York | Archive | 2001 | December
I THANK the kind man who returned my keys and bus pass which he found in the gents toilet at Selby Car Park, after my shopping bag was stolen in Selby on November 26. more...
CAN someone at Consignia (Royal Mail to most of us) explain why it cost me £2.10 to send a calendar weighing 200g to New Zealand, when the same item, weighing exactly the same, cost my friends only the Kiwi equivalent of 75p to send to me? Presumably the air fare is the same in each direction? more...
I WAS intrigued to learn that City Screen in York's Coney Street is to play recorded birdsong in its public areas to help staff and patrons mellow out. (Press, December 8). more...
PERHAPS if we returned the Elgin Marbles now in the British Museum and bought for £35,000 - and which really should have been left in Athens where they rightfully belong - the "plane spotters" will be freed before Christmas. more...
I WRITE in response to Coun Merrett's letter on Coppergate II (Letters, December 6). more...
I find the lack of response from Evening Press readers to the proposal by Selby District Councillors to award themselves a salary (`Councillors to get wage', December 5) somewhat mystifying. more...
I have no political affiliation whatsoever. I have a very poor opinion of all MPs whichever party they represent. They seem only to represent their parties, themselves or some political dogma. more...
ALTHOUGH I haven't much affection for the royal family (especially Edward and Sophie), I did feel terribly sorry for the Countess of Wessex this week. more...
I WAS standing at the bus stops opposite York Railway Station recently and motorists were, as they approached from the city centre, turning right to enter the station entrance and forecourt. more...
MUSICAL angels have flown into York for a Christmas festival. more...
THE only Selby pitman to be sacked after the miners' strike said today he had been betrayed by the Government's "token" response to a 16-year-old injustice. more...
SANTA is joining in the fundraising for Jamie's Have a Heart Appeal, as the total now reaches £5,500. more...
THE Coppergate Riverside scheme in York has been branded "civic vandalism" by the former press secretary and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher. more...
A SHOCKED postal workers' leader warned today that services in North Yorkshire will suffer through Consignia proposals to cut up to 30,000 jobs nationwide. more...
POST Office bosses have been told they can move their premises to a new site in Malton - but a senior councillor claims it could prove an empty victory. more...
THEY'RE behind you - both of them. more...
THE man found face down in the River Foss at the weekend had fallen in twice before, police have revealed. more...
CYCLISTS who insist on riding after dark without lights are to be targeted in a new police crackdown. more...
MORE than 300 staff will be based at York's new Pension Service office, offering a better service to elderly people with pension problems. more...
THE Archbishop of York has emerged as one of the most frugal of the Church of England's senior clergy in a report published to today. more...
NORTH YORKSHIRE communities hit by the foot and mouth crisis are to receive a "welcome boost to morale" from the Prince of Wales. more...
MORE than 100 extra primary school teacher training places have been created in York as part of a boost announced today. more...
SOME York asbestos victims could be badly hit by a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal, solicitors warned today. more...
WE might not often think of bishops as big spenders, but a Church of England report out today, which for the first time itemises bishops' expenses, shows that some prelates are more profligate than others. more...
DRUGS are a sad fact of modern life and wishing them away won't solve anything. more...
I HAD the good luck last week to be asked to spend a day at the Barbican Centre watching snooker. It's a hard life, I know, but someone has to do it. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a York police clampdown on winter menaces - cyclists who ride without lights more...
ARRESTED York air enthusiast Andy Jenkins was today told he will be released from prison, but at a heavy price. more...
A MASSIVE increase in the use of the highly-addictive drug crack cocaine across York has led to an upsurge in other types of crime. more...
CONSERVATIVE leader Iain Duncan Smith says RAF Fylingdales and Menwith Hill are unlikely to ever be involved in America's plans for a missile defence system. more...
MEMBERS of the jury in the Selby train crash trial were today continuing to consider their verdicts. more...
Judaic Ways, successful at Ludow last month, returns to the course tomorrow with excellent prospects of capturing the day's feature race. more...
Victoria Graves recorded the first-ever win for Archbishop Holgate's in the Year Seven race at the York Schools Cross-Country Championships - after coming unstuck. more...
York Wasps have strengthened their squad with the signing of former Hull KR second row Ian Kirke. more...
YORK City boss Terry Dolan today revealed utility player Marc Thompson is not part of his long-term plans. more...
YORKSHIRE'S dream of UK Snooker Championship glory died in York Barbican last night, when Leeds-based Paul Hunter was defeated by John Higgins. more...
York Wasps have strengthened their squad with the signing of former Hull KR second row Ian Kirke. more...
SIR ALEX Ferguson has backed York Racecourse as a venue to stage future Breeders Cup races. more...
TADCASTER Albion boss Wayne Day was seething with the referee's display after seeing his side lose 2-1 after extra-time to Goole in the West Riding Cup. more...
The 98 entry York Amalgamation Fur and Feather on the Ouse below York saw the river carrying two feet of cold floodwater. more...
Copmanthorpe opened a three-point lead in the Leeper Hare York and District League division two with a 4-1 home win over Haxby and Wigginton. more...
Yorkshire have signed a new three-year sponsorship deal with Leeds and Holbeck Building Society to re-launch and develop their junior section which has been renamed the Junior Vikings. more...
York RI RUFC Under 15s found it tough against a big Dinnington pack as they lost 22-5. more...
York, who had lost their opening four matches, gained their first victory in the Brown Shipley Premier Tennis Winter League by crushing Heaton 4-0 at Bradford. more...
Floss Slack, who has been connected with the City of York Tennis Championships as a player and administrator for 50 years, is to become president of the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Association. more...
FORMER York City favourite Alan Pouton's hopes of facing the Minstermen when they tackle Grimsby in the third round of the FA Cup have been dealt a cruel blow. more...
Heworth `A' increased their lead in the York Conservative clubs' Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League to ten points with a 5-2 victory over Bootham `B' to end the first half of the season unbeaten. more...
YORK City boss Terry Dolan today revealed utility player Marc Thompson is not part of his long-term plans. more...
YORKSHIRE'S dream of UK Snooker Championship glory died in York Barbican last night, when Leeds-based Paul Hunter was defeated by John Higgins. more...
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