A retired major general is backing the campaign to save York's army headquarters. Maj Gen Murray Naylor, who was General Officer Commanding of the York-based North East District and 2nd Infantry Division between 1987 and 1989, is the most senior army
Venture capital investment in the Yorkshire region has broken all records. The amount that people are prepared to invest in firms that appear to be going places in the region rocketed by 62 per cent. As much as £249 million was sunk into 82 Yorkshire
An inventor who marketed his revolutionary plastic with the help of Business Link North Yorkshire will have his new polymer exhibited in the Government's Millennium Dome in London. Electronics engineer David Lussey, who discovered the revolutionary plastic
Chief executive Phil Elliott today dismissed speculation about York Rugby League Club's financial situation in the wake of the resignation of secretary Sue McNichol. Elliott refuted claims that the secretary's departure was prompted by cash problems resurfacing
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Further flight, one of the most popular horses in training, is assured of a hero's welcome if he wins tomorrow's feature race at Chester. Victory for the evergreen 12-year-old in the £55,000 Ormonde Stakes would take his prize money
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A chance to invest in a racehorse will be offered to the more than 25,000 visitors expected at the three-day World of Racing exhibition at York Racecourse starting on May 29. A bloodstock sales promotion event will involve staging sales of shares each
Measures to protect the quantity and quality of drinking water stocks around Selby have been imposed on Yorkshire Water after a public inquiry. The company appealed against conditions imposed on licences granted by the Environment Agency to abstract water
As the deadline for challenges to the new North Yorkshire power line advances, opposition groups are powering up their campaign to pull the plug on the controversial pylons. North Yorkshire County Council has until next month to decide whether it will
Tourism bosses in York today predicted an economic boost from news that another major company has gone global on the World Wide Web. York-based rail company GNER has launched itself on the Internet, allowing tourists from overseas to arrange travel plans
FORMER policeman Sandy Kelly is protesting to Prime Minister Tony Blair after the Government fuelled speculation that IRA killer Paul Magee could be freed within two years. Sandy, who survived being shot four times by Magee, near Tadcaster, in 1992, but
This could be the future face of York city centre after a £60 million extension to the Coppergate Centre. The large-scale model has gone on display at the Guildhall as part of a major public consultation exercise launched yesterday by City of York Council
Hidden divide on land Stable prices disguise a growing divide between purely commercial farms and those with residential or amenity appeal, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in its latest quarterly survey of the agricultural land
Business failures in Yorkshire dropped sharply in March, according to new figures published by chartered accountants Deloitte & Touche. There were only 10 receiverships and administration orders in the region last month, as against 22 in February.
St Peter's School, York, rower Andrew Dangerfield will represent Great Britain in the Munich Regatta this weekend. He will be rowing in a double scull and a quad scull and is the first rower from the school to win Great Britain honours. His success follows
Fuelling Yorkshire's "feelgood factor", Moor Lane Construction, the York-based industrial building, civil engineering and design and build firm has just completed a £650,000 project to house Leeds graphic arts equipment makers Heights Design. Steve Hargreaves
The cost of devotion to York City is being raised for the first time in three years. The Division Two club have announced that "on the day" admission prices for games at Bootham Crescent next season will be increased by 50 pence. Ground admittance for
Warters gunning for Stowe by Stuart Martel Jorvik Warrior Jamie Warters craves a "coming of age" outcome from his War of the Roses battle with Warren Stowe. The York light-heavyweight puts his six-fight unbeaten record on the line against wily campaigner
York is set to develop a new business alliance with Boston in America, providing a major boost to key bio-technology and tourism sectors. The deputy mayor of Boston, Robert Wolfgang, was in the city today exploring the prospects for a range of mutually
Double child killer Mary Bell secured a job at a local children's nursery a month after leaving her North Yorkshire prison, it has emerged. In the controversial book about her life, Bell reveals that she did not appreciate there would be a problem in
Selby's leading Tory today called for the resignation of district council leader Geoff Lynch after a new local authority performance league showed Selby near the bottom of the table. Councillor John Emsley, Conservative group leader on the Labour-dominated
It's already giving Gretna Green a run for its money on the marriage ceremony stakes - now York is being dubbed the "hen-night capital of the country". The city's tourism bureau announced today that it receives up to five inquiries a week from future
Two North Yorkshire men were in custody today after a massive police effort to catch blackmailers threatening to poison soft drinks. Detectives swooped on a remote spot near Tadcaster, last night, at the end of a full-day surveillance operation involving
