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Stories for 08 December 2004

Ryedale News

Memorial fund tops £7,000

A MEMORIAL fund established after a Ryedale hospital worker was killed in a road accident at Malton has reached £7,000.  more...

York Business

Brick firm builds solid reputation

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...

Firms gloomy after orders

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...

Historic firm sold to supplies giant

BUILDERS merchant JH Walker, one of the oldest firms in York, has been sold.  more...

York Education

Mentors inspire pupils to do well

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...

A day at the Press

YOUNGSTERS from a high-achieving York primary school got a sneak peak behind the news.   more...

York Leisure

Festive fare for young readers

Why not help your child enter the magical world of books this Christmas? Here local bookshops unwrap a few Christmas winners.  more...

York News

The ideal life is not for me

IT'S nice to have ideals in life, but shouldn't they be attainable?  more...

How could anyone?

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 `must do better'

YORK Hospital chiefs today admitted their standards of cleanliness were "not acceptable" after they were warned they must improve.  more...

`I was raped by pervert' claim

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...

There's a rat in my kitchen ...what am I gonna do?

A YORK council tenant has turned rat-catcher after discovering a foot-long rodent in her flat.  more...

Probation service apology over Anderson

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...

No news on newts

THE Joseph Rowntree Foundation's hope that its Derwenthorpe scheme might finally go before planners by Christmas have been dashed.  more...

Landmark building `for sale'

ONE of York's landmark buildings is to be placed in new hands, if city councillors give the scheme the go ahead.  more...

Fury over power cut

TRAVELLERS in York endured a cold, dark night without electricity after emergency generators failed.  more...

Winter train times start

YORK passengers will benefit from new train services when a leading company brings in its winter timetable.  more...

Asda bus service to continue

ASDA has confirmed that a free bus to its store at Monks Cross is to continue.  more...

City's Letting market boom

YORK'S slowing housing market is resulting in a boom in city lets, a new survey has revealed.  more...

Make reality TV disappear...

SURELY we can't be the only household who had to search for TV programmes to watch these past few weeks.  more...

Real barbarians

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...

What a drag

I AM in total agreement with J C Brayshaw's view on fox hunting (Letters, December 4).  more...

Flaming heck!

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...

Chums connected

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...

Farewell, Blunkett

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...

Don't axe lifeline

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...

School for talent

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...

Get balance right

City of York Council is accused of a £1 million fiasco over benefit payments etc (December 2).  more...

Horrors of Iraq

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...

City homes idea

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...

Barbican had big star appeal

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...

Save our fair city

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...

Drive here and you're toast!

GOOD to see York transport chiefs cracking down on the latest highways menace.   more...

Cat savagery

WHAT sort of person on this earth could do that to an animal?"  more...

Clean up your act

A YEAR ago we reported that York Hospital had the best record in England for tackling the infamous MRSA superbug.   more...

Way we were

Wednesday, December 8, 2004  more...

York Sport

Top honour for Duggleby

CURTIS Cup ace Emma Duggleby was today celebrating the ideal finale to a superb 2004.  more...

York City 1, Halifax Town 1

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...

Busby salutes golden oldies

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...

Lucas aid for Tykes

YORKSHIRE have boosted their fast bowling attack by signing 26-year-old left-arm paceman, David Lucas, from Nottinghamshire.  more...

Top honour for Duggleby

CURTIS Cup ace Emma Duggleby was today celebrating the ideal finale to a superb 2004.  more...

Potter's reel

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...

Top gear award for James

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...

Lucas aid for Tykes

YORKSHIRE have boosted their fast bowling attack by signing 26-year-old left-arm paceman, David Lucas, from Nottinghamshire.  more...

High class bean - 08/12/04

Runner Bean, performing on his favourite course, can show his rivals a clean pair of heels at Huntingdon tomorrow.  more...

Flying Pikes up, up and away

SPORTY teenagers are needed to join a new basketball team - the only one in Ryedale.   more...

Vikings plunder

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...

Solid sporting foundations

SPORTY youngsters at St Aelred's RC Primary School in York have been given a double lift.  more...

Earswick seesaw to victory

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's nine goal wonders

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 so close to county whitewash

YORK and District Schools' netballers showed their superiority at the first of three inter-area tournaments at the weekend.  more...

Busby salutes golden oldies

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...

York Whatson

Review: Putting It Together, Harrogate Theatre Studio, until January 2

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...

Review: Putting It Together, Harrogate Theatre Studio, until January 2

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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