ALL good things must come to an end, but at least York City did not let what was a week to remember end without a fight. Second only on goal difference in Division Three, a well attended open day and Terry Dolan claiming the manager of the month award
Paul Kirkwood re-discovers an enjoyable ride that starts in the centre of York as he gets his kicks on route 65. WHAT this ride lacks in originality it more than makes up for in quality. In fact it's so enjoyable that you won't mind coming back the way
FOR perhaps a final fix of the purple heather this season we took ourselves off to Hawnby Moor. North we walked, three abreast, a mile and a half along a dusty track that penetrates and bisects the moor. Part of the territory looks fortified by turret-like
It was going to be difficult to persuade the group to begin the day's walking. We were having coffee at more than 7,000ft under a bright blue sky on the patio in front of the Bezbog Chalet. Lassitude appeared to be setting in. In front lay a still, azure
MARTIN OATES conquers his own personal Everest on a Scottish golf course THERE the challenge stood before me, its features enhanced by the glorious summer sunlight. Everest, a daunting obstacle which filled me with self doubt. Ten minutes later, I was
AGGRIEVED boss Terry Dolan was left to lament a dreaded sense of dja-vu as York City missed out on a chance to claim top spot in Division Three. The Minstermen suffered only their second defeat of the season going down 2-1 to Bury at Gigg Lane last night
As summer fades, popular bedding plants prove their worth, with luck flowering until the first frosts. And the autumn daisies are making the most of their moment, writes GINA PARKINSON SUMMER is over, the children are back at school and gardens are hanging
A YORK firefighter is to put his fitness and endurance to an extreme test when he seeks to run 100 miles in less than 24 hours - all without moving a yard. Steve Higgins, 27, who lives in Clifton, York, and is based at Bridlington Fire Station, is hoping
TOURIST attractions across York are preparing to throw open their doors to food festival visitors in a variety of fringe events. The York Festival of Food & Drink, this year from next Friday until September 22, has become an established date in the
KNARESBOROUGH-born racer Darren Manning is poised to take on the best from America in the CART FedEx series at Rockingham on September 13 and 14. Manning, a former King James' School pupil, has been named in the All-English Team St George to face the
THE yew trees and hedges at the University of York's Heslington Hall are receiving their first trim for two years this month. The operation will take three men about a month to complete, using a hydraulic platform for the highest sections, and is part
THREE of North Yorkshire's best chefs and waiters have beaten tough competition to reach this year's northern finals of the Young Chef Young Waiter competition to be held on Tuesday. Chefs Neil Dove, of the Hazlewood Castle Hotel, Tadcaster, and Robert
DEDICATED golfer Stuart Rank has strengthened his grip on a long-cherished dream. Since he first took up the sport as a ten-year-old to follow in the trolley tracks of his father Bill, Rank junior has always wanted to be a club professional. Now the Easingwold
FORMER West Hartlepool flanker Matthew Emmerson has departed as York's player-coach on the eve of the new season. Emmerson, who only joined the Clifton Parkers at the end of 2001 as the club's forwards coach, cannot commit as much time to the role as
TRADITIONAL dance is being celebrated throughout the city this weekend as Morris dance teams from across the country gather in York for a two-day festival. The York Festival of Traditional Dance, organised by Ebor Morris dancers, involves teams from Sheffield
A BUMPER crowd is expected on Knavesmire tomorrow for the ever-popular Evening Press Sunday Raceday. Sponsored by your award-winning newspaper, the day promises to be action-packed for families and regular race-goers alike. As well as the obvious attraction
AGGRIEVED boss Terry Dolan was left to lament a dreaded sense of dja-vu as York City missed out on a chance to claim top spot in Division Three. The Minstermen suffered only their second defeat of the season going down 2-1 to Bury at Gigg Lane last night
YORK Tourism Bureau is hoping the rise in the number of foreign visitors to the UK could boost foreign visitor figures to the city. New national figures show an increase in the number of foreign visitors from 2.2 million in July 2001 to 2.9 in July 2002
THE controversy surrounding Roy Keane's book finally brought a response from the Football Association this week, who charged the Manchester United captain with two counts of bringing the game into disrepute. At first glance, the FA's decision has little
IT seems that, like the Heworth couple, I must have a ghost in my house (September 3). I was amazed to read that Goddard-Youngs inexplicably found an atlas exactly where they left it, though my case is even more difficult to comprehend. The other day
I ATTENDED Tang Hall School when Mr Baxter was headmaster, when we played marbles in a little garden area, did handstands and enjoyed skipping. Opposite the school were the canteens, extra school rooms and the allotment, all quite in order. Years pass
I WRITE in disgust with reference to "Bikers operation reaches target" (August 29). What target is it exactly? To reduce the number of accidents on our roads by making bikers feel they can't ride their machines without being stopped and fined for minor
I WONDER if other people feel as I do about the change made to the Brown's department store tea room in York. This used to be an oasis of calm, cosy with an old worlde ambience that is now sadly lacking in modern cafs. Since, no doubt, a very expensive
COPACABANA beach may be on the other side of the world and thousands of miles from Bootham Crescent but just for a brief moment yesterday it felt a bit closer. It most certainly wasn't the weather that realised the Samba spirit, nor even York City with
IT'S all go. The landlady of the Cottage Inn in Haxby has just left, while Barry and Judy Sissons at the Three Cranes are preparing to hand over the York city centre pub to their son and heir. First stop, the Cottage, a great community pub which Wendy
SOMETIMES we make visits not quite knowing what to expect. This was one such occasion. The caf bar culture in York has grown in recent years. At these venues alcohol is available and food seems to be served all day. The appearance of Casa was a pleasant
Tim Easterby, who has such a wonderful record on Knavesmire, is the man to follow at York's third Evening Press Sunday Raceday tomorrow. The Great Habton trainer has won the opening Maxiprint Nursery Handicap in each of the last two years with My American
With Yorkshire chairman Geoff Cope currently looking at contracts for next season, several players will be wondering if they are going to have a long-term future with the club, particularly as Cope has to work to a fairly tight budget. One of those who
YOU'RE not seeing things. Crime is not spiralling out of control in York, and this is not a gangland hold-up on the banks of the Ouse involving Abba and the dear-departed Freddie Mercury. But it is a case of New York meets old York as the Grand Opera
A HUGE fun zone awaits racegoers who ride into the Evening Press Sunday Raceday. York Racecourse is promising a great day of family fun for visitors who beat a path to Knavesmire tomorrow. While there is no doubt that racing will be the focus of the day
THE Tricolour could be flying proud above the Pocklington's Percy Road clubhouse from next week. The club, who kicked off their Yorkshire Two challenge against West Park Bramhope today, have swooped to sign French duo Thomas Jimenez and Rudy Louriac after
NORTH Yorkshire Police is losing special constables twice as fast as it can recruit them, new figures have revealed. Last year, the force managed to attract only 25 new volunteer officers - despite a government recruitment campaign. At the same time,
HOME was where the party was for Malton and Norton Golf Club ladies. The club hosted the York Union of Golf Club's Fulford Rose Bowl tournament, and, in a virtual clean sweep, Malton and Norton dominated. They occupied six out of the leading eight places
HELP is needed to take the pressure off an East Yorkshire animal sanctuary that took in an incredible 32 chinchillas in just two days. Market Weighton-based Chinchilla Rescue now has 50 resident rodents and needs to make some space. Victoria Fletcher,
A MAN accused of dropping a bag of heroin on a country lane on the outskirts of York has been cleared by a jury's unanimous verdict. Carl Russell Anson, 45, was arrested after police allegedly saw him deposit a bag in Black Dikes Lane, off the A59 near
THE first single jabs clinic to offer parents an alternative to the controversial MMR injection in York has been hailed a success by its organisers. Some anxious parents without an appointment for yesterday's mobile clinic took a chance and brought their
A MAN who says he is too frightened to reveal who killed his friend has been jailed for 18 months for misleading police over the death. Desmond Giblin's lies about how York busker Anthony Grayson suffered fatal injuries sent detectives from two police
STEPHEN LEWIS discovers the advantages of a Viking martial art with a modern twist. DAVE Watkinson doesn't look out of the ordinary. He is mild mannered, slightly below average height, with a faraway gaze. Which makes what happens when you try to bash
BLOSSOM Street is one of those odd corners of York that seems to have offered itself up entirely to the tender mercies of the car. A small bedlam of traffic and fumes squashed between the imposing facade of Micklegate Bar and the relative calm and dignity
CORR blimey. Isn't that Caroline Corr, the drumming one from Irish rock superstars The Corrs among a group of happy, smiling gents? Quite so, and those men in black are none other than the far-travelling Selby and York party band The Bogus Brothers, who
