COPACABANA beach may be on the other side of the world and thousands of miles from Bootham Crescent but just for a brief moment yesterday it felt a bit closer. It most certainly wasn't the weather that realised the Samba spirit, nor even York City with
A BETTING shop chain has defied the odds and is setting up on a prime site in York. Done Brothers, the independent bookmaker, has leased what used to be Poppins Restaurant opposite Marks & Spencer at The Pavement where a £70,000 fit-out is now taking
Something's stirring in the conference industry in York. RON GODFREY sets out to discover what it is. IT'S almost as though the battle-weary staff in the conference marketing office of the York Tourism Bureau are too afraid to believe - or announce -
THIS month's York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce lunch gave a good example of the type of team-building exercise With an ear-battering explosion of pigskin power and an ayee! or three, entrepreneurs in York and North Yorkshire literally drummed
SHEPHERD Construction, part of the York-based Shepherd Group has won an £8 million design and build contract basis to build a new school for children with special educational needs at Parr St Helens. The blockbuster contract by St Helens Metropolitan
A CALENDAR produced by York printers Wood and Richardson Ltd for Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) has won the Communicators in Business Award of Excellence. The GNER calendar was one of more than 900 submissions from organisations all over Europe and
ARE you sitting on a sofa or a settee as you read this? Have you just enjoyed your lunch or dinner? And after scrutinising every word in your favourite daily paper, will you be vacuuming the sitting room or the front room? If you are sitting on a settee
Yorkshire were today making their first ever visit to Hampshire's new Rose Bowl ground still clinging to the hope that they can avoid relegation to the Second Division of the Frizzell County Championship. But they are very much aware that they have only
SHARPSHOOTER Peter Duffield is threatening to re-write the York City record books after scoring his fifth goal in successive matches, writes Dave Stanford. In so doing Duffield became the first York City player to score five goals in five games since
There is nothing like whipping up a bit of mass hysteria to make a story run and run (and, quite coincidentally, to shift a few more newspapers from the stands). So it was entirely predictable that as the appalling truth about the fate of Holly Wells
John Wainwright, who sent out Beyond The Clouds to win the big sprint at Beverley last Saturday, relies on another speed-merchant at Catterick tomorrow. The Kennythorpe trainer saddles Catch The Cat in the 'Doug Moscrop 40 Years In Racing' Handicap, a
THE dogfight in division one continued with Driffield holding a 16-point lead over Sessay going in to today's games. Carlton Towers remain in contention despite being held to a draw by Goole Town. Towers batted first and were able to post a useful 181
The match of the day clash between premier division champions-elect Dunnington and third-placed Heworth fell victim to the weather after 41 overs. By that time Dunnington had reached 146-5. Collis King hit 44 and is now homing in on 900 runs for the season
RAIN had a terminal effect on three games in division four with the matches at Acomb, Dringhouses and Sheriff Hutton all falling foul of the elements. Osbaldwick batted first at Acomb but were not able to post a large score as James Byford (4-54) and
CLIFTON ALLIANCE II will be relegated to division three after being totally outplayed by Hornsea. Clifton were cut down for a mere 64 by John McKenzie who took 5-20 and Richard Medforth (3-6). Hornsea the moved to a 25-pointer at 68-2 to keep their division
WITH the instinct of someone who is in the business of finding people good homes, letting agent Graham Moizer rescued Betty Boop from a street corner in York. "She looked so sad, lost and forlorn as she stood on a damaged foot outside the Banana Warehouse
A TOP delicatessen in a prime part of York city centre is under new leasehold ownership. The leasehold interest in Lawri's the Deli, in Newgate, York, has been sold to Lynn and Bob Henshelwood, in a deal sealed by Barry Crux & Company, chartered surveyors
A North Yorkshire garage is set to move up a gear after its site is redeveloped. Three new jobs will be created after family-owned Boroughbridge Auto Services, Boroughbridge, completes a total redevelopment of its landmark site which will include upgrading
THREE people who worked for Tadcaster-based Commer Inns which was sold to the Punch Pub Company last November, have formed their own venture - and have plans to invest up to £20 million by the end of next year. The Tadcaster pub Company intends to build
THE prospective player-coach of the new York RL club will be at Huntington Stadium tomorrow night to be introduced to fans. Paul Broadbent, the current skipper of Super League side Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, is to be installed as boss of the new outfit
SEVEN people were taken to hospital after a collision involving these three cars on the A19 near Selby. A police spokesman said that two ambulances took the casualties to Pontefract General Infirmary, but it was believed that none of the injuries was
SHARPSHOOTER Peter Duffield is threatening to re-write the York City record books after scoring his fifth goal in successive matches, writes Dave Stanford. In so doing Duffield became the first York City player to score five goals in five games since
LEGAL costs have stopped York's Conservative leader from suing the city's Liberal Democrats, he claimed today. Councillor John Galvin said he would face a bill of up to £20,000 if he attempted to sue City of York Council's opposition group for defamation
TWO York-based jewellery designers have secured a truly "historic" milestone in their careers. Work by Charmian Ottaway and Peter Moulton has gone on sale in the city's famous Jorvik centre. The collection of necklaces, bracelets, earrings and cuff links
A MAN in a stolen fork-lift vehicle rammed his way through the streets of York in a chase police said was straight out of American TV. Three police officers and three civilians were hurt and ten vehicles were wrecked or damaged as the slow, but hazardous
A BUS company has apologised after a wheelchair-bound pensioner was reduced to tears by the "outrageous" behaviour of one of its drivers. Anita Liddle said she felt humiliated after the driver refused to lower the manually-operated wheelchair ramp on
The boss of Flamingo Land tells CHRIS TITLEY how he became England's youngest football chairman - and why the move worried his family. IT'S a good job Gordon Gibb has a strong constitution. Twice his world has been flipped over with the sort of stomach-churning
"FRANKLY, we may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilisation to collapse," said Maurice Strong, head of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The 2002 Earth Summit in South Africa is under way, and I
THE A Level and GCSE results are out and the cries of 'dumbing-down' and 'they are too easy' are being heard once again. It must be soul-destroying for pupils and teachers. I took the last School Certificate in 1950 at Nunthorpe Grammar School, York.
THE media keeps telling us if we have our children vaccinated singly for measles, mumps, rubella they will need six injections and therefore put them at risk. I gather they do another MMR just before a child starts school to make sure they catch those
MORI pollsters, on behalf of the BBC's Today programme, have invented a new category of voters. The Meldrews, named after the incomparable Victor, are consistently angry, feeling that the public services upon which they rely are of poor and declining
HOW on earth can someone describe the fountain in Parliament Street as "lovely"? ('Council defends £20,000 York fountain revamp', Evening Press, August 23.) This pile of marble slabs is perhaps the ugliest modernist monstrosity of a water feature I have
BEN Johnson, the York-based office equipment specialist, has been awarded a dealership by Japanese electronics giant Panasonic. The Clifton Moor company has met stringent criteria to take on the supply and service of the latest state-of-the-art digital
MITREFINCH, the York-based provider of time and attendance software solutions, has launched a new support website to offer users 24-hour access to its help desk. The firm, based in Mitrefinch House, on the Green Lane Trading Estate, Clifton Moor, allocates
FIRST sign that autumn is on its way came with this month's media coverage of A-Level and GCSE results. Every year, the questions arise - are results really getting better, or are standards falling? My view is that results really are getting better. But
FIVE people had an amazing escape when their home was rocked by an apparent gas explosion. Flames tore through the roof of the house in Horseman Avenue, off Fishergate, York, after the blast. Police said they were treating the incident as suspicious.
A PIONEERING aircraft, designed by a North Yorkshire engineer, is set to revolutionise air travel after winning a top government award. Former British Aerospace engineer Andrew Brown has received government backing to launch a new type of aircraft. Andrew
Family trees shoot out in all directions these days, but this does not necessarily mean their roots are not firmly grounded. JO HAYWOOD meets a man who has branched out into family life... twice Graham Sullivan is a dedicated family man with three sons
THE prospective player-coach of the new York RL club will be at Huntington Stadium tomorrow night to be introduced to fans. Paul Broadbent, the current skipper of Super League side Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, is to be installed as boss of the new outfit
IT IS part of human nature that we can focus only on things that are on a human scale. Every journalist understands that - the importance of finding the individual story of grief or heroism that will bring a report of tragedy to harrowing life. We can
THORP Arch II recorded the quickest victory of the season by beating Heslington by six wickets in a game which lasted a total of 17 overs. Heslington were dismissed for a paltry 36 in 11 overs in division six as Graham Pearce took 6-15 in six overs and
HISTORY was made at Bolton Percy where Malton & Old Malton bowler Wayne Dawson became the first bowler for ten years to capture all ten wickets. Dawson, playing in the second team after recovering from injury, tore through the Bolton innings to capture
SKILLS bosses in North Yorkshire have earmarked £250,000 to help retrain Selby miners into new jobs. The region's Clifton Moor-based Learning and Skills Council (LSC) will use the cash to cushion the blow of closure of the Selby Coalfield. David Harbourne
TLC Pet Allergy Testing, the winner of last year's Evening Press Small Business of the Year, has changed its name. The Bishopthorpe-based company which offers blood tests for allergy by dogs and cats to one or more of 16 different foods will from now
HEALTH researchers at the University of York have been awarded more than £600,000 to examine bone and joint problems that affect thousands across the country. The Department of Health Sciences has received £611,400 to look at the process of accurately
TWO late strikes from Mark Wood saw Pickering Town win the North Yorkshire battle in the premier division of the Northern Counties East League yesterday. The Pikes won 3-1 at Harrogate Railway, although the home side were a little unlucky to lose by two
IN the final matches of the York White Rose Ladies League season, second-placed Sun Inn, Acomb, completed the double over Fulfordgate, but failed to deny them the division one championship. A splendid 20 darts by Beryl Glover put Fulfordgate within a
WASTE management firm Yorwaste is cracking down on people who illegally dump trade waste at household waste centres after finding army-style flares, bits of coffins, smoke bombs, canoes, bullets - even a stuffed wallaby. Steve Grieve, managing director
James Thompson and Yvan Muller head for next month's Green Flag British Touring Car Championship finale at Donington Park with their friendly rivalry starting to show signs of strain. The Vauxhall works team duo have turned the title chase into a two-way
AMBITIOUS plans to build a medical school in York to train the doctors of the future are set to be approved by city councillors this week. The three-storey medical school, which is planned for the University of York's Heslington campus as part of a partnership
Yorkshire were today making their first ever visit to Hampshire's new Rose Bowl ground still clinging to the hope that they can avoid relegation to the Second Division of the Frizzell County Championship. But they are very much aware that they have only
MORE than 15,000 people from all over the country are thought to have visited this year's Yorkshire Air Show at Elvington. Although the exact figures are not yet known show organisers believe, despite the cool weather, about 15 to 20,000 people passed
DELIGHTED boss Terry Dolan has praised the defensive foundations that paved the way for York City's 2-0 win over League newcomers Boston United at Bootham Crescent. The Minstermen produced some of their best attacking football in recent memory to put
WORK to resurface the carriageway on a busy roundabout on York's outer ring road will begin tonight. The work on the roundabout at the junction of the outer ring road and Wetherby Road, near Acomb, will last for two weeks. The contractor, Tarmac Ltd National
PERSIMMON, the York-based housebuilder, today unveiled a massive surge in half-year profits and predicted: "There's more where that came from." With demand for new housing fuelled by low interest rates, turnover for the six months to June 30 soared from
THEY might be thousands of miles apart and strikingly different in appearance, but the Royal Mail has managed to confuse Fifth Avenue in York with Fifth Avenue NEW York. Irene Stoner, resident of the Tang Hall, York, version, recently received a letter
IN MAY York was crowned the most profitable place for business in Britain, ahead of 139 other towns and cities. That was quite a turnaround. Only a decade earlier, York was stagnating, its reliance on a handful of heavy industries exposing the city to
FIFTH Avenue, York, rarely throngs with the rich and famous like its New York namesake. And its nightlife might be that little bit more sedate. Who cares? Certainly not resident Irene Stoner, regular recipient of the Big Apple's mail deliveries. Imagine
