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Captain's Log ready to boldly go at Ascot
Racing by Tom O'Ryan The luckless Captain's Log, who just failed to get the better of Himself at Newcastle last Sunday, turns out at Ascot tomorrow with excellent prospects of gaining swift and rich compensation. Michael Bell's three-year-old bids for
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Countdown to kick-off
The clock is ticking to the start of a new football season and the Evening Press is stepping up its comprehensive coverage of York City. Although Alan Little's men kick-off their Second Division campaign at Preston on Saturday, the Evening Press is already
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City miss out on Airdrie target
York City face losing out on a first day debut for their Scottish quarry. Coveted winger Gordon Connelly is to remain with his club Airdrie after the Scottish First Division outfit rejected City's latest offer. It is understood the Minstermen made a revised
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Firefighters rescue girl, 8, from fast-flowing river
The belated arrival of summer has prompted warnings from emergency services after firefighters plucked an eight-year-old girl from a fast-flowing river in one of several water rescues. The girl, who had gone paddling, and her grandmother were rescued
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Bridge cash flows in
York's Millennium Bridge project has won a massive cash boost from city insurance giant CGU. The company's life finance director Mike Urmston presented a cheque for £129,870 yesterday to Sir Donald Barron, chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust. The
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Fashioning the future
This is a vision of the near future - artist's impressions of the £60 million designer outlet shopping complex being built at Naburn, near York. It opens on November 5 and some five million visitors are expected to converge on the former hospital site
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Mum in doctor call-out row to have top meeting
A York mother who believes her dangerously ill baby was failed by North Yorkshire emergency doctors has been invited to a special meeting to discuss her fears about the service. The doctors' service is defending its record in the light of recent cases
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Stores strip clothes prices
Cut-price clothing went on sale in York today as the city joined the supermarket fashion price war. Local Tesco supermarkets were selling so-called "grey market" football strips in a direct challenge to manufacturers of top brands, who they claim want
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Landlord is arrested in fraud probe
Detectives investigating an alleged benefit fraud have arrested controversial York landlord Geoff Laverack. Dozens of Task Force and Fraud Squad officers joined Benefits Agency officials in a combined operation in York. Mr Laverack was arrested and four
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South African pair owe it all to a Tyke
If South Africa's captain Hansie Cronje hits another Test century over the next few days at Headingley and Allan Donald weighs in with a further crop of wickets, then part of the blame can be laid at the door of former Yorkshire batsman, Neil Hartley,
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Garratt set for dream debut
Bold midfielder Martin Garratt has his eyes on the prize of a League debut for York City. The latest addition to City's stock of young talent is starting to glint. He has been so impressive in the build-up to the new season that he is on the brink of
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Fruit gums could herald England Test suck-cess
By gums - sweet success may be just around the corner for England's cricketing heroes. As the fifth and final Test got under way at Headingley, England's sweet-toothed stars enjoyed a special delivery. Not from South Africa's top strike bowler Allan Donald
