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  • Title triumph my career high - Levy

    YORK City Knights captain Chris Levy today described lifting the LHF National League Two trophy as the best moment in his career. The Aussie's first season at Huntington Stadium has seen the Knights promoted to NL1 and they were presented with the trophy

  • Bitter taste of defeat for Cook

    MICK Cook was a disappointed coach after York City Knights' home campaign ended in defeat - but the loss did not detract from the team's achievements. Workington completed a league double over Cook's men with a 20-18 win at Huntington Stadium, but the

  • Bitter taste of defeat for Cook

    MICK Cook was a disappointed coach after York City Knights' home campaign ended in defeat - but the loss did not detract from the team's achievements. Workington completed a league double over Cook's men with a 20-18 win at Huntington Stadium, but the

  • Scorecards

    September 3/4 Premier Division Acomb (7) lost to Malton & Old Malton (30) by 5 wickets. Acomb 200-3 (A D Tute 28, S Nicholls 38, K S Rodrigo 65no, F R Sykes 54no), Malton & Old Malton 203-5 (G Johnson 94no, G Hall 31, D Foxton 45no, D J Sykes

  • Percy hold off Seasiders

    AFTER leading a nomadic life for most of the season, Scarborough were able to play only their second division two game at North Marine Road. Welcome improvement to their outfield had restricted the number of club games at their ground but the Seasiders

  • Strife of ton-up Brian

    BRIAN Leckenby's fine century could not prevent Duncombe Park from plunging to a five-wicket defeat at the hands of Pocklington. Leckenby made 102 and Mark Wilkie 36 in Park's total of 194. But Leckenby's innings was overshadowed by a brilliant bowling

  • Knights 18, Workington Town 20

    HOW ironic was that. York City Knights' charge to the LHF National League Two title has been full of remarkable comebacks and daring returns from the death, including the one that memorably won them the championship last week at Hunslet. But in their

  • Keep tills ringing

    A SLUMP in tourists plus plunging consumer confidence equals bad news for many York city centre traders. The local authority's role is to provide the best possible support to businesses as they battle to keep buoyant. But is City of York Council's parking

  • Open heritage

    THOUSANDS of people will get a fascinating peek behind the ageing doors of historic buildings as part of Heritage Open Days this weekend. Volunteers at hundreds of venues in York and across North and East Yorkshire will be taking part in the diverse celebration

  • Mail delivery rates improve

    FIRST-CLASS post services in York and North Yorkshire are improving, according to the post watchdog. Postwatch Northern England, the watchdog for postal services, welcomed Royal Mail statistics showing significant improvements in first-class postal performance

  • Katrina is a big warning to us all

    THE devastation of Hurricane Katrina has not only woken up George Bush to the fact that America is not immune from climate change, it has again highlighted how vulnerable even the most modern society is to such devastating events, that appear to be getting

  • Kiwi prop makes his presence felt for York

    POWER and brute force saw York kick-off their Yorkshire One campaign in style with a convincing 32-7 win over Goole. Tries from fly-half Carl Paterson, Andy Kay, Rob Kama and Sam Arkle gave the Clifton Parkers a winning start. And a sparkling debut from

  • Two-try Lowery puts Selby on a high

    SELBY started their new Yorkshire 1 campaign with a comprehensive 36-17 win over an enthusiastic, but below strength Keighley. After Keighley full-back Mathew Cox pulled a penalty kick wide, Selby took the leadwhen they took a scrum against the head to

  • Travel guru praises York

    A TOP American broadcaster has chosen York as one of his favourite travel destinations in Europe. Rick Steves - dubbed America's answer to Judith Chalmers - came to the city to film the next series of his popular travel show. More than 100 million American

  • RI fade away

    YORK RI wilted in the final minutes against a bigger Heath pack as they lost their opening Yorkshire Three encounter 29-10 at New Lane. For an hour the game was evenly balanced with the visitors hanging on to a slender two-point lead but their extra strength

  • Family were due to discuss Sadie

    THE family of a young girl who died after taking her mother's heroin substitute drug had been due to discuss raising their concerns with social services on the very day the child died. The Evening Press can reveal that a statement made to police following

  • End of the road - Steve

    STEVE Webster has quit sidecar racing. Amid emotional scenes at Assen in Holland yesterday, Easingwold-based Webster, 45, announced he was hanging up his leathers and helmet for good. The ten-time world champion has called an end to a marvellous record-breaking

  • Speed camera hopes dashed

    SEVEN hundred people who signed a petition to ask for speed cameras to be installed on a stretch of a road in York are set to see their hopes dashed. Council chiefs are to reject calls for the cameras to be installed between Tang Hall Lane and Field Lane

  • Bet you all had a great day

    SUNSHINE, sun lollies and scores of spectators - just three of the magic memories which marked another fabulous Evening Press Sunday Raceday. A bumper crowd of nearly 23,000 splashed on the sun lotion and took to Knavesmire for the event, which was hailed

  • Being an orphan

    IN reply to Michael Blakemore (Letters, August 30), it is in fact possible to be "born an orphan", because the word means that the person has been deprived, by death, of either one parent, or both. In this case, Rhodes Brown's father had died before his

  • Georgia misses out on title

    SHE did us proud. Georgia Horsley may not have carried off the title of Miss England, but MS York made it into the final 12 of the contest in Liverpool on Saturday, competing for the crown against 39 girls. She showed no signs of disappointment afterwards

  • D-day looming for Darren

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan will run the rule over on-loan striker Darren Mansaram against Doncaster Rovers reserves on Wednesday night before deciding whether to extend his KitKat Crescent stay. Mansaram's one-month temporary stay with the Minstermen

  • Old school far too important to demolish

    I WAS dismayed to see the planning application posted at St Barnabas School proposing demolition of the building. I've lived in the Leeman Road area since 2003. One of the things that attracted me to this otherwise unremarkable area of terraced houses

  • Games on the go

    The next big thing in the games world, Sony's PlayStation Portable has been snapped up by gamers across York with many shops in the city selling out already. HAYDN LEWIS takes a look at the problems the palm-held games might pose when in the hands of

  • Acorn's late winning surge

    YORK ACORN ARL Club kicked off life in National Conference division one with a fine opening day victory against East Leeds at Thanet Road. The Blue and Golds emerged 32-20 winners thanks to a late three-try burst. They began in excellent style with tries

  • Rising to the Challenge

    FORMER Knights heroes Danny Brough and Richard Agar returned to Huntington Stadium on Sunday to parade the Powergen Challenge Cup, which they won with Hull last weekend. Agar, who was head coach at the Knights last season, is now assistant to John Kear

  • Turner can blaze again on Catterick date - 05/09/05

    Hayley Turner, who took the honours at yesterday's Evening Press Raceday at York by riding a double, can maintain her momentum at Catterick tomorrow. The Newmarket-based rider teams up with Anchor Date in the Weatherbys Bank Handicap. Turner, now just

  • Alliance are new champs

    CLIFTON Alliance clinched the Hunters the estate agent York Senior Cricket League premier division championship for the second time when they played out a safe draw at Heworth. Alliance, who won the crown in 1999, required seven points to put themselves

  • Records tumble

    THERE was a carnival of runs at Stamford Bridge where the home team's star Lorenzo Ingram sailed past his fellow West Indian batsman Collis King's York Senior Cricket League record of 1,668 runs in a season. King set the mark for Stillington in division

  • Wilberfoss edge closer

    WILBERFOSS had the expected division three victory over Yapham and now need just six points from their trip to Easingwold next Saturday to win promotion. Yapham, a man short, were bowled out for 158 as Greg Nesbitt took 3-35. Barry Pearson hit a fine

  • 'Foss crushed

    WILBERFOSS, who will need to seek re-election, were crushed by ten wickets by Hemingbrough after being bowled out for 23 - the lowest total of the season. The score contrasted remarkably with 221-0 Wilberfoss made on Bank Holiday Monday against Thorp

  • Scorecards

    September 3/4 ECB Oxbridge Yorkshire League Appleby Frodingham 271-4 (A Vermeulen 104no, N Yousuf 71, J Parker 36no) lost to Sheffield Utd 272-3 (N Longhurst 136no, A Osmond 74no) by 7 wkts. Yorkshire Academy 176 (G Wood 60, A Lyth 39; G Fenton 4-35,

  • From bad to worse

    YORKSHIRE Phoenix turned in another shocking performance against Leicestershire Foxes at Headingley yesterday in what has turned into one of their bleakest ever seasons in one-day league cricket. Chasing Leicestershire's competitive score of 253-8, Yorkshire's

  • Cambell leaves York in the soup

    YORK Cricket Club's fall from grace in the Yorkshire League continued with a seven-wicket loss at Cleethorpes. It left Harrogate, emphatic nine-wicket victors over Scarborough at St George's Road, as champions and consigned York to second place. Despite

  • I'm such a hot gossip

    IT'S high time I came out of the closet. My parents have known for a long time, so it won't come as a shock to them. My partner has been well aware of the situation for ten years or more, and my children, though still young and relatively innocent, have

  • Judge finally gets tough

    THE new school year begins this week. Thousands of children will be catching up with classmates, meeting new teachers and looking forward to an exciting future. Not Jerome Barrett. The 15-year-old is starting a stretch at a very different institution

  • Roof only one of its kind in York

    THE roof on the Fulford Place flats was the only one of its type on a residential building in York, according to a York member of the fire authority. Coun Keith Aspden, a Liberal Democrat member of North Yorkshire fire authority and the councillor for

  • Price of freedom

    MANKIND has always been under threat from the extremes of nature and from extreme ideology in pursuit of power. Mother nature is creating by far the greater damage to our continued individual development and existence in our streets, villages, towns,

  • Evil of slavery

    A G REESON cannot understand a reader's reference to Great Britain's "shameful past" (Letters, August 31). He sees the slave trade in the British colonies as being "acceptable at the time" and indeed "encouraged by the church as a means of introducing

  • Pocklington dig deep for victory

    POCKLINGTON sealed a hard-earned 16-9 Yorkshire Two victory over old rivals Ripon with the only try 12 minutes from time. Already without a couple of key backs through illness, Pocklington lost three front line forwards in the first hour of the game due

  • Dial says thanks

    ON behalf of the trustees of Selby and District Dial, I would like to thank everybody who offered help and support during our recent funding crisis. Knowing that so many people were behind Dial was a great comfort to us. I would like to thank our clients

  • Food waste too

    I AM 100 per cent in favour of recycling. I compost all the waste I can in my garden. I am astounded that we are not able to put compostable waste such as food scraps etc in the green bin. Why not? If the green bin is going to be restricted to grass cuttings

  • Opening day defeat

    INJURIES, holidays and suspension contributed to Malton and Norton's 21-15 defeat in their first game in Northumberland and Durham 1. Malton opened their account with a score from Duncan Foster after good work by Ian Cooke and Andy Mitchell. Ponteland

  • It's a medical risk

    REGARDING emptying dustbins every fortnight, I along with many others, have medical waste. It's bad enough it waiting a week let alone two weeks. This can't be hygienic. What do we do about the rats etc which will appear? Joan Lewis, Gardeners Close,

  • Harrogate punished

    HARROGATE began the new season full of hope against Esher at Claro Road after five wins in six had staved off relegation from National Two. But indiscipline and conceding too much possession cost them dear in a 14-13 defeat. Harrogate's try-scorer was

  • Acorn's late winning surge

    YORK ACORN ARL Club kicked off life in National Conference division one with a fine opening day victory against East Leeds at Thanet Road. The Blue and Golds emerged 32-20 winners thanks to a late three-try burst. They began in excellent style with tries

  • Not enough waste

    WHILE I am wholly in favour of recycling, I feel York council is going about their new system in a high-handed way without consulting those it affects. The council has decided to reduce the collection of household waste to once a fortnight. Are we suddenly

  • Incinerate it all

    IN response to your front page report 'That's a wheelie bad idea' (August 29), I suggest the best way to alleviate pressure on landfill sites is to incinerate as they do on Jersey in the Channel Islands. There is an old incinerator on Foss Islands near

  • Kiwi prop makes his presence felt for York

    POWER and brute force saw York kick-off their Yorkshire One campaign in style with a convincing 32-7 win over Goole. Tries from fly-half Carl Paterson, Andy Kay, Rob Kama and Sam Arkle gave the Clifton Parkers a winning start. And a sparkling debut from

  • Protection vital

    MUCH has been said and written recently about putting effective anti-terrorism measures in place in the light of events in London and across the world. In such difficult times, it is vital that we are able to protect this country, and its people, from

  • Blaze-hit flats 'broke regulations'

    SERIOUS questions have been raised over the construction of a York block of flats hit by a devastating blaze last May. Firefighter investigators have released a summary of their final findings into the fire at the Fulford Place flats that left dozens

  • Title triumph my career high - Levy

    YORK City Knights captain Chris Levy today described lifting the LHF National League Two trophy as the best moment in his career. The Aussie's first season at Huntington Stadium has seen the Knights promoted to NL1 and they were presented with the trophy

  • Council's sweet idea to treat icy roads

    YOU put it in your tea. Now council chiefs want to use sugar-coat over its winter crisis with motorists over the gritting of the city's roads. A packet of Tate&Lyle may seem like an unusual way to stop York's roads icing up in the winter, but the

  • Time really flies for Dunning

    TIME is of the essence, especially when you're live on air. So Radio York presenter David Dunning got himself in a spin when the radio controlled studio clocks started to speed up. At first the second hand was going twice normal speed, then three or four

  • D-day looming for Darren

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan will run the rule over on-loan striker Darren Mansaram against Doncaster Rovers reserves on Wednesday night before deciding whether to extend his KitKat Crescent stay. Mansaram's one-month temporary stay with the Minstermen

  • Way we were

    Monday, September 5, 2005 100 years ago Three York girls were charged at the York Police Court, before Mr J S Rowntree (Chairman), with stealing two pairs of shoes from a shop in Colliergate. It was said that the shoes, which were produced in court, were