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Mud-lover to carry off Tankard
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Bowlers Boy, who got off the mark for the season at Pontefract on Monday evening, can complete a rapid double at Redcar tomorrow by lifting the feature race, which will be covered on Channel 4 television. The £12,000 Vaux Gold Tankard
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Free French airmen on last visit to York
There is a corner of Yorkshire which will be forever France. During the Second World War nearly 2,000 members of the Free French Air Force gave the tiny village of Elvington, near York, an unmistakable Gallic flavour. Under orders from RAF Bomber Command
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Cyclists gear up for wheelie great rally
Thousands of cyclists will pour into York tomorrow for this year's Cyclists Touring Club National Rally. The two-day event on Saturday and Sunday is expected to draw 50,000 riders from all over the country and abroad to Knavesmire for the British club's
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Traffic wardens get ticket to mount blitz on suburbs
Village life is to be brought to book by a new scheme to take traffic wardens to the outskirts of York. Many rural communities and outlying areas escape the rigorous enforcement of traffic laws as local bobbies are too stretched to concentrate on poor
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Tonic for the troops at Castle Museum
Visitors to the Castle Museum in York will be able to get to grips with history this weekend and experience what life was like for a soldier more than three centuries ago. They will have the rare opportunity to handle 350-year-old helmets and try on authentic
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Hello, Andrew's at the door
York Minster was surrounded by crowds eager to catch a glimpse of royalty as the Duke of York flew into the city today. Prince Andrew, arriving at Clifton by helicopter, was rushed by car to the Minster. He waved and smiled to hundreds gathered outside
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City store is fined £12,000 over food
The supermarket chain Safeway has been fined £12,000 for leaving food past its "use by" date on the shelves of its Acomb store in York. In the biggest case of its kind brought to court by the City of York Council, the company was found guilty of four
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Come back Coleman, all is forgiven
The much-maligned armchair footy fan has to be made of stern stuff these days. Suffering the incessant ramblings of one-time soccer legends and sacked managers with nothing to say has become a way of life during this World Cup. Take Kevin Keegan - somebody
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Strange case of the confusing croissants
It was too good to last. A full week of fine World Cup action with the standard of refereeing earning universal praise. But within hours of the tournament's top brass ordering refs to dish out red cards the competition became infected with them. Yesterday's
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Valiant Vaughan rescues Tykes
Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner Michael Vaughan shaped a century right out of the Geoff Boycott mould to stop Yorkshire from crumbling in the championship match against Durham at Riverside yesterday The opener never once lost his patience in compiling
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Hanlan and Lambert sacked by Wasps
Stand-off Lee Hanlan and forward Matt Lambert have been sacked by York Rugby League Club. Coach Dean Robinson today placed the pair on the transfer list and declared neither would not pull on a Wasps shirt again this season.The Wasps boss said he was
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Woods Nailed!
York City have turned to York power to reinforce their attack. Manager Alan Little has signed Grimsby Town striker Neil Woods, born in York and whose father Alan starred for the Minstermen during the 1960s. The 31-year-old Woods signed a two-year deal
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Judge urges law on reckless lovers
A York judge has called for the law to be changed to catch people who recklessly infect sexual partners with life-threatening diseases. Judge Jonathan Crabtree spoke out after he was forced to acquit a 25-year-old man accused of giving hepatitis B by
