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York Business

Fashion `Oscars' for York shop owner

THE world of fashion in York got a double boost when a leading local store took two top prizes at a prestigious awards ceremony.   more...

Healthy outlook

A NEW recruit at Harrogate-based Hempsons Solicitors has become one of the country's first chartered safety and health practitioners.   more...

Bank appointment

FRASER MACDONALD has been appointed as NatWest's business development manager for York.   more...

City firms back road safety drive

A SURGE of support for a City of York Council road safety scheme has come from the city's businesses.  more...

Constructor awarded education contract

OFF-SITE construction specialist Yorkon has won a contract to build a new £2.8 million adult education centre at its site in York for Lewisham Council.  more...

Inventor finds gold mine in trash bin

INVENTOR Paul Martin has come up with a rubbish idea which, he hopes, York householders will stick straight in the bin.  more...

Are you too sexy for your office?

SEXILY-DRESSED businesswomen are doing themselves harm, according to a study published in the this month's issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly.  more...

Northern exposure

A MASSIVE contract to ensure the smooth running of flexitime for the whole of Scotland's civil service has been won by an award-winning York company.  more...

York Education

Youngsters on song with new album

IT just goes to show you do not need to win X-Factor to produce your own hit CD.  more...

Bullies making life a misery for Wesley, 12

BULLIES have made life such a misery for a 12-year-old York boy that his parents are considering keeping him off school until the situation is sorted out.  more...

York News

Way we were

Thursday, December 1, 2005  more...

Lucy the pooch plays butch

LONG before Dame Berwick was a twinkle in Mother Kaler's eye, men have dressed up as women for entertainment, and vice versa.  more...

Ten-year ban for pets cruelty

AN RSPCA investigator felt sick when she explored a house packed with 98 dogs and 22 cats which were being kept in "appalling conditions", a court heard.  more...

Police planning secret swoops to crack down on drink-driving

POLICE are launching 24-hour random breathalyser tests to catch people tempted to drive after drinking under the extended pub licensing times.  more...

Drums herald a new era

MATTHEW WOODCOCK joined a packed York Minster for the colourful enthronement of the new Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.  more...

Hospital chiefs told to stop cutting waiting times

YORK Hospital bosses have been told to stop cutting waiting times for patients because of a cash crisis in the local NHS.  more...

Victims' families grieve in peace

THE DAUGHTER of murdered York pensioners James and Joan Britton said she could finally grieve in peace following an appeal court's decision that "life means life" for Mark Hobson.  more...

Selby factory jobs shocker

A DOUBLE blow has hit Selby with local factory workers fearing for their jobs and a village doctor's surgery announcing its closure.  more...

City fears over police merger

STEPS to merge police forces threaten to rob York residents of any control, influence or accountability, claim city bosses.  more...

Lions in tribute to `backbone'

THE "backbone" of Minster Lions, Gordon Harrison, has died at his home in Haxby, aged 73.  more...

Till rolls row firm cleared

A COMPANY has been cleared of delivering unsolicited goods to a York fish restaurant and then demanding payment for them, following a three-day trial.  more...

Antisocial drinkers face street ban

AN alcohol exclusion zone could be set up in an area of York city centre which is plagued by antisocial drinkers.  more...

Slow down please

I READ "Life in the fast lane", the letter on park and ride (November 23).  more...

Life means life

WHAT is the price of precious life? Recently, a policewoman was gunned down. There were cries for hanging to be brought back for "cop killers".   more...

Working past 60

IT is a bit much to be lectured on pensions by a member of the financial services industry ("Should public sector workers retire at 60?", November 29). That industry is a large part of the problem.  more...

Play by the rules

ON Friday November 18 I put my green bin outside my home for the final collection of 2005.   more...

Rat's all folks

GIVEN the rather indifferent response of City of York Council to the resident confronted by a rat in her wheelie bin (November 25), would the Labour and Green Party councillors like to give us their policies for rodent extermination charges when they are running the council after 2007?  more...

Sorry... but housing windfall is fine by me

I WOULD like to make a contribution of a few pennies to the Keep York Local Party (Letters, November 29).   more...

Pure spirit

FOR sheer exuberance it could not be matched. The inauguration of Dr John Sentamu was unashamedly joyful, from the Sudoku puzzles handed out to keep the waiting congregation amused to the wonderful peal of bells at the end of the service.  more...

Banish the sorry bigots

ONE preaches love; the other hate.  more...

Soundtrack of our youth

I AM writing to say how sorry I am to hear of the untimely death of York singer Bob De-Vries.  more...

Still waiting

MARTYN Percival (Letters, November 25) wouldn't be surprised at Tesco's lack of response if, like me, he had had several similar rebuffs over the past couple of years.   more...

Time to move on

EVER since the day it was announced that Mr Finnegan had "retired" from the council the letters started pouring in.   more...

Serious questions

NOT only has City of York Council failed miserably regarding car-parking charges, recycling and the firework display, it has now failed to disclose the details surrounding the suspension and departure of the former commercial services director David Finnegan ("You've got no right to know", November 19).  more...

Nuclear power is not the future

TONY Blair is trying to "greenwash" us into thinking that nuclear power is the answer to climate change - have we not learnt from the mistakes of the past?  more...

Not a savage in sight

I PICKED up a newspaper the other day of the sort usually best avoided. Normally I don't do this because of all the opinions.  more...

York Sport

Tag taster day

Knights development officer Jason Ramshaw will be coaching children with hearing impairments in a fun tag taster day at All Saints Upper School, York, on Saturday, from 10am.  more...

Tagging on to new league

AN adult tag rugby summer league is set to start next year following the success of the inaugural trial festival.  more...

`Victims' Earswick aim for league livener

JOINT-COACH Simon Baynes reckons New Earswick All Blacks have been the "victims of their own success" this season as they look to claw back ground on the Pennine League division one leaders.  more...

Sloppy reserves

DAVE Pounder got York City reserves' late consolation in a 3-1 defeat at Hartlepool last night.  more...

York's two clubs hit a Sabbath showdown log-jam

YORK City Knights and York City are set to go head to head when the rugby league club kick-off their new season in February.  more...

York's two clubs hit a Sabbath showdown log-jam

YORK City Knights and York City are set to go head to head when the rugby league club kick-off their new season in February.  more...

Acorn aiming to bounce back

YORK Acorn ARLC chairman Kev Warters has declared his dismay after the club's appeal against the order to replay their match against Castleford Lock Lane failed.  more...

Headingley buy-out to earn Test lift

Yorkshire's £12million deal to buy Headingley will guarantee Test cricket on the ground for a longer period than any of the other provincial venues staging international matches.  more...

Tiffany shines for Union crew

TEN-MAN Union Rovers completed an excellent comeback to clinch victory in their Ryedale Hospital Cup clash at Aislaby United.  more...

Ears' we roll on Denny delight

New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club had a smooth ride into the Denny Plate fourth round, comfortably beating Metrodome 95-63 by winning all four rinks.  more...

Headingley buy-out to earn Test lift

Yorkshire's £12million deal to buy Headingley will guarantee Test cricket on the ground for a longer period than any of the other provincial venues staging international matches.  more...

Dunn' double up on cup front

IT was Dunnington at the double to advance to the York FA Sunday Afternoon Cup semi-finals.  more...

Tiffany shines for Union crew

TEN-MAN Union Rovers completed an excellent comeback to clinch victory in their Ryedale Hospital Cup clash at Aislaby United.  more...

Bay looks best - 01/12/05

Harris Bay can prove himself a rising star in the Henrietta Knight stable by winning at Sandown tomorrow on the first day of a weekend meeting at the course which on Saturday hosts the Tingle Creek Chase.  more...

York's two clubs hit a Sabbath showdown log-jam

YORK City Knights and York City are set to go head to head when the rugby league club kick-off their new season in February.  more...

  
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