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  • Red-hot Ross in goal bonanza

    THE top individual honours in division three went to Sheriff Hutton's Ross Moyniham, who hit eight of his side's 11 goals against Cawood. Kevin Butler (2) and a goal from Matt Green completed the rout. York RI won be the same 11-goal margin when they

  • Eeles wriggles Pikes through

    ROB Eeles fired Pickering Town into the last 32 of the FA Vase with a dramatic last extra-time goal at Billingham Synthonia. The Pikes progressed after a 3-2 victory with the scores deadlocked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. Mark Swailes put the visitors in

  • Malt thriller

    MALTON and Norton got back to winning ways with four tries in the second half to beat Morpeth 29-24 in an exciting clash at The Gannock. With the scores level near the end, Jason Simpson grabbed the winning try to complete a fine hat-trick and settle

  • RI can't hang on to their lead

    YORK RI went down 23-12 at third-placed Baildon in a hard-fought Yorkshire Three game that was in the balance until the final quarter. Playing down the slope in the first half, Baildon went in front with a Smithies penalty after only five minutes. The

  • Mitchell grabs Pock hat-trick

    POCKLINGTON had to wait until the later stages of both halves to make their advantage count, eventually pulling away to a 34-7 Yorkshire Two victory over Leodiensians. Pock took an early lead with a Nicky Bennett penalty but they suffered a reverse when

  • Victorious York flatter to deceive

    A 40-10 victory over Acklam represents a comfortable advance in York's quest to gain promotion from Powergen Durham and Northumberland League One. In fact, it was a poor display punctured by indifferent handling and poor option taking. It was a fine dry

  • Get yer Claus on 'em

    'Tis the season to be jolly... but if you consumed the following list of wines at one sitting, you would probably end up much less than jolly on a trolley in the A&E department. So take what you will from my 12 wines of Christmas selection. I have

  • Furious Busby cancels City squad's days off

    YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby has cancelled all days off this week as he punishes his players for Saturday's "inept" performance at Northwich Victoria. Busby called the team in for extra training yesterday following the 3-0 defeat and has threatened

  • Helping disabled pays off for firm

    An innovative North Yorkshire firm announced it had doubled its turnover in under a year - thanks to a ground-breaking new product that helps disabled customers of retailers and banks. Quickchange Products Ltd, of Boston Spa, has designed a pack of equipment

  • Use rail to cut road carnage

    YOUR two-page spread about road deaths (December 1) was both moving and informative. It chimed in for me with another recent item about a service in Ripon cathedral for those affected by road accidents. There are ten deaths on roads in the UK every day

  • It's all right

    MR Bonner (Letters, December 8) does not need to worry any more about Iraq because Tony Blair has told us that everything will be all right after the elections in January. The only fly in the ointment is that he told us everything would be all right after

  • There are limits

    WHEN Mr Scaife says "I respect the solidity of Mr Billingham's faith, just as I wish he and his ilk would respect the fact that most people have different beliefs", he concedes too much (Letters, December 10). There is every reason to tolerate the God

  • Let's keep paying

    WHILE agreeing with Maxine Gordon that the BBC licence fee takes no account of ability to pay (December 9), we should think twice before rushing to call for its abolition. The great advantage of the licence fee is that it provides the BBC with a source

  • Clamping answers

    IN response to Mr Eggleton's letter ("Sell this car to highest bidder", November 29) City of York Council's new clamping and removal powers are governed by national regulations. This means we cannot dispose of a vehicle until it has remained unclaimed

  • We left York filled with festive spirit

    MY wife and I finally got a night away on December 8 and, as we often do, we decided to spend it in York. Being a regular reader of your web pages, I was worried that parts of the city might be beginning to look unfamiliar with new developments sprouting

  • Russian space veterans land in York for talk

    TWO veterans of the Russian space programme are visiting York to talk to young people about the possibility of a manned trip to Mars. Former cosmonaut Colonel Alexander Volkov, and Dr Alexander Martynov, who was head of ballistics in mission control near

  • Youths hunted after attack on Samaritan

    A BIRTHDAY night out turned sour for a 36-year-old good Samaritan when he was beaten up after breaking up a fight. The man, who has not been named, was making his way to York station to catch a taxi at a2.30am on Saturday with friends, and managed to

  • Rider dies in York smash

    A YOUNG motorcyclist was killed when his moped was in collision with a car in west York. The man, from the Acomb area, was pronounced dead at the scene following the crash, which happened at 5pm yesterday in Chaloners Road, Dringhouses, near the Herdsman

  • Woodward sees 'houses home

    LEEPER Hare York and District Football League premier division leaders Dringhouses just edged out Haxby United in a seven-goal thriller to hold on to top spot. Dringhouses were 2-0 up through Jamie Bonarius and an own goal after 20 minutes but the home

  • Oh Mersey me!

    A YORK man who has been a lifelong Liverpool FC fan is preparing to see his daughter act as mascot to the team - and walk out on to the pitch with his favourite player. Malcolm Hurst, 45, of Lingfield Crescent, off Tadcaster Road, York, said he was probably

  • Eeles wriggles Pikes through

    ROB Eeles fired Pickering Town into the last 32 of the FA Vase with a dramatic last extra-time goal at Billingham Synthonia. The Pikes progressed after a 3-2 victory with the scores deadlocked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. Mark Swailes put the visitors in

  • Leeds having to tread with caution

    LEEDS United, who already have one of the smallest squads in the Coca-Coola Championship, have five players on the brink of suspension. Gary Kelly's yellow card in the 1-1 draw at West Ham on Friday night took him to four for the season, along with Danny

  • Driver hunted after smash

    POLICE are hunting the driver of a Saab car, who sped off without paying for petrol and ran into the path of a bus, sparking a dramatic crash. The blue Saab 9000 clipped a Fiat Punto heading towards York when the Saab reached the road outside the Jet

  • Furious Busby cancels City squad's days off

    YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby has cancelled all days off this week as he punishes his players for Saturday's "inept" performance at Northwich Victoria. Busby called the team in for extra training yesterday following the 3-0 defeat and has threatened

  • Baby unit raid terror

    A YOUNG mum returning to her room on a York Hospital maternity ward was confronted by a burglar rifling through her possessions. The discovery left Nicola Oldroyd, 22, terrified - and her family demanding answers about hospital security on a ward where

  • Insults to the intelligent

    BOYS will be boys, I suppose. But when do the pranks, the silliness, the name-calling and - you may think this is too strong a word, but I'm going to use it anyway - the naughtiness actually stop? There is something to be said for the sticks and stones

  • Northwich Victoria 3, York City 0

    CARETAKER boss Viv Busby called for consistency ahead of Saturday's trip to Northwich Victoria after taking four points in two matches from high-flying Carlisle and Halifax. Unfortunately for Busby, the Minstermen have consistently failed to string together

  • Way we were

    Monday, December 13, 2004 100 years ago: Calverley, in the West Riding, was disturbed at the rediscovery of its famous ghost. In the reign of James I the hall there was owned by a member of the Calverley family, who was tried at York for the murder of

  • Tighten up security

    YORK Hospital is a public place and cannot be made into a prison. Visitors come and go because that is the nature of a hospital. So it is possible to have sympathy with the hospital authorities following an incident in which a thief gained access to the

  • Wonderful life

    SOMETIMES the past throws up delightful surprises. So it is with tonight's Yesterday Once More story about a precursor to Bridget Jones, the self-doubting, calorie-counting diarist with a tangled love life. While the fictional Bridget grew from newspaper

  • Shooting stars come to York

    NORMALLY the Diary tries to avoid this modern obsession with fame. But today is an exception. Today we have a sackful of A-list celebs. Not convinced? Try these names on for size: Hugh Grant, Jemima Khan and Claudia Schiffer. And we may even throw in

  • Woodward sees 'houses home

    LEEPER Hare York and District Football League premier division leaders Dringhouses just edged out Haxby United in a seven-goal thriller to hold on to top spot. Dringhouses were 2-0 up through Jamie Bonarius and an own goal after 20 minutes but the home

  • Homesick Harrogate suffering

    HARROGATE crashed to a sixth defeat in seven matches and head to Manchester next week with a relegation dogfight on their hands. Saturday's 26-15 National Two setback to Waterloo was Harrogate's fifth home defeat of the season yet they got off to a great

  • Honours even at Selby

    SELBY RUFC dropped a crucial Yorkshire One point when they were held 15-15 by Dinnington at Sandhill Lane. They had enough early possession to have built up a commanding lead but didn't take their chances and found themselves 8-5 down at the interval.

  • 100 years war on poverty

    A century ago today, York confectioner Joseph Rowntree launched a pioneering charity which was to play a key role in the battle against poverty throughout the 20th century. Mike Laycock examines the foundation that was named after the philanthropist -

  • He's back

    NEW Earswick All Blacks pulled off one of the shocks of the second round as they beat National Conference League side Stanningley 25-8. And the GMB Union National Cup tie marked a memorable return to action of former York City Knights legend Rich Hayes

  • Cumbrian shock for Kay's Acorn

    YORK Acorn were shocked in the GMB Union National Cup as they crashed to a second round defeat to Cumberland League side Kells. The tie was always going to be tough against the Cumbrian aces, who are going for the title in their county's top division,

  • York MD goes for growth

    DAVID Roberts has been appointed managing director (MD) of LG01, the rapidly-expanding hi-tech data consultancy based at the York Science Park. It is the first time that the organisation has had an MD, and Mr Roberts, 48, plans to develop new markets

  • York urged to promote the appliance of science

    SET And The City will be the subject of the keynote speech by Sir Peter Williams, chairman of the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB), when he addresses Venturefest Yorkshire 2005, at York Racecourse, on February 2. He will use the science and technology

  • Stunned by Satan

    I READ in a recent article that there is a short supply of Santa's Grotto's in York. I am afraid the situation is much worse. I was utterly stunned to learn that the York Dungeon is offering an alternative under the title of Satan's Grotto. I find it

  • Paper trial

    REGARDING the Satan's Grotto to be exhibited in York Dungeon over the Christmas period. I gather children will be encouraged to sign a bit of paper giving their souls to the devil. In case anyone thinks bits of paper are harmless, it was orders on bits

  • Medieval rants

    I'D just like to thank Mr Taylor for his letter "Satan's Grotto is an offensive idea" (November 24). As well as swelling the Dungeon's coffers at Yule, what he began has provided me with a convenient list of churches to avoid ("Don't expose young minds

  • Here to help

    AN Inland Revenue spokesman recently decried the "disparaging comments" made by the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) about working tax credit. The spokesman said: "There is nothing wrong with the process now" and went on to claim that Citizens Advice Bureaux

  • Trust is right

    THE York Civic Trust are right to have railed against the rush to build high-rise buildings (December 7). Over recent years, York has had its fair share of planning blunders, resulting in ugly architecture. Buildings such as the incongruous HSBC Bank

  • Clampdown on traders

    ROGUE traders who prey on York's elderly residents could face court as city councillors step up their campaign against doorstep crime. People who carry out bogus property repairs, or pushy salesmen who call uninvited, could now be prosecuted for failing

  • Sarah's outstanding

    A TALENTED singer from York was presented with an award by Beatles producer Sir George Martin at the BAFTA theatre in London. Sarah Eyeington, 22, of Acomb, won the Outstanding Music Student Of The Year award at the prestigious ceremony. She scooped the

  • City's industrial past unearthed

    REMAINS of a Victorian iron foundry which played a crucial part in York's industrial history have been uncovered by archaeologists. Excavations at a building site in Walmgate have uncovered walls of the Walker Iron Foundry, a 19th ironmongers based in

  • Man jailed over drugs in flat

    A BUSINESSMAN who had more than 300 Viagra substitute tablets and £45,000 in cash hidden in his Walmgate, York, flat has been jailed for four months for a string of drug offences. Even a character reference from a former Lord Mayor of York, David Wilde

  • Victorious York flatter to deceive

    A 40-10 victory over Acklam represents a comfortable advance in York's quest to gain promotion from Powergen Durham and Northumberland League One. In fact, it was a poor display punctured by indifferent handling and poor option taking. It was a fine dry

  • From Settle to Bridgnorth

    STUNNING scenery, classic rail journeys and the chance to buy some top-class porcelain - all in one great weekend. Newmarket, the Reader Holiday Company, is offering a Rails, Peaks & Fells weekend which is not to be missed. It includes trips on the