Across the country, people celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Bands played at BBC's Music Live in Parliament Street and at Buckingham Palace.

York-born man Richard Markham, 27, suspected of butchering his friend then fleeing to the United States, appeared in court in New York.

Detectives launched a murder inquiry after York busker Anthony John Grayson was found dead in his home.

York's first £1 million apartment went on sale in the Merchant Exchange building overlooking the River Ouse.

A new 15,000-capacity stadium for York City will cost £17.5 million, said John Batchelor.

It emerged that teacher Warren Mapplebeck had suffered three serious injuries playing three different sports in only two years.

World Cup fever hit us, with beer and John Motson for breakfast. Two men who watched England's match against Nigeria on a pub TV were sacked from their jobs at Thrall Europa's York factory - by text message.

Another York fan, Michael Mime, lay on a bed of nails to watch England's quarter final defeat to Brazil.

John Barry became an honorary freeman of York.

The cricket world was in shock following the death of disgraced former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje in a plane crash.

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills married at a remote countryside castle in Ireland.

Police told the parents of missing schoolgirl Amanda Dowler that she was probably dead.

The London stock market saw more than £35 billion wiped from shares as traders reacted to a massive accounting scandal from US giant WorldCom.