Due to an administrative error, an article which appeared the Evening Press on April 1 describing the appointment of logistic professional Sean Baldry by Hirefone, the York-based international mobile phone rental company, was out of date. Mr Baldry no longer works for the company. more...
HIREFONE, the international mobile phone and BlackBerry rental specialist based at York Business Park, Nether Poppleton, claims to have found a way around steep mobile phone charges when taking UK phones abroad. more...
A NEW delivery operation in Pocklington has generated ten jobs - five paid staff and five franchised couriers. more...
FAR fewer businesses in York and North Yorkshire are resorting to court action to settle their differences - but in East Yorkshire the number of corporate court battles is growing. more...
THE horror of the raging water was like "the end of the world", a York survivor said today. more...
TWO York sweethearts were missing today after their Thai holiday island was devastated by the Asian tsunami. more...
As the grim death toll nears 140,000, STEVE CARROLL looks at what is being done - and what can be done - by local people to aid the victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
Fears were growing today for three York tourists who were holidaying in Thailand when the Asian earthquake struck. more...
YORK's open-top tour bus company has donated a day's takings to the tsunami appeal. more...
RUGBY stars from Super League champions Leeds Rhinos carried out a tsunami appeal collection at their match against York City Knights. more...
CITY of York council leader Steve Galloway said: "The imperative is that the spontaneous groundswell of public goodwill and action is maintained until not only the immediate crisis has passed, but also until the rebuilding programme has been completed." more...
TENS of thousands of pounds have been thrown into collection buckets across York as residents responded to the tsunami disaster with amazing generosity. more...
COUNCIL officials have praised the generous donations of residents across York to the disaster appeal - but warned donors to make sure they give only to bona-fide collectors. more...
The Evening Press has joined forces with City of York Council to launch an appeal for survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster. Katie Emslie reports on how people across the region are getting involved in fundraising. more...
A MOTHER and daughter were swept on to the top of a building in the tsunami disaster which left York man Stephen Magson presumed dead. more...
THE total raised by York Aid for the tsunami disaster has reached £28,766 - helped by a £10,000 donation from The Shepherd Building Group to help rebuild the lives of communities. more...
AN AID worker from North Yorkshire who spent a lifetime helping people in Asia and Africa, and who survived an earthquake which killed an estimated 100,000 people in China, died when the tsunami struck an isolated Thai island, it emerged today. more...
How do you reconcile the dreadful suffering and loss of life caused by the tsunami in South East Asia with the idea of a loving God? STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a matter of faith and doubt. more...
A YORK man holidaying in stricken Thailand today told of his relief as it emerged a fully-booked plane may have saved his life. more...
DUNNINGTON-based supermarket group Costcutter has donated £65,000-worth of aid to the national tsunami appeal. more...
YORK church leaders are sending £100,000 to help aid efforts in the countries hit by the tsunami disaster. more...
SIX-YEAR-OLD Abigail Anson drew this image of her family weeping for the dead after watching the Asian tsunami disaster on television. more...
DONATIONS to the York Aid appeal have topped the £30,000 mark as people across the city continue their fundraising efforts with gusto. more...
RED Cross volunteers collecting for the Asian tsunami appeal raised more than £13,650 across York and North Yorkshire this weekend. more...
HAVING lived and worked in Phuket, Thailand, for a year and having visited six weeks ago, I watched in horror as the tsunami hit. more...
YORK'S Malaysian-born TV chef and tourism champion Jennie Cook spoke today of her relief at narrowly avoiding the Asian tsunami disaster after a hotel she planned to visit in the country was fully-booked. more...
The Evening Press has been inundated with phone calls from people organising fundraising events and businesses making donations to help the York Aid appeal and national tsunami disaster appeal. more...
A NORTH Yorkshire family who survived the devastating Asian tsunami have retold their harrowing story live on national television. more...
A YORK charity boss fears the huge publicity for the tsunami disaster appeal could hit fundraising for other good causes. more...
YORK people have raised nearly £40,000 for those devastated by the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
PUPILS and staff at a York school are donating their dinner money to raise funds for the tsunami appeal. more...
A FORMER school friend of York tsunami victim Stephen Magson has paid tribute to him from his home in Hawaii. more...
BUSY Red Cross staff were devastated to find a fire had swept through their York offices - at the worst possible time. more...
ON behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) we thank your readers for their generous response to the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal. more...
WALKS, car washes and cake sales are just some of the ways people are raising cash for countries hit by the tsunami tragedy. more...
SOME UK holiday companies will not be offering packages to the worst of the tsunami-hit areas until the beginning of April at the earliest, it was announced today. more...
PREPARATIONS are continuing for a huge fundraising gig at rock pub Certificate 18, in Gillygate, York, on Sunday to raise funds for the York Aid Appeal more...
A YORK graduate who helped revive a war-torn area of Sri Lanka died in the Asian tsunami disaster, it has emerged. more...
THREE weeks after the tsunami struck, the initial shock has subsided. more...
THEY came, they played and they conquered: Huge packed the Grand Opera House to the rafters yet again, proving the nine-piece "cheesemeisters" are The Ultimate Night Out. more...
YORK youngsters have been dressing down to help tsunami victims. more...
MEMBERS of the Armed Forces have been dressing up and digging deep to raise cash for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
INDEPENDENT hospital The Retreat is to host a series of open group meetings for people directly affected by the tsunami disaster. more...
DONATIONS are continuing to stream in to the Evening Press and City of York Council York Aid appeal for victims of the Asian tsunami, which now stands at £49,290. more...
MAP-MAKING pupils from Sutton-on-the-Forest school, near Easingwold, raised more than £350 - in loose change. more...
MORE than £50,000 has been raised by the York Aid tsunami appeal. more...
ELDERLY residents of a York council sheltered housing scheme donated their Christmas presents to a fundraising day for the York Aid appeal. more...
FULFORD School staff and pupils have held a jam-packed week of fundraising activities in a bid to raise £5,000 for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
NIGHTSPOTS are set to boost the York Aid appeal for victims of the tsunami disaster by thousands, thanks to a united fundraising drive. more...
HOPE is springing from tragedy, after the family of a York man believed killed by the Asian tsunami set up a fund to help other victims of the disaster. more...
HOMEMADE buns, a seven-ton truck and an overcrowded loft all helped bring in more money for relief efforts in Asia following the tsunami disaster. more...
IT IS exactly a month since the Asian tsunami disaster and the generosity shown by local people towards the victims shows no signs of diminishing. more...
LIONS clubs in York and North Yorkshire are helping to raise £20,000 to build a village in tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka. more...
CELEBRITY chef Jennie Cook is setting up shop at tomorrow's Oriental Market to raise money for tsunami victims in her native Malaysia. more...
THE High Court is expected to decide next month on a legal challenge to the proposed redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre. more...
SUPERMARKET staff ditched their usual uniforms to boost the Red Cross tsunami appeal. more...
YOUR cash is on its way to help communities devastated by the Asian tsunami, with the first donation from the York Aid appeal. more...
YOUNGSTERS have been lining YorkAid coffers to help the victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
NORTH YORKSHIRE yoga teacher Amanda Latchmore stretched herself to raise money for victims of the devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka. more...
A YORK volunteer is jetting to Sri Lanka to rebuild a school which was washed away in the tsunami disaster. more...
RAVAGED scenes of flattened villages passed by as a York graduate travelled from one tsunami-hit community to the next to offer aid. more...
MORE than £70,000 has been raised by the York Aid appeal for victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
"THANK You" was the message today, as the York Aid tsunami appeal was wound up on the two-month anniversary of the disaster, having raised more than £72,000. more...
A MEMORIAL service is to be held for York tsunami victim Stephen Magson, it was revealed today. more...
A PROMISE of vacuuming while wearing only boxer shorts and a male escort service were some of the cheeky lots auctioned at a Ryedale pub to raise more than £5,500 for survivors of the Asian tsunami. more...
TSUNAMI survivor Denise Magson has spoken for the first time about how she is rebuilding her life after losing her husband, Steve, in the deadly waves that engulfed their Thai holiday paradise. more...
TSUNAMI victim Steve Magson would have been "so glad" his wife and daughter survived the disaster, his widow told mourners at a memorial service. more...
A LAST-DITCH push by "phenomenal" fundraisers has tipped York's tsunami appeal over the £75,000 barrier. more...
THE families of a young couple who have been missing since their Thai holiday resort was devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami are still waiting to hear if their bodies have been found. more...
A YOUNG York couple who tied the knot in Sri Lanka - three months after the tsunami devastated the country - have told how they were made to feel like "royalty" by the people whose lives had been wrecked by the natural disaster. more...
A STUDENT had a miraculous escape when the Asian tsunami swamped her hotel room in Sri Lanka. more...
IT is one story among hundreds of thousands. more...
I WRITE to ask your readers to help UNICEF UK save lives in the aftermath of the tidal waves caused by the strongest earthquake in the world for 40 years. more...
THE Archbishop of York today urged people to pray for the victims of the Asian tsunami tragedy and to give generously to aid relief efforts. more...
A YORK holidaymaker told today how she survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka - after abandoning plans to go for a swim. more...
CHARITIES around York and North Yorkshire are raising money to help the millions of victims struggling in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami. more...
A YORK schoolgirl told today how she had to kick down a bungalow door to save herself and her terrified sisters from rising seawater amid the devastation wrought by the Asian tsunami. more...
FEARS are growing for a York man, who is believed to missing in the tsunami disaster. more...
CHURCHGOERS were thrilled today after a last-minute coffee morning raised more than £1,100 for the Asian tsunami appeal. more...
THERE are more than ten million people in the UK with a disability - that's roughly one in eight of us. more...
WE were thrilled to read that City of York Council is to employ motorcycle traffic wardens, echoing Californian biker cop show CHiPS. more...
NORTH Yorkshire police are equipped with mobile command platforms, satellite tracking systems, computer databases and portable TV cameras. more...
AS a trade unionist and ex-Labour voter, I agree with parts of Christopher Leeman's letter (April 11). In particular, the poor state of pensions and continuing privatisation and understaffing in health and education are disgraceful for a so-called Labour Government. more...
AS New Labour gets election jitters, Blairite contempt for the democratic process becomes more obvious. more...
RICHARD O Whiting's letter `A safer Europe' (April 11) is utter rubbish! NATO, especially the Americans, kept the peace in Europe, not the Eurupean Union. more...
AN ELDERLY widow feared one of her children had been in a road accident when police got her out of bed late at night. more...
IN response to the letter "A safer Europe" I do not believe a move from our law, which requires proof of guilt, to Napoleonic Corpus Juris, is a safe move. more...
ON April 7, I read on page nine of the Evening Press that disabled people will be able to park at the races for £10 during Ascot week. more...
A MOTORIST has been forced to walk two miles to get from his home to his car, after he was refused a city centre parking permit. more...
A COUPLE of letters published in the Press recently may have confused some readers. more...
AM I am alone in thinking the profits amassed by the supermarket giant Tesco are not to be applauded? more...
"TAKE a leaf out of Danny's book - love one another." That was the heartfelt message from the mother of Danny Adams to hundreds of mourners who packed his funeral. more...
I WAS interested to read the article about the planning application for flats in Wigginton (April 12). more...
NOW the Straylands scheme has been stopped, for the present at least, would it not be an opportune time to look at alternatives? more...
VANDALS wielding paint stripper have caused damage costing thousands of pounds to a York businessman's vehicles. more...
IN response to the letter from Steve Clements of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, I am sick of the drug being portrayed as some kind of miracle health drug which can rid the world of its trouble. more...
I AM sure I will not be the only person in York who will not be too concerned that Mr Clements of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance will not be standing as a prospective MP in the General Election. more...
THE chance to see York's Roman heritage being uncovered is being offered this weekend. more...
A YOUNG couple have had their dowdy backyard transformed in to a tropical oasis by the City Gardener. more...
STEVE Clements fears for the future of 15,000 York cannabis consumers because he is not standing at the General Election (Letters, April 11). more...
BIDS have been made to bring lap dancing clubs to York, it was revealed today. more...
NEEDLES discarded by drug users in York are being overlooked by the council's clean-up teams, a disgusted city resident has claimed. more...
Viking battles, continental markets, live bands and an exotic Indian festival are to showcase York to the world during Royal Ascot. more...
THORNY hedges have proved a novel way of stopping graffiti vandals who were plaguing a York nature reserve. more...
HE WAS a promising student at the University of York, with a career in politics beckoning. more...
IT may seem an odd question to ask after all these years, but who exactly is Tony Blair? more...
Working men's clubs still treat women as second class citizens, equal rights campaigner Jackie Medley says. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at other areas of British life where women have traditionally been sidelined, to see how they are shaping up. more...
Thursday, April 14, 2005 more...
AFTER been presented with the York Leeper Hare Football League Premier Division Shield last night champions Dringhouses celebrated in style. more...
IMAGINE Rangers and Celtic, AC Milan and Inter or Brazil and Argentina not playing each other for seven years and then meeting for one last contest to decide who was the greatest. more...
Viking battles, continental markets, live bands and an exotic Indian festival are to showcase York to the world during Royal Ascot. more...
YORK City's board will do all they can to keep manager Billy McEwan at the club. more...
AFTER been presented with the York Leeper Hare Football League Premier Division Shield last night champions Dringhouses celebrated in style. more...
YORKSHIRE faced a tall order today to get back into their first County Championship game of the season at Essex. more...
IMAGINE Rangers and Celtic, AC Milan and Inter or Brazil and Argentina not playing each other for seven years and then meeting for one last contest to decide who was the greatest. more...
TWO York-based players have put themselves in the shop window for a full BARLA Great Britain call-up after impressing in the Tri-Series winning Yorkshire team. more...
YORKSHIRE faced a tall order today to get back into their first County Championship game of the season at Essex. more...
Thirsk racecourse launches its 2005 season tomorrow with a two-day meeting 150 years on from staging its first meeting on the present Station Road site. more...
DOUBLE-CHASING New Earswick All Blacks Rugby League Club Under-12s have made sure of the Yorkshire Junior League U12s division three crown thanks to a 32-6 victory at title rivals Milford Marlins. more...
DOUBLE-CHASING New Earswick All Blacks Rugby League Club Under-12s have made sure of the Yorkshire Junior League U12s division three crown thanks to a 32-6 victory at title rivals Milford Marlins. more...
TWO points for Heworth on Saturday could make all the difference in the re-election run-in -- and the Villagers will be well aware of it as they take on mid-table GMB National Cup semi-finalists Crosfields. more...
TWO York-based players have put themselves in the shop window for a full BARLA Great Britain call-up after impressing in the Tri-Series winning Yorkshire team, writes Claire Hughes. more...
YORK City's board will do all they can to keep manager Billy McEwan at the club. more...
Director Stephen Outhwaite sails close to the wind in his choice of show for Flying Ducks Youth Theatre's tenth anniversary production. Not even Cameron Mackintosh could "save the Whale" from West End closure after only 15 weeks. more...
As one of the all-time greats, there is no mistaking Olivia's voice. more...
After teen sensations Charlotte Church and Joss Stone, 15-year-old Olstead's major record company debut comes via the show-biz boost of appearing in films with Russell Crowe and Arnie Schwarzenegger. more...
What a marvellous title, yet despite her very public divorce and messy management shenanigans, it is hard to sympathise with Mariah. more...
UK soul diva Terri Walker is a lady with a big voice and loads of sass. more...
MY, these Wainwrights are busy. Brother Rufus is all flourishing extravagance, mother Kate has an album out, as does dad Loudon. more...
One minute she's studying law in Brighton, the next she's soundtracking a film for Jude Law. more...
DID you ever have a boyfriend/girlfriend who was pleasant and inoffensive, but would never be the love of your life because the passion, the compulsion just wasn't there? more...
BONO popped down from his mountain to decree: "I think what is missing is a sense of her being a truly great British artist and England should be fighting for this." more...
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