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  • Bridge Khan't repel Hamed

    SHERIFF Hutton Bridge may be on the way to Lord's but they were unable to get past Dunnington, whose Hamed Khan excelled in the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket league premier division duel. Khan cracked an undefeated 110 to seal

  • Record loom for Ingram

    Stamford Bridge's star batsman Lorenzo Ingram kept on course for a new record run aggregate when he made 87 in the first division match against Hemingbrough, writes Albert Pattison. That took his aggregate for the season to 1,441, a total bettered only

  • Hewiston's great eight

    New Earswick put clear water between themselves and the bottom three in division two when they won the relegation battle with Hovingham by three wickets after a fabulous piece of bowling by Martin Hewitson, whose 8-40 was his second eight wicket-haul

  • Crackshot Clifton thwarted

    Clifton Alliance offered no sympathy to division three strugglers Yapham and really rubbed salt into the village side's deep wounds when they amassed one of the biggest scores in the League's history. Skipper John Myers was the main beneficiary of an

  • Stall and nothing for Yorkshire

    Yorkshire were thrashed by eight wickets in their Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy semi-final match against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl but Craig White and his team had already suffered a catalogue of disasters before they set foot on the field. It turned

  • High five sets up crunch collision

    Little changed at the top of the Yorkshire ECB Premier League with York beating Hull and Harrogate snuffing Castleford's remaining hopes of a late run to take the championship. York's five-wicket home victory over the Humbersiders seemed a regulation

  • Hunslet 22, Knights 24

    READ it and rejoice - York City Knights are the LHF National League Two champions. Now, if only they could lose the habit of doing things the hard way, then everyone could celebrate without fearing a coronary, feeling their hair fall out, or chewing nails

  • Rents warning for students

    CASH-STRAPPED students are being urged to weigh up the cost of digs when choosing a university as they vary dramatically around the country. Most people embarking on their first year at university now expect to graduate with an overdraft as well as a

  • York photo gallery on the move after 33 years

    ONE of York's most respected art institutions is to leave the city. Impressions Gallery has announced it is to up sticks and move at the end of October - after 33 years of exhibitions in the Minster city. The organisation today said it wanted to move

  • Up, up and away

    A SUN-DRENCHED weekend meant bumper crowds at a whole host of family events across York and North Yorkshire. People flocked to the Yorkshire Airshow at Elvington in their droves. The aerobatics of the Red Arrows graced the skies on both Saturday and Sunday

  • Steward attacks photographer

    AN Evening Press photographer was grabbed by the neck as he tried to take pictures of York City Knights title winning celebrations at Hunslet. Anthony Chappel-Ross was manhandled by a steward as he captured on-pitch celebrations following the Knights'

  • Millionaire told to pay up

    HE IS a multi-millionaire businessman and an MBE with an award-winning museum - but it took a court ruling to force him to hand over £1,000 he owed to his own brother-in-law. Stanley Johnson, who founded Eden Camp, near Malton, was ordered to hand over

  • James in line for high Dudgeon

    JAMES Dudgeon will be handed his York City debut if he can prove his fitness ahead of Friday's home match with Woking. The former Worskop Town defender has dropped out of the Minstermen squad for the last two matches because of a twisted ankle but will

  • Beatles join Proms for a magnificent weekend of music

    IT was a weekend of the five Ps - Proms, Pimms, picnics, pyrotechnics and patriotism. It took not one, but two concerts - both sponsored by the Evening Press - to celebrate the best of British in the grounds of one of England's most stately of homes.

  • Promoted Knights ready to take off

    HEAD coach Mick Cook reckons York City Knights have a wonderful future after guiding them to the LHF National League Two title. Cook's braves came back from 22-0 down at Hunslet to win 24-22 amid amazing scenes at South Leeds Stadium, those two points

  • Fantastic finale thrills Lee

    LEGEND Lee Jackson lauded his three years at Huntington Stadium as 'fantastic' after helping to guide York City Knights to National League One, writes Peter Martini. The former Great Britain hooker, now 36, staved off retirement last season as he wanted

  • Founder Gary in dreamland

    Gary Hall, who was at the heart of the resurrection of York rugby league when he got the Knights rolling three years ago, said: "They made hard work of it but they got there in the end." "I would like to pay tribute to all the supporters and the people

  • Karate kids are top of the chops

    HOW'S this for a blockbusting movie plot? Dracula and his band of wicked pirates and terrorists hatch an evil plot to take over the world. They plan to steal the supreme golden sword from the Ninjas, a group of awesome martial arts experts who use their

  • Don't rubbish waste scheme

    AT long last York is getting its recycling scheme fully operational. But, of course, there are a few who are determined to upset this process by making their mind up that it will be a failure before it begins and then trying to convince the rest of us

  • How it will work

    I SHOULD like to allay the concerns of readers who have written about the new garden waste collections being introduced by City of York Council. Only properties with gardens will receive a bin for garden waste - terraced properties, most flats and sheltered

  • Start with shops

    I HAVE been greatly interested in the letters and articles about waste recycling in York and agree with many readers who have complained about the new measures for collecting domestic waste. Here in Hartlepool we too are being experimented with by either

  • Real dangers of 'harmless' drug

    STEVE Clements puts forward a most compelling argument in favour of cannabis use ('Let's have tolerance', August 19) and even plays on our collective consciences by suggesting that the criminalisation of the use of cannabis is a crime against humanity

  • Re-think re-route

    AGE Concern York charity supports the views of those people likely to be affected by the idea to re-route the umber 4 bus service, and urge First commercial director Peter Edwards to reconsider 'Appeal for bus route U-turn', August 13). A significant

  • James in line for high Dudgeon

    JAMES Dudgeon will be handed his York City debut if he can prove his fitness ahead of Friday's home match with Woking. The former Worskop Town defender has dropped out of the Minstermen squad for the last two matches because of a twisted ankle but will

  • Way we were

    Monday, August 22, 2005 100 years ago A pack of otter hounds, booked from Croft to Bedale by a Mr Robson, proceeded on this morning to hunt Bedale Beck. They arrived at Bedale at 11.30am and were met by a very large number of followers. They proceeded

  • Grays Athletic 1, York City 1

    A MEASURE of York City's progress during the first week of the new season can be taken from the glum faces that climbed on to the team coach after Saturday's 1-1 draw at Grays Athletic. None, of course, were sterner than that of sent-off skipper Mark

  • A-level best performers

    As the dust settles on this year's A-level exam results, Education Reporter Haydn Lewis takes a look at the pluses and the minuses of the current system. FOR students picking up their results last week there must have been nothing more demoralising than

  • Scorecards

    August 20/21 Premier Division Dunnington (30 points) beat Sheriff Hutton Bridge (4) by 9 wickets. Sheriff Hutton Bridge 198-7 (P M Oldfield 43, S D Crowder 75, C L King 3-82), Dunnington 199-1 (S A Kellett 51, M H Khan 110no). Heworth (4) lost to Woodhouse

  • Dunnington up and away

    DIVISION five leaders Dunnington had little difficulty in disposing of fellow promotion contenders Sheriff Hutton Bridge and became the first side to clinch promotion when they won by eight wickets. The Bridge reached 57 before the opening partnership

  • Stillington still prevail

    All 20 wickets fell at Stillington, where the home side defeated Thorp Arch by 53 runs in division six. Peter Dalton's 36 was the best batting for Stillington, who were dismissed for 136 by S Palmer (3-28) and S Craddock (3-39). In Thorp's reply, J Monk

  • Scorecards

    August 20/21 Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire County Premier League Harrogate 193 (J Inglis 43, B Bradshaw 34, G How 5-52, D Wainwright 3-40), *Castleford 132 (C Finan 33, V Craven 3-47); *Cleethorpes 234-6 (S Campbell 66, D Webb 104, G Wilson 39, M Lawson 3-53

  • Tykes chief hits out

    YORKSHIRE'S second semi-final defeat in consecutive seasons yielded no moaning, but director of cricket David Byas let fly at the fixture-list. Even without the problems encountered on the day of the semi-final, the Tykes had to travel so far from their

  • No margin for error for farmers

    WITH harvest now almost complete, the National Farmers Union is reminding farmers in York and North and East Yorkshire that new two-metre field margins, alongside hedges and watercourses, must be established as soon as the harvest is in. The margins are

  • Wedge of darkness

    FAMILY traditions are a wonderful thing. Pass on an heirloom, a name or an interesting facial tic and you are passing on your family history along with it. Some family traditions, however, should not be passed on. They should be locked in the attic, like

  • Residents fail to stop licence bid

    A BUSY city-centre pub can open into the early hours of the morning, licensing bosses have ruled. Their decision to grant a late-night licence to the Five Lions in Walmgate, York, is the latest in a raft of applications approved by council chiefs. Landlord

  • Knights of raw passion

    WE had almost forgotten how to celebrate. But after years of heartache York can acclaim a set of sporting heroes again. In a thrilling match against Hunslet, York City Knights clinched the match, and the LHF National League Two title. It was a glorious

  • One own-goal

    UNHAPPILY, yesterday's celebrations were marred by an after-match incident. Our photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross was verbally and physically abused by a steward at the South Leeds Stadium. Anthony is a professional photographer who was trying to capture

  • Mountain biker 'steals from dying patients'

    SNEAK thieves targeted a York charity shop in a "sickening" daylight raid. A man went in to the St Leonard's Hospice charity shop in Fourth Avenue, Tang Hall, and stole cash from a box in a back room as staff served customers. Shop manager Sue Bonarius

  • Foot's feat

    SCARBOROUGH got their season going with their first point and goal - but left it late to prise a 1-1 draw from the visit of Kidderminster. Paul Foot headed home a free-kick in stoppage-time after being brought on in a midfield role at half-time. With

  • Rob's joy at return

    KEVIN Blackwell's gamble to play big striker Rob Hulse paid huge dividends with a 2-0 Championship win against Wolves. The Leeds United striker made a scoring return to action as United ended Wanderers' 21-match unbeaten run in the Elland Road heat. The

  • Bridge Khan't repel Hamed

    SHERIFF Hutton Bridge may be on the way to Lord's but they were unable to get past Dunnington, whose Hamed Khan excelled in the Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket league premier division duel. Khan cracked an undefeated 110 to seal

  • Promoted Knights ready to take off

    HEAD coach Mick Cook reckons York City Knights have a wonderful future after guiding them to the LHF National League Two title. Cook's braves came back from 22-0 down at Hunslet to win 24-22 amid amazing scenes at South Leeds Stadium, those two points

  • Mystery over body in river

    A MAN'S body was pulled from the River Ouse close to a road bridge in the centre of York. Police and fire services attended the scene at Ouse Bridge near Yates's Wine Lodge after a member of the public phoned to say they had seen a body in the water.

  • Super Sunday to manic Monday

    MATCH-WINNING hero Lee Paterson was set to go for an early morning work-out today with Knights conditioner Colin Sanctuary - though he expected he might not be at his best. Paterson, who had to take over goal-kicking duties due to injuries to the regular

  • Vikings cling to new hope

    YORK City Knights are likely to face Widnes in National League One next season after the Vikings were assured of a bottom-two spot in engage Super League. However, the Cheshiremen are clinging to a hope that the winners of the NL1 Grand Final will not

  • Steward attacks photographer

    AN Evening Press photographer was grabbed by the neck as he tried to take pictures of York City Knights title winning celebrations at Hunslet. Anthony Chappel-Ross was manhandled by a steward as he captured on-pitch celebrations following the Knights'

  • Cherry picking

    NOW that the city council has resurfaced the lane going down from Middlethorpe Hall to the racecourse for the Queen's coach to travel smoothly, I suggest it should now resurface Cherry Lane so York residents can walk down in comfort to the races. A Patrick

  • Stamp out geese

    SO Martin Hathaway doesn't like what the council is doing to his beloved geese's eggs (August 19). Oh dear, how sad. Perhaps, if he lived in York and did not simply visit he would have a different view of the problem. Mind you only 200 eggs culled would

  • Get rid of 'em

    JUST back from a riverside stroll in York, which involved a walk through Rowntree Park, my wife and I were astounded at the reported reaction about culling geese in the park and nearby. The city council has done wonders in this park and it should be a

  • Kill their speeds

    I WHOLEHEARTEDLY support Garland Copley's call for speed cameras to be installed on the stretch of the A19 between Shipton and Easingwold (August 17). I use that road almost every weekday on the way to work. As someone who obeys the 60mph speed limit,

  • Hotte spot of bother for Mark

    CITY skipper Mark Hotte will cop a cash penalty for yielding the last-minute spot-kick which proved so costly to the Minstermen. Manager Billy McEwan confirmed that Hotte would be fined for his dismissal and instructed the former Scarborough centre-back