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Tyre premises 'lethal'
A HEALTH inspector labelled the premises of a tyre-fitting firm as "one of the most lethal workplaces" he had ever seen, a court heard. One member of staff had been thrown to the ground after getting an electric shock and employees were in danger of being
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Take a letter, Mrs Evans - You're not too old for us
SUPER secretary Joan Evans has been offered a new job - just days after being told by York Health Trust she was too old to work. Seventy-seven-year-old Joan's temporary contract as a medical secretary at York District Hospital was cancelled after managers
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Following in the footsteps of Eric Bloodaxe
ONE thousand years ago, when the city of York (known as Jorvik) was under Viking rule, great celebrations and festivities were the order of the month during February. They were called Jolablot, later to become Christmas and Yule as we know it, following
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Champagne stuff
And so battle commenced... The venue for the first night of the 1998 clash of York's musical wannabes may not have been heaving with sweaty punters, but all three bands put blood, sweat and tears into their war efforts. First up were The Urban Soul, who
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More jobs for York firm
A YORK company which builds trailers and other vehicles for the Formula One car racing industry is taking on 10 more jobs. Pocklington Coach Works, in Outgang Lane, Osbaldwick, needs more than its present 40 staff to cope with burgeoning order books taking
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Car was heading for gap
AN ELDERLY motorist died after driving into the path of an oncoming car while trying to cross the busy A64 near Tadcaster, an inquest in York heard. Alan Williams, 70, from Anglesey, died almost instantly on September 15, last year, from a ruptured aorta
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Battle begins to save closure-threat hospital
NEARLY 150 people packed into Eggborough village hall to show their support for the closure-threatened accident and emergency unit at Pontefract General Infirmary. York Community Health Council chairman Alan Hartley, from Barlby, chaired last night's
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Magic Marcelo a role model for Michael
Glenn Hoddle can now add teenager Michael Owen's name to his list of genuine contenders for World Cup duty this summer, but the more established members of the squad who sat out the 2-0 Wembley chastisement by Chile were today the ones feeling most secure
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Dan has the class to score third success
DAN de MAN, a fast-improving performer trained at Colton near Tadcaster by Lynn Siddall, is napped to underline his burgeoning prowess at Newbury tomorrow. The seven-year-old, winner of two of his last three races, is strongly fancied to chalk up another
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York area gearing up for Mintex challenge
YORK could be the base for a round of the second biggest rally championship in Britain. Negotiations are underway to bring the Trackrod Rally, part of the Mintex National Championship, to a headquarters on the outskirts of the city. For the last four
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Girl in 'bullying' row kept at home
AN ANGRY mother has removed her daughter from a Ryedale school claiming she was bullied and that staff then refused to listen to her story. Susan Darby, of Abbotts Court, Norton, has taken Gemma, seven, from Norton Primary School which she has attended
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Rail critic rapped
A YORK train company hit back today after an MP attacked the standard of services on the York-Harrogate line. Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Phil Willis claimed in the Commons that passengers suffered constant delays and interruptions to services. "We
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Windfall to give children a better start, says Bayley
CLASS sizes for youngsters in York primary and infant schools are set to drop sharply next year with the injection of almost £900,000 extra cash. Nearly £150,000 of the extra money is to come directly from the Government, with City of York Council setting
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Gimme Warter!
HE'S been lording it over the rock world for decades - but could now be poised to lord it over his very own village in East Yorkshire. Flamboyant Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger was today said to be a front runner in the race to snap up Warter estate
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Flu bug floors 50 ward nurses
HOSPITAL managers warned today they may have to cancel operations at York District Hospital next week because of a flu-type illness which is cutting a swathe through nursing staff. Up to 50 nurses were off sick today in wards across the hospital. Nurse
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Crime figures set to rocket
CRIME figures in North Yorkshire will almost certainly make a massive jump next year. The inroads made by the force over the past few years could be wiped out overnight because the way the figures are recorded is about to change. York police chiefs fear
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Swedish prize claim 'dubious'
YORK residents thinking of forking out £14 in the hope of winning £2.5 million in a Swedish promotion were warned today: don't touch it with a barge pole. Letters have been sent to householders in the area from Customer Service Network in Malmo, Sweden
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Convent gets new facilities
NEW £21,000 conference facilities were installed this week at the Bar Convent in Blossom Street, York. The Georgian building has been a conference centre since 1987, but its business manager, Richard Masefield, recently reported that the equipment was
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City visitor numbers continue to increase
VISITOR numbers at York's major tourist attractions are up. A survey of 13 of the city's venues taking part in a Yorkshire Visitor Attraction Monitor, show that a total of 600,344 visitors saw these attractions in the five months from August to December
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Gipsy camp squatters to get marching orders
Squatters are to be evicted from a Ryedale gipsy site which has suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage over the last few months. Ryedale District Council has been granted a court order to remove the group of illegal residents pitched at Traveller's
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Man jailed for flicking cigarette into mail box
A YOUNG man has been sent to jail for two months for flicking a cigarette into a Royal Mail pillar-box. Matthew Orford, 21, of Fox Lane, Thorpe Willoughby, pleaded guilty to placing a lighted cigarette in a letterbox in Gowthorpe, Selby. He was also jailed
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Cock-a-hoop CB hang on for historic victory
FIRST Division clubs ruled the roost in the second round of the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup, the only shocks coming two Second Division clubs that put out Third Division opposition. Pride of place went to CB United. Last season they crashed out in
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Heworth hope to break the Circle
HEWORTH take a ring of steel run of eight games without defeat to the Circle home of National Conference League premier division foes West Hull. The Villagers have not been bettered in the league since the trip to second-placed Egremont Rangers on November
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Thompson's pledge to Honda
JAMES Thompson has vowed to take Honda to glory in this year's British Touring Car Championship. The York driver, retained by the Japanese manufacturer for the second year, announced his intentions at the unveiling of the new super-fast Honda Accord,
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'Copybook race' by jockey, court told
TOP jockey Kieren Fallon, branded a "cheat" over his riding of Top Cees, has been defended in the High Court. Former jockey Adrian Maxwell, giving evidence on Fallon's performance on Top Cees during meetings at Newmarket and Chester, told a jury that
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Memorial plan for top Ryedale cyclist
CYCLISTS in York are planning a permanent memorial to Olympic cyclist Peter Longbottom who died in a road accident on the A64 near York. Mr Longbottom, 38, from Malton, was thrown off his bike near the Grimston Bar turn-off after a collision with a car
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Crash victim's home raided
THIEVES ransacked a York house only hours after the owner was tragically killed in a car accident, it was revealed today. Car paint sprayer Dean Kneeshaw, 26, died on Saturday when the off-road car he was travelling in crashed on a disused airfield. Now
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Town joy as held waiter is freed
A WAITER facing deportation to his strife-torn homeland was free today as he awaited the outcome of an asylum claim. Algerian national Mesbah Nana, 26, was arrested six days ago at Florios Restaurant, Malton, where he had worked for the last three years
