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Stories for 3 July 2004

York Leisure

Don't write me off

JO HAYWOOD talks to Gillian Firth of Selby who was written off ten years ago   more...

A world of chocolate

Mike Laycock visits chocolate heaven, otherwise known as Cadbury World.  more...

60 Below, The Minster Hotel, 60 Bootham, York

STEPHEN LEWIS gets the lowdown on a hotel dining room that's going public.  more...

Blooming summer

IT is July and gardens are filled with flowers. Summer perennials are in full bloom, while bedding and tender perennials are bursting into life now they are safe from frost.  more...

Wykeham Tearooms, near Scarborough

IT was late afternoon when we pulled into the car park. There were signs that perhaps the place was about to close. When we entered one of the proprietors said: "Sit right at the end" while the other said: "Sit anywhere".  more...

Kennedy's boss faces the `chop'

Hmmm...long-haired Kennedy's boss John "Ginola" Mooney may have offered up his locks for charity but by the look of these pictures it was more of a trim than a scalping.  more...

Pints with a past

YORK should be blessed with a hundred or more truly historic pubs.   more...

Egton Bridge in glorious Eskdale

George Wilkinson takes a soothing summer saunter around Egton Bridge in   more...

York News

Way we were

Saturday, July 3, 2004  more...

Learning to lose

OUR nation's sporting hopes were dashed over the past week or so with a string of disappointing defeats; the football, rugby, cricket and now the tennis, as Tim crashed out of Wimbledon.   more...

We will bin you

THE furious owner of one of York's top restaurants - Rish, in Fossgate - is planning to hit City of York Council in the pocket over its controversial parking policies.  more...

Nestlé staff may walk out over pay

TEMPORARY staff at York's Nestlé Rowntree factory are threatening a walkout in protest over what they say is "unfair" overtime pay.  more...

And now - racing from pork

THEY'RE pink, they've got trotters and they are under starter's orders for a race with a difference this weekend in York.  more...

York Brewery's £¼m pub plan

YORK BREWERY bosses are celebrating after planners gave the green light to a new flagship pub in the city's historic Stonegate.  more...

Nurses to run minor injury clinic

A NEW minor injuries service aimed at slashing the time patients have to wait be treated for relatively minor injuries and illnesses is to be launched at York Hospital.  more...

Animal home bans visitors

YORK RSPCA officials have banned the public from looking round its kennels area without an appointment, it was revealed today.  more...

City's crime fight

THE growing menace of drug and drink-related crime in York will be thrust into the spotlight by a team of councillors.  more...

Sore pint

IN these days of drink-driving awareness it is odd that the Highwayman pub at Sherrif Hutton charges £2 for a glass of Pepsi when the beer is a mere £1.85 a pint.  more...

Labour slams housing policy

A DOUBLE-PRONGED attack has been launched on council housing policy in York.  more...

Hall day opening

THE annual fete for Brawby Village Hall funds raised £400 despite the horrible weather which forced us inside.   more...

Maths destruction

THE Diary mentioned that during his schooldays, Peter Bleach used a German uniform in military exercises (June 25).   more...

Man cut out of crash wreckage

A MAN was taken to hospital with suspected head and spine injuries following a car accident at a York junction.  more...

Riot of floral colour

A BIG thank you to whoever is responsible for the very beautiful floral arrangements in the city just now.   more...

Good riddance, June

GOODBYE June and good riddance. Clouds surely "busted" out all over. But let us acknowledge the elements' blessings on York.  more...

Henmania is really a big delusion

WIMBLEDON, for long associated with strawberries and cream, has in recent years become just as linked with "Henmania" which many consider as "Henmadness".   more...

Demolition plans spark legal check

LEGAL experts are to be consulted about plans to demolish a York working men's club and replace it with flats.  more...

Cyclist injured in city crash calamity

A CYCLIST needed hospital treatment after two bikes collided - then one hit the back of a van.  more...

Giving it away

As a new play about a bogus charity scam opens in York, STEPHEN LEWIS talks to charity fundraisers about why we give.  more...

I made a monster

STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to the former York schoolboy who helped bring the loveable green ogre Shrek to life.  more...

Paddle power

Hundreds of people are gearing up to take part in the second Great York Dragon Boat Challenge tomorrow week, but, as HAYDN LEWIS reports, there is more to it than just mucking about on the river.  more...

We will bin you

THE furious owner of one of York's top restaurants - Rish, in Fossgate - is planning to hit City of York Council in the pocket over its controversial parking policies.  more...

Feeling the need to indulge

What's 15 kilometres long, cigar shaped and a thinly veiled excuse to write about Australian wine?  more...

York Sport

Knights discard travel sickness

York City Knights begin a month on their travels this weekend with no home comforts in between - but coach Richard Agar reckons it won't be a problem.  more...

Plax-tons of ace delight

FOR any golfer a three-figure total is a nightmare - unless you are Jonathan Plaxton.  more...

Hoggard is last ball hero as Phoenix win

Yorkshire Phoenix overcame grim conditions and a spiced up pitch to beat Derbyshire Scorpions by one wicket off the last ball of the game in their opening Twenty20 Cup match at Derby last night.   more...

Cracker Jaques

The end of June marked the half-way stage of the season for Yorkshire in the Championship and the totesport League and after a shaky start in both competitions they are now on track for a double promotion.  more...

Ticket rise thrills the Minstermen

YORK City's season-ticket sales have rocketed despite the club's relegation to the Conference, writes Dave Flett.  more...

Hail Dale

CHRIS Langley has welcomed the arrival of another central attraction to York City Knights, believing it to be a huge boost in the club's promotion push.  more...

Ticket rise thrills the Minstermen

YORK City's season-ticket sales have rocketed despite the club's relegation to the Conference, writes Dave Flett.  more...

Hoggard is last ball hero as Phoenix win

Yorkshire Phoenix overcame grim conditions and a spiced up pitch to beat Derbyshire Scorpions by one wicket off the last ball of the game in their opening Twenty20 Cup match at Derby last night.   more...

Club boldly fights for its future

YORK amateur boxing is poised to leap up from the canvas again - but it needs support of the city's sporting public.  more...

Fabulous Fawcett

VETERAN Knavesmire Harrier Malcolm Fawcett is a rowing world record holder despite never having paddled an oar in water.  more...

Dancer's got great chance - 03/07/04

The powerful Godolphin stable send a two-year-old runner to Redcar tomorrow in the shape of Northern Splendour, but it might be a horse trained closer to home that proves his undoing.  more...

Club crosses Pennine barrier

Amateur rugby league club New Earswick All Blacks have joined the Pennine League, it has been confirmed.  more...

Hail Dale

CHRIS Langley has welcomed the arrival of another central attraction to York City Knights, believing it to be a huge boost in the club's promotion push.  more...

  
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