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White wings in for Wasps
One-time flier Paul White is waiting in the wings to make a comeback with York Rugby League Club. The man who figured for almost four seasons with the Wasps in the early 1990s has been given a lifeline by his old club to get back on track in the game.
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Tanked up!
York City have increased their capacity to 32,000. No, the club have not sensationally and suddenly quit Bootham Crescent for a brand spanking new stadium. The steep rise in volume is in litres. A new water tank housing some 32,000 litres of water, has
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Identity crisis puts change strip under microscope
Kit blues have been suffered by York City. The club's alternate away strip of all-blue has captured the attention of the Football League after several colour clashes last season. Night games at Bournemouth and Northampton Town, plus the Easter Monday
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Police 'gang culture' fears
A gang culture could develop in York if a solution is not found to the problem of large groups of teenagers "hanging around" because they have nowhere to go, a police chief said today. Groups of more than 50 youths are congregating on streets in Acomb
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Plane that shot down Goering
The American engineer who changed the course of the air war with Germany is coming to York at the age of 93 to tell how he did it. Lee Atwood's contribution was so successful that it allegedly provoked Hitler's air chief Herman Goering to cry: "The war
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Cast put their soles into making medieval shoes
A decent pair of medieval shoes is a must for those taking part in next month's York Mystery Plays - but they are not to be found in your High Street shop. Organisers have solved the problem by setting up a workshop to teach the cast how to make the footwear
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York to get new police station
York is to get a new police station in the heart of the Clifton Moor trading estate to drive criminals away from one of the city's fastest-growing areas. It is expected that up to 30 officers will eventually be based at the new station, which has been
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B&B with evening prayers
A new world order it may not be, but an old Whitby Order could soon be attracting pilgrims from around the globe. Sister Judith, head of the Order of the Holy Paraclete at St Hilda's Priory, Sneaton Castle, Whitby, is threatening to change a habit of
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Midnight Line can turn tables on Bahr
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Bahr and Midnight Line, who fought out the Musidora Stakes at York last month, meet again at Epsom tomorrow and can dominate the £200,000 Vodafone Oaks. But there is a strong possibility that the placings will be reversed and that
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United front for York RI
EXCLUSIVE by Tony Kelly, Chief Sports Writer Humble York Railway Institute Football Club are to act as a talent-magnet for Premiership titans Manchester United. That is the ambitious aim of former York City player Barry Tait, who has just been appointed
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Toast for city pubs in new tourist drive
Traditional York pubs are to be the toast of tourists chiefs who plan to use the city's historic alehouses to help attract younger people to the city for short breaks. The city's pubs, along with its wealth of restaurants and excellent rail links, will
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New attack on £60m York shops scheme
The £60 million scheme for a massive extension to York's Coppergate Centre has run into further opposition. Leading city Tories have attacked the proposals by Land Securities for new shops between Clifford's Tower and Piccadilly, claiming that the buildings
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Villagers welcome tycoon new owner
Villagers on an East Yorkshire estate today said they were pleased it had been sold off in one piece to a local man. Residents in Warter, near Pocklington, had feared the 11,000-acre estate would fall into the hands of a celebrity or absentee landlord
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90 Flipz workers lose their jobs
Nestl is to halt production of its latest product, the "Jekyll and Hyde" chocolate-covered pretzel Flipz, and lay-off 90 workers at its York factory. The shock news comes just two months after the launch of the unusual confectionery snack - the York factory's
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Insurance sales rep might have trouble explaining this one....
Sales rep Simon Heslop had a real sinking feeling when he saw his Ford Sierra estate car float away down the Ouse and disappear under water. Attempts to stop the car as it trundled along the cobbles on Queen's Staith, opposite the King's Arms pub in York
