York | Archive | 2004 | December
A MEMORIAL fund established after a Ryedale hospital worker was killed in a road accident at Malton has reached £7,000. more...
THE York Handmade Brick Company, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the country, has won the Best Refurbishment Project award in the prestigious 2004 Brick Awards. more...
A STUDY of economic trends has found over the next six months there will be more jobs and more orders for firms in North Yorkshire, but signs of increasing optimism in the county were hard to find. more...
BUILDERS merchant JH Walker, one of the oldest firms in York, has been sold. more...
YOUNGSTERS across York and North Yorkshire who are taking part in a scheme which teams them up with adult advisors say that it's just the business. more...
YOUNGSTERS from a high-achieving York primary school got a sneak peak behind the news. more...
Why not help your child enter the magical world of books this Christmas? Here local bookshops unwrap a few Christmas winners. more...
IT'S nice to have ideals in life, but shouldn't they be attainable? more...
Animal lovers across York reacted with horror and outrage today at the plight of tabby cats Ditto and Cinder, who were blasted through the eye with an air gun. more...
YORK Hospital chiefs today admitted their standards of cleanliness were "not acceptable" after they were warned they must improve. more...
A WOMAN who claimed in court that she was a victim of a jailed York sex offender has called on a judge to "throw away the key". more...
A YORK council tenant has turned rat-catcher after discovering a foot-long rodent in her flat. more...
PROBATION chiefs have sought to reassure the public after a convicted sex offender tried to lure young York children into his car for sex - despite being under supervision. more...
THE Joseph Rowntree Foundation's hope that its Derwenthorpe scheme might finally go before planners by Christmas have been dashed. more...
ONE of York's landmark buildings is to be placed in new hands, if city councillors give the scheme the go ahead. more...
TRAVELLERS in York endured a cold, dark night without electricity after emergency generators failed. more...
YORK passengers will benefit from new train services when a leading company brings in its winter timetable. more...
ASDA has confirmed that a free bus to its store at Monks Cross is to continue. more...
YORK'S slowing housing market is resulting in a boom in city lets, a new survey has revealed. more...
SURELY we can't be the only household who had to search for TV programmes to watch these past few weeks. more...
IT is sad when a mother of three children can explain the difference between a pheasant and a partridge and a rabbit and a hare, but can't explain why a fox has killed their pet ducks. (Letters, December 1). more...
I AM in total agreement with J C Brayshaw's view on fox hunting (Letters, December 4). more...
I WAS recently "flamed" for an unsuccessful navigation of the City of York website. I had failed to understand the significance of the category "yortime." more...
A PHONE call from Sierra Leone started it off. A former pupil of St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School working out there with the United Nations began looking for an old primary school friend. more...
WHETHER Home Secretary David Blunkett is guilty or innocent of the charges against him, I don't think he has much chance of surviving this onslaught. more...
IN response to the letter from Barbara Strangeway (December 5), we, too, were told that our free bus to Asda from Osbaldwick was to be axed after Christmas. more...
It was great to read in the Press how well Huntington School did in the national A-level results (December 2). To find themselves in the top 25 schools in the country is a great achievement. more...
City of York Council is accused of a £1 million fiasco over benefit payments etc (December 2). more...
AS Christmas draws near, I find myself wondering if Hugh Bayley, as he prepares for his own Christmas, reflects on some of the statistics coming out of the horror that is now Iraq. more...
IN response to the letter about the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's plans for Derwenthorpe, `Sell off this land' (November 24), I refer the contributor to the "affordable" housing in Haxby. more...
I KNOW Steve Carroll was trying to be controversial in his Diary article `Website backs council leader', (December 2), but sometimes the people of York forget so quickly what a contribution the Barbican Centre made to the city. more...
Yesterday, York Civic Trust warned against the turning York into a copy of New York. Today, former York University vice-chancellor Sir Ron Cooke (right) - argues that York is a special city and it needs to be looked after in a special way. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. more...
GOOD to see York transport chiefs cracking down on the latest highways menace. more...
WHAT sort of person on this earth could do that to an animal?" more...
A YEAR ago we reported that York Hospital had the best record in England for tackling the infamous MRSA superbug. more...
Wednesday, December 8, 2004 more...
CURTIS Cup ace Emma Duggleby was today celebrating the ideal finale to a superb 2004. more...
IT might have taken 52 matches to arrive but, for York City supporters, Kevin Donovan's first goal in three years was well worth the wait. more...
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby praised his old guard after last night's 1-1 Nationwide Conference draw with high-flying Halifax Town. more...
YORKSHIRE have boosted their fast bowling attack by signing 26-year-old left-arm paceman, David Lucas, from Nottinghamshire. more...
CURTIS Cup ace Emma Duggleby was today celebrating the ideal finale to a superb 2004. more...
York-based float ace Mick Potter (Anglers World Holidays) led the way with a fine roach net of 10lb 4oz to win the 82-strong Leeds Christmas Cheer match on the Ouse between Hunters Lodge and Linton-on-Ouse. more...
YORK'S James Thompson crowned a great year when he was named National Racing Driver of the Year at the Autosport Awards in London. more...
YORKSHIRE have boosted their fast bowling attack by signing 26-year-old left-arm paceman, David Lucas, from Nottinghamshire. more...
Runner Bean, performing on his favourite course, can show his rivals a clean pair of heels at Huntingdon tomorrow. more...
SPORTY teenagers are needed to join a new basketball team - the only one in Ryedale. more...
YORK Vikings Under 15s basketball team maintained their unbeaten home record with a 63-58 National League victory over Teesside Mohawks at York College. more...
SPORTY youngsters at St Aelred's RC Primary School in York have been given a double lift. more...
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARL Club's Under 15s beat Doncaster 34-30 in a real thriller which saw the lead change hands several times. more...
YORK Boys' U11 footballers ran riot as they inflicted a 9-0 defeat on Bradford - only the West Yorkshire team's second defeat of the season. more...
YORK and District Schools' netballers showed their superiority at the first of three inter-area tournaments at the weekend. more...
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby praised his old guard after last night's 1-1 Nationwide Conference draw with high-flying Halifax Town. more...
THE Side By Side By Sondheim dinner nights and cabaret evenings were such a wickedly delicious success last Christmas, artistic director and self-confessed Sondheim nut Hannah Chissick decided to put it together again. more...
THE Side By Side By Sondheim dinner nights and cabaret evenings were such a wickedly delicious success last Christmas, artistic director and self-confessed Sondheim nut Hannah Chissick decided to put it together again. more...
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