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Marathon money
If any of your readers plan to run in the Flora London Marathon on April 18, and are willing to be sponsored in support of a charity, the Association for International Cancer Research would be pleased to hear from them. AICR funds cancer research throughout
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Let the experts advise on meningitis scares
Meningitis is understandably but regrettably once again making headlines. Your report (January 14) about the 20-year-old brother of a child who attends Westfield Infant School, although generally informative and factual, questioned the integrity of the
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Chris Titley
Is there a remedy for spin doctors? What a repulsive collection of insects those spin doctors are. We thought we had seen the back of the celebrity press officer when Mrs Thatcher dragged Bernard Ingham down with her. It was a delight to see the back
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Flat choice in gloomy outlook for turf cards
Punters are in for meagre rations tomorrow as both scheduled jumping meetings are under threat from the weather. Inspections of the Carlisle and Southwell courses were planned for this afternoon but the situation looks pretty grim. The only certainty
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Marinkov spot on for Boro
Scarborough 1, Exeter 0 Gallic cool earned Scarborough their first win of 1999 and consigned Exeter to their first defeat of the new year. French central defender Alex Marinkov's 65th minute penalty was enough to snatch all three points for the Seasiders
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Closer to Dome
Castle Howard's Millennium celebrations will gently remind everyone that a dome is not a new idea. The stately home was the first private building in England to boast such a structure. Its Domes 2000 display will cash in on the interest generated by the
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City turn pale at the Gills
Gillingham 3, York City 1 How not to perform against a land of the giants team brought about a jarring tumble for York City. York City goalkeeper Bobby Mimms punches clear under pressure from the scorer of Gillingham's second goal, Robert Taylor It was
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England eye Cressie
Hot-shot Richard Cresswell has attracted international attention as a big-cash bid to prise him from York City was snubbed. Richard Cresswell The 16-goal marksman was watched by England under-21 coach Peter Taylor at Saturday's 3-1 reverse at Gillingham
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New bid to save 'shanty town' flats
Shanty town landlord George Douglas has made yet another attempt to save the flats he created in the garden of a York listed building - more than five months after he was told to pull them down. Mr Douglas has applied to retain his three flats in the
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Remembering Julie
The husband of cancer victim Julie Mackintosh joined her colleagues to retrace the country walks she had loved and raise money for cancer care. Keen horsewoman Julie Mackintosh who died of cancer aged 43 Patricia Greenwood, centre, and her colleagues
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Police surgeons to get full examination
The work of North Yorkshire's police surgeons is to come under the microscope as the force attempts to determine if it is getting value for money. There are 19 surgeons based throughout the county, and while the cost of the service is increasing, no detailed
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Nursing unions attack pay deal
Nurses unions in North Yorkshire today strongly rejected a recommendation to give new nurses an inflation-busting 11 per cent pay rise. The recommendation, taking the pay of a newly-qualified nurse from £12,855 to £14,269, is alleged to have come from
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Brave Rachel champing at the bit to get back in saddle
In the long dark days after she almost died in an accident at a York pelican crossing, horse-crazy Rachel Pickard could think of only one thing... Rachel Pickard gives her pony, Bomber, a cuddle as she gets back in the saddle after recovering from a road
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Dome from home for Millennium
North Yorkshire's most famous stately home is marking its 300th birthday this year - with celebrations which could steal the limelight from the Greenwich Millennium Dome. Castle Howard: Millennium celebrations planned The famous building, brought to the
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Hate mail over runaway family
The man who believed he had seen the runaway Bramley family on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has been targeted by hate mail. The Rev Jack Cooper who claimed to have seen the Bramley family on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Ticket collector Jack
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Spare schools the cuts
Without doubt, education is becoming a political football once again. The Evening Press reported proposed cuts in the education budget for 1999/2000 (January 5). Year upon year we hear the same overture from County Hall, yet we are constantly hearing
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Nothing new
It's all falling apart for Selby's MP John Grogan. After his whingeing over Labour's embarrassing defeat at the Hambleton by-election he now has the gall to call for a code of practice for district councillors and a standards committee to be set up (January
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Stalag strength
It was sad to read of the death of Marcel Zillessen (Evening Press, January 13). I was a POW in Stalag Luft 3 at the same time - although in a different "compound". I cannot accept the comment, however, that the prisoners were "weak and emaciated". They
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New Earswick's storming comeback
New Earswick All Blacks came back from the dead to beat bottom club Keighley Albion at White Rose Avenue. Trailing 10-0 in their National Conference league division two encounter, the All Blacks looked to be heading for defeat. Prop Gary Boocock's try
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This time pay nurses in full
Today's reports suggesting that nurses are to enjoy an inflation-busting pay rise will be welcomed by everybody - with the possible exception of the health trusts. It is thought that the Pay Review Body will recommend a newly-qualified nurse's salary
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Spirited start
Hull Sharks 20, York Wasps 20 York Wasps' latest signing has the hailed the club's spirit as second to none. York Wasps hooker Alan Pallister tackles Hull Sharks forward Steve Craven, the former York player, during the 20-20 draw at the Boulevard Speaking
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Package to get more people on the buses
"Smart" bus shelters where passengers can use electronic terminals to plan their journeys could be on their way to York. The proposals are among a package of measures city transport chiefs are considering to lure people out of their cars and back on to
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Primate in talks on coronation changes
The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, is taking part in talks to change the way the monarch of Britain is crowned. But he denies claims that his is a crucial role in the discussions which could change traditions dating back more than 1,000 years and
