York | Archive | 2004 | September
FIFTEEN extra acres have been planted out with large specimen plants in North Yorkshire to help feed the demands of the house building frenzy in the south. more...
BEASTIES and creepy crawlies are helping the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) at Sand Hutton to intensify the fascination of thousands of schoolchildren in the region in scientific study. more...
PLANS are being finalised for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the York Guild of Building. more...
A young man falls into a coma after being savagely attacked by thugs on a London Underground train late one night. more...
The story of Cuchullain, hound of Ulster, is one of the great Irish legends, full of superhuman warriors, dark magic and incredibly beautiful or dangerous women. more...
EDWARD Marcus Despard was the last person in Britain sentenced to be publicly hanged, drawn and quartered. more...
This tells the epic story of Israel's struggle to exist, providing a blow-by-blow account of one of history's most bitter and enduring conflicts - Arab versus Jew. more...
ANDREW Martin makes no apologies for his love of trains. His father John spent 40 years working on the railways, beginning as a ticket collector and ending up in the York offices of British Rail's northern HQ. more...
Harrogate town centre was flooded with uniformed police officers on Thursday, August 26. Why? more...
THERE are no traffic lights at the gas main works on the A19 at Fulford. more...
PLANS to scrap postal votes for elections would be totally misguided, as was the idea of compulsory use of postal votes for all. more...
THE East Yorkshire Branch of the Inland Waterways Association organised a cruise from Ripon to Boston which took place during July and August. more...
ABOUT £28 million can be raised to secure the services of footballer Wayne Rooney. more...
AFTER reading recent reports in the media of the charges against Sir Mark Thatcher I have to ask: what is the difference between someone like Sir Mark Thatcher allegedly funding the takeover of a state for its oil by private means and President Bush's takeover of a state for its oil through the use of public funds? more...
AFTER reading the report `Fishing lake flooding fear', we feel the main concerns of the residents were not clear. more...
MY aunt sends me every Yorkatt & Eric cartoon published by the Evening Press. more...
THE prime purpose of the green belt is, as it has always been, to protect the human environment. Its ecological function enhances, but does not supersede, that purpose. more...
I STRONGLY object to the closure of Bishopthorpe Road Post Office, York, (August 19) because it is the nearest one to me and I do not have a bank account. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save York Odeon believe the recent multi-million pound sale of the cinema chain could secure its survival. more...
CHAMPION jockey Kieren Fallon was expected to miss this afternoon's meeting in York following his arrest along with a North Yorkshire trainer by police investigating the alleged fixing of horse races. more...
FURIOUS customers hit out at BT today after the communications giant revealed plans to dismantle almost 300 North Yorkshire phone boxes - more than 30 of them in York. more...
A RACE day traffic management scheme that drew criticism during the York Ebor Festival will not run for the rest of the season. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save York Odeon believe the recent multi-million pound sale of the cinema chain could secure its survival. more...
AN ANGRY York shopkeeper has called for more police presence after vandals swept through a York district. more...
MUSEUM chiefs are planning an even more ambitious programme of tours for Flying Scotsman, which has made its last outing of the 2004 season. more...
A COFFEE shop is to open in a York branch of WH Smith in an attempt to revive the company's fortunes. more...
PARENTS in York are less likely to win an appeal if their child fails to win a place at their first-choice school than anywhere else in Yorkshire and Humberside, according to figures released today. more...
A YOUNG woman was robbed at knifepoint as she walked home alone in York. more...
CITY planners have given a supermarket giant the green light to push ahead with a major expansion. more...
With just five days to go before the Evening Press goes compact, JO HAYWOOD looks back at some of the milestone stories of its 122-year history. more...
THE purchase of a well-loved company by venture capitalists is not always a cause for comfort. more...
WHEN was the last time you used a public pay phone? more...
NOTHING broadens the mind like foreign travel. more...
YORK City intend to appeal against goalkeeper Chris Porter's controversial sending off during last night's 1-0 home defeat against Accrington Stanley. more...
STEVE Brown may quit as Pickering Town's manager after their poor start to the season. more...
YORKSHIRE may cap their 23-year-old off-spinner Richard Dawson during the Championship match against Durham which began at the Scarborough Cricket Festival today. more...
Derwent Table Tennis Club start their new British League campaign when both their teams visit Accrington at the weekend. more...
A couple of columns ago I advised that with rivers falling back to normal after the flooding now would be a good time to get out there and bag yourself a barbel. more...
YORKSHIRE warmed up for their County Championship game at Scarborough today by turning out in force at Woodhouse Grange yesterday. more...
YORKSHIRE may cap their 23-year-old off-spinner Richard Dawson during the Championship match against Durham which began at the Scarborough Cricket Festival today. more...
Richard Fahey, who sent out his 50th winner of the Flat season at Ripon yesterday, can maintain his purple patch tomorrow. more...
YORK City player-manager Chris Brass has challenged axed defenders Chris Clarke and Shaun Smith to win back their places. more...
YORK City intend to appeal against goalkeeper Chris Porter's controversial sending off during last night's 1-0 home defeat against Accrington Stanley. more...
STEVE Brown may quit as Pickering Town's manager after their poor start to the season. more...
WINGER Rob Kama scored a hat-trick of tries on his return to York RUFC in a 47-12 victory over Selby. more...
Our directors kindly arranged for us to travel to London on Saturday and paid for an overnight stay in the capital in preparation for our match with the Skolars on Sunday. more...
WHEN retired Premiership official Jeff Winter spots a refereeing mistake then you know an obvious blunder must have occurred. more...
SIX appeal was lapped up at last by the Hunters York Senior League Joe Lumb XI. more...
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