York | Archive | 2000 | November
It's the end of the line for the investment by RICH members in Railtrack. more...
A dash of derring-do marked this month's buying spree by RICH members whose units twitched upwards by 4p this month. more...
David Harbourne may have changed his role, but his North Yorkshire office and the faces around him remain the same. Only the challenges have intensified by government decree... more...
Neighbouring buildings housing dry cleaners and a bookshop in York have been sold for a total of £752,000. more...
A listed building occupied by SmartypantS, the day nursery and city creche in Castlegate, York, is up for auction at a guide price of between £225,000 to £250,000. more...
The Blacksmith Arms, the 18th century stone-built free house in the picturesque village of Lastingham in the North York Moors National Park, has been sold. more...
Expanding Malton firm S Harrison Developments Ltd has sold its £3million investment in the £15million Richmondshire Walk shopping centre in North Yorkshire. more...
A high-tech York firm has been hired exclusively by two African Governments to crack oil smuggling in separate deals worth millions of pounds. more...
Thirty jobs out of 392 at the ill-fated Monroe shock absorber plant in Shipton Road, York, will stay in the city. more...
In the aftermath of the dramatic split from the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce which saw three of York's top independent retailers shearing off to form a rival organisation, Roland Harris today remains steadfastly diplomatic. more...
Firms in North Yorkshire which specialise in distance selling could find themselves being caught out badly by a new law on consumer rights, a York solicitor has warned. more...
Hunters, the York-based estate agency has won a coveted home sales award at the largest gathering of estate agents in the UK. more...
These are tense, nervous times for the 25 finalists in the Evening Press Business Awards 2000. more...
A York-based website has been launched to offer online investment services specifically for women. more...
THERE will be no time clash or irony about the high-tech video screens and communications systems being used amid the oak bays and spans of the 14th century Great Hall at the Merchant Adventurers, York, on Thursday. more...
This Government has never commanded the confidence of the countryside. As time has gone by, the suspicion has grown that New Labour knows and cares little for the rural way of life. more...
It's a sad admission of defeat by someone as senior as the Home Secretary to suggest the only way to soccer success is to scrap the England team in favour of a stronger Great Britain squad. more...
Stephen Lewis casts a sceptical eye over the latest surveys that claim to tell us what we're like more...
Selby is planning to say "thanks-a-million" to the people who saved the town from severe flooding with a special thanksgiving service and an old-fashioned knees-up. more...
Selby town centre's Christmas lights will be switched on at 4pm this Saturday by comedian Tommy Cannon. more...
An "oversight" by the Environment Agency has left York's first line of flood defences breached and a farmer's fields under water. more...
A man with a missing front tooth is being sought in connection with a serious sexual assault in Harrogate. more...
Firefighters in York have voted unanimously to ballot for county-wide strike action in protest at the controversial sacking of a colleague. more...
Hovingham residents can enjoy a pantomime with a difference this Christmas as the local amateur dramatics group stages its show Melange De Trois. more...
A major stumbling block in the way of a massive housing scheme on the edge of York appears to have disintegrated. more...
A rare silver arctic fox, a tough breed used to treading the icy wastes of Alaska and Canada, has been given a new home and a warm welcome at Selby Animal Sanctuary. more...
The battle is under way to secure the future of trans-pennine travel, as a shortlist of four companies has been drawn up to improve rail services across the north of England. more...
Thousands of shops, pubs and garages in rural areas are set to get business rate relief as New Labour seeks to ditch its image as an urban Government. more...
A Heroin-addicted thief arrived at court with his bags packed - and begged York magistrates to lock him so he could complete a drug rehabilitation course. more...
A jockey arrested for urinating in a Ryedale street was involved in a high-speed chase minutes after being released on bail, Pickering magistrates heard. more...
Ten years of effort by Kirkbymoorside author Michael Gray was rewarded this week when Poet Laureate Andrew Motion named his work Book Of The Year. more...
Poley Coley - aka your columist Julian Cole - is just a bully and name-calling is so childish don't you think, when he refers to Mrs Thatcher as Mrs Hacksaw? (November 23). more...
I read with interest the letter from Jane Edwards, parent governor, Hob Moor School, (November 20) which draws comparison between the facilities at Hob Moor School and Copmanthorpe Primary School. more...
I strongly disagree with J Marshall's letter (November 27) which suggests that cycles and cars should be kept separate. more...
I thank the many people who have contacted me following the publication of my letter about John Barry (November 18). more...
The problem of funding York City Art Gallery, or any important national collection, will be apparent to anyone after reading about the most recent acquisition Bernini's portrait of Nicolas Poussin. more...
On behalf of the management committee of Tang Hall Community Centre, I thank all the emergency services, especially the fire brigade, who helped us during our fire (Evening Press, November 24). more...
The world is suffering from a shortage of visions. I'm not talking about those dispiriting occasions when a suburban householder imagines they have discovered a picture of Christ weeping inside a halved tomato. more...
York councillors debating the proposed Coppergate II development have been listening to representations from members of the public for over two-and-a-half hours. more...
Former York psychiatrist William Kerr had unprotected sex with a suicidal young woman by telling her it was "what she needed", a jury was told today. more...
Our phone poll of readers on the future of York's Clifford's Tower area has shown 2,191 in favour of the York Tomorrow proposal to convert it to parkland. more...
Peter Bleach, the North Yorkshire arms dealer who is serving a life sentence in an Indian jail, is suffering from pneumonia, the Foreign Office confirmed this afternoon. more...
Watch out for the course specialist at Market Rasen tomorrow. more...
York City manager Terry Dolan finally got his man today with the news that Mark Bower is back at Bootham Crescent. more...
York City may end up losing youth team star Chris Hogg to Premiership champions Manchester United. more...
A dozen Queen Margaret's School, Escrick, students have been selected for the county's hockey and lacrosse teams. more...
Oaklands School year 11 basketball team have been boosted by backing from a local sponsor. more...
York Schools Under-11s football team gained revenge for last season's defeat when they beat Nottingham 2-1 in a friendly at Wigginton. more...
An ambitious junior football club is hoping for an early Christmas present as it looks to develop a ten-acre site into a new recreational facility for hundreds of York youngsters. more...
The third round of the Yorkshire Winter League saw a field of 96 endure a dire contest on the Ouse around Hunters Lodge and Widdington. more...
The Marske United versus Pickering Town clash in the FA Carlsberg Vase, which has been rearranged for tonight after being postponed six times, is again subject to a pitch inspection. more...
When Selby Table Tennis League set up the new Team Handicap competition this season, players were handicapped with a view to achieving the ideal match result of 378-378. more...
Georgina Blatt helped Tadcaster School to the national finals of the English Schools' Cross Country Cup by coming eighth out of 70 runners in her first race. more...
Joseph Rowntree School, York, dominated the County Round of the National Schools' Netball Tournament by picking up two titles. more...
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