THE most serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease ever experienced in Britain was first reported just over a year ago. By common consent it came into this country from abroad, by the illegal importation of infected meat. Last week two random raids on
HAVING carved her own place in York history by becoming a Freeman of the City, sculptor Emma Dexter (above) is now shaping a new future out of stone. Not long after Emma's stint at the Minster Stoneyard entitled her to this first honour for more than
PAUL Godley (right) has found the answer to the old conundrum - which came first: the chicken or the egg? The answer, says 24-year-old Paul, is definitely the egg, and he can prove it. Now that his Paul's Eggs business has successfully carved a niche
SHE'S a white witch dressed in black, loves embattled bats, and she's making a real go out of Gothic Melanie Metcalfe (above), 29, whose Gothic shop Noctule came to life in Gillygate, York, with the help of a £2,000 loan and a lot of cape-swirling, top-hat
Kids are inconsiderate creatures. Not satisfied with turning our lives upside down with their constant need for attention, food, water and love, they also insist on growing. You turn your back for five minutes and your tiny tot mutates into some great
IT was one of those moments when time seems to slow down. At the wedding ceremony of his friend Robert Umpleby, best man Colin Thompson was asked to produce the rings. Cue a frantic search. Only after several long minutes did he locate them. The bride
THE centrepiece of York's celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee could be a "Commonwealth market" in the city centre. The event would be based on York's successful Continental market, and would sell a variety of goods from Commonwealth countries or
EXPERIENCES don't get any more surreal than standing in a phone box outside the Pentagon, questioning its senior spokesman on missile defence. I wasn't allowed in and my interviewee, Lieutenant-Colonel Rick Lehner, wasn't allowed out - for "security reasons
Matthew Woodcock in Washington DC gets the official U.S. line on Son of Star Wars and the role of Menwith Hill and Fylingdales THE Evening Press has been to the heart of the United States military establishment to voice North Yorkshire's fears about the
ANDREW Eccles of Northminster Properties Ltd makes a brilliant, and glaringly obvious, suggestion to solve the Coppergate crisis - move the shopping mall development to the vast Hungate site (February 22). Piccadilly could still be developed and the sensitive
So what did the pilot study achieve? For one thing it identified 38 per cent cost savings on an IT systems upgrade for the National Railway Museum by exploiting its prestigious brand image It also found that only 20 per cent of the Museum's actual IT
Suddenly, for many, a life of school will become the school of life. DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council, North Yorkshire applauds the prospect THE Government's new proposals for education will bring in a number of changes which
It looks like the disaster is over at last - and now the only way is up, says an optimistic ROB SIMPSON, spokesman for the Yorkshire and North East NFU MUCH of my time last week was spent dealing with the anniversary of foot-and-mouth disease. As you
ORDERS are beginning to stack up for a Northallerton company and its revolutionary bale-stacking machine. Walton Agriculture, which designs and develops agricultural equipment, has sold its first ECLIPSE bale stacker and transporter - the first machine
BRADLEY Grimshaw was Huntington's hero with the only goal of the game at home to Wigginton Black Horse, a win which maintains Huntington's outside title chances in the Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve A title. Grimshaw scored in the second
Two goals down in the first 12 minutes of their North League game at home to Wigan, City of York Ladies staged a great revival to win 4-2. York's first-half performance was a disjointed muddle of misplaced passes and squandered openings. But hopes were
TWO-GOAL Richard Jenkin snatched a late point for City of York II in their Northern Hockey League division two east match at Gateshead. The visitors were trailing 2-1 when Roz Ramli forced a short corner in the dying minutes. The ball was put out to Nick
POLICE have appealed to motorists for information after a group of youths were seen firing air rifles from a busy railway bridge, near Selby. A passing lorry driver reported seeing a number of youths firing at vehicles from a railway bridge over the Sherburn-in-Elmet
SURVIVORS of the Selby rail crash today criticised two reports which concluded that work to prevent a repeat of the tragedy could not be given "instant priority". Ginny Clark, chairwoman of the Highways Agency working group, said any new safety schemes
POLICE have warned that incidents like a gang fight in which three men suffered human bite wounds to the face "will not be tolerated" in York. The fight, which is said to have involved up to 15 people, broke out in The Village, Strensall. It left one
A BEST man was left red-faced twice - after a film clip of him fumbling around for two wedding rings was shown on national TV. Colin Thompson not only had to endure a full eight minutes of impatient stares from wedding guests on the actual wedding day
SUDDENLY everything clicked for Nikki Bowling (above) of Haxby who ever since she took her BTech followed by Higher National Diploma in photography and design, had wanted to set up her own freelance business. It all came true with a Prince's Trust loan
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has completed negotiations to extend into the last unit left in the first phase of new building at the York Science Park. The member-based service which provides better practice for teachers,
A developer has launched a website to promote the York Business Park at Poppleton - a marketing strategy which is believed to be a 'first' for the city. The website, www.yorkbusinesspark.co.uk outlines a profile of existing occupiers, including Livingwell
WHILE York continues its decade-long debate over the prospect of a revamped town centre at Coppergate, Shepherd Construction of York has just secured a £12.5 million deal to give Loughborough town centre a facelift. Work has now begun on the nearly 300,000
A TALENTED amateur golfer has successfully sued a York golf club for breach of contract after it went back on an offer of membership to him. Fulford Golf Club has been ordered to make amends to Andrew Holmes, 33, after he took them to York County Court
A PLATFORM at York Station had to be closed again today due to fears for its roof, as the city suffered another battering from gale force winds and heavy rain The stormy weather caused three road accidents and the station safety scare - all during rush
THE first time she experienced a session of zero balancing, Allison Drew says, the effect was simply stunning. She had turned up for a session with York practitioner Gail Davies after seeing a local advertisement and thinking it might be fun to try it
IT'S not been an uncommon sight in York during the past couple of years. Ever since the York Coalition of Disabled People launched its 'yellow card' scheme in December 1999, shops, restaurants and other businesses which persist in effectively barring
RAIL passengers, motorists, do not fret. An accident like Great Heck only occurs once every 300 to 400 years. And that's official. This ludicrous figure looks like the work of Whitehall's department for reassuring statistics. You may remember their previous
IN his anxiety to correct "misinformation" about the proposed handover of York City Archives to the university, Coun Alan Jones is perpetrating misinformation of his own (Letters, February 12). The "new modern records facility" he mentions will only need
MY wife recently had to experience another major operation in a potentially life-threatening scenario. The positive result, brought about by the surgeon, Mr Nicholson and his team, together with the cancer-care sisters and the excellent nursing staff
'YORK City for promotion' is the rallying cry from inspirational skipper Chris Brass. A turn-around in fortunes has seen the Minstermen claw their way back up the standings having at one stage been just one off the bottom of the Football League. And while
RESULTS of a ground-breaking study could trigger cost savings of hundreds of thousands of pounds and perhaps generate millions more in sales for high-tech companies in York. Leaders of 230 high-tech ventures in the city are being called to a meeting next
A Soup-er York company has become a soup-er judge of other super companies. Stone Soup, a small promotions and publishing firm which scooped last year's North Yorkshire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Livewire Awards organised by Shell, will be a judge
YET another US firm today set up a European base in York for sales and support but with future plans for manufacturing. California-based R-Quest Technologies, which makes high-speed CD Rom duplication equipment for the likes of Abbey Road recording studio
COMPANIES in York and North Yorkshire are being offered an innovative on-line approach to achieving Investors in People status by using an interactive software package. Called Laurel Online, the software programme is being offered by Business Link York
BOSSES who want to avoid being taken to court by staff claiming their health has suffered due to stress caused by severe pressure of work, should consider entering into 'stress prevention partnerships' with them, a York health and safety lawyer warned
BROADCASTER and former Olympic athlete Derek Redmond will be keynote speaker at the launch of the York Enterprise Scheme and Discovery Week at the National Centre for Early Music in Walmgate, York, on Thursday, March 7. Mr Redmond, World Championships
WOULD-be buyers of farmland in Yorkshire, armed in total with £80 million to spend, have come knocking at the door of one York estate agency this year. FPD Savills of Micklegate has announced the figure as part of its own investigation into the demand
THE financial rolling stone may not be moving much but it is gathering Moss Bros. Members of Ryedale Investment Club Holdings decided that although the market had dipped - and their RICH holdings with it - investing in Moss Bros had been a good idea.
Business Editor RON GODFREY looks at some of the Livewire young hopefuls making a name for themselves in the world of business... YOU can be sure of one thing - the group of young business adventurers who turn up at the York and North Yorkshire final
YORK Tigers' duo Billy Greensides and Gavin Smith helped crown Yorkshire as undergraduate kings at the regional student rugby league championship staged at the University of York. The White Rose representative side beat Ireland Exiles 14-6 in the main
A RYEDALE man who notched up 21 years as the village clockwinder has died at the age of 80. Ted Inman, of Thornton-le-Dale, wound the clock at All Saints' Church every six days from 1971 until his retirement in 1992. The clock, which was installed as
A MAN has escaped jail for the second time for his part in a gang attack on Chinese students. Jamie Kendra, 18, and two other people armed themselves with pieces of wood pulled from a fence before taunting and shouting abuse outside their victims' home
Ray McInally has set his sights on retaining the York John Smith's Men's League Individual competition title to be held at Holgate WMC on Friday (8pm). However, McInally, now an established Yorkshire first team member, has fellow County representative
PHOENIX, the calf who touched the hearts of the country when she was rescued during the foot and mouth crisis, is to make her debut in the show world in North Yorkshire. Now a year old, she is to appear at the Showman's Show North at the Great Yorkshire
Joe Leaf, who has died in York aged 85, was a well-known cricketer and rugby player in the area for many years. He was a wicketkeeper-batsman, playing for Londesbro' Park Cricket Club, York CC, Escrick Park and York Wanderers in a long career. Mr Leaf
AN IMAGE of Castle Howard has been chosen to promote Britain in a new national campaign to pull in more foreign tourists. The UKOK campaign aims to reverse the losses borne by the tourism industry last year as a result of both of foot and mouth disease
Pop sensations Blue are to headline an all-star line-up at Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, this summer. Blue, who were voted the best new British band in this year's Brit Awards, will be supported by the ex-Steps duo H and Claire Richards in Ripley's Party
EXPERIENCES don't get any more surreal than standing in a phone box outside the Pentagon, questioning its senior spokesman on missile defence. I wasn't allowed in and my interviewee, Lieutenant-Colonel Rick Lehner, wasn't allowed out - for "security reasons
Matthew Woodcock in Washington DC gets the official U.S. line on Son of Star Wars and the role of Menwith Hill and Fylingdales THE Evening Press has been to the heart of the United States military establishment to voice North Yorkshire's fears about the
Acomb held on for a great 1-0 Yorkshire League division one home win against Sheffield University Bankers IV. The South Yorkshire side passed the ball around well without actually putting much pressure on the Acomb defence. The best two opportunities
City of York Under-13 girls qualified for the Yorkshire Finals by winning the North Yorkshire mini-tournament in style. Despite missing regular club players because they were playing for their schools, five players from St Olave's School who attend club
THERE was to be an inspection at Wetherby this afternoon to see if the racececourse is fir for tomorrow's National Hunt race meeting there. Wetherby racecourse manager James Sanderson admits thatprospects do not look great. He said: "We're waterlogged
SCARBOROUGH and Morecambe replay tonight in the fifth round of the FA Trophy after the 1-1 draw on Saturday. The winners will visit either Margate or Braintree in the last eight of the competition. After Scarborough's last-gasp penalty equaliser on Saturday
EMILY Cook is celebrating her 107th birthday in style with a party attended by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Irene Waudby. Emily, of Lime Tree House Residential Care Home, Poppleton, is having a joint party for about 40 guests this afternoon with fellow
THE centrepiece of York's celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee could be a "Commonwealth market" in the city centre. The event would be based on York's successful Continental market, and would sell a variety of goods from Commonwealth countries or
HOUSE prices in York have leapt by more than 60 per cent in the past decade - bucking the trend of the region as a whole. But average prices in the city are still not as high as North Yorkshire towns such as Harrogate, Richmond, Thirsk and Northallerton
'YORK City for promotion' is the rallying cry from inspirational skipper Chris Brass. A turn-around in fortunes has seen the Minstermen claw their way back up the standings having at one stage been just one off the bottom of the Football League. And while
