A SOLID if not overly spectacular second-half display kept alive York City Knights' hopes of progressing in the Northern Rail Cup. Mick Cook's men trailed 10-4 at half-time yesterday but had the Post Office Road slope in their favour after the interval
SELBY businesses are booming, its house prices are spiralling and now it harbours ambitions to become a university town. Yet not everyone is "on message". Our attention has been drawn to two websites which pay their own special homage to this historic
BOSSES have moved to reassure workers at key North Yorkshire factories - despite difficult market conditions and the loss of some temporary jobs. Posts at Malton Bacon Factory are being axed as the business enters "a trough", but the plant's owners say
ENVIRONMENTAL health bosses have issued a stark warning to York's eateries, after a city restaurateur was convicted of a string of hygiene offences. Mouldy cheese, old crab meat and bacteria-riddled lobster were among the "ingredients" found by food safety
DETECTIVES have issued a description of the man they are seeking in connection with two serious sex attacks in York. Officers said today a man who was arrested yesterday had been released on police bail after being questioned at the city's Fulford Road
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has warned his players that games are now going to get tougher after watching his side win their fourth successive game, writes Dave Flett. Saturday's 5-1 victory over ten-man Forest Green Rovers moved the Minstermen within
ROADS bosses will meet Selby's MP and local councillors next week over fears that a long-awaited bypass could be postponed still further. John Grogan will seek assurances from Highways Agency chiefs that work on the Osgodby bypass is still set to go ahead
GARY Kelly celebrated his 500th appearance with three precious points and then spoke of his responsibility to restore Premiership football to Leeds United. The 2-1 win over Luton Town at Elland Road, coupled with Sheffield United's defeat against QPR,
YORK City Knights second-row John Smith could be facing a hefty ban if he is found guilty of biting in the match against Featherstone Rovers yesterday. An incident midway through the Knights' 22-16 win at Post Office Road was put on report by referee
MORE than 100 jobs by council sub-contractors are to be investigated after an inquiry into how contracts were awarded in a top department found "breaches" in financial regulations. Earlier this month, the Evening Press reported an internal audit had investigated
ALTHOUGH Yorkshire suffered a loss of almost £1.2million in 2005, they expect to make a profit of at least £300,000 in the current year. Finance director Brian Bouttell will tell members of the latest position at the county club's annual meeting at Headingley
YORK City will travel to Altrincham on Saturday hoping to clinch a fifth successive league victory for the first time since 1984. Not since Denis Smith's record-breaking Fourth Division championship team have a Minstermen side collected maximum points
Monday, February 27, 2006 100 years ago The halcyon days of the horse-drawn carriage proprietor and his subordinates - the quizzical cabby and horse-drawn bus driver - had, in most cities passed into history. The electrification and extension of tramway
WINGER Gavin Grant had most to cheer as Heworth ARLC put breathing space between themselves and the re-election zone in National Conference division two with a 40-10 thumping of fellow strugglers Normanton Knights. Grant became only the third Heworth
FRINGE players were given the chance to shine as York RUFC won their friendly encounter at Malton & Norton 27-7. Malton had a completely fresh three-quarter line from the previous week with only Ian Cooke and Tom Pateman remaining and both played
A DOMINANT second half performance gave Pocklington an excellent 12-9 away win at North Ribblesdale in Yorkshire Two. Ribblesdale's heavy pitch is traditionally one of the most difficult places on the circuit to get a result but Pocklington became the
WHEN members of North Yorkshire Police Authority voted to increase the council tax precept by a massive 76 per cent three years ago, one justification was the need to build up the force's "reserve fund". Well, mission accomplished. The police now have
Despite having no personal axe to grind on the smoking issue - I am aware of the health implications, don't like a smoky atmosphere when I'm eating, but enjoy the occasional pint and cigar in a local pub and WMC - I believe the total ban on smoking in
THIS Government and health authorities have tried several different methods to prevent smoking, from warnings and advice to bans in public areas. Now on-the-spot fines are to be introduced. Why have they not stopped tobacco production, closed down the
YOUR article about the legal position for unmarried couples (February 22) appears to infer that a natural parent without parental responsibility has no right to be involved in their own child's education. Department for Education and Employment guidance
ON a busy Saturday afternoon when the Viking festival was on, the car park at Bootham Row was partly empty, except for the actual traffic warden's vehicle. Is this a sign of the times now that the prices are sky high, or merely that everyone is taking
RE your article about mature tree planting along the length of the A1079, (February 18). While I agree that planting mature trees from Kexby Bridge to Dunswell roundabout will improve the vistas along the route, there are other things that are more important
I AM disabled and have not, as yet, had the pleasure of dining at La Vecchia Scuola (The Old School), but I know of a number of people who have and all were full of praise, so I look forward to my first experience with enthusiasm. Peter Martini is, of
COUNCIL tax up 5.8 per cent. Oil prices up five per cent. Insurance up five per cent. Allotment rent up 7.5 per cent. Rail fares up eight per cent Hair cut up ten per cent. Bus fares up 15 per cent. Gas and electricity up 25 per cent. So how come the
THE top two sides in Division Two both drew away from home. Leaders Poppleton, now unbeaten in 13, led at the break with goals from Carl Shepherd and Matt Graham but White Horse stole a point with a Dave Marshall equaliser two minutes from time after
WHELDRAKE, bottom of division three, were two goals up inside the first ten minutes at home to Norton, who roared back to win 7-3 with goals from Chris Seagar (4), Richard Cass (2) and one from Tom Bottomley. Ben Feathers hit a hat-trick for Wheldrake
PICKERING Town warmed up for next week's FA Vase quarter-final tie at Nantwich Town with a 2-0 victory over Brodsworth. The result saw the Pikes move into fifth place in the Northern Counties East League premier division above Thackley, whose game at
MICK Cook said he would let the players enjoy the win rather than slate their mistakes after his York City Knights side got off the mark in the Northern Rail Cup. The Knights won 22-16 at Featherstone to glean their first group six points after two previous
YORK City Knights second-row John Smith could be facing a hefty ban if he is found guilty of biting in the match against Featherstone Rovers yesterday. An incident midway through the Knights' 22-16 win at Post Office Road was put on report by referee
NIDD Vale Motors, the Harrogate and Wetherby Vauxhall dealership, has achieved a double whammy by repeating its success with commercial vehicles. The company sold 248 new vans last year, way ahead of any other Vauxhall retailer in the region. Now Nidd
IT IS all change from pies to perfume at the Coppergate Centre in York. Thomas The Baker had its last day of trading there at the weekend and next month in its stead, the newest branch of the rapidly expanding chain, Passion For Perfume, moves in. Pie-eaters
PERSIMMON, the York-based housebuilder, today reported a record £495.4 million in pre-tax profits for 2005 - 5.9 per cent more than the previous year. These are the sweet fruits of the sales of 12,636 homes (2004: 12,360) generating a turnover of £2.29
WE'VE had My Best Friend's Wedding, now we're preparing for My Best Friend's Baby (I'm hoping Charlize Theron will play me when the story hits the silver screen - we look remarkably similar if you have cataracts and a drink problem). Yes, my closest chum
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has warned his players that games are now going to get tougher after watching his side win their fourth successive game, writes Dave Flett. Saturday's 5-1 victory over ten-man Forest Green Rovers moved the Minstermen within
HAT-TRICK hero Andy Bishop was today top of the Nationwide Conference scoring charts. His treble in Saturday's 5-1 demolition of Forest Green Rovers at KitKat Crescent saw him overtake Woking's Justin Richards, having netted 17 times in the league. Bishop
IT WAS the greatest invasion ever. Tourism bosses said today that more visitors flocked to York for the 21st Jorvik Viking Festival then in any previous year. They were drawn to the city in their thousands to witness the spectacle of bearded "Norsemen
A YOUNG woman glassed a former work colleague in a row at a pub after first pouring drink on her, York Crown Court heard. Katie Coxon, 23, smashed her wine glass into the face of Emma Parsons, causing three cuts which a judge said would "leave her scarred
HERE'S a job York MP Hugh Bayley could do if he ever falls foul of city voters in the future. Mr Bayley took to the bicycle as a city postman on a trip to Royal Mail - one of York's greenest businesses. The Royal Mail uses 250 bicycles every day for delivering
DOZENS of dads took to the rugby field to raise more than £500 for a children's charity. The muddy fathers of junior players at York Rugby Union Club, Clifton, took part in an annual charity match against each other yesterday. Entry fees and a bucket
ALTHOUGH Yorkshire suffered a loss of almost £1.2million in 2005, they expect to make a profit of at least £300,000 in the current year. Finance director Brian Bouttell will tell members of the latest position at the county club's annual meeting at Headingley
POLICE chiefs have been criticised for not spending their full budget - despite having more than £30 million in the bank. An annual report by external auditors rapped North Yorkshire Police Authority for a "continuing tendency to underspend on the revenue
HAT-TRICK hero Andy Bishop was today top of the Nationwide Conference scoring charts. His treble in Saturday's 5-1 demolition of Forest Green Rovers at KitKat Crescent saw him overtake Woking's Justin Richards, having netted 17 times in the league. Bishop
SELBY RUFC left their miserable Yorkshire One form behind them to win 36-20 at Ripon in the second round of the Yorkshire Shield. Two Richard Hooks' penalties fired the home side ahead but Selby quickly hit back when Wright Phillips and Matthew Smith
IT was the sort of European union that all York residents could applaud. French, Belgium, Russian and Polish visitors joined the Scandinavian invaders to make the 21st Viking festival the most multicultural yet. This event gets bigger and better every
THE Selby rail disaster happened five years ago tomorrow. Gavin Aitchison speaks to a rescuer and a resident who were first on the scene about how their memories of the tragedy remain terribly alive today. "IT was dark, snowing and foggy. We arrived on
COUN Galloway states the FTR bus will be the start of something really big for the city (February 23). What he really means is something too big for the city. This is obvious by the amount of alterations are taking place on the number 4 route. In Acomb
Mick Snowden (Letters, February 21) would have us believe that life in France is quite wonderful and that, by inference, life in the UK is not. He writes of "helpful police, of a town that is home to folk of every colour and creed, emanating an air of
I WAS very pleased to see the letters from Abdu Naeb defending his restaurant La Vecchia Scuola and from another satisfied customer (February 23). I too thought the review published (February 18) was "nit-picking". To label the service "forgetful" because
I see that we are urged once again to celebrate York's favourite dictator. This will give children a chance to learn what fun it was working in fourth-century Euroland, and show them that Christianity and slavery can go hand in hand. It will also teach
THORPE United, the main challengers for Dringhouses' Leeper Hare York and District League premier division title, dropped vital points on Saturday. Second-placed Thorpe found themselves twice behind at home to Bishopthorpe, and had to settle for a 2-2
Last season's champion jockey Jamie Spencer and Saleem Golam, who shared the apprentice title with Hayley Turner, can both succeed at Lingfield tomorrow. Spencer has good chances of a double, while Golam rides Nap selection Tycheros in the First Past
