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  • A match day in the life of

    ANDY McMillan, one of the most assured sporting sons of York, was but a telephone call from shining with the house of Lancashire. Such a revelation may seem like sacrilege, so enduring has the McMillan style been applied to the pride of York's cause.

  • Dave on long road back to a full life

    by Dennis TowleA NORTH YORKSHIRE miner who lost both legs in an horrific pit accident is walking back to happiness. The courage and willpower of David Armstrong has been an inspiration to other amputees, says his proud wife, Gloria. The 51-year-old father-of-three

  • Killer should not be freed

    by Megi RychlikovaTHE IRA terrorist who murdered a North Yorkshire special constable should stay in jail for the rest of his life and not join the paramilitary amnesty, say bereaved relatives. The parents of Glenn Goodman will oppose any move to allow

  • Grim toll of the bomb and bullet

    The Ulster conflict has touched the lives of many people in Yorkshire over the past three decades. On the first day of a new era MIKE LAYCOCK looks back It was on February 4, 1974, when the grim reality of the Troubles first hit home in Yorkshire with

  • Thruxton brings out the best in Tommo

    by Malcolm BaylisTHE first round of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton on Monday promises a mixed bag of thrills and worries. For York driver James Thompson it could lead to the first of many visits to the winners ' podium after several

  • Pock triumph in a mudbath

    POCKLINGTON supporters were singing in the rain at the end of seven hours of muddy rugby action at the 40th John Smith's Pocklington Sevens yesterday, when Pocklington won their own competition. They defeated defending champions Newcastle 17-10 in an

  • Wasps let slips show

    by Stuart MartelSUMMER rugby league returned to Huntington Stadium with a rain-lashed vengeance. Stormy skies overhead and sodden turf underfoot made for a slip-sliding start to the second division season. And it was York Rugby League Club who slipped

  • Charles to visit Moors

    A ROYAL visitor will spend two days in North Yorkshire next month, stopping off on the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. A spokesman at St James's Palace confirmed that the Prince of Wales would visit the North York Moors on Thursday, May 14.

  • Mum's the word on playground

    by David MartinA VILLAGE playground is being transformed thanks to the fundraising work of concerned mums. More than £30,000 was raised in just 18 months by a committee of parents in Home-on-Spalding Moor, who were fed up with the state of their village

  • Royal gift for event in Sarah's memory

    by Mike LaycockTHE Queen Mother is backing plans for a PMS awareness day in memory of a North Yorkshire woman who died tragically. She has given a Crown Derby bon-bon dish to be auctioned at a charity night organised by the Ripon parents of Sarah Beynon-Fletcher

  • Isn't he just great

    by Caroline RadfordA HUGE bronze statue commemorating a historical giant will be unveiled outside York Minster this summer. The £80,000 statue depicts Constantine the Great, who was proclaimed Emperor of Rome in York in 306. It was suggested some years

  • Woman killed in gas explosion

    AN ELDERLY woman was killed today when a gas explosion ripped through her tiny bungalow at Selby. The blast in the kitchen was so powerful it destroyed the lounge window, sending shards of glass hurtling on to a communal lawn 15 yards away. The woman