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Getting It Right

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of logistic professional Sean Baldry by Hirefone, the York-based international mobile phone rental company, was out of date.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...

Overseas calls solution

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...

Courier depot delivers ten new jobs

A NEW delivery operation in Pocklington has generated ten jobs - five paid staff and five franchised couriers.  more...

Firms' legal action alert

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...

York Library

Newlyweds in tsunami terror

THE horror of the raging water was like "the end of the world", a York survivor said today.  more...

Fears for York holiday couple

TWO York sweethearts were missing today after their Thai holiday island was devastated by the Asian tsunami.  more...

Wave of misery

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...

York tourists missing

Fears were growing today for three York tourists who were holidaying in Thailand when the Asian earthquake struck.  more...

City bus firm donates fares

YORK's open-top tour bus company has donated a day's takings to the tsunami appeal.  more...

Knights shine to help the victims

RUGBY stars from Super League champions Leeds Rhinos carried out a tsunami appeal collection at their match against York City Knights.  more...

Leaders throw weight behind fundraising

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...

Cash pours in by bucketful

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 alert for donors

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...

Disaster appeal strikes a chord

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...

Family's fear for disaster victim

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...

Firm boosts aid coffers by £10,000

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...

Wave claims life of N Yorks aid worker

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...

So what's faith got to do with it?

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...

Holiday man's flight relief

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...

£65,000 donation

DUNNINGTON-based supermarket group Costcutter has donated £65,000-worth of aid to the national tsunami appeal.  more...

Grand gift by Diocese

YORK church leaders are sending £100,000 to help aid efforts in the countries hit by the tsunami disaster.  more...

The horror of tsunami... through the eyes of a six-year-old girl

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 top £30,000 mark

DONATIONS to the York Aid appeal have topped the £30,000 mark as people across the city continue their fundraising efforts with gusto.  more...

£13,000 for appeal

RED Cross volunteers collecting for the Asian tsunami appeal raised more than £13,650 across York and North Yorkshire this weekend.  more...

Please visit again

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...

TV chef relives lucky escape from tsunami

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...

Aid gathers pace as cash pours in

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...

Tsunami escape family relive ordeal on TV show

A NORTH Yorkshire family who survived the devastating Asian tsunami have retold their harrowing story live on national television.  more...

Publicity sparks charity warning

A YORK charity boss fears the huge publicity for the tsunami disaster appeal could hit fundraising for other good causes.  more...

Appeal total nears £40,000

YORK people have raised nearly £40,000 for those devastated by the Asian tsunami disaster.  more...

Soup-er savers

PUPILS and staff at a York school are donating their dinner money to raise funds for the tsunami appeal.  more...

Tribute from former school friend

A FORMER school friend of York tsunami victim Stephen Magson has paid tribute to him from his home in Hawaii.  more...

Red cross hit by depot blaze

BUSY Red Cross staff were devastated to find a fire had swept through their York offices - at the worst possible time.  more...

Thanks, but we need more cash

ON behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) we thank your readers for their generous response to the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal.   more...

Appeal tops £44,000

WALKS, car washes and cake sales are just some of the ways people are raising cash for countries hit by the tsunami tragedy.  more...

Travel ban extended

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...

Rockers rally to the cause to help needy

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...

York graduate dead

A YORK graduate who helped revive a war-torn area of Sri Lanka died in the Asian tsunami disaster, it has emerged.  more...

Keep giving

THREE weeks after the tsunami struck, the initial shock has subsided.   more...

Review: Huge - The Ultimate Night Out, Grand Opera House, York

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...

Silence proves golden for Laura

YORK youngsters have been dressing down to help tsunami victims.  more...

Soldiers in fundraising mission

MEMBERS of the Armed Forces have been dressing up and digging deep to raise cash for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.  more...

Free trauma help groups

INDEPENDENT hospital The Retreat is to host a series of open group meetings for people directly affected by the tsunami disaster.  more...

Appeal rockin' on

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...

Coining new aid efforts

MAP-MAKING pupils from Sutton-on-the-Forest school, near Easingwold, raised more than £350 - in loose change.  more...

Appeal tops £50k mark

MORE than £50,000 has been raised by the York Aid tsunami appeal.  more...

Digging deep to aid the victims

ELDERLY residents of a York council sheltered housing scheme donated their Christmas presents to a fundraising day for the York Aid appeal.  more...

Pupils lead efforts

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...

United front

NIGHTSPOTS are set to boost the York Aid appeal for victims of the tsunami disaster by thousands, thanks to a united fundraising drive.  more...

Family set up fund in memory of tsunami victim

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...

Money rolling in

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...

Masses continue to fundraise

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 roar into action

LIONS clubs in York and North Yorkshire are helping to raise £20,000 to build a village in tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka.  more...

Oriental market

CELEBRITY chef Jennie Cook is setting up shop at tomorrow's Oriental Market to raise money for tsunami victims in her native Malaysia.  more...

Parties await Barbican D-day

THE High Court is expected to decide next month on a legal challenge to the proposed redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre.  more...

Store does that bit extra for charity

SUPERMARKET staff ditched their usual uniforms to boost the Red Cross tsunami appeal.  more...

Cash heads for disaster areas

YOUR cash is on its way to help communities devastated by the Asian tsunami, with the first donation from the York Aid appeal.   more...

Hair-raising idea

YOUNGSTERS have been lining YorkAid coffers to help the victims of the Asian tsunami.  more...

Amanda stretches the point

NORTH YORKSHIRE yoga teacher Amanda Latchmore stretched herself to raise money for victims of the devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka.   more...

`At the ripe old age of 38, I consider I've had a lot of fun and luck, and would like to give someth

A YORK volunteer is jetting to Sri Lanka to rebuild a school which was washed away in the tsunami disaster.  more...

`I saw villages the size of Acomb just flattened'

RAVAGED scenes of flattened villages passed by as a York graduate travelled from one tsunami-hit community to the next to offer aid.  more...

Tsunami fund tops £70,000

MORE than £70,000 has been raised by the York Aid appeal for victims of the Asian tsunami.  more...

Tsunami appeal closes on £72K

"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...

Memorial for tsunami victim

A MEMORIAL service is to be held for York tsunami victim Stephen Magson, it was revealed today.  more...

Promises boost tsunami appeal

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...

For me, Steve is still in Thailand, but I'm looking forward to this service with family and friends

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...

Big turn-out for tsunami victim

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...

Disaster appeal tops £75k

A LAST-DITCH push by "phenomenal" fundraisers has tipped York's tsunami appeal over the £75,000 barrier.  more...

Tsunami families still wait for news

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...

Tsunami victims stun newlyweds

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...

My tsunami hell

A STUDENT had a miraculous escape when the Asian tsunami swamped her hotel room in Sri Lanka.  more...

Shock waves sweep home

IT is one story among hundreds of thousands.   more...

Please help our disaster fund

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...

Archbishop's message

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...

York beach couple `lucky to be alive'

A YORK holidaymaker told today how she survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka - after abandoning plans to go for a swim.   more...

Aid fight for wave victims

CHARITIES around York and North Yorkshire are raising money to help the millions of victims struggling in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami.  more...

Sisters seconds from death

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 grow for missing York father

FEARS are growing for a York man, who is believed to missing in the tsunami disaster.  more...

Raising cash to aid wave victims

CHURCHGOERS were thrilled today after a last-minute coffee morning raised more than £1,100 for the Asian tsunami appeal.  more...

York News

Wising up to new law on disability

THERE are more than ten million people in the UK with a disability - that's roughly one in eight of us.  more...

No problems just TV solutions

WE were thrilled to read that City of York Council is to employ motorcycle traffic wardens, echoing Californian biker cop show CHiPS.  more...

Police must use sense

NORTH Yorkshire police are equipped with mobile command platforms, satellite tracking systems, computer databases and portable TV cameras.  more...

Labour's shame

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...

Prime Minister Tony Blair holds Britain's democratic process in contempt

AS New Labour gets election jitters, Blairite contempt for the democratic process becomes more obvious.  more...

`Rotten Euro'

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...

Elderly widow crushed by strong arm of the law

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...

Unsafe move

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...

Words fail me

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...

Resident baffled by parking permits policy

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...

Ascot pays most

A COUPLE of letters published in the Press recently may have confused some readers.  more...

Why I don't applaud Tesco's massive profits

AM I am alone in thinking the profits amassed by the supermarket giant Tesco are not to be applauded?   more...

He shone like a light and everyone was drawn to him

"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...

Everything's wrong about flats plan

I WAS interested to read the article about the planning application for flats in Wigginton (April 12).   more...

Build a new road

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 pour paint stripper over businessman's vehicles

VANDALS wielding paint stripper have caused damage costing thousands of pounds to a York businessman's vehicles.  more...

Waste of time

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...

Keep a clear head

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...

Bone shaker

THE chance to see York's Roman heritage being uncovered is being offered this weekend.  more...

TV expert does wonders with couple's backyard

A YOUNG couple have had their dowdy backyard transformed in to a tropical oasis by the City Gardener.  more...

Don't be dopey by doing drugs

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...

In the lap of the gods

BIDS have been made to bring lap dancing clubs to York, it was revealed today.  more...

`There is a big risk of kids getting infected if they pick up these needles'

NEEDLES discarded by drug users in York are being overlooked by the council's clean-up teams, a disgusted city resident has claimed.  more...

York on course for festive fun

Viking battles, continental markets, live bands and an exotic Indian festival are to showcase York to the world during Royal Ascot.  more...

Hedgerows bid to stop graffiti

THORNY hedges have proved a novel way of stopping graffiti vandals who were plaguing a York nature reserve.  more...

Attack shame of campus official

HE WAS a promising student at the University of York, with a career in politics beckoning.  more...

Tony Blair is Dr Who

IT may seem an odd question to ask after all these years, but who exactly is Tony Blair?   more...

So do we still live in a sexist world?

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...

Way we were

Thursday, April 14, 2005  more...

York Sport

We are the champions

AFTER been presented with the York Leeper Hare Football League Premier Division Shield last night champions Dringhouses celebrated in style.  more...

Bitter football rivals going head-to-head

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...

York on course for festive fun

Viking battles, continental markets, live bands and an exotic Indian festival are to showcase York to the world during Royal Ascot.  more...

We want Billy to stay

YORK City's board will do all they can to keep manager Billy McEwan at the club.  more...

We are the champions

AFTER been presented with the York Leeper Hare Football League Premier Division Shield last night champions Dringhouses celebrated in style.  more...

Uphill struggle for Tykes

YORKSHIRE faced a tall order today to get back into their first County Championship game of the season at Essex.  more...

Bitter football rivals going head-to-head

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...

Hoping for a GB chance

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...

Uphill struggle for Tykes

YORKSHIRE faced a tall order today to get back into their first County Championship game of the season at Essex.  more...

Zarzu can zip in - 14/04/05

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...

Now young All Blacks want cup for double

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...

Now young All Blacks want cup for double

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...

Heworth's Crosfields crossroads

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...

Hoping for a GB chance

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...

We want Billy to stay

YORK City's board will do all they can to keep manager Billy McEwan at the club.  more...

York Whatson

Review: Moby Dick! The Musical, Flying Ducks Youth Theatre, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, until Apr

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...

Olivia Newton-John, Indigo: Women Of Song (Universal) *****

As one of the all-time greats, there is no mistaking Olivia's voice.   more...

Renee Olstead, Renee Olstead (143 Records/Reprise) ***

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...

Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi (Mercury) ***

What a marvellous title, yet despite her very public divorce and messy management shenanigans, it is hard to sympathise with Mariah.   more...

Terri Walker, L.O.V.E (Mercury Records) ***

UK soul diva Terri Walker is a lady with a big voice and loads of sass.   more...

Martha Wainwright, Martha Wainwright (Drowned In Sound) ****

MY, these Wainwrights are busy. Brother Rufus is all flourishing extravagance, mother Kate has an album out, as does dad Loudon.   more...

Jem, Finally Woken (BMG) ***

One minute she's studying law in Brighton, the next she's soundtracking a film for Jude Law.   more...

Natalie Imbruglia, Counting Down The Days (Brightside/Sony) ***

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...

Kirsty MacColl, From Croydon To Cuba: An Anthology (EMI Records) ****

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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