York Guides

The ancient board game became one of the most popular pastimes for the Vikings who descended on York 1,000 years ago, and visitors to the city's Jorvik Viking Centre were yesterday given the chance to try their hand at it.
They were able to compete against warriors from the past, as staff dressed in Viking costumes to stage the contest of Hnefatafl, thought to have been a game of strategy similar to chess.
A giant version of another popular Viking pursuit, Nine Men's Morris, which lays claim to being the world's oldest board game and is thought to have been created by the ancient Egyptians, was also set up for participants in Coppergate Square.
The famous Coppergate dig, which began in 1976 and led to the creation of Jorvik, unearthed part of a board and several Hnefatafl pieces.
Chris Tuckley, events assistant at Jorvik, said: "There is archaeological evidence that these games were played in York during the Viking times, and they were very much part of the Vikings' social life.
"We have found pieces made from walrus ivory which would have been made for wealthy members of society, but all sorts of people would have played games like Hnefatafl with cheaper pieces made from wood.
"It really does put you in touch with what was happening here all those years ago to think that these games were played on the site of Jorvik."