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  • York players to the fore

    THE Yorkshire ECB Premier League won through to the final of the Costcutter Inter Leagues Cup with a narrow two-wicket victory over the Bradford League at Harrogate with York players to the fore. Bradford seemed to be well in control as Mark Gill and

  • Front two win to stay level at top

    Sewerby and Hemingbrough are neck and neck at the top of division two in Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League, each side having 305 points following away wins. Former leaders Stamford Bridge have slipped to third place after losing

  • Burgess clinches it for leaders

    IAN Burgess was the star man as Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League division five leaders Dunnington beat Thirsk. With Thirsk races causing a switch of the premier division encounter to Dunnington, the second team half of the double

  • £120,000 to use hotel when Ascot comes to town

    OWNERS of a luxury hotel in the hub of Heartbeat country have slapped a massive £120,000 price tag on the use of the property when Royal Ascot rolls into York. Rich racegoers keen on a flutter are being asked to dig deep if they want the Mallyan Spout

  • Work for Ascot traffic starts

    WORK to beat raceday congestion during next year's Royal Ascot meeting at York is under way. City Of York Council will begin alterations to a traffic island at the junction of Tadcaster Road and St George's Place on Wednesday as part of its Royal Ascot

  • "Ascot is our chance to show what York can offer"

    STEPHEN LEWIS talks to York's tourism chief about parking charges and Royal Ascot. GILLIAN Cruddas has very eloquent eyebrows. Ask her what she thinks of York's new evening parking charges and they take flight: a quizzical expression that speaks volumes

  • Parking sparks fly as tax flak hack backed

    THERE was an electric atmosphere at the council meeting debating parking charges, the Diary learns. Trades unionist Brian Anderson helped organise a major lobby of councillors as they entered the Guildhall for last week's showdown. As he got to his feet

  • Out of balance

    I COULDN'T believe my eyes when I read the story "Benefits cheat claimed £17,000" (July 30). Is it just me, or does a 120-hour community punishment order seem a bit lean for someone who has raked in more than £17,000 in benefit fraud? A rough calculation

  • Say no to no news

    I READ with interest the story regarding the changes ITV have made to channels on Sky digital television (July 30). After looking into how to go about complaining, I was advised to send my views in via email to postcodeboundaries@itv.com If others are

  • Of newts, brownfields, bananas and mine shafts

    I WAS extremely interested in the letter from Nigel Ingram of the Rowntree Foundation (July 28) and his promise that if the foundation gets the go-ahead for the Derwenthorpe development project, it will create a much better environment for the newts than

  • Scorecards

    July 31/Aug 1 Premier Division Beverley Town (4pts) lost to Clifton Alliance (28pts) by 8 wkts: Beverley Town 150 (no batsman scored 25, no bowler took 3 wickets), Clifton Alliance 151-2 (D Taylor 26, L T Ingram 93no). Easingwold (26pts) bt Acomb (6pts

  • Golden age for golf

    GOLF has come a long way in the past 100 years. How would the founding fathers of what became Pike Hills Golf Club have reacted to Ian Poulter's Union flag trousers, which caused a flap at the Open last month? With apoplexy, we must presume. Mind you,

  • Photographic memory

    OVER recent weeks, we have brought you a selection of fantastic old photographs from the York Reference Library archive. The library has long held a superb collection of old prints of the city and beyond. For years they were stored in rows of filing cabinets

  • Life down Stella street

    STELLA Cloughton will be 100 years old on Saturday. A cake is planned, also cards and good wishes are sure to pour in. All Mrs Cloughton has ruled out is a birthday dance: her knee gives her gyp. Otherwise, you can imagine the retired shopkeeper spinning

  • A bridge to York's past

    The bridges over York's two rivers are enduring landmarks of the city. Photographs reproduced courtesy of www.imagineyork.co.uk, a Lottery-funded project based at York Reference Library Copies of published pictures can by obtained from Anne Wood or Helene

  • Royal day out at Terry's

    THE decision is final; the US suits have spoken. Kraft Food bosses, untouched by history, unmoved by argument, have announced they are to take Terry's out of York. But they will never take York out of Terry's. As a mark of respect to the factory and all

  • Recalling the life of Joseph Agar, thrice Lord Mayor of York

    Joseph Agar (1832-1920) was an important figure in York for many years. He was born in 1833 and died in 1920 and was, for most of his life, a prominent York figure including being Lord Mayor of the city three times. He owned the tannery firm Agar and

  • Magnates of Monkgate

    EARLIER this month we revealed that Monkgate House had been put up for sale by owners Garbutt & Elliott. Like all older York properties it comes with history attached. But this building is particularly special. It was once home to a king. That the

  • Scorecards

    July 31/Aug 1 York: S Piercy ct Jackson b Glover, 4. S Mason c & B Hodson 21. N Kay lbw b Randerson, 90. W Warne st Wood b Wainwright, 42. D Broadbent b Wainwright 18. R Flack ct Glover b Wainwright 9, J Ramsey no 0. Extras 22. Total 241 for 7 wkts

  • Scorecards

    July 24/25 ECB Yorkshire League Doncaster v York Doncaster: S Widdup b Broadbent 35, A Resson c Durham b Flack 0, A Parkin-Coates c Durham b O'Neill 51, P Ellis lbw O'Neill 27, G Attenborough c Durham b O'Neill 3, A Fiddler c Wood b O'Neill 24, S Shah

  • Deliverence

    Can one day really change the course of history? Andrew Hitchon examines how June 6, 1944, helped to shape modern Europe. IT WAS the mightiest invasion fleet ever assembled, and the course of history rested on its success or failure. A great armada, protected

  • Fighting with the French

    ON May 16, 1944, RAF Elvington, one of the many Yorkshire airbases of Bomber Command, was transformed into something unique. This came about through the formation of the French squadrons, who commenced an intense period of operations in the final drive

  • City of rails

    ALL aboard. This service leaves modern day York and powers back to Railway Heaven, atop a cloud of steam. As the National Railway Museum gears up for one of its biggest events, RailFest, which begins on Saturday, Yesterday Once More has gone loco to celebrate

  • Hall was nearly history

    LAST week we looked back at the Bedern Hall story. Once home to the vicars choral, those clergymen who learned by heart all that was sung in the Church, it is a priceless part of York's history. Yet the hall came close to being torn down. Today its plot

  • How to tell a stall story

    To mark the anniversary of York market's move, CHRIS TITLEY listened to some traders' tales. IT is 40 years this month since York's market left Parliament Street and pitched up in Newgate. The switch was controversial then, as Parliament Street had been

  • Only the fest for York

    YORK is to become the City Of Festivals. That is the ambitious plan floated earlier this month by a new arts and leisure body, York@Large. Organisers would co-ordinate a host of cultural events in the city, starting next year. Anyone with ideas, performances

  • Changing face of Jubbergate

    Our picture selection this week charts the changing face of Jubbergate. 1 This newsagent occupied this corner in the early years of the twentieth century. The banner over the window advertises the Leeds Express as having "sound politics", and the boards

  • Treasured memories

    TIME to dive again into the warm pool of readers' memories. Miss Mary Dodd wrote to us all the way from Plymouth following our piece about Fulford Maternity Hospital. "I joined the staff as midwifery matron in May 1961. I know just what Sister Willey

  • Firm markets pond safety device

    A garden pond safety net to prevent children from falling in and drowning, is being marketed by a North Yorkshire firm. Power Plastics Limited, of Thirsk, has won exclusive rights to a Katchakid, a US product which is a strong polyethylene net anchored

  • Scorecards

    June 5-6 Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League *denotes home team *York 268-8 (S Mason 82, M Wood 46, R Flack 34no, R Barlow 4-78), Scarborough 264-5 (D Harland 55, A Lyth 46, C Hudson 39). Doncaster Town 193-9 (A Rennison 77, V Craven 4-47), *

  • Scorecards

    May 31 York: S Piercy ct King b Fletcher 23, W Warne ct Swanepoel b Fletcher 53, NKay ct King b Longhurst 58, M Wood ct Barlow b Fletcher 8, J Pringle lbw b Fletcher 0, D Broadbent ct King b Longhurst 23, R Flack ct R Cummins b Swanepoel 44, R O'Neill

  • Scorecards

    May 3 Harrogate: J Inglis st Durham b How 50, A Twigg b Broadbent 22, R Parker lbw b How 1, R Bradshaw b How 24, T Leeming not out 32, C Kippax st Durham b How 0, D Pennett c Durham b How 9, M Rawlings c Durham b How 16, N White lbw b O'Neill 3, O Mantle

  • Hallmark IFA

    EVER since brothers David and Clive Holbrook, founders of Hallmark IFA, relocated their independent financial advisers' practice from Clifton Moor to illustrious premises in the heart of York in December 2001, public awareness and appreciation of their

  • City will miss David

    HE was always a reluctant Archbishop. Dr David Hope never sought high office within the Church but when his talent demanded his promotion, he accepted it as God's will. This unassuming manner has endeared him to people within and without the Church. Dr

  • Sorry slogan

    WITH the possible exception of a certain happiness-inducing cigar, no product has enjoyed a more memorable advertising campaign than KitKat. The tag-line "Have a break, have a KitKat" has a recognition factor among the public that most politicians would

  • Family Au Pair Agency & Services

    WHEN Karin von Bismarck arrived in York, the city where her husband, Michael, had come to work for Nestl, she looked for an au pair agency and couldn't find one. So she started her own. There were few more qualified. She had been a former au pair herself

  • Castles UK Ltd

    HARRY Potter has boosted business for a York company, which supplies school furniture. The children's books, by J K Rowling, and the subsequent Harry Potter films have led to a surge of children wanting to go to boarding school. This has helped Castles

  • Caroline Lee Nanny Agency

    A YORK woman wants to take the worry out of going out to work and leaving your child with a nanny. Caroline Lee's own nanny agency, in Alexander Avenue, Huntington, is aimed at matching up children with the right nanny. She said: "Our agency will find

  • British Sugar

    BRITISH Sugar's York factory has yet again proved it is a heavyweight contender in the 2004 Evening Press Business of the Year competition. Last year the factory in Boroughbridge Road scooped the title, Best Business and Education Link. This time it is

  • Agnus & Co

    A DERELICT outbuilding which was transformed into a gift shop has proved a hit in North Yorkshire. Jan Bradshaw spent £30,000 turning a disused cart house in her mother-in-law's garden in the Ryedale village of Nunnington, into a thriving business. At

  • Knights 30, Barrow 16

    Desperate times call for desperate measures. And boy, do they pay off at the Knights. After last week's demoralising defeat to Sheffield to virtually dump them out of the automatic promotion race, coach Richard Agar and chief executive Steve Ferres co-ordinated

  • Shoe-shop.com

    THERE'S one dotcom that will never grow too big for its boots. It's Shoe-shop.com, now Europe's largest shoe store, offering more footwear than any other online or offline retailer from one location - and it's based in York. Now its creator, Stuart Paver

  • Fahey set to boost tally - 02/08/04

    Richard Fahey, with five winners in the last three days, can further add to his scoresheet at Catterick tomorrow. The Malton trainer saddles Loughlorien in the Eat, Sleep At The Nag's Head, Pickhill Handicap and I expect Paul Hanagan's mount to beat them

  • Police chiefs discuss cost of big manhunt

    POLICE chiefs were meeting today to discuss how to cover the cost of tracing Mark Hobson. The total bill for the seven-day search, which involved more than 200 police staff, is expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds. North Yorkshire Chief

  • 'Naive policy' attack on affordable homes

    A LEADING architect today branded council plans to increase affordable homes in York "nave and unrealistic". Sending more bad news to first-time buyers, Matthew Laverack said the proposed changes would cause a slump in social housing supplies and push

  • McGrath reaches new heights in Yorkshire cliff-hanger

    Anthony McGrath was able to reflect on the greatest all-round performance of his career after Yorkshire's Championship match against Derbyshire came to a dramatic close at Derby on Saturday. Following up career-best bowling figures of five for 39 earlier

  • The Morrice Partnership

    COMMUNICATION is the name of the game for a York business which aims to revolutionise the way companies provide internal information. The Morrice Partnership, a communication and design consultancy based at York Science Park, wants its idea for an entirely

  • I need time off from the holiday

    "WILL it help you work quicker if I stand on this chair and sing nursery rhymes?" It was meant as a positive suggestion and was said with such genuine hopefulness that I almost said yes. But I knew, deep down, that a small boy singing the Grand Old Duke

  • Scorecards

    May 29-30 Premier Division Heworth (28pts) bt Beverley Town (5pts): Beverley Town 158 (N Stephenson 32, M Bell 4-53, D Slabbert 3-56), Heworth 159-4 (D A Simpson 100no, D Slabbert 37). Pickering (19pts) drew with Acomb (12pts): Pickering 174-8 (C Frank

  • Scorecards

    May 22-23 Premier Division Beverley Town (19) drew with Acomb (7). Beverley Town 268-5 (N Stephenson 118no, O Grantham 74, A Brumfield 34no); Acomb 182-5 (S Rodrigo 39, A D Tute 31, F R Sykes 32, M Dickinson 34no, S Lightowler 3-63) Easingwold (19) tied

  • Scorecards

    May 1-2 Premier Division Acomb (20) drew with Sheriff Hutton Br. (11). Acomb 184-8 (A D Tute 63, P Hemmingway 35, M Smith 5-66), Sheriff Hutton Br. 149-8 (M Smith 41, S D Crowder 43, P Scaling 28, D J Sykes 6-49) Clifton Alliance (2) lost to Woodhouse

  • Collegiate join York at top

    YORK beat Castleford by 72 runs at Clifton Park on Saturday but were unable to dismiss their last par to ear the full points win. Sheffield Collegiate crushed Barnsley to join York as leaders of the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League

  • Easingwold stay on track for title

    Easingwold continued their seemingly unstoppable drive towards the premier division title in Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League when they recorded their eleventh victory with a comfortable four wicket success over Acomb. Andy Tute

  • Bulger's fifty sees Malton to victory

    Malton & Old Malton regained their momentum in their bid for the first division title in Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League when they entertained and defeated Driffield. The visitors made a first innings total of 168-8 with 15

  • Bolton keep out rivals

    Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League division three leaders Bolton Percy opted for a draw to deny points to one of their main challengers Clifton Alliance, who were led by Old Perconian Duncan Naylor. Andy Mills hit 66 for Alliance

  • Skipper Robinson takes six wickets to topple the Arch

    EASINGWOLD skipper Alan Robinson was in fine form in the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League division four game at Thorp Arch. He was the only batsman to make an appreciable score (33) as Mike Linnacre took 5-52 to bowl out the leaders

  • Park send Selby to first defeat

    The last unbeaten record was ended when Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League division six leaders Selby suffered their first defeat, going down by 49 runs at Londesbrough Park. Sixten-year-old Dan Howard batted throughout the Londesbrough

  • Park and ride

    A STATELY HOME near York which has ancient regal links and a place in racing history is to play its part in welcoming visitors to Royal Ascot in the city. Aldby Park, at Buttercrambe, which is owned by Mark and Alice Winn, will be available to let to

  • Traffic changes trial next month

    RADICAL plans to beat race-day congestion at all future race meetings in York will be trialled next month, council chiefs have agreed. City of York Council transport chiefs said the prospect of Royal Ascot at York next year had provided the catalyst for

  • Knights back in the groove

    THREE of the York City Knights' four new signings helped propel their team to a fresh start yesterday in a 30-16 win at Huntington Stadium. Craig Farrell, Dean Andrews and Adam Sullivan all made their debuts as the Knights shrugged off their four-game

  • Anger at letter to advertisers

    A LIBERAL Democrat councillor has written to York businesses which advertised in the Evening Press' recent parking protest supplement to ask for "constructive suggestions". A music shop owner today condemned the letters from Coun Christian Vassie, claiming

  • Plan car-free future

    IN the not too distant future, whether we like it or not, York will be free of motor cars. Regardless of possible chaos in the Middle East, in ten years' time - we are told - oil production will begin to fall and petrol prices will begin to escalate.

  • Not a sell-out

    MY fellow tenants and I are dismayed by the recent comments by Councillor Mel Davis on the "selling" of Selby council homes ("Council to sell homes for £2,000 each", July 28). I can only assume that she did not read the very detailed evidence file discussed

  • Leave Sven alone

    I'M sure that most people are heartily sick of reading about the goings-on of Sven Goran Eriksson, left, and how safe his present position is as England's coach. Surely whether he stays or not should depend on how much he has done for football and the

  • The final cut

    EARLY on Saturday, July 31, 2004, another chapter in Selby's illustrious mining history came to a close when the last coal was brought to the surface at Stillingfleet Mine. It was the fourth pit in the Selby complex to shut, and, when Riccall Mine finally

  • Earlier manhunts that shocked us all

    CHRIS TITLEY looks back at other manhunts which have occurred in North Yorkshire. NORTH Yorkshire has been here before. The terrible events of last week inevitably brought to mind two other incidents which stunned the county: the murder of Special PC

  • You can't park that here

    CHANGE the amount of money involved, and the report could have been published in today's Evening Press. "The visitor was so very, very enthusiastic about York," it began. "He had been, he said, all over the world and had never found a city to compare

  • Moor ran with blood

    On July 2 it will be 360 years since the Battle of Marston Moor, where two great armies faced each other in civil conflict. Sir Thomas Glemham's regiment of the Sealed Knot, which are based in York, are marking the occasion with a Living History camp

  • Let's do a Thirties pub crawl

    In the early 1930s amateur photographer Edwin Lofthouse recorded all of the public houses, hotels and off-licences in the city owned by John Smiths. His fine collection of work shows much of the life of the city at this time. The first picture of Micklegate

  • The big landing

    Dick Bowen, 78, of Scarcroft Hill, York, enlisted with the East Yorkshire Regiment when he was 15 and was one of the first and youngest soldiers to land on Gold Beach on June 6, 1944. His story begins on board ship as they sail for France. THE officers

  • How the Evening Press reported the D-Day news

    STEVE CARROLL looks at how the Evening Press covered the D-Day landings. "INVASION going according to plan," was how the Yorkshire Evening Press broke the news of D-Day to an expectant public on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. The Press was among the first sources

  • Going for Gold

    Hundreds of soldiers from York and North and East Yorkshire were among those who stormed the Normandy shores on D-Day. STEVE CARROLL talks to two veterans about their experiences on Gold Beach. THEY landed on Gold Beach within ten minutes of each other

  • The rebirth of Bedern

    YORK is always crowded at this time of year. But those in the know can find city centre tranquillity even when the footstreets are at their most hectic. That is because York has laid on a series of escape routes. All over the city, little alleyways lead

  • To the rescue as York burns

    HAROLD WOOD was a young sorting clerk and a Home Guard soldier when, on April 29, 1942, the German bombers wrought devastation on York. Here's his story. FOLLOWING the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, everyone expected the next move by the Germans

  • Market scenes in St Sampson's Square

    Our second look at market scenes concentrates on St Sampson's Square, York. Right: St Sampson's Square is shown here between 1904 and 1907. Mark Bullivant, named here as the licensee of the Golden Lion Inn on the left of the picture, died in June 1907

  • City fluff Great Escape

    As the Minstermen head for football's basement in the Conference, Sports Editor MARTIN JARRED charts their highs and lows. REFEREE Barry Knight's final whistle effectively signalled the end of York City's 75-year status as a Football League club on Saturday

  • Write your own history of York

    KNOCK on any door in York and it is likely to be answered by an historian. Not necessarily a professor of medieval studies, or the world expert on Victorian corsetry. But someone who knows a thing or two about the many layers of this city's past. It is

  • Rocking back the clock

    THERE is no cure for rock'n'roll. Once you are bitten by the bug, that's it. Music is in your system for life. That's witnessed by world famous bands such as the Rolling Stones, or local legends Steve Cassidy And The Escorts, who are still going strong

  • More land opened up for new offices

    TALKS will soon begin to define exactly what offices are planned on the 26 new acres at Monks Cross business park in Huntington which have just been taken out of Green Belt for employment purposes. Last week, City of York Council planners gave the green

  • Inn place to meet

    The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Yorkshire region is hosting a seminar and networking event at the Holiday Inn, York and at York Racecourse on Thursday August 19. Roger Hodgkinson, chairman of the BII Yorkshire region will introduce Kate Gardner

  • Mariza, Harrogate International Centre

    THE dark clouds gathering over Harrogate on Saturday seemed an appropriate welcome for fado singer Mariza. Fado, the melancholic music that emerged in 19th century Portugal, is seen by many purists as an expression of the country's soul, like flamenco

  • Scorecards

    July 10/11 Barnsley: L Dickinson lbw How 0, R Wilkinson ct How b Flack 2, P Hepworth lbw How 0, B Hunsley b Flack 13, J Ellis ct Piercy b Kay 24, M Thewlis st Durham b How 7, G Fenton b Ramsey 13, R Griffith lbw Kay 0, M Beardshall c Warne b O'Neill 4

  • Scorecards

    June 12/13 ECB Yorkshire Premier League York v Rotherham York: S Piercy b Ejaz 0, S Mason b Ejaz 0, N Kay Ct Robinson b Thompson 8, W Warne b Thompson 81, M Wood ct Plater b Mace 45, D Broadbent Run Out 54, M Mortimer not out 11, R O'Neill lbw b Ejaz

  • Scorecards

    May 15, 16 York v Castleford (at Savile Park) York: S Piercy, lbw Hodson 6, S Mason ct Bourke b Randerson 72. N Kay ct Glover b Wainwright, 88. R O'Neill run out 9. W Warne ct Hodson b Wainwright 28. D Broadbent run out 8. R Flack ct Raisbeck b Bourke

  • Scorecards

    May 8-9 York v Doncaster (at Clifton Park) York: S Piercy c Chadwick b Stokoe 76, J McGrady lbw Jones 32, W Warne b Jones 19, R O'Neill st Chadwick b Jones 1, M Wood c Harris b Jones 0, D Broadbent b Stokoe 11, R Flack run out 16, D Snell run out 8, J

  • Scorecards

    May 1-2 APPLEBY-FRODINGHAM v YORK York: S Piercy c B Taylor b Dewick 38, S Mason c B Taylor b Ali 18, J McCready c Bramley b Hilton 7, R O'Neil b Dewick 4, M Wood c P Taylor b Hilton 4, D Broadbent b Dewick 9, R Flack run out 1, D Snell b Ali 14, G How

  • Scorecards

    April 25-26 York v Barnsley York: S Piercy lbw A Ivill 3, S Mason c Thewlis b Ellis 4, N Kay b Beardshal 27, R O'Neill c Thewlis b Ellis 2, D Broadbent lbw Ellis 1, R Flack c Benson b M Ivill 37, D Snell c Thewlis b Beardshall 7, M Wood b M Ivill 35,

  • 21st Century Body Art

    CHANGING the image of tattoos and piercings - this was the ambitious aim of a York body art studio. Becky Nicholas and Brendan Singleton spent more than a year sizing up the competition by trawling across the country looking at other studios which offered

  • Graphics Direct

    A FORMER pig farmer proved that there is more than one way of bringing home the bacon when he changed his career to the graphics industry. Chris Booth, 36, of Knaresborough, put an end to 45 years of family farming when he set up e-business Graphics Direct

  • Giles Rocholl

    THERE is something about a Giles Rocholl picture that puts the excitement into businesses. Remember the image of a partner-founder of York-based expatshopping.com in pith helmet in the jungle ordering Bourneville cocoa on the Internet? The one with the

  • Frier Tucks

    FISH and chips is in the blood for one York chippy owner who had a taste for the trade from a young age. James Morrison, proprietor of Frier Tucks on Heworth Road, grew up around his parents' fish and chip shop Audreys in Bridlington, where he started

  • DWA Architects

    THE award-winning Selby architects whose controversial plans for a £41 million redevelopment of York's Barbican site have been approved, today continued to defend their project. The Government decided not to call in the plans by Selby architect's practice

  • Tele-Products

    HEALTH and Safety is booming for a York electronic manufacturing company. Tele-Products, of Northminster Business Park, Poppleton, predicted that its product, First Stop Safety, which helps businesses comply with health and safety requirements, would

  • Scarborough Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary

    IT'S not many commercial organisations that will invest about £25,000 of profits each year on annually saving 50 injured or abandoned seals around the Yorkshire coast. But Scarborough Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary, driven by a genuine desire to save endangered

  • Expansion plans for City fans' groups

    SUMMER signing Chris Clarke will be the Harrogate Minstermen's guest at their last meeting before the starts of the new season. Supporters will be able to ask the 6ft 4in defender questions at Knaresborough WMC next Monday (August 9) from 8pm. The newly-formed

  • Labour concerns over budget talks

    THE leader of City of York Council's opposition Labour group has raised serious concerns about public consultation on next year's budget. At a meeting of the executive tomorrow, Labour councillors will oppose proposals that Coun Steve Galloway, the Lib

  • PromoBikes (Yorkshire) Ltd

    PEDDLING advertising and pedalling advertising are two different things. But the twain - or is it the bicycle chain? - meet at York-based PromoBikes (Yorkshire) Ltd. Account director Steve Lydiatt's eco-friendly way of getting the message to the marketplace

  • Warning over robbers after attack in Clifton

    REVELLERS were today warned to be on their guard after a young woman was robbed while walking home from York at night. Richard Marsden, 18, said his friend was attacked after being approached by two youths and a girl in an alleyway near St Peter's School

  • Paver Ltd

    A MASSIVE new state-of-the-art distribution centre is being planned at Poppleton by Paver Ltd, the York-based national shoe shop chain. The new warehouse will be 200 yards from the company's existing distribution centre on the Northminster Business Park

  • Anger at letter to advertisers

    A LIBERAL Democrat councillor has written to York businesses which advertised in the Evening Press' recent parking protest supplement to ask for "constructive suggestions". A music shop owner today condemned the letters from Coun Christian Vassie, claiming

  • Webster roars to double

    EASINGWOLD'S Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead have moved a decisive step towards the 2004 Eastern Airways British Sidecar Championship title with a fine double win at a blistering Brands Hatch. The maximum 50 point haul - their third double of

  • Moor the merrier in Dr Hope's new parish

    THE Archbishop of York is hanging up his mitre after almost a decade in high office to go back to his roots as a parish priest at a church on the slopes of Ilkley Moor. Dr David Hope, the second most powerful person in the Church of England, will leave

  • Easingwold stay on track for title

    Easingwold continued their seemingly unstoppable drive towards the premier division title in Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior League when they recorded their eleventh victory with a comfortable four wicket success over Acomb. Andy Tute

  • Scarred victim's manhunt shock

    A YORK man scarred for life after a vicious samurai sword attack today revealed his "embarrassment" at being collared by police hunting for Mark Hobson. Steve Johnson, 37, was stopped by six officers while walking near his home in Green Lane, Acomb, during

  • Multi-champion Bunce adds another two at York Open

    THE final day of the York Open saw Gary Bunce (Haxby Rd) walk away with two titles the blue ribbon event, the mens singles and teaming up with Anne Illingworth (Scarcroft) in the mixed pairs. Gary has now won the mens singles three separate occasions

  • Motorbike rider dies in crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST died and another was ill in hospital today after their machines collided on a road between York and Selby. The dead man, who was believed to be local, was riding his blue Honda X11 on the B1222 three quarters of a mile west from Naburn

  • Expansion plans for City fans' groups

    SUMMER signing Chris Clarke will be the Harrogate Minstermen's guest at their last meeting before the starts of the new season. Supporters will be able to ask the 6ft 4in defender questions at Knaresborough WMC next Monday (August 9) from 8pm. The newly-formed

  • Phoenix put to the sword by bold Crusader Shah

    Yorkshire Phoenix wilted under a terrific assault from Owais Shah yesterday on their first ever visit to Southgate as Middlesex Crusaders extended their lead at the top of the second division of the totesport League. They were then revived by a savage

  • Knights back in the groove

    THREE of the York City Knights' four new signings helped propel their team to a fresh start yesterday in a 30-16 win at Huntington Stadium. Craig Farrell, Dean Andrews and Adam Sullivan all made their debuts as the Knights shrugged off their four-game

  • Shoppers told: 'Guess the bill'

    SURPRISED shoppers at a York store were told they could pay what they wanted for their goods. Every till at the Asda store at Monks Cross went down for two-and-a-half hours due to an electrical fault in the computer system, caused by a storm on Friday

  • Lighthouse Training Ltd

    BE in no doubt - former firefighter turned professional speaker Clive Gott, is super-motivated and super-confident. Clive, whose Tadcaster-based Lighthouse Training Ltd has taken him on motivational speaking engagements all over the world, fully expects

  • John Benson-Smith

    John Benson-Smith is one of Yorkshire's most high-profile master chefs, a founder and director of Hazlewood Castle Hotel, near Tadcaster and armed with fast talking passion for his subject. Only last year he returned from his celebrity travels, working

  • Il Paradiso del Cibo

    SARDINIAN Paolo Silesu is on a mission to train our tastes in Italian foods. That is why the amiable Paolo, who has lived in York for more than 13 years started Il Paradiso del Cibo in Walmgate, as a panini, pasta and pizza bar in September 2003. So striking

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    May 31 Hunters Premier League Cup First round Osbaldwick 133 (G Jones 47, A Gibbins 4-29, D. England 3-14) lost to Goole Town 150-9 (M. Shipp 25, D England 34, A Rogers 28, G. Jones 4-24) by 17 runs Carlton Towers 155-9 (A Sharma 60) lost to Dunnington

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    May 8-9 Premier Division Beverley Town (18) drew with York II (7). Beverley Town 195-8 (O Grantham 83, A Burton 34, G Mackfall 3-27) York II 132-5 (A Kay 64no). Easingwold (26) beat Heworth (2). Heworth 115 (D A Simpson 33, D Slabbert 27, G Rees 3-28,