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Council move protects villages
Villages in the Easingwold area are to be protected under proposals in the district-wide local plan for the area. Hambleton district councillors yesterday rejected recommendations by the local plan inspector to remove development limits from villages
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Facing highs and lows on the minimum wage
I PLEAD with business people in York and North Yorkshire to prepare NOW for the minimum wage - and if that preparation means making hard decisions about employment and your business, then so be it. You only have to see the effect of the minimum wage on
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Paper firm goes for growth
Eight new recruits have been taken on by a Thirsk business as part of a major development plan. Dispol UK Ltd, which manufactures disposable paper and polythene products for the motor re-finishing trade, is taking on six factory staff and two administrators
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Computer cash sparks bonanza
Astonishing savings and expansion are possible for micro-businesses in York and North Yorkshire which take advantage of a new computer grant programme. The new grant, drawn from a European fund, will subsidise information technology and equipment by 30
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Moors parkland rider killed in freak accident
The partner of a North Yorkshire woman killed in a freak riding accident told today how she died enjoying the sport she loved. Anya McCracken, 44, of Great Edstone, Kirkbymoorside, was thrown from her horse while riding near Rievaulx. Miss McCracken,
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Going out with a roar
Extinction has finally arrived for the Yorkshire Museum's highly-successful Carnosaurs exhibition. And even the mighty Tyrannosaurus was being unceremoniously muzzled as technicians dismantled the long-running show of animatronic dinosaurs, which has
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Speed controls vital says A64 restaurant owner
A restaurant owner claims better lighting and speed controls are needed rather than gap closures to tackle carnage on the A64 near Tadcaster. Mohammed Aslam was responding to Highways Agency proposals to stop customers from his Aagrah Restaurant using
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Students protest over fees
Students at the University of York were today taking part in a national protest at proposals to levy a £1,000 tuition fee. Jenny Wood, president of the students' union, believes the new charge could have a disastrous effect on education by pricing potential
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Minding your Ps and Qs in Europe
A free guide on how to mind your Ps and Qs while doing business in different cultures in Europe is being offered to North Yorkshire exporters by Business Link.Titbits, prepared by Price Waterhouse, includes useful tips like the fact that: Italian business
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Stockbrokers branching out
A firm of Leeds-based stockbrokers is opening a branch in York. Redmayne Bentley has found new premises at Brown's department store in Davygate and will open, initially with four staff, on June 1. In charge will be partners Paul Lumley and Stephen Wolstenhulme
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Discovering the missing link
A PROJECT management company has won six major contracts by subscribing to Business Link North Yorkshire's new Public Sector Contract Opportunities service. Brentwood Project Management, part of the Brentwood Group, Harrogate, has successfully bid to
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Tykes to unveil new sponsor
Yorkshire Cricket Club are poised to announce a lucrative deal, believed to be over three years, with new sponsors. Full details will be given at a media conference at Headingley tomorrow. With Yorkshire's pre-season tour of South Africa less than three
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Misfiring Minstermen bucked by Wanderers
Wycombe 1 York City 0 Some may say York City's play-off chances have long been drawn and thwarted by their quite astounding away record. Ten shared endeavours on opponents' turf have been critical to City's inability to over-much occupy a coveted top
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Bug kills cleaner at York school
A cleaner from York's Archbishop Holgate School has died from blood poisoning caused by the brain bug meningococcus. Experts today stressed there was no risk to any of the 500-plus children at the school because the woman had been off work for some time
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Allotment feud destined for prime-time TV
A long-running dispute between two allotment gardeners in North Yorkshire is to be aired on prime-time television. Carlton Television's Neighbours From Hell II will focus on a row which culminated in one man slashing the other's courgettes. Alan Boyes
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Special effort to beat crime
More bobbies are pounding the beat in Huntington, York, thanks to a unique initiative by the parish council and the York Special Constabulary. Two Specials are being permanently assigned to the Huntington area to help Community PC Adele Thompson cover
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Condition is critical for police docs
Police surgeons should be given more training, higher pay and better facilities to cope with an ever-increasing workload at North Yorkshire's police stations, it was claimed today. Retired Harrogate police surgeon Dr John Givans also criticised conditions
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Checks on safety after sub-standard flue found
Engineers are to carry out safety checks on council properties in a York road after a gas fire flue was found to be sub-standard. Ellen Brigham's fire in the sitting room of her home in Spurr Court, Foxwood, was disconnected when a repairman called to
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Power station pollution levels bid sparks protest
Green campaigners were angry today after Drax Power Station applied to increase sulphur dioxide emission levels from 100,000 tons to 270,000 tons a year while its major anti-pollution plant is out of action. The 170 per cent increase represents higher
