JO HAYWOOD joins a York business breakfast club, above, for a first class fry-up and to find out why they want more women members. It is 6.45am on a sunny March morning in York and already a cheerful queue is beginning to form in the reception hall of
In 1928, women won a hard-fought and occasionally bloody battle for equal voting rights. In 2003, a civil servant from Stockport won the right not to wear a tie. We've come a long way, haven't we? In the 20th century women like Emmeline Pankhurst were
They want it all, and they want it NOW. In fact they've got it all and they've got it now. Kids. Their bedrooms are self-contained housing units. They don't need to emerge for days except to top up the mini-bar. Which is just as well because you really
SOLDIERS from York who are serving in the Gulf have been sent boxes of goodies by the British Polio Fellowship. Members of the fellowship from the Yorkshire region filled many large comfort boxes with sweets, magazines, books, beverages and toiletries
Jockey JP McNamara, who earned himself a nomination for 'best ride of the season' when winning on Colonel Frank at Fontwell yesterday, can partner another winner at Chepstow tomorrow. McNamara teams-up with my Nap selection Pardon What in the Letheby
A YORK woman whose husband is stationed in Kuwait, has spoken out about her fears of war. Bombardier Stephen Newton, 29, born and raised in York, said goodbye to his pregnant wife, Marie, and their two children more than a month ago. While he prepares
THE mother of a North Yorkshire soldier out in Kuwait called today for Britain to rally behind "our boys" as they prepare for war. Frances Ellerker has decided to fly the flag - or two flags to be precise - outside her home in Shipton- by-Beningbrough
RYEDALE MP John Greenway has spoken of the importance of a new help and advice service designed to help fledgling businesses to fly. Mr Greenway, who is opposition spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport, was the guest speaker at a launch event held in
YOU are more creative than you ever thought possible. That will be the rousing message to business leaders in York and North Yorkshire when one of the world's top business gurus addresses them tomorrow. Dr Ken Robinson, expert in the development of creativity
JOHN Mooring produced some of his county standard darts to win the York John Smith's Men's League individual championship. With 125, 123, 135, then 98 - to just fail at 12 darts - Mooring took the first leg of the final in 13 but Paul Bartnett (Rose and
TWO first-half goals from captain Sally Sleightholme gave City of York Ladies an ideal start to their North League match at home to lowly Wigan. York went on to win 3-1 against the already relegated Lancashire side. Sleightholme's first goal came after
Acomb Men's II won their first Yorkshire League division nine game since Christmas by beating Wakefield 1-0 at home. Wakefield failed to capitalise when Acomb were reduced to ten men after a yellow card was given to John Cooper for too much back-chat.
IT IS good to read York will be getting £1.9 million extra for integrated transport (March 3). Cycling is the best form of transport in York and to ease congestion I would build extra separate cycle tracks. For example, Wigginton Road needs better provision
CITY of York were pegged back three times by Timperley and had to settle for a 3-3 draw in their Northern League senior division relegation fight. The visitors got the last equaliser in the dying minutes but, with Harrogate and Sheffield Hallam losing
COUNCIL tax rises and the quality of services provided by the council continue to fall. Yet despite this the council propose to spend £2 million pounds on yet another bridge over the Ouse less than 300 yards from two other river crossings. Who will use
NORTH Yorkshire restaurateurs are hoping to get by with a little help from their friends at a special Sixties bash. David and Patti Harrison, from Tuddle Lane, in Malton, will be holding a 1960s buffet this week - and they've promised a magical mystery
SIXTY years have flown by for a York couple who have been celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. Doreen and Bill Chappell, of Heworth, marked their big day with a family party on Saturday evening. The couple met in the early 1940s while working
RADICAL plans to transform road sweeping and grass cutting in York were unveiled by council chiefs today. The proposals include a pilot scheme to involve residents in the way "street services" are delivered. Road sweeping and grass cutting services are
PICKERING Town and Harrogate Railway go head to head tonight at the Recreation Ground in the Northern Counties East League premier division. Pickering want to climb further away from the relegation zone and will field a similar side to that which beat
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a block of 40 retirement flats on a meadow near Kirkbymoorside were recommended for refusal by town councillors. Protesting residents packed the meeting and heard one of the objectors, Karen Tinkler, air fears about the scheme
MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent on improving North Yorkshire's schools. North Yorkshire Education Service has sanctioned the spending of £35 million on schools from April, £8 million more than in the current financial year. The windfall will see the
A FATHER who broke a soldier's skull outside a York nightclub attacked pubgoers in a separate incident 17 days later, the Evening Press can reveal today. Until now, a court order has banned publication of how Karl Gaskin, 30, threw a brick through an
THE "BR era" is being celebrated with a special event at York's National Railway Museum (NRM) - taking place 40 years after the controversial report which saw rail services drastically cut across the country. The "Cab It" event, which takes place this
A STRIKING portrait by one of British history's most important artists has been bought by York City Art Gallery for more than £600,000. The work, of aristocrat Jean Abercromby, was painted in about 1767 by acclaimed Scottish artist Allan Ramsay. It seemed
DEFENDER Scott Jones is adamant York City are out to maintain their new-found winning habit at lowly Bristol Rovers tonight. Two successive wins against fellow promotion candidates Bournemouth and Cambridge United have pushed the Minstermen back into
THE Supporters' Trust defiantly reaffirmed its commitment to saving York City today after its proposed take-over was left hanging precariously in the balance. A crunch meeting of creditors was adjourned for the third time late yesterday afternoon after
FOR the past 15 months York City fans, players, officials have been on the rack. Then, just as the torture looked about to end, the morale-stretching wheels of anguish were ratcheted up still further. Yesterday's events have to go down as some of the
DEFENDER Scott Jones is adamant York City are out to maintain their new-found winning habit at lowly Bristol Rovers tonight. Two successive wins against fellow promotion candidates Bournemouth and Cambridge United have pushed the Minstermen back into
THE Supporters' Trust defiantly reaffirmed its commitment to saving York City today after its proposed take-over was left hanging precariously in the balance. A crunch meeting of creditors was adjourned for the third time late yesterday afternoon after
The discovery of growth promoters, banned in the EU for five years as carcinogenic, in poultry meat imported from Brazil should cause no particular surprise. The pressure under which international trading companies put third world farmers to produce is
As a Stockport civil servant wins his case not to have to wear a tie we test feelings in our office. Charles Hutchinson loves ties... IT is irrational, like the root of so many love affairs, but I love ties. This form of tying the knot is a sartorial
DARREN Gough, fighting to get fit again after serious knee problems, will be roaring in with Yorkshire for the first three months of the new season. And if he stays fully fit during that time, he will remain with the club under the terms of a new contract
THE York parents of would-be human shield Antoinette McCormick fear she has reached Baghdad - only hours before the bombing of Iraq by American and British forces is expected to start. John McCormick said Antoinette had phoned him at 5pm yesterday to
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today backed the Government in waging war against Iraq after taking the "toughest decision" of his political life. Mr Bayley said he would reluctantly swing behind Tony Blair in tonight's crucial Westminster vote - as Labour rebels
AFTER defying a cancer scare and facing months of post-operative agony, Matthew Ward has now passed his exams making him a fully-fledged chartered building surveyor at a York building consultancy. Matthew, who is employed by York building consultants
ONE of Pocklington Coachwork's super-luxury Formula One racing trailers will be regularly beamed out on television. The York firm, which was the 2001 Evening Press Business of the Year, has linked up with Five - formerly Channel 5 - to supply one of its
IF PROFESSIONAL firms in York are not prepared to speak the "lingo" of the city's growing high tech community, there are smart professional practices in Leeds who are. That is the stark warning from physicist Gareth Owens, whose independent consultancy
DOZENS of business people and voluntary and community group members in York and North Yorkshire will meet for a "princely pow-wow" on Thursday. They will converge on the Ramada Jarvis Hotel in Skelton, York. All 45 professional members of organisers,
BUSINESS failures in Yorkshire fell by 17.39 per cent last month, according to figures published today by professional services firm Deloitte & Touche. The level of failure, however, remains high, amid market uncertainty over the growing prospect
YORK City has been kicked around the place like a park football these past few months. Bootham Crescent Holdings, the Football Association and various potential "saviours" have hoofed it back and forth with all the finesse of the worst Sunday league hackers
SHOCK news: the youth of today are not the feckless, self-centred bunch of popular legend. Instead, they are thoughtful, dedicated people who regularly put the needs of others first. That was the heartening message to come from the Millennium Volunteers
York Labour councillor LIZ EDGE was in the peace march on Saturday. Here she explains why her experience of war led her to oppose her own Government on this crucial issue. AFTER 18 years campaigning to bring Labour to power, I find it very strange that
Rob Murphy grabbed a last-minute equaliser for Wigginton Grasshoppers in their York Leeper Hare Reserve 'A' game at South Bank just as it looked as if goals from Louis Bootland and Dave Kettlewell had taken the points for the home side. Liam Holmes was
MORE York residents could be getting on their bikes in this cycle-friendly city with the launch of an extensive new route map. The map, available free of charge, includes more than 100km of cycle routes around the city. It also includes all the city's
DURING the past few days Saddam Hussein's special forces have raided homes in Kirkuk, Northern Iraq, rounding up males and jailing them to prevent an uprising against him. Many managed to flee and have told horror stories about what is happening. Meanwhile
CYCLING commuters could be forced back into their cars by plans to create further vehicle restrictions in York, a cyclists' organisation in the city has claimed. Paul Hepworth, spokesman of CTC - a cycling organisation similar to the motoring organisations
A RADICAL new high-tech way of holding police identity parades is today up and running at York police headquarters. The £100,000 computerised system means that the traditional police line-up has virtually been consigned to the history books. It has been
A SPECIAL unit which helps to tackle high-tech crime in North Yorkshire and elsewhere in the country has celebrated its first anniversary. The Digital Evidence Recovery and Internet Crime Unit, which is part of North Yorkshire County Council's trading
A NORTH Yorkshire planning authority labelled one of the worst in the country is to "slim down" in its efforts to cut costs and improve efficiency. Ryedale District Council's development control service received a damning Audit Commission report, stating
ANTIQUE enthusiasts in York were wowed by the confessions of a celebrity. TV personality Eric Knowles, pictured, who became a household name as an expert on the Antiques Roadshow, made a guest appearance at the Red House Antique Centre in Duncombe Place
COLIN Tate played his 500th game for Aislaby United, but Sinnington proved party poopers as they won 4-0 in division one of RJF Homes Beckett League. Tate, who made his debut in the 1976-77 season aged 16, is normally a right-back but has played in almost
THE York parents of would-be human shield Antoinette McCormick fear she has reached Baghdad - only hours before the bombing of Iraq by American and British forces is expected to start. John McCormick said Antoinette had phoned him at 5pm yesterday to
SOLDIERS from York who are serving in the Gulf have been sent boxes of goodies by the British Polio Fellowship. Members of the fellowship from the Yorkshire region filled many large comfort boxes with sweets, magazines, books, beverages and toiletries
A NEW exhibition to promote the learning opportunities involved in the creative world will start at York Barbican Centre tomorrow. Creative Futures is the final event in the city's popular Festival of Discovery. Organisers hope to attract more than 1,000
An ambulance service has been left in an "extremely precarious financial position" by taking a leading role in an NHS scheme to provide temporary nurses and other staff to hospitals across England, the Audit Commission said today. District Auditor Terry
A FARMER warned by the Environment Agency (EA) that he could be breaking the law has told officials he may charge them £150 per hour to visit his home. Geoff Bean bought £100 of hardcore and tarmac last month to resurface yards and tracks at his farm
ACTOR Paul Nicholas returned to the York stage with a new production of a classic musical. Paul, who became famous as Vince in the television sitcom Just Good Friends, is starring as the dairyman, Tevye, in the popular show, Fiddler on the Roof. The musical
MORE than 150 volunteers were honoured for their work on the Millennium Volunteers project at a ceremony in York attended by Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley. A 500-strong audience of friends, family and representatives from the community attended
DARREN Gough, fighting to get fit again after serious knee problems, will be roaring in with Yorkshire for the first three months of the new season. And if he stays fully fit during that time, he will remain with the club under the terms of a new contract
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today backed the Government in waging war against Iraq after taking the "toughest decision" of his political life. Mr Bayley said he would reluctantly swing behind Tony Blair in tonight's crucial Westminster vote - as Labour rebels
A YORK woman whose husband is stationed in Kuwait, has spoken out about her fears of war. Bombardier Stephen Newton, 29, born and raised in York, said goodbye to his pregnant wife, Marie, and their two children more than a month ago. While he prepares
THE mother of a North Yorkshire soldier out in Kuwait called today for Britain to rally behind "our boys" as they prepare for war. Frances Ellerker has decided to fly the flag - or two flags to be precise - outside her home in Shipton- by-Beningbrough
