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  • Flying start a must for York driver

    YORK'S James Thompson headed into today's two rounds of the Auto Trader/RAC British Touring Cars Championship knowing that the title could be slipping further away from him by the end of the day. A frustrated Thompson started the 16-lap Sprint third on

  • Peter the great!

    PETER Jones, a 16 handicap member of Fulford Golf Club, York, had one of the most remarkable rounds ever seen on the course to win the individual award in a record-breaking annual St Leonard's Hospice tournament. Jones had eight birdies and an albatross

  • Byas looks on bright side after huge defeat

    YORKSHIRE got the drubbing they deserved at Gloucester yesterday when they lost their championship match against Gloucestershire by 300 runs. It was one of the heaviest runs defeats in the club's history but avoided being the worst of all time. That was

  • WASPS GO TOP

    FIVE-STAR captain Stuart Flowers was today anticipating a long stay at the Second Division summit for York Rugby League Club. The largest Huntington Stadium crowd for four seasons saw the Wasps roar to the top of the table with a 27-6 triumph over Oldham

  • York is being betrayed by army move, says ex-major

    by Mike LaycockA RETIRED army major claims the Ministry of Defence is prepared to betray York by closing its army HQ - to placate the Scots. Ken Beavan has revealed that the divisional headquarters at Imphal Barracks faced possible closure once before

  • It's Robbie at arms' length

    THOUSANDS of screaming Robbie Williams fans packed into the York Barbican Centre to see their idol's first solo gig in the city. Some had spent most of the day sat outside the centre in anticipation of last night's sell-out concert, as well as waiting

  • £100m bill for floods at resort is forecast

    Evening Press correspondent FLOODING on Scarborough's seafront caused by global warming in the next century could cost the town £100 million, experts have warned. Now, £644,000 is set to be spent to improve flood defences in Foreshore Road, following

  • Police save passenger in pylon death smash

    POLICE pulled a fatally- injured motorist and his seriously hurt woman passenger from the wreckage of their car after it hit an 11,000-volt electricity pylon in one of a series of Bank Holiday dramas on the region's roads. Officers went into the car despite

  • Confident Chris heads for York

    Chris Boardman believes his performance in the Prutour of Britain over the next few days will give him a major indication as to whether he is able to turn his time-trial form into an ability to compete for road race honours. The 29-year-old British star

  • Tall order for Chris

    Caroline Barrett EUROPE'S tallest man, Chris Greener, was in East Yorkshire at the weekend to visit the home of Britain's tallest man. Chris, who is more than 7ft 6ins tall and takes a size 17 shoe, was guest of honour at Market Weighton's Giant Bradley

  • Protest as rats trap villagers in own homes

    TERRIFIED residents of a Ryedale village claim an infestation of rats is making them prisoners in their own homes. Householders in High Street, Barton-le-Street, near Malton, say they have seen rats scurrying around in gardens, inside rubbish bins and

  • Violence in Ireland far from over says victim of terrorists

    The people of Northern Ireland have delivered a resounding "yes" to the peace deal, but BARRY NEILD talks to one victim of terrorism who believes the troubles are far from over ... It was a day John Doherty will remember for the rest of his life. Sixteen

  • Michaela greets cyclists in York

    RIDERS in the Prutour, Britain's biggest international cyclist race, were being cheered into York today by thousands of spectators and TV personality Michaela Strachan. Britain's Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman won yesterday's stage from Edinburgh to Newcastle

  • Comic in stitches after plane crash

    A CLUB comedian badly hurt in an air crash bravely traded jokes with rescuers using their bare hands to free him from the wreckage of his light aircraft. Brian Newbold, 49, was lucky to be alive after his craft clipped power lines and crashed to earth