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Julian Cole
Sowing seeds of yet more lunacy SEMINAL is not a word often seen in newspaper headlines. In this instance it drew the eye back to the page - "Seminal case of ownership to go before US judges." This adjective is sometimes favoured by reviewers in newspapers
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Let's aspire to a spire
I guess it is too late for grand Millennium projects, but an obvious one is to construct one or all of the spires which were planned for the Minster. The underpinning of the central tower in the sixties and seventies, the availability of new, light materials
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Beaten by bike thieves
In October 1997 my eldest son's cycle was stolen from outside Cycleworks, Lawrence Street. In March this year our garage was broken into and both my sons' cycles were stolen - two very expensive mountain bikes. Last week my eldest son locked his cycle
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Village shops are a hit
I must defend what I and hundreds of other people find a very pleasant shopping experience, the Naburn Designer Village. It is a well designed and much needed indoor shopping centre, creating hundreds of jobs for the people of York and outlying villages
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Look around you Al, and be proud of York
Al Fox accused city councillors and the police of being out of touch (Letters, November 18). If Mr Fox had contacted either myself or my licensing officers regarding new licensed premises, he would have found that far from being out of touch the North
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Gait on course for second win
Bold Gait, an easy winner at Newbury earlier this month, returns to the Berkshire course tomorrow with excellent prospects of doubling his score. The Placepot Growing With Tote Direct Handicap Hurdle is the target for Bold Gait, a former useful stayer
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POWs' pain is Japan's shame
Former Japanese prisoners of war did not disguise their bitterness today at a court's decision to dismiss their claims for compensation and an apology. No one can be surprised that they feel insulted. This latest fight for justice began in July 1994.
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City plunged into injury crisis
Bruised York City have been plunged into an injury crisis as home wounds continue to scar. Gary Himsworth Midfielder Scott Jordan, who opened the scoring in the 2-1 FA Cup win over Enfield, is rated a major doubt for Saturday's visit to Bootham Crescent
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City trees trail takes a bough
They have been standing there for generations but today we are being called on to take more notice of them. Trees, often taken for granted, deserve more appreciation, and especially in York where there are so few of them, say environment chiefs. This
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Twins case sparks inquiry into premature baby care
Health chiefs have launched an investigation into the number of intensive care baby cots in Yorkshire after the parents of premature twins were told the tots may have to be moved from York to Manchester shortly after they were born. Twins Jack and Ryan
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Hunger strike violence alert
Police have been warned that extremists could start a campaign of violence in North and East Yorkshire as hunger striker Barry Horne nears death. Special Branch officers in the region, together with forces nationwide, have been put on standby by Scotland
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Councillors urged to flatten 'shanty town'
York "shanty town" landlord George Douglas's fight against orders to pull down his Heworth property received a fresh blow today. Mr Douglas built three flats under plastic roofing in the garden of a listed house in Heworth Green. But he was told to demolish
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Pollution threat to Selby water
Exclusive by Dennis Towle Controversial plans for a cattle incinerator could be torpedoed after Environment Agency chiefs said it posed an unacceptable risk of pollution to Selby area drinking water supplies. Coun Jon McCartney The Evening Press can reveal
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Clubs yearning for home comforts
There's no place like home - that's what Heworth and York Acorn will be hoping to prove when the National Conference League strugglers aim to turn their miserable seasons around on Saturday. Winger John Rushworth, with ball, who has been having a fine
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Wonder of Alice
On this very day 134 years ago, Lewis Carroll presented a story he had written to the girl who inspired it. The title was Alice In Wonderland. No doubt Carroll would have been delighted today to find his story is still popular enough to be retold at the
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White bids to find his back cure
Yorkshire's Craig White has undergone a series of injections on his bad back in an effort to get fully fit to bowl next summer. He hopes the treatment will clear up the trouble which prevented him bowling last season after taking a stack of wickets in
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Wasps may lose out on promotion
The latest twist in rugby league's fixture farce could rob York Rugby League Club of promotion glory after all. Last month's decision to opt for a 13-team first division and five-team second division next season has created a fixture nightmare - and clubs
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Santa joins appeal for York hospice
Santa's heading for York - and he's set to raise hundreds of pounds for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. A new grotto is now taking shape for Father Christmas in Stonegate Walk, and the man in red will be arriving not by sleigh but a horse-drawn carriage to meet
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Meet the panto all-stars
They're back! Artistic director Damian Cruden (hands raised, centre) prepares for pantomime pandemonium as the company arrives at York Theatre Royal to start rehearsals for Beauty And The Beast. The P team, the pantomime hit squad of Berwick Kaler, Martin
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999 chaos warning
Emergency calls to North Yorkshire Police could be hit come the Year 2000 - because its switchboard system cannot be upgraded to beat the Millennium bug. The force is already gearing up for what it anticipates will be a spectacularly busy period and has
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Alice makes time for Christmas shopping
Busy parents are being offered the chance to turn their Christmas shopping nightmare into a Wonderland, with help from Alice and the White Rabbit. Alice (Sinead Marie Brennan) and the White Rabbit (Danny Coll) A show at the Yorkshire Museum's Tempest
