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Stories for 26 September 2005

York Business

Developers move in on own project

IT started from a small acorn in Pocklington but now property developer The Helmsley Group is finally quitting its home to relocate to one of its own projects at Monks Cross in York.  more...

York News

Way we were

Monday, September 26, 2005  more...

Dogged by name search

QUIZ buffs are a competitive lot. They'll stop at nothing to get the right answer.  more...

Workers start final week at Terry's

TERRY'S today began its last week of production in York with the future of its factory site still shrouded in uncertainty.  more...

Boy, 14 stabbed in head

A SCHOOLBOY was stabbed in the head during a vicious gang attack in York.  more...

£2.2m blow to city finances

LACK of enough big conference facilities in York has meant the loss of at least £2.2 million to the city in only six months, it was disclosed today.   more...

Physios' pain

PHYSIOTHERAPY students from York are warned they might not find an NHS job for up to two years.  more...

Path wrangle set to drag on

A SEVEN-year long wrangle over a footpath in Huntington that has cost York council hundreds of pounds is likely to be settled by a government hearing, a councillor has said.  more...

Travel scheme gets backing

A SENIOR Liberal Democrat MP has backed the city council's transport strategy - even though it is opposed to the party's national policy.  more...

Siege drama

A DRAMATIC early-morning raid on a Selby house led to a 17-year-old youth appearing before magistrates today on charges of false imprisonment, robbery and criminal damage.  more...

New bid to end dental lottery

THE dental place lottery could be over for York and Selby residents, thanks to a new scheme to be launched by health chiefs this week.  more...

Feasts of fun

FESTIVAL fever has hit York with a vengeance.  more...

Fury as free bus is axed

IT HELPS some of York's most vulnerable young people gain a little independence.  more...

Glorious food

IT was a culinary triumph. The York Festival Of Food and Drink 2005 was the best yet.  more...

Binge booze blights city

YORK is developing a split personality. By day the city is charm itself, attracting thousands of visitors who revel in its beauty, history and shops.  more...

Too much, too young

LITTLE girls love to dress up. You can bung a little boy in a bin bag and he'll be happy as Larry, but little girls are a different breed.   more...

Read all about it

I can't think of another book, apart from Harry Potter, that so many people have read."   more...

Fault lies with us

THERE have been frantic cries from many sources to improve the A64 to prevent accidents.   more...

What democracy?

WHILE I agree with Adrian Wilson's letter (`Poor reflection on York's public servants', September 19) I do not believe we should be at all surprised that elected politicians do not take any notice of the people who have elected them.  more...

High charges

The letter from Joan Lewis of Copmanthorpe (September 23) asks why York's crematorium charges are so high.   more...

Memorial due

PHIL Atkinson has come up with an excellent idea suggesting it is time there was a memorial erected for Bomber Command's heroic crews from the Second World War (September 21).  more...

Answers please to our housing crisis

REGARDING the council housing situation in York (Letters, September 20), I am sure I am not the only one surprised that there are only 4,000 people in the queue for homes.   more...

Cliff debate was out of tune

For a long time I have been concerned with the deterioration of Radio York.  more...

No compassion

GOD help us all if there is anyone out there with the same attitude to life as you, Mr Bastin (`Have transport cops lost plot on railways?', Letters, September 21).   more...

Root of problems

THE reason the woman is having trouble with her house in Fourth Avenue, York (`Our house is falling apart', September 16), is because of the nearby trees.  more...

Speaking clearly

DELIGHTED as I am that so distinguished a correspondent as Mr Enticknap should have taken the trouble to reply to my remarks about the proposed T-Mobile mast in Heworth, York, (Letters, September 22), I am at a loss to understand how he has come to interpret them the way he has.  more...

Lifestyle change

WE have been on a fortnightly rubbish collections for quite a while now.   more...

We must act to curb our waste

I WRITE in response to the evening Press's the Bin It! campaign.   more...

Is this a licence for trouble?

In the first of a week-long series of articles, crime reporter Chris Greenwood looks at York's drinking culture, and the move towards 24-hour opening  more...

York Sport

Billy fury

YORK City manager Billy McEwan expressed his frustration at the standard of Conference refereeing after seeing his side lose their second game of the season at Aldershot.  more...

Aldershot 2, York City 1

IT is a revealing statistic that York City have only conceded three goals this season in the first 87 minutes of matches.  more...

Hutch ensures it's the big Easi

MARKS made an impact in the York FA Saturday Senior Cup, but it was a maximum for Easingwold Town to shock top-flight Copmanthorpe.  more...

Green for go takes a while

FOR their second half showing Scarborough deserved their 1-0 win over Forest Green which should have been far more emphatic.  more...

Grant aid boosts cup tilt by Town

HARROGATE Town are just two matches from reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup after a 3-0 victory over Great Harwood Town, writes Dave Flett.  more...

Matthews brace is ace for Selby

A Tom Matthews double and a debut strike by substitute Gavin Dickinson saw Selby Town climb to fifth in the Northern Counties East League premier division.  more...

Billy fury

YORK City manager Billy McEwan expressed his frustration at the standard of Conference refereeing after seeing his side lose their second game of the season at Aldershot.  more...

Fans' boost for Knights

YORK City Knights have praised the Supporters' Club after they handed over £10,000 towards the formation of a new Academy side.  more...

Acorn run riot

Unbelievable as it sounds, York Acorn's 62-1 thrashing of Milford Marlins had them trailing by a football score at the end of the first quarter.  more...

Crocked and cramped

York paid the penalty for a slow start against a very competent Old Crossleyans team, who went on to win the Yorkshire One clash 26-17.   more...

Crezzie's ill-struck spot-kick

FORMER York City striker Richard Cresswell blew his chance of becoming an instant Elland Road scoring hero as Leeds United crashed 2-0 at home to Ipswich Town.  more...

Crocked and cramped

York paid the penalty for a slow start against a very competent Old Crossleyans team, who went on to win the Yorkshire One clash 26-17.   more...

Pen-punishers

IN a game littered with 33 penalties, Selby Rugby Union Club lost out at the death, suffering a double bout of Sandhill Lane anguish.  more...

Unlucky RI revival

A STORMING second half comeback was just too little for York Railway Institute in their Yorkshire Three trip to Roundhegians.  more...

Ivor the boot suits 'Trees

NESTLE Rowntree finished the strongest to seal a 23-18 victory in a see-swing encounter at Otley Fourths.  more...

Mitchell excels

Pocklington's enigmatic winning form continued with a 19-10 win at home to Yarnbury.  more...

Northern comfort for Malt

UNCHARTED territory held no fears for Malton and Norton, who made their first visit to Gateshead a triumphant one with a 24-13 win in Durham/Northumberland 1.  more...

Shredded feat..

Yorkshire Phoenix brought to a close their most wretched one-day season ever when they were torn to shreds by totesport League Second Division champions Sussex Sharks at Hove.  more...

Seeker can find victory - 26/09/05

New Seeker, the outstanding flagbearer for Clive Cox's successful Lambourn stable, can do his canny trainer yet another good turn at Goodwood tomorrow.  more...

Fans' boost for Knights

YORK City Knights have praised the Supporters' Club after they handed over £10,000 towards the formation of a new Academy side.  more...

Acorn run riot

Unbelievable as it sounds, York Acorn's 62-1 thrashing of Milford Marlins had them trailing by a football score at the end of the first quarter.  more...

Lowly Heworth in deep trouble

HEWORTH ARLC's search for their first points of the National Conference division two campaign continued as they were thrashed in the bottom-of-the-table encounter at Saddleworth.  more...

  
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