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A blooming headache in crocus capital
SPRING in wintertime has given gardening experts a blooming headache in the town which claims to be the crocus capital of the North. In about five weeks' time Harrogate should be holding its annual Crocus Sunday, a day designated for visitors to see millions
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Sex clinic move paves way for cancer haven
THE sexual health clinic at York District Hospital is to be moved - paving the way for York's new Cancer Care Haven. Hospital managers today approved the £175,000 cost of transferring the genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic from the hospital's outpatients
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Near-miss driver tells of lorry horror at blackspot
READERS are rushing to back the Evening Press's Close The Gaps campaign to shut crossing points on the A64 between York and Tadcaster. Among those who have already returned coupons pledging their support for the campaign is John Handley, of Askham Bryan
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Watchdogs take up casualty unit fight
HEALTH watchdogs have taken the fight to save Pontefract General Infirmary's threatened Accident and Emergency unit to Health Secretary Frank Dobson. Alan Hartley, chairman of the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Community Health Council has written to
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Information bulletins for industry
FACT: Hourly earnings in North Yorkshire have grown at the same rate as the rest of Britain but wages in the region trail behind the national average. FACT: The population in York and North Yorkshire isn't rising as fast as it is in West Yorkshire. Latest
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Little re-Ward against old boss
FORMER York City manager John Ward extended his astonishing Bootham Crescent hoodoo over his old club to five victories. Since he left York almost five years ago Ward has been a Bristol-shaped thorn in the side of the Minstermen. First as manager of Bristol
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Six cheers for York pubs
Six cheers, please, one for each of the Bass Tavern pubs in York which have just joined the York Tourism Bureau. Signing up were the Old White Swan, the Northern Wall, the Cross Keys, the Black Swan, the Punchbowl and the Nag's Head. It was cause for
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Wasps slash season ticket prices
YORK Rugby League Club today unveiled an offer designed to woo "the missing 500". Chief executive Phil Elliott announced a four week window for reduced price season tickets in an effort to double the second division club's home attendances. A season ticket
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Building a solution to nursery problem
A NORTH Yorkshire firm has come up with a solution to a classroom shortage created by the decision to provide nursery school places for all four-year-olds. Portakabin says it has devised the Lilliput Nursery modular building to provide a pre-school environment
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Hiden seeks new start with United
LEEDS manager George Graham has once again dipped into Europe's bargain basement to sign Austrian international defender Martin Hiden. Graham doesn't have the resources to compete for the top names and has built a side with little known players who have
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'Conserve us', says group of villagers
A GROUP of villagers has spoken out in strong support of proposals to designate part of Stockton-on-Forest as a conservation area. More than 20 residents have endorsed a letter registering their "robust and wholehearted" backing for the City of York Council
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Lift work at home problem for OAPs
FRAIL pensioners living on the first floor of a York residential home were made virtual prisoners when the lift was taken out of service, a visitor has claimed. One 94-year-old woman was unable to get downstairs and missed an eye test when renovations
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Court puts bite on Ulleskelf duo
A YORK vet told magistrates that the coat of a German Shepherd he examined was the worst he had ever seen. Mark Goodman told Selby Magistrates' Court that the dog's fur was severely matted, wet in places and caked with dog faeces and mud. He said it was
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Beacons to herald countryside march
FARMERS are to set beacons ablaze across the county in a protest move to highlight the current crisis in the countryside. Some 50 beacons will be lit across the region tomorrow night, including more than a dozen in the area surrounding York and one at
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York labs finding answer to birdstrike danger
YORK scientists are helping RAF pilots avoid one of their oldest enemies - birds. Collisions with birds are estimated to cost the air force some £13 million a year. Larger creatures can wreck engines, smash cockpits and even kill pilots. But scientists
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York patient died as nurses restrained him
A SCHIZOPHRENIC patient who died while being restrained by staff at a York psychiatric unit may have suffered an epileptic fit, an inquest heard today. Daniel Cooke, 26, of Back Lane, Easingwold, died on April 1 last year at the Westerdale Unit in Clifton
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Libel trial enters the final furlong
COUNSEL for The Sporting Life has dismissed as "grotesque" the idea that racing presenter Derek Thompson went to court and lied about his assertion that Kieren Fallon told him he deliberately prevented a horse from winning. Richard Hartley, QC, told the
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Police call for hazard skips action
POLICE in North Yorkshire are urging tough action against companies which cause driving hazards by wrongly placing skips on the county's roads. One traffic policeman in York has conducted a long-term survey of skips in the city, taking photographs where
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Be nifty, lose those fifties
CHECK your coat pockets and dig down the back of the settee - the old 50p coin goes out of circulation on Saturday. Royal Mint bosses are urging people to spend the larger, heavier 1969 coin which is being phased out in favour of a smaller, lighter model
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Leaders Dunnington creak under Crayke challenge
UNBEATEN Crayke closed the gap on league leaders Dunnington with their victory in the top two clash in Division One of the York and District Leeper Hare Football League. Tony Snowden and Simon Wilson scored the Crayke goals in the 2-0 victory which extended
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Snodin injury sickner
BATTLING Scarborough came back with a hard-earned point from a goal-less draw at promotion rivals Peterborough. It was an eventful night for Ian Snodin who was moved from Saturday's sweeper role to start in midfield, switched to right back when John Kay
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Euro deals
If you are interested in any of the following contracts, contact the Business Link Information Centre at Business Link North Yorkshire Ltd, Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York YO3 9GZ, Tel: 01904 686000. Italy-Domodossola: Prone to profits
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Power firm suspended over doorstep dealings
A COMPANY which sells gas for Northern Electric has been ordered to stop its house-to-house marketing amid complaints of improper doorstep dealings with customers in the Birmingham area. Consumer watchdog Ofgas announced today that it had ordered a two
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Robins rip heart out of luckless Minstermen
FROM the theatre of the absurd to the theatre of cruelty - that was the transition at Bootham Crescent in three days. Prolonged stoppage-time heralded the Saturday robbery of a point by table-topping Watford. But the exasperating encore was even worse
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Software firm wins news agency deal
EUPHORIA that followed the announcement of a £52.9 million bid by a Dutch company for CODA, the Harrogate supplier of financial software, overshadowed its big new contract with Press Association. The £175,000 PA deal was landed after a tough six-way tender
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On a Strong Promise
ARMCHAIR punters are in for a treat tomorrow when Channel 4 will produce a 'double-header' of televised action, showing a total of seven races from Wincanton and Huntingdon. One of the highlights at Wincanton is the Jim Ford Challenge Cup Chase, a £17,500
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Ryedale lottery winners' worry
LOTTERY winners in Ryedale today voiced concerns that changes to the grant system could mark the end of cash bonanzas for good local causes. Figures released this week show that since 1995, projects in the district have hit a lottery jackpot of almost
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Waiter in asylum meeting
A waiter facing deportation to his native Algeria is to meet immigration officers on Friday to discuss an asylum claim. Mesbah Nana, 26, was arrested two weeks ago at Florios Restaurant, Malton, where he had worked for the last three years. He was held
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Trains facelift may mean two-tier fares
A NEW business class could soon be in place on regional commuter trains, it was revealed today. And it will mean two-tier fares for the first time on trains operated by York-based Regional Railways North East (RRNE). The news came as the company revealed
