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School head fears for safety of his pupils
A HEAD TEACHER fears for the safety of his pupils on school buses if gaps remain open on the A64 between Tadcaster and York. Tadcaster Grammar School head David Impey has joined scores of readers in throwing his weight behind the Evening Press Close the
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Hotel hopping mad at bunnies
GARDENING staff at a top city hotel are hopping mad at ravenous rabbits who keep eating their prized blooms. The Royal York Hotel has spent £20,000 overhauling its garden in preparation for this month's Ecofin conference, the meeting of European finance
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Masked men in robbery terror
A 60-YEAR-OLD householder was tied up in his Yorkshire home by masked raiders who threatened him with a baseball bat. The aggravated burglary in Pocklington is similar to recent raids at Acaster Malbis and Beverley. Police say they are not linking the
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Man assaulted PCs after drink session
A SELBY area man was jailed for four months after he admitted assaulting two police officers and criminal damage. The town's magistrates told Simon Ankers, 24, of Acorn Close, Barlby, that they were determined to protect police officers who were going
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Supershare '98 - the excitement begins
Supershare fever has gripped the readership of the Evening Press. By now around 4,000 entries have poured into the Walmgate offices in York. The exciting competition, sponsored by Walsh Lucas & Company, the independent financial advisers of Micklegate
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New police chief
CRIMINALS have a new adversary in York. Geoff Dodd has been appointed the new Detective Inspector in the city, replacing Det Insp David Hunt, who has transferred to police headquarters at Newby Wiske. Mr Dodd, 37, has served half his 14-year police service
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Sounds familiar
by Caroline BarrettI should imagine there were one or two bleary-eyed sixth-formers staggering into Huntington School today. But surely one late night out a week is all right; after all, they had spent the evening watching two of the school's rival bands
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Panto pair to star in Ayckbourn play
YORK pantomime favourites David Leonard and Suzy Cooper will star at the Theatre Royal this summer in Alan Ayckbourn's Man of The Moment. Suzy, last seen in York shining in the title role in Aladdin last Christmas, will play Jill, a TV presenter who lands
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Coalman fined over weight of fuel
A HIGHLY-REGARDED Selby area coal merchant has been fined £1,500 after he admitted delivering sacks of solid fuel which were short in weight. At the town's magistrates' court, Keith Gell, 49, of Hillam Road, Gateforth, admitted three offences under the
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Village agrees to seek special status
VILLAGERS have decided by a narrow majority to support proposals to make Stockton-on-the-Forest a conservation area. The debate has divided opinion among residents, with some seeing conservation status as a way of preserving the village's character, and
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City star vows to put conviction in the past
YORK City star striker Rodney Rowe today pledged to put his conviction for assault behind him and concentrate all his energies on scoring goals. The 22-year-old leading goalscorer spoke out after his £150 court fine yesterday for shoving a young woman
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German bombing ace returns on mission to lecture
ADOLF Hitler's last surviving operations officer and the man who personally bombed great swathes of the North of England is coming to York to tell some of his former wartime foes how he did it. Former RAF servicemen living in North Yorkshire are preparing
