AS we were in St Sampson's Square and looking for a quick snack, Browns was the obvious choice. It was just busy enough to suggest this was a popular venue. Moving through the smoking section, we reached the servery. A wall menu itemised a comprehensive
BAR EST looks like it was built straight out of an IKEA catalogue, but appearances can often be deceptive. And so it proved when I ventured into Premier Lodge's trendy lunch eaterie. At first the vision of garish colours and a room full of MDF was hardly
THE autumn weather has been wonderfully kind to us this year and gardens are still full of colour despite being well into October. Pelargoniums are heavy with blooms with plenty of buds promising more to come if the frost stays away, and lobelia still
THE Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is talking to the two rail companies bidding for one of Arriva Trains Northern's franchises, the Evening Press has learned. Stan Herschel, York RMT organiser, said he was prepared to suspend the nine-month
AMBITIOUS plans to convert a Grade II listed building in the centre of York into a modern tapas bar and hotel have been unveiled. Licensee Jan Keenan, who runs the Little John Inn, Castlegate, intends to transform the adjoining three-storey building into
THE boss of York's new museums authority today said she feared the trust would "languish" if promised Government cash did not arrive. Janet Barnes, chief executive of York Museums Trust, said the trust was waiting with "bated breath" to learn whether
THIRSK trainer David Nicholls is hurtling towards the seasonal finishing line like one of his star sprinters. 'Dandy' has had a tremendous year and scored again at York yesterday when 6-4 favourite Eton won the Garbutt and Elliott Handicap. The master
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth was left warming the bench as England Under-21s thumped Slovakia 4-0 last night. With Liverpool's Chris Kirkland rested from the clash with a neck injury, U21s boss David Platt was left with a choice between either Howarth
WARM tributes have been paid to a loved and respected York woman, who has finally found peace after losing her battle with cancer. Shirley Lodge, 37, of Canham Grove, learned she had a tumour in her pelvis as doctors were treating her for deep vein thrombosis
MANDY I'Anson led York City Baths Club's medal haul at the Darlington Open and Age Group Meet. She won the 50metres freestyle, was second in the 100m event and 100m backcrawl and fourth in the 100m butterfly. The only event in which she didn't set a personal
EASINGWOLD sidecar ace Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead are in action for their final outing of the year tomorrow at the Annual Festival of Sidecars meeting at Mallory Park. The meeting features every type of three wheeler possible from classic
MISSING teenager Georgina North has been spotted alive and well in York, police confirmed today. Georgina, 15, of Bell Farm Avenue, Bell Farm, has now been away from home for eight days. But at 3.40pm yesterday she was spotted by a police officer in Byland
RESIDENTS have slammed a decision to chop down picturesque trees which line a popular York cycle route. Rail bosses ordered contractors to fell more than 20 sycamores, silver birches and other vegetation, on the railway embankment along Cinder Lane, near
I WONDER if any of your readers can help me. I am writing the history of Breighton airfield which is now the base of the Real Aeroplane Club. On the night of January 21-22, 1944, an aircraft of No 78 Squadron was returning to Breighton from an attack
HELEN Mead's fabulously ignorant rant about market research (October 7) highlighted one thing, that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Of course market research can be misused and manipulated to prove one's point, in much the same way as
WE are in discussions for a new park-and-ride in York. May I suggest that we make a park-and-ride facility for the disabled badge holders also. The disabled badge holders in York have to park in narrow streets like Goodramgate and around Brown's store
I WONDER if I am unique. People always complain about Virgin's punctuality and certainly they have to pay hefty fines for not keeping to time. But I can honestly say that in all the years I have used Virgin trains only once have they been more than ten
I AM writing to tell you how refreshing it was to see a good write up about the Sunday Secrets event, but also upsetting to see someone still so critical (October 7). If it had gone on longer there would not have been any trouble whatsoever. It was so
THE general consensus among those running the game is that rugby union, like most sports, is suffering a decline in the numbers taking part. However, St Peter's School and Ampleforth College proved the figures aren't entirely true as they fielded a staggering
Paul Kirkwood goes on an orbit of discovery around Harrogate. I WAS in the mood for a short ride and so chose a 20-mile trip that I had planned as a sort of "cyclists' M25 of Harrogate". As it turned out, the route took somewhat longer than anticipated
SHOPPERS flocked for a flu jab today in a pioneering new health service at a York supermarket. For the first time ever in a shop, Asda's Monks Cross branch was offering customers an in-store vaccination. It had 200 flu jabs in stock, and a steady stream
A TWO-year-old York boy ate food meant for a pet rat because his mother did not feed him properly, the city's crown court heard. The toddler was so desperate for a proper diet that, after he was fostered, he would eat two or three helpings of his savoury
George Wilkinson enjoys an Indian Summer walk in Arkengarthdale. This is the last of my three walks in Arkengarthdale, a place I can recommend. The dale is a distance from York, that's why I did it in a midweek-break/saver fashion. Three days of glorious
THE last time Bar Talk was given a guided tour around York's Lighthorseman by Gloria Clarey, it was not at its best. Although the heart of a splendid pub was there, the Victorian giant had seen better days. The paint was peeling, many of the rooms were
It had been almost two years since I had visited Disneyland Paris, and things had changed. Although the theme park was more or less as I had found it before, a pair of Mickey Mouse ears on top of a giant tower now added to the skyline. Here was the entrance
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth was left warming the bench as England Under-21s thumped Slovakia 4-0 last night. With Liverpool's Chris Kirkland rested from the clash with a neck injury, U21s boss David Platt was left with a choice between either Howarth
HEARTBEAT's magic mix of 1960s pop music and spectacular North Yorkshire scenery has helped it pull in massive viewing figures for the last decade. And now Yorkshire TV's hit police drama has its own special tribute at Whitby in the form of The Heartbeat
IT STARTED as a whisper but soon became a whirlwind. After something of a phoney war, the sack race is well and truly up and running. Nick Cusack was the first to go at Swansea a couple of weeks ago, but in the last seven days John Cornforth, Peter Reid
FAMILY values not sibling rivalry has realised a notable footballing one-two in the Gray household in York. Melissa Gray has just been signed up by Leeds United to attend their under-12s girls' centre of excellence academy programme - despite being only
A WRETCHED finish denied North Yorkshire's Simon Dyson a promising position at the half-way stage of the Lancome Trophy. The Malton and Norton star was four-under for the second round - and seven under for the tournament - after 13 holes of the second
WAYWARD snooker genius Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins will be playing in Harrogate next month as he tries to re-launch his dormant career. The 53-year-old twice former world champion has entered the Embassy World Championship, the early qualifying rounds for
CAN you remember Elvis from the 50s? If so, then you're the kind of people Asda, in Monks Cross, would like to employ. The company is launching a recruitment drive urging people in their 50s and 60s to apply for Christmas jobs at the store. Marie Edgar
J HOLLAND (Letters, October 8) will be pleased to hear that City of York Council does indeed have plans to improve road safety outside Haxby Road Primary School. The council allocates approximately £500,000 every year for traffic calming and safe routes
CAN I, through your columns, thank all those who made contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust street collection on Saturday, August 24, when we received a total of £250 in donations. Our thanks also to all who took part. T C Stobbs, Secretary, North
Diminutive BBC Radio York presenter Elly Fiorentini was crippled when she wore high heels to hobble to a posh event at the National Railway Museum, York. So she ended up thumbing a lift in the city's civic limo, DN 1. Elly, who measures up at 5ft 4in
