Bingo is more than a game to its devotees - it is a way of life. Even with only a few pence at stake, the tension can be unbearable. So the excitement must have been quite something as George Glover approached a somewhat larger jackpot. He scooped a massive
LAST November, Tony Blair stood on the Foss Flood Barrier in York and came face to face with the awesome power of nature. With the rivers Foss and Ouse swirling ominously on both sides of him, the Prime Minister made some impromptu comments linking the
Lee Bullock admits the grim spectre of relegation has forced him to step from the shadows to become a leading light in York City's fight against the drop. The teenage midfielder's return to the starting line-up has coincided with the Minstermen's three-match
York City chief Terry Dolan has indicated youth will be given its head next season after revealing central defender Mark Sertori has left the club by mutual consent. As first revealed on this website yesterday, the club has paid up the former Wrexham,
Marc Thompson could be asked to switch sides tonight as Terry Dolan looks to fill the void vacated by Wayne Hall for the visit of Southend United. Left-wing-back Hall looks likely to be out for three weeks with the thigh injury he suffered against Hartlepool
Racing tomorrow takes its first tentative steps towards a full-scale resumption when Lingfield is set the stage the first meeting in Britain following a week-long suspension because of the foot and mouth crisis. Stringent guidelines are in place at racecourses
A farmer trying to protect his cattle from foot and mouth disease ended up in hospital after being attacked by a dog walker. David Wilmot-Smith, a beef and arable farmer at Breighton, near Selby, said today he felt as if he had done 12 rounds with Mohammed
The freight train involved in the Selby train crash was running 20 minutes early, it was revealed today. The fresh twist in a series of tragic coincidences emerged in an official report into last week's crash - branded one of the world's fastest rail
Seeds have been planted - and now the waiting has started for the white roses to bloom. The Yorkshire Tourist Board, based in York, has just launched the White Rose Awards 2001 - the "Oscars" of the region's tourism industry at the National Museum of
Chancellor Gordon Brown will present his Budget tomorrow against a background of a stable, growing economy, relatively high employment and plenty of surplus cash in the Government's coffers. With a likely election tipped for May 3, he will be seeking
Evening Press TV critic Julian Cole books in for the first episode of Crossroads. Mind you, he's not sure he'll be staying... It's only the one letter they've altered, swapping the 'm' for an 'h'. But then a motel did always seem an oddity, more Mid West
It's the same old theme tune - but spruced up and much less tacky. There's a glossy, new feel too: the sets don't shake, and the Crossroads Motel has been upgraded to the four-star Crossroads Hotel. But at least fans of the original Crossroads didn't
When David McCallum was invisible he got up to all manner of high jinx. He might once have been a mild-mannered mummy's boy - that would be an Egyptian mummy I imagine - but once he unravelled himself as The Invisible Man his life was one long wild whirl
I don't eat cheese before going to bed, so it must have been the tabloid headline: "We are the crime capital of the world" that caused my nightmare, well, the recurring dream that I've been having for more than 60 years. In the dream I am arrested for
Drugs seizures by police in York and Selby are at an all-time peak, new figures reveal. Thirty-five alleged drug dealers have been arrested in the last ten months, and drugs with a street value of nearly £137,000 confiscated. North Yorkshire police today
A grieving couple cannot face living in their York home any longer because of the bad memories which pervade the property following the death of their 17-week-old son. Yet a plea made by Trevor and Jackie Martin to the city council for relocation has
The showdown for the York John Smith's Ladies League individual competition championship is between Toni Smallwood (Frog) and Carole Pipes (City Arms). The pair meet tonight at Layerthorpe WMC, Pipes having won through by dispensing of City Arms colleague
A sixth-former from a York school has been selected from thousands of applicants from 36 countries to take part in a major student conference in the USA. Genny Grim, a pupil at Bootham School, will take part in the National Student Leadership Conference
Acomb Men's I beat Rotherham III 2-1 in an entertaining game. Acomb passed the ball around well and Rotherham struggled to defend against their quick attacks. Acomb took the lead when the ball was crossed from the right and captain Paul Wright's first
A Rawcliffe councillor is pressing the City of York Council for a promised flood report and demanding to know why the area she represents flooded so badly last November. Liberal Democrat councillor for Rawcliffe and Skelton, Cllr Irene Waudby, will tonight
A lack of finishing power again let down City of York I as they lost 2-0 at home to Durham University I. Both teams began the game brightly but York's game plan was upset when Luke Griggs went off injured and, while they were readjusting, the students
Demonstrators dressed in medieval costume are to march through the streets of York this week to protest against the controversial Coppergate II shopping centre scheme. Hundreds of angry protesters will gather in Exhibition Square on Saturday and march
Marc Thompson could be asked to switch sides tonight as Terry Dolan looks to fill the void vacated by Wayne Hall for the visit of Southend United. Left-wing-back Hall looks likely to be out for three weeks with the thigh injury he suffered against Hartlepool
Southend United boss David Webb has lived up to his East End, barrow-boy roots by wheeling and dealing in the transfer-market since taking charge of the Shrimpers. When City visited Roots Hall in October it was Webb's first game in charge since taking
What's in a name? Several million pounds, if you're a Premiership football club. Leeds United fans are dismayed by the news that Elland Road could soon be renamed after a sponsor. But when it comes to a fight between tradition and cash it doesn't take
A BSE alert was sparked when 40 Dutch cattle carcasses - imported into North Yorkshire in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak - were found to contain traces of spinal cord. Meat Hygiene Service inspectors working at Westler Beef Packers, of Amotherby
Train crash survivor Laurie Gunson today thanked his "absolutely fantastic" rescuers - and spoke of his deep sympathy for those who died in last week's accident. And the York businessman revealed how he and fellow passengers did not wish to pile blame
The railway industry was publicly exonerated today in a report into the Selby rail disaster. The Health and Safety Executive interim report concluded that the chain of events leading to the collision, in which ten people died, were "highly unlikely and
Is it a mega-washing machine? Is it a King Kong camera? No, it's a giant fan being hoisted by York's Shepherd Construction Ltd to the roof of the Faraday Tower, in Manchester. It is part of the £500 million turnover company's design-and-build contract
York Tourism Bureau has launched the city's new conference guide. Gillian Cruddas, chief executive of the bureau, chose the massive Confex exhibition at Earls Court in London to parade the guide before 10,000 conference buyers. They learned that last
So what can businesses look forward to? Measures could include: * Enhancing the new Employee Share Ownership schemes, which were introduced last year, by removing the upper limit for the number of employees who can benefit and increasing the limit for
As the film Chocolat arrives in cinemas, Rebecca Gilbert pins down the reason why this 'food of the Gods' holds such a special appeal for women Imagine the scene...a beautiful woman stretches out her long lithe limbs as she reclines luxuriously in a bath
The Selby pit complex lost millions of pounds last year after being hit by flooding and geological problems. And owners RJB Mining today reported heavy losses for the year ended December 31, but forecast that things would get better. The company ended
A BSE alert was sparked when 40 Dutch cattle carcasses imported into North Yorkshire in the wake of the foot-and-mouth outbreak were found to contain traces of spinal cord. Meat Hygiene Service inspectors working at Westler Beef Packers of Amotherby,
A new boat was a winner for York City Rowing Club men's senior 1 eight at the Yorkshire Head of the River regatta on the Ouse in York last weekend. Having their first outing in the new boat 'Viking Warrior', which was delivered only ast week, the York
When environmentally-friendly entertainer John Cossham moved house in York he said "Fiddlesticks" to hiring a gas-guzzling van. The juggling, unicycling jester, whose stage name is Professor Fiddlesticks, decided pedal-power was a greener alternative
Rowntrees 'A' survived an horrific start in their semi-final game to take the York Brewery Knock-Out Trophy for the first time. After losing three wickets before cancelling the handicap against wooden spoonists Stillington, Rowntrees gained a narrow four-run
A North Yorkshire MP is asking the Government to halt National Grid's work on a line of pylons in her constituency until a link between power lines and cancer in children is fully investigated. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh is calling on Stephen Byers
A pensioner suffering from lung cancer has scooped £89,000 at bingo. George Glover, 67, who lives in Selby, achieved a full house in 39 numbers on the national bingo game to win the cash prize at the Mecca Club in York. Semi-retired George was diagnosed
A farmer trying to protect his cattle from foot and mouth disease ended up in hospital after being attacked by a dog walker. David Wilmot-Smith, a beef and arable farmer at Breighton, near Selby, said today he felt as if he had done 12 rounds with Mohammed
A pioneering psychologist from York, who was travelling to London to give a keynote seminar speech at the Institute of Psychiatry, was another victim of the Selby train crash. Teesside University paid tribute to Professor Steve Baldwin, of York, who was
York City chief Terry Dolan has indicated youth will be given its head next season after revealing central defender Mark Sertori has left the club by mutual consent. As first revealed on this website yesterday, the club has paid up the former Wrexham,
Lee Bullock admits the grim spectre of relegation has forced him to step from the shadows to become a leading light in York City's fight against the drop. The teenage midfielder's return to the starting line-up has coincided with the Minstermen's three-match
