York | Archive | 2005 | October
PROFESSOR Tony Robards was tonight stepping down as chairman of the York Professional Initiative (YPI). more...
AMADEUS Properties is nearing completion of the first phase of its character office scheme at Swinton Grange, Malton. more...
A YORK-BASED building contractor has won a major national business award as a top small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). more...
WORK is soon to begin on a £1.5 million project to convert a former warehouse at Clifton Moor into a new distribution centre for Menzies Distribution Ltd. more...
FURTHER expansion is planned for Sherburn-in-Elmet-based Holme Farmed Venison thanks to help from Business Link York and North Yorkshire. more...
With the Marriage Conference coming to York this weekend, JO HAYWOOD finds out what makes for wedded bliss. more...
TODAY our yes man MP Hugh Bayley will once more follow his leader Mr Blair and vote with him for the imposition of a national database and ID card system on all of us. more...
I WOULD like to urge any Evening Press readers who fancy a challenge to consider running the Flora London Marathon for Marie Curie Cancer Care. more...
IN response to Richard Webster's request for information about the £15,000 that went missing from the council's cashiers (Letters, October 10), I can provide the following update. more...
I READ with interest the letter from Mr Paul Hepworth (October 10). more...
YOUR acerbic correspondent P Furness would do well to moderate his tone and check his facts before weighing down your letters column with disingenuous comment (October 15). more...
REGARDING Councillor Reid and her traffic lights scam - these lights have been changing for emergency vehicles for years now, as Micklegate was a problem for emergency vehicles due to traffic jams under the bar. more...
SO the spokeswoman from City of York Council agreed that allowing Ann Reid's daughter to get to her wedding ceremony presented a "useful opportunity" to test the new emergency lights system where all the traffic lights change to green during an emergency. more...
AS per Councillor Ann Reid's statement, "I'm Sorry", who does she think she is kidding? more...
COUNCILLOR Ann Reid has gone over the top. She has abused her authority as a councillor. If it had been an MP they would now have been asked to resign. more...
I MUST write to congratulate the Evening Press for letting us all know that Councillor Ann Reid's daughter's wedding party got to the church on time, thanks to Coun Reid's very "public spirited gesture" in helping to test yet another initiative by our fantastic council! more...
SO Councillor Reid is sorry two months after the event, most likely because it has only just become public knowledge. A lapse in her self proclaimed "usually high standards." We can all well do without this kind of standard. more...
WHO do these Liberal Democrat councillors think they are, God? It is absolutely disgraceful that the emergency green light scheme should be tried out this way. more...
SO Councillor Ann Reid wants to apologise for her feeling over her daughter's personal "freedom of the city ride" (October 15). Not accepted! more...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 more...
YORK businessman Dr Norman Slater wondered what he had done to deserve being berated by a passenger on a Swedish train. more...
GRANS aren't what they used to be. Grannies today are far removed from grans who were around two decades ago. more...
THE WORLD'S most famous toy shop will open the doors of a new discount store in York just in time for Christmas. more...
QUADRUPLE killer Mark Hobson will appeal against his "life means life" sentence within a matter of weeks, the Evening Press has learned. more...
A MINISTER who was mugged outside his own church said criminals see clergymen and women as a "soft target". more...
A TRAFFIC management scheme which residents hope will improve safety and security down a York street has been given the go-ahead. more...
A HOMELESS man accused of a murder in a York flat told a jury her could not remember what happened that evening - but accepted he was "in some way" responsible for the death. more...
YORK GPs have warned of the serious implications of the "bird flu" virus - but urged people not to forget the importance of the regular flu vaccine. more...
ONE of York's former Lord Mayors said shops should not be the only businesses raising cash to make the city shine this Christmas. more...
A DAMNING report into Selby's ambulance service has criticised lax security, dirty buildings and low staff morale. more...
INITIAL plans to demolish a York school and replace it with flats are likely to get the go-ahead at a council meeting this week. more...
A YORK coach driver asked a man to kill the husband of a woman he claimed was his lover, a jury was told today. more...
I RECKON life is all about people. They have the power to make your day or drive you down into the depths of depression or screaming in rage. more...
NEWS that Hamleys is to open a toy shop in York will trigger nightmarish flashbacks among those who have visited its London store in the run-up to Christmas. more...
AS Conservative MPs cast their votes in the first leadership ballot today, the contest is overshadowed by something unsaid. more...
A HAIRDRESSER whose little boy's life was saved at York Hospital's children's ward is raising money for the Guardian Angel's appeal. more...
The question of whether the youthful-looking David Cameron has ever taken hard drugs has overshadowed the Tory leadership contest. With the first ballot of Conservative MPs being held today, STEPHEN LEWIS asks: does it really matter what our politicians got up to in their student days? more...
HEAD coach Eric Fitzsimons has hit back at York Acorn ARLC after being sensationally sacked despite a great start to the season. more...
HIT-MAN Clayton Donaldson has missed out on a share of a York City goal-scoring record. more...
YORK City Knights have boosted their forward line-up with the capture of Doncaster Dragons' uncompromising front-rower, Dean O'Loughlin. more...
HIT-MAN Clayton Donaldson has missed out on a share of a York City goal-scoring record. more...
KEVIN Blackwell has hit out at the mischief-makers who keep touting Dennis Wise for his job as Leeds United manager. more...
HEAD coach Eric Fitzsimons has hit back at York Acorn ARLC after being sensationally sacked despite a great start to the season. more...
ACOMB'S ex-City of York goalkeeper Steve Church answered his new side's prayers to ensure it was honours even in Yorks Hockey League division one. more...
Short-sighted view of worldWorld XIs - don'tcha just love 'em. more...
World XIs - don'tcha just love 'em. more...
Alabama Twist, stepping up to a mile for the first time, is fancied win tomorrow at Newcastle's final meeting of the Flat season. more...
YORK City Knights have boosted their forward line-up with the capture of Doncaster Dragons' uncompromising front-rower, Dean O'Loughlin. more...
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