Archive
-
Date
Coach driver suffers reversal in title bid
TOP coach driver from York has just missed out on being crowned UK coach driver of the year by a mistaken one-inch parking manoeuvre. Nick Barker, 32, from Acomb, drives the famous coach painted with scenes of York including the Minster, Clifford's Tower
-
Date
Tragic parents renew plea over Lizzie's death
THE heartbroken parents of York schoolgirl Lizzie Gilmour have made an emotional plea for help to solve the mystery surrounding her death on the York outer ring road. Three months after Dave and Rose Gilmour laid their daughter to rest, they say they
-
Date
Hospital asks sick people to stay away
YORK District Hospital managers today appealed for visitors who have suffered sickness and diarrhoea to stay away from its grounds. They made the call as they struggle to beat a virus which has caused the cancellation of 200 non-urgent operations since
-
Date
My son stole for Pokmon craze
A FATHER whose son was caught shoplifting Pokmon cards at a York supermarket is calling on shops to stop selling the latest craze merchandise. Adrian Wilkinson said other parents could also find their otherwise law-abiding children on the wrong side of
-
Date
Close finishes to indoor finals
THREE of the York and District Indoor Bowls Club league play-off finals were decided on extra ends. In the Mixed Pairs final, husband and wife Trish and Mal Harrison appeared to be coasting to victory when 20-10 up after 17 ends against Dot Kennelly and
-
Date
Stillington promotion push
STILLINGTON will again rely heavily on West Indian all-rounder Collis King's talents as they bid to continue their rise up the league. They will be among the favourites to win the second division, particularly as they have also secured the services of
-
Date
Dunnington tipped to bounce right back
DUNNINGTON will be hoping to make amends following last season's traumatic relegation from the premier division of the Costcutter York and District Senior Cricket league when the new season opens on Saturday. Disciplinary problems saw the club demoted
-
Date
No quarter given by Steven
A TEENAGER from Haxby is set to achieve international honours in the tough world of American football - just six months after taking up the sport, writes Peter Martini. Student Steven Bricknall has been selected for the Great Britain youth development
-
Date
Right plaice, right time for Mr Chips
FORGET Chinese, Indian or pizza - a York chip shop is to deliver traditional fish and chips door-to-door. Richard Jackson, who has run the Holgate Chippy, in Holgate Road, for 18 months, with his partner Denise Enwright, hatched the idea after customers
-
Date
York's cool for Katz
AMERICA'S top trade representative in Britain is preparing to tell his country's businessmen all about the economic virtues of York. David Katz, the top representative for trade in Britain at the US Embassy undertook a two-day visit to York and North
-
Date
Government GM meeting 'too far away'
THE GOVERNMENT is making consultation on Yorkshire's GM crop tests inaccessible, it was claimed at a York meeting. Friends of the Earth spokesman Adrian Bebb said a public meeting held in the city, which was attended by fewer than 50 people, was too far
-
Date
Rural post offices closure rate shock
MORE than one in ten post offices in the Vale of York shut in the five years to 1999, the Countryside Agency revealed today. And the closure rate was almost as bad - at between five and ten per cent - in Ryedale, Selby and the Scarborough and Whitby constituency
-
Date
New flood alert as rivers still rise
VILLAGES in North Yorkshire were on full alert today after two amber flood warnings were issued by the Environment Agency, Buttercrambe Mill and Stamford Bridge, near York, were given the warnings as the bloated River Derwent remained dangerously high
-
Date
Theatre group keeps students on their toes
DANCERS from York are taking part in a pioneering new dance theatre which will present its first show this weekend at the Grand Opera House. Students from the new Yorkshire Youth Dance Theatre, a scheme for dancers aged between eight and 18, will present
-
Date
Ingle agrees to fight
NORTH Yorkshire's world featherweight champion Paul Ingle will go ahead with his title defence against Brooklyn's Junior Jones - even if the weigh-in takes place on 9am on the day of the fight. Ingle said: "I'm annoyed. The whole thing has been a mess
-
Date
Fairclough fighting for justice
YORK City defender Chris Fairclough is seeking justice on two fronts. The City captain is to fight his corner after being hit with a misconduct charge by the Football Association following an alleged incident in the player's tunnel after the Minstermen's
