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Why Virgin's excuses just don't hold water
I refer to your excellent leader (Evening Press, January 5). Having recently arrived in York on a Virgin train running three hours and two minutes late, however, convinces me that you have been too kind to Virgin! The excuse so often trotted out by Branson
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Kim takes county title
York-based Kim Critchley won the Yorkshire Cross Country title at Rotherham in a thrilling sprint finish. The Kenyan, a former Rowntree AC runner, was matched all the way over the final 200m of the 11,000m course at Heringthorpe Valley Park on Saturday
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Soaked destined for 11-plus success rate
The remarkable Soaked, trained at Stillington by David Chapman, returns to Lingfield tomorrow with excellent prospects of landing his 11th handicap win since last March in the Book A Meal For Valentines Day Handicap. There was an unmistakable irony in
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Boro rue late miss
Southend 1, Scarborough 0 Four minutes into stoppage time, Scarborough's striker Chris Greenacre had a chance to earn his side a priceless point, but with only goalkeeper Martyn Margetson to beat, scuffed his shot wide from only twelve yards. After the
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Cresswell bid dispute flares
A fresh war of words has broken out between York City and Preston North End over ace marksman Richard Cresswell. Speaking after seeing his side claim all three points in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Minstermen, Preston manager David Moyes confirmed an
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Improving the county's health
In January, the streets are traditionally covered in ice, snow and joggers. Born-again fitness fanatics are as seasonal as morning frost - and just as fleeting. Outbreaks of good intentions rarely last long into the New Year. Many of us resolve to get
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Ten-man City counted out
York City 0, Preston 1 Nationwide League, Division 2, at Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5,744; Weather: Biting chill, calm The red mist that had robbed City of FA Cup glory of their own returned to haunt the Minstermen against title-chasing and cup heroes
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Red mark
Midfield schemer Mark Tinkler could find himself out of pocket as well as action after being sent-off in the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Lancashire rivals Preston North End. Mark Tinkler troops miserably off the Bootham Crescent pitch. A fine for the former
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Second time around
Hickory dickory dock, the tale of the house and the clock. Terry Shingler with the Grandfather clock which was built in the Bubwith house that is now on the market, with the clock included in the price. An antique grandfather clock has just come back
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Train drivers get steamed up for summer
It may be 1999 and all that, but train crews in North Yorkshire are being trained to drive steam engines. The Northern Spirit train company and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are teaming up to provide a new steam service between Pickering and Whitby
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Targeting your health
A radical new approach on the way organisations and authorities work together to improve the health and safety of people in York and North Yorkshire was unveiled today. The county's first-ever Health Improvement Programme (HImP), in which NHS managers
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Photo is right up their street
A childhood street party in Tang Hall was brought back to life for a York couple when they found an old black and white photograph that had been hidden away for more than 60 years. Frank and Ina Burkhill hold up the photograph of a Tang Hall street party
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Dick Turpin rides again
Fair to Scarborough JUST WHY did Mark Herman choose Scarborough to portray the fictional northern town in Little Voice, his new comedy film about the seedier side of showbiz? Rest assured, the Bridlington-born director and screenplay writer has nothing
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Skiers slope off to find moors snow
It could have been the Alps but it was actually Pickering as North Yorkshire got a generous coating of snow. Members of the York Cross Country ski club find ideal conditions on the moors above Pickering after heavy snow in the area Icy weather hit most
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Buy your own beer at typical Tyke's funeral
Strong tea and doorstep sandwiches will see mourners through William Lee's funeral. And, in accordance with the staunch Yorkshireman's last wishes, if they want a drink they must pay for it. Mr Lee, 80, known as Bill or Blondie, has also asked his family
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Axe over 45 York rail jobs
Up to 45 railway jobs could be axed in York with the proposed closure of a freight train crew depot off the city's Leeman Road. The depot, which is run by English, Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd, is likely to close as a result of productivity improvements
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Year of the cat
The York Branch of the Cats Protection League is seven years old on January 16, and we would like to thank everyone for all their help and support over the past seven years. Without you all we would not have been able to rescue, re-home and provide veterinary
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Saying no to the euro
Julian Cole's column (January 7) about the euro shows how little he knows or understands about the EMU, single currency and our relationship with the EU. He is obviously blinkered by the propaganda he has read from the Government or the EU, and I am surprised
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Chris Titley
Vows are going down a wow just now WHAT are we to make of marriage in the Millennium? (Wags tempted to quip that their marriage has lasted a Millennium can kindly leave the room.) I have a nagging memory that getting wed used to be taken quite seriously
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Tyke your leave
Yorkshire has lost another of its characters. Bill Lee, who competed in cycling competitions around the world, has pedalled his last. Born a Yorkshireman, he was determined to go out a Yorkshireman. So he stipulated that his funeral must be traditional
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It 'ad' to be you say York couples
Love is in the air for two happy couples after a York man found his bride-to-be through the pages of the Evening Press - then made his mum put an advert in too. Eric Varley and Shirley Burn, left and Shirley's son Steve Burn with his fiance Janine Mackenzie
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Crime spree rocks village
A previously crime-free York village has become a burglary blackspot in just one week - and forensic evidence shows the break-ins could be linked. Householders were today warned to be on their guard after more than £20,000 of property was stolen in nine
