York | Archive | 2000 | October
Divorce and separation are facts of life. To mark National Parents Week, Stephen Lewis talks to two parents about how mediation helped them cope with their marriage break-up more...
MAXINE GORDON meets a York hairdresser with stars in his eyes more...
DON'T it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone...Joni Mitchell sang these words about a parking lot, but it could equally be applied to shoppers at C&A. more...
MAXINE GORDON meets a York woman who makes her living from things that go bump in the night more...
THE stealth bollard has been active for a matter of days and already it has injured two drivers and damaged two cars. Not bad for a road safety measure. more...
THE ambulance service which serves North and East Yorkshire is looking to recruit a first aid army. Volunteers from rural areas are being sought to learn how to use life-saving defibrillators. more...
With York's top properties now commanding outrageous price tags, CHRIS TITLEY looks at the winners and losers of the property lottery more...
Civilians could be called to the frontline of emergency care for heart attack patients under new plans being discussed by the county's ambulance service. more...
A Selby leukaemia victim who was given the gift of life by his sister has held a celebration party after being told by doctors he is in remission. more...
Counselling has been offered to all York-based Railtrack staff following the Hatfield rail crash which left four passengers dead. more...
The City of York has produced some of the region's wealthiest working tycoons, a new survey has revealed. more...
Highly-organised credit card fraudsters are targeting North Yorkshire on a massive scale, according to the county police's fraud squad. more...
Barbie, that well-loved vision in pink, stopped off in York to meet young fans in a tour of shops across the north of England. more...
A flashing warning sign is to highlight York's rising bollard after the second car in a week smashed into it. more...
This man is wanted by York police in connection with an alleged abduction attempt. A 16-year-old girl was grabbed and told to get into a car by a man near York College on October 3. She managed to struggle free and later helped police compile this likeness of the man. more...
A proposed blueprint for a massive housing scheme in York is set to get the go-ahead from planners. more...
Councillors in York, who ignored the advice of their own experts to block a solicitor's bid for planning permission, have cost the authority £18,000. more...
Thousands of tons of boulder clay crashed off the cliffs near Whitby's ancient Abbey - just four days after a previous landslide. more...
With a price tag of £2.5 million, what is very likely to be the most expensive home in York has come on to the property market. more...
A reprint of a multi-million pound drawing by Michelangelo found at York's Castle Howard has gone on public display. more...
AN angry councillor has demanded that senior City of York Council officers be reprimanded for disciplining city archivist Rita Freedman. more...
Just nine months ago, York parents Dave and Rose Gilmour were watching their talented, teenage daughter head for a bright future. more...
A talk about the past has ensured a better future for two charitable causes. more...
An ancient helmet discovered below Coppergate in York will take pride of place in a new exhibition launched next month. more...
When Leo McNeil spotted dancer Susannah Welch across a crowded room at the college where both were students, it was love at first sight, a court heard. more...
THE Millennium Bridge itself was a project that arose from a community campaign, the design was shown to the local people for discussion and the particular design voted on. It is not surprising that the project has very widespread support. more...
IT WAS a wonderful though rather long launch day for the Millennium Bridge; Whitby Bird & Partners are very proud to have shared the celebration with so many people, on both banks of the river! more...
THE symphony of bells was a splendid musical idea. Great fun. The city looking wonderful. A sense of occasion. Shame about the traffic, though: intrusive, noisy, dangerous, and most of it quite unnecessary. more...
What a way to run a railroad! Talk about too many cooks spoiling the broth, what we've got is too many profit-hungry companies competing to make a complete hash of the country's rail network. more...
York Wasps coach Lee Crooks is to don his playing gear again tomorrow to help launch the Lincoln Financial Group Rugby League World Cup. more...
Uncompromising defender Mark Sertori goes back to his old hunting ground tonight determined to help York City get back on the winning track. more...
The City of York has produced some of the region's wealthiest working tycoons, a new survey has revealed. more...
York Wasps coach Lee Crooks is to don his playing gear again tomorrow to help launch the Lincoln Financial Group Rugby League World Cup. more...
City of York Ladies pulled back a two-goal deficit to come away with a 2-2 draw in their rearranged North League division one match at Timperley. more...
Concern that Yorkshire could be even harder hit by ECB central contracts next season may lead to the cricket committee making a fresh attempt to sign the Huddersfield League's Caribbean-born paceman Lesroy Weekes. more...
Pickering Town have been drawn away to Marske United in the second round of the FA Carlsberg Vase. more...
Bill Duston, a well-known figure in York golf, has died at the age of 69. more...
Victoria Vaults shocked last season's York John Smith's Ladies League division one champions Brigadier with a well-deserved 5-4 win. more...
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