WHEN it comes to the homelessness problem most of us have chosen to walk by on the other side. Yes, we felt sorry for those figures huddled in shop doorways, particularly on an icy night. But we were not moved enough to do anything about it. There was
WHY don't you enter your venture in the Evening Press Business Awards 2000? In this tenth year of our competition - the most prestigious of its kind in the region - we are being backed by major sponsors to track down the best of the many examples of corporate
The Kelan buy-out is yet another feather in the cap for solicitors' practice Denison Till which appears to be striking a series of mighty blows for professional services in York. Andrew Lindsay of Denison Till has been handling the kind of major projects
MONTHS-long uncertainty over the future of £3 million turnover Kelan Circuits Ltd of Boroughbridge has ended in a management buy-out steered by a York legal practice. Managing director Mike Bannard plus operations director Roger Howard and technical director
It's exam results time, but the training isn't over, says DAVID HARBOURNE, chief executive of North Yorkshire TEC. THE end of August is an important time for teenagers across the country, because it's when they hear whether they have gained the exam grades
IN spite of a fall in farmland values nationally, farmers in North Yorkshire "are generally hesitant about committing to sell and are watching and waiting. Despite falling incomes and poor prospects, lenders are still very competitive." That is the regional
Concorde should not be grounded. If the French had swept the runway clear of debris the awful accident would not have happened. The plane is safe for at least another 15 years and we should all be very proud of it. The authorities are wrong - not British
This year harvest time is tougher and more different now than in many years gone by. ROB SIMPSON, of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union, explains why FARMERS are now in the middle of harvest and Business Press readers may well have spotted
THE generous City of York Council has just sent me a free CD about democracy and voting in York. I regard this as a total waste of taxpayer's money. Surely there cannot be a great demand on the council to produce such an item? In little over a month I
YOUR article 'Nasty niffs' (August 17) had me reeling in disbelief. I read that City of York Council is at last going to do something regarding the smells from the sewage works on Shipton Road 'because visitors are complaining'. I find that rather strange
LITTLE Sam Broadley is a hero to his family - and especially to his dad. The brave five-year-old kept his cool and shouted for help after his father broke his leg at Brimham Rocks, near Knaresborough. Sam, of Forresters Walk, Stamford Bridge, was on a
AN expanding East Yorkshire company is approaching its goal of becoming the UK's biggest telecommunications supplier of its kind, its chief executive has declared following a big take-over announcement. Bosses at Pocklington-based JWE Telecom plc are
I AM considering withholding my community charge payments until council officers explain and justify, in public, increases in councillors' 'allowances' when community workers such as street cleaners, bin men, hospital cleaners, porters, cooks, school
YORK racecourse officials put out an urgent invitation to the nation's celebrities and punters today: "Come on over - the weather's fine!" The racecourse had been inundated with calls from around the country from people worried about reports of tornados
While Flash Gordon was making his first trip to Mars in 20-minute episodes on Saturday morning matinees, shopping trolleys were being introduced in Oklahoma's supermarkets, and Britain's Mallard locomotive and Cockney runner Sydney Wooderson were breaking
THEY are queuing up to enter our Evening Press Business Awards 2000. Firms throughout North and East Yorkshire, large, medium and small, from Plcs to start-ups have been latching on to our most glamorous benchmark of business excellence in the 10 years
YORK printers and label manufacturers Sessions is employing fellow Huntington company Guildford Construction to undertake a £200,000 refurbishment of its site. A three-storey office block is being modernised, both internally and with a new roof and windows
A YORK company has won the £2.25 million contract to build the new exhibition hall at the Great Yorkshire Showground. The announcement that Simpson Construction of Osbaldwick is to build the major exhibition complex came as the Earl of Harewood, honorary
RICH chairman Jim Porteous revealed that members have agreed to invest in Pace Micro Technology and Phytopharm plc as well as the 'hot tip',Turbo Genset. He said West Yorkshire-based technology company Pace was one whose price had fallen recently, but
SELL in May and go away is the old adage - but for how long? Well, judging by the holiday mood members of RICH - the Ridings Investment Club Holdings - should come back to full dealing and derring-do in September. If, while you wait, your portfolio holds
When the woman who created a milliner's miracle throws her hat into the ring of the Evening Press Business Awards 2000, RON GODFREY, business editor, takes notice. SHE'S the matriarch of farmers' wives: the woman who taught them how to use their heads
THE York branch of the Samaritans is itself urgently in need of help - to cope with a big jump in calls to the line. Calls from people in crisis to the York branch rose by 23 per cent in June compared to 1999. More than 1,500 calls were taken in July
EVENING Press photographer David Harrison took to the skies today to take these stunning pictures of contestants preparing for the Ordnance Survey UK National Ballooning Championships. The competition starts today and is taking place at Castle Howard
The showdown for the York John Smith's Ladies League individual competition championship is between Michelle Britton (Wenlock) and Angie Hields (City Arms), writes Dave Fotheringham. The two, both previous winners of the title, meet tonight at Layerthorpe
WIGGINTON have been crowned division four champions in the Fulford Ladies Invitation League. A 70-38 success over Copmanthorpe secured the title with a solid team performance from Lesley Ford, Lynne Dent, Anne Mead, Ann Atkinson, Val Renshaw and Pauline
ESCRICK have snatched the second promotion place in division ten of the IT Sports York and District Mixed Tennis League behind unbeaten champions Bubwith after finishing with a winning flourish to their season. Escrick faced Tollerton and won comfortably
VANDALS doused scenery and costumes in paint after breaking into a store room used by York Scouts and Guides to prepare for their annual show. Mike Green, stage manager of the York Scout and Guide Gang Show, said he was extremely disappointed by the actions
YORK'S top Du-Athlete Colin Hawxby, pictured above, will come up against the world's best in October. The British team member, who was in the squad who faced United States last year, has been selected in the national side to race in a world team event
THE Government has moved to wind up two holiday companies which enticed hundreds of North and East Yorkshire residents to sales promotions with the promise of a free holiday. Trade Secretary Stephen Byers presented a petition in the High Court for Step
PAUL Mooring steered his York team into the last 16 of the Yoplait Men's All England Bowls Fours Championship at Worthing last night. Mooring and his Bert Keech clubmates Andrew Mooring, William Waldie and Charles Bateman led 8-7 against Paul Wilkinson's
MATTHEW Jones is set to play through the pain barrier to help Leeds towards their dream of playing in the Champions' League. The 20-year-old Welsh international has missed most of pre-season with a shin injury but now looks likely to be drafted into the
YORK City's former Stoke player, Graham Potter, is relishing tonight's match against his old club, believing a bout of underdog status could help kick-start the Minstermen's season, writes Peter Martini. City go into the Worthington Cup first round first
SAM Broadley demonstrated remarkable composure in a crisis. Although only five-years-old, he showed no signs of panic when he was left to look after dad Steve and baby sister Selina when Steve broke his leg at Brimham Rocks. Suddenly it was Sam who was
YORK-based training advisors have clinched a deal with the UK's leading office supplies company. The partnership between Zodiac Training Ltd and Guilbert UK - part of the France-based PPR Group - has led to a new customer training package being piloted
A NORTH Yorkshire woman is to stand trial at Hull Crown Court after denying a charge of manslaughter. Christine Mary Rhodes, 31, of Stutton, near Tadcaster, is accused of pushing her former partner Paul Butterfield, 30, who lived in York, off the parapet
AN established York insurance broker and a new financial advisory partnership plan to link arms together under a new roof in the city. BA Insurance Services group, based in Walmgate, and a newly-formed Grosvenor Financial Consultants are readying themselves
A RED-FACED radio station has had to reinstate one of its presenters sacked in a Big Brother-style publicity stunt. York-based Minster FM sacked its breakfast show presenter after a "Big Brother" style ballot. Staff were asked by managers to vote for
I WORK in a Los Angeles museum dedicated to the preservation of and the teaching about the history of the Jewish people as part of world history. I have read of the threats to York's Clifford's Tower by the commercial development called Coppergate II.
YORK City's teenage goalkeeper Russ Howarth has earned another England call-up. The highly-rated prospect has been selected for the England Under-18 squad to face Israel on September 1. The friendly match, at the Rishon Le Zion Municipal Stadium in Israel
LEADING York-based building services company Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) has awarded certificates to all 16 staff who successfully completed stage one of the company's Continuing Professional Development Programme. Further stages (two and three
A TOP level survey says that business demand for property is flattening nationally due to a more subdued economy. The August review of the economy and property markets by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says the commercial property
A FORGOTTEN part of York's commercial heart is stirring afresh thanks to the to the hard work and enthusiasm of local traders. And there could soon be visible signs of this revival as a new neighbourhood identity is created in the city. "The Quarter"
BUSINESS confidence in Yorkshire is better than the national average. That is the conclusion of the latest Business in Britain survey from Lloyds TSB Commercial - an achievement for the county considering a general national slowdown of the UK economy.
GEOGRAPHY is often seen as the poor relation to heavyweight subjects like maths and English in the school lesson stakes. Indeed, last week's A-level results showed the number of entries across the country had dropped by 12 per cent since last year. But
YORK'S Coppergate Riverside scheme has come under attack from an American museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Jewish people. Vikki Helperin, of the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, says she fears that the historic importance of Clifford's
MANAGERS at Castle Howard are seeking talks with the promoter of a major open-air concert event following complaints from disappointed music fans. Duncan Peake, estate manager, said his office had received a number of complaints about Saturday's Last
DUNNINGTON A scored a narrow 47-46 away victory over Wilberfoss in the Graham Wykes York and District Tennis League's handicap knockout quarter-finals. The handicap competition ensured that Dunnington, despite winning every match, were always being pushed
THE winner of Thursday's big race at York will gain a truly unique prize to keep the memory of the day forever fresh. For the successful owner in the Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes (Group One) will receive a painting commissioned from leading equine
Of the four top clubs in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League, only York I failed to win. Civil Service beat them 66-42, Chris Sorby and Andy Potter scoring 25, while Rowntree Park defeated Bubwith 68-40 to stay third, John Neary and
PROJECTS to help people sleeping rough in York to settle in "normal" housing have received a £240,000 boost, the Government announced today (Tue). The cash builds on the previous success of schemes which have slashed the number of people actually sleeping
SCARBOROUGH take the field tonight knowing that their Nationwide Conference clash with Morecambe could be their very last. A meeting with the club's creditors on Friday will decide the fate of the 121-year-old club and should they fail to gain the support
BARRY Jones is back in business. The York City defender, named Clubman of the Year for the past two seasons will face Stoke City in tonight's Worthington Cup first round, first leg, tie at Bootham Crescent (7.45pm). Fans' favourite Jones has not started
Three Oaks winners are set to meet tomorrow in what promises to be one of the highlights of York's three-day Festival. The £220,000 Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks features Love Divine, winner of this year's Vodafone Oaks, crossing swords with her stablemate
In the second of our occasional summer series of tales from the riverbank, Stephen Lewis spends a day on patrol with the 'river police'. "We have just had a blue light fitted, and a siren," says Ray Duckworth with obvious pride, standing with feet planted
Stephen Lewis browses through a clutch of new books from and about the delights and oddities of the White Rose county. While it's not exactly unknown for an author to see a book published after he has reached the ripe old age of 90, it's not all that
Noah's Ark, by Georgie Adams, pictures by Anna C. Leplar, Orion Children's Books (£4.50) and God's Kingdom, Stories From The New Testament retold by Geraldine McCaughrean (Orion Children's Books, £8.99) Our young reviewer loved Noah's Ark and says: "It's
The Covenant by Jeff Gulvin, (Orion, £9.99) FASTEN your seatbelts for a rip-roarin' rollercoaster ride of international terrorism, espionage, murder involving American white-supremacists storing arms and explosives for the great uprising. Washington is
Star Wars: Rogue Planet by Greg Bear (Century, £15.99) GREG Bear is a heavyweight in the world of science-fiction, so seeing his name on a Star Wars spin-off novel is something of a surprise. By and large, such novels are high on energy and light on impact
