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Escorts put Lancers to sword
by Malcolm BaylisThere was a runaway victory for the all-wheel drive Escort Cosworth at Saturday's Simpson Auto Salvage eight-stage one-venue rally organised by York Motor Club at Elvington airfield. When the day started off wet it was thought that nothing
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Small firms bid for award
The hunt is on for the best small- and medium-sized exporter in Yorkshire as part of the Department of Trade and Industry's 1998 Export Awards competition for smaller businesses launched today. Prizes worth more than £50,000 in cash and professional services
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York to see striptease comedy sequel
Not content with suing the makers of the Oscar-nominated The Full Monty, the writers of Ladies' Night have a sequel to their stripping drama ready to hit York this spring. Ladies' Night II, provocatively subtitled as Really Is The "Full Monty", is the
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Revival comes too late to save York
York went down 23-14 at Alnwick in their crucial Thwaites North 2 league match after leaving themselves too much to do in the second half. Against a Northumberland side that contained eight county players, York didn't get moving until after the interval
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Point of order for City
York City 2, Wigan Athletic 2 Damaging draw-strings, which have throttled the glow from York City's season, tightened further to effectively erase play-off aspirations. The countdown from ten is now on. Five games apiece at home and away comprise the
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Supershare '98
Just as everyone was wondering whether Supershare hat-trick winner Christine Tate, of Selby, was going to give anyone else a look in, shares soared and it was a case of our with the old guard and in with the new. From nowhere came Graham Chapman, of Old
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Injury woe hits Marco
Gabbiadini, whose late substitution in the 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic prompted howls of derision from City fans, is out of tomorrow's re-arranged trek to Bristol Rovers. He will likely miss Saturday's game at Preston North End. The decision to hone
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York traffic fury at slip road repairs
Drivers entering York found themselves in long tailbacks today after work on a key A64 access road caused knock-on traffic chaos around the city. The slip road leading from the dual carriageway into Tadcaster Road is expected to be closed to traffic for
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Malton gets new town crier
He was just an ordinary chap from Huttons Ambo - a family man and a game consultant by profession. But David Jackson's strong beliefs that ancient town traditions should never die have transformed him into a mini celebrity over night. The 62-year-old
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Cat from Turkey found in freight container
Workers at a Selby warehouse almost had kittens when they opened a freight container imported from Turkey to find a stowaway cat. The emaciated animal began leaping about, desperate for food and water, after a four-week journey by ship and road. Sadly
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Ouse recedes from 12ft high
It was a familiar watery scene for York this weekend, with the River Ouse running at more than 12ft above its normal level for this time of year. And this morning, staff at the famous King's Arms, which regularly floods, were busy with mopping-up operations
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War veteran raises money for monument
Selby war veteran Edna Storr put the kettle on to raise money for a national monument to the women of the Second World War. The former artillery battery gunner, from Cedar Crescent, held a tea and coffee morning on Saturday, at Selby Methodist Church.
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Trust furious over Prescott report
The York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation was today considering legal action after a Sunday newspaper linked it to a story about Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Both the Foundation and a second Rowntree organisation, the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
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Inmate at prison earns £600 a week
A prisoner at a Yorkshire jail is earning more than the officers through a day-release scheme, angry staff claimed today. The inmate from Wealstun Prison, near Wetherby, is said to drive around in a Ford Galaxy people-carrier, carry a mobile phone and
