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Are we overcharged?
Reader's letter I was interested to read that a Band D property in York is only £607 even with the 7.5 per cent increase in Council Tax (April 3). Would Mr Laws, City of York Council's accountancy manager, like to tell me in which area of York this is
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Swim costings wrong
Reader's letter In reply to Ann Usalis's letter 'Treated With Contempt' (April 10), given that swimming fees is a very complicated subject when you include the loyalty card, I am not surprised she has got some of her facts wrong. The committee report
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Cost of domestic care prices out the elderly
I refer to the article in the Evening Press about the increase in the price of the council-run domestic support service (April 11). In view of the miserly 1.1 per cent rise in pension I think the increase for home helps from £2.90 to £4.75 an hour for
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April 14th, 2000
York City FC: Fettis seeking another shut-out Goalkeeper Alan Fettis is looking to smash a York City jinx as the Minstermen head into the unknown tomorow. York City FC:Dolan seeks double tonic on Town debut Two notable achievements in one fell swoop can
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April 14th, 2000
Woman dies in horse tragedy A woman found dead in a field near York is thought to have died after being kicked by a horse. Alert as river level rises Riverside fairground bosses in York were on full alert today after the Environment Agency issued a yellow
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Asbestos victim wins damages from rail board
A victim of the York Carriageworks asbestos timebomb is to receive substantial damages. Charles Sanders pictured last year Former coachbuilder Charles Sanders, 88, suffers constant breathlessness and is dependent on oxygen after developing asbestosis.
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Man in hospital after axe attack
A vicious axe attack has left a York man in hospital with a broken leg and other serious injuries. Dean Brennan, who is believed to be in his 30s and from the Clifton area, was attacked in Burton Stone Lane on Saturday night. A police spokesman said there
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Rule change upsets Acorn
CUP holders Acorn could pull out of this year's Rhodes Haulage Interworks rugby league tournament because of a change in the rules. The competition has been switched from a 13-a-side to an 11-a-side event in a bid to attract more entries. But Steve Bromwich
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Precious boost for Wasps
Andy Precious has given York Wasps a timely boost by making himself available for the crucial Easter period. EASTER BONUS: Andy Precious, shown aboveplaying against Barmley and being tackled as Gary Schofield looks on, will be available for York Wasps
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School vandals must be curbed
Evening Press leader Schools are easy targets for the vandals. Many were built in an era when mindless damage was not a problem, and are therefore unprotected against it. The perpetrators know precisely when and how to attack. They are aware that schools
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Fettis seeking another shut-out
Goalkeeper Alan Fettis is looking to smash a York City jinx as the Minstermen head into the unknown tomorow. ON THE BALL: York City goalkeeper Alan Fettis, looking for a third successive clean sheet After four blank returns from his last five appearances
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Having a ball for appeal
Here's one ball that rugby fans won't want to pass on this summer. ABOVE: Jane Rusling, left, and Helen Williams, organisers of the Millennium Sunflower Ball in aid of the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 appeal, with Ross MacLeod, who is modelling an autographed
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Walk-out hits ambulances
Ambulance staff all over East Yorkshire could be balloted on strike action after some crews staged a walk-out over back pay. Ray Gray, regional officer for public service union Unison, said they were expecting proposals from management today and would
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York to have a female Lord Mayor
Labour councillor Shan Braund is to be York's next Lord Mayor. Coun Shan Braund: 'a great honour' She will take over the role when Peter Vaughan's term of office ends on May 25. She will be only the sixth lady to hold the post, the first being Edna Annie
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Alert as river level rises
Riverside fairground bosses in York were on full alert today after the Environment Agency issued a yellow flood warning. Yvonne Allan, on the staff of the Swordsman pub in Stamford Bridge, moves furniture out of potential flood water from the nearby River
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Wheeled bin benefits
Reader's letter Mr Jefferson queries the cost of the wheeled bin service (Letters, April 8). While it is pleasing that this is of such interest that he took the trouble to time his very first collection, the conclusions he draws about the costs of the
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April 14th, 2000
School vandals must be curbed Schools are easy targets for the vandals. Many were built in an era when mindless damage was not a problem, and are therefore unprotected against it. Cop this, you lot! Pupils at Woldgate School, Pocklington, are likely to
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It ain't half dot com
Two ex-soldiers have turned their former homesickness for British food into a multi-million pound York-based business. Equal share-owners Simon Aldrich and Richard Finch, both aged 30, are set to be millionaires by the year end with their website, expatshopping.com
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Remains could be Roman baths
A Roman bath house may have been uncovered during sewer repairs in the centre of York. The exciting find was made by archaeologists in the city's Market Street, working alongside engineers employed by Yorkshire Water. The York Archaeological Trust's senior
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Flood victims welcome £4m prevention scheme
Residents who saw their homes and businesses devastated when the River Derwent swamped parts of Ryedale have welcomed plans to protect them from a repeat of the disaster. ABOVE: Nick Gander, from Yorkshire and Humberside Museum Council, leaving the Beck
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Tory gets Hague's backing for seat
Conservative leader William Hague has backed York by-election candidate Ken Creek. Mr Creek, who has stood for election in Mr Hague's Richmond constituency in the past, was supported as the candidate for City of York Council's Monk ward on May 18. Mr
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Watson impresses yet again
York's Paul Watson has continued his superb start to the new season with yet another second place in a major event. Seven days after finishing runner-up in the hilly, 50-mile Circuit of the Dales time trial at Ingleton, the 21-year-old Heworth student
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Day of destiny for Clifton Park outfit
York have their future in their hands tomorrow. THE BOOTI-FUL GAME: York's Toby Cockcroft will be looking to make his kicking tell in their clash with Percy Park A win at Percy Park will almost certainly mean that they will play in the new North (East
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Cop this, you lot!
Evening Press leader Pupils at Woldgate School, Pocklington, are likely to think twice before causing mischief after the introduction of an arresting new discipline policy. If a student is carted off to the cells by police for refusing to sit down, goodness
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Dolan seeks double tonic on Town debut
Two notable achievements in one fell swoop can be realised by York City at Cheltenham Town. The Minstermen, unbeaten in seven, can finally lay to rest the threat of relegation with a three point haul against the promotion chasing Robins. Victory could
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Demolition job
Bulldozers will move into Headingley to demolish the western terrace as soon as the Fourth Test match between England and the West Indies finishes in August, new president Robin Smith told Yorkshire members at the club's opening lunch at Elland Road,
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North Yorkshire to lead region into boom time for jobs
Nearly 5,000 extra jobs will be generated in North Yorkshire this year alone as the area leads the whole of the Yorkshire region into boom, economic experts predicted today But Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole will continue to lag behind growth in
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Child porn Internet man is sent to prison
A teenage child porn distributor has been jailed after police uncovered an Internet business which, it was said, would have been much appreciated by the paedophile community. Alan James Scott, 19, of Turnberry Drive, Acomb, York, cheated his way into
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April 14th, 2000
Cost of domestic care prices out the elderly Two letters I refer to the article in the Evening Press about the increase in the price of the council-run domestic support service (April 11). Swim costings wrong In reply to Ann Usalis's letter 'Treated With
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Police called to arrest boy at school
A pupil at an East Yorkshire school was taught a lesson he will never forget after he refused to back down during a classroom confrontation with a teacher. The 14-year-old pupil at Woldgate School in Pocklington, was unruly during a lesson and was asked
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Norton braced for more floods
Anxious Norton residents today began moving valuable possessions upstairs after a flood alert was issued only one year after their homes were devastated by the overflowing River Derwent. Harold Darley, managing director of Robsons Motor Services, in Welham
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Horse tragedy woman named
A woman found dead in a field near York has been named as Heather Louise Boaden, of Oak Glade, Huntington. The 23-year-old is thought to have died after being kicked by a horse. Police said her body was discovered in a field with three horses at a farm
