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Stories for 3 March 2005

York Business

The bio-nic men

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's expanding horizon

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...

Bank role...

THE Bank of England came knocking at the door of Raymac Signs, of Malto, for advice about the economic signs of the times.  more...

Spectacular profits for rail engineers

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...

York Education

£700,000 boost for schools

TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success.  more...

York News

When companies go bust

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...

Why Sophie won't do a Delia

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...

Welcome to York

NIMEN hao! That, as readers will recognise, is the Chinese for hello.  more...

Together we fight crime

OUT-OF-CONTROL youths were making Ruth Wilks' life miserable.   more...

Dogs of jaw muzzled

I SHOULD be eternally grateful, dear reader, if you could do me a favour during the forthcoming General Election campaign.  more...

Minster funeral for fall verger

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...

Rival cities `bid for big wheel'

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...

Five years of misery at an end

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...

CCTV repair work gets an overhaul

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...

Road resurfacing will lead to delays

A MAJOR highway repair scheme will mean road closures and diversions on the outskirts of York.  more...

Cabbies bid for Terry Avenue

THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot.   more...

Yorks `ready for pandemic'

PREPARATIONS for an "inevitable" flu pandemic are taking place across York and North Yorkshire.  more...

Teenage Goths victims in gang war on streets of York

TEENAGE "gangs" are clashing on the streets of York, it was claimed today.  more...

Driver was four times drink limit

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...

£700,000 boost for schools

TWO York secondary schools were today saying "bonjour" to almost £700,000 - thanks to their specialist success.  more...

Scrap Moathouse... it is only an unimaginative failure

I WRITE in response to carbuncles on the landscape (`What would you demolish?' February 22).   more...

`Fishing' for fines

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...

Approach warily

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...

Are they worth it?

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...

Passing on floods

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...

Mileage perk

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...

Hare-brained hunt law

WHAT you need to know about hunting within the law.   more...

No refunds may rebound on The Flying Scotsman

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...

Tony should quit

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...

Pushchair misery

I LIVE on the top floor of a block of flats in York. The building is entry by intercom only.  more...

Budget raiding?

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...

Trees confusion

I AM confused. Are any trees going to be cut down in Tower Gardens (`Trouble at the top', March 1)?   more...

Big wheel must not spoil city

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...

Eaten up by food fears

WHEN did we get so mixed up about what we eat?   more...

What now for the BBC?

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...

Way we were

Thursday, March 3, 2005  more...

York Sport

Knights won't be bringing back points machine Danny

YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough.  more...

Knights won't be bringing back points machine Danny

YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook has ruled out a return to Huntington Stadium for Danny Brough.  more...

Acorn face big weekend

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...

Ex-City man Sertori is Premiership class

AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions.  more...

County set shine

YORK and District Indoor Bowls Club men's team have been crowned Yorkshire League division one champions.  more...

Double delight for on-form Students

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...

Acorn face big weekend

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...

Ex-City man Sertori is Premiership class

AN exotically-named ex-York City sentinel is literally rubbing shoulders at one of the Premiership's biggest foreign legions.  more...

Bishop shortlisted

YORK City's leading scorer Andy Bishop has again made the official Nationwide Conference player of the month shortlist.  more...

Cabbies bid for Terry Avenue

THIS map shows the proposed jam-busting route taxis could take to ferry thousands of punters to York Racecourse during Royal Ascot.   more...

York Whatson

Review: Macbeth, York Theatre Royal, until March 19.

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...

Karine Polwart, Faultlines (Neon) ***; Lulu, To Sir With Love! The Complete Mickie Most Recordings (

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...

Jane McDonald, You Belong To Me (Demon) ***

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 Peyroux, Careless Love, (Universal Jazz) ****

Madeleine's uncanny impersonation of the smoky tones of Billie Holiday is initially discomforting.   more...

Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman's Woman (Rough Trade) ***

AFTER her song-writing credit for Kylie Minogue with the slinky Slow, Emiliana Torrini's second album is something unexpected.   more...

Tori Amos, The Beekeeper (Sony) ***

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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