It's been ten years since one man and his computer launched eBay. Gavin Aitchison traces the rise of the world's biggest market place. IT HAS a population of 157 million people, an economy worth more than £66 million a day, and it has been visited by
A HUSBAND and wife have bought their fourth hotel in York, creating the city's largest independent hotel group. This time Colin and Sharon Marsh have acquired the 30-bedroom Gateway To York Hotel in Kexby, which has the potential for 30 more en-suite
ALREADY John Foston, of Ladbrokes in Goodramgate, York, has beaten huge odds to get to the final 50 competing for the title of Betting Shop Manager Of The Year. But the 58-year-old, who has worked for Ladbrokes for more than 30 years, says he is stumped
THE Balloon Tree in Gate Helmsley has won three Great Taste awards for its homemade cakes and chutney - putting the farm shop and caf among the best in Britain. The Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food Retailers, are regarded as the
WITH a tough weekend in prospect York Cricket Club skipper Marcus Wood will have to restore his team's morale after disappointing performances over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Tomorrow they visit Cleethorpes, Yorkshire ECB Premier League champions
ENVIRONMENT Agency chairman Sir John Harman has visited Hawnby to view the results of the clear-up and rebuild after June's flash floods. The torrents brought sudden, isolated havoc to the communities affected. Their work to recover from the chaos must
ANOTHER Australian will be joining the ranks at Malton and Norton. Centre Tim Carney has teamed up with the Gannock outfit from Bowral, the club which has also supplied Malt with the likes of Chris Creber, Phil Ryan and Liam Vaughan in recent years. Malton's
FISH in the River Foss may be starved of oxygen because of a severe drop in water, anglers claimed today. Water levels dropped on Wednesday after an Environment Agency contractor accidentally lowered a sluice near the Foss Barrier. City of York Council
The death of a toddler who overdosed on her mum's methadone is to be raised in Parliament. Ryedale MP John Greenway is asking how a 19-month-old girl was able to open the child resistant top on a medicine bottle. Tragic tot Sadie Milson drank an overdose
MATT Atkinson will captain Pocklington for a third successive season. Atkinson, 30, who lives in Elvington, skippered the Percy Road outfit to the Yorkshire Three title in his first season and led them to third spot in Yorkshire Two last term. The forward
"LET me keep my baby." That was the plea today from pregnant Fiona Milson convicted of the manslaughter of her daughter Sadie - who tragically died after drinking her mother's methadone. The 33-year-old knows her second child could be taken from
YORK City Knights' title-winning achievements will be officially commemorated by City of York Council with an open-top bus ride and formal civic reception. The event will take place on Saturday, September 10, following the Knights' last match of the season
YORK City manager Billy McEwan is looking to his players to show they can bounce back after their first taste of defeat when they play Cambridge United. The new-look Minstermen started the season on a high after opening their account with four games unbeaten
HOW touching to read of the outstanding progress Mandy Brunskill's autistic son, Liam, has made in residential care (August 30). We have a severely autistic son who is uncontrollable and we find it a hard fact to take that the Glen respite home in York
LET me see if I've understood this story correctly ('Late licence for two nightclubs", August 31). By accepting the evidence of the acoustics expert, the licensing committee is saying industrial levels of noise are acceptable in residential streets at
SOME people find escape from the harsh realities of life by watching soaps. Others join political parties. I find solace in reading computer-generated mail. Whereas my family consider me to be unsociable, tight-fisted, cynical and decidedly scruffy, the
YORK is now served for the Scarborough train route by First, a company which pushes its luck with the slogan 'Transforming Travel'. My travel to the cricket festival was transformed on Saturday by just less than an hour's standing in an intolerably crowded
LIKE reader Jean Hields (Letters, August 29), we have had similar problems with the city council's recycling team. On August 2, my wife and daughter both saw the recycling team emptying our blue recycling box into our just-emptied grey wheelie bin. I
I UNDERSTAND the necessity of reducing waste but cannot believe the half-baked system the council is to introduce. I know of other local authorities who have much better systems including recycling plastic and cardboard. Much of our waste consists of
HAS anyone else pointed out to Coun Waller that gardening is a seasonal activity? Which means the green bins he is intent on foisting on the city will be largely empty for two-thirds of the year. In January I urged Coun Waller to investigate alternatives
The Evening Press reported a big rise in attacks on National Health Service staff (August 31). I don't see why they should be subjected to violence from patients when these hardworking, dedicated professional people do a brilliant job caring for others
WHAT a filthy week. It started with Rude Britain, moved on to a feature denouncing bad language, and ends here, in Rude Britain once more. Cast your minds back, like mental fly fishers, to Monday and you might recall our report on a new book that listed
CAMBRIDGE United made the most of the transfer window by drafting in some extra muscle to their midfield. Weymouth midfielder Ritchie Hanlon has been snapped up on loan for the rest of the season and is expected to add some instant stature to the middle
MALTON Minstermen have handed over a £3,000 cheque to York City Football Club. The money was raised from events during the 2004/05 season, including a golf day, Christmas raffle, end-of-season dinner and a 24-hour whistle-stop tour of Conference stadiums
Take a chance on Lucky Spin - a York winner in July - at a best-priced 20-1 in tomorrow's William Hill Sprint Cup at Haydock. In a £225,000 race, which features a strong North Yorkshire challenge, courtesy of Tim Easterby's Somnus, winner of the race
THE report into York's growing addiction to the bottle is shocking, depressing and unfortunately mistimed. Had these findings been available earlier, they would have informed the local debate over extended pub opening hours. As it is, the study arrives
A FORMER York charity headquarters is set to be converted into a block of flats. The move will raise vital funds for good causes - but has meant many charities have become "homeless". The York Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) has agreed to sell its
THE CHILDREN'S eczema service in York has been nationally acclaimed for its excellence. Before National Eczema Week, CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL discovers how families can seek help to cope with the distressing condition. ONE in five children now suffers the itch
OUR plumbers are some of the best for value in the country, according to a new survey - although you may have to wait a while to get one. While southerners are pouring their money down the drain, paying sky-high rates for straightforward jobs, charges
A VILLAGE bus service facing the axe has been given a stay of execution. The Arriva 42 service - which runs through Wistow, Cawood, Kelfield, Stillingfleet and Naburn to get to and from York and Selby - was under threat because of dwindling passenger
LATE night plans to open a York sports club bar until 2am have been rejected by licensing bosses. Committee members of York Railway Institute Outdoor Sports Club, off Hamilton Drive, wanted to serve alcohol until 2am on Friday and Saturday. But neighbours
IT is rocket science - at least it is for youngsters taking part in a science event at the University of York. They will learn how plastic bottles can be transformed into scaled-down versions of intergalactic craft, when all eyes turn to the skies at
GORGEOUS Georgia Horsley revealed today how she suffered a breast cancer scare, as she launched her two-day bid to be named Miss England. The Norton teenager had a lump in one breast removed in Bridlington Hospital about a fortnight before being crowned
York RI suffered a disappointing Yorkshire Three campaign last term when a long injury list played havoc with selection. Jon Alexander has been elected captain with Nick Humphries taking over the coaching duties. New players include hooker Andy Nunns
IT has been all change at Selby RUFC with a new captain and coaching set-up installed for the Yorkshire One season. Steve Cruise, John Webster and Ian Marlow have taken responsibility for coaching after Diccon Edwards was installed as boss at North East
A NEW-LOOK York RUFC are welcomed back to Yorkshire One action with an intriguing fixture against Goole at Clifton Park tomorrow. A raft of summer signings means York approach the new season full of optimism and with promotion to North 2 East the main
IT was a case of a family rod duel in the Ralph Cobb memorial angling match at the Oaktree Leisure lake on Bank Holiday Monday. An impressive entry of 75 took part to raise funds for the Alzheimers Society. Owners Tony and Julie Bowes donated the fishery
WITH a tough weekend in prospect York Cricket Club skipper Marcus Wood will have to restore his team's morale after disappointing performances over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Tomorrow they visit Cleethorpes, Yorkshire ECB Premier League champions
YOUNGSTER Matthew Fisher has a long cricket career ahead of him after becoming the youngest-ever player in the history of the York and District Senior League. The seven-year-old has already turned out for Sheriff Hutton Bridge's Under-9s, U11s, U13s and
FLASH floods which devastated parts of North Yorkshire this summer are likely to become more common, Britain's environment chief has warned. Environment Agency chairman Sir John Harman was in Hawnby, near Helmsley, yesterday to view the results of a massive
AS chair of Trustees of Arc Light, I write in response to coverage of the possibility of a new centre in Shipton Street. One of your headlines was 'No way is this consultation!' (August 26). Ironically it was above a photo of the Arc Light Re-provision
AFTER reading Sue Nelson's article on hog roasts (August 25) I must reply. Firstly does Sue Nelson know anything about hogs? A lot of time goes into making a hog perfect to eat and to get strips of crackling some people would kill for. No one would thank
READERS' comments about the council's new system for collecting rubbish have been interesting. I believe there are many flaws in the system. For example, there are no plans to collect cardboard or plastic bottles from households - a huge source of waste
I HAVE never written to a newspaper before, but for the last few months I have felt like asking: what is it about Coun Waller that we have to have his picture in the press every time he speaks? I'm sure regular readers know what he looks now, and also
YORK City Knights' title-winning achievements will be officially commemorated by City of York Council with an open-top bus ride and formal civic reception. The event will take place on Saturday, September 10, following the Knights' last match of the season
YORK City manager Billy McEwan is looking to his players to show they can bounce back after their first taste of defeat when they play Cambridge United. The new-look Minstermen started the season on a high after opening their account with four games unbeaten
Friday, September 2, 2005 100 years ago Shopkeepers and tradesmen in York were advised to take the utmost care in fastening their tills and safes at night, it being evident from facts which had come to hand lately, that a gang of expert and daring burglars
