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Stories for 28 September 2004

York Business

York Property Company

FOUR landlords who became fed up with their letting agents not returning calls and upsetting their tenants decided to join forces and go it alone.  more...

Everything in the garden's lovely for Richard

RECORD profits and turnover up 25 per cent on last year will be unveiled next month by a North Yorkshire landscapingcompany.  more...

A new life in the park

A NEW venture by York-based Shepherd Building Group has got off to a massive start.  more...

Toeing the line on data storage

BUSINESSES need to take care in checking whether they are complying with European law on the data they hold on employees.  more...

Looking for more income? Let it be!

HOW long the property boom will last is anyone's guess.  more...

Happy Jays are here again for Jacqueline

IN JUST seven years, Jacqueline Gernon has built up Happy Jays Ltd of Clifton Moor, York, to become what her husband and co-director, Tony, describes as "the premier provider of high quality child care in the York area."  more...

Shopping for a win

ONE of the biggest firms to reach the finals of Retailer of the Year is Ebor Foodmarkets Ltd, of Dunnington, better known as Costcutter.  more...

Business Awards finalists revealed

NOW, at last, after nearly four exciting months, the finalists of the Evening Press Business Awards 2004 can be announced.  more...

York Marketplace

`10,000 more jobs in York'

YORK has 10,000 more jobs since Labour came in power in 1997, the city's MP Hugh Bayley said today.  more...

York News

It brought all those cards back to me

STAYING with my friend and her two sons last weekend, I spent a good hour pouring over the lads' most prized collections. Not fossils, shells or rocks, but Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.   more...

Battle of the trees

THIS is the moment when a two-day bid to save trees from the axe ended in confrontation and arrests in York today.  more...

Nestlé rejects call to axe big chocolate bars

SCHOOLCHILDREN in York are becoming so fat that uniform suppliers are selling skirts with up to 44-inch waists.  more...

I couldn't get an NHS dentist so I pulled my teeth out with pliers

A DESPERATE man pulled his own teeth out with rusty pliers - because he couldn't find an NHS dentist.  more...

Coffins for sale: Excellent condition

HOW'S this for a scarily good deal? York handyman Geoff Plows is selling a couple of coffins for £50 each.  more...

Court hears of Caroline's last call

THE boyfriend of York backpacker Caroline Stuttle has given touching evidence of the phone call he received from her just minutes before she was thrown to her death from a bridge in Queensland, Australia.  more...

Caroline's dad to publish book

THE father of tragic York backpacker Caroline Stuttle said today that he intends to release a book to help other parents facing similar heartbreaks at the end of the trial of the man accused of her murder.  more...

Five hurt in school bus incident

FIVE children suffered minor injuries today when a double-decker bus carrying them to school was forced to brake sharply.  more...

Batman's happy return to York

A FATHERS 4 Justice campaigner behind a serious security lapse at Buckingham Palace was back in York today to plan his next headline-grabbing stunt.  more...

Jury u-turn blow for police chief

POLICE watchdogs have refused to back North Yorkshire's most senior officer in a row over jury service.  more...

It's the Turk of the town

THREE days of non-stop celebration will mark the wedding of Sinan Altin and Gulay Kavak.  more...

`10,000 more jobs in York'

YORK has 10,000 more jobs since Labour came in power in 1997, the city's MP Hugh Bayley said today.  more...

Ready to start Barbican work

DEVELOPERS say they are on schedule to begin the redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre later this year.  more...

Who are they?

JUST one question, who are all these people moving into these five-storey "apartments"?   more...

Skiffle along now

A SKIFFLE night with The Dog House Skiffle Band in aid of St Leonard's Hospice has been organised for Saturday, October 23.  more...

Have a hunt ballot

THERE are many issues to consider when voting at a general election. Hunting is way down the list, so heaven help us if this issue decides who governs us.   more...

Is it in the blood?

HOW predictable that A Ogilvy, a true blue Conservative if ever there was one, says miners fighting for their living behaved illegally compared to people who cannot swap to drag hunting - which is no different to fox hunting but without the blood, fear and mutilation.   more...

Here it is again

READER A Ogilvy fails to understand the parallel drawn between the miners and the hunts (Letters, September 24).   more...

We salute them

ALL who knew Derek and Jean Robinson will remember them with affection and respect. Their untimely death in such tragic circumstances has shocked colleagues and friends alike (Tributes to stab victim doctor, September 20).  more...

Lennon was right on religion

WHEN I see and hear about the tragedies in Palestine, Beslan, South Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan , the Congo, Israel and so forth, I think about that marvellous John Lennon song, Imagine.  more...

Good luck in fight to win full access rights on the Nidd

I WISH every success to Penny Cole, Doreen Rogers and others in their struggle to reinstate full, historic access rights over the River Nidd at Skewkirk (September 23).   more...

Let them know

I WOULD like to thank everyone who attended the public meeting on post office closures at the Guildhall ("Post closures `soft targets'", September 21).   more...

I want a go

I LOOK forward to the arrival of the StreetCar in York - it looks wonderful!   more...

Sham elections

I LISTENED with interest to the speech given by the Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, to the US senators, looking forward to elections in January 2005.   more...

Well done for sorting it out

LET me tell you a true story. It concerns an old friend who is in his nineties, living in York, and a bit dodgy on his legs; so much so that he had to buy an electric buggy in order to continue to get about, do his shopping and so forth.   more...

Poverty's genteel face

STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the plight of York's `hidden poor'.  more...

DIY agony

TOO much chocolate is also bad for your teeth. And few pains are as unrelenting as toothache.  more...

Sizing up a big issue

THE size of York's young obesity problem is encapsulated in one photograph. Two adults fit comfortably into an enormous skirt. Yet skirts and trousers with similar waistlines are now being supplied to youngsters by school uniform specialists Rawcliffes.  more...

Rock star Thom is a real gent

IT'S not every day North Yorkshire plays host to a rock'n'roll legend (unless you count Alistair Griffin).  more...

Way we were

Tuesday, September 28, 2004  more...

It's all down to your name

WHAT'S in a name? Ask a boy named Sue, or Peter Ian Graham or a poor kid named Gary Glitter Smith by a misguided mum who was an adoring fan in the Seventies.  more...

York Readertravel

Disneyland: the ultimate half-term treat

Imagine enjoying all the excitement of Halloween this half-term in the magical surroundings of Disneyland Resort Paris.  more...

York Sport

Trio shortlisted for awards

YORK City Knights boss Richard Agar is one of three Knights stars in the running for top National League awards - but says he would swap it all for promotion.  more...

Pop Stand closed for Blackpool visit

POPULAR Stand regulars will have to sit elsewhere for the LDV Vans Trophy match against Blackpool on Wednesday night (7.45pm) after a decision to shut the stand to save money.  more...

Seconds off to a winning start

CITY of York hockey club's second team opened their North League East campaign with a 1-0 victory at Marton and Furness I.  more...

Evennett dazzles with pure gold feat

Race walker Paul Evennett has been burning up the streets of Manchester to claim his first major title.  more...

Sun sets on great campaign

SUN Inn ended their York Unique-Phoenix Darts League division one programme with an emphatic 8-1 win at Cygnet `A'.  more...

Final bell knells for boxing

BRITISH boxing will rise briefly from a menacing terminal decline this Friday when Ricky `The Hitman' Hatton again takes to the ring.  more...

Playing the market - 28/09/04

Playful Dane, who just failed to make all the running at Redcar on his latest start, can show his rivals a clean pair of heels from start to finish at Newcastle tomorrow.  more...

Pop Stand closed for Blackpool visit

POPULAR Stand regulars will have to sit elsewhere for the LDV Vans Trophy match against Blackpool on Wednesday night (7.45pm) after a decision to shut the stand to save money.  more...

Groves cut down

NEW Earswick All Blacks stormed into the third round of the Tetley's Yorkshire Cup after a comprehensive 64-6 demolition of neighbours York Groves.  more...

Boro boss draws blank

SCARBOROUGH FC head coach Nicky Henry has failed in his bid to sign a proven goalscorer for tonight's trip to Rochdale in the LDV Trophy.  more...

Kirkdale's nap booty

In-form Kirkdale United maintained their 100 per cent start to division one of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League with a 5-1 defeat of Heslerton.  more...

Trio shortlisted for awards

YORK City Knights boss Richard Agar is one of three Knights stars in the running for top National League awards - but says he would swap it all for promotion.  more...

York Whatson

Opera North in Manon Lescaut; Grand Theatre, Leeds

The new music director of Opera North, Richard Farnes, has opened his innings in fine style with a new production of Puccini's lyric drama.   more...

  
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