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  • Heartbroken family's vigil

    The heartbroken children of a Selby mother who died in an horrific car crash are now keeping a vigil at the bedside of their critically-ill father. Mother-of-four Ann Robson, of Leeds Road, Selby, died at the scene of Sunday's accident at the junction

  • Law firm gets personal...

    A NEW, separate, centre specialising in personal injury and medical law services has been set up by York solicitors Harrowell Shaftoe. The firm has created its Personal Injury and Medical Law Centre at Saviour House in St Saviourgate, York, just a few

  • £250,000 Danish delight for print suppliers

    A PRE-PRESS supply company at Clifton Moor, York, has clinched a £250,000 deal with a Danish company. At the same time Graeme Hunter, managing director of Impress Creative Imaging which is supplying 500 gravure engraved rollers to Denmark, has announced

  • Banning play will create a nation of wimps

    I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents. These two pastimes have been enjoyed by children for many years. We are certainly doing our best to create a generation of wimps or

  • Write to protest

    In the past week a notice headed "consultation" was put up by City of York Council on the gate leading into Walmgate Stray off Heslington Road - it had been attached to a gatepost with Sellotape. It pointed out that they are required by law to provide

  • Millennium Bridge edges across river

    The waiting is over. Three years in the making - and much longer in development - York's new Millennium Bridge finally glided majestically into place over the River Ouse today. An army of proud engineers, designers and construction workers rubbed shoulders

  • Bridge to float into position

    THE launch date for York's new Millennium Bridge has been set for next Wednesday. Crowds of spectators are expected to flock to see the elegant arc structure being floated out across the Ouse before being fixed in place. The bridge, inspired by the simple

  • York's new bridge takes shape to span the millenia

    THE elegant arch of York's new Millennium Bridge rises above the banks of the River Ouse. The structure, inspired by the simple design of a bicycle wheel, is now almost ready to be swung out over the water from its resting place near Rowntree Park, and

  • Pool closed again

    Yearsley swimming pool in York has had to close for the third time in two months. This time the closure follows a power cut last Sunday night. A City of York Council spokesman said it was hoped the pool could reopen today after electricians spent yesterday

  • On target for justice figures

    North Yorkshire law enforcement agencies are on the brink of meeting Home Secretary Jack Straw's target to deal quickly with persistent young offenders. Labour pledged in 1997 to cut the period from arrest to sentence for these criminals, aged ten to

  • Ton-up Sun arcs over Cresent

    At the halfway stage one York White Rose Ladies League team is undefeated. Sun's skipper Sheelagh Lord and Sue Scrimshaw hit three tons between them in a 5-4 victory over a spirited Crescent side. Sun have recorded eight wins out of eight and are 12 points

  • Firm wins £18m contract

    A York company announced today that it has won a blockbuster £18 million contract to supply British soldiers with short range tactical radios, headsets and wiring harnesses. Davies Industrial Communications of Sutton Road, Wigginton, shares the spoils

  • Strategy to avert health crisis

    Everything possible is being done to perfect plans to avoid a winter crisis, according to North Yorkshire health chiefs. Officers from York Health Trust, North Yorkshire Health Authority and North Yorkshire County Council gave an update on their plans

  • Patients' sex claims 'follow pattern'

    There was "an underlying pattern" to all the allegations of sexual assault and rape made against a North Yorkshire psychiatrist, a jury was told. At Leeds Crown Court, Paul Worsley QC, prosecuting, listed the number of common factors in the four accusations

  • Driver fumes at repair delays

    Angry motorist Tanya O'Neil says is still waiting for her car to be repaired - six weeks after it was damaged in the floods. Now she is planning to complain to trading standards about her insurance company, UK giant Direct Line, accusing it of dragging

  • Disputed corner topples Tadcaster

    A goal from a hotly-disputed short corner saw Tadcaster I lose 3-2 at Normanby Park II. Tadcaster led 2-1 at the interval with goals by M Cattle and M Boyle, but conceded the equaliser when they failed to clear the ball and were beaten by a goal from

  • Three escape road carnage

    Three men had an amazing escape when two heavy lorries collided in a near-catastrophic road crash. None of the three - a motorcyclist and the two HGV drivers - was seriously hurt in the accident which caused traffic chaos on the A64. Both lorries shed

  • Dolan keeps Turley for cup run

    York City's FA Cup campaign will stall advances from neighbours Scarborough for power-packed striker James Turley. City manager Terry Dolan confirmed to thisisyork that the Conference club - managed by Neil Thompson, Dolan's predecessor at Bootham Crescent

  • Peter Swan (5)

    Position: centre-back/striker Born: 28 September, 1966, Leeds Other clubs: Leeds Utd, Hull City, Port Vale, Plymouth Argyle, Burnley, Bury, Burnley York appearances 1999-2000: 9. Goals: 0 Added stability to the City defence when he arrived on a free towards

  • On the rise

    The bollard has met its match. City of York Council's depth charge, previously unbeaten in five fights with cars, has been floored by a silver Volvo. The Volvo driver is not celebrating, however: he has been hit with a £1,500 bill to fix the bollard,

  • Improve river defences now

    Everyone affected by the floods will be filled with admiration for the Hovingham diggers. Their determination to do something practical to protect their homes will strike a chord across this flood-devastated region. A sense of helplessness overwhelmed

  • Big Brother looms large

    It was a cold day in April, and the clocks were striking 13. Does the introduction have a familiar ring? It came to mind when I read that National Criminal Intelligence Service deputy Roger Gaspar had proposed to the Home Office that everyone's telephone

  • US firm's Euro HQ to be York

    A major American company is to set up its European headquarters in York, thrilled leaders in the city learned today. Total System Services Inc (TYSIS), of Columbus, Georgia, has bought the sleek 41,000 sq ft four-storey headquarters of the Shepherd Building

  • Hammond entry can win at Catterick

    Deep Water, who was successful over fences at Catterick last month, can follow-up on the same course tomorrow. The gelding is trained by Micky Hammond, who completed a double at the last meeting here and whose horses are running out of their skins at

  • Minister in crime talks

    CRIME Reduction Minister Charles Clarke will be the keynote speaker at a North Yorkshire business crime conference in March, it was announced today. The conference, organised by Safer York Partnership, will address e-commerce security and risk management

  • Long haul specialist on call for expansion

    QUEST Travel, the London travel firm which opened a northern base in York in September is expanding and training up ten more people for a new call centre. The long haul travel specialist which provides tailor-made holidays for the independent rover was

  • Buses lag behind

    I travel the length and breadth of the country on buses, trains and underground systems - in Scotland the transport is clean and more importantly up to date. In Leeds, they have brand new state of the art double-deckers, in Sheffield the Metro system

  • The span doctors

    ANTICIPATION was written on the faces of Millennium Bridge watchers as they squinted in the autumn sun and waited ... and waited ... and waited for York's new superstructure to glide into place. The engineers never promised it would be a fast show. And

  • 'Slow but sure' bridge in place

    Anticipation was written on the faces of Millennium Bridge watchers as they squinted in the autumn sun and waited...and waited...and waited for York's new superstructure to glide in to place. The engineers never promised it would be a fast show, and even

  • Bridge of sighs as downpour sinks big day

    YORK'S Millennium Bridge has 'fallen' victim to October's heavy downpours. Heavy rain, a week's worth falling yesterday alone, and a 'flood watch' now in force, scuppered plans to launch the bridge tomorrow because the River Ouse is becoming too swollen

  • Service hit for six

    Dringhouses crushed Civil Service 6-0 at Boroughbridge Road in the fourth round of York FA Saturday Reserve Cup, one of only two ties played, the others being postponed because of waterlogged pitches and county competitions. Civil Service defended well

  • Pikes make changes

    On the rise Pickering Town entertain Northallerton in the North Riding Senior Cup tonight at the Recreation Ground (kick-off 7.45pm) with changes afoot. Pikes manager Jimmy Reid has been forced to make tinker with his Northern Counties East League division

  • Awesome foursome

    City of York Under-14 girls had further success in the Yorkshire U14 Hockey League matches played at Selby. They achieved a very creditable 0-0 draw with a strong Doncaster side, Stef Pearson starring in defence. After soaking up early pressure, York

  • Wright goal lifts Acomb

    Acomb Men's I defeated David Browns 2-0 in their last match before the Christmas break. Home side David Browns started well and forced some good saves out of Mike Brown in the Acomb goal. Acomb grew in confidence and had several good chances to open the

  • Willis strikes cut down Netherwood

    Tadcaster Ladies swept to a convincing 4-0 victory at Netherwood in the Yorkshire League division four. Rebecca Cattle's close range effort opened the scoring for Tad, who moved into a 3-0 lead through a brace of goals from Nicola Willis, her second a

  • Traffic bollard bent out of action

    York's controversial traffic controlling bollard has been knocked out of action again after a car following a taxi collided with it so hard it bent over. City of York Council took the bollard out of service at the end of October after five separate accidents

  • Sixths re-open account

    City of York VI brought a miserable run of defeats to an end by beating Sheffield University Bankers VIII 4-0. York's only goal of the first half came five minutes into the game, skipper Clive Mill-Hicks tapping in. They should have gone further ahead

  • One for the money, two for the show

    What is the ideal Christmas present to buy Elvis's biggest fan? The answer? A six foot, fibre-glass resin, lifesize model of the rock 'n' roll hero. This is the ideal gift on the top of the festive wish list of York's very own Elvis impersonator, Eddie

  • York's Kyle-high conquest

    City of York picked up a priceless 4-3 North League premier division victory at fellow strugglers Warrington. But they had to survive a tension-packed finale as Warrington scored deep into what was thought to be injury time. But a brief conference between

  • Riverside pubs count cost of floods

    As the level of the River Ouse continued to fall today, riverside pubs in York were counting the cost of their latest watery invasion. The Lowther, in Cumberland Street, was one of the worst-hit properties during November's floods and is not due to reopen

  • Awards ceremony a family affair

    Civic guests at Huntington School's awards ceremony turned the event into something of a family affair. The Lord Mayor of York, Shan Braund and the Sheriff, Barrie Ferguson, were guests of honour at the York school's annual event last night. Coun Braund's

  • Ryedale villagers fear drugs unit

    Residents in two quiet Ryedale villages have spoken of their fears about proposals to run a rehabilitation unit for drug addicted prisoners in the area. If approved, the unit would be run at Redcar Farm, on land owned by the exclusive private school Ampleforth

  • Doctor 'unable to defend himself'

    A Barrister suggested to a jury this afternoon that they could not be sure that a retired York psychiatrist raped and indecently assaulted his patients. Robert Smith QC was opening the defence for Dr William Kerr at Leeds Crown Court. He said that Dr

  • Self-defence

    FLOOD-HIT villagers in Ryedale are so frustrated with the Environment Agency's lack of action they have taken matters into their own hands and have built their own flood defence system. Residents in Hovingham have dug a massive trench which they hope

  • Mapping it out at Clifton Moor site

    AT last Clifton Moor is clearly on the map. The internet has come to the rescue of York's vast commercial and industrial estate whose layout leaves even lorry drivers puzzled. Now firms on the estate awaiting delivery - and deliverance - can point to

  • Wasps face court hearing

    York Wasps could be facing a County Court hearing after failing to meet the deadline to pay compensation to former coaches Dean Robinson and John Paterson. The pair won their claim for constructive dismissal against the club at an employment tribunal

  • Mining plans spark new flooding alert

    Stephen Lewis looks at the mining plans which have given the villagers of Naburn that sinking feeling It's not difficult to feel sympathy for the plight of the people of Naburn. Just a month ago, their village was cut off by the worst floods to hit the