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  • So superb

    Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS is suitably impressed by Skoda's large saloon SKODA'S entry into the crammed large saloon market, the Superb, maybe a latecomer, but it does have distinct advantages over the opposition. From the outside it is an incarnation

  • K-19: The Widowmaker (12A, 138 minutes)

    ONE Russian true story from 1961 is indented in world history. On April 12, Sputnik astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Moon. K-19: The Widowmaker uncovers another real-life drama from that year, one that could have triggered a Third

  • Saturday wizard can keep up magic form - 25/10/02

    Saturday specialist Kevin Darley is fancied to come up trumps again tomorrow in the feature race of the day at Doncaster. The Sheriff Hutton jockey was last night booked to ride Brian Boru, one of Aidan O'Brien's three runners, in the £200,000 Racing

  • Let's have some sense on school holidays

    WHEN will the education authorities organise the school half-term holidays to coincide with the schools in York and surrounding towns and villages? It all seems ridiculous to have some children on holiday and others still at school - especially for those

  • Is this British pork?

    AS a farmer who used to sell pigs to Malton Bacon Factory I found the story "Factory forced to recruit foreigners" (October 23) very appropriate. Foreign workers are needed to process foreign pigs! A few years ago Malton dealt with more British pigs than

  • Lights, action... bikes

    THE lack of lights on bikes irritates Phil Shepherdson intensely (Letters, October 18). Fair enough - people who harp on about the various misdemeanours allegedly committed by cyclists are of considerable irritation to me. Mr Shepherdson and others need

  • Lockers look good

    THE poor state of the lockers in the changing rooms at York Barbican swimming pool has been a long-standing annoyance. The management is to be congratulated on refurbishing 100 lockers in each room and making a monthly maintenance contract. I am sure

  • I just want somewhere to call home

    RICHARD EDWARDS begins a series of reports on homelessness in York by meeting Swampy, who has been on the streets for ten years SWAMPY had his first taste of heroin at the age of nine, when his mother injected him "to keep him quiet". Now 23, he has been

  • Charles has a malt after investiture

    THE Prince of Wales toasted his investiture as a Freeman of the City of Ripon with a glass of malt whisky. Only moments after receiving the honour at Ripon Cathedral yesterday the heir to the throne popped into a local pub and sampled a glass of 18-year-old

  • Teacher arrested in Selby computer probe

    A SELBY teacher has been arrested in an investigation into alleged computer crime. The member of staff at Selby High School, who has not been named, is now on police bail pending further inquiries and has been suspended from his teaching job. North Yorkshire

  • More misery for A64 motorists

    RUSH-HOUR misery hit the A64 near York again last night after the westbound carriageway was temporarily reduced to one lane because of roadworks. Motorists became stuck in lengthy jams, just like they were for most of last autumn when the dual carriageway

  • Selby hostel plan scrapped

    CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new hostel for the homeless in Selby have been abandoned, the Evening Press can reveal today. The shock decision follows weeks of talks between leaders of the charity Emmaus and local residents, instigated by Selby MP John Grogan

  • Around the block with Michael Palin

    MASSIVE queues developed when TV travel star Michael Palin arrived in York to sign copies of his new book, Sahara. Scores of people lined up through Borders store and for 100 metres along Davygate to meet the former Python. First in the queue was 89-year-old

  • Lucky 13 right on Cue

    WITHOUT a maximum score, Cue Ball's Pete Leake gamed with a tremendous 13 darts in York John Smith's Mixed League division one. His colleague, John Smith, added a nice 19 darter but Cygnet 'A' picked up the 5-4 result, Dave Gibbons-Sarah Jackson sealing

  • York shame of abused child

    A DAMNING report on the abuse suffered by a York child has revealed a catalogue of failures by agencies meant to protect him. The youngster, who cannot be named, was found with more than 50 bruises after opportunities to detect the abuse were missed by

  • York on the Mark as ready Roberts returns

    YORK will welcome influential fly-half Mark Roberts back into their starting line-up for the trip to Old Crossleyans in Yorkshire One. The former Hull No10 has been ruled out for the mandatory three weeks after picking up concussion against Dinnington

  • Power of words

    NORMALLY people would run a mile from a python, but yesterday scores of people queued up in York to meet one. Former Monty Python star and globetrotter Michael Palin met his fans during a book signing in York. He is only the latest big name to bring the

  • Hamlet, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until November 30

    Christopher Eccleston has done very little theatre. He tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON why Hamlet has enticed him back. THERE is an amusing story about Christo-pher Eccleston that says much for the reputation of this stern actor, who makes his Shakes-peare debut

  • York on the Mark as ready Roberts returns

    YORK will welcome influential fly-half Mark Roberts back into their starting line-up for the trip to Old Crossleyans in Yorkshire One. The former Hull No10 has been ruled out for the mandatory three weeks after picking up concussion against Dinnington

  • Fletcher on alert

    BOURNEMOUTH'S legendary front-man Steve Fletcher is set to return to terrorise the York City defence tomorrow. The Hartlepool-born striker may not have the most impressive of scoring records, but for the past ten seasons he has been a talisman for the

  • Parkin zones in on goals

    Parkin zones in YORK City fans will be hoping there's plenty of Parkin when they make the long trip south to Division Three promotion rivals Bournemouth tomorrow. Having finally found his goal-scoring touch with a rasping drive against Lincoln, City striker

  • Scalped by the Tories

    IF LAST week was about dusting away the cobwebs from the long Parliamentary recess, this week was about getting back to business. The nasty business of strikes, backbiting and an honest Cabinet Minister being forced to fall on her sword. Estelle Morris

  • Donnie Darko (15, 112 minutes)

    DARKO by name, dark by nature, this is the weirdest American high-school trip since Wes Anderson's Rushmore in 1998, and the best too. In a bravura piece of surrealist film-making by inventive first-time director Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko is set in

  • Cosy, sheltered life

    A FEW of the residents in the Alcuin Avenue area, myself included, are interested in installing home-comforts in one of the bus shelters along the avenue and wonder if we need planning permission? We wouldn't want anything glamorous, just basics such

  • Gloomy Heather

    MANY young people exude brilliance and backbone and do not subscribe to the way of life commented on by Heather Causnett ("Lesson of the old," Letters, October 19). Of course older people are to be admired and respected! I can't help thinking though how

  • Office space

    WORK is about to begin to transform the last remaining development land at Centurion Park, Clifton Moor, York, into a £7 million office park generating more than 400 jobs. The four-acre site is the last of 21 acres of ancient Roman marching camp which

  • Builder has 'no ground control'

    PERSIMMON Homes says it has no control over whether York City can continue to play at Bootham Crescent until they have an alternative stadium. The York-based housebuilder is awaiting a decision by City of York Council on its application to build 93 homes

  • It's party time after baby Abigail's safe delivery

    A CONSTRUCTION manager found himself in the right place at the right time when his wife gave birth only yards from his building site. Katie Robinson gave birth to baby Abigail in a ward at York District Hospital which is directly opposite a new block

  • Short-list of 50 for York tourism 'Oscars'

    THE cream of York's tourism business has been named with the announcement of finalists for the city's annual tourism "Oscars" . York's Tourism Awards attracted more than 1,000 nominations to York Tourism Bureau from visitors and businesses across the

  • Fire chief urges residents to draw up safety plans

    HOUSEHOLDERS across North Yorkshire were urged today to make a "fire plan" - because rescues may be "significantly delayed" when the firefighters' strike starts. Chief fire officer Eric Clark's plea came as hopes rose that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott

  • Jarvis checks city site

    SPECULATION that rail giant Jarvis is interested in taking over Thrall's factory site in York has deepened, with claims that representatives have toured the complex. A source has told the Evening Press that earlier this week, four or five people from

  • Fletcher on alert

    BOURNEMOUTH'S legendary front-man Steve Fletcher is set to return to terrorise the York City defence tomorrow. The Hartlepool-born striker may not have the most impressive of scoring records, but for the past ten seasons he has been a talisman for the

  • Mum's agony at son's death

    A GRIEVING York mother spoke today of the nightmare of going to wake up her son for school and finding him dead. David Harry, 15, a pupil at Joseph Rowntree School, in New Earswick, was discovered in bed yesterday by his mother, Tracy Way, at their home

  • Parkin zones in on goals

    YORK City fans will be hoping there's plenty of Parkin when they make the long trip south to Division Three promotion rivals Bournemouth tomorrow. Having finally found his goal-scoring touch with a rasping drive against Lincoln, City striker Jon Parkin

  • York shame of abused child

    A DAMNING report on the abuse suffered by a York child has revealed a catalogue of failures by agencies meant to protect him. The youngster, who cannot be named, was found with more than 50 bruises after opportunities to detect the abuse were missed by

  • Why I want fox hunting banned

    Replying to Peter Teasdale's pro-hunting article last week, ALAN ROBERTSHAW, of York Animal Aid argues that a hunting ban is the first step to ending all animal abuse. THE image the fox hunting fraternity would like to paint for itself is one of a great

  • York needs better buses

    YORK passengers did not need to read tonight's report to know that all was not well at bus company First. That was evident from the number of times they were jilted at the bus stop. Two First bosses have now resigned. But the question is, can their replacements

  • All My Sons, York Theatre Royal, November 1 to 23

    IN the end, Barry Stanton could not resist the York Theatre Royal offer to play Joe Keller, the central role in Arthur Miller's first major success, All My Sons. It was not that Barry was undecided, more that he had to reckon up the pros and cons of playing