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Lung may it stay a park
IT'S a green lung, according to Roger Wools. While that might sound like an unpleasant complaint, the sort of agricultural ailment Joe Grundy suffers in The Archers, Roger is certainly right. Bootham Park Hospital and the land on which it sits constitute
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Craig cautious over deal
York City chairman Douglas Craig today gave a cautious welcome to an historic agreement between football's two most powerful figures and the European Commission. FIFA's president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Lennart Johansson have sealed a broad
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Pinpointing autism
DOCTOR Downing (The Expert, Evening Press, February 5) understates the incidence of the full autistic spectrum, that is the range of autistic disorders from the very mild to the very severe. The National Autistic Society works with an incidence of one
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Tax shocker for residents
Householders in East Yorkshire are to pay a 42 per cent tax increase for their police force. The rise was announced as East Yorkshire Police Authority met to discuss its share of this year's council tax. It means an extra 42p a week for the average Band
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Shepherds engage RI Cavaliers
The race for the York Evening Chess League first division title has developed into a battle between Shepherds and York RI Cavaliers 'A' after third-placed Minster Inn dropped points in recent weeks. Realistically, Minster Inn had to win all their remaining
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Pub to take over post office role
A village pub is set to step in and save its local post office from closure - but there will be no pints served with pensions. Grewelthorpe, near Ripon, will lose its three-mornings-a-week post office, currently held in the porch of a cottage, unless
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Carli police draw blank at river
A river search for missing woman Carli Barry has so far failed to find her. Carli, who disappeared from her home in the Holgate Road area of the city a week ago, suffers from ME and had been depressed. Searches have been conducted in her neighbourhood
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Nestle go top with victory
Nestle Rowntree went top of the York Mitchell Sports Football League division one with a 4-1 defeat of Heworth. Louis Howarth hit a brace with Adam Wright and John Gothard also on target, while George Myers replied for Heworth in what was the only division
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Short changed over budget decisions
City of York Council leader Rod Hills today admitted the Labour group was making budget decisions without giving the public a chance to be heard. He said it had made a mistake and left too short a time between revealing the proposals and tonight's final
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Zone of gold for York
A brace of fantastic wins were gained by York Ladies in the zone finals at Hartlepool IBC. Pat Napier and Dot Kennelly headed the Cumbrian team of Clark and Ring 15-12 in the pairs with three ends to play when the Cumbrians scored a four. A single from
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Dolan steadfast as Patterson quits
York City are unlikely to move into the transfer market to bolster the club's defensive resolve in the wake of Darren Patterson's surprise switch to Second Division Oxford United. As reported on thisisyork yesterday, Patterson has signed a one-and-a-half-year
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Floods honour for county firecrews
They battled all that nature could throw at them to save life and property during the worst floods in living memory. Some worked 23-hour shifts up to their chests in freezing and contaminated water and driving rain, and each went above and beyond the
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Posties stage lightning strike
Postal deliveries to thousands of York addresses were disrupted today after scores of workers walked out in protest at the suspension of a colleague. The lightning strike at the Birch Park Sorting Office, off Huntington Road, meant there were no deliveries
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At the market: German beef under pressure
THE BSE limelight seems firmly fixed on Germany at the moment, and the pressure for a ban on imports into the UK is mounting. Ben Gill seems to be in full swing on the matter and is striving for Brussels to "do its duty and enforce" regulations designed
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A pound of Trollope and a quarter of Dickens please
CHRIS TITLEY visits a sale with a difference BOOK lovers can spot a heavyweight writer a mile off. Charles Dickens, Salman Rushdie and the like - well, you don't get many of their works to the pound. Now you can find out exactly how heavy these heavyweights
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Young Farmers news
RILLINGTON ON Wednesday, January 31, Rillington Young Farmers held their annual members and advisory quiz night. The questions were set and asked by the Kilby family and an entertaining evening was enjoyed by all. The winning team included Mr A Milner
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Prices at the stock markets
DRIFFIELD Forward on February 8 were four sheep; 221 pigs (including 14 sows). Sheep: prime hoggs, med to £46.50/head or 116p/kg. Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 75.4p (73.5p), 76-85kg to 77p (74p); boars to 75kg to 75.5p (72.2p), 76-82kg to 75p (71.3p), others
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What a way to run a railway
THE arduous journey taking rail passengers from overcrowding to high speed comfort has shuddered to a halt yet again. It began some months ago, when both GNER and Virgin pledged to increase capacity and cut journey times if they won the right to run services
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Our flood heroes
NORTH Yorkshire fire brigade's contribution to the battle against the floods cannot be overstated. Officers worked around the clock in appalling conditions to rescue residents, reinforce defences and pump floodwater out of properties. In York, they were
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Lord Omni presents good case for success
Lord Omni, trained at Maunby near Thirsk by David Barron, can gain his second success at Southwell tomorrow. The promising four-year-old bids for the John Schlesinger Handicap over seven furlongs and is napped to prevail in the hands of York jockey Dean
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Dolan steadfast as Patterson quits
York City are unlikely to move into the transfer market to bolster the club's defensive resolve in the wake of Darren Patterson's surprise switch to Second Division Oxford United. As reported on thisisyork yesterday, Patterson has signed a one-and-a-half-year
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City's future in their hands...
It will either be a St Valentine's Day massacre for football or the heart of the sport will remain untouched. But either way a meeting in Brussels today was expected to determine the future of the professional game with York City chairman Douglas Craig
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City stars in drive for fitness
York City are sweating on the fitness of midfielders Marc Thompson and Graham Potter ahead of Saturday's crunch clash with Exeter City. Potter suffered a twisted ankle in Saturday's 4-0 defeat at Scunthorpe and is rated doubtful. Thompson, suspended for
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York Light Opera Society in Annie; Theatre Royal, York
York Light Opera Society in Annie; Theatre Royal, York, until February 24. Box office: 01904 623568 The queen of the 20th century's cartoon characters, Little Orphan Annie, springs vividly to life in Bev Jones's new production of Annie for York Light
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Eight reasons to dump Coppergate II plans
WE have read your many letters in the Evening Press concerning Coppergate II and wish to raise the following points: 1 This is a planning process and therefore there should be no consideration of extra business rates, land disposals or ground rents. 2
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Let's get together
DO you remember the summer of 1983? Did you attend Howden Secondary School and leave that summer? If you did, the class of 1983 is having a reunion on Saturday, February 24 at the Vikings Hotel, Goole. For more details, or a ticket, contact me at the
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Petty Crimes, Contemporary Images Of Childhood Play, York City Art Gallery
Petty Crimes, Contemporary Images Of Childhood Play, York City Art Gallery, until March 25 YORK City Art Gallery is in the news for showing a "controversial" touring exhibition, initiated and organised by the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. The
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Job cuts as schools merge
Two prep schools in Ryedale are to merge to form one school from September this year. Ampleforth College Junior School and the nearby St Martin's at Nawton, near Helmsley, are combining to form a new school, to be known as St Martin's, Ampleforth. The
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Heworth face crucial battle
Struggling Heworth face a crucial relegation battle at Waterhead on Saturday which could make or break their season. The Villagers, with just four wins this season, are currently lying fourth from bottom of the National Conference League first division
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Coastal foes beaten
York maintained their lead at the top of the Yorkshire Over 55s League with a win against Scarborough. In Scarborough Barry Walker, Alwyn Redhead, Gordon Walker and Ken Patterson scored a five on the third end to take a 6-3 lead and never looked back
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York date for boy band A1
Teenage pulses are set to race as fans flock to a York store to see the pop sensation A1. The boy band are on the road to York to sign copies of their latest single "No More" at Asda's Monks Cross store. Paul, Christian, Mark and Ben will appear between
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Locked gates get frosty reception
Council rules which govern whether York's historic city walls will be open or closed during winter months have been slammed as "a lottery that is fast becoming a farce". David Mason, curator of the Micklegate Bar Museum, is demanding a shake-up of the
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Rail decision hits buffers
Rail operators today expressed dismay at fresh delays to decision-making on the future of the York-London rail link. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has been told by Railtrack of an increase in its cost estimates for the long-planned upgrade of the
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Humps for chumps...But they'll go flat out for sensible drivers
We've had the rising bollard, so why not try deflatable road humps as well? STEPHEN LEWIS begins his report by talking to a man with a reason to resent the speed humps now in use YOU can't blame Tom Hynes for having the hump with road humps. They were
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Tying the knot? Think about insurance
AT THIS time of year - St Valentine's Day was only yesterday - many people's thoughts turn to marriage. Each year hundreds of thousands of couples get married, and the Millennium saw an increase in people tying the knot. However, the cost of true love
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Wasps skipper hit by ban
York Wasps captain Alan Pallister will miss a quarter of the season after being banned for seven matches. Hooker Pallister was handed the suspension by Rugby Football League disciplinary chiefs last night after pleading guilty to a late and high tackle
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£34m arable boost approved by EC
THE GOVERNMENT'S scheme to pay £34m to arable farmers had been formally approved by the European Commission. As announced earlier, this is agrimonetary compensation to offset the effects on direct payments of the weakness of the euro against sterling
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Progress on red tape
MAFF has made significant progress in cutting red tape, according to IACS and Inspection Red Tape Review Group Chairman, Don Curry. In a letter to Agriculture Minister Nick Brown, Don Curry said: "The group is very pleased overall with MAFF's commitment
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Suckler premium scheme
SUCKLER cow producers in England will shortly be able to apply to the 2001 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme Quota National Reserve. Agriculture Minister of State Joyce Quin MP said: "The national reserve application period will open on March 1 and will run
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Now's the time to cut hedges
NORTH Yorkshire landowners and farmers are being urged to help wildlife by trimming their hedges now. The plea has been made by the North York Moors National Park, which is hoping to encourage winter nesting. Rona Charles said the end of February is the
