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Stories for 29 October 2002

York Business

On-line focus on property

IMPLICATIONS for on-line conveyancing will be discussed by York district land registrar, Roslyn Lovel, at a free seminar.  more...

York HQ for Euro team

THE European Parliament has endorsed the choice of York as the headquarters of a centre which champions the cause of not-for-profit organisations throughout the Continent.  more...

Making the most of some free time

A FREE online business referral community covering York and Harrogate has just been launched.  more...

Ann's new charge at legal practice

GEORDIE solicitor Ann Laverty has left her beloved Newcastle to become a partner at Philip Ashworth and Company in York.  more...

Train firm's training rated first class

The speed and efficiency of training by the York-based train operators is held up as an example by Business Link York and North Yorkshire and the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire of how Investors in People (IIP) is being put to best effect.  more...

Job cuts fear for 1-in-5 companies

ENGINEERING sub-contractors in North Yorkshire are "hanging on by their fingernails and their fingernails are getting shorter."  more...

York Leisure

Kids want real milk, not sugary, luminous orange stuff

Anyone would think I had asked for the moon on a stick. It was a perfectly straightforward request, but the woman behind the counter looked at me like I was an alien who had just dropped out of the sky into her café.   more...

The thing is... ...is saying sorry enough?

THE Home Office is considering a proposal whereby criminals who commit crimes such as burglary, mugging and vandalism could escape prosecution by saying sorry to their victims and signing a special contract in which they promise to go straight.  more...

Ten of the best

JO HAYWOOD meets a couple who have learned two's company but ten's a family  more...

York News

No worries on food front

Scientists think they may be able to genetically modify pigs so they can more easily act as organ donors for humans. This poses a dilemma which is, at the very least, intriguing.   more...

Very upmarket

AS edifices go, it is not quite in the class of the pyramid at Giza, one of the only wonders of the ancient world to survive. That is made of six million tonnes of granite and limestone.  more...

Caught in the act and it hurts

IT is ironic that New Labour, the arch modernisers, have enshrined in a Millennium act a law which takes us back to feudal times.  more...

Fresh visions of a Yorkshire Riviera

STEPHEN LEWIS joins a roving council committee on a fact-finding walk   more...

Access charge on village green

HOMEOWNERS in a North Yorkshire village have been stunned to learn they could have to PAY to drive into their own homes.  more...

York big transport blueprint set for approval

A MASSIVE £11.5 million blueprint for transport at Monks Cross, York, is set for approval.   more...

Arson woman wanted to die with her husband

A WOMAN tried to burn down her marital home so that she and her husband "could die together", a court heard.  more...

City fans give homes plan the red card

YORK City supporters today lodged an objection to plans to build 93 homes at Bootham Crescent.  more...

York hospital facing winter beds dilemma

A WINTER crisis could be looming on York District Hospital's wards, as latest figures show bed blocking levels are running at a higher level than the same time last year.  more...

Health chiefs in discussions over hospital status

HEALTH chiefs from York District Hospital were in London today to discuss the implications of gaining foundation hospital status.  more...

Major to sue over tax on pension

A NORTH Yorkshire war veteran is to sue the Ministry of Defence over tax he claims to have wrongly been paying for more than four decades.  more...

Hospice needs volunteers

ARE you a good listener?  more...

Charity says a special thank you for support

A SPECIAL needs group which was on the brink of closure has thanked the Evening Press for helping to keep it afloat.  more...

Claim your cycle, or it goes to auction!

THE owners of hundreds of bikes found dumped in York have a chance to be reunited with their cycles this weekend.   more...

Archbishop lays foundation stone

A FOUNDATION stone for a new learning centre at York St John's College was laid by Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope.  more...

Job cuts fear for 1-in-5 companies

ENGINEERING sub-contractors in North Yorkshire are "hanging on by their fingernails and their fingernails are getting shorter."  more...

A spooktacular night for ghosts and ghouls

GHOSTLY goings-on are in store for visitors to a North Yorkshire beauty spot.  more...

MP's pledge to elderly

VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh has outlined new proposals to bring "peace of mind" to the region's pensioners.  more...

York College staff are set to join national strike on pay

MORE than 200 staff at York College are set to join a strike by further education lecturers next week.   more...

Is this the clumsiest farmer?

YOU couldn't make it up.  more...

Tidy city could clean up in awards

THE city of York, which was once attacked for the state of its streets, has now been shortlisted for a national cleaning award.  more...

York fares well in bus passenger chart

MORE than 780,000 extra passengers helped make York one of the country's hottest places to catch a bus.  more...

Flavour out of favour

I AM afraid that the letter from Susan Scott with her facts about monosodium glutamate (MSG) was a complete load of rubbish (October 21).  more...

European disaster

IF centralisation of power, with its inevitable high tax and waste, is the answer to solving the problems of our country ie transport and education to name but two, then the Russians would be the richest nation on earth.  more...

Gun shop returns fire

HAVING sold guns on and off for 27 years, nothing has changed. People love guns or hate them, there is little middle ground.  more...

David has gone, but not from our hearts

I'M nearly 14 and I was a friend of David Harry who unfortunately passed away in his sleep last week (`Mum's agony at son's death', October 25).   more...

Boy biker fights for life

A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was fighting for his life in hospital today after a serious road accident in York.  more...

Street robbers hunted in York

A MAN was punched in the face and robbed of cash and credit cards after being attacked by two young muggers in a York street.  more...

Village split over loss of social hall to provide school

PLANS to sacrifice a community social hall for the sake of a new primary school have split parish councillors.  more...

All aboard for York

THE different faces of York - from Vikings to ghost hunters - today joined forces to relaunch the First Stop York By Train promotion.  more...

MPs examine York rapid-build project

AN INFLUENTIAL Westminster committee is to turn the spotlight on a critical shortage of affordable homes in York.  more...

York Sport

Mac's factor

RETURNING hero Jon McCarthy is keen to keep great expectations in check but admits the chance to re-ignite his career at York City was too much of a temptation.  more...

Darren to replace hobbling Hobson

YORK City boss Terry Dolan will be forced to make at least one change to his line-up to face Wrexham at Bootham Crescent tonight, writes Dave Stanford.  more...

Bulldogs blow for Spurred-on Knights

YORK City Knights' hopes of signing Featherstone flyer Chris Spurr have been hit by a late attempt by Batley to prize him away.  more...

Board to take county control

Yorkshire CCC's 9,000 members are being circulated with new draft rules which they will be asked to approve at another extraordinary meeting of the club at Headingley on December 7.  more...

Under-strength York make a good point

City Of York I picked up a vital Northern Hockey League premier division point at highly-fancied Durham University on Saturday.  more...

Good start goes on for Acomb

Acomb men's first team continued their good start in division one of the Yorkshire League with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a young Hull II.  more...

Eight-goal thriller

City of York V lost 5-3 at King-ston upon Hull in a ding-dong match.  more...

Unbeaten run ends

City of York Ladies suffered their first North League defeat of the season, losing 1-0 at home to unbeaten Timperley.  more...

Mick's magic inspires Volunteer

A BRILLIANT Mick Harris game inspired Volunteer to a 6-3 win in York Open League division one.  more...

FA need to lead

MY wife hates football. But her logic could teach the Football Association a thing or two.  more...

Garritty can take the prize on bold jumper - 29/10/02

Malton jockey Russ Garritty heads south to Cheltenham tomorrow and can make his presence felt at the home of National Hunt racing.  more...

City fans give homes plan the red card

YORK City supporters today lodged an objection to plans to build 93 homes at Bootham Crescent.  more...

Darren to replace hobbling Hobson

YORK City boss Terry Dolan will be forced to make at least one change to his line-up to face Wrexham at Bootham Crescent tonight, writes Dave Stanford.  more...

Mac's factor

RETURNING hero Jon McCarthy is keen to keep great expectations in check but admits the chance to re-ignite his career at York City was too much of a temptation.  more...

Bulldogs blow for Spurred-on Knights

YORK City Knights' hopes of signing Featherstone flyer Chris Spurr have been hit by a late attempt by Batley to prize him away.  more...

Board to take county control

Yorkshire CCC's 9,000 members are being circulated with new draft rules which they will be asked to approve at another extraordinary meeting of the club at Headingley on December 7.  more...

  
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