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Flanders on course to score fourth win
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Flanders, unbeaten in three races, including the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, for Tim Easterby's Great Habton stable, heads to Newbury tomorrow with excellent prospects of striking it rich. The flying filly bids for the £120,000
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Rain holds up Yorkshire at Scarborough
David Warner on Yorkshire Cricket Rain at Scarborough today delayed Yorkshire piling on the agony on the third day of their championship match against Nottinghamshire after Darren Lehmann's stirring century yesterday, writes David Warner. Lehmann scored
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Double blow for Little
Injuries have struck a double-blow to York City's preparations for their weekend football extravaganza. The hosts of the four-team tournament involving beloved Barnsley, North Yorkshire foes Scarborough and Scottish visitors Airdrie are likely to be without
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Strife of Brian
EXCLUSIVE by Tony Kelly, Chief Sports Writer Disenchanted Brian Houghton has quit as a director of York City. The lifelong supporter of the club has resigned from the board he has served for 20 years, claiming he had grown 'disillusioned' with football
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THE GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW
Show 'gate' looks like being record by Adam Nichols A record turnout of hundreds of international visitors has made this year's Great Yorkshire Show one of the best yet. More than 350 foreign showgoers have seen the hundreds of stalls, exhibitions and
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End of the road for class act
Sir Marcus Worsley's retirement as Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire will mean the end of the road for his beloved green Bentley. He bought the classy car in order to provide suitable transport for visiting members of the Royal family. Sir Marcus chuckled
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£2.2m safety plan for lethal A64 crossing
The Government today announced a £2.2 million scheme to switch off traffic lights on the A64 at Copmanthorpe and close the lethal gap. News of the plans came as a coroner called for ALL A64 central reservation gaps to be shut after hearing how an elderly
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Wasps to thrash out players' pay deal after crisis talks
York Rugby League Club were today trying to thrash out a package deal to pay cash owed to players amid a growing feeling of unrest at the club. Wasps are already operating under a transfer embargo until Wakefield Trinity receive outstanding cash for the
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Mum's still word for worldwide organisation
Mum's still the word for members of the Mothers' Union who voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the organisation's 122-year-old name at the York meeting of the Worldwide Council. Overseas presidents sang in the aisles of the Central Hall at the
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Gun raiders fled through gardens
The hunt is still on today for three armed robbers who held up a security van at the Inner Space service station on York's Boroughbridge Road. And police have released pictures of two stolen vehicles, which are believed to have been used in the raid.
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Widow's hell after brutal 'Coronation Street' killing
Geoffrey Leeming's murder was dubbed the Coronation Street killing because it took place as that most innocent of programmes was beginning on October 9, 1996. Geoffrey did not enjoy the nation's favourite soap opera and so he left his wife Jackie and
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Family in clear over murder
Conspiracy to murder charges against the family of slain Haxby man Geoffrey Leeming were today sensationally thrown out of court. Stipendiary magistrate Guy Hodgson said the police and prosecutors who brought Jackie Leeming, 55, and her children Stephen
