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Sir Cliff's an asset
Regarding Carl Manning's unkind remarks about Sir Cliff Richard appearing at various sporting venues (Letters, April 8), we are replying to say why shouldn't Cliff be asked to sing at Wimbledon, Wembley and Davis Cup? He is extremely well liked and is
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Join Hayley and Roy
As Coronation Street's Hayley and Roy, we are writing with a special appeal. In May 2000, we are taking a break from the Rover's Return to take part in the Peru Hike Away, in aid of Scope, formerly The Spastics Society. We are looking for volunteer fund-raisers
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Evil must be fought
Janet Rowntree contends in her letter about the Albanian Kosovars(Letters, April 23) that force never succeeded in quelling force, and that we should defeat the forces of evil by turning the other cheek. These are easy opinions to express from York, but
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Holiday bonus is Turnbull target
York rider Peter Turnbull will be in action at the Oliver's Mount race circuit over the May Bank Holiday weekend in the Superbike class. Turnbull will be racing alongside last year's Cock O' The North winner Simon Beck and Northallerton's Phil Stead.
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Such a tragic waste
The scale of the shock at the brutal murder of Jill Dando reflects the impact she had on viewers' lives. She was hugely popular because she had mastered the difficult art of television presentation, making it look deceptively simple. Trained as a journalist
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Patients must not be put at risk
A senior doctor today claims that patients are dying needlessly following major surgery at York District Hospital. That is bound to cause alarm among those waiting for operations. Consultant anaesthetist Jonathan Wilson would not risk upsetting people
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Raise the roof!
Fan thunder can help put the squeeze on the Tangerines of Blackpool at the third time of asking tonight. Caretaker boss Neil Thompson heaped praise on the travelling faithful that spurred City on to glory at Macclesfield on Saturday, the morale boosting
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Reading through tinted spectacles
New hope for York dyslexia sufferers could be on the way thanks to a treatment originally designed for colour blindness. Optometrist Rachel Perrott from Copmanthorpe, whose practice is in Castleford, has tried out haploscopic lenses on a student RE teacher
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Online shopping customers 'exceeded targets'
A Sainsbury's insider today claimed the number of people using the abandoned Orderline shopping scheme far exceeded the company's target figures. The employee, who does not wish to be named, also claimed what the company has described as a "short waiting
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Is this the face of campus attacker?
Police have issued a photofit of the man suspected of carrying out attacks on women at the University of York for this week's Evening Press Crimestoppers appeal. An E-fit impression of the man police want to speak to about the university attacks Two women
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Op patients 'dying' due to lack of beds
Patients are dying needlessly following major surgery at York District Hospital (YDH) for lack of specialist beds, it was claimed today. Consultant anaesthetist Dr Jonathan Wilson said a shortage of high dependency and intensive care beds meant that patients
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Women's refuge gets lottery aid
Staff at a York refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence were today celebrating a £118,000 lottery windfall that guarantees the future of their child support project for the next three years. The lottery charities fund cash will pay the
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Paul makes room at his inn for a doorstep birth
Pub Landlord Paul Carroll is used to receiving deliveries - but he still had some quick-thinking to do when a pregnant woman gave birth on his doorstep. Paul was upstairs in the Sutton Arms in Sutton- upon-Derwent when his wife called him on the intercom
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Police seize pistols in raid
Handguns, drugs and canisters of CS spray were seized when detectives and armed police swooped on a flat in a quiet York street. The flat in Thoresby Road which was raided by police Residents in Thoresby Road, Acomb, watched in amazement as officers sealed
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No comfort in the cold philosophy of Bill Gates
Contrast clarifies vision. If you set two things in opposition to each other you will see both more clearly. Therefore contrast, if you will, the words of computer magnate Bill Gates with the words of the 19th century German writer Johann Paul Richter
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Promoted Selby celebrating a superb season
Salute Selby Rugby Union Club's promotion winners. They lifted the North East Division Three title, beating Hartlepool Technical Day School Old Boys on superior points difference after both sides finished the 18-game season on 30 points. Selby, coached
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Poppleton strike gold
Poppleton Tennis club players completed a clean sweep of titles, the first club to achieve this feat in the 21-year history of the Terry's Suchard All Gold Family Tennis Tournament in Rowntree Park, York. Hugh Fowles and his son, Guy, who are pictured
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Flight on course to triumph this time
Jamaican Flight, undeservedly beaten at Pontefract last week, returns to the same course tomorrow with excellent prospects of going one better in one of the longest Flat races in Britain. The Tote Marathon Handicap, run over just short of two and three-quarter
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Chapman expected to end career
Yorkshire reserve wicketkeeper and second team captain, Colin Chapman, is expected to announce his retirement from first class cricket shortly. The 27-year-old Bradford-born player misses Yorkshire Seconds opening championship match of the season against
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Cigarette smuggler jailed for 2 years
A smuggler who evaded duty of £136,000 on bootleg cigarettes and booze bought on the continent has been jailed for two years. Haydn Barker, aged 33, made dozens of trips to the European mainland to buy cheap beer, wine, spirits and tobacco to sell back
