BUSINESS award fever is building up to a crescendo. Our phones, faxes and dedicated competition website have been persistently buzzing with inquiries about how to enter the Evening Press Business Awards 2001. In the ten years since they were first launched
It's National Kissing Day on Friday. CHRIS TITLEY puckered up to compile a lip-smacking guide to the kiss. A kissing history: Ancient Greeks did it, the Romans did it, even early Christians did it. The "holy kiss" still figures in Roman Catholic rituals
AUSTRALIAN-BORN off-spinner and right hand bat Andy Gray has been included in Yorkshire's squad of 12 for the Championship match against bottom club Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow. Gray, who is of dual nationality, is playing for Scarborough
THE Wilberforce Home For The Blind held a collection at York Racecourse on June 15 and raised £507.41. The generosity of the racegoers cheered our marvellous group of collectors. Thanks to all who supported the work of our home. Our thanks also go to
ON behalf of York Art Society I would like to thank you for the publicity you gave our recent exhibition. We are very fortunate in York to have a local newspaper which has such a large area of circulation and gives so much support to events in the area
A YORK church has succeeded in raising £200,000, the amount needed to restore its Lantern Tower. The building work at All Saints' Church, on Pavement, in the city centre, has already begun and is expected to be completed by Christmas. The Rev David Porter
RUGBY league stars of the past turned back the clock to produce an entertaining charity clash which should go a long way to making a little girl's dreams come true. York Acorn Pastmasters took on York Groves Old Boys in an Over-35s game to raise money
Division seven of the IT Sports League again looks as though it will go to the last week of the season with only two points separating the top four teams. Tadcaster's revival continued with their second team who beat previously unbeaten Fulford 60-48
THE regional office of Wainhomes in York has formally closed and 15 people have been made redundant. The Lawrence Street office, which for nine years was the Yorkshire headquarters of the house building organisation, was being run by a caretaker staff
TADCASTER have mounted a serious challenge for promotion in the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League second division after recording two impressive victories. They leapt up to fourth place with good results against Sutton-on-Derwent and Poppleton to be one of
ON the first-ever World Twins Day today, James and Oliver Markham-Bradley will definitely be celebrating. The 22-month-old pair can be more than double trouble, according to mum Jane Cunningham, but the Easingwold family will still be joining in the fun
STARGAZERS are invited to two talks on subjects that are out of this world. On Friday, July 6, the York Astronomical Society will be treated to a talk on the subject of the 2000 Leonids by guest speaker Steven Evans. And on Friday, July 20, York Astronomical
YORK youngster Craig Erion showed plenty of Dutch courage to land the silver medal in a major international judo competition in Crystal Palace. Fourteen-year-old Craig, from Foxwood, was just beaten on points by a Dutch international in the final of the
Despite suffering a heavy 48-4 defeat, a young York Wasps Academy team played very well against a Leigh side that tops the Academy league table. For the first 25 minutes of the match York were the better side, leading 4-0 through a Chris Keld try after
YORK star Dame Judi Dench has completed a trio of star patrons for an ambitious project to bring Shakespeare to the city. Dame Judi, a star of stage and screen and known most recently as M in the James Bond films, has signed up as a patron for the York
DIRECT action is becoming an increasingly popular form of protest. Frustrated by the dominance of global business and excluded by traditional party politics, more and more people are adopting a hands-on approach. Campaigners take to the trees to delay
YORK City have brought forward the start of their pre-season friendlies by adding a new fixture to their programme. Terry Dolan's squad return to training this Thursday but their preparations will move up a gear when they tackle West Yorkshire League
AROUND the start of the 1998 season I seem to remember a cry of Super League in five years time, probably based on York Wasps having assembled a talented squad of players and droves of supporters coming back to watch the club. What happens? We finish
THE financial situation York RL Club found itself in after last season would, to most people, suggest it was time to call it a day, at least while they had some dignity intact. But no, they just ignored common sense and started this season with virtually
What a set of ungrateful directors we have at York Rugby League Club. They have shown no loyalty to Lee Crooks who has stayed loyal all season to the club and even turning out himself when the team was short on a couple of occasions. I have a lot of time
I would just like to point out how many games we actually won before we went into the CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement) with Lee Crooks and the competitive side he was supposed to put together. Just thought I would make my points known. Simon Hall Huntington
NORTH Yorkshire becomes Nottinghamshire tomorrow when the scheduled meeting at Catterick has been transferred to Southwell because of foot and mouth restrictions. The change of venue, however, is not expected to worry trainer Kevin Ryan, who saddles Lillies
ALMOST all of North Yorkshire's footpaths will soon be reopened under a Government order. County councillor Mike Knaggs told a meeting of its Ryedale area committee that the only exception would be where there were live cases of foot and mouth. But, said
With all the publicity there's been about how much teenagers drink, I'm led to ask: "Where do schoolchildren get the money to indulge in this expensive vice?" Some might think from burglary, but no, that can't be right, if it were most of our children
YORK taxpayers picked up an £11,000 bill after council chiefs took nearly a year to buy a car. The cash was spent on hiring limousines for the city's Lord Mayor after the former civic vehicle was taken out of service in March last year. A new car was
EIGHT horses today sparked a police alert when they were found roaming on a York street. The team of horses, including two young foals, was found on the loose at Crichton Avenue Bridge at about 6am, and reported to York police. Officers contacted John
A PILOT was today cut free from the wreckage of a microlight aircraft after it crashed near a North Yorkshire air field. The pilot, a 36 year old man who has not been named, was taken by ambulance to York District Hospital after being freed by fire crews
AMID the premieres and new Miller and Priestley revivals, Stepping Out stands alone as the one play in the Playhouse summer season out to do nothing more than have a good time. Hence the amusing, uplifting opening image of a giant red shoe tapping in
STAFF at York's Nestl factory have joined in the bid to help raise the final £22,000 for our Hospice 2000 appeal. Chocolate supply chain staff have raised £3,650 for St Leonard's Hospice - a charity they chose because it is close to many of their hearts
HUNDREDS of people enjoyed a fun-packed day at York College in a bid to help reach the £2 million mark for the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal. The community fun day is one of the major fundraising events in the hospice summer calendar - and this year
IT was a case of "can do" when Corus Steel Packaging Recycling joined up with Todd Waste Management Ltd to give recycling a major boost in North Yorkshire. For the past three years Todd's, a long-established Thirsk-based family company dealing in waste
A PIONEERING new forum to help high-technology companies in Yorkshire to develop their businesses has set a target of attracting £50 million new investment into the sector over the next two years. Connect Yorkshire - the first such initiative of its kind
RAPIDLY-expanding Northern Real Time Applications (NRTA), based in the newest extension to the Innovation Centre at York's Science Park, has united its Realogy and LiveDevices divisions under the LiveDevices name. The company has engineered a technological
LANGLEYS which has a major office in York, has been awarded Lexcel, the Law Society's own quality award for practice management. Only 158 firms have achieved the award, for commitment to good practice management and client care since it was launched in
Pippa Watt looked in the mirror and decided to face facts. MAXINE GORDON reports on this aromatherapist's answer to ageing. LIKE many women approaching 40, Pippa Watt decided it was time to face facts: her skin wasn't getting any younger. It was time
HELP! I'm going potty. And no it's not just because The Simpsons isn't on the telly at the moment because of coverage of some teeny tiny little tennis tournament. If only it were that simple. The problem is that I'm going potty because my son isn't. At
NEW sports facilities are to be built at an East Yorkshire school for private and state pupils to share thanks to a Government grant. Pocklington Montessori School has been awarded £26,000 for new pitches and coaching, which will be available for pupils
SEEING a couple looking very worried near the Minster recently, I stopped and spoke, thinking they were lost. They were visitors from Ormskirk and had been sitting in Dean's Park enjoying the last of the afternoon sunshine before heading back to their
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the background to the row which has split a York medical practice and left patients unable to see the GP of their choice. THE idea that a doctor's patients should be regarded, from a legal point of view, as little more than business
WHILE I agree with the thrust of N Fletcher's letter about the Toxic Texan, Geroge W Bush, and his record (June 20), I would caution against too much anti-American rhetoric. America may be the biggest polluter but she certainly isn't the only one. The
FULFORD became a traffic 'no-go' area as roadworks at the Broadway junction created queues stretching back to Fishergate and south to the A64. Is this a forerunner of what to expect when the Germany Beck development of up to 700 homes is complete? The
DIXON MOTORS has expanded its successful Car Clinic business into North Yorkshire with the acquisition of Derwent Coach Works in Osbaldwick, York. The move by Dixon is part of a massive development programme for the Car Clinic division, and the acquisition
AN ANGRY motorist says he can no longer park outside his York home because the city's new traffic wardens are too strict. Joe Kilmartin, of Heworth Road, received two parking tickets within four days when he parked in a space covering the driveway of
LEEMAN 'B' showed determined resistance against their 'A' side in the York John Smith's Mixed League but fell at the final hurdle. Phil Smith and Kelly Lofthouse took the decider while Neil Hart took his single game in 19 darts. Huntington 'B' had Pete
A WOMAN whose wonderful sense of humour earned her the nickname "the giggler", was celebrating her 100th birthday today. Rose Greaves has been a resident at York Rise Nursing Home, in Heslington Road, York, since April 1998, having previously lived for
POLICE in York have been forced to repeat their warnings on the dangers of swimming in the city's rivers after being called to two incidents. Officers were called after three men were seen to jump in the River Ouse from Ouse Bridge yesterday. When challenged
SERVING up a treasure of a dish is Alison Nicholls, who is hoping to win a national vegetarian cookery competition. Alison is cook at the Treasurer's House tearoom in York and one of her culinary creations has been chosen as the Yorkshire entry in the
DUNNINGTON continue to lead division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men's League after a four game win against Civil Service. Neil Johnson and Sean Owen were top scorers with an unbeaten 22. Knaresborough won the battle at the bottom by 59-49 with 27 from
A DISABLED woman and her husband say they were forced out of their home by months of intimidation. Rick and Rosemary Berrie, a wheelchair user, fled their house in St Stephen's Road, Acomb, after suffering a stream of threats and repeated aggravation.
Joseph Rowntree School's Boys' Under-15 tennis team have capped a fine season by qualifying for the National Knockout final in September. To reach the final, the team of Tom Walters, James Langley, James Wilkinson, Mark Christie and Peter Wheeler beat
SCARBOROUGH will kick off their Nationwide Conference League season on Saturday, August 18 with a home game against Forest Green, it was announced today. They then travel to Northwich the following Tuesday and their first Saturday away game will be against
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has stepped into the row between family doctors which has split a York medical practice. He has branded as "peculiar" a decision by a High Court judge to grant an injunction against GPs Martin Ashley and Gillian Towler which prevents
NEW sports facilities are to be built at an East Yorkshire school for private and state pupils to share thanks to a Government grant. Pocklington Montessori School has been awarded £26,000 for new pitches and coaching, which will be available for pupils
AUSTRALIAN-BORN off-spinner and right hand bat Andy Gray has been included in Yorkshire's squad of 12 for the Championship match against bottom club Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow. Gray, who is of dual nationality, is playing for Scarborough
A TINY cat's ten-day ordeal trapped dangerously close to railway tracks in York has come to an end - thanks to an heroic rescue by GNER staff. Staff at York Station spotted the terrified cat on the tracks at Platform 5 at York Station but the animal could
YORK'S new city centre car boot sale has sparked claims of hypocrisy from a woman whose own such sales were banned. Lorna Marchi spoke out after the first boot sale took place on Sunday on a cobbled area alongside York Market. The sales are being run
YORK City have brought forward the start of their pre-season friendlies by adding a new fixture to their programme. Terry Dolan's squad return to training this Thursday but their preparations will move up a gear when they tackle West Yorkshire League
ALMOST all of North Yorkshire's footpaths will soon be reopened under a Government order. County councillor Mike Knaggs told a meeting of its Ryedale area committee that the only exception would be where there were live cases of foot and mouth. But, said
WITH three legs and eight lives intact, Pippa the cat is recovering at an animal shelter after cowering for days in the shadows of York Station. Staff there went to impressive lengths to rescue the unfortunate feline, once stopping an outgoing train to
In reply to Russell Greenfield's letter (June 26), does he forget that four and a half years ago he and John Stabler put York Rugby League Club up for sale for £1 in a national newspaper when he and Mr Stabler were in despair? I think he should remember
