York | Archive | 2001 | January
Three Early Novels by Philip K Dick (Millennium, £7.99) more...
The Constant Gardener by John Le Carré (Hodder & Stoughton, £16.99) more...
Valerie Thornhill, an art historian from East Yorkshire, tells ROBERT BEAUMONT why she is embarking on a new career as a novelist. more...
YOU'VE got to hand it to Steve Fletcher. The former miner turned airline pilot has proved that if you want something badly enough and are prepared to work for it, the sky's the limit - literally. more...
As calls for a public inquiry over Coppergate II continue to grow, City of York Council's executive member for planning and transport DAVID Merrett defends his authority's conditional approval of the scheme more...
Moongazers were out in force as North Yorkshire stared skywards for the first total lunar eclipse of 2001. more...
A teenager pulled a gun in court in a bid for freedom which took three security guards and a psychiatric nurse - later helped by three police officers - to stop. more...
Police numbers in North Yorkshire will continue to grow for at least the next two years, a Government minister has said. more...
Selby's "bionic man" who spent nine months in hospital after a horrific car crash spoke today of his never-ending nightmare. more...
Yvonne Sleightholme's battle to prove she was wrongly convicted of a notorious Ryedale murder enters a crucial phase at the High Court on Friday. more...
An investigation was under way today after 26 people were taken to hospital following a chemical leak at a factory near Selby. more...
Two farm workers had a lucky escape when they repaired the wreckage from a road accident - only to be nearly hit by an out of control lorryload of dead turkeys. more...
Troops based in York and North Yorkshire who served in Balkan conflicts will be offered screening for exposure to depleted uranium (DU). more...
Ryedale bus drivers are being put at risk by youths who are pelting their vehicles with missiles. more...
Highways experts were today expected to reveal firm plans for safety improvements to a Ryedale accident blackspot. more...
Soldiers who fought to protect York from its worst flooding in living memory will be given the greatest honour the city can bestow. more...
The Evening Press reporter's surgeries are back after the festive season - and this time we will be in Norton. more...
A Selby mother has been banned from keeping animals for five years after she admitted causing unnecessary suffering to her two pet rabbits. more...
Police are concerned for the welfare of a clergyman who has gone missing from his home and may be in York. more...
SO Ken Holmes, a fox hunt supporter, has enjoyed more than 50 years in his pastime of killing rats, rabbits and moles with dogs (Letters, December 30). I bet the moles put up a spirited fight against his Jack Russell terriers! more...
WHILE I hesitate to cross metaphorical swords with such august worthies as our Archbishop, Dame Janet and the indomitable Dr Shannon (Evening Press, January 4), I must speak against their suggestion that the development of the Clifford's Tower area be referred to a public inquiry. more...
I READ with complete amazement that City of York Council had commissioned a traffic survey in the two Poppleton villages and that the conclusion was that £250,000 needed to be spent (December 29). more...
When John Prescott visited Norton in November, he seemed to suggest that flood defences would be fast tracked. Admittedly a suitable plan has to be devised and will take time to design but I think there is a danger that people will be fobbed off again. more...
A top-level inquiry was launched today into claims that York councillors gave the controversial Coppergate II development the go-ahead without being shown all the official reports. more...
The closure of two York schools has been approved by city councillors. more...
Local authorities will tomorrow refuse to pick up the bill for the November flooding disaster and for better flood defences. more...
A teenager was fighting for his life at York District Hospital today after being struck by a car as he was crossing the A64. more...
EASTENDERS might have been on the television, but the real drama last night was going on outside your window. more...
THE heat has never gone away from Coppergate II - and now the issue is once more bubbling away like mad. more...
Supporters can now help to directly finance players' wages following the launch of a new fund. more...
Goal-kicking ace Jamie Benn is among three players who have quit York Wasps following last night's verdict on the new payment structure. more...
Dynamic duo John Stabler and Russell Greenfield are poised to return as directors of York Wasps. more...
Dynamic duo John Stabler and Russell Greenfield are poised to return as directors of York Wasps. more...
Goal-kicking ace Jamie Benn is among three players who have quit York Wasps following last night's verdict on the new payment structure. more...
Supporters can now help to directly finance players' wages following the launch of a new fund. more...
Scarborough boxer Paul Ingle will never be allowed to fight again. more...
Seething Terry Dolan is threatening to read the riot act and wield the axe after York City tumbled humiliatingly out of LDV Vans Trophy in front of one of Bootham Crescent's lowest ever crowds. more...
Whatever its name, this competition has had a nasty habit of defining the remainder of York City's season. more...
Woodhouse Grange produced the shock result of the season when the York Senior Indoor Cricket League programme resumed after the Christmas break. more...
Nestle Rowntree runner David MacQuarrie has retained his Yorkshire Under-15 Cross Country Championship title. more...
Kirkdale United played their first Beckett League division one game on their new pitch at Pockley but were unable to christen it with a victory. more...
York Conservative Clubs' Scruton Cup snooker champion for the past two years Neil Wood (Heworth) maintained his record of not dropping a frame by defeating Mick Frampton (Acomb) 2-0. more...
Knaresborough Golf Club's Sara Garbutt notched a silver lining to her 2000 season. more...
The second round of the Acomb Tackle York Winter Angling League saw the 120 competitors endure a dour start to the year on a cold river Ouse below York. more...
WHATEVER its name, this competition has had a nasty habit of defining the remainder of York City's season. more...
Seething Terry Dolan is threatening to read the riot act and wield the axe after York City tumbled humiliatingly out of LDV Vans Trophy in front of one of Bootham Crescent's lowest ever crowds. more...
Athletics more...
Young Kenny, North Yorkshire's big hope for this season's Martell Grand National, returns to action at Wetherby tomorrow. more...
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