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  • Thompson set for Boro hot seat

    FORMER York City player-boss Neil Thompson was expected to be announced as Scarborough's new manager this afternoon. As reported in the Evening Press, current boss Colin Addison will step down following tonight's friendly with Manchester United, after

  • Cresswell move put on hold

    YORK City's former striker Richard Cresswell's proposed move to Preston North End has hit an apparent stumbling block - keeping alive the Minstermen's slim hopes of receiving a sell-on fee. City agreed a sell-on clause with Sheffield Wednesday when he

  • City get ready to party

    THE finishing touches are being put to York City's party plans for tomorrow's prestigious friendly with Manchester United. As reported in the Evening Press, City are to use the eagerly awaited fixture as the launch-pad for a fan-friendly new season at

  • Membership drive gathers pace

    YORK City Supporters' Club drive for new members continues to gather momentum with almost 200 members signed up. Now the organisation is hoping tomorrow's prestigious friendly against Manchester United, and Tuesday's clash with Middlesbrough, will see

  • Chaos at dental surgery after computer theft

    A MAN who burgled a York dental surgery and took a laptop computer full of patients' records caused "absolute chaos", a court heard. Stacy Malton, 23, used a car wheel brace to smash his way into the Bishopthorpe Road premises, but was caught several

  • Streets ahead with cyber soap

    A NEW soap opera starts in Yorkshire on Tuesday - Yorkshire Day - when the Evening Press Internet site begins the story of YorkGate. This cyber soap opera is set in the very heart of this historic city in an imaginary street called YorkGate. It is a tale

  • Why Fairtrade food is nothing to scoff at

    CONSUMERISM with a conscience has just received a huge boost by Sainsbury's announcement that it is now stocking Fairtrade bananas from Caribbean farmers. The Fairtrade movement aims to ensure farmers and manufacturers in the Third World receive the correct

  • Why TV's a turn-off

    What is life like without a TV to give us our regular fix of EastEnders, Coronation Street and Ally McBeal? Stephen Lewis finds out. THERE'S a house in Beech Avenue, Bishopthorpe, that doesn't have a television licence. The boys from TV licensing don't

  • Top of the bill - Beckham among stars to take on Minstermen

    GOLDEN boy David Beckham heads an all-star list of Manchester United players set to face York City at Bootham Crescent tomorrow (3pm). Multi-medal winners Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Dwight Yorke, Gary Neville, Denis Irwin, Mikael Silvestre and captain

  • Dolan relishes champions' challenge

    YORK City chief Terry Dolan is relishing tomorrow's big match atmosphere. And the Minstermen manager reckons the mighty Manchester United are the perfect opponents to test City's pre-season preparations so far. "From a fitness point of view it will probably

  • Great efforts

    RECENTLY the Poppleton Garden Trail took place and I should like, on behalf of the Poppleton Community Trust, to say 'thank you' to all those involved. A total of £4,500 was raised which will make an excellent contribution to the next stage in the development

  • Spread the sales

    WHILE looking through your newspaper to select a suitable place to 'car boot' some unwanted items last Sunday I noticed most of the venues were all on Sunday morning. Surely four different car boot sales in the York area on Sunday morning saturates the

  • About the buses

    REGARDS Mr K Thomas of Acomb's letter about the number of buses parking on Knavesmire Road, why does the council allow it? There are parking places in special car parks. As for turning Knavesmire into a glorified car park, he must be joking - or has he

  • Keep it local

    I READ that, for the next parliamentary elections, both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats in the Vale of York, have adopted candidates from outside the constituency to represent its citizens (July 6). Are we to assume that these individuals are

  • Steve's homecoming

    MANCHESTER United's future could owe much to the city of York and its football club. Waiting in the Old Trafford wings and itching to establish themselves at the Theatre of Dreams are former York youngsters goalkeeper Nick Culkin and striker Jonathan

  • Coppergate scheme will kill off historic heart

    I AM certain that if the Coppergate plans are allowed to proceed many of the existing chain and department stores will be forced commercially to relocate to the newly-extended city 'centre', leaving York's existing centre a mixture of empty shops and

  • A first class idea for appeal

    PEOPLE who want to lend their support to the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal are being urged to become stamp collectors. Royal Mail is issuing a new first class stamp on Tuesday 1 which features a bright yellow sunflower - the symbol of the Hospice Movement

  • All over - till next year

    On the final day of school this week, just before they began their summer holidays, my three primary school children went to visit their new classrooms. This left me with a number of questions. What happened to the Year 6 students? Without a new classroom

  • Tennis game proves a smash hit for Wimbledon fans

    Open Tennis 2000, published by Cryo for PC SPECS: Pentium 233, 220MB free hard disk space, 4MB 3d accelerator, 32MB RAM, 8xCD-ROM STILL pining for Wimbledon? You could do far worse than pick up Open Tennis 2000, which easily lays claim to the title of

  • Montjeu has the class to beat all his rivals

    KEVIN Darley will be aboard Beat All in tomorrow's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot, but the Sheriff Hutton jockey's mount is unlikely to live up to his name - especially with Montjeu in the field. The mighty French challenger

  • A visit to remember

    THE flags have been put away, the crash barriers dismantled, the roads re-opened. York has returned to normal after the visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. But while the crowds have gone, the happy memories remain. The visit was a tremendous

  • Fun fixture

    NOW we have the visit of football's royal family to look forward to this weekend. The unchallenged king of English football, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, is bringing some of the stars of the Old Trafford court to Bootham Crescent. Top