York | Archive | 2002 | September
NORTHERN LIGHTS, the Harrogate public relations company, has beaten off competitors to win a major contract from the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire. more...
TRANSPORT planners in York today welcomed new Government guidance for businesses developing greener travel plans. more...
THE signs are good for a high-tech York firm which has found a way to link movement and music. more...
IT might have looked as if I was dozing like an old lady in my garden the other day, with my head lolling lifelessly and my chin resting attractively on my chest, but I most certainly wasn't. more...
TWINS Pat Dew and Mary Batchelor have never had an argument. But that could all be about to change. The 50-year-old sisters are setting off this weekend in a souped-up van - with leopard skin seats - to travel round Europe for six months working on organic farms. more...
September is Farmers' Market month. It is one of those many celebrations organised these days to try to concentrate minds in a particular direction. more...
MICHAEL Elphick was one of our most distinctive television actors. The rough-and-ready charm, the voice as crunchy as a forest floor and the twinkle in his eye ensured he became a favourite on the box. more...
FOR nine months now, Southview Hostel in York has been temporary home to convicted criminals. Until the Evening Press revealed this fact on Saturday, only a handful of people knew. more...
WHEN I first moved to York about 30 years ago I read in one guidebook that, considering its history, York was surprisingly devoid of ghosts. Now we learn York `is the most haunted city in Europe' (September 9). more...
WILL Mr Horne of Bishopthorpe help me find the widget from my car? It must have been knocked off by the humps and bumps he so vociferously defends (Letters, September 4). more...
I WISH to respond to Coun Galloway's comments in your report about the libel and defamation against me by York's Liberal Democrats (August 27). more...
ALONG with all right-thinking people, I am delighted that fewer families with children have suffered the misery and insecurity of living in bed and breakfast accommodation during the past year (September 5). more...
I CANNOT believe the way the Evening Press has reported on the bail hostel (`Hostel anger', September 7). more...
WHY is the British press is once again mourning the deaths of 3,000 virtual strangers in New York? more...
THE Evening Press has been flooded with phone calls and emails from residents furious at not being told that convicted paedophiles and murderers could be living at a nearby hostel. more...
A SELBY factory is planning a major expansion, which will almost double its workforce. more...
GNER is investing £9 million to upgrade "old" trains. The York-based company is investing the cash in refurbishing its fleet of 21 Inter City 125 High Speed Trains. more...
THE Selby pit complex is continuing to haemorrhage money, it was revealed today. more...
A DARING mountain climb by two York men has helped to raise almost £4,000 for a charity which helps young ME sufferers. more...
THE IMPORTANCE of York youngsters having open space to play on was highlighted when the chairman of the National Playing Fields Associations visited the city as part of a two-day tour. more...
A TOP York choir got a lift to their most recent venue, thanks to Norwich Union and local bus company First. more...
TWO conflicting statistics have revealed how businessmen and women are displacing traditional holidaymakers as customers for York's tourism industry. more...
WORKERS at York chocolate giant Nestlé have moved closer to taking industrial action after snubbing a pay offer. more...
A LANDMARK pub has been saved from development for the second time in a year after opposition from York residents. more...
A YORK museum has proved a real "hot shot" after gaining its second international accolade in two years - for its groundbreaking display featuring a Japanese bullet train. more...
A POPULAR North Yorkshire farmer died after being struck by a solid metal gate during a storm, a coroner heard. more...
WAYS to bring new life to York's rivers will be investigated in an effort to boost user numbers. more...
TORRENTIAL rain washed out roads and caused chaos across York and North Yorkshire as half of the county's average September rainfall fell in 12 hours. more...
YORK City's `Sheffield spies' will hope their home knowledge will pay dividends in tonight's opening Worthington Cup clash against the Blades. more...
ENGLAND Under-21s goalkeeper Russ Howarth has been added to York City's squad for tonight's Worthington Cup tie at Sheffield United, writes Tony Curtis. more...
THE official name for the new York rugby league club will be revealed by the Evening Press tomorrow. more...
York RL Club have been boosted by the appointment of an experienced rugby league public relations officer - who will swap allegiance having previously worked with one of their forthcoming opponents, writes Peter Martini. more...
YORKSHIRE Phoenix have dropped Steven Kirby and are expected to leave out Matthew Wood for tonight's floodlit match against Warwickshire Bears at Edgbaston where they will be trying to end a depressing run of four consecutive defeats in Division One of the Norwich Union League, writes David Warner. more...
Poppleton moved into second place in the Tyke Petroleum Men's League first division after beating Sutton 67-41 thanks to 27 games each from Ashley Dearing and Alex Moore and John Moore with Tom Richardson. more...
SHEPHERDS SC are the inaugural York Unique-Phoenix League champions. more...
Spin prince Philip Aconley bowled York Under-17s to victory in the Yorkshire-wide Joe Lumb Cricket Competition final at Sherriff Hutton Bridge CC. more...
York Acorn Running Club produced an excellent team performance by winning the Leeds Country Way Relay. more...
Tim Easterby, who saddles Bollin Eric in Saturday's St Leger, can start the four-day Doncaster meeting on a winning note tomorrow. more...
YORK City's `Sheffield spies' will hope their home knowledge will pay dividends in tonight's opening Worthington Cup clash against the Blades. more...
ENGLAND Under-21s goalkeeper Russ Howarth has been added to York City's squad for tonight's Worthington Cup tie at Sheffield United, writes Tony Curtis. more...
THE official name for the new York rugby league club will be revealed by the Evening Press tomorrow. more...
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