It was an odd place to find love. Yet meeting in an Irish theme pub in Japan set Jez and Hiromi's story rolling, leading to marriage, children and York's own Japanese shop. JO HAYWOOD reports IN YORKSHIRE, we don't call a spade a horticultural implement
IF MUSIC be the food of love, maybe it's time I considered putting the Munchkin on a crash diet. It's not that I don't admire his enthusiasm - his rendition of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine on the kazoo is nothing if not energetic - it's just that every
When the guys from Fulford Builders bared almost all for calendar pictures to raise cash for a cancer charity in January, all the focus was on their magnificent cheek - as well as muscles - but not in the picture was their well-groomed boss... RON GODFREY
A FARMER'S futuristic conversion of traditional stone barns into a business centre heated by willow grown on his land is one of many Yorkshire winners of a top rural architecture award. Gareth Gaunt's Carlshead Business Complex, at Sicklinghall Farm,
A FAMILY-owned hotel in York has changed hands for more than £1.5 million. The 47-bedroom Abbots Mews Hotel, in St Mary's Lane, Bootham, has been sold by Christie & Co on behalf of the Dearnley family to developer Fred Brown. The hotel was converted
A NEW £720,000 purpose-built warehouse has been completed on time for award-winning envelope manufacturer, Encore Direct plc by Thirsk-based integrated design build business Severfield-Reeve Projects. The 30,000 sq ft warehouse, designed and built for
THIS year Jake Attree will be exhibiting in London and New York, testament to the international standing of this York artist. Before those shows at the Hart Gallery, Islington, this summer and in the United States in the autumn, Attree is continuing his
ANTI-war campaigners descended on York police station to demand an investigation into Britain's Trident nuclear weapon system. Members of York Against The War and York Weapons Inspectors, handed a letter to Inspector Andy Everitt, claiming that the system
YORK education authority must be bracing itself for a volley of outrage from parents. It is proposing to change the catchment area for entry to Huntington, one of the city's most popular schools. That is bound to upset some families who had set their
THE grand old lady of soaps, Coronation Street, has confounded the critics again. Regularly written off as past its peak, last night the soap proved why it has remained at the top of the television tree for more than 40 years. The dramatic storyline of
IT'S no accident that staff at Remploy's York factory have won a top award. The Layerthorpe-based factory has received a certificate from the Remploy organisation to mark a 12-month period free of notifiable industrial accidents. Remploy York, one of
CREATION has found a home of its own in York. The recently-formed consortium of multi-discipline digital and creative companies in the city which converged to work on common projects, has moved into Gateway House, in Swinegate, York. That is situated
ALL the York conference tourism gang converged on Earl's Court in London today to parade before the world's conference and meetings organisers. Leading the charge for York at the three-day Confex exhibition was the York Tourism Bureau. Kate McMullen,
Roll up, tourists... to a York that is part of a huge regional package. Sir Graham Hall, chairman of Yorkshire Forward, shows how we can keep our allure to the world AS A tourist destination, York is seen by many as the "jewel in the region's crown".
DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council in North Yorkshire describes how learning can literally be a piece of cake Last May, more than 4,000 organisations across the country took part in Learning At Work Day. The Campaign For Learning
IT support services provider Agilisys - the York-based joint venture between Jarvis and netdecisions - has been awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System standard. Andrew Hardisty, Agilisys's quality, safety and environment manager
A former paratrooper reported missing presumed dead in the Second World War has died aged 81. Moses Donnelly, of Clementhorpe, known to friends and family as Don, attended Haxby Road Primary School and Park Grove Secondary School in York. He enlisted
LORD Collingwood did Tankard 'A' a massive favour by beating Marston Moor Villages Doubles Board League title-chasers Royal Oak 5-4. Oak's Gary Stead suffered his first defeat of the season to a purposeful Phil Palmer, who finished with an 84 check-out
CITY of York Hockey Club Under-10 Boys 'A' team (the Romans) continued their successful run at the top of the Yorkshire Youth League on Sunday, recording four wins and a draw. Beginning with a 4-0 victory over Slazengers, they continued with wins over
THE price of dealing with rodent problems is rising in a North Yorkshire district. Hambleton District Council is introducing a charge for its rat and mouse treatments at domestic properties. In line with several neighbouring North Yorkshire authorities
CITY of York I's slide towards the Northern Hockey League premier division relegation zone continued with a 1-0 defeat at Harrogate. A scrappy affair went in Harrogate's favour after 20 minutes when a shot rebounded from net-minder James Riley's pads
THE Wizard of Oz has been given a new look in an exciting new production coming to York. The Wiz imaginatively re-works the traditional story with a new look, new script, and new music. But all the favourite characters remain, including Dorothy's dog
ROSEDALE kept their cool to move above Kirkbymoorside Reserves with a 4-2 victory in the first division of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League. The Moorsiders were made to pay for their ill-discipline as they finished the game with just eight men, as
HEWORTH 'A' provided one of the shocks of the weekend in the Yorkshire League as they beat Milford Marlins 'A' 24-22. A last-minute try by first-team player Jason Kane, who is returning from injury, settled the match for the young Villagers' second-string
TRANSCO is to spend £16,000 to replace 250 metres of gas main in York, as part of a multi-million pound package to improve the gas supply system in the North. Engineers will replace the old metal gas main with new plastic pipe underneath Bishopthorpe
AN ARMY helicopter pilot from North Yorkshire has broken the world record for continuous flight in an open-cockpit gyroplane. Warrant Officer Barry Jones, 36, flew 584 miles from Culdrose in Cornwall to Wick, Caithness, in a time of seven hours and 23
BRITISH soldiers held captive during the Second World War had an ingenious way of keeping warm during the freezing winter months. Scraps of tins, old cotton reels and leather laces were all cobbled together to make blower heaters, used to keep the prisoners
MYSTERY surrounds the sighting of water buffalo on the A64, near York. Police were called out to a stretch of the Malton Road at about 4.30pm yesterday following a report of the beasts heading along the road towards Flaxton from the area of the Hazelbush
YORK City Knights flier Alex Godfrey has been handed a major psychological boost after coming through a Rugby Football League disciplinary hearing unscathed. The 24-year-old winger went up before league chiefs yesterday in relation to incidents that occurred
THE York City Supporters' Trust were set to continue their talks with the club's administrator today as the fans' body stepped up their bid to take over the Minstermen. Members of the Trust met with David Willis, from Jacksons Jolliffe Cork, late yesterday
A RAILWAY worker has lost his court case against a York-based company for compensation for the mental illness that has kept him on sick leave for three years. But the judge criticised Jarvis for its handling of the investigation into the incident, which
A MOTORIST was killed when he lost control of his car on an East Yorkshire road, crashed into a bridge and careered into a beck. The silver-coloured Vauxhall Astra was travelling along an unclassified road through the village of Skirpenbeck, near Stamford
A BRAVE York sixth-former told today how he saved his classmates' lives as their runaway coach rolled towards the edge of a 30ft cliff. Jonny Goddard pressed the footbrake just in time to halt the bus and avert a potential major disaster, in which up
WHAT is the most infuriating aspect of running an allotment? Crops failing? Slugs and snails? Vandalism? No. It is the perennial problem of having to deal with York council's allotment accounts department. Every year since 1998 I have been repeatedly
YORK City Knights flier Alex Godfrey has been handed a major psychological boost after coming through a Rugby Football League disciplinary hearing unscathed. The 24-year-old winger went up before league chiefs yesterday in relation to incidents that occurred
THE York City Supporters' Trust were set to continue their talks with the club's administrator today as the fans' body stepped up their bid to take over the Minstermen. Members of the Trust met with David Willis, from Jacksons Jolliffe Cork, late yesterday
CAN a house really absorb the mood of the families that have lived there? And is that atmosphere - happy or malign - still sweating from the walls after the Pickfords van has left? We're not talking the House on Haunted Hill, here. When crockery flies
MATTHEW Thompson, who works at a Jobcentre Plus office in Stockport, has taken his employers to an industrial tribunal claiming sexual discrimination. Why? Because under the dress code he has to wear a collar and tie. The women, he says, are allowed to
In his final column, ROB SIMPSON, regional spokesman for the National Farmers' Union ends on an upbeat note for farmers THIS is my last article for the Business Press, as I am leaving the NFU at the end of this month to take up a new role as press officer
INVESTORS are achieving up to ten per cent returns from putting their cash into York, according to a Yorkshire property investment firm. The Pocklington-based Helmsley Group buys or develops commercial properties in prime locations, which are rented on
Hello, hello! Convergent Telecom, one of Pocklington's biggest employers, is sponsoring the world's first photo phone portrait exhibition. The £31 million turnover telecommunications service provider, based at Blenheim House, on the A1079 York Road, has
HARDWORKING adults in York are blowing a total of £4 million a month on things they don't want, yet don't have enough to save for their retirement, acording to a new report. Almost one-in-three working adults in the city admit to frittering away more
Small businesses in North and East Yorkshire which are considering whether to replace their computer systems need to act quickly to gain the 100 per cent tax relief (capital allowance) on their purchases, says ACCA, the Association of Chartered Certified
Russ Garritty, who will have his first ever Gold Cup mount at Cheltenham in two weeks' time on Hussard Collonges, can play a starring role closer to home tomorrow. The Malton jockey journeys to Wetherby with excellent prospects of landing the most valuable
PEOPLE power has struck again when it comes to the broadband revolution in North Yorkshire. BT today confirmed exclusively to Business Press that its new high-speed telephone-based internet service will "go live" in Knaresborough, on April 30, and in
Tony Blair has promised a "step change" in energy policy. But does the White Paper deliver on that? CHRIS TITLEY seeks reaction GLOBAL warming is here, and it is going to get worse. Much worse. In Yorkshire we have already had a taste of what it means
David Fitzgerald has stepped down after more than three years as founding chairman of Heslington-based Yorkshire Housing Group and a further seven years as chairman of the Norton-based Ryedale Housing Association. He is succeeded by the group's vice-chairman
York's Without Walls project has moved a step closer to creating a future vision of York. And now here's a chance for Evening Press readers to send an imaginary "postcard from the future" describing how they see the city in 17 years' time. Your view may
Steve Edwards has been appointed construction manager for York-based, Hogg The Builder. Steve, 46, who lives at Copmanthorpe, joins Hogg with more than 30 years experience in the building industry. He will be responsible for managing the construction
A LONG-established business has been forced to move out of Elvington and into York because the village does not offer broadband internet. Paul Wells and his wife, Niccola, complain they have had to move Sycamore Enterprises, their graphics, PR and marketing
HERE is an invention that takes the Ow! out of the removal of sticking plasters. Michelle Paton, 24-year-old cell biologist in the York based research and development arm of Smith & Nephew demonstrates the adhesive developed by the firm which loses
BENGAL Brasserie, that successful brand name of Bangladeshi restaurants in York and Poppleton, is expanding eastwards. Iqbal Choudhury, 50, and his partner Malik Dobir, 34, plan to open a new Bengal Brasserie in High Street, Market Weighton, in the middle
Leading Northern insurer, the Harrogate-based Smart and Cook Group, has added seven branches of Yorkshire brokers Oughtred and Harrison to its name - a deal which will increase premium income by about £20 million. The takeover puts Smart and Cook into
MEMORIES continue to flood in to the Evening Press about former newspaper seller Les Richardson. Kelvin Bunting, 31, from Tang Hall, York, showed off this drawing to remember him by. He said: "It shook me up when I saw that he had died, I had to fetch
York's Without Walls project has moved a step closer to creating a future vision of York. And now here's a chance for This is York readers to send an imaginary "postcard from the future" describing how they see the city in 17 years' time. Your view may
CITY of York ladies failed to take advantage of a good position in their North League match at Whitley Bay, when they frittered away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2. York were in front after five minutes when Mandy Nesbitt, returning to the club after several
ACOMB put up a solid performance only to be denied a point by Harrogate in the dying moments. A great improvement on several games in previous weeks saw Acomb come close only for a controversial umpiring decision to see Harrogate win 3-2. From the outset
HAVE you ever wondered how York Minster was built, what goes on behind a cinema projectionist door or how plants think? A two-week festival taking place in the city next month promises to answer all these questions, and a few more. York's Festival of
NINE people from Bridlington were due in court today charged with drug offences following a major police operation across East Yorkshire. Five women and three men were due to appear at Beverley Magistrates Court charged with being concerned in the supply
SOME potentially life-saving lessons were learned at a village pub near York, when locals went back to school as part of an ongoing fundraising campaign. Regulars at the Roebuck Inn, Main Street, Appleton Roebuck, last night dressed up in school uniform
ROADS across York and North Yorkshire were left jam-packed as a series of accidents on the A1 left motorists struggling to find alternative routes. A total of 25 accidents, three serious, took place in dense fog on the A1 yesterday, leaving sections of
FIRE bugs have struck twice in a North Yorkshire town, destroying vehicles worth thousands of pounds and putting a house at risk. Police have condemned arsonists who set fire to two cars in Kirkbymoorside within minutes of each other. Two teams of firefighters
PIANO dealer Ian Bainbridge is tuning Japanese! Ian, 48, who runs the Bridge Music Piano shop, in Holgate Road, now buys second-hand pianos from Japan because of the demand. Fifteen of the instruments - made by Yamaha and Kawai - are currently being shipped
YORK parents are to be asked about proposed changes to catchment areas of two of the city's biggest schools. Education chiefs last night discussed plans to change the catchment areas for Huntington School and Joseph Rowntree School. At present, children
A NORTH Yorkshire town turned out in force to pay tribute to two cousins who died in a road crash. Nearly 600 people packed into St Peter's Parish Church in Norton yesterday for the funerals of Matthew Jarvis, 22, of Priorpot Way, and Darren Scaife, 18
YORK City midfielder Leigh Wood is anxious to keep the Minstermen flying high. The young playmaker was summoned from the bench on Saturday and played a significant role as City extended their unbeaten run to seven games with a 1-1 draw with Bury. "It
EBOR-winning trainer Jimmy FitzGerald, one of Malton's most decorated Cheltenham heroes, is to retire this week after a career spanning almost 34 years. FitzGerald, 67, trainer of some 1,200 winners, including 350 on the Flat, is to hand over the reins
THE Government proposes to fine parents who insist on taking their children on holiday during school term time. I can fully appreciate and support the reasoning behind this. However what does the Government intend to do to ensure parents on limited incomes
I WRITE on behalf of myself and another honorary life member of Clifton Cycling Club. In the past we have been kept aware of the club activities through the columns of the Cliftonite, the club's magazine. However, it would seem the club now corresponds
J STOCKTON wrote about various wards in the city being given their right to decide how thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money should be spent (February 10). But it's too late to complain now. Every ward involved receives a mailshot with the most popular
REGARDING the comment by reader Philip Sunley that the city centre seems to be the only part of York that gets cleaned (Letters, February 6), I wish to add my tuppence worth. Here in Huntington, the J R Rowntree estate is cleaned of litter every morning
FOOTBALL support is all about dreams. Never mind that it can be the stuff of nightmares, when you are emotionally entangled with a club - and by its nature that attachment is for life - then dream-time occupies hours, days, seasons. Each fan will imagine
The news that a Notting-hamshire village is campaigning to have a family of asylum seekers who had been deported returned to the village is an interesting twist on an old theme. Apparently the family have been living in the village for some years. Their
YORK City midfielder Leigh Wood is anxious to keep the Minstermen flying high. The young playmaker was summoned from the bench on Saturday and played a significant role as City extended their unbeaten run to seven games with a 1-1 draw with Bury. "It
