YORK City new boss Steve Watson is hoping to have “two or three” new faces for next weekend’s home match against National League North leaders Chorley. The former Gateshead manager’s Minstermen reign started with a 3-1 defeat at title-chasing Stockport
YORK City Knights notched a morale-boosting win in their final pre-season outing prior to their return to the Championship – dismissing Dewsbury Rams with a 34-0 victory at Bootham Crescent. The League One champions scored three tries in the first
A PAIR of Ska legends will perform alongside Jools Holland in Scarborough this year. Pauline Black and Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, from Ska pioneers The Selecter, will perform with Jools and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at Scarborough Spa’s Grand
YORK City Knights have pulled off a major coup with the signing of Kriss Brining - bringing the former fan favourite back to Bootham Crescent. Scarborough-born Brining, 25, who came through the ranks at York, has spent the past two seasons in Super
POLICE want to speak to this man after a £6,750 engagement ring was stolen in York. North Yorkshire Police said the ring was taken from the Goldsmiths jewellers in Spurriergate at about 4.30pm on Saturday, December 15, but have only just released
TWO vehicles were seized by police during an operation to protect rural land. North Yorkshire Police's Tadcaster Neighbourhood Policing Team, along with Rural Watch members, saw two vehicles at about 10.45pm on Thursday, January 17, which were believed
A WOMAN had to be cut free from a car following a crash. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service sent crews to the A1079 near Dunnington at about 10.10am on Saturday, where a silver car and a black 4x4 had collided. The road was closed for
HE MAY be used to sharing tales of ghosts and ghouls, but has Trevor Rooney now found himself entangled with aliens? Trevor, who runs The Ghost Tour of York, claims to have caught footage of an Unidentified Flying Object while enjoying a coffee
THE race to be named York's best new building of last year will begin later this month with a challenge for city planners: let's make York whole again. The guest speaker at the launch of the 13th annual York Design Awards on January 30 will be
THE emergence of the Skoda Fabia from also-ran to leading contender in the family hatchback stakes is complete. Now with a striking new look and equipment levels to match anything on offer from rivals, it has been overhauled from top to bottom.
The squat stone church of All Hallows, in the tiny village of Goodmanham on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, is more important than it seems. It was at this spot that, in AD 627, Edwin, the King of Northumbria, was converted to Christianity. The church
HE has hitch-hiked in fish wagons, grabbed a lift home from the legendary Norman Wilkinson and endured a 17-hour wasted trip, but loyal supporter Dave Smith does not regret one-minute of the pilgrimage that has seen him watch 500 York City away games
There truly is something for everyone in this year's York Residents' Festival, reports MAXINE GORDON WHETHER you want to whizz round a race track pretending to be Lewis Hamilton, travel back in time to the age of the Vikings, or enjoy a river cruise
Queen Margaret’s Arch Location of plaque: Bootham Postern, Exhibition Square THE neat archway which cuts through the section of old abbey wall stretching into York's Exhibition Square is perfectly good as medieval archways go. But you
THE family of a York schoolboy with a rare illness said they were delighted to learn that a city business is donating £10,000 in his honour. William Rhodes, 10, undergoes lifesaving blood transfusions every three weeks to cope with the extremely
A YORK rugby club is to stage a special tournament on Sunday to raise funds for a player’s sister who is fighting cancer. Ten teams from across York are set to take part in the sevens contest at York Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club to help mother-of-three
A SERIAL offender used "contactless" bank cards to defraud their owners and city stores on an industrial scale, York Magistrates' Court heard. Martyn Bell, 36, went on a fraud tour around York convenience shops and supermarkets, touching stores
THE dale of Airedale is rarely explored in favour of the more popular Yorkshire Dales but there are some interesting shorter walks with great views and pretty vales. This one from Sutton-in-Craven is one of the best. I parked on the road outside
THE boss of a York catering company that prides itself on its meat dishes has gone vegan for a month - to help a nine-year-old girl with a rare condition that limits her to a plant-based diet. Gerrard Dillon, owner of the Hog and Apple Food Company
PYRAMID Gallery, in Stonegate, York, is starting a special anniversary year with exhibitions by Kate Pettitt and John and Jude Jelfs that open today with a launch between 11am and 2.30pm. York artist Kate will be present at the opening as gallery
CITY Screen, York, are marking the arrival of Stan & Ollie at the Picturehouse cinema in Coney Street by filming a mock Laurel & Hardy comedy caper. "We had a lot of fun at City Screen making this little video," says marketing manager Dave
