York | Archive | 2000 | February
The Duke of York today launched a £250,000 York Minster Bells Appeal to commemorate the life of the Queen Mother in her centenary year. more...
Olympic swimming star Sharron Davies today adds her weight to the tidal wave of support behind the Evening Press campaign to save two York swimming pools. more...
An attendant at York City Art Gallery has claimed in court that two balaclava-wearing men tied him and three colleagues up at gunpoint. more...
North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach and five Latvians were sentenced to life imprisonment today for smuggling arms intended for Indian revolutionaries. more...
Please kick out art gallery charge proposals more...
Coun Geoff Richardson, of Easingwold, with the dog bin which has been mistaken for a post box more...
Sub Officer Malcolm Dunford pictured outside the fire-hit home in Kingsway West, Acomb, today more...
With the Government announcing an independent inquiry into the self-regulation of doctors following the Harold Shipman case, the North Yorkshire son of one of his alleged victims tells David Wiles of his own struggle to open up the profession to public scrutiny. more...
A sub-post office which relies heavily on pensioners collecting their benefits will be destroyed if the Government's plans to change the way benefits are paid come to fruition. more...
Armchair football managers looking forward to this year's European Championships will be able to put their money where their mouths are to raise money for charity. more...
If the ambitious appeal announced today succeeds, York Minster will usher in the Queen Mother's 100th birthday with a peal from six bells cast in her honour. more...
The good folk of Easingwold are bewildered by the latest addition to their street furniture. more...
Minster belle more...
The blurring of King Tone more...
Let new bells peal in tribute more...
It would appear from Saturday's Evening Press that City of York Council's Leisure Services Committee will be considering a proposal to charge non-York residents £2 for entry into the city art gallery. more...
Once again we see York MP Hugh Bayley being muzzled by "collective responsibility" in his approach to the issue over the destruction of sub post offices. more...
On a day when we hear of the first 1,000 days of New Labour's administration at Westminster and the problems they have heaped upon themselves, what is new when we see the problems at our very own Guildhall? more...
The apalling article on the death of an elderly man on a York cyclepath (Evening Press, January 31) rams home the need for a radical new initiative in community policing. more...
York City supporters will be have a chance to air their views next month after the Bootham Crescent board granted a request for a fans' forum. more...
The future of York Wasps trialist Carl Paterson could be decided this week. more...
Copmanthorpe Junior School lifted the York City Football in the Community six-a-side Predator Cup after a nail-biting finale. more...
Paul Turner (York Clifton Park) beat Robert Taylor (Stillington) in a thrilling five-set veteran final at Dunnington in a game lasting one hour, 20 minutes. more...
Football: Fans get chance to have a say more...
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