A POLICE investigation has been launched following claims that traces of cocaine residue were found in toilets across the University of York's campus. In tests carried out by student newspaper Nouse, with specialist cocaine swabs used by the police and
NOEL Wilson achieved one of his greatest successes to date when Stolt led from first to last to take the GWP Architects Stakes on The Press Family Raceday at York Racecourse. The Flaxton trainer's four-year-old, whose season last year was wrecked by
YORK City Knights have been forced to disrupt one of National League Two's form flank partnerships ahead of tomorrow's trip to crisis club Rochdale. Centre Ryan Esders has to miss the game because of family commitments, leaving player-boss Paul March
A TRIO of upcoming York Acorn aces are gearing up for an international rugby league tour to Italy. Tom Hill, Davey Burns and Danny Caldwell are in the BARLA Great Britain Under-23s squad that will play two matches and take part in a two-day nines tournament
YORK Acorn ARLC are hoping for a big turnout for the nine-a-side charity tag tournament they are holding in honour of former player Lee McTigue. The event takes place at their Thanet Road base tomorrow and all the amateur clubs in York - including the
IT could have escalated into a war of words that harmed York City Knights' chances of reaching the National League Two play-offs. But it would seem that any difference of opinion between player-coach Paul March and ace full-back Lee Mapals has been put
HUMBLE Opinion had the edge in a thrilling conclusion to the SKF Stakes at York Racecourse on The Press Family Raceday. Ridden by Alan Munro, the six-year-old 13-2 shot, made headway and stayed on well inside the final furlong - prevailing in a blanket
While Chantilly stages the French Derby tomorrow, more humble pickings are on offer at Bath for the sole Flat meeting on these shores. However, there are still winners to be found and Edge Of Gold looks poised to strike in the Bet totepool At totesport.com
A SUB-PAR round was not enough to save Simon Dyson as he exited the Celtic Manor Wales Open at the halfway stage. The North Yorkshire golfer carded a one-under par second round 71, but he was ultimately undone by his three-over par 74 on the opening
Yorkshire are locked in a war of attrition with Roses rivals Lancashire after an intriguing opening day of the LV County Championship clash at Headingley. The White Rose fought their way to 306-7 at close on a day when neither side really took a definitive
YORKSHIRE'S away tie at Gloucestershire on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy is one of those famous sporting injustices. Had the Tykes beaten Lancashire at Headingley on Wednesday, which they were well on the way to doing
Settle I like. There's a walking equipment shop and next door the Naked Man Café, actually, ambiguously, the Ye Olde Naked Man Café and then, not far and placed just right for this walk, the Greenfoot car park. Up we chugged, through Upper Settle, a
The blue, bearded iris in our garden is in magnificent flower at the moment. Tall stems, a metre or so high, rise from a fan of mid green leaves and carry three or more blooms that open from tightly curled pointed buds. These are rhizomous plants, a
THE title of Pub Food Pub of the Year is a lot to live up to. After all, you expect a lot more than standard pub grub when it is cooked by the winner of an award like that. When I saw the website of Ye Old Sun Inn, in Colton, Tadcaster, I expected even
WE thought that the café was to be on the river, but it was not so. It is set up daily on the path between Lendal Bridge and Marygate. "What happens when it is wet?" we asked. "No business" was the reply. And what happens at night? Apparently
What and where? Runswick Bay, near Whitby. Why? Because it's got charming little alleyways and white-painted fishermen's cottages. It's rather like its big sister just down the coast, Robin Hood's Bay, only less busy and with the added benefit of
I'm willing to admit that this column is not exactly on a par with Carrie's from Sex And The City. However, I'm rather relieved about that because I really didn't get the whole SATC craze, and to be compared to such a character would probably be more
IT HAS been a challenging few years for actress Claire King. First, she released her autobiography Confessions Of A Bad Girl, which contained secrets that might even make her alter ego Kim Tate blush. Then, she teamed up with bad boy Brendan Cole for
A HOME should be a place of peace, a shelter from life's storms and a bolt-hole in which one feels free to relax and unwind. It should not be a prison in which one feels permanently under siege from the misery being inflicted by a neighbour's appalling
We turn, with some relief, to one of York's more inspiring daughters. She is an Oscar winner, she has a street named after her in her home town, and she is the only woman that can keep James Bond in line - at least, some of the time. Now experts
On Bank Holiday Monday I had to take my daughter to the York Designer Outlet shopping complex near Naburn. The time was 1.30pm and every car park was 98 per cent full, and there were thousands of people in the various shops and cafés. We had to queue
I UNDERSTAND that villages and organisations have to advertise their galas, fetes, etc, but could they please remove the adverts when the event is over? In the York area there are lots of large yellow signs advertising a game fair. It was three weeks
We now understand the Speaker's reticence to disclose MPs' expenses. It displays the wholly unethical attitude of some MPs and the disdain they show. Many decent people have spent their working life commuting to and from work, some as much as two
with reference to T Scaife's letter bemoaning the same old political fare every election, all I can say is - how wrong! With our basic freedoms, every constituency usually has at least six or seven candidates from various parties fighting for votes
I WRITE to add my comments to the concern being expressed over the planning application raised by the Fitzwilliam Estate for the reopening of a long disused quarry, Brow Quarry, which lies on the western edge of Malton, along the York Road (Beware of
In response to Blue Badge surprise (Letters, May 27), I wonder if Mrs Garbutt has any idea of the reasons why I had a hip replacement? How can she comment on my disability if she does not know it? For the benefit of Mrs Garbutt, I was born with bilateral
JUST when you thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous, comes the news that Gordon Brown has written a letter of condolence to John Terry, whose missed penalty cost Chelsea the European Cup. I'm not quite sure at what level this tale is most absurd
Jordan Potter has broken a club try-scoring record at Heworth ARLC. The centre has amassed 75 touchdowns this year for the Villagers' under-13s team as they gained promotion in the Yorkshire League and won the Yorkshire Challenge Cup for the second year
ANDREW Spencer was the match-winning hero as Osbaldwick Primary School won the 2008 York Primary Schools mixed tag rugby league festival after beating Dringhouses 20-16 in a pulsating final at Huntington Stadium. Spencer scored the sudden-death winner
WOODHOUSE Grange's youngsters sent Copmanthorpe II tumbling out of the York Vale Cricket League's Premier Sports Cup with a superb batting display. Cop made a solid 167-4 from their first 40 overs with Matt Oakes leading the way with 46. But Grange
A young Hemingbrough team travelled to Acomb A' and came across one opponent in top form in the U11s Hirepoint Cricket League West Zone. A Burton scored 29 and then he proceeded to take 4-6 off three overs with the ball. Burton was in form again as
Heworth's bowlers were on top form as they became the last team to qualify for the first round of the Under-11s Knockout Cup. Heworth overcame an inexperienced Dringhouses team in the BYB Cricket Supplies-sponsored competition. Tom Neal (3-7), Andy
THE Hirepoint Under-13s League is proving to be hugely competitive, with a number of teams in contention after a host of close finishes. There have been three tied matches, the latest being between Woodhouse Grange and Dunnington, who closed on 102 runs
Dunnington A' and York A' are the early pace- setters in the Hirepoint Under-9s League West Zone. Dunnington A' overcame reigning champions Ovington A' at home in the Will Jones show. He scored 37 and then took 2-1. Ovington's Matthew Roberts scored
HEWORTH under-13s' goalkeeper Dan Ingleby helped kick off the football club's golden anniversary celebrations in style at their annual six-a-side tournament. Deadly Dan saved two penalties during a tense cup final shoot-out against Woodthorpe before
CITY of York Athletics Club's rising throwing stars were to the fore at the Northern Athletics Under-17s and U15s Championships in Wigan. In the U15s hammer final, York's Sam Blain held off a strong challenge from Darren Evans, the 2008 Lancashire shot
THE ground-breaking first Ingrams Festival Of Athletics at Huntington Stadium has been hailed a great success. A total of 42 youngsters attended the event which was set up to provide young athletes from York the chance to compete in track and field
SWIMMERS from Team Jorvik added to their burgeoning medal hauls at back-to-back gala meets. The club competed in a long course meet at the Sports Aid Unison Open, held at Leeds Aquatic Centre. Team Jorvik went up against squads from England and Wales
YORK Railway Institute RUFC have spread the word on rugby union with their inaugural junior fun day at New Lane. Youngsters interested in playing rugby attended the event, with the club aiming to attract players between the ages of six and 12. The day
MORE than 100 teams from all over Yorkshire played almost 300 matches and scored more than 500 goals at the annual Tadcaster Albion Junior Football Club tournament. The club's 12th tournament, at Riverside Primary School, was a particular success for
TITLE-WINNING Wigginton Grasshoppers FC Under-14s are celebrating a successful campaign with a five-day tour to Holland. Having clinched the York FA Minor League division one title for the first time, the youngsters booked the trip to end a thrilling
FETED by London's Royal Court, and brought home to God's Own by Hull Truck Theatre, Hull-born playwright Richard Bean is the most insightful Yorkshire playwright of the moment. A cast requirement of 14 meant that no one would commission The English Game
THIS is the face of one of the men who tried to lure a ten-year-old girl into his car as she stepped off a school bus. Now police are re-issuing their appeal for help to track down two people who tried to entice the scared youngster into their car by
YET another pub has closed its doors and is now on the market. The licensees of the Yearsley Grove pub, in Huntington Road, have pulled their last pint behind the bar. The Huntington pub is now up for lease with an asking price of £95,000. With the
WOMEN prisoners will have a neighbour from hell for company after a district judge jailed her for three months. Abigail Alexander insisted that she was within hours of leaving York to live in Helmsley at a special sitting at York County Court. But police
A SITE for the controversial 5,000 home eco-town in North Yorkshire looks to have been identified. Gascoigne Wood in the Selby area will be proposed as the site for the town at a meeting later this month, according to top Selby district councillors.
TOURISM bosses in York and North Yorkshire are celebrating a bumper number of visitors to the city during half-term week. Visit York, the new single tourism organisation for the city, which incorporates York Tourism Bureau, the York Hospitality Association
A WINDSWEPT Knavesmire did not deter the thousands who flocked to the Press Family Raceday. Nearly 12,500 attended York Racecourse yesterday to enjoy a bumper day out. Families enjoyed not only the racing action, but also a fairground, entertainers,
CLAIMS that York's "early warning system" for vulnerable youngsters is lagging behind the rest of the country have been rejected by council bosses. The council's Labour group alleged that a new system used to assess the needs of children and young people
GLIDER pilots can hone their flying skills in a flight simulator. Yorkshire Gliding Club, at Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, has built the UK's third glider flight simulator. The £5,000 simulator, unveiled yesterday, features the front section of fuselage
ONE of York's most famous daughters has been named as having the perfect voice. Experts say the speech of Dame Judi Dench matches their scientific formula to find the perfect voice. The research, commissioned by Post Office Telecoms, asked people to
