Archive
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Give me a bell
A member of the HMS Peacock Association asked me where the ship's bell ended up. HMS Peacock was adopted by Tadcaster during the last war and when she was de-commissioned in late 1954 her bell was presented to the council as a memento. The association
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Crack down on cheats
While I applaud the Reap The Benefits campaign to encourage people to claim benefits, I am concerned about the shelving of plans to crack down on fraud. York councillors decided not to fully implement a Government scheme to catch those who cheat, because
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Carriage works killer identified in Thirties
In 1932 British Rail Carriage Works were told that asbestos was a dangerous substance. Our menfolk who have died in the past ten years were not old enough to work at the carriage shops back then. But later, in the 50s and 60s, the management allowed them
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Chris Titley
Obscene for Granada to fete racists After a hard day's race hatred, you need to relax. Acting out imaginary knife attacks on black people must be exhausting. Even harmless banter, like stabbing an armchair over and over again while screaming racist obscenities
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Finance expert 'used friend like rubbish'
Financial expert Peter Barlow "distorted the truth", "played for time" and "used a friend like rubbish", Leeds Crown Court heard today. Edward Hickson, former director of Hazelwood Foods, alleged he was so worried when Barlow also refused to tell him
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York youngsters have the edge in cup final
School sport York City Boys Under 11s soccer team have given themselves a great chance to win the Sheffield Green'Un Cup. Sweeping changes are afoot for junior football in the region. A goal from Michael Vickers (Headlands School) gave them a 1-0 win
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Dunlop winner can rise to new Heights
Pekan Heights, a fluent winner on his seasonal reappearance at Nottingham, can double his score at Beverley tomorrow. The three-year-old, trained at Newmarket by Ed Dunlop, bids for the C N Wilmot-Smith Retirement Handicap and is fancied to take all the
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Topping idea
When in York, do as the Romans do. It comes as something of a surprise, given the city's less than prominent Italian community, that Pizza Hut has developed a new recipe in York. Italian food has become such a favourite over here that York folk are as
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Construction firm announces 30 new jobs
Development and construction company Harrison is to create 30 jobs at its headquarters in Malton. Harrison Developments' financial director Malcolm Scott, chairman Martyn Harrison, and managing director of the company's construction arm, Nigel Firn, celebrate
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Youngsters in Mini-soccer revolution
Sweeping changes are afoot for junior football in the region. Pitch battle: York City groundsman Bryan Horner forks the sodden Bootham Crescent pitch, but the battle against the elements proved in vain as the game against Blackpool was called off for
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Pressing onwards with £1.5m boost
Business newsline by Tony Seymour Major expansion is well under way at York-based commercial printers Wood & Richardson. John Richardson, managing director of Wood & Richardson, looks to the future with the £1.5m investment. Picture by Nigel Holland
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Competition rail chef pans the opposition
Cooking up the ultimate in meals on wheels has won top railway chef Chris Tarrant the highest accolade in his profession. Chris Tarrant, of Hemingbrough, winner of the GNER Chef of the Year competition, held at the National Railway Museum Chris, of Hemingbrough
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Monthly payments for link road kept secret
Taxpayers will be kept in the dark over the bill for Yorkshire's new A1/M1 link motorway, the Evening Press can reveal today. Highways chiefs have refused to say how much is being paid over in a "shadow toll" to Yorkshire Link, the consortium which has
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MP's Harrogate cricket call
The Government should not support Yorkshire County Cricket Club unless it allows first-class cricket to return to Harrogate, Phil Willis MP is urging. It should not receive lottery cash or Sports Council grants while county cricket is played in Leeds
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York pizza goes nationwide
Pizza Hut in York has completed the Italian Job - now it's the turn of outlets across the rest of Britain to grab a pizza the action. Sean Colmer, duty manager at the Pizza Hut in Pavement, York, with other members of the team which developed the new
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Outrage at 'tinpot dictators' scheme
Radical reform of City of York Council would elevate its leaders to the status of "tinpot dictators", it was claimed today. Outrage has greeted the biggest shake-up of York's council in a hundred years as the authority's leaders publish their long-awaited
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York artillery salutes the Queen
Cannon fire rocked York's Museum Gardens today as 21 shots marked the Queen's 73rd birthday. Major General Dair Farrar-Hockley MC inspects Gunners of 40 Regiment Royal Artillery. Picture: David Harrison The impressive gun salute, released across the River
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Clarification
Our about animal cruelty last night referred to an RSPCA report on a horse which was found dead and in foal at a Pickering knackers yard. The yard's owners, Harry Atkinson and Partners, have asked us to point out that the horse was actually dead when
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'Timber!' is the cry
Howarth Timber, of York, has picked up its largest-ever contract win - to supply over £100,000-worth of materials to an office development in County Durham. Developer and main contractor Grantside Developers Ltd awarded Howarth the contract to supply
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Scheme will be real bonus
A new Annual Deferred Bonus Scheme will be introduced later this year at structural steel group Severfield-Reeve. The scheme is a "thank you" to employees of the Thirsk-based company - soon to be known as Severfield-Rowen - which has a bulging order book
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Boro rivals' 'keeper relief
Scarborough's nearest rivals for the drop, Carlisle United, have been given help by the Football League to overcome a goalkeeping crisis. The Cumbrians have been given special dispensation to be allowed to bring in a loan 'keeper before Saturday's home
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Bug team signs the pledge
The Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber has launched its new Millennium Bug Co-ordination Unit and shown its commitment towards tackling the Millennium Bug by signing Pledge 2000. Jeremy Walker, left, regional director at the Government Office
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Blewett promises to deliver the goods
Greg Blewett predicts he will make at least as big an impact with Yorkshire this summer as his South Australian team-mate Darren Lehmann managed over the past couple of seasons. Blewett's chances of showing off his talents on the first day of Yorkshire's
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Chilling lesson on gun laws
The world has been horrified by the slaughter in Denver. Horrified, but not shocked. At least 25 children were gunned down in their school, a disaster that has been greeted with incomprehension. But we do not feel the same sense of numb disbelief today
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FA dish out £100 fine for Pouton
Rampaging midfielder Alan Pouton is clear to continue in York City's relegation scrap after emerging from an FA panel hearing without a ban. Pouton went before the panel at the Woodlesford base of the West Riding County FA yesterday after collecting 11
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Eye operation boost for Canada trip pensioner
A pensioner's planned visit to an ill relative in North America could be saved after York District Hospital cut her waiting time for treatment by more than nine months. Joan Merryweather: trip to Canada was put at risk by long waiting time for eye treatment
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Loo makes gust appearance
A flush of civic pride was much in evidence as green-minded Ryedale District Council chiefs unveiled North Yorkshire's first wind-powered public loos. Gary Hobbs, chairman of Ryedale District Council, cuts the tape to officially open the first wind-powered
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Walls wrecker banned
The driver of a van which demolished four garden walls on a busy York road was more than double the legal alcohol limit, a court heard. York magistrates were told that when police arrived at Poppleton Road, near the junction with Holgate Road, on Saturday
