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Cox denies coach offer to star Ellis
CHAIRMAN Trevor Cox has denied claims that former York Rugby League Club star St John Ellis was offered the coaching job at Huntington Stadium. Cox confirmed that he and other directors held talks with Ellis and a Midlands-based businessman earlier this
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Katie's progress
TEENAGER Katie Dobson is continuing to make phenomenal progress in what is only her fourth year playing golf. The 17-year-old Selby Golf Club member from Brayton has taken the game by storm, being selected for the England girls' team, called into the
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New order trial for Yorkshire opener Byas
ANTHONY McGrath's career as a batsman underwent an unexpected change of direction this week when skipper David Byas decided to move him out of his opening role and give him a run at number five instead. Although McGrath may initially have received the
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Thompson returns to shoot down Boro
NINE years after last gracing the McCain Stadium Neil Thompson struck to bring former club Scarborough to kneel to their York City arch-rivals. Thompson, now City's player-coach, kick-started his League career with the Seasiders, with whom he developed
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The graveyard shift
GREEN-fingered villager Roger Brook is just blooming marvellous. His handiwork has transformed an overgrown cemetery into a colourful, cultivated garden. It's been a long project - 20 years to date, but Mr Brook's hard work has been recognised by judges
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Selby man devastated by killing of birds
THE owner of eight poultry birds that were kicked and stabbed to death today branded the culprits as "mindless yobs." Andrew Poole, 50, of Orchard Close, Selby, said he was devastated when he found the birds had been slaughtered in a night-time attack
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N Yorks mountaineer beats 'chapati peak'
NORTH Yorkshire mountaineer Alan Hinkes has made it up the "chapati peak" which defeated him in unusual circumstances last year. The Northallerton-born climber's previous attempt to scale Nanga Parbat in Pakistan failed when he suffered a severe back
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York owner makes it an Ascot double
YORK owner Alan Black completed a remarkable double when his five-year-old, Blessingindisguise, won the £25,000 City Index Rated Stakes at Ascot yesterday for the second year in succession. Black, a well-known York chartereed surveyor, saw his horse,
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York City boss might seek new central defender
Chief Sports Writer MANAGER Alan Little is to 'think big' in the fortnight between now and the new season's kick-off. The York City boss declared that he may be in the market for a commanding central defender to stand in for injured captain Tony Barras
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Why fat really is a feline issue for York's 'Mogzilla'
IT'S the story which has given the nation's cat lovers claws for concern. The Evening Press exclusively introduced fat cat Zac - the mighty York moggie who weighs in at a whopping two-and-a-half stone. The giant ginger tom - four times bigger than the
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Vandals target York disabled woman's scooter
A DISABLED York woman faces being housebound for ten days after vandals damaged her mobility scooter. Ethne Stephenson, 65, of Dringhouses, is crippled with osteo-arthritis and has been in a wheelchair for the last two years. Determined to keep her independence
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York shoppers are on queue
SHOPPERS queued for hours today to snap-up half-price bargains at the summer sale of a top York store. Bargain hunters began forming a line outside the Next store in Coney Street from 4am. When the doors opened at 7am this morning, the queue had stretched
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Patients' tribute to popular York GP
FORMER patients of a York family doctor who died of a brain tumour earlier this year have raised thousands of pounds in his memory.Popular GP Dr Douglas Reynolds was only 48 when he died. He had retired from the Woodthorpe and Acomb Medical Practice,
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York brickie bids for a hat-trick
YORK'S champion brickie Nigel Goodwin was hoping to make it three in a row when he took on all comers in the race for the title of Bricklayer of the Year today. A coveted silver trowel and £300 in prize money was up for grabs when Nigel squared up to
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It's back to work for Bill - at 80
FORMER journalist Bill Stanton has proved he's made of the write stuff - by returning to work at 80. The York pensioner retired in 1979 following a long career which included stints as a teacher, a manager for British Steel and feature writer for the
