VISITORS to the medieval town house, Barley Hall, off Stonegate, York, were offered free admittance and a range of fun activities to celebrate Yorkshire Day today. The Yorkshire Tourist Board sponsored the event, which included free Yorkshire cheese and
YORK Brewery's famous Yorkshire Terrier Ale has gone on sale on board GNER trains - just in time for Yorkshire Day. Passengers were celebrating today's festivities with a glass of the brew on the rails. The beer was available on all GNER trains, including
MORE than 200 Yorkshire dignitaries, town mayors and mayoresses and Yorkshire Society representatives marched through York today in full regalia to celebrate the Millennium Yorkshire Day. A colourful civic procession led the spectacle through York that
Scot MAXINE GORDON accepts a mission to live off Yorkshire food for one week. YOU'VE heard of Asda Price, but what about the Asda Challenge? In a spirit of regional patriotism to mark Yorkshire Day, the Leeds-based superstore group offered me this mission
GOD'S county has always been famous for its hearty grub and Yorkshire Day will see our capital city awash with it. For York's Newgate Market is playing host to some of the proudest purveyors of Yorkshire fruit, veg, cheese and sausages will be out in
THE debate about York's rubbish disposal has taken a new twist, with your report that Yorwaste has applied to extend the existing disposal site, outside Rufforth. Once, North Yorkshire County Council was responsible for York's rubbish disposal. The old
WITH reference to the scrutiny committee for corporate policy and audit and review matters at North Yorkshire County Council, the Labour group is refusing to participate in this committee because it will have a Tory chair when cabinet-style local government
A NORTH YORKSHIRE firm is celebrating after clinching a multi-million pound deal which could lead to the creation of 30 new jobs over the next 18 months. Bosses at ProVet UK Ltd, of Helperthorpe, near Malton, have just signed a five-year £7.5 million
THIS artist's impression gives the first glimpse of what facilities will look like inside the Royal York Hotel's ultra-modern £2.5 million conference centre. More than 50 jobs are expected to be created by the 3,000 sq ft conference and event centre,
GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys his second of three outings in Malham. THIS week I have tried to use the extensive open access areas near Malham to get you off the beaten track. We start in the open, a few miles north of the village. Water is the immediate interest
George Wilkinson sniffs the sea air at Saltburn. I was reminded of Saltburn-by-the-Sea by a recently published book that listed its gill as one of the top 200 Wildlife Trust sites in the UK. Hazy memories were triggered because when I was knee-high my
A MASSIVELY accelerated drive to forge even closer links between the University of York and businesses in York and North Yorkshire is to begin in October. It is fuelled by a £1.1 million government grant announced today to help the university to build
GIANNI Baroni has been appointed managing director of the 99-room, three-star privately-owned Monkbar Hotel in York. Formerly a general manager with Swallow Hotels - most recently at its four-star hotel in Northampton - his experience encompasses the
ALL (Scottish) Power to his elbow. Mark Fitzsimmons, Liverpudlian manager of the new Scottish Power store which has just opened at Clifton Moor, York, attempts a highland fling to the strains of piper Roddy MacDonald. So far the store has employed 14
Time is running out for business rate appeals, says Martin Foster of property consultants Chesterton. Under a new regime, appeals must be submitted by September 30, and any delays could mean ratepayers missing out on significant savings.
Firms across York and North and East Yorkshire have already started lining up to pit their success stories and innovative ideas against each other in our biggest and most glamorous Evening Press Business Awards ever. DAN RUTSTEIN profiles one of the entries
LOYALIST Yorkshire folk can show their devotion by reading a 'Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity' around York on the big day. Such fundamentalism is a mark of the fervour of its creators - the Yorkshire Ridings Society. And with August 1, 2000 marking
A fun Yorkshire Day quiz to test your knowledge of the county. The answers are at the bottom of the page. 1) Which Yorkshire town is famous for growing rhubarb and has recently revived its annual rhubarb fair? 2) Where in York would you find a statue
I WAS interested to read your correspondent's suggestion that the magnificent Minster production of the Mystery Plays should have been put on video (July 22). This is an idea which will doubtless be received with enthusiasm in some quarters. Not, however
I WOULD like to thank the two small girls who returned a handbag and most of the contents, many of which were of a great sentimental nature. The handbag was stolen on the afternoon of Friday, July 21. It is nice to know that the often-maligned children
YOUR readers may be interested to know that the Government's Grant-in-Aid scheme for war widows who wish to visit their husband's grave overseas, which was due to end next March, will now run for a further two years. The Government extended Grant-in-Aid
AFTER studying the detailed plans, visiting St Mary's and following the debate in the press I am convinced that if Coppergate Riverside goes ahead it will be disastrous for York. The economic viability of the historic city centre will be undermined, driving
Regular readers might remember that I have previously expressed an aversion to shopping. But now that Jean has lost most of her mobility, and has reluctantly handed over responsibility to me for carrying out shopping operations - I call them operations
AFTER Royal visits and the Millennium Mystery Play, you would think York Minster had seen enough excitement for one year. But fundraisers at St Leonard's Hospice are looking to fill the great cathedral with sound, and with singers and their audience,
A SURVEY of senior managers of small and medium-sized businesses in the North of England showed nearly 60 per cent had not considered insuring themselves against Internet-related hazards such as viruses, hackers and information misuse. The research, for
A NORTH YORKSHIRE pub is tripling its workforce following a major refurbishment. The Smith's Arms at Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, is reopening at the end of this month, and creating 18 new jobs in the process. It will now have 25 staff, who will all be put
The man behind some of the world's most popular TV shows has just penned a blockbuster which is set to become a major Hollywood movie. CHRIS TITLEY caught up with him on his first visit to York. YOU may not have heard of Robert Crais. You might not have
WHEN it comes to Malham, the busiest of Dales destinations, timing is crucial. "Like a zoo in the hols" said the shopkeeper, "busier than Blackpool on a Bank Holiday." At the car park a schoolboy sidled up with an eco-questionnaire, "Were cars a problem
George Wilkinson checks out the latest Moorsbus destination, Fadmoor. Fadmoor is a new destination for the Moorsbus and opens up a lot of territory for gravity-assisted linear walks from the edge of the moors down into Ryedale. Fadmoor to Helmsley is
Unrivalled views are GEORGE WILKINSON's reward for a climb up Easterside Hill. Easterside Hill is the one that really stands out in shapely isolation when seen from Newgate Bank as you drive the Helmsley to Stokesley road deep in Bilsdale. For a generation
A POCKLINGTON computer systems company which has developed software tailor-made for estate agents has merged with a similar firm in the South with the possibility of creating dozens more local jobs. The marriage between Solex Computer Systems Ltd, on
HARROGATE-based Signs Express has been named UK Vehicle Graphics Company 2000 by the Institute of Transport Management. Signs Express manufactures and supplies a wide range of signs, for a range of businesses, trades and industries, with vehicle graphics
GIANT'S Causeway, as tough as he is talented, can come out on top in a fascinating renewal of the £250,000 Champagne Lanson Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood tomorrow. The colt, trained in County Tipperary by Aidan O'Brien, will be reunited with Michael
Stephen Lewis investigates the background to the suspension of city archivist Rita Freedman. TO anyone interested in local history or tracing their family tree, the York City Archives have long been a familiar friend. Tucked away at the back of the City
A GOOD pub landlady is many things. She is a confidante, a counsellor and a comedienne. She is both friend and law enforcer. She is a businesswoman and an ambassador - not to mention cook, waitress and chief bottle washer. Find any lively, popular and
YORKSHIRE has recorded many milestones in its long and proud history, and today two more can be added to the record books. Yorkshire Day is celebrating its 25th anniversary; and we launch York's first interactive soap opera. Yorkshire Day was born out
