GREG DYKE, the new chancellor of the University of York, said he was looking forward to his next five years in office, despite potential controversy over plans to expand the campus. The former director general of the BBC, who was officially installed
FRIENDLY faces to help get York's schoolchildren safely across busy roads are being sought by City of York Council. More school crossing patrols, or lollipop men and women, are needed to make up another five or six patrols in the York area. The problem
NORTH YORKSHIRE'S top cop has backed Government calls that every resident should know their local bobby. Chief Constable Della Cannings also told a meeting of county residents that her force would not allow people to flout the law over any ban on hunting
YORK City reserve goalkeeper Chris Porter is pressing teenage find of the season David Stockdale for his first-team place. Caretaker boss Viv Busby has been impressed by Porter's recent form for the reserves and considered recalling him for the trip to
POLICE are urging criminals to report dodgy doorstep crooks who target elderly and infirm people in their homes for easy cash. Officers say these people are the "lowest of the low", and that even seasoned criminals will condemn their cold-hearted behaviour
YORK City Knights will face plum ties against former Super League club Castleford Tigers in next season's revamped Northern Rail Cup (formerly Arriva Trains Cup). They will also renew acquaintances with old rivals Featherstone Rovers, whom they memorably
A PLAGUE of crickets swarmed through a train in York station, forcing hundreds of passengers to evacuate. The Virgin Voyager train travelling from Newcastle to Cardiff had to be cancelled when the train manager discovered a bag full of chirruping creepy-crawlies
STIFF competition for places might put some players off moving to a new club - but not brothers in arms Paul and Neil Thorman. York City Knights' new recruits from Gateshead have a starting place far from guaranteed but, according to elder brother Paul
A FORMER York policeman and landlord who tried to flee Britain to start a new life was caught at the coast with £6,000 belonging to his creditors, a court heard. Geoffrey Meehan owed just under £20,000 when police arrested him at Dover with a one-way
POLICE have named two men killed in a road accident near Bridlington. Donald Bolton and Justin Stanley, both of Bridlington, were killed when their green Rover 215 was in collision with a white Ford Fiesta on the A614 near Carnaby at about 3.30pm on Thursday
Curtis Cup revenge will be put on ice for Malton and Norton's first lady Emma Duggleby - but it will prey at the back of her mind throughout next season. The 33-year-old golfer has become an ever-present in the amateur Great Britain and Ireland team in
DRINKERS at a York pub have attacked a brewery's decision to ban music and TV from its outlets. Customers at the Hansom Cab, in Market Street, said the move by owners Samuel Smith's Brewery of Tadcaster would destroy the atmosphere, particularly in the
THE hunt for York's next Matt Messias is on. Premiership referee Messias learned his trade on North Yorkshire's park pitches and now a new breed of teenage whistle-blowers are being put through their paces at York City's Wigginton Road training ground
A GANG of gay Jamaican gangsters who spread the tentacles of their evil drug-dealing ring to York have been warned they face substantial prison sentences. The five-man operation sold thousands of pounds worth of crack cocaine from a terraced home in Clifton
