FOOTBALL fans marched through London today - taking their protest about the sale of York City direct to the game's headquarters. About 80 fans met at Hanover Square before marching peacefully to the Football Association's Soho offices. There they hoped
YORK Wasps coaches Leo Epifania and Martin Flynn were set to scout the undergraduate ranks today as the best student talent comes to the city. As reported in the Evening Press, the University of York was chosen to stage the weekend-long student regional
THE stairs to the Coffee Shop are quite steep. Once at first-floor level we found a short queue. It did not take long for us to be seated. Each table had its own menu and a specimen vase with a single flower. We decided to pass on the soup of the day,
THIS week sees the first open garden of the season with Fairview in Smelthouses opening tomorrow, and a new gardening series starting on BBC2 on Wednesday. Out in the garden, things are on the move and there are a few catch-up jobs to be done before another
A PROJECT which helps people compose songs about the places they live and the times they have seen has received a cash boost of almost £10,000. York Early Music Foundation's ChOral History project is compiling a CD featuring professional musicians and
WORK begins next month on a £19 million transformation of York District Hospital. In the first phase of the work, a new £7.75 million ophthalmology and diabetes and endocrine centre, with medical illustration facilities, will be built near the dining
A YORK-based textile expert has helped unravel an archaeological mystery, which began when a medieval coffin was unearthed in North Lincolnshire. Penelope Walton Rogers, manager of Textile Research in Bootham Terrace, was asked to examine a piece of "
FOOTBALL odds were stacked Himalayan-high against Bishopthorpe housewives Jacky Featherstone and Lyn Gordon. Perhaps even more ill than that proverbial parrot, they were heartily sick at their youngsters shivering on the sidelines unable to get the chance
UPCOMING badminton ace Laura Birkinshaw has posted a notable York first. The 12-year-old Easingwold School pupil captured the Yorkshire Schools' closed singles under-13s' badminton championship - becoming the first York lass to win the event since its
A SERIAL stalker from York who made an obscene phone call to TV vet Trude Mostue has had his case adjourned so a court can hear from a psychiatrist. John Maynard, aged 55, of Portland Street, telephoned Ms Mostue - from TV show Vets In Practice - at work
SELBY are eying the chance of ending York's 13-year stranglehold on the local game when the two sides meet next Saturday. Not since the introduction of the league system in 1987/8, have York been classed as second best. That year saw Selby, by virtue
LEEDS UNITED star Lee Bowyer has given his backing to the Save City campaign during a visit to York. The England hopeful, who was in the city yesterday to officially open the new Curry's store at Clifton Moor and sign autographs, said: "They're a good
North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson was way down the order at the half-way stage in the Caltex Singapore masters at the Laguna National course. Dyson followed his opening two-under-par 70 with a one-over 73 to leave himself eight shots adrift of the leader
TRIUMPHANT TRIO: York City Baths Club swimmer Jenny Hoggard is hoisted aloft by team-mates Tom Southam (left) and Lewis Porylo. They all struck gold in the Yorkshire Championships at Leeds with Hoggard winning the 50metre, 100 and 200 butterfly Under
YORK was this afternoon bracing itself as forecasters predicted more bad weather heading south from Scotland. But they stressed England would not be hit as hard as north of the border, though temperatures would drop below freezing tonight. The threat
RAISE a glass or three to the Four Alls. Next Wednesday the pub, on Malton Road on the outskirts of York, celebrates its new look with a wine-tasting evening. It reopened in January after a facelift. The Pubmaster pub was redecorated, and room dividers
If you are the sort of person who can't buy a packet of biscuits without eating the whole lot, then steer clear of the Jumbo Chinese Buffet in York. The word moreish doesn't begin to describe the experience of eating at this bright and breezy new restaurant
YORK's Mayor Irene Waudby has taken off big style - travelling by plane for the first time to bang the drum for the city in South Africa. After spending more than half a century with her feet firmly on the ground, the high-flying worthy joined a party
LEEDS UNITED star Lee Bowyer has given his backing to the Save City campaign during a visit to York. The England hopeful, who was in the city yesterday to officially open the new Curry's store at Clifton Moor and sign autographs, said: "They're a good
You may think that travelling to Hawes deep into Wensleydale for a three-mile toddle is a long way to drive for a short walk. We had our reasons. One, we wanted a look at the Dales Countryside Museum which is showing an exhibition called Tracks In Time
THE coffers of the York City Supporters' Trust have been boosted by almost £400 thanks to the efforts of two teenage supporters. Neil Hunter, 13, and Clare Leetham, 15, both pupils at Howden School, raised more than £390 for the Trust through a sponsored
I WRITE to ask if I can have free public transport from my home each time I wish to go into town ('Council staff get free park and ride', February 20). I want to encourage less use of cars in the town centre. After all someone has to set an example, I
JOYCE Redfearn expressed surprise at a missed opportunity to publicise Alzheimer's Disease around the York release of the film Iris which portrays the decline into Alzheimer's of the writer Iris Murdoch (February 14). Firstly, charity screenings, such
I THANK all those who sent used postage stamps to us for The Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, at Cliffe, Selby. We have had a tremendous response with the help of the Evening Press, which is very encouraging. This campaign will be going on throughout the
IT WAS the "first day at school" with a difference. Instead of new pupils experiencing their first day at school, the pupils were inspecting the first appearance of their new school in York. The builder's sign went up at the site of the new Ebor School
A MAN who admitted killing a psychiatric patient three years ago has been given community punishment for drink-driving on a stolen moped in York. Jamie Richardson, from York, who was 21 on Wednesday, was sentenced to four years' custody in a young offenders
YORK'S success on the cycling front has drawn expert observers from the land that produced the five times Tour de France champion, Eddie Mercx. Bart Van Camp and Eddie Klijnen, from the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Science in Belgium, made a special
RAIL union leaders today reacted angrily after Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) scrapped rest-day working for conductors. The move, detailed in a letter from ATN managing director Ray Price to conductor staff, withdraws the practice with immediate effect.
YORK winger Rob Karma finds himself in a bit of a pickle during his side's Yorkshire One clash with Scarborough. As dangerous a broken-field runner as he is, the Fijian would never have expected that the Seasiders would have a whole line of defenders
DEAN Kiely returns to Yorkshire tomorrow boasting a Premiership best. The former York City shot-stopper has more saves to his credit this season in the top-flight than any other number one. As the final line of defence for Charlton Athletic, Kiely has
A BRAVE North Yorkshire teenager is one of only ten people about to pick up a national award in London after hospital staff put his name forward. Robert Hornby, 17, of East View, Langthorpe, Boroughbridge, has been chosen to receive a Child Of Resolution
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Golf Club swept to a double success to put them comfortably in front at the half-way stage of the York Union of Golf Club's Cross Trophy competition. Pairings from Kirkby won events number five and six to take the club's overall points
GETTING two vital league points will be more important for York Wasps tomorrow than settling old scores. That is the view of Wasps centre Carl Hall ahead of the much-anticipated grudge match with Hunslet Hawks at South Leeds Stadium (kick off 3.30pm).
FOOTBALL fans marched through London today - taking their protest about the sale of York City direct to the game's headquarters. About 80 fans met at Hanover Square before marching peacefully to the Football Association's Soho offices. There they hoped
