York | Archive | 2002 | October
Building consultant MELANIE SMITH of Carter Jonas, of York, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, answers RICS questions about the effects of the Disability Discrimination Act more...
A YORK secondary school pupil is the first in the country to clock up 25 hours of voluntary work as part of a Government scheme. more...
ART students at York St John College have created images to decorate the scaffolding of a church while renovations are under way. more...
CHILDREN from a York primary school learned about the importance of eating healthy foods as part of National Apple Day. more...
YORK College has teamed up with secondary schools in the city for a two-year development plan to offer a wider range of GCSEs. more...
TIME is running out for budding young writers to get in their entries for the Evening Press competition to win cash and work experience. more...
Tom Palmer swaps sad and proud stories with CHARLES HUTCHINSON about the perils of being a Leeds United fan more...
WHAT would Eric Morley have made of it? When he created Come Dancing in 1950, Britain had never heard of kick boxing, Jo Weatherill's chosen sport. more...
SOME young people get drunk and vandalise property. Not surprisingly, schools are often their first target. more...
Yes...says Pete Clark, a York-based firefighter with 28 years experience who is Fire Brigades Union members secretary for North Yorkshire more...
FIREFIGHTERS will be given the opportunity to "volunteer" to respond to life-threatening emergencies during the looming strike. more...
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious injuries today when his machine was in collision with a car in York city centre. more...
TWO York schools have hired a private security firm to combat a "rapid increase" in vandalism. more...
IT'S not a mystery! Pop star, actress, television presenter and one-time high priestess of punk, Toyah Willcox, is in town to star in the musical, Calamity Jane. more...
MALTON Bacon Factory bosses were forced to recruit Portuguese workers after North Yorkshire jobseekers gave the thumbs-down to vacancies at the factory, the Evening Press can reveal today. more...
YORK kick-boxer Jo Weatherill will swap her boxing gloves for a glittering costume and fight to impress the judges as a ballroom dancer for TV's Faking It programme tonight. more...
FIREFIGHTERS rushing to a call-out in York were involved in a crash with a car. more...
LOSS-making Drax Power Station today stepped back from the brink after paying half of an outstanding £15 million coal bill - with a promise to pay the remaining half on Friday. more...
THE number of elderly people in York and north and east Yorkshire, who fall victim to bogus callers is being "grossly underestimated" by official figures, a survey has revealed. more...
A SELBY music store is celebrating being top of the pops after winning a top national award. more...
TWO York charities that work to help the homeless are joining together in a project to help raise their profile. more...
A FESTIVE card shop, which aims to give a bumper Christmas present to charities in York and across the UK, was opened in the city today. more...
HOMEOWNERS living near a crossroads on the A59 have urged council chiefs to look again at making the junction safer. more...
A DINOSAUR which is regarded as the image of the mythical Loch Ness Monster has been found embedded in a cliff in North Yorkshire. more...
I SHOULD like to hear from readers who have had, or are still having problems with gas appliances, including gas central heating, which have made them feel unwell. more...
POCKLINGTON Chrysanthemum Society's show takes place on Saturday, November 2 and we are hoping it will be a bigger success than last year. more...
MIKE LAYCOCK looks back at the last time Britain's firefighters went on strike, 25 years ago. more...
WHILE noting the assurances given by Tony Bennett of City of York Council that the £1 million of infrastructure, plant and machinery which was paid for by tax payers' money "will not be lost" when Thrall moves for the former York Carriageworks site (Evening Press, October 18), perhaps he could tell us who actually owns these assets? more...
DRAGON BOAT racing is to return to York next year with different charity organisers at the helm. more...
IT is appalling the way the burial authorities are dictating how graves should be looked after. more...
YOUTH workers in York were thanked and praised for their unstinting work with young people by the city's youth service manager, Paul Herring. more...
YOU may think we're in the thick of autumn, but as far as the Vikings are concerned, this would still be summer. more...
AFTER 26 years a Selby primary school is to get a new head teacher. more...
RISING York pop star Stacey Ace, pictured, returned to her former school to give a performance to staff and pupils. more...
TO crack down on winter crime, York police launched Operation Ratcatcher yesterday. more...
YORK'S leading policeman today sent out a stark message to make burglars who target homes in the city live in fear of "that early knock on the door". more...
WELL done to Dave Stanford for his excellent article under the heading "Silence grates on fans' nerves" (Evening Press, Saturday, October 19). more...
FEARS that York City are poised to quit Bootham Crescent to share the McCain Stadium home of North Yorkshire rivals Scarborough have been dismissed. more...
YORK City's training ground would be an interesting place for the fly on the wall today. more...
ROBERT Wilkinson School, Strensall, will be flying the flag along with Clifton Without at the county Cade Trophy six-a-side competition on November 9. more...
JENNY Hoggard, 17, from St Peter's School, York, has been chosen to captain the Yorkshire area team for the National English Schools' Swimming Association finals at Sheffield this Friday and Saturday. more...
QUEEN Margaret's School, Escrick, have ended Joseph Rowntree's nine-year domination of Under 19 netball in York. more...
THE ever-expanding York Primary Schools Tag Rugby Tournament has kicked off again, with 19 schools already signed up to the competition. more...
ONE of the major events in the York schools' sport calendar will not take place this year because there has been such a poor response. more...
YORK City boss Terry Dolan refused to publicly point the finger of blame at any particular players after watching his side slump to a 4-3 defeat against Lincoln City in the LDV Vans Trophy. more...
TEAMS from Russia, the USA, Lebanon, Morocco and Europe are set to enter next year's York Rugby League Festival. more...
IF Sunday's Leeds open match on the River Ouse between Dunsforth and Widdington is a guide, the competitors in this year's Yorkshire Winter League have a tough series ahead. more...
YORK Acorn runners narrowly missed out on the team prize at the Bridlington Half Marathon. more...
Easingwold Town were given a fright by neighbours Huby Reserves in their York FA Saturday Junior Cup tie when within the first ten minutes they were a goal down, plus had a player sent off. more...
dims Boro more...
Selby Town's winning run in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division came to an end last night with a 2-0 defeat at Garforth Town. more...
York pub team Tap and Spile Cricket Club are cheering more...
SEATTLE PRINCE can earn his crown at Brighton tomorrow. more...
FEARS that York City are poised to quit Bootham Crescent to share the McCain Stadium home of North Yorkshire rivals Scarborough have been dismissed. more...
YORK City boss Terry Dolan refused to publicly point the finger of blame at any particular players after watching his side slump to a 4-3 defeat against Lincoln City in the LDV Vans Trophy. more...
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