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  • How big's a proper pudding?

    THE battle to protect the Yorkshire Pudding is fraught with difficulties. As we reported earlier this month Anne McIntosh is demanding that the batter-based health food is only allowed to be made in Yorkshire. Europe should give the pud "protected designation

  • Crash firm's trail of debt

    MORE facts have emerged about the crash of Scenic Route, the world-renowned creative company, which left more than £550,000 worth of debt and the loss of 41 jobs in its wake. The firm, based at Elvington Airfield, came to an end after 21 years in which

  • Entrepreneur steaming mad

    A SELBY businessman who has licensed a revolutionary water heater designed to slash power bills by at least 25 per cent has rounded on the "green" authorities. Stan Whetstone, 60, managing director of Aquastan Heating Ltd, today returned crestfallen from

  • China branch opens

    A NORTH Yorkshire digital marketing firm has opened new offices in China. Harrogate-based ITG Digital Marketing, recently voted Britain's fifth most efficient digital marketing company, claims that this is the next step in its quest for 24-hour production

  • Weather leaves Reserves in limbo

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan is keeping his fingers crossed that no more reserve games fall foul of the weather. This week's postponed Pontin's Holiday League East clash at Doncaster meant the Minstermen have now gone five weeks since their last second-string

  • Backing for eco leap into future

    PLANS to help fledgling businesses in York by building a new business centre using environmentally-friendly designs have been welcomed by the leader of City of York Council. Designs for the new purpose-built centre, in Clifton Moor, submitted by the Helmsley

  • Crew's cut out for sea ordeal

    DARING soldier Paul Tetlow is to put his physical and mental strength to the test - in a 3,100-mile rowing marathon across the Atlantic. The 26-year-old captain is part of an Army team competing against 14 other boats in the first competition for a four-man

  • Biting dog given 'canine ASBO'

    A PRIZE-WINNING show dog that twice attacked a jogger near Selby has been given a "canine Asbo" - and will be put down if it breaches it. The order was issued by Selby magistrates after they heard how former Crufts winner Flametrees Obeche At Khananga

  • York's golden oldies

    YORKSHIRE Over-55s League indoor bowls division one champions York 'A' completed their season by beating Thornaby 85-66 on aggregate to maintain their 100 per cent winning record. At Thornaby, Geoff Walker's rink unbeaten away record was stretched by

  • £500,000 bill for council taxpayers

    HALF a million pounds. That is the likely cost to York council taxpayers of two major public inquiries this year. A hefty slice of that sum will go towards fees for barristers and consultants to present the city council's case. The inquiries start in

  • Musical tribute to loving dad Mike

    HIS tragic death left devastated partner Tara Gondzik to bring up their two young children alone. Mike Williams died five days after suffering severe head injuries in an incident in the street in Bramham Road, Chapelfields, York. He was the breadwinner

  • Moral values

    I WATCHED the Michael Parkinson chat show on television on the night he interviewed Tony Blair, the Prime Minister. In my opinion there is nothing wrong in Mr Blair praying and seeking guidance in making extremely difficult decisions. There are many precedents

  • Introduce by-law to protect York's verges

    WITH reference to the story "Who Owns This Piece Of Land?" (March 13), what the council spokeswoman does not say is that even if the council owned the land it would do nothing about it. All over York cars are parked on grass verges. In the Holgate area

  • Pool's virtues

    MEMBERS of the Yearsley Pool Action Group would like to correct some of the misconceptions of Coun Evans ("Pool To Shut For A Month", March 13). Rather than disparage the Yearsley for its age, Coun Evans should extol the virtues of the superb Yearsley

  • Exorbitant prices

    IN response to Coun Keith Orrell's letter (March 13), one wonders how and why the City of York Council was and probably still is paying an entrepreneurial rate salary to an official with responsibilities for the Barbican and the loss made of £750,000

  • Way we were

    Thursday, March 16, 2006 100 years ago In the interesting history of the formation of the York Cemetery Company, which would appear in the following day's "Yorkshire Weekly Herald," it was stated that the number of internments in the cemetery since it

  • It's a cat trap

    BE careful out there. Colossal cats are roaming the region in York prides, ready to scare the willies out of late-night lorry drivers. The number of sightings of these massive moggies has shot up, providing irrefutable evidence of their existence, according

  • Ovenden 10, Knights 50

    THE link-up with Leeds Rhinos hasn't so far brought many new faces on loan to York City Knights. But when they do come, they are usually pretty good. Calvin Watson - remember him? - didn't reach the heights during his short spell at Huntington Stadium

  • Why Steve took steps

    INSPIRATION can be found in unlikely places. In a topic trawl this week, two surprising subjects have been hauled up in my columnist's net. They are an obese American, but not just any overweight citizen of the USA, because there are millions of those

  • Fishermen land £300k centre

    FISHERMEN are "delighted" that a new shellfish holding facility in North Yorkshire has been given the go-ahead. After an hour-long debate, councillors at Scarborough granted planning permission for the £300,000 centre for lobsters and crabs at Whitby

  • Firm and university in ideas deal

    A TOP-FLIGHT company has struck a 25-year deal with the University of York to commercially exploit the results of its research. Intellectual property firm, IP2IPO Group plc, has built on its partnership with the University's Centre For Novel Agricultural

  • Meet the ferret who came in for a little nip

    STAFF at a York hotel welcomed an unusual guest in from the pouring rain. His name is Pierre, or possibly Jacques, he has apparently bitten some members of staff, and he is running up quite a big bill now. Oh, and did we mention that he's a ferret? Employees

  • Warning for householders after spate of burglaries

    STEP up security or risk being burgled - that is the message to householders in some parts of York after burglaries soared in the last six weeks. In recent weeks, there has been one burglary a day in Clifton and The Groves. There were 26 last month, and

  • Our big bike adventure!

    AN intrepid father and daughter from York are taking on the challenge of a lifetime as they prepare to motorbike across Europe this summer. Richard and Emma Dearlove, of Clifton Moor, have a very good reason to raise money for children's cancer charity

  • Scheme for controversial site must be top quality

    IT must be of the "highest quality" and "respect and advance" York's historical core. So say the planning officers who have put together the final reports on the development of the city's Castle/Piccadilly site. The revised draft planning brief and planning

  • Waiting game for Vaughan

    ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan was due to report in at Headingley today after a two weeks' rest following an injection on his injured knee. Vaughan will be seen by Yorkshire physiotherapist Scott McAllister, who will assess Vaughan's progress and then

  • Acorn duo get GB call-ups

    YORK Acorn duo Adam Endersby and Johnny Waldron have been called up to the BARLA Great Britain open age squad. The call-up makes them the first Acorn players to earn full BARLA Great Britain honours since Darren Callaghan's 1999 appearances and comes

  • Dilemma of the NHS dentists

    The Evening Press can reveal a snapshot of what the future of NHS dentistry in our region is likely to look like. We have contacted dental practices in the Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) area to find out whether they are planning to sign up to

  • Weather leaves Reserves in limbo

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan is keeping his fingers crossed that no more reserve games fall foul of the weather. This week's postponed Pontin's Holiday League East clash at Doncaster meant the Minstermen have now gone five weeks since their last second-string

  • Knights coach talks down Cup run hopes

    HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights must put any ideas of another money-spinning Powergen Challenge Cup run aside, despite seeing his side successfully avoid a potential third round embarrassment. The Knights, who met Huddersfield in the 2004

  • Waiting game for Vaughan

    ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan was due to report in at Headingley today after a two weeks' rest following an injection on his injured knee. Vaughan will be seen by Yorkshire physiotherapist Scott McAllister, who will assess Vaughan's progress and then

  • Use of ECT on patients 'brutal'

    I READ with interest the article written by Lucy Stephenson about the Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) treatment of patients at Bootham Park, York, (March 13). Since its inception, ECT has been dogged by conflict between the psychiatrists who swear by

  • Insane therapy

    A FEW years ago I was asked to visit a psychiatric hospital in Romania. There I saw an ECT room barely big enough to contain a large wooden table which had upon it leather buckled thongs placed at the areas where the neck, ankles and wrists would be located

  • Muddy mess in conservation area

    BELIEVE it or not, this formerly pleasant grassy area at the junction of Clifton and Rawcliffe Lane and on a principal road into the city of York from the north is in a conservation area. It has been ruined by cyclists dodging the traffic lights and recently

  • A neat solution to the nuclear power dilemma

    THE nuclear lobby is daily bombarding MPs and all forms of the media with the message that nuclear power is an essential element in preventing the build-up of greenhouse gases. We are told there is no alternative but to build a string of nuclear plants

  • Housing problems

    MR Howden would appear to be very happy that the transfer of the Selby council houses didn't go through (Letters, March 13). It is okay for him, as he has had the "decent homes work" completed on his home. The next time that the council carry out the

  • Congratulations

    I WOULD like to congratulate Arthur Boynton, secretary of the Say No To Housing Transfer group, and also to stalwarts Pam Oddel and Rochelle Cunliffe and all the members. I have tried to follow their excellent example during my term as a Labour councillor

  • Acorn duo get GB call-ups

    YORK Acorn duo Adam Endersby and Johnny Waldron have been called up to the BARLA Great Britain open age squad. The call-up makes them the first Acorn players to earn full BARLA Great Britain honours since Darren Callaghan's 1999 appearances and comes

  • Pensions and penury

    BRITAIN is in a pensions nightmare and much of the blame can be deposited in Downing Street. This week the Government's promises that workers' occupational pensions were guaranteed turned out to be worthless - a betrayal which left thousands in penury

  • Digging York

    STEPHEN LEWIS turns archaeologist to explore York's newest visitor attraction. IT'S an exciting moment. We are down on our hands and knees in the Fishergate mud, carefully removing the topsoil with trowels. As we scrape away the fine earth, a shape begins

  • Knights coach talks down Cup run hopes

    HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights must put any ideas of another money-spinning Powergen Challenge Cup run aside, despite seeing his side successfully avoid a potential third round embarrassment. The Knights, who met Huddersfield in the 2004

  • Don't get caught up in the web of fraud

    It is estimated about 24 million people in the UK used the internet from home during December 2005. People use the internet for various reasons - to buy goods such as books, clothes and electrical items, to download music, for banking, to send emails,

  • Forget the rivals - 16/03/06

    With 24 runners set to face the starter, tomorrow's Cheltenham Gold Cup boasts a record field and, in one of the most wide-open renewals in recent memory, a turn-up could well be on the cards. With question marks about the first four in the betting -