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Business Link North Yorkshire
If you are interested in any of the following contracts, contact the Business Link Information Centre at Business Link North Yorkshire Ltd, Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York YO3 9GZ, Tel: 01904 686000. Italy-Florence: Roll out the drums
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Gay Breeze looks on course for hat-trick
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Gay Breeze, winner of both his races this season, can complete a notable hat-trick at Haydock tomorrow. Paul Felgate's five-year-old goes for the Dean Moor Handicap over five furlongs and is strongly fancied to show his rivals a clean
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Resort looks to the future
More than 160 businesses and organisations are being asked - how do you see the future of Scarborough? North Yorkshire County Council is the latest to reply to the questionnaire designed to help the Yorkshire Coast Economic Development Partnership plan
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Yorkshire food body gears up to expand
The Yorkshire Pantry, the group that pools the resources of 105 food and drink businesses, mostly in North Yorkshire, is set to expand, it was revealed today. Paymasters of the food business network, North Yorkshire County Council, the City of York Council
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That's the Spirit
A York railway company forced to backtrack over its new name, Northern Spirit Ltd, because it was discovered that a Scottish businessman owned it, is said to have agreed an undisclosed sum to buy out the company title. And today Iain MacKenzie, 24, who
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Mystery quest for £450,000 sponsors
Organisers of York's Millennium Mystery Plays are looking for £450,000 in sponsorship to help keep ticket prices down. And they have revealed how they hope to involve the whole of the City of York in the spectacular production at York Minster, including
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Shopping for peas, potatoes and... a pension!
Two pounds of potatoes, a packet of cornflakes... and a pension, please. Customers at Tesco in Dringhouses, York, will soon be able to buy a pension plan with the weekly groceries. The Tadcaster Road superstore is one of 20 chosen by Tesco to market its
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Warning over 'blood-filled syringe' pens
Parents were today warned about the sale in York of pens which look like blood-filled syringes. Two shops have already suspended the sale of the 99p pens, which are filled with red coloured water, as fears grow that children may confuse real syringes
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Mustard gas alert at Clifton sites
A mustard gas warning is going out to developers planning to build near York, the Evening Press can reveal today. The Environment Agency is advising builders at Clifton Moor to take precautionary measures - such as wearing gloves to avoid skin contact
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Legal bill farmer is pig sick
A North Yorkshire farmer who severely injured a burglar on his premises said today he had lost all faith in British justice after an Appeal Court ruling left him facing financial ruin. Stanley Wiles, 65, was left with legal bills of at least £100,000
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Gipsy site clash in suburbia
Villagers are furious about plans to site a temporary gipsy camp only yards from their homes on the outskirts of York. Livid Ryedale MP John Greenway today called on City of York Council to abandon the "totally unacceptable" proposal for a travellers'
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'Sparkling results'
Yorkshire-based agribusiness, food and petfood group Cranswick plc at Driffield has produced what the chairman, Jim Bloom, describes as "a sparkling set of results" including a record 25 per cent increase in profits, before taxation, from £4 million to
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Factory forges German links
Haarmann & Reimer, the Selby-based citric acid producer, has appointed Brenntag, the largest distributor in Europe, as its new sales agent for Germany. As Britain's largest citric acid producer, Haarmann & Reimer exports around 80 per cent of
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Rain leaves Tykes kicking heels
Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner The start of Yorkshire's championship match against Leicestershire at Headingley today was delayed by rain which had fallen continuously on the ground for over 36 hours. But groundsman Andy Fogarty had done such a good
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All change as Joe lands top post
Outgoing youth coach Joe Joyce today declared his sadness at leaving York City after less than six months at the helm. The 37-year-old Joyce has quit Bootham Crescent to take up a top-notch post as north-east regional coach for the Professional Footballers
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Small world with big ideas
York Model Railway is the latest local organisation to get on track with our Proud To Be York campaign. The miniature railway enthusiast's paradise, based in Tea Room Square, next to York Railway Station, is the first attraction train travelling tourists
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Deal agreed over emissions at Drax
An Environment Agency decision to block proposals to almost treble sulphur dioxide emissions from Drax Power Station, near Selby, was today described as a "good old-fashioned British compromise." National Power applied to the Agency to increase emissions
