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Chris Titley
Just who is gonna party like it's 1999? Nineteen ninety-nine. It sounds more like a price tag than a year. "Brand new year, slightly used, still in its box - only 1999." No wonder it's such a bargain. This is, effectively, a 12 month-long New Year's Eve
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Heworth toppled by title hopefuls
A late Skirlaugh try finally ended brave Heworth's bid to pull off one of the shock results of the season against the National Conference premier division leaders. Friends to foes: Heworth's ex-Skirlaugh full-back Richard Darling is tackled by his former
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Gold for Treske
Treske Solid Wood Furniture has won a top environmental award for its "green" practices. The Thirsk-based company beat over 100 other contestants nationwide to receive the coveted National Gold Award. A spokesman for the organisers of awards, now in their
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Defeat again for struggling Harrogate
Harrogate's dismal run of eight games without a win continued unabated in Jewson's National League One at Newbury who rubbed salt into Gate's wounds by inflicting the third home and away double in a row on Harrogate side. Newbury went on the rampage with
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Bidding for new recruits
Roland Harris, chief executive of York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, reveals his hopes and resolutions for 1999... Roland Harris "I am determined to provide the sort of services and support our members need and that will attract new recruits
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York's early promise fades
York's New Year resolution to turn pressure into points lasted for nearly ten minutes in their friendly at Pontefract before they were beaten 21-10. The visitors fielded an under-strength side including Cavaliers prop Andy Blain, Extra 'A' loose forward
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Another dose of exports for Sessions
Asthma testing equipment produced in York is on its way to sunnier climes in the Caribbean. Peter Haw, left, pictured with the development team at Sessions and the Aerosol Function Testing Machines Printers and labelling specialists Sessions of York produces
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Only way is up for reborn Minstermen
Jubilant York City manager Alan Little ventures the only way is up for his resurrected ranks. Barry Jones, partially obscured, scores the winner for York City as he gets his head to the ball first despite the attentions of the Wycombe defence. City's
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Volunteers shortage blow for rail service
A shortage of signal operators is threatening to derail a private railway's attempts to expand its services for tourists. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is desperately short of volunteers and trained signal operators to staff boxes at its four stations
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Palace telegram 'still in the post'
An elderly York resident had a special birthday marred when she failed to receive a telegram from the Queen. Hannah Malton Mrs Hannah Elizabeth Malton, known as Ann, celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, January 2, but failed to receive the customary
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Hunt for family draws blank
Police in York looking for a runaway couple and their two foster children said today they had "exhausted" all lines of their inquiries in the city. Officers began their investigation last week when the couple's car, a blue Honda Concerto, was found abandoned
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Flu bug crisis rocks hospitals
Hospitals in North Yorkshire today admitted they were stretched to the limit by patients suffering from the flu bug sweeping the nation. Doctors at York District Hospital have dealt with more than 200 patients brought in over the weekend with the virus
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The waiting game
I read the report regarding hospital waiting lists (December 29) and was pleased to learn how successful York District Hospital has been in reducing the waiting time for operations. However, I feel that things may not be quite all that they seem. It would
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Hunting must stop
Once again another family pet has been killed so that the hunting fraternity can carry on with its barbaric sport (Evening Press, December 28). What will it take to ban hunting with hounds, do you not think it has caused enough damage and heartache to
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Teaching the teachers
Your news report 'Trainee PE teachers failing to make grade', (December 21) was an attempt to describe the outcome of an Ofsted inspection of provision at this University College. The Ofsted report on the secondary Post Graduate Certificate of Education
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Millennium celebrations ring out of tune
To celebrate the Christmas peace of one born in poverty nearly 2000 years ago, the 1999 countdown to the Millennium has begun and will lead to the biggest spending and drinking spree ever known to the westernised world. What an obscene gesture to the
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Trade boom for stores near £90m shops site
The opening of a new shopping centre on York's outskirts may not have brought the predicted doom and gloom to small local shops. Indeed, one store has actually increased its passing trade as a result of people travelling to the £90 million Monks Cross
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Kelleway can win with Doll
Swamped by torrential rain, Newton Abbot's scheduled race meeting tomorrow has been abandoned. This leaves punters with meagre rations in the form of Lingfield's all-weather Flat track meeting. Gay Kelleway, who is now based at Lingfield and becoming
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Mind your language
Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh has emerged as the most multi-lingual MP in Britain. Her fluency in five European languages is impressive. Conversely, only one of Tony Blair's Cabinet, Jack Cunningham, can speak a second European language. This emerged
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Token gesture for education
By focusing their attacks on Tony Blair's decision to allow his children to miss school, opposition groups are ignoring a far greater educational scandal. The revelation that Euan, Nicky and Kathryn Blair will forego a day or two of school has left their
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Gift-wrapped give-away
January is the time of the sales, so York City took advantage of the great give-away at Wycombe. City midfielder Scott Jordan keeps an eye on this Wycombe attack Rejuvinated striker Rodney Rowe gets the better of his Wycombe marker Tony Barras And in
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The merry Monarch
When Paul Maltby left the hotel business to run a laundry he thought it was the end of long unsocial hours. Paul Maltby's laundry firm has just moved into larger premises to help cope with the increase in business How wrong he was, for when his parents
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Uri Geller
Join Uri Geller, the world's most celebrated paranormalist, as he counts down to the Year 2000 - proving that the world is getting weirder every day. Welcome to the New Year, with another week of off-beat oddities from Uri Geller as he leads us to the
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End of crisis in sight for pig farmers
Struggling pig farmers hope the worst price crisis in living memory will be over in the next two months... if supermarkets keep their promises. Flashback: Pig farmers protest against foreign imports The British Pig Industry Support Group has produced
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Passengers left fuming as Virgin train runs out of fuel
Virgin Rail is in trouble with its passengers again after another York train broke down. The diesel locomotive - heading to Bristol from Newcastle via York - was stranded in Staffordshire after running out of fuel. Passengers had to wait 45 minutes for
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City gearing up for major bridge works
Traffic snarl-ups are on the cards as engineers today began major works to strengthen a York bridge. Diversions will be in force and delays are likely as motorists struggle to find ways around the closure of the inner ring road near York railway station
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Teachers chalk up double
There must be something in the air at Elvington primary school. Teachers Sarah Carlisle, left, and Alison Hanham, cuddle babies Phoebe and Christopher. Teachers Sarah Carlisle and Alison Hanham made sure 1999 would be a year to remember when they both
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Youngest addict is boy from Goole
Concern was growing today over reports of an eight-year-old boy from Goole said to be Britain's youngest heroin addict. The youngster, whose parents are both addicted to the drug, lives in the east Yorkshire town - where a greater proportion of people
