RICHARD FOSTER took his three children 140 metres down a West Yorkshire coal mine to learn about an era in Britain when Old King Coal reigned supreme. more...
BOB LAWRENCE previews the new high-speed train link between London Waterloo and the Mediterranean coast of France more...
George Wilkinson employs some navigational nous at Raincliffe Woods . more...
DAN RUTSTEIN went to Ristorante Bari looking for the perfect Italian meal, and left still searching. more...
NOW is the time for drinking funny foreign beers. All you need is a fridge, a garden, some sunshine and a bottle of something not from England. more...
AT the last general election in York the Conservative candidate's comments were howled down by screams of `Sleaze, sleaze, sleaze' from supporters of the Labour party. more...
SO our Lord Mayor had fun in the Tucano training aircraft at RAF Linton on Ouse (April 27). more...
A READER (Letters, May 21) asks, "Where are York's bus users going to find a voice to promote and protect their interests?" more...
WHILE I appreciate the space given to a review of my latest book (Books, May 23), might I point out to Georgina Haywood that I am only the author and not responsible for the marketing, nor for the misleading jacket, nor for the blurb which was incorrectly supplied by my publisher to the printer. more...
ESTABLISHED political parties are concerned about the strong showing of the new force in British politics, the Apathy Party. more...
I WAS delighted to see that Bill Roache, Ken Barlow of Coronation Street, has recently been awarded an honour. If anyone deserves it for bringing his own brand of decency and neighbourliness over so many years to the nation's favourite soap, Bill does. more...
MULTI-millionaire Paul Sykes was the star of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) election rally. more...
LOONY Eddie Vee is motoring towards the General Election in this crazy car. more...
KIDS need teachers - that's this General Election campaign's message from the region's schools. more...
A BANDAGED demonstrator helped General Election campaigners make a point about New Labour's health policies outside York District Hospital today. more...
A GRATEFUL wife has given her husband a surprise present for the years of loving care he showed her after a serious car crash. more...
PEACE campaigner Helen John has launched an election challenge against the Prime Minister from her prison cell. more...
A WEDDING reception exploded into violence - with both bridegroom and bride involved in the trouble, York magistrates heard. more...
A POLICE hero from York died from meningitis which he developed after being treated in hospital following a road accident, an inquest has revealed. more...
YORK is turning several shades of green with the city's first environment week. more...
CYCLISTS took to the rush hour streets of York en masse in a protest against traffic pollution. more...
GIGS galore and music on the move continue to keep York full of tunes during the BBC Music Live weekend. more...
SPORTY student Lizzie Pickup is in line for a national award in recognition for the last year of her school life. more...
YOUR money or your beer. more...
PLAYING themes to classic children's shows is the latest weapon in the fight against city centre trouble - but York pub bosses have shunned the idea. more...
FIRST GROUP, one of three shortlisted bidders for the Trans Pennine franchise, today unveils its bid. more...
YORK train operator GNER is targeting business travellers who drive or fly - and trying to get regular travellers to upgrade to first class. more...
Teenagers are celebrating the first anniversary of an in-school centre in York which has helped them get back to work in the classroom. more...
ART connasewers like what I is know a rising star when they see one. Mick Lynch, of Clementhorpe, York, has broken through the £1,000-sale barrier and he is bristling with pride. Mick, 46, a former editorial artist on this very paper, was thrilled when his watercolour Shuttered Facade, sunlight on a "fairly nondescript" building in the little Umbrian town of Umbertide in Italy, was snapped up for £1,050 from the Walker Gallery of Contemporary Art in Harrogate's Montpelier Parade. more...
THE UK Independence Party election rally, featuring millionaire businessman Paul Sykes, was in town yesterday. more...
NEW York City young gun Chris Smith insists his career is on the rise despite missing out on a possible Royals' ascent. more...
IN-FORM loose forward Lee Badauskas has left York Wasps for another crack at Super League. more...
NEW York City young gun Chris Smith insists his career is on the rise despite missing out on a possible Royals' ascent. more...
Simon Dyson finished the first day of the Volvo PGA Championship just five shots behind the leader after a superb opening round at Wentworth. more...
DARREN Gough is commander-in-chief of England's stunning renaissance with Craig White still one of his country's first lieutenants, despite having to miss the Lord's triumph because of back problems. more...
The new West Stand at Headingley, operational for the first time for the one-day international between England and Pakistan on June 17, will be shut again for Yorkshire's semi-final clash with Gloucestershire in the Benson and Hedges Cup eight days later, writes David Warner. more...
IN-FORM loose forward Lee Badauskas has left York Wasps for another crack at Super League. more...
York Acorn Rugby League Club winger Tim Wilcock landed the first team's top accolade when taking the Man of Steel award at their end of season presentation night. more...
York Acorn Rugby League Club had cause for celebration when they staged their annual three-day junior seven-a-side competition. more...
YORK'S Jenny Whitehead has earned her first call-up to the senior British orienteering squad. more...
YORK Union were well beaten by Bradford in their opening Yorkshire Inter-District Union League match at Northcliffe, Shipley. more...
After the disappointment of his engine breakdown at the last round at Monza two weeks ago, Easingwold's eight-time sidecar world champion, Steve Webster, has dusted himself down in readiness for tomorrow's test back on home soil. more...
CITY of York Hockey Club Under-11 Girls completed a marvellous season by finishing third in the National Mini-Hockey Championships at Cannock, Stafford-shire. more...
DAVE O'Hara was in excellent form for Bumper Castle in York John Smith's Mixed Darts League. more...
SOME of the country's top cyclists will go through the gears in North Yorkshire next month. more...
York Acorn Ladies rugby league team lost 24-6 at Warrington-based side Woolston. more...
Pocklington won a close game at Bolton Percy in the first round of the Guy Mitchell President's Under-15 Cup. more...
DARREN Gough is commander-in-chief of England's stunning renaissance with Craig White still one of his country's first lieutenants, despite having to miss the Lord's triumph because of back problems. more...
The new West Stand at Headingley, operational for the first time for the one-day international between England and Pakistan on June 17, will be shut again for Yorkshire's semi-final clash with Gloucestershire in the Benson and Hedges Cup eight days later, writes David Warner. more...
Will they or won't they? That's the big question now surrounding the Rugby Football League and the proposed return to winter rugby. more...
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