An award-winning North Yorkshire waste-to-energy organisation has been given the go-ahead to produce a small, but revolutionary, power station, which could change recycling attitudes throughout the world and generate £50 million for the company over the next five years. more...
Vebra, the growing Pocklington firm which provides software sales and efficiency solutions for estate agents throughout Britain, has bought a similar company in Somerset. more...
THE Bank of England came knocking at the door of Raymac Signs, of Malto, for advice about the economic signs of the times. more...
LIGHT at the end of the tunnel is dazzling for railway engineering consultancy White Young Green (WYG) which has a major office in York. more...
TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success. more...
WHEN a company closes down unexpectedly, thousands of customers often don't know if they will get the goods they have paid for or their money back. more...
THE York City faithful will be relieved to hear that Sophie McGill won't be "doing a Delia" at home games - although these two great female football fans are to meet. more...
NIMEN hao! That, as readers will recognise, is the Chinese for hello. more...
OUT-OF-CONTROL youths were making Ruth Wilks' life miserable. more...
I SHOULD be eternally grateful, dear reader, if you could do me a favour during the forthcoming General Election campaign. more...
THE funeral service for a tragic verger who fell to his death from York Minster will be held in the historic cathedral on Monday, it was revealed today. more...
THE man behind plans to bring a big wheel to a York riverside park said his company might take the idea elsewhere if it was rejected by councillors today. more...
BRAVE resident Ruth Wilks today praised the "power of the Press" for helping to end her five years of hell at the hands of drunken yobs. more...
YORK'S CCTV maintenance is going to be completely overhauled, only weeks after the Evening Press lifted the lid on the city's creaking camera network. more...
A MAJOR highway repair scheme will mean road closures and diversions on the outskirts of York. more...
THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot. more...
PREPARATIONS for an "inevitable" flu pandemic are taking place across York and North Yorkshire. more...
TEENAGE "gangs" are clashing on the streets of York, it was claimed today. more...
A DRIVER has narrowly avoided jail after police caught him at the wheel when he was four-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit. more...
TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success. more...
I WRITE in response to carbuncles on the landscape (`What would you demolish?' February 22). more...
FOR more than a year now regular road users travelling along the A64 to Tadcaster have been aware of the roadworks at Bilbrough and Colton lane ends. We know when the speed restriction of 40mph starts and ends; the signs have been there all along. more...
I AM inclined to agree with K Barnes that decapitated remains are often ascribed to human sacrifice without much in the way of real evidence (`Roman skull-thuggery to blacken name of enemies', Letters, March 1). But the King Lucius/ Lleur Mawr story has to be approached with caution. more...
THAT old chestnut about peanuts and monkeys does not account for the many organisations which are run efficiently by enthusiasts who are content with a modest salary, or none at all (`When I ruled the city'), Stephen Lewis, March 1). more...
IN response to Colin Clarke's letter `Build a lagoon' (March 1), I say the idea of building a fish refuge should be commended, however, the issue of preserving fish stocks and the flooding of the Derwent are more fundamental. more...
KEITH Whitfield asks: "Why should members of the public service unions get privileged treatment over the rest of us, by receiving higher pensions and taking earlier retirement?" (Letters, February 21). more...
WHAT you need to know about hunting within the law. more...
I AM disappointed to see that the Flying Scotsman will not start its excursions to Scarborough until the end of May because we have French friends making their first visit to England at the beginning of that month. more...
GOOD old Tony Blair could be Mary Poppins plying us with a little sugar to help the medicine go down and, like any self respecting nanny, he knows best. more...
I LIVE on the top floor of a block of flats in York. The building is entry by intercom only. more...
HAVING had such a mild winter last time I find it incredible that a gritting overspend could occur before the really harsh weather finally arrived (`Digging deep', March 1). Surely the budget was totally insufficient to meet even one period of cold weather? more...
I AM confused. Are any trees going to be cut down in Tower Gardens (`Trouble at the top', March 1)? more...
MY wife and I wish are concerned about the proposal to erect a big wheel on Tower Gardens. This seems to be totally out of harmony with one of the most historic parts of York. more...
WHEN did we get so mixed up about what we eat? more...
New proposals could see the BBC going back to the future. Will it be out with trashy makeover and reality shows and in with quality programming? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. more...
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YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough. more...
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough. more...
A BIG day for York Acorn ARLC will see their first team attempt to sustain their promotion hopes and their reserves claim a cup final place. more...
AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions. more...
YORK and District Indoor Bowls Club men's team have been crowned Yorkshire League division one champions. more...
University Students `A' remain unbeaten in their last six matches in men's division one of the York Badminton League after a 5-4 win over RI Tuesday/ Thursday `A' followed by a 9-0 win at Riverside. more...
A BIG day for York Acorn ARLC will see their first team attempt to sustain their promotion hopes and their reserves claim a cup final place. more...
AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions. more...
YORK City's leading scorer Andy Bishop has again made the official Nationwide Conference player of the month shortlist. more...
THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot. more...
THE Scottish Play meets the Far Eastern cinema of Kurosawa and Zhang Yimou and the Kill Bill movies of Tarantino, in director-designer Damian Cruden's ancient yet modern reinvention of Macbeth. more...
LULU was 15 when she began to Shout from the Glaswegian rooftops. Fellow Scot Karine Polwart was 33 before she released her debut solo album, Faultlines. more...
THIS is Jane's labour of love. McDonald's third album salutes "the Great Ladies of Song", much the same as its predecessors. more...
Madeleine's uncanny impersonation of the smoky tones of Billie Holiday is initially discomforting. more...
AFTER her song-writing credit for Kylie Minogue with the slinky Slow, Emiliana Torrini's second album is something unexpected. more...
TORI Amos provokes strong emotions in people. You either love her or hate her - and she likes it that way. more...
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