THE TAXI cab kiosk at York railway station and the clock tower and score indicator board at York Racecourse may not be as famous as the city's leading landmark, the Minster. But they will help put York on the global map when they feature together on a
THE Evening Press has joined in a Lion-hearted battle against blindness, which is taking to the streets of York this month. Members of the city's three Lions Clubs - Derwent, Minster and York - will be spending most of Saturday highlighting their international
MORE than 300 mourners attended the funeral of a popular Korean War veteran from Stockton-on-the-Forest, who was "liked by everyone." Stan Hudson, 68, served as a Royal Navy chef on the destroyer, HMS Comus in the Korean War from 1951 to 1952 and was
YORK made up for the bitter disappointment suffered on Saturday against the reigning Yorkshire ECB County Premier League champions, Doncaster, hitting back to beat Yorkshire Academy at Clifton Park yesterday by 28 runs. For York's former skipper, Ian
FORMER York City starlet Jonathan Greening looks set to do his former club a financial favour having made his peace with Sir Alex Ferguson. Reports suggest Scarborough-born youngster Greening is set to sign an extension to his current contract at Manchester
COUNCIL leaders in Scarborough are drawing up plans to give boxing king Paul Ingle an official hero's welcome home. The Yorkshire Hunter returned to North Yorkshire yesterday after coming off the canvas in Madison Square Garden, New York, to defeat Junior
DESPITE the wettest April for more than 100 years, all the opening fixtures in division ten of the IT Sports York Mixed Tennis League were completed. Having an extra team, division ten sides have started a week early and will finish a week later than
MOURNERS today paid their last respects to a 26-year-old York man who died in a car crash. Friends and family gathered at York Crematorium for the funeral of Allen Grimes, who was killed when his car ran off the A59 York to Harrogate road, near Green
REGULARS at a pub near York made a special fundraising effort to thank the doctors and nurses who look after the publican's young daughter. Elizabeth Richardson, eight, whose parents Kirsty and Nigel run the Carpenter's Arms at Fangfoss, near York, has
AN 86-year-old former Bishop of Knaresborough has spoken of his joy that he is to marry a former parishioner who was once a teenage member of his church youth group. The Right Reverend Ralph Emmerson sat clasping the hand of 59-year-old Elizabeth Firth
BROTHERS who have been separated for 30 years had plenty to celebrate when they were reunited on the emotional occasion of their mother's 80th birthday. Mavis Wordingham, 80 today, of Stockton Lane, York, was speechless when her son David Webster, who
YVONNE Sleightholme - the jilted bride jailed for life for shooting dead her love rival in a North Yorkshire farmyard - has failed in her latest attempt to prove her innocence. The independent Criminal Cases Review Commission has rejected her application
HOUSEHOLDERS will be asked to seal the fate of York's swimming pools as the city council launches its biggest public consultation. Every home in the city is to be sent a questionnaire asking residents what they want to happen to the three pools - the
WE can put the final decoration on top of our £50,000 in 50 days festive tree thanks to our readers and an All Gold contribution to the cause. With £4,000 needed from last week's figure to meet our target of £50,000 by the Millennium's end, St Leonard's
ENVIRONMENT Minister Chris Mullin visited York to back the Labour Party's local election campaign in the city. Mr Mullin, who is also a well-known author, was in the Burton Green area of the Bootham ward for which there will be a by-election on May 11
AN opening spell of dire defence cost York Wasps any hope of ending Oldham's winning at Boundary Park. The Wasps tackling was non-existent as Oldham, who went into the game on the back of five successive wins, ran in three tries in the first 20 minutes
Leroy McKenzie could miss the rest of York Wasps' season after sustaining a suspected broken jaw in yesterday's 40-18 defeat at Oldham. The winger was helped from the Boundary Park pitch with blood pouring from his face after a 60th minute tackle on Oldham
