York | Archive | 2002 | December
A THREE-year-old boy was injured and a man suffered 50 per cent burns in two road accidents only days before Christmas. more...
A SHOCKED couple were only inches from death when a pallet laden with bathroom sinks crashed to the floor at the York B&Q Warehouse. more...
PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a major expansion of Rufforth Tip, despite local protests. more...
FIRE crews were called to Nestlé Rowntree today after a small blaze broke out at the York chocolate factory. more...
DOCTORS were today hopeful that the Norwalk virus outbreak at York Hospital was at an end, despite three more patients suffering diarrhoea and vomiting symptoms. more...
COUNCIL chiefs have indicated they will "resist" Persimmon's bid to build on Bootham Crescent - until the club has found a new home. more...
NIGHT owls looking for a haunt might be interested in a new city centre bar - it comes complete with two giant beds. more...
A BURST of donations, including two for £100, has given a major boost to the Evening Press Christmas appeal for York hit-and-run victim Katie Scales. more...
THE Government is now under pressure from Tory and Labour MPs for a full debate on whether the U.S. should be allowed to use RAF Fylingdales for missile defence. more...
VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh has failed to win a guarantee that ten hunts in her constituency would survive plans for severe restrictions on hunting with dogs. more...
PARTS of the Barbican Centre will reopen tomorrow following this week's fire. more...
THE landlord's age-old cry of "don't you lot have homes to go?" takes on a new complexion at one York bar. more...
A MOTHER of young children who launched a vicious revenge attack on her brother's rape victim today won a cut in her jail term. more...
IN A LEGAL move that will surprise and upset many, the Lord Chief Justice has ruled that the average non-professional and non-violent domestic burglar will not be sent to prison. more...
YORK residents Grace Page and Julian Fell showed the nation their word and number power by getting through to today's Countdown showdown. more...
RESIDENTS in a Ryedale town will be able to take a Christmas stroll when a popular footpath reopens. more...
SELBY MP John Grogan today relaunched a campaign for a new cinema in the town. more...
A NORTH YORKSHIRE monument has been reinstated after a £60,000 restoration programme. more...
A NEW organic farming umbrella group has been set up in an effort to promote organic businesses throughout the country. more...
MANAGERS at York Hospital have been shortlisted to run failing NHS trusts, the Government announced today. more...
AMBULANCE staff have asked the people of York, and North and East Yorkshire to help them get through the festive period - the emergency service's busiest time of year. more...
Two Evening Press printing assistants have become the country's first newspaper workers to pass print exams after studying online. more...
A GROUP set up in northern Ryedale to improve public transport has plenty of ideas but a shortage of cash, members of Pickering Town Council heard. more...
RESIDENTS at a York community unit for the elderly rolled back the years at their fun-filled Christmas party. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the man who brings the best out of Lenny Henry - and who has an insiders view on Popstars: The Rivals more...
POLICE inspector Alan Miller doesn't make a drama out of a crisis - despite having had more than his fair share during a distinguished career. more...
DRAMATIC life-size sculptures of climbers are being used to decorate a school hall. more...
YORK Jobcentre Plus employee Nigel Pendleton got a big surprise when he attended a Regional Newspaper Award luncheon hosted by Minister for Pensions Ian McCartney and former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes at London's Lancaster House. more...
THE Six By Six project was, as its name suggests, supposed to be a contest in which there were only six winners. more...
A WOMAN with serious health problems claims a home help service - arranged by City of York Council - has repeatedly let her down. more...
A YORK car firm is cracking open the sake after Japanese executives voted it the best Suzuki dealership in the country. more...
WEARY souls hoping to gently wind down ahead of Parliament's Christmas holiday were out of luck this week, as hunters laid seige to the Commons and President Bush bounced Geoff Hoon down the road to Alaska. more...
WHEN you are feeling a little "down" these dull December days just pause for a while and count your blessings - it's surprising how they add up and in no time you will have chased the "blues" away! more...
NORTH Yorkshire police are again asking for more money. more...
I SHARE Keith Smith's sentiment about congesting York's streets and polluting York's air by using cars for trivial journeys (Letters, December 7). more...
I HAVE read with interest the letters complaining about York Hospital. more...
SHOULD we "shop" a drink-driver? (The Thing Is, December 17). more...
REGARDING the pay settlement for the firemen, which is proposed to be self-financing over a period of three years by better work practices. more...
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has called on the Minstermen's loyal band of supporters to match the commitment of his squad at tonight's home clash against Lincoln City. more...
YORK City fans will be hoping to provide some Christmas cheer for the club's staff tonight. more...
YORK City Supporters' Trust is appealing to local fans to pledge to help them to buy ailing York City Football Club. more...
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent (FoBC) have reacted angrily to yesterday's statement by the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings. more...
WITH Nestlé Rowntree inactive due to North Riding Cup duty, the three clubs below them all took advantage to leapfrog them by winning. more...
PICKERING Town will be hoping it's third time lucky as they head into their eagerly awaited FA Vase third round replay at Causeway. more...
HARROGATE Railway midfielder Jimmy Gore has finally become a dad - after 15 days of extra time. more...
Crystal Palace put on a sparkling exhibition at Slipper in John Smith's York Ladies' League division one. more...
MALTON and Norton have had a taste of Twickenham and now the Gannock side are after more. more...
THEY may be topping York John Smith's Men's League division two but both Swan and Saddle are finding it an uphill struggle to stay there, writes Dave Fotheringham. more...
THIS season is turning into one of the closest title battles for some years in division one of the Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League. more...
MALTON and Norton have had a taste of Twickenham and now the Gannock side are after more. more...
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has called on the Minstermen's loyal band of supporters to match the commitment of his squad at tonight's home clash against Lincoln City. more...
YORK City fans will be hoping to provide some Christmas cheer for the club's staff tonight. more...
YORK City Supporters' Trust is appealing to local fans to pledge to help them to buy ailing York City Football Club. more...
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent (FoBC) have reacted angrily to yesterday's statement by the directors of Bootham Crescent Holdings. more...
At the West Yorkshire Playhouse, this winter's musical is a grisly tale of the dangers of rampant commercialism and unsavoury greed. more...
CHARLES HUTCHINSON has an audience with the Empress of China, you know, Rosie the Rev from Neighbours more...
NORTHERN Ballet Theatre artistic director David Nixon unwraps his Christmas show, the British premiere of his Beauty And The Beast production, at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. more...
LOOKING for a noisy alternative to pantomime this Christmas season? more...
DIRECTOR John Cooper introduced last night's opening performance by announcing how last weekend's street carol-singing had raised more than £700 towards the disabled lift facility that would enable Stagecoach to create proper seating at its church hall home. more...
YOU can add The Two Towers to The Godfather Part II and the 1970 Leeds-Chelsea Cup Final replay as sequels that were better, grimmer and gorier than the original. more...
THE English countryside is in the news again, sparked by Monday's pro-hunting protest at Westminster. What better time for Impressions Gallery to present Andy Wade's provocative landscape photographs. more...
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