York | Archive | 2002 | February
KINGSTON inbusiness, the national business services division of Kingston Communications, has won a two-year contract worth £668,600 to speed up links between the University of York and all the other major universities in Yorkshire. more...
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun Irene Waudby, was given a privileged preview of the latest conference guide to the city which is designed to wow 10,000 visitors at the huge three-day Confex exhibition opening at Earls Court in London today. more...
A SELBY-BASED emergency management company has responded to an SOS call from the Cabinet Office's national contingency planning unit, which has been thrust under the public spotlight since September 11. more...
IN 1861 slavery was still legal in the US; Abraham Lincoln was the president; Britain had a Liberal prime minister in Henry John Temple, the third Viscount Palmerston; Nigeria was colonised by the UK; and votes for women were still more than half a century away. more...
Malton boasts the best facial in the county, according to a national magazine. Liz Todd tries the treatment more...
CANNABIS could be available on the NHS to help people with MS and those recovering from painful operations. Doctors may be able to prescribe cannabis as a pain-relief treatment within two years after the Government announced a research project into the medical use of the drug. more...
Child care is a boom industry. MAXINE GORDON meets adults who have gone back to school to embark on a new career working with children more...
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City, as the club's Supporters' Trust backed his bid today. more...
A GAUDY pair of Eastender Pat Evans's famous earrings have taken pride of place in the home of one of the BBC's soaps biggest fans. more...
A MAN was recovering today after his face was apparently slashed in an unprovoked attack in a York street. more...
RAILTRACK moves to take legal action against the Government are moving forward, with the company today confirming it is "ready to go". more...
THE familiar cry "Pound of bananas" is still set to ring out at York's Newgate Market, despite a High Court defeat for Britain's "metric martyrs". more...
A WOMAN from Selby has died in hospital after being seriously injured in a crash between a car and the van she was travelling in. more...
YORK City supporters are to target the FA in a double-pronged attack to highlight the plight of the club. more...
FIREFIGHTERS from Harrogate are set to do The Full Monty later this week - to raise money for a colleague's sick daughter. more...
YORK University is one of a handful of education centres involved in a new project to nurture the talents of Britain's brainiest children. more...
A PARADE through the streets of Norton and Malton is set to be the highlight of the towns' celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee. more...
DEEP in the mean streets of New York, the Jets need a juke box - and they're hoping you can help. more...
DRUG addicts are costing the country up to £19 billion a year, according to a York-based research team. more...
ALMOST £1 million worth of property was stolen from sheds and outbuildings in the Hambleton, Ryedale and Scarborough areas in the last nine months of last year. more...
ENVIRONMENT Agency officers have been asked to explain why a village near York - badly hit by flooding in 2000 - may never be considered worth protecting. more...
I AGREE with Dr Campbell (February 13) about the need for a central bus station with a shuttle bus to the railway station. more...
YOUR report on Utopia - sorry, New Osbaldwick - was very interesting (February 6). more...
PLEASE permit a comment from a regular visitor from the US. York has become somewhat less littered in recent years for whatever reason. One thing I do notice still is the ugly black slime that develops on the sidewalks especially in winter. In other countries, notably in Norway, tanker trucks sluice the sidewalks daily. more...
YOUR writer Louise Gray asks about the origin of our national anthem (February 15). more...
I WAS almost physically sick on reading the grovelling coverage of Mayor Giuliani's honorary knighthood. more...
WHAT'S goin' on? Antonia Morris, from Fulford, has won a pair of the chandelier-like earrings that used to adorn the lugs of Pat Evans from EastEnders, that's what. more...
STORIES about problems in the National Health Service are now an almost daily part of the news diet, relayed in newspapers and on television. For every bad story printed or broadcast, a good story often goes untold. Today's news for York is typically mixed. more...
York's Mr Archaeology Peter Addyman has announced he is to retire later this year after almost 30 years as director of the York Archaeological Trust. He spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS more...
A WEEKEND of rail misery could be on the cards for passengers after station and clerical staff at Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) voted overwhelmingly to join conductors on the picket line. more...
NURSING levels in York are among the worst in the country, according to the Government's hospital watchdog. more...
ENVIRONMENT Agency officers have been asked to explain why a village near York - badly hit by flooding in 2000 - may never be considered worth protecting. more...
BINGO caller Alan Potter has BEAN adding a unique flavour to the number 57. more...
SELBY Abbey officials were celebrating today after being awarded £300,000 by English Heritage towards their restoration appeal. more...
WHEN you or I go to the garage to fill up with fuel, most of the money we pay to the attendant goes not to the owner of the garage, nor even to Shell or BP, but to the Government. more...
MARY Reveley, who sent out two winners at Newcastle last Saturday, can maintain her excellent form at Doncaster tomorrow. more...
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City with the Supporters' Trust today backing his bid. more...
THE summer of 1997 may well go down as a key turning point in the career of York City's Mike Basham. more...
BARRING anchor club Halifax Town, the worst form team in the basement rankings are Leyton Orient, who have undergone a stunning dip in fortunes, writes Tony Kelly. more...
YORK Wasps winger Matt Mulholland has been released by the club by mutual consent. more...
PROMOTION-HUNTING City of York I suffered a Doncaster stranglehold to leave with a share of the spoils from a six-goal thriller. more...
ACOMB survived the loss of a player to beat Leeds 2-1 and stay in third place, one above their vanquished rivals. more...
YORK Wasps winger Matt Mulholland has been released by the club by mutual consent. more...
IN a match played in Leeds as part of the North League umpiring assessment scheme, City of York Ladies lost 2-1 to Chester. more...
Dave Bailey scored in the first half for Malton Bacon Factory, but Moor Lane managed an equaliser from Brendan Walsh and the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve `B' leaders had to rely on a Chris Bell winner to remain in pole position. more...
SUN Inn's lead at the top of York White Rose Ladies League division one is looking decidedly shaky. more...
THE draws for the York and District FA Cup competitions to be played next month are: more...
THE summer of 1997 may well go down as a key turning point in the career of York City's Mike Basham. more...
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City, as the club's Supporters' Trust backed his bid today. more...
YORK City supporters are to target the FA in a double-pronged attack to highlight the plight of the club. more...
MOTORSPORT tycoon John Batchelor is in pole position in the race to buy York City with the Supporters' Trust today backing his bid. more...
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