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Stories for 10 May 2006

York Business

The Robards report: Double take for city uni

It has been said that York is too small a city to be the home of two universities.   more...

York Education

Top marks for town school

A SECONDARY school in Selby district has been given top marks in its latest report - less than a year after winning specialist arts status.  more...

Wow! Pupils head for top

Today they are still at school - tomorrow they could be rivals to Richard Branson. Education reporter Haydn Lewis caught up with some young entrepreneurs from Huntington School, who have given York's business leaders some real food for thought.  more...

York News

This bus is a step back, not forwards

I WAS astounded by the attack from Strensall's Liberal Democrat councillor Madeleine Kirk on correspondent M Warters (Celebrate the ftr, Readers' Letters, May 6).   more...

ftr bus is late twice in a row

FOR the second day running, the ftr bus has not show up in time for me to take my children to school in Heslington.   more...

It'll take more

I MADE my first journey this morning on the new ftr service. It left me positively under-whelmed.  more...

Just too fancy

WHAT a hullabaloo! Are we talking a cure for cancer, are we talking about world peace, an end to child poverty maybe?   more...

Ignore the hype

CAN we please see an end to the falsehoods and propaganda perpetrated by both First and the council's transport department?  more...

So few users

DESPITE all the publicity the ftr has received, I fear it will not succeed.   more...

Free for all

I AM pleased to see that First has decided to take free bus travel for pensioners one step further - now it's free for everyone using ftr!  more...

Heslington chaos

EVEN the state-of-the-art satellite tracking system on the new ftr buses will not prevent these vehicles from being caught up in the gridlock on the Heslington Hall roundabout (they seem to experience some difficulty negotiating this 180-degree bend), caused by those ridiculous chicanes on the road towards Fulford.   more...

Eating people...

ACCORDING to Coun Galloway, "ftr brings the most modern public transport system that's available - certainly in this city, and possibly in the world".  more...

"Why should passengers pay a different price for a ticket if they pay cash on the bus?"

FIRSTLY, I would like to wish First well on the launch of the new ftr bus in the city, but do so cautiously.  more...

True appeal of a local paper

News matters. Communities matter. That is why The Press is proud to join in the celebrations for Local Newspaper Week - the week when papers across the country remind readers of the important work they do. LUCY STEPHENS reports.  more...

Here for you

AS your local newspaper, we pride ourselves on fighting your corner. But it's not often we blow our own trumpet.  more...

Rough ride for new bus

IT HAS been hyped as the bus of the future. But you need only look at our letters pages today to realise it's a future the people of York don't seem to want.  more...

Way we were

Wednesday, May 10, 2006  more...

New superbus runs into trouble on its first day

THE newly-appointed Transport Secretary faced a baptism of fire as he visited York today, amid uproar over the city's controversial new superbus.  more...

School bans Rachel, 15, over mouth piercing

A TEENAGER has been banned from her school - because she refuses to remove her lip piercing.  more...

'We miss him'

IT is now six months since the death of schoolboy Joe Lister in a school trip caving tragedy. Here, his parents speak exclusively to The Press about their loss.  more...

HQ plan 'will be approved'

PLANS for a multi-million pound office building, which could bring 150 new jobs to York, look set to get the go-ahead.  more...

Multiple Sclerosis sufferer runs slimming classes

DAWN Hunter is just like other slimming instructors - she feels passionately about helping people lose weight.  more...

We take a look around York's newest tourist attraction

FOR nearly 50 years, it has been a mystery to all except those who worked there. But now, the secret story of York's nuclear bunker is being revealed to the public.  more...

Racial abuse man must go on course

A MAN who drove his neighbour to the verge of suicide through racial abuse has been spared jail - but ordered to attend a special course on racism.  more...

'Drop cap on council tax'

ANY moves to end council tax capping would be warmly welcomed in York, the city's council leader said today.  more...

Community centre vandalism fury

Vandalism by gangs of youngsters has left a popular York community centre facing closure, its leader warned today.   more...

Racegoers asked to cough up £5 to park

FANCY a day out at the races? If you want to park during Knavesmire's top meetings this season you will be hit with a £5 charge, York Racecourse has announced.  more...

Anna's gone and left us a clone

FOR someone who's meant to work in the news industry, I'm sometimes woefully out of touch.  more...

Hurley rises to the Hovis challenge

THERE is life after Radio York. Ask Mike Hurley, whose popular Saturday morning show, Hurley Burley, was axed from the station last year.  more...

York Sport

Prize purse rises

RECORD prize money of over £5.5million will be up for grabs at York Races this year.  more...

Truth will tell - 10/05/06

Bank on York-based jockey Robert Winston and champion trainer Sir Michael Stoute making their mark at Ripon this evening.   more...

Final triumphs for junior sides

COPMANTHORPE FC Under-12s are pictured above celebrating winning the York Mitchell League Plate after beating Carr Vikings 4-3 in the final at Tadcaster Albion.  more...

Clean sweep for North Yorkshire RL starlets

NORTH Yorkshire Service Area representative junior rugby league teams enjoyed a clean sweep of victories over South Yorkshire on the opening weekend of competition.  more...

City boss slams Bishop contract

YORK City boss Billy McEwan has expressed dismay at the contract clause that will see Conference top scorer Andy Bishop leave KitKat Crescent for nothing.  more...

New-ball pair to strike in tandem

Yorkshire have their new-ball pairing of Deon Kruis and Jason Gillespie in joint action for the first time this season in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match against Kent which began at Canterbury today.  more...

Kaye is king in York match on Marley Lake

The 26 anglers who fished in the York match enjoyed some great sport on Marley Lake at the Laybourne complex.   more...

Early boost for Bridge

Sheriff Hutton Bridge, who narrowly avoided relegation from division one last season, began the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League season with a comfortable win at home to newly promoted Stillington.   more...

Swift effort gets Clifton team prize

Clifton Cycling Club won the team prize at the Team Swift time trial.   more...

New-ball pair to strike in tandem

Yorkshire have their new-ball pairing of Deon Kruis and Jason Gillespie in joint action for the first time this season in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match against Kent which began at Canterbury today.  more...

City boss slams Bishop contract

YORK City boss Billy McEwan has expressed dismay at the contract clause that will see Conference top scorer Andy Bishop leave KitKat Crescent for nothing.  more...

Rivals to wield more money power

YORK City boss Billy McEwan has confessed the club will not be able to compete with the likes of Oxford United and Exeter City in the Conference transfer market this summer.  more...

All set for primary schools' best of the best Champions League contest

Full-time has been called on the Primary Schools Football Leagues and the winners are now getting ready to do battle in the Champions League.  more...

Easi does it for sixth-form

Hat-trick hero Arthur Broadbent helped catapult the Wilmot Fisher Trophy into the arms of his Easingwold School Sixth Form team-mates.  more...

Hunters net rally trophy

Netballers at Huntington School had plenty to smile about after winning the York and District under-13 rally.  more...

Gym boys are strong contenders

Gymnasts at Archbishop Holgate's School have put York on the map after finishing eighth at the national finals.  more...

  
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