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Lord Mayor's hospitality budget is exhausted
The Lord Mayor of York's entire civic hospitality budget has been spent, more than two months before his term of office comes to an end. The £13,000 kitty has run out after a very busy ten months full of engagements for the Mayor, Councillor Mick Bradley
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Bursting out at Pock
Pocklington will be bursting at the seams this weekend as three touring parties visit Percy Road to provide a cosmopolitan and international flavour. A party from Penn State University, Pennsylvania, were arriving tonight and stay at Percy Road until
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Twickers the target
St Peter's School Under-15s rugby union side go head-to-head with RGS of High Wycombe tomorrow for the chance to play at Twickenham. The York school side has been hit by a 'flu bug in the run up to their Daily Mail Schools Under-15 Cup semi-final at the
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Craig confident of settling TV cash row
York City chairman Douglas Craig today declared an amicable agreement could be reached in the television cash row between Division One and their lower league rivals. The City chairman has been drafted on to a working party set up by the lower leagues
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Robinson aiming to lighten loan load
York Rugby League Club's overloaded loan list is holding up coach Dean Robinson's latest recruitment plans. Clubs are permitted a maximum of four loan players and, with the Wasps currently at that limit, Robinson's hands are tied in the transfer market
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Supershare '98
It was you! Evening Press Supershare '98 entrants Michelle Coughlin and electrician husband Garry, of Sandy Lane, Stockton-on-the-Forest, BOTH have the distinction of having the worst portfolios in the competition. Michelle shrieked with laughter when
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Keep it going!
ASSAULT AND BARRY: Barry Jones, centre, supports Richard Cresswell, left, Mark Tinkler, partially hidden, and Rodney Rowe on a City raid. Picture: Nigel Holland By: Tony Kelly, Chief Sports Writer Revived York City need to rid themselves of their 'blunder-achievement
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House in rock may be new attraction
Knaresborough's famous House in the Rock now looks likely to become a tourist attraction. The cliffside home, which stands 300ft above a gorge overlooking the River Nidd, has been closed for over two years following extensive repairs. It seemed as if
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York is 'winning shops battle'
Rumours of the death of the traditional High Street shop are greatly exaggerated, business leaders claim - at least in York. Chamber of Commerce chief executive Roland Harris said York's traditional shops were in a unique position to fight off the challenge
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Farmers fume at BSE report
Farmers were amazed and appalled today after a "crazy" report claimed that Yorkshire and Humberside's farming sector actually GAINED through the BSE crisis. The Government-commissioned report said the region's net gain in 1996 came from bigger compensation
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Bus strike threatens York's showcase weekend
A bus strike threatens to put a spanner in the works of the smooth running of York's high-profile Ecofin weekend. Staff at Rider York have called off this Saturday's action - but a second strike planned for next Saturday, in the middle of Ecofin - is
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We're sorry
Selby's former toll bridge, which will close from 8pm on Friday, March 27, to 6am on Monday, March 30 by Dennis Towle County Hall top brass today issued an unprecedented public apology to the people of Selby over its handling of the controversial closure
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Expert triggers sound test
Acoustics consultant Dr Rafal Orlowski sound testing in St Margaret's Church for the Early Music Festival Picture: Frank Dwyer A gunman joined singers and musicians to produce an unusual chorus in a York church. They were helping acoustic specialists
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Parents alerted on sex attacks
Parents were today warned to be on their guard after an 11-year-old York girl was indecently assaulted as she walked home from school. The attack took place only streets away from the scene of another incident in which a man made sexual suggestions to
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Mick set to wield pen
Scarborough manager Mick Wadsworth was today poised to finally put pen to paper on a new contract ahead of the Division Three visit of Leyton Orient. Chairman John Russell declared the document was being drawn up and the former Carlisle United boss had
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Churches criticised over funeral collection share
Churches which insist on taking half the collection plate at funerals for their own upkeep have come under fire from the Archdeacon of York. The Venerable George Austin has criticised the handful of churches in York which divide donations with the charities
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Gipsies moved on but businesses count cost
NOTICE TO QUIT: Bailiffs deliver eviction notices to gipsies on the Clifton Moor Industrial Estate by Janet Hewison Businesses based at Clifton Moor, York, are to meet council chiefs and police after bailiffs had to be brought in to clear gipsies from
