MANDRILL Television, the York-based TV production company, has won its biggest single order yet from the Discovery Home and Health Channel. The deal, worth about £1million, is for four new television series, totalling 24 hours of programming, and will
A MAJOR new multi-million pound office scheme in York has been praised by the city's inward investment chief. At a ceremony to mark its completion, Concept Court, Clifton Moor, was praised by Denise Dodd, the acting chief executive of the York-based york-england.com
EUROSAFE UK, the construction and property health and safety consultancy, has bought a dedicated training centre at the new Horizon Court, at Clifton Moor, York. It is the first deal secured by joint agents Lawrence Hannah Skelton and Lambert Smith Hampton
NORTH Yorkshire Chief Constable Della Cannings claims that the Government's proposed regionalisation of our police forces will bring a more "efficient" future (February 1). Forgive my cynicism, but isn't the word "efficient" simply a political euphemism
ARE you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... When you are reared with the weird, bizarre becomes the norm. If you are brought up in a family of oddbods, what are the chances of you being normal? Fairly rare, I'd say. For instance, let's say your mum
I READ the article Filling The Gap about the forthcoming changes in dental provision and the effect it will have on the people of York (January 30). Kay Goodwin, of the primary care trust (PCT), assures us that if dental practices opt out of the NHS the
I WOULD like to pay tribute to Peter Terry who died last week in St Monica's Hospital. He was one of nature's gentlemen in the truest sense of the word. It was a great privilege to meet him. He treated everyone in the same way, whether workmen at Terry's
READERS may recall recent publicity regarding bogus Third World clothing collections. These scams are operated by commercial businesses who distribute leaflets to homes which give the impression that the clothes are being collected for good causes (the
AT last, amid the barrage of criticisms and insults about the Joseph Rowntree Foundation from campaigners trying to undermine our hopes for a new community at Derwenthorpe, comes a positive message: Mr Warters believes too many flats have been built in
FRANK Wilson asks how much Osbaldwick Parish Council is spending on legal costs fighting the proposed Derwenthorpe development (Letters, January 26). However, it seems that those parish council meetings are open secrets as he seems to know what the figures
A READER'S letter revealed that Osbaldwick Parish Council had agreed to raise the precept by an unprecedented 100 per cent to finance a barrister and solicitor to oppose the Derwenthorpe public inquiry (January 26). The parish council's vice-chairman,
I WOULD like to respond to the numerous inaccuracies in Trevor D Scott's letter (February 4). Firstly, the suggestion that Manor School could have relocated to the Donnelley's site is ridiculous as permission for a new build did not come through until
FIVE new vehicles which will allow York council workers to add plastic bottles to the city's kerbside recycling scheme have been unveiled. More than £500,000 has been invested in the specialist vehicles, which will initially only be available to the 60,000
HOW many Government officials does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: none. Instead they hire in a team of outside consultants to report on the future of light sources in the working environment; to consider the relative feasibility of different
CAMPAIGNERS warned today they were preparing to go to the Court of Appeal in a fresh bid to block the redevelopment of York's Barbican site. The Save Our Barbican (SOB) campaign said it intended asking a judge to quash planning permission, granted by
MIRROR, mirror, on the wall... War veteran Jim Rogers took a chance to reflect on his old military days, as he took a trip down memory lane in York. Mr Rogers, nicknamed "Buck", has been revisiting old haunts, and dropped in at Bettys in St Helen's Square
DISGUSTING. That was the verdict of councillors today after travellers left a roadside site near Selby needing a massive clean-up. Environmental health chiefs were yesterday calculating the cost of the clean-up operation at the Field Lane site, by the
STEVE Evans starred for Acorn ARL in their York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one match with Flag 'A'. After notching a maximum in his pairs, Evans included another 180 before closing on 106 for a superb 15 darts. Acorn went on to wrap up victory
CORONERS in York and North Yorkshire have criticised plans to cut their number to only one. But they have welcomed plans to improve the system for grieving families. Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman said yesterday the current system was
A SICKNESS virus which has hit York Hospital today appeared to be on the decline. Five wards remained closed today to fresh admissions because of the Norwalk-type virus, which causes sickness and diarrhoea. But that figure was down from eight wards at
CITY of York Men's first team managed to stop the rot with a 2-2 home draw with Rotherham. York had lost their last three Northern Hockey League premier division games and it looked bleak when they went 1-0 down inside two minutes. Fine work by goalkeeper
THIS is the image of a man suspected of carrying out a serious sexual assault on a woman in York's Newgate Market. Police said he approached the victim from behind and pushed her into a wall before subjecting her to the terrifying attack. The woman, who
GUUS Hiddink has emerged as the leading candidate to take over as England manager when Sven Goran-Eriksson leaves Soho Square this summer. Dutchman Hiddink heads most informed short-lists as the man most likely to succeed Sven. While the likes of Arsene
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 100 years ago The development of modern railway travel, both in point of speed and comfort, had been nowhere more marked in this country than on the main line that connected York and London. The enterprise of the Great Northern
Monday, February 6, 2006 100 years ago The careful observer who was privileged to pass through the Yorkshire Dales, either by rail or road, could scarcely have failed to observe the remarkable increase in the number of little hillocks, which indicated
NEW Earswick All Blacks stayed on course for promotion to the Pennine League's premier division after a vital 28-10 triumph at Park Amateurs. The home team began the game in fourth place knowing a win would revitalise their own promotion hopes but they
VANDALISM, fly tipping, dog fouling, cars being abandoned - all are crimes, all blight neighbourhoods, and all are notoriously difficult to stop. Yet York Pride, the city council's clean-up campaign, has scored some notable successes against the antisocial
GEORGE WILKINSON heads to the North York Moors village of Hutton-le-Hole for a brisk New Year's walk. Hutton-le-Hole, the famously pretty village of the North York Moors, was winter quiet; no sheep on the green, few people eating ice cream, a cold clear
Moderate Muslims speak about respect, and put forward a lack of respect for their religious culture by native Britons as a significant factor in the world wide havoc which is being wrought upon non believers in the name of their Prophet. Those who have
It's been a long winter on the East Coast and people cannot wait 'til things open up fully for the season. For one poor chap - spotted in the window of a holiday apartment in Robin Hood's Bay - the wait was obviously far too long. But at least they've
A CLAMPDOWN on smoking in public areas and workplaces could be extended into the living room, under new measures being considered by health chiefs. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is preparing new guidance to protect nurses, midwives and health visitors
A COMPROMISE plan for the Government's education reforms looks set to be announced this week - after York MP Hugh Bayley won safeguards from Prime Minister Tony Blair. Head teachers in York and Ryedale feared the Government's school reform plans could
FROM sponsored bounces to carol singing, people across the community have been throwing themselves behind the Evening Press' Guardian Angels appeal. The Evening Press reported last week how the £300,000 appeal had passed the £25,000 mark, less than four
STAND by for an even bigger and better Venturefest at York Racecourse tomorrow. More than 2,000 visitors are expected to the day-long event, which brings together brilliant entrepreneurial ideas and investors. For the third successive year, Yorkshire
Sick of baggy bums and lumpy legs? Maybe it's time you indulged in a bit of jean therapy. JO HAYWOOD reports. LEVI Strauss always knew a good business opportunity when he saw one. In 1852, aged 24, he arrived in San Francisco at the height of the California
COLD weather offered an opportunity to witness the difference between the sexes, where "fashion" is concerned. I learned some time ago that men choose shoes primarily on the basis of comfort, whilst women put style and colour first. To the fairer sex,
NOT long ago Craig Holt, the landlord of the Five Lions pub, encouraged England football fans to risk their lives by travelling to Turkey. Now he is exhorting violent thugs to ignore travel bans and go to Germany. Is this the responsible attitude we should
I WAS on holiday in Greece recently enjoying the winter sunshine and eating a local cheese pie delicacy in a secluded park with my partner. Abruptly I was accosted by a well-dressed beggar who asked for money. His accent was a Middle Eastern one and when
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to remember a brave teenager who fought three brain tumours before dying at the age of just 14. The procession for the funeral of Lee McLaren made its way slowly up the Market Place to All Saints' Church, Kirkbymoorside yesterday
ANDREW Burns was in peerless form for York City Baths Club at the Harrogate Opening meet. The 12-year-old stormed to the top boy award as won the 50 metres, 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m and 200m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley events and
A ROGUE builder who is facing legal moves to ban him from the trade has disappeared, police said today. Officers now fear Joseph Horner may have fled the country to escape justice. A warrant has been issued for his arrest but, in spite of daily top-level
NEW Earswick All Blacks stayed on course for promotion to the Pennine League's premier division after a vital 28-10 triumph at Park Amateurs. The home team began the game in fourth place knowing a win would revitalise their own promotion hopes but they
THIS year's young York City Knights squad has been built with one eye on the future according to head coach Mick Cook. Only six of the 29-strong squad were born before 1980 making the Knights one of the youngest teams in National League One going into
FLY-TIPPERS, vandals - and residents who put bin bags out early - could be captured on film. A covert camera is being used to catch culprits in the act of committing environmental offences which cost City of York Council more than £100,000 to clear up
"NO Students." Those words are music - soft, melodic and at a reasonable volume - to my ears. In what is being hailed as a landmark decision that will have implications across Britain, a new housing estate has been built which bans students. Developers
FIVE new vehicles which will allow York council workers to add plastic bottles to the city's kerbside recycling scheme have been unveiled. More than £500,000 has been invested in the specialist vehicles, which will initially only be available to the 60,000
GRAFFITI is nothing new, of course. Go downstairs at Bettys and you can see the evidence of a previous generation of "taggers". Dozens of names are scratched into the mirror. Luckily for the perpetrators, and for us, there were no covert cameras around
A series of cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper has sparked violence, rioting and anger across the world. So were newspapers right to publish in the name of freedom of speech, or not? And have the protests gone too far
THIS year's young York City Knights squad has been built with one eye on the future according to head coach Mick Cook. Only six of the 29-strong squad were born before 1980 making the Knights one of the youngest teams in National League One going into
