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Linda on 64-match diet of TV football
Vicar's wife Linda Davis is really getting into the spirit of the World Cup - by watching all 64 matches on TV for a good cause. The mum-of-three, who lives at The Vicarage, Sowerby, Thirsk, hopes her marathon TV-watching stint will raise hundreds of
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England 'must stop exporting the hooligans'
The president of York City FC has called on the Government to get tough on football hooligans following the scenes in Marseilles. Ryedale MP John Greenway is backing new measures for the police to stop the thugs from travelling abroad. And he is asking
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Guillit's switch is not working
I'm worried about Ruud Gullit. Ever since Ken Bates took away his Chelsea plaything, the Dutch superman has lost his aura, his focus, his sharpness, his air of invincibility. Far from being in Ruud health, he is off the pace as ITV's prime match assessor
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Easterby on course for double delight
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Tim Easterby, who had to be content with runner-up honours at Royal Ascot yesterday when Pipalong found Bint Allayl just too good in the Queen Mary Stakes, can put that defeat firmly behind him tomorrow on the final day of the meeting
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Yorkshire thwarted by Boon
Yorkshire cricket by David Warner A rugged century by David Boon left Yorkshire pondering over the wisdom of their decision to put Durham in to bat on a day of rare sunshine at Chester-le-Street yesterday. Without the tough Australian's unbeaten 120,
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Water on the menu
York's second Festival Of Food and Drink got off to a damp launch on a wet and windy Knavesmire today, but organisers were predicting a bright future for the festival, which will be held in York from September 19-27. Plans to send a team of chefs into
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Rare breeds day to be a poultry affair
A record number of former farmyard favourites will be on display when Ryedale Folk Museum stages its annual Rare Breeds Day on Sunday. Among the rare poultry on show at the Hutton-le-Hole attraction will be a Yorkshire pheasant fowl and a Scots dumpy
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Everything's coming up roses for John
To prove that the organisers of York in Bloom can practise what they preach, John Coombes has agreed to open up his own garden to the discerning eyes of York gardeners. Mr Coombes, outdoor events and allotments officer for the City of York Council, always
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Praise for York school
One of York's biggest secondary schools is a "well-organised and successful community", according to Government inspectors. Millthorpe School, in Nunthorpe Avenue, which has 940 pupils, is described by inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education
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Firms light the fuse for return of firework display
York's firework display should be back with a bang this year, with TWO companies keen to put on displays. The city's celebrated fireworks show attracted huge crowds to York on Bonfire Night each year when it was organised and funded by the City of York
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How I acted my World Cup age
I no longer measure my age in years but in terms of World Cups. Argentina, 1978, was my first 'birthday'. As Mario Kempes and co destroyed the Dutch I was curled up on the sofa under a comforting paisley-patterned blanket, which now offers comfort to
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Late bid likely to snatch Preece away from Little
Striker-seeking York City are poised to lose out in the pursuit of rangy front-man Andy Preece. Manager Alan Little today confirmed last week's Evening Press exclusive report that City were on the trail of the 31-year-old marksman released from Second
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Shaw way to help City beat Leeds
York City should be fending off the advances of Premiership big guns Leeds United to establish a home-base of fledgling football talent. And the pick of the area's young players also have to regularly roll off a Bootham Crescent production line, according
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Merchant Taylors don finery for annual parade
A threatening sky did nothing to dampen the spirits of York's Merchant Taylors as they emerged from All Saints' Church, Pavement, after the annual Straker Sermon. The company has come to expect good weather for the annual parade, Clerk John Baily said
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As York looks ahead, it's 2000 and counting
It has inspired a bug, a bridge, a trust, a fund and a dome. Some people dismiss it as a meaningless quirk of an artificial calendar; others believe it has a deeply spiritual experience. Of one thing we can be sure. The arrival of the new Millennium will
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We're getting there, but it's slow on the main line
A restricted rail service between London and Edinburgh was in operation today after a train operator was forced to carry out emergency safety checks on its entire fleet of high speed electric trains. Commuters arriving at York Station today were faced
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Youths jailed over gang attack
Two teenagers were today starting a total of 18 months in jail for their part in a brutal gang assault which left a man with a fractured jaw. And the woman who tried to quell the outbreak of youth thuggery in Haxby is to get a £400 reward. Diane Robson
