The line-up reads like a who's who of 70s and 80s heavy rock, some classic, some cheesy, some that maybe shouldn't' be on here (Frijid Pink's House Of The Rising Sun. Why?!) Among the anthems are Paranoid, Ace of Spades, Smoke On The Water, Silver Machine
AGE doesn't mellow Chumbawamba. Having stumbled unexpectedly into the limelight with Tubthumping, these Leeds politicos have happily gone on ploughing their own furrow. This time, a few break beats are added to their sound - though that more often leaves
IT always seemed like an unbeatable if unlikely combination - flamboyant Brit soul singer David McAlmont and moody ex-Suede guitar hero Bernard Butler. The pair's 1995 debut single Yes was certainly a stunning track, with its Spector-like sound and McAlmont's
WILL our Government, which introduced the 1998 Human Rights Act, ever practice what the act preaches - without being forced to do so by the courts? Despite reasoned argument for PARITY, the National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 imposes an increased
DO registered Christians get a discounted entrance fee to York Minster? Annie Wright, Aston Science Park, Love Lane, Birmingham. Updated: 10:22 Thursday, August 15, 2002
YORKSHIRE were bowled out for 294 in the Roses match at Old Trafford today with Lancashire's 20-year-old fast bowling prospect James Anderson returning 5-61. Richard Blakey, Yorkshire's acting captain now that Darren Lehmann has gone, took his fighting
YORKSHIRE may face censure from the England and Wales Cricket Board over the condition of the pitch on which they beat Surrey by ten wickets to make it into the final of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. After torrential rain had prevented any play
SELBY College student Rebecca Eves was celebrating today after being awarded one of the top five marks in the country for A-level English language. Rebecca, 18, of The Vicarage, North Duffield, is a former Barlby High School pupil and the daughter of
IT IS part of human nature that we can focus only on things that are on a human scale. Every journalist understands that - the importance of finding the individual story of grief or heroism that will bring a report of tragedy to harrowing life. We can
A YORK craftsman is taking his skills overseas to help in the reconstruction of an ancient church. Lindsay Hogarth, 23, an apprentice stonemason in the Works Department at York Minster, will travel to Germany later this month to join others with similar
HOLGATE of division one and unbeaten Heworth Cons from division three can celebrate winning the titles of the YABA Persimmon Homes/Ideal Standard Bowls competitions. Meanwhile, three successive defeats for Dringhouses have made Osbaldwick favourites for
VINTAGE and Classic motorcycles will be the order of the day on Saturday when the first ever motorcycle race meeting devoted purely to these machines will take place. It will be the first event dedicated devoted to these machines in the Auto 66 Club's
NORTH Yorkshire Police are warning about a scam in which women victims receive a phone call asking to give their postcode to win a gift voucher and are then burgled. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said: "Be very careful when taking unsolicited
ACOMB kick-boxer Richard Cadden has crashed onto the world stage after winning a bronze at the Amateur World Cup in Thailand, writes Tony Curtis. And Cadden can count himself unlucky not to have been fighting for a gold or silver medal after only a narrow
A YORK woman died less than two weeks after discovering she had a form of throat cancer, an inquest heard. Julia Marion Meadowcroft, who was 68, died following complications after she was admitted to York District Hospital suffering from a suspected thyroid
RYEDALE runner Richard Buck celebrated medal success at the Under-17s National Athletics Championships in Birmingham. Buck, from Pickering and a member of Nestle Rowntree Athletic Club, claimed bronze in the 400metres final. Buck, the current Yorkshire
A JUDGE jailed a York drugs dealer for seven years on his 31st birthday to "remove him from society". Paul Andrew Beckett started his special day in the witness box trying to convince a jury at York Crown Court that he knew nothing about the thousands
YORKSHIRE may face censure from the England and Wales Cricket Board over the condition of the pitch on which they beat Surrey by ten wickets to make it into the final of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. After torrential rain had prevented any play
YORK City's injury problems have taken a turn for the better with some of manager Terry Dolan's walking wounded edging closer to fitness. Goalkeeper Alan Fettis enjoyed his first 'handling' session yesterday since breaking his finger during pre-season
LATE workers, shoppers and early evening drinkers in York will benefit from a shake-up in bus services. A new timetable produced by First bus company recognises lifestyle changes by improving the frequency of services between 6pm and 8pm. But the changes
JAMES Dixon Dodsworth 1942-2002, a man of Harome. It was with much regret we learned of James Dodsworth's death, suddenly, on Thursday of last week. James was the only son of Pat and Olive Dodsworth and was born at Overdale Cottage, Harome, on the May
HIS voice may approach the saccharine, he may slip towards the easy listening pool, but James Taylor can generate music of warmth and charm. Five years after the release of his Grammy-winning Hourglass, Taylor turns out another batch of gentle yet sturdy
FARMERS left high and dry by the closure of a renewable energy power station near Selby have now set up a fighting fund. At a meeting this week night they voted to put in equal shares of money to make up a five-figure sum to pay for lawyers after the
FARMING leaders in North Yorkshire have welcomed Government changes to the 20-day standstill rule on the movement of animals. Sheep and cattle brought on to a farm for breeding this season - and which go into strict isolation for 20 days - will from the
FARMERS starting to plough after the harvest have been urged to restore public rights of way crossing their fields, or risk prosecution and heavy fines. Yorkshire regional director for the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Dorothy Fairburn said
A WARM welcome is in prospect for all farmers at next week's Egton Show - even though there will be no livestock exhibits. Changing guidelines issued by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have resulted in many Ryedale agricultural
A-level passes FIRST things first. Congratulations to every young person who is celebrating A level success today. Ignore the gripe fringe which gathers around this annual festival of achievement. You have made the grade due to your ability and hard work
Superior experience takes on untapped potential in the feature race at Newbury tomorrow, the £22,000 Scottish & Newcastle Washington Singer Stakes. Pinkerton is the horse with the experience. Richard Hannon's useful colt has four outings under his
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has been urged to help prevent a housing crisis in North Yorkshire. He has been asked to act before many more people are completely priced out of the housing market. Harrogate Borough Council leader, Coun Geoff Webber
A YORK girl died after trying to combat depression by taking an overdose of paracetamol. The parents of 16-year-old Helen Long have warned other parents to beware of the drugs which took the life of their "loving and lovely daughter". Helen, who was a
THE York music scene is frantically trying to re-adjust following the surprise closure of Fibbers on Tuesday. With more than 120 gigs cancelled after the Stonebow music venue closed indefinitely, bands are desperately trying to find alternative venues
Nestl Rowntree Under-14s are targeting an injection of fresh blood ahead of the upcoming York and District Minor Football League season. Manager John Howarth, who has bossed the team for the last three years, admits his pre-season preparations have been
A YORK man attacked his neighbour with a chisel in order to "teach him a lesson" because he believed he had been stealing money and food from him, a court heard. Stephen Flint, 49, of Huntington Road, launched his premeditated attack on Michael Ellis
PEOPLE who drink alcohol and swim in North Yorkshire's rivers and lakes are dicing with death, police divers have warned. "If people persist in believing they can drink and then swim, then some of them will die," said Sergeant Andy Criddle. Sgt Criddle
YORKSHIRE were bowled out for 294 in the Roses match at Old Trafford today with Lancashire's 20-year-old fast bowling prospect James Anderson returning 5-61. Richard Blakey, Yorkshire's acting captain now that Darren Lehmann has gone, took his fighting
RESIDENTS on a York estate were today celebrating news that work to redevelop an eyesore piece of land is almost ready to start. Residents' groups have long called for the old Imperial Hotel site, in Crichton Avenue, Clifton, to be redeveloped. The site
TAX payers are facing a rise of more than 6.2 per cent in York next year, along with £2.5 million of spending cuts. Finance chiefs have estimated the increase would be the minimum needed just to maintain services at their current level. It follows a 6.88
RUGBY fans in York have been warned that if they 'sit and wait to see what happens' they might never have a professional club to support again. Steve Ferres, the expert fronting the bid to get York RL into the Rugby Football League, has pledged to make
NORTH Yorkshire roads have claimed the lives of two moremotorcyclists in accidents within an hour of each other. The total number of motorcycle deaths on the county's roads this year is now 20. A middle-aged man, thought to be from the Doncaster area,
Hi and welcome to my new column. I am delighted to be given this opportunity to talk to Evening Press readers about life as a chairman of a Football League club. I hope in the coming weeks you will find it informative and, as importantly, fun. I have
YOU know times have changed when you start to feel sorry for football club chairmen. Demonised for so long by the fans, chairmen of lower league clubs now have the thankless task of keeping them alive in the face of mounting bills and dwindling crowds
LIFESTYLES are changing and the bus company has recognised that with a rejig of its timetable. More services are being made available between 6pm and 8pm, and on one route the last bus leaves at 11.16pm. These are sensible reforms which will benefit late-night
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends - and just to prove it, here's another 5-CD box set from The Manticore Vaults. This one spans live ELP performances from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. There are gigs in the US in '74 and '77 which
AN enraptured recording by a narcissistic tap dancer. Unusual, but with Canadian sprite Hawksley Workman, you learn to expect the unexpected. Workman plays every note, a madcap fusion of Queen and Jacques Brel, shot through with surrealist humour and
THE formula for most remix albums is painfully similar: a few knobs twiddled here, a couple of dancey bits thrown in there and hey presto! A million-selling album making even more money. Nu-metal sensations Linkin Park clearly had different ideas. Reanimation
WHAT do you want from a greatest hits package? For starters, all the hits; nothing cynically left off. Next, a canny selection of album tracks and B-sides that say as much about a band as the best-known numbers. For a bonus, if you shop early doors, a
THE locals who presumably petitioned for speed humps in Acomb now want them removed (August 12). This is a standard response that is seen all around the world I am afraid. All that happens is that non-local traffic moves elsewhere leaving the locals to
I WOULD like to respond to R Whiting's letter ('We're not all on-line', August 12). Firstly, GNER no longer receives a Government subsidy and has not done so since April 2001. Secondly, our new and popular £20 Internet fare is designed to test the potential
I MUST congratulate the Evening Press for highlighting a problem that must be annoying motorists everywhere. You ran a story about the road junctions in York being made safer for cyclists (August 9). My admiration goes out to the person who chose the
STUDENTS across the region were celebrating their success in A-level exams today, as many schools and colleges topped the national pass rate. The national percentage of passes at grades A to E was 94.3 this year, up from 89.8 per cent last year. Early
A DOCTOR and two nurses were attacked by a patient whom staff were trying to treat in the casualty unit at York District Hospital. Disturbed patient Norman Hutchins, 51, had previously been barred from the hospital for impersonating medical staff and
CHILD sex fiend Russell Bishop was back in York District Hospital today after being rushed there from prison with a suspected heart attack. Bishop, 36, was jailed for life in 1990 for snatching a terrified seven-year-old girl and subjecting her to an
AUSTRALIAN Matthew Elliott almost earned a place in the record books on his first appearance for Yorkshire in the Roses match at Old Trafford yesterday. The tall left-hander, who has replaced fellow countryman Darren Lehmann for the remainder of the season
RUGBY fans in York have been warned that if they 'sit and wait to see what happens' they might never have a professional club to support again. Steve Ferres, the expert fronting the bid to get York RL into the Rugby Football League, has pledged to make
YORK City's injury problems have taken a turn for the better with some of manager Terry Dolan's walking wounded edging closer to fitness. Goalkeeper Alan Fettis enjoyed his first 'handling' session yesterday since breaking his finger during pre-season
