YORK City boss Terry Dolan is relishing a return to reality to get his Minstermen primed and ready for the real deal. After two friendly matches against top-flight opposition - last night's 2-1 defeat to Middlesbrough coming just days after the 2-0 defeat
YORK City and its supporters' club were quids-in after Saturday's high-profile friendly with Manchester United. In a boost for the Bootham Crescent coffers, the 9,003 crowd saw City take around £60,000, in gate receipts. However, the final figure will
THE carnival atmosphere generated by York City's friendly against Manchester United looks set to continue for Wayne Hall's testimonial with Middlesbrough tonight. In echoes of Euro 2000, when the Dutch team played in front of stadia full of fans bedecked
I BELIEVE its called "naming and shaming". Well how about this for a notice on the back of a bus. '206 programmes and films were repeated by BBC1 and BBC2 last week'. And that's fact. A L Rowntree, Walmer Carr, Wigginton, York.
I SHOULD like to say this to the people of York. We are a very important part of the history of England, and as such, devout champions of the royal family. We have had a wonderful Queen and Queen Mother for a lot of years. I remember being inspected by
WE object to the views expressed in your edition of July 27 about the 'statue' street entertainer. This man was asked politely to move several times and our understanding is that he is legally obliged to do so when asked by a nearby trader. If everybody
AS a regular researcher at York's city archives I was shocked to find archivist Mrs Freedman has been suspended from her job (Evening Press, July 28). Mrs Freedman is an excellent archivist with an inexhaustible knowledge of the collection and an enthusiastic
The late arrival of summer means there's still time to get your legs into shape for the hot weather. Here, our team of testers check out a selection of methods to tackle cellulite. OUR wash-out summer has had one saving grace: there hasn't been much occasion
Charles Hutchinson enjoys a hot dinner date with Rory Mulvihill - the Devil from York Millennium Mystery Plays THIS York restaurant will open and close in a month. Not because it has failed, but because it is only temporary, set up by Milburns Restaurants
GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys his second of three outings in Malham. THIS week I have tried to use the extensive open access areas near Malham to get you off the beaten track. We start in the open, a few miles north of the village. Water is the immediate interest
THEME park boss Gordon Gibb today claimed his £500,000 offer to buy York City Football Club with a further £1million being made available for new players remains on the table. And in reaction to the publicity surrounding the proposed takeover, Mr Gibb
RESIDENTS who feared a new housing development would obscure their view of York Minster were celebrating today after the plans were thrown out. A 230-signature petition had been raised opposing the plans and dozens of concerned homeowners packed yesterday's
Unrivalled views are GEORGE WILKINSON's reward for a climb up Easterside Hill Easterside Hill is the one that really stands out in shapely isolation when seen from Newgate Bank as you drive the Helmsley to Stokesley road deep in Bilsdale. For a generation
GEORGE WILKINSON follows a new Explorer map to Spofforth near Wetherby New Explorers are starting to cover much of our area, replacing the old Pathfinders. I refer of course to Ordnance Survey maps. Square mile per square mile they are much cheaper, one
GEORGE WILKINSON has trees for company as he heads into the woods at Allerston There's another A170 side valley, a route up Given Dale, which if weren't seven miles long I would classify as easy on the legs and on the navigational brain. I drove into
GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys his favourite outing so far this year The wild Farndale daffodils are early again. Looking good for late March was predicted on the Daffy Watch website. Ridiculously early according to Mr Dobson, who has the little Post Office
George Wilkinson feels he's arrived at last when he sets out on Boss Moor An ace moorland road takes you up to a thousand feet and you certainly feel you've arrived on Boss Moor, up there, and out there in the country, with a commanding view of peaks
Under instruction, George Wilkinson makes for Scarth Wood Moor The voice of Michael 'hurricane' Fish penetrated my slumber, saying "the day this weekend for a bracing walk ...". And he was right. I went to Osmotherley, or rather, out of sympathy for the
Work off all those excesses of the festive season with a leisurely walk on Ilkley Moor, suggests GEORGE WILKINSON For Boxing Day, a Cow and Calf sounds a bit much after all that turkey and pud but the former are rocks and getting round them should work
George Wilkinson tackles Sutton Bank With every mile or so the car thermometer registered a degree drop, two degrees to one to zero, and then the fields were winter white under the bright blue morning sky. But just at the top, at Sutton Bank, my heart
GEORGE WILKINSON kicks up the leaves in Dalby Forest A larch is but a larch... a fir is but a fir, but the other week I did a day's course at Dalby Forest on identifying trees in winter. Now I'm back to show off. I jest, because my experiences on the
GEORGE WILKINSON takes an 'autumnal' winter trek around Malton Malton's Saturday market was buzzing with early festivities with a North African-flavoured concert courtesy of The Shed. The church clock struck twelve. Five minutes away runs the River Derwent
GEORGE WILKINSON visits Rosedale Ready teddy burn... these bonfire bears were spotted by George during his North Dale trek Great news for walkers, new North York Moors Ordnance Survey maps are hot off the press and should keep us going nicely till the
George Wilkinson follows the sound of thundering water Everybody is donning green wellies, grabbing the Labrador, and heading off on 'countryside marches'. How can I compete with my take on the countryside? Today you merely get millions of years of geology
Wrelton village was rescued a few years ago from the roar of the A170 by a bypass. The petrol station has shut, the pub remains, and a quiet has descended on the old stone houses and triangular greens. I had been enticed by a thread of darker green on
GEORGE WILKINSON returns to Swaledale I had completed my second consecutive walk in Swaledale (last week) in double-quick time. There's a refreshing lack of 'problems' - uncertainty and obstruction - in this part of the world. I don't know why, perhaps
GEORGE WILKINSON gives crowds of revellers a wide berth in upper Swaledale With a late summer heatwave forecast, I packed a tent and headed off, expecting upper Swaledale to be post-August quiet. Muker village was heaving: I'd hit show day. I hurried
This wasn't the plan. Booted up, I'd popped into Kirkby Malzeard's village store for titbits and happened across a leaflet for The Crackpots Mosaic Trail. It appealed, so I took the back roads up to Tom Corner, a smashing place to start, with purple moors
GEORGE WILKINSON heads for wonderful Wintringham This is a very nice Wolds wander from Wintringham. The village, off the beaten track, is a long line of houses, some of chalk. I turned south-ish from its western end and straight away gave three silent
George Wilkinson' visits Pateley Bridge On my 'office' wall I have a pinboard map of our part of the north-east. Blue pins mark walks done, red - walks planned, yellow - ideas, and black - blackspots. Pateley Bridge now leads with four blue pins, a record
George Wilkinson's strides out on the flat from Kettlewell in Upper Wharfedale. For the first time I can remember, I set off from Kettlewell on the flat. A pleasant warm-up while the sun moved along Upper Wharfedale lighting up the west side of the valley
George Wilkinson's 150th Evening press Walk takes in part of the Cleveland Way In celebration of my 150th walk for the Evening Press, I decided on an easy ride and a length of the Cleveland Way. One of the best sections, along the escarpment of the Hambleton
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a gentle ramble around the lush greenery of Nun Monkton Nun Monkton, a stone's throw north-west of York, has a prairie-sized green encircled by lovely old brick houses, a terrific maypole spiralled in green and white, a pond of
George Wilkinson finds he does like to be beside the seaside Next time you are in Scarborough on a sunshine day, try this. The start is nice, the stone-built Old Scalby Mills Hotel, from where there's an eyeful of Victorian Scarborough, and in the foreground
GEORGE WILKINSON notches up the contours of Swaledale For a change I'd driven the red-flagged road from Leyburn to Reeth which brings you out to a surprise view of the town. Having come so far north and run the gauntlet of the Army firing ranges, rain
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a joyful look at nature around Masham What a difference a week makes just now, verges frothy with cow parsley and hemlock, hillsides painted yellow with rape. And so it was with this week's walk from Masham, an exuberant nature
George Wilkinson takes a river route from Pockley by thorns and flowers The bluebells in my sheltered garden are out, and reminded me to head for Riccal Dale, one of the best places for a sea of blue, and lovely in many other ways. I chanced on a rare
A DOUBLE blast from South America failed to ruin Yorkshire Day for York City's Tyke terrier Wayne Hall. Just like Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Manchester United, last night's result - a 2-1 victory for Middlesbrough courtesy of two first-half goals by Colombian
GEORGE WILKINSON is the advance party checking out Farndale's flower routes It's wild daffodil time in Farndale. This linear route, which starts on Good Friday, takes you up the long valley to see the yellow treasures. Then the Daffodil Bus takes you
GEORGE WILKINSON relishes the sea air and sweeping views around Runswick Bay As I write the radio alternates between cheer on the resurrected 'right to roam' and gloom about our worst floods this century. Last sodden weekend I almost felt the need for
George Wilkinson takes a snowy slog around Sinnington Two nights of snow without a thaw made for a good six inches. Gaiters, sunglasses and chains gathered, I eventually made it to the middle of the southern edge of the North York Moors at Sinnington.
GEORGE WILKINSON rambles around Burton Leonard Today's route, being five miles south of Ripon and the same west of Boroughbridge, isn't in the flatlands nor the Dales but in quiet, undramatic, pleasant countryside where a jumble of small hillocks make
GEORGE WILKINSON hits the moorland trail by Cod Beck Reservoir The info board in Osmotherley describes the village as 'tucked in under the western edge of the North York Moors'. Though the A19 skirts just a mile away, thundering north and south, that
GEORGE WILKINSON takes the high road from Ramsgill We start at the pretty village of Ramsgill. The opening mile becomes a steepish 500-foot climb. Gouthwaite Reservoir, long and finger-like, fills the valley to the south, bright in the sunshine, a vortex
Matthew Hoggard last night made the long drive south west to join up with his Yorkshire team-mates in Taunton after being discarded from the England camp at Old Trafford. It turned into a long day for Hoggard who netted at Old Trafford before driving
YORK WASPS' board of directors have delayed naming the rugby league club's new coach until later this week. Originally they were hoping to reveal the identity of the new man holding the Huntington Stadium reins late yesterday but an announcement is now
Stephen Lewis goes behind the scenes at the Wetherby Forensic Science Laboratory to peer into the future of crime detection. Imagine the scene. Police are investigating a particularly brutal murder. A woman has been bludgeoned to death with a blunt instrument
GORDON Brown should not take the patchy response to the Dump The Pumps campaign to mean that public anger at petrol prices has been overstated. The protest was organised at great speed and with few resources. Even though fuel sales were not hit hard,
It all started in Holland, both the holiday and the hooliganism. In a city of decriminalised cannabis, where supporters from all nations congregated in coffee shops, where would you expect to find the England fans? In the marijuana-less bars of the red
YORK City stalwart Wayne Hall is ready to run and run for the Minstermen cause, writes Dave Stanford. A crowd of 3,150 fans paid tribute to the seasoned campaigner at Bootham Crescent last night, when Premiership giants Middlesbrough enjoyed a 2-1 victory
THEME park boss Gordon Gibb today claimed his £500,000 offer to buy York City Football Club with a further £1million being made available for new players remains on the table. However, the 24-year-old co-owner of Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo, near
THE chances of World Cup and Euro 2000 winner Christian Karembeu putting in an appearance at Bootham Crescent tonight remain touch and go. The former Real Madrid ace linked up with his new Middlesbrough team mates for the first time yesterday. According
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is banking on Wayne Hall getting his just desserts at tonight's testimonial tussle with Premiership giants Middlesbrough (7.45pm). The City chief will hand the dependable defender his first senior start of pre-season at Bootham
I NOTE Mr England's comments which apparently bemoan the fact that Labour and the Liberal Democrats have selected "outsiders" as their prospective parliamentary candidates for the Vale Of York seat for the next General Election (June 28). As the Lib Dem
SOMEWHERE in Japan is a photograph of me clutching a pair of purple underpants. Exactly where is impossible to pinpoint, although I imagine it is not proudly displayed on a Tokyo mantelpiece. Most likely the portrait lies undisturbed at the bottom of
POSING palaces are springing up all over York and this glass-fronted designer bar in the city centre is the newest kid on the block. The Ha!Ha! Bar and Canteen opened in New Street a few weeks ago, hot on the heels of the Pitcher & Piano, Kites Wine
Bar Talk looks at two very different watering holes that open in York next week. "IT'S not a 'concept'. Since when has good beer and good food in pleasant surroundings been a new concept?" Like any good pub landlord, James Butler is pontificating. Leaning
GEORGE WILKINSON sets off for Bank Foot near Ingleby Greenhow. We start at Bank Foot and climb the bank, 400 feet in a third of a mile, as immediate a route I know from the flat lands to the tops. As you ascend broken tarmac degrades to loose stone. The
The soft midsummer evening was just right for a romantic stroll around Malham Tarn. The place was quiet, the crowds had vanished, gone in their buses or settled in the bars. One couple walked back smiling hand-in- hand, another picnicked by the water's
WHEN it comes to Malham, the busiest of Dales destinations, timing is crucial. "Like a zoo in the hols" said the shopkeeper, "busier than Blackpool on a Bank Holiday." At the car park a schoolboy sidled up with an eco-questionnaire, "Were cars a problem
George Wilkinson checks out the latest Moorsbus destination, Fadmoor. Fadmoor is a new destination for the Moorsbus and opens up a lot of territory for gravity-assisted linear walks from the edge of the moors down into Ryedale. Fadmoor to Helmsley is
George Wilkinson sniffs the sea air at Saltburn. I was reminded of Saltburn-by-the-Sea by a recently published book that listed its gill as one of the top 200 Wildlife Trust sites in the UK. Hazy memories were triggered because when I was knee-high my
HEALTH bosses are being urged to set up a task force to help potentially dangerous residents at a York care home. And the home - The Cusicks, in Wentworth Road - is being asked to revise a whole series of policies concerning the admission, risk assessment
England's loss was Yorkshire's gain against Somerset at Taunton today when they were able to include Matthew Hoggard who was released from the Test squad at Old Trafford yesterday. And Hoggard was quickly into the action when Somerset won the toss and
A PIONEERING plan, which aims to push back York's tide of youth crime, has been launched in York. The scheme, targeted at ten to 17-year-olds, will try to break the cycle of offending by tempting those on bail away from committing further crimes. The
BURLY striker David McNiven has signed a one-year deal with York City following a successful month-long trial. The 22-year-old, who was a free agent after being released by Oldham Athletic this summer, has scored twice for City in just two pre-season
A YORK sub-postmaster, whose post office is due to receive a bank-style cash machine as part of new Government rescue package, claims planners are set to block the proposal. Ghulan Rabbani, sub-postmaster at the Haxby Road post office, was one of many
George Wilkinson sniffs the sea air at Saltburn I was reminded of Saltburn-by-the-Sea by a recently published book that listed its gill as one of the top 200 Wildlife Trust sites in the UK. Hazy memories were triggered because when I was knee-high my
George Wilkinson enjoys pastures new in Wensleydale Today's Wensleydale walk is brand new, a generous gift from the Bolton estate. I left Bolton Castle for later and took the pastures to the pretty village of Redmire where there are two useful-looking
George Wilkinson learns to take the rough with the smooth The head of Great Fryup Dale must be one of the most out of the way places in the North York Moors, and getting there requires a tortuous road route. Make the effort and you'll get an unusual experience
GEORGE WILKINSON follows the tourist trail into the Dales How Stean Gorge is a tourist trap but doesn't open till ten, so I left its pleasures till last, and started with a little cobbled climb up the valley side. For a mile our path contours through
George Wilkinson is driven by rain as he steps out at Bainbridge A STRONG wet Wensleydale westerly drove me down the ex-railway line from Bainbridge to Askrigg. At Askrigg, a sign read 'Stepping Stones to Worton impassable when river is high'. The River
George Wilkinson blows hot and cold as he sets out on part of the Cleveland Way BASKED in Sunday sunshine, Cold Kirby hardly lives up to its name. Way off east a still clarity lies in Ryedale, out of range but an indication of my next few hours, hot on
GEORGE WILKINSON heads for the edge of the North York Moors This week: nearly the most easterly moor of the North York Moors, or rather, once moor and bog, now forest and open access. However from the car park viewpoint you will see that we have a deep
GEORGE WILKINSON goes on the art trail in Masham I had targeted market-day Masham but got the day wrong. Never mind, the square-shaped dignity of the market place was restful, empty of stalls and cars, and I had a pre-amble At a caf, ostrich burgers were
GEORGE WILKINSON resisted the lure of the Great Wall of China and instead enjoyed a stroll in Castle Howard country. On a raw day I fancied an excursion to certain pleasure, a free and easy tour to the grounds of Castle Howard. Park by The Crown and Cushion
George Wilkinson returns to the Dales after hearing of a new footpath, and finds himself deep in a Yorkshire winter My interest in Coverdale was sparked by news from Bob Baxter of Yorkshire Water of a new footpath they have had designated as a public
George Wilkinson heads out from Kildale to take in some breathtaking views Don't look at today's map and be put off by the opening mile of tarmac. It's signed 'Baysdale Farm, dead-end, and Cleveland Way' and is as lovely a car-quiet winter-warm-up as
GEORGE WILKINSON strides out around Kilburn You don't have to come to Kilburn to see its White Horse. The central tower of York Minster will do, almost anywhere will provide a sighting, and everyone argues about the best view. Harry Mead suggests from
GEORGE WILKINSON sets off in search of dramatic views and naked calendar girls It drizzled every hour and every minute of today's walk but I still enjoyed it, which says much for the route's definition, qualities and attractions. The opening mile is flat
GEORGE WILKINSON tackles the Washburn Valley on a dank day The Washburn valley is all about water. In glacial times it was a huge lake. Nowadays four reservoirs supply nearby Leeds. Millstones abound. Today on our sweep of the lower part of the valley
GEORGE WILKINSON goes up the River Derwent On a soft grey day I thought it would be nice to trace the upper reaches of the River Derwent deep into the great forests west of Scarborough. Nice indeed, the first three miles were a lovely length of autumn
George Wilkinson heads for the hinterland and Hunmanby Where the north Wolds curve to the sea, at Filey at Bridlington, you think paddling rather than walking. This is my first visit to the hinterland here and it's smashing. We start in Hunmanby. I started
In the early morning light, Raisdale was silent, the Lord Stones Caf still asleep. Dew on the grass, rush lined streams, and soon a conifer belt. Gloom for a while. You emerge further along the valley but still quite high on its western flank. We've got
GEORGE WILKINSON heads for Gillamoor Three miles up from the flat lands and Kirkbymoorside brings you to an altitude of 600 feet on the North York Moors and Gillamoor. A sleepy little place' with a brand new village shop. A popular place to walk to and
GEORGE WILKINSON braves the blistering sun for his Rosedale Abbey to Hutton-le-Hole trek At Blakey I said to the Moorsbus driver, 'Ralph's Cross please'. 'Ralph's Cross?' he queried.The Met man had predicted the hottest day of the year, and deep in the
GEORGE WILKINSON blows away the cobwebs on the North York Moors At Blakey I said to the Moorsbus driver, 'Ralph's Cross please'. 'Ralph's Cross?' he queried. Three minutes later I got off the bus by the park's emblem, at 1,370 feet, at the 'geological
GEORGE WILKINSON flattens the heather of Hawnby Moor near Bilsdale These days the notorious 'Bilsdale TT' has been tamed by speed cameras, so hopefully if you drive into Hawnby via Helmsley you shouldn't be fazed by the 'kamikazes on their Kawasakis'.
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a mellow yellow route around Askrigg in Wensleydale In the 1930s Ella Pontefract wrote that Askrigg is on the 'quieter side' of Wensleydale and that 'they dislike crowds'. James Herriot has seen to that. The TV version of Skeldale
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a hot trek beside Warter Today's seven and a half miles are a grand Wolds' tour. On such walker-friendly terrain, it's equivalent to five miles elsewhere. I didn't begin in Warter - not enough parking - but our elevated and verge
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a turn around Heartbeat country in dappled sunlight Goathland was fairly quiet midweek, so I had some tea under a cherry tree and wandered the village; sometimes on its wide new pavements or on its old sandstone trods for that ethnic
GEORGE WILKINSON finds hitting the heights around Nidderdale an exhilarating trek, yet not too taxing Pay Here, reads the sign in the National Park's Grassington car park, £3.50 on a Saturday, up since last week, a good cause but you should get a guided
GEORGE WILKINSON finds the grass is definitely greener in Grassington Pay Here, reads the sign in the National Park's Grassington car park, £3.50 on a Saturday, up since last week, a good cause but you should get a guided tour for this. It took me a while
GEORGE WILKINSON finds peace in the valleys around Snainton Snainton doesn't seem an auspicious start, a busy road, a bit noisy. But up north are two lovely velvet grooves of valley to discover. So pop up Nettledale Lane, swing onto track, and you'll
George Wilkinson beats the crowds to Wensleydale to revel in morning serenity I got up very early to steal a march on the Easter armies. Too early for early morning coffee at the car park tea caf, and I'd forgotten my fish sandwiches. Never mind, hazy
GEORGE WILKINSON investigates the moors around Skipton Short Bank Road leads south-east, dead straight and steep out of Skipton to an altitude of 650 feet, that's 250 feet above the town. So the views, as you pull on your boots, are superb, with the valley
BURLY striker David McNiven has signed a one-year deal with York City following a successful month-long trial. The 22-year-old, who was a free agent after being released by Oldham Athletic this summer, has scored twice for City in just two pre-season
PLAXTON, the Scarborough firm whose payroll of 900 people consists of more than 100 employees from the York area will be part of a joint venture to form a single UK fighting force of bus and coach builders. Its parent company, Henlys Group plc announced
A HIGH-TECH jobs bonanza could be triggered by the merger between a giant York software resale company and a Buckinghamshire firm specialising in web-based applications and services. The £50 million turnover Internet Software Corporation based in Clifton
DISUSED farm buildings could be turned into prestigious business bases, thanks to a massive cash boost provided by Yorkshire Forward. The regional development agency is to free up nearly £900,000 to help regenerate the county's rural economy, under the
GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys visiting the meeting of the rivers Nidd and Ouse Moor Monkton lies central in the Vale of York, in essence a single-street village with houses one side and the River Nidd the other. We walk round the end bend of its street and
GEORGE WILKINSON skirts Semer Water and heads for nature Semer Water is the largest natural lake in the Dales National Park, and the second largest (after Hornsea Mere) in Yorkshire. Although this doesn't make it big by reservoir standards, it does have
GEORGE WILKINSON puts spring in his step and takes in the vistas of Wetwang Today's route is in two contrasting halves, first tops, headlands and expansive skies, later a magnificent long dry valley. The opening mile is a straight track warm-up. Next
YORKSHIRE dropped a bombshell after the Roses match had been abandoned yesterday by axing veteran wicketkeeper Richard Blakey from the side to play Somerset at Taunton tomorrow. Blakey, 33, who made his Yorkshire debut 15 years' ago, is this season's
York Wasps have set a deadline of lunchtime tomorrow for naming their new coach. Two candidates are in the running for the post which has been vacant since Dean Robinson's departure in March. And chief executive Ann Garvey today confirmed that "various
KEVIN Darley, narrowly beaten aboard Far Cry in the Ascot Gold Cup in June, can gain deserved compensation in the Goodwood version tomorrow. The Sheriff Hutton jockey is reunited with Martin Pipe's ace stayer in the two miles J P Morgan-sponsored showpiece
YORK Wasps ended their season with the hollowest of victories after coming within 27 minutes of an embarrassing defeat by the Northern Ford Premiership's whipping boys. In a truly awful first half, York could find no way through a Lancashire Lynx defence
SO the three suspended Harrogate policemen have been cleared for a second time. Eight months after being told they were not to be prosecuted over allegations of misconduct, the internal police investigation has also found them innocent of all charges.
