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Easterby hoping to stay in High Spirits
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Tim Easterby, in high spirits after winning yesterday's £100,000 William Hill Mile Handicap at Goodwood with For Your Eyes Only, can carry on his excellent season at Thirsk tomorrow by scoring with - High Spirits! The four-year-old
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Sporting York
Manic Monday through to feverish Friday - that was the week that was 'Sportsmania 98'. Hundreds of York citizens took part in a range of 11 sports held at venues across the area from Rowntree Park to Copmanthorpe in an event organised by the City of York
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Squelching summer-time
Dark storm clouds gathered over St George's Road Cricket Ground in Harrogate - just another typical summer day in England. Evening Press photographer Garry Atkinson captured this scene yesterday during the Under 19 Test between England and Pakistan. Heavy
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Mick gets the all-clear
Forward Mick Ramsden has been cleared to resume his York Rugby League Club career after talks between the Wasps and the Rugby Football League. The 26-year-old, re-signed in the close season, was left in limbo by a transfer embargo after the Wasps failed
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His art is in the White place...
Eccentric artist Johnny White will be making art lovers' mouths water with an exhibition inspired by chocolate. The sculptor's imagination will be set free in York Castle Museum's display of one of the city's most famous exports. Eat My Art will put Mr
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High-tech operation
Patients at York District Hospital could soon have instant access to information about their conditions on a special NHS 'Intranet'. The new system, due to be tested in York next month, could eventually mean all 2,000 hospital staff, with access to computer
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Victim, 92, safe at last as conman goes to jail
A 92-year-old woman, who lost £16,600 of her life savings after a cowboy builder called, has spoken of her double court ordeal to successfully bring him to justice. Phyllis Spreadbury told the Evening press today she was feeling safe for the first time
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Yorkshire folk going mad about the Millennium
Yorkshire folk have gone Millennium-mad coming up with new ideas for the next century - and new figures prove it. The region has come second in a league table for the number of people winning Millennium Commission awards to mark the transition to the
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Green light for Selby bypass
The long-awaited Selby bypass was given the go-ahead today by the new Transport Minister, John Reid. The £28 million project was among the approved schemes in the Government's new roads programme announced by Mr Reid in the House of Commons. In a statement
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We're Proud to be York
Today we show you why we really ARE Proud to be York. Over the last few months, a legion's of York's finest have been beavering away to make sure our city looks its very best. Under the banner of the Evening Press Proud to be York campaign, they have
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Lehmann blasts his way into the record books
Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner Darren Lehmann smashed exactly 200 in registering his first double century for Yorkshire at New Road yesterday and he helped Matthew Wood set up a new record for the county in matches against Worcestershire. The pair
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Green light for Barras comeback
Scotland-bound York City were today given a central station confidence boost. Defender Tony Barras has surged ahead of schedule in his recovery from major hip surgery to return to training. Though the City captain will still miss the start of the new
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Will York be able to keep its Lord Mayor?
The historic civic office of Lord Mayor of York could be replaced with a publicly-elected mayor under radical Government plans. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has unveiled plans to allow voters the chance to elect their own mayor. Councils will be
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I say, Gromit
The creators of Oscar-winners Wallace and Gromit today denied rumours that the celebrity duo were to lose their trademark Northern accents - in favour of a 'cleaned-up' southern one. The rumour sparked outrage from northern MPs, including Wakefield's
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Lights appeal for Christmas
Our Proud To Be York campaign will carry on this Christmas - with the primary aim of ensuring that the city has an impressive and attractive display of Christmas lights. In previous years there has been widespread criticism of the city of York's Christmas
