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Stories for 18 September 2004

York Leisure

Rallying call

Terry Ruane visits a theme park offering rally car rides as well as rollercoasters.  more...

Late developers

As summer goes, the garden can still have plenty of colour, says Gina Parkinson.  more...

Time for Greenwich

LET the water take you there or bring you back. Greenwich sits on a buckle in the Thames and at least one journey to this fascinating corner of London should be afloat.  more...

Botham's of Whitby, Skinner Street, Whitby

THE drive over the moors was gorgeous. Although Whitby was busy, there seemed to be plenty of free on-street parking away from the town centre.   more...

New duo take over at R&G

STUDENTS and pubs, eh. Not always the happiest combination. There's more than one York watering hole targeted at the scholarly fun-seeker that Bar Talk would gladly tunnel through used cat litter to avoid.  more...

Malham

George Wilkinson pitches his tent in the Dales and heads out for a short walk at Malham.  more...

York News

Business chiefs welcome changes

BUSINESS leaders who have been heavily involved in the campaign against evening parking charges have warmly welcomed the changes.  more...

Victory

MOTORISTS and business leaders today warmly welcomed council proposals to halt York's highway robbery.  more...

SOAPBOX: Derwenthorpe will make flooding worse

THIS photograph shows the flooding to a section of Meadlands during the recent heavy rains in August.  more...

Chartists unite

IS there a latter-day 19th century Feargus O'Connor out there? At Tadcaster we shall shortly need such an expert on the presentation of Charters to help us with a strange petition.   more...

Labour let-down

IT'S sad that Labour councillors are attacking the Green group about attendance at planning meetings.  more...

Big success

I APOLOGISE for offending Ron Willis's delicate sensibilities by calling myself a "huge fan" of Park & Ride (Letters, September 14).  more...

Who is this smart young railwayman?

THIS photograph may be of interest to your readers.  more...

Race request

ON October 2 staff from Norwich Union are holding a race night and disco to raise money for the Association of Children's Hospices. These hospices cares for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and provide support to their families.  more...

Road farce

WHAT a farcical situation on North Yorkshire's roads.  more...

Lights `no-brainer'

WE run a small independent shop in the centre of York, The Cat Gallery, in Low Petergate.  more...

Lax security is worrying

I AM disgusted by the way the police behaved in London on Wednesday, the way they used unnecessary force. Plus I was alarmed that the five men were allowed into the House Of Commons chamber without being challenged.   more...

Victory

MOTORISTS and business leaders today warmly welcomed council proposals to halt York's highway robbery.  more...

Business chiefs welcome changes

BUSINESS leaders who have been heavily involved in the campaign against evening parking charges have warmly welcomed the changes.  more...

Mobile mania

STRETCHING into the distance, a host of four-wheeled homes from home have descended upon York.  more...

`Broken' killer driver is jailed

A RACEHORSE owner has been jailed for three-and-a-half years life for killing a well-known figure in the North Yorkshire racing world in a high speed crash when he was over the drink-drive limit.  more...

Police `concerned' for victim of serious city centre assault

A MAN is in hospital today with head injuries following a serious assault in York city centre in the early hours.  more...

Leader raps dirt dossier

YORK'S council leader today gave a defiant response to critics in the row over street cleaning.  more...

Labour backs grant fight

CITY of York Council's Labour Group has offered its support to the Guildhall campaign to get a Fair Grant For York.  more...

Maximus appeal backing

A ROMAN candle could help save York's Christmas lights.  more...

Just how clean is our hospital?

A NEW health watchdog has begun work in York by investigating cleanliness at York Hospital.  more...

York views give a high

SELDOM seen views of York were captured when the home of one of the city's oldest law firms underwent a fresh lick of paint from top to toe.  more...

Not a U-turn, but a major diversion

NOT quite a U-turn, but a major diversion. Today's concessions on the York parking tax go a long way down the road to meeting the concerns of residents and businesses.  more...

Reader's letter: Lights `no-brainer'

WE run a small independent shop in the centre of York, The Cat Gallery, in Low Petergate.  more...

Maximus appeal backing

A ROMAN candle could help save York's Christmas lights.  more...

Is it just a class war?

Over the years football and its supporters have received a pretty bad press.   more...

The Rioja roadshow

In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING visits the Rioja roadshow.  more...

Way we were

Saturday, September 18, 2004  more...

York Sport

Knights round-up

DOZENS of past York RL legends will gather next Sunday (Sept 26) at the annual York Rugby League Players Association dinner.  more...

Stockdale in the frame for September prize

TEENAGE goalkeeper David Stockdale is leading the race to be September's Preston and Duckworth Jewellers/Evening Press Player of the Month.  more...

McGurk's pursuit of fitness

NEW loan signing David McGurk was set to make his full York City debut against Northwich Victoria today.  more...

I'm Eric the second - claim

PAUL Crichton has claimed he feels like the "Eric Cantona of Non-League football" because of the attention his argument with Minstermen supporters has attracted.  more...

Nick puts back into title

SELBY Golf Club's Nick Ludwell won the Marlborough Fund Managers PGA North Region Club Professional Championship then admitted he should not have played.  more...

Gloves off in 'keeper attack

RELEASED goalkeeper Paul Crichton has launched a stinging attack on York City's board for their treatment of first-team manager Chris Brass.  more...

Rhodes signs up for another year at York

STAR half-back Scott Rhodes will be a York City Knight next season after putting pen to paper on a new deal.  more...

Elliott turns on the power

AUSTRALIAN left-hander Matthew Elliott ended his Yorkshire career almost exactly two years' ago with a National League century against Kent at Headingley.  more...

Nick puts back into title

SELBY Golf Club's Nick Ludwell won the Marlborough Fund Managers PGA North Region Club Professional Championship then admitted he should not have played.  more...

Strong start to season by Wig

IT Sports Wigginton started the new squash season with an emphatic 4-1 win over last season's runners-up Harrogate in the Yorkshire Premier League.  more...

Phoenix can rise to glory - 18/09/04

FOREVER PHOENIX, an unlucky loser of the Portland Handicap at Doncaster last week, can gain handsome consolation at Hamilton tomorrow.  more...

Gloves off in 'keeper attack

RELEASED goalkeeper Paul Crichton has launched a stinging attack on York City's board for their treatment of first-team manager Chris Brass.  more...

Rhodes signs up for another year at York

STAR half-back Scott Rhodes will be a York City Knight next season after putting pen to paper on a new deal.  more...

York Whatson

Paul Hogarth exhibition, Nunnington Hall, until October 31

Paul Hogarth's paintings pop up all over the place and adorn the cover of many a   more...

A Tribute To The Carpenters, Grand Opera House, York

Call me old-fashioned, but I've always felt that it was best for the band to  more...

Silent Cry, Red Ladder, The Studio, York Theatre Royal

WITH each death in police custody in Britain in the past ten years, the verdict has been lawful killing. Silent Cry is Madani Younis's impassioned tribute to those who continue to fight for justice.  more...

  
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