unit 675 A&W
I AM in favour of allowing Elvington Parks to keep their present motor testing programme and also of the erection of hangars to allow a limited use of the runway. York needs these facilities, not only to help with the development of new companies within
FOLLOWING the article and letters about York Market being situated in Parliament Street, I am sure many of the citizens of York can remember when the market took up the length and breadth of Parliament Street including St Sampson's Square. To run the
MRS Reid, in her letter about the Newgate Market, suggests that she does not appreciate that the market traders have regular meetings with senior council officials (Letters, May 2). Very few of the market traders are, however, actually from York, with
EVERYONE loves a bargain, especially if it's "buy one get one free". Supermarkets always have such deals and now the trend has reached the holiday market. Reader Travel has five such offers through Travelscope Promotions. Two people can travel to London
Victoria Young checks out the all-new Blacksmith's Arms in Westow. WHEN the new owners of the Blacksmith's Arms called last orders they didn't do it by half measures. Before its dramatic facelift, Richard and Julia Brown auctioned off all the Westow pub's
Mike Laycock and family have a wizard time at a bird of prey centre. HARRY Potter has a lot to answer for. The snowy owls that star in the eponymous books and films just look so darn cute, and their chicks even more so. And when people see them at the
Mention chocolate fountains to most people and you will get a negative response, but not from Yorkshire batsman Anthony McGrath. He made a business enterprise out of them during the winter and hopes that things will go just as sweetly on the field of
THE pre-match team talk among the Blue camp last night was probably not too dissimilar to the one 24 hours earlier. "Okay, we're not going to win, but let's see if we can cause a stir in a few safe seats, maybe win a few points and, above all, do ourselves
TALES of strange goings-on at York's largest museum fired the imagination of paranormal investigators, who descended last night with an array of evidence-gathering equipment. Twenty enthusiasts from the Paranormal Activity Research Team set up camp at
BLUE is the colour in North Yorkshire today after the Conservative Party swept to a comprehensive victory in the county council elections. With all 72 results in, the Conservatives gained 41 seats giving the party a comfortable majority in the new council
A PIONEERING new approach to teaching secondary school science has been developed by a York academic. Professor Robin Millar, from the University of York's department of educational studies, has devised 21st Century Science, the new Key Stage 4 science
IF YOU don't know your Cosmopolitan from your Pina Colada or your Toblerone from your Singapore Sling, then here is a chance to pull up your bar stool and sign up for cocktail college. Macmillan Cancer Relief has teamed up with Bar 38 in York to put on
DIGGING up the past could have a bright future in York. The group behind the city's famous Jorvik attraction has won a £750,000 grant from the Millennium Commission to help create a new experience where visitors can part in a simulated archaeological
THE moving walkway in which York academic Sally Baldwin was crushed to death had been left in "neutral" by workmen, rendering the emergency brake useless, an inquest heard. York coroner Donald Coverdale ruled that Professor Baldwin's death was unlawful
DIGGING up the past could have a bright future in York. The group behind the city's famous Jorvik attraction has won a £750,000 grant from the Millennium Commission to help create a new experience where visitors can part in a simulated archaeological
FORMER Rotherham supporter Ian Moore is playing for family pride as well as a Leeds United victory as the relegated Millers sign off at Elland Road tomorrow (ko 1pm). The Leeds striker used to watch Rotherham whenever his footballing commitments allowed
YORK City Knights' battling team and "unbelievable" supporters have been lauded from all quarters after they played their full part on an emotive night at Knowsley Road. The Knights as expected lost their Powergen Challenge Cup fifth round tie at holders
THE inaugural East Yorkshire Rugby Union Merit Table play-off finals at Pocklington RUFC proved to be an instant hit and look set to become an annual event. Previously the top sides of the two merit tables - for inter-club fixtures of East Yorkshire clubs
POCKLINGTON RUFC prop Matt Webber is in demand. Both England Universities and the Yorkshire senior side wanted him in their squad this weekend. Webber, 21, from Laytham, near Seaton Ross, has had to put his county call on ice while gaining his third England
UNION dues could be rewarded with a strike for glory this summer. York Union of Golf Clubs' Inter-District Union campaign gets under way a week tomorrow at Leeds with the York ranks at arguably their most talented for some years. That was the verdict
YORK City Knights' battling team and "unbelievable" supporters have been lauded from all quarters after they played their full part on an emotive night at Knowsley Road. The Knights as expected lost their Powergen Challenge Cup fifth round tie at holders
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun Janet Looker, takes in the view from the top of York Minster, where she saw for for herself why clergy have launched a £23 million fundraising appeal. Coun Janet Looker took a lift up the East Front, and was shocked to discover
