Mike Laycock followed a neighbour's advice and took his family to the Duke of York "Mike, you must try the Duke of York. The service is second to none, and the food is great." THE recommendation - not for the Queen's second son but the village pub at
YORK City Supporters' Trust has today issued a rallying call to the people of York to help preserve the future of the club. Fears are growing among the Trust and supporters that York City could be evicted from their Bootham Crescent home at the end of
GOLAN, narrowly beaten at York in August, has an outstanding chance of shining on the global stage at Arlington Park in Chicago this evening on what promises to be a not-to-be-missed racing spectacular. The Breeders' Cup comprises eight top-notch events
FOUR clubs have applied to join the York and District Senior Cricket League for the 2004 season. Three premier division East Yorkshire Alliance sides - Hornsea II, Welton and Hull-based Fenners, together with Scarborough Beckett League Folkton and Flixton
JUST when I thought I had seen it all regarding City of York Council's efforts to bring city traffic to a standstill we get the bus stop "peninsula" on Fulford Road (Evening Press, October 22). As someone who drives up and down Fulford Road half a dozen
MR STOCKTON'S account of the Thirties (October 11) is biased and inaccurate. I can remember those years clearly, as a member of a family much involved in the peace movement as members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). The Peace Pledge Union was founded
WERE you a sapper between 1939 and 1963 and do you have service photos? If you would like to have them included in the companion volume to the recent history of the Royal Engineers in National Service times then please get in touch via email at eric.pegg
AN EVENING PRESS campaign to recognise groups which keep children occupied and out of trouble has received a nomination from a York club which is giving youngsters the chance to get fit and gain confidence through boxing. All Saints' Boxing Club, in North
BUSINESS people on an estate at Clifton Moor, York, are complaining that at night their area has become "as lawless as the Bronx". An industrial waste bin wheeled into the centre of a shared car park at Lysander Close and torched was the last straw, they
HIGH-FLYING experts have been at work on the Yorkshire Wolds - and discovered an Iron Age cattle ranch stretching more than six miles across. The finds were made by a team of aerial archaeologists, and will feature in a BBC TV programme to be shown next
DWINDLING numbers and ageing membership have forced one of York's best known bowls clubs to close. The Ainsty club, founded 42 years ago, has fallen victim to a combination of social factors including general decline in the number of people playing the
FRESH talks to resolve the long-running rail strike collapsed with mediators unable to broker a solution. A meeting between the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT), Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
FOUR clubs have applied to join the York and District Senior Cricket League for the 2004 season. Three premier division East Yorkshire Alliance sides - Hornsea II, Welton and Hull-based Fenners, together with Scarborough Beckett League Folkton and Flixton
YORK City Knights are on the verge of signing a young but proven try-scoring centre. Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has said the club have agreed terms with the player but are waiting for him to sign on the dotted line before releasing his name.
IN Friday Night Fever last night we headlined this the Gig Of The Week. We got it wrong. Based on last night's polished performance it was Gig Of The Year! Until last night I only admired some of Ferry's numbers. Now I am a fan. His performance was awesome
A PARTY of York students was today due to fly to Russia on a trip which could include a visit to Moscow, where the four-day theatre siege today ended in bloodshed. An unnamed parent told the Evening Press that he believed the Huntington School trip would
JO HAYWOOD offers some tips on how to enjoy - or endure - Hallowe'en HUBBLE, bubble, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble... Oh, forget it. This Hallowe'en lark is too much like hard work. If you're not bobbing for apples, you're hollowing
THE travelling few who made it to Sincil Bank cannot have failed to have been impressed with Lee Cook's sweetly-taken penalty. The Watford loanee needed just a couple of steps before powerfully dispatching the ball past the wrong-footed Paul Pettinger
WASPISH strikers Lee Cook and Peter Duffield made the biggest advances in the race for the Evening Press player of the year award. Cook collected five points this week - two in the home draw with Bristol Rovers followed by a maximum haul in the LDV Vans
A FEARLESS band of drivers from York bus company, First, are going to great lengths to avoid "cock-ups" during their First Monty strip show at Tramways Social Club, in York's Mill Street, according to their choreographer and colleague Danny Tyrell. Danny
THERE are few less thankless tasks at a rugby club than that of the selection committee. The select band who hold the fate of a club's players in the palm of their hands receive little gratitude for their efforts, with the unveiling of the team-sheet
ALLERTHORPE PARK ladies' captain Judy Clarke certainly has a sense of timing. At her drive-in to office with men's captain Ian McGregor she had a hole in one. The magic moment came on the eighth when her eight-iron tee shot dropped in to the hole. "It
MORE than 150 supporters of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London to protest about his imprisonment. Campaigner David Buxton, of Christian Deaf Link, organised the protest which took place yesterday. Ian
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a brisk walk by the sparkling River Esk then heads out on to the moors on a gloriously crisp, clear day Iwondered if the car park at Egton Bridge was ever blessed with any North York Moors sunshine. The village huddles deep in the
STAFF at groovy nightspot Flares don't do anything by halves. They walk on bigger platforms than York Railway Station and wear bell-bottom trousers that could double up as a four-berth tent. Somewhere in between are their happy feet. These guys love to
YORK City Knights are on the verge of signing a young but proven try-scoring centre. Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has said the club have agreed terms with the player but are waiting for him to sign on the dotted line before releasing his name.
THE Cotswolds are a long way from York and yet it was there we learned about this Haxby venture. You might well question the name. Located next to a hairdresser that rejoices in the name 'Bald Ricks', I can see the connecting pun. Ostensibly a sandwich
Mike Laycock visits an historic coastal castle which has survived two bombardments and countless gales over hundreds of years IT STANDS majestically on a massive promontory of rock that rises sheer above the North Sea and Scarborough's North and South
GINA PARKINSON shows how shrubs can be propagated by a simple bit of bending AUTUMN is a good time to propagate shrubs by layering, a simple technique that can also be done in spring. Amelanchier, pieris, cornus (dogwood), cotinus, lilac and viburnum
HANDS up everyone who is bored to tears by the sexual revelations over the past few weeks by so-called celebrities, glamour models and female politicians. Perhaps if one of these publicity-seeking revenge merchants were to write about people they hadn't
ON Tuesday it was dark at 5.50pm: on Wednesday it was still light at 6.20pm - all due to the vagaries of the British climate. Has it ever crossed the minds of those who impose British Summer Time on us to have us put back our clocks 30 minutes this weekend
ARRIVA train bosses today rounded on a website which has named "scabs" who have allegedly broken the rail strike crippling North Yorkshire's rail network. Ray Price, managing director of Arriva Trains Northern, expressed his concern about "intimidation
MORE than 150 supporters of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London to protest about his imprisonment. Campaigner David Buxton, of Christian Deaf Link, organised the protest which took place yesterday. Ian
A VANDAL-hit York eyesore could be replaced by affordable homes. Crime-plagued Sanderson House, in Bramham Road, Chapelfields, could be sold to Tees Valley Housing Group, with cash generated being used to improve community facilities in the area. The
DOG owners who refuse to clean up after their pets have fouled the streets of York have been reminded they risk a fine of up to £1,000. City of York Council has launched a new poster and leaflet campaign aimed at cleaning up the city's streets - and at
A COUPLE who met at a Christmas family knees-up are celebrating 50 years of marriage. Peter and Barbara Carter, from Beaconsfield Street, Acomb, York, first danced the night away underneath the festive lights in 1949 after being introduced by Barbara's
PATIENTS of a York GP are to have their say about his plans to join forces with a medical group in the city. About 3,000 patients are registered with Dr Trevor Julian, who is assisted part-time at Holgate Road Surgery by Dr Kris Grummitt. But under plans
PUPILS at a York school mourning the loss of classmate David Harry are planning to make a plaque in his honour. The 15-year-old Joseph Rowntree School pupil was found dead in bed by his shocked mother, Tracy Way, at their home in Lime Tree Avenue, New
A NORTH Yorkshire pensioner was tied up and beaten by a gang of masked men in a "brutal and shocking" robbery at his home. The 81-year-old Thirsk man, described by police as a trusting and decent countryman, was punched in the face and had his legs tied
A VIKING warlord is planning to invade York. Darts superstar Andy 'The Viking' Fordham, who has just been ranked number five for the forthcoming Embassy World Darts Championships, will be storming the city next week. He is being filmed by Dutch TV for
HEARTBROKEN parents whose son died from a rare cancer have launched an appeal to buy specialist equipment that gave him a precious extra year of life. Jonathan and Fiona Scarlett-Abbott, of Langton, near Malton, will say goodbye to seven-year-old Joshua
HUNTINGTON teenager Hayley Smith produced the star performance of the event when she played in a junior table tennis tournament in Cheshire. In only her second major competition, 15-year-old Smith scored some completely unexpected victories, beating nationally
AVID Manchester United fan David Ginty is eyeing up a scholarship with his heroes after proving himself one of the most skilful footballers in his area. The 13-year-old, of Sycamore Road, Barlby, will be seeing his heroes in action against West Ham in
YORK City Supporters' Trust has today issued a rallying call to the people of York to help preserve the future of the club. Fears are growing among the Trust and supporters that York City could be evicted from their Bootham Crescent home at the end of
SIX people were lucky to be alive today after fire ripped through a York house when a chip pan was left unattended. Two of the six - a father and son - were still recovering in York District Hospital this afternoon following the blaze at a house in Huntington
ST John's College rugby teams have got their home campaigns off to encouraging starts this week despite the results not going their way. The men, runners-up in North One last season, put in a spirited display against a strong Manchester University squad
