PARANORMAL activity has been reported at the Dean Court Hotel, and a team of spectre detectors are investigating.

What could be causing it? Are residents of nearby York Minster swapping the austerity of the crypt for a few nights in luxury?

We have another theory. Ghouls do not have to pay the new parking charges. So they are the only guests who can check in to a city centre hotel without fearing the dreaded footsteps of the traffic warden.

Updated: 11:11 Tuesday, September 07, 2004