BEFORE the trees were felled we were told by the City of York Council they opposed the out-of-town shopping mall which had been given planning permission by Selby District Council and is now built on top of what was the beautiful old NHS hospital grounds
I AM a farmer so please could Mr Daniells (Featherbed farmers, Letters December 3) tell me where I can get a free featherbed as I definitely cannot afford to buy one even if they can still be bought. How would he feel if his wage fell from £400 a week
There is a happy land, right here EVERY now and then television jolts us out of our comfortable existence with pictures of other lands, where the harshness of human existence is quite appalling. But all is not what it seems. So, next time you see thousands
LEADING British plough maker, Dowdeswell Engineering, has presented an engraved silver salver to Ryedale arable farmer Graeme Witty to commemorate his achievement of becoming the first ploughman to have won both conventional and reversible world ploughing
SKIPTON, the eighth-largest building society in the UK, has acquired a controlling interest in EuroDirect Database Marketing Ltd. EuroDirect is a company which specialises in the development and marketing of information databases and marketing information
THE lucrative conference and seminar market for business travellers worldwide and nationwide must be capitalised on, says the Yorkshire Tourist Board (YTB). This was on the agenda to 100 representatives from the tourism industry at the annual general
INVESTMENT in the expansion and upgrading of its four French holiday parks has attracted extra business from UK tour operators for Queensborough Holdings. Martin Savage The leisure group, which takes in Lightwater Valley Theme Park, near Ripon, has seen
FLEET management and funding specialist Velo has expanded its operation into the North of England with the launch of a new office in Harrogate with seven new posts. Nigel Steed The new Velo (North) Ltd is headed by Yorkshireman Nigel Stead, who is riding
BICYCLE manufacturer Tandem is to concentrate on becoming a horse racing-related leisure company. Tandem, which recently moved its headquarters to York from Leigh, Lancashire, said the initial evaluation of acquisitions will enable it to develop along
MOLSUM, runner-up in both his races this season, can make it third time lucky at Leicester tomorrow. The five-year-old contests the Birch Handicap Hurdle and has excellent prospects of opening his winning account. Molsum certainly comes from a stable
PARCEL deliverer Amtrak Holdings has been acquired from its founder owner in an £86 million institutional buy-out led by venture capitalists 3i. Amtrak was started in 1987 by Roger Baines and his wife Elaine, and over 12 years has been built into a successful
ENOUGH'S enough, Mr Horne. You've made your point. It's time for some common sense. The hunger strike and regular condition checks reporting you at death's door have grabbed the headlines and focused the eyes of the nation on your cause. To continue with
TRANSFER-listed defender Tony Barras is in line for a surprise return to action tonight to help nurse Alan Little's stricken squad back to health. With influential skipper Steve Agnew ruled out with a groin injury following the 2-1 defeat at Wrexham on
TAX chiefs have come under fire for sending a former York resident now living in France a tax bill - for a mere 1p. The Inland Revenue sent retired NHS scientist George Longster the tax demand, with a post-paid reply envelope, to his home in Lanvallay
A BUS driver who tried to take a double-decker bus through Walmgate Bar was given the wrong vehicle by his company, York Magistrates heard. A City of York engineer inspects the damage after the bus crashed into Walmgate Bar in September Robert David Lacey
A NOTORIOUS stretch of the A64 is to be used to pilot a new scheme to take lorries off the roads. The plan to let the train take more of the strain could see a fall in the 1,000 lorries a day that currently thunder along the York to Scarborough road.
COUNCIL planners came face to face with objectors when they gathered to walk the controversial site of the £60m extension to York's Coppergate shopping centre. The planning committee, which will decide whether to follow council officers' recommendation
THREE of Nestle Rowntree's top-selling products have been named as Superbrands - instantly recognisable and cherished household names. KitKats, Smarties and Polos, all made in York, are up there with Coca Cola, McDonalds and Heinz Baked Beans in a new
THE jolly account by anonymous reporters Selby Gets Switched On (Evening Press, November 27) bears no resemblance to the event endured by local residents. We were subjected to an ugly cacophonous racket of jumbled instruments and strident voices, amplified
LAST Saturday just before 6pm, walking from the railway station past the Royal York Hotel, I witnessed the following incident. A group of five or six young men ahead of me suddenly broke into loud "monkey noises" at the approach of two black women carrying
SELBY was today given the Christmas present it had been hoping for when it was revealed that work would start on the town's bypass by 2001 at the latest. The early start date - revealed during a top-level meeting between Roads Minister Lord Larry Whitty
YORKSHIRE Bakery Sara Lee is moving into the art business in a bid to bring the work of local artists from Yorkshire and Humberside to the attention of staff and business colleagues. Joanna Marsden, of Sara Lee's head office at Monks Cross, York, admires
SHUT your eyes and think of famous brand names. Levis, Coca Cola, Kit Kat? In fact three products made in York are among the top names featured in a new book. All three, Kit Kat, Polo and Smarties are made by Nestl and show how much a part of our lives
CITY of York missed a great opportunity to open up a clear lead in the North Premier League first division when they were beaten 4-3 by Wigan. Victory would have put them in command at the top as joint leaders Doncaster had their game frozen off.York
ANY PLAN to cut traffic congestion and pollution in a city like York would seem, on the face of it, to merit an open-arms welcome. Further investigation, though, shows that no scheme dreamed up so far would go anywhere near solving the problem. Nor would
ALAN Little was today watching the video of Saturday's FA Cup disappointment at Wrexham as he considers an appeal against the sending off of Mark Tinkler. The City boss saw red after the 2-1 defeat, which saw the Minstermen finish the game with only nine
WORKERS are taking charge of their careers and demanding more flexible conditions, according to a York-based management consultant.Drake Beam Morin, of Swinegate, warned money and status were no longer the driving forces behind people's career decisions
Just my pot luck AFTER months spent practising assorted balancing acts and circus stunts, York Light Opera Society has suffered its first casualty while preparing for the musical Barnum. The cause, ironically, was nothing more dangerous than a simple
DRUGS Czar Keith Hellawell is to visit York as part of his drive to rid Britain of the growing health menace of litter left by addicts. The city has been chosen to host a major conference because of the way North Yorkshire experts tackle the problem of
MOTORISTS will get a free journey into York's city centre for at least two years, despite the Government pressing ahead with plans to make them pay. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott today revealed more details of his plans to "break the logjam" of
A DISGRACED nurse struck off for 'causing unnecessary distress' to a patient and rough-handling others won back her right to practise after a passionate plea for mercy at the disciplinary hearing. Ann Bailey, 47, of 44 Kirkcroft, Wigginton, York, said
MONTHS of work to celebrate York's Cancer Care Haven lay in ruins today because of the Barry Horne hunger strike protest. Supporters of Barry Horne show a message outside York District Hospital today This Saturday's long-awaited official opening of the
