STEP forward Britain's new style guru: Queen Elizabeth II. That Her Majesty is hipper than her nation of fashion stragglers should really go without saying. Most of us girls have, after all, only just forsaken our comfy old cargo pants to follow Liz's
YORK City Supporters Trust life member Rob McGill has asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to consider granting the football club a tax refund. In a letter to the government cabinet minister, McGill, the father of York City board members Jason
CHELSEA have declined York City's offer to use their Wigginton Road training ground in preparation for Saturday's FA Cup fourth round at Scarborough. City's communications director Sophie McGill said: "One of our supporters gave us the idea to contact
I AM sure Hilary McElroy speaks for most people in this country (Letters, January 19) but, unfortunately, the country is now being run by a majority of career politicians who do not have any experience of the needs of people's needs. They totally disregard
IT is estimated that at least 15,000 people are being held without trial and justified by the "war on terror". Oppression is becoming legitimate. Nine British citizens and two residents continue to be held in cruel and inhumane conditions at Camp X-Ray
DURING the last few days I have spotted a contractor going about the Woodthorpe estate allegedly cleaning the street rain drains. As the vehicle approached each drain a man simply took a hose from the wagon, poured a quantity of water down the drain and
IT was reported in the Evening Press that no one turned up for the public meeting set up by chief fire officer Eric Clark (January 18). Where was this meeting advertised? If people are not made aware of a public meeting how can they be expected to turn
Englishman Andy Fordham recently won the darts World Championship. Last Sunday Scotsman Alex Marshal won the world cup for indoor bowls. I trust both these men will be honoured in the New Year Honours List, for doing exactly the same as the English rugby
IT HAS been a blockbuster, record-breaking "Campaign" at British Sugar's York factory, it was revealed. With just two weeks to go before the end of "The Campaign" - that 22-week rush both to harvest and process the beet crop before the winter frosts -
A PUB which was badly damged by fire has risen from the ashes to achieve a prestigious accolade. When a blaze ripped through the Durham Ox in Crayke, in August 2000, owner Michael Ibbotson vowed to fight back and restore the business to its former glory
MORE than £30 million of British taxpayers' cash has already been spent on controversial plans for missile defence, the Evening Press can reveal. The Government began running up a research bill as far back as 1994, according to a series of written Parliamentary
PANTOMIME is still having a laugh across swathes of Britain. Harrogate Theatre, however, is offering a haven of serious, intense American drama on the rocks. This week, Harrogate plays host to the opening dates of Colin Blumenau's touring production of
CHARLOTTE Maxted completed a great fortnight by sweeping to the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country title at Scarborough. Two weeks ago she won selection for the Yorkshire team, last week she recorded her first win for Nestle Rowntree Athletics Club
YORK'S Under-11 Schools side were held to a 2-2 draw against a select Ryedale Junior League representative squad at the weekend. York dominated the match and with more clinical finishing would have put the game beyond Ryedale's reach. Sam Byram opened
NEW EARSWICK All Blacks under-16s reached the quarter-finals of the National Cup with a hard-hitting 15-12 win away to St Helens-based Pilkinton. Ross Divorty collected Liam Gargan's kick to open the scoring, Thomas Mackley converting, but the hosts,
WHEN Stephen King is one of your biggest fans, you must be doing something right. The horror writer has declared Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks thrillers as the best on the market. "Try one and tell me I'm wrong," he says. King's comments won't surprise
THE first line of Matthew Smith's new book investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe sets him up for a fall. "There is nothing quite as daunting as trying to solve a forty-year-old mystery," he says. So daunting
CONN Iggulden's Julius Caesar epic, Emperor: At The Gates Of Rome, was one of the best reads of last year, and his sequel, The Death Of Kings, is equally as good, if not better. The former teacher cleverly weaves fact and fiction to create an unforgettable
FRESH measures to target antisocial behaviour and crack down on mindless yobs have been welcomed by York community leaders. A host of new powers came into force yesterday to help police tackle vandals, nuisance neighbours, problem youths and drug dealers
A CONSERVATION watchdog has given its wholehearted support to the Evening Press campaign to save York's Odeon. York Civic Trust says the cinema in Blossom Street is both important to the social and cultural life of the city, and is also an important example
STAFF and students at York St John College will be encouraged to ditch their cars and get on their bikes with a seven-week programme of events. York-based professional cycling advisory service, Company of Cyclists, will visit the campus weekly until March
MORE than £30 million of British taxpayers' cash has already been spent on controversial plans for missile defence, the Evening Press can reveal. The Government began running up a research bill as far back as 1994, according to a series of written Parliamentary
DARREN Gough, who ended his Test career in the middle of last summer, could now be close to reaching a decision over whether to continue playing for Yorkshire this season or else hang up his boots altogether. Although Yorkshire's director of cricket,
THREE rogue pilots who forced the cancellation of a Red Arrows display at last summer's Elvington Airshow will not face prosecution. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today confirmed that no action would be taken against the pilots who strayed into the
YORK City Supporters Trust life member Rob McGill has asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to consider granting the football club a tax refund. In a letter to the government cabinet minister, McGill, the father of York City board members Jason
AN 80-year-old rule banning women from the games room at a York club has finally been overturned - shedding once-and-for-all its "cloth cap and whippet" image. The games room at Huntington Working Men's Club is a male preserve no longer, after members
ASHLEY Sestanovic is hoping to finish his loan spell on a high when his foster-team take on Chelsea in the game of his life on Saturday. The 22-year-old midfielder is due to return to Sheffield United at the end of the month when his three-month stay
THE issue of bullying among primary school children will be highlighted in a campaign in York and Selby. Children as young as eight will be targeted in the scheme to drive home the message that it is wrong to bully. The campaign from Selby and York Primary
WORKING parents have been given a boost with extra money to pay for child care. All parents of three-year-old children will now have the same access to money to pay for early years education and child care. From April, all children, regardless of their
PLANS from a York school to create good citizens have been recognised in a national competition. Poppleton Road Primary School has been given £2,000 by BT for its citizenship programme, which will involve children helping in the community, taking up a
A YORK school has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme to improve children's health. St Aelred's School, in Fifth Avenue, will be taking part in the Adopt A School scheme, which aims to link schools with fitness centres. Under the scheme, run by
Smoking pot will still be illegal next week - even though you may not be arrested for it. STEPHEN LEWIS tries to shed a little light on the confusion. CANNABIS has never been noted for its ability to cause clear thinking. So no one should be surprised
Tommy Oxtoby was the hero as Malton Bacon Factory won the Reserve 'A' derby in the Leeper Hare York and District League against Old Malton. Oxtoby scored twice in the second half to give the Factorymen a 2-1 win after Carl Sawdon had given Old Malton
DARREN Gough, who ended his Test career in the middle of last summer, could now be close to reaching a decision over whether to continue playing for Yorkshire this season or else hang up his boots altogether. Although Yorkshire's director of cricket,
THREE members of York City's 1955 FA Cup semi-final team were among the congregation at the funeral service for Ernie Phillips, the City captain in that history-making period, at York Crematorium yesterday. Norman Wilkinson (72), who lives in Annfield
THE headlines in your paper about the Nestl workers thinking of striking because they had to drop their wages to £18,000 (January 16) made me sad. For 25 years I have been a nursing assistant in a special needs unit. If myself, and others like me, had
THERE are worries about the possible health risks of using mobile phones ('Mobile phones appear safe', January 14). Yet it could be years before there is any damage to health. Besides, we all use microwaves, other domestic equipment and watch TV for hours
COUN Carol Runciman refers to York continuing to receive "consistently low education funding settlements" (Letters, January 16). What she does not say is that York schools received an increase of £3.5 million this year, which was among the highest increases
I AM glad Carole Tucker agrees with my opinion that Ken Livingstone is altogether a better politician than the person who was the official Labour candidate (Letters, January 17). This is a view she shares with the millions of Londoners who elected him
MR W Elliott 'blames' Queen Victoria for her part in providing the German Kaiser who started the First World War which led to the Second World War (Letters, January 12), notwithstanding Bismark and Hitler. Is your correspondent implying that Queen Victoria
A SHAKE-UP of the planning system is needed if the rural economy is to prosper. That's the response of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) to publication of the Government's Rural White Paper review. The review recaps work carried out in key
YOUNG football stars at Copmanthorpe Primary School celebrated the arrival of their new kit by winning the group stage of the Kellogs Frosties six-a-side. Community football charity Football Foundation funded the £300 kit as part of its junior kit scheme
FIRST YORK will be running free buses to Huntington Stadium on Friday for York City Knight's big friendly against Leeds Rhinos (ko 8pm). One bus will pick up at Thanet Road Baths (Edmund Wilson) 6.45pm, then Stonebow Job Centre at 7pm to Huntington Stadium
THERE is nothing new about unconventional warfare - the phrase "guerrilla war" dates from Napoleonic times, and the original "commandos" were Afrikaner farmers battling against Queen Victoria's soldiers. But the concept of Special Forces, rigorously trained
IT MAY not have wings, but a jet-propelled vehicle has taken to York's narrow streets for a trial run this week. Bosses at First are trying out a new £190,000 hybrid bus, which runs on a jet turbine outside York, but can switch to an electric battery
A WORLD-FAMOUS wildlife artist was reunited with a painting after almost 50 years when he launched a new exhibition in York. David Shepherd, who also paints railway subjects, was visiting the National Railway Museum to open Along Artistic Lines, which
MORE than a century of footage will shortly be available to the public after the Yorkshire Film Archive is launched in new premises this evening. The archive has been rehoused in the Fountains Learning Centre, at York St John College, thanks to a grant
CITY of York Council has ordered a review of its Christmas rubbish collections after a flurry of complaints from residents. The Evening Press has reported several complaints from frustrated householders in different parts of the city. And news of the
THE Acomb Tackle-backed York and District Winter League saw most competitors struggle against a freezing river Ouse carrying over a metre of flood water on Sunday. Phil Hodgson (Tang Hall) won with relative ease from an unfancied peg in the tall trees
FEARS that an inflation-busting council tax rise in York could be capped by the Government have been raised by the authority's chief executive, leaked documents obtained by the Evening Press show. An email sent by David Atkinson to council officers and
HEALTH Ministers are facing demands to publish a buried report on disgraced former York psychiatrist Michael Haslam. An investigation was completed in 1997 into the activities of Haslam, who was jailed last month for seven years for sexual offences against
FIRST YORK will be running free buses to Huntington Stadium on Friday for York City Knight's big friendly against Leeds Rhinos (ko 8pm). One bus will pick up at Thanet Road Baths (Edmund Wilson) 6.45pm, then Stonebow Job Centre at 7pm to Huntington Stadium
The family of a popular York businessman who cheated death after a horrific tree-cutting accident have spoken about their anguish. Father-of-two Ben Buck, 29, needed emergency brain surgery after a falling eight-metre branch slammed into his face "like
Students from North Yorkshire will take part in an enterprise masterclass at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. It is the first time an event such as this has taken place and comes after the formation of a partnership between RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire Business
PROPOSALS to cut the equivalent of seven full-time jobs to fund a shortfall in the education budget in York could be ditched if alternatives are found. But York education chiefs warned last night that this was unlikely and said it was important not to
AUDACIOUS loops, bends and swerves undertaken at astonishing speed and with awesome precision. When it comes to aerobatics, no one comes close to the Red Arrows. The magnificent men in their Hawk jets were the highlight of the Yorkshire Air Show last
EIGHTY-SIX years after women got the vote, a quarter of a century after a woman Prime Minister was elected, more than a decade after a woman was made head of British intelligence, another milestone has been reached. The games room at Huntington Working
IT beggars belief. Twenty years ago, York Labour Party activist Liz Edge attended a trades union conference in Bournemouth. After she returned she was sent a cutting from the local Bournemouth paper. This report decried the rise of begging in the resort
