DID York City president John Greenway not know why Bootham Crescent Holdings was set up? Apparently it was to safeguard the club's assets should the club go bankrupt, not to line the pockets of the directors. So the Shadow Minister for Sport is "shocked
Mike Laycock followed a neighbour's advice and took his family to the Duke of York "Mike, you must try the Duke of York. The service is second to none, and the food is great." THE recommendation - not for the Queen's second son but the village pub at
GEORGE WILKINSON makes the most of some winter sunshine and enjoys the breathtaking views from the Cleveland Hills The Cleveland Hills sharpened up in watery sunshine and we were delighted to abandon plan B - low level from Guisborough Priory. Crossing
AN "exceptional" number of objections to plans to turn the home of York City into houses has been received by council chiefs. Planning officers have revealed that, as of yesterday morning, 781 letters of objection to redevelopment plans for Bootham Crescent
YET another find! The Backpackers hostel is not where we would have expected to be snacking. But following suggestions from two sources we just had to see what it was all about. The caf is a single room to the left of the entrance hall. The room has an
WITH the application for housing turned down on St Clement's Church Hall site, can we now be assured that the hall will reopen for groups which used it before its change of ownership? It seems a shame to see the hall closed for what future no one knows
WHEN are parents going to learn that when more cars are used to take children to school, the risk of serious accidents increases out of all proportion? The excuse that using the car is for the safety of the children is just that - an excuse. Obviously
TWO York brothers will be appearing on television with their snooker hero during the BBC's coverage of the PowerHouse UK Championship. Steven and Lee Gregson, from Stockton on the Forest, spent two hours at the Cueball Club in James Street, getting coaching
THE best disabled snooker players in Britain duel for UK glory at the Barbican Centre on Wednesday morning. The four who featured in the finals of the Disability Sport England (DSE) Snooker Championship will give a repeat performance of those finals.
THE only female referee on snooker's world ranking tournament circuit has been busy at the Barbican Centre this week. Michaela Tabb was an official on snooker's Main Tour last season and, as well as refereeing at Harrogate's Manhattan Club, she was on
GINA PARKINSON finds that a clear December day can be wonderful for getting those late-season jobs sorted out AS I write the sun is shining in a clear blue sky - a perfect day for getting on with the jobs in a December garden. It is a good time to plant
IT MAY have been a case of the less said the better at Bootham Crescent this week, but the confusion continues. In March, just days after announcing his take-over of the club, chairman John Batchelor also announced a "substantial three-year" sponsorship
I HAD a great time on Monday night in the company of the Harrogate Minstermen at their inaugural Christmas Party. The newest branch of the supporters' club have already been active in rustling up much-needed support for the club, opposition to the planning
THIS abstract painting of the York floods, painted by a promising young York artist, is set for a prestigious new home in the House of Commons. The painting - entitled Reflections - was painted by All Saints' School sixth former Ruth Wood. It shows the
YORK youngster Danielle Winskill has become a festive lights switch-on celebrity after winning a competition to design a Christmas card. Her picture is appearing on signs at 35 Shepherd Construction sites across the country, as well as on the company's
HEALTH Minister Jacqui Smith is under pressure to give City of York Council a larger slice of Government "bed-blocking" cash. City MP Hugh Bayley has met Ms Smith to lobby for a £100 million pot set aside for "delayed discharges" to be weighted in favour
A FAMILY divided between York and Latvia by Second World War Nazi tyranny has enjoyed an remarkable reunion after almost 60 years. Charles Udris, who now lives in Acomb, York, had not seen his family since being seized by German soldiers in the dead of
A HARROGATE woman who went missing last Wednesday has been found dead. Police found the body of Joy Dudley in a rural area near Follifoot, on Thursday evening. Mrs Dudley, 64, of Malthouse Lane, Burn Bridge, had been reported missing on Wednesday evening
SOLVING a staffing crisis will be the first priority of Jonathan May - the new managing director of bus operator First in York. Mr May has been named as the new head to drive forward the stuttering company, based in James Street. Currently operations
CHRISTMAS shoppers are being warned to be on their guard following a spate of purse thefts in the centre of York. Police said thieves had targeted shoppers around the Newgate Market and Parliament Street areas of the city. The string of incidents yesterday
RYEDALE MP John Greenway has attacked a European Court of Human Rights' decision last year which damaged Sleightholme's chances of clearing her name. The court refused to review a decision by the British Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) NOT to
David Hamilton and Margaret Leonard have been campaigning for Yvonne Sleightholme's release for several years. Here they give their reaction to the Parole Board's decision: "Yvonne had no blemish on her character before she was convicted, and she has
SPORTING life has literally gone from Bad to first for York-born golfer Mark Winterburn. After four summers teaching in southern Austria at the Bad Kleinkirchheim course, the 29-year-old Winterburn has returned to his North Yorkshire roots to become the
HARROGATE Railway boss Paul Marshall was facing the toughest managerial decision of his career ahead of the visit of Bristol City. With a 17-man squad all desperate to play their part in the historic second round tie, but only five substitutes allowed
THEY were made up, up the Junction this week when Middlesbrough-born comedian Vic Reeves of Reeves And Mortimer, Shooting Stars and Randall And Hopkirk Deceased, popped into the Leeman Road pub with a huge hold-all and said: "Can you look after this for
HE tried to hide, but we have finally caught up with York's oldest swinger in town. 'Mr York' Allan Robertshaw decided to hotfoot it to a rain-drenched Lanzarote resort immediately after marking his 60th birthday with a return to the playing field and
I HAVE never felt so betrayed in my life. First the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH) behave immorally, and then John Batchelor turns out to be all huff 'n' puff. It is now very clear that the survival of the club is in the hands of a very
FOR the last nine months, Evening Press readers have been bombarded with fairy-tale stories, which Hans Christian Andersen would have been proud of, from York City chairman John Batchelor. We put up with it because we thought he was an eccentric with
I AM not an apologist for John Batchelor - he did commit an enormous clanger in a very public way at the Swansea City game but all the time he has been open and accessible to his questioners. He has always asked for time and patience to assemble a survival
THE York City Angels are to be congratulated on their gesture to provide their pre-match entertainment free of charge due to the present financial crisis at Bootham Crescent. In view of the financial crisis will York City FC follow their example and stop
THE York City Football Trust should try to get the City of York Council to state that planning permission will not be given for the ground in the foreseeable future. Then to persuade the Council to try to purchase the ground from Bootham Crescent Holdings
AT the end of one of the worst ever weeks off the field in the York City's history, the players put in a stirring performance to beat a fast-improving Carlisle side in a tremendously entertaining game. The passion shown by both the supporters and the
DAVID MARTIN finds a country hotel near York that's on top form - unlike Nasser's men NOVEMBER fog added an air of mystery to our Sunday lunch mission. The destination: the well-regarded Worsley Arms hotel at Hovingham. You see, our eagle-eyed Eating
PAUL KIRKWOOD takes a day trip to Nottinghamshire where he discovers a cycle trail with echoes of a lost era Starting a bike ride near Worksop at a house that was demolished before the war may sound inauspicious but then this was no ordinary property.
ROTUND landlord Jack Merry has a solution for all your Christmas present woes: pickled eggs - the gift that keeps on giving. Young Jack has been honing his egg recipes for some time and tells Bar Talk that he is ready to unleash the full range on an unsuspecting
Sky Ferrey discovers it is time to make your dream of living on the Costa del Sol come true WE ALL dream of owning a home in the sun, but for more and more Brits, the dream is becoming a reality. The dreadful British weather - non-existent summers and
On Wednesday more than 150 students from York Students Union took part in the national demonstration against top-up fees in London. The day illustrated a determined student movement united to fight the biggest threat to students in recent years. The students
I WRITE in response to Mr D Johnson ('It's Site D for me', Letters, December 5). Mr Johnson states the consultation leaflet issued by the council is misleading because three sites were shown as having potential for park and rail as one of their benefits
REGARDING the latest phone mast protest, (December 4), I keep asking a question that no one is prepared to answer: do the protesters, all or some of them, have a mobile phone? I don't know if phones or their masts cause health problems, and I admit to
I APPLAUD the council's initiative in asking householders to put out their glass and cans for recycling. However, the latest figures on the side of the lorry that collects them states that the collection so far has netted 360 tonnes. Now the council obviously
Where have all the road sweepers gone? Pavements in my area, particularly near Heworth church, have been deep in leaves which, when wet, are hazardous to pedestrians, particularly the elderly. Leaves also block grates and cause local flooding. Local rate
THERE have been 26 century breaks in the PowerHouse UK Championship this week up to end of play on Thursday night. The top break in York so far is 138 by Mark Davis, but the highest break in the whole championship is 141 by Matthew Crouch in a qualifying
STEPHEN LEWIS is disappointed by a visit to York's Waterfront I'D heard great things about The Waterfront, down on King's Staith in York. Great seafood, fantastic location down by the river, lovely relaxing ambience... What more excuse was needed? A previous
YORK City broke a seven-year itch last Saturday when the 2-1 victory over Carlisle made it four wins in succession for the Minstermen. But another victory against Brentford today in the FA Cup would see City breaking an 18-year hoodoo and would see the
CONGRATULATIONS should go, I suppose, to Rushden and Diamonds manager Brian Talbot, who was this week crowned the Division Three manager of the month. Talbot oversaw four straight wins in November to extend Rushden's unbeaten run to eight games and underline
HAVING crowned the entire team as 'man of the match' for last Saturday's 2-1 win over Carlisle, dishing out the points in the Evening Press player of the year marks has proved difficult. However, a number of fine saves from Alan Fettis ensured the City
Sea Cadet Corps Lieutenant Cecil 'Tug' Wilson, of York Sea Cadets, is pictured with ChildLine chairwoman and former That's Life presenter Esther Rantzen and Petty Officer Cadet Steve Brown, Able Cadet James Ireland and Petty Officer Cadet Kristin Bryson
NORTH Yorkshire Police is to set to get a boost in funding from the Home Office to improve policing in the county. Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced that the force is to get an extra three per cent for 2003/2004, boosting its funding from central
YOUNG actor William Atkin was happy to play Jesus in a Christmas production next week on two conditions - that he didn't have to wear a beard or visit Egypt. The talented five-year-old stepped in to help out his mother, Cathy, who plays an angel in the
A YORK hairdresser whose father was cared for in St Leonard's Hospice before he died has begged and borrowed from friends in a bid to raise hundreds of pounds for the city-based charity. Tony Drake, 37, who owns Metier Hair Design, Main Street, Fulford
A DRIVER was today fighting for his life after he was seriously injured in a head-on smash in York. The man, who has not been named, suffered "extensive" head injuries in a two-car crash in Haxby Road, Huntington, at the junction with Bowling Green Court
A 76-YEAR-OLD former county councillor has appeared before York Crown Court on 13 child abuse and sex allegations. Raymond Coates, of Oaktree Sawmills, Huby, is accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 four times. He is also
A RIVERSIDE resident in York has slammed the council for blocking an essential "escape route" from one of the city's worst flooding hotspots. Paul Lamb has branded the decision to lock a bollard beside the River Ouse at the end of South Esplanade, off
THE North Yorkshire Fire Service flag was being flown in London today as firefighters from across the county joined thousands of people on a huge march and rally. Crews from Northallerton, Harrogate, York and Selby were marching on Hyde Park today, along
A MAN was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a faulty television set caused a fire at a student house in York, early today. Firefighters were called to the property, in Lawrence Street, at about 5.30am after the blaze broke out in
The Parole Board has rejected blind Yvonne Sleightholme's bid to be released or transferred to an open prison. Mike Laycock reports on why it reached that decision The Parole Board begins its report by saying Sleightholme is regarded as no discipline
The squad line up for the second round tie... Ed Neale Age: 21. Job: Teacher training Position: Goalkeeper Lives: Otley Previous clubs: Sheffield Wednesday, Guiseley, Otley Town, spell in America Dean Wilson Age: 22. Job: Quantity surveyor Position: Centre-half
A BID for freedom by blind killer Yvonne Sleightholme has failed, the Evening Press can reveal today. The Parole Board's refusal either to release her or transfer her to an open jail comes after she has already served more than two years longer than was
WIN, lose or draw Harrogate Railway will have a mighty party tomorrow after the game. Chairman Dennis Bentley, 71, and assistant boss Mick Margis, 47, both celebrated their birthdays on Tuesday, with the plan to mark the milestones as part of the post-match
FORMER York City trainee Mark Watkinson believes Bristol City are in for a tough time before they even kick-off their second round FA Cup tie against Harrogate Railway tomorrow. A sloping pitch, cramped changing rooms, an early kick-off on a Sunday and
THE English cricket 'Barmy Army' may have been silenced by the Aussies, but Harrogate Railway's 'Baaaaaa-my Army' has had plenty to bleat about. As reported in the Evening Press, the supporters responded to comments about Yorkshireman involving cloth
BRISTOL City boss Danny Wilson is to pay Harrogate Railway the greatest respect by naming his strongest possible squad for the match. While the Robins may well be overwhelming favourites to go through to the third round, Wilson is taking no risks for
AN "exceptional" number of objections to plans to turn the home of York City into houses has been received by council chiefs. Planning officers have revealed that, as of yesterday morning, 781 letters of objection to redevelopment plans for Bootham Crescent
