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Boro's Dobbin in switch to Grimsby
Scarborough today lost newest recruit Jim Dobbin to Grimsby Town after just one game. Boro boss Mick Wadsworth said he was unwilling to block the move for Dobbin, taken from Doncaster on Friday, after he was offered a contract and a coaching role at Grimsby
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Supershare '98
Business editor, Ron Godfrey 'snowed under' with all the entries to Supershare '98 Another £50 goes into the pocket of 17-year-old Paul Walton as he stays on top of the Supershare tree - but only just. Paul, a York Sixth Form College student of Temple
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What a lot we've got
York environmentalists were celebrating today after National Lottery chiefs granted more than £250,000 for a pioneering centre using space age technology. The futuristic S-shaped glass and solar panelled building will be sited on St Nicholas Field, a
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Strikers press claims for Blackpool berth
Strikers came to the fore for York City reserves in a 2-0 Pontin's League win over Blackpool. Neil Tolson opened the scoring for City and figured for the entire game at Bootham Crescent last night, duty similarly emulated by Richard Cresswell, recovered
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Rain-hit Tykes
Yorkshire's latest game on their pre-season tour in South Africa against an Eastern Province Invitation XI at Port Elizabeth was abandoned as a draw because of rain. Yorkshire had made 168-7 in their 50 overs when the heavens opened. Reserve wicketkeeper
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Noufari to make it third time lucky
by Tom O'Ryan Avro Anson, Ryedale's big hope for the Martell Grand National on Saturday week, warms up for Aintree at Doncaster tomorrow by running in a Flat race. The 10-year-old, trained at Norton by Julie Camacho, has had only two outings over jumps
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Businesses offered case to revamp old buildings
Businesses in North Yorkshire are to be offered cash incentives to take over run-down buildings and do them up. They are being offered up to 25 per cent of the cost of doing up redundant eyesores by the Rural Development Commission, in a scheme which
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New faces get chance at Doncaster
Confidence not complacency was the cry from York Rugby League Club assistant coach John Paterson ahead of tonight's friendly at Doncaster Dragons. The Wasps coaching team have named a 20-man squad for the fixture at Belle Vue and they plan to give new
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Henry's made for America
Nine years since first turning professional York's Henry Wharton has been the scourge of the Americas. The York ringmaster has bested no less than 13 fighters from the United States on his high-powered march to three valiant, but vanquished shots at ruling
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York panto to be Home for Away star
Pantomime is back at the Grand Opera House, York, after a year's gap. Lynne McGranger, alias Irene Roberts from the teatime Australian soap Home And Away, will lead the cast of Jack And The Beanstalk, from December 17 to January 10. Playing Fairy Peapod
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The year of the early-blooming, longer-lasting daffodils
Early blooming daffodils have caught organisers of a North Yorkshire festival on the hop. The annual daffodil service at St Mary's Church, Farndale, which has become a local tradition over the last 20 years, has had to be brought forward three weeks,
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Backing for action to save wetland sites
A leading Yorkshire conservation group today backed calls for a tough new drive to protect the country's top wetland wildlife sites from pollution or being sucked dry. Eighty top wetland wildlife sites - including eight in Yorkshire - are in danger of
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Shiver me timbers - it's a freezer
A giant freezer is the latest piece of technology being used in conservation work by archaeologists in York. The freeze-drying unit will be used to preserve waterlogged archaeological wood, such as medieval timbers recently rescued during construction
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City funds go further
Cash for council services in York goes further pound-for-pound than in any other city in England, it was revealed today. Figures published by the public spending watchdog indicate that the City of York Council manages to make its funds stretch further
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150 jobs to go at clothing factory
More than 150 employees at a Ryedale clothing firm which is a major supplier to Marks & Spencer are to lose their jobs. Clothing and toiletry manufacturers Dewhirst Group plc has decided to close its menswear factory in Welham Road, Norton, on June
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Vicar's wife leaves him for fellow chorister
A North Yorkshire vicar was today said to be devastated after his wife left him for a fellow chorister at his church. The Reverend David Reynolds, Vicar of St Wilfrid's, Brayton, is being comforted by friends and local clergymen after his wife, Christine
