WHAT an anniversary present for Premier Business Training And Design on York Business Park in Upper Poppleton. more...
A SUCCESSFUL recruitment drive is helping to change the image of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, claims its boss. more...
ALEXA Trezise is proving to be a model accountant. more...
BUSINESS leaders and organisations in North Yorkshire have called for a referendum to determine whether Yorkshire should have its own elected assembly. more...
WHO is Mary Cathleen Collins? Or Eleanor Gow? No idea? That's because they changed their names to Bo Derek and Elle MacPherson respectively. more...
A lot of people suffer from a fear of flying, but what about a fear of things that fly? LISA COOK talks about her fear of all things fluttery - and how she is fighting her phobia more...
HALF-term hols nicely over and our roads return to their normal sardines-in-a-can turmoil, especially at school time. more...
THERE is an old Victoria Wood joke about a couple having sex on a packed commuter train (if you've heard it before, don't yell out the punchline and spoil it for everyone else who has been living in a box under the stairs for the last 20 years). more...
JO HAYWOOD joins in the celebrations for International Women's Week more...
THE peace of Sunday afternoon, which means the snooze of Sunday afternoon, has been disrupted by the reports from neighbours of trespassers in one of our fields. more...
THE Middleton Hunt would like to invite readers to attend its annual point-to-point race meeting on Sunday, April 6, at Whitwell-on-the-Hill, Malton. The first race is at 1.30pm. more...
THE idea of running diesels on old or even new cooking oil is not new (February 26). more...
ONE of the great joys of retiring from teaching, other than having my evenings and weekends free, is that of being able to take holidays when I wish. more...
ALL those who marched in London opposing war with Iraq should think themselves lucky they were able to voice their opinion by taking to the streets. more...
I OBJECT strongly to DM Martin's letter (February 28) referring to York Against The War as the "save Saddam campaign". more...
A PATHOLOGIST has concluded that a man whose body was discovered in a York council flat died of natural causes. more...
THE second day of month-long roadworks in Bishopthorpe Road, York, brought further traffic chaos to the area. more...
YORK today missed out on being named Britain's cleanest city. more...
THE man charged with the murder of Bridlington women, Linda Grimm and Linda Wardill, is to face five further charges. more...
MOTORISTS have been warned not to leave valuables in their cars after a spate of thefts from unattended vehicles. more...
RESIDENTS furious at the University of York campus extension plans have branded the institution a "greedy" and "bullying" neighbour. more...
LABOUR MP Hugh Bayley today warned York could miss out on hundreds of new jobs and millions of pounds of investment if Britain delays joining the euro. more...
A YORK hospice is opening another shop in the city in its continued effort to raise £1.75 million a year. more...
AN OFFICER in charge of Ministry of Defence police at a North Yorkshire spy base fraudulently claimed almost £13,000 in housing benefits, York Crown Court heard. more...
THE two heroes who saved a coach-load of fellow sixth-formers during a clifftop drama have been given a £40 reward by an admiring Evening Press reader. more...
KATIE Scales has gone back to school, three months after being badly injured in a hit-and-run incident in a nearby street. more...
A NORTH YORKSHIRE brewery has concocted a witches' brew for beer lovers to enjoy at this month's Campaign For Real Ale festival in York. more...
RURAL ambulance services in North and East Yorkshire are being neglected because of a focus on urban areas, according to a new report. more...
PLANNERS have ignored pleas from residents who were hoping affordable housing could be developed in their tiny North Yorkshire village. more...
YORK MP Hugh Bayley warned today he expected a long-awaited report on the city's flooding dangers to reveal the risks were growing. more...
ONE of York's oldest buildings will finally be accessible to all when a £300,000 refit is completed at the end of the month. more...
A NEW partnership between the public and private sectors could become responsible for the running of York city centre. more...
A POPULAR village pub near York has been sold. more...
HOLY pancakes Batman! more...
TOURISM in York has been given a half-a-million-pound boost after the announcement that a major educational conference is to take place in the city. more...
HERE we go again - a York theatre company is to revisit the past with the sequel of one of their favourite productions. more...
A YORK plane-spotter cleared of spying at a Greek airbase is still waiting for thousands of pounds of bail money to be returned, it was revealed today. more...
A FORMER pig farmer battling to open a go-karting track has "beaten" the planning regulations to start his business. more...
A YORK man has discovered to his own detriment that you have to be very careful what you joke about. more...
SPECIAL walks and reflections celebrating the spirit of the North York Moors have been organised in a joint project to mark ten years of a Thirsk centre for health and pastoral care. more...
GRAB your pens and make your votes count - the Malton and Norton town centre awards have returned. more...
THE woman behind last year's spectacular Commonwealth Games success in Manchester will soon be drumming up business for York. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to Heinz Wolff, the TV professor and lifelong science fanatic who is about to launch this year's York Festival of Discovery more...
WE should be relieved York is not Britain's cleanest city. That would suggest that Britain's other urban centres were dirtier still. more...
YORK University has gone from being the new kid on the academic block to challenge the centuries-old dominance of Oxbridge in 40 years. more...
I OBJECT strongly to DM Martin's letter (February 28) referring to York Against The War as the "save Saddam campaign". more...
TWO South Korean students, one whose body was dumped in a suitcase near York, were horrifically tortured for their bank card pin numbers before being suffocated to death, a court was told. more...
HOLLYWOOD superstar Russell Crowe flew into a village near York - for a two-hour chat with the grandparents of his bride-to-be. more...
YORK City might have dropped down to ninth in the Division Three table but striker Jon Parkin reckons automatic promotion is not out of the question. more...
WITH one unbeaten run ending three days ago, York City boss Terry Dolan has urged his players to start another. more...
SPORT'S energising capacity for dramatic plot-turns - only Agatha Christie does it better - was played out once more with a run of heroes to zeroes and back again. more...
YORK City might have dropped down to ninth in the Division Three table but striker Jon Parkin reckons automatic promotion is not out of the question. more...
WITH one unbeaten run ending three days ago, York City boss Terry Dolan has urged his players to start another. more...
HARROGATE Town netted a huge lift today ahead of tonight's tough UniBond League premier division trip to Blyth Spartans. more...
JOHN Tindal has become the RJF Homes Beckett League penalty king after scoring from the spot for the fifth game in succession. more...
RESOLUTE City of York Ladies had a 3-1 North League win at home to Blackburn. more...
CITY of York Under-13 girls have been crowned Yorkshire Mini-Hockey champions after a tense penalty shoot-out. more...
CUEBALL `A' side's June Miller shot out on 104 in York John Smith's Ladies League division three against Woolpack whose Kath Powell partnered Jackie Beswick to seal a 5-4 victory. more...
NEW Earswick All Blacks put in a performance right out of the top drawer to beat the fancied Batley Boys and progress to the final of the Gordon Teale White Rose Trophy. more...
A TERRIBLE opening 15 minutes saw Heworth `A' on their way to a 32-24 defeat at Allerton Bywater in Yorkshire League division three. more...
CITY of York I eased their relegation fears with a priceless 3-2 home win against fellow strugglers Brooklands Manchester University II. more...
CITY of York II went down 5-2 at Sunderland I in division two east despite having the bulk of possession. more...
Inch Perfect, a winner on the Flat this winter, and placed over hurdles, tackles a new discipline at Catterick tomorrow. more...
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