YORK has gone to pot - in the best possible way. The Barbican Centre's deal to host the UK Snooker Championship is a brilliant coup that will deliver rich rewards to the city. It is years since York staged an international sporting event of this stature
THE Highways Agency has never enjoyed a reputation as the most nimble-footed institution. Many campaigners have accused the agency of dragging its feet over road safety measures. That cannot be said of its response to a series of tragedies on the A64
Nick Richardson is looking to stick around after predicting brighter times for rejuvenated York City next season. As reported in the Evening Press, the 33-year-old midfielder has just signed an extended contract that will keep him at Bootham Crescent
Former York City defender Mark Sertori has joined Division Three play-off hopefuls Cheltenham - predominantly as a striker. It is the 33-year-old's third club within a week. Sertori only signed for Shrewsbury last Friday after leaving Bootham Crescent
The Good Woman of Setzuan, Royal National Theatre, on tour at Harrogate Theatre, until Saturday. Box office: 01423 502116. THERE are those who would happily endure a Brecht fast, convinced that the Marxist German playwright is a turn-off: dour, political
SUPER-FIT duo Joanna Feasby and Natalie Cooper have proven themselves to be among the best young biathletes in the country. The York pair finished fifth and seventh in their respective sections of the National Schools' Biathlon Championships. The event
Groups of dog walkers, horse riders and ramblers are all still flouting footpath restrictions despite the deepening foot and mouth crisis, according to a trading standards chief. The decision was taken to close North Yorkshire's 12,000 footpaths as soon
The Women's Institute movement has cancelled its regional annual meeting in Scarborough because of the foot and mouth crisis. The North Yorkshire East Federation of Women's Institutes was to have held its annual council meeting at The Spa on April 3.
The Japanese are looking closely at York's bio-science genius. RON GODFREY talks to the trio who helped to draw their attention to the city GISMO gurus in York gawp at Kaoru Hasegawa's mobile phone, but as she takes her own photo with it and instantly
THE first four of 14 new curtain-sided trailers have arrived at the Ripon headquarters of Potter Group as the logistics specialist company takes on bigger blue chip international contracts. It is part of an investment worth more than £250,000, with each
THE Money Shop in Micklegate, York, has begun offering the Western Union's instant money transfer service. It follows a partnership deal between the electronic transaction service and the Money Shop's 380 outlets.
FLY over the Full Sutton industrial estate and you can see the extent of the potential boom promised by Simon Pocklington. Banking in his four-seater Cutlass, Mr Pocklington, managing director of RM English & Son, points towards the patchwork quilt
The good times continue to roll for win-happy York City. Little more than three weeks ago the Minstermen slumped to the bottom of the Football League to lay claim to the sorry tag of the worst team in England. Current results suggest they are now up there
THE correspondent from Dringthorpe Road fatuously suggested that council highways chief Peter Evely should dress up as a policeman and direct his energy to sorting out city traffic gridlock (March 12). Many drivers do moan about "the traffic", but seem
A NUMBER of years ago there were letters to the Evening Press and the city council demanding that Museum Gardens peacocks were kept in check. People suggested clipping their wings, reducing their numbers and keeping them penned up, or getting rid of them
MAJOR new offices will be built for the Norwich Union in York by developers Helmsley Group and Malton-based Harrison Construction. Work has now begun on the £4.6 million project - a horseshoe-shaped three-storey building and adjoining two storey block
A FREE seminar on how to avoid bad debts and deal with insolvent debtors has been organised by Denison Till, solicitors of York at the York Travelodge, Piccadilly, next week. Speakers at the seminar which starts at 3pm on Thursday, March 22, will be Johanne
A COMPUTER has joined the fightback for jobs in York's hospitality and tourism industry. A hospitality and tourism jobs fair planned at the Hilton Hotel, York next Saturday will feature a computer which can marry talents to job prospects. The fair, organised
Sir Andrew Burns, British High Commissioner for Canada, will be among the speakers at a seminar to help realise export opportunities to Canada for North Yorkshire businesses at St William's College, York, on Wednesday, April 4, starting at 10am. The free
Rural sixth forms should be given extra cash to maintain current levels of funding under new proposals for post-16 education, say councillors. North Yorkshire county councillors are protesting to the Government about proposed new arrangements for sixth-form
A PROPERTY tycoon today flagged up a series of multi-million pound projects designed to spark a business boom in Monks Cross. Peter Smith, surveyor and developer has launched a massive office building campaign with the unveiling of his latest vision there
The way to an importer's heart is through his stomach. Here, especially for Business Press, Minister for Trade RICHARD CABORN talks of the special significance of a visit to North Yorkshire next month by buyers from the US A mission of a dozen US food
A NORTH Yorkshire factory plans to take its latest award in relaxed fashion. Dunlopillo, of Pannal, Harrogate, has won the Bed of the Year 2001 at the Furniture Industry Awards - the industry's equivalent of the Oscars. The £27.5 million turnover company
A schoolboy was taken to hospital after being knocked down by a car on his way to school today. The unnamed 11-year-old boy was taken to York District Hospital with a suspected broken leg after the accident, which involved a silver Ford Mondeo car and
Ryedale Youth Theatre is presenting the Gershwin musical Crazy For You to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The young thespians, who are busy rehearsing, are planning to open their show at the Milton Rooms, in Malton, on Wednesday, April 18. "Andrew Foxton
Thornton-le-Dale's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Cameron's-sponsored Beckett Football League division one suffered a huge blow as they lost a six-pointer at home to Union Rovers. The visitors, who started the game one place and four points above
Once again the foot and mouth crisis put paid to what would have been the final weekend of the river season. Ironically after a winter blighted by floods, most were at a good level for the first time in months. Major casualties were the final rounds of
Work has started on refurbishing York Tennis Club's five carpet courts at Clifton Park and it is hoped that members will be able to play on them within a fortnight. The courts have been un-playable since the floods caused severe damage in December. Dunnington
Posters highlighting the dangers of smoking have been designed by children at a York school to mark today's No Smoking Day. Children at Poppleton Road Primary School were set the challenge by pharmacist Matthew Roberts, who has a chemist's shop up to
York City Baths Club swimmers had a fantastic outing at the Scottish National Open and Age Group Championships at Towcross Leisure Centre in Glasgow. The 13 swimmers collected two golds and three bronze medals, 17 four to eight place finalists and 19
Former York education director Mike Peters today hit back in the row over a £400,000 overspend on a school extension in the city. He said low staffing levels, required by councillors to keep budgets balanced, had been a major factor in the way the building
Former York City defender Mark Sertori has joined Division Three play-off hopefuls Cheltenham - predominantly as a striker. It is the 33-year-old's third club within a week. Sertori only signed for Shrewsbury last Friday after leaving Bootham Crescent
A syndicate of cleaners from Easingwold School has beaten odds of around 1.6 billion to one to make their second clean sweep on the National Lottery. The 12-strong syndicate, including non-cleaner Gerry Kershaw, head of the upper school, matched five
Police in York were forced to resort to strong-arm tactics when a security guard became locked in his own van in the city centre. The task fell to PC Dave Cockerill, PC Jane Thompson and Acting Sergeant Dave McDowell, who were alerted yesterday when the
Groups of dog walkers, horse riders and ramblers are all still flouting footpath restrictions despite the deepening foot and mouth crisis, a Trading Standards chief says. The decision was taken to close North Yorkshire's 12,000 footpaths as soon as the
York City chief Terry Dolan praised the flip-side of his fighting Minstermen after last night's 2-0 victory over Darlington. The win, City's third in succession, lifted the Minstermen to 17th place in the Division Three table and seven points clear of
More than 300 mourners were at Selby Abbey today for the funeral of rail crash victim Stephen Dunn. The service was moved from St Wilfrid's Church in Mr Dunn's home village of Brayton because of the large number of mourners. During a moving ceremony,
The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum (Orion, £16.99) THE death on Monday of spy novelist Robert Ludlum has robbed the literary world of one of its master storytellers. Ludlum, who was 73, started his career in the theatre, working as an actor and
York City chief Terry Dolan praised the flip-side of his fighting Minstermen after last night's 2-0 victory over Darlington. The win, City's third in succession, lifted the Minstermen to 17th place in the Division Three table and seven points clear of
Function Dream, who should have been at Cheltenham today contesting the Queen Mother Champion Chase, heads instead to Huntingdon tomorrow in search of rather less prestigious pickings. The Mary Reveley-trained mare lines-up for the Happy Birthday Hugo
The owner of a rural paintballing centre near York says he is more determined than ever to keep his business open during the foot and mouth crisis after receiving backing from MAFF. The Evening Press reported earlier this week that the Yorkshire Paintball
A "breathalyser" which can tell whether you have a peptic ulcer, has been invented by a York entrepreneur. Ian Townsend of Ouseburn, former boss of Sheffield United football club and now chief executive of The Medical House Plc (TMH) has announced that
A YORK company that supplies weather protection systems for scaffolding is reaching new heights with the aid of Business Link North Yorkshire. Industrial Textiles & Plastics Limited (ITP) of Providence Hill, Husthwaite, York, has attained ISO 9002
COULD Butt-Ugly Martians lead members of RICH to the promised land? The facially challenged cartoon aliens are included in the list of visual media programmes marketed by the Just Group in whom our intrepid members of Ridings Investment Club Holdings
The JUST Group has earned the RICH members' tag as the "tip of the month". The leading integrated licensing and visual media company has just announced pre-tax profits in its interim results to the end of October of £1.23 million - an increase over last
SCORES of new jobs in York will be on offer at a hospitality and tourism jobs fair at the Hilton Hotel in Tower Street, on Saturday March 17. The annual fair, organised by York Tourism Training, starts at 10 am and will feature vacancies ranging from
A man who climbed on to a river bridge and threatened to jump was told by his ex-partner: "well let me help then", a court heard. She then allegedly pushed him off, the jury at Hull Crown Court heard. Christine Rhodes, 31, was then alleged to have lied
The world's top snooker players are heading to York. The city's Barbican Centre today secured a three-year deal to host the UK Snooker Championship - one of the most prestigious tournaments in the international calendar. The announcement means a massive
I WAS shocked and appalled to see Saturday's protest march against the Coppergate Riverside Development appeared to be headed by the Socialist Alliance, whose placards, 'People Before Profit' were to the fore both on the march and at Exhibition Square
DURING the present foot and mouth crisis we are told it is wrong for people to enter farmland; it is wrong to allow your dog to roam over the fields and wrong for the Yorkshire Paintball Centre to play their funny games in the woods near Thorganby (March
Tony Blair makes a major speech on the environment, emphasising the dangers of global warming (Evening Press, Tuesday, March 7) then on Wednesday his Chancellor, Gordon Brown, cuts road fuel tax in the Budget. Joined up government? Bill Shaw, St Olave's
HELP us celebrate neighbourliness by nominating someone you know for The Kleeneze Award for Britain's Best Neig-bour. Last year more than 10,000 people were nominated for neighbourly acts of bravery, kindness and caring. The award is run in conjunction
AN Internet course designed specifically to help East Coast tourism businesses, has gone on-line. The course, aimed at owners, managers and supervisors of tourism firms, including hotels, guest houses, attractions, caravan parks, cafs and restaurants,
THE former Via Vita restaurant in Harrogate is set to re-open next week as a new Parisa Caf Bar, creating up to 40 jobs in the town. Now York may also be targeted. The £200 million turnover Parisa Group, the UK's largest independent wine and leisure retailer
THERE isn't a war on. We're not expecting space station Mir to crash into Britain. No urban terrorist group has poisoned our water courses or booby-trapped our footpaths. So why can't we move freely around our country? Farm animals pick up a non-fatal
A £23 million project to build new student accommodation for the University of York will be handed over to the university free of charge. A complicated deal will ensure that the 742 student bedrooms on two campus sites, mainly for postgraduates, will
Yorkshire Forward Chairman, Graham Hall, today called for the Chancellor to deliver a budget in favour of business and innovation in Yorkshire and Humber. Having welcomed the recent quarter percent interest rate cut by the Bank of England, Mr Hall asked
NEARLY half of the insolvent companies in the north east failed because of poor management decisions. And more than half of them had previous financial difficulties but failed to learn the lesson that help should be sought early on in a crisis. These
BUSINESS studies students are to benefit from a new resource pack produced by Boston Spa-based company MBA Publishing. The company has just launched the sixth edition of The Times 100 Case Studies, which features real life business issues from different
A SEMINAR on the advantages of buy-to-let property investment has been organised by the Yorkshire Bank at the Jarvis Hotel, York, on Monday April 2. The event will include York speakers from Yorkshire Bank, property consultancy DTZ Debenham Tie Leung,
AXCESS Technology based in Clifton Moor is changing its name to Panja Ltd. The firm which designs, develops and markets advanced electronic equipment software that extends Internet content to non-PC devices including stereos and televisions, is a wholly-owned
EDDIE Brown Tours of York has earned a silver award for Coach Operator of the Year - the fourth successive year it has been a finalists in the industry 'Oscars.' The award, in the category for operators with fleet sizes of between 16 and 40 coaches, was
TWO staff members of Osbaldwick-based kitchen and bathroom specialist Smith Brothers (York) Ltd have attained NVQ Customer Service Level 3 qualifications. They are Paul Dickinson, who joined the firm as a trainee from college in July, 1995, and is now
SWALLOW Hotel, York becomes the York Marriott Hotel from March 19. It follows the sale by hotels-to-brewing group Whitbread of Swallow Inns and restaurants to Enterprise Inns for £119 million. The York hotel is one of 27 which is being rebranded.
YORK-based Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) has agreed to become patron of the Heating and Ventilating Contractor's Association summit 2001 conference at Le Meridien Hotel, London, on Wednesday March 7.
TEAMWORK Direct, the York marketing company has been appointed by the London-based Muscular Dystrophy Campaign to verify all 50,000 records on the charity's donor database.
ACTIVITY at Hull & Goole docks increased by five per cent over the year 2000, reports Associated British Ports Holdings (ABP), at the same time as announcing pre tax profits of £124.3 million - ten per cent more than in 1999 - involving all 23 of
A crawler lane at a notorious accident blackspot is set to close tonight for roadworks to begin. The A64, at Golden Hill, near Malton, is to undergo improvements to make a section of the road safer. The work was announced following a series of accidents
The funeral of a female police officer mown down by a stolen car will take place in Manchester next week. PC Alison Armitage died in hospital on March 5 after she was run over twice in a car park behind a derelict pub in Oldham, Greater Manchester. She
Former England ace Chris Waddle will soon be strutting his stuff at Wetherby Road after Harrogate Town won through to the semi-finals of the UniBond League Chairman's Cup last night. Waddle's Worksop Town side, who lie sixth in the UniBond League premier
The owner of a rural paintballing centre near York says he is more determined than ever to keep his business open during the foot and mouth crisis after receiving backing from MAFF. It was reported earlier this week that the Yorkshire Paintball Centre
The good times continue to roll for win-happy York City. Little more than three weeks ago the Minstermen slumped to the bottom of the Football League to lay claim to the sorry tag of the worst team in England. Current results suggest they are now up there
Nick Richardson is looking to stick around after predicting brighter times for rejuvenated York City next season. As reported in the Evening Press, the 33-year-old midfielder has just signed an extended contract that will keep him at Bootham Crescent
Giant images of Charlie's Angels will be projected on to York Minster tonight to help the Commission for Racial Equality mark its 25th birthday. The images will be promoting the Commission's "Mission:Equality" message, and the Angels are being used because
Hundreds of drivers on the M62 were stopped today by police seeking vital extra clues in their investigation into the Selby train crash. The roadblock - the first ever to be placed on a British motorway - caused lengthy jams on the westbound carriageway
York's Andrew Schofield is one many private vets drafted in by MAFF to help contain the spread of foot and mouth. Here he speaks to STEPHEN LEWIS about life at the sharp end of the crisis. FOR eight days now Andrew Schofield has been on the go. As one
