A YORK entrepreneur who became boss of Sheffield United football club is now set to make millions from the stock exchange flotation of his medical services group. more...
THIS is the vision designed by Corus, the York-based rail consultancy... it is part of a £98 million extension of the Tyne & Wear Metro to Sunderland, work on which has now begun. more...
ROSEBYS, the curtains and linens retailer, is in talks with Potter, the transport and storage group about the possibility of massively extending its storage space at Selby - leading to another 80 jobs over the course of the next year. more...
TAKE a trip to your local town or city centre these days, and the chances are you will discover a farmers' market bustling with shoppers eager to discover fresh and tasty ingredients for their dinner table. more...
All right, I admit it. The changing images which sartorially defined the dynamic corporate creature always passed me by. As lapels and kipper ties widened then narrowed, as shirt colours changed from pink to floret-peppered, as trousers flared then funnelled, I defaulted to my balding navy blue blazer and presentation tie. more...
YOU can't keep a good portfolio down, it seems. Last month our RICH members fended off the worst effects of the shares avalanche, but still couldn't stop their unit price sliding 14p to £2.55. more...
All-out war has broken out in the US music business. Digital Media Manager HOWARD DAVIS looks at the ethical conundrum that is napster.com more...
IT'S not the first place that springs to mind for a day-out from York. It is hardly a tourist hot-spot. But I spent a very pleasant few hours in Selby with my daughter last weekend: firstly at the Abbey Leisure Centre and then at the town's abbey, before a quick wander round the shops. more...
`You're travelling to the Mediterranean ...by car?...with the kids?" Some people were more sympathetic than envious when I revealed my holiday plans. more...
Musician Dave Nicholls wanted to make more of his terrace home, so we called in the architects.Stephen Lewis reports. more...
It all started in Holland, both the holiday and the hooliganism. In a city of decriminalised cannabis, where supporters from all nations congregated in coffee shops, where would you expect to find the England fans? more...
CRACKING the human genetic code - the `book of life' as it is already being dubbed - is undoubtedly one of mankind's greatest scientific achievements. more...
LECTURING jobs are to go at the College of Ripon and York St John in a shake-up of subject areas, it was announced today. more...
SEVEN hundred pigs and piglets died when an electrical fault sparked a severe fire at their piggery. more...
POLICE dogs, traffic officers and York's specialist off-road unit are to be used in a huge blitz on moped thefts. more...
A COLLISION between a car and a tipper lorry which left an elderly York woman driver dead proved that "speed kills", a court heard today. more...
A BOSNIAN refugee living in York is issuing a desperate SOS after her nephew in Sarajevo developed leukaemia. more...
SWIMMERS are being invited to make a big splash at Waterworld at Monk's Cross this week, as part of a national Splashathon in aid of pregnancy research. more...
THEY were placed as a tribute to a young man killed in an horrific car crash. more...
THE French are throwing a big party to honour the gallantry of a First World War Victoria Cross holder from Harrogate. more...
A MAJOR building programme which could bring nearly 130 new homes to York will be discussed this week. more...
A psychic trader in York knew something was wrong with her shop premises when she got a funny feeling. more...
THOUSANDS of residents in Ryedale villages are set for a better public transport deal thanks to a £750,000 Government package. more...
CITY centre roads are being closed as York holds a weekend of celebration. more...
A SANDWICH shop owner is angry that a CCTV camera was not recording when one of her vans was damaged in York city centre. more...
NORTH Yorkshire rail travellers could be among those who benefit as one of the region's main stations becomes the first in the country to be provided with life-saving equipment. more...
IT grows for seven years, flowers once for a week, and then it's gone. more...
A LEADING retailer has launched a stinging attack on the latest scheme to expand York's Coppergate Centre. more...
YORK'S Oscar-winning actress, Dame Judi Dench, spoke out in disgust today after learning of the planned cull of 50 Canadian geese in Rowntree Park. more...
AT LEAST everyone can agree on one thing: the land around Clifford's Tower and Piccadilly is an eyesore and development is urgently needed. more...
DAY one and a Great British Hope is already out. Greg Rusedski, the British Number Two, crashed out of Wimbledon in humiliating style yesterday after fighting for four hours against Vince Spadea of the United States, who had previously lost 22 matches in a row. more...
A BUMPER crowd will be expected at Common Road on Sunday as Dunnington attempt a second consecutive ECB National Knockout Cup giant-killing act. more...
DARLINGTON boss David Hodgson has quashed speculation linking York City with Quakers' striker Peter Duffield. more...
York City Rowing Club's first eight have drawn a top seeded crew in the first round of the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta which starts on Wednesday. more...
Green Hammerton driver Miles Johnston finished fifth in the Gold Star at the Dukeries Stages Rally in Sherwood Forest - despite driving the last four stages in a "mobile sauna". more...
YORK City were this afternoon signing West Bromwich Albion's former England Under-21 international Graham Potter. more...
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