Evening Press reviewers round up children's books for Christmas. For young children Charlie Cook's Favourite Book, written by Julia Donaldson with illustrations by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan £10.99) The award-winning creators of the Gruffalo prove once
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club's batting coach Kevin Sharp will broaden his own horizons when he takes charge of the nine players from the club who will spend nine days at the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai later this month. Sharp, 46, the former Yorkshire
YORK City players received food for thought at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan this week. Chris Porter, Mark Convery, David McGurk, Jamie Price and Joe O'Neill all visited York Mosque, along with communications and community director Sophie
PROUD parents Katie Glenn and Robert Liddle took their newborn baby to bed to breastfeed and fell asleep with her by their side - when they woke little Annabel was dead. An inquest into little Annabel's death found she had not accidentally been smothered
EARSWICK golfer Andrew Holmes has been rubbing shoulders with the stars of world golf. The five-handicapper finished as the top European player in the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final in Spain and then took time out to meet some of the top players who
YORK aikido aces Dan Ramsden and John Dilworth were left counting the costs of their trip to the World Championships in Japan after an airport baggage mix-up. The Two River Club pair, who train at the Railway Institute gym, were two of eight members from
Nestl Rowntree suffered two defeats in Men's Division One of the York Badminton League, when they lost 7-2 at Selby/Drax 'A' and then suffered a 5-4 reverse at Clifton 'A'. Phil Brunyard and Steve Parr top scored for Selby/Drax with three wins for 90-
SHOCKED residents found a mobile phone mast being set up in their village - even though councillors were against it. People in Sheriff Hutton breathed a sigh of relief when Ryedale District Council told them Orange would not be allowed to put up the mast
EARSWICK golfer Andrew Holmes has been rubbing shoulders with the stars of world golf. The five-handicapper finished as the top European player in the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final in Spain and then took time out to meet some of the top players who
I WOULD like to express an opposite opinion to the writers of letters condemning the lighting of the Minster. Following recommendation from a friend, I ventured into the city for the first time in ages to see this fantastic spectacle. In the company of
I FIND it hard to swallow that only vegetable wraps are to be made available to the congregation in York Minster for the consecration of Dr John Sentamu as Archbishop of York later this month. In these days of political correctness, I was rather hoping
I WOULD like to express my thanks to all the staff involved in my care on Friday night, from NHS Direct, the ambulance service, York Hospital's A&E department and Ward 11. It is reassuring to know that when needed we have such a kind, caring and professional
I felt I had to write and pay tribute to the staff of Kwik Save, in Hull Road, York, which closed on Wednesday. Many people in the area will feel sad the shop has finally ceased trading. I would, therefore, like to thank all staff past and present for
YORK Lions would like to thank all members of the public who supported the launch of our annual appeal in Parliament Street, in the city centre, recently. Considering the appalling weather, we collected an amazing £330. So thanks to everyone again for
ANY York City fan behind the goal at Saturday's match at Accrington who witnessed the events at half-time are in no doubt whatsoever that the home club's assistant manager must take responsibility for his contribution to the 'trouble'. He made it perfectly
Saturday, November 5, 2005 100 years ago The North-Eastern Railway Company had decided upon extensive improvements in the facilities for day and half-day visitors at Scarborough station. At the height of the tripper season approaching 20,000 holiday makers
I'm not sure if this is a real My York News story but my 8 year old son, William Watts, has suddenly turned his hand to poetry. Last weekend he penned the following poem about his stepmum, Dawn McCowan. Dawn, a poem Dawn is fantastic She really makes
Sue Jones and myself were thrilled to be invited to our first Ladies Forward Lunch, held on the 4th November in the Queens Hotel, Leeds. Ladies Forward gives support and organises social events for women in business, and being women in business we decided
VISITORS to the fifth Blue Bell beer festival should take care not to turn their back on Graham Hughes. Actor Graham likes to get his teeth into any part - and it could be your own. Britain's smallest barman is always the star of York's smallest pub come
Tony Dobbin, who recently became the latest recruit to the 1,000-winner club over jumps, boasts excellent prospects of enjoying a day to remember at Ayr tomorrow. The Cumbrian-based rider takes part in all seven races and, with fancied mounts in each
THESE kind-hearted youngsters are proof you don't need your own cheque book to boost our Guardian Angels appeal. Chloe Branton, eight, decided to donate money from trick or treating in Huntington to the £300,000 appeal after reading about it in the Evening
Mike Tipping spots the uncanny ability wine has to smell like flowers and taste like fruit. How come wine, a drink made from grapes, can smell like flowers and taste like another fruit altogether? This is true of Chileno Gold Sauvignon Blanc 2004, although
Plants are enjoying a prolonged bloom this season. Gina Parkinson checks out why. WE ARE into the first week of the penultimate month of the year, but it seems hard to believe when looking around the garden at all the plants still flowering and holding
MORE a critical look at his career in film than an autobiography, this is a clever attempt to breathe new life into a much covered subject. Bray's book takes a film by film approach to Caine's 50 years in the acting businesses - from his early days in
HE'S loud, he's brash, he loves himself. If you're expecting Rik Mayall to be shy and retiring when it comes to writing his autobiography, then you would be very much mistaken. In fact, it's hard to call this much of an autobiography at all - more a lecture
IT is 1922, and the fires of the Russian revolution are spreading to China. Brutal warlords are struggling for control of the north of the country, while in the south the Nationalist party founded by Sun Yat Sen is hanging on by its fingernails and China's
LENA Fleet made a deal with God. She agreed to stop sleeping around, to tell only the truth and to never, ever return to her hometown in Alabama. All he had to do was make sure the body was never found. Ten years later, chaste, truthful and hundreds of
ARE military coups necessarily a bad thing? Consider this scenario. A group of army officers plot to assassinate their country's leader, the head of a radical movement which swept to power with widespread support. The officers intend to seize power by
WHO are the only two players to score for York City in a live televised Sky match? Think about it for a moment, while I ponder how the Minstermen will be desperate to end their poor record in front of Rupert Murdoch's cameras when Burton Albion visit
Maxine Gordon visits a Thai restaurant, with a budget of £15 for dinner. THEY say the early bird catches the worm but, in our case, we bagged a bargain. Siam House is the Thai restaurant in Goodramgate, as popular for its Eastern dcor and ambience as
EIGHT food and drink firms based in Hambleton are celebrating after being named the taste of the district. The collection of shops, tea rooms, restaurants and caterers fought off stiff competition to win top slots in the prestigious Flavours of Hambleton
WORRIED parents have petitioned city council bosses about dog fouling close to a York school. More than 150 parents of children at Wigginton Primary School have demanded City of York Council takes action to curb the problems caused by irresponsible dog
MORE than £100,000 in unpaid rents and debts from former tenants are set to be written off by City of York Council chiefs. Council chiefs will discuss slashing the debts totalling £100,199.71 from their books when executive members meet on November 8.
YOUNG scientists at the University of York have developed a gel that could spare cancer patients the side-effects of radiotherapy. PhD students Andrew Wilson and Paul Watson, from the Department of Chemistry, joined with post-doctoral research fellow
THE use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) is in decline - because they are too expensive. New figures show that the number of ASBOs being handed out to nuisance neighbours, abusive drunks and troublemakers is slowing. But police said they are instead
STATE of the art ladies changing rooms were officially unveiled at York Railway Institute yesterday - and funding for a dedicated sports development officer was also revealed. The brand new facilities, compete with self-contained shower units, two large
COUNCIL bosses have handed over the keys to York's Barbican Centre to Absolute Leisure. The leisure company has signed two contracts with City of York Council - the first allowing it to run the centre immediately, starting with the Festival of Remembrance
DEVELOPERS interested in buying the Terry's factory site have until Thursday to submit their bids. Agents DTZ Debenham Tie Leung have set a deadline of November 10 for informal tenders for the complex, which it has branded the best development opportunity
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club's batting coach Kevin Sharp will broaden his own horizons when he takes charge of the nine players from the club who will spend nine days at the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai later this month. Sharp, 46, the former Yorkshire
BUSINESS as usual - that's the defiant cry of hunts across North Yorkshire as they gear up for the start of the traditional fox hunting season. But equally fervent anti-hunting campaigners have promised to carry out random spot-checks to catch law-breakers
HI and happy bonfire night. Oh, and happy Diwali, too - it started on Tuesday and finishes tonight - and while I'm at it, is it too early to wish you a merry Christmas? Possibly, though it won't be long before the Christmas lights are switched on. (I'm
WAITING for the moans about the light display on the Minster was like waiting for drizzle in November (Letters, November 2). What on earth is the matter with people? Everyone is entitled to a view, but the whinges about this temporary transformation are
I WAS pleased to find at least two people feel as I do regarding lights on York Minster. This majestic building, the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe, needs no gaudy lighting to enhance its beauty. It would be interesting to know what other
ON Sunday, October 30, I went to the National Railway Museum, in York, to see the anniversary of The Railway Children being performed by two people in only half an hour. It was very well done, quickly and with humour. All the young children joined in
IT'S November 5, 2010, and I've just taken my fifth complaint of the day. "What do you mean you're not covering it? "It's a major event with big prize money at stake - it's a world championships!" "Yes," I said, for the umpteenth time. "But it's not a
I SHOULD like to draw the attention of anyone who knew a soldier from this area who went to war between 1914 and 1918, maybe never to return. Allan Elmer has researched "Our Boys" from Acomb, York, and will tell of his own journey tracing the lives of
AS a keen racing fan I was disgusted to see your picture of Best Mate's demise printed in your racing section (Evening Press, Wednesday, November 2). A treble Gold Cup winner and you picture him collapsing at Exeter. Surely you could have searched your
George Wilkinson feels elated and elevated on a walk through the Dales. THORNTON Rust is a nice little line of a village deep in the Dales, its car park is the only thing with streaks of the scrapyard, but even that has a pretty beck running through it
