A DEDICATED property services team to deal with all aspects of accounting and taxation in property transactions has been created by North Yorkshire's largest accountancy firm. The four-strong team has been established by Garbutt & Elliott, which has
DAVID HARBOURNE, chief executive of North Yorkshire TEC reports on the battle strategy to breach and beat the skills shortage. Earlier this year, the National Skills Task Force presented its final report to the Government. Several issues were highlighted
Like it or not,solution or dud, Stakeholder pensions are coming, so be ready, warns GERRY GRAY a partner with Grosvenor Financial Consultants, York CONTROVERSY has been rumbling along ever since the 75p derisory rise in the State pension in April and
A factory near Selby will be brought to a standstill tonight when workers down tools in a dispute over pay. GMB union members at British Gypsum, including more than 50 at the Sherburn-in-Elmet plant, will stage a 24-hour strike starting at midnight after
A MASSIVE high-tech US company which last month announced that it had bought out a York firm in a £23 million deal is already looking to switch to new premises elsewhere in the city. The plan sparks speculation that the nearly seven-acres of land it leaves
Criminals have been exploiting the misery caused by the floods in York by going on a thieving spree. A spate of burglaries committed while police officers were distracted by the struggle to hold back the Ouse has pushed York's burglary rate higher than
AS Card Protection Plan's brand new £10 million purpose built customer contact centre in York opens officially for business tonight a second new multi-million pound building in the city is now planned by the company. A spokesperson for the massively-growing
Tadcaster and Canon Lee qualified for the National finals of the English Schools' Cross Country Cup by finishing in the top three in the north-east final at Skipton. With an outstanding team performance Tadcaster won the junior girls race, despite losing
Two council workers who provided a lifeline for the residents of Fulford during the floods were today rewarded for their unstinting efforts. When the Fordlands Road area of Fulford was cut off by flood waters, two City of York Council highway maintenance
Book: The Little Red Barn Baking Book by Adriana Rabinovich (Ebury Press, £14.99) Chef's CV: Brought up in the states, Adriana loved making cookies and brownies. Following a career in design and marketing she trained at Leith's School of Food and Wine
Hoping for the honour of home guard duty is York City's young lion-heart international Russ Howarth. The City shot-stopper is keeping his fingers crossed for a starting role in England Under-18s friendly with Belgium at Bradford's Valley Parade tomorrow
York City target Mark Bower will return to Bootham Crescent tonight with Terry Dolan taking a watching brief The central defender, who was a key figure in City's upturn in fortunes at the end of last season during a three-month long loan spell, will be
York City boss Terry Dolan confirmed today Peter Swan's playing career is over and declared: "We have lost our leader on the field". The club had been sweating on the outcome of a second specialist's report after a first advised the central defender and
Railtrack, so keen to cancel everything that moves, has now cancelled Christmas. As exclusively revealed in the Evening Press yesterday, the company has placed a ban on staff parties for the whole festive season. "Bing bong. We are sorry to announce the
I sympathise with those people whose lives have been disrupted by the York floods and offer a solution to prevent this problem occurring in the future. If York were a Dutch city then a diversionary canal would have been built years ago. It is possible
A hugely popular Malton landlord is retiring this week - and will leave local charities almost £7,000 better off when he goes. Norman Frank and his wife, Valerie, have been in charge at the Cross Keys, Wheelgate, since 1993. In that time they have not
Asda has been forced to recall a children's coat after it was found the buttons could easily break in a child's hands. A huge sign adorns the front of the York Asda store promising a full refund of £12.99 for the coat, which is from the Asda George fashion
Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh has met Roads Minister Lord Whitty and urged him to improve safety on North Yorkshire's roads to prevent further carnage. Yesterday's meeting at Westminster came in the wake of a further two crashes in the last ten days,
York City target Mark Bower will return to Bootham Crescent tonight with Terry Dolan taking a watching brief The central defender, who was a key figure in City's upturn in fortunes at the end of last season during a three-month long loan spell, will be
Goalkeeper John Collinson was the hero last night as York City intermediates booked their place in the third round of the FA Youth Cup with an epic penalty shoot-out win over Darlington at Bootham Crescent. With the sides locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes
Ryedale flood victims have started the heart-breaking task of cleaning up their homes after the floodwaters finally receded. Many residents in Norton, forced to flee when water started gushing into their homes two weeks ago, returned yesterday to survey
York Wasps will have two new faces in their team against Featherstone Rovers on Friday (7.30pm) after making a double swoop on the amateur game. Coach Lee Crooks has snapped up 23-year-old winger Tim Rumford and scrum-half Gareth Oulton, 22, from National
A model aeroplane enthusiast may have found the remains of a Roman site while testing a new aircraft fitted with a camera. Mark Dodsworth discovered a possible ancient maze when he was taking pictures of the countryside from a specially adapted aeroplane
Hoping for the honour of home guard duty is York City's young lion-heart international Russ Howarth. The City shot-stopper is keeping his fingers crossed for a starting role in England Under-18s friendly with Belgium at Bradford's Valley Parade tomorrow
York's National Railway Museum looks set to slash adult admission charges to a nominal £1 next year, following extra Government funding. The dramatic reduction from £6.50, coming after children won free entry last year and pensioners earlier this year
Culture Secretary Chris Smith today publicly backed siting a statue to commemorate the Women of the Second World War close to the Cenotaph in London. Thisisyork revealed in May that Mr Smith and Mayor of London Ken Livingstone wanted the monument to be
Hey, good looking, what ya got cooking... MAXINE GORDON pins down North Yorkshire's pin-up chef, James Martin He's even better looking in real life. That's what I overhear a woman say to her friend as they watch TV chef James Martin hosting a cookery
Slimming World member CHARLES HUTCHINSON proved to be the ideal candidate to road test the first cook book from the organisation. Book: Slimming World, Food Optimising, Ebury Press, £14.99 Chef's CV: No chef credited. Instead, the sleeve profiles Slimming
Rosemary Conley triumphs with her new low-fat cookery book, finds MAXINE GORDON. Book: Rosemary Conley's Low Fat Cookbook (Century) £16.99 Chef's CV: This diet and fitness guru surely needs little introduction - particularly to anyone who has ever tried
Book: Larder Lads, by Louise Holland and Roberta Moore (Ebury Press, £12.99, paperback) Chef's CV: Capital career path has taken Louise Holland from the Dorchester and Mossiman's to in-house chef at cookery book mecca, Books For cooks and food producer
Chris Titley finds out how North Yorkshire's emergency services workers cope with the relentless carnage on our roads North Yorkshire's roads are the most dangerous in the country. The death toll per head of population is greater here than anywhere else
Often the hand that rocks the cradle nowadays guides the plough. ROB SIMPSON, of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union celebrates the growing role and diversity of rural women. WHEN it comes to keeping the family farm afloat in what have
YORK-based Shepherd has won an award for its design of Harrogate Hydro leisure centre. The Harrogate Borough Council has commended the £450 million turnover engineering, design and construction company for its innovative design, exciting use of space
WEALTH trickledown has begun for York-based Bradshaws Direct, the water gardening products supplier. It has taken its own direct route to new business heights through management buy in, acquisition and e-commerce all within eighteen months. The recent
PETFOOD manufacturers Burgess Supafeeds of Pickering has invested £100,000 in new plant and equipment at its Cherry Tree Mill site at Pollington, near Goole. An extra 30,000 sq ft of warehouse storage and new product blending technology will form part
A flood-hit Selby factory is to be closed for up to four months and hundreds of workers bussed over the Pennines every day to a sister plant. But company chiefs at Hazlewood Foods in Barlby today reassured its 500-strong workforce that the sauce and pickle
JUST champion! That's Dringhouses Primary School after winning the North Yorkshire Primary Schools Six-a-Side Predator Cup. Dringhouses, who qualified as York's Cade Trophy holders, beat Brayton 1-0 with a Danny Sheehan goal in the final at Harrogate
Book: New Flavours, BBC Good Food Magazine, £18.99 Recipes chosen: Pasta with bacon and wilted spinach. Lemon chicken with garlic and potatoes. Chef's CV: Seven chefs (no information). Ready, steady, cook: Both recipes easy to make. I didn't have to spend
Goalkeeper John Collinson was the hero last night as York City intermediates booked their place in the third round of the FA Youth Cup with an epic penalty shoot-out win over Darlington at Bootham Crescent. With the sides locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes
I visited York with my two granddaughters aged seven and ten, and we decided to have lunch in a caf. Thumbs down to a Ha Ha Canteen & Bar on New Street, where we were told in a haughty manner that 'children were not allowed in because of licensing
I thank the kind couple who came to my aid after my bad fall in Lang Road on November 2, and who waited until the ambulance arrived. Hazel Jamieson, Lang Road, Bishopthorpe, York.
Not another hotel for York! Would it be too much to expect a bus station instead on the proposed development off Leeman Road? I Douglass, Heslington Lane, York.
A SMALL North Yorkshire knitwear business has stitched up its biggest-ever order worth more than £14,000. Diana Birtwhistle and Ann Kirkpatrick of Buttercup Knitwear, Harrogate and their team of more than 20 outworkers have just completed a $20,000 consignment
YOUNG farmers from Yorkshire constructed a towering new landmark (above) on the skyline to help local walkers celebrate the Millennium in style. The giant 'M' fashioned from straw bales was built to mark the Meridian Line and allow 169 walkers to pass
Dringhouses reached the fourth round of the York FA Saturday Senior Cup but only after a roller-coaster ten-goal thriller against Rufforth. They won 6-4 but must have thought their task would be far easier as they led 4-0 at half-time. A goal from Alan
Clifton 'A' scored a comfortable 8-1 home win over Selby 77 in men's division one of the York Badminton League. Kevin Davison and Phil Sinton were untroubled taking three straight wins for 90-22, while Chris Shipley and Rex Pollington took the consolation
Tadcaster and Canon Lee qualified for the National finals of the English Schools' Cross Country Cup by finishing in the top three in the north-east final at Skipton. With an outstanding team performance Tadcaster won the junior girls race, despite losing
A Teenager whose crime wave was said to be causing concern among his home villagers has admitted a string of offences. Harrogate magistrates yesterday heard from prosecutor Peter Pearson how Richard Davies had made a 999 call to get police to his home
Members of York and District Shotokan karate clubs performed well at the International Japan Karate Association (GB) National Championships. A group of 30 members of the York, Haxby and Selby clubs competed at Keele University and were successful in all
The eyes of the rugby league world will be on New Earswick next month after the All Blacks were handed a history-making tie with Bangor Vikings in the first round of the Challenge Cup. Bangor are the first side from Northern Ireland to take part in the
Big increases in bus fares in York have been condemned by City of York Councillors. First York has raised its fares between the city centre and New Earswick, Haxby and Dunnington, as part of a new zoned system to make fares in the city simpler. When rises
Tom Hodgson claims he had to wade home through the floods after being "abandoned" by a York bus driver - for the sake of 5p. First York has now launched an investigation after 12-year-old Tom said he was left in the pouring rain at a Micklegate bus-stop
The next Lord Mayor of York is to be Irene Waudby, the Liberal Democrat who represents the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward in the city. Coun Waudby, whose son, Mark, is a councillor for the same ward, was proposed by Liberal Democrat leader Coun Steve Galloway
CHARLES HUTCHINSON wonders what to make. Nigella Lawson suggests her chocolate cake. THE Independent had just published a spoof article on the Eighties style bible, The Sloane Ranger Handbook, when Nigella Lawson wafted into York, new cookbook in tow.
Jobs which were under threat after a Ryedale pig firm went into administrative receivership have been saved. Newsham Hybrid Pigs Ltd, of Malton, has been bought out by two Yorkshire meat firms saving the majority of the jobs which were under threat. The
Royal York Hotel chef Stuart Nabbs cooks up a birthday treat for Scorpios. OBSESSION and passion - what better words could sum up the typical Scorpio? They want food bursting with powerful flavours like basil, cinnamon, curry and garlic. They enjoy food
Julie Harper had only been living in York for a few months when her home was flooded. In a heart-felt letter to the Evening Press and thisisyork, she thanks the city for the help she received I felt I had to write to express the huge gratitude I feel
The Prince of Wales is to visit North Yorkshire on Friday to meet flood victims and to see for himself the effects of the recent deluge. The visit follows a message to the region by the Queen, who sent her sympathies to those affected and gratitude to
I am always surprised at how many cookery books are written specifically for Aga owners. But then we Aga owners cannot have enough books dedicated to our warm friend in the kitchen. Louise Walker's Four Seasons Aga Cookery Book (Absolute Press, £17.95
Cider's yokel image has changed, reports GEORGINA PATTINSON. The yokel image has gone. Once seen as the tipple for students and country bumpkins, cider is now the drink of the moment. Sales are on the increase and Strongbow cider is to become the sponsor
Even if you can't get away to Greece, you can summon up the flavour of the food at home, says Rhianon Howells. WITH the holiday season approaching, sun worshippers will be heading for the sea, sand and sumptuous tastes of Greece. But if you're staying
Book: Cooler Than Chillies by Lesley Waters (Headline, £17.99) Chef's CV: Lesley Waters is a popular regular on BBC1's Ready, Steady, Cook. She is also a frequent presenter of the BBC2's Food And Drink. Lesley was senior chef at Leith's Restaurant then
Cromwell can triump in the marathon battle at Sedgefield tomorrow. The five-year-old gelding, trained in Lincolnshire by Michael Chapman, tackles the three miles and three furlongs of the Come Racing At Sedgefield Handicap Chase and will relish the gruelling
Charging even a nominal fee for entry to our national museums was once unthinkable. Culture should be available to all, regardless of wealth or status, the thinking went. That ideology was swept away by the free-marketeers. They believed everything had
Our campaign for a Women At War memorial marches ever closer to total victory. Culture Secretary Chris Smith announced today that the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh is to be moved from outside the Ministry of Defence, freeing up space for the new monument
PADDY Ashdown was due to have been in York last week to promote his political memoirs, catchingly titled The Ashdown Diaries. Clearly, the thought of getting his feet wet - he is, after all, a veteran of the Special Boat Service - was a little too much
