Spam, spam, spam, spam. The Monty Python team would have turned in their collective grave. One week on and I am still being bombarded with the stuff. We all are. Not the greasy spiced meat I used to get in my school satchel between two doorsteps of sliced
A decision to open Castle Howard a month earlier last year was such a business success that it is to be repeated in 2004, when doors open on February 14, St Valentine's Day. The stately home starts the season with a look at the history of romance, the
Sir Graham Hall retires this month after five years at the helm of Yorkshire Forward. During that time the Regional Development Agency (RDA), recently quoted by Higher Education Minister Alan Johnson as "the best performing RDA in the country", has met
East Yorkshire businessman Ken Room has re-named his financial services company Ken Room Asset Management as part of an expansion programme throughout the region. The new brand was officially launched as the company moved into its refurbished and larger
YORKSHIRE Forward is to welcome four new members on to its board. John Spencer, Professor Bob Boucher, Stella Guy and Coun Nicholas Dakin will take up their posts when Terry Hodgkinson succeeds Sit Graham Hall as the regional development agency's chairman
CONSTRUCTION work has started on a long-awaited new medical surgery which will create better facilities for thousands of patients in York city centre. The complex redevelopment of Woolpack House, Peasholme Green, has been started by integrated design
A TOP hotelier has taken over a North Yorkshire hotel and pledged to spend £230,000 bringing it up to four-star standard. Helmsley's Feversham Arms Hotel has been bought by Simon Rhatigan, one of Britain's leading hoteliers, for an undisclosed sum. Mr
THIS is a story of swans and prawns, and the primal animal in us all. In the natural world as studied by anthropologist John Godber, the swans are A and B social groups gathered for the black-tie charity bash at Bagley Hall Hotel, ostensibly to raise
The lead changed hands four times before Nestle Rowntree Rugby Union Club triumphed 29-19 at home to York thirds in a thrilling match. Rowntree struck first, with an Ivor Jackson penalty. York's speedy backs replied immediately with tries from impressive
SO, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation challenge the No To New Osbaldwick group to "go public" (November 25). Would the foundation care to go public with the financial arrangements between themselves as developers and the previous Labour-run City Of York
PR Willey ('I know score, Frank', Letters, December 8), has obviously read a different article to the one I had written. He is rather confused and mistaken - it must have been the sight of all those stabbings, savage beatings and violence that is getting
AS informative as Coun Blanchard always is, I must mention two things regarding his letter (December 11). Firstly, that as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Heworth at the last election, I am responsible for the allegedly misleading remarks to his electorate
YOUR article about Warwick Davis and Star Wars ('Ewok signs in at Souvenirs shop', December 9) was interesting. My eldest grandson was a great collector of anything and everything to do with films. I do not know what happened to all his collection, but
DRIVERS of fuel-friendly cars could be counting the cash thanks to new parking discounts aimed at making York a "greener" city. Senior City of York councillors were today debating proposals, which could see drivers pocket a 50 per cent parking permit
YORK City Knights have received a major fillip as star back Chris Smith has re-signed for the club. The Evening Press previously reported the Knights had wanted the Cawood-based 28-year-old to stay at Huntington Stadium, and the fact he has now put pen
PETE Leake won the Clifton Hotel Darts Open Knock-Out with an awesome display to defeat Mick Willsen in the final. He dominated the match to win 5-2 and take the £150 winner's prize by recording legs of 21, 17, 18, 16 and 21 darts with Willsden replying
POLICE and immigration officers have been accused of "heavy-handed" tactics when raiding two York Indian restaurants. Home Office officials have declined to say why the raids were carried out, but confirmed they took place at restaurants in Monkgate and
VIKING "hordes" stormed across an icy York again today, as the city once more prepared to crown a bloodthirsty warrior. Norse traders, complete with Viking ice skates and furs, travelled to the ice rink next to Clifford's Tower to prepare for the coronation
NORTH YORKSHIRE favourite John Bannister upheld the battle for local pride in the inaugural MEM RollTek Malton Forestry Rally. Malton Motor Club member Bannister, son of well-known ace Steve, took second place just 35 seconds behind the winner. Former
YORK City Knights RL Club are confident they will not be affected by the bizarre travel restrictions that have been proposed for the planned revamped Huntington Stadium. York City FC are set to move from their Bootham Crescent base to share the Monks
YORK City Knights have received a major fillip as star back Chris Smith has re-signed for the club. The Evening Press previously reported the Knights had wanted the Cawood-based 28-year-old to stay at Huntington Stadium, and the fact he has now put pen
A SENIOR drugs worker has offered to meet murder squad detectives to break a wall of silence over a gruesome double killing. Matt Knight, project manager at drugs support agency Compass, has warned that detectives could find it hard to get drug users
DISGRACED former York psychiatrist Michael Haslam was today jailed for a total of seven years for sexually assaulting three women. Haslam, 69, of Crayke, near Easingwold, was imprisoned for seven years by a judge at Leeds Crown Court for raping a former
A ONE-STOP shop for everyone looking for jobs and social security benefits will open in York next year, Business Press can reveal. A merger under one roof of Social Security and Jobcentre Plus in York is due to take place by the beginning of next April
Science City York has been singled out for praise by a government report. The Lambert Report on how industry and universities work together holds up York's initiative as an example of successful creation of business clusters It uses it as a case study
Carolyn Randall has been appointed business promoter with Science City York, the organisation responsible for creating business growth and high quality employment opportunities for local people in science and technology industries. Carolyn has a strong
As thousands of miners prepare for the Selby coalfield to close forever in June, CATHERINE BRUCE talks to a woman working at the coalface to help these workers make a fresh start. SHOCK, anger and disappointment were just some of the emotions coursing
Employees planning their office Christmas parties will be able to eat, drink and be merry twice as much as last year - thanks to the taxman's new "Santa clause". In this year's Budget, Chancellor Gordon Brown doubled the annual tax-free amount for staff
TWO instore boutiques for Gucci and Mont Blanc have been unveiled at Preston & Duckworth jewellery store in Coppergate, York. Fountain pens, belts and watches are among the new designer stock. Nick Bassett, manager, said: "We have sold Gucci stock
So what was in it (or not in it) for us? Now that it is all over, DUNCAN MEREDITH, senior tax consultant for Garbutt & Elliott, chartered accountants of York, gives his considered local overview of Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget speech. Business
ONE OF North Yorkshire's most successful privately-owned property companies is set for a booming New Year. S Harrison Group, of Malton has announced a record order book for 2004, with projects valued at more than £100 million coming on stream in the next
By the time David Dickson, managing director of Garbutt & Elliott, set off for a Science City York board meeting, the Chancellor had stood up to give his pre-Budget speech in the Commons. And by the time Mr Dickson, who is on Science City York's advisory
BY the time you read this I hope you will all have completed your Christmas shopping and be preparing to enjoy a well-earned festive break. (Do I sense thousands of raised eyebrows?) But even if you are fortunate enough for that actually to be the case
What hope for the brilliant new ventures in our region which need that cash fillip to rise to greater goals? Plenty actually, says Business Editor RON GODFREY, who reviews four big successes. HARK, if the business angels sing, then it's in triumph...
IT didn't take much to prove that Selby-based On-line Instrumentation, which produces complex machines that measure constituents of milk, was the crme de la crme. The three-year-old firm's revolutionary high-quality analytical testing equipment is already
Business Editor RON GODREY reports on three more dynamic ventures spurred by cash injections from the York Technology Growth Scheme to new heights and better prospects of success. A hard-headed world means occasionally foregoing doing what you do best
Only last year SkyLINC, the York company whose invention could bring broadband internet to the remotest parts of the world, was darkly considering having to up stakes and take its breakthrough to the United States because of lack of regional or national
I'm sorry, but one of the most stressful things about Christmas has got to be the unceasing advice on how to make it painless. We get it every year, in magazines, newspaper, on the television and radio, so-called experts spout forth with tips on how to
HE is just the chap to spearhead York City Knights' next campaign. We can imagine Norris the Knight charging into action on the touchline, rousing the home fans, jousting with the away fans and slaying the crowd with his antics. Norris takes over from
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection from Wednesday's meetings: Bangor - 1.40 Petite Margot Updated: 12:35 Tuesday, December 16, 2003
IT'S a hairy business standing up in front of an audience and trying to make them laugh. And it's even hairier if you are clean shaven. That's the verdict of York comedian Dan Atkinson after compering his Other Side Comedy Club for the first time since
Five North Yorkshire teenagers have been chosen to join the MoD at RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, under a Modern Apprenticeship programme. Christopher Clough, 16, from Pateley Bridge; James Hare, 18, from Boston Spa; Andrew Tucknott, 18, from Harrogate
DAVID HARBOURNE, chief executive of the Learning And Skills Council North Yorkshire, lists his New Year resolutions... LIKE many other business people across York and North Yorkshire, I view the closure of one year and the opening of the next as a natural
Prepare now to Remember, Remember... one of the biggest birthday celebrations in York's history, urges DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board. As I sat at my desk one evening in late November finishing a pressing report,
DURING the coming months attention will once again return to the issue of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, with critics of the war determined to undermine the efforts of the coalition because of their failure to find large stocks of chemical and nuclear
What is the problem with putting yellow lines in the city centre ('Yellow alert for city footstreets', December 12)? Other footstreets, Church St, Petergate for example, have yellow lines and nobody gives them a second glance. So why the furore from councillors
CHRISTMAS shopping in York on the afternoon of Monday, December 8, brought me face to face with three angels. One minute I was sauntering among the happy Christmas throng, the next I was lying face down in the road outside Brown's department store. Two
YORK police are to urge cyclists to stay bright in a winter bike lights campaign. Traffic management officer PC Martin Hemenway, of North Yorkshire Police, said the campaign would be headed by cycling officer Sgt Nigel Tottie. It will be in conjunction
NEW Earswick All Blacks gained revenge over Yorkshire League senior division leaders Hunslet All Blacks in a 21-18 bruiser at White Rose Avenue. The two clubs are long-standing rivals and the bitterness hit new levels in the previous meeting between the
PENNINE League division five leaders York Acorn 'A' strengthened their position at the top with a fine 38-18 derby win at injury-hit York Groves. Veteran loose-forward Barry Fox led the way with an all action tackling display and helped take the sting
SELBY Warriors made light work of a lively Wetherby outfit with a comfortable 42-18 Pennine League division five victory. Centre Colin Barker's forceful 50-yard run paved the way for Wayne Fennell to score under the sticks. Carl Bardauskas soon added
YORK health chiefs were celebrating today after plans to create two temporary staff car parks were given approval. The decision by City of York Council's planning committee last night means that work on York Hospital's new multi-storey car park can finally
YORK City Knights RL Club are confident they will not be affected by the bizarre travel restrictions that have been proposed for the planned revamped Huntington Stadium. York City FC are set to move from their Bootham Crescent base to share the Monks
A DECISION on plans to develop a toxic area of wasteland in York has been put off by councillors - despite warnings the developer could pull out of the scheme. York-based Persimmon Homes wants to build 148 flats and a three-storey office block on the
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for parking price increases were today due to be approved by senior York councillors. If agreed, they could see a 10p an hour rise for medium and long-stay parking and 20p an hour for short stay. Members of City of York Council's
CITY of York I slipped to fourth in the premier division of the Northern Hockey League after taking their foot off the gas at Alderley Edge. The first team squad travelled to Manchester missing four players due to flu and skiing but were still confident
DISGRACED former York psychiatrist Michael Haslam was today jailed for seven years for sexually assaulting three women. Haslam, 69, of Crayke, near Easingwold, was convicted at Leeds Crown Court on Friday of raping and indecently assaulting a former patient
THE new compulsory admission charges at York Minster have seen a 20 per cent increase in revenue, it was revealed today. But figures released from the cathedral's accounts show that it overspent by more than £600,000 in 2002-03 - the third year running
POLICE searching for missing York civil servant Peter Critchlow today dragged a man's body from the River Foss in the city. The body was pulled from the Foss at about 11am today after a call from a member of the public. When asked if the body was that
THE public address system enthusiastically blared the first York City match to be played at its new Huntington Stadium base. But the inaugural 'WELCOME' accompanied by a carousing rendition of the line 'it's coming home' from the ubiquitous Three Lions
Will the capture of Saddam end the convulsions that have been tearing Iraq apart? And will our boys soon be home? Probably not, finds STEPHEN LEWIS. IF one man is going to be feeling as though all his Christmases have come at once, it is George W. Bush
Neil Stephenson, 43, has joined the York office of chartyered surveyors and property consultants Lightly & Lightly, as an architectural technician. He was previously with Shepherd Design, part of the York-based Shepherd Group. Mr Stephenson, who lives
EVERYTHING is on the up for Dan Huke and John Jones, the two former students from the University of York, whose all-seeing Skycell airships give a lofty perspective on the world. And staying on the up means - if you'll pardon the conundrum - a matter
Danny Cass hit his 20th goal of the season and 50th for the club in Heslerton Reserves' 3-0 win in division two of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League. His landmark strike - his last before he starts a 35-day ban - was sandwiched between two Ashley
A Kenny Weatherall penalty kick-started a Rosedale goal-fest at home to Duncombe Park in division one of the RJF Beckett League. John Tindal and Richard Wilkinson made it 3-0 at the break before an own goal gifted Rosedale a fourth. Duncombe Park found
YORK'S traffic problems need to be tackled in a more considered and strategic way than this. Yesterday we revealed the absurd travel restrictions which would govern York City fans' movements should the club relocate to Huntington Stadium. Anyone walking
MAXINE GORDON makes sense of the new scents you may receive from Santa. NO Christmas stocking is complete without a nice smelly surprise for its owner - and I'm not talking about three-day-old socks or a slice of fruit cake left over from last year's
