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Cup match slips away from York
York Lawn Tennis Club came within one point of beating national tennis champions Rawdon before losing 2-1 in the last 16 of the A T Kearney National Inter-club Challenge at Clifton Park. Margaret Whitehead and Wendy Stirke, playing instead of the injured
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Batting shambles
David Warner on Yorkshire Cricket Yorkshire had a bowling injury crisis on their hands against Middlesex at Lord's yesterday but it was a batting shambles which led to their defeat by 58 runs in the AXA League under the Duckworth-Lewis system for calculating
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Rod steps back into firing line
Striker Rodney Rowe will spearhead York City's attack against his former club Huddersfield Town at Bootham Crescent tonight (7.30). It will be 'rocket Rodney's' first game against the Terriers since moving from his hometown club in a £65,000 deal 15 months
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Robinson full of praise for battling display
Coach Dean Robinson today claimed his York RL side hit new heights with their defeat of promotion rivals Bramley. The Wasps hit back from 12-0 and 20-12 behind to register their ninth win of the season and maintain their Second Division promotion challenge
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Boat owner 'terrified' over river home move
Houseboat owner John Hunt said today he feels "depressed and terrified" after being forced to move his dream home to another part of the River Ouse. Mr Hunt had to move his 57ft, 50-ton vessel Waterlily from its mooring off Skeldergate, York after city
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Nigel fails to cement hat-trick
Super bricklayer Nigel Goodwin's solid claim to best brickie has come crashing down as he tried for a hat-trick of titles in the Bricklayer of the Year contest. Nigel, of Rawcliffe Drive, York, has held the title for two years running, but this time he
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An audience with Constantine the Great
The wraps came off and Constantine the Great, or at least a huge bronze statue of him, got his first glimpse of York Minster. Peering back were crowds of onlookers who had gathered to be among the first to witness the sculpture of the first Roman Emperor
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Man freed on appeal tells of nightmare
A retired painter and decorator, released from jail after being wrongly convicted of child abuse, today spoke of the "bad dream" that has wrecked his life. Ronald Tate, 65, is now back at home with his family in North Yorkshire after his conviction was
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Sharon en-Thralled with her job
There is a definite pride in the voice of Sharon Woodhouse, the only female welder at Thrall Europa, when she says: "I'm a pretty mean dude with a blowtorch." Sharon, 26, of Bishopthorpe Road, York, was a machine operator on the production assembly line
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Happy return at rail carriageworks
A massive new order could come to the York-based Thrall Europa wagon-makers, it was announced today. The York works is in the running to manufacture 20 new EuroSpine wagons - which piggyback trailers and containers - to operate a new freight-carrying
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Lochangel has glorious form
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Tomorrow sees the start of Glorious Goodwood and Lochangel can fittingly lift the King George Grosvenor Casinos Stakes, a race in which her brilliant half-sister Lochsong gained back-to-back victories in 1993-94. Lochangel, like Lochsong
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Back from the brink to verge of glory
Bramley 20, York 21 A command performance from York Rugby League Club was a fitting climax to a week that threatened to bring down the curtain on the club's 130-year history. The cash-starved crisis of the previous seven days instilled a rich seam of
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Rich rewards
Homegrown winger Chris Hopcutt experienced a "best ever" buzz in the wake of York Rugby League Club's against-all-odds triumph over Bramley. Chris Hopcutt, centre, and his Wasps team-mates go over to celebrate with their travelling army of fans after
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Museum with a friendly feline
It's a purrfect match. Yorkie the (stuffed) Bengal tiger and Caitlin Mackellar, 7, from Poppleton, get to know one another at a new exhibition on cats. The introductions were made at Claws, the latest attraction at the Yorkshire Museum, which opened on
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Teenager killed in army bus tragedy
An Army cadet killed when he stuck his head through a coach skylight and hit a bridge would have been promoted at work today, his shocked boss told the Evening Press. Stephen Adair, 18, died in Holland as he returned with a 40-strong party of army cadets
