Archive
-
Date
Questions on parking charge survey 'biased' claim
A RESIDENT asked to take part in a City of York Council survey claimed today that questions on controversial evening parking charges were biased. Talk About questionnaires go out to 2,200 randomly-selected people in the city three times a year to discover
-
Date
TV exclusion fear
I WAS interested to read that Phil Willis MP is taking up the case of Sky Digital TV viewers who find themselves unable to receive Yorkshire TV and BBC transmissions. Those of us who have responded to the TV advertising on all channels to "go digital"
-
Date
My station blueprint
If a mainline station is to be opened in Haxby I propose an alternative site to the one the City of York transport planners have chosen. Their plans would place the station on the site of the one opened in 1845, which was then on the edge of a village
-
Date
Way to go, George
I UNDERSTAND that an exhibition is to be held in September to honour George Russell, the local man who perfected the modern lupin. In his earlier years he was gardener at Dringthorpe which is now the site of Yorkcraft and St Leonard's Hospice. After he
-
Date
Woodchip menace
A TRIP to the B & Q Warehouse on York's Hull Road recently to buy potting mix for a friend has prompted me to write. As a visiting Aussie I was unaware of the depleting peat reserves in Britain and was impressed by clear labelling information that
-
Date
Only English MPs?
OUR MP Hugh Bayley protests that he has clinched extra funding for the City of York from the Government and that arguing about averages is pointless (Letters, July 31). He fails to say what he and his fellow English Members of Parliament are doing about
-
Date
Hands off the Rock
Gibraltar was British long before Spain became a unified country so how can the Spaniards have any claim on the territory? Gibraltar is a significant military base in the war against terror - particularly after Spain's withdrawal from Iraq. Stephen Fox
-
Date
Another fine council mess over new footpath/cycles route
I CYCLED along the newly-constructed, not yet complete, footpath/cycle track between Heworth Green and Muncastergate recently. Although the markings have not been painted it is apparent that pedestrians are to use the left, hedge side and cyclists the
-
Date
DanczaLoca, Grand Opera House, York. August 10
WHAT do young dancers do in their holidays? While school colleagues are having a summer break, Sandra Watson's students in the DreamBiz Youth Dance Company are dancing ballet, tap, stage, jazz and contemporary choreography in their long vacation. Sandra's
-
Date
Homes headache will 'get bigger'
ONE of York's largest employers has warned that yesterday's 0.25 per cent interest rate rise to 4.75 per cent will intensify what is already the biggest headache for householders. In its third quarterly debt report, CPP, which employs more than 1,000
-
Date
Future is clear for glass company
FIFTEEN jobs will be created as part of a £2.1 million expansion at Scarborough-based AWJ Glass Ltd. The window unit manufacturer has secured funding from Bank Of Scotland Corporate to buy a new factory and invest in a glass toughening furnace, which
-
Date
Catching fire
At last a York band is stepping into the space left by Shed Seven, reports Charles Hutchinson. Colour Of Fire release their debut album, Pearl Necklace, on Monday but will not rest on their laurels. The York band are tipped to be the city's most prominent
-
Date
Once in a new croon
Rick Astley fact file: Name: Rick Astley Occupation: Eighties' crooning pop star with retro quiff from Stock, Aitken & Waterman stable Age: 38 Why in the news: After 14 years away from pop scene, former delivery boy from Newton-le-Willows is to tour
-
Date
Courage of rape victim
RAPE is a terrible crime. It inflicts immediate agony and terror, alongside long-lasting fear, pain and psychological damage. A victim can face great difficulties in re-building her life. By one brutal act, the rapist takes hold of his victim in so many
-
Date
No dough area
AS Homer Simpson once said: "If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers." The York butcher who set up fictitious businesses named after characters from The Simpsons was
-
Date
Harrogate hope to catch Fox
TWO of York City's lost boys appear to have found a new home at Conference North neighbours Harrogate Town. Midfielders Leigh Wood and Christian Fox have both been making a good impression at Wetherby Road during pre-season. Wood has already put pen to
-
Date
Punctureseal (York) Ltd
MOST business people fear deflation as much as inflation, but not husband and wife team George and Karen Clague, of Stamford Bridge. Their new business, Punctureseal (York) Ltd, means that deflation is an unlikely scenario! Ex-soldier George, who now
-
Date
'Knight of the road' escapes driving ban
A PENSIONER has been saved from a driving ban after being described as a "knight of the road". John Griffiths, 72, of Fir Tree Crescent, Tadcaster, pleaded guilty before Selby magistrates to driving without due care and attention . He admitted colliding
-
Date
Knights unveil scholarly quest
Ambitious coaches wanting to take that first step on the road to a high-level rugby league career are being urged to count themselves in to the new York City Knights scholarship team. Those that make the grade will be part of the historic inaugural scholarship
-
Date
All-day drinking is muddled plan
IT could have been a touching scene of innocence. Five girls, arms linked, meandering happily along the Scarborough seafront towards me last week as waves lapped gently on the shore. Weaving past busy fish-and-chip stalls and the eye-catching flashes
-
Date
In the driving Seat
Motoring editor MALCOLM BAYLIS previews the new Seat Toledo, which is due to go on sale in the UK early next year. IT was only a few months ago that the new SEAT Toledo was seen as a prototype at the Madrid Motor Show. Suddenly it's a reality, although
-
Date
Prision art exhibition, St William's College, York, from August 16 to 27
ARTWORK by offenders and ex-offenders will be exhibited by the Burnbrake Trust charity at St William's College, York, from August 16 to 27. The trust was formed in 1975 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to aid the rehabilitation of offenders through participation
-
Date
Funky Ha Ha
Alex Lloyd finds the perfect place in York for a summer night out. SPENDING the weekend surrounded by hot, sweaty bodies on a sticky nightclub dance-floor is probably number three on my all-time list of "things most likely to spoil summer". The only entries
-
Date
York expect tough run-in
YORK enter a difficult three match period when they visit Cleethorpes tomorrow in an attempt to retain leadership of the Yorkshire ECB Premier League. Cleethorpes took the title last season when York faltered at Castleford in the final match. Cleethorpes
-
Date
Knights unveil scholarly quest
Ambitious coaches wanting to take that first step on the road to a high-level rugby league career are being urged to count themselves in to the new York City Knights scholarship team. Those that make the grade will be part of the historic inaugural scholarship
-
Date
Spaced out thinking
Having launched its recent mission to Mercury I suggest NASA is warned to be on the look out for IFO's (Identified Flying Objects) coming back from various planets in our solar system or beyond. The most recent landing has been by Councillor Christian
-
Date
Skatepark plea
COUN Simpson-Laing is wrong to dismiss the idea of mobile skateparks ('York to get skate park on wheels', August 3). Experience elsewhere has shown that these can be hugely successful in providing equipment that may otherwise be unavailable to young people
-
Date
Airshow freeloaders create road hazards
THE Great Yorkshire Air Display at Elvington has been moved from its usual date to August 21-22 to cut down on the amount of traffic in the York area on the August Bank holiday weekend. However, the traffic problem at this event is compounded by people
-
Date
Postcard from Brid on rip-off parking fees
NOT everyone has been persuaded of the case for night-time parking charges, the Diary is sad to report. Despite a series of blistering Evening Press articles - now considered a shoo-in for the Pulitzer - by York's giant of politics, the SFG, there are
-
Date
The Wind In The Willows, Summer Youth Project, Grand Opera House, York
THERE is not time to count them out and count them in but, trust me, there are 100 actors, dancers, musicians and stage crew members taking part in the Grand Opera House Summer Youth Project. The scale of Simon Barry's musical production hits you in the
-
Date
Private Fears In Public Places, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, August 12 to September 4
STEPHEN Beckett played PC Jarvis for five years in The Bill and set hearts fluttering in his two years as love rat Dr Ramsden in Coronation Street. However, neither role qualifies as the career highlight of this RADA-trained actor. Instead, he names his
-
Date
I, Robot, Running time: 108 mins Certificate: 12A ***
THE robots rebel. No surprise there. Will Smith gets to preen himself in a shower scene. No surprise there. His cop boss is a fat guy whose fashion sense is even louder than his voice. No surprise there. I, Robot is a cautionary B-movie made with Hollywood's
-
Date
RI prospects looking bright
WITH the new season only a month away there is an air of optimism at York RI RUFC. New director of rugby Andrew Morse and coach Chris Leathley are confident that there will be competition for places as the club has some quality youngsters coming through
-
Date
Do not fear bridging the gap
REBECCA FRASER, training manager at ICT @ Huntington, reassures "returners" - such as mums hoping to get back to work after raising a family - don't fear the microchip gap. IT is a strange world that faces those who return to work after a couple of years
-
Date
Pocklington Arts Centre new season
FOLK'S brightest new star, Jim Moray, will make his Pocklington Arts Centre debut this autumn. Moray won the Horizon Award for best newcomer and the best album award for his 2003 release, Sweet England, in the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He will be
-
Date
Pocklington Arts Centre new season
FOLK'S brightest new star, Jim Moray, will make his Pocklington Arts Centre debut this autumn. Moray won the Horizon Award for best newcomer and the best album award for his 2003 release, Sweet England, in the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He will be
-
Date
Cleaner has va va broom
YORK street cleaner Kenny Gallimore is a real-life community hero according to the woman who nominated him for a Community Pride Award. Father of six, Kenny, from Wycliffe Avenue, Tang Hall, has worked for City of York Council for 11 years keeping the
-
Date
Carling festival sold out already
WEEKEND tickets for this month's Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival at Bramham Park have sold out in record time. The festival will run from August 27 to 29 with headline performances from Green Day, The Darkness and The White Stripes, backed up by Morrissey
-
Date
Jazz notes
THE twin wheels which constituted the giant jazz tandem being pedaled this week were the Harrogate International Festival and the Hull International Jazz Festival. Highlights at Harrogate were the multiple prizewinner Wynton Marsalis and last Tuesday's
-
Date
Rose beds down in America
NEW blood is being sought at Pickering Town to fill the shoes of successful reserves and Under-19 manager Richard Rose. The young coach recently left to take up a role in the United States and the Pikes are now actively searching for a successor. Rose
-
Date
Harrogate hope to catch Fox
TWO of York City's lost boys appear to have found a new home at Conference North neighbours Harrogate Town. Midfielders Leigh Wood and Christian Fox have both been making a good impression at Wetherby Road during pre-season. Wood has already put pen to
-
Date
Why I feel betrayed
Gary Hart, who caused the Selby rail disaster, has been released from jail and is now a free man. Speaking for the first time, a crash survivor says he still feels trapped and hounded - and he is not the only one. JOHN WHEATCROFT reports. AS Michael McGinty
-
Date
Hitting the road with City
THE newly-formed York Minstermen will be running a coach to City's first game of the season at Aldershot next Saturday (August 14). Members can travel for £19 with the price £21 for non-members. The coach will be leaving Memorial Gardens in Leeman Road
-
Date
Sigh eye man
PAUL Robinson has been deprived of the chance to remind Newcastle United supporters of his talent at Bootham Crescent tonight after admitting he should never have left the Magpies. Newcastle were scheduled to bring a reserve team to York for the Minstermen's
-
Date
Darley's chance to win cup glory - 06/08/04
Kevin Darley can play a starring role in the Shergar Cup Jockeys' Challenge at Ascot tomorrow. And North Yorkshire trainers Mark Johnston, David Barron and Richard Fahey could all figure on the scoreboard. Sheriff Hutton-based Darley represents the Great
-
Date
Anger at plan for 24 homes
COUNCILLORS are being urged to throw out plans for a housing development near York in the light of a chronic shortage of employment land across the city. Developers have applied to convert a disused manufacturing plant just off the A166 at Dunnington
-
Date
Cleaner has va va broom
YORK street cleaner Kenny Gallimore is a real-life community hero according to the woman who nominated him for a Community Pride Award. Father of six, Kenny, from Wycliffe Avenue, Tang Hall, has worked for City of York Council for 11 years keeping the
-
Date
Paul sheds stones to try charity run
YORK security boss Paul Cody is nearly half the man he used to be after shedding an amazing ten stone. The super-slimmer, who runs Britsafe Security, at Clifton Moor, has gone from a 46in waist to 34 inches and is now fit enough to take part in the forthcoming
-
Date
Halt called on work at listed York hotel
RESTORATION work on a hotel thought to mark the birthplace of Guy Fawkes has been halted by City of York Council amid concerns about the listed building. Council planning officers called for the refurbishment to be stopped after it emerged that work was
-
Date
'Don't let them get away with it'
A NORTH YORKSHIRE woman raped near her home today urged other victims to bring their attackers to book. The 20-year-old had to relive her terrifying ordeal in court when she gave evidence against her attacker Andrew Bailey. The case had to go before a
-
Date
Edkins leads Howden Arms to victory
HOWDEN Arms top the York Phoenix League division one table after a 7-2 win against Cygnet. Andy Edkins gamed in 20 and was well supported by Chris Wilson. Paul Lane was Cygnet's best player with three ton plus scores. Bay Horse fell against Volunteer
-
Date
Protesters celebrate after homes plan is thrown out
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after councillors rejected plans to build a controversial four-storey building on one of the main routes into York. The City of York Council central planning committee last night slammed the proposal by Shepherd Homes to build
-
Date
Caravan park siege man never charged
NO ONE was ever charged with having caused a 12-hour armed siege that brought terror to a North Yorkshire caravan park, the Evening Press has learned. Violent offender Kevin Beardsell, 40, was arrested at Ponderosa Caravan Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest,
-
Date
Death charge
A YORK woman appeared at court today after the murder of a man in the city. Caroline Mawhood, 20, has been charged with the murder of Simon Gilchrist, 23, who died on July 27 after being found stabbed in the street in Bell Farm Avenue, off Huntington
-
Date
Hobson appears at crown court accused of two double murders
MARK Hobson, the man accused of two double murders in Selby and York, today made his second court appearance. In an eight-minute preliminary hearing at Leeds Crown Court the case against the 34-year-old former binman was adjourned until December 10. Shaven
-
Date
Leeds close to bagging cash lift
An investor is seriously considering pumping £2million into hard-up Leeds United, chairman Gerald Krasner told a Fans' Forum at Elland Road last night. And he revealed that despite the sale of a complete team during the summer, the club's current debt
-
Date
Thriller for 'Killer'
YORK-born Matthew Kilgallon is hoping this season will see him achieve his long held ambition to become a first-team regular at Leeds United. The 20-year-old defender, nicknamed 'Killer' by his team-mates, has made just 12 appearances for Leeds so far
-
Date
Simpsons fraud butcher faces jail
A YORK man who set up three bogus businesses in the names of characters from hit TV cartoon series The Simpsons said today he expected to go to prison after admitting a huge fraud. Butcher Shaun David Stockhill and his wife, Lyn-Marie, were appearing
-
Date
Sigh eye man
PAUL Robinson has been deprived of the chance to remind Newcastle United supporters of his talent at Bootham Crescent tonight after admitting he should never have left the Magpies. Newcastle were scheduled to bring a reserve team to York for the Minstermen's
-
Date
Sweet life for Sugar
BRITISH Sugar and Acomb brought the curtain down on the York Vale Evening League in a title-deciding play-off at Copmanthorpe, Sugar taking the spoils on a wet night. Acomb batting through their 18 overs to reach 93-4, P Mitchell leading the way with
-
Date
Five alive
HISTORICALLY, BMW 5 Series Sport models account for more than 60 per cent of the sales within the range, and this new version is expected to continue the trend. There are both saloon and Touring (estate) models available. They share similar looks to the
-
Date
Eyecatching Colt
Motoring editor Malcolm Baylis test drives the new Mitsubishi Colt. MITSUBISHI'S new line-up of Colt superminis, the first new look for nine years, goes on sale in September. It will face tremendous competition from all the major players, but it could
