Delighted York City manager Terry Dolan has a real selection headache ahead of tomorrow's home game with Darlington. Substitutes Colin Alcide and Graham Potter made such an impact in Saturday's 3-1 victory at Mansfield that both could now be pressing
A tradition dating back four-and-a half centuries has fallen victim to the foot and mouth crisis - although the efforts of a lone North Yorkshire horseman mean the event will not die out forever. The Kiplingcotes Derby horse race, run over four miles
Dog walkers were today urged to comply with footpath closures in York which have been made due to the foot and mouth crisis. Many footpaths and cycle paths across the City of York area are closed because they either lead to or are next to agricultural
I AM sure there will be many of your readers like myself who take exception to Julian Cole's childish drivel and bigoted criticism (Evening Press, March 8) of William Hague. I suggest it is Julian Cole who is completely out of touch and in cloud cuckoo
I THINK it rather perverse to argue that an institution as popular as the British monarchy is undemocratic (March 2). Though that curious novelty, the royal family, is often criticised, surveys consistently show support for the monarchy (which we fortunately
I SHOULD like to thank all the following people who helped my invalid husband who was taken ill in Colliergate. The gentleman who helped him and stopped the police car, the two police who took him to his appointment, all the staff at Rayner's opticians
Smoking kills - but try telling that to teenagers who think it's cool. STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to one smoker who wishes she could stop IF THERE is one thing June Beveridge would love to do, it is turn back the clock to when she was 14. Not because she wants
Q WE have been happily married for 30 years and the youngest of our four children has recently left home. It's the first time we've been alone for 26 years and we have started arguing, mostly about the children. My husband thinks that I spoil them. I
Q MY boyfriend and I are getting married in six months, all the plans are made and everything is in place except for my feelings. We are both 21 and have been engaged for three years. Over the past few months I have felt anxious and unsure that I am ready
Easingwold's sidecar star Steve Webster set a lap record in finishing second place in the at opening round of the 2001 FIM Sidecar World Cup in Valencia, Spain yesterday. It was a great effort by a delighted Webster, who has done hardly any pre-season
Pickering Town's promotion hopes were dented as they were beaten in a top-of-the-table clash at home to ten-man Hall Road Rangers. The Pikes started the game only a point behind Rangers with three games in hand, but the 2-1 defeat has swung the advantage
Competition winner Sarah King is a gran in a million. The pensioner, from Market Weighton, is giving away her £1 million prize-money from a competition in a national newspaper to her family, keeping just enough for herself to buy a new hearing aid. Mrs
York, not unexpectedly, lost to unbeaten North East Two League leaders Halifax 95-0. Not long into the match, statisticians were searching their memories in an attempt to recall whether bottom club York had ever conceded 100 points before. In the end,
A suspected serious neck injury to captain Lee Frank forced York Acorn's home clash with Hull Dockers to be stopped five minutes before the end. He was hurt as he set up a try for winger Steven Irving and had to be removed from the field by paramedics
A slice of life at Bishopthorpe Palace 200 years ago, with its scullery maids, gardeners and coachmen, has emerged from the annals of Britain's census. A census return dating back to 1801, the year when Britons were first surveyed en-masse, shows the
A couple who jokingly describe themselves as the "last of the big breeders" celebrated their golden wedding with more than 100 friends and family at the weekend. Geoff and Jean Pallister, of Burton Stone Lane, York, have 11 children, 32 grandchildren,
Delighted York City manager Terry Dolan has a real selection headache ahead of tomorrow's home game with Darlington. Substitutes Colin Alcide and Graham Potter made such an impact in Saturday's 3-1 victory at Mansfield that both could now be pressing
York City's renaissance continues and proof, if it were needed, that this remarkable upturn in fortunes is a genuine one. It took a couple of superbly-timed and well-placed substitutions to turn the tide in City's favour but once the Minstermen got in
Exciting plans to create the first children's university in the region at a York primary school were revealed today. Tang Hall Primary School is to open the Saturday morning "university" from September to give children in the area the chance to learn
THE angry confrontation witnessed south of York at the weekend is not the first and will not be the last of this foot and mouth crisis. Farmer Stephen Fell's fear that the disease will reach his farm turned to fury, directed at the neighbouring Yorkshire
ANY rural resident seeking respite from conflict by travelling to York this weekend would have been deeply disappointed. The city resounded to the sound of 250 voices raised against the Coppergate Riverside development. Here is another dispute between
York City's renaissance continues and proof, if it were needed, that this remarkable upturn in fortunes is a genuine one. It took a couple of superbly-timed and well-placed substitutions to turn the tide in City's favour but once the Minstermen got in
From front to back and back to front, a versatile Colin Alcide admits he is enjoying a new lease of life with York City. Alcide's second-half introduction against Mansfield on Saturday kick-started a whirlwind turn around in fortunes for the Minstermen
Kevin Darley, who is eagerly preparing for the defence of his jockeys' title when the Flat turf season starts on Thursday week at Doncaster, gets some match practice on the sand at Southwell tomorrow. The Sheriff Hutton rider, who last week rode a double
Farmers spoke today of their increasing sense of isolation during the deepening foot and mouth crisis. And the Samaritans warned that the number of suicides by farmers could rise as they became more isolated and depressed. Rachel Brayshaw, director of
WITH reference to Peter Evely, head of highways and regulation at City of York Council, I respectfully suggest he dons a mobile policeman's uniform and directs his energies towards sorting out some of the grid-locked traffic that seems to blight York
HAVING a painful shoulder can be an agonising experience, but is all too common for people suffering from the arthritis. Treatment, such as injections and drugs, can help, and different types of surgery are now widely available, including shoulder-replacement
WE congratulate the Shipton Players on their clever, funny show Bye Bye Birdie. They really rocked the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. Everybody's role was believable and the choreography was brilliantly worked out and performed. Keep them coming Shipton Players
STEPHEN LEWIS examines worrying evidence that food isn't what it used to be. THOSE perfect rosy apples and pristine white cabbages down at your local supermarket may look toothsome enough. But new research indicates that, with food as with everything
THE 2001 census will count almost 60 million people who live in about 24 million households. It will ask 40 questions and generate two billion bits of information to create statistics that will generate more than £50 billion of public spending each year
FOR every extrovert proclamation of York history, such as the Minster, the bar walls and Clifford's Tower, there are numerous lesser-known gems. One such treasured corner of York is now under threat from over-development, according to city conservationists
City of York Council is bidding for nearly £250,000 from the Government in a pre-emptive strike against the development of "sink estates". The authority wants to attract key workers, such as teachers and nurses, to live in flats in certain areas which
York MP Hugh Bayley paid a visit to an innovative bicycle recycling project in the city and declared it the wheel deal. Mr Bayley was visiting the Recyclist scheme at New Earswick which has become a permanent fixture for youngsters in the city since it
Selby beat North Yorkshire visitors Ripon 20-11 in Yorkshire One. The Sandhill Lane side's tries came from a rolling maul and one by centre Martin Bramley. Both were converted by Carl Paterson who also kicked two penalties. Winger George Whitaker scored
A prison officer from Wealstun Prison, near Wetherby, has won a prestigious award for his innovative work with prisoners. Chris Robinson will be among 38 prison service staff from across the country who were visiting Buckingham Palace today to receive
York RI'S Yorkshire Three promotion hopes were dealt a big blow as they crashed 32-16 at Halifax Vandals. RI were leading 16-0 after 30 minutes of a rain-lashed encounter on Vandals' hill-top pitch and looked to be heading for a useful interval lead.
A pensioner told today how he lost a thumb when he crashed on an icy road - and said better gritting might have prevented his accident. And 70-year-old Eric Cramp, from Pickering, called for the compulsory gritting of all main routes in bad weather. Eric
Education bosses in York have been told to slash the number of surplus places in the city's schools. The Government has announced the number of schools in each area of the country where a quarter or more places were not filled in the last school year.
New Earswick All Blacks gave themselves a survival lifeline with an outstanding 25-24 win at Normanton Knights to climb off the foot of the National Conference League second division. Remarkably the manner of their victory was an exact repeat of their
Former world featherweight champion Paul Ingle has finally returned to his Scarborough home after almost three months' hospital treatment following his near-fatal fight in Sheffield. The 28-year-old had been in Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, for five
From front to back and back to front, a versatile Colin Alcide admits he is enjoying a new lease of life with York City. Alcide's second-half introduction against Mansfield on Saturday kick-started a whirlwind turn around in fortunes for the Minstermen
Members of two police forces, the fire and rescue service and the coastguard launched an air and ground search after receiving a possible sighting of a body floating in the River Ouse. But after extensive checks the only object found in the water was
A 250-strong army of demonstrators rallied in the shadow of Clifford's Tower and vowed to keep battling against the controversial Coppergate II shopping centre scheme. Resounding chants of "our city is not for sale" had earlier echoed through the streets
An angry row broke out between a farmer and a neighbouring paintballing centre as they battled to save their livelihoods from the foot and mouth crisis. The confrontation was sparked as Stephen Fell, who farms at Thorganby, south of York, sought in vain
WOMEN put up with pain and risk serious long-term foot problems to look attractive. High heels are worth the agony, says one female in five - interviewed as part of a survey - adding that they endure years of discomfort to please boyfriends, husbands
