Friday, July 8, 2005 100 years ago Passengers travelling by the 8.30 North Eastern express train from Scarborough were greatly alarmed by a serious mishap to the engine when the train had just passed Strensall Station. The first intimation the passengers
TERRORISTS today struck at the heart of the nation's capital as a series of bomb blasts ripped through London. Scores of casualties, including fatalities, were reported with eye-witnesses reporting seeing bodies piled in the wreckage of damaged Tube trains
As the full horror of the London bombings continues to sink in today, STEPHEN LEWIS asks: how should a free, democratic nation respond to such acts of fanatical terrorism? LIKE so many of us yesterday when we heard the shocking news from London, Canon
THE Five Bags Project may sound like a bank heist but in reality it is the informal name for a joint initiative between York Theatre Royal, five schools and City of York Council's arts and culture department. Officially known as the Partnership with Education
WE read Coun Vassie's passionate defence of councillors' free parking passes (Letters, July 4) with great interest - especially since our right to park free at work was taken away some years ago. Coun Vassie makes an eloquent case of the difficulties
IT would have been better if Coun Vassie had voted against the Lib Dems astronomic increase in parking charges, especially evening charges (which were always free), thereby effectively driving York citizens from their city. If he had done this he would
CONTRARY to recent reports in the press, the monarchy does not give the British people good value for money. Granted, the income from the Crown Estate (about £150 million in 2004) is much larger than the annual Civil List payment, but society is on to
THROUGH lack of foresight (and no doubt money) we have now been left with a badly designed outer ring road which will only get worse. Why it was not built as a dual carriageway like the A64 (with flyovers and underpasses) that serves the south of the
I AM writing further to my last letter (June 24) and in reply to Don Dent (Letters, July 1), he seems to have missed my point regarding the RSPCA's rescued animals. Of course I realise that animals are mistreated and abused. That was my point! As staff
Playford Ros, the North Yorkshire wine merchant, is expanding to bring the produce of exclusive New World vineyards to Britain. The Thirsk-based company is launching a division called Prestige Agencies. It will source wines from smaller, high quality
Richardson Rice, the York-based trailer manufacturer, has appointed a new national dealer account manager to help develop its dealer network. Ronnie Bissell joins the business to look after its existing dealers across the UK, and to source new ones for
CHARLES HUTCHINSON talks to a band that's not afraid to take on rock's greatest hits. HAYSEED Dixie's greatest hit won't find its place in any book of rock lists. However, they will be eternally grateful to the out-of-town motorist who wrapped his car
THE wind of change blows through the Black Swan Folk Club this month. CrossCurrent, five musicians who studied under celebrated Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell at Newcastle University, make their debut at the York club on July 21 following their graduation
On their return to York soil, The Bogus Brothers are a totally Yorkshire band once more, following the departure of Irishman Owen Twomey. The Bogus boys play a home-city gig at McMillans in Rougier Street on July 19, when York fans of the constantly touring
Introducing... the George Piper Dances, presenting the Ballet Boyz in Naked at the Grand Opera House, York. 2005 marks the 20th anniversary of the dance friendship of Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, aka the Ballet Boyz, directors of the George Piper
BRAYTON schoolboy Luke Adamson made a name for himself last September playing Shane, the young narrator in York Theatre Royal's unforgettable production of Brassed Off. He returns to the York stage on Thursday, again with narrating duties to his name,
THE shock of the new has struck the York Shakespeare Project, and not before time. Director Sarah Punshon is putting the shakes into Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet. First we learn that next week's production on the Rowntree Park bandstand will be set
FREE Falling by name, Madani Younis's new play for Red Ladder at York Theatre Royal is free falling by nature too. "My last play that came to York, Silent Cry, was in the socio-political genre of theatre that people like Edgar, Brenton and Wesker had
York City Knights head coach Mick Cook will get a reminder of how things used to be when he takes the field in a charity veterans' match against the British Army tomorrow. The 43-year-old will join Knights coaching consultant Daryl Powell and development
SHIPTONTHORPE speed king Chris Martin heads for Snetterton this weekend hoping to boost his chances of winning the British Superbike Cup Championship. Martin, 23, will arrive at the Norfolk course lying third in the current standings with hopes of making
TERRORISTS today struck at the heart of the nation's capital as a series of bomb blasts ripped through London. Scores of casualties, including fatalities, were reported with eye-witnesses reporting seeing bodies piled in the wreckage of damaged Tube trains
CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL speaks to a York therapist about how to seek help from Mother Nature. FOR centuries, the Chinese have used houseplants to create "living energy" in their homes and workplaces. Recently, people have claimed surrounding themselves with
THIS is not how it is meant to be. Ordinary life, ordinary people, the everyday patterns of going about our day - that is how life is meant to be. Yet sometimes, as bitterly we know of old, the normal and usual are shattered and blown apart. So it was
RENAULT's Clio is reckoned to be one of the UK's best-loved cars. Bearing in mind the volume of television and cinema advertising that is lavished on the supermini, it is no wonder that the Va Va Voom image stands head and shoulders above most of the
York City Knights head coach Mick Cook will get a reminder of how things used to be when he takes the field in a charity veterans' match against the British Army tomorrow. The 43-year-old will join Knights coaching consultant Daryl Powell and development
ON the eve of the 21st anniversary of the York Minster blaze, the Diary can report a new theory about its cause. The fire, on July 9, 1984, has always been blamed on lightning. But John Carlton of Fulford believes different. He says the inferno, which
Rugby league legend Eric Fitzsimons has been unveiled as the new head coach of York Acorn. Fitzsimons, who can list coaching Oldham to promotion to division one among several impressive CV entries, will take the reins of the newly-promoted club as it
Sir Michael Stoute and Aidan O'Brien may saddle the favourites in tomorrow's 46th John Smith's Cup at York Races, but North Yorkshire trainer Tom Tate is fancied to overthrow this formidable pair with 20-1 shot Another Bottle, who is napped to lift this
YOUNGSTERS at a York school are taking a closer look at science after their teacher got £1,600 for top-flight microscopes. Pupils at Canon Lee School will have the chance to use some of the most sophisticated microscopes in Europe at the University of
STUDENTS started back at a leading North Yorkshire school today after floods caused damage which will cost at least £25,000 to put right. Easingwold Secondary School remained closed for a week after flash floods swamped classrooms last Thursday, causing
GILLIAN Cruddas reckons the Ferris wheel planned for Leeman Road could be a hook to attract people to the city (July 6). I hope she is right, and I am sure World Tourist Attractions have done their sums or else they would not be targeting York so keenly
THE personal rebuttal from Christian Vassie about press criticism concerning councillor's parking passes reveals an insight into the mindset and thinking of the modern councillor. It conjures up a vision of Dickens's Oliver Twist: "Please can I have some
LAST year the Army in York opened the gates of Imphal Barracks on Fulford Road to the public. It proved to be a great success and many hundreds of people from all over Yorkshire attended. This year Yorkshire's soldiers, from the regular and Territorial
IT is pleasing to hear there has been an increase in use of the Park & Ride service in York (June 30). However, the sting in the tale is that profits accruing from this goes to the bus company, not to the citizens of York (though the bus company may
I WOULD like to try to explain, finally, about out of school clubs. They are not about education. Where else can my daughter skateboard, scooter and play games with her friends? My garden is not big enough and her friends do not live near by. Where else
AS a regular traveller on the First Trans-Pennine Express services I read with some alarm that First were aiming to pack even more travellers on to their Manchester Airport services. I tend to travel on the 8.23am train out of York. This service is always
First, an apology to anyone who followed up my item on the York National Centre For Early Music (NCEM) fifth birthday gig, advertised for tonight (8th). June and Frank Newdick are just two who were disappointed to learn, on telephoning the NCEM, that
AT the time of York Twenty4Seven going to press, the line-up for the Grand Final of the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2005 was awaiting completion. Please see the main section of today's Evening Press for a report and pictures from the third
It was back to the serious business of Championship cricket for Yorkshire today in their promotion tussle with second-in-the-table Worcestershire at New Road. Yorkshire went into the game in fourth spot but they have a match in hand on all the teams around
York Cricket Club face a Lincolnshire weekend. They entertain Scunthorpe-based Appleby-Frodingham tomorrow in a Yorkshire ECB Premier League fixture in which they will endeavour to retain their 15-point gap ahead of second-placed Harrogate. On Sunday
EXPERIENCED York Cricket Club captain Marcus Wood called it one of the best innings he had ever seen in the Yorkshire League after watching Simon Mason's flawless century against Harrogate. The reserved nature of cricket means such superlatives are rarely
KEV and Phil are Sheffield United fans, and semi-reformed hooligans to boot. Their Saturday afternoon ritual of watching the Blades disappoint them once again is becoming an empty experience, as the realities of life, rather than the boot, start to kick
Working with the director Mike Leigh gave actor John Kirk just the inspiration he needed for Abigail's Party, as he tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON. JOHN Kirk knows how to work in the devised Mike Leigh style. This experience has come in handy for the York Theatre
Just A Quickie with... Hannah Chissick, director of Harrogate Theatre's production of Steaming at the spa town's Turkish Baths. How did this production come to fruition? "It's really bizarre because doing Steaming in the Turkish Baths was in my original
DELAYED plans to bulldoze a York supermarket and replace it with another store and a block of flats look finally set to be approved. City of York Council planning councillors had previously deferred proposals by Kwik Save's owners, Somerfield, and Caddick
THE man behind York's Business Pride campaign today welcomed plans for a major investment in a new cultural quarter in the city centre. Adam Sinclair spoke as councillors were being urged to give £1.8 million towards the proposals for a major revamp of
YORK'S Festival of Remembrance has hit a new obstacle. Organiser Ted Griffiths, who is trying to prepare for this year's event, claimed today he had recently been told by Absolute Leisure that the city's Barbican Centre would be available for the event
TODAY'S racing will still go ahead in York, despite the bombings in London, Knavesmire bosses have confirmed. York Racecourse spokesman James Brennan said: "At this stage we are racing - because that's the right thing to do. "This has been an outrage
TRAVELLERS from North Yorkshire caught up in the bomb strikes have described scenes of utter carnage. Scarborough businessman Peter Howgate, 65, described feeling the full force of the huge bang that ripped the top of a London bus clean off. He said:
GAVIN AITCHISON was in central London. He spoke to people who live and work in the capital and witnessed a city coping with the aftermath of the terror attacks. RESILIENCE -- that was the one word used again and again as Londoners reflected on one of
ONE of York's most senior Muslim leaders today condemned the terrorist attacks as "crimes against humanity". Professor Mohamed Elgomati, a senior member of the York Mosque committee, said the whole world would be united against the culprits. He believed
PAUL Cooper gamed in a fantastic 14 darts, then backed with 180 for 21, for Volunteer 'A' in York Knavesmire Racing Open Darts League division one. A 16 and 19 from Mick Willsden, plus 17 from Heath Scaife, inspired the league leaders to take all the
GIFTED pupils from seven York schools passed through Kings Cross underground station moments before the London bomb blasts. Thirty youngsters from secondary schools across the city were on a two-day science trip and had left the station minutes before
EXPERIENCED York Cricket Club captain Marcus Wood called it one of the best innings he had ever seen in the Yorkshire League after watching Simon Mason's flawless century against Harrogate. The reserved nature of cricket means such superlatives are rarely
A HUGE manhunt was under way today to find the bombers who caused the London carnage which killed dozens of people and left hundreds injured. Prime Minister Tony Blair said the country would not be intimidated by terrorists and he vowed that the culprits
Rugby league legend Eric Fitzsimons has been unveiled as the new head coach of York Acorn. Fitzsimons, who can list coaching Oldham to promotion to division one among several impressive CV entries, will take the reins of the newly-promoted club as it
WOMEN in York and North Yorkshire are gearing up for the region's Race For Life. More than 5,000 runners comprising of teams and individual women will pound the turf at Knavesmire on Wednesday. Many will be running in memory or celebration of loved ones
THE Other Side Comedy Club in York goes the extra mile for a smile on Sunday evening (10th) by presenting not one, but two Edinburgh Fringe Festival previews. Rob Deering and Al Pitcher: The Wolf Catcher both promise an extended set - one hour each -
CAN you dance to a painting? This intriguing conundrum is posed in Out Of My Head, a new exhibition staged by York artist and writer Frank Holli at the Lucius Gallery from Tuesday. Frank, co-author of the cult rock'n'roll book Anorak Of Love, invites
