WELCOME to my new column in the Evening Press. I hope it proves informative and a good read for all sports fans and York City Knights fans in particular. Talking of Knights fans, one of the first things that struck me since arriving at the club was the
ELIZABETH MANSFIELD played Piaf in York in June, 2002, and will return to the Theatre Royal in Steve Trafford's new play, A Cloud In Trousers, in September. To emphasise her diverse skills, she is presenting the work of her own theatre production company
AT THE end of the Second World War, Bill Slim was the little-known leader of a force known to its own members as the Forgotten Army - despite inflicting a series of unprecedented defeats on the Japanese. Even now his profile remains far below that of
In-form York City Ladies continued their winning run with a 5-0 thrashing of Huddersfield Town. Lou Ross followed up a Jenny Garnett shot to fire City ahead in their first game to survive the weather in several weeks. York took a 1-0 lead into half time
THE owner of the Odeon Cinema chain has reached an agreement to sell its stake in the company. German financial institution WestLB announced it had granted Iranian property magnate Robert Tchenguiz and Entertainment Cinemas the exclusive right to buy
YORK is facing "gridlock" in five years, but a traffic master plan designed to combat it will not work, according to a leading opposition councillor. As York's ruling executive prepares to consider development in the Foss Basin at a meeting on March 16
EDUCATION officers are hoping to strike a deal to expand on plans for a £3 million development at a York school. The move could have a "major effect" on Fulford School, according to head teacher Stephen Smith. It would also benefit pupils struggling in
A YORK school was in shock today after pupils learned that one of their schoolmates had died after a road accident. Children and teachers at All Saints School, near Micklegate, were paying tribute to a 12-year-old girl who died last night after being
A FEMALE social club secretary from York was today seeking to overturn a ban on women having associate membership at the UK's biggest network of working men's clubs. Jackie Medley, 57, who is secretary of Bishopthorpe Social Club, lost a complaint of
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass was left cursing his side's set-piece defending after last night's 3-1 home defeat against Scunthorpe. The Minstermen have now gone ten games since their last victory after being undone by a corner, a long throw and a
YORK City could soon face a scrap to save their Football League status if they continue to surrender points in the alarming fashion that has been displayed in the club's last two outings. Saturday's dismal 4-1 showing at Kidderminster was followed up
WAS Ian Sime actually at Katie Melua's York Barbican concert (Review, March 6)? I think not. For anyone who did not get to see Katie live in concert at the Barbican, left, you missed a sensational night. Katie's voice is one of the most haunting voices
I READ Ernest Dry's letter (March 1) with a growing sense of despair. Pensioners tend to have the nation's sympathy because of most people's perception of them as a poor, fragile, forgotten and exploited group. But most are intellectually alert and have
IN response to to Ruth Bradley's letter on oriental and East European "asylum seekers" seen in York (Letters, March 5), why does she think these people are asylum seekers? There is a large number of "oriental" people in the catering industry, many of
SO residents near the proposed University campus expansion are to be allowed a say in how the subsequent explosion in traffic will be managed (March 4). This is very much like a hangman offering a choice of knots to a condemned man. The fact is, this
LIB Dem leader Coun Steve Galloway is making increasingly wild claims about the city council's budget. In his desperate attempt to dodge responsibility for the parking charges and council tax hikes he is blaming anyone but himself. In ducking his responsibility
PIPPIN is the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and, like all princes in waiting, from Hamlet to Charles Windsor, life is incomplete. "I have this overwhelming need to be completely fulfilled, and it hasn't happened yet," says Pippin, the Prince
JANE ARMITAGE visited the village of Huby, near Easingwold, and found a friendly, thriving community, whose origins go back to the time of the Vikings. THE village of Huby is pleasantly situated about nine miles to the north of York. Originally a Danish
Tonight's television highlights... 9pm, ITV: Footballers' Wives Amber Gates heads for Italy to stand by her man, Conrad, currently braving a Mediterranean jail hell with two of his closest Earl's Park team mates. The three stars have been 'fitted up'
THE owner of the Odeon Cinema chain has reached an agreement to sell its stake in the company. German financial institution WestLB announced it had granted Iranian property magnate Robert Tchenguiz and Entertainment Cinemas the exclusive right to buy
West Yorkshire trainer Sue Smith, preparing for a bold bid at Cheltenham next week, can keep up her winning momentum at Carlisle tomorrow. The Bingley-based handler saddles Cardinal Mark in the Waver Conditional Jockeys' Claiming Hurdle and the ten-year-old
IN the cut-throat world of telemarketing, one York company can take a deep bow for its plans to revolutionise the industry with the precision of a Samurai warrior. Yozo, which takes its name from Yozo Yamao, the Samurai warrior who was instrumental in
EAST Yorkshire towns and villages are to get high speed internet access - thanks to a local company. Kingston Communications, based in East Yorkshire, plans to bring broadband technology to 13 communities in the area, including Market Weighton, Little
AN AUCTION of two parcels of farmland near York and Selby later this month will test the market. National property consultancy Carter Jonas is handling the sales of three lots of 93 acres at Knapton, owned by York City Council, and a receivership sale
HORSE insurance is on the up after a York business doubled in size. NFU Mutual's specialist equine claims handling unit in York, which was set up three years ago, has doubled in the last six months. And eight of its 11 workers put their knowledge of horses
WELCOME to my new column in the Evening Press. I hope it proves informative and a good read for all sports fans and York City Knights fans in particular. Talking of Knights fans, one of the first things that struck me since arriving at the club was the
MANOR School in York have no fewer than three runners competing at the English Schools National Cross Country Championships in Maidstone this weekend. Tom Bean will race at year 11 level, Alistair Smith runs at year ten level and Iain Lynn will compete
YORK City Knights could struggle to field a fit squad for Sunday's big Powergen Challenge Cup tie at Featherstone as five first-teamers reported injuries last night while John Smith has been banned. Furthermore, coach Richard Agar has had other things
TWO York City Knights Supporters' Club buses will run to Sunday's big tie at Featherstone. One will go direct from Haxby (leaving 12.30pm) and then Huntington Stadium (12.45pm) to Featherstone, with fans who booked seats earliest having first option.
STEPHEN LEWIS welcomes a vivid account of the miners' strike of 20 years ago. NOT many events can tear a nation apart in the way the 1984 miners' strike did. Labour left-winger Dennis Skinner described it at the time as a war and he was not far wrong.
IT'S 1984 and Britain is at war with itself. Thatcher against Scargill - the epitome of a class struggle wound up in the devastating miners' strike. It was a war that neither side could afford to lose. Award-winning author David Peace cleverly captures
THE name Sir Walter Ralegh conjures up images of gallant Elizabethans and daredevil mariners in small boats defying hordes of Spaniards. But Sir Walter lived on after the death of Elizabeth I into the more monochrome reign of James I. There was nothing
Harrogate Town's poor turn of form continued with another UniBond League premier division defeat to Alfreton Town. A penalty on the stroke of half-time followed by a 66th-minute effort sealed the win for Alfreton in a match that could have been very different
Sub Richard Broadbent netted the only goal of the game as Kartiers beat Dunnington to keep the pressure on Reserve A leaders Dringhouses who were in Cup action. The only other game in this division saw Old Malton come back from three down to take a point
RESIDENTS living on a notorious York rat-run are uniting with their councillors to demand action to improve safety. They say motorists are increasingly using the east end of North Lane, in Huntington, as a short cut between the A64 and A1237, avoiding
OFFERS of work and shelter have flooded in to the man living in his car at a Helmsley car park. A long-lost sister has even made contact with 54-year-old-Peter Frost, after he was featured in newspaper and television reports. Anne Osborne-Craddock, who
CAMPAIGNERS backing the £100 million Hungate revamp have been told work may start on the long-delayed project by the middle of next year. Outline plans for 720 homes were submitted in November 2002. But, to the dismay of supporters and developers, they
GEORGE Mortimer, one of York's finest sporting all-rounders before and after the Second World War, has died in Acomb Gables Nursing Home following a long illness. He was 84. Mr Mortimer, who suffered from stomach cancer and Alzheimers, was an outstanding
FIREFIGHTERS warned today that lives could have been lost when flames ripped through a former York community centre following a suspected arson attack. Crews risked their lives in the blaze at the derelict Chapelfields Community Centre in, Bramham Avenue
OUSEBURN United's hopes of competing in the race for the second promotion spot in division two of Leeper Hare York and District League were dented by a home defeat at the hands of Fulford United. The home side had most of the play but Fulford netted two
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to the Scud Stud who is making waves with his new book about Iraq and is heading to York next week to talk about it. FOR a war correspondent dubbed the Scud Stud by the British tabloids, Rageh Omaar is surprisingly diffident. He is
THE Ouse below York hit its best form for years for Sunday's 56-entry Tadcaster Tower Rose Bowl match, with over 4lb needed to win every section. Tony Stephenson (Anglers World) led from a peg on the palace bend. Targeting the middle of the river with
A NEW initiative aimed at making York residents proud of their city is to be launched - fittingly, on St George's Day. A range of measures have been announced ahead of the official launch of York Community Pride on April 23. Ideas lined up so far for
A WOMAN has been jailed for failing to pay her York council tax after investigators tracked her down to South Yorkshire. City of York Council said Margaret Waddington left York in 1997 owing £1,426, with the arrears dating back as far as 1993. She did
YORK City Knights could struggle to field a fit squad for Sunday's big Powergen Challenge Cup tie at Featherstone as five first-teamers reported injuries last night while John Smith has been banned. Furthermore, coach Richard Agar has had other things
A YORK parish councillor faces being kicked out after admitting working as a stripper and running a hardcore pornographic website. Councillor Christine Cranfield, 35, told the Evening Press that she hopes to make hundreds of pounds selling sex videos
I WAS sorry to read the letter from Phil Fowler ('Protesters don't speak up for all of us', March 6). I do not think support for, or opposition to, the Coppergate scheme is based on who is more intelligent, but rather a sober judgement of what is best
YOUR report, 'York council tenant's heating woe' (March 4), paints the picture of the council leaving an elderly tenant in freezing conditions without any heating. This was not the case. Mrs Drury informed the council her fire wasn't working properly
WHATEVER else she has done, Christine Cranfield has certainly demolished a stereotype. The archetypal parish councillor is an older man wearing a cardigan over his collar and tie, not a stripper turned pornographer with the stage name Angelique. It is
WE are delighted by the kindness shown to Peter Frost, who has been living in his car for the past 18 months. Since we reported his plight, strangers have made a point of talking to him and he has had offers of lodgings and work. A family reunion is even
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass was left cursing his side's set-piece defending after last night's 3-1 home defeat against Scunthorpe. The Minstermen have now gone ten games since their last victory after being undone by a corner, a long throw and a
FORWARD Andy Bell will start tonight's North Riding Senior Cup semi-final at Scarborough (7.45pm) after sparkling as a second half substitute in City's 3-1 home defeat to Scunthorpe United last night. He came off the bench and pulled back a consolation
YORK City's 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Scunthorpe United last night stretched their win-less run to ten games. They have won only one game in 2004 when they beat bottom club Carlisle United 2-0 at Bootham Crescent on January 10. They have not won
YORK City's home game against Torquay on Saturday will see the second of the club's Nestl Family Days. Admission for juniors will be £1 and all children of Nestl employees will be admitted to the game free of charge on the production of a Nestl employee
NO doubting which of the seven deadly sins we are keenest on around here. York Pride, Business Pride, MardiGras Pride, Pensioners' Pride, Clifton Pride, Mother's Pride, Park & Pride... this city is as proud as a prize-winning pride of lions. While
