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Stories for 28 June 2002

York Factfile

City's hidden treasure

We continue our look at some of York's ancient churches and their history.  more...

York Marketplace

A whole new load of hunk and chunk

THE Italians certainly have a passion for super-duper cars. And when it comes to Ferrari or Maserati well, it is out-and-out, head-over-heels, no-holds-barred love. Understandably so.  more...

York News

Why winning is all in the mind

Why do the German football team keep marching on? And is Tim Henman mentally strong enough to triumph at Wimbledon? CHRIS TITLEY considers the psychology of winning  more...

Lucky break for ill-fated Warren

YORK'S unluckiest sportsman Warren Mapplebeck finally got a lucky break when he appeared on TV's Richard and Judy show.  more...

Huge success despite absence of livestock

THE livestock may have been sorely missed - but this year's Malton Show was still a resounding success, according to organisers.  more...

Jurassic dinosaurs go barefoot in the park

A REMARKABLE slice of Yorkshire's Jurassic history has been unveiled in York.  more...

Another shake-up planned for 999 service

THE ambulance service in North and East Yorkshire is set for another shake-up under plans to create two new trusts in the region.  more...

Concern for mum and child

POLICE are concerned for a woman who has gone missing with her four-year-old daughter.  more...

Busker death linked to York assault

DETECTIVES investigating the death of York busker Anthony Grayson have moved the focus of their inquiry to his home city.  more...

Students showcase flair for fashion

BUDDING Vivienne Westwoods and Stella McCartneys will have the chance to flaunt their flair for fashion at this year's Great Yorkshire Show.  more...

Arriva in ballot plea to railway travellers

ARRIVA customers were today urged to write to the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) in the latest twist in the ongoing strikes saga.  more...

Village football club aims to fly high

JUNIOR members of a York football team took a break from pre-season preparations to see the museum exhibit that inspired their team name.  more...

Yorks pupils may get free contraceptives

FREE contraceptives could be handed out to pupils in North Yorkshire's secondary schools under new government plans.  more...

It's never too late to get on your bike

PENSIONER pedal power is taking off in York as new classes for the more mature cyclists are proving popular in the city.  more...

Festival firm's sweet smell of success

THOUSANDS of festival fans who are today turning up at Glastonbury have an East Yorkshire man to thank for taming the event's traditionally terrible toilets.   more...

Daniel goes to Hull and back for charity

DANIEL Sheath went to Hull and back - and raised £225 for the RSPCA.  more...

Silly times in the fun House

IT has been a funny week at Westminster, almost as if the dreaded "silly season" - no news and lots of nonsense - has started early. MPs, Ministers and officials should have been run off their feet. The summer recess is creeping ever closer and the Government needs to knock the country into shape before it puts its feet up for three months.  more...

Wonder of gale beer

DO any readers have a recipe or the knowledge of making gale beer?  more...

Height of filth

YOUR headline to Peter Stanhope's letter `Disgusting welcome' (June 26) was exactly what I was thinking when I reached the summit of Ben Nevis on June 24.  more...

Safety helmets work

WELL, Ron Healey really continues to excel in his Luddite approach to what should be a cyclist's personal choice (June 22).  more...

Building societies should lead the way

SO the Building Societies Association want the Bank of England to raise the base rate. They say this is to slow down the rise in house prices.   more...

Thrall to shut

YORK rail manufacturer Thrall Europa is set to close in December with the loss of 260 jobs.  more...

Missing biker found dead in ditch

POLICE who searched two counties for a motorcyclist missing since Wednesday made the tragic discovery of his body in a country lane near York today.  more...

Police storm house after four-hour siege

POLICE officers in riot gear stormed a house in Selby early today to end a near-four-hour stand-off.  more...

A lucky break

FORTUNE is smiling at last on York's unluckiest sportsman. First Warren Mapplebeck suffered three serious injuries playing three different sports, then he was asked to meet Richard and Judy.  more...

Looks like a change too far

PUBLIC servants have become used to change. They work for a Government with a mania for management shake-ups, target-setting and the like. Many ministers suffer withdrawal symptoms if they fail to meddle in the running of schools, hospitals and police stations for a few days.  more...

York Sport

Handy Williams

YORK City may be set to cash in on former Bootham Crescent hero Darren Williams.  more...

Dyson feels the pain

NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson was today anxiously awaiting news of an `X'-ray after injury forced his dramatic withdrawal from the Murphy's Irish Open, writes Tony Kelly.  more...

Sunderland ticket prices

TICKET details for York City's pre-season friendly against Premiership Sunderland have been released.  more...

Prior piles on misery for Tykes

YORKSHIRE were given Prior warning of another possible disaster in their Championship match against Sussex at Arundel yesterday.  more...

York are facing a huge task against Harrogate

YORK Cricket Club face an immense task tomorrow when they take on old rivals Harrogate in a big North Yorkshire derby at St George's Road.  more...

Brilliant Beryl's barnstorming birthday bonus

YORK White Rose Ladies League division one leaders Fulfordgate consolidated their position with a 5-2 result at Crescent in which Beryl Glover celebrated her 65th birthday by scoring a maximum.  more...

Junior led in by wizard Watson

Those that sought to write off the current river season before it had started had better have a rethink following a superb York Junior contest.   more...

John is fastest of the Spartans

TANG Hall Spartans' John McClure put last week's bottom placing behind him to win the York CIU League ten-kilometre race walk at South Bank.   more...

Sport rises to Dawn

Dawn Harris received the Maurice Goldstein Merit Award for services to table tennis from the English Table Tennis Association.  more...

Darley to find glory on Grey

Kevin Darley, who captured the major honours at Royal Ascot last Saturday, bids to follow-up with a Derby success tomorrow - the traditional `Pitmen's Derby', otherwise known as the Foster's Lager Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.   more...

Prior piles on misery for Tykes

YORKSHIRE were given Prior warning of another possible disaster in their Championship match against Sussex at Arundel yesterday.  more...

I'm hoping for a trip to Scotland

Hello, folks. Evening Press here.  more...

Tykes on back foot

Yorkshire did not make a breakthrough until Sussex openers Richard Montgomerie and Murray Goodwin had put on 85 on the second day of the Championship match at Arundel today.  more...

York Whatson

When all is said and Don

Throw aside any preconceptions about Italian Grand Opera. Where else would you find, in the course of one evening, love affairs, political intrigues, assassination, the Spanish Inquisition and even a spectral monk?  more...

Dream date sees revival of Shakespeare

WIMBLEDON fortnight is here, and so are mixed doubles on the grass of York. Play starts on Thursday in Museum Gardens, where Stagecoach Youth Theatre York presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespeare comedy with the highest count of romantic mix-ups.  more...

Their big play and day

NICK Lane and Fiona Wass are to marry on August 25. In the meantime, Nick is directing his actress fiancee in The Studio production of John Godber's April In Paris at York Theatre Royal. In April, they played a feuding husband and wife in Terry Johnson's caustic farce Dead Funny on the theatre's main stage.  more...

Birthday Girl (15, 93 minutes)

WATCHING the gamine Nicole Kidman, hair newly dark, eyes particularly blue, voice as Russian as vodka, you would be entitled to think all your birthdays have come at once. Giving Tom Cruise his marital P45 has done wonders for the Australian, now officially the Kylie of the silver screen. She has not been this hot yet cool, so on the edge, so desperate to please but serve her own needs since her wickedly twisted portrait of a fame-obsessed weather-girl in Gus Van Sant's To Die For.  more...

  
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