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Stories for 21 January 2004

York Business

Fire-hit pub wins award

A PUB which was badly damged by fire has risen from the ashes to achieve a prestigious accolade.  more...

Planning shake-up plea

A SHAKE-UP of the planning system is needed if the rural economy is to prosper.  more...

Sugar on top!

IT HAS been a blockbuster, record-breaking "Campaign" at British Sugar's York factory, it was revealed.  more...

York Education

School cuts choices limited

PROPOSALS to cut the equivalent of seven full-time jobs to fund a shortfall in the education budget in York could be ditched if alternatives are found.  more...

Fitness club helps fight flab

A YORK school has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme to improve children's health.  more...

Youngsters learn citizenship skills

PLANS from a York school to create good citizens have been recognised in a national competition.  more...

Preparing for business world

Students from North Yorkshire will take part in an enterprise masterclass at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.  more...

Cash help for nursery children

WORKING parents have been given a boost with extra money to pay for child care.  more...

Blitz on bullies at city primary schools

THE issue of bullying among primary school children will be highlighted in a campaign in York and Selby.  more...

York Leisure

Emperor: The Death Of Kings, by Conn Iggulden (HarperCollins, £10)

CONN Iggulden's Julius Caesar epic, Emperor: At The Gates Of Rome, was one of the best reads of last year, and his sequel, The Death Of Kings, is equally as good, if not better.  more...

Ultimate Special Forces by Hugh McManners (DK, £17.99)

THERE is nothing new about unconventional warfare - the phrase "guerrilla war" dates from Napoleonic times, and the original "commandos" were Afrikaner farmers battling against Queen Victoria's soldiers.  more...

Victim: The Secret Tapes of Marilyn Monroe, by Matthew Smith (Century, price £16.99)

THE first line of Matthew Smith's new book investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe sets him up for a fall.  more...

Banks is top cop now

WHEN Stephen King is one of your biggest fans, you must be doing something right.  more...

York News

Why beggars remain a big issue for Liz

IT beggars belief. Twenty years ago, York Labour Party activist Liz Edge attended a trades union conference in Bournemouth. After she returned she was sent a cutting from the local Bournemouth paper.   more...

Club gets real

EIGHTY-SIX years after women got the vote, a quarter of a century after a woman Prime Minister was elected, more than a decade after a woman was made head of British intelligence, another milestone has been reached.  more...

Punish the skyhogs

AUDACIOUS loops, bends and swerves undertaken at astonishing speed and with awesome precision. When it comes to aerobatics, no one comes close to the Red Arrows.  more...

Is the country going to pot?

Smoking pot will still be illegal next week - even though you may not be   more...

Dad survives tree branch fall horror

The family of a popular York businessman who cheated death after a horrific tree-cutting accident have spoken about their anguish.  more...

Men Only club room consigned to history

AN 80-year-old rule banning women from the games room at a York club has finally been overturned - shedding once-and-for-all its "cloth cap and whippet" image.  more...

Air show rogue pilots escape prosecution

THREE rogue pilots who forced the cancellation of a Red Arrows display at last summer's Elvington Airshow will not face prosecution.  more...

MP asks for report on disgraced psychiatrist to be made public

HEALTH Ministers are facing demands to publish a buried report on disgraced former York psychiatrist Michael Haslam.  more...

York 12pc council tax rise `might be capped'

FEARS that an inflation-busting council tax rise in York could be capped by the Government have been raised by the authority's chief executive, leaked documents obtained by the Evening Press show.  more...

Council rapped over bin chaos

CITY of York Council has ordered a review of its Christmas rubbish collections after a flurry of complaints from residents.  more...

Yorkshire Film Archive shows off its wares

MORE than a century of footage will shortly be available to the public after the Yorkshire Film Archive is launched in new premises this evening.  more...

That's my painting, I've got one at home just like it

A WORLD-FAMOUS wildlife artist was reunited with a painting after almost 50 years when he launched a new exhibition in York.  more...

£30m Star Wars secret spending

MORE than £30 million of British taxpayers' cash has already been spent on controversial plans for missile defence, the Evening Press can reveal.  more...

College in big push for cycles

STAFF and students at York St John College will be encouraged to ditch their cars and get on their bikes with a seven-week programme of events.  more...

Civic trust backs Odeon

A CONSERVATION watchdog has given its wholehearted support to the Evening Press campaign to save York's Odeon.  more...

Pollution-busting York bus unveiled

IT MAY not have wings, but a jet-propelled vehicle has taken to York's narrow streets for a trial run this week.  more...

More powers to tackle city yobs

FRESH measures to target antisocial behaviour and crack down on mindless yobs have been welcomed by York community leaders.  more...

£30m Star Wars secret spending

MORE than £30 million of British taxpayers' cash has already been spent on controversial plans for missile defence, the Evening Press can reveal.  more...

Any honours for Andy?

Englishman Andy Fordham recently won the darts World Championship.  more...

What else did Victoria do?

MR W Elliott `blames' Queen Victoria for her part in providing the German Kaiser who started the First World War which led to the Second World War (Letters, January 12), notwithstanding Bismark and Hitler.  more...

Ken can do the job

I AM glad Carole Tucker agrees with my opinion that Ken Livingstone is altogether a better politician than the person who was the official Labour candidate (Letters, January 17).   more...

Good for schools

COUN Carol Runciman refers to York continuing to receive "consistently low education funding settlements" (Letters, January 16).   more...

How many more?

IT was reported in the Evening Press that no one turned up for the public meeting set up by chief fire officer Eric Clark (January 18).   more...

Drain on resources

DURING the last few days I have spotted a contractor going about the Woodthorpe estate allegedly cleaning the street rain drains.   more...

Dial and be damned

THERE are worries about the possible health risks of using mobile phones (`Mobile phones appear safe', January 14). Yet it could be years before there is any damage to health.   more...

Rights and wrongs

IT is estimated that at least 15,000 people are being held without trial and justified by the "war on terror".   more...

Problem politicians

I AM sure Hilary McElroy speaks for most people in this country (Letters, January 19) but, unfortunately, the country is now being run by a majority of career politicians who do not have any experience of the needs of people's needs.  more...

Nestlé staff `lucky'

THE headlines in your paper about the Nestlé workers thinking of striking because they had to drop their wages to £18,000 (January 16) made me sad.  more...

All hail majestic Queen of cool

STEP forward Britain's new style guru: Queen Elizabeth II.  more...

York Sport

D-day looming for Tykes' ace Gough

DARREN Gough, who ended his Test career in the middle of last summer, could now be close to reaching a decision over whether to continue playing for Yorkshire this season or else hang up his boots altogether.  more...

Tommy Ox brings home the Bacon

Tommy Oxtoby was the hero as Malton Bacon Factory won the Reserve `A' derby in the Leeper Hare York and District League against Old Malton.  more...

Final fling

ASHLEY Sestanovic is hoping to finish his loan spell on a high when his foster-team take on Chelsea in the game of his life on Saturday.  more...

Fan's tax refund plea to Brown

YORK City Supporters Trust life member Rob McGill has asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to consider granting the football club a tax refund.   more...

Knights get on the buses

FIRST YORK will be running free buses to Huntington Stadium on Friday for York City Knight's big friendly against Leeds Rhinos (ko 8pm).  more...

D-day looming for Tykes' ace Gough

DARREN Gough, who ended his Test career in the middle of last summer, could now be close to reaching a decision over whether to continue playing for Yorkshire this season or else hang up his boots altogether.  more...

Hodgson heads the York Winter weights

THE Acomb Tackle-backed York and District Winter League saw most competitors struggle against a freezing river Ouse carrying over a metre of flood water on Sunday.   more...

Knights get on the buses

FIRST YORK will be running free buses to Huntington Stadium on Friday for York City Knight's big friendly against Leeds Rhinos (ko 8pm).  more...

No quarter given by excellent All Blacks

NEW EARSWICK All Blacks under-16s reached the quarter-finals of the National Cup with a hard-hitting 15-12 win away to St Helens-based Pilkinton.  more...

York let two-goal lead slip against Ryedale

YORK'S Under-11 Schools side were held to a 2-2 draw against a select Ryedale Junior League representative squad at the weekend.  more...

Copmanthorpe youngsters celebrate success in style

YOUNG football stars at Copmanthorpe Primary School celebrated the arrival of their new kit by winning the group stage of the Kellogs Frosties six-a-side.  more...

Maximum effort by super Maxted

CHARLOTTE Maxted completed a great fortnight by sweeping to the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country title at Scarborough.  more...

City FA Cup heroes' farewell to their skipper

THREE members of York City's 1955 FA Cup semi-final team were among the congregation at the funeral service for Ernie Phillips, the City captain in that history-making period, at York Crematorium yesterday.  more...

Chelsea turn down City's training offer

CHELSEA have declined York City's offer to use their Wigginton Road training ground in preparation for Saturday's FA Cup fourth round at Scarborough.  more...

Fan's tax refund plea to Brown

YORK City Supporters Trust life member Rob McGill has asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to consider granting the football club a tax refund.   more...

York Whatson

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Harrogate Theatre, until January 24

PANTOMIME is still having a laugh across swathes of Britain.  more...

  
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