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Stories for 31 January 2002

York Leisure

Beware the white stuff

STEPHEN LEWIS finds how consumer power could lead to a healthier,   more...

York News

Patients are not weapons

IT CAN'T be long before ER, the great American hospital series, returns to Channel 4. In the interim, we will have to make do with another medical drama, which made a fleeting star of a confused old lady.   more...

Probe goes ahead

THE way has been cleared for a European Union inquiry into foot and mouth.  more...

Public inquiry `threat' at Westminster

NORTH Yorkshire MPs pushing for a public inquiry into the foot and mouth outbreak welcomed the threat of a probe by an influential Westminster committee.  more...

Bureaucracy goes mad on markets

THE long-awaited final version of regulations for the reopening of markets arrived last Friday; and has been "condensed" from its previous 18-page volume into an 81-page serial killer.  more...

Decaying York church facing bulldozers

ONE of York's most distinctive churches and spires is facing demolition after an inspection revealed a host of major defects.  more...

Ye gods, the Philistines are at it again - Ingham

BARONESS Thatcher's right-hand man has thrown his weight behind the campaign to block Coppergate Riverside.  more...

Taxpayers may face hike to fund policing

COUNCIL tax payers in York and North Yorkshire will learn next week if the part of their bills which funds policing is set to rise.  more...

Harry Potter star backs City

YORK-born Harry Potter star David Bradley has conjured up a magic idea in an effort to save City.  more...

Nightmare on wheels

PHIL Shepherdson's interesting account of his last bus ride (Evening Press, January 24) prompts me to write about my own recent nightmare on a rocking 'n' rolling bus.  more...

Youth hurt in bus accident drama

A TEENAGER was injured by a bus after running out into slow-moving traffic today, police said.  more...

Robin snubs fruit

SOAKED sultanas may well be the ideal food for robins (Letters, January 9), but persuading the resident robin to recognise this is not easy.   more...

Labour defends big rise in council tax

YORK council leader Rod Hills today hit back at claims of inefficiency as criticism grew over this year's budget plans.  more...

Broken promise

NOT so long ago, City of York Council decided to close a primary school in Haxby because there were not enough children for all three schools.   more...

Inquest opens on masonry tragedy mum

AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a woman who was struck by falling masonry while visiting York.  more...

Tadcaster cares

I AM saddened by the insensitivity of your report, "Town hails closure of home", (January 23). Tadcaster is a caring community; and one which through many avenues, not least the town council and local church, has supported the work of Barnardos during its 50 years in the town.   more...

Hospital under severe pressure... but coping

YOUR reports and editorial last week (January 18 and 22) raised some major issues about bed management in the local National Health Service.  more...

Vow not to have fast food outlets

LAND Securities has given a firm assurance that Coppergate Riverside would not involve fast-food restaurants near Clifford's Tower.  more...

Campaign for A170 crossing bears fruit

RESIDENTS living next to a busy main road have welcomed the news that a pedestrian crossing is to be built linking them with the rest of the market town.  more...

Child witness tells of stabbing attack

A CHILD witness has told a jury that she saw a man stabbed in a North Yorkshire street.  more...

Town faces year wait on flood defences

PICKERING may have to wait a year before a flood defence scheme gets under way, a public meeting was told.  more...

Megan prompts nurses' charity effort

A YOUNG cancer sufferer has inspired two York nurses to raise almost £1,000 for a special family care unit.  more...

York mum's lost baby body parts nightmare

A YORK mum is still desperately waiting to be told what has happened to part of her premature daughter's body, which was removed by York District Hospital eight years ago.  more...

Net shopping team are full of beans

WHO said Christmas isn't worth a can of beans?   more...

Meet the chain gang

THIS sorry-looking lot were on the receiving end of some rough justice when they got locked up for charity.  more...

Pledge over missile defence system

ANY plans to involve North Yorkshire in a global missile defence system will be discussed in public, the Home Secretary has pledged.  more...

Ye gods, the Philistines are at it again - Ingham

BARONESS Thatcher's right-hand man has thrown his weight behind the campaign to block Coppergate Riverside.  more...

Well done, Anne

WESTMINSTER often seems a long way away. Ministers are quicker to react to any crisis, whether it is a rail strike or a lack of NHS beds, when it affects the South East.  more...

Consigned to a shambles

BRITAIN is fast running out of institutions of which to be proud.   more...

Sights are set on airgun mavericks

STEPHEN LEWIS looks at a new campaign to cut down on the illegal use of airguns by teenagers and asks, is it enough?  more...

Young Farmers

ON Sunday February 10, Helmsley YFC will hold its annual ploughing match on land kindly donated by Mr F Mallory. It's taking place on the A170, two two miles west of Helmsley between Waterloo and Court House farms.  more...

Seminar on stewardship

A SEMINAR has been organised to explain and answer questions about the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.  more...

Major meetings set on nitrates rules

The NFU has organised two major meetings on Friday, February 15, for farmers to find more out about new legislation regarding nitrates which could cost them thousands of pounds.  more...

Wind turbine is not just hot air

TURNING lazily in the wind, the modern wind turbine which generates electricity to supply around 50pc of the power needs for the Milner family at Dotterel farm at Weaverthorpe has become one of the best known landmarks in East Yorkshire.  more...

A `watershed' for farming

THE blueprint for the future of the beleaguered farming industry unveiled on Tuesday has been called a "watershed" by Secretary of State for DEFRA Margaret Beckett.  more...

Wasps deal to buy City

YORK Wasps Rugby League Club chiefs John Stabler and Russell Greenfield today revealed they are in the race to buy York City.  more...

Never again

YORK may have seen its last Lord Mayor's Parade following the payment of £600,000 to a bandsman who fell from a float.  more...

Arriva Trains accused of `disastrous' performance

A DAMNING Westminster report today slated the "disastrous"performance record of Arriva Trains Northern.  more...

Row over union leader's remarks

A BITTER row has broken out within a rail union over moves to withdraw constituency funding from York MP Hugh Bayley in protest at his "failure" to support strike action.  more...

Footballer accused of supplying drug

FORMER York City trainee goalkeeper Miles Massey appeared before magistrates today accused of supplying the drug Ecstasy to former Sheffield Wednesday player Thomas Staniforth.  more...

MP shows Press story in Commons bed care debate

MP ANNE McIntosh waved a copy of the Evening Press at Tony Blair as she confronted him over the bed-blocking crisis in North Yorkshire.  more...

York Sport

Nap selection

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

Trust in us

BUSINESSES in York should back the York City Supporters Trust to the hilt.  more...

All-star cast backing City

STARS from York City's illustrious history will be lining up at the Barbican tomorrow night.  more...

Cooper ruled out for six weeks

YORK City were today left reeling by the news combative midfielder Richard Cooper is likely to be out of action for six weeks with a broken leg.  more...

Yorkshire need stand-in overseas player

County champions Yorkshire have begun a frantic search for an overseas player to cover for new captain Darren Lehmann if he should be unavailable for the first few matches of the new season.  more...

Villagers' towering ambition

A DAY trip to Blackpool awaits happy Heworth on Saturday, but it's cup and cheer not tower and pier that they are seeking.  more...

Under the weather

Malton and Norton golfer Simon Dyson shot a two over par 74 in the opening round of the Heineken Classic in Melbourne, Australia today.  more...

Smith nets vital cup treble

A HAT-TRICK by P Smith saw Tadcaster Albion move into the third round of the York Mitchell Sports League Cup with a 4-2 win at Nestlé Rowntree Pumas.  more...

Hall done for York

YORK ladies moved into the last 16 of the Yetton Trophy after a convincing 93-70 victory over Blackpool Newton Hall.  more...

Quickfire Jones takes rapid title

GAWAIN Jones won the York Rapidplay chess tournament at the Elmbank Hotel.  more...

Pickering move up

PICKERING have won on three games to move from bottom place in division two of Hunters The Estate Agent York Senior Indoor Cricket League to fourth spot, writes Albert Pattison.  more...

Cooper ruled out for six weeks

YORK City were today left reeling by the news combative midfielder Richard Cooper is likely to be out of action for six weeks with a broken leg.  more...

Yorkshire need stand-in overseas player

County champions Yorkshire have begun a frantic search for an overseas player to cover for new captain Darren Lehmann if he should be unavailable for the first few matches of the new season.  more...

Bumper home crowds generate an atmosphere of confidence

THE crowds for our last two games have been fantastic.  more...

Harry Potter star backs City

YORK-born Harry Potter star David Bradley has conjured up a magic idea in an effort to save City.  more...

Trust in us

BUSINESSES in York should back the York City Supporters Trust to the hilt.  more...

Wasps deal to buy City

YORK Wasps Rugby League Club chiefs John Stabler and Russell Greenfield today revealed they are in the race to buy York City.  more...

  
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