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York | Archive | 2003 | June

Stories for 24 June 2003

York Business

Mercedes link-up ace for fitness club

Mercedes-Benz of York has agreed a sponsorship partnership with Next Generation, the new fitness and leisure club in Heslington. more...

Time to assemble

In his regular column, David Andrews, chief executive of the York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board, speaks up for regional democracy and argues the case for York as the home of the new regional assembly. more...

Executives get into gear for charity ride

TOP executives at a Harrogate-based hire company are swapping the boardroom for the great outdoors in a bid to help three charities. more...

A Foggy day for luxury trailer firm

FIRST it was golf. Now the glitzy world of motorcycle racing has helped a York company increase its growing dominance in sports hospitality. more...

How Euro cash has helped our region

European funding has helped a variety of North Yorkshire projects gain vital support, says SIR GRAHAM HALL, chairman of Yorkshire Forward. more...

Ready for life in the freezer

SOUTH Pole explorer Rosie Stancer was able to track down essential supplies from a Pickering company, thanks to Business Link York and North Yorkshire. more...

Entries flood in for Press awards

THE postman delivering this year's Evening Press Business Awards 2003 entries is having a busy time of it. more...

A vintage year for brewery

THERE is nothing "mildly mad" about York Brewery entering the Small Business of the Year category of the 2003 Evening Press Business of the Year Awards. more...

Annette's dressed for success with new job

A fashion retailer outlined major plans for expansion with the appointment of a new manager. more...

Driving ambitions

ENSURING customers receive the best possible service is behind a York motor company's decision to create a new relationship management team. more...

Nothing ventured...

COMMER Investments, the Tadcaster-based investment fund, has appointment venture capitalist Sarah Pullan as fund director. more...

Email could help thieves

COMPANIES in Yorkshire trying to make their computer systems more friendly to customers may be opening a door to thieves and fraudsters, engineering officials have warned. more...

New members flock to join the Chamber

MORE THAN 40 new members have joined York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce in the last two months. more...

Signs of success for June

A York businesswoman has become the first female vice-president of the British Sign and Graphics Association. more...

Data team nets deal

A YORK company has won a prestigious data contract which could "net" it millions of pounds, the Evening Press can reveal. more...

Nautical, but nice!

A fair wind is blowing a Scarborough-based international print and new media company plenty of good. more...

Firm sails off with liner deal

A YORK-based marketing communications company has won a massive £2 million contract from one of the world's largest cruise line operators. more...

Clothes store set to expand

TOP independent fashion retailer, Lynx Womenswear, has unveiled major plans for expansion. more...

A `friendly' place

ONE of the north's largest friendly societies has moved into new £3 million headquarters at York's Holgate Park. more...

High interest rate!

WORK is soon to start on the site where Ripon's first-ever business park will be constructed. more...

Still the place to be

YORK continues to be a much sought-after location thanks to its historical value and business connections, a new survey reveals. more...

Dizzy heights

A York restaurant's £30,000 upgraded lift has helped it rise to new heights of customer service, says its retiring business manager. more...

The all new Park View

BUSINESS partners, Simon Usher and Mark Reilly have taken over the Park View Guest House on Grosvenor Terrace in York with help from a loan of more than £250,000 from Bank of Scotland Business Banking in York. more...

Firms all set to rebuild in Iraq

ENGINEERING companies throughout the region have stepped in to help rebuild Iraq. more...

Pupils profiting from challenge

DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire, roars the praises of the Lionheart Challenge. more...

York Education

School celebrates over extension

STAFF and pupils at a York primary school are celebrating the completion of their school extension. more...

York Leisure

Dash off a date

What's the latest craze in dating? Alex Lloyd gets up to speed. more...

Join the fighters

Fire stations are crying out for a woman's touch. CATHERINE BRUCE looks at why more women should get to grips with fighting fires. more...

It's driving me mad

AS I was zipping along the A64 the other day at a not inconsiderable speed (although well within the limit, officer), I started thinking about the vast number of ridiculous things modern drivers do while behind the wheel. more...

We're a funny lot

IN THE kingdom of animals, we are surely the most cruel. It's not just the abuse we mete out to children, animals and each other, or that we hunt for sport instead of food. It is even in our humour. more...

York News

Happy, nappy idea

IT would be fabulous if City of York Council made the horsedrawn carriage owners fit "nappies" on their animals to stop the horrible horse dung being left on the streets and roads of this beautiful city. (`York carriage horses may get `nappies', June 20) more...

County pool plea

The Liberal Democrat council has made what appears to be its first major decision, on the new Barbican site the blueprint for which was unveiled on June 20. more...

Senseless sentence

I HAD to write in response to your report, `Street killer gets four years' (June 17). more...

Open air is best

WHAT'S all this about York Minster Mystery Plays Board? The plays never belonged to the Minster. They belonged to the city. more...

Squatters get things done

Whatever people's perception of York's "squatters", they have managed to achieve in a couple of months what the hierarchy of our city have been trying to do for two decades. more...

Jesus could not afford Minster

I SAW a man standing on the Minster steps, he was about 30 with brown hair and eyes. He seemed to have a golden glow about him. I asked him if he had been inside. "I haven't any money and you have to pay. It's not how I wanted to be remembered, I wanted my friends to lead simple lives of service not build a company with perks. more...

Preserve this glorious tradition

John Hall, who played God in the Millennium Mystery Plays, says York would be mad not to preserve this uplifting spectacle. more...

We must link with people

Part of the agricultural community always looks forward to the major regional and national agricultural shows. In the past attendance was automatic. You just went. Some people went for several days. more...

York man `attacked with axe' on seaside trip

A YORK man fell victim to a murderous axe attack in a dark park when he went for a weekend in Scarborough with his fiancée, a jury heard today. more...

Ex-canon attacked over Minster claims

YORK Minster's acting Dean, Glyn Webster, has hit back at former Canon John Toy for speaking out over the cathedral's finances. more...

Hoon gives assurance on RAF Fylingdales radiation levels

DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon has been challenged over claims that radiation from RAF Fylingdales could cause cancer. more...

Thumbs-down to fees

VISITORS to York Minster today gave the thumbs down to admission charges. more...

Couple's anger at gas bill £1,300 blunder

AN ELDERLY York couple have slammed British Gas for sending them a gas bill for more than £1,300 - even though they switched suppliers three years ago. more...

Jail for lookout in axe robbery

A MAN has been jailed for 12 months for his part in a failed robbery in which a York shopkeeper was attacked with an axe. more...

Tell Richard your news

EVENING Press political reporter Richard Edwards is holding a surgery and wants to hear from you. more...

Driver chases youths

A WOMAN gave chase to a group of cycling youths who snatched her handbag after trying to steal her car in York. more...

Flats evacuated after chute fire

A BLOCK of council flats in York had to be evacuated after arsonists started a blaze in a rubbish chute. more...

Street attack thugs jailed

THREE Selby men have been jailed for 47 months between them for a street fight after England beat Argentina in the World Cup. more...

Bussing-in cleaners idea at York hospital

CLEANERS could be bussed in to York Hospital from towns across North and East Yorkshire in a bid to overcome chronic recruitment problems. more...

Fewer happy with refuse service

PUBLIC satisfaction with household rubbish collection in York has dropped to its lowest level for five years, new council figures show. more...

Summer fun promises to be magic

FORGET Harry Potter - York youngsters can now test their own magic skills as part of the city's packed summer activities programme. more...

Man on assault charge

A YORK man has been remanded in custody following a street fight that left a man in hospital with serious head injuries. more...

Woman tells of lightning strike shock

A YORK woman has spoken of her miracle escape after a bolt of lightning blew an electric brush out of her hand. more...

Register office to be improved

ONE of the most important buildings in the lives of York residents - the city's register office - is to get a facelift. more...

Concorde for York?

THE Yorkshire Air Museum near York has been shortlisted as a possible home for one of Britain's redundant Concordes. more...

College antiques under hammer

ANTIQUES restored by students at York College will go on sale as part of a community fun day next week. more...

Club `eyesore' anger of estate residents

ANGRY residents of a York housing estate have criticised the new developer of a former working men's club for allowing it to become an "eyesore". more...

Sick pensioner in free medicine plea

A YORK pensioner who was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease almost 50 years ago is calling on the Government to introduce free prescriptions for sufferers. more...

Paper boy robber jailed

A MAN who stole £30 from a 16-year-old newspaper delivery boy has been given a five-month prison sentence by York magistrates. more...

Club `eyesore' anger of estate residents

ANGRY residents of a York housing estate have criticised the new developer of a former working men's club for allowing it to become an "eyesore". more...

£22,000 benefits fraud

A WOMAN has admitted cheating her way to nearly £22,000 in state benefits. more...

Viking choirs head to York

YORK is one of the venues to be visited as part of a "pilgrimage to Viking places" being undertaken by 33 church choirs from Norway. more...

Man arrested after vandalism

POLICE have arrested a man after a spate of incidents in a North Yorkshire market town at the weekend. more...

Malton's show of strength

FINAL preparations are under way for the 117th Malton Show this week. more...

Town clock loses face

VISITORS to Pocklington were surprised to see the town clock without its four famous blue faces. more...

UK Coal denies blackmail allegation over strike vote

UK COAL was today accused of blackmail after miners voted against strike action over pay. more...

Drugs couple `not to blame'

A SELBY couple serving lengthy jail terms for drug dealing cannot appeal against their convictions - even though their co-accused now says they are innocent. more...

A first-class way to travel in peace

PASSENGERS are being urged to show train staff the red card - if they want to be left in peace and quiet. more...

Show is off at a gallop

HORSE entries for the 2003 Great Yorkshire Show have exceeded expectations - at 1,796 they are virtually back to the figures of 2000, which was particularly high. more...

Warning to unlicensed anglers

THE coarse fishing season is now underway - and the Environment Agency is urging anglers to "play by the rules". more...

From the mine to the green

THE new president of Selby Bowling Club says he wants to see more members supporting the club. more...

Huge party marks university's 40th

FORTY years of the University of York were being celebrated today with the biggest party the university has ever seen. more...

School celebrates over extension

STAFF and pupils at a York primary school are celebrating the completion of their school extension. more...

Volunteers sought

YORK and District Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) has put together a training programme to offer volunteers the chance to work with the organisation. more...

Cut speed to avoid wild animals

THE RSPCA is urging drivers to slow down and be aware they are not the only creatures on the roads this summer. more...

Thieves try to steal van

Thieves tried to steal a white Astra van parked at Grampian Foods, Malton. more...

Bus chiefs hold pay talks

BUS chiefs are to meet today in a fresh bid to solve the growing drivers' dispute at a York company. more...

Does York need to be more modern?

DOES York needs its very own Lowry gallery or Eden Project? more...

Hoon gives assurance on RAF Fylingdales radiation levels

DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon has been challenged over claims that radiation from RAF Fylingdales could cause cancer. more...

Cruise control

DENISE Howard, who has announced she is selling YorkBoat, has been a fantastic ambassador for this city. more...

Radiation is too risky

SUSPICION has long surrounded the role that RAF Fylingdales will play in President Bush's "Son Of Stars Wars" missile defence project. more...

York boat fleet for sale

YORKBOAT, the fleet of sightseeing, restaurant and party boats which plies the River Ouse in York, is being sold. more...

`God' dumbfounded at the loss of 2004 Mystery Plays

THE man who played God in York's Millennium Mystery Plays says he is "saddened and dumbfounded" that the internationally-acclaimed tradition is in jeopardy. more...

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