A NUISANCE youth has been banned from large parts of York in a bid to protect the public he has plagued for months. The city's magistrates declared that Daniel Whittaker, 17, had showed a "flagrant disregard" for authority. Among the allegations of
DRIVERS breaching York's strict city centre road restrictions had a lucky escape from an unwelcome fine. Police community support officers (PCSOs) were busy in St Saviourgate yesterday educating errant motorists who had illegally used the road. St Saviourgate
AN INQUEST into the death of York Gulf War veteran Terry Walker has been postponed at the eleventh hour. The decision by Newcastle Coroner David Mitford to adjourn the hearing - which was originally due to be held next Tuesday - follows pleas by his
SUPER sub Onome Sodje bagged his eighth league goal of the season to rescue a point for York City at home to Crawley Town. The Minstermen were heading for their ninth home defeat of the campaign after Jon-Paul Pittman had lobbed the ball over City 'keeper
OUR campaign to Cut The Closures gathered pace today as hundreds of petition signatures flooded into The Press offices. The people of York, North and East Yorkshire have got behind the fight to save vital post office branches. On Thursday, members of
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PLANS to build a 5,500 home eco-town near York have been branded "completely inappropriate" by Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh. The Tory MP claimed the proposed development to the north of Clifton Moor would worsen traffic congestion on the outer ring
YORK'S own Miss England was today preparing to take on the world in the planet's biggest beauty contest. Former Miss York Georgia Horsley will this evening represent her country in the Miss World contest in China, which will be watched by an estimated
IT was a baptism of fire for City of York Hockey Club's Under-10s boys B' team as they opened their Yorkshire Youth League campaign. The York A' and B' teams were playing in division one and their inexperience showed as they were beaten in all four
York College maintained their 100 per cent record in the English Colleges Football League with a 4-3 victory at Darlington College. Jamie Williamson opened the scoring after eight minutes when he touched on an excellent free-kick by Tom Wilson. Steven
THESE Bugthorpe Primary School footballers were big hitters at the East Riding Small Schools Championships. The school near Stamford Bridge won the East Riding event held at South Hunsley, and went on to finish as runners-up in the regional finals against
YORK youngster Victoria Graves could be in the running for a successful career in the Army. The Huntington School pupil in York was the overall winner of the girls' sixth form team event at this year's Army's Inter-School Cross Country competition,
ROWAN Palmour, Kiri Armstrong and Gabriella Valks helped The Mount School to a first. The trio were the architects of a Year 5 success for the York-based school in the North East Schools' Biathlon competition at Beverley. Earlier this month, more than
BRIGHTLY led by man of the match Josh Winn, York Under-13s schoolboy footballers rattled up a convincing 4-1 triumph at Wakefield. The hosts opened menacingly with two shots flashing wide, but once York found their slick passing tempo, there was only
Two goals by Liam Burdett were enough for Brooklyn to clinch a 2-1 York FA Senior U16s Minor Cup win against York RI. Thorpe were on top in their match against Heworth and took a 1-0 interval lead through a left-foot volley from Ryan Butler. An error
Rawcliffe and Tadcaster Albion were involved in a titanic York FA Minor Under-15s Cup struggle. The first half belonged to Rawcliffe, who took the lead on the half-hour through Joe Sawyer. While the second half belonged to Tadcaster, they could
Bishopthorpe White Rose and Thorpe United played a tight York FA Acaster Steel Cup U12s tie. With eight minutes to go, Bishopthorpe broke the deadlock with a Luke Robinson goal. But Danny Welford lobbed a leveller to force extra-time. However,
Nestlé Rowntree A' were too strong for Copmanthorpe in the York FA Minor Under-14s Cup. The Nestlé ranks racked up a 6-1 win, graced by a brace of goals apiece for Johnny Sellars and Edward Hicks. York College took the lead after 15 minutes of their
TEENAGER Sarah Mousley is making a foray into the senior show jumping world at a major national championships. The 15-year-old Queen Ethelberga's School pupil is this weekend competing in the finals of the KBIS Equestrian National Amateur Show Jumping
DAME Kelly Holmes is providing sporting inspiration for students at Brayton College. The youngsters met the Olympic gold medallist as part of the former athlete's Girls Active Roadshow initiative. The scheme targets girls aged between 13 and 16 who
ANNA Ward was Top Girl for York City Baths Club at the North East Region Age Group Short Course Championships in Harrogate. The 11-year-old was one of nine York swimmers taking part in the event at Harrogate Hydro, the city team being depleted by illness
Huby Primary School have become the first school to qualify for the Thirsk School Sports Partnership Tag Rugby League finals day after winning the Easingwold Cluster festival. They can now look forward to the finals day at which the school who wins will
Man of the match Josh Peacock scored four tries as York Acorn U16s reached the third round of the League Cup with a comprehensive 43-14 win over Walton. Acorn showed their intent from the off, quickly moving upfield, where good handling saw Peacock scorch
St Peter's School's girls' Under-14 hockey team have reached the northern finals of the National Schoolgirls' Hockey Championships to be played at Belle Vue Sports Centre in Manchester on Friday, December 7. To reach the finals the team had to play all
Dan Coulson and Jordan Potter both scored four tries as Heworth U13s thrashed Walton 70-0 in terrible conditions, taking their tally this season to 566 points for and only 52 against. Elliott Bulmer set the tone for the game with the first of his two
MEET the East Yorkshire school pupils with a spring in their step. Pocklington-based Lyndhurst School's trampolining A' team - Kayleigh Kilsby, Emma Burley, Maggie Bean and Alex Reay - have been nominated in the Junior Team category for the Yorkshire
Awards are as follows. Under-13 boys' individual bronze medal John Chatterton; U13 girls' A'-team Yorkshire champions gold Kayleigh Kilsby, Alex Reay, Maggie Bean and Alix Coole-Varlow; U13 girls' B'-team silver Katie O'Hagan, Claire Schofield, Amelia
YORK City caretaker boss Colin Walker is hoping supporters will flock to KitKat Crescent this afternoon for his first home game in temporary charge. Walker got off to a flying start with a 2-1 win at Weymouth last weekend and knows that another three
PAUL March's competitive reign as player-coach of York City Knights will kick off on Sunday, February 3. The Press revealed earlier this week that the Knights' first opponents of next term would be Gateshead Thunder at Huntington Stadium, in a Northern
FRANKIE and Benny's waiters Lee Ryan and Scott Ryan will be hoping to serve up an FA Cup upset during Harrogate Railway's FA Cup showdown with Mansfield Town tomorrow. League One outfit Mansfield will also be hoping that dance instructor Adam Jones does
YORK-BORN Steve McClaren might have made a hash of it but KitKat Crescent caretaker boss Colin Walker believes fellow Englishman Harry Redknapp should be the next coach to take charge of the national team. Just for the record, Walker - a former New Zealand
IT Sports Wigginton's impressive form in the Yorkshire Premier Squash League continued with a 5-0 demolition of Bradford side Heaton. Wigginton extended their lead at the top of the league over Leeds outfit Chapel Allerton and Pontefract, who suffered
York Knavesmire Harriers are well placed going into the last West Yorkshire Cross Country League event of the season at Wakefield tomorrow. The women's team are third in the league, just ahead of Leeds Athletics Club, and the men are third in their
SO, another York City manager has bitten the dust at the Crescent. If I was on the board, I would have suggested a pay structure for the players where they get paid on their performances. In any profession, if you don't come up with the goods, you
SANDHILL Lane is in the blood for coach Diccon Edwards. The stylish centre's playing career took him to giants of the game such as Wakefield and Leicester Tigers, and to the verge of the Welsh international side. The 34-year-old also helped Leeds Tykes
One of the Bishopthorpe Six was set to walk free from jail last night, and the others have had their sentences slashed. They were all part of a gang of young people who attacked Army officer David Wiseman on Bonfire Night in the village. Craig Steven
Dringhouses A' turned around a 3-1 deficit by taking the last four frames to beat leaders Fossway A' 5-3 in the John Smith's Bulmers Original Sunday Pool League. Alan Horner won the crucial last frame, his second of the night, to stretch Dringhouses'
THE Diccon Edwards way has got the Sandhill Lane seal of approval. Selby RUFC captain Andy Bennett is one of the senior players at the Yorkshire One club and is in awe of Edwards' influence on the side. "Diccon takes us on Tuesdays and Saturdays and
Paul Cresswell and Paul Young were unbeaten as they masterminded a win for division two leaders Coneysthorpe B' over Holgate C' in the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League. RI B' moved above Holgate C' into second place after Rich McCarthy and
KEEN adversaries on the pitch, Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and then Harry Redknapp were in opposition again, though not as directly as any previous Premier League confrontations. Rivalry now amounted to who occupied the prime football television time
HERE is a pantomime fit for Harrogate Theatre's newly refurbished auditorium. The theatre design combines old and new: old, original colours and new comfort for 21st century softies, and Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs takes on a similar character. In
TRADITIONALLY, Alan Ayckbourn has written the December family/children's show at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. This year, however, the mantle is passed to Northern Broadsides, the inexhaustible Halifax touring company, which makes an extended visit
YORK is at least trying to get into the festive spirit this year, with a full display of Christmas lights. Even so, we almost managed to spoil it. The chance of having a spectacular switch-on ceremony hosted by Radio 1 was turned down. And when the
SCALBY is a place not quite swallowed up by Scarborough. One mile east is the sea. We headed west out into the countryside. There's a National Union of Mineworkers convalescent/holiday home, and indeed with rumour of dustings of snow, it was a day for
CHRISTMAS preparations may be a distraction for many in December, but there are still plenty of jobs to be done in the garden, should a few spare minutes present themselves. The cold weather we have had this past few weeks has certainly sent our garden
THIS extraordinary book is said to have inspired many children to take an interest in history - now it is a piece of history itself. Written in Edwardian times, and now republished for a new generation of readers, it sweeps from Roman invasions through
A COUPLE of years ago, I went to a Bordeaux tasting. The chosen wines were deemed to be at 'everyday' drinking prices because all retailed for less than £15. I think it's a little far-fetched to assume most people would consider paying £8 to £15 for
I OFTEN think Christmas is a bit like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. I don't like Marmite and I don't like Christmas. The Christmas shopping frenzy is in full swing and we are barely into December. Already there are hordes of people frantically
TWO items really saddened me in The Press of November 27. The first one that I noticed was that alcohol will be available at the Friary Youth Hostel in Beverley (Spirits at ancient Friary). That's a most unfortunate move as, wherever one goes nowadays
It seems the planned post office closures have taken on a momentum of their own and are unstoppable, despite the inconsistencies. At the same time as we are being told to be more environmentally responsible and use the car less, post offices are
"I'M ONLY a woman and what do I know about football?" asks Cynthia Glasby (The Press, Tuesday, November 27). Same goes for me Cynthia, but my solution would be to sack all the overpaid prima donnas - in other words most of the England team and
ARE you ex-Royal Navy and do you miss the camaraderie? Have you not joined an HM Ships Association or Royal Navy Association's branch? Then the RN Reunion And Social Weekend, February 8 to 11, 2008, is for you. The warmth and camaraderie of this
STAUNCH supporters of Tony Blair were called Blairites. I just wondered if it would be politically incorrect to call Prime Minister Gordon Brown's staunch supporters Brownies? Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby.
WHY ON earth does the time that York's Christmas lights are switched on have to be such an issue with Coun David Scott? Surely the end result is what matters, and the end result is, in my opinion, very tastefully carried out and the best I have
IT'S GOOD for the economy of the city that so many people are expected to visit York this Christmas. However, I doubt if the misfortune of the need to use the toilets in Parliament Street will be the highlight of their visit. C East, Nursery
IN REPLY to Mike Usherwood's clearly biased and predictable letter against cyclists (Bicycle Bother, November 29), generalising all cyclists as evil law-breakers who seem to have a sole intention to harm people, I'd like to set the record straight.
A crucial point is missing from your account of City of York Council's (guarded) moves on the possible dualling of the northern ring road (Future York report in council spotlight, November 28). At the insistence of the Green councillors, the proposal
YOUNG people from across North Yorkshire are set to plant more than 3,100 trees - thanks to the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity. Schools have given a record-breaking response to an invitation to sign up for free "hedge
YORK'S central police station and police officers were allegedly the target for an failed midnight arson bid. Hundreds of police officers, community support officers and support staff are based at the Fulford Road police area headquarters. York magistrates
YORK MP Hugh Bayley will today meet the owners of Haxby Road Post Office along with their customers to discuss their concerns about its proposed closure. Mr Bayley will meet Aasif and Ghulum Rabbanni at the branch. Earlier this month, the MP met customers
A NORTH Yorkshire farmer has been fined £7,000 plus costs by York Magistrates after pleading guilty to allowing manure-contaminated water to pollute a three-kilometre stretch of the River Holbeck, at Stonegrave. The charge related to long-term pollution
YORK Minster has continued its countdown to Christmas ahead of one of its most important services of the year. The cathedral's advent wreath was decorated and put in place yesterday in preparation for its first candle being lit at the sung advent service
AN INQUEST into the death of York Gulf War veteran Terry Walker has been postponed at the eleventh hour. The decision by Newcastle Coroner David Mitford to adjourn the hearing - originally due to be held next Tuesday - follows pleas by his family for
