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Into Battle can raise the Rasen standard
by Tom O'Ryan Into Battle goes into battle at Market Rasen tomorrow with excellent prospects of emerging triumphant. The four-year-old, narrowly beaten on his debut, goes for the Farmers Standard National Hunt Flat Race carrying the banner of Settrington
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Rampant Leeds rip Rovers to ribbons
Leeds United 4, Blackburn Rovers 0 Leeds United banished their FA Cup blues and kept their hopes of a UEFA Cup place alive by thumping Blackburn Rovers 4-0 at Elland Road. Quality goals by Alfie Haaland (2), Lee Bowyer and Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink in a
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Supershare '98
WHAT a volatile market! As new names poured into our Top 100, Michael Robinson, of Campbell Avenue, Holgate, has leapfrogged from 16th place to win the daily £50 prize for the top-earning Supershare portfolio. The same wildly fluctuating peaks and troughs
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It's not cricket
Osbaldwick Cricket Club, one of York's oldest clubs, have been given notice to quit the village ground by March 31 following a row over rent. The ground at The Leyes is owned by Osbaldwick Parish Council, who are owed £725 by Osbaldwick Sports Club, who
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Visitors to moors get full picture
As if the breathtaking view from the top of Sutton Bank wasn't enough - a striking 10-metre mural of the North York Moor landscape has been created for visitors to the area. The mural, formally a bare wall in the Sutton Bank National Park Centre's briefing
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Selby new exchange has nuisance callers' number
New digital technology installed at Selby telephone exchange will make it easier to catch malicious and hoax callers. The £1 million investment by BT at Portholme Road enables engineers to trace calls instantaneously, said customer services manager Brian
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Call for new policy on quarrying
Calls to protect the countryside from quarrying were made at a conference in York today. The Royal Town Planning Institute hosted the seminar, Minerals Planning - Is The System Fit For Purpose, at the Bar Convent. Michelle Coombs, minerals campaigner
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Dealer jailed over counterfeit goods
A rogue dealer caught doing a "roaring trade" in counterfeit clothing at one of North Yorkshire's largest car boot sales was today starting a six-month prison sentence. After the hearing at Selby Magistrates' Court, North Yorkshire County Council trading
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Relief on the way for Clifton Moor shopping traffic
Nightmare traffic jams on routes leading to a popular York retail park could be eased under plans for a new relief road. Traders on the Clifton Moor retail park today welcomed proposals for a new access road to the busy estate on the outskirts of the
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Father's road deaths agony
A man whose wife was killed in North Yorkshire this week had already lost both his sons in road accidents, it was revealed today.Heartbroken Colin Hunter said: "That's my family wiped out. I'm absolutely devastated. "I just can't believe it. To lose one
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Barras blow
A groin injury to inspirational skipper Tony Barras is the freshest blow to York City. Barras has been plagued by the injury on and off for the last few months, but he aggravated it early on in the win at Bristol Rovers and was now battling to be fit
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Robinson to wield axe
The axe awaits a batch of York Rugby League Club players as coach Dean Robinson prepares to chop his squad down to size for a second division promotion assault. The Wasps boss insisted the club will start the new season with a first team squad of 24 players
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Minister's concern at York phone prizeline
A government Minister has spoken of his concerns about the telephone prizeline which infuriated hundreds of York residents. But Consumer Affairs Minister Nigel Griffiths has also given a vote of confidence to the premium rate line watchdog ICSTIS, which
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Tourism leaders meet to swap information
Leaders of Ryedale's tourist industry gathered at the Eden Camp modern history museum in Old Malton for a "swap shop". Hoteliers and guest house owners from all over the district and further afield in Scarborough were among those who attended the Ryedale
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Top marks for county schools
Education Reporter Schools in North Yorkshire and York are at the forefront of the Government's crusade to raise standards in the classroom, despite education chiefs spending less per pupil than the vast majority of other authorities in the country. Figures
