Holidaying in Passignano beside Lake Trasimeno, an idyllic setting in the Umbria region of Italy, is probably one of the last places you would expect to see Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) - the eccentric old grouch of the BBC series, One Foot In the
A Buckingham Palace investiture - or, to use its more formal title, the royal gong show - must be a traumatic experience. How low do you curtsey? Is 'your royal highness' the right form of address, or will a simple 'ma'am' suffice? What small talk do
York versus Sheffield is fast becoming the place to be for drama and excitement after another thrilling encounter between the two sides at Don Valley Stadium yesterday. Anyone who attended the reverse fixture at Huntington Stadium in January will never
There seem to be more ghosts in York pubs than there are punters. There's the ghost of a little girl at the Snickleway Inn in Good-ramgate - reputed to be the city's most haunted hostelry - the bowler-hatted Chaplin figure and the walking legs at the
Young Indian right handed batsman, Richee Kapoor will be aiming to pile on more agony for York's bowlers at Castleford tomorrow. Older members of the York bowling staff will need no reminding of the 92 runs Kapoor blasted off them when he was playing
As limp controversies go, the one about the BBC snubbing the Queen Mother takes some beating. This disagreement is as droopy as old lettuce, but that doesn't stop the headlines massing. Now it is worth pointing out that these headlines took root in the
FREQUENT heavy showers merged into longer periods of rain to hold up Yorkshire in their attempt to get back on terms with Derbyshire at the County ground today. The weather turned nasty about an hour before the scheduled start and although the square
Three local cricketers have been called into the England squad for the Costcutter under-15 World Cricket Challenge. The trio - Sheriff Hutton's Nick Thornicroft, James Chervak of Harrogate and Fadmoor's Dan Broadbent - are among seven Yorkshire players
IT is hard to believe that any positive vibes could emerge from York Wasps during such a dismal season. But how encouraging to hear exactly that from chief executive Ann Garvey today. While results on the field are what the public sees, results off the
I surrender. I can't go on deceiving myself anymore. I know that some people think I've recently become a little anti-social. Well the truth is, I'm not. I'm simply suffering from a heady combination of stubbornness and vanity. The reason I don't wave
Michael Smith will join up with his new York Wasps team-mates for the first time tonight, aiming to stake his claim for a place in the team to face Hunslet Hawks on Sunday. The New Zealander finally arrived in York yesterday and has just eight games left
