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  • Glass found in pub meal

    A MAN who was shocked to find glass in his food as he celebrated his birthday at a York pub says he is still waiting for an apology - almost five months later. Patrick Paine, of Haxby Road, York, made the shock discovery when he bit into a mushroom as

  • Global eating adventure

    DINERS will be able to enjoy a global adventure without leaving the comfort of York, thanks to staff at Melton's Too. From Monday, the menus at the Walmgate caf-bar and bistro will follow a cooks' tour around the world in 80 dishes. For each day until

  • Forklift truck driver in rescue drama

    AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into how a forklift truck driver became trapped underneath his machine at a York potato distribution plant. Quick-thinking colleagues used another forklift truck to free the 47-year-old man at the RS Cockerill "potato

  • Mother over limit twice in two days

    A NORTH YORKSHIRE woman caught drink-driving on two consecutive days was going to pick up her children on the first occasion, and actually had them with her in the car on the second, a court heard. Mother-of-two Ginette Louise Taylor, 39, of Oxcroft,

  • Back off! Residents win yobs battle

    ONE out - all out. This is the last-ditch approach being adopted by residents on a troubled estate to deal with young thugs who are making their lives a misery. At the first sign of trouble, all householders in the Tedder Road area of Acomb, York, come

  • Decision due on flats plan

    REVISED plans to convert a York nursing home into flats are set to be approved. The original scheme to demolish Laurens Manor nursing home in Lawrence Street and replace it with 24 flats was slammed by councillors as resembling a "1950s army barracks"

  • Jackson high at Hull

    YORK City Knights fans are set to show their respect for new captain Lee Jackson by turning out in force for the former Great Britain international's forthcoming benefit match. Two of Jackson's former top-flight clubs, Hull FC and Leeds Rhinos, clash

  • Guest house meter shock

    ANOTHER York householder has told how his property could have been set ablaze after a fault developed near his electricity meter. Gary Miller said he came downstairs at his guest house, Bowen House, off Huntington Road, at 6am one day just after Christmas

  • Soccer thugs jailed by judge

    THREE football hooligans who were caught on camera during trouble at a York City match have been jailed. York Crown Court heard that seats were ripped up and coins thrown at stewards during a match between City and Carlisle United at Bootham Crescent.

  • Pledge sought on racing fund

    CITY MP Hugh Bayley wants assurances that a pot of funding which helped pay for the £22 million Ebor Stand at York Racecourse will be protected under a radical Government shake-up. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has introduced a Bill to abolish

  • Brush-off for louts

    COUNCIL officials are hopeful that a major revamp will stop louts terrorising people in a York public garden. Residents of Westgate Apartments in Leeman Road have called for extra security at the War Memorial Gardens. They claim gangs of drunken yobs

  • Your chance to play at Crescent

    CITY fans wanting to emulate their heroes and display their skills on the hallowed turf at Bootham Crescent are being invited to bid for a place in the Fans' Match, which has now been confirmed for Sunday, May 9. Following the success of the auction held

  • Trust in league of their own

    PROOF of York City Supporters' Trust's pre-eminence in English football was provided by findings in the Football Governance Research Centre's annual report. The third annual survey into the corporate governance of professional football clubs, entitled

  • Gibb quits Bantams

    NORTH Yorkshire entrepreneur Gordon Gibb has resigned as chairman of First Division strugglers Bradford City. Gibb, boss of Flamingo Land, at Kirby Misperton, near Pickering, told the club's official website, www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk: "It is with sadness

  • Seconds doubt for Heworth

    HEWORTH ARLFC could be down to one open age side for the rest of the season after struggling to get together an 'A' team for much of the campaign. It has been a bad season all round for the Villagers, whose first team are now stuck near the foot of the

  • Return ticket for Shaw

    SHEFFIELD Wednesday striker Jon Shaw has not ruled out a return to York City this season. Shaw, 20, was recalled by Owls boss Chris Turner this week from his loan stay with the Minstermen and was set to be named among the substitutes for today's Division