York | Archive | 2007 | January
IT IS a sad day for a family-run North Yorkshire boarding school which is closing after 50 years. more...
COUNCILLORS are considering clamping cars blocking a vital access route at Brayton. more...
A serial drink-driver has been branded a "danger to other road users" and jailed after he was caught drink-driving for the fourth time. more...
FEARS are growing that City of York Council could fall victim to "compensation culture" over the state of the city's roads. more...
SICK children from York are to be given an unusual insight into their illnesses - through art. more...
YORK's council has revealed why it failed to consult people over the controversial plans to close a day care centre - it knew they would object. more...
A SUB-POSTMISTRESS in York has helped to save the Post Office card account system from being axed. more...
NOT enough North Yorkshire patients will get to choose where they get hospital treatment this year, according to a top-level health report. more...
A FURIOUS elderly couple claim their next-door neighbour's dilapidated house is attracting vermin and making their lives a misery. more...
AN 87-YEAR-OLD woman agreed to pay nearly £4,000 for a bed after high-pressure selling techniques left her feeling "hypnotised". more...
FORMER Miss York contestant Melissa Chapman, is determined to help keep this year's contest strictly a York event. more...
Anne McIntosh, Tory MP for the Vale of York, has added her voice to calls to tackle the soaring cost of gas bills - and also criticised the rising cost of more...
ONCE her eyesight was so bad she was as good as blind - now she has near-perfect vision after undergoing the second part of hi-tech surgery. more...
A WINDOW CLEANER'S "speed" bid to make an more...
HARD-PRESSED borrowers in York are set to face mounting debts after a surprise rise in interest rates - but house prices should remain stable. more...
STAFF and pupils at Fulford School are celebrating getting a coveted award. more...
THE opening of York's second lapdancing club will give a boost to Micklegate's flagging night-time economy, its manager claimed today. more...
"ONE of these days it's going to collapse, and it's going to be like a tidal wave." more...
YOU MAY be wondering where the Ardche is. It's not as popular a holiday destination for Brits as it is for other northern Europeans. The Ardche Mridionale (the southern Ardche) is a roughly triangular area in the middle of southern France, with the thundering River Rhne on its eastern edge. more...
HAVING finally managed to see Casino Royale last week, I am delighted to report I have something in common with gorgeous brunette Bond babe Vesper Lynd. And no, I'm not an MI6 agent. One member of our household working for the Government is quite enough; it's so tedious when the husband says, "I can't tell you how my meeting went because then I'd have to shoot you." more...
THE pull of Yorkshire lured Guy Wills back to his native county three years ago. Now, the 29-year-old is soon to return to his York roots. more...
WETHERBY Charlie Hall chase winner Our Vic can take on Kauto Star in March's Cheltenham Gold Cup, his owner David Johnson believes. more...
WITH Carlisle having fallen victim to waterlogging, Kempton stages the only racing in Britain tomorrow. more...
NEW Pickering Town boss Mark Wood said his first task as manager was to get the club back to winning ways. more...
LOWLY Crystal Palace B' stunned York John Smith's Sunday Pool League leaders Clifton with a fine performance to claim a 4-4 draw. more...
SIMON Mason is returning to Clifton Park to boost York Cricket Club's challenge for honours this summer. more...
YORKSHIRE CCC have already received a shoal of applications for the two new posts of head of professional cricket and director of cricket development. more...
YORK City return to the road after this weekend's break from action with next Saturday's trip to Kidderminster quickly followed by a Tuesday night meeting with Halifax. more...
YORK City Knights assistant-coach Jason Ramshaw has re-registered as a player for 2007 and will come out of retirement for the first time tomorrow. more...
MARK CAIN is confident his Select squad have the ability and determination to put on a show in his testimonial match tomorrow, writes Peter Martini. more...
DARREN Callaghan and his fellow York Old Boys' are relishing the chance to test themselves against York City Knights' current first-team squad. more...
THE postponement of Leeds United's match at Birmingham today gives new signing Alan Thompson additional time to work on his fitness before making his debut. more...
YORK City Supporters' Trust have urged members to put themselves forward for a place on their board ahead of next Friday's deadline for nominations. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is in the market for a new striker following Darryn Stamp's switch from Stevenage Borough to Halifax. more...
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