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Stories for 6 March 2004

York Education

York date for top expert

EDUCATION guru Sir Ken Robinson will be addressing York teachers at a conference taking place in the city next week.  more...

York Leisure

Pizza Express, River House, Museum Street, York.

Pizza Express pioneered the concept of fast food in fancy surroundings.  more...

Terry's At The Dean Court, Duncombe Place, York

WHAT a transformation! The hotel has been refurbished. That is, the hotel proper. Terry's, a series of alcoves and a conservatory, has not changed.  more...

Leap into marriage

PLEASE refill your glasses, preferably with Terrier or Stonewall, and join Bar Talk in a toast: to Tony Thomson and Julie Midwood.  more...

Terry's At The Dean Court, Duncombe Place, York

WHAT a transformation! The hotel has been refurbished. That is, the hotel proper. Terry's, a series of alcoves and a conservatory, has not changed.  more...

Snow show

GEORGE WILKINSON takes a walk in the snow in Kirkbymoorside.  more...

York News

Protesters don't speak up for all of us

YOUR headline to Philip Crowe's letter says it all ("Speaking up for York", March 3), and by and large I am with Paul Cordock.  more...

Roving no more

THE pensioner's "day rover" for just 50p (Letters, March 1) is excellent news - unless you are a pensioner without transport and reside in Stockton Lane.   more...

Abolish road tax

ONCE again precious police resources are wasted cracking down on road tax dodgers (March 2).   more...

They've blown it

AT the last local elections the voters in York, unhappy with the then-Labour Council, voted to give the Liberal Democrats a chance.   more...

Traffic too fast on A64

I READ with interest David Jeffels article about the A64 (March 4).  more...

Willy Wonka film for York

A MOVIE blockbuster starring Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp could be filmed in York later this year, the Evening Press can reveal today.  more...

Who's got the £700 diamond?

A LUCKY guest at the Lord Mayor of York's Valentine Ball may still be carrying something very precious.  more...

Julianne thanks her lucky stars for kind boss

LOTTERY winner Julianne Peel would have missed out on her £800,000 windfall if it hadn't been for the kindness of her boss.  more...

Royal row over police uniform

A SENIOR policeman given a public reprimand by royalty over his uniform was today backed by his boss.  more...

Blitz on untidy sites

YORK businesses that fail to clean up rubbish on the land they own could face fines of up to £2,500 under tough new proposals.  more...

Wherever I lay my hat...

Priced out of the York property market? CHRIS TITLEY seeks alternative accommodation.  more...

Eureka moments

STEPHEN LEWIS looks forward to a celebration of the scientific spirit in all of us.  more...

Time to play your cards right

A YORK department store is to host a glitzy fashion and beauty show.   more...

Homes plan is opposed

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 38 homes on land surrounded on three sides by industrial estates are set to be thrown out by City of York Council.  more...

Lofty outlook for Minster visitors...

YORK residents will have a rare opportunity to discover how the Minster was built, and view original plans normally kept from view, as part of National Science Week.  more...

City plan to make way for disabled

A LEADING York councillor has put forward plans for a disabled walkway linking York Station and the city centre.  more...

York date for top expert

EDUCATION guru Sir Ken Robinson will be addressing York teachers at a conference taking place in the city next week.  more...

York Sport

Hot Wet Lips - 06/03/04

Wet Lips, who won last Sunday at Musselburgh, turns up at the other end of Britain tomorrow as he bids to complete a quick double.  more...

Matt finish to City `festival' match

THE son of late City legend Keith Walwyn will take his father's place in tomorrow's Past Players Festival match at Bootham Crescent.  more...

I'm stuck in limbo

JUSTIN Walker has admitted he is expecting an unpleasant welcome if he has to return to Cambridge United after York City's away match at Kidderminster this afternoon.  more...

On your Mark

AUSSIE flier Mark Stewart is primed for his first outing of the season tomorrow as York City Knights enter round one of their crucial double-header against Featherstone.  more...

Matt finish to City `festival' match

THE son of late City legend Keith Walwyn will take his father's place in tomorrow's Past Players Festival match at Bootham Crescent.  more...

Gripping stuff

YORK is becoming a hive of martial arts activity if recent championships at Sheffield's Concorde Leisure Centre are anything to go by.  more...

Golden return for Farrar

HOURS of pounding the track have paid off for 75-year-old James Farrar, who won two medals at the British Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships in Cardiff.  more...

Dick, 60, still leader of the pack

SPRINT record-breaker Dick Craven is definitely one of those in the age doesn't matter camp.  more...

On your Mark

AUSSIE flier Mark Stewart is primed for his first outing of the season tomorrow as York City Knights enter round one of their crucial double-header against Featherstone.  more...

The Greatest show in York

WHO'S the Greatest? Remember that? The flawed and short-lived ITV series that pitched sporting legends from different eras against each other.  more...

Caribbean call

YORK City Knights may soon have another international on their books if the Godfrey twins take up an offer to play for the West Indies.  more...

York Whatson

Badly Drawn Boy, Passport: Back to the Bars, Fibbers, York

SOMETIMES words are just not enough and it is a rare poet who can sum up exactly how we all feel at a particular moment in time.  more...

  
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