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Turnpole can turn tables
Turnpole, an unlucky loser of last month's Chester Cup, can gain valuable compensation on tomorrow's opening day of Royal Ascot. The northern challenger, trained at Lingdale by Mary Reveley, lines up for the £46,000 Ascot Stakes Handicap and is napped
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Booth the Brave
Braveheart forward Craig Booth answered his Scottish call to arms by kicking York Rugby League Club to victory over Doncaster Dragons. The prop forward has been named in the Scotland squad for a triangular international tournament against France and Ireland
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Weather fails to stump Emmerdale stars
More than 1,000 spectators braved dreadful weather at the weekend to watch stars from Emmerdale, Yorkshire's top soap opera, play cricket at Ripley Castle, near Knaresborough. The Emmerdale stars were playing against Sir Thomas Ingilby's President's XI
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Strip search uncovers coy boys
Scarborough's great strip show auditions look set to continue. Blushing Yorkshire wannabee hunks have proved that when it comes to taking their kit off for the girls, they're more than likely to turn the other cheek. Caroline Radford reports "I can't
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Safety praise for Huntington school pupils
Pupils who helped design a special road safety zone around their school were today commended by the roads minister, Baroness Hayman, who officially opened it. Measures to calm traffic near Huntington School, York, were installed after a survey revealed
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It's a game of two halves for young fan
Soccer-mad Sami Anderson Talbi, aged six, will be cheering on England during the first half of their opening World cup match this afternoon - and then Tunisia in the second. The root of his conflict of who to support is that his mum, Heather, is from
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England yobs 'a national disgrace'
Football is not the only spectator sport I have been absorbed in over the last couple of days. Just as entertaining as a breathtaking tackle, a nail-biting penalty shoot-out or a cat-like save, is the high jinks of our boys in France. Not the footballers
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Gavin shines in gloom
Gavin Hamilton bowled Yorkshire into a winning position against Hampshire at Headingley yesterday with a blistering spell which brought him career-best AXA League figures of five for 16. But Yorkshire's hopes of going back to the top of the table were
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Second half blitz destroys Dragons
York 44, Doncaster 12 Hogg The Builder/Evening Press Man of the Match : Andy Hill Seven-try York Rugby League Club refuelled their Second Division challenge with a second half demolition of Doncaster Dragons. The Wasps rediscovered their finishing touch
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War of the Roses
York City face a war of the Roses start and finish to their 1998-99 season. The Minstermen will open the new campaign away at Preston North End on Saturday, August 8, the season culminating on a last day clash at relegated giants Manchester City. In between
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New coins win York approval
Bemusement was one of the principal reactions from people in the streets of York today to the latest addition to the growing collection of coins weighing down the shoppers' pocket. But, overall, the smart new coin was met with guarded approval. The coin
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Ray of hope from top brass
Army top brass today offered a glimmer of hope to campaigners battling to save York's army HQ. In a pledge to the Evening Press, the army said the "great majority" of troops currently based at Imphal Barracks would remain, even if it loses its status
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Scarborough gets star role in movie
Scarborough is to play a leading role in a new television film starring Men Behaving Badly duo Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey. Clunes is also the director of Hunting Venus, a comedy film recreating the heady days of the New Romantic era - when geometric
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Raids net 200 video nasties
Police and trading standards officers seized up to 200 illegal video nasties in an early-morning raid on a house in York today. In a joint operation, they swooped on a property in the north of the city where they found dozens of violent videos. "Snuff
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Here we go again
Tony Blair today warned that the violent clashes between fans and police in Marseilles could endanger England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. But even as he was branding England's hooligans a "total disgrace", they fought running battles with Tunisian
