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YORK City boss Russ Wilcox is not anticipating a busy transfer deadline day at Bootham Crescent. This season’s window for permanent signings will close at 11pm on Monday but Wilcox, whose third-bottom team are still waiting for their first win

YORK City paid the penalty for failing to make their first-half dominance count at Southend. Substitute Shaq Coulthirst’s 88th-minute spot kick secured the hosts a scarcely-deserved 1-0 victory, although talk of the Minstermen’s misfortune

THE pie and the pint will be available from 6pm before the play starts at 7pm in an improvised theatre space by the bar with seating on all four sides. The two actors in Hobbit ears and furry feet are having a meal too, a kind of last supper as

GINA PARKINSON sets to digging and finds relief from the effort in seeing what is growing now, including an old favourite, the lovely winter jasmine ISN’T digging a great occupation? From being a small child rushing excitedly on to the beach, bright

WHAT’S this? Another local brewery on the shelves of the Trembling Madness? Well... yes and no. Little Brew are indeed local – based in Copmanthorpe – and have a strong local focus, producing Bishopthorpe Road’s special beers, running their own

RISOTTO is a wonderful warming winter dish. I find stirring a pot of creamy, savoury rice immensely therapeutic; even more so when you can throw it together in half an hour using things you probably already have in the house. This vegetarian combination

A FEW years back, when I was nowt but a middle-aged man, I stayed overnight at Quinta do Vale Meão, in the Douro Valley, Portugal. It was an utterly, wonderfully eccentric place. The pan-European themed assemblage of wine writers present at the

THERE were Myles of smiles for Haxby United after they beat York RI 7-0 in the York FA Under-19 Football League. Myles Frodsham bagged two goals for the hosts as did Liam Brighton, with the rest of the haul shared by David Fell, George Rhodes and

MAXINE GORDON discovers a taste of Spain in the heart of York ON holiday in Bilbao in the north of Spain last summer I lived off pintxos – the Basque region’s answer to tapas. Almost every bar and café sold trays of these inviting snacks (pronounced

BACK in 2011, paraplegic pilot Dave Sykes went on an extraordinary journey. The York Flying Club member flew his tiny microlight aircraft – complete with detachable wheelchair – 11,600 miles to Australia. The trip took him four months, and

DIFFICULTIES in the NHS will always be under the political microscope – but never more so than in the months before a General Election. This is why statistics released to health chiefs in York make for stark and controversial reading. Targets for

THE international price of milk has fallen below the break-even cost of many British farmers. The big supermarkets have used this ruthlessly, and are destroying swathes of agricultural production. Other letter writers have commented on this at length

I HAVE no objection to supermarkets selling milk below cost. But they should not be allowed to force the producer to bear the losses of their marketing ploy. Farmers have to make a long-term financial commitment for their output. Dairy herds cannot

“SCRUTINY of tour party losses to be postponed” (The Press, Saturday, January 24. The Grand de Party was a flagrant waste of public money. The party thrown to celebrate the Tour de France lost £187,000 of York residents money through poor organisation

FURTHER to all the reports of further housing being built in and around York, too many to list and then there’s the York Plan, I think it’s about time the planners and builders woke up and smelled the coffee. They are building us into an abyss.

I READ that former York Conservative Cllr Joe Watt had sided with Labour to defeat the Lib Dems in their attempt to prevent thousands of homes being built on green belt land. This action restores some of my faith in politicians who normally vote

DRIVING home from York, I suddenly saw a cyclist. How, I don’t know. He was dressed all in black and there was not a light to be seen, not even a reflector. I made to pass him near Huntington School when he put out his right hand. Naturally, I

FOLLOWING the letter of January 27 from Tom Mitchell on his change of heart and his wish for the UK to stay in the European Community, we are still left wondering, apart from the news that the EU needs to be reformed, what has changed his mind.

WHEN I was a lad in the 1940s, I played Rugby League for Cliftonville Under 18s. This was a very successful club under the management of Pete Ramsden. We were good enough, and had so few lads’ clubs to play in York, that we played most of our matches

ONCE again everyone, I am collecting items to raise funds for deaf babies and children. If you saw the little chap on the ITV programme Calendar who heard his daddy’s voice for the first time, you will appreciate how wonderful a cochlear implant

CONGRATULATIONS to Jose Mourinho, after castigating his players following the amazing win by Bradford City in the FA Cup. He very sportingly visited the away-team dressing room to personally salute their performance, shaking the hand of everyone

100 years ago Having in view the many statements made by authoritative persons that railwaymen were serving their country equally as well, if not better, by remaining at their posts of duty than by joining his Majesty’s forces, it was considered

PARENTS with youngsters at a York secondary school have been contacted after a pupil contracted bacterial meningitis. A student at Fulford School has been diagnosed with the condition and head teacher Lorna Savage has written to parents with medical

A SHOP assistant who must repay £28,000 to the couple she befriended and betrayed has received a suspended prison sentence. Ampleforth sub-postmistress Fiona Senior told a judge she thought Diane Lathlean, 50, was her “best friend” in the village

YORK Minster is paying tribute to a key figure in his retirement – by immortalising him as a grotesque on the cathedral’s East End. Dr Richard Shephard, a former headmaster of the Minster School, is retiring from his role as Chamberlain of York

FORMER Premier League footballer Clarke Carlisle has left hospital six weeks after he was seriously injured in a collision with a lorry. Carlisle’s wife, Gemma, revealed on Twitter that she was bringing her husband home and thanked fans for their

KIND-HEARTED youngsters have taken it upon themselves to buy their injured friend a new bike – after his was destroyed in a bus collision. Year 7 pupils at Millthorpe School arrived in class to learn their 11-year-old friend had been knocked over

A WOMAN was left terrified when a man exposed himself in a York street in the early hours of the morning. The unprovoked incident, in Fulford Road, was described as “a deeply truly frightening” ordeal by magistrates as they sentenced Vlad Oprea

WORKERS at McDonald’s in York have handed St Leonard’s Hospice a cheque for £620 after Christmas fundraising in the restaurant. The cash was raised when boss John Atherton donned a Santa suit for a day in the five McDonald’s in the city. John

Snow is causing driving problems on several North Yorkshire roads and the county's police have warned motorists to be extra careful, especially on ungritted roads.   Gritters were unable for a time to get onto part of the A170 road between Thirsk

Vital targets being missed MPs raise concerns York a blackspot for bed-blocking Perks may be offered to lure more staff HEALTH bosses are missing a wide range of crucial targets in York and North Yorkshire,

THE paraplegic microlight pilot who flew from York to Australia has revealed plans for his next extraordinary trip – to the North Pole. Dave Sykes, a member of York Flying Club, based at Rufforth Airfield, will brave temperatures as low as -60C

A CAMPAIGN has been launched focussing on men’s mental health. Man Up has been set up by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and will showcase services available to men with mental health problems. The campaign will challenge the

A COMMUNITY project that has helped more than 100 women since it opened less than two years ago will be homeless in only four weeks if a new venue cannot be found. The Kyra women’s project was launched at the end of 2013 in space that it sub-let

INDIE group Echo And The Bunnymen have been unveiled as the headline act of a family-friendly music festival. Frontman Ian McCullouch and his band will join Peter Hook and The Light, who will perform the best of Joy Division and New Order at the

YORK’S Local Plan will include controversial “safeguarded” land set aside for building in future years, despite a legal row between City of York Council and opponents of the scheme. Members of the influential Local Plan working group voted by six

BUDDING authors were given a masterclass in writing by an award-winning author. Phil Earle, who penned the children’s favourites Being Billy and Heroic, dropped into Bootham School in York for the unique class given to youngsters with a flair for

A VILLAGE pub near York could be lost if a planning application to turn it into a pharmacy gets the go-ahead. The Greyhound Inn, in Dunnington closed recently, and has been put on the market by pub company Enterprise Inns. Now local businessman

WOMEN and men across social media are being urged to share selfies with lipstick smeared on their face as part of a cervical cancer awareness campaign. In York, NHS staff working for Yorclinic and York Hospital have been getting in on the act by

THE dangers of concussion for sportsmen and women will be highlighted at a special event at York St John University next week. A former rugby player, a neuropsychologist and a barrister will be among the guest speakers at the presentation evening

JOSH DICKINSON crowned a superb day for City of York Athletic Club's juniors at the Northern Cross Country Championships in Pontefract. He took the Under-13s boys' race, beating Leeds' Tommy Dawson by four seconds, to add to the Yorkshire title

YORK City Foundation will be holding elite trials at Canon Lee and Selby High schools during the February half-term holidays. The trials will be staged at Canon Lee in Clifton, York, on Tuesday, February 17 for under-sevens, U8s and U9s from 4pm

SHERBURN Bears ARL Juniors will resume training after the winter break on Wednesday, February 4. The Bears are looking to run teams at the under-13s, U10s and U7s age groups this term and are looking for new players - boys and girls - for the U7s

NORTH Duffield Dragons Football Club Under-10s have been kitted out with new training tops by Almond Double Glazing. The new gear was handed over by David Almond, joint owner of the company. Almond’s son, Spencer, scored the team’s two goals

IN-FORM Thorpe United were 5-3 winners at home to Wakefield Jets in the Garforth Junior Football League's Under-16s Higher Cup. Thorpe, who are riding high in division one, almost made the perfect start when Corey Littlefield fired in a shot, but

A DOUGHTY double was accomplished by Wilberfoss in the City of York Girls’ Football under-15 nine-a-side league. The Wilberfoss clan upstaged hosts Scarborough 3-0, a win that was their first away success of 2015 and which completed a double after

YORK under-11 schoolboys won 3-0 at Derby to clinch a cup semi-final place following goals from Oliver Walsh, Zac Cottle and George Turbine. During the early exchanges, good attacking play down both wings from Taylor Bell and Harry Tinker created

TOCKWITH Junior Football Club are the North Riding County FA's Charter Standard Community Club of the Year 2014. County FA chairman Len Scott presented Tockwith chairman Mike Corbett and secretary Gary Allam with the McDonalds award for the North

HEWORTH ARLC juniors are inviting new players to join their teams at under-9s, U8s and U7s level. The Elmpark Way outfit are the only rugby league club in York to have sides at these age groups and are looking in particular to add to their U9s

THERE’S a lot of snobbery in the beer world. In an age of phenomenal beers and brilliant brewing, it’s one of the hardest things to swallow. There’s too much one-upmanship, too much fad obsession, and too much sneering between self-appointed experts

KEITH LOWE has stressed the importance of discipline as York City prepare to tackle the team bottom of Sky Bet League Two’s fair play table. This afternoon’s hosts Southend have received four red cards in their last five games and Lowe is fully

MORE than 90 Clifton Cycling Club members packed Your Bike Shed in Micklegate for the club’s annual awards, which for the first time included Junior Go-ride awards. Recipients included British Cycling number one ladies junior Omnium champion Anna

THE gloves are on. One of York’s most unusual sporting contests is about to go up, up and uppercut away in a push to raise a knockout amount for the city’s most vulnerable young. “The Night of Alfie’s Legions” is scheduled to take place at

YORK City have caused a fair number of FA Cup upsets over the years with mighty London outfits Arsenal and Tottenham among their famous conquests. But ex-Minsterman James Meredith was part of a Bradford City side last weekend which is now being

SOME, too many indeed, see him as a surly Scot, but increasingly I’m viewing Andy Murray as a top- class sportsman whose stock is on an inexorable rise. Now I know the recent announcement by a leading bookmaker that Murray was a 7-1 favourite to