ONE family has an extra special reason to look forward to Christmas this year after doctors said it might mark the end of their cancer nightmare. Two months ago, the parents of little Ella Ferrebee told how their world fell apart after their baby daughter
A TEENAGE maths sensation and former York College student will feature in a BBC documentary on Sunday. Eighteen-year-old Daniel Lightwing is one of a group of exceptionally gifted young mathematicians taking part in Beautiful Young Minds, on BBC2, at
A DRINKER who ran off with a taxi driver's badge when asked to pay his fare has escaped punishment, provided he behaves himself. Prosecutor Jane Chadwick said cabbie Martin Saunders drove Kelvin Terence Smith from Acomb to Stamford Street West, off Leeman
DO not be misled by the dramatic title of Malcolm Ludvigsen's new exhibition at The ArtSpace in York. Farewell Show will not be the end of the professor's prodigious painting exploits. "It's not a goodbye Malcolm Ludvigsen show; it's a fond farewell
IN his 80th year, Yorkshire artist Malcolm Whitaker is exhibiting in the Past To Present show at the Lund Gallery, near Easingwold, from today. Alongside his paintings will be the innovative work of Austrian ceramicist Regina Heinz, winner of the Queensberry
DIRECTOR Eusebio Machado admits he had never heard of playwright Moira Buffini or her play Dinner, first performed at the National Theatre in 2002, until he was told about it. "A friend of mine, the actor Alan Booty, said 'Here, read this, I think
A CEILING in York Art Gallery is to be replaced at a cost of about £200,000 after part of the building had to be closed over safety fears. A City of York Council report said that "significant amounts" of plaster from the original ceiling had fallen
FEELING all strung out? Is life in a spin? Let Australian court jester George Washingmachine wash away the dust of the everyday 9 to 5 with his brand of swing and gipsy jazz at Hovingham. Working the jazz traps of Sydney for years, fiddler George is
LARRY Coryell has been described by writer Whitney Balliett as "the most innovative guitarist since Charlie Christian". Having played with such major names as Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton, Coryell's on-going
SOMETHING is rotten in the musical state of Denmark in the latest Shakespeare 4 Kidz show, Hamlet, at the Grand Opera House, York, next Friday. The award-winning British theatre company specialises in fun-filled musical adaptations of the classic Shakespeare
NORTH Yorkshire band The Conspirators have signed to London label Transcend Records and will record their new single this month with original Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble. Judy will share vocals with Conspirators vocalist Genevieve Parker
I WENT on a recce before this particular Eating Out assignment. I had heard that the local branch of CAMRA had recently made the Crown & Cushion at Welburn its country pub of the season, and naturally wanted to check if the real ale really was that good
YORK residents may avoid Shambles as a matter of course. The street is frequently full of visitors. It is also difficult to walk on the uneven cobbles. But neither of these factors should prevent the occasional foray along this medieval thoroughfare
ELDERLY people thought him "trustworthy" - instead he deliberately targeted and burgled them, York Crown Court heard. A 70-year-old victim now fears anyone approaching her door and locks herself into her home after Carl Darren Riddough paid her a visit
MALINKY, the young Scottish folk-song group, will play the National Centre for Early Music, York, on October 23 at 7.30pm. Looking forward to their return to York, Black Swan Folk Club promoter Roland Walls says: "Malinky first emerged at the Celtic
Yanchuan Zhang traces the history of song in China from the traditions of the Han dynasty to the contemporary art song in Thursday's 7.30pm concert at the NCEM, York. Singer Yanchuan will be accompanied by Jiayi Yi and Jian Danxi on zither and Chinese
YORKSHIRE folk fiddler Eliza Carthy introduces material from her forthcoming album, Dreams Of Breathing Underwater, at her sold-out gig at The Shed, Hovingham Village Hall, on Sunday. At 8pm, Eliza will be accompanied by Willie Molleson on drums, Emma
Steve Murray was more than happy to adopt the stage persona of Meat Loaf for many years on the road, even taking on the surname of Meat Loaf 's songwriting buddy, Jim Steinman. Murray/Steinman has since spread his wings, creating the kitsch rock musical
IT ain't worth a thing, if it ain't got that swing, the song goes, and Matt Monro Jnr should know. The son of ballad crooner Matt Monro swapped life on the professional golf circuit for his own swing-jazz singing career, a move so successful that the
Paul Heaton will play his first gig since the demise of The Beautiful South at Fibbers, in York, on November 6. The Hull band split last year "due to musical similarities" and Heaton took a well-deserved break, for all of ten minutes. Anybody who
You called your album We Can Create, but it was more a case of He Can Create as it was just you, your sequencers and keyboards and your bashed-up analogue recorder in your bedroom. How are you transferring Maps to stage? "It took a bit of thinking
THE Press has taken its Fund Our Force campaign against drastic cuts in funding for North Yorkshire Police to the heart of Government. York MP Hugh Bayley yesterday presented the newspaper's 1,000-signature petition - calling on the Home Secretary to
IT was originally meant to be launched last December. Then it was put back to May, and then September. But today Grand Central - the new rail company promising non-stop trains from York to London - regretted to announce the service had been delayed once
BRYONY Lavery has more than 70 plays to her name, but she has never written anything quite like the tender but cruel Stockholm, her first commission for the physical theatre company Frantic Assembly. "They contacted me? I'd heard about them but never
IN a Yorkshire autumn season where so many theatre shows are seeking to break new ground, none sums up that policy better than the union of York Theatre Royal with Full Body And The Voice and The Shysters. These two companies are working together for
CIRQUE du Soleil visits Yorkshire for the first time this weekend with its biggest-ever show on its first arena tour, and inevitably tickets are at a premium. Both tomorrow and Sunday's 8pm performances of Delirium at Sheffield Hallam FM Arena have
THE menace of Roger Monkhouse and charm of Silky will be kept in good order by Sunday's comedy referee Dan Willis at The Other Side Comedy Club. Doors open at 7.30pm for the 8pm start in the Basement Bar of City Screen, York. Tickets: £8 on 0870
IRISHMAN Sean Hughes is on his first British stand-up tour in nearly a decade this autumn, mulling over The Right Side Of Wrong at the Grand Opera House, York, next Friday. Once the youngest ever winner of the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe
A LUMP of mortar fell from York Minster onto an area busy with tourists. The incident happened at around 9am yesterday and involved a piece of mortar falling from the south west tower. Luckily, no-one was standing below it at the time, although
Frank Skinner fact file Name: Frank Skinner Real name: Christopher Graham Collins.Took stage name from member of father's dominoes team as Equity already had a Chris Collins, a dog act. Born: January 28 1957, Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich
HAILED as the spiritual son of Frankie Howerd - well, it couldn't have happened any other way could it? - Alan Carr is in fact the son of sporting parents. His father, Graham, was manager of Northampton Town from 1985 to 1990, while his mother was a bodybuilder
PRINCE William is to serve with the Royal Air Force at RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York, The Press has learned. In preparation for the time he will be King and head of the armed forces, the Prince will learn to fly at the air base next year during a
Frankie Dettori can start today's meeting on the right note by taking the Garbutt & Elliott Stakes on Best Alibi. Best Alibi has been away from the track for more than six months and, although that might be of concern to punters, it looks significant
Captain Gerrard, the pride and joy of his Pocklington owner Reg Bond and his Hambleton trainer Bryan Smart, can end his lucrative juvenile campaign on a high at Ascot tomorrow. The flying colt, winner of the Roses Stakes at York in August and the Harry
A TITANIC tussle is promised over the next two days as two of North Yorkshire's most high-profile handlers go head-to-head in the bid to be crowned top trainer at York Racecourse. Malton-based Tim Easterby and Richard Fahey go into today and tomorrow's
FORMER England striker turned successful racehorse trainer Mick Channon will be able to take in both the racing and the international football at York Racecourse tomorrow. Channon, who runs Obe Brave in the feature race paddypower.com Sprint Trophy
PRECOCIOUS two-year-olds, handicap specialists and riding stars of the future will all have their chance to shine over two days of spectacular action at York Racecourse. The October meeting, starting today, brings the curtain down on another fascinating
TWO pedestrians were taken to hospital after separate accidents in York city centre within an hour of each other. The later incident, in which a pedestrian and motorbike collided in Gillygate shortly after 7pm, brought traffic to a standstill, leading
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is challenging his side to match their points return over the last five matches for the rest of the season. McEwan's men have taken ten points from a possible 15, with the only blip last weekend's 4-1 defeat against Histon
YORK City Knights player-coach Paul March reckons Matt Danville will "take National League Two by storm" - not unlike 19-try winger Lee Mapals. The 23-year-old BARLA Great Britain centre has agreed terms at Huntington Stadium, as has another Hull-born
Star striker Danny Gray could be set to leave Tadcaster Albion, writes Gavin Aitchison. Liversedge, who play a flight above Albion In the Northern Counties East League premier division, have sought permission to talk to the 22-year-old, who has scored
YORK City are hoping to become the first team to take maximum points from Woking for more than seven months. The Cardinals are unbeaten in 12 matches at Kingfield - a run that stretches back to a 1-0 home defeat against Stevenage on March 6. Along with
HIGH-flying Pickering Town are looking for their fifth win in a row tomorrow when they return to league action following their FA Vase success. The Pikes take on Hallam at Mill Lane in the Northern Counties East League premier division, buoyed by last
A busy weekend of match action across the York area saw the opening salvos in the Yorkshire Winter League clash with the John Smith's Hospital Cup. The Ouse was in much sterner mood for the latter and refused to offer up much in the way of bream and
There was an eye-catching end to the long and well-supported Leeds summer league on the River Aire at Beal. The fact Denis White took the title by an impressive 20-point margin after a super series raised few eyebrows but the nature of Wayne Cowban's
Tony Cos was this week's star turn at the Willows after putting on in a 72lb winning performance at peg 44 on Goldrush. The Wetherby angler offered corn on the long pole to take about 50lb of carp. The rest of his top tally was made up of ide on maggot
YORK City Ladies were seconds away from recording a massive upset in the race for the North East Regional Women's Premier League football title. Fourth-placed City led table-toppers Huddersfield Town 1-0 courtesy of Nadine Lewycky's 41st-minute strike
City of York Athletics Club ladies were first in the 10K and 5K Bramham Park Fun Run in aid of Cancer Research. Senior runner Becky Penty was sixth overall in the 10K and first woman in a time of 38 minutes 43 seconds. Angela Peace was fifth woman
LEEDS United hitman Jermaine Beckford has signed a new three-year deal with the club. The striking news comes just 24 hours after fellow forward Tore Andre Flo underwent surgery on his long-standing foot injury in a bid to finally clear up the problem
A TAXI driver is off the road for 12 months after he was caught drink-driving home from the pub. John Eric Young had been a taxi driver for 12 years but now faces a year when he cannot work, York magistrates heard. Prosecutor Jane Chadwick said police
MUSIC legends from the past are set to spring back to life in a bid to boost our Guardian Angels appeal. Tribute acts to Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison will be in York, on Thursday, to perform at the Post Office Club, in Marygate. All proceeds from the
International football will be coming to Yorkshire on Wednesday when England Under-19s meet Belgium in a crucial European U19s Championship qualifier at Barnsley's Oakwell Stadium (7.45pm). Even better news is that The Press has teamed up with The
THE SON of a rogue plumber dragged his father out of bed and kicked him in the face during a drunken attack. Ian Leaf, 54, narrowly escaped a spell in jail in early March after York magistrates heard of his substandard and potentially lethal work in
PUNTERS turned out in force for The Press Guardian Angels Race Night and raised £1,345 for our appeal. The event was organised by pharmacy assistant Karen Hardcastle, of Osbaldwick, who is running next year's London Marathon for the appeal. More than
THERE was a bizarre double loss in the York Sunday Afternoon Football League's League Cup competition. Though Dunnington toppled hosts Winning Post 6-2, the triumph was declared void and both teams were booted out of the League Cup. It was discovered
A NUMBER of jobs in York were saved when a leading outdoor store which went into liquidation was sold. Fort William-based Nevisport has been snapped up by outdoor clothing firm Jacobs & Turner, administrators KPMG said. Nevisport bosses blamed poor
COUNCIL chiefs have pledged not to crack down on smokers walking under York's historic Bar Walls, despite the practice being deemed illegal. Dawn Clarkson, senior smoking enforcement officer at City of York Council, has revealed that, because they are
ABOVE all, they wanted to retain its essence and character. Now it's up to regular Wetherby watchers to see whether track chiefs have succeeded when the new Jumps season gets under way next Wednesday. It has been a very busy summer at Yorkshire's premier
HARD-hitting centre Sean Bass makes his first appearance of the year as York RUFC look to take revenge at Carlisle in the first round of the EDF Energy Intermediate Cup. The Clifton Parkers have already made the trip to Cumbria once this season, where
A CHINESE lawyer living in Bishopthorpe has won the award for "Rising Star of the Year" at the prestigious seventh annual Yorkshire Lawyer Awards, in recognition of his work in developing links between Yorkshire and China. Josh Wong, 34, who is an associate
IT causes crippling pain for six unlucky people in every 100, and in the worst cases it can even kill. But the human appendix is one of life's mysteries - because it has absolutely no purpose. It is a worm-like pouch attached to the large bowel and
I TURNED on the wireless in the car the other day to find Ed "Stewpot" Stewart broadcasting the soundtrack of my youth. As part of Radio 2's 40th anniversary celebrations, we had I'm A Pink Toothbrush, Nellie The Elephant, Puff the Magic Dragon and Terry
A WAYWARD sign has been puzzling York celebrity chef Jennie Cook. Jennie, who runs Cook's Guest House on Bishopthorpe Road, hadn't noticed the large white sign, which is usually left outside the guest house to advertise vacancies, had gone missing until
FLY-TIPPING cost council tax payers in York thousands of pounds more than compared with the previous 12 months - even though the number of incidents went down. Government figures show £5,500 more was spent by City of York Council cleaning up after fly-tippers
A stunning cast sang their lungs out and danced their legs off in Bev Jones's Spectacular 2, to the delight of a packed house. Although the first song and a few others were muffled by poor sound and slightly over-exuberant playing, the show far exceeded
EVERY so often a crime comes along which truly disgusts us. Carl Riddough's actions fit that category. In a series of burglaries, the 20-year-old deliberately targeted elderly and frail victims, many of them living in Acomb. The eldest was 84, the youngest
The Press's Fund Our Force campaign has won York MP Hugh Bayley a top-level meeting with Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to discuss North Yorkshire Police's possible budget cuts. Mr Bayley presented the 1,000-signature petition on the floor of the House
The social cost of closing so many of our post offices will strike at the heart of numerous communities across my constituency. Post offices are the lifeblood of any community. They are vital local institutions, just like a local school or pub,
Our MPs should become posties for a week and see how they tolerate the job. Let's see now, about £250 take home each week is about the same as an MP's personal expenses for a few days. Just imagine the likes of Cameron and Brown and even Royal Mail boss
F Wakefield was upset by seeing broken-up furniture in a skip, and felt it could have been given to the council or a charity (Throwaway world, Letters, October 6). It probably could, if it was in reasonable condition. The Community Furniture Store
Your correspondent Tim Bright (Alternative to a dual dilemma, Letters, October 9) rightly states that dualling the ring road "is not going to solve the problem", highlighting the fact that the roundabouts are a more significant factor in delays. It
The Healthcare Commission's report has confirmed peoples' worst fears, that making a complaint can be bad for your health. Which? found that although almost half of NHS patients are unhappy with an aspect of their care, the majority don't raise
Who is Paul Rhodes? Has he ever written anything interesting? His review of the Runrig concert at the Grand Opera House was complete rubbish. Mr Rhodes is obviously totally "out of tune" with Runrig's music and the message they are trying to convey
I must commend the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) for its persistence in continuing to push for a development on the land west of Metcalfe Lane (Derwenthorpe). Time after time, since they first became involved in 1999, they have faced opposition
YORK is bucking the national trend of falling house prices, but they are not rising either. That is the verdict of estate agents in the region as worries about the economy, interest rate rises and a tougher line on mortgage lending start to bite into
WE encounter our first beggar in Finkle Street. He is a lean, oldish man in a seaman's cap, who is sitting in a doorway. As soon as he sees the bright yellow high visibility vest being worn by Sgt Colin Sutherland, he leaps to his feet and tries to get
PEOPLE power has won the day over the controversial blocking off of a well-used footpath. As reported in The Press, residents have been up-in-arms over the gating of the footpath by developer GMS Rawfield, which built 14 luxury flats on land between
A PASSENGER cruise boat crashed into the banks of the River Ouse in York, causing panic among the tourists on board. But, fortunately, the crash, which happened upstream of Clifton Bridge yesterday morning, was not for real but part of an exercise designed
YORK'S need for a fair deal on flood defences is being driven home to the Government amid fears the city will not get the money it is asking for to combat downpours. The Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee has written to Environment Secretary
A GLIDER pilot who was rescued after spending a day and a night on a Scottish hillside trapped in the wreckage of his aircraft has met his rescuers. John Russell, 65, of York, crashed on to a hillside about six miles north of Braemar, in the north of
A RECEPTION made of yoghurt pots, a roof covering made from old tyres and running water from a nearby spring - it doesn't sound much like a modern design. But this eco-friendly visitor centre has just been named 2007's best public building. Dalby
