York | Archive | 2004 | December
ORGANISATIONS in York and North Yorkshire are looking forward to a "green Christmas" by recycling their festive waste. more...
Shepherds Purse, the award-winning Thirsk-based cheesemaker, is bringing a cheesy smile to customers at The Slug And Lettuce bar chain. more...
It has been a record year for the York office of estate agency FPDSavills, with residential property sales up nearly 60 per cent on 2003. more...
THE ultimate £200,000 star of the highways has arrived in the UK, thanks to a North Yorkshire entrepreneur. more...
Monday, December 20, 2004 more...
There was a time when I thought a "round robin" was just a fat festive bird. more...
A NOTORIOUS street drinker is thought to have become the first person in the UK to be banned from stripping in public. more...
TRADERS are expecting the Christmas rush to continue right through this week in York - after the final Saturday proved busy, but less than frenetic. more...
YOBS with air rifles deflated a family's Christmas - by firing at a blow-up Father Christmas decoration outside their house. more...
A DUTCH police officer heard a York man admit to killing two of his friends only minutes after his dramatic arrest in Amsterdam, a court heard. more...
MOST mutts would yelp "hogwash!" to a dogwash. But Lorna White, of Nether Poppleton, York, knows how to pamper pooches with a big splash of panache. more...
MORE than 10,000 York pensioners who rely on public transport have received a festive bus pass boost. more...
YORK Police today vowed to crack down on yobs who bring chaos and violence to the city. more...
PLANS for a mobile phone mast in a village near York today provoked an angry response from a neighbour, who claims it will ruin his business. more...
THE "banker" of a York heroin gang netted more than £20,000 from the illegal drug deals carried out by a family based in a residential street, a court heard. more...
A ROW in a York supermarket car park escalated into a brawl inside the store, the city's crown court was told. more...
AFTER reading the review on Derek Acorah's Grand Opera House appearance, I write to disagree with Beth Dale. I attended the Thursday sell-out performance. more...
MANY thanks to all concerned for a magical weekend in York's Swinegate quarter. more...
I READ the report about a student being wheel-clamped in Bishop's Wharf, Postern Close (Evening Press, December 1). more...
I WAS saddened to read of the bullying experienced by `Tim', a child with special educational needs (SEN) who now attends a mainstream high school (December 9). more...
Where were you on July 30, 1966 - the weekend England won the World Cup? more...
In your diary column recently you referred to the electronic sign near the Persimmon Homes housing site on Heworth Green still indicating that there are 80 spaces in the long defunct car park (Diary, December 14). more...
LIKE J Bonarius (`Clock face puzzler,' Letters, December 14), I have puzzled for years about IV on a clock face always being IIII - and why. In my case it isn't just idle curiosity. more...
I WRITE in response to the letter from Jonathan Crook concerning our stock (`Law on knives is still too weak', Evening Press, December 16). more...
HAS H.O. Griffiths any knowledge of the laws governing the possession and use of airguns, (`Tighten up our weapon laws', Letters, December 15)? more...
Nestlé Rowntree may have turned a corner in its struggle for supremacy against rival Cadbury Schweppes - thanks to new versions of its old favourite, KitKat. MIKE LAYCOCK and MATTHEW WOODCOCK report on the latest outbreak of bar wars. more...
TRADERS are expecting the Christmas rush to continue right through this week in York - after the final Saturday proved busy, but less than frenetic. more...
IT SEEMS that everyone is jumping on the Band Aid wagon this Christmas - whether they can sing or not. more...
WHAT is going on? On the final Saturday before Christmas, people behaved most oddly. more...
WE cannot imagine the demons which have driven Karen Bulmer to a point of such self-degradation. more...
DURING Viv Busby's first spell at Bootham Crescent, the Minstermen created an aura of near invincibility on home soil. more...
YORK City caretaker Viv Busby boss believes new signing Paul Robinson is capable of matching the spectacular goal that opened his account for the Minstermen in Saturday's 3-1 home victory over Crawley Town. more...
ANOTHER two home Championship points slipped through Leeds United grasp as they were denied victory by a late Millwall penalty. more...
HEWORTH ARLC completed a three-game winning streak on Saturday for the first time since the 2002-03 season with a much-needed high-scoring victory over bottom club Saddleworth Rangers. more...
A CRAIG Whiteley hat-trick left Huntington trailing leaders Dringhouses by six points, albeit with two games in hand, after a shock 4-2 loss to Thorpe United. more...
YORK's title dreams suffered a huge blow after leaders Percy Park put in a dominant forward performance to win 22-7 at Clifton Park. more...
A winner is a winner, whatever it's worth, as Ryedale trainer John Wainwright aims to prove at Southwell tomorrow. more...
YORK City caretaker Viv Busby boss believes new signing Paul Robinson is capable of matching the spectacular goal that opened his account for the Minstermen in Saturday's 3-1 home victory over Crawley Town. more...
HEWORTH ARLC completed a three-game winning streak on Saturday for the first time since the 2002-03 season with a much-needed high-scoring victory over bottom club Saddleworth Rangers. more...
PICKERING Town closed ground on the leaders in Northern Counties East League premier division with a 2-0 triumph at high-flying rivals Selby Town. more...
Pocklington came away with plenty of praise but no reward as they went out of the Powergen Vase at the fifth round stage by 24-9 at Sheffield Tigers. more...
Malton and Norton's rollercoaster season in North 2 East took another dip at Hartlepool with a 32-20 defeat in which poor tackling and handling were to blame for most of the points conceded. more...
York RI produced a good all round performance to defeat Skipton 29-20 at New Lane. more...
HARROGATE deserved to come away from Manhester with something to show for their never-say-die attitude. But at least in their 18-9 National Two defeat, their second-half frailties, in evidence so often this season, seem to have been overcome. more...
There was no shock at Sandhill Lane where Selby were hammered 46-17 by unbeaten Yorkshire One leaders Beverley. more...
YORK's title dreams suffered a huge blow after leaders Percy Park put in a dominant forward performance to win 22-7 at Clifton Park. more...
SCARBOROUGH'S hopes of climbing in to the Nationwide Conference play-off positions were washed away in rain-lashed Devon as they slipped to a 3-1 win at Exeter City. more...
Heslington will start 2005 as Leeper Hare York and District League division two leaders after a 2-1 win at Fulford. more...
It was as you were at the top of division one as the three leading teams all won. more...
Pocklington Reserves kept their third consecutive clean sheet with a 3-0 Reserve `A' win over Malton Bacon Factory. more...
A CRAIG Whiteley hat-trick left Huntington trailing leaders Dringhouses by six points, albeit with two games in hand, after a shock 4-2 loss to Thorpe United. more...
IT is amazing how many Christmas traditions have pagan origins. Yule is typical, a Norse midwinter festival. Yule Riding became a time of such `legitimised disorder' - witness the Lords of Misrule - that our archbishop had it banned in 1572. more...
Silence fell over the audience at Carols By Candlelight, as distant voices raised in song carried from the far reaches of York Minster and grew as the choir processed into the Chapter House. more...
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