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League breakaway averted
York City chairman Douglas Craig delivered a cautious response to a new structure of power in the Football League. Moves to engineer a breakaway of the leading Nationwide clubs petered out at the League's annual meeting at a hotel complex just outside
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Mystery solved over benefactor
A mystery benefactor who left nearly £18,000 to Malton School was a former pub landlady who lived in York when she died last year. Two former neighbours of Alma Collier in Middlethorpe Drive, Dringhouses, contacted the Evening Press after headteacher
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Museum switches on to festive lights fund
One of York's smallest museums is to become a leading light in the campaign to brighten up the city over Christmas. The Regimental Museum of The Royal Dragoon Guards, in Tower Street, will donate an entire day's takings to the Lord Mayor's Christmas lights
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Duke to see the Minster marvel
The Duke of York is to visit the Minster next week. He will inspect the restoration of the Great West Door and unveil a commemorative plaque on Friday, June 19. He will then meet the Minster craftsmen and women who have toiled since 1995 to refurbish
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Two die in traffic jam smash horror
Two people were killed and at least one other was seriously injured when a huge traffic jam caused a road smash today. The accident occurred when fast-moving traffic on the A1 near Wetherby struck vehicles tailing back from an earlier accident further
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Tykes come to grief on poor Headingley pitch
Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner Yorkshire made a mockery of their position at the top of the AXA League table when they were skittled out for 93 by Leicestershire at Headingley yesterday and went on to suffer a crushing defeat by eight wickets with
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Surprise as Redcar called off
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Tomorrow's Redcar race meeting was surprisingly called off today. It was originally decided after an inspection of the course at 8am that although the round course was considered unfit for racing tomorrow, plans would be made to try
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Spluttering Wasps slide out of promotion places
York 4, Batley 13 Double trouble of a deja vu variety muted the promotion talk at Huntington Stadium. History repeated itself as York Rugby League Club followed up a Bramley stutter with a Batley slip for the second time this season. The Wasps have reserved
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Wasps' promotion hopes take a dive
York Rugby League Club hit the self-destruct button against Batley Bulldogs and launched themselves out of the Second Division promotion places. Coach Dean Robinson claimed the Wasps were their own worst enemies in an error-strewn 13-4 reverse at the
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Stand by your beds for chance to win honours
Constant showers may be disappointing for the sun-seekers among us, but they are certainly good news for York's gardens. This year's York In Bloom competition promises to unearth a hot bed of new gardening talent by highlighting many private gardens which
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Writers given chance to shine
Good for Yorkshire! Last year, the West Yorkshire Playhouse held its Seven x Seven season championing new plays by new writers. This week Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential opened 10 x 10, the Stephen Joseph Theatre's summer of ten new works in Scarborough
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Fishermen join forces in bid for net benefit
Fishermen are to join forces on the Yorkshire coast to give their industry its biggest boost for years. The European Union, Government agencies and local authorities are to put up money to fund the appointment of a project officer to mastermind new initiatives
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Birthday girl tells how celebration turned to tragedy
A York teenager spoke today of the tragic end to her 18th birthday celebrations when a close friend was killed in a hit-and-run smash - and just hours later she too was knocked down by a car in a separate incident. Supermarket worker Sharlene Richardson
