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Stories for 27 July 2000

York Leisure

On track for a taste of luxury

MAXINE GORDON raises a glass or two to a railway experience of a bygone age  more...

Picture yourself here

ANDREW HITCHON call in to the most-visited museum outside London - the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television in Bradford  more...

Small wonders

Mike Laycock discovered the history of music - in miniature - when he visited a foggy Robin Hood's Bay  more...

All bound for Bronte land

As a shocking new book links Charlotte Brontë to the deaths of her brother and sisters, Alan Wright took the literary trail to Haworth, home of the celebrated family  more...

Forbidden pleasures

DAN RUTSTEIN gets clued-up on the mysteries of one of the strangest tourist atttractions in North Yorkshire  more...

A walk in the woods

Malcolm Baylis visits a treasure trove of rare trees and shrubs at a unique North Yorkshire arboretum  more...

Having Fun and saving the earth

Richard Foster enjoys a family day out at a radical theme park where there was not a white-knuckle ride in sight .  more...

Do the seaside shuffle

Mike Laycock and family enjoyed a traditional afternoon by the seaside when they visited Hunmanby Gap and Filey  more...

Capital Idea

Bryn Evans finds out what Northallerton, North Yorkshire's capital town, has to offer  more...

Scarborough Spa to Goathland

Take 100-mile challenge  more...

Goathland to Glaisdale

Going to Glaisdale  more...

Where going gets tough

Brian Beadle takes us on stage three of the the 100 Mile Challenge... Glaisdale to Bloworth Crossing  more...

Reaching our journey's end

BRIAN BEADLE completes the fourth and final part of his 100-mile mountain bike challenge: Bloworth Crossing to Helmsley  more...

The White Rose cycle route

York marks a cycling milestone  more...

Market Weighton to Beverley

Make tracks for rail lines   more...

Hull to Hornsea

Make tracks for rail lines   more...

Take the drovers' road to Hambleton

The Hambleton Road, Drove Road or Hambleton Street is part of an ancient highway running from Scotland to the south of England and is certainly the best preserved drove road in Yorkshire. It was probably used by hunters before it became an important trade route. When the more modern roads were made on lower ground they imposed a toll on them.   more...

Tracking the Wolds is such a joy

BRIAN BEADLE samples the delights of Sledmere   more...

Get out and a-spout

Taking advantage of blisteringly good weather, DAN RUTSTEIN visited the beautiful holes and waterfalls of North Yorkshire  more...

The Ultimate in family fun

Mike Laycock and relatives visited Lightwater Valley - and found it a literally hair-raising experience  more...

Hall of fame

Mike Laycock viewed some national treasures at a stately home near York - while his kids played in an adventure playground outside  more...

Where to banish stress

Dan Rutstein got three trips for the price of one when he visited Malham  more...

Flair to ceiling...style!

Mike Laycock visited Rievaulx Terrace for some of the best views in North Yorkshire - and the finest Italian ceiling paintings  more...

Camping it up

A North Yorkshire modern history theme museum has been winning tourism awards for years. Dan Rutstein visited Eden Camp to see what all the fuss is about  more...

Visiting time

Today, many attractions are reopening for the start of the tourist season. CHRIS TITLEY visited one as it prepared to meet the public  more...

Past times

Mike Laycock stepped back in time when he visited an open air museum in County Durham  more...

Waxing lyrical

Mike Laycock and family met up with some heroes on a visit to London.  more...

Lost world

Mike Laycock travelled to the Wolds to visit one of Britain's best-known deserted medieval villages.  more...

Terror time

IT'S six minutes of excitement mixed with pure fear. Valhalla, a log fume ride with a difference, opened this week at the popular theme park attraction in Blackpool. I took my friend to test out whether it lived up to the hype - and I can now say it's a ride I'll never forget.  more...

Slide Show

IT'S not the first place that springs to mind for a day-out from York. It is hardly a tourist hot-spot. But I spent a very pleasant few hours in Selby with my daughter last weekend: firstly at the Abbey Leisure Centre and then at the town's abbey, before a quick wander round the shops.  more...

Just beachy

Mike Laycock visited a great Yorkshire seaside resort that never was.  more...

Wallow in history on the banks of the Wear

Mike Laycock visits the Land of the Prince Bishops  more...

Hide and seek

PETER Ward is doing an excellent job of selling his home town. "Pock is unique. It's got a catchment area of its own. People just pop into Pock. There's everything you need in Pock."  more...

We saw a Queen Anne Drawing Room

We saw a Queen Anne Drawing Room, a Chippendale Library, a Georgian bedroom and a Palladian Hall and staircase, but there was no chance of us ever climbing the stairs or sitting in one of the finely-crafted chairs.  more...

Show time

Hidden away in East Yorkshire is an attractive garden which has become a gallery, as JOHN WHEATCROFT discovers.  more...

Onfoot patrol

Reflexology is as old as acupuncture, but is it more than a foot massage? MAXINE GORDON finds out   more...

Fighting the flu

As a flu epidemic grips the nation, MAXINE GORDON asks the experts what we can do to beat the bug  more...

Peak of fitness

Five years ago this month I was standing on the edge of the Tibetan plateau after a week's hard trekking through the foothills of the Nepal Himalayas. I'd humped an 11kg backpack up steep donkey paths, past the snow line and through the Annapurna mountain range, earning the worst blisters of my life and some of the best memories.  more...

Taking the needles

With Chinese New Year almost upon us, STEPHEN LEWIS checks out the ancient Chinese healing art of acupuncture   more...

Alternative medicine

Andy Field is a doctor with a distinctive remedy for an ailing health service. Stephen Lewis met him   more...

Making a new man out of one of the lads

New man could have the last laugh in the health stakes after all, reports STEPHEN LEWIS   more...

Why I quit

It's No Smoking Day today (March 8). Former 40-a-day girl MAXINE GORDON reveals how she stubbed out the habit for good  more...

Getting the massage across

If your idea of massage is something soothing and gentle, think again. JULIAN COLE tries out a remedial massage - which is altogether different  more...

Eat your way to good health

STEPHEN LEWIS finds we are only as healthy as the food we eat...  more...

Take me back

STEPHEN LEWIS journeys reluctantly back to a former life in search of relaxation  more...

Steady as she goes

The fear of falling can very real for fragile elderly people living alone.   more...

Matters of the heart

York District Hospital consultant Dr Roger Boyle is the Government's new `Heart Tsar'. He talked to Evening Press reporter DAVID WILES about the challenges that lie ahead  more...

Switch off that Air supply

Switch off that Air supply   more...

Fifty-plus and fighting fit

It's never too late to take up a simple exercise regime, finds STEPHEN LEWIS - and it could help you stay healthy, happy and independent into your old age  more...

The kids are all right

Thursday is now children's day at the Healing Clinic in York's Fulford Cross. Stephen Lewis spoke to two local mums about how complementary medicine helped their children.  more...

Musical massage

Anyone with half an ear knows that music has a hotline direct to our emotions. It can be soothing, uplifting, inspiring or relaxing. It can also - just think of the sounds coming from bands like Joy Division and The Smiths - leave you feeling so blue you're almost suicidal.  more...

Dad's the word at feed time

Dads are being encouraged to support their partners in breastfeeding in a new campaign from a leading childbirth charity.   more...

The joys of being a forties mum

As Cherie Blair becomes a mum again at 45, MAXINE GORDON speaks to three York women about their experiences of having children in their 40s.   more...

Try rugged route

BRIAN BEADLE tackles a beautiful, yet demanding bridleway  more...

Creepy in the crypt

Brian Beadle stops off in Lastingham to visit a spooky church  more...

Cycling Holidays: Dutch courage

Cycling novice LISA COOK braves a short break with a difference - a trip to Amsterdam by bike  more...

Line 'em up

Continuing his series of cycle rides, Paul Kirkwood saddles up for a ride to Riccall, following the old railway line.  more...

York News

What killjoys

BO, the moving statue, is a popular landmark on York's footstreets. Children squeal with delight when this seemingly immobile sculpture comes to life at the drop of a coin.  more...

Pumped up petrol prices

MOTORISTS are resigned to forecourt flux. Petrol prices never stay still for very long. The only constant is the direction of the change - ever upwards.  more...

Appeal for Zimbabwe

THE Country Landowners Association (CLA) is extending its appeal for holiday accommodation in the region for Zimbabwean farming families.  more...

Market launch at show

ANOTHER successful Driffield Show has come and gone. This year, the occasion was used to launch a farmers' market with the aim of bringing together producers and consumers.  more...

Gender-free labels

AN EU scheme that would have seen beef labels carry the gender of the cattle has been abandoned.  more...

Leaders meet

AGRICULTURE Secretary Nick Brown had a face-to-face meeting with leaders of the farming industry in the Scarborough and Whitby area last Friday when they explained to him the plight of many farmers in the Scarborough and Ryedale area.  more...

Pig industry to get £40m

AGRICULTURE Minister Nick Brown has confirmed a £40m package to restructure the pig industry in the next three years.   more...

Unique diversification - Farm trail established for disabled

DETERMINED to beat the recession in agriculture and to provide a living for his young family, farmer John Simpson has transformed his upland farm into a haven for tourists and conservationists - and still retained its role as a traditional North Yorkshire farm.  more...

Prices at the stock markets

DRIFFIELD  more...

At the market - A proud day for Ryedale farmers

RegretTably I was unable to attend the Ryedale Show and so I'm pleased that show secretary Peter Woodall of Cundalls has been able to provide the following report:  more...

Farming crisis has not gone away

The crisis in farming has been going on for so long that it is easy for those not directly involved to be dismissive of the problem. A new TV documentary, however, is telling the human story of the crisis, and JOHN LAVABRE spoke to some of the farmers from Ryedale featured in the programme.  more...

You should see us now

The welcome is the same, but the city is very different... CHRIS TITLEY considers what changes the Queen might notice on her return to York today.  more...

Councillors snub Queen Mum greetings

REBEL councillors have refused to join York in congratulating the Queen Mother as she celebrates her 100th birthday.  more...

Complaints against police on rise

COMPLAINTS from members of the public about "incivility and inconsiderate behaviour" by North Yorkshire police officers are on the increase, an internal force report shows.  more...

Noel set for York gig?

OASIS songsmith Noel Gallagher may be appearing at Fibbers in October with his "other" band Tailgunner, for which he plays drums.  more...

York drunkard 'owes £2,000 fines'

A YORK drunkard owes so much money in court bills he could be paying it off for the rest of his life, the city's magistrates heard.  more...

Dawn brightens up the street

ECCENTRIC street cleaner Dawn Morrill is loved by children and ducks alike for her unusual outfit, cart decorations and occasional life-saving activities.  more...

Three in court after stand-off

THREE young men have appeared in court after dozens of teenagers confronted police on Acomb Green in a stand-off involving baseball bats and drink.  more...

Chaos at dental surgery after computer theft

A MAN who burgled a York dental surgery and took a laptop computer full of patients' records caused "absolute chaos", a court heard.  more...

A journey back in time

A TRIP down memory lane is on offer at the National Railway Museum in York.  more...

Dying breed farmer's struggle features on TV

THE STRUGGLES of Holtby pig farmer Chris England and his family will be highlighted on national TV as a documentary follows him taking the difficult decision to turn his back on farming.  more...

We would have been sunk without Fiona

I WISH to express an immense debt of gratitude to Fiona Evans, who has pioneered and driven the Yearsley Action Group and also worked so successfully with the Barbican Action Group to `Save Our Swim'.   more...

No harm to others

AS parents of an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) sufferer, we were very interested in the article in the Evening Press (July 24). We would, however, like to clarify a point which may have given the wrong impression of these unfortunate sufferers.  more...

Open up this space

I WAS greatly encouraged by your report on the York Civic Trust's stance concerning the latest Coppergate riverside development plan (July 20).  more...

York greets the Queen

YORK gave the Queen and Prince Philip a rapturous welcome today on their first visit to the city in 12 years.  more...

Micklegate pun...

WHAT a headline: "Queen Does Micklegate Run". Does this mean that the Micklegate Run is now "by appointment"?  more...

Mourning clouds

THE aftermath has been sad, disturbing and strange. The death of a child is terrible and the murder of a golden eight-year-old girl is heinous beyond imagination. So it is that Sarah Payne's short life and brutal death have seeped into what you might call the nation's soul.  more...

York Sport

McNiven on the mark again for City

DECISION day approaches for York City trialists David McNiven and Phil Hadland after the Minstermen continued their run of pre-season victories with a 2-1 win over non-league Newcastle Town.  more...

Countdown for Jordan

CRESTFALLEN playmaker Scott Jordan admits time is running out if he is to repeat his goalscoring heroics against Manchester United.  more...

Another long summer of racing on the cards

THIS season's controversial non-stop summer of racing is to be repeated in 2001.  more...

Foot misses out

YORK swimmer Caroline Foot's Olympic dream is over.  more...

Olympic dream over for Foot

YORK swimmer Caroline Foot's Olympic dream ended in disappointment last night, writes Peter Martini.  more...

Emma pulls out

Injury has forced Malton and Norton Golf Club's Emma Duggleby to pull out of the English Women's Strokeplay Championship at Silloth.  more...

City look at Irish trialist defender

A STRONG York City shadow squad take on Harrogate Railway Athletic tonight (kick-off 7pm) with the Minstermen's ranks swollen by the addition of another trialist.  more...

Neville ready to face critics

MANCHESTER United's Phil Neville could make his first appearance since his Euro 2000 penalty gaffe against either York City or Scarborough, writes Dave Stanford.  more...

McNiven on the mark again for City

DECISION day approaches for York City trialists David McNiven and Phil Hadland after the Minstermen continued their run of pre-season victories with a 2-1 win over non-league Newcastle Town.  more...

Countdown for Jordan

CRESTFALLEN playmaker Scott Jordan admits time is running out if he is to repeat his goalscoring heroics against Manchester United.  more...

  
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