YORK City boss Russ Wilcox felt his team’s 2-0 defeat at FC Halifax Town highlighted the need to bring in a new striker before the start of the new Sky Bet League Two campaign. The Conference club secured victory during City’s final public pre-season
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon to Market Weighton after an electrical fire broke out on a coach. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was extinguished by the driver, using two 5kg foam extinguishers, and he then disconnected
TWO casualties were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a head-on crash in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said firefighters were called to the accident on the A169 south of Pickering at 3.15pm yesterday
POLICE were called by paramedics to a York property following the 'sudden and unexpected' death of a woman. Inspector John Naughton, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers went to an address in Carr Lane, Acomb, yesterday evening, following the
YORK City wrapped up their pre-season programme with a 2-0 defeat at Conference outfit Halifax. A goal in each half from Jake Hibbs and Connor Hughes earned the Shaymen a deserved victory as Russ Wilcox’s men, still without crocked attacking trio
FIREFIGHTERS have been called to a mattress blaze in a seventh floor bedroom at a York hotel. Crews wearing breathing apparatus swiftly extinguished the fire at the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel in North Street, said York fire station manager Paul
YORK snooker star Ashley Hugill enhanced his growing reputation in the sport despite losing 4-1 to world champion Stuart Bingham in the Riga Open in Latvia.The young amateur made his live television debut on Eurosport against the world number two, who
THEY call it Lady Petrol on Loose Women. (Or so I’m told. Obviously I’d rather rub hot candle wax in my eyes than watch those ladies drool over what Christian Grey might do with it. But anyway.) To the rest of us it’s rosé wine, but, credit where
FAMILIES came together on Sunday for a day of traditional summer fun in New Earswick, all in a good cause. The New Earswick Sports Club hosted a summer fun day, to bring the community together over the bank holiday weekend and raise some much needed
My trusty old car may not have much time left on this earth which made choosing our summer holiday tricky. My restless feet told me this was the year for foreign travel rather than a cottage in Cornwall but France seemed too far to risk with the
YORK's Rescue Boat has been given new high tech equipment which could help it swiftly find people who have gone in to York's River Ouse.A thermal imaging camera - normally used by firefighters to help find people in smoke-logged buildings - has been donated
TWO York pubs are to stage a two-day festival of live music during the August bank holiday, which they say will showcase some of the best unsigned acts from Yorkshire and beyond as well as raising money for charity. The City Festival is on Sunday
GREAT great grandmother Hilda Floyd is today celebrating her 104th birthday. Mrs Floyd was born in Thorganby in 1911 - a month after King George V was crowned king and when most of the country was suffering a heat wave and drought. Today she
IT was a close call but Ed Smith is the latest Press Player of the Month. The second-row pipped player/assistant-coach Mark Applegarth to the gong, effectively on a toss of a coin after their pair topped the poll of voters. It could be a crucial
IN SPITE of his lip service to the “positive role” played by trades unions, Cllr Chris Steward (Letters, July 28) couldn’t resist a dig at union members contributing funds to the Labour Party as though there were something unsavoury about this, in
MAXINE GORDON offers her fashion A to Z for the new season SUMMER never really arrived this year, but before you cry over your unworn bikini, look on the bright side - you'll get more wear from your autumn wardrobe. Sales are clearing summer
THE professionalism and good will being instilled in this Knights squad by head coach James Ford was none more evident than in South Wales Scorpions’ clubhouse last Saturday night.Despite having to walk half a mile from the ground to the clubhouse in
ANDREW Gale would like to see an FA Cup style straight knockout format in the Royal London One-Day Cup, including some club sides, as a way of easing the hectic schedule for county teams.The Yorkshire skipper says his side’s run of seven group matches
SECOND-ROW star Ed Smith is set to lose his ever-present status this season due to suspension - prompting York City Knights boss James Ford to vent his anger at the Rugby Football League disciplinary process.The in-form 22-year-old will be available for
AFTER three bumper Saturdays in a row, Malton trainer Richard Fahey bids for another at Glorious Goodwood this afternoon in the £250,000 Qatar Stewards Cup.TATLISU, the mount of George Chaloner, aims for this jackpot prize on behalf of a North Yorkshire
A GOVERNMENT health regulator is considering whether to launch a formal investigation into the awarding of a £190 million contract to run mental health services in York. Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) has written to Monitor to
RUFFORTH Cricket Club have capped their remarkable transformation in fortunes - by reaching two Wetherby League cup finals in the same season for the first time in their 69-year history.Both Saturday teams have overturned higher-league opposition on their
IF York residents want to see an example of elitist superiority and condescension, they should watch the webcast of the leisure, culture and tourism meeting on Wednesday. The participants were York Museums Trust chief executive Janet Barnes and
A MUM-OF-THREE with a life-threatening heart condition has been taken back to hospital - as plans are put in place to raise funds for her children. Amy Miller was born with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), a congenital heart defect which caused her to
CALLS are growing for advice sessions which help people cope with housing and benefits problems to be reinstated. Two regular sessions in Westfield which is York's most deprived ward stopped recently and campaigners are calling for them to be brought
YORK City Knights' first team have been out and about again in the community with another of those training sessions with a local junior team.After sessions with New Earswick All Blacks and York Acorn junior teams, it was the turn of Heworth, whose under
JULIAN Taylor is champing at the bit to take a crack at the professionals when he tees it up at a EuroPro Tour event at the end of the month.The York GC ace shot 67 69 to win the amateur Moor Allerton Classic at the Leeds course and book a return trip
CURATORIAL assistant Lorna Frost does some last minute dusting ahead of York Art Gallery's re-opening today, following an £8 million redevelopment.The project has involved the creation of a magnificent mezzanine gallery under an original Victorian roof
A PRESTIGIOUS honour has been awarded to five city parks.Clarence Gardens has successfully retained Green Flag Award, while Rowntree Park, West Bank Park, Rawcliffe Country Park, Glen Gardens and St Nicks Nature Reserve, will receive and fly a new Green
THIS week, we are looking at not one, not two, but three superb Yorkshire pubs. They're separated by many miles but linked by one common thread: their reverence for the beauty that is the Yorkshire Pudding. We've hunted high and low, north
YORK beat Heworth by four wickets to claim the York & District Junior Cricket Association's Under-15s President's Cup.The young Clifton Parkers had Heworth at 3-3 after seven overs before Dan Davison, with a blistering 32, and a more measured 37 not out
