WHEN you or I go to the garage to fill up with fuel, most of the money we pay to the attendant goes not to the owner of the garage, nor even to Shell or BP, but to the Government. That is for two reasons. Firstly, and by far most importantly, because
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City with the Supporters' Trust today backing his bid. The fans' organisation has opted to support Batchelor rather than rival bidders John Stabler and Russell Greenfield. Batchelor
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City, as the club's Supporters' Trust backed his bid today. The fans' organisation has opted to support Mr Batchelor rather than rival bidders John Stabler and Russell Greenfield
SELBY Abbey officials were celebrating today after being awarded £300,000 by English Heritage towards their restoration appeal. The abbey has hit the Heritage Lottery Fund jackpot, only two years after English Heritage turned down its first grant application
BINGO caller Alan Potter has BEAN adding a unique flavour to the number 57. Alan, of Nigel Grove, York, decided to spice up the weekly bingo nights at Holgate WMC after being inspired by the "57 Varieties" label on Heinz baked beans tins. Alan, 43, who
A WEEKEND of rail misery could be on the cards for passengers after station and clerical staff at Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) voted overwhelmingly to join conductors on the picket line. Early indications suggest they could join forces with their conductor
York's Mr Archaeology Peter Addyman has announced he is to retire later this year after almost 30 years as director of the York Archaeological Trust. He spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS YORK could so easily have been the City of Vicars, rather than the City of
Child care is a boom industry. MAXINE GORDON meets adults who have gone back to school to embark on a new career working with children WITH his shorn hair and tattooed arms, Mike Smith turned heads when he began helping out at the local primary school
Malton boasts the best facial in the county, according to a national magazine. Liz Todd tries the treatment WHEN the floods hit Malton two years running, maintaining a beauty regime would have slipped most people's minds. But Diana Thompson's customers
WHAT'S goin' on? Antonia Morris, from Fulford, has won a pair of the chandelier-like earrings that used to adorn the lugs of Pat Evans from EastEnders, that's what. Antonia is a fan of the BBC soap so was thrilled to win the weighty ear jewellery. Let's
I WAS almost physically sick on reading the grovelling coverage of Mayor Giuliani's honorary knighthood. How can this man or the US dignitaries accompanying him deserve knighthoods or CBEs in this country? What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking
YOUR writer Louise Gray asks about the origin of our national anthem (February 15). The words 'God Save the King' have their origins in a popular song from the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. I believe the song may have first appeared at one of the major London
YOUR report on Utopia - sorry, New Osbaldwick - was very interesting (February 6). Do the various people responsible for these flights of fancy ever walk round Tang Hall, 'Old' Osbaldwick and Badger Hill, particularly on weekend evenings? Do they really
ENVIRONMENT Agency officers have been asked to explain why a village near York - badly hit by flooding in 2000 - may never be considered worth protecting. Selby MP John Grogan is pressing the agency for details of the cost-benefit analysis under which
SUN Inn's lead at the top of York White Rose Ladies League division one is looking decidedly shaky. Railway Institute were the latest to test Sun's nerves. Irene Taylor put Institute level at three apiece and Maureen Tindall threw 24 darts to gather the
Dave Bailey scored in the first half for Malton Bacon Factory, but Moor Lane managed an equaliser from Brendan Walsh and the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'B' leaders had to rely on a Chris Bell winner to remain in pole position. Malton
YORK Wasps winger Matt Mulholland has been released by the club by mutual consent. The Rotherham-based 20-year-old had been on a two-year deal at Huntington Stadium but the distance he has had to travel to training, coupled with the fact he has fallen
FIREFIGHTERS from Harrogate are set to do The Full Monty later this week - to raise money for a colleague's sick daughter. A major fundraising event starring stripping, strumming, and singing firemen is planned for Thursday evening at Northallerton's
A WOMAN from Selby has died in hospital after being seriously injured in a crash between a car and the van she was travelling in. The elderly woman, who has not been named but was said to be from the Selby area, died in Leeds General Infirmary yesterday
THE familiar cry "Pound of bananas" is still set to ring out at York's Newgate Market, despite a High Court defeat for Britain's "metric martyrs". And shoppers said today they would continue to ask for produce in pounds and ounces rather than kilos. Five
RAILTRACK moves to take legal action against the Government are moving forward, with the company today confirming it is "ready to go". Chiefs at the company, which has regional headquarters in York, will launch legal proceedings if Transport Secretary
THE summer of 1997 may well go down as a key turning point in the career of York City's Mike Basham. Having spent that pre-season training with Leyton Orient with a view to join them from Peterborough, the Barking-born defender's hopes were shattered
A GAUDY pair of Eastender Pat Evans's famous earrings have taken pride of place in the home of one of the BBC's soaps biggest fans. A pair of earrings that Pat wore in the scene when Roy finally plucked up courage to tell her that he hated her huge ear
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City, as the club's Supporters' Trust backed his bid today. The fans' organisation has opted to support Mr Batchelor rather than rival bidders John Stabler and Russell Greenfield
MARY Reveley, who sent out two winners at Newcastle last Saturday, can maintain her excellent form at Doncaster tomorrow. The Saltburn trainer saddles The Granby in the Minnow Novices' Chase and Richard Guest's mount has a splendid chance of victory.
YORK City supporters are to target the FA in a double-pronged attack to highlight the plight of the club. MP Hugh Bayley has requested crunch talks with FA chief executive Adam Crozier to discuss the sale of the club. Fans will march to the FA's headquarters
ENVIRONMENT Agency officers have been asked to explain why a village near York - badly hit by flooding in 2000 - may never be considered worth protecting. Selby MP John Grogan is pressing the agency for details of the cost-benefit analysis under which
NURSING levels in York are among the worst in the country, according to the Government's hospital watchdog. Bed-blocking at York District Hospital has also been criticised - but the report praises staff at the York Health Trust for their hard work and
CANNABIS could be available on the NHS to help people with MS and those recovering from painful operations. Doctors may be able to prescribe cannabis as a pain-relief treatment within two years after the Government announced a research project into the
IN 1861 slavery was still legal in the US; Abraham Lincoln was the president; Britain had a Liberal prime minister in Henry John Temple, the third Viscount Palmerston; Nigeria was colonised by the UK; and votes for women were still more than half a century
A SELBY-BASED emergency management company has responded to an SOS call from the Cabinet Office's national contingency planning unit, which has been thrust under the public spotlight since September 11. Medical Response Logistics Ltd (MRI), of Vivars
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun Irene Waudby, was given a privileged preview of the latest conference guide to the city which is designed to wow 10,000 visitors at the huge three-day Confex exhibition opening at Earls Court in London today. The 2002 conference
KINGSTON inbusiness, the national business services division of Kingston Communications, has won a two-year contract worth £668,600 to speed up links between the University of York and all the other major universities in Yorkshire. The organisation is
STORIES about problems in the National Health Service are now an almost daily part of the news diet, relayed in newspapers and on television. For every bad story printed or broadcast, a good story often goes untold. Today's news for York is typically
THE summer of 1997 may well go down as a key turning point in the career of York City's Mike Basham. Having spent that pre-season training with Leyton Orient with a view to join them from Peterborough, the Barking-born defender's hopes were shattered
PLEASE permit a comment from a regular visitor from the US. York has become somewhat less littered in recent years for whatever reason. One thing I do notice still is the ugly black slime that develops on the sidewalks especially in winter. In other countries
I AGREE with Dr Campbell (February 13) about the need for a central bus station with a shuttle bus to the railway station. As he says Hungate would make an ideal site for something York has lacked for as long as anyone can remember. Mr T E Myers, Lowick
THE draws for the York and District FA Cup competitions to be played next month are: Sunday, March 10 Junior Minor Cup (kick off 2pm): Brooklyn v Real Cliffe at Stamford Bridge, Thorpe United v Poppleton at Bishopthorpe. Acaster Steel Junior Cup (kick
ALMOST £1 million worth of property was stolen from sheds and outbuildings in the Hambleton, Ryedale and Scarborough areas in the last nine months of last year. In an effort to cut the number of such raids, community safety officers from North Yorkshire
DRUG addicts are costing the country up to £19 billion a year, according to a York-based research team. The Home Office commissioned a team at the University of York, led by Professor Christine Godfrey from the Department of Health Sciences, to look into
DEEP in the mean streets of New York, the Jets need a juke box - and they're hoping you can help. Well, in fact, it's the mean streets of Haxby and Wigginton, and the Jets are actually a local youth theatre group, who need a juke box for their production
IN a match played in Leeds as part of the North League umpiring assessment scheme, City of York Ladies lost 2-1 to Chester. York created chances throughout the game but, after a goalless first-half, a defensive mistake allowed Chester to take the lead
A PARADE through the streets of Norton and Malton is set to be the highlight of the towns' celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Norton town councillors announced last night they were looking for volunteers to bring forward and implement plans
ACOMB survived the loss of a player to beat Leeds 2-1 and stay in third place, one above their vanquished rivals. Acomb started well with Nick Linfoot and Jamie Robinson causing the Leeds defence problems. Acomb took the lead from a quick break, Robinson's
YORK University is one of a handful of education centres involved in a new project to nurture the talents of Britain's brainiest children. The Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth was being launched today by school standards minister Stephen Timms, as
PROMOTION-HUNTING City of York I suffered a Doncaster stranglehold to leave with a share of the spoils from a six-goal thriller. Ten points clear at the top of National division one, City should have had no real problems in beating anchor club Doncaster
YORK City supporters are to target the FA in a double-pronged attack to highlight the plight of the club. MP Hugh Bayley has requested crunch talks with FA chief executive Adam Crozier to discuss the sale of the club. Fans will march to the FA's headquarters
YORK Wasps winger Matt Mulholland has been released by the club by mutual consent. The Rotherham-based 20-year-old had been on a two-year deal at Huntington Stadium but the distance he has had to travel to training, coupled with the fact he has fallen
BARRING anchor club Halifax Town, the worst form team in the basement rankings are Leyton Orient, who have undergone a stunning dip in fortunes, writes Tony Kelly. The O's have not won for nine League games on the bounce in stark contrast to an FA Cup
A MAN was recovering today after his face was apparently slashed in an unprovoked attack in a York street. Police said the victim had been walking in Moorcroft Road, Woodthorpe, at about 10pm last night, when a man confronted him and attacked him with
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City with the Supporters' Trust today backing his bid. The fans' organisation has opted to support Batchelor rather than rival bidders John Stabler and Russell Greenfield. Batchelor
