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Growing pains for a budding racing driver
BOY racers at Canon Lee School, York, are facing a lesser known problem in the world of Grand Prix - teenage growth. When members of the Clifton team tested their motor this week in preparation for this summer's Shell Mileage Marathon at Silverstone they
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Silverwood's call-up agony
Yorkshire were today in contact with England chairman of selectors David Graveney to tell him that Chris Silverwood has been ruled out of the county's next two AXA League matches because of shin soreness. I understand that England would today have included
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James homes in
YORKSHIRE drivers James Thompson and John Bintcliffe both turned in high performance times during today's Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship warm-up session at Brands Hatch. York's Thompson, driving the Honda Accord clocked the third fastest
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Virtual tour of Herriot centre on Internet
WORK to create a visitor attraction dedicated to Britain's most famous vet gets under way this month. But people interested in having a sneak preview of the World of James Herriot can find out how it will look via the Internet.For Hambleton District Council
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Bishop backs Third World debt lobby
THE BISHOP of Selby gave his support to protesters calling for the cancellation of poor countries' debts as they set off from York railway station early today. About 50 members of Jubilee 2000 were due to lobby leaders of the world's richest countries
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Controversial philosopher to speak in York
CONTROVERSIAL philosopher Dr Peter Singer is bringing his views to York when he speaks at the university on Monday. The lecture, Brain Death and the Sanctity of Life, looks at the issues surrounding life and death. It concentrates particularly on the
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Police seize £1.5 million drugs
FIVE North Yorkshire people were being quizzed by police today after £1.5 million of drugs were found in a dramatic police swoop. Officers from Scarborough police last night uncovered cannabis with a street value of £1 million when they stopped a car
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Back to the future
THE asset-stripped status of York Rugby League Club has turned full circle over 130 years. The club started out in 1868 with little money and no permanent home, their only assets a pair of portable goal posts which were transported from pitch to pitch
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Wasps target travel tonic
INJURY free York Rugby League Club are out to overturn a four year away-day nightmare. The Wasps head for the Belle Vue home of basement side Doncaster Dragons tomorrow bidding to win two away games in succession for the first time since 1994. Not since
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Driver who defied ban 17 times jailed
YORK man Paul Laird is in jail today after breaking his driving ban for the SEVENTEENTH time. A "horrified" judge at York Crown Court told Laird he had no regard for the law and sent him to prison for 15 months. Laird, of Bellhouse Way, Foxwood, was caught
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Storm over dump plans
FEARS are growing over plans to transport lorry loads of potentially-explosive fertiliser to a store in a North Yorkshire village.Residents said they were worried that 5,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, classified as a hazardous chemical, could soon be making
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Training chief to retire
THE man who orchestrated training and enterprise in North Yorkshire is leaving his top post. The board of North Yorkshire Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) said it was with "great regret" that Roger Grasby, chief executive, is taking early retirement
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Farm worker's obscene calls
A NORTH Yorkshire farm worker who made late-night obscene and abusive phone calls to two widows has been jailed for four months. Robert Turner Askin, 28, told one of his victims he would sexually assault her, Selby magistrates heard. Askin, of West Haddlesey
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Protest drive to halt 'rat run'
A VILLAGE campaign to steer lorries away from a residential road was stepped up a gear today. Giant placards urging lorry drivers not to use East Lane, Shipton-by-Beningbrough, have been erected at its key junctions and mini placards will go up in residents
