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Why Nato had to do something
THE continuing conflict in Kosovo is of great concern to all, and as they days go on the implications for so many people on both sides grows graver. Of course Nato couldn't sit back and do nothing - could any of us if we saw friends or relatives being
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Appeal on target
WHAT a wonderful way to herald the Bank Holiday weekend - with the news that our Hospice Appeal has smashed through the £500,000 barrier. Even better, we reached the target two weeks ahead of schedule. That is a massive boost to the campaign to raise
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Top trio go for glory
THREE of the area's leading assistant professionals are taking the high roads to Glasgow. Selby Golf Club's Marcus Maith, Simon Appleton of The York GC in Strensall and Richard Nutten of Pannal GC in Harrogate, clinched places in the final of the Sunderland
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Lament for the last village bus
THE LAST bus from Bolton Percy, through Appleton Roebuck to York, ran yesterday. It was a sad occasion as the family run transport firm GE Sykes and Son finally threw in the towel on a loss-making service that has needed subsidising for ten years. The
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Home rule
SIDECAR World Cup champions Steve Webster and David James are back on home turf tomorrow after their winning start to the season in Australia. SLICK STEVE: Easingwold's Steve Webster and passenger David James on their way to winning the Australian Grand
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Motorbikes go under the hammer
YORK'S livestock centre at Murton was home to a very different kind of auction today - hundreds of motorbikes. Motorbike enthusiasts from throughout the region crowded into the centre for the massive sale of bikes of every shape and size - from classic
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We've done it! Hospice appeal hits milestone
Our Hospice Appeal today smashed through £500,000 - almost two weeks before the deadline we'd set ourselves. From left: Anne Hollindale, Rachel Nightingale and Helen Woodward of Queen Margaret School, Escrick, whose fundraising efforts pushed the Hospice
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Blind killer to go free
BLIND killer Tony O'Connell is to be set free after a judge said he had suffered enough. Friends of the York woman he battered to death today voiced outrage at the decision. Tony O'Connell is led into Newcastle Crown Court where he was given a sentence
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Nato's moral position
THE Serbian attack and threats to British media individuals is wrong. If the Serbs felt so aggrieved at the attack of the TV broadcasting centre, then they should have made a case to the court of human rights. Despite having lost all credibility for their
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Super-sub strikes to snatch trophy
YORK Sugar came back from two goals down to snatch a 3-2 victory in the 88th minute of the York Leeper Hare Reserve Trophy final against New Earswick. Holders New Earswick settled into their game first and took the lead when Pete Sinclair was brought
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Bus stops after trip of 80 years
FOR Roland Brown, it was a journey tinged with sadness. As the bus trundled along the country road out to Acaster Malbis from York, the 79-year-old reflected on the changing world which has forced the scrapping of the family-run bus service run by GE
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Jail for mentally ill man who assaulted women
A MENTALLY ill man who indecently assaulted three women in York city centre has been jailed after a judge said he was powerless to send him to a secure hospital. A shop assistant who was punched as she attempted to stop Philip Cammidge has been given
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It ASDA be good to be in the money
MORE THAN 500 glum -faced employees at ASDA's store at Monk's Cross, York today watched as 25 lucky colleagues scooped a shares bonanza worth almost £3,000 each. The fortunate few out of the 560 staff at the store were celebrating receiving shares from
