WHILE one York sporting code looks forward to a weekend of hope and new life, the future of the city's football team is still clouded in doubt. As York City Knights prepare to kick off a new era at Huntington Stadium and York City battle for survival,
FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig today welcomed the news that a firm bid has been received to try to keep the club alive. Douglas Craig, who is chairman of Bootham Crescent Holdings, which owns the football ground, said: "I am very pleased. It
THE York City Supporters' Trust have put up £92,000 after yesterday's last-gasp lifeline rescued the club for a few more weeks. The Trust agreed to pay out the cash to keep the Minstermen afloat until the clash against Hartlepool on February 15 after
YORK City skipper Chris Brass is relishing the prospect of talking loud and proud after the Minstermen were given a temporary stay of execution. With two take-over bids on the table and the Supporters' Trust willing to shell out the cash to fund the club
YORK mum Allison Williams this afternoon hugged the son she thought she may never see again - and thanked Evening Press readers for making her dream come true. Allison, 40, flew home to Britain from the United States after winning a dramatic custody battle
YORK Art Gallery turns the focus on textile in its first exhibition of 2003. Making Journeys brings together for the first time three innovative quilt makers from Germany and Scotland: Inge Hueber, Anne Keith and Veronica Togneri. The exhibition presents
Barton, Tim Easterby's star jumper, returns to action tomorrow, but is in danger of being upstaged by another North Yorkshire horse with Cheltenham Gold Cup pretensions. Hussard Collonges will also be in the line-up for the £60,000 Bet Direct Peter Marsh
BOB Fosse made Hollywood's last over-the-top, flawed but scarily exhilarating song-and-dance movie in All That Jazz as long ago as 1979. His vaudevillian choreography for Chicago has been enjoying a stage revival on Broadway since 1996, with the "Drop-Dead
SCORES of junior school pupils will tuck into a hearty, locally-produced breakfast next week at the Great Yorkshire Showground. The breakfast of bacon and sausage butties will be served up on Monday to children from Woodlands Junior School, Harrogate,
OUTRAGE and disbelief have met the Government's plans to jail fewer burglars. Victims of burglary are often so affected by the experience they only begin to feel safe again when they know the offender is behind bars. Imagine, then, how much more traumatised
DESPITE a long history, some great matches and much goodwill, the club was in dire straits. It was losing money hand over fist. Some even questioned whether the support was there any more. But ten months later, professional rugby league in York has been
BURGLARS raided a luxury home in Sherburn-in-Elmet and stole a pilot's licence and hundreds of pounds worth of goods. The intruders broke into the house through the kitchen window and searched the property in Lennerton Lane. They then went on to ransack
Top billing this weekend is taken by the Acomb Tackle York Winter League which should see a healthy field contest the first major match of the year on the Ouse below York. Recent weather conditions will hopefully not lead to a repeat of the last round
ALL 67 jobs at a struggling firm which supplies home care services to vulnerable people in North Yorkshire and the East Riding have been saved, it has been announced. Scarborough-based Carewatch, in South Cliff, which was placed into administration on
THE smart betting is on there being a close encounter of the fourth kind at Pontefract when Selby make their annual trip across to their old foes. The previous three clashes between the two sides have seen little more than a penalty separate the scores
COUNCILLORS at a key planning meeting have thrown their support behind plans to develop a lavender farm on the site of a former piggery. Members of Ryedale District Council's central area planning committee agreed with officers that Steve and Anne Jaques
SCORES of junior school pupils will tuck into a hearty, locally-produced breakfast next week at the Great Yorkshire Showground. The breakfast of bacon and sausage butties will be served up on Monday to children from Woodlands Junior School, Harrogate,
THE Lord Mayor of "Old" York shows off a replica of a porcelain model he has sent across the Atlantic to the Mayor of New York. The model of the Mansion House and a letter from the Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton, was presented to New York Sports
TREVOR and Dawn Boswell thought handing control of their home to their three young daughters would be a nightmare. But swapping places - if only for a week - has turned their North Yorkshire house into a more peaceful and tolerant abode. The couple and
MORE than a thousand residents have already visited York's Hungate exhibition. And it was revealed today that some have discovered an unexpected bonus - the joy of meeting long-lost neighbours. Former residents of the rundown city centre district were
A YORK artist is donating the window he designed to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks to firefighters in Norway. Fire officers from Bergen travelled to York to pick up the stained glass window that will take pride of place in their new fire
ELIZABETH CLINTON was sitting on the settee in her bungalow home when a drink driver smashed into the front wall, a court heard. A bookcase missed the woman's head by inches, and ornaments were scattered across the room in the accident at Tockwith, near
THE Government has been accused of "demeaning" Parliament because of the way it handled the announcement that the U.S. would be allowed to RAF Fylingdales for missile defence. The Tories are furious the decision to upgrade the North Yorkshire radar base
by Matthew Woodcock A MOTHER-of-three has been awarded £1,000 in damages after spraining her wrist while lifting a bread tray at a York supermarket's in-store bakery. Margaret Joyce, of Paradise Field, Easingwold, suffered three months of pain and swelling
A FORMER North Yorkshire man has denied trying to hide £150,000 during court proceedings over his first wife's maintenance. Graham Shipley, 57, claimed in the witness box at York Crown Court that the money was a loan to himself and his second wife, Jennifer
NESTL is considering changes to its Sunday shift patterns for hundreds of KitKat production workers. The York chocolate maker could be planning to cut its Continental "weekend" shift hours from 21 to 19 for workers in KitKat No 4. The GMB union said it
CONTROVERSIAL plans to house homeless young people near a school and a church in York have been given the go-ahead. But some nearby residents fear the former Acorn Guest House, in Southlands Road, could become a "halfway house", accommodating anti-social
THE York City Supporters' Trust have put up £92,000 after yesterday's last-gasp lifeline rescued the club for a few more weeks. The Trust agreed to pay out the cash to keep the Minstermen afloat until the clash against Hartlepool on February 15 after
YORK City skipper Chris Brass is relishing the prospect of talking loud and proud after the Minstermen were given a temporary stay of execution. With two take-over bids on the table and the Supporters' Trust willing to shell out the cash to fund the club
Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, an eight-foot giant is preparing to face a first-time principal boy in Jack & The Beanstalk, Malton and Norton Amateur Operatic Society's pantomime for 2003. Car salesman Rory Queen will grow from 6ft 5ins to nearly eight feet in
LESLEY Ann Eden has never been one for the simple life. The ever-enthusiastic York guru of well being, health, fitness and artistic expression has added a new post to her myriad challenges. As director of Pinnacle Performing and Expressive Arts in Haywards
MY son, David Close, was pictured in the Evening Press, with the report about boys rescued from icy lake (January 10). Friends and relations phoned with comments such as: "I thought David had more sense than to play on ice". David has! He was one of the
I THANK Mrs Thompson for warning those of us who dislike obscene language not to shop at Sarah Coggles (January 14). If this were not a sufficient deterrent, the arrogant attitude of the owner would be. Mrs B E Carder-Geddes, The Horseshoe, York. Updated
THE mystery would-be purchaser yet to make a formal bid for York City insisted today he was still hoping to buy the troubled football club and Bootham Crescent. A representative of the millionaire businessman, based in the north of England, said it was
Ian Lamming drives the latest Range Rover to find out just why it is so fashionable PARK up the Range Rover Vogue and inevitably you will come back to it with at least one couple looking in through the window. It's that sort of vehicle, a masterpiece
IAN LAMMING is seriously impressed by the Alfa 156 JTD THINK of getting a diesel and inevitably the Volkswagen Audi Group springs to mind. Whether it's under the bonnet of a VW, an Audi, a Seat or a Skoda matters little as long as it carries the all important
GANGSTA rap could not be suffering a worse press, taking the blame for gun crime or, less seriously, upsetting a mother and her daughter shopping at Sarah Coggles in York. So how ironic that the 'salvation' of rap is now in the hands of its most controversial
I OUGHT to feel pity for Geoff Hoon. He takes orders from the man who takes orders from probably the dumbest man to ever take charge of the White House. And that is a pretty low down, dirty job. But I am unable to rustle up any sympathy for Tony Blair's
Britain's most famous stockbroker has just been sacked. CHRIS TITLEY talks to the York man who told him to clear his desk and get out THE financial world was rocked. Wednesday's Daily Telegraph deemed the news so sensational it placed it above the lead
A YORK pub treated pupils from a York school to a meal and handed over a cheque for more than £1,000 at the same time. Christmas revellers at the Buckles Inn helped to raise £1,030 for Fulford Cross School through raffles organised by workers at the pub
A QUIZ team from a York pub has been raising much-needed cash for cancer patients in the city by putting their brains in gear and competing against each other. Every Tuesday night teams of four or more gather together at The Bumper Castle to take part
A BANNER made in York is being used to mark the launch of the European Year of the Disabled. Disabled support organisation Remploy has been relaying the flag across Yorkshire this week - including this stop in York, where it was met by the Lord Mayor
THE old photograph of an unidentified rugby team we published at the end of last year triggered Evening Press reader Carl Phillips to search his family archives for another old picture he would like to know more about, writes Hugh MacDougall. His father
LANDOWNERS fear hundreds more abandoned vehicles could blight the landscape of York and North Yorkshire when new European legislation comes into force. Local authorities say they are already facing a massive problem of cars dumped at the side of the road
A SPARKLING 17 darts by skipper Andy King started Saddle's sound 6-3 York John Smith's Men's League victory over Cygnet 'B'. Saddle are joint division two leaders with Swan who lived dangerously at Green Tree 'A'. Mike Harrison put Tree 4-2 up but Swan
MALTON and Norton must overcome the biggest hurdle of their season tomorrow when they visit Bradford Salem in the Powergen Junior Vase North/Midland quarter-finals. Having reeled off a stunning 14 successive wins in the competition, with the highlight
A NEWLY-formed York choir has been backed by a University of York-based charity to ensure its first year in existence. York Youth Chorus has been given funding to cover expenses for the first year, which adds up to about £1,500, from York Active Community
CLEANING a bed may sound like a fairly everyday household chore to most of us, but to National Trust staff near York it is an important and intricate task. For the object of their attention at Beningbrough Hall is described as one of the finest Baroque
A DISUSED former vehicle depot could become a new arts venue under ambitious plans from a group of York volunteers. The group, whose members have been involved with various York music projects, such as free outdoor parties held last summer and in 2001
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has helped to kick-start the city's campaign for Britain to join the euro. He told a gathering of about 60 people, including local councillors and business people, that joining the currency would give a boost to businesses and consumers
THE hiding place of the knights who slaughtered Archbishop Thomas Becket has been visited by four actors recreating their exile. Knaresborough Castle's 12th Century history is being reconstructed by the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Four Nights In Knaresborough
A "NIGHTMARE" neighbour who terrorised tenants in a block of York council flats has been evicted from her home. Former neighbours of Linda Tait, 50, today welcomed City of York Council's decision to evict her and husband Richard, 54, from Aldborough House
YORK Against The War (YAW) protesters today rallied support for what could be the city's biggest anti-war meeting. Veteran anti-war MP George Galloway will speak to supporters of YAW at the meeting, at Le Meridien Hotel, Station Road, on Monday. It will
Swans in YORK City's opponents tomorrow, Swansea City, arrive at Bootham Crescent with their own pressing problems. The Swans lost 3-2 to Bury in midweek, their fifth consecutive defeat and are four points adrift at the bottom of Division Three. Manager
YORK City Knights have made a goodwill gesture to York City fans ahead of the Knights' first-ever match on Sunday, writes Pete Martini. The offer is intended to boost the York City Supporters' Trust coffers and in doing so improve bonds between fans of
TWO University of York archaeologists have discovered a giant elephant tusk, thought to be eight million years old, in Abu Dhabi. The two-and-a-half metre long tusk, the largest elephant fossil of its type found in the Middle East, was discovered by Dr
A SNAP parish council meeting has been called to discuss plans that could see hundreds of new homes built in a York suburb. Plans have been put forward by Barratt Homes and Malton-based developer S Harrison to build 226 new apartments on land at Birch
FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig today welcomed the news that a firm bid has been received to try to keep the club alive. Douglas Craig, who is chairman of Bootham Crescent Holdings, which owns the football ground, said: "I am very pleased. It
THE mystery would-be purchaser yet to make a formal bid for York City insisted today he was still hoping to buy the troubled football club and Bootham Crescent. A representative of the millionaire businessman, based in the north of England, said it was
A SUB-POSTMASTER said today he was too traumatised to continue after a terrifying attempted break-in at his home was linked with a chainsaw robbery at a nearby post office. David Sell, who has resigned from Hovingham Post Office in Ryedale - where he
MALTON and Norton must overcome the biggest hurdle of their season tomorrow when they visit Bradford Salem in the Powergen Junior Vase North/Midland quarter-finals. Having reeled off a stunning 14 successive wins in the competition, with the highlight
Nanotechnology seems to be the new buzz word among thriller writers at the moment. The science of working with 'mini-robots' a billionth of a metre across - that's about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair or ten times the diameter of a hydrogen
POLITICAL debate with Tony Benn, the English premiere of Kate Atkinson's first original stage play and a new production of Irvine Welsh's cult drug-culture hit Trainspotting lead off York Theatre Royal's highlights in 2003. First up, once the Babbies
YORK City Knights have made a goodwill gesture to York City fans ahead of the Knights' first-ever match on Sunday, writes Pete Martini. The offer is intended to boost the York City Supporters' Trust coffers and in doing so improve bonds between fans of
DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon says the Government is minded to agree to the US request for Fylingdales to be used in its Star Wars military deployment (January 15). For public consumption the Government is referring to Star Wars as a missile defence system
NOT a day goes by without some reference to the York Against War movement in the Press. Fair play to all those who belong to this movement, but do they actually believe that protesting in the city centre and collecting names on a petition is going to
I HAVE the answer to Chris Titley's questions (January 15). A paedophile or child abuser cannot be cured, so we must either build more prisons to lock them up forever, or change the law to eliminate this menace once and for all. The forces for good must
