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LEADERS Oxford United needed a late equaliser to deny York City victory at Bootham Crescent. The Minstermen went ahead in the 71st minute of the Blue Square Premier clash, striker Michael Rankine scoring from Andy Ferrell's cross. However

A NEW study led by a University of York academic has rubbished devices used worldwide to relieve arthritis pain. Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in preventing the problem, according to the research led by Stewart

THUD and plunder is back in the city of York tonight when professional boxing returns for the first time in a decade. The six-fight show put together by East Yorkshire upcoming prospect, Harry “The Pocklington Rocket” Matthews, opens at Oaklands

YORK City Knights are bidding to bring former Super League winger Waine Pryce to Huntington Stadium. The burly former Castleford wide-man, who represented England ‘A’ earlier in his career, is out of contract at Championship outfit Featherstone and The

YORK City manager Martin Foyle is committed to keeping a flat back four as his team look to stay among the Blue Square Premier pace-setters. With talented centre-back trio David McGurk, Daniel Parslow and Djoumin Sangare all currently vying for places

Danny Smith and a friend have each won one of the signed York City T-shirts donated by the club in a competition run by The Press. The two readers received the prize after purchasing a copy of The Press at our city-centre stand in Coney Street yesterday

ALEX Bedingham will roar his team on as Yorkie the Lion for the very last time this afternoon. The staunch City supporter has decided to hang up the mane after a decade entertaining children and fans with his antics as the Bootham Crescent club’s mischievous

York Knavesmire Harriers made a convincing start to the West Yorkshire Cross-Country League in difficult conditions at Halifax. Lizzie Adams’ comfortable first place helped the Mire ladies take third position overall, finishing 30 seconds ahead of second-placed

PROMISING fighters just keep on coming off the conveyor belt at Andy Wilby’s Way Of Life Thai Boxing Club in York, writes Steve Carroll. Two new additions to the club, Joel Buckle and Martin Dunning, have both achieved ring success for coach Wilby and

YORK’S Simon Dyson came within a whisker of tearing up the Oceanico Victoria Golf Club in Portugal. The world number 44 was on course for posting a superb seven-under-par-round at the Vilamoura-based complex only to suffer a late double-bogey

Clifton Cycling Club’s racing season ended with the club hill climbing championship, which involved short, uphill time trials for 32 riders at Bishop Wiltion near Pocklington. The riders faced a tough one mile climb on the Worsendale Road, which took

Sessions ‘A’ continue to lead division one of the York and District Table Tennis League but they were held to a surprise draw by Coneysthorpe ‘A’, despite an excellent display from Richard Moss. Railway ‘A’ began the season in fine style, overcoming

Jonny Bairstow has revealed he expects to start the 2010 county season in Yorkshire’s second team. The 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, who lives in Dunnington, has just finished his breakthrough summer in the first team with 592 County Championship

WELL, we knew we were there before the final endgame against Belarus. And so a 3-0 triumph simply underscored just how convincing England’s advance to next summer’s World Cup finals in South Africa has been. Nine out of ten. Now that’s a stirring mark

IT’S been an up and down week for Howard Johnson. Three winners at Wetherby on Wednesday put him on a high, but the County Durham trainer was yesterday dealt a knockout blow when his best ever jumper Inglis Drever, who was only a year into his retirement

SO YOU think you have problems. Music critics have them, too. You spend an evening listening to Imogen Cooper play Schubert and you find your critical faculties have been demolished. The lady is an enchantress. What is more – and especially now that Alfred

“A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark woods” and finds himself in North Yorkshire, playing a starring role in a beautifully crafted stage show for youngsters. For those who haven’t encountered The Gruffalo, it’s a best-selling picture book by

THIS summer we had a reasonable crop of garlic from cloves planted in March. They were rather small and got used up very quickly, but tasted wonderful so this time I’ve decided to try an autumn planting instead. Garlic likes to have a period of cold

IT is, unbelievably, 25 years since the great Eric Morecambe passed away. To those brought up on the Morecambe And Wise Show, it still hardly seems possible. His warmth and bumbling, self-parodying humour were such a part of our national life it almost

OSCAR Wilde wrote some of the most beautiful fairy tales in the English language. Stories such as The Selfish Giant and The Happy Prince are gems of their kind: tender, poignant, heart-warming and written with soaring grace and beauty. In many ways

ALAN Ayckbourn’s 73rd play carries a warning. “Be prepared to be appalled!” he says at the end of his programme notes. “We choose to talk or behave in front of children entirely at our own risk. By them shall our inadvertent utterances and actions

YORKSHIRE Humour is a funny book – and that’s coming from a southerner. It’s basically a collection of jokes from the region told in the form of very short stories. Much of the comedy is dry, as you might expect, and it makes you laugh out loud

Spirits never make an appearance in Tipping’s Tipples. However, this week I’ve chosen a selection of wines to pair with Hallowe’en party food and therefore can’t make assurances that a ghostly face will not materialise from the text! You’ll no doubt

I ALWAYS think the best entrance to York is from Bootham, heading through the medieval Bar and down into High Petergate towards the Minster. The sense of history is instant and enthralling. And, crucially for readers of this column, there is no shortage

NEW delis with cafés attached are appearing almost faster that we can visit them. This venue occupies large premises vacated by a charity shop. Access from street level is by a gentle incline within the shop but there are still steps up or down to reach

Heworth ARLC Under-18s sealed an emphatic 36-4 victory at Harehills Pigeons to go top of Yorkshire Youth League division two. Winger Tom Hirst was first to go over, his try being goaled by Luke Campbell, who, after kicking a penalty, outpaced the defence

York Vikings Basketball Club’s under-16s team, who are looking for new players, soared to a comfortable 67-36 triumph over Derbyshire Arrows. The York ranks opened the scoring in their first game of the season with a three-pointer from Will Freeman

City of York Hockey Club Under-14 girls’ ‘A’-team won all their games at Brigshaw High School. for a storming start to the season. York toppled Northallerton 5-0 in a performance where the passing was crisp and effective before they then saw off Sheffield

Oliver Brook powered his way to becoming singles champion at the annual Cliffe Tennis Club Junior Championship. A 15-year-old pupil of Barlby High School, Brook won the title for the first time. He plays in division six of the York Tennis League

Hamilton Panthers beat New Earswick 2-0 thanks to goals from Richard Johnson and the prolific Danny Cates in the York FA Under-19s Football League first division, writes Bob Stuart. Earswick, for whom the man-of-the-match was Adam Room, battled hard

The girls’ under-11s football derby between Stamford Bridge Scorpions and Stamford Bridge was highly anticipated – and the 1-1 draw did not disappoint, writes Jamie Crane. Defences limited chances through strong and fair challenges with Bridge’s Ellie

YORK City juniors enjoyed a fifth consecutive league win despite playing half-an-hour with ten men at Doncaster Rovers. The Minstermites prevailed 3-2 in South Yorkshire after a nervy ending following striker Dom Brown’s 60th-minute sending

York Schoolboys U13s’ footballers suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of rivals Hull – a painful result for York in more ways than one. It was obvious straight from kick-off that it would be an exciting game, with both sides pressing

SEARING heat is the first thing that strikes me as I approach the stainless steel cooker – gleaming like new in the middle of the huge kitchen. A pan of water is boiling furiously on the hot-plate while the fatty bacon hisses and spits as it turns into

Five Pocklington School rugby players have been selected for the Yorkshire RFU Squad in their respective age groups. Tarek Mursal and James Wilkinson have been selected for the Under-19s, Richard Skowronek for the U18s and Isaac Green and Alex Torkington

A new sports club has been set up for young people with a learning or physical disability. York Acorn ARLC on Thanet Road Acomb will host the new outfit, under coach Mick Anderson, on the back of successful ‘tagability’ school festivals staged by York

After a well-deserved summer break, York City Baths Club were back in competition at the Rotherham Metro Gala held at Ponds Forge Sheffield. And it was the girls who were off the blocks and to the finish in style. Relative newcomer, nine-year-old Lucy

A NEW pioneering venture is bringing the craft of the boxing ring to York’s children. The Community Sporting Boxing Club got uppercut and swinging after it attracted funding from the City of York Council. Now in its fledgling formation the club has

Dunnington Magpies won 4-1 at North Ferriby United Gold in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League. Steve Woods broke the deadlock on 20 minutes with a well taken goal after being put through by winger James Hopwood. Dunnington seemed to take their

YORK Under-11s schoolboys opened up their league campaign with an emphatic 12-0 win over Bradford. The home side were well worth their victory at Dringhouses FC, where they played attractive and deadly football. In a heavily one-sided first half, Sam

CASTLE Howard seemed a good destination for someone suffering internet-diagnosed swine flu, or rather the “post viral fatigue”. Not too rough, Castle Howard that is, plus the place has more than a fair few specimen trees for adding colour. I was

TAFFY Thomas loves telling stories. Tall stories sometimes, certainly. But short stories too; and folk stories, and ghost stories, and animal stories, and stories about creation. Just about any kind of story you can imagine, as long as it is authentic

SHE stole from a York mental health charity to the tune of more than £20,000 while gripped with depression. Now Anna Jakobsen-Lee has been spared jail after a judge said a prison sentence would separate a very young child from her mother.

MORE than 800 junior soldiers from the Army Foundation College in Harrogate have taken part in three “passing-In” parades. The soldiers, aged between 16 and 17, marked their first six weeks in the army by taking part in their first military parade.

IN a major expansion coup, York’s LSL Property Services plc has agreed to buy the 218 office Halifax estate agency business from Lloyds Banking Group for the nominal sum of £1. The deal, the prospect of which was reported in The Press last week, means

YORK is to pull out all the stops to try to persuade the Pope to come to the city next year. Civic officials have been told to do everything they can to get Pope Benedict XVI to the city, if next year’s planned Papal visit to Britain becomes a reality

A consortium led by the company’s biggest shareholder, Spain’s Cosmen family, withdrew its £765 million offer for the struggling transport group yesterday. National Express shares slumped by as much as a third on the news, wiping almost £250 million

COUNCIL chiefs in York are set to bid for £1 million of Government cash to build about 18 homes, as they try to provide much-needed affordable housing in the city. The homes, which would be located on land off Lilbourne Drive, in Clifton, would be the

The exhibits are part of the Rabinovitch collection given to the V& A in 2005 by Professor B. Seymour Rabinovitch, who spent 20 years commissioning silversmiths and collecting the works of art. Peter Brown, director at Fairfax House, said there has

TWO members of the team at a garden centre in York are celebrating this month after clocking up 69 years of dedicated service to the business between them. The longest-serving employee at Poppleton Garden Centre, which is located in Northfield Lane at

A GANG of criminals known as the Mustard Mob has been jailed for more than 16 years between them after North Yorkshire Police uncovered their international web of crime. The five Glaswegians are believed to have earned their nickname because police reluctantly

I WOULD like to take this opportunity to congratulate the First bus company. While most readers prefer to complain about our buses, I would like to share the experience I had the other day. Whilst boarding a number 4 FTR in town the driver went out of

I was not surprised to learn that First are disregarding pensioners with medical appointments in the morning (Pensioner bus snub is denied, The Press, October 12). My recent experience has convinced me that they are hell-bent on picking up as few

THE building of controversial cycle lanes in York has been defended after the latest figures showed a seven per cent increase in the number of people using bicycles in the city. The rise is being attributed to the Cycling City programme, which aims to

The Clifton Green/Water End Junction debacle has already generated plenty of steam and letters. If City of York Council is considering any similar schemes for other parts of York I suggest that first they seek advice from the council of my home

Given the shortage of homes within the UK, Portakabin should be inundated with orders for this type of home, which could be a temporary accommodation for many without a roof over heads at all (Factory to axe 75 jobs, The Press, October 15). I am also

City of York Council is always banging on about York Pride. I live near the former North Eastern Railway headquarters which is currently being converted into a five-star hotel and it occurred to me: “How does the council intend to square the hotel

While it is many years since I have used Elvington for either motor-sport or flying model aircraft, both fairly noisy activities, I think the local complainants should have recognised the potential for disruption before they moved into the area.

I reacted with shock to the news that Newcastle Brown ale will be soon made in Tadcaster (Tadcaster Brown!, The Press, October 14). What is the world coming to? It was Berwick Kaler who introduced me to this Geordie drink while playing his usual role

GHOULISH goings-on during the York’s most spine-chilling festival will include an attempt to break the world record for the biggest-ghost vigil. The city’s sixth annual Ghost Festival starts next Saturday, coming to a climax on Hallowe’en, when organisers

THE father of York chef Claudia Lawrence has made an emotional plea to the people of Scotland to help find his missing daughter. Yesterday, almost seven months to the day after the 35-year-old vanished without trace, Peter Lawrence, 63, handed out leaflets

An invited audience from across North Yorkshire was given a rare opportunity to question senior members of North Yorkshire’s criminal justice system. The Talking Justice event was staged at the Merchant Taylors Hall, in Aldwark, York. The North Yorkshire

SERIAL bigamist Emily Jane Horne is to tell her story in a Channel 4 documentary next week. Former glamour model Horne, previously of Coggan Close, in South Bank, York, will appear in Cutting Edge’s The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands, which will be

BUSINESSMAN Peter Buckle has used his loaf – to bring one of York’s oldest bakeries back from the brink. Buckle’s Bakery closed ten years ago, after 100 years in the city, but is now being reborn in one of its old buildings. The firm had been passed

DARING fundraisers will not get cold feet if they sign up to Macmillan Cancer Support’s latest charity challenge in York. The charity is looking for people to take part in a sponsored fire walk at Rawcliffe Country Park on Wednesday, November 18. The

PLANNING a wedding can be one of the most hectic times of any bride-to-be’s life – but now The Press is here to help. The Yorkshire Living Brides Event, to be held at York Racecourse tomorrow, will be giving couples preparing for their big day the opportunity

RESIDENTS and businesses are invited to have their say on plans to build a new congestion-busting Park&Ride site in York. Transport chiefs at City of York Council want to build a new 500-space site at Wigginton Road as part of their multi-million pound

THE priest who led Sean Hamilton’s funeral service drew on his own warm memories of a boy who was “a precious gift to us”. Speaking during the service at Our Lady’s Church in Gale Lane, Acomb, Father Pat Smith described Sean as “special and cherished