Army veterans are marching to the rescue of York's military traditions, and more than 200 jobs. Gunner Fred Patrick, who was de-mobbed at Imphal Barracks in 1946 after serving with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, says York must keep its
BE on your guard against bogus invoices. That is the warning issued to 3,800 members of chambers of commerce in North Yorkshire, Leeds and Bradford following a spate of money demands for alleged inclusion into non-existent business directories. Other
MORE than 160 companies in North Yorkshire have just been given some thought for food. All were food firms which received information packs from Business Link North Yorkshire Ltd, including details of market research and examples of recent public sector
A US-owned global pharmaceutical development services company with its 800-employee European laboratory headquarters in Harrogate has earned its spurs. After the first year of trading as a New York stock exchange floated company, Covance reports that
A TINY York law firm which is helping to float Pocklington-based JWE Telecom on the stock exchange has proved that small is beautiful. Philip Ashworth & Company, of Greystones, Clifton Park, just four years old and with a staff of four, completed
Racing with Tom O'Ryan Turnpole, who did this column such a good turn when winning last year's Cesarewitch Handicap as a nap selection at 16/1, is likewise napped to produce a notable encore in tomorrow's £60,000 Tote Chester Cup. The seven-year-old,
Profits in store for investors It's not just shoppers and job-seekers in York who are thrilled about plans to open a new £10 million 350-staff Debenhams store at Coppergate in spring, 2001. Investors in the top store's shares have something to celebrate
The government is to give a local flavour to the National Lottery with new guidelines to channel more cash into grassroots community programmes. A York neighbourhood watch scheme has welcomed today's announcement by Culture Secretary Chris Smith that
Moves to ease traffic problems in the North York Moors village featured in the TV show Heartbeat look set to be approved by highways chiefs. About 1.5 million Heartbeat fans flock every year to Goathland, near Whitby, which is known as Aidensfield in
FARMERS have defended the use of antibiotics on farms after warnings that the drugs were weakening doctors' ability to fight human illness. Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent illness in livestock, and are also fed to some animals including beef
Hosts York City Rowing Club celebrated Ouse success in nine events of their record-breaking Spring Regatta. A record number of crews from around the country contested the annual regatta, which was blighted by blustery conditions on the course on the River
When both your corner takers fall over in the act of kicking; when the opposition commit more fouls but you end up with more bookings; when your Norwegian international with 50 caps falls for the debutant centre half's flashy dummy to be sent off, then
Yorkshire Cricket from David Warner Darren Lehmann calmly collected his first Benson and Hedges century for Yorkshire yesterday to set them up for victory by 36 runs over Derbyshire at Derby and virtually guarantee them a place in the quarter-final draw
York City today confirmed defender Neil Thompson as player-coach. The 34-year-old Thompson was installed among the backroom staff after his permanent move from relegated Premiership side Barnsley was confirmed. City boss Alan Little hailed the recruitment
Medieval history came vividly to life in North Yorkshire over the Bank Holiday. Ancient music, tournaments and religious customs and pageantry brought a touch of the past to English Heritage events throughout the county. At Helmsley Castle, good triumphed
Publican Dave Burn is experiencing spirits of a different kind at his pub in York. Dave, 60, has noticed odd things happening since taking over the Cock and Bottle in Skeldergate, four weeks ago. He says strange noises and vibrations have occurred even
East coast resorts today reported a bumper Bank Holiday Monday after temperatures in North Yorkshire soared - and the weathermen say more sunshine is on the way. So many tourists were lured to Whitby that the town ran out of parking space. Other resorts
Green-thinking residents are calling for a public meeting with rail bosses over controversial plans to tackle the problem of leaves on a York line. It follows a decision by Railtrack to plant an avenue of beech saplings in Bootham Park - even though council
At first, Elaine Booker thought it was a leather seat cushion, lying abandoned in a Pickering street at midnight. But when she investigated, the leather case on the footpath in Castlegate, Pickering, turned out to contain nothing less than the chain of
Nestl Rowntree has joined forces with other leading confectioners to head off a potentially disastrous world shortage of cocoa. Fungal diseases and pests are attacking cocoa crops around the world, leading some researchers to predict a future shortage
Child killer Mary Bell got pregnant while serving time at an open prison near York, it was sensationally revealed in the book about her life published today. Bell, who strangled two toddlers when she was 11 years old, describes in Cries Unheard how she
