York | Archive | 2001 | August
RACHEL LACY takes the train to Scarborough and enters an underwater world more...
RON GODFREY spends a naughty weekend at the Abbey... more...
George Wilkinson is enchanted by an evening stroll around Nunnington more...
AMID the changing face of York's waterfront, The Lowther, like its neighbour, the Kings Arms, has stood firm for years against the ravages of time, floods and trendy wine bars. more...
NEXT Thursday, Wayne and Deanna Allan celebrate their first anniversary at the helm of the Frog Hall. It is an achievement well-worth celebrating - particularly as they were told back in January that the Layerthorpe pub could be history within weeks. more...
DRIVING north from Wetherby on the A1, the sign is quite clear. Coffee Stop. Entering the Bridge Hotel we followed the signs eventually ending up in a dark panelled bar. Our inquiry was confirmed. "Yes, this is where you can have coffee". more...
TEARS, cheers, laughter and terrace chants reverberated around a packed York church at the funeral of Sheffield Wednesday footballer, Thomas Staniforth. more...
A CASH injection of £700,000 will help to move up to 100 patients out of congested North Yorkshire hospitals and into private nursing homes. more...
TRAIN travellers are warned to expect delays as engineering work on the East Coast Main Line is carried out over the Bank Holiday weekend. more...
CHILDREN across York have been going crackers for clackers as the city saw the start of the search for the UK's clacking champ. more...
PLANS to bring the "prefab" building back to provide affordable housing in York have now achieved virtual reality. more...
TEENAGER Gavin Wilson, who broke his neck at a York BMX track, is still unable to walk two months after the accident. more...
The Carling Weekend Leeds Festival, Friday more...
A YORK multimedia firm has helped recreate a lost cathedral. more...
BARN owl numbers around York may drop after last year's flooding damaged their habitats. more...
A CREATIVE group of young York actors have been praised for their work in writing, producing and performing a night of theatre. more...
RESIDENTS are to have the opportunity to quiz council officials about how they dealt with last autumn's floods and their aftermath. more...
OUR Queen has been overruled. She has been told Sandringham Estate must stop selling wood in imperial measures within two weeks or trading standards officers will prosecute. more...
IMAGINE having to survive on just £36.54 a week. That's for all your food, clothes, medicines, travel expenses, phone calls to the family and other basic necessities. What if £26.54 of this allowance was in vouchers? more...
STEPHEN Lewis's feature about 25 years of York District Hospital made interesting reading and offered some real challenges for the future. Something to test the planners while struggling with the Green Belt and how many hectares to allocate to new jobs - quite appropriate in a week when we hear about a £50 million development at Monks Cross. more...
IN response to the "Quality on the street" article by Rosslyn Brennan (August 17), some of the street entertainers may well be talented but the noisy antics of some of them are imposed on those of us who have to work in buildings overlooking their "stages". more...
I COULDN'T agree more with the recent letter from Mrs A Wood (`Sleigh were the days', August 18). more...
A crazy case of mistaken identity forced Evening Press sports writer Peter Martini into the frame at York Races on Thursday. more...
Desert Orchid, Jodami and Uncle Ernie will be making guest appearances at Beverley's bumper eight-race programme tomorrow, courtesy of the Malton Racing Association. more...
ALTHOUGH Saturday's 3-0 triumph at Torquay is Terry Dolan's biggest League win since taking charge 18 months ago, the City chief will have good reason to remember the Minstermen's last 3-0 away win in the League. more...
SKIPPER Chris Brass is adamant York's City recent red revival is the real deal. more...
WHAT a painful blow for York City and Peter Duffield with the news the striker is facing another protracted spell on the sidelines. more...
YORK Wasps fans will have to wait an extra 24 hours to find out who the club's new coach and sponsors will be. more...
Darren Lehmann, who has done more than any other player to win the Championship for Yorkshire, will rest up for the last two matches of the season, writes David Warner. more...
DIE-HARD Tykes' fan Charles Hutchinson at last witnesses the end of 33 years of hurt more...
YORK Wasps fans will have to wait an extra 24 hours to find out who the club's new coach and sponsors will be. more...
BAY Horse clinched the York Maxiprint League division one championship beating Cygnet 7-2, which included a magnificent 180 for 12 darts from Paul Cooper. more...
DRIVING was literally - and painfully - to the fore in Neil Smith's bid to be crowned Yorkshire Amateur Strokeplay champion at his home Fulford Golf Club. more...
YORK CYCLEWORKS rider Alastair Kay enjoyed success in the Giro delle Vallis Cuneesi race in Italy. more...
YORK fighter Richard Cadden is gearing himself up for a Thai boxing British title by heading over to the Far East for a contest in Thailand. more...
THE Championship Trophy was back in Yorkshire for the first time in 33 years yesterday on a day when an almost impossible dream came true for captain David Byas. more...
Darren Lehmann, who has done more than any other player to win the Championship for Yorkshire, will rest up for the last two matches of the season, writes David Warner. more...
YORK City's reserves finally expect to get their season underway at Bury on Wednesday with first team coach Adie Shaw admitting he is expecting a gruelling campaign for the second-string. more...
DIE-HARD Tykes' fan Charles Hutchinson at last witnesses the end of 33 years of hurt more...
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