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York | Archive | 2002 | August

Stories for 22 August 2002

York Leisure

Snowblind, The Falls (Independiente); Saloon, (This Is) What I Call Progress (Track & Field)

JANE Murphy moved west from Leeds, Paul Williams migrated east from Liverpool, joining up in Manchester in 1999 with a mutual love for early Postcard missives from Orange Juice, pre-Technique New Order and the cinematic strings of John Barry. They write, arrange and produce epic pop, a blissful union of pretty melodies, Vitamin C guitars and keyboards, leaping trumpets, pointed lyrics and Murphy's sunlit Sixties' vocals. You could not say they were original; Saint Etienne and Dubstar, Terry Hall and Cinerama have passed this way before but debut album The Falls marks the bright birth of these new Northern lights. more...

Liars: They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (Blast First)

Maybe I'm missing something, or perhaps it's just me. But am I alone in detesting this new wave of punk and metal that has been sweeping the earth these last few years? more...

The D4, 6Twenty (Infectious)

LIKE a bullet from a gun, this party on the run is entirely about speed. This is rock'n' roll from the punk school - the kind that young tyros like The Hives yearn after or the kind that the Pistols or X-Ray Spex churned out first time round. more...

Leaves, Breathe (Warner)

SOMETIMES bands are well named, sometimes they aren't. Leaves may not be the most memorable name, but it suits this Icelandic outfit. For just as leaves take on a vast array of different colours as autumn creeps in, so this band offers a similar range of sounds. more...

Sparta, Wiretap Scars (DreamWorks)

Sparta's follow-up to the Austere EP starts off with guitars that are like Ocean Colour Scene... then in crashes the rest of the band, and the vocals, and it's definitely not OCS! Sparta are another of the post-nu-metal (new nu-metal maybe?) Nickleback-esque-type bands, but unlike some of the soundalikes out there they are good. Really good. They deserve to get somewhere other than just the Kerrang! channel. The fast songs are heavy without being screamingly overpowering (example: Sans Cosm), the softer tracks such as Air are interesting without being ballads, slightly heavier than say Outcast. So Sparta aren't original, but they are a lot better than some of the metal bands rattling around out there at the moment, whatever their prefix. Well worth a spin. more...

York News

Plastic eyesore

ON summer visits to York I like to take a picnic into the Museum Gardens and eat it sitting on one of the wooden benches on the terrace outside the museum's main doorway, looking across the attractive gardens that slope down towards the river. more...

Missing the point

MISS Howat appears to have missed the point regarding the criticism of quantifiably lower standards in A-level examinations (Letters, August 19). more...

Heroine Val was the bravest person I knew

I REFER to the report your newspaper declaring that Valerie Scott had taken her own life (Evening Press, August 15). more...

Among the greats

IMPRESSIVELY, the small city of York has two representatives among the 100 greatest Britons. more...

Boys, girls and exam passes

EXAM results are scrutinised like never before. Each fractional shift in subjects taken and grades achieved is seized upon to prove that students are performing better than ever/test papers are easier than ever, depending on your point of view. more...

Killers in the paddock

THE British Horse Society is urging horse owners to be aware of potential killers in the paddock. more...

New transport advice

FARMERS across North Yorkshire are to be issued with new advice on how to more...

Glimmer of hope for battling farmers

FARMERS who were due to supply the world's first wood-fuelled power plant near Selby before it went into liquidation this month have been given a glimmer of hope. more...

A hard flock to bleat

BROTHER and sister Liam and Lorna Yewdall have taken the sheep judging world by storm at agricultural shows by scooping a cabinet full of trophies and a wall full of rosettes with their prize flock of Suffolk sheep. more...

Protesters mount GM crops attack

ENVIRONMENTAL protesters launched a new attack on genetically modified crops at Tadcaster's Headley Hall Farm. more...

Top cop Della faces tough balancing act

A CROSS between a pussycat and a lion is how North Yorkshire's new chief constable Della Cannings describes her personality. "I'm very open and very warm and people find me approachable," she says of her pussy cat side. more...

Coming up for air...

IT is the time of year when most hard-working farmers don't come up for air never mind conversation very often; and my post bag has been a bit bare. more...

`Buddies'wanted for child molesters

VOLUNTEERS in North Yorkshire could become "buddies" to paedophiles released from prison under a new government scheme to stop them attacking children again. more...

Cannabis market stall plan

MARIJUANA legalisation campaigner Carl Wagner is still searching York for a premises to open a cannabis café - and says he is looking into starting off with a stall in Newgate Market. more...

Joint venture is streets ahead

TWO theatre companies are hoping that collaboration will put them on the road to success when their first co-production opens in York next month. more...

Death mars race meeting

TRAGEDY tinged a superb day of racing after a man collapsed and died during York's Ebor meeting. more...

Police call for back-up in safety drive

EXTRA police have been drafted in to patrol North Yorkshire's roads this weekend in an attempt to reduce the carnage among motorcyclists. more...

`No doubt' teenager died from CJD

THE family of North Yorkshire's second victim of new variant CJD has been told there was no doubt Rory Potter was killed by the disease. more...

TV show triggers city tourism boom

YORK is set to enjoy an autumn visitor boom after a TV holiday programme turned a tourist information centre's phones red-hot. more...

Two Yorkies in top 100 Great Britons

A POLL to find out who is the Greatest Briton of all time has yielded only two York individuals among the 100 finalists. more...

Lofty ideals

THERE were "flutters" of a different kind at York Racecourse as pigeon fanciers celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee in grand style. more...

Skydiver in death fall

A York-born skydiver plunged to his death after his parachute failed to open, an inquest heard. more...

Races are on to a winner

GLITZ and glamour dominated at Knavesmire as the second day of the Ebor meeting brought another capacity crowd to York racecourse. more...

Selling papers on scare tales

There is nothing like whipping up a bit of mass hysteria to make a story run and run (and, quite coincidentally, to shift a few more newspapers from the stands). So it was entirely predictable that as the appalling truth about the fate of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman emerged at the weekend, some of the national tabloids should go into overdrive. more...

A class act

A PARTIALLY-sighted teenager who took her GCSEs while suffering from glandular fever was one of thousands of pupils celebrating across York today. more...

We're top of the class

SELBY area schools were celebrating today as they rewrote their GCSE record books. more...

York Sport

Bedding in on a mattress of optimism

IT IS great to be speaking to Evening Press readers once again, particularly given the fact we have had a decent start to the new season and are in second place. more...

Champion chase

BATTLING Bishopthorpe gained promotion to the fourth division after their triumph over hosts Copmanthorpe. more...

Burton blasted

PACE-SETTERS Burton Salmon were stunned by a determined performance from Huntington which saw the visitors triumph by three wickets. more...

Admirable Alford

Championship form was displayed by third division leaders Hirst United who ran up 226-4 against York University Staff. more...

Leaders harvest bumper plunder

HAPLESS Hemingbrough's season of woe continued when they were forced to concede their game against leaders Norwich Union in the first division of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York League as the requirements of harvesting took their toll. more...

Winger Mazzina signs City deal

ARGENTINIAN trialist Nicolas Mazzina has signed a short-term contract, the Evening Press can reveal. more...

Hoggard strikes early for England

MATTHEW Hoggard was responsible on his home pitch for England's one breakthrough in a dour first hour of the third Test against India at Headingley today. more...

Ferres stresses positive factors

RUGBY fans in York should see the positives emerging from the city's new club - and not dwell on the negatives of the old outfit. more...

Hugs all round at York

DEAN McKeown enjoyed a big-race pick-me-up as Hugs Dancer caused a 25-1 surprise in the Tote Ebor at York. more...

Photo decision angers punters

CONTROVERSY erupted over the result of a photo-finish at York Races, with angry punters besieging the weighing-room and Barry Hills considering an appeal to the Jockey Club. more...

Old boys united on eve of Leeds Test

FOUR of Yorkshire's cricketing greats, who often held widely differing views, came together in harmony yesterday to open the new East Stand development at Headingley on the eve of today's third Test between England and India. more...

Fulford hang on

Fulford Golf Club's quartet of Iain Simpson, Steve Dunn, Steve Mitchell and James Mason managed to stave off relegation from the Yorkshire first division team championship at Fulford yesterday. However, Ganton, who included father and son Mike and Frazer Kelley were among six clubs to suffer the drop. more...

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