Northern Ireland international David Healy has been reunited with former international manager Lawrie Sanchez after he was signed by Fulham from Leeds United for a reported £1.5 million. The 27-year-old striker - scorer of 29 goals in 59 appearances
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is refusing to splash out big wages on potential transfer targets. Speaking after last night's encouraging 0-0 pre-season home draw with Leeds United, McEwan admitted that he has been unwilling to meet certain players' wage
ROB Spicer feels York City Knights have "turned a corner" as they look to keep that winning feeling alive at Hunslet Hawks tomorrow. Spicer, man of the match in last week's 14-4 win over Barrow Raiders and The Press player of the month for June, says
YORK City gave once-mighty Leeds United more than a few scares on their Friday the 13th pre-season curtain-raiser at KitKat Crescent. The Minstermen matched their newly-relegated League One visitors during last night's 0-0 draw and, encouragingly, their
Yorkshire are leading a campaign to get the England and Wales Cricket Board to reverse their decision to allow Worcestershire and Kent to replay their LV Championship match which was abandoned without a ball being bowled earlier this week. Chief executive
No award was more fitting or richly deserved this season than the one given to Yorkshire groundsman Andy Fogarty and his dedicated team before the start of the Twenty20 Cup match with Derbyshire Phantoms at Headingley Carnegie. The total washout in
Yorkshire Phoenix have virtually had to come back from the dead in order to set themselves up for a fascinating Twenty20 Cup quarter-final appearance against Sussex Sharks in a televised floodlit encounter at Hove on Wednesday. And if they win this
YORK Union's unbeaten start to the Yorkshire Inter-District Union League ended in their fourth match when they were shaded by visitors Bradford and District. The day was punctuated by several stoppages for thunder and lightning before Bradford sealed
THERE'S no stopping North Yorkshire ace Emma Duggleby as she benefits from an international rest cure. The Malton and Norton Golf Club mainstay was in imperious form to capture the British Mid-Amateur ladies crown, the first of a silverware-studded career
YORK-BASED golfers Ian Gibb, Marc Crosbie, Brian Eccles and Richard Cronwright will be backed by Colin Montgomerie as they tackle the Macmillan Cancer Support's Longest Day challenge. The gang of four swing into a marathon of action on Friday at Forest
IT'S HARDLY clutching at straws given last week's superb performance against Barrow Raiders, but York City Knights fans looking for positive omens ahead of their trip to Hunslet Hawks tomorrow need only look back to the last time the club travelled to
Clifton Hotel A' stormed back to the top of the John Smith's Pool League with an excellent 7-1 win away to the improving Dick Turpin side. Steve Scott, John Speck and Chris Wilbraham recorded double wins with Johnny Mitchell and Steve Scott completing
PICKERING snooker pro Paul Davison gets his new season under way when the Pontin's International Open Series (PIOS) kicks-off at Prestatyn, Wales, tomorrow. Davison, who was unable to maintain his status on the full World Snooker tour last year, is among
MALTON'S John Wainwright said he was overjoyed after Riquewihr held on in a thrilling finish to win the Hearthstead Homes Stakes at York Racecourse. The seven-year-old struck for home inside the final furlong but had to stave off a strong challenge
When the going gets tough, they say, the tough get going, and, with heavy ground expected at Haydock tomorrow, confirmed mudlarks will be in their element. The gruelling conditions should hold no fears for nap selection Royal Flynn, who goes for the
THIS time next week the bull-like Carlos Tevez will be a Manchester United player. That's what Kia Koorabjian, his representative, believes will happen to the Argentinian international. Call Mr Koorabjian whatever - representative, asset-manager, company
IN early 1993 I was visiting a friend near Kettering when I realised that I was only a few miles from the home of one of my favourite novelists, York-born J L Carr. I phoned him, wondering how Ian McEwan or Martin Amis would have reacted to such a call
In November 1992 Bill Clinton, a relative unknown from Hope, Arkansas, ascended to the highest political office in the United States. His presidency couldn't have had a worse start, as Bill and Hillary bungled near enough every issue to come their
You've excelled at university, got a good job, wed the person of your choice and brought up your children - but what happens next? Sue Gee's tenth novel focuses on the experiences of two long-time friends who, after fulfilling careers in literary
This excellent biography of one of Britain's finest actors, who died four years ago, pulls no punches about his private life. It lifts the veil from a well-kept secret which always bothered him. Concealment was necessary because if the public
THE damp weather so far this summer hasn't suited everything in the garden, but some plants have positively enjoyed the conditions. I am thinking especially of hydrangeas, those love-them-or-hate-them pink and blue mop-head flowering shrubs, Hydrangea
HOVINGHAM'S bakery and tearoom made a good start for this walk. We sat outside with bikers, walkers and pushchair pushers and took tea and pecan nut tasties. The normally clear beck was muddy. The first couple of miles were so easy, tracks smooth through
MORE former employees of Ben Johnson printing company have shared memories of their time at the firm. Tony Geesing was 17 when he won an apprenticeship in 1972. He was offered jobs with the police and Ben Johnson on the same day, but the latter offered
Mike Laycock sees seabirds small and very large at Flamborough Head. Where? Flamborough Head, north of Bridlington. Why? The 400ft chalk cliffs are spectacular, some of the highest and most dramatic on the entire eastern coast of England, and home
AS A rule, the more interesting a wine bottle shape is, the less interesting the contents. My eldest sister has a magnum of sauvignon blanc (I can't remember the country of origin, but it is irrelevant to the story anyway) that adorns her kitchen
JUST as I think I've finally got a grip on grammar, and remembered when i' comes before e', I discover there are people out in the world campaigning to change the English language to make the whole thing far less complicated and easier to learn. A recent
WE ARE a lucky bunch here in Britain. Within a few hours of leaving work on a Friday, we can be in a different country, soaking up the sun and leaving the cares of the office far behind. In these days of trying to reduce our carbon footprints, weekend
"There is no fool like an old fool and that label fits you. You were a teacher and you were more than three times her age, you knew she was vulnerable." These were the words of Judge Paul Hoffman as he jailed a 55-year-old ex-York school teacher
YORK Hospital chiefs have defended a hike of nearly £200,000 in parking revenue, saying the rise is due to creating more spaces for patients. Freedom of Information Act figures show that the hospital made £744,311 from car parking revenue in 2006/7 -
"There will without doubt be more strikes if Royal Mail refuses to negotiate." That was the message from the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) in the wake of the 24-hour postal strike. In disputes over pay, service cuts and modernisation, York's CWU
PENSIONER Thelma Nixon has undergone another eye injection - funded by a generous Press reader - in her continuing battle to save her sight. The treatment was carried out yesterday, as the 70-year-old from Strensall, near York, revealed she had appealed
A MASSIVE police operation to find a missing man led to an RAF helicopter being brought in to search from the skies above York. The Sea King helicopter, from RAF Leconfield, near Beverley, was drafted in by York Police to comb the city's open spaces
A PUB landlord and his family had a lucky escape after a crash in the Leeman Road area of York. The accident happened at around 3pm yesterday, when a Toyota Celica sports car hit a signpost outside The Leeman pub in Stamford Street East. The driver
YORK and Ryedale have missed out on Government cash to help victims of last month's floods. Neither City of York Council nor Ryedale District Council will receive a penny out of £8 million in grants being distributed to 34 local authorities across the
A CORONER has been urged to call highway bosses and police to account over the tragic death of a pedestrian on the A64 near York. Ladislav Hosova, 43, from Tadcaster, died last autumn after getting off a bus and crossing the busy dual carriageway to
A THREE-year old boy has been left devastated after thieves stole his playhouse. Julie Bell was furious when she discovered someone had stolen her grandson's £125 toy house, as well as a table and chairs, from her back garden in, Woodthorpe, York. She
BARBICAN bosses say work on refurbishing the York complex and constructing new bars and restaurants should start within the next few weeks. But that does not seem soon enough for the centre to reopen in time for a gig by re-forming York band Shed Seven
A homeless thief has been jailed for 14 months for stealing jewellery from the parents who gave him a roof over his head. Barbara Foster put her £300 charms bracelet in a bedroom safe for security while she went into hospital for a major operation, said
YORK MP Hugh Bayley helped mark Proud Of Pubs Week, by enjoying a pint in the city centre. Mr Bayley visited The Snickleway Inn in Goodramgate, as publicans across the land celebrate everything that is great about pubs. The Snickleway Inn is a traditional
YORK'S Festival Of The Rivers will draw to a close with a "memory boat of light" sailing down the Ouse. At 7.30pm tomorrow, there will be a memorial concert and Christian worship with the York Gospel Choir and friends in Tower Gardens, and at 9.15pm,
THE shocking article on the outcome of the sexual promiscuity practised by young girls today left me ashamed to be female. In the past, women set the standards of morality, deserving respect and consideration, viewing love, marriage and motherhood
SEEING that three more British soldiers have been killed in Iraq, making the total now to 159, makes ones blood boil. Exactly what are we doing there in the first place? The whole intention when our troops were sent there was to keep the peace between
FURTHER to your headlines "Sex disease increase/Teen contraception shock" (The Press, July 10). No surprise there! Our politicians, culture, media and business have cynically exploited and brutalised our pre-pubescent youth and the teenagers of today
I CAN understand the mixed views of taxi owners and the general public alike on the issue of the deregulation of taxis (Taxi rancour, The Press, July 11). However, regulations which were introduced under the Hackney Carriage Act many years ago were
I RECENTLY stayed at York Minster Hotel with my mother on a short break in York. This hotel is a credit to York. A delight and almost like a hidden gem. Our room was simple, yet really homely and welcoming. Just the ticket after a long coach ride
IF ONLY Yorkshire wer arfway across world, an ad then been flooded! Well for starters, think how big Government cud eh looked on world stage. By now they'd a shipped in millions o' pounds worth o' temporary accommodation and essential living things
TO WHOEVER organised the traffic flow on the first day of this year's Great Yorkshire Show, can I say five hours from Selby to the showground is an absolute disgrace. I could have galloped across fields on horseback and done it in half the time. It
CHILDLINE is sending out a final plea for York people to take part in the Great North Run. The charity has a number of places still available for runners who want to take on the challenge of the world's biggest half-marathon - and raise money for a great
AFTER a nightmare month for York Racecourse, the first day of the July meeting yesterday went ahead without a hitch - almost. William Derby, racecourse chief executive, spoke of the challenges organisers had faced in recent weeks. The latest set back
MUSICAL collaborations between members of bands that seem so diverse always makes for interesting listening, a fact demonstrated by The Orange Lights at Fibbers on Wednesday. Formed by ex-Spiritualized guitarist Jason Hart and Paul Tucker,
A YORK City football fan who was a prominent figure in the campaign to save the club from extinction is hoping to step into the shoes of former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Greg Stone, who is originally from York, is a Liberal Democrat candidate in the
HEART attack patients who call for help are more likely get timely ambulance treatment in our region than almost anywhere else in England. New figures released by the MINAP report (Myocardial Infection National Audit Project) have given a snapshot of
A TOP council figure will be sticking his oar in this weekend in aid of charity. David Atkinson, chief executive of City of York Council, will be teaming up with York City defender Danny Parslow, on Sunday in the annual Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge on
A BUSINESSwoman who paid upfront for her £6,000 kitchen to guarantee it would be fitted within eight weeks is still waiting for the job to be finished - eight months later. Lynne Fisher, of Haxby, York, said MFI's customer service was "shambolic". The
MORE than 120,000 people visited this year's Great Yorkshire Show, according to organisers. After the wettest June on record, attendance was down 9.7 per cent on last year's record-breaking total, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society has said. Although
RESIDENTS have lambasted a York-based building firm after it disregarded planning conditions intended to protect birds during the breeding season. The breach was reported and work stopped, but now Selby District Council has varied the condition forbidding
RACING is going ahead at York Racecourse today despite 40mm of rainfall overnight. Racecourse management made the decision this morning to go ahead with the second day of the John Smith's Cup after the course passed a precautionary inspection at 7.45am
THE very best of sporting talent in our region is being celebrated with The Press and Active York Sports Awards, sponsored by Norwich Union. We are now inviting you to nominate your sporting stars for awards in seven sporting categories. We are looking
AS THE team behind UK Athletics, Norwich Union is supporting athletics in the UK from playground to podium, making it easier for athletes to reach their full potential and for the next generation to get active, stay healthy and learn key life skills.
A MAN is in hospital with serious injuries after a fire at a house in Bishopthorpe Road, York, in the early hours of today. The emergency services were called to the scene at 4.59am. When the fire brigade arrived they rescued one man in his 30s from
Alex Foster, who attends the Scholarship programme at York City Knights, has become the first winner of the club's Top Tryer award. Sponsored by CPP - one of York's leading employers - the award is designed to recognise outstanding effort and commitment
Fishergate Primary School pupils enjoyed a 45-minute open top bus ride to celebrate their sporting success. Teachers organised the gesture after the school won both the all-girls and the main tag rugby tournaments organised by York City Knights. The
AFTER the final series of matches were wiped out by rain, the York Junior Team Tennis presentation ceremony was staged at Poppleton Tennis Club, writes Ralph Shepherd. The season began after the Easter break in April and finished at the end of June.
SAM Young and Josh Rogerson were instrumental in Heworth ARLC Under-8s' last game of the season at Dewsbury Moor. Man of the match Young scored six tries and Rogerson completed 50 tries for the season. The team were outstanding in the second-half
Two girls from Malton School are riding high in their success at tennis. Fiona Marsden and Alice Brook, both students in Year 10, played in the North Area Inter-District Tennis Championships. They were playing as a doubles partnership and faced tough
Boroughbridge High School student Brandon Trower was due to leap on to the nation's television screens this weekend. The teenager is to appear on Sky Sports while competing in the long jump in the Sainsbury English Schools' athletics event in Birmingham
Bishopthorpe's bowlers tried their best but were unable to fully contain Stamford Bridge's batsmen who booked themselves a semi-final berth in the U11 Knockout Cup. C Thompson took 3-7 and J Storey 2-4 while Ferguson scored 19 for the victors. J Hunt
FOUL weather again disrupted the York and District Junior Cricket Association programme with no matches played in the Hirepoint U15 League and just two completed in Hirepoint U13 League. So in the U15s Acomb have qualified for the play-offs from the
York Schoolboys Under-11s coach Ian Hutchinson believes his newly-formed squad has the right mixture of players to challenge for the league title this season. The final 15 players were picked at York Sixth-Form College this week after a series of trials
Outreach 2007 could be coming to a primary school or youth club near you this summer, writes Ralph Shepherd. The scheme brings the fun for children aged between eight and 14 all through the summer months. There will be fun games and sport activities
Hamilton Panthers Junior Football Club have recently entered a new Under-11s girls team in the City of York Girls League. Warren Barry, a Level One coach/manager, is looking to recruit new players for the squad. Training will start on Little Knavesmire
A TREMENDOUS bowling effort saw York and District Lord's Taverners Under-11s race to a ten-wicket victory over Leeds at Methley. In a game reduced to 20 overs due to a thunderstorm, York skittled their hosts for 13, with Charlie Elliott, Karl Carver
YORK City's Football In The Community department will kick off their summer football fun camps at Poppleton playing fields on Monday, July 23, writes Ralph Shepherd. The four-day course will take place at Millfield Lane, with boys and girls aged between
NEW Earswick All Blacks Under-14s are looking for new players. Training is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at New Earswick Sports Club, at 6.30pm. Phone Phil Pool on 07894 790900 for more information.
We have daily visits from a flock of starlings about breakfast time, waiting for me to dish up a few slices of value, wholemeal bread soaked in water for all the other bird customers. The starlings’ favourite morsel though, is a little block of cheddar
