THE fate of the Castle-Piccadilly area of York should be sealed during the next three weeks. That is how long it will take for the planning inquiry to hear the evidence surrounding a proposal to build a large complex of shops, restaurants, offices and
PROTESTERS gathered in York to oppose the multi-million pound Coppergate Riverside proposals, just before the start of a major inquiry into the plans. Members of the Castle Area Campaign, York Tomorrow, York Civic Trust and York Chamber of Trade met in
The £60 million Coppergate Riverside proposal this week nears the end of a decade of heated debate. As a three-week Government inquiry begins, Political Reporter Adam Nichols looks at one of the most controversial development proposals in the history
AN OLD fashioned open-air debate is being planned over York's Coppergate Riverside proposals - as it emerged that Sir Bernard Ingham is to appear in person at the forthcoming public inquiry. Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary has been timetabled
FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig is refusing to go quietly after directing an icy blast towards the recently formed Supporters' Trust. Craig contacted the Evening Press to condemn a letter sent out by the Trust which urges supporters to sign up
NEW York City supremo John Batchelor today pledged to let the dust settle on his take-over of the club before deciding whether to ring the changes. The news will come as a relief to City manager Terry Dolan, who was forced out at former club Hull City
A NEW dawn for York City Football Club was heralded today as motor-racing boss John Batchelor completed his takeover of the Minstermen. The news ends months of uncertainty surrounding the club and comes just 16 days before City would have faced certain
THE York City Supporters' Trust today proclaimed John Batchelor's take-over at York City as a 'victory for the fans and community'. And while the fans' body has now achieved one of its initial objectives - saving the club - it insisted its work is far
I'M sure I would have been playing for England today but for my back problem. The word was that I was going to start against the Aussies at Trent Bridge. It would have been my first 'home'Test match. I was netting really well on Tuesday and Wednesday.
JOHN Batchelor hopes to be installed as chairman by the time York City take on Darlington at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. Would-be owner Batchelor told the Evening Press he believes the deal is all but done and dusted. He said: "I am hoping to call a
JOHN Batchelor hopes to be installed as chairman by the time York City take on Darlington on Saturday. Would-be owner Batchelor told the Evening Press he believes the deal is all but done and dusted. He said: "I am hoping to call a press conference very
AFTER tasting the Ashes atmosphere at Lord's yesterday I'm more determined that ever to play a home Test for England. All my Test appearances have been abroad but I'm hoping I'll get my chance this summer. I have a burning ambition to play for England
THE York City Supporters' Trust has seen its coffers boosted after a donation from the players. The fans' heroes, led by skipper Chris Brass, had wanted to join the Trust in a show of solidarity. However, legal problems meant the move was not possible
MIKE Atherton's taken on a tough job - squaring the Ashes series against the awesome Aussies. He's stepped into the breach as England skipper for the Lord's Test next week and I know he'll give his all. I played under him on my first tours of Zimbabwe
THE sale of York City Football Club could be completed within a matter of days. Taking part in an Evening Press question and answer session live on the Internet last night, prospective new owner John Batchelor reaffirmed his confidence that a deal was
I've been laid up for a few days because of injury and missed going down with the Yorkshire boys to take on Somerset in the current Championship match at Bath. But the good news is that I should be fit to face Northants at Headingley in the Norwich Union
Welcome to my first column for the Evening Press. I hope that over the next few weeks 'Quick Silvers' delivers an interesting insight into a professional cricketer's life. Before I joined Yorkshire some Press readers may have seen me in action a few years
MARCHING York City fans delivering a 5,000 signature petition to the FA won't get to see the game's top brass tomorrow. A mini-army of City fans are poised to march through London prior to City's clash at Luton and take their concerns about the club's
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City with the Supporters' Trust today backing his bid. The fans' organisation has opted to support Batchelor rather than rival bidders John Stabler and Russell Greenfield. Batchelor
YORK City fans are calling on football's top brass to launch an investigation amid the uncertainty surrounding the future of their up-for-sale club. As reported in the Evening Press, City fans are poised to march through London on Saturday, February 23
A HALF-TIME rollicking rather than tactical tinkering got York City's survival fight back on track at Halifax Town. Last night's 1-1 draw maintains City's six-point advantage over the rock-bottom Shaymen with two games in hand. Manager Terry Dolan admitted
FAN representatives are expected to announce later this week which of the two bidders for York City they intend to back, writes Dave Stanford. Members of the York City Supporters' Trust met with York Wasps chief Russell Greenfield and John Stabler at
John Stabler and myself have recently placed with the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings a substantial bid to acquire the assets of their company. The very purpose of our bid unequivocally is to secure the future of professional football in the city
THE two bidders for York City Football Club today revealed their Minstermen manifestos via the Evening Press. In an exclusive head-to-head showdown, motor racing tycoon John Batchelor and York Wasps chiefs Russell Greenfield and John Stabler both outline
YORK City and the newly-formed Supporters' Trust have been handed a record cash boost. The fourth round FA Cup clash against Fulham at Bootham Crescent pulled in record gross receipts of around £73,000 from the 7,653-strong crowd. The figure is almost
NO, Hunters estate agents haven't sold the Minster! But the York company's directors have something almost as great to celebrate. The organisation has been highly commended for its customer service at the Property Business Awards. According to judges
THIS is not a crisis for York Wasps. This is THE crisis. The Wasps have hit bad times before and have had crises aplenty in recent seasons. The danger is that people in the city will think the current situation is just another to add to the list. It is
YORK Wasps are hoping future games at Huntington Stadium will contain more of the joy of last week but less of the disappointment. The Wasps go on tomorrow's long haul to Workington Town on the back of their first win of the season, and the joy - plus
Evening Press Business Editor RON GODFREY explores the York-built trailer to beat all trailers WHATEVER happens in Formula One this season, York has put Toyota ahead of the race. Pocklington Coachworks, the Osbaldwick-based winner of the Evening Press
THE cries of derision and howls of protest from the Home Park faithful said it all. The fourth official had raised his electronic board at the end of the 90 minutes to show six minutes of added time. Plymouth Argyle were hanging on to their 1-0 lead by
Returning profitability to the farming industry can be achieved if everyone unites, says ROB SIMPSON, of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers' Union THE farming industry has been served with an extremely significant report by Don Curry, a former
IT was interesting to see that Nathan Pincher was back with York Wasps last weekend - or at least he was according to the Hunslet Hawks programme. Pincher (pictured) was curiously named on the list of Wasps players as someone who could have lined up against
LUCK, it is said, evens itself out over the course of a season. And true enough, York City are at last starting to reap the benefits of a pre-Christmas dearth of good fortune. There can be little doubt City's improved run of form of late - they have now
IT was good to see Wasps wannabe Callum Irving do well at the student regional championships held at York University. The Wasps trialist, who is set to sign for the Academy, represented Scotland Exiles in the tournament, which also doubled up as trials
Something exciting is stirring down at Centurion Park, Clifton Moor. RON GODFREY finds signs of commercial property resurgence in the place where once Romans camped DEVELOPERS are planning a more than £4 million office and industrial development on what
WHEN a team is embroiled in a relegation battle a meagre point never seems quite enough to quench the fear of the unthinkable. And true enough, a win and three points would have cast a massive safety net for York City over last night's opponents, Halifax
ORGANISERS of the new Yorkshire Forward quality customer care scheme whose logo is a huge smile, are beaming with pleasure. More than 1,000 businesses and organisations have siggned up to the Servicemark Yorkshire and Humber scheme - exceeding the regional
THERE are many words in the English dictionary to describe the clash between Southend and York City. Dire, dour and disappointing are three which spring instantly to mind. One of my fellow hacks described it as a typical Third Division game, but I'm afraid
ONE of York's greatest-ever players has been named the Lion of the Year. Record holder Mick Sullivan, one of only seven players to have played for Great Britain in a Test match while with York, was awarded the Tom Mitchell Memorial Trophy - named after
DEFEATS are always difficult to swallow but this one must leave a sizeable lump akin to an everlasting gobstopper lodged in the throat of York City. In a remarkable match - the epitomy of a ding-dong, see-saw battle if ever there was one - City deserved
THE Rugby Football League were hit with a peculiar dilemma this week thanks, in part, to York Wasps. The Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup tie at Huntington Stadium between Wasps and Villeneuve Leopards saw the visitors' Laurent Carrasco sent off for
Paul Kirkwood ventures out into South Yorkshire on his bike. Poor old South Yorkshire. The North has the Dales, the Moors and the coast, the West has the Pennines and the South has, well, not a lot. At least, that's what I thought until I tried this bike
IT WAS just about worth the wait. On a night of notable firsts, York City recorded their first League win of 2002 and their first three-point haul in more than three months with a tremendous victory over their arch-rivals Hull, their first at Bootham
THERE was happy news from the Crake household this week. Second row Darren Crake's wife, April, gave birth to little Lacey on the morning of Sunday's match, meaning he was forced to pull out of the Wasps squad to face Villeneuve. The doting dad did turn
YORK City's Jekyll and Hyde run of form continued after another performance of 'if onlys' for the Minstermen at Bootham Crescent. If only a first-half penalty had been converted, if only Rochdale had not been reduced to ten men and, if only, young visiting
MILFORD Marlins might be the underdogs against York Wasps but their coach, Paul Cook, certainly knows the right recipe for achieving victory at Headingley. The Challenge Cup tie between the National Conference League minnows and the Northern Ford Premiership
PAUL KIRKWOOD gets lost and cross as he follows the York Millennium Cycle Route Spring is here allegedly, the Millennium Bridge is open and the bridleways are closed. So where should you go for a leisurely half-day bike ride or a day's walk if you prefer
AFTER the FA Cup heroics of just four days earlier, it was an all too predictable a result and performance from York City on their first trip to Nene Park. The Minstermen stuck rigidly to their season-long script of following-up a positive performance
COACH Leo Epifania has already used 31 players in the six games this season, albeit more out of neccessity than choice. However, that figure is still way off the ridiculous number used by Wasps in the troubled previous season. Lee Crooks and, latterly
GIVEN that bridleways are out of bounds, the planning for this month's bike ride took a little longer than usual. In the end I settled on a route around Bronte Country from a book by Richard Peace. I began in Haworth, turning right out of the car park
BY THE time the FA Cup final is staged in May it is conceivable York City will no longer exist. But if those currently working so hard behind the scenes to safeguard the club's future can continue to match the effort, commitment and skill shown by the
HOMEBOY Mick Hagan's injury nightmare is set to continue for at least two more months. The 23-year-old prop reaffirmed his loyalty to his home-town club in the close-season, signing on for a fifth year in the Wasps' senior ranks. However, he has yet been
ON a day which was all about passion, York City players were not found wanting. Amid the distressing backdrop of recent off-field events, the true fans of City had risen to the challenge by turning out in force and proving they are still proud to be York
In another of his occasional cycle rides, PAUL KIRKWOOD follows the Cusworth Cycle Trail. ONE of the hazards of cycling along bridleways is that you never know what state they will be in or how easy they will be to follow. Often I have regretted following
IN THESE most testing of times for those who hold the club so dear, York City and visitors Shrewsbury Town provided a timely reminder as to why this great game is such an addiction. It wasn't spectacular, a classic, or a festive feast of flowing football
THE Royals they may be, but it was York City not Reading who were the kings of Bootham Crescent after another superb FA Cup showing from the Minstermen. The City players and manager Terry Dolan have come in for no shortage of flak given recent displays
YORK City lit up a damp, miserable grey day at Layer Road with one of their brightest performances of a so-far patchy season That City are still in this competition would have been cause enough for celebration prior to kick-off. On paper, Colchester could
QUALITY always tells in the end and so it proved for York City last night as the Minstermen's hopes of making it three home wins on the bounce were scuppered by Scunthorpe United. No-one could fault the effort and commitment shown by the City players
RESIDENTS and businesses in the centre of Stamford Bridge have launched a campaign group to press for flood defences to be built as quickly as possible. The formation of the Stamford Bridge Square Flood Defence Association follows East Riding of Yorkshire
YORK City have still to savour two wins on the bounce this season but they could not have come much closer to righting that wrong than they did on Saturday. Seven minutes was all that separated the Minstermen from another three-point haul after a richly
FLOOD victims were furious today after planners called for a £1 million defence scheme at Stamford Bridge to be put on hold. East Riding of Yorkshire councillors are being urged to defer Environment Agency proposals for permanent flood walls near the
IF York City ever wanted to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and England by bringing out a song, there would only be one choice of title - Super Alan Fettis. That chant rang around Bootham Crescent at regular intervals
I cannot believe what I have just read in tonight's Evening Press (Thursday, January 31). John Stabler and Russell Greenfield, directors of York Wasps Rugby League Club see themselves as the custodians of professional sport in York. Do me a favour, are
TWO flood warnings have been issued on the River Ouse at York and Naburn today following more heavy rainfall. The Environment Agency (EA) has released the warnings for the Ouse between Clifton Bridge and Fulford and at Naburn Lock. But a spokeswoman,
AWAY day performances rarely get more polished than that produced by York City at Sincil Bank. The 3-1 win over Lincoln City was every bit as assured as the 3-0 thumping dished out to Torquay United last month, if not more so. It would not be an over
MOTORISTS in York and North Yorkshire were being urged to drive carefully today after the region's roads were covered with debris and standing water by strong winds and rain. A spokesman for the Environment Agency said a Flood Watch was now in place in
WIN your homes games and pick up what you can on your travels and teams will prosper is an oft-heard mantra in footballing circles. Having not won now in five games, last night's 0-0 draw may look at first hand to be a disappointing result for York City
YORK City have shown their contempt towards the true supporter. This is not the first time that City have been in the FA Cup and in the past vouchers have been issued with programmes whether a cup run was foreseen or not - so why not this season? For
SOMETIMES fortune favours the brave. It also favoured the deserved on Saturday. It took a slice, quite literally, of good luck for the Minstermen to end a run of three straight defeats and seal their first share-all of the season with Richard Cooper's
I CAN do without the crocodile tears from Barry Swallow (Evening Press, January 22). Quite frankly all the York City fans I have spoken to find it particularly nauseating and personally I find his behaviour even more appalling than that of chairman Douglas
I FOUND the following passage in a York City Supporters Club handbook which illustrates the vast difference between the current board of directors and their predecessors. It concerns the building of the Popular Stand at Bootham Crescent which was paid
HAVING been a lifelong supporter of York City (25 years and still counting) I am outraged and completely disgusted at the behaviour of Douglas Craig. However did he end up in such a position of power at Bootham Crescent? He has behaved with arrogance,
AS an Arsenal fan who has had the humiliating experience of watching York City knock my team out of the FA Cup at Bootham Crescent, you would think I would welcome City's demise. But, nothing could be further from the truth. Your proud club should never
I HAVE followed York City, along with my husband who is a season ticket holder, for over 30 years and we feel hurt, very angry and dismayed that Douglas Craig can bring York City to its knees. How can Barry Swallow, who claimed he was York City through-and-through
Ken Walker, a reader and walker from Camblesforth, near Selby, has written a kind letter to me and has requested more routes south of York. Fair point. So I went to Cawood for a big sky river ramble. We started near the arched steel swing bridge, channelled
I would just like to add my support to the campaign to save City. I lived in York during the early 70s and attended Bootham Crescent regularly - names I remember - Paul Aimson, Kevin Randall, Barry Swallow - I now live in Ballynahinch, County Down with
There were streaks of snow on the colder slopes of the Cleveland Hills but in Great Ayton, ice cream consumption continued institutionally at Suggitts' caf. Visitors to this famous refuelling stop looked out over the River Leven; hard core cyclists slurped
I have followed York City, along with my husband who is a season ticket holder, for over 30 years and we feel hurt, very angry and dismayed that Douglas Craig can bring York City to its knees. How can Barry Swallow, who claimed he was York City through
I agree with every word printed in the Evening Press leader (Wednesday, January 9) but it missed out two important points. 1. At a fans' forum held last year Douglas Craig stated that anyone who had £2million could have the club. 2. Since that statement
OVER the years, York City have developed an enviable record for producing young footballers and handing them their first team chance. The 18 months I have been at Bootham Crescent have proved no exception. In that time Marc Thompson, Kieran Darlow, Leigh
THE topic of conversation in football at the moment seems very much to be the dispute between the Professional Footballers' Association and the Premier League and the Football League and the threat of strike action. A lot has been written about it, a
I can't express how much hurt the York City supporter feels at Douglas Craig's actions. It seems he has had his, and the board's, mind made up for some time on the issue, certainly since July 2001 when he will have seen the accounts and the club losses
THERE is always a very fine line between success and failure. As such, and as I talked about last week when I detailed our match-day arrangements, preparation can be vital. As we do everything possible in the quest for improvement, the smallest detail
I am saddened by the attitude of the directors of the York City. It has become a money or nothing game. They have forgotten what the team means to a lot of people in York. As a child the highlight of the week was walking down to the ground to take in
VICTORIA ELLIS works up an appetite after walking in Coverdale. (Please note that since this article was written on the 19th January the pub has re-opened and a warm welcome awaits you!) Carlton in Coverdale was bright, sunny and quiet on Saturday morning
Being an ex-pat Yorkshiremen and closely following York City via the internet, I was wondering if any approach had been made towards Leeds United seeking help? I know Leeds use the ground for reserve fixtures, but would they be interested in taking this
YORK City's first away defeat in almost three months but perhaps it may prove a welcome reality check. A remarkable run of just one defeat in 14 and subsequent clamber to safety had understandably got fans already looking ahead to next season with renewed
BEING a fiercely proud Yorkshireman and a keen follower of cricket, I was delighted that Yorkshire County Cricket Club managed to win the championship. It has been a long wait, 33-years, and it means us Tykes can now hold our heads up in the cricketing
WOULD you like to join in the fundraising activity to raise £45,000 for a new ambulance for the region's St John Ambulance and can't think how? Well help is at hand with the opportunity to take a member of your family or a friend on a hair-raising ride
IF there ever was to be an indication of how passionate supporters of York City club are, Saturday at Grimsby proved it. Non-stop noise all the way through by an excellent away following showing their love for their club, something which has been missing
After witnessing his Manchester United side crowned Kings of Europe on that balmy Barcelona night two years ago, Sir Alex Ferguson was just about able to mumble the memorable words "Football... bloody hell". If someone had managed to push a microphone
IT IS an old-fashioned saying, but everything is good in moderation and I think that phrase is particularly apt when talking about the current relationship between football and television. It seems you can't have one without the other but we have got
Today's eight-mile route is a splendid way to stride into the New Year. We started at Pateley Bridge, crossed the River Nidd and took the quiet back road through the village of Bewerley. The next half-hour is a slog uphill and part of a popular little
AS THE Evening Press appeal to raise £45,000 to buy a new ambulance for the region gets under way some unusual stories of first-aid adventures have come to light. In a typical year, St John Ambulance volunteers are on hand at a wide variety of public
Can I call through your site for all the armchair fans and the fans who have been forced away from the club over the past few years to rally round York City. We must prove to the the business people in York and the wider football community how important
THE promise of safety is so agonisingly close for York City you can almost smell it. They came close to all but securing it at Bootham Crescent on Saturday but instead the tension lingers. However, few Minstermen fans could begrudge having to wait that
HERE we are five days into the new Nationwide League season, and just two days away from the start of the new Premiership term, and we've already had an international game. England tackled Holland in a friendly at White Hart Lane last night, but for the
Another priceless point for York City and a particularly satisfying one for the men in red. For a game with all the ingredients of a feisty affair it was a strangely subdued derby duel. The whistle of the referee and the flags of his assistants dominated
York's Place Research Centre published a booklet last month called A Guide To The Wetland Heritage Of the Vale Of Pickering. I just had to go out and have a look and chose the carrs and ings (one-time marshlands, reedswamps or whatever) south of West
As the Evening Press launches its 2002 appeal to raise £45,000 for a new ambulance, Health Reporter EMMA HARRISON finds out about one the award-winning St John Ambulance volunteers VOLUNTEERS working with the St John Ambulance come from all walks of life
VICTORIA ELLIS takes in the medieval ruins along the Magna Via from Helmsley We drive north out of the centre of Helmsley, not as usual on the busy Bilsdale road, but on a more ancient parallel highway. It is the Magna Via, first recorded in 1145. We
YORK City fans got a glimpse of the future at the Minstermen's Division Three clash with Darlington last Saturday. Next year's crop of first-year trainees, the young City stars of the future, were introduced to the crowd at half-time. As revealed in the
YORK City stretched their unbeaten run to nine games and on current form few would bet against them going the rest of the season without tasting defeat. In a game not helped by some fussy, frustrating and inconsistent refereeing, this wasn't one of City's
After the shuffle towards safety on Saturday came a more significant step closer to the promised land for York City, who stretched their unbeaten run to eight games. The only sour point was it was so close to being a massive stride after a valiant second-half
IF YOU travel out of Helmsley on the Scarborough road, you soon slip through two little villages squeezed together, Beadlam then Nawton. The pair persist as separate identities which is confusing. Every reference book has two sets of entries. In 1754
Victoria Ellis discovers a mobile phone is an essential piece of kit for lone walkers There were walkers about but the goose presiding over West Ayton's village green was hardly welcoming, very protective and advancing with lots of hissing. I gave a bit
EVERY cloud has a silver lining and Tuesday night's postponement of the Carlisle clash provided a double boost for the Minstermen. The frustrating call-off at least ensured Lee Nogan and Graham Potter, pictured right, have escaped a possible one-match
AS a Chesterfield FC supporter resident in York, I have read with pleasure about the active encouragement and advice that York City supporters are receiving in the current crisis from the present chairman of Chesterfield FC in the moves to rescue City
CITY midfielder Christian Fox endured another weekend of inactivity and frustration despite the loan deal which has seen him join Larne in Northern Ireland. Fox has joined the Smirnoff Irish League First Division outfit until the end of the season in
We are back in 'Heartbeat Country', TV land Goathland, on the beaten track, but with a hill or two to make the heart beat faster and plenty of fun. I joined the unchained army of amblers (just got a car park place) and set off down an abandoned railway
FORZA City! Two of the biggest names in world football have given their backing to the 'Save York City' campaign. Francesco Toldo, Inter Milan's Italian national team goalkeeper, and Pavel Nedved, Juventus's Czech Republic midfielder, have donated autographed
George Wilkinson hits the trail again, for a moorland walk among the heather. Regular readers will have noticed that a couple of weeks ago the paper described me as 'incapacitated' (much to the amusement of my friends) and Victoria Ellis has kindly done
IT is clear that Mr Craig has no feeling for the club, but I am surprised at the likes of Barry Swallow - a long-time player and connected with the club for a number of years. I hope you will all be able to sleep easy on your piles of money the day you
UNFORTUNATELY, York City seem to lack ambition and I recall Mark Tinkler's comments a couple of years back referring to the Minstermen as 'plodders'. After recent events I agree 100 per cent with the comments. I hope for the club's and fans' sake that
George Wilkinson heads to Wharfedale I had to laugh as I drove into Grassington; some wag had put up a sign that read 'Twinned with Dodge City'. However, seven miles further up Wharfedale, at the village of Starbotton, Dodge City had a certain resonance
I HAVE expressed grave concern over the off-field goings on at York City in the Evening Press before. Mr Craig and the militant faction amongst City's supporters seemed unable to leave each other alone and focus in a more positive manner on the club.
I broke my rule of 'never try to get anywhere on a Bank Holiday' to do a route recently recommended by the North York Moors Authority. This is useful for me as I don't have to worry about it too much and I think will be nice for you as it's a pleasant
"NEVER doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Those are the words of anthropologist Margaret Mead and they certainly ring true for those working so hard to save their
CATTLE branding with a difference is rustling up support for troubled York City far and wide. Milton Keynes' famous landmark, the Concrete Cows, are a frequent target for vandals. Just recently, they were attacked by Wimbledon fans, angry at the possibility
THE race for the Evening Press player of the year award is hotting up. Leader Michael Proctor has tightened his grip on the lead by picking up two points in each of city's last outings, against Rushden and Diamonds and Rochdale. However, last year's winner
George Wilkinson is enchanted by an evening stroll around Nunnington NUNNINGTON had already settled in for the evening, Nunnington Hall resting after its daily flux of visitors. The River Rye was running in clear, just a little coloured. A touch of breeze
THE comments of would-be City owner John Batchelor, revealed in the Evening Press yesterday, should be heeded even if his bid fails. Batchelor indicated City would have to move to a new ground if his ambitions were to be realised and described the fact
Not long after Saturday's final whistle thick fog descended over Bootham Crescent. It's appearance mirrored that of the blackened mood hanging over York City. At 3pm the ground was bathed in brilliant sunshine and City started like a side riding the crest
SUPPORTERS fighting to save York City from oblivion are confident they will have a say in the running of their football club. It is only seven days since the Save City Committee met for the first time at the offices of Evening Press. However, already
Three defeats in three different competitions and three games without a goal. It doesn't take a genius to work out confidence is low at York City. The optimism generated by City's mini-FA Cup run has rapidly evaporated and on current form there's not
SPEND £5.5 million on revamp plans for an hotel, and the results are bound to make their mark not only on the venture but the whole area. That is just what happened at the luxury Aldwark Manor Hotel, near Alne, once Newcastle businessman Brad Holbrook
Deep into the far reaches of Nidderdale, at Scar House Reservoir, there was but one other car. I asked the occupants which way they were going round the water. They thought anticlockwise. Using the plughole principle, and being in the Northern Hemisphere
WHATEVER its name, this competition has had a nasty habit of defining the remainder of York City's season. Last season's 1-0 defeat to a 'reserve' Hull City team in the then Auto Windscreen Shield arguably sounded the death knell for Neil Thompson's short
READERS of the novel, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will know with absolute certainty that the secret of life, the universe and everything is 42. So Theme 42 seemed an obvious success-targeted title for Paul Duce's new company which he set up on the
FOOTBALLING City fans will be looking to move a step closer to national glory in a major five-a-side competition tomorrow. A squad from South Bank FC will represent the Minstermen in the quarter-finals of the Worthington Fives competition, which will
AS romantic as the FA Cup is, victory over Peter Taylor's Premiership high-fliers was always going to be an improbable occurrence for York City. And so as unromantic as it sounds, the main priorities for all but the most gloriously optimistic were always
BATTLING against the odds is often the lot of the small business in this fickle world. York Polythene and Packaging has had more than its fair share of odds battling and has come out on top. It has been though the gamut, surviving everything from terrible
HERE is the best slice of independent business advice you are likely to get: There's life - and success - after Sun Life. Ask Alan Cook, 51-year-old managing partner of Pentagon Financial Services LLP, of The Grange, in Wheldrake Lane, Elvington, York
ONE-TIME Minsterman midfield favourite Alan Pouton could be forgiven for feeling quite literally 'gutted'. The skilful schemer is going to have to sit out York City's next FA Cup adventure on the first weekend of 2002 when they travel to the Blundell
It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy. It was the purest of FA Cup magic. Thirteen heroes in red turned the tables on cocky, high-flying Division Two moneybags Reading with a remarkable display
WITHIN a year of opening on the ground floor of the splendid Gateforth Hall near Selby, Restaurant Martel scooped three Restaurant of the Year awards. Now Martel Smith, the mere 22-year-old head chef and proprietor of that illustrious place beyond the
YORK City are looking to the future with the news announced today that the club will be offering free match tickets for youngsters. The Minstermen have pledged their support to the new Nationwide Supporters of Tomorrow scheme, launched last month by the
Frustration rather than disappointment was the overriding emotion after York City's miserable away form continued at Plymouth Argyle. Flowing football was always going to be a tall order on a heavy Home Park pitch that was still being sanded right up
WEMBLEY may no longer be the final destination but anyone with doubts over the lure of the FA Cup should have been at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. For York City and second-division high-fliers Reading provided a fitting testament to the grand old competition
A FEARED FA Cup catastrophe turned into a cake-walk for a ruthless York City at Gigg Lane. Radcliffe Borough offered a potential banana-skin but the Minstermen skated over the UniBond League minnows and into the second round with no shortage of elegance
FOOTBALL? What a game. Never does it cease to amaze. Just as the York City faithful were crying out for a pass of distinction, never mind a goal, up pops Kevin Hulme with a magnificent header to seal a vital win. Hulme's decisive blow only two minutes
YORK City's miserable run in the LDV Vans Trophy continued with the 2-0 defeat at Notts County in midweek. It is now almost five years since City last won a match in this competition, under whatever title it then proclaimed. Often, this much-maligned
THERE was only ever going to be one winner of this derby-duel - Mother Nature. But while the spoils were shared football could also claim a notable victory. For at a rain-soaked, wind-lashed Bootham Crescent both York City and Hull managed to raise themselves
IT WAS just about worth the wait. At long last, City's first win away from home this season. And if that wasn't sweet enough, the first time City have scored three times in a match for 14 months. Most City followers would gladly have settled for a dour
YORK Wasps might have denied that yesterday's rearranged game with Hunslet Hawks was a grudge match. However, the proof was in the pudding. There were minor scrapes throughout the clash and it all culminated in a 26-man brawl three minutes from time,
IT made a welcome change to be looking forward to this afternoon's big derby game at Hull City for all the right reasons. Last season the corresponding fixture was important if only because City were still needing points to secure their Football League
HULL City this week announced a fresh crackdown on trouble-makers ahead of next Saturday's keenly anticipated derby with the Minstermen. The Tigers have pledged to install new CCTV cameras and draft in extra stewards to avoid a repeat of the scenes which
IF ever a match was over within two and a half minutes of the kick-off, this was it. By that time, Leigh - a side packed with Super League experience and one of the favourites for the Northern Ford Premiership title - had run in two tries against a side
YORK Wasps finally ended an 11-month win-less run with a victory over Milford Marlins in round three of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup. Okay, Milford might only be a National Conference League division two amateur side, but a win is a win, and
ALTHOUGH Saturday's 3-0 triumph at Torquay is Terry Dolan's biggest League win since taking charge 18 months ago, the City chief will have good reason to remember the Minstermen's last 3-0 away win in the League. Six years ago Dolan was in charge of the
EVEN the most ardent York fan must have expected the Wasps to set another unwanted record at Spotland today. Rochdale put 98 points past Lee Crooks' men in the corresponding fixture last season - a best for the Northern Ford Premiership and a club worst
YORK Wasps enjoyed the perfect start to their first-ever trip to Hurst Cross but could not maintain a flawless display as they eventually lost 32-16 to hosts Oldham. Carl Hall created a little piece of rugby league history when he gave York the lead with
THE last time Brighton boss Micky Adams left Bootham Crescent he tipped York City for promotion. Let's hope the former Fulham chief stayed clear of the bookmaker. The season is less than ten games old so it is perhaps still too early to write off the
NO more half-measures were the orders being barked by York City terrier Richard Cooper ahead of the Minstermen's long haul south this weekend. The 21-year-old was handed a starting berth for this afternoon's Torquay clash after sitting out last Saturday's
IT was hoped the days of York Wasps conceding record scores were over. They are not. Barrow's 66-0 thrashing of Wasps was the Raiders' biggest-ever win in the Northern Ford Premiership era, beating by six points their previous record of 60-0 registered
NEW coach Leo Epifania now knows the job he faces at York Wasps. If proof were needed that he has an almighty task to get the Wasps into the top nine of the Northern Ford Premiership, then the first 13 minutes of today's season opener provided enough
North Yorkshire's latest Internet crimefighter is only a week old, but already he's helping turn the tables on the high-tech criminals. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on how DERIC is shaping up WITH Internet crime - as with most other forms of crime - the criminals
MANY people will welcome the return of the York Mystery Plays to the city streets. The 2002 production will be presented by York's historic guilds in the open air, as was always intended. The Theatre Royal has been an excellent host to the four-yearly
IT'S a safe bet the strong winds that have been raging around the country recently will have left more than a few trees damaged and in need of repair. But if you're tempted to take up the offer of the "professional arborist" knocking on your door and
THE Beeb's brand-new digital arts, culture and politics channel BBC4 will be launched this Saturday with the slogan "everybody needs a place to think". If its opening night schedule is anything to go by, there should be plenty to think about. The line-up
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out how far your food has travelled before it reaches your plate A REPORT into the state of the UK farming industry last week blasted it as 'unsustainable' and called for change. One of the recommendations of the Policy Commission
STEPHEN LEWIS finds how consumer power could lead to a healthier, low-salt diet TOO much salt is bad for you. Unless you were living on the moon, you'd have heard on Tuesday - Salt Awareness Day - that salt has been linked to heart disease, strokes, high
Many people see January as the time to make a new start vowing to be fitter and healthier than before. Dark nights and cold weather can make fitness clubs and gymnasiums appear safer and more comfortable places in which to shed those extra pounds. However
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out what to do if you find an advert offensive or misleading YORK store Sarah Coggles was this week accused of mocking human rights violations with a series of "offensive and insensitive" advertising pictures - including one of a man
Mike Laycock became a cosseted culture vulture on a capital weekend break. STEVEN Spielberg, Marlon Brando, Liz Taylor, Charlton Heston, Richard Dreyfuss... the list of celebrities is almost endless, attracted by the discreet hospitality and a location
ANNE WOOD visits the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution NOT many places can claim to have changed the face of the world, but Ironbridge, in Shropshire, is one of them. For when Abraham Darby I smelted iron with coke in 1709 in the gorge of Coalbrookdale
These days you can buy a new car via the Internet, at a car supermarket, privately, abroad, or at local dealerships, and there are just as many options available when you want to finance the purchase. So how do you decide what is best for you? York Trading
Within in the shadow of ancient standing stones in Brittany, Mike Laycock and family went camping, chuting and riding THOUSANDS stood in strange and mysterious lines. Huge stones on end, positioned there thousands of years ago in what must have been a
STEPHEN LEWIS logs on to the world of Internet banking WE COULD be on the threshold of a revolution in banking habits. Millions of Britons are waking up to the attractions of banking online - leading to an unprecedented surge in the number of Internet
I HAVE just had a very relaxing holiday on Cyprus, an island where the crime rate, according to ex-pat Brits I spoke to, is very low. Scanning the front page of a recent Evening Press I saw an attempted abduction, attack by a knifeman, a case of indecent
IN his column on March 21, Julian Cole referred to the terrorist attacks of September 11 as being "a dreadful crime against humanity, the worst in living memory." While accepting the terrible effects of those attacks, we should not forget that the holocaust
ON February 13, 1942, 18 young Yorkshire men of C Company, 1st/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) were lost in an assault boat training exercise in Iceland. February marked the 60th anniversary of this tragic loss which has
Please help me. On a visit to York I saw a detailed map of the city which included all the various buildings, parks, etc. It was drawn by Richard Butterworth and suitable for framing. I tried to find a copy but had no luck. Where may I order one? Contact
IT HAS been a very unusual last six weeks to say the least. Since the beginning of February when we lost 5-4 at Rochdale we have played eight games and seven of them have been away from home. That result at Spotland was strange enough, but the run of
REFEREES are coming in for quite a lot of criticism from one angle or another at the moment. The way the game is going, with it becoming faster and faster, I think it is important we look at things carefully rather than making snap judgements and without
FREEZING temperatures and postponements have made it a frustrating festive period for the players, coaching staff and supporters of York City. By the time Saturday's FA Cup trip to Grimsby comes around - and there is no guarantee at this stage the tie
FOR your average supporter there has never been more to talk about in football at the moment, with Newcastle United's victory on Tuesday night at Arsenal showing how wide open the Premiership is this season. We talk about our own form at York City being
I've never seen a draw for a football competition take as long as that for the World Cup on Saturday. Gone are the days of just putting balls in a hat and simply drawing them out one by one. I know it's slightly different because this World Cup will be
ACCORDING to some reports in the newspapers last weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to stop talking to the press and won't be doing any more interviews for the rest of the season. It goes without saying being manager of a club like York City is a
THE FA Cup gets underway in earnest this weekend and in my view it is still the greatest, most romantic cup competition in the world. When the first round comes around, there is always the same sense of anticipation and excitement to that experienced
SCOURING the papers this week, the recent ruling by a Hampshire magistrate that a teacher was entitled to use 'reasonable force' when exercising his lawful authority over a disruptive pupil particularly caught my eye. I have to say, as a parent, I welcome
You come across some country pubs by chance - as you are driving along. You think it looks nice, park the car and pop inside for a look around. Not the Appletree Country Inn at Marton. You need a good reason to drive out all the way to this pub from York
YORK will be joining in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, despite a third of councils around the country ignoring this summer's anniversary. City of York Council will be announcing plans to mark the event in two weeks time after a special committee set-up
DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon has been ridiculed for his repeated refusal to state whether North Yorkshire radar bases will be used for the controversial "Son of Star Wars" project. Labour and Conservative members of the Commons Defence Select Committee
RUSSIA is ready to drop its opposition to plans to carry out tests on the controversial "Son of Star Wars" project, according to White House National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice. In return US President George Bush would postpone any decision on effectively
GEORGE W Bush was set to discuss Son of Star Wars with Tony Blair this afternoon - after the Evening Press had delivered its message of opposition to the two world leaders. Chief reporter Mike Laycock handed yesterday's paper, with its uncompromising
Tony Blair gave George W Bush a present on Monday: a bust of Winston Churchill. Apart from looking lovely in the Oval Office, this was intended as a reminder of the special relationship's finest hour, when Britain and the US worked to turn war into peace
THOSE fortunate enough to be at Bootham Crescent on Saturday are probably only now catching their breath. Great goals, controversy galore, penalty saves, frayed tempers, chances in abundance, passion and endeavour; this game had it all save for the appearance
THE season starts here for York City, for just how the Minstermen bounce back from this rude awakening should tell us much about their character and stomach for the fight. It was not as if City were steamrollered by Hull, for while they deserved their
THE good footballing times continue to roll at Bootham Crescent as York City registered a particularly satisfying win. True enough, City perhaps failed to match the style and panache they had displayed just days earlier against Crewe. But that was always
After last Saturday's largely tepid and pointless start to the new campaign, the result should have been all that mattered to York City at Torquay United on Saturday even at this very early stage of the season. But the three very welcome points picked
IF York City could learn how to start playing at the beginning of a match rather than after the half-time interval, they could easily become a force to be reckoned with in Division Three. Terry Dolan's men were second best throughout the first half of
FOR most Division Three teams, the season began at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. For York City, it began at four o'clock. Unfortunately, however, by half-past-three Rushden and Diamonds had already scored and the single goal was to prove enough
ELVINGTON Airfield could soon be flying into a new future. The owners have applied for an aerodrome licence, allowing it to take fare-paying passengers for the first time. It is the latest chapter in the history of an airfield which once played a key
LAUREL and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Gracie Fields and Marty Feldman have much in common. They are among the most popular entertainers Britain (and America, in Oliver Hardy's case) ever produced; they were equally at home on film or in front of a live audience
TONIGHT, revellers will pack the pubs and bars. As the countdown draws closer, many will gather outside York Minster to hear the bells ring out the old and ring in the new. Arms will be linked, kisses exchanged and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne belted out
An ambitious challenge to lead Britain's fight against energy waste was taken up by York six months ago. Adam Nichols looks at PlanetYork's achievements at the half-way mark IF a milkfloat's sluggishness has been advanced to this standard, expect your
POLLUTION-busting equipment which could save fuel and the environment is being tried out for the first time in York. The equipment is being used in six diesel vehicles by the City of York Council, a major player in the year-long Planet York initiative
A FAMILY has become committed to saving the environment after floodwater destroyed their home. Neil and Nicky Rogers, along with daughters Holly, nine, and Alice, six, have become firm supporters of PlanetYork, the year-long project to make the city the
BUSINESSES are being urged to take advantage of a bright idea that could save them thousands of pounds and make York a greener city. PlanetYork campaigners are offering grants of up to £6,000 to companies switching from standard to energy-efficient lighting
THE dream of a green Christmas is being made reality by guidelines put out by the PlanetYork team. Christmas is traditionally a bad time for the environment, with estimates showing an expected 27,000 tonnes of packaging and 83 square kilometres of wrapping
ENERGY generating bus-stops are helping York lead the way in conservation. Hi-tech solar panels have appeared on the top of city bus stands, catching the sun's rays and converting them into electricity. The space-age addition features on three city stops
THE public inquiry into the Coppergate Riverside plans in York is to start again on Tuesday, May 14, for three weeks. But it was predicted today that the inquiry will probably have to extend into a third session, which has been pencilled in for July.
A CITY centre property owner is suggesting York's Coppergate Riverside row could be resolved - by building the new shops in Hungate instead. The Evening Press revealed earlier this month how the Hungate area off Stonebow was set for office, leisure and
THE Coppergate Riverside public inquiry is over - but only for the time being. The inquiry into Land Securities' £60 million proposals to redevelop land between Clifford's Tower and Piccadilly was adjourned yesterday after running out of time. It will
COPPERGATE Riverside would mean only minor increases in traffic which could easily be accommodated, an engineer has claimed. And congestion on York's Fishergate gyratory would be eased by plans to allow traffic emerging from Piccadilly to turn right towards
AN architecture watchdog has condemned plans for York's Coppergate Riverside development, branding them "clumsy" and "poorly proportioned". Dr Giles Worsley, speaking on behalf of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) told the
BARONESS Thatcher's right-hand man has thrown his weight behind the campaign to block Coppergate Riverside. The former Downing Street press secretary, renowned for pulling no punches during his time at Number 10, took the stand today at the inquiry into
A DECISION on Coppergate Riverside was more distant than ever today after it was disclosed that a public inquiry into the controversial scheme must be adjourned indefinitely. Taxpayers may face more than double the original bill for the hearing because
LAND Securities this afternoon denied dramatic claims that it is preparing an alternative, fallback scheme if its Coppergate Riverside proposals are thrown out. The suggestion that it has secretly been working up a reserve proposal arose on the sixth
AN ARCHITECT behind York's Coppergate Riverside proposals has been challenged over the aesthetic impact on historic buildings nearby. Nigel Woolner admitted that fast-food outlets could feature in the development, while insisting all cafs and restaurants
WASPS' hopefuls Carl Barrow and Andy Lee have had their trial periods extended until the end of February after impressing coach Leo Epifania. The duo, who have both have figured as substitutes for the first team in recent weeks, were previously contracted
WHAT a difference a week makes, especially in sport. Not long ago, there was a suggestion that York Wasps might get to play home fixtures at Bootham Crescent, home of York City FC. Now, it looks like City might soon be playing their home games at Huntington
WASPS opponents tomorrow, Border Raiders, are confident that Sonny Nickle's stay at Craven Park will be a long one - barring a few rounds of machine-gun fire at his old club, St Helens. Cynics have suggested that his switch to Cumbria is merely a sly
NOW is the time to split over-crowded clumps of snowdrops. Unlike most other spring bulbs which are lifted and divided in summer when the leaves have died back, snowdrops are best attended to while "in-the-green", that is while the leaves are still fresh
BUSINESSES in York will get a free helping hand to open the doors to success, thanks to accountants and business advisers, Garbutt & Elliot. A series of free-of-charge advice clinics, titled Garbutt & Elliott Opens Doors, is being staged by the
INTURF, the York-based sports turf provider has been chosen by Flymo, the gardening brand, to provide the green backdrop to its new television advertising campaign to be screened through April and May on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and satellite stations
RUGBY fans across York were left stunned today after the death knell finally sounded for Wasps. The collapse of a deal which would have seen a new owner take over has sealed the fate of the 134-year-old club. Russell Greenfield, who resigned as vice-chairman
THE former chief executive of Super League club London Broncos has said he would consider taking on a role at York Wasps if approached. Lionel Hurst, a Cheltenham-based lawyer, is a big fan of both York and rugby league, and indeed is the man behind the
Hunched on top of the North York Moors, the giant concrete triangle that is RAF Fylingdales can be seen for miles. The large circles on each of its sides look just like targets - which of course is precisely what some people fear they might become if
YORKSHIRE were today applying the finishing touches to their season and still basking in the glow of their spectacular Championship achievement of bringing cricket's greatest domestic prize back home after an absence of 33 years. But even as cricket coffins
Here is what you could do with $30 billion dollars (£21 billion at current rates of conversion), an average estimate for the cost of the National Missile Defence project - Build 210 new hospitals - Pay off the national debt of the world's 63 poorest countries
THE Championship Trophy was back in Yorkshire for the first time in 33 years yesterday on a day when an almost impossible dream came true for captain David Byas. The tough-as-nails farmer, who will be 38 tomorrow, just managed to fight back the tears
It was a delightful balmy evening after the hottest October day for centuries as we set out with great anticipation for dinner at the Three Hares at Bilbrough. We had enjoyed a superb meal there some time ago, but heard on the grapevine that the pub had
IS Gray all set to become another shade of White in the Yorkshire line-up over the next few years? Certainly captain David Byas thinks so because he believes that Australian Andy Gray has the potential to develop many of the outstanding all-round qualities
IT'S been an old-fashioned week for Yorkshire with as much drama and emotion being stirred up off the field as on it. With the controversy surrounding Asian ladies being portrayed on the new Sir Leonard Hutton memorial gates at Headingley and the invitation
York is set to enter the year 2001 with its Millennium Bridge still closed to the public. Chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust Paul Chesmore told the Evening Press today the heavy flooding of the Ouse had "severely delayed" work on the £4.2m bridge
MOTORISTS have been assured there will be no repeat of the Copmanthorpe traffic jam nightmare when the next big A64 project gets underway. The construction of an underpass to allow villagers from Copmanthorpe to get safely across the dual carriageway
Workers laboured into the early hours to make sure York awoke to see its Millennium Bridge proudly in position. The river reopened after a 30-hour closure at 6am, with the new 310-ton bridge secured three hours earlier. After a meticulous operation the
ANTICIPATION was written on the faces of Millennium Bridge watchers as they squinted in the autumn sun and waited ... and waited ... and waited for York's new superstructure to glide into place. The engineers never promised it would be a fast show. And
YORK'S Millennium Bridge has 'fallen' victim to October's heavy downpours. Heavy rain, a week's worth falling yesterday alone, and a 'flood watch' now in force, scuppered plans to launch the bridge tomorrow because the River Ouse is becoming too swollen
THE launch date for York's new Millennium Bridge has been set for next Wednesday. Crowds of spectators are expected to flock to see the elegant arc structure being floated out across the Ouse before being fixed in place. The bridge, inspired by the simple
THERE'S nothing like a bowl of steaming, warming soup to bring warmth to the cold, dark days of winter. The culinary equivalent of a comfort blanket, there are soups for every season - but they are particularly well suited to winter when warm and nourishing
It's picnic season again, but throw away those boring cheese and pickle sandwiches, crisps and cans of pop and opt instead for some picnics with pizzazz. With a little forethought, you could be serving up pan bagnat from the Mediterranean, delicious meatballs
TITLE-HUNTING Pickering Town have beefed up their strike-force by signing one-time York City and Chesterfield spearhead Iain Dunn. The 31-year-old front-man goes straight into the Pikes' line-up for tonight's Northern Counties East League premier division
FIRMS offering expert recruits to the railway industry are flocking to York. Huge multi-million pound demands on York-based Railtrack to improve the nation's rail infrastructure have created a skills gap which recruitment firms are eager to fill. The
As the scourge of foot and mouth disease among British livestock continues, now may be a good time to make more use of vegetables and transform the way you cook, eat and entertain, writes Hannah Stephenson. You don't have to turn vegetarian but you can
In a nail-biting final game of the season, City of York Ladies Hockey Club escaped relegation from the Premier Division of the North League with a 1-0 win at fellow-strugglers Sheffield. The crucial goal came on 18 minutes when, with good work from Karen
IT should come as no surprise that Pisceans love seafood. Those born under this fishy star sign will devour anything from exotic oysters to plain salmon. Their favourite flavours are saffron and garlic, for savoury dishes, and nutmeg and vanilla for sweet
A NEW astronomical observatory, said to be the only one with full disabled access in the country, has been proposed for a former North Yorkshire windmill. The Yorkshire Astronomy and Sky Science Centre project is a ground-breaking proposal to create an
CHARLES HUTCHINSON keeps the wolf from the door with an easy supper recipe. Book: A Wolf In The Kitchen, Easy Food For Hungry People, by Lindsey Bareham, Penguin Books, paperback, £9.99. Chef's CV: Freelance food-writer and broadcaster, who writes a daily
A HOT Cross stunner gunned down Wigginton for Acomb WMC to power into the York FA Sunday Senior Cup final. Acomb deposited two goals in the opening 15 minutes, Steve Cross the rapid-striking hit-man with a brace of accurate drives. Cross could have plundered
IT WAS an unlikely pairing - but Sir Francis the lame duck and Chico the Staffordshire bull terrier are now inseparable. Chico took the drake under his powerful "wing" when it started being bullied by other ducks at Selby Animal Sanctuary. Sanctuary owner
CHRISTIAN Fox has been recalled from his loan spell in Northern Ireland and if fit will be back in the York City squad for tonight's basement battle with Lincoln City. Midfielder Fox has played four times for Larne in the Smirnoff Irish League first division
A MAN died when he was hit by a train on the East Coast Main Line today. Emergency services were called to Northallerton railway station, shortly after 6am this morning, after receiving reports of a body on the track. When they arrived, they found the
A WOMAN was found unconscious in a house in York after firefighters and police forced their way into the property. The woman, who was discovered in a house in Geldof Road, was treated by paramedics before being taken to York District Hospital by ambulance
TODAY marks the first anniversary of the death of North Yorkshire murder victim David Williamson. The 58-year-old bachelor was found unconscious on a roadside path just a few hundred yards from his home in Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold, on Monday
AN elderly woman was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when a man attacked and robbed her in her home in York. The 73-year-old victim was left with cuts and bruises to her mouth after her attacker punched her in the face. The woman was grabbed from behind
A YORK policewoman's career was today on the line after a jury found her guilty of misconduct. PC Clare Woodall - who has been an officer for nine years - is facing a disciplinary hearing which will decide her future with North Yorkshire police. Woodall
RUGBY fans across York were left stunned today after the death knell finally sounded for Wasps. The collapse of a deal which would have seen a new owner take over has sealed the fate of the 134-year-old club. Russell Greenfield, who resigned as vice-chairman
