York | Archive | 2001 | December
THIS thought-provoking book raises more questions than it answers. Haunted Land takes us from pre-history to modern times, from Shamanism, through the wild hunt of Europe, to witches, werewolves and vampires and ends with road ghosts, spectral figures and phantom hitchhikers. more...
Warrior Race: A History Of The British At War by Lawrence James (Little Brown, £25). more...
Beastly Tales From Here And There and Three Chinese Poets, both by Vikram Seth (Phoenix, £9.99 and £7.99) more...
Joanne Haywood delves into the life and theatrical times of one of Britain's finestleading ladies. more...
Objectors have - as feared - forced a public inquiry into the proposed Bilbrough Top flyover. more...
The notorious Bilbrough Top accident blackspot on the A64 near Tadcaster claimed more victims today. more...
A COUPLE have slammed delays in building an A64 flyover after inquests heard how two pedestrians - including their son - died trying to cross the dual carriageway. more...
I PICKED up my Press and on the front page there was a free packet of Smarties. I like Smarties, my figure does not, but I didn't care, I ate the lot! more...
DR Duncan Campbell wrote that the thugs who threw a cat at a bus windscreen should be hung, drawn and quartered, at the least (December 17). more...
THE expression `the patient', referring to Sophie, Countess of Wessex, by her husband Prince Edward, is a form of endearment. more...
In his attack on York schools (Letters, November 24), Ken Beavan misses the point. Whenever we are asked to comment on issues such as league tables, we always stress that such figures need to be looked at in context. more...
IN his letter of December 17 T Smith says it is wrong and somehow "humiliating" to let "Brussels rule our country...", describing the sacrifices made by British servicemen and women during the two world wars, as well as his own war service in the Royal Navy. more...
ONCE again the subject of sexual abuse and paedophilia has been catapulted into the media spotlight and once again we watched in horror as the judge revealed the terrible truth of Ray Whiting and his depraved past. more...
YOUR feature on cyclists who ride without lights (December 12) emphasised cyclists' responsibilities, but it only told part of the story. more...
THE main route into Bilbrough from the A64 has reopened, following the completion of the first phase of roadworks on the dual carriageway. more...
THE owners of a York nightclub have told how staff went to the aid of a man after he was repeatedly punched by an attacker. more...
ELDERLY people in a North Yorkshire nursing home are facing a worrying time after discovering they must find somewhere else to live. more...
THE main route into Bilbrough from the A64 has reopened, following the completion of the first phase of roadworks on the dual carriageway. more...
STUDENTS in York are more likely to stick with their degree studies than those elsewhere in the country, according to new figures out today. more...
YORK'S pubs and clubs are being warned to turn the music down because of potential dangers to hearing. more...
THOUSANDS of York residents are set to cash in on rent reductions because of new Government housing rules. more...
A YOUTH accused of hurling a metal nut through the window of a packed school bus is facing prosecution. more...
THE Duke of York visited North Yorkshire to meet business leaders and listen to a presentation by community award winners. more...
A YORK man left his best friend permanently scarred when he stabbed him four or five times in a nightclub fight over "something or nothing", a court heard. more...
THE trial of a CND campaigner arrested at RAF Fylingdales was halted after comments from a senior magistrate. more...
A YORK couple have quick-stepped their way into a national ballroom dancing competition final. more...
A YORK man is to become one of the top decision-makers for supermarket chain Sainsbury. more...
CHANGES to GNER's prestigious White Rose service will mean fewer services from York. more...
YORK MP Hugh Bayley spent a lunchtime as Father Christmas when he dropped in to help serve up a festive lunch for York pensioners. more...
JAMIE'S heart appeal is now well on its way to reaching the target of £7,500 to buy 12 portable heart monitors for York District Hospital. more...
A TEENAGER who threatened police with wood and a beer bottle as he breached a court order has escaped a Christmas jail term. more...
HEAD teacher Peter Smith said goodbye to pupils today after 20 years at Manor CE School in York. more...
NOT everyone, it seems, is brimming with festive spirit. A Huntington congregation has been denied access to their church's car park after the entrance was blocked with a tree trunk. more...
TOURIST chiefs revealed today how many people visited historic attractions last year. English Heritage and the English Tourism Council have adopted a remarkably unhurried approach, waiting 13 days before the end of 2001 to publish the data for 2000. more...
LIFE leaves us facing so many questions. Why do the good die young? Is it morally defensible to kill innocent people to defend freedom? Where can I get a Harry Potter Lego castle at 4pm on Christmas Eve? more...
STEPHEN LEWIS takes an insider's look at the chocolate wars. A NAUGHTY but nice treat or a well-deserved indulgence? No: chocolate is big business. And each bar you buy is being counted and counted again by chocolate chiefs desperate to claim victory in the chocolate wars. more...
AN INVESTIGATION was under way today after a miner was killed in a horrific accident at a North Yorkshire pit. more...
CINEMA screens are set to be packed out for the opening of Lord Of The Rings tonight. more...
A CONGREGATION has been barred from using a church car park - just days before Christmas. more...
FOOTBALL proved itself the cruellest of games for York City and its supporters on Saturday. more...
AFTER an opening day 4-1 defeat, York City fans would be forgiven for thinking things can hardly get worse. more...
WILL the real York City please stand up? more...
Carlisle United 1, York City 1 more...
ON Friday night York City suffered last-minute agony, yesterday they enjoyed last-minute ecstacy. more...
HOT-SHOT Peter Duffield enjoyed a dream start on his return to Feethams as his third goal of the campaign earned York City a hard-fought point with last season's play-off finalists. more...
MISSION accomplished for York City at the Britannia Stadium last night. more...
FAST-FLOWING football, a clean sheet, a three-point haul and a double blast to underline their superiority. more...
AFTER the fire and brimstone, passing and passion of Saturday comes a night when City failed to spark into life, a night they will want to forget in a hurry. more...
Richard Fahey, who was on the mark in the final race at Musselburgh yesterday with Flash Of Memory, can repeat the winning dose with Besieged at Catterick tomorrow. more...
NO fewer than five youngsters from St Peter's School, York, have been selected for the Yorkshire Under-15s rugby union squad. more...
York Wasps 18, Hunslet Hawks 22 more...
YORK Wasps' 8-0 defeat by Hunslet Hawks last night will have raised more questions than it answered as coach Lee Crooks looks to determine his first-choice side. more...
A TITANIC fight-back almost brought York Wasps a remarkable first pre-season win at Featherstone Rovers last night. more...
IF matches were won on sheer pride and passion, York Wasps would now be celebrating a shock opening day victory over title contenders Doncaster Dragons. more...
ONE penalty, two points and one spurned opportunity. That was all that stood between York Wasps and their first victory of the season after 80 heart-stopping minutes at Craven Park. more...
KEIGHLEY Cougars bared their teeth and ripped York Wasps to shreds in a first half performance packed with power, points and perfect precision. more...
Jamie Benn turned from villain to hero to clinch York Wasps' first point of the season in the most dramatic fashion at Huntington Stadium yesterday. more...
The new year failed to bring about a change in fortune for injury-ravaged York Wasps who once again received scant reward for another battling performance. more...
York Wasps are still seeking their first win of the Northern Ford Premiership campaign after another battling but ultimately point-less display yesterday. more...
York Wasps were left to rue what might have been as their Challenge Cup dreams were washed away in the driving rain at Huntington Stadium. more...
Former York Wasp Richard Goddard enjoyed a dream return to Huntington Stadium - and left his former club in the middle of their worst nightmare. more...
York Wasps were forced to field no fewer than seven debutants against league leaders Leigh last night and paid the price with the biggest home defeat in their history. more...
Red-faced York Wasps suffered the ultimate humiliation as they plumbed new depths at bottom club Chorley Lynx yesterday. more...
Less than two years ago, York Wasps ended their season with a 70-8 hammering of a despairing Oldham side at Huntington Stadium. more...
New Yorkshire chief Lee Crooks was brought back down to earth with an almighty crash as York Wasps slumped to yet another record defeat at Rochdale Hornets. more...
THREE tries in the space of five minutes just before half-time broke York's hearts and set Workington Town on the road to an 11-try romp to firmly outline their play-off credentials. more...
Whitehaven piled more misery on York Wasps with another Cumbrian demolition job at Huntington Stadium. more...
The wooden spoon is looming for York Wasps after they were dumped at the foot of the Northern Ford Premiership by basement rivals Gateshead Thunder. more...
The arrival of former Super League star Leroy Rivett can't come soon enough for York Wasps whose lack of attacking prowess was cruelly exposed at Don Valley Stadium yesterday. more...
Another game, another blank sheet for York Wasps. more...
York Wasps paid the perfect tribute to their departed coach Lee Crooks yesterday by finally delivering the kind of committed performance he so desperately wanted to see. more...
York Wasps breathed a sigh of relief as they finally emerged from their nightmare season, but they were unable to do anything to gatecrash Leigh's very own Street party on a day of celebration at Hilton Park. more...
YORKSHIRE expect to generate sales of at least half-a-million pounds as a direct result of winning the County Championship last season for the first time in 33 years. more...
Three weeks after her 15th birthday York's Helen Holloway has qualified to fence for the England Under 16 epee squad. more...
PETER Duffield will get another chance to prove his return to fitness when he lines up for York City Reserves tonight. more...
Pickering snooker pro' Paul Davison slumped to a 5-0 defeat by Neal Foulds, the former world number three and 1986 UK Championship runner-up, in the first qualifying round of the Thailand Masters at Burton-on-Trent yesterday. more...
YORK Acorn Running Club finished in a creditable 22nd place at the Calderdale Way Relays over 60 miles of fells around the hills of Halifax. more...
Speedy Matthew Hoyle was Thorpe United's match-winner as he scored all his team's goals in their York FA Intermediate Minor Cup fourth round 4-2 win over Rawcliffe. more...
CUEBALL Club Winter Pool League entered a second week with familiar patterns surfacing. more...
Anglers' World took full advantage of their home venue on the Ouse below York to win the fourth round of the Yorkshire Winter Angling League and stay ahead in the league. more...
Kirkbymoorside Reserves climbed to second in the RJF Homes Beckett League with a 4-0 win over Slingsby. more...
FORMER York City hit-man Iain Dunn shook off the trauma of being in a car crash to send Harrogate Town through to the third round of the FA Trophy. more...
YORKSHIRE expect to generate sales of at least half-a-million pounds as a direct result of winning the County Championship last season for the first time in 33 years. more...
NEW coach Leo Epifania now knows the job he faces at York Wasps. more...
IT was hoped the days of York Wasps conceding record scores were over. They are not. more...
THIRTEEN maddening minutes of sloppiness on Saturday left York City still searching for their first win away from home this season. more...
IF York Wasps improve every week as much as in these last seven days, then a top half position come the end of the season will be a dead cert. more...
THE last time Brighton boss Micky Adams left Bootham Crescent he tipped York City for promotion. more...
A FOURTH successive defeat for York City and evidence provided of just where the Minstermen's problems' now lie. more...
AFTER four successive defeats a win and three points was supposed to be the be-all and end-all. more...
A FIFTH defeat in six games for York City, but this was a match when they could quite easily have snatched a point and possibly all three. more...
IT was a cruel way for York City to lose, but a glance at the shots on goal columns suggests Lincoln perhaps deserved to steal the spoils with their 88th-minute strike. more...
LOAN ranger Neil Tarrant began his spell at York City with a wonderful solo goal to earn the Minstermen a point against high-riding Leyton Orient at Bootham Crescent. more...
IT WAS just about worth the wait. At long last, City's first win away from home this season. more...
THERE was only ever going to be one winner of this derby-duel - Mother Nature. more...
TWO steps backward to go one step forward seems to be the path of progress for an occasional hot, more often warm but sometimes - as on Saturday - an icy cold York City. more...
Football? What a game. Never does it cease to amaze. more...
FOOTBALL? What a game. Never does it cease to amaze. more...
A FEARED FA Cup catastrophe turned into a cake-walk for a ruthless York City at Gigg Lane. more...
IF BRITTLE, punch-drunk York City were a prize-fighter they'd be a promoter's dream. more...
MATCHWINNER Kevin Hulme should be handed a new nickname - The Locksmith. more...
WEMBLEY may no longer be the final destination but anyone with doubts over the lure of the FA Cup should have been at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. more...
Frustration rather than disappointment was the overriding emotion after York City's miserable away form continued at Plymouth Argyle. more...
It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy. It was the purest of FA Cup magic. more...
AFTER the high comes the low. more...
AFTER just one away win all season, now two in quick succession. York City are slowly mastering the art of away days. more...
AS romantic as the FA Cup is, victory over Peter Taylor's Premiership high-fliers was always going to be an improbable occurrence for York City. more...
WHATEVER its name, this competition has had a nasty habit of defining the remainder of York City's season. more...
Three defeats in three different competitions and three games without a goal. It doesn't take a genius to work out confidence is low at York City. more...
Not long after Saturday's final whistle thick fog descended over Bootham Crescent. more...
ANOTHER defeat, another game without a goal, but reasons for renewed hope after a torrid few weeks at Bootham Crescent. more...
CONTINUED improvement but scant consolation for York City at Bloomfield Road. more...
From tiny acorns grow mighty oaks and so it must be hoped as York City finally brought to an end a run of six successive defeats. more...
The York City record player is stuck and needs an almighty shove to get the Minstermen dancing to a different tune. more...
IT was the same old story for York City, but this time the ending had a cruel twist. more...
AT long, long last a chink of light and a glimmer of hope in what has been the darkest of days for York City. more...
It was another result and point of mighty significance for York City. more...
Two points dropped or one point gained? York City fans are probably still scratching their heads at the poser after a rather odd Bootham Crescent encounter. more...
York City's first home win of 2001 was a case of better late than never for defender Barry Jones. more...
York City's renaissance continues and proof, if it were needed, that this remarkable upturn in fortunes is a genuine one. more...
The good times continue to roll for win-happy York City. more...
When two supposedly in-form sides come head to head rarely does what follow match the sense of anticipation prior to kick-off. more...
After the shuffle towards safety on Saturday came a more significant step closer to the promised land for York City, who stretched their unbeaten run to eight games. more...
YORK City stretched their unbeaten run to nine games and on current form few would bet against them going the rest of the season without tasting defeat. more...
Goals change games always seems the most hackneyed of phrases. more...
SOMETIMES gestures speak a thousand words. more...
Another priceless point for York City and a particularly satisfying one for the men in red. more...
THE promise of safety is so agonisingly close for York City you can almost smell it. more...
After witnessing his Manchester United side crowned Kings of Europe on that balmy Barcelona night two years ago, Sir Alex Ferguson was just about able to mumble the memorable words "Football... bloody hell". more...
YORK City's first away defeat in almost three months but perhaps it may prove a welcome reality check. more...
A WIN and something to smile about for York City at the end of an often harrowing campaign. more...
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