In the deadly game of musical chairs for school leavers how can we ensure that everyone in North Yorkshire gets a seat? DAVID HARBOURNE, executive director of the region's new Learning and Skills Council explores the issue This time of year always reminds
TRAINING might not be the most exciting word in the business lexicon, but as virtually every businessman will know to his or her cost, an untrained workforce is likely to be a less motivated workforce. And from the trainee's point of view, training means
DON'T join the panicked herd of stampeding investors. That, decided members of RICH - Ridings Investment Club Holdings, was the best contribution they could make in the wake of the New York and Washington bombings. "We're an investment club - and whatever
A KEY route into the village of Bilbrough on the outskirts of York is to be shut for up to a year to block the path of rat-running motorists trying to escape jams on the A64. Villagers are also to be banned from going through the notorious gap in the
THE widow of a man killed by a "reckless" driver today expressed her anger and dismay after the driver was jailed for 12 months. Betty Whitaker said the punishment did not fit the crime and sent out entirely the wrong message. University student Caroline
AMERICAN biotech company Binax Inc today announced it has chosen York as the European base for its multi-million pound revolution in diagnostic tests for killer lung disease in Europe. Confirmation of the arrival of Binax (Europe) Ltd - the first US biotech
HOTELS and businesses across York say Americans are staying away in droves since the attack on the World Trade Centre. York is Britain's most popular destination outside London for transatlantic visitors. But the city's Tourism Bureau today vowed to fight
GOVERNMENTS across the globe were warned today to be alert to the risks of chemical or biological terrorist attack. The World Health Organisation released a draft report of its technical guide - Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons - several
Evening Press readers are living proof that we are what we eat, reports MAXINE GORDON. AWARENESS that certain foods can make us ill is growing. An increasing number of people suffering from a wide range of ailments - everything from eczema and irritable
Going off to college can be tougher on parents than teenagers, discovers MAXINE GORDON. Prince William, like thousands of other teenagers across Britain, is this week settling into college life as he finds his way around St Andrew's University. For many
I'D LIKE to think that I'm totally wix, maybe even to the point of being banging. Honestly, that would be so mesmeric, it would be practically mint. Unfortunately, however, I am a baphead and my pitiful desperation to be thought of as bootylicious is
The terrible tragedy that struck the USA and the Western World, in the form of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, may well have radically altered the way we live our lives for years to come. No one who witnessed the live coverage on the
By knowing what animal, plant and food products can and cannot bring home from holiday, everyone can help prevent the spread of plant, animal and even human diseases. Remember the golden rule: If in doubt, keep it out! WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU TRAVELLING
Stamp out illegal imports. The villains are putting us all at risk, says ROB SIMPSON of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union. Everyone living in the countryside has an opinion about foot-and-mouth disease. Whether it is the huge costs incurred
ALL but one of the swish four office units at Station Business Park developed by B1 Business Homes in Poppleton Road, York, have been snapped up. B1 was also responsible for the highly-successful Aviator Court development at Clifton Moor where five of
SEPTEMBER 11 changed our fear threshold. The audacity of the attacks and the scale of the suffering has left the world in a waking nightmare. What happened was beyond the darkest imaginings of Hollywood or horror fiction and has made any outrage seem
YOUNG students are preparing to start their first term at the region's first children's university when it is opened on Saturday by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Irene Waudby. The university will be a free Saturday morning school for children aged seven
THE FLAGS are out for members of the St Andrew's Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade, who are celebrating after raising more than £2,000 in their summer fete. The brigade, based in Huntington, York, has raised a total of £2,344.31 through teamwork
THE Princess Royal spoke to Citizens' Advice Bureau staff assembled in York for their annual conference, and said the organisation "can be justly proud". Princess Anne, who is patron of the National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux, made the opening
YORK Tennis Club have bounced back in the face of adversity. The Clifton Park-based club has faced two major setbacks in recent months as their pavilion burnt down last year and the courts were flooded in winter. A new pavilion, part of a £40,000 project
CAPTAIN Mary-Jane Simpson holds the York Schools Under-16 hockey trophy while her Queen Margaret's School team colleagues form a guard of honour. The Escrick-based team triumphed in the round robin style tournament at St Peter's School, winning four and
IT'S all aboard at the Grand Opera House which has announced that its pantomime this year is to be Dick Whittington. Helping launch the show was Warren James who is to take the title role, with sailors Lisa Bates and Jo Collins. The show will run from
CITY of York Hockey Club's first team have completed their preparations for the new league season. They beat Stockton I 5-2 in their final friendly before losing 4-0 to the higher-ranked Sheffield University Bankers I in the first round of the English
YORK Tennis Club aces Wendy Stirke and Louise Lister have completed a great treble. They have won the IT Sports Ladies Doubles Trophy for the third year on the bounce. They powered to victory on finals afternoon at Fulford by beating second seeds Julie
THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, has said he would turn down the Church of England's top job if he was offered it. Dr Hope said he would prefer to end his career as he started it - as a parish priest. The Yorkshire-born Primate, who many church
SHOPS in Malton and Norton plan to open seven days a week at Christmas to shake off the gloom cast by the foot and mouth crisis and last year's flooding disaster. Late-night opening is also on the cards - with free parking for shoppers. It is the first
MALTON and Norton are preparing for Christmas. Some might consider this a little premature, but the Ryedale towns are in real need of a bumper festive season and so business leaders are leaving nothing to chance. Trade has been hit by the double whammy
Ian Kerr is to be the new Director of Football at Scarborough FC following the departure of Neil Thompson last week. Kerr, 47, is currently youth team coach at the McCain Stadium and takes over at a crucial time for the club, placed as they are in a relegation
NEW buses bought to help launch First York's new Metro service have been damaged in attacks by vandals. The company's fleet took a hammering this weekend with bricks, bottles and even footballs striking vehicles. Now the last bus of the night is to be
IN WHAT now seems the olden days, workers would "punch a card" or clock-in. Then came family-owned Mitrefinch, of York, to blaze a new trail by creating the first-ever computerised time-recording system. That was in 1979. Since then the Mitrefinch clocking-in
YORK City were poised to give a late fitness test to Christian Fox ahead of tonight's clash with in-form Plymouth Argyle at Bootham Crescent. The stylish midfielder made his first start of the season in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Bristol Rovers. In doing
BOGUS DREAMS, a model of consistency this season, can get back on the winning trail at Goodwood tomorrow. Sean Woods' colt lines up for the day's feature race, the £25,000 Foundation Stakes, and makes plenty of appeal in the hands of John Reid. Bogus
EXPAT Supplies Limited, holding company for York's award-winning expatshopping.com, has taken over Kingsbarn, its main competitor for an undisclosed sum. It makes the Osbaldwick-based venture, which provides goods and services to the British diplomatic
Let's stay united and confident should the economic storm break, urges GILLIAN CRUDDAS, chief executive of York Tourism Bureau as she takes over the presidency of the 630-member York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. MORE than ever it will be a
BIG changes at the top have been announced by Pocklington-based Sundora Foods, the UK's leading producer of dried fruit and nuts. Julian Richards and Keith Burton, pictured, have both been promoted to joint managing directors, while also joining the board
JUST how environment-minded is business in York and North Yorkshire? Large firms throughout the region are being invited to take part in the latest Green Index, designed to find out. Organised by Business in the Community, the annual survey comparing
THIS is the romantic and dramatic pure-silk creation which has won Andrea Bambridge of York the coveted Yorkshire Brides Designer of the Year. Andrea designed it at her shop of the same name in Goodramgate and took two months to put it together. She will
Older people are going back to school to help youngsters learn. Ted Raine and STEPHEN LEWIS report. IT HAS always seemed a crying shame. Teachers struggle to cope with increasing red tape and growing class sizes, feeling they have no time left to give
WE now have a scenario where one man is accused of orchestrating an atrocity against the USA. The man accused is one who aided and became part of a people who fought to rid their country of a despotic, puppet regime and then fought off its masters, only
SEVEN high quality offices on which the finishing touches are being put in Upper Poppleton are being marketed for sale - a clear indication of the increasing demand by growing companies for owner occupation. The two-storey offices - the next phase of
FARMERS who are to be expected to diversify could be financially caned for it, an accountants' leader in York complained today. David Walker, president of the York Society of Chartered Accountants and director of Botting & Co Ltd of Clifton Moor,
BIG scoring by the powerful Phoenix 'B' team was to no avail in their York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one match against Castle Howard Ox. Reigning singles champion Tracey Farmeary and Sue Smith shot two tons each but Castle Howard Ox produced
YORK magistrates have tightened security in their courthouse by the installation of a metal detector at the front entrance. The security arch is the most visible sign of a series of measures aimed at reducing violence and staff intimidation at the building
WINNING captains from each division of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League received their trophies at Fulford on Saturday. Pictured right are the winning skippers, from the left, Helen Leach (York, division one winners), Kate Durkin (Castlegarth
A 31-year-old York man has appeared before the city's magistrates charged with wounding with intent. Bradley Neville Bell, of Arran Place, Heworth, is accused of attacking Moses Cessay on Sunday. Magistrates sent his case to York Crown Court. Updated:
UNIVERSITY hunger striker Roshini Mangalore has called off her protest - but says she will return next month. The Indian-born former economics student claims the university has not allowed her to re-submit her PhD thesis. The university, however, says
Nestl Rowntree began their Costcutter York Ladies League season in victorious style after comprehensively beating Danby 5-0. After a bright start Danby were overwhelmed by Nestl's quick breaks, Janet Cordingley being player of the match. Scorers were
A MEETING of North Yorkshire residents concerned at the global military build up after the tragic events in America has been thrown open to the public. The terrible events of two weeks ago have led organisers of the Pickering Justice and Peace Group to
NORTHERN Ford Premiership clubs including York Wasps face a vital meeting on Friday to decide the format for the forthcoming season. And the Wasps will be one of the clubs voting for new plans to keep a single-section NFP rather than split it into two
ONE of York's top jobs is up for grabs. The high-profile post of Chief Executive of York Racecourse which commands a "six-figure package" has been advertised in the racing press. Current racecourse manager and clerk of the course John Smith is due to
England's Under-19s take on Iceland in a Nationwide friendly international at York City's Bootham Crescent on Monday, October 1 (kick off 7.45pm). And the Evening Press has teamed up with the Football Association to offer you the chance to be the Iceland
CRUNCH talks were taking place today between union members and management from printers RR Donnelley over plans to introduce continental shift patterns. The Graphical Paper and Media Union (GPMU) argues that the proposed changes to contracts will mean
AN investigation has been launched at a North Yorkshire school after a brick fragment was thrown from a school bus into the windscreen of a family car. The car driver, Nigel Francis, told the Evening Press he believed somebody could have been killed in
PLYMOUTH Argyle arrive at Bootham Crescent tonight as the form team in Division Three. The Pilgrims have climbed to fifth in the table on the back of a six match unbeaten run which included Saturday's 2-0 win over Macclesfield. Boss Paul Sturrock insists
BUS drivers unhappy with the new Metro service at First York are trying to leave the company, the Evening Press has learned. A union chief has claimed that, in the last week, four drivers have quit and 25 others may apply to join rivals Arriva. Brian
APPLAUD Jane and Martin Nordli for making a huge success of facing the ruin .of history Or rather - what a luxurious haven they have made of The Abbey Inn smack opposite the gothic curves and ragged shapes of Byland Abbey in Coxwold whose ruins are testimony
OF all the millions of labels produced by Sessions of York, the huge label printing and application machinery company on a five-acre site in Huntington, York, there is one yet to be worn by the firm itself - the Evening Press Exporter of the Year. Its
TIME machines, it seems, are big business. Past Forward Limited, the York exhibition-maker which uses 21st century techniques to transport us all into history, proves the point. Its reputation for interpreting history using the latest multi-media techniques
