A NEW dawn for York City Football Club was heralded today as motor-racing boss John Batchelor completed his takeover of the Minstermen. The news ends months of uncertainty surrounding the club and comes just 16 days before City would have faced certain
IT is not easy to say no to doctors. Most of the time we treat them as medical oracles, expecting them to provide definitive answers to all our ills. But occasionally their diagnosis just doesn't sound right and, as they are busy scribbling out a prescription
UNDER the banner of CREATE, 19 professional York artists are opening their studios to the public this weekend in the new York Open Studios venture to exhibit and sell their work. Event co-organiser Anne Hutchison, herself an artist and picture framer,
THE youth club at Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road, York, will be celebrating its silver jubilee at the end of April. Since it opened on April 30, 1977, hundreds of young people have passed through its doors and we are anxious to get in
PUPILS and teachers are hoping their stunning school conservation area will be kept for educational use long after their school closes in 2004. Fulford Cross School, a special school in York for children with moderate learning difficulties and emotional
A YORK secondary school is planning to change its church school status so that a quarter of its places would be offered to children from religious families. The proposals for Archbishop Holgate's Church of England School, which would take effect from
THE University of York has been chosen to take part in a Government scheme to boost the number of children from less well-off backgrounds who go into higher education. Managers will be given £60,000 to pay for three or more teachers from local communities
PLANS to introduce a new starting age for children's full-time primary schooling in York are set to be changed because of problems with funding and concerns from parents. The new system, which was decided on back in October 1999, would have seen York
LAST month, to mark its 400th anniversary, the Charity Commission revealed details of some the country's oldest charities. Among them was St Peter's School in York, an institution that can look back over a remarkable 1,300 year history. Although the exact
THERE was a match-winning performance by IT Sports pair Mark Hopwood and Stuart Fieldhouse in men's division one of York Badminton League. They totalled 99-69 in three wins as IT Sports won 5-4 at Riverside. Hopwood and Fieldhouse clinched the match when
A MILK TANKER driver had a narrow escape when the vehicle overturned and crashed into a ditch. The 58-year-old man, thought to be from Thirsk, was travelling to farms between Whenby and Sheriff Hutton when the accident happened yesterday at about 1.15pm
SEVERUS WMC are closing in on their first John Smith's Sunday Football League title success after a hard-fought victory over Volunteers left them requiring four points from their final three games. Volunteers took the lead through a Lee Bond penalty after
A MAN has denied abusing two girls in Malton as two boys watched. Paolo Francisco Ingles Gomes was giving evidence in his own defence after a jury heard two girls say he had abused them in a flat in central Malton in September 2001. Ingles Gomes, formerly
A YORK student is hoping to become the youngest new member of a party band that was formed more than five years before she was born. Natalie Hunter, 16, who lives in Leeds Road, Selby, and studies health and beauty at York College, is among 23 hopefuls
MALTON and Norton's promotion hopes could lay on the result from the visit of Stocksbridge tomorrow. Four teams currently share top spot, with Malton, Stocksbridge, Heath and Leeds Corinthians all tied on 26 points. Heath, having played two games less
THE mother of one of the boys approached by a would-be abductor at a York school today praised the bravery of the three young friends. She appealed for more information to catch the man who approached the three youngsters on the playing field at Hob Moor
PARENTS of junior school pupils were celebrating today after they were told their children could go to Tadcaster Grammar School after all. North Yorkshire County Council has told them the 14 final-year junior school pupils from Bishopthorpe, Acaster Malbis
A DRY ice skating rink, believed to be the first in York, is to be opened to visitors on Easter Monday and Tuesday at Asda at Monks Cross. The 30 foot square synthetic rink will be in the car park and money raised from the £1 charge will go towards the
YORK City's newest recruit Jon Parkin is looking forward on all fronts. Despite the Minstermen's precarious position just one off the bottom of the Football League, the towering defender insists City are not casting furtive glances over their shoulders
IT'S a safe bet the strong winds that have been raging around the country recently will have left more than a few trees damaged and in need of repair. But if you're tempted to take up the offer of the "professional arborist" knocking on your door and
SHERBURN School's David MacQuarrie was the leading York-area runner in the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Chelmsford. He battled through strong winds to take 15th place in their intermediate race. Joel Riley (Tadcaster GS) was 24th in
INTERNATIONAL Connections, the young people's theatre project administered by the Royal National Theatre, takes over The Studio at York Theatre Royal for four nights next week. From a pool of 12 new plays, each lasting no more than an hour, Youth Theatre
FLYING Ducks Youth Theatre's new show, West Side Story, boasts one of the biggest sets ever to go into the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York. "It's taken more than three months to design and build," says designer Stephen Outhwaite. Meanwhile, costume designer
From a sisterly snake to a suburban safari Ayckbourn's new season has the lot, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON SCARBOROUGH master of comedy Alan Ayckbourn's 61st play promises a sting in the tail: Snake In The Grass will be a thriller. With his 58th, 59th
THIS week's Yesterday Once More comes from 1955, when the Northern Command Military Tattoo returned to York after a 22-year gap. More than 100,000 packed Knavesmire to enjoy the pageantry. The top picture shows Arab Legion bandsmen rehearsing near the
NEW York City supremo John Batchelor today pledged to let the dust settle on his take-over of the club before deciding whether to ring the changes. The news will come as a relief to City manager Terry Dolan, who was forced out at former club Hull City
A NEW dawn for York City Football Club was heralded today as motor-racing boss John Batchelor completed his takeover of the Minstermen. The news ends months of uncertainty surrounding the club and comes just 16 days before City would have faced certain
THE York City Supporters' Trust today proclaimed John Batchelor's take-over at York City as a 'victory for the fans and community'. And while the fans' body has now achieved one of its initial objectives - saving the club - it insisted its work is far
FASTEN your seat-belts. York City's new owner, motor sport boss John Batchelor, has driving ambition. He finally sealed the deal today to buy the ailing Minstermen and plans to crash through the gears and take City fans on a joyride up the Football League
IF your kitchen and loo cupboards are anything like mine, they're probably crammed with enough cleaning products to fill a small warehouse. If there's a cleaning job to be done about the house, there's a specialist product for the job. And that goes for
WHAT a result. York City were staring defeat in the face. They looked certain to be knocked out of the cup, the league, existence. The final whistle was about to be blown on 80 years of history. Then along came the lad Batchelor. A maverick, yes, but
WHAT has Mike Usherwood got against cyclists (March 13)? Does he think everyone should be polluting the environment in motor vehicles? Cyclists shouldn't be on pavements, but pedestrians shouldn't be walking down the middle of the road. Cars shouldn't
EVEN after all these years, at the mention of the words York Nomads Society, York City Football Club and the inaccurately-informed media are once again champing at the bit. (March 7). I was a proud committee member of the YNS in the early Eighties, particularly
CONGRATULATIONS to Yorwaste for postponing its planning application when it realised it had not consulted the local community as promised (March 12). It's a pity City of York Council shows no such principles after failing to properly consult the community
YOUNGSTERS at a York school were so concerned about the future of the Barbican Centre and York City that they each wrote to the Evening Press. Year Six pupils from St Olave's Junior School put pen to paper to air their views as part of a letter-writing
REMEMBER cult hit Rushmore and that unctuous college boy who thought he was a young genius? Wry American director Wes Anderson has delivered a baleful companion for his quirky masterpiece, and this time the Tenenbaums really are a family of geniuses,
YORK City's newest recruit Jon Parkin is looking forward on all fronts. Despite the Minstermen's precarious position just one off the bottom of the Football League, the towering defender insists City are not casting furtive glances over their shoulders
PUPILS and teachers are hoping their stunning school conservation area will be kept for educational use long after their school closes in 2004. Fulford Cross School, a special school in York for children with moderate learning difficulties and emotional
BAY Horse ended their successful York Atlas Auto Services Darts League division one campaign with a fine 5-4 win over Escrick. Rich Corner set them on their way with a good 21 darter and Andy Lawson competently added. A maximum from Kev O'Hare and a fine
A YORK secondary school is planning to change its church school status so that a quarter of its places would be offered to children from religious families. The proposals for Archbishop Holgate's Church of England School, which would take effect from
PICKERING Town will have to complete a hat-trick of victories over neighbours Selby Town if they are to stay on course for Northern Counties East League premier division title. With their titles hopes hanging by a thread - they trail leaders Alfreton
SWORDS were raised in York to celebrate the 500,000th visitor to Jorvik since its £5 million refurbishment last year. The Viking-themed centre in Coppergate reopened in April 2001 and has seen more visitors than ever step over the threshold - up 15 per
VICTORY at every level seems to be second nature to Malton and Norton after the club's Under 12s added to their recent successes. Having watched, and learned, as the seniors tasted glory in the Tetley's Bitter Vase and flirted with the Yorkshire Three
ACOMB club duo Mick Frampton and Gerald Mackenzie knocked out the defending champions to reach the final of York Conservative clubs' Turnbull-Mazda Snooker Pairs Competition. They won their semi-final 2-1 against Heworth duo Neil Wood and Clive Whyte,
A CUSTOMER at Marks & Spencer helped himself to sherry while still inside the store, York magistrates heard. Homeless Stephen Callaghan, 48, was so desperate to get a bed for the night, he insisted on security staff calling the police when they asked
FORMER York City striker Glenn Naylor could make his first return to the Darlington squad in more than a year at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. Naylor, Darlington's top scorer last season with 16 goals, has yet to appear in the first team at Feethams this
NEWLY weds Michael and Alana Kwiatkowski today thanked all those who had helped them celebrate a very special wedding day. The couple were showered with offers of help after Michael, 31, who suffers from a terminal illness, was burgled on Friday, and
THE January sales are upon us and you may be looking at the mobile phone market in search of a bargain. However, before you commit yourself, York Trading Standards offers the following advice to anyone looking for a mobile phone. Trading Standards Manager
NEW York City supremo John Batchelor today pledged to let the dust settle on his take-over of the club before deciding whether to ring the changes. The news will come as a relief to City manager Terry Dolan, who was forced out at former club Hull City
Sad Mad Bad, who bypassed a Cheltenham engagement earlier in the week, can make his presence felt instead in the big race at Uttoxeter tomorrow. The £80,000 Marstons Pedigree Midlands Grand National takes pride of place on the BBC1 televised card and
