Reader's letter The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust has its northern regional fundraising office just outside Harrogate. The trust's aim is to maintain the national Bone Marrow Register, providing bone marrow donors for patients with leukaemia and related
Readers' letters I feel duty-bound to come to the aid of Mrs Petitt, who was so mercilessly criticised by Dr Michael White and David Quarrie (Letters, April 5) for daring to report on the anti-British versus pro-German bias which she encountered when
Putting too high a price on care The people who apply for home help do so because they desperately need assistance. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
York City FC: Hulme facing four match suspension Combative midfielder Kevin Hulme's season could be over after Saturday's trip to Cheltenham. York City FC: Kids set for ticket bonus York City are set to launch their new season ticket package imminently
It ain't half dotcom Two ex-soldiers have turned their former homesickness for British food into a multi-million pound York-based business. Lorry crashes leave two dead Two men died in accidents involving heavy vehicles on North Yorkshire's roads early
Bid to make city more appealing to visitors An attempt is being made to rebrand York for the summer - updating its appeal as one of the country's leading visitor destinations. Small business supremo sees what's on offer Britain's new small business supremo
Hollywood heartthrob Jason Priestley will get a taste of life in the fast lane with the help of York-born star driver James Thompson. DRIVING AMBITION: York's James Thompson, second left, with Hollywood star Jason Priestley at Honda team' garage at the
Clowns, balloons and lots of challenging games equalled big fun in York today at the launch of Maths Year 2000. NUMBERS UP: Mr Numbervator (Isaac Anoom) with pupils at Park Grove School today at the launch of Maths Year 2000 Picture: David Harrison Schoolchildren
York will not be in the running for T'Owd Tin Pot this year after pulling out of the first round of the UAP Yorkshire Cup. The Clifton Park club were due to face Doncaster on Wednesday night, but have been forced to call off the game because they cannot
Congestion-busting plans for a £1.5 million roundabout today got Government backing. The Department for Transport, Environment and the Regions announced £500,000 to be spent on the junction of the A19 and A1237 at Rawcliffe. The remaining money will be
City of York's second team were the victims of their own generosity as they lost 4-2 at home to Sheffield. The south Yorkshire side turned up a man short for the end of season friendly fixture and City offered them Colin Moore to even up the sides. At
Yorkshire followers need to become acquainted with several new regulations in first class and one-day matches this season. In the PPP healthcare County Championship, the 18 counties are split into two divisions for the first time with a three-up and three-down
All of Yorkshire's home born capped players have now been put on three year contracts in order to prevent the side from splitting up. And their star Australian batsman, Darren Lehmann, who arrives over the weekend to begin a new two year contract, is
A new Harrogate commercial design team has scooped a £250,000 contract. Insyte partners Paul Welch, left, and Duncan Tweedy celebrate their contract success with Monster.com mascots, Trump and Kruter which will be installed in the London headquarters
Each new season brings a different sort of challenge for Yorkshire's Huddersfield-born batsman Matthew Wood, who celebrated his 23rd birthday last week. PREPARED: Matthew Wood In 1998, he stood on the threshold of his first class career and wondered with
Bettys & Taylors, of Harrogate the tea room, baker, confectioner and tea and coffee merchant, has qualified for Investors in People status for the fourth year in succession. The company yesterday celebrated its success at being one of the first organisations
Yorkshire open their season on Saturday, but a lot of tricky questions requiring answers before one can feel confident that by mid-September they will have emerged as the county which has led the way into the new millennium. SET TO DAZZLE: Australian
Delegates from the world's rail industry converged on Corus Rail Consultancy, the York-based rail design company to learn all about the might of its high tech processes. WELL TRAINED: Hugh Fenwick, managing director of Corus Rail Consultancy, with his
Evening Press leader Normally you would keep Marmite and Bisto well away from hi-tech computer equipment. But two lateral thinkers are hoping to join the gravy train by selling these household names through the Internet. Many Web fortunes are based on
Yorkshire unexpectedly stumbled to a three-wicket defeat in their one-day friendly match against a new-look Derbyshire at Derby yesterday in a game played under Benson and Hedges rules. Put in to bat, Yorkshire made 182 for eight off their 50 overs after
Evening Press leader The people who apply for home help do so because they desperately need assistance. Many are elderly and too frail to manage. Others are incapacitated through illness or disability. Without support they simply could not cope. Yet City
York City are set to launch their new season ticket package imminently with kids likely to be quids in. The club are ready to announce price reductions for all under-18s and they will again be designating two matches as "kid-for-a-quid" games next season
An attempt is being made to rebrand York for the summer - updating its appeal as one of the country's leading visitor destinations. Gillian Cruddas: Looking for fresh ways to present the city First Stop York, the public-private tourism partnership, has
A late Christmas present has been handed to our Hospice 2000 Appeal and to York and District Against Motor Neurone Disease, thanks to the generosity of villagers. Lesley Digby, front left, from Dunnington and Grimston Playing Fields Association presents
The Princess Royal is to see at first hand the work of leading researchers in the University of York's biology department tomorrow. The Princess Royal: to see York research work She will hear about work in cancer research, and the encouragement of spin-off
Two ex-soldiers have turned their former homesickness for British food into a multi-million pound York-based business. SIMON Aldrich wades through the foliage at Tropical World in Leeds to launch a York-based e-commerce venture bringing home comforts
A man has been barred from all professional soccer matches for a year and four more were fined following incidents at Saturday's game between York City and Darlington. The five, all from Darlington, saw very little of the match because they had been drinking
Reader's letter It's not often I agree with Mike Usherwood (Letters, March 30), but I too was sorry that no significant extra money was found for transport in the Budget. The Chancellor had promised that the income from any rise in fuel duty in excess
Reader's letter When spending six days in York District Hospital recently, I found that standards in every case were high. The nurses were cheerful, but not "objectionably" so; the doctors were approachable, and welcomed questions about my condition -
A teenage son is awaiting sentence for wounding and his father has been bound over at York Crown Court. Scott Paul Tennant, 18, had originally been charged with attempting to murder Richard Lewis in The Groves in March last year. His father, Paul Stephen
An environmental group in York says proposals for major housing development on the city's outskirts will "destroy 53 acres of very fine landscape and wildlife habitat". Barry Potter, chairman of the York Natural Environment Panel, said the scheme to build
Yet more industrial development has begun at an industrial estate at Sheriff Hutton, near York. A terrace of three speculative 2,000 sq ft industrial units is being built and should be completed by the end of this month. Developers Woodhouse Barry Construction
A new milestone in aggressive growth at the York office of Ward Evans group was announced today as the independent insurers appointed eight new people and flagged up two new promotions. It brings the number employed by Ward Evans at Station House in Hull
Britain's new small business supremo toured North Yorkshire and warned that he would sack Business Links which were not performing well. David Irwin, chief executive of the new Small Business Service who visited Science City's Innovation Centre at York
Combative midfielder Kevin Hulme's season could be over after Saturday's trip to Cheltenham. Kevin Hulme The 33-year-old was sent off for serious foul play during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Darlington at Bootham Crescent, and not for a second bookable offence
Plans to improve services for North Yorkshire patients born with a cleft lip or palate are to be the subject of a three-month consultation with local people. Barrie Fisher: wants as much feedback as possible The plans call for the creation of a centre
Warnings by Britain's general union that call centres are turning into "the new sweatshops of Britain" have been dismissed by Card Protection Plan(CPP) in York. Stephen West: 'term couldn't be further from truth' The GMB union has alleged conditions in
Nearly ten per cent of the elderly and disabled people in York who were receiving a council-run domestic support service have withdrawn since following a steep hike in the price of the service. City of York Council's social services committee was told
York hospital specialists must work more closely with colleagues from Harrogate and possibly Scarborough to maintain the most modern medical standards, the chief of executive of North Yorkshire Health Authority has warned. But Barrie Fisher told the annual
Bringing back matron is remedy for hospitals When spending six days in York District Hospital recently, I found that standards in every case were high. Fuelling the economy It's not often I agree with Mike Usherwood (Letters, March 30), but I too was
Two men died in accidents involving heavy vehicles on North Yorkshire's roads early today. The wreckage of the Vauxhaul Corsa car in a fatal accident with a lorry in a parking area The first man was killed when his Vauxhall Corsa car collided with the
