York | Archive | 2002 | January
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...
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...
Q What is the best way to stop smoking and what is available on prescription? more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I WELL remember the public appeal to save the roof of York Minster in the 1960s. more...
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...
I congratulate City of York Council which, after resurfacing our street on November 10, has finally reinstated our residents' parking bays. more...
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...
A CONSERVATORY company boss who swindled houseowners out of more than £58,000 was today jailed for two years. more...
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...
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...
A YORK householder won an apology today after complaining of a less-than-welcoming reception at the city's Residents First weekend. more...
A TERRIFIED teenager was robbed at knifepoint by a man who befriended him in a York shopping arcade. more...
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...
A HEARTBEAT-style village police house in Ryedale is up for sale at £200,000. more...
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...
THE DEATH knell for York's Frog Hall pub could be sounded this week as plans for a burger bar go before councillors. more...
RUNNER Dianne Owen is taking a massive stride in an effort to combat the disease suffered by her five-year-old son. more...
AN EFFORT to bring rural Yorkshire back to life after the devastation of foot and mouth was being launched today. more...
SEVERE gales were expected to blast their way across North and East Yorkshire this afternoon. more...
THE construction of new flood defences in Selby town centre is in danger of destroying important Roman remains, archaeologists have warned. more...
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...
A BLOCK of 64 flats could face on to Layerthorpe if councillors support it this week. more...
DAME Judi Dench had double cause for celebration when the Bafta nominations were unveiled today. more...
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...
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...
YORK City's players and fans were in the spotlight on Saturday, and they did themselves proud. more...
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...
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...
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection for Tuesday's meetings: more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
COUNTY champions Yorkshire are all set to become the technological whizzkids of the first class cricket circuit. more...
NORTH Yorkshire's golfing star Simon Dyson has that top of the world feeling Down Under today. more...
A NEW course record for a half marathon famed for its freezing temperatures has been set by its female winner. more...
PICKERING Town suffered another hiccup as their poor run of form continued on Saturday against Northern Counties East premier division bottom club Buxton. more...
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...
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...
Pocklington were left to rue their sleepy opening when they presented visitors North Ribblesdale with a 12-point start. more...
YORK RI saved their worst performance of the season for lowly West Leeds and went down 17-15 to their visitors. more...
THE year 2002 is turning out be quite fruitful for Selby. more...
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...
Post Office took another step towards promotion from division one with a 3-0 win at St John's College. more...
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...
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...
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...
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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