INSURERS have called on the Government to increase its spending on flood defences to protect a growing number of "at risk" homes. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the industry might otherwise pull out of an agreement, under which
The final touches are being put to York's outdoor ice rink beneath Clifford's Tower, in preparation for its grand opening on Friday. Organisers have laid down 14 tons of ice and some 15 kilometres of pipework to create the 600sq metre attraction. Three-time
York City Knights supremo Roger Dixon is calling on the fans to again get behind the team in what he hopes will be a season to remember. The extrovert chairman, who last year used a drum to get the crowds going at Huntington Stadium, this week
NEW York City Knights captain Lee Jackson has admitted this could be his swansong season - and if so he wants to go out with a bang. The 34-year-old former Great Britain international will enter his 17th campaign as a professional when the Knights
HOME-LOVING Darren Callaghan can't wait to kick off the season and run out again in front of the Huntington Stadium crowd. The 27-year-old utility star is one of ten York-born and bred players in the York City Knights squad, and he says playing
NATIONAL League Two was the closest of all the divisions last season and early pointers suggest it should prove just as competitive this year. Although the likes of London Skolars and Gateshead
Police have come up with a new way to tackle local youths - on the football pitch. Officers in Chapelfields, York, hope a football match against local youngsters will help them to build bridges with the community - as well as keeping the teenagers off
THE promotion issues in the National League came under scrutiny at the turn of the year, with the clubs voting to alter slightly the system used last season. Last year
THE Arriva Trains Cup, which is solely for the 20 National League One and Two clubs, has also seen its format altered slightly from last year. This year there will be five
The three-year-old competition has grown in stature each year, meaning several clubs are less inclined to treat it purely as a warm-up to the league season. York have
National League clubs, such as York City Knights, enter the Powergen Challenge Cup at the third round stage, the first two rounds being for amateur clubs plus Russian entrants. France is also represented in the competition, with four French Elite
SUPER League is a dream for York City Knights - but it is one the club are chasing. That was the view of chief executive Steve Ferres speaking ahead of the Knights' second season since their inception. "The ultimate dream is Super League," he
ROB Kama likes his rugby union and he absolutely loves his rugby league - but neither are his number one passion. The 27-year-old Fijian flyer, who joined the Knights halfway through last season from York RUFC and quickly became one of the finds
NEWCOMER Danny Seal has praised the spirit in the Huntington Stadium camp ahead of his first season with York City Knights. The 27-year-old former Halifax Super League star followed coach Richard Agar from Featherstone Rovers to York in the closed
YORK City Knights boss Richard Agar will carry a very simple aim through his debut season at Huntington Stadium - to win the next match. The 32-year-old Agar, who took over the reins a week after ex-boss Paul Broadbent announced his retirement
HUNDREDS of campaigners are to march through the centre of York on Friday in protest at the decision to stop providing drugs to people in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Sufferers of the condition, their carers and professionals are backing an appeal
Sylvia wants to know why him and his horse are still on duty after he told her in 2001 that they were both taking retirement, having served their alloted time in the force. "They could not find replacements," said her friend. Interview finished at 12.30
FORMER York beauty queen Georgia Horsley is scenting the sweet smell of international success. The former Miss York, from Norton, has been handpicked from hundreds of entrants to reach the final 17 in the UK heats to be the new face of Elite perfume
DAVE STANFORD looks back at the two-year fight to keep City at Bootham Crescent. IT MAY only be two years, but it feels like York City fans have been fighting to save their football club forever. Countless lost causes have been won in the preceding
DAVE FLETT looks to a more settled future for York City. HORRIFIED observers need look no further than 1988 FA Cup winners Wimbledon to discover what happened to the last English football club without a home. Having lost their traditional home ground
Dave Stanford looks at the history of Bootham Crescent. YORK City were formed on May 6, 1922. A bid to join the Football League failed, but City were elected to the Midland League in June.
DECEMBER 2001 Douglas Craig announces York City FC is up for sale and City will quit Football League unless buyer is found. Evening Press
Evening Press City reporter DAVE FLETT analyses what went wrong last season and what the club needs to regain Football League status. DREAMS of ending a difficult and historic season with a fairytale Millennium play-off final
By Dave Stanford WHAT ended with the chilling thud of the relegation trap-door slamming shut had started with a blast in the sunshine. The season was barely a minute old when Lee Bullock fired York City into a 1-0 lead at a baking Brunton Park.
How the Minstermen fared during the 2003-04 nightmare season Adam Arthur (2+1 League app, 0 goals) Eager but his first-team chances in the last three games of the season were probably a
YORK City's 2003-04 season was an eventful one on the pitch - for all the wrong reasons. After 75 years' membership, the Minstermen crashed out of the Football League. The figures make grim reading for the club's followers as they set a string
By Dave Flett YORK City's new skipper Steve Davis has admitted that winning promotion from the Nationwide Conference this season would be made all the more sweet because his old pal Chris Brass is manager. Davis' friendship with former Burnley
By Dave Flett YORK City boss Chris Brass agrees with bookmakers' predictions that Carlisle United are favourites for this season's Nationwide Conference title. Brass believes that the Cumbrians, relegated along with the Minstermen last season, should
By Dave Flett YORK City summer signing Gary Pearson is hoping that it will be a case of third time lucky during next season's Nationwide Conference campaign. Pearson, 27, will be spending his third spell in non-League football's highest echelon
RESIDENTS in York are being asked to have their say on proposals for a revamp of swimming facilities in the west of the city. A public consultation has been launched into how City of York Council chiefs should spend £4 million raised from the sale of
By Dave Flett PRE-SEASON friendlies are normally a notoriously unreliable indication of a club's fortunes for the forthcoming campaign. The fact that York City won none of their four July fixtures against Premiership and Football League opposition
By Dave Flett POOR old Forest Green Rovers is the tired example relentlessly trotted out by cynical pundits to cite a conceived lack of glamour in the Conference. However, while Rovers
ANORAKS aside, there can be few York City fans that would be able to guess the identity of the only team the Minstermen are unbeaten against during 75 years of Football League fixtures. City never
THE cost of parking in York is set to be frozen for another year - after council chiefs revealed that drivers had already been returning to the city's car parks, providing a major boost to their coffers. The city centre is buzzing as retailers look forward
Yobs caused £5,000 worth of damage when they broke into Joseph Rowntree School's greenhouse and trampled on the plants. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Former Miss York Georgia Horsley, who has won through to the final 17 of a competition to find the Face Of Elite perfume © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
AN alcoholic vet has finally been struck off, after failing to clean up his act. William Sim, a vet of 32 years of Earswick, near York, has been removed from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)'s register of members after an inquiry heard
New laws have been passed which aim to make charities more open and accountable. But will they help stamp out charity fraud and bogus collections - or are they simply another layer of red tape? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. CHARITIES provide vital services
A VILLAGE play is under threat as the local post office, which served as its "box office", shut. Elvington's post office closed its doors on November 8, and it could be many months before it reopens. Lewis Jackson, of the Elvington Players, warned its
PARKING charges have long been a cause of resentment in York. For a while it seemed York's pricey parking was doing the city harm. Motorists complained, tourists complained and shopkeepers complained. It almost seemed as if York was doing everything
CHILL we meet again. The Ice Factor returns to York on Friday, and once more locals and tourists will be able to slip around the temporary rink. On its first visit last year, the attraction was a great success, attracting more than 35,000 slip-sliding
I AM heartily sick of people whinging about what the council isn't doing for them ("I haven't got a life in this flat. I am stuck here" - Press, November 6) Has Tamara Kennard not heard about family planning? How irresponsible to bring three children
I'M afraid that Denny Cook (Nice Work? November 3) displays a nave outlook regarding health care. In reality there is a finite pot of resources. Even if the NHS budget were quadrupled overnight, demand could not be satisfied. This is because, thanks
I READ Mr Rubinstein's letter (Rules ignored, November 3) with interest. The first footstreet was, I believe, Stonegate and when it was opened your newspaper assured us we should not see so much as a bicycle in this street. Furthermore, when Coney
I AGREE absolutely with the essential thrust of my husband's letter (National Service not answer to yobbery, Letters, November 4). Can you imagine your sons and daughters being made to fight in Afghanistan or Iraq just because society failed to tackle
WITH regard to Mr Waite's letter (Reclaiming paths, November 7), I would like to reply to his assertions that is it only "baseball capped feral yobs" who ride their bikes on pavements. Walking over Clifton Bridge from Poppleton Road last night, I was
MANY thanks to the person who handed into the post office on Front Street my cloth shopping bag which I mislaid on Saturday morning, November 4. This had important documents inside and as no name was left at the post office please accept my grateful
I REFER to the article regarding our local MPs' support for the Nestle workers facing the axe (Sweet talking, November 9). As a British Sugar employee for the past 35 years, and part of the Amicus union that fought in vain to stop the closure of the
FOLLOWING pressure from Labour councillors, the Lib-Dems' partial U-turn on converting the redundant Lendal Bridge sub- station into a secure storage space for parking cycles is to be welcomed. Even more welcome would have been a positive decision
HAVING attended the Remembrance Day parade in York, I was saddened and dismayed that there was no marching military band, only a local band playing brass instruments. Although they did a very good job, surely if we are going to "Remember Them", is
I AM writing about the decision to install traffic lights at York Road, Dunnington (The Press, November 3). A total of 97 per cent of villagers voted against the scheme, but yet the Lib Dem council sanctioned £200,000 on it. One local councillor said
JOHN Tasker's letter (Home tax fear, Letters, November 11) concerning my comments on council tax banding raises concerns which, respectfully, I believe to be unfounded. The intention of any council tax revaluation is not to raise more in tax overall
WHEN many farmers and others are having to diversify to survive, it wouldn't be a bad idea if Portakabin tried to do likewise, and instead of putting its workforce on a four-day week, made a few prefabs. Now that prefabs appear to be about to be all
A GROUP of North Yorkshire residents have been saluted for promoting the heritage of their village. Residents in Cawood, between York and Selby, formed a community group, backed by £22,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, to help reveal the rich heritage
YORK-BORN fashion designer Scott Henshall made waves as he canoed and bungee-jumped his way to the Australian bush for an ITV gameshow. But his celebrity exploits failed to impress locals in the North Yorkshire village where he spent his formative years
SCOTT who? Well, not really. I can't actually say that I don't know who Scott Henshall is, mainly because I was aghast at the vile cobweb frock he created a couple of years ago, and which was almost worn by a range of celebettes from Samantha Mumba to
A CROCODILE which went missing from its riverside resting place in York has been found. Yesterday we reported how the carved wooden beast that sat by Millennium Bridge had gone absent without leave. Local Green councillor Andy D'Agorne spotted the sculpture
PARENTS, pupils, teachers and locals are all to get their say over a new multi-million pound secondary school for York. As first revealed by The Press in July, City of York Council is planning to use a £24 million Government grant to replace the city's
FOUR businesses in Shambles, York's most famous cobbled shopping street, are up for sale. Last spring, anxious shopkeepers in the quaint medieval street complained that they were being hit by a combination of falling tourist trade and rising rents charged
WASTE packaging generated in the UK in only one year would more than cover the size of York. That is the reason why retailers and manufacturers in York and North Yorkshire are being urged: "Cut down on your packaging at source." The plea comes from
THE defendant in a Selby rape case would have difficulty understanding the body language of a woman in a sexual situation, a jury has heard. Consultant psychologist Tony Branwhite, giving evidence for the defence, said Neil Alan Davey's IQ was 76 - just
KEY movers and shakers in York were meeting this afternoon for the first time to discuss the city's economic problems and what to do about them. The Future York meeting comes in the wake of a succession of job losses in both the manufacturing and finance
A LANDMARK legal victory by an abuse victim from York has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. Businessman Kevin Young was allowed by a judge last year to press ahead with legal action against the Home Office and the Roman Catholic Church over alleged
A LOST pin in a train wagon caused it to derail while passing through York station. The wagon was part of an English Welsh and Scottish Railway train on its way from Tees Yard to Newport on January 18 this year. It came off the tracks while travelling
YOBS caused £5,000 worth of damage when they broke into a York school's greenhouse and trampled on the plants. Vandals broke into the 1940s greenhouse at Joseph Rowntree School and went on the rampage at the weekend. Head teacher Hugh Porter said the
POLICE are to hold a public meeting next week after hooded vandals went on the rampage in York. Officers are urging residents to come forward with more information about the night of mayhem in which up to 90 cars were damaged in Clifton. They believe
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been rocked by one of the biggest bombshells in their history with the shock news Chris Adams has decided not to take up his dual role as captain and the man in charge of professional cricket. Instead, Adams will stay
THE owners of a North Yorkshire theme park have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws following the death of a 20-year-old student on a rollercoaster. Durham University student Gemma Savage was seriously injured when two cars collided on
PIKE Hills are currently second in the East Yorkshire Ladies Winter Golf Association trophy competition after Jean Gordon and Marilyn Kirkham had a 77 in the monthly tournament at Filey. The finish proved desperately close with four clubs being separated
YORK Tennis Club ladies veterans team have reached the Yorkshire Cup final. They will be represented by Louise Lister and Wendy Stirke, Margaret Whitehead and Wendy Shepherd when they play Hallamshire, Sheffield at Clifton Park on Sunday (10.30am).
TEAMS are being invited to join the York Wednesday Pool League which resumes next month. Entry fees remain at £40 per team and each venue may enter two teams for each table they have available. Entries should be made to league treasurer Dawn Paylor
YORK RI went back to the top of Reserve C' of the Leeper Hare York and District Football League following their 3-1 home win over LNER Builders who had led through Jamie Garnett. Two goals from Liam Kellaham and one from Dave Clark set up RI's seventh
SELBY Fasprint Table Tennis League division one leaders Eggborough Kestrels completed an emphatic double over Selby Working Men's Club. They won 8-2 in their first meeting with Phil Hall and Mal Machin being undefeated and only a good effort by Bernard
GRAHAM Cook was undefeated as he steered NEDL York Table Tennis division one leaders Bootham A' to a 6-4 win over Sessions A'. However, team-mate Jon Wooldridge lost his unbeaten record to Mick Wilcockson. However, Wooldridge was undefeated in Bootham
YORK Next Generation, handicapped by the absence of two of their leading players Nathan Hill and Nick Robinson, went down 4-1 (8-18) at home to local rivals IT Sports Wigginton II in a Yorkshire Squash League first division match. Former York champion
TWO new teams gained admission at the HPH York Vale Cricket League annual general meeting held at Fulfordgate WMC this week. Hirst Courtney, formerly Hirst Utd, successfully applied for a new second eleven, while former East Riding Independent League
Leeds United striker David Healy has been linked with a move to Premiership club Watford when the January transfer window opens. Healy has been in terrific form for Northern Ireland but his Championship displays have been lacklustre and he looks set
COUNCIL chiefs are set to agree a massive shake-up of York's road cleaning service to tackle problem areas in the city's terraced streets. The changes will see a reorganisation and renaming of the £3.2 million Street Scene service to focus on residential
Gustavo Poyet is 39 today. The former Tottenham, Chelsea and Uruguay midfielder, now assistant manager at Leeds, was born in 1967.
KIRKBYMOORSIDE handed out a touch of deja vu to Darlington RA Reserves in the MacMillan Bowl. The Moorsiders' won 2-0 - the same result as when the teams met earlier in the season. Rob McDermid cashed in on a handing error by RA goalkeeper Richard Snowden
HERE is the first glimpse of how York's Parliament Street will sparkle when the Magic Children's Christmas tree gets lit up on Friday. Our photographer snapped this picture of the giant tree, which is set to light up central York this Christmas. Local
IT was intended to create 2,000 vital jobs for the Selby and York area. But Selby MP John Grogan revealed today that plans to build a £1 billion science park near Selby look set to be abandoned. He said outgoing Science Minister Lord Sainsbury had
DESPITE the Ouse having risen three feet overnight, Trevor Hewitt (Wibsey Sensas) managed to take the 71-peg Hammond Trophy, fished between Hunters Lodge and Linton, with a respectable haul of silver fish. Drawn on the shallows at Linton he opted for
FOREIGN EDITION, without a win so far this year, can re-write the script at Wolverhampton tomorrow by showing his rivals the way home. The four-year-old, trained at Norton by Julie Camacho, has been restricted to just three outings this season and finished
POLICE are warning people to take extra care to secure their homes against burglars in the run-up to Christmas. They are issuing advice to homeowners to protect their property from opportunist thieves hoping to steal Christmas presents. York Police
LOVE is in the air at Dunnington Primary School this autumn. Pupils from Year 6 and Year 3 have been working together to put on an all-singing, all-dancing version of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet. Children spent a fortnight learning about
COOLING-OFF centres where youngsters can go after a family row have been welcomed by homelessness managers in York and North Yorkshire. Communities secretary Ruth Kelly yesterday revealed plans to establish "supported lodgings schemes" with £74 million
NOT A single black or ethnic minority council employee in York or East Yorkshire is in the top five per cent of earners, according to a new survey. City of York Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council are at the very bottom of a "league of shame
THE vicar of Selby Abbey has been appointed dean of the country's oldest cathedral. The Reverend Prebendary Keith Jukes, 52, and his wife, the Rev Susanne Jukes, were welcomed to the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid by the Bishop of Ripon
PUPILS from a Selby area school became hoteliers for the day to raise funds for Children in Need. Ten youngsters from South Milford Primary School, near Sherburn-in-Elmet, ran the Best Western Milford Hotel for a day. The three-star hotel invited them
PEOPLE in Ryedale should be able to enjoy the lifestyle they deserve - free from the fear of crime and disorder. That's the aim of Ryedale's new police chief, Inspector Helen Taylor. In her first interview since being appointed district commander, Insp
A Selby town centre shop has appealed to councillors' patriotism, after being told to remove flagpoles from its frontage. Wetherells department store, in The Crescent, flies flags on special occasions, most recently during England's World Cup campaign
