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Pylon bullies will bulldoze their land grab
Along with about 100 other protesters I have just witnessed a further stage in the bullying tactics of National Grid as it seeks to foist their unwanted and unnecessary line of massive pylons on the people of North Yorkshire. The occasion was a public
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League probe Boro finances
Cash-strapped Scarborough's financial troubles have prompted the Football League to send in an independent auditor to the stricken club. Anton Johnson bought a majority share holding from the Russell family at the start of the season, but since then the
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Buy, buy aliens
Aliens like nothing more than some retail therapy. At least that is the theory of green campaigners, who will become little green men tomorrow to protest about our consumer-obsessed society. The point is a valid one, and their choice of demonstration
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Irish eyes smiling at Sixfields
In football, as in life, the old adage that 'a change is as good as a rest' often rings true. Players can often find a new lease of life, or rekindle their spark within fresh surroundings, and that is exactly what rampaging Dave Savage is hoping to do
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Defender snubs City
York City's 11th hour bid to sign a player in time for tomorrow's visit of Northampton has been thwarted. Manager Alan Little revealed he had been locked in talks with a centre back throughout yesterday and this morning to try and strike a permanent deal
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Berwick Kaler : The Millennium Dame
"When's the star turning up"? It was the first day of panto rehearsals, and the question (from a Bjork look-a-like chorus boy) threw us all into an Icelandic freeze - our luvvy villain David Leonard stopped reading his six-volume copy of Delia Smith's
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Business leaders back Coppergate plan rejig
Business leaders in York have thrown their weight behind the controversial revised plans for Coppergate II, saying it is an 'expression of confidence in the city'. But while the scheme has won the business community's seal of approval, York Conservatives
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Accolade for police over door staff work
The strong arm of the law in North Yorkshire has been asked to pass on its training techniques for door staff to the rest of the country. The Rank organisation, which is opening a £3 million nightclub at Clifton Moor in the New Year, has been so impressed
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Bootleg goods are seized
Trading standards officers have seized counterfeit goods with a street value of more than £100,000 in two separate raids in North Yorkshire. First they swooped on a home in the Selby area, where they seized counterfeit clothing worth about £90,000. One
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Lights fantastic
The excitement mounted, the crowds that packed into Parliament Street counted down, and finally we were Proud to be York at Christmas. York's Christmas lights had their big switch-on last night, marking the culmination of many weeks of effort to make
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Don't forget orphans
More than 100,000 Romanian children will be spending Christmas in an orphanage. The European Children's Trust is encouraging everyone to send a card wishing them a Sarbatori Fericite - Happy Christmas. Send cards to the Romania Christmas Card Appeal at
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Phoney premises
I am growing tired of ringing major companies and being treated to a recording of a three-year-old on xylophone playing Greensleeves. The addition of the lying assertion by a digitally recorded floozy that my call will be answered shortly adds to the
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Coppergate car chaos
Never mind about the chaos prophesied this year for the closure of St George's Field car park during the St Nicholas Fair (Evening Press, November 20). We should all remember what is going to happen next year (or perhaps the one after since it is such
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Flights into misery
I was heartened to read 'RAF Slights War Dead' (Letters, November 20) and find that I am not the only person in the York and surrounding area annoyed by the "droning and diving" noise pollution caused by the Tucano aircraft from RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Since
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Mill to strike gold
Teeton Mill can tomorrow become only the second favourite in the last ten years to win the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup. The ante-post market leader has all the right credentials to lift this three and a quarter mile chase at Newbury. A former top hunter,
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Merchants on big adventure
All the finalists in our business awards are modern merchant adventurers. They have abandoned a safe existence to sail uncharted waters in pursuit of their dream. Each has risked plenty: money, peace of mind, reputation. By combining innovation with determination
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It's all in the mind - Agnew
Mental steel holds the key to unlocking the Bootham Crescent barrier of York City's dire home form. City midfielder Steve Agnew (right) believes the team's poor home run is not down to 'home pressure' So claimed captain Steve Agnew as he surveyed the
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Green aliens in shopping invasion
Shopaholic aliens will invade York city centre in a bid to persuade Earthmen that shopping is not necessarily a good thing. Protesters dressed as aliens will start their earthly campaign at the BAA McArthurGlen Designer Outlet tomorrow morning before
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Osbaldwick company is given a double accolade
Finely-tuned BSC Filters is the 1998 Evening Press Business Venture of the Year. And the dynamic firm is also the year's Best Exporter. The double accolade for the Osbaldwick-based company, which makes revolutionary microwave filters for the telecommunications
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Farmer on warpath over path
A farmer today threatened to create traffic chaos by driving a horse and cart round the York ring road after council workmen opened up a footpath across his land. Staff from City of York Council's rights of way team started clearing the path at Wigginton
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Double joy for filter kings
They've done the double! BSC Filters is the 1998 Evening Press Business Venture of the Year. And the Osbaldwick firm which just can't stop selling its high-tech microwave filters to military and telecommunications industries all over the world is also
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Hope on way for delayed travellers
Rail users in Yorkshire were today hoping a crackdown on shoddy services would improve their lot. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has promised to tackle the problems on Britain's privatised railways - forcing companies to recruit new train drivers
