HIGH-FLYING York City beat Wrexham 2-1 at Bootham Crescent to notch a club record-equalling eighth successive victory. The Minstermen matched the feats of the famous 1954/5 side with goals from Chris Carruthers and Richard Brodie. Seconds after
A PEDESTRIAN is in a critical condition at York Hospital after being hit by a car on the A64 last night. The man, who is in his mid-40s and from York, was walking along the eastbound carriageway of the A64 near Barton-le-Willows when the accident
A CYCLIST is fighting for his life after being in a collision with a car on a roundabout in York. The man, who is believed to be in his 50s or 60s, was taken to York Hospital by ambulance suffering from life-threatening head injuries and a broken arm
UPCOMING ring ace Harry Matthews has signed off 2009 with his eighth straight professional conquest to head into the New Year under new management. It is out with the old and in with the new for the Pocklington Rocket after he switched his promotional
FORMER York City manager Denis Smith believes the Minstermen can cause an FA Cup shock against his beloved Stoke City. City will travel to the Britannia Stadium to take on Tony Pulis’ Premier League outfit in an eagerly-anticipated third round tie on
YORK City chairman Jason McGill has quashed growing speculation that top scorer Richard Brodie is poised to leave the club during the January transfer window. Championship clubs Peterborough United and Coventry City have recently checked on Brodie’s
YORK City Knights are unlikely to miss out on a bumper home gate against Leigh Centurions next season after all – and they could face arch-rivals Hunslet in their first home league game. The 20 clubs in the Championships have finally been sent draft
INSPIRATIONAL coach Jonathan Woodford is the Amateur Swimming Association’s young volunteer of the year. The 17-year-old scooped the national award for his devotion to work with younger swimmers at New Earswick Swimming Club in York. The nationwide
EVERYTHING’S all Wright at Dunnington Squash Club. Three generations of the same family – George Wright senior, aged 70, George Wright junior, 41, and Jack Wright, 13 – all competed in the recent annual handicap tournament at the Dunnington & Grimston
UNIVERSITY of York student David Attwood has been selected to play for the England Under-25s bowls team. Attwood will compete in the British Isles Series in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in January after coming through trials which involved 40 players
THIRSK and Sowerby Harriers 10-mile race attracted more than 1,000 runners from across the country. Leeds City athlete David Webb won in 48 minutes and 32 seconds, 22 seconds clear of second-placed Andrew Pearson of Longwood. Sarah Jarvis of Bingley
BLESS my cotton socks, I’m in the news – that’s the percussively catchy opening line of The Teardrop Explodes’ song Reward. Somehow I doubt Eldrick Tiger Woods will be humming that refrain for quite a while. Golf’s runaway number one, entitled by his
SPORT at the University of York was hit by waterlogged pitches – but there was plenty of indoor action on the campus. The postponements, caused by heavy rain, meant frustration for the football, rugby and lacrosse sides as they battle to sustain promotion
Fulford Arms moved away from the basement of the York Spectacular Driveways John Smith’s Sunday Pool League with a win over Dick Turpin 6-3. A brace of wins from both Pete Roberts and Barry McLaughlin propelled them to victory. Dringhouses ‘A’ were
Channel 4 cameras will be at Wetherby today to show two live races, but armchair viewers are set to miss out on the most valuable event at the meeting, which is subject to an 8am precautionary inspection. Clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson, who
EASINGWOLD GC was the height of fashion when the club’s ladies’ section organised a fashion show. The show – put on by Glenmuir Golfwear – raised £375 for the lady captain’s charity, the Martin House Hospice, said ladies’ section secretary Diana Madden
MALTON & Norton Golf Club had two teams tying for fourth place when the club hosted the fifth round of the East Riding Alliance competition in extremely wet conditions. Fraser Kelly and Brian Jacques, together with club-mates Elliott Burdett and Lee
Two decisive victories have seen Sessions ‘A’ return to the top of NEDL York and District Table Tennis League division one. Richard Moss and Mick Wilcockson were both unbeaten as Railway ‘A’ were seen off 8-2, and Bootham ‘A’ were dismissed 9-1. Coneysthorpe
THIS is Chris Monks’s first Christmas production at the SJT since succeeding Sir Alan Ayckbourn as artistic director. While the ghosts of Ayckbourn family shows past haunt A Christmas Carol in the use of trapdoors, dry ice and travels through time,
Fridaythorpe’s St Mary’s church has a fancy French-style clock which warrants more than the typically miserable motto: “Time Is Short: Eternity Is Long”, which I only mention because daylight was short. A local woman volunteered that she’d heard that
It was inevitable that Chris Hoy’s autobiography would be coming to a bookshop near you – the only surprise is that it’s taken so long after he won his three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Unlike many sporting biographies, this is worth the
THE office gastronome spotted a dessert wine on my desk last week. “I don’t bother with puddings, so I don’t usually buy pudding wines,” he said, also making the observation that stickies tend to be rather expensive. Well I think pudding wine is
IT’S coming. I’ve tried to deny it but can’t any longer. Christmas is on the way again. Which means: chaos. I like Christmas a lot, but the build-up drives me mad. Last weekend, I made the monumental mistake of trying to do my shopping, in the
WE ARE almost at the end of the year and much of the garden is slowly sinking into its winter slumber. Mild spells will bring forth the occasional flower, but for the most part the summer bloomers won’t make another appearance until next year. Despite
DESPITE the economic situation, new cafés continue to spring up. Here is one with a somewhat unusual name. Perhaps one you will remember. It is located in premises next door to a deli of the same name, with the seating behind a retail area. There has
THE former Lowfield School site, which was devastated by fire last year when it was the temporary home for York High School, looks set to be demolished to stop future vandalism attacks. City leaders are being asked to approve the demolition at their
PART of York’s railway heritage looks destined to become the city’s new council headquarters. City of York Council has named West Offices in Station Rise as the preferred location for its new city centre base, which it hopes to move into
THE shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, will be top speaker at the next York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at York’s National Railway Museum on March 18. Susie Cawood, boss of the regional chamber, announced today that the
A TRUST set up to help young people to be leaders of change in their communities has been given more than £2,000 by York City. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will receive a cheque for £2,171 from the club today, and the money will be donated
CANNABIS plants, a haul of Class A drugs and thousands of pounds in cash were seized in a series of drugs raids in York. Police arrested 13 people, executing warrants under the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Theft Act, as teams raided ten properties
TROOPER Jason Roughley was laid to rest with full military honours, following a service at Selby Abbey. Jason, of North Duffield, died on November 24 after a car crash. He was afforded full military honours yesterday as the Life Guards, which are part
The man accused of murdering two young jockeys who died in a fire at their North Yorkshire home has been told he faces a ten-day trial next year. Peter William Brown, of Lyndale Caravan Park, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, is accused of murdering apprentice
THE family of tragic York teenager Rory Johnson has been hit by further trauma after his brother Danny suffered another seizure – and his grandmother also collapsed. Danny, 20, first fell ill when Rory was in a coma at York Hospital, and the pair were
PLANS for the multi-million pound regeneration of York’s former Terry’s factory will not be considered until early February, developers have revealed. The scheme, which will create more than 2,700 jobs, homes for hundreds of people, two hotels and shops
A SERBIAN businessman has been jailed for the dangerous driving which killed a father-of-three near Fairburn in October. Alan Mitcheson, prosecuting, told York Crown Court that Mile Desnica’s van had been on the wrong side of the road at the end of an
PANTO stars got into character as they staged their first dress rehearsal in York. The cast from Humpty Dumpty at the Theatre Royal got into costume yesterday, ahead of the opening night on Thursday. It is the first time since 1988 that panto Dame Berwick
YORKSHIRE Water is to spend about £16 million rebuilding its biggest water treatment works in York. The company says the investment at Acomb Landing will further improve the quality of water supplied to about 100,000 people in west York and the city
The family event will include readings by bereaved family members, music by the East Riding of Yorkshire Band, St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School choir and an address by the Rev Dr Chris Swift, of Leeds Teaching Hospitals. There will also be a remembrance
THE bill for dealing with two rival demonstrations in a Yorkshire city is expected to reach almost £350,000. North Yorkshire Police was among the forces called in to help control rallies by the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism in the
A SOLDIER from Yorkshire who suffered horrendous injuries while serving in Afghanistan will be guest of honour at the homecoming concert of a York rock group this evening. Mostly Autumn are appearing at The Grand Opera house tonight, where they will
A PETITION calling for the popular Christmas ice rink to return to the Eye Of York next year has been signed by more than 10,000 people in less than three weeks. Staff at the Ice Factor rink said the public’s support has been overwhelming – and claim
How many of us going into York see vehicles all struggling to unload their goods before the time limit on a morning in the city, mounting pavements, with bollards pushed over and signs on buildings clipped from time to time. It’s getting dangerous in
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build an old people’s home on the edge of York is set to be given the go-ahead. Planners are expected to approve the project to create a three-storey nursing home in Strensall despite a wave of objections from local residents
Riding Lights Theatre Company is on tour with its Christmas spectacular, On Christmas Night. Having playing the region’s primary schools, the York company is making two appearances today, at St Michael le Belfrey Church at 2pm (box office, 01904 624190
I AM very pleased that the St Nicholas Fayre was such a success, but for anyone living in Bishopthorpe it was a nightmare. The problem was the drivers of the coaches, who seemed to think that they could park anywhere they liked. Of the re-routed
I am writing this in utter disbelief at the impact on York of the recent Environment Agency’s flood relief work. Last summer the riverbank downstream of York was raised by at least a metre, stretching from the Terry’s site all the way to the A64
With reference to Clive Tiney's letter complaining that Workington has got a station up in six days where Haxby has been asking for 20 years (Waiting for train, December 3). As someone who lived in Workington for more than 20 years before moving to
I FULLY endorse the opinion of Jayne Venables (Letters, November 27) regarding the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq was completely unnecessary and Afghanistan is completely unwinnable. I will give my next vote to the first politician who has
WITH reference to “What if it was the other way round?” (Soapbox, December 3). Rubbish. So Mr Jeffrey has no sympathy with the British sailors caught by the Iranians, but would have plenty of sympathy if Iranians, Afghans or Iraqis were caught in our
THE Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is 84 per cent owned by the UK taxpayers, having been bailed out after making huge losses due to high-risk deals by stupid members of staff. The directors of RBS now want to pay staff bonuses of £1.5 billion because they
Most citizens will agree with The Press’s editorial (Bold move by council chief, December 4) that the loss of managerial posts at the council is not a reason for us to gloat. The question on many lips will be, if these posts are not essential
A YOUTH café could return to York city centre with the launch of a campaign on Monday to raise £60,000 to fund the project. York Youth Council will announce on Monday that a new café, aimed at young people, will be one of two projects in the
A FATHER-OF-FOUR who is preparing to tackle the world’s highest peak will don a Santa suit in the run up to Christmas to raise cash for charity. Dave Reeves, from Acomb, in York, plans to make his bid to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 2012 and
RESIDENTS in a York street are being urged to sign up for a local crimefighting initiative. Hempland Lane, in Heworth, has been without an active Neighbourhood Watch network for several years, but now North Yorkshire Police is looking to resurrect
THE top boss at North Yorkshire County Council is stepping down. John Marsden, the authority’s chief executive, will leave in March, after four-and-a-half years in the job. He is becoming chief executive for North Tyneside Council for a year. Mr Marsden
Junior footballer Lydia Bentley has every reason to celebrate. The four-year-old, who lives in Boroughbridge Road, York, is the only girl in the Poppleton Tigers Junior Football Club Under-5s side and she has won the club’s latest weekly
AN inability to keep hold of the ball cost Heworth ARLC Under-18s as they lost their top-of-the-table Yorkshire Combination division two clash with Hull side Sutton Trust Lambwath 18-0. Heworth started well with strong defence giving them territorial
An enforced change of goalkeeper due to illness after just a minute dented Stamford Bridge girls’ hopes as they went one behind to Poppleton. The Bridge then introduced stand-in goalkeeper Ellie Fitzmaurice to the game and she was quickly picking
CHRISTMAS will come early for young York City fans this year with three special themed days at Bootham Crescent. The days will run from 10am to 3pm and provide a chance for boys and girls to meet City’s players, as well as enjoy indoor football coaching
Nestlé Rowntree ousted Pickering Town 4-2 in a thrilling York FA Senior Minor Cup tie. The Rowntree ranks took the lead on two minutes when, following a flowing move and a cross from the right, Tom Kyte headed the ball into the net. Pickering had a
MILLTHORPE School’s netball aces will be flying the flag for York and North Yorkshire at the regional round of the national schools’ tournament. The South Bank school’s under-14s team are the only York area team to reach the regional qualifiers after
DESPITE not being at their best, York Schoolboys Under-11s shared a draw against Hull. In a poor first half, York were wasteful in possession and when they again failed to clear their lines, a Hull striker accepted the gift and drilled the ball into
LAUREN Ellwood and Phoebe Hall were the goal-getters for City of York Hockey Club Under-10 girls in their latest Yorkshire Youth League fixtures. Ellwood fired a hat-trick in a 3-1 opening victory over Ben Rhydding and then repeated the feat against
POCKLINGTON School’s hockey first team are heading for the national schools’ hockey competition finals after tying for first place in the northern heats. The East Yorkshire girls tied with Cheadle Hulme in the northern finals in Manchester. They will
York Schoolboys Under-13s progressed in the West Yorkshire Cup with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Warrington. York took the lead after only ten minutes with a cheeky lob from Jacob Rose. Unbeaten in two years, Warrington stormed back to level
The only game to beat the weather in the York FA Under-19s Cup was at Thorpe, who entertained Rawcliffe, writes Bob Grainger. The first half was even with no goals but chances going begging at both ends. It was Rawcliffe who took the lead early in
York schoolboys Under-14s produced an outstanding display to beat a strong and committed Middlesbrough team 3-1. James Hudson and Billy Chadwick worked hard up front to create an opening but York’s chances were few and far between. A through ball
YORK schoolboys Under-12s stormed into the semi-finals of the cup with a 7-1 home victory over Warrington. Warrington took the lead on six minutes, but the early setback was met with a fantastic response. Striker Ben Hirst levelled four
