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Jorvik cash facts
Further to the article in the Evening Press about financing of the York Archaeological Trust (December 2), I would like to draw attention to a serious error. The York Archaeological Trust funds a programme of academic work which is financed primarily
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TV is lowering standards of our society
I would like to support the Archdeacon of York's remarks in the Evening Press regarding TV programmes. The subject and contents are objectionable. If you complain the response given is that they are reflecting society. The evening programmes quoted by
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Easterby hero to be the star at Wetherby
A host of stars from Yorkshire Television soap opera 'Emmerdale' will make their annual trip to Wetherby tomorrow for the 'Emmerdale' Handicap Chase, in which course specialist Cumbrian Challenge can play a leading role for the second successive year.
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Beware of the assassin
The assassin from St Asaph has York City in his sights. Ian Rush, the most prolific marksman in the history of the FA Cup, is poised like a sword of Damocles hanging over the Minstermen at the Racecourse Ground tomorrow. And the bad news for City is that
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Brave patient, super surgeon
Retired North Yorkshire dentist John Barr cannot suppress his delight at being able to see properly again. His eyesight had deteriorated over a number of years to the point where he could see nothing out of his right eye and little out of his left. When
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City motivated by plum draw carrot
Desire is being harnessed by York City manager Alan Little as he sifts through the wreckage of his injury-riven squad. City's trip to Wrexham pitches up a second round tie laced with the lure of a possible plum third round collision against a super-power
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Jones the rock
Gritty defender Barry Jones has targeted a second helping of happy returns in York City's FA Cup sortie to Wrexham. Jones was a Wrexham player for six seasons until almost a year ago when he made the trek across the Pennines to bolster the City defence
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Berwick Kaler : The Millennium Dame
THOUSANDS of letters from one or two people have poured in to the offices of the Evening Press, congratulating me on raising the standard of journalism with me millennium column. Some were from my fellow journalists. Charles Hutchinson wrote in glowing
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Two more streets in York get the hump
Speed humps are on their way to another part of York as highways engineers continue their drive to cut the city's toll of road accidents. Work starts next Monday to install a series of traffic-calming measures in Constantine Avenue and Burlington Avenue
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GNER blocks Internet site
Fed-up travellers who set up their own Internet page to complain about poor service have been forced to rename it in the face of legal threats. Lawyers for the Great North-Eastern Railway (GNER) company said they would take action unless the "GNER" site
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Man hunted for taking pictures of teenage girls
York police are hunting a middle-aged man who has been taking photographs of girls in York city centre. They say they are suspicious of the man's motives - and have urged anyone who spots a man behaving strangely to contact them. They also want anyone
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Anger over Babe leaflets
Babe may be set to storm the hearts of British kids this Christmas. The leaflet farmers say could badly hit their business But the Pig in the City - and especially vegetarian and animal rights groups who are using today's release of the film Babe II to
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Blight on our darkness
There was a time when I would stare into the deep blackness of the night. A beautiful blackness barely touched on by poets and storytellers. Some nights a million stars would light this blackness, an extraordinary sight! Now it is lit by the Naburn Designer
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Cruel closures
I write in response to your report about the proposed closure of the Picture Framer and Ashford Place and the reduction in places at Krumbs Caf(Evening Press, November 19). My daughter attends the Picture Framer and was one of the people affected in 1990
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End hospital chaos
When, oh when, will someone take the bull by the horns and sort out the chaos at the entrance to York District Hospital? Any weekday you will find a complete shambles of ambulances, taxis and private cars, all of whom have a right and a need to be there
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Stone me! Petrified Santas all the rage
A Santa with a difference could be the latest craze thanks to the amazing powers of the petrifying well at Mother Shipton's Cave, near Knaresborough. As the festive countdown begins staff at the attraction have been working hard to prepare hundreds of
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Caught in the web
When the Internet first began, many were quick to dismiss it as just another fad. No one would say that today. The World Wide Web has revolutionised global communications. One gauge of the Internet's growing power is the increasing unease with which it
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MANY of you looked into Uri's eyes as part of our paranormal experiment a week a
The image sent to our offices by Uri, and the one he was trying to communicate to readers telepathically, was the star. Readers responded with pictures including a desert island with palm trees, and a castle. One reader connected, however, and sent in
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Give the Duke a Double Diamond, please, steward!
A working men's club is hoping a Double Diamond - or a special gin - will work wonders when a Royal visitor pops in next week. Officials at Knaresborough WMC have been busy doing their homework on the drinking needs of the Duke of Edinburgh, who will
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Designer centre's millionth customer
More than one million people will have visited York's designer outlet before Christmas, it was announced today. However, city trade representatives said it was too early to say whether the new £64 million McArthurGlen Outlet near Fulford had enticed shoppers
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Winter tightens grip
Motorists were warned to take care on Yorkshire's icy roads today after a spate of accidents caused by the hostile weather conditions. The worst was a collision between a bus and a car which left three people in hospital. The accident took place on a
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Gift of sight for Pickering man
A retired dentist from Pickering has told of his joy at regaining his sight, thanks to an operation which could bring hope to thousands of blind people worldwide. John Barr, 70, underwent the first procedure of its kind to be performed in Britain to tackle
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Hunger strike bombs warning
York Police were on the alert today after a bomb scare in Leeds thought to have been the work of supporters of York hunger striker Barry Horne led to thousands of Christmas shoppers being evacuated from a city centre complex. Animal rights campaigners
