Staff at Nestl's York factory were back at work today after an impromptu walk-out. Furious workers downed tools and marched out yesterday in protest at their own union, the GMB. They accused it of making them look "mean and greedy" in the dispute over
Football and exams don't mix. For a 16-year-old, as much as for any football fan, the thought of turning off the tv and opening up the school book is not an attractive one. Examiners must have a sadistic streak because exams always seem to fall slap in
As an ardent World Cup devotee, there is one match on Sunday I'll be particularly keen not to miss. Japan's entry on to the pitch for their clash with Argentina will be history in the making. It will be the first time the orientals have fought their way
Facts, facts and more facts poured forth from the microphone of the BBC's very own Mr Gradgrind, but John Motson endured a hard time with Group B. Cameroon and Austria failed to provide a first hour flow and Motty followed their faltering lead, stuttering
Scrum-half Mick Crane has answered an SOS call from York Rugby League Club. The 27-year-old play-maker has signed on loan until the end of the season from Hull KR as cover for injured first choice scrum-half David Brook. Crane trained with the squad at
Precious metal from York City's golden days is to go under the hammer. A gold medal from the history-making City title side of 1983-84 is among almost 700 lots for sale at an auction of football memorabilia at the Glasgow showroom of Christie's on June
Goal-starved York City are lining up a man who dealt a hat-trick of stunning blows to them last season. Desperately seeking a striker to beef up their armoury, I understand City have had talks with former Crystal Palace and Stockport County striker Andy
A "despicable" cowboy builder charged an elderly man and sister, in their 80s, £1,300 for only four hours' work on their roof. The con prompted county trading standards officers to issue fresh warnings to elderly people about cowboy workmen turning up
Work to end the rising death toll at a deadly junction on the Easingwold bypass is to start next week - months ahead of scheduleThe new roundabout will replace the notorious Easingwold A19 Thirsk Road junction blamed for the deaths of six people. Since
Former England cricketer Ian Botham will be bowled over when he hears that York-based supermarket chain Costcutter intend to stump up £60,000 sponsorship for his charity walk from London to John O'Groats. The idea came from cricket crazy managing director
Commuters from the Selby area, travelling to work in the York area, are to have one of their "escape" routes blocked for up to a fortnight. The B1222, which runs via Cawood, Stillingfleet and Naburn, joining the A19 at Fulford, is to be closed from Monday
Cucumber sandwiches, swimsuits and sun tan oil - forget them. As not-so-flaming June squelches under the onslaught of miserable weather, hot soup, woolly jumpers and chilblain lotion are the things no visitors to North Yorkshire should be without. And
A worker at the old ABB carriageworks site in York was taken to hospital after his hand was caught in an hydraulic press. Firefighters were called to Holgate Road, where the American-based rail freight company, Thrall Europa, is building wagons for English
Days after the sumptuous opening of a new Indian restaurant on the outskirts of York at least three people were laid low with suspected food poisoning, it was revealed today. The opening of the Jinnah Restaurant, which has just been converted at a cost
It's not the World Cup but the Premier League that will be "coming home" to York tonight. Ooh Ah Showab Khan, at York's Priory Street Centre tonight, is a provocative play tackling the issue of racism in football. Written by Clifford Oliver, the play
David Warner on Yorkshire Cricket Matthew Wood extended his astonishing sequence of Headingley scores from the start of his first class career by hitting a flawless and unbeaten century to leave Yorkshire in a healthy position at the end of a weather-shortened
Racing by Tom O'Ryan The in-form Ruzen, trained in South Glamorgan by Bryn Palling, can deny a strong North Yorkshire challenge in tomorrow's 350,000 William Hill Trophy Handicap - the richest handicap for three-year-olds in Europe and the showpiece of
One of the River Ouse's most important locks is to be returned almost to new, courtesy of its mining neighbours. Work has started at Naburn Locks and Weir, near York, to strengthen it and ensure it works well into the future. And the £300,000 bill is
A man found dead in a North Yorkshire river appeared in court only weeks ago after terrifying his estranged wife and children at gunpoint on a Scottish golf course. Ex-farmer Ian Parker's body was found in the River Derwent at Forge Valley, East Ayton
