THE time for excuses is finally over. Rugby league fans in York must tomorrow vote with their feet and show that they want a professional team in the city. York Wasps home encounter with Hull Kingston Rovers could be the final game in their 100-year history
A MAN arrested on suspicion of trying to kill his wife at Toffs nightclub, York, has died in custody while awaiting trial, it emerged today. Stephen John Starkie, 55, had been committed to York Crown Court accused of causing grievous bodily harm with
YORK'S threatened swimming pools could be saved as the Liberal Democrats start action to secure their future. The Lib Dems will ask City of York Council to accept that Yearsley and the Barbican pools will remain at the first full meeting since two by-election
Harrogate Cricket Club will be pulling out all the stops on June 21 when Yorkshire play their first match on the St George's Road ground for three years. And a Yorkshire player is already certain to walk off with the man-of-the-match award in this NatWest
CRAIG White's England career has suffered another setback. He has reported back at Headingley with a knee injury and had to go for a hospital scan. White had rejoined his Yorkshire colleagues for the first time since collapsing in Scarborough last Tuesday
AS I passed through Micklegate I noticed seven empty shops. George Hudson Street is much worse with the Victoria House building and the old Safeways supermarket completely boarded up - what a depressing sight. I cannot understand the council rejecting
I NEVER recall hearing public praise for our wonderful district nurses. Seven days a week, night or day they are there if any trouble occurs. They greet you with a smile and nothing is a bother to them. They never fail to turn up or ring in case of inability
A YORK Newgate Market trader today warned of "deep resentment" between stallholders and managers after claims that part of the city's latest specialist market is competing directly with locals. The complaints centre on a large Spanish fruit and vegetable
A 'DOMINEERING' cable company chief pocketed £300,000 in return for awarding multi-million pound contracts in north Yorkshire and elsewhere, a court heard. In return for the bribes, Michael Simmons is said to have put work worth £10 million into the hands
Harrogate Cricket Club will be pulling out all the stops on June 21 when Yorkshire play their first match on the St George's Road ground for three years. And a Yorkshire player is already certain to walk off with the man-of-the-match award in this NatWest
CRAIG White's England career has suffered another setback. He has reported back at Headingley with a knee injury and had to go for a hospital scan. White had rejoined his Yorkshire colleagues for the first time since collapsing in Scarborough last Tuesday
THE time for excuses is finally over. Rugby league fans in York must tomorrow vote with their feet and show that they want a professional team in the city. York Wasps home encounter with Hull Kingston Rovers could be the final game in their 100-year history
MARK Cain has ended his five-year association with York Wasps by signing for Northern Ford Premiership rivals Dewsbury Rams. York have finally agreed to let the 24-year-old stand-off move to Ram Stadium to end Dewsbury coach Neil Kelly's long hunt for
WHATEVER happened to "let the train take the strain"? These days the passengers rather than the locomotives are expected to huff and puff. We refer, of course, to the latest edict from the health police. Not content with forcing us to turn our supermarket
YORK'S threatened swimming pools could be saved as the Liberal Democrats start action to secure their future. The Lib Dems will ask City of York Council to accept that Yearsley and the Barbican pools will remain at the first full meeting since two by-election
SUPER League clubs are getting behind the Wasps in their bid for survival. Challenge Cup winners Bradford Bulls are sending their popular mascots Bullman and Bullboy to take part in a challenge event before York's clash with Hull KR tomorrow. In response
RICHARD Akers of Land Securities claims that the revised Coppergate Riverside scheme is a "sustainable development designed to be in harmony with the ecology of this important site" (May 25). Maybe Mr Akers would like to explain his definition of the
I WAS disappointed to read the headline "Air turns blue at outdoor concert" (May 29)to introduce your report about the live music event in the Museum Gardens. BBC Radio York broadcast more than 15 hours of live music to celebrate BBC Music Live with styles
LAST Saturday I visited York to attend a wedding. During the morning I had to make an emergency dash to the shops for new shoes. On my way back to the hotel I realised that my gold wristwatch was missing. So back I went to the shop more in hope than expectation
AFTER reading the interesting article 'Two Thousand Voices for the Year 2000' (May 27), I would like to correct one point. Rod Stewart is not Scottish. Although he has Scottish relatives, he was born and bred in Highgate, North London. I know that at
A CHANCE to bid for a holiday of a lifetime on the QE2 is being offered on the fsauctions web site. Fsauctions, which is partly owned by Newsquest - the publishers of the Evening Press - is the online auction site from Freeserve. The holiday offer will
THE twin towns of Malton and Norton have yet again been sidelined by a major rail company. Midland Mainline today launched a direct service from London to Scarborough. But the trains will not stop at Malton, effectively leaving it off the rail map. The
MARK Cain has ended his five-year association with York Wasps by signing for Northern Ford Premiership rivals Dewsbury Rams. York have finally agreed to let the 24-year-old stand-off move to Ram Stadium to end Dewsbury coach Neil Kelly's long hunt for
OUR agricultural past is being brought to life at the Ryedale Folk Museum thanks to a cash injection from the National Lottery. A three-year scheme has received £89,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and was kicked off with a visit from John Greenway,
ANDY Fraser (Velo Club York/Sanyo) won the latest round of the Transco handicap road race league over three laps of the Milby circuit near Boroughbridge. He covered the 27 miles ahead of Martin Appleyard (Knaresborough RT by one length. The pair, together
The girlfriend of a teenager killed in a road crash has been put on probation for 18 months and ordered to do 60 hours community service. Kelly Duce, 22, stole from three shops in a single shoplifting expedition to York city centre, magistrates heard.
IT'S uncool to walk up to the bar of a heaving Ibiza nightspot and say: "A couple of Juan Smiths, mate." You don't need to if you have done a bit of homework before your hols by enrolling on the six-week Spanish In The Pub course run by 32-year-old Alison
