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Save precious stray
I AM writing in response to two letters published in the Evening Press (January 9) which raised a number of points about the planning application submitted by York City Council for cycle paths across Walmgate Stray. I am a long-time York resident, dog
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Beware cheating beggars
C W Booth's letter Begging the Question (Evening Press, January 1) seems to reinforce the impression gained by officers during the recent multi-agency initiative on begging in York. Officers found that very few of the people dealt with had no address
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Dream new deal for sidecar star
NORTH Yorkshire's sidecar racing superstar Steve Webster faces his most exciting season for years with the confirmation at last that the Sidecar World Championship is moving lock, stock and barrel into the World Superbike Championship fold. That means
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All systems go for Wasps
RARING to go York Wasps are on full alert for a Shark attack. Dean Robinson's new look side take on Hull Sharks of the Super League tomorrow in the York team's only pre-season friendly. And after last weekend's friendly against Hunslet was called off
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Grenade scare at pheasant shoot
A PHEASANT shoot almost went with a bang when one of the beaters started playing football with a live hand grenade from the Second World War. The pineapple-style bomb was stuck in a lump of clay, which Paul Wallace, 30, had kicked idly as he walked his
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John Potts dies
AWARD-winning journalist and leading light of the local amateur theatrical scene John Potts has died at his home in York aged 73. His death, just hours after attending a pantomime at York Theatre Royal, has left friends and former colleagues in York shocked
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Navy crew fly the flag in York
THE crew of HMS York paraded through the streets of their namesake city today, exercising their right of Freedom of Entry. A 200-strong contingent from the Type 24 destroyer was inspected by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Derek Smallwood, at Duncombe Place
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Farmers warned of bug chaos
AGRICULTURE Minister Nick Brown is to launch a huge campaign to stop hundreds of North Yorkshire farmers sleepwalking towards Millennium bug disaster. Mr Brown will make a keynote speech within weeks to highlight the threat to the industry. National Farmers
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Hole road of riddles
I WOULD dearly like to know just what the highway authorities are up to in Moor Lane in Stamford Bridge. Towards the end of last year speed humps were installed in the section of this road between the church and the new housing estate. I did not think
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Hugh's dilemma
ONE can be forgiven for feeling sorry for York's Labour MP, Hugh Bayley. Not of course for his £25,000 pay rise, nor for his elevation to his government's payroll. His dilemma is that, despite a track record so distinctly 'Real' Labour, he now finds himself
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Bobby getting stuck in for England
THE gloves are well and truly off in the contest to net the right to host the World Cup in 2006. Passionate salvoes were fired in the French resort of Cannes, where the Expo 99 football trade fair turned into a battle of words between England, Germany
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Mirror, mirror on the ball. York City Diary
SYMMETRY strikes York City today. Precisely one year on from eking out a draw away to Gillingham the Minstermen were back at the Gills' Priestfield Road outpost. And the record of points garnered before this afternoon's visit to Kent is almost identical
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SMOKERS have never been so oppressed. Hounded out of restaurants and pushed off aeroplanes, they are
But now even that dubious pleasure is under attack. Employees of an Essex council who sneak off for a few nifty fags during office hours are now expected to work late to make up for it. What a ridiculous policy. All employees deserve, and need, brief
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Warters plans route to title
YORK'S new king of the ring Jamie Warters is vowing to give the city's fight fans more nights to remember now Henry Wharton has hung up his gloves. The Jorvik Warrior is York's top boxing dog following Wharton's shock announcement he has fought his last
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£60m city shops scheme 'too close to Tower'
TOO close to Clifford's Tower - that's the verdict on a controversial £60m scheme to redevelop the Eye of York. Planning chiefs today set out their official reasons for refusing Coppergate II - and the effect on the appearance of the historic heart of
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My band-aid for Boyzone
A NORTH Yorkshire St John Ambulance cadet today told of the day she came face to face with her most famous patients...Boyzone. Schoolgirl Victoria Shield, who was today named County Cadet of the Year, almost needed treatment herself when she met her idols
