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Stories for 28 January 2002

York Factfile

York's touch of glass

THESE views of York date from a different era of photography. Forget digital cameras, and even rolls of film. The York scenes above were captured on glass negatives. They were very kindly given to the Evening Press by Lilian Vear, who lives off Rawcliffe Lane in York. The father of her late husband Neville, Fred Vear, was a keen amateur photographer, and the glass plates were among his large collection.  more...

York Leisure

Ask the experts: Pain-free steps

Q I have terrible pains in my feet which come on after walking into town and back. My doctor says nothing can be done and I should just rest. Can you help?  more...

Ask the experts: Help with quitting

Q What is the best way to stop smoking and what is available on prescription?  more...

Ask the experts: Too shy to show doctor

Q I have noticed a swelling in my scrotum but I'm too embarrassed to go to my doctor about it. What could it be?  more...

Losing Nancy

Iris, Richard Eyre's film starring Dame Judi Dench as the great novelist Iris Murdoch, opens in York next week. It is a poignant study of a great mind stricken by Alzheimer's Disease.   more...

York News

Just stop pestering me

AS a protest, it was a bit over the top. But the Sussex woman who played the Jehovah's Witnesses at their own game and banged on the door of their hall certainly made her point.   more...

Players say thanks...

Rowntree Players thank all those who came to see Sinbad The Sailor at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in December. We raised £635 for St Martin's Hospice for Children.   more...

Help volcano victims

IN just a few hours a natural catastrophe devastated a corner of Africa. A wall of molten lava one kilometre wide engulfed the homes of 60,000 people who live in the shadow of the Nyiragongo volcano in Congo.   more...

Save Clifford's Tower

I WELL remember the public appeal to save the roof of York Minster in the 1960s.   more...

Foul play at City

It seems unjust that the directors of York City, lead by chairman Douglas Craig, who paid around £200,000 for their shares, can close down the club and sell the ground for their own profit which I believe is around £4.5 million.  more...

Parking bungle

I congratulate City of York Council which, after resurfacing our street on November 10, has finally reinstated our residents' parking bays.  more...

Every year in York we pay more and get less

EVERY year begins with Councillor Hills, leader of the Labour-controlled City of York Council, warning of an impending large increase in council tax accompanied by cuts in services and increased charges.  more...

Conservatory conman jailed for two years

A CONSERVATORY company boss who swindled houseowners out of more than £58,000 was today jailed for two years.  more...

Band man's legal battle after fall

A BAND member left paralysed when he fell from a wagon during the 1999 Lord Mayor's parade in York today started legal proceedings to establish who is liable for his accident.   more...

You did us proud - City fans

YORK City's FA Cup dream is dead - but the club went out with heads held high in a 2-0 defeat by Premiership giants Fulham.  more...

Residents First: apology over tea

A YORK householder won an apology today after complaining of a less-than-welcoming reception at the city's Residents First weekend.   more...

Youth robbed at knifepoint

A TERRIFIED teenager was robbed at knifepoint by a man who befriended him in a York shopping arcade.  more...

Popular stewardess dies in fall tragedy

FANS, players and officials at one of York's biggest rugby clubs were today mourning the death of a popular stewardess in a tragic fall.  more...

Police house's £200,000 tag

A HEARTBEAT-style village police house in Ryedale is up for sale at £200,000.  more...

Footballer's son chokes to death

A SOCCER star was today mourning his two-year-old son, who died just hours after his father's team celebrated an FA Cup victory over Manchester United.  more...

It looks hall over for city pub site

THE DEATH knell for York's Frog Hall pub could be sounded this week as plans for a burger bar go before councillors.  more...

Marathon effort for Robert's charity

RUNNER Dianne Owen is taking a massive stride in an effort to combat the disease suffered by her five-year-old son.  more...

Move to woo tourists back

AN EFFORT to bring rural Yorkshire back to life after the devastation of foot and mouth was being launched today.   more...

Region battered by winds and rain

SEVERE gales were expected to blast their way across North and East Yorkshire this afternoon.   more...

Flood defence work 'could hit roman remains'

THE construction of new flood defences in Selby town centre is in danger of destroying important Roman remains, archaeologists have warned.  more...

Rooms with a view

WORK on a new £5 million scheme to revamp part of the heart of historic York into new stores and luxury homes will begin next month.  more...

Flats plan is backed

A BLOCK of 64 flats could face on to Layerthorpe if councillors support it this week.  more...

Dame Judi wins nominations

DAME Judi Dench had double cause for celebration when the Bafta nominations were unveiled today.  more...

Diamonds are forever for couple

A COUPLE who married after the groom had made a treacherous winter journey back home from his wartime posting in Scotland today celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.  more...

Doing the Walk

STONEGATE is one of York's busiest streets. Yet only a few of the shoppers who swarm along it ever take a detour into Stonegate Walk.  more...

Friends must stay with City

YORK City's players and fans were in the spotlight on Saturday, and they did themselves proud.  more...

Woman killed by falling masonry

A WOMAN was killed when a piece of masonry fell from the roof of a church late this afternoon, as York city centre was buffeted by high winds.  more...

York girl, 16, killed in horror smash

A TEENAGER from York and two men from Tadcaster were among four people killed in an horrific car crash on a North Yorkshire road.  more...

York Sport

Nap selection

Tom O'Ryan's nap selection for Tuesday's meetings:  more...

Coach thrills to joy of victory

DELIGHTED coach Leo Epifania had little trouble in summing up the feeling in the York Wasps' camp after tasting victory in England for the first time.   more...

Face values

YORK City chief Terry Dolan is adamant his Minstermen can build on their FA Cup heroics to kick-start a climb away from the foot of Division Three.  more...

Picture special on epic cup game

YORK City chief Terry Dolan is adamant his Minstermen can build on their FA Cup heroics to kick-start a climb away from the foot of Division Three.  more...

Coach thrills to joy of victory

DELIGHTED coach Leo Epifania had little trouble in summing up the feeling in the York Wasps' camp after tasting victory in England for the first time.   more...

Tip-top Tykes to go all high-tech

COUNTY champions Yorkshire are all set to become the technological whizzkids of the first class cricket circuit.  more...

Dyson's classic finish

NORTH Yorkshire's golfing star Simon Dyson has that top of the world feeling Down Under today.  more...

Record run for Hayward

A NEW course record for a half marathon famed for its freezing temperatures has been set by its female winner.  more...

Frustration for Pickering

PICKERING Town suffered another hiccup as their poor run of form continued on Saturday against Northern Counties East premier division bottom club Buxton.  more...

Ibbetson off in defeat

York City's intermediates drew 1-1 with Darlington in a Youth Alliance North East Conference game that was moved to the club's Wigginton Road training ground.  more...

Malt back in titlt at promotion

Conditions underfoot were far from perfect owing to the heavy overnight rains and Hessle, who currently prop up Yorkshire Division Three, were a long way short of full strength.   more...

Slow start punished

Pocklington were left to rue their sleepy opening when they presented visitors North Ribblesdale with a 12-point start.   more...

RI crash in worst display

YORK RI saved their worst performance of the season for lowly West Leeds and went down 17-15 to their visitors.  more...

In-form Selby tame Tigers

THE year 2002 is turning out be quite fruitful for Selby.  more...

Five stars make point for Dringhouses

THERE was no hogging the goal-scoring limelight for Dringhouses in their 5-1 beating of Bishopthorpe in the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division.  more...

Stamp of class by postmen

Post Office took another step towards promotion from division one with a 3-0 win at St John's College.   more...

Deserved acclaim for Heworth

BY the cheers that greeted Heworth as they walked off Batley Bulldogs' Mount Pleasant pitch, you could have been mistaken for thinking they had won the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup itself.  more...

Face values

YORK City chief Terry Dolan is adament his Minstermen can build on their FA Cup heroics to kick-start a climb away from the foot of Division Three.  more...

Milford Marlins 0, York Wasps 42 (CC3)

YORK Wasps finally ended an 11-month win-less run with a victory over Milford Marlins in round three of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup.  more...

York City 0, Fulham 2 (FAC4)

DOWN and out but certainly not disgraced, if this is to be York City's last ever FA Cup foray then at least they went with a bang not a whimper.  more...

  
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