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  • Tim to triumph - 17/06/05

    Whatever his fate with Somnus in the Golden Jubilee Stakes on the last day of the Royal Ascot at York meeting, Tim Easterby can make his presence felt at Redcar tomorrow. The Great Habton trainer saddles Molly Marie in the Pysche Department Store Maiden

  • Scientist appealing for research funds

    RESEARCH that could eventually lead to hope for millions of lung cancer sufferers is being carried out at the University of York. Now the woman scientist who believes she may be on the trail of a cure has formed Cizzle Biotechnology - a company which

  • Entrepreneurs battle it out for accolade

    FOUR businessmen from York and North Yorkshire will find out on Tuesday whether they have been named as winners in the Ernst & Young's North region Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards. The four finalists are Kevin Hollinrake who co-founded the North and

  • Preview: Artisan, York Theatre Royal, Thursday, June 23

    IT would be easy not to spot Artisan's appearance at York Theatre Royal on Thursday. The show comes in the middle of a week of performances by York Opera, who will be taking a breather from Cav & Pag that evening. Artisan's harmony singing trio of

  • Preview: Jazz notes

    The jazz special edition of the Big Issue last week revealed the intriguing concept of the jazz comic strip in an extract from Harvey Pekar's book American Splendour. The contrasting lives of saxophonists Albert Ayler and Joe Lovano from Cleveland, Ohio

  • Balmount to celebrate Jubilee victory

    WITH the ground against big North Yorkshire hope Somnus, Balmont can steal the thunder on the final day of Royal Ascot at York tomorrow by carrying off the £250,000 Golden Jubilee Stakes. Trained by Jeremy Noseda, who has already had a winner at this

  • We might be back

    ROYAL ASCOT could yet be returning to Knavesmire if the Berkshire track is not ready in time for next year's event. Ascot chief executive Douglas Erskine-Crum has revealed that Royal Ascot at York has been such a success, the city would be "a front runner

  • Not all doom and gloom in York

    SOME traders in York have been breaking out bottles of champagne - 198 of them - to celebrate their success. Bars and restaurants have reported a roaring trade, with The Living Room, in Bridge Street, selling almost 200 bottles of bubbly on Tuesday and

  • Success on the roads

    CITY transport bosses were celebrating after the busiest day at the races was also the one when the traffic ran most smoothly. Peter Eveley, head of highway regulation at City of York Council, said almost all road-using racegoers had once more arrived

  • Soap stars join the crowds

    SOAP stars from Emmerdale were among the celebrities at the racecourse. Verity Rushworth, Emmerdale's Donna Windsor, said it was her first visit to York. "We're going in the Royal Enclosure and I'm very excited. We'll be having lots of champagne." Her

  • Winners in the fashion stakes

    Evening Press Women's Editor Maxine Gordon picks the winners in the Ladies Day fashion stakes at Royal Ascot at York. I'M not a betting woman, but I could not resist a flutter on Fashionable in the 3.05 at Royal Ascot yesterday. After all, it was Ladies

  • Imitation firearm was 'protection'

    A MAN who was fed up with local youths targeting him carried an imitation firearm with him as protection, York magistrates heard. Defence solicitor Mark Newell said Brian John Storey, 35, hoped that seeing it would deter other people from attacking him

  • Charity's care home to close

    CHARITY bosses plan to close a prominent North Yorkshire residential home for people with severe physical disabilities. The Leonard Cheshire home at Alne Hall, near Easingwold, will shut its doors within two years, to be replaced with a development of

  • Driver in 80ft cliff plunge

    A car careered off a cliff-top road in North Yorkshire, plummeting 100 feet and seriously injuring its York driver. The Ford Fiesta smashed through railings on the Esplanade, Scarborough, and plunged on to a footpath in the gardens below, narrowly missing

  • Lord of the ring cycle thrills Webbo

    Easingwold's ten-time sidecar World Champion Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead are back on the 2005 World Championship campaign trail after a three-week breather since the Budapest boiler. This weekend the Castrol-sponsored duo are at the Nurburgring

  • Rob primed to climb Rocky mountain

    YORK judo titan Rob Thomas has taken a Rocky road to Canada - but he does not mind a jot. Thomas jets out this weekend primed to sign off more than two decades of international competition. His destination is Toronto for his fourth - and sadly - his final

  • Smash and grab

    CONFIDENT youngster Peter Fox reckons he is on course to smashing the York City Knights try-scoring record having sped his way to joint-top in the division's charts. The flying winger's two touchdowns in Sunday's win at London Skolars took him level with

  • Taboo lingers over distressing disease

    CROHN'S Disease can be a painful, debilitating and embarrassing condition which affects between 30,000 and 60,000 people in the UK. We spoke to a York sufferer living with the disease, in the run-up to Colitis and Crohn's Week, which takes place between

  • Another winner from Peugeot

    SINCE its launch at the beginning of the year, Peugeot's 206 Sport has become the best-selling 206 model. Now the range is to get two new engines and further improvements to strengthen an already comprehensive standard specification. Based on the recently

  • Electric dream

    ATHENS is a wonderful city. Its amazing mix of classical architecture with indiscriminate 20th century urbanisation makes for fascinating touring, viewing and sheer wonderment. Yet, the authorities have been unable to master one major problem: traffic

  • Dyson's battle

    NORTH Yorkshire's Simon Dyson was facing an uphill battle to survive the midway cut on his US Open debut. Dyson carded a nine-over-par 79 at the Pinehurst course in North Carolina, where stifling heat added to the glass-fast conditions of the greens.

  • Let's talk about the Barbican...

    COUNCIL leader Steve Galloway has predictably tried to blame the delays in the Barbican redevelopment on the court case taken out by the Save Our Barbican Campaign (June 14). However, it seems to me the real blame for this sorry saga lies with him. The

  • Priced off roads

    LAST month my wife and I drove to Scotland to see three of our children and their families. The entire journey was on A-class roads (A1, A68, A720, A92). Using Alistair Darling's road pricing policy for this four-day visit, I reckon the mileage cost alone

  • Keep it up, Chris

    POOR Chris Titley. He chooses to begin his Diary on June 13 by aiming a light-hearted rebuke at a cyclist who dared to weave through assembled dignitaries at the opening of the Bilbrough flyover. The errant male cyclist, clad in lurid Lycra, sunglasses

  • Shops in peril

    NEW proposals being considered by the Office of Fair Trading will allow supermarkets to choose who supplies their periodicals and daily newspapers, letting them bypass those suppliers who are also committed to supply small newsagents and opt for cheaper

  • Skip the politics

    I FIND it very strange that Martin Brumby has managed to turn a trip to the skips into a political points scoring exercise (Letters, June 15). The skip site at Foss Islands has always had problems, more so on a weekend because people work during the week

  • I told you so...

    IN my letter in April, I predicted there would be less income generated by the increase in short stay car parking charges than before. It is very obvious that this must be happening when you observe the much lower numbers of cars parked in Piccadilly.

  • Anne's on a law loser

    SOME disappointment greeted Anne McIntosh's decision to use her chance of piloting legislation through Parliament to try to win people greater freedom to "bash a burglar". The Tory MP, drawn fifth in the Private Members Bill ballot, will introduce a Householder

  • Mystery Plays get an airing

    SHOPPERS in York got a sneak preview of the city's world-famous Mystery Plays. The Guilds of York, who put on the plays, performed excerpts as part of City of York Council's Streets Alive festival. Brian Wilson, from the Guild of Builders, took the part

  • Punters lose over picnic

    RACEGOERS swapped the posh Yorkshire Enclosure for the Rails after being refused entry with their picnics. William and Sandra Bladen travelled from the West Midlands to enjoy their £18-a-head Yorkshire Enclosure tickets. But when they arrived, they were

  • Celeb spotting

    HE'S known for being a small sportsman - but grumpy soccer star Michael Owen's temper proved even shorter at Ascot. Asked for a few words for Evening Press readers he snapped: "I'm not doing anything." He also dodged questions from other reporters as

  • Winners in the fashion stakes

    Evening Press Women's Editor Maxine Gordon picks the winners in the Ladies Day fashion stakes at Royal Ascot at York. I'M not a betting woman, but I could not resist a flutter on Fashionable in the 3.05 at Royal Ascot yesterday. After all, it was Ladies

  • Royal go for promotion

    THE joyful prospect of raising hats to a Royal winner during this most important of racing weeks, becomes very much a reality on Knavesmire tomorrow when Promotion, owned by the Queen, has an outstanding chance of success. Trained at Newmarket by Sir

  • The Winners...

    WINNERS at Royal Ascot have not been confined to the racecourse. While some York businesses have been losing out this week, others have been reporting a boost in trade. Even those a bit further afield have enjoyed a busy few days. Kay Hyde, of York Tourism

  • Sunny outlook

    Forecasters predicted that the sun may begin to shine on Royal Ascot later today. Most of the cold drizzle should clear away as temperatures rise to a high of 20 degrees (68F), but there will still be some cloud and light winds, according to PA WeatherCentre

  • Duke of York praises community heroes

    IT was easy to pick a winner at Royal Ascot York as the city's finest community heroes enjoyed a day at the races in honour of their outstanding achievements. After spending the day at Knavesmire, award winners from the York Community Pride 2004 campaign

  • Way we were

    Friday, June 17, 2005 100 years ago The clerk of works reported on the progress that was being quietly accomplished on the restoration operations at York Minster. He gave some interesting insights, especially his revelation of the very imperfect, and

  • Books vs the box

    Britain is full of telly addicts who spend little time curled up with a good book, a new survey confirms. CHRIS TITLEY asks: how bad is that? WE'RE a lazy bunch. What happens every night when we come home from work? On goes the telly, off goes the brain

  • Hotel staff to raise funds for hospice

    STAFF at the Best Western Monkbar Hotel in York are taking part in Wear Yellow Day on Wednesday along with other local businesses to help raise funds for St Leonard's Hospice in York. Why yellow? Because it is the colour of sunflowers, the symbol of the

  • Review: Elkie Brooks, Grand Opera House, York

    WHILE we were aware who Elkie Brooks was - a singer who sang Lilac Wine and Don't Cry Out Loud - what we did not realise was just how talented this dainty lady is. Backed by five incredibly-talented musicians, she took us through two hours of jazz, rock

  • Review: The Electric Six, Fibbers, York

    PREVIEWING the festival sound of 2005, Detroit's en-vogue six piece failed to match the hype generated by their recent singles. While the buzz around the band suggested great things were expected, last night's performance suggested that the best is already

  • York facing big challenge

    LEAGUE leaders York CC have their most testing weekend of the season ahead of them. Tomorrow they visit Harrogate who trail Marcus Wood's men by seven points in the Yorkshire ECB Premier League so the full eight win points represent a huge prize for both

  • Knavesmire attendance highest so far

    ROYAL Ascot at York was hailed as "outstanding" by the Duke of York after more than 50,000 racegoers created a modern-day record on Knavesmire. He spoke at a glittering reception held in the Mansion House to honour the achievements of the Evening Press

  • City traders on a losing streak

    GO HOME - and don't come back. That's the message to Royal Ascot from some of York's city centre shops and stalls. Many traders have been reporting "disastrous" sales so far, with takings down by as much as 50 per cent. One of the businesses suffering

  • In praise of good food...

    HUNGRY racegoers seeking sustenance during Royal Ascot will be able to drop in to church for some divine inspiration. St Edward the Confessor, in Dringhouses, is welcoming racegoers during the festival with a selection of bacon sandwiches, scones and

  • Duke of York praises community heroes

    IT was easy to pick a winner at Royal Ascot York as the city's finest community heroes enjoyed a day at the races in honour of their outstanding achievements. After spending the day at Knavesmire, award winners from the York Community Pride 2004 campaign

  • Banner row

    TEMPERS flared at the racecourse as police moved in and made animal rights protesters remove a banner. Campaigners from the Animal Aid group put up a banner stating that an average of 375 horses a year are "raced to death" on UK courses. But officers

  • Punters lose over picnic

    RACEGOERS swapped the posh Yorkshire Enclosure for the Rails after being refused entry with their picnics. William and Sandra Bladen travelled from the West Midlands to enjoy their £18-a-head Yorkshire Enclosure tickets. But when they arrived, they were

  • A Royal spectacle

    The biggest Royal Ascot day brought the grandest of Royal Processions, as STEVE CARROLL discovered. IT was as if the previous two days had been just rehearsals. From the moment the horse hooves stepped out onto the Knavesmire turf the cheering began in

  • Preview: Dance Week 2005, June 16 until June 25

    Introducing... Dance Week 2005, leaping to attention in York from June 16 until June 25. Organised by the City of York Council arts and culture department, Dance Week is in its sixth year of shining the spotlight on dance in all its forms. The eight-day

  • Preview: Dangerous Liaisons, York Theatre Royal, June 17-18

    YORK Theatre Royal rounds off its Royal Ascot Week with a tale of runners and riders of a different kind, Dangerous Liaisons. Tonight and tomorrow at 7.30pm, Northern Ballet Theatre presents the decadent Parisian shenanigans of obsession, sexual power

  • Preview: Scott Garnham, City Screen, York, June 19

    RYEDALE stage prodigy Scott Garnham, back on dry land after performing on cruise ships for a year, is wasting no time in returning to the York stage. On Sunday at 7.30pm, in the Basement Bar of City Screen, York, he performs The Lives Of Me, a charity

  • £10,000 court bill for building firm

    A top North Yorkshire company faces a £10,000 court bill for the safety lapses that sent its site manager crashing down a five-storey staircase. David Jones suffered a fractured skull and a crushed vertebra as he fell through faulty scaffolding and tumbled

  • Tributes to man who founded language school in city

    THE founder of a prominent York language school has died at the age of 81. Finn Hjort was born in Copenhagen in 1924. During the Second World War he was a member of the Danish Resistance, when he navigated a boat between Denmark and Sweden saving many

  • Music venue applies for 2am licence

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to extend the hours of a York live music venue will be considered in ten days' time. Licensing bosses will decide on whether to allow the doors of Certificate 18, in Gillygate, to stay open until 2am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday

  • Market stall pair ready to sell last card

    THEY have helped to celebrate the birthdays, anniversaries, and weddings of countless people across York. But popular York stallholders Ian and Sue Smythe have now decided to call it a day at their greeting cards business in Newgate Market. Ian, 65, of

  • Mystery Plays get an airing

    SHOPPERS in York got a sneak preview of the city's world-famous Mystery Plays. The Guilds of York, who put on the plays, performed excerpts as part of City of York Council's Streets Alive festival. Brian Wilson, from the Guild of Builders, took the part

  • Wegelius tops Fest best fare

    YORK-born Olympian Charly Wegelius will be just one of the attractions as the National Road Race Championships return to Yorkshire for the first time in 20 years. The prestigious event will provide the highlight of a week-long Yorkshire Festival of Cycling

  • Body of missing York man found in river

    A BODY found in the River Nidd at the weekend has been identified as that of a York man who went missing eight weeks ago. Tristan Long, 29, of Hardisty Close, went missing on April 16, when he failed to meet a relative at York Station. His white Skoda

  • Dyson's battle

    NORTH Yorkshire's Simon Dyson was facing an uphill battle to survive the midway cut on his US Open debut. Dyson carded a nine-over-par 79 at the Pinehurst course in North Carolina, where stifling heat added to the glass-fast conditions of the greens.

  • Archbishop of York is appointed

    THE new Archbishop of York is Ugandan-born John Sentamu, who becomes Britain's first black archbishop. The Rt Rev Dr John Sentamu, currently Bishop of Birmingham, succeeds Dr David Hope, who resigned earlier this year to become a parish priest at Ilkley

  • Modus special editions launched for the summer

    RENAULT'S Modus supermini, launched here last year, continues to attract a growing band of fans, with sales now running ahead of target at more than 10,000 since its UK unveiling. Now, two new special editions have been readied to capture sales in the

  • Day packed with winners

    ONE royal York praised another royal York yesterday. Prince Andrew gave a resounding endorsement of Royal Ascot at York, describing it as "one of the most outstanding race meetings I have ever attended". That praise was a thoroughly deserved accolade

  • Elizabet uproar

    THE scandal of the Queen's hat cast the only shadow on day three. Bookmakers became suspicious when a series of punters bet that Her Majesty's millinery would be brown. After shelling out thousands, bookies muttered darkly about a mole in the royal wardrobe

  • Week of wonder

    GOVERNORS of New Earswick Primary School agreed to spend a day in school on a regular basis. I opted for a day during Healthy Schools Week, just before the half-term break. The week involved not only healthy eating but sensible exercising and explanations

  • Colour of honour

    AS a former regimental sergeant major of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, I cringed when I read your report about Trooping The Colour. The Colour you referred to was the Queen's Colour and not the flag of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards (June 11). It may

  • Car park fury

    AS I came into Acomb car park last Thursday I was annoyed at all the new restrictions Morrisons had put up. This has always been Acomb car park - not Safeway, not Morrisons. Anyone who shops in Acomb uses this park. If it is going to be used according

  • Keep your heads

    I HAVE mixed feelings about seeing royals on Knavesmire again. Am I right in thinking that the last time was in 1405 when King Henry IV had the Archbishop of York beheaded there? Roger Mowbray, Bootham Terrace, York. Updated: 11:05 Friday, June 17, 2005

  • We should have listened to the firemen

    DURING the firefighters' strike I remember the Government dismissing claims by the Fire Brigades Union that it was were planning to endanger public safety by cutting services - and calling the FBU all sorts of names for daring to make the suggestion.

  • Smash and grab

    CONFIDENT youngster Peter Fox reckons he is on course to smashing the York City Knights try-scoring record having sped his way to joint-top in the division's charts. The flying winger's two touchdowns in Sunday's win at London Skolars took him level with

  • Some you win and some...

    PITY the poor punter who just didn't know when to quit. On Royal Ascot day one he put £50 each way on the first race and watched his horse romp to the finishing line. "What the heck," he thought and promptly put the lot on race two. Cue another winner

  • Duke of York praises community heroes

    IT was easy to pick a winner at Royal Ascot York as the city's finest community heroes enjoyed a day at the races in honour of their outstanding achievements. After spending the day at Knavesmire, award winners from the York Community Pride 2004 campaign

  • Banner row

    TEMPERS flared at the racecourse as police moved in and made animal rights protesters remove a banner. Campaigners from the Animal Aid group put up a banner stating that an average of 375 horses a year are "raced to death" on UK courses. But officers

  • Success on the roads

    CITY transport bosses were celebrating after the busiest day at the races was also the one when the traffic ran most smoothly. Peter Eveley, head of highway regulation at City of York Council, said almost all road-using racegoers had once more arrived

  • A Royal spectacle

    The biggest Royal Ascot day brought the grandest of Royal Processions, as STEVE CARROLL discovered. IT was as if the previous two days had been just rehearsals. From the moment the horse hooves stepped out onto the Knavesmire turf the cheering began in

  • Soap stars join the crowds

    SOAP stars from Emmerdale were among the celebrities at the racecourse. Verity Rushworth, Emmerdale's Donna Windsor, said it was her first visit to York. "We're going in the Royal Enclosure and I'm very excited. We'll be having lots of champagne." Her

  • Time to behave

    ASCOT racegoers have been warned they will be hit in the pocket if they misbehave on the city's streets. Chief Superintendent Tim Madgwick said officers were ready to hand out £80 on-the-spot fines to troublemakers. It was the first time the fixed penalty

  • ...and the losers

    CLOSED signs have been displayed in some York businesses which were unable to cash in on Royal Ascot fever. Micklegate has reportedly become a daytime "ghost town" this week - a situation shopowners have blamed on the council's Ascot traffic plan. Now

  • Ghostly goings-on

    MINOR changes to the approach to Royal Ascot and car park entrances made sure that every road-going racegoer arrived before 1pm. Traffic bosses said the A64 and Tadcaster Road was "like a ghost town" 90 minutes before the first race began at 2.30pm yesterday

  • Bogus collectors target racegoers

    CHARITY bosses branded a wave of bogus money collectors who preyed on visitors to Royal Ascot as "lowlife". Police urged racegoers to double-check the identity of anyone asking for cash for charity during the five-day racing festival. The call follows