York | Archive | 2003 | October
AS another York racing season comes to an end, we are left to ask: what other attraction could draw a quarter of a million people to the city? Not even the Pope managed that, although to be fair the 210,000 people who came to see him on Knavesmire 21 years did so all in one go, rather than over 15 days of racing. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS takes advice on how to outwit the nits. more...
THERE was a time when eggs were bad for you. Now they're good. Carrots were always good for you - is it supersonic eyesight or hairs on your chest that they give you? - but in excess apparently they can kill you. more...
FIREWORKS mayhem reached a frightening new level in York at the weekend when vandals blew apart three telephone boxes in massive late-night explosions. more...
FIREFIGHTERS called to a house fire in Acomb, York, discovered five smoke alarms in the detached property - but a fire service spokesman said none of them had working batteries. more...
DIEHARD England fan and York pub landlord Craig Holt today told how he successfully defied the FA and bluffed his way into the crucial clash with Turkey. more...
EVENING Press readers are rallying round a war widow who was robbed of her life savings by a heartless conwoman. more...
A HOT-AIR balloon which got into difficulty near pylon wires at Stockton-on-the-Forest, York, bounced 20 feet into the air when it was forced to make a hard landing. more...
FIREWORKS go on sale in the UK today, but parents are being warned to be wary of the dangers. more...
YORK College students have been putting in some extra hours to help a training college in Ghana. more...
THE rush to snap up buy-to-let properties in York as a pension investment has left tenants better off with better maintained houses and stable rents, according to York letting agents. more...
SUCCESSES and milestones in 12 months at Askham Bryan College were looked back on by the principal, Professor Gareth Rees, at the college's annual prizegiving. more...
VICTIMS of York's asbestos timebomb are taking part in trials of new types of chemotherapy, which may offer sufferers fresh hope. more...
ON York's Malton Road, CD Bramell's request to expand its workshops and showrooms was rejected as "inappropriate as they would mean the loss of green belt land" and Coun Janet Greenwood said: "York should keep hold of every bit of green belt" (September 12). more...
FOLLOWING many recent comments in the Press about fireworks, here is what happened to my daughter. Five years ago she was seriously injured from a stray firework and now the sound of fireworks terrifies her and us. more...
YOUR news item over graffiti (October 9) again highlights two major concerns: the ineffectiveness of the local police to prevent the ever-increasing rise in vandalism generall; and the lack of respect for people and their property amongst a sector of youths, who seem intent on transforming the city into a litter-ridden, graffiti-daubed ghetto. more...
YOUR columnist Julian Cole turns his vitriol on the subject of `bobbies on the beat' (October 9). This subject generated four separate items, on pages one, three and six. more...
IT was the sort of story which makes people despair at the wickedness of their fellow man. more...
CHILDREN have been playing with fire for years. The more foolhardy youngsters cannot resist letting off bangers or other small fireworks in the run-up to November 5, as every hospital casualty nurse knows. more...
YORK Acorn returned to winning ways in the National Conference Second Division with an emphatic 34-10 home win over Waterhead. more...
YORK City's travel sickness continues. After starting the season with a winning bug which included two promising away wins, City are struggling to find their feet on foreign soil. more...
SHORN of no less than five props for a variety of reasons, York RUFC suffered a 23-13 North 2 East defeat at Bridlington. more...
JON Parkin could be in line for his first start of the season tomorrow with York City chief Chris Brass promising to make changes for the trip to Halifax Town. more...
Pocklington gave a below-par performance but it was still good enough to defeat Wath-on-Dearne 43-11 at Percy Road. more...
Doncaster produced their first National League division two victory of the season when toppling below-par Harrogate 29-23. more...
YORK Acorn returned to winning ways in the National Conference Second Division with an emphatic 34-10 home win over Waterhead. more...
EXCELLENT team spirit ensured Malton and Norton gained second spot in Yorkshire 1 after a gritty 27-23 win at Keighley. more...
Selby claimed a double at Dinnington this season. After a narrow 39-33 win in the Intermediate Cup last month, Selby were 33-22 victors second time around. more...
SHORN of no less than five props for a variety of reasons, York RUFC suffered a 23-13 North 2 East defeat at Bridlington. more...
York RI's generosity was evident again as they allowed Moortown a 20-18 Yorkshire Three victory that should have been theirs. more...
Pocklington gave a below-par performance but it was still good enough to defeat Wath-on-Dearne 43-11 at Percy Road. more...
JUST two premier division games were possible due to Senior Cup action and Malton Bacon Factory took full advantage with a 3-1 home win over Nestlé Rowntree to move four points clear at the top. more...
JON Parkin could be in line for his first start of the season tomorrow with York City chief Chris Brass promising to make changes for the trip to Halifax Town. more...
YORK City's youth team are still searching for their first win of the season but gave a much improved display when they lost 3-1 at Preston North End in the first round of the Youth Alliance League Cup. more...
JUST two premier division games were possible due to Senior Cup action and Malton Bacon Factory took full advantage with a 3-1 home win over Nestlé Rowntree to move four points clear at the top. more...
PICKERING Town won their fourth successive Northern Counties East League premier division game by beating plucky ten-man Harrogate Railway 2-0. more...
Division one side Thorpe United provided the shock of the day in the League Senior Cup as they thrashed Premier outfit Wigginton Black Horse 5-0 with goals from Adam Garner, Chris Smith, Gavin Clamp, James Tweedy and Shane Singleton. more...
JUST two premier division games were possible due to Senior Cup action and Malton Bacon Factory took full advantage with a 3-1 home win over Nestlé Rowntree to move four points clear at the top. more...
Adam Fella hit the goals as Osbaldwick beat Bishopthorpe 2-0 in Reserve `A', while Kartiers recorded the same winning margin at South Bank. more...
RYEDALE jockey Robert Winston, who is enjoying a fine season, can play a starring role at Ayr tomorrow. more...
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