LEEDS United manager David O'Leary and striker Alan Smith have got personal in their support of the York City Supporters' Trust. United chief O'Leary has sent a hand-written message of support to the fans' body and donated a Leeds shirt signed by all
YORK City's new owner and chairman John Batchelor today urged fans and the community to "trust in me" as he pledged to give supporters a chance to take full control of their club. The motor racing boss maintained his aim to put mechanisms in place to
THE people of York breathed a collective sigh of relief following the news the city's soccer club has been saved from the threat of closure. A new dawn for York City was heralded yesterday as motor racing boss John Batchelor completed his takeover. The
OH, I guess it could be Christmas every day... in the Ship Inn at Strensall, at least. Middlesbrough-born landlord Trevor Copeland has vowed to keep his Yuletide lights flashing in the bar until semi-finalists Boro are dumped out of the FA Cup. But should
YORK Wasps are hoping future games at Huntington Stadium will contain more of the joy of last week but less of the disappointment. The Wasps go on tomorrow's long haul to Workington Town on the back of their first win of the season, and the joy - plus
Ken Walker, a reader and walker from Camblesforth, near Selby, has written a kind letter to me and has requested more routes south of York. Fair point. So I went to Cawood for a big sky river ramble. We started near the arched steel swing bridge, channelled
VROOM, vroom - new York City owner John Batchelor's driving ambition is set to leave its mark on the Minstermen and their fans. Speaking at yesterday's Bootham Crescent press conference, Batchelor revealed the world of motor-sport will provide much of
YOUR editorial about YNET's stance regarding the New Osbaldwick development (March 14) is both inaccurate and misrepresentative of the written statement and interview I made on YNET's behalf. The land has not been allocated for housing for years. A large
SPRING arrived on Wednesday as 120 members of York University Orchestra performed Stravinsky with jaw-dropping verve. Did not the very goddess of Thunder herself play in the percussion back four? The 'Rites' were part of a set that included Neilson's
I AGREE with Mr Lewis that £1 million seems a small price to pay to help Thrall set up in the city, but in the same letter he questions the value of the Millennium Bridge (March 12). Leaving aside the landscaping works, the bridge itself cost just over
FORMER Yorkshire and England bowler Bob Appleyard is urging the county's 9,000 members to vote for a first-past-the-post system of electing the committee when the contentious subject is debated at next Saturday's annual meeting at Headingley. Yorkshire
IT might be undergoing an image change, but they still complain about the Tube. Why, I dunno. Surely the good folk of Chapelfields would sell inheritances for a cheap, efficient service, where trains come by every three minutes. So why do the Londoners
IT HAS been a glorious spring day as I write with hours of clear blue sky and sunshine but a chilly breeze reminds us we are still only two weeks into March and the weather forecaster has given gloomy tidings of a return to colder conditions. However,
IN the closest contest so far, Syncrownized have pipped Ham in heat five of Round One of the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2002 at Fibbers, York. Ironically, neither of them was awarded the Secret Panel vote, which accounts for 20 per cent
CONTROVERSIAL plans to sell off a council-run residential home look set to be scrapped. Officers with East Riding of Yorkshire Council are recommending a reprieve for Wold Haven, at Pocklington. The authority decided last year the home should be sold
TEENAGE composer Paul Wilson, pictured above, was so moved by the events of September 11 that he wrote a piece of music to commemorate the human tragedy of the terrorist atrocities. His work has now been performed at his school, six months on from the
EVENING Press staff have been nominated for two prestigious honours in this year's BT North of England Regional Media Awards. Our website, www.thisisyork.co.uk, has been nominated for the Website of the Year Award, while Evening Press chief photographer
BAYONET-wielding guardsmen marched into York's city centre today - to a warm welcome from crowds of residents and tourists. York's own cavalry regiment, the Royal Dragoon Guards, exercised their right to the Freedom of the City by passing through the
A SET of saucy garden gnomes outside a York gift shop has forced an American tour party to flee the city in disgust. Joan Townsend, a tour operator with Sedona Arizona Travel Company, claims the gnomes, sold in front of the Blue Moon Trading gift shop
York City's intermediates lost 3-2 at Carlisle in their Football League Youth Alliance Merit Division Two tie. City's goals were scored by Marc Salvati and substitute Luke Ibbetson. After scoring, Ibbetson, who had been out of action for six weeks with
LABOUR MPs Hugh Bayley and John Grogan have turned up the heat ahead of next week's vote on controversial proposals to ban hunting with dogs. York MP Mr Bayley and his Selby colleague have signed a House of Commons motion which slams the "compromise"
FIVE-star Jon Beech went from back to front to fire York College's Football Academy team to glory, writes Dave Stanford. Beech, 19, from Acomb, a leisure and recreation (advanced) student at the college, normally plays a right-back. However, with injuries
THERE'S good news and bad news for York Wasps today as they prepare for tomorrow's trip to Workington Town. The bad news is that in-form Jamie Benn misses the Cumbrian haul with a head injury, but the good news is that ready-made replacement Jonny Liddell
A YORK Irish bar is due to go well and truly international when it holds its St Patrick's Day party. Staff at O'Neill's, in Low Ousegate, plan to celebrate the saint's day every time it reaches one of seven different countries. This means the bar started
THE Melbourne and the Frog Hall both made the news in recent months for negative reasons: the former for problems with its licence, and the latter because it's been shut and will soon be pulled down. But combining certain elements of the two York boozers
ROBBIE Keane's hopes of a St Patrick's Day recall to Leeds United's attack on tomorow (2pm) took a blow this week when strikers Alan Smith and Mark Viduka avoided FA bans. Keane was all set to step in alongside Robbie Fowler against Blackburn Rovers at
YORK City's new owner and chairman John Batchelor today urged fans and the community to "trust in me" as he pledged to give supporters a chance to take full control of their club. The motor racing boss maintained his aim to put mechanisms in place to
POLICE were today examining a body thought to be that of a missing South Korean student who visited York shortly before she disappeared. In Hea Song, 22, who was studying hotel management at London Guildhall University, has not been heard from since December
TWO failed jobs and a spot of sibling rivalry turned Nick Stafford into a brewer. And that's why today he can be found running his own brewery at the end of a tiny, twisting mud-decorated lane in what seems like the middle of nowhere when you've come
GILLIAN Sanderson almost can't believe her luck. "I've got a view of the Minster!" she says, standing at the window of her smart, spacious new kitchen. "I didn't imagine I would have that." Thomas, her two-year-old son, isn't interested in the view of
THE fascinating bric-a-brac displayed in this two-floor caf has been collected by the owner, Simon Robertson. In case anyone accuses me of nepotism, as far as I know we are not related. It was Friday and the caf was full when we arrived. "If you would
SO Will Young, the winner of the Pop Idol programme and chart topper for the second week running, has told the world that he is gay. So what? Will is a loveable, charming young man with a great talent and I wish him a long and successful career in music
WE were sorry to read that Maxine Gordon was unhappy with her second visit to the Marcia in Bishopthorpe (March 2). As local residents, we frequently dine at the Marcia, and our only complaint is the over-generous helpings. I think you will agree, not
AN INQUIRY has been launched into how some of North Yorkshire's finest beaches were "downgraded" - by mistake. The beaches at Scarborough, Whitby and Filey were all Grade A winners for cleanliness, when the latest prestigious blue and yellow flags for
THERE'S good news and bad news for York Wasps today as they prepare for tomorrow's trip to Workington Town. The bad news is that in-form Jamie Benn misses the Cumbrian haul with a head injury, but the good news is that ready-made replacement Jonny Liddell
FEAR of crime does not exist, and the Government and police forces are wasting money by trying to reduce it, a crime conference in North Yorkshire was told. Professor Jason Ditton, from Sheffield University's faculty of law and the Scottish Centre for
THE people of York breathed a collective sigh of relief following the news the city's soccer club has been saved from the threat of closure. A new dawn for York City was heralded yesterday as motor racing boss John Batchelor completed his takeover. The
A MAN was fighting for his life in hospital today after he was in collision with a car in the centre of York. Police are appealing for information from anyone who may have witnessed the incident, at about 11pm in Bridge Street, near its junction with
IN-FORM Julian Ramsbottom (RaceScene Van Tuyl) powered to a second impressive win in two years in Harrogate Nova's 19-mile hilly time trial. He took one minute 28 seconds out of Joel Wainman (Pete Read Racing) over the tortuous Pennine circuit to record
SEVEN members of York Under 14s are gunning for success with North Yorkshire at two special rugby festivals. Tom Bewick (hooker), Matt Turp (back-row), John Bird (prop), Alex Rogers scrum-half), Oliver Bevis lock), Matthew Rowson (full-back) and Elliott
Former Scottish winger Tony Stanger gave the St Peter's School rugby union team the benefit of his experience ahead of next weekend's trip to Twickenham. And there could still be more big name stars to run the side through their paces ahead of the Daily
MALTON and Norton ace Emma Duggleby has found her trip to South Africa a useful exercise after she won the gruelling SA Ladies Open Amateur Championship in Cape Town. The competition saw Duggleby cruise through the three 18-hole stroke-play rounds in
LEEDS United manager David O'Leary and striker Alan Smith have got personal in their support of the York City Supporters' Trust. United chief O'Leary has sent a hand-written message of support to the fans' body and donated a Leeds shirt signed by all
A SEX offender walked free from York Crown Court for the second time after a jury acquitted him of child abuse. The 12 jurors took less than an hour to acquit Angolan-born Paolo Francisco Ingles Gomes of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl and a
MARILYN Monroe's nipple loomed over us as we chowed down on two fabulous starters, and it prompted a mini-debate. "It looks real," said Liz, between mouthfuls of potato wedge. "It suits the picture. She's teasing you with the flag thing, and it's like
