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Straying from the plan
THE planning application for a cycle way across Walmgate Stray includes a Method of Construction Statement which says "lay ducting pipe for lighting columns or CCTV installation if every required." In other correspondence the City of York Council has
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Is there a panto plot?
I HAVE just ventured home from a strange experience "Beauty and the Beast", at the Theatre Royal. Having lived in York for 13 and a half years and read about the Great White Hope Berwick Kaler, having sat for one hour I wondered if I was missing the plot
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Fair waiting lists
I AM replying to Mr Keith Smith's letter (January 4) on the effect reducing surgical waiting lists may be having on outpatients waiting times. It is true that the wait for an operation appointment has increased in some surgical specialities because more
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New cricket club for Tad
TWO cricket clubs have come together to form a new team in Tadcaster. The Tadcaster Magnet Cricket Club will field three senior teams this year following the amalgamation of Tadcaster Sports Club with Magnet Sports and Social Club. The new club creates
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Lee set sights on England
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Selby cricketer Lee Clayton is the latest winner of a Northern Electric and Gas Future Sportsstars Award. All-rounder Lee, from Wistow, is determined to reach the top of his sport and hopes the award will help him reach his goal. He
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Debt can be the worst hangover
IF YOU thought the hangover was bad after the Christmas drinking, wait until those bills begin fluttering through the letterbox and landing on the doormat. Debt, it seems, is the worst festive hangover you can suffer. We are caught up in the atmosphere
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James gearing up for title bid
JAMES Thompson, Yorkshire's lone star for this season's British Touring Car Championship, is facing the challenge with confidence, boosted by the knowledge that he will be driving a car superior to that which last season produced four wins for him. Despite
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Top businesswoman's mum made obscene phone calls
MOTHER-IN-LAW Ruby Smith escaped jail despite admitting making 'blood curdling' threats to kill her son-in-law - a top businessman. Devoted mother Smith, 65, launched a telephone terror campaign as her daughter, award-winning businesswoman Jan Fletcher
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Chocs away for our appeal
IT'S chocs away for our Hospice 2000 Appeal as it enters the last full year of campaigning. York chocolate makers Terry's Suchard has given an All Gold boost to the appeal to build a new extension to St Leonard's Hospice. The confectioners' staff raised
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Robbery police follow new leads
POLICE hunting two armed robbers who raided a York supermarket say they are following up important new information given by witnesses who came forward following Evening Press appeals. Two men armed with a handgun and a concrete slab threatened staff and
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Chimes they are a-changing for Bill
WHEN North Yorkshire pensioner Bill Hargreaves tried out his new radio-controlled doorbell, he was amazed to see the next door neighbour answer the cheerful chime. Half an hour later, he went to the door to answer what he believed was his doorbell chiming
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Blip Boy is caged
York's notorious Blip Boy was today starting three and a half years behind bars after a judge declared the city needed a holiday from his criminal activities. It will be the longest sentence yet for 18-year- old burglar John Michael Harris. He had only
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Spend a penny on new loos
THE arrest of 33 people for urinating in the street recently has highlighted the lack of public conveniences in the city. Such facilities not only reduce the likelihood of such conduct occurring but are also an important facility for residents and visitors
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Wasps start buzzing
THIS is the face which will help to put the buzz back into York Wasps as they wing their way towards the next Millennium. The image, which has already appeared on match-day programmes, has now been adopted as the official Wasps logo and will appear on
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Farmers get 8p for lambs at market
NORTH YORKSHIRE hill-farmers are experiencing another winter of discontent as prices for some sheep hit a new low - of only 8p each. Bev Wilson, policy advisor at the National Farmers' Union North-East regional office in York, said plummeting market prices
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Judge throws out child cruelty case
A MOTHER broke down in tears when a judge threw out child cruelty allegations against her to spare her eight-year-old daughter from having to give evidence against her. The Crown Prosecution Service alleged that when the mother left her three children
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Wallets feel the pinch
WE got drunk, flitted between a whole host of parties, ate too much and spent a fortune on Christmas presents - and boy, are we suffering for it! Our festive antics have left us with our pockets empty and our bank balances in the red. It seems that the
