York | Archive | 2000 | November
In winter in Hunan, the wind howls bone-cold across bare fields of dry yellow earth, kicking up the dust so that it stings the eyes of the horses and makes men squint as they lean into the frozen air. more...
Clarissa and Johnny are champions of the countryside, reports Charles Hutchinson. more...
WHEN this newspaper launched its campaign to save Ryedale from flooding, little could we have guessed at our sense of timing. more...
JOHN Prescott has again called Anne McIntosh a "twit", according to a newspaper report today. more...
Ten years after the fall of the Iron Lady, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the legacy of Thatcherism. more...
FLOOD defence schemes in Ryedale could be brought forward by a year in the wake of the recent disaster, Ryedale MP John Greenway revealed today. more...
SMALL firms across North Yorkshire which were conned in a multi-million pound business rates scam are to receive part of a £160,000 payout. more...
SUGAR beet producers in the region and the British Sugar Factory in York would be hit by the "catastrophic" effects of new European Union trade rules, it has been claimed. more...
YORK hospital patients are to benefit from high-tech equipment which can prevent a potentially fatal condition - thanks to a nurse'S luck and determination. more...
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has again called Vale of York Tory MP Anne McIntosh a "twit" - despite her request for him to apologise for the comment. more...
SANTA dropped in early to invite his special friends to a charity breakfast. more...
AN INDEPENDENT restaurant guide has named Middlethorpe Hall and The Blue Bicycle as York's two most flavoursome restaurants. more...
DEAF children took part in drama and dance workshops as part of a national festival performance held in York. more...
NORTH Yorkshire police are about to embark on a technical revolution which will arm officers with gadgets to make even James Bond jealous. more...
SUMMER has returned to flood-hit York - but for this week only. more...
As we were pulling out the sodden carpets from the schoolrooms at Stamford Bridge Chapel we came across some copies of the Evening Press used as underlay including one with the heading: `Andrew consoles flood victims'. more...
GOOD news, the rising bollard has been reinstated. more...
I congratulate Irene Waudby on becoming next year's Lord Mayor of York. I admire her hard work and the commitment she puts into all her endeavours, and there are many. more...
I WISH to respond to the coverage given to Messrs Laverack (in an article) and J R Jones and P R A Sawdon (in the letters column) about the award of costs against the City of York Council for the York House Poppleton decision. more...
SO City of York councillors believe First York's recent short-notice, massive fares increase was not "...in the spirit of discussions" being held. more...
I HAVE just had a wonderful day out dinosaur-hunting at Whitby. more...
FITTINGLY for a channel that screens The X-Files, the BBC is consumed by a conspiracy theory. After viewing figures showed that BBC1 had again been knocked for six by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? bosses quickly put it about that the show is a fix. more...
SUMMER has returned to flood-hit York - but for this week only. more...
A YOUNG woman driver was seriously injured today in an accident in which an articulated lorry ploughed into a house north of York. more...
NEARLY 600 children in the York area may need a "booster" Meningitis C vaccine because the shot they received recently was stored at too low a temperature. more...
A DANGEROUS central reserve gap on the A64 between York and Tadcaster is to stay permanently shut, the Highways Agency announced today. more...
STEEPLECHASING fans are in for a treat at Carlisle tomorrow when all six races will be run over fences. more...
EX-ENGLAND skipper Paul Ince was believed to be lying in wait for York City's Steve Agnew and Kevin Hulme this afternoon as the returning midfield duo looked to boost their match fitness more...
YORK'S Michelle Handley last night helped Great Britain and Ireland book their place in the final of the Rugbee.com Women's Rugby League World Series with a play-off win over Australia. more...
Scarborough were hoping to resolve a possible glitch in Chris Tate's proposed £25,000 move to York City's Division Three rivals Leyton Orient, where he is presently on loan. more...
BLACK Swan, Pickering, are back on top of the Beckett League division one. more...
PICKERING Town might ask the FA to give them home advantage so they can play their FA Carlsberg Vase second round tie at Marske United after the match was called off for a fourth time last night. more...
STUDENT Julie Atkinson kicked up a storm in Prague when she landed a bronze medal in the European Kick-boxing Championships. more...
RUFFORTH driver Alistair Ginley gets his first taste of the United Kingdom's biggest annual sporting event when the Network Q Rally of Great Britain gets underway tomorrow. more...
Harrogate racing driver Marc Nordon won both the final two rounds of the Elf Clio Renaultsport Winter Championship to take the title at a wet Pembrey circuit in Wales. more...
After dropping during the week the Wharfe at Tadcaster had risen two feet overnight, ruining sport for the 57 peg Tadcaster open. more...
EX-ENGLAND skipper Paul Ince was believed to be lying in wait for York City's Steve Agnew and Kevin Hulme this afternoon as the returning midfield duo looked to boost their match fitness more...
Two schools hockey players from York starred in the Yorkshire under-21s side which won the North Division tournament at Manchester University. more...
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