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Being lavatorial
Janet Eldred does suffer from being educated in the States; although her writings have good messages, they are often expressed in 'Amerlish' - or even 'Yanklish'. Her discussion on lavatories toilets, loos, bathrooms (January 20) was good, and shows the
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On and off the buses
Your report that city transport chiefs are planning to improve local travel information is most welcome (January 18). However, the information must be accurate, up-to-date, reliable, and comprehensive. People will not be lured "out of their cars and back
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Questions of priority for GPs
I apologise to patients who experienced difficulties contacting the North Yorkshire Emergency Doctor service over Christmas. The NHS faced unprecedented demand over the festive period. NYED itself received double the usual number of calls from patients
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Pack in conning us
Everyone is aware of the problem of excessive packaging. Open 'big box' washing powders and they are often barely half full. A computer game comes not only with plastic cover, but with a cardboard box making it look twice the size. This process puts the
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Water World is not sunk yet
Water World was designed to make waves. Unfortunately this £7 million complex makes as many in the political arena as it does in the pool. It was always a controversial project. Commissioned by Ryedale District Council and paid for out of its capital
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Hammer attack in village fracas
Three people - including a police officer allegedly struck by a car and a hammer attack victim - are today recovering at home after violence erupted near Selby. Police said that four men had been arrested in connection with a series of disturbances late
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Keep watching the skies
UFO sightings across North Yorkshire are on the increase. Since strange lights were reported in the sky last Monday, the Evening Press has been inundated with phone calls from local residents claiming to have seen similar unexplained objects. Some feel
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Boxing clever to beat wasteful packaging
Wasteful packaging of consumer products is a serious environmental threat, according to trading standards services across the north of England. Trading standards officer Richard Flinton with some examples of what is considered wasteful packaging A survey
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Gallery raid: where are the cameras?
Security at York City Art Gallery was approved by top art security inspectors only months before the armed robbery - even though the gallery appears to have NO CCTV cameras. The national Museums and Galleries Commission's own experts passed the gallery's
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Half-week opening hits Water World
Water World, the £7 million leisure pool that opened in York just 18 months ago, is now closed to the public for almost half the week. The fun complex at Monks Cross, which features water chutes, slides and a wave lagoon, is now only open for general
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Helping Mr Hudson
I was glad to read that York City Council is beginning to think about redeveloping George Hudson Street. This would offer the opportunity of killing several birds with one stone: It would deal with the problem of boarded-up buildings. The developers who
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Chris Titley
How I dole out my TV licence cash Bills are never welcome, especially in the sober light of January. One of those professional employee motivators once told me I should open my quarterly gas bill with a grin, while silently thanking the company for heating
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Doom and gloom for York
A round up of hockey news City of York hockey club's first team suffered a humiliating 4-1 home beating at the hands of lowly Swalwell. After the exhilaration of the first half of their Northern Premier League season and last week's National Hockey Association
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Young guns aim for glory
History and rare heights are calling to York City's newest batch of young-bloods. The kids who have put the A1 into away-day set off again in the FA Youth Cup to Ipswich Town in a fourth round tie tonight, kick-off 7pm. A City first will be recorded.
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Rich Kidd turns gaze on Garratt
Big-pockets Blackburn Rovers are homing in on York City's Martin Garratt as their interest fades in England Under-21 star Seth Johnson. Sharp bramble: Ipswich star Titus Bramble, left, who will be up against City in the FA Youth Cup tonight, takes on
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100 York ops cancelled
One hundred operations had to be cancelled in York last month due to the unexpected number of patients suffering from the flu epidemic, it has been revealed today. Malcolm Palmer, chief officer of York Community Health Council, at the casualty department
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Maggie beats rival with lick of paint
Maggie Gray faced up to some colourful opposition to win an artistic accolade. Award-winning face painter Maggie Gray with her model, Claire Hunt Maggie, of Greencliffe Drive, Clifton, was declared Face Painter of 1999 at a ceremony in Liverpool. The
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Loophole hope in pylons protest
The battle to halt the march of pylons across the Vale of York took a sensational new twist today with revelations that could delay the plans by up to a year. Officials from Hambleton District Council say they have discovered a "gap" in the planning consent
