BAR Talk has been meaning to feature Wold Top Brewery in this column for some time. But there was one problem. It's in the middle of nowhere. Nowhere is Wold Newton, a village closer to Filey than to Driffield, Bridlington or Malton, but not particularly
LEE Paterson has topped off a wonderful debut year with hometown York City Knights by being named the club's Player of the Year. The accolade, as voted for by his team-mates, was bestowed on the 24-year-old at the Knights' presentation evening in the
YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook is already relishing the prospect of LHF National League One rugby - and is not ruling out breaking into the top-six. Cook led his team to the NL2 title this season and, player recruitment aside, has been able to put his
Mike Tipping is still celebrating the Ashes victory with Aussie wine. How sick do I get with the build up to a general election? How unimpressed am I by one set of overpaid Premiership footballers scraping a one-nil victory against another? How disinterested
AN Odyssey is defined, in my dictionary, as "a series of wanderings" or "a long, adventurous journey". And, as foodies will know, that is precisely what chef Rick Stein has embarked upon for his latest TV series. With his producer David Pritchard, he
MANY readers' letters have suggested that to recycle cardboard, wood, and plastics, one must have a car and be prepared to drive to Foss Islands or other waste depots. Having often done so, I offer the following observations about the Foss Islands site
WHEN polled for my opinion on recycling and waste collection last year, I voted for the policy of alternate weekly collection of general and garden/recyclable waste rather than collecting both weekly and seeing a rise in council tax. Presently, 78 per
I WRITE in response to Mr Rogers's letter about affordable housing (September 20). In terms of affordable planning policy and housing need in York, a household is defined as being unable to afford private-sector housing if it has a gross household income
FALLING Premiership attendances have been consuming widespread attention this week and it would appear that York City are currently bucking a national trend. Twelve clubs who have been Conference outfits for the last two seasons are also reporting a fall
YOU probably don't know this but I went to California on honeymoon earlier this year. And what a lovely time it was. Of course spending two weeks with my new wife Catherine would have been equally as wonderful had it been in Selby or San Francisco. But
FOODIES in York were today gearing up for the climax of the city's Festival Of Food & Drink. The ten-day food extravaganza, which has been hailed by organisers as the best in its nine-year history, finishes tomorrow. Organiser Michael Hjort, of the
A HOOLIGAN from York who butted an opposition fan after an FA Cup match has been put behind bars for three months and banned from all football matches for six years. Matthew Rawcliffe attacked the 15-year-old outside Burton Albion's Eton Park ground,
THE Government has refused to intervene in the row over plans to relocate York's Arc Light homeless centre to the former Shipton Street School. Housing Minister Yvette Cooper told York MP Hugh Bayley that the location for such a hostel was a local issue
THE father of ME victim Carli Barry has backed calls for people to be given better protection from crop spraying. But Geoffrey Barry said he feared the Government will ignore the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP
Long Marston-based Garry Kirby was among the winners at the British Riding Club's National Championships in Lincolnshire, where he was representing Selby Riding Club. Kirby's win came in the senior riding test championships, which are judged on the rider's
Stewart Parkin is back on the road to glory - and that's a testament to an iron fortitude. After blasting on to the circuit with successive York Union Match-play championships victories in 2002 and 2003, Parkin's progress was stalled by an horrific road
YORK City Ladies have had to put on hold hopes of revisiting KitKat Crescent - but another cup conquest tomorrow could quicken their return. Joey MacGregor's team fly the flag for the city in the second qualifying round of the women's FA Cup against Denton
Malton and Norton Golf Club's Emma Duggleby has enjoyed a champion flourish to the season. The Curtis Cup star was crowned the Champion of Champions after a superb debut at The Belfry. Coming through six knockout rounds, Emma took her place in the six-strong
A MOTORCYCLIST was killed when he came off his machine on the A19 south of York. The 26-year-old man, believed to be from the Selby area, was one of three friends riding their motorbikes on the A19 towards York near Riccall when the accident happened
YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook is already relishing the prospect of LHF National League One rugby - and is not ruling out breaking into the top-six. Cook led his team to the NL2 title this season and, player recruitment aside, has been able to put his
HOLDERS Marcia have conceded their two-year grip on the York FA Sunday Morning Senior Cup without even kicking a ball. The 2004 and 2005 winners have forfeited their first-round tie against Hounds tomorrow - a repeat of last season's final - because players
BACKING from residents continues to pour in for the Evening Press Bin It! campaign. More than 4,500 people have joined now our protest, which calls on city council bosses to keep weekly household rubbish collections. Our campaign is opposed to City of
IT was interesting to note the disapproval aimed at the England cricket team following their magnificent victory over Australia in the Ashes series (which must have been the best sporting contest of all time), regarding their somewhat exuberant celebrations
AFTER all the false dawns, trials and tribulations, York City really do appear to be at the start of something good. I applaud Billy McEwan's attitude and caution. After all, football has an awful reputation of destroying dreams in an instant. Not so
THE kick-off time for York City's Boxing Day home clash with local rivals Scarborough has been brought forward to 1pm on the advice of North Yorkshire Police. City's Conference match at Gravesend and Northfleet on October 8 will also start at 1pm to avoid
YORK City Ladies have had to put on hold hopes of revisiting KitKat Crescent - but another cup conquest tomorrow could quicken their return. Joey MacGregor's team fly the flag for the city in the second qualifying round of the women's FA Cup against Denton
Saturday, September 24, 2005 100 years ago The new premises of the Beverley Post Office in Register Square - only a few yards from the existing building - would be opened to the public in a week. The ground floor contained a spacious public counter, behind
George Wilkinson goes chasing waterfalls on the most northeast boundary of the Dales National Park. The River Rawthey is, in its upper reaches near Sedbergh, part of the northeast boundary of the Dales National Park. The river we walked has good waterfalls
Jennie Cook tells Maxine Gordon why her experience of reality TV gave her a reality check. AFTER the premature death of her husband John, Jennie Cook yearned for a new life, preferably in the country. The Malaysian-born cook and former TV chef put her
City Of Troy, unbeaten in two starts, can hit the jackpot tomorrow as he bids for a hat-trick on a not-to-be-missed programme at Newmarket. The exciting juvenile, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, lines-up for the totesport.com Royal Lodge Stakes with Darryll
WITH a name like this we thought it might be difficult to find. Not so! It is located on a corner with plenty of parking in the vicinity. Described as a traditional tearoom serving light lunches and snacks, morning coffee and afternoon teas, it is open
Gina Parkinson enthuses about a favourite late-summer daisy. IT IS almost the end of September and gardens are in their last blaze of glory before temperatures drop and winter sets in. The weather has been beautiful this past two weeks and late-summer
BRITAIN was nominally at peace during the 23 years covered by this volume. As anyone who has been appalled by recent events in Basra will know, however, that doesn't mean our servicemen and women spent the time kicking their heels in barracks. During
Yorkshire found an ally in the weather yesterday as they continued their bid to go through a whole Championship season without a defeat for the first time since 1928. And they will have achieved their objective if they can hold out today on the final
Yorkshire Phoenix are hoping to ruin the party when they conclude their season by taking on Sussex Sharks in the totesport League at Hove tomorrow. Sussex fans will be celebrating big time if Sharks win because it means they will finish top of the second
IT WAS not, in hindsight, wise to start our tour of Newby Hall and gardens in the sculpture park, especially with boisterous children in tow. What should have been a peaceful 30-minute stroll through the woods turned into a frantic game of trying to stop
WE should have no objection to the proposed once-a-fortnight collection of household waste if the council provided a more comprehensive recycling service. We already recycle all our paper, glass and cans but are not able to recycle card or plastic. These
LIKE many other residents, I am concerned at the council's plans to introduce fortnightly rather than weekly refuse collections without increasing collections of recyclable rubbish. The present collections of cans, glass and paper are inadequate. Why
I TOTALLY agree with Peter Briggs (Letters, September 19) about the present debate about waste collection arrangements. While I realise that a local paper must, to a sensible degree, echo concerns of the York citizenry, a little more thought may well
CONGRATULATIONS must go to Absolute Leisure and City of York Council, a cosy relationship that flies in the face of national Liberal Democrat/police/medical concerns, not to mention common sense, about binge drinking. Do we want a big brother state? No
N J Nicholson need not feel so smug about the recent fall in the price of petrol (Letters, September 20). The price at our local Tesco, at 90p, is just 1p a litre lower than when I filled my nearly-empty tank there last week. Nationally there is little
TRUSTED constable David Boag used police computers to harass the new boyfriend of his former partner. PC Boag, 45, looked up the registration number of his ex-girlfriend's new man on the police national computer to find out where he lived. He then used
IT'S your call. That's the message to residents who want to tackle the problems which blight their neighbourhood. Householders can already report everything from abandoned vehicles to litter and graffiti on the York Pride Action Line - 01904 551551. But
A TAKEAWAY boss has been ordered to do a daily litter pick outside his shop, after being refused the right to serve hot food into the early hours. Ali G's on Tower Street, York, has become the first of the city's 161 fast-food outlets to secure a premises
RYEDALE table tennis addict Cliff Edens has just been honoured with a national award for his services to the game. He has been awarded the English Table Tennis Association's 'Tutor Coach of the Year' at a dinner at the Sport England National Training
A PAEDOPHILE monk who abused ten boys at one of Britain's top public schools has been locked up for four years. Pervert Gregory Carroll molested children as young as eight during an 11-year period at the remote Ampleforth College on the edge of the North
LEE Paterson has topped off a wonderful debut year with hometown York City Knights by being named the club's Player of the Year. The accolade, as voted for by his team-mates, was bestowed on the 24-year-old at the Knights' presentation evening in the
AN elderly widow is petrified of being arrested after receiving court demands for a fine accrued by a stranger. Nora Hutchinson, 73, has received five letters from Her Majesty's Court Service addressed to Thomas Crayke. The latest, pushed through her
AH, September. I love this last golden gasp of summer as it slides into autumn. No other month can evoke childhood like new school shoes and shiny conkers, but most evocative of all is seasonal produce. Keats was spot-on about mellow fruitfulness: I only
Wheelie-bin washer Shaun Moon claims his business will be hammered under the council's new fortnightly waste collections. The 35-year-old, from Tang Hall, York, cleans more than 1,000 bins each month, but says the number will be cut by a quarter when
FORMER York City manager Alan Little and six members of his team that beat Manchester United at Old Trafford will be present at Thursday's dinner marking the ten-year anniversary of that famous win. Paul Barnes, Andy McMillan, Nigel Pepper, Tony Barrass
