ONE win does not make a season. But York City and player-chief Chris Brass would be forgiven for not leafing through a few recipe books today in preparation. For come the end of this campaign, some large portions of humble pie may well be needed for those
YORK'S claim to be the Ascot of the North has been triumphantly realised. We have known it all along. Now even racegoers in the south will have to acknowledge it. The kudos that staging Royal Ascot will bring to the city is immense. The focus of the racing
Bleary-eyed commuters are never at their best first thing. Understandable enough. But you would have thought they might just twig the fact the steam train hissing on Platform 3 wasn't the mainline service to London. Not even the old-fashioned carriages
PROMOTION-chasing Selby lI gave a glimmer of hope to the following pack by contriving to lose to fourth-placed Hemingbrough in division six. Allan Hullah struck a valuable 65, but Malc Walker's 5-65 helped ensure that Selby could put up a target of only
OPPONENTS of America's missile defence programme claim a document from U.S. officials confirms that it is sparking a new arms race. Two military bases in North Yorkshire - Fylingdales on the North York Moors and Menwith Hill, near Harrogate - are set
MICHAEL Todd, alias Michael Mime, arrived back in the UK after a four-month stint in Iraq looking for his daughter ('I'd like to sue George Bush', August 4). Mr Todd was mystified as to why he was held as a prisoner of war by American soldiers for the
SOME days ago the Evening Press reported that an amount of slurry had entered the River Foss as a result of "over-enthusiastic muck-spreading". Something that sounds almost like a quaint rural tradition is now described as a "disaster" with the death
READERS will have seen much in the news about the chaos and suffering in Liberia's capital city, Monrovia. My colleague, MacArthur Hill, working for UNICEF in Liberia, has asked me to convey this news from the city: As I write, the fighting continues
MAN on a mission Lee Bullock got his ten-goal quest for the season off to a dream start by scoring the fastest goal of the opening day. Bullock, who has set himself a target of double figures for the campaign, scored after just 58 seconds on Saturday
ATTACK is usually the best form of defence in rugby league, but York City Knights proved yesterday that enthusiasm, superb tackling and sheer hard work can be a close second. The excellent tackling during the big win at Gateshead last week had gone largely
YORK'S flats building frenzy is likely to get worse, industry experts predict. The city has seen an explosion of flats being built in recent years and the number has increased by a massive 65 per cent since March. Hundreds more are awaiting development
CLASSIC motorbikes, model aeroplanes, champion horses, and a charity "pub crawl" through York were among the attractions on offer in our area at the weekend. Bike fanatics from all over the country descended on Elvington for the York Classic and Superbike
A SELBY woman plans to complain to police chiefs after a smirking thief was allowed to escape instead of being caught red-handed. Amy Cartwright and her mother, Susan, were awoken at 5.30am when the thief broke into Amy's car outside their home, in New
A FORMER York head teacher who served on more than 70 local committees and dedicated most of his life to education in the city has died, aged 83. John Spooner, who lived at Brinkworth Hall, Elvington, before moving to Lauren's Manor Nursing Home, died
OPPONENTS of America's missile defence programme claim a document from U.S. officials confirms that it is sparking a new arms race. Two military bases in North Yorkshire - Fylingdales on the North York Moors and Menwith Hill, near Harrogate - are set
A MOTORCYCLIST died after his machine ploughed into a shop window in the centre of a North Yorkshire town. The incident, which happened in Norton on Saturday afternoon, pushed the number of bikers killed on the county's roads this year to 21. An hour
THE Evening Press today reveals the astonishing extent of York's flats "explosion". City of York Council planning chiefs say that the number of flats built in the city over the last year has increased by 65 per cent. Nursing homes, social clubs, pubs,
CHRIS Brass saluted his players after the new York City chief got his managerial career off to a flying start. City's 2-1 win was the club's first opening day victory in four years and their first away from home in two decades. Despite his day being marred
MALTON and Norton Golf Club's Simon Dyson had one of his better results of the season in the Nordic Open at Simon's Club, Copenhagen. He fired a last round 71 to add to his excellent third round of 66 to finish well up the leaderboard. He had made the
DELEGATE, who rolled back the years to win at Brighton last week, makes a quick reappearance at the seaside course tomorrow and has every chance of producing a repeat victory. Now a ten-year-old, the Neville Callaghan-trained gelding is largely used as
DUNNINGTON'S lead at the top of the Hunter's the Estate Agent York and District league premier division has been cut to just three points. The champions lost at Heworth after the home side had posted 249-5 with Dave Simpson hitting an unbeaten 133. Despite
HEMINGBROUGH'S Maqsood Akhbar has become became the first player to reach 1,000 runs for the season. He hit 10no against Heworth while Nathan Briggs contributed 31no at the other end in an undefeated opening partnership of 144 as Hemingbrough beat Heworth
DIVISION four leaders Malton slipped up against relegation-threatened Thorp Arch. They were bowled out for 207, with Michael Cole (3-27) and Robert Williams (3-52) leading the attack. Nick Smith scored 88 and James Foxton 49. Andrew Hawkswell (96no) was
IMPRESSIVE batting by Ian Lake, with 110, and Matthew Hoyle, with 66, gave Selby victory over Stamford Bridge in division five. Bridge's Steven Fieldsend (77) and Andy Winfield (41no) provided the platform for 196-4. However, the opening partnership of
THAT'LL Teach 'Em, the new Channel 4 series in which modern teenagers are sent back to a 1950s-style school, has brought memories of her own schooldays flooding back for one York woman. Barbara Pettitt, now a 66-year-old grandmother-of-five who lives
YORK Cricket Club got back on the victory trail when they comfortably disposed of Appleby Frodingham by six wickets at Clifton Park. That enabled them to consolidate their lead in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League as rivals Scarborough and Sheffield
I AGREE with all the recent remarks made by Coun Mark Hill, resident Ann McLaren and Richard Frost about the expansion of the university at Heslington. My question is: where are the extra 5,000 students going to be accommodated? Is the university going
IT would indeed be splendid if Burton Croft could be "restored to its mid-20th century glory", as suggested by Chris Titley. I have vivid memories of Burton Croft and some of its occupants. As a gauche 16 year old I went there to be interviewed and was
AGGRIEVED York City boss Chris Brass is planning an appeal after his winning managerial debut was blighted by red. City rewrote the record books with their 2-1 win at Carlisle, the Minstermen's first win away from home on the opening day in 20 years.
CHRIS Brass saluted his players after the new York City chief got his managerial career off to a flying start. City's 2-1 win was the club's first opening day victory in four years and their first away from home in two decades. Despite his day being marred
THE York haulage boss who held off a gang of armed robbers in his home with an empty shotgun spoke today of his sympathy for freed farmer Tony Martin. Roy Handley, 69, used the unloaded weapon to scare off three masked men, armed with pistols, as they
A fisherman found the body of a man hanging near a York bridge. The 65-year-old man was found yesterday morning, hanging from a tree on playing fields next to the river by Clifton Bridge. PC Roger Walker, of York Police, said: "We got the call at approximately
YORK Cricket Club got back on the victory trail when they comfortably disposed of Appleby Frodingham by six wickets at Clifton Park. That enabled them to consolidate their lead in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League as rivals Scarborough and Sheffield
THERE'S a hole in the road, and the council is looking into it .... It sounds like an old and tired joke, but as far as North Yorkshire County Council is concerned, it's a serious matter. So much so that council bosses have just appointed a team of inspectors
GARETH Batty, the 25-year-old off-spinner Yorkshire let go, will achieve his life-long ambition of playing for England if selected for the third Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge on Thursday. And if he makes it into the side it will be a treasured
COUNCILS in York and North Yorkshire could be given new powers to charge a local income tax, under radical plans being considered by the Government. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is looking at alternatives to local authorities raising
RAIL travellers waiting in York for the mainline service to London have been trying to board a seaside-bound steam train. The Scarborough Spa Express steam service between Scarborough and York, which runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until the
RAMPAGING centre Neil Law has not ruled out returning to York City Knights next season - hopefully when the club are in National League Division One. Law, along with on-loan full-back Jonny Woodcock, said farewell to Huntington Stadium yesterday after
MAN on a mission Lee Bullock got his ten-goal quest for the season off to a dream start by scoring the fastest goal of the opening day. Bullock, who has set himself a target of double figures for the campaign, scored after just 58 seconds on Saturday
YORK Racecourse chief William Derby today thanked the city's people, saying they had been crucial to Knavesmire "landing" Royal Ascot in 2005. Mr Derby, chief executive of the racecourse, said he was convinced the enthusiastic response from residents
AGGRIEVED York City boss Chris Brass is planning an appeal after his winning managerial debut was blighted by red. City rewrote the record books with their 2-1 win at Carlisle, the Minstermen's first win away from home on the opening day in 20 years.
SELBY RUFC travelled to Roundhegians' Memorial Ground to defend their Leeds 10s' title but fell at the last hurdle when they were beaten 31-17 by Knottingley. A disappointing total of only seven clubs participated on the day in searing temperatures. Selby
The simple act of walking instead of driving is making a big difference to one York family. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on how they broke the old habits. GAVIN Dickinson cheerfully admits that at 5ft 9in tall and weighing 19 stone, he was a little on the overweight
RAMPAGING centre Neil Law has not ruled out returning to York City Knights next season - hopefully when the club are in National League Division One. Law, along with on-loan full-back Jonny Woodcock, said farewell to Huntington Stadium yesterday after
I am tired of hearing people mocking Cherie Blair and her life coach Carole Caplin. I was extremely sceptical of such services - lifestyle gurus, life planners and the like - but in recent years I have changed my opinion. Now I firmly believe every woman
GARETH Batty, the 25-year-old off-spinner Yorkshire let go, will achieve his life-long ambition of playing for England if selected for the third Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge on Thursday. And if he makes it into the side it will be a treasured
