"The Next in Hull can get dangerously busy - literally. We thought it was worth coming to York where it is safer"

Bargain hunter Phil Arksey who left his Hull home at 4.30am to catch the start of the York sales

"It makes Christmas seem a little more real"

The snow makes an impression on Paul Clarey, Australian licensee of the Rose & Crown, York

"It's just another day as far as I am concerned. But I am pleased to have reached it"

Malton councillor Des Reed on the forthcoming New Year's Eve that he has long insisted will herald the real start of the new Millennium

"As long as the Government leaves it to local authorities and the Environment Agency who don't have the resources to deal with regional floods, they will happen again and again"

Evening Press letter writer John Simpson

"It was tipping it down that night and I looked really bedraggled so if anyone recognises me in the street I think I'd better get a facelift"

Evening Press reporter Natalya Wilson on her unwitting appearance in a national advert for Volvo

"A prissy know-all is a strange choice to symbolise the exciting new media revolution"

Advertising magazine Campaign is rude to Connie, face of AOL, as played by York model Rachel Willis

Last Updated: 09:49 Saturday, December 30, 2000