YORK City boss Chris Brass is confident his side can kick-start the second half of the season with a win. Carlisle visit Bootham Crescent tomorrow looking to avenge the first day of the season 2-1 defeat by the Minstermen. But Brass believes that a City
HOW do you make the mundane interesting? TS Eliot's J Alfred Prufrock measured out his life with coffee spoons. Since 1976, diary-minded Harvey Pekar, a humorously grumpy hospital clerk from Cleveland, Ohio, has recorded his daily grind in American Splendor
A POPULAR Asian clothes shop in York which survived being persistently targeted by thugs now plans to close in March - as a result of unaffordable insurance costs and business rates The Muskan Saree House Indian fashion store in Walmgate will have a final
A POPULAR Asian clothes shop in York which survived being persistently targeted by thugs now plans to close in March - as a result of unaffordable insurance costs and business rates The Muskan Saree House Indian fashion store in Walmgate will have a final
Is your tourer teeming with technology? Do you think you might own the costliest caravan in the United Kingdom? If so, then leisure vehicle experts Barrons of York in Malton Road, Flaxton, wants to hear from you. The retailer is launching a search for
EXPERTS will advise businesses on how they can increase profitability by effectively measuring the value of their employees at a free event being held in Boroughbridge on Tuesday, January 27. The event, to be staged by Business Link York and North Yorkshire
ONE of the first questions to be asked in the chamber of the House of Commons in 2004 will no doubt be remembered as one of the best. It came from Sir Sydney Chapman, a grand old Tory MP who was considering the issue of ecclesiastical insurance. He said
TAGGING is sometimes the only way my generation has to express itself. I do not, and have never taken part in 'graffing', but many of my friends do. Much graffiti is pointless, and occasionally offensive, but it is, none the less, a form of art. For example
MRS Kim Tate may rest assured that some of us will be eternally thankful and grateful for the love, care and compassion shown by all the Laurens Manor team towards our parents (Letters, January 5). Some of us are well aware that Tony Tait was a vigorous
YORK theatre company Riding Lights is to tour 25 secondary schools nationwide, free of charge in January and February, with the aid of a "generous grant" from the Wellcome Trust research charity. Riding Lights will present Science Friction, a play about
PANTOMIME sees in the new year of community shows at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. Kay Thompson's all singing, all-dancing production of Cinderella will be staged on January 16 and 17 (tickets 01759 372013/07900 365892), and next comes Shipton Theatre
DOYEN of York rugby league facts and figures Stuart Evans has contacted the Evening Press to say Imperial Athletic were not the first amateur side to get through to the first round proper of the Challenge Cup, as reported by the Press on Saturday. Imperial
YORK City Knights club office at Huntington Stadium will be open tomorrow to help meet the unprecedented demand for tickets for the friendly against Super League giants Leeds Rhinos. The office will be open between 10am and 2pm for ticket sales, on top
ONE OF York's worst eyesore houses could be in line for a facelift if the city council steps in and forces its owner to sell up. The house, in Constantine Avenue, has been empty for several years. It has become a magnet for nuisance youths, underage drinkers
COUNCIL bosses could face almost £2 million in fines if they do not decrease the amount of waste dumped in landfills. City of York Council will face a landfill tax increase of around £1,750,000 if charges for dumping rise as predicted, from £14 a tonne
AN ATTEMPT to restore an historic York rail link has grown in force with the appointment of a key supporter as Conservative shadow minister for railways. East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight, a long-standing supporter of the campaign to re-open the 34-mile York-Beverley
SALMON levels are leaping in the River Ouse. And experts reckon that's a sign water quality is improving. Environment Agency spokesman Mike Blackburn said picturesque places like Naburn Weir - captured in this stunning picture by Evening Press photographer
GARY Hart, the driver who caused the deaths of ten people in the Selby Rail Crash, could be released in a matter of months. Hart, of Strubby, Lincolnshire, marks his second anniversary in prison this weekend, but he could be free in as little as six months
FEARS that York City Knights utility star Mark Cain faced a spell on the sidelines have been allayed - giving the Knights a big pre-season boost. The 27-year-old needed to be helped from the field just 11 minutes into York's friendly against Hull KR on
A MAN savagely assaulted by thugs has issued a heartfelt plea for the return of a necklace stolen during his ordeal. Ian Thornton was wearing the £1,000 gold chain when he was beaten by Michael Purnell and Richard Sampson. Ian bought the chain to remember
YORK City boss Chris Brass is confident his side can kick-start the second half of the season with a win. Carlisle visit Bootham Crescent tomorrow looking to avenge the first day of the season 2-1 defeat by the Minstermen. But Brass believes that a City
TWO anguished York couples have been waiting a total of almost seven years for inquests into the deaths of their children. Now they are set to complain to their MPs about the "disgraceful" delays, which they say have added to their trauma in the wake
YORK schools will receive a funding bonus in this year's budget, council chiefs said today. Councillors say education funding will increase by 5.2 per cent in the next budget - higher than the four per cent advocated by the Government. The city's ruling
Robbie Dale looks at ways in which students can take an interest in York's sporting life. IT'S funny, isn't it, you leave university full of excitement and joy at the promise of Christmas, New Year and your first opportunity to impart ten weeks' crazy
SELBY Town will be chasing an important three points to stay in touch with league leaders Brigg Town tomorrow. After losing to the top-placed side last week Selby are now six points adrift. But with two games in hand they need a result against Hallam
Later this year Steve Winwood will be playing York as part of a national tour. Here are the details. Name: Steve Winwood Occupation: Rhythm and blues singer, songwriter and Hammond keyboard player for 40 years Born: May 12, 1948, Birmingham Age: 55 Where
From busking in York to a top five single, Fame Academy's Alistair Griffin is bringing it on, reports Charles Hutchinson. REMEMBER the guitar-playing singer and the girl violinist who used to busk REM, Oasis and U2 covers outside Bettys in St Helen's
THE Black Swan Folk Club is finalising its next series of guest nights at the National Centre for Early Music in York. More dates will follow but Celtic band Flook, right, are confirmed for a February 23 appearance and the Chris While and Julie Matthews
AN unpredictable business, astrology. Four years ago, Britain's most sought-after starman Jonathan Cainer caused a Fleet Street bust-up when he quit the Daily Mail for its arch-rival the Express. Even a belated £1 million salary offer wasn't enough to
AFTER looking destined for the drop from the basement Carlisle United turned to a Preece and a Fryatt - and their prayers have been answered. Since the arrival of born-again front-line leader Andy Preece and teenager Matty Fryatt, on loan from Walsall
YORK City wing-back Dave Merris is looking for a repeat of his winning debut performance tomorrow to keep his incredible season going. Merris, 23, made his League debut against Carlisle in the opening day win on August 9 and has featured in nearly every
Steve Pratt discovers that Tom Cruise came within inches of being struck in the neck by a sword during the making of The Last Samuria after insisting on doing all his own stunts. The megastar played down the incident, which came after a year of intensive
Shepherd Construction of York has completed work on a new £5.6 million office block, which forms part of the prestigious new Riverside Quarter development, located on the former Shell Depot site in Wandsworth, London. Shepherd started work on the project
A last-minute surge in Christmas shopping failed to make up for a slow start to the festive season, figures showed today. Retail sales in December dropped by 0.2 per cent on a year earlier, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Sales Monitor
THE controversial upgrade of RAF Fylingdales to give it a role in the USA's Son of Star Wars project is expected to begin in April. The testing and proving of new National Missile Defence equipment is set to take place in the summer of 2005, and should
AS a frequent visitor to Selby, I too think it has a rather scruffy and unkempt look, as Michael Brown describes ('Selby is a dump', Letters, January 5). Selby has many fine attractions. Its lovely abbey is one of England's oldest. The main street has
I WRITE to correct a factual inaccuracy in Jean Holdsworth's letter ("Tony unearths a royal timebomb... and it's still ticking", January 6). Edward IV was born the son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. Her great grandfather was Edward III, so the assertion
I AM commanding 246 Gurkha Signal Squadron, part of 2 Signal Regiment based at Imphal Barracks, York. As part of the Queen's Gurkha Signal Regiment's 50th Anniversary, I am trying to raise £15,000 which will be used to bring 25 ex-servicemen from Nepal
Another event is joining the ranks of the York festivals, reports Charles Hutchinson. THE old York Festival may have been consigned to history, the four-yearly chain of the York Cycle of Mystery Plays may have been broken, but new festivals keep on filling
THE Helmsley Weekend of Words will be held at Helmsley Arts Centre this month. That fine Yorkshire actor Fine Time Fontayne, right, will begin the weekend festival on Thursday, January 22 with his one-man show Richard Matthewman. Written by Barnsley sage
A YORK amateur dramatics group was last night treading unfamiliar boards as it staged its latest performance at a new venue. The Dringhouses Dramatic Society performed the Noel Coward comedy, Relative Values, at The Chapel Theatre, York St John College
YORK RUFC coach Andy Gair had called on his players to show more commitment to training as they bid to claw their way from the bottom reaches of North East One. The Clifton Parkers, who entertain Westoe tomorrow, have let several victories slip through
HARROGATE hope to end their poor National League Two run with a home victory over Esher - a side they have regularly got the better of in the past. Harrogate's 10-8 away win earlier this season was their sixth in seven matches against the Surrey side,
AFTER looking destined for the drop from the basement Carlisle United turned to a Preece and a Fryatt - and their prayers have been answered. Since the arrival of born-again front-line leader Andy Preece and teenager Matty Fryatt, on loan from Walsall
FEARS that York City Knights utility star Mark Cain faced a spell on the sidelines have been allayed - giving the Knights a big pre-season boost. The 27-year-old needed to be helped from the field just 11 minutes into York's friendly against Hull KR on
THE final round of another thrilling Yorkshire Winter League series could be marred by flooding on Sunday. The Ouse was carrying over a metre of murky flood water in midweek and with more heavy rain yesterday the conditions will not be favourable. The
FRIENDS of a York man who died of bone cancer raised more than £500 in his memory. Former Fulford School pupil Guy Francis, 23, of Wheldrake, near York, died in April, 2002, after battling with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, for six years. During his six
POLICE in York have warned residents to lock up at night after a spate of house break-ins. Burglars have been given an easy ride across the city, with several homes entered through insecure doors. A laptop computer and handbag were stolen from Dringthorpe
IKON & Diva regulars will be treated to free admission and a glass of bubbly tomorrow as the Clifton Moor super-club hosts its first Management Thank You Night. Dedicated clubbers who received special tickets over the Christmas and New Year period
AFTER looking destined for the drop from the basement Carlisle United turned to a Preece and a Fryatt - and their prayers have been answered. Since the arrival of born-again front-line leader Andy Preece and teenager Matty Fryatt, on loan from Walsall
COWBOYS and cold callers who prey on York and North Yorkshire's elderly and vulnerable could have the door shut in their face if a Parliamentary bill becomes law. North Yorkshire County Council has spearheaded the Doorstoppers campaign, aimed at raising
YORK City wing-back Dave Merris is looking for a repeat of his winning debut performance tomorrow to keep his incredible season going. Merris, 23, made his League debut against Carlisle in the opening day win on August 9 and has featured in nearly every
What makes bell-ringing so appealing? JO HAYWOOD climbs to the top of the bell tower at York Minster to find out. 'The link between beer, curry and bell-ringing is very strong. You can't have one without the others." Adam Greenley, a 25-year-old computer
HARROGATE Town goalkeeper Ashley Connor will have to make sure he checks in to the correct changing-room at Spennymoor United tomorrow. He spent December at Brewery Field as Harrogate boss John Reed loaned him out in an effort to build up his fitness
AINSTY Panthers moved to the top of the John Smith's Sunday League first division for the first time ever after prising a point from one-time title favourites Marcia. Hosts Marcia took a deserved lead in the first half with a 20-yard strike from Kettlewell
BARLBY remain top of division four after a 2-1 win over Shoulder of Mutton, Hughes and Collins scoring before half-time after which Watkinson netted a consolation. Hambleton are hot on their heels following an 11-2 caning of Acomb Celtic, Reay hitting
FOREST FC took a step nearer to the York Sunday Afternoon League division two title by thumping bottom club Bay Horse 6-0. The win put them back on top of the table and was never in doubt after a Bay Horse defender put though his own goal in the first
EVERYONE who has lost a loved one knows about the formalities of bereavement. There is the funeral to arrange, the authorities to notify, the death notice to be placed in the newspaper. For some there is an extra procedure to get through: the coroner's
THE cold-calling con artist is among the lowest forms of criminal life. They select their victims for their vulnerability. Usually elderly, often frail, they are always easy targets. Until now. North Yorkshire County Council's excellent Doorstoppers initiative
JAZZ clubs at Boston Spa and Scarborough ring in a swinging New Year. Jazz at the Crown has become Jazz at the Spa, with a change of venue to the Trustees' Hall, High Street, Boston Spa. The menu is mainly Trad and tomorrow night, Jim Wilkes Stompers
BLOSSOMING Irish folk singer Cara Dillon will play Oak House, Pocklington Civic Arts Centre, for the first time on April 8. Cara, who won two BBC Radio Folk Awards for her 2001 self-titled debut album, last performed in Yorkshire at the Leeds City Varieties
YORK pianist Sarah Beth Briggs and the Trio Melzi will give the British Music Society of York's first concert of 2004. On January 16 at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, Briggs and her trio members Richard Howarth (violin) and Jonathan
FINGER-PICKIN' good guitarist Bob Fox is deeply rooted in his native north-east. His music celebrates the working man - granite-faced characters who worked hard and played hard. They hacked out coal from the bowels of the earth, built ships that towered
DESPITE the old saying about appearances and covers, most of us initially judge cars and drivers by their looks. For some manufacturers, that's probably just as well. But for the shortsightedness of the motorist, a few good-looking old dogs would never
After a virtual famine all week of any decent jump racing, punters face a veritable feast tomorrow with high-class meetings at Ascot, Warwick and Haydock, where Kingscliff attempts to bolster his growing reputation in the £60,000 Peter Marsh Chase. Last
