Stories for 26 April 2003

York Leisure

Oriental Pearl Cantonese Restaurant, Clifton Moorgate - Reviewed 26/04/03

STEPHEN LEWIS discovers a jewel of a restaurant in Clifton Moor in York  more...

Colourful combos for spring

Be bold with your planting and think of how different varieties and colours can make an impact in your garden, says GINA PARKINSON  more...

Wizard outing

Mike Laycock took his excited daughter and niece on the `Harry Potter' line  more...

The Coffee Shop, Wetherby Road

WE were in need of refreshment. Having regularly driven past this venue in Acomb, now was the time to step inside.  more...

Playing the name game

Bewildered by the array of beer names at the bar? Guzzling Greenwood takes a peek at what lies behind the label of a fresh brew.  more...

The blue path

We set off to the scent of new mown grass, past Temperance House and the Crown and Cushion and left the village of Welburn down Water Lane for a super true blue walk.  more...

York News

Risky business

IT'S not often estate agents flag up a building as a potential safety risk. But this is the case with a run-down property in Appleton-le-Street, near Malton.  more...

Club lottery fraud probe

DETECTIVES have launched an investigation into claims that thousands of pounds have gone missing in a York club's lottery scratchcard game, the Evening Press can reveal today.  more...

L-driver Linda wins car

LUCKY Linda Swallow has won a shiny new car in a prize draw - but she can't even drive!  more...

Milk misery of tax father

A YORK father claimed today that the tax credit chaos has left him so hard up that he had to ask a neighbour for milk powder to feed his baby.  more...

Three-year ban is lifted on assault football fan

AN avid York City fan who was banned from the club's matches following an attack on a rival supporter has had the order overturned.  more...

Doorman on murder charge

A YORK bar and nightclub doorman appeared before York magistrates charged with the murder of a retired camera operator.  more...

Luggage is stolen

Police are appealing for witnesses after luggage was stolen from a car parked in the Esplanade car park, in Leeman Road, York.  more...

No 3 on the richer scale

SUPERMARKET supremo Sir Ken Morrison has dropped down the league of Yorkshire's richest business brains, according to the latest Sunday Times rich list.  more...

Doing their Damned-est

The faithful 600 gather at the church of The Damned. There's more black than on funeral days, Gothic regalia, coats worn indoors, and hair like Dracula or gone missing.  more...

Returning crew say `thank you'

THE CREW of Royal Navy destroyer HMS York have sent a "thank you" message to York's residents for their support during the Iraq War.  more...

Hotel squatters open gallery

VISITORS were invited to the former White Swan Hotel today for a "squatter art" exhibition.  more...

Artist Alan to travel world

POPULAR York artist Alan Stuttle is closing the doors on his gallery for the last time today after 33 years.  more...

On the march for little Amber

A YORK soldier is marching almost 60 miles to help send his poorly daughter to a specialist institute for treatment.  more...

At your service

A CHEF at a York hotel has been inspired by the Eat Local campaign to incorporate local goods into his menu.  more...

Life savers

BIG HEARTED Evening Press readers have raised nearly £3,000 to help the children caught up in the conflict in Iraq.  more...

Jane's brave journey brings her to York

A MOTHER who won the nation's hearts by defying terminal cancer to complete the London Marathon and cycle the length of Britain has thanked the people of York after receiving thousands of pounds from fundraisers.  more...

Firms warned of data scam

TRADING standards chiefs are urging businesses to be wary of companies asking for money in an alleged data protection scam.  more...

Invitation to board the Stagecoach

A YORK youth theatre group is to hold a special meeting next week to discuss a new venture to increase dramatic opportunities for young people in the city.  more...

Tish's fork idea is winner

A Yorkshire woman has taken a top prize in a national inventors' award scheme.  more...

Sea of art entries

YOUNG artists in York have had a whale of a time entering a painting competition.  more...

Make Hambleton proud

TOURISM chiefs in the Hambleton district are urging local businesses to enter awards to find the "best in Yorkshire".  more...

Pollution costs firm £20,000

POLLUTING watercourses running through a nature reserve and conservation area has cost a North Yorkshire company nearly £20,000.  more...

Revamp for town centre

RENOVATIONS are expected to begin next month in a North Yorkshire town centre.  more...

Pulling together

THE day Gladys Handley married Ralph Robinson, she had a little business to attend to before she could change into her wedding dress.  more...

Film tells story of war protests

A FILM about the rise of the anti-war movement in York will premiere at the City Screen cinema tomorrow.   more...

Whistle stop tour

TWO North Yorkshire police officers climbed aboard a steam engine today to launch an extraordinary challenge.  more...

At your service

A CHEF at a York hotel has been inspired by the Eat Local campaign to incorporate local goods into his menu.  more...

Dracula alert

TRUST me, I'm a patient. A brain scan is more fun than the play Abandonment, recently experienced at York Theatre Royal.  more...

Happy hunting

ON reading Turpin's story about Pam Mallinson's find of G clamps in the Bulmer store (April 19) perhaps if she'd researched back she would have found during our time at the post office my late husband, who was a time-served joiner, could well have had such things in stock along with tin-tacks, nails and screws etc.  more...

No legal action

MAY I please respond further to the report "Sexist" Race For Life slammed by campaigner (March 25), also to the editorial comment which stated "I was on the wrong track" and suggested I should organise a male equivalent to the Race For Life, instead of bogging down Cancer Research UK with an inappropriate battle of the sexes?  more...

Chapter and worse

So, the Dean and Chapter of York Minster has finally decided to ignore the wishes of both its own Archbishop and the people of York, and put greed first, taking away York's flagship resource from the people and reducing it to the level of Jorvik and Flamingoland.   more...

Sparrow watch

I would like to appeal to Evening Press readers to help us with a survey of house sparrows to be carried out between May 3 and 11.  more...

Wait for the decision on Coppergate

Philip Crowe ("Reasons why the White Swan stands empty", Letters, April 25) claims that the council knows more than it is letting on about the future of the building. Yet this is simply not so.  more...

York Sport

Sevens heaven

SNAP, craic and pop - the 45th John Smith's Good Friday Pocklington Sevens certainly had it all.  more...

Farewell to Keith

BRAVE Matthew Walwyn wore his York City shirt with pride at his father's funeral.  more...

Retractable plan ruled out at new-look stadium

INSTALLING retractable seating so that the running track could be retained at the redeveloped Huntington Stadium has been ruled out because of costs.  more...

Knights close to new signings

YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was hopeful two new players will be at Huntington Stadium come next Tuesday.  more...

Farewell to Keith

BRAVE Matthew Walwyn wore his York City shirt with pride at his father's funeral.  more...

Knights close to new signings

YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was hopeful two new players will be at Huntington Stadium come next Tuesday.  more...

Rookie Hirst for Halifax

HALIFAX have won the race to clinch the signature of 16-year-old Joe Hirst, son of their former player, Graham.  more...

Trio pack a punch

THREE York amateur boxers have proved the future of the noble art is bright in the city with wins in the week.  more...

Dyson misses cut

AN insipid inward nine heaved North Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson out of the business half of the Spanish Open in Tenerife.  more...

Retractable plan ruled out at new-look stadium

INSTALLING retractable seating so that the running track could be retained at the redeveloped Huntington Stadium has been ruled out because of costs.  more...

Moving tributes to hero Walwyn

HIS old team-mates carried him shoulder-high in to St Michael's Church, Kirkham yesterday and after emotional memories had been recalled in the next 45 minutes they carried him out again, writes Malcolm Huntington.  more...

Sam's the man for Mustangs

NORTH Yorkshire knowledge played a leading part in taking a young American football team to the verge of major Stateside honours.  more...

Pikes' power

Pickering Town stormed to a 4-1 home victory over neighbours Selby Town in the Northern Counties East Premier Division last night.  more...

Phil to the rim

WIGGINTON cycling star Phil Brighton is to test his pedal power to the limits after being selected for England for the European Road Championships on the Isle of Man in July.  more...

Defeat at the double

THE area's two England youth internationals both tasted defeat at the weekend in their respective fixtures.  more...

Time to revitalise Cup

SURELY time has come for the Yorkshire RFU committee to take the bull - or even ball - by the horns and admit it is time to change the dates of the Yorkshire Cup.  more...

York kids back at Twickers

YORK RUFC's Youth Section will grace the hallowed Twickenham turf for the third success ive year after the Under-13s qualified for the finals of the prestigious Gulliver's Festival of Rugby at Nottingham University.  more...

Skipper's colour scheme

YORKSHIRE new captain Anthony McGrath today admitted that the side had fallen short of their best in coloured clothing cricket in recent years - and he pledged that this summer they would be working flat out to become National League champions.  more...

City scout for best badge

NOW'S you chance to shape the future of York City.  more...

Wise words of Clever Trevor

STAR import Trevor Krause has declared his dedication to York and his desire to help the City Knights regain their form and go on to win promotion.  more...

Mission opens on a star trek

A NEW training venture swung into action in York today primed with producing a British golf star of the future.  more...

  
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