Friday, December 3, 2004 100 years ago: Certain grand jurors in the north of England failed to put in an appearance to discharge the duties to which they were called. They were engaged in business so profitable that a columnist remarked: "It is to be
A SHOWBIZ theme pervades today's Diary as we take a look at fame past, present and perhaps yet to come... FORMULA One team boss Eddie Jordan has found himself a couple of York friends. City lads The Bogus Brothers have made such an impression on the multi-millionaire
WELCOME to the freak show, and the tenth year of shock'n'roll from those twisted travelling folk The Circus Of Horrors, on their first York visit. Circus was dead, or so it was said - but now it is undead, exotic animals replaced with erotic girls, nocturnal
News that the famous luvvie Sir Ian McKellen has got in on the dame act has seen Berwick Kaler rising to the challenge. "Well, if he puts his arms across his chest, we know he's in trouble," a spirited Berwick tells Charles Hutchinson on the eve of Sleeping
THERE was ample Danny joy in the York FA Under-15s Minor Cup for Nestl Rowntree 'A'. The Rowntree ranks pummelled Pocklington 10-1 with Danny Penrose poaching six goals. Scott Nichols was also in fine scoring form with a four-goal haul for Fulford as
Blacksmiths Arms are finding the going tough in the York John Smith's Sunday Football League top division as shown in their latest defeat at home to defending champions Severus SC. The visitors were rarely in trouble once Walker had given them the lead
STAKES are high in the top of the table clash between Goole and Selby Town but the pressure is all on Selby according to Goole boss Paul Marshall. Goole are currently top of the Northern Counties East League premier division with three games in hand and
YORK will be hoping to reassert their promotion credentials when they take on mid-table Ryton in Durham and Northumberland One tomorrow. An easy 32-15 club win over Yorkshire One promotion-hunting Pontefract has buoyed confidence at Clifton Park. But
DUNCAN MEREDITH of York chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott gives his local take on the Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget speech. THREE areas in the Chancellor's measures should bring a "Hooray" to businesses and residents of York and North
WHOOSH! Here was the place where dreams really soared to the skies; where the prospect of a job really WAS rocket science. Knaresborough and Harrogate Lib Dem MP Phil Willis joined two "pupilnauts" taking part in the two-day Skillsfest exhibition at the
THE Martin Stancliffe Architects business, of York, has been bought out by leading conservation architects, Purcell Miller Tritton. The two practices, which have been working together for the past three years on contracts at St Paul's Cathedral, Selby
York's benefits service has been savaged in a damning report. But is it that bad? STEPHEN LEWIS investigates. BENEFITS claimants in York who earlier this year were threatened with eviction because of delays in processing their claims are likely to feel
AZUL, alias Renaissance man JC Christie and hypnotherapist Neil Wallace, play their fusion of jazz, blues and Afro-Latin percussive rhythms in the Basement Bar of City Screen, York on Tuesday night. Christie, vocalist and guitarist, describes himself
With many venues heading for the Christmas break, savour the following while you can. Starting at the sharp end, the Abram Wilson Sextet will be playing tonight at the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM), Walmgate, York. You will remember Abram from
TRADITIONAL Scottish band The Tannahill Weavers visit York for the first time in many years to play the National Centre for Early Music on their 30th anniversary tour on Monday. Roy Gullane, guitar and lead vocals, and Phil Smillie, flute, whistle and
Thirty per cent of Straylands Grove residents are against the bollard, and I am one of them. The council's consultation exercise is flawed and biased. It ignores lots of important stake-holders. The bollard is not "intelligent"; it is unnecessary, expensive
MR Cadoux (Letters, November 27) is quite correct in highlighting the fact that the recently-approved Traffic Management Bill 2004 will allow the city council to take over the enforcement of some moving traffic offences in the same way as it has taken
THE Labour Party propose that private schools will lose their charitable status unless they prove they benefit the general public and also that the facilities are open to the public. As the right of way over St Peter's School is of benefit to the general
THE attack on Mike Bentley's criticism of the Guardian by your correspondent Mr Whiting was ill-timed, and rather selective in the facts quoted to support his claim that the Guardian and its readers represent truth and objectivity. I doubt his claim that
IN response to your article "Charity wants sugar reform" (Business Press, November 16), with something as complex as the European Sugar Regime simple judgements can be misleading. This regime is designed for the domestic EU sugar industry which represents
WITH reference to David Quarrie's letter Criminal Waste of Court Time (November 1). I feel a lot of the public services are seriously lacking in efficiency. Many clearly lack competency and blatantly waste taxpayers hard-earned cash, let alone treating
LOCAL residents could lose their green habits following the closure of recycling banks at York's Barbican Centre, a leading councillor has warned. Containers for the collection of waste paper, glass, cans, textiles and shoes were taken away from the Barbican
THE boss of a York house clearance firm has been left with a £1,200 hole in his pocket, after admitting that he failed to stop waste being dumped illegally. Dave Hughes, owner of Dave Dee Removals, in Piccadilly, York, admitted breaching his duty of care
A MAJOR gas fault which has left hundreds of residents freezing in their homes all week could possibly have been avoided, it was revealed today. The Evening Press has learned that the problem was initially discovered by gas supplier Transco at a house
A £1.6 BILLION investment in local transport will see the region's local authorities handed millions by the Government. York will receive a total of £6,230,000 from Transport Secretary Alistair Darling in 2005/2006, as the Government continues to invest
THE PROSPECT of substantial service cuts in York loomed closer today as council leader Steve Galloway blasted the Government's "unfair" grant allocation for key services. The "disappointed" Liberal Democrat leader said an extra £6.5 million handed to
CHRIS Thompson gamed in a fantastic 15 darts in York John Smith's Men's League division one. But Sun 'A' still only claimed the aggregate as Cygnet 'A' grabbed a last-game victory. With a two-dart 75 bull finish, Heath Scaife set Shepherd 'A' on the way
YORK will be hoping to reassert their promotion credentials when they take on mid-table Ryton in Durham and Northumberland One tomorrow. An easy 32-15 club win over Yorkshire One promotion-hunting Pontefract has buoyed confidence at Clifton Park. But
MUSIC and TV have been banned at dozens of pubs across York and North Yorkshire. Tadcaster brewers Samuel Smiths have ordered landlords to switch off juke boxes, background music and televisions. The move is understood to be partly in response to plans
A TOTAL of £90,000 is still needed to help York City complete the purchase of Bootham Crescent. The Football Foundation's loan of £2million left City just £100,000 short of the sum required to assume a 76 per cent controlling interest of Bootham Crescent
IT'S been a topsy-turvy old week for David Blunkett - from identity cards to marked cards in fewer than seven days. Its pinnacle came on Monday, when the hooligan-busting Home Secretary gleefully unveiled controversial proposals to cajole people into
AS MUCH as you may try to deny it, Christmas is fast approaching, bringing with it the inevitable round of parties and engagements. For those singletons who face a solo Yuletide with dread, gorging yourself on ten chocolate advent calendars at once is
FIFTY students swapped the cobbled streets of York for the style central that is Paris last Thursday as they embarked on a sponsored hitchhike in the name of RAG. The students, who mostly opted for male and female pairs for safety, set of from York at
A SNAP survey by the Evening Press today reveals that a year on from the ban on driving while using a mobile phone, motorists in York are still routinely flouting the law. In just ten minutes, an Evening Press reporter spotted five drivers trying to negotiate
WE all sympathise with the Leeman Road families, left shivering in their homes during the coldest spell of the year by a gas fault. Now it appears their hardship could have been reduced by earlier action. It may be scant comfort for those families still
MINCE PIES made by a North Yorkshire bakery gained top scores in independent taste tests - for the ninth year running. Helmsley-based Thomas the Baker, which has shops across the county, including ones in York and Selby, is proud of its mince pies. A
IAN Wood is registered blind and walks with a stick - but he has never let his disabilities stop him leading life to the full... and helping a York charity in the process. Over the years, the 26-year-old York man has been sky-diving, white water canoeing
Tim Vincent is fitting in a York pantomime between interviewing stars in the US. The former Blue Peter presenter tells Charles Hutchinson all about his busy life. TIM Vincent's career is soon to hit a new peak. No, not his role as Dandini in the Grand
Miss Yesterday is a "serious comedy" about Tammy, a teenager with a problem: herself. Bottom of her class and constantly in trouble, she is the despair of her teachers and her wealthy, successful parents. A chance meeting with a stranger appears to change
HOLDERS Marcia still have the York FA Sunday Morning Senior Cup in their grip, but not before a third round scare against hosts Nestl Flag. A Kieran O'Brien shot from out wide eluded the home defence for the opening goal before Andrew Green finished off
SECOND take on fourth at Wetherby Road tomorrow in a clash of the Nationwide North titans but only 500 will be there to witness it - leading Harrogate Town manager John Reed to hit out at the apathy of the local fans. Town host fourth-placed Kettering
A TOTAL of £90,000 is still needed to help York City complete the purchase of Bootham Crescent. The Football Foundation's loan of £2million left City just £100,000 short of the sum required to assume a 76 per cent controlling interest of Bootham Crescent
YORK has been placed in the forefront of the technology revolution in the North by Chancellor Gordon Brown, who yesterday announced that the city would be involved in a £100 million investment programme. In his Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor named
THE Burning Bush concert has sold out and the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Emma Kirkby & Friends are close to doing so. Good news indeed for the five-day York Early Music Christmas Festival, which begins on Thursday. Festival favourite Lucie
PETER Richardson was once part of the Comic Strip, those comic radicals of the British Eighties. He was responsible for the surrealist satire Strike!, the one where he played Al Pacino playing Arthur Scargill. He was always hit and miss, and alas Churchill
THE lesson to be learnt at this School for Seduction is that good ideas don't necessarily turn into great films. Writer (with Martin Herron) and director Sue Heel has fashioned a lively comic battle of the sexes that never quite delivers as much as promised
Reformed Hollywood bad boy Christian Slater looks set to raise a few more eyebrows with the opening of his latest movie, Churchill: The Hollywood Years. Slater, 35, plays war-time Winston Churchill as an American G.I. in this surreal romp from director
Sometime model, lad mag favourite and mocked presenter of The Big Breakfast - Kelly Brook has fitted a lot into her 25 years. And that's not to mention her Hollywood boyfriend or her big screen lead in School For Seduction, reports Steve Pratt. MODEL-turned-actress
It's a heavyweight clash of the two-mile champion chasers at Sandown tomorrow when Moscow Flyer and Azertyuiop go head to head in the William Hill Tingle Creek Trophy. Twelve months ago in this corresponding race Moscow Flyer came out on top, but the
Can I ask Janet S Kitchen of Ashley Park Road (Letters, November 27) to please get her facts right before writing about the proposed rising bollard on Straylands Grove. Firstly, we certainly didn't ask for a rising bollard or any kind of bollard. And
It was nice to see Lorraine Chase's picture in Monday's Evening Press on her visit to Oaklands School. Can it really be 27 years since she first came to prominence in a television commercial? A small point, the advertisement referred to was not shot at
I write in support of Janet S Kitchen's letter regarding the ridiculous rising bollard proposed for Woodlands Grove. I would like to add a personal point of view as a person living in the Monks Cross area and having parents and family in the Stockton
TO quote from David Bell's letter: "I'm sure that a smoking and non-smoking area is quite sufficient" (November 22). Is this bloke for real? A smoking area in any room is as much use as a "peeing area" in a swimming pool. W Elliott, Kinbrace Road, Hartlepool
In case the Government's lifting of the ban on the sale of cattle over 30 months old causes too much complacency, let us just remind ourselves of a few of the things we have learned about BSE/CJD recently. Firstly, a young Irish man was diagnosed with
CONGRATULATIONS to all the children who took part in the inaugural Peter Feasby Celebration Trophy Hockey Tournament - all the teams involved played with wonderful spirit and received tremendous support from spectators. As one of the schools involved,
I AM writing to thank Selby Council for saving council tax money by not gritting the roads in Barlby on Tuesday November 30. Due to its wise frugality at 4.45am on my way to work, I had the misfortune to come off my bike on the untreated icy York road
A 33-year-old York man is in hospital after being attacked. Police are searching for two people in connection with the incident in Water Lane, Clifton, at about midday yesterday. The victim was left with a serious injury to his neck in the attack, which
THEY stood ready when their country needed them to face the most formidable military machine in the world. Although they were often too old for military service, the men of the Home Guard flocked to the colours in 1940, when Hitler's forces were triumphant
Memories of the first ever game of rugby in Pocklington will be rekindled this weekend as part of the rugby union club's 125th anniversary celebrations. A team from Pocklington School will take on ten men from the town in Victorian kit and rules in a
THE winner of the Evening Press energy makeover competition believes she was destined to win - because of her surname. Judy Watt, from Hamilton Drive, York, was first out of the hat and will receive prizes worth more than £2,200, including a top-of-the-range
YORK City's board of directors are hoping that a new stadium will bring in seven-days-a-week income to the football club. The Minstermen aim to move into a new stadium in ten years' time and are currently seeking a suitable site. Relocation is a condition
Some York drivers are defiantly flouting the ban on driving while using their mobile phone - despite the fact that they could all face a harsh fine. Police chiefs say that while most motorists know what they are doing is now illegal, they cannot resist
ARTIST Judy Burnett lives beside the Ouse in York, affording her the chance to experience each day the colours and the atmosphere created by changes of light on the river. In her new exhibition of mixed-media paintings and drawings, From Ouse Bridge To
A WOW car at a wow price - that's Chrysler's slice of pure-bred American beef, the Crossfire. The coupe's lines are as fluid as the bad guy in Terminator 2, yet it ripples with the same awesome muscle as that film's star, Arnie Schwarzenegger. You can
