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Stories for 12 March 2004

York Business

Know the score on regulations

BUSINESSES can keep up to date on rules and regulations at a seminar.  more...

York printer takes over England cricket mag

THE England cricket team's official magazine has moved to York.  more...

Smart idea from York students

GRAPHIC design students at York College and motor retailer Mercedes-Benz of York have joined forces to work on a project to increase brand awareness for the revolutionary Smart Car.  more...

`Moors farmers could face ruin'

A FIGHT to protect North York Moors hill farmers from disaster has begun.  more...

York Leisure

York doctor urges caution on reports of breast cancer `breakthrough'

A new breakthrough in breast cancer care sounds like a cause for celebration. But is it too early for the champagne corks to be popping?   more...

York Marketplace

The space invader

RENAULT intends to up the stakes in the supermini line-up, introducing what must be one of the roomiest small cars on the market.  more...

Kia of Korea aims for berth in top five

KIA, the Korean car manufacturer, this year celebrates 60 years of manufacturing.  more...

People power

YOU'LL have to cough up an extra grand for the new Renault Grand Scenic that goes on sale in April.  more...

York News

Getting all fired up at the barber's shop

THE Diary has rejoined the Tufty Club. This organisation was originally fronted by a safety-minded squirrel who guided children through the highway code.  more...

Snubbed

THE Evening Press has delivered your Save The York Odeon campaign message to cinema bosses - despite an attempted snub.  more...

Meet Sir Cool

OX bow lakes, scree deposits and the average rainfall of the Russian steppes: these are our fragmented memories from geography lessons past.  more...

Shocking snub to city

ODEON bosses delivered a slap in the face to the 13,600 people who signed our petition and to York itself yesterday.  more...

Why Chancellor Gordon Brown is the Dick Turpin of the Labour Government

THERE are rumours that Chancellor Gordon Brown's summer Comprehensive Spending Review will cut the planned start of 13 of the Highways Agency's new road building schemes to just eight.  more...

Just jamming

THE main reason for hold-ups on the A1237 is because too many drivers are trying to get to the next traffic jam as quickly as possible.   more...

For Kenny, with love

WE thank our family, friends and neighbours for their generous help and support for Meningitis Research.   more...

Snubbed

THE Evening Press has delivered your Save The York Odeon campaign message to cinema bosses - despite an attempted snub.  more...

Clean our drains

WHEN are the drains at the back of Daysfoot Court going to be cleaned?  more...

Major coup for Fibbers

LET us not under-estimate the major coup that Fibbers pulled off by getting Gomez to play at their modest venue this week.  more...

TB scare at school

A SCHOOL pupil from North Yorkshire has been diagnosed as suffering from TB.  more...

Smoking ban works

I WAS interested in your report on a proposed ban on smoking in public places (March 3).   more...

GM crop dangers

I DID not have a view on the merits or otherwise of genetically modified crops (GM) until I became aware of findings from the United State.  more...

Exam blunder anger

YORK students have seen weeks of revision go down the drain after a blundering examination board lost their papers.  more...

Chord of sympathy

BILL Hearld's column ("Die another day, live another day", March 9) struck a very personal chord, and vividly brought back my mother's last few grim months in York District Hospital just over three years ago.   more...

Trainer's race for Ascot rent

RACING legend Mick Easterby is letting his luxury farmhouse for York Royal Ascot.  more...

Daylight robbery

YORK'S car parking charges have been one of the highest in this country for years. This latest increase by the so-called custodians of the city - the councillors - is a disgrace and daylight robbery (Evening Press, March 5).  more...

Angry passengers in bus protest

ANGRY passengers staged an impromptu protest in a York city centre street when they realised their bus was not going to stop for them.  more...

Porn again in sex-mad York

Angelique is not alone. After the former parish councillor revealed all on her website, CHRIS TITLEY investigates York's Internet porn industry.  more...

Quicker justice for young criminals

PERSISTENT young offenders in York and North Yorkshire are being dealt with faster than ever before, with the average time between arrest and sentence down to only 66 days.  more...

£200-a-week deal to house a teen

NORTH YORKSHIRE residents are to be offered more than £200 a week to house teenagers leaving the care system.  more...

Fears of Yorkshire vote rigging voiced

CROOKED political activists could fix a referendum for a "mini-Parliament" in Yorkshire by going from doorstep-to-doorstep gathering unused postal voting forms, it was claimed today.  more...

Sir is really cool, say Fulford pupils

HERE is a teacher guaranteed to make pupils sit up and pay attention.  more...

Drinks will be tagged if left at club

IS YOUR drink safe? That is the question York clubbers will be faced with tonight if they let their drink out of their sight.  more...

Labour may hit Peers on hunting

AT the Labour conference in 2000, a tub-thumping John Prescott said: "I tell you this, every time I see the Countryside Alliance I redouble my determination to vote in the House of Commons to abolish fox hunting for ever."  more...

York Sport

`Saint' can work wonders for Fitz - 12/03/04

Mick Fitzgerald, who has been out of action since he suffered a broken arm in a fall on February 7, can return to the saddle in a blaze of glory at Sandown tomorrow.  more...

Caution thrown to the wind

YORK City player-manager Chris Brass has received an unexpected boost with the news that goalkeeper Mark Ovendale will not now be suspended for next Saturday's home match with Yeovil.  more...

City make double swoop

York City this afternoon made a double transfer swoop by signing young Newcastle United striker Richard Offiong and experienced midfielder Kevin Donovan, who has just been released from Rochdale.  more...

City bid to avoid unwanted loss record

IF York City perish on home turf to Torquay United tomorrow then they will equal an unenviable club record with home omens pointing to ultimate despair.  more...

Keep the home fires burning

CHRIS Brass has called on his players to overcome any Bootham Crescent nerves as York City aim to avoid equalling an unwanted home record on Saturday afternoon.  more...

City make double swoop

York City this afternoon made a double transfer swoop by signing young Newcastle United striker Richard Offiong and experienced midfielder Kevin Donovan, who has just been released from Rochdale.  more...

Keep the home fires burning

CHRIS Brass has called on his players to overcome any Bootham Crescent nerves as York City aim to avoid equalling an unwanted home record on Saturday afternoon.  more...

Back us to the hilt - Ferres

YORK City Knights fans are being urged to get behind the injury-ravaged team this weekend in their hour of need.   more...

Town's shiny happy people

Harrogate Town manager John Reed is turning to fun training to lift the spirits of his side ahead of their important clash with third-placed Barrow tomorrow.  more...

Bay Horse gallop to victory

THE battle for the York Phoenix Open League division one championship has hotted up after the top two teams ` latest victories.  more...

Malton on brink of title

MALTON and Norton can ensure their third successive promotion if they can overcome struggling Old Brodleians at the Gannock on Saturday.  more...

Severus tighten grip on top spot

SEVERUS SC have one hand on the John Smith's York Sunday Morning Football League division one championship trophy after victory at Selby Olympia saw them open up a ten-point lead at the top.   more...

Thomas is boss Hogg

THOMAS HOGG was Real Cliffe's hero in a dramatic York FA Intermediate Cup semi-final win over Dunnington at Hopgrove.  more...

Triple slam Jackson thrives to steel Rawcliffe for knockout tilt

TOM Jackson scored a hat-trick as Rawcliffe beat York RI 4-0 at Wigginton to reach the York FA Acaster Steel Junior Cup final.  more...

Eight's great for Albion

Tadcaster Albion beat Fulford in a goal frenzy to secure a York Mitchell League division one win.  more...

Clifton up to the nines

CLIFTON FC and St John's College will contest the final of the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup.  more...

Town's shiny happy people

Harrogate Town manager John Reed is turning to fun training to lift the spirits of his side ahead of their important clash with third-placed Barrow tomorrow.  more...

Back us to the hilt - Ferres

YORK City Knights fans are being urged to get behind the injury-ravaged team this weekend in their hour of need.   more...

Malton on brink of title

MALTON and Norton can ensure their third successive promotion if they can overcome struggling Old Brodleians at the Gannock on Saturday.  more...

York Whatson

Reggae groove

Alex Lloyd perks herself up with a night of Jamaican music.  more...

York Open Studios weekend - March 20-21

LOOK for the York Open Studios 2004 sign next weekend.  more...

Stomp, Grand Opera House, York, March 15 to 20

Introducing Stomp... the show that puts the hit into hit show.  more...

The Good Person Of Szechwan, Friargate Theatre, York, March 17 to 20

BERTHOLD Brecht has three questions on his mind in The Good Person Of Szechwan.  more...

Tango Apocalypso, York Theatre Royal Studio, March 18-19

Imagine there is one starry night left to the end of the world. What would you do?   more...

Fly Me To The Moon, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until March 27; Hull Truck Theatre, April 5

ADRIAN Hood is over the moon at working once more with John Godber, the director who gave him his first break in theatre.  more...

Tin Pan Ali, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, March 18-20

FLYING Ducks Youth Theatre presents the York premiere of the gangster musical Tin Pan Ali at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.   more...

A Taste Of Honey, York Theatre Royal, March 16 to April 3

Mark White is at the villainous stage again, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON.  more...

Tim Morrison exhibition, Adze Gallery, Gillygate, York until March 27

DON'T bypass Passers-By, Tim Morrison's solo exhibition of paintings, pastels and woodcuts at Adze Gallery, Gillygate, York.  more...

Jazz notes

THE Howden Live venue, the Shire Hall, must be one of the best in the region - an ample stage, a good-sized room with cabaret-style tables and great acoustics.   more...

Robert Palmer tribute, The Spa Ocean Room, Scarborough, April 9

DO you recognise the teenage singer in Brian Cooke's vintage photograph?  more...

Bristol fashion - Fibbers round up

FANCY some "Bristol squelch beat"? If so, heavily tipped Chikinki will be making plenty of noise at Fibbers on Sunday, the night before they release new single Like It Or Leave It on the Island label.  more...

Richard Thompson , Grand Opera House, York May 27

BRITISH folk institution Richard Thompson will play in York for the first time since June 2000 this spring.  more...

Mona Lisa Smile, Running time: 119 mins Certificate: 12A

IN the Eisenhower era, the twin-set students at exclusive American colleges for girls were recommended to pursue only three jobs.   more...

Taking action

Robbie Dale points out that not all students are smelly layabouts.  more...

  
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