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'Team of the century' no match for Wasps
OVERTURNING the 'team of the century' was York Rugby League Club's response to the growth of soccer in the city. Huddersfield's free-scoring exploits were the talk of the Northern Union world during the 1912/3 season. The West Yorkshire side visited Clarence
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Reborn Booth targets hat-trick
PROP forward Craig Booth today attributed his Highland fling to a more up front approach. The 28-year-old revealed a renaissance in his enjoyment of the game since joining York Rugby League Club and shifting from the second row. And Booth is hoping his
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Bali Dance can waltz it
by Tom O'RyanFOSTON trainer, Charles Booth, whose horses are in cracking form at present, can continue his purple patch at Haydock tomorrow.Booth, who has saddled six winners and several placed horses from his last dozen runners, relies on Bali Dance
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Jockey Jimmy seeking some more fame and fortune
JIMMY Fortune, who will be looking for a new retainer when his current employer Lynda Ramsden, the Thirsk trainer, retires at the end of the season, advertised his skills to prospective bosses with a double at York yesterday. Tough Leader defied top-weight
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Death threat woman's terror campaign
THE MOTHER of former Yorkshire and national Businesswoman of the Year Jan Fletcher made more than 70 "chilling and disturbing" phone calls in a campaign of hate against her daughter's ex-husband and his family, York Crown Court heard. On one night alone
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Estate agent snaps winner in York photo finish
by Caroline BarrettYORK surveyor Alan Black is celebrating after fulfilling his dream of watching his horse win at his home racecourse. Mr Black, a well-known estate agent in the city, joined thousands of people on Knavesmire to cheer on his horse Blessingindisguise
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Lights in sky spark alert
COASTGUARDS on the East Coast were flooded with calls from people reporting a series of lights high in the sky across North Yorkshire. A spokesman from Humber Coastguards said the calls began at 2am today when callers said they had seen a green light
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911 are No 1 for York fans
by Caroline BarrettPOP trio 911 sent more than a thousand fans into a screaming frenzy today when they visited York. Their North Yorkshire fans began queuing soon after 3am to see Jimmy, Spike and Lee, who were signing copies of their new album, Moving
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Aussies prove too strong at Scarborough
CHRIS Silverwood won the battle to claim Darren Lehmann's wicket in The Yorkshiremen's match against Tim Rice's International XI on the first day of the Scarborough Cricket Festival yesterday. But it was Lehmann who finished up on the winning side as
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Tykes' concern for crocked White
THE nagging back trouble which continues to afflict Craig White has become a serious problem for both the former England all-rounder and Yorkshire who are missing out on his services at a critical stage of the season. And unless he shows a big improvement
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Let's show judges our pride in York
by Caroline BarrettA FINAL call has gone out to the green-fingered people of York to do their bit this weekend to help make the city look extra special for the judges of York in Bloom. Organisers of the York entry into the Yorkshire in Bloom competition
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Terror hammer attack on post office
POLICE conducted door-to-door inquiries after a man was attacked with a hammer by two raiders in a village post office. The two masked men, carrying hammers, attempted to rob the post office at Spofforth, near Knaresborough, yesterday afternoon at about
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York pub woman's party misery
by Caroline RadfordYORK'S smallest pub planned to give regulars a huge celebration to mark its 200th birthday - until the council decided to rain on its parade. Eileen Worrall, landlady of the Blue Bell, says she contacted the police and the City of York
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Mother saved from jail by baby
by Megi RychlikovaA MOTHER who twice stabbed another woman with a knife was saved from a jail sentence by her four-week-old baby. Judge Peter Baker, QC, put Lesley Ann Herbert, 29, on probation for two years, so she could continue looking after her child
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Life sentence over nightmare attack
by Caroline Radford and Megi RychlikovaA YORK man, horrifically assaulted with a knife and hammer, was still able to express compassion today for the assailant who stalks his nightmares and is now serving two terms of life imprisonment. Richard Clipsham
