YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres reckons this weekend's opponents hold the key to the LHF Healthplan National League Two promotion treasure chest. The Knights travel to Park Lane, Manchester, on Sunday to take on in-form Swinton Lions in
SOMEWHERE in York may lurk the descendents of the saucy seven - and the Diary would love to find you. The seven in question were a group of medieval ladies employed by the Church to titillate another woman's husband. This 500-year-old tale was retold
THE twelfth? Definitely. Glorious? Depends on your perspective. North Yorkshire's shooting set must have struggled to pick out the grouse in the gloom as the season got underway today. That is if they can find the birds at all: numbers have been hit by
PAUL Crichton is expected to sign a short-term contract for York City this afternoon and will go straight into the side for Saturday's trip to Aldershot. Former Norwich, West Brom and Burnley keeper Crichton has impressed City boss Chris Brass during
PROTESTERS intent on targeting Fylingdales Early Warning Station on the North York Moors could face opposition from an army - of bees. A commercial beekeeper has won a licence to install 300 beehives on Ministry of Defence (MoD) land at the radar station
Bootham dealt a severe blow to Selby's York Bowling Association division two title hopes beating them 7-1 on their own green as Stamford Bridge kept in touch by winning 6-2 against nearest rivals Poppleton Road WMC. Selby, with games left against Minster
Division one leaders Askham Bryan YPO took on bottom team Fulfordgate in the HPH York Vale Cricket League and had a comfortable win. Fulfordgate were all out for 98, Mike Hampshire taking five wickets. The leaders knocked off the runs without loss with
THE funeral service for twins Claire and Diane Sanderson is to take place on Tuesday. The ceremony will be held in Holy Trinity Church, East Cowick, between Knottingley and Goole, at 1pm. It will be followed by a private cremation. Former binman Mark
AS Yorkshire geared up for today's Championship match against Derbyshire at rain-lashed Headingley, director of cricket David Byas called upon the club's home-grown youngsters to stand up and be counted during the remaining weeks of the season. This is
A TERRIFIED York woman told today how she fought off a robber who had burst into her home and put a knife to her throat. The 59-year-old was enjoying a coffee with a friend at her home off Kingsway West, Acomb, when two masked men smashed their way in
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres reckons this weekend's opponents hold the key to the LHF Healthplan National League Two promotion treasure chest. The Knights travel to Park Lane, Manchester, on Sunday to take on in-form Swinton Lions in
CHRIS Brass believes there are better times ahead for goal-hungry York City fans after last season's dismal scoring record. The Minstermen netted just 35 times in 46 Division Three games -- the worst tally in the club's 75-year Football League history
IF you think swearing to the point of excess is big and clever, the debut offering from Republic Of Loose will be right up your street. This Dublin five-piece obviously think they've come up with some new kind of anarchic funk-rock, "don't give a damn
MAD Action are Philadelphia brothers Paul and Ryan Cobb, and like their basement buddies Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, they are fixated with another set of siblings, Jim and William Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain. Opening track Time Of Dying, Fry and
Brighton duo Lucky Jim sound a bit like a lot of other people, without perhaps sounding enough like themselves. The reference points are contradictory: the soaring vocals of Roy Orbison are mixed in with the earnest pop of David Gray, and there are suggestions
A HUGE effort by York's award-winning National Railway Museum (NRM) to make itself more environmentally friendly has spilled over into a massive £11 million scheme. The Locomotion project - a new NRM outstation at Shildon, County Durham, featuring up
Now that the dust seems to have settled over the Lee Bullock/York City saga or farce, whichever verdict appeals to you, I feel I must add my two-pennyworth. I am a proud member of the YC Supporters' Trust and York City Football Club is an important part
THE body which regulates premium rate telephone services in the UK has proved it has some teeth - by striking a blow for all who hate being pestered with offers of bogus cash "prizes". Six overseas companies registered as far afield as Florida and Kuala
WELCOME to York & District Citizen's Advice Bureau's (CAB) monthly advice column. Each month, we will attempt to answer questions on topical/interesting subjects. This month we're looking at how you can save money on your gas and electricity bills
IN response to Martin Brumby's letters of July 27 and August 2, deep coal mining damaged large areas of countryside. Restoration is the essential, final stage of all mineral extraction and I salute landscapers, ecologists and engineers such as Martin
Hail to the hidden professionals supporting York and North Yorkshire's tourism, says TONY McGURRIN, managing director of York Janitorial Supplies Ltd. AS any business person is aware, increasing competition is creating greater choice and higher professional
THE smiling faces of the elderly people Keith Raper helps is payment enough for this Volunteer of the Year nominee. Keith has been nominated by his wife, Carol, for a York Community Pride Award for his weekend voluntary work at Hartrigg Oaks, a continuing
BROTHERLY love doesn't come stronger than this. Sean Rose is literally getting a piece of his brother Chris in a life-saving operation. Without the kidney transplant, Sean was on borrowed time. Chris's unhesitating agreement to donate one of his healthy
Last August we basked in record temperatures. This August it's torrential rain and floods. The weird weather leads us to ask... Global warming: fact or myth? Fact, says Phil Ineson, Professor of global change ecology at the University of York. EACH year
SELLING is more than a knack. It's a craft that can be learned - and trained sales teams yield more profits than untrained ones. That's the lesson learned by Steve Catchpole, director of Harrogate-based CoachMe Ltd, which is competing for the New Business
NO WONDER that Cicada is particularly chirpy just lately. The Harrogate-based public relations company saw a 59 per cent increase in sales over 2003/4, which boosted profits substantially. And that is enough to make seven full-time employees and one part-time
CHRIS Brass believes there are better times ahead for goal-hungry York City fans after last season's dismal scoring record. The Minstermen netted just 35 times in 46 Division Three games -- the worst tally in the club's 75-year Football League history
Kieren Fallon, who will be hoping to stand out from the crowd over three days at next week's Ebor Festival on Knavesmire, can take the feature race honours at Newbury tomorrow on Brecon Beacon. Trained by Paul Cole, the two-year-old has won three of his
A NEW housing development is being planned for allotment gardens hit by vandalism in York. Tees Valley Housing has applied to City of York Council for permission to build 20 new homes on some of the near-derelict allotments in Danebury Drive, Acomb. Only
PUBLIC disgust about crimes against children is the most powerful weapon in the fight against paedophiles and abusers, according to a senior North Yorkshire Police detective. Detective Inspector Mick Moore said officers in the county's four child protection
A FAMILIAR sight greeted regulars at York's most famous floods pub - the King's Arms under water. Despite the efforts of pub staff, who battled on with a barrier to stop flood waters and also put a pump to work to clear any more water, the level of the
TRAVELLERS who set up camp on a former sports ground in York have been ordered to leave. The Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) successfully secured an injunction from York County Court yesterday to force the families to hitch-up their caravans and leave
AS Yorkshire geared up for today's Championship match against Derbyshire at rain-lashed Headingley, director of cricket David Byas called upon the club's home-grown youngsters to stand up and be counted during the remaining weeks of the season. This is
A PLANT HIRE firm near York is to close with the loss of up to 55 jobs, it was revealed today. Wright's of Crockey Hill Ltd, based off the A19 Selby Road, has been in operation for more than 55 years after being founded by Douglas Wright, who died two
A YORK man is preparing to save his brother's life by donating one of his kidneys to him. Chris Rose, 48, of Moss Street, off Blossom Street, passed the final test this week to go ahead with an operation that will spare his younger brother, Sean, an agonising
BOLTING from the blocks like chart-hungry greyhounds, the unlikely debut pairing of plushly produced Mark Joseph and angry firebrands Colour Of Fire have little in common. Sure, they both hail from these parts - Joseph grew up in Boroughbridge and busked
What can I tell you in a few sentences to give you an insight into this eccentric English debut album? Well, the words Sunderland, new wave and Kate Bush rarely coincide in the same sentence. Here they collide ferociously on one CD. This is an album that
IT always helps to have celebrity fans, but singer/songwriter Tom Baxter has a most unlikely admirer. You cannot be sure whether being plugged by Terry Wogan is a plus, but the voice of Radio 2 has hit upon a find with Baxter's debut album. The tracks
ANGST-ridden female singer-songwriters have always been an important feature of the musical landscape. The greater the pain, the better the music is the usual rule of thumb, and Eddy - aka Erin Moran - can wallow with the best of them. Produced by former
HAS an eight-piece ever produced such a hushed sound? The Quiet Is The New Loud fad of 2003 is so last year, darling, reduced to irrelevance by the whispered whimsy of Liverpool mini orchestra Ella Guru. "We give people no option but to listen," says
Shaznay Lewis indicated she was the All Saint with all the talent with her composition Pure Shores. It was just a matter of time before she became a solo artist. However, making the leap from a band member in a successful pop outfit to becoming a credible
Division one leaders Askham Bryan YPO took on bottom team Fulfordgate in the HPH York Vale Cricket League and had a comfortable win. Fulfordgate were all out for 98, Mike Hampshire taking five wickets. The leaders knocked off the runs without loss with
SNOWCOACH to Austria is one of Reader Travel's most popular trips and no wonder at a price of £139 for seven days. Brochures are already on our shelves, even though the departure date is not until February 7, 2005. Cloaked in its winter mantle, Austria's
