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Stories for 29 January 2002

York Business

Green issues...

COMPANIES in York and North Yorkshire will converge on Yellow Pages printers RR Donnelly at Flaxton Moor, near Knaresborough, next Tuesday to learn how to grapple with green issues.  more...

Press pioneers Internet training

YORK & County Press has become the first newspaper group in Britain to promote on-line learning via the Internet for staff who operate the presses.  more...

Scientific approach nets 32 more jobs

A RAPIDLY-growing bio-science firm at Science City in York is braced to create up to 32 more high-tech jobs, as it prepares for a £1 million move to a sleek new laboratory in Poppleton.  more...

York Leisure

So here's the plan... get paid a fortune for doing nothing, just like Mariah

I have a cunning plan. It is so ingenious, so downright devious in fact, that it makes me want to throw my head back and cackle wildly like an overacting baddie in a crackly old black and white movie. Well, I've got the belly and the moustache, so there's no reason why I couldn't pull it off quite convincingly.  more...

Milk of kindness

A surprise discovery on honeymoon turned eczema sufferer Amanda Cooper's life around. MAXINE GORDON reports  more...

All round the house

Feng Shui novice MAXINE GORDON tries out a new DIY guide to bringing harmony to your home  more...

York News

Blot on the skyline

GORDON Campbell Thomas and his friends at York Sustainable Development Limited are doing the people of this city no service whatsoever in calling for the Ryedale Building to be retained (Evening Press, January 2).  more...

Rising to Challenge

I THANK the York people who helped my fundraising efforts for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.   more...

Get down to Fibbers

AS the local reporter for Country Music Roundup magazine I am dismayed by the low attendances at one of our most cosmopolitan venues. For musical entertainment Fibbers, on York's Stonebow, is the only one providing music of all genres from every corner of the world. I have lost count of the times I have turned up to see a country music artist who has often journeyed thousands of miles to entertain, only to find country music lovers in this area can't be bothered to turn up and support them.  more...

Home and family better than nursing homes

John Craven's assessment of the overcrowding at York District Hospital is correct (January 22). But the core of his solution - shortage of nursing homes - is wrong.   more...

Berwick films panto backing

PANTO dame Berwick Kaler brought a performance of Jack And The Beanstalk to a halt last night to give his support to the Save York City campaign.  more...

Mountain of evidence causes inquiry to be postponed

A DECISION on Coppergate Riverside was more distant than ever today after it was disclosed that a public inquiry into the controversial scheme must be adjourned indefinitely.   more...

'Peacemaker' was stabbed during street row

A FATHER stabbed his near-neighbour to death in a dispute over children's behaviour, a York jury heard.  more...

York knife attacks probe

WOMEN were confronted by knife-wielding robbers in two incidents near York Railway Station, police revealed today.  more...

Mum's tribute to death-crash daughter

THE mother of a York student who was killed in a horrific car crash has paid tribute to her "honest, generous and loving" daughter.  more...

Rider `lucky to be alive'

A NORTH Yorkshire woman who was airlifted to hospital after a serious riding accident says she was lucky not to be killed.  more...

Taylor-made award for Geoff

BUSINESS manager Geoff Taylor has won an award for the way in which he has helped out at a York tourist attraction.  more...

Health HQ set to be built on city site

A NEW NHS "super-authority" which will swallow up North Yorkshire Health Authority looks set to have its headquarters in York.  more...

York gears up for Jubilee party

YORK will be joining in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, despite a third of councils around the country ignoring this summer's anniversary.  more...

Stars to perform at free concerts

Prime Minister Tony Blair was today unveiling details of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.  more...

Musicians tell court of lorry fall incident

MEMBERS of a York brass band told a court about the moment when tuba player Roy Gill fell from a wagon during the 1999 Lord Mayor's Parade, leaving him paralysed.  more...

Anger at 11% bus fare increase

BUS fares in York are to have a hefty rise for the second time in only five months.  more...

Hotelier's cream tea apology

A GENEROUS hotel manager has offered free teas to 100 city residents as an apology for a Residents First Weekend disaster.  more...

Church hopes for divine help

WORSHIPPERS from a York church are hoping divine intervention may help in the fight to save York City.   more...

York pool spending plan goes public

A MAJOR £1.3 million spending programme for York's Edmund Wilson swimming pool is going public this week.  more...

Poetic justice for police as bard takes to the beat

THE fight against crime in East Yorkshire will be set to verse with Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan being made poet-in-residence to Humberside Police.  more...

Jobs uncertainty leads to Yorks training boom

RECORD numbers of people in Yorkshire and Humberside signed up for vocational courses in the New Year - indicating fear and uncertainty in the workplace.  more...

Mountain of evidence causes inquiry to be postponed

A DECISION on Coppergate Riverside was more distant than ever today after it was disclosed that a public inquiry into the controversial scheme must be adjourned indefinitely.   more...

Farmers hail official end of foot and mouth

THE North Yorkshire-based president of the National Farmers' Union today welcomed the "excellent" news that the last county in Britain has been declared free of the "dreadful blight" of foot and mouth.  more...

Green cash incentive for firms

BUSINESSES are being urged to take advantage of a bright idea that could save them thousands of pounds and make York a greener city.  more...

York gears up for Jubilee party

YORK will be joining in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, despite a third of councils around the country ignoring this summer's anniversary.  more...

Stars to perform at free concerts

Prime Minister Tony Blair was today unveiling details of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.  more...

Ian's a beat-nick

IAN McMillan has become Yorkshire's beat poet.   more...

Farming faces a revolution

THE publication of the Curry report today is a chance for farmers to put the dark days behind them and look to a more rewarding and prosperous future.  more...

What's the big plan, Alan?

STEPHEN LEWIS quizzes York's leisure chief Alan Jones, about the future of the Barbican Centre  more...

Masonry fall kills tourist

COUNCIL chiefs today moved to reassure people that buildings in York are safe after a tourist was killed by masonry falling from an ancient church.  more...

Gusting Winds

NORTH Yorkshire's transport network was still struggling to recover from gale damage today.  more...

Politics blight UK farming

The biggest change in rural England during the past 40 or so years, is the way all the available spaces in our villages and small towns now have homes built on them.   more...

York Sport

Nap selection

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

Quaker Shaker

YORK City's bid to pull themselves out of the quagmire at the bottom of the Third Division could suffer a hammer blow by news Darlington are closing in on Michael Proctor.  more...

Buckets of cash from Fulham

THE generosity of Premiership Fulham towards the Save York City campaign is to continue.  more...

Little brothers in arms

HULL City boss Brian Little has vowed to beat York City tonight `for his brother Alan'.  more...

Bidder Batchelor checks ground sites

POTENTIAL new York City owner John Batchelor today revealed he would hope to see the Minstermen playing in a new stadium within two years.  more...

French connection II to thrill the Wasps

YORK Wasps' chief executive Ann Garvey is hopeful their French connection sequel will be better than the original, after the club were handed Villeneuve Leopards in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.  more...

Hocking ready to tame Tigers

YORK City centre-half Matthew Hocking just can't wait to get out for tonight's rearranged clash against Hull City.  more...

French connection II to thrill the Wasps

YORK Wasps' chief executive Ann Garvey is hopeful their French connection sequel will be better than the original, after the club were handed Villeneuve Leopards in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.  more...

Self-Deestruct

CITY of York I threw away victory at Deesside Ramblers which would have cemented their place at the top of the Northern Hockey League First Division.  more...

Acomb's share of the spoils

Acomb Ladies drew 1-1 with Wakefield Wanderers in Division One of the Yorkshire League.  more...

Regal conquest for Collingwood eases dread of drop

Lord Collingwood cleared the relegation zone in York White Rose Ladies League division one, recording a splendid 6-1 scoreline over Deramore, whose Avril Rose saved the whitewash.  more...

Triple slam misery

Sheriff Hutton's reign at the top of the Leeper Hare York and District League third division is seriously threatened after they went down to their third defeat on the trot.   more...

Decade's top show

NESTLÉ Rowntree men's team produced a great performance at the Northern Cross Country championship at Derby.  more...

Silver streak for Brooks

York athlete John Brooks raced to second place at the East Midlands Indoor Rowing Championship.  more...

Diamond date appeal

Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club, National Village Knock-out winners at Lords in 1995, will celebrate their diamond jubilee with a sporting dinner at York Viking Moat House on Sunday, February 24, 2002 (5pm for 6pm).  more...

We've no fear - Brass

SKIPPER Chris Brass insists York City will have nothing to fear when they square up to Premiership Fulham on Saturday.  more...

Hocking ready to tame Tigers

YORK City centre-half Matthew Hocking just can't wait to get out for tonight's rearranged clash against Hull City.  more...

Little brothers in arms

HULL City boss Brian Little has vowed to beat York City tonight `for his brother Alan'.  more...

Quaker Shaker

YORK City's bid to pull themselves out of the quagmire at the bottom of the Third Division could suffer a hammer blow by news Darlington are closing in on Michael Proctor.  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...

Berwick films panto backing

PANTO dame Berwick Kaler brought a performance of Jack And The Beanstalk to a halt last night to give his support to the Save York City campaign.  more...

Bidder Batchelor checks ground sites

POTENTIAL new York City owner John Batchelor today revealed he would hope to see the Minstermen playing in a new stadium within two years.  more...

Church hopes for divine help

WORSHIPPERS from a York church are hoping divine intervention may help in the fight to save York City.   more...

  
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