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Arriving at last
Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Move forward
Since I wrote to express York Natural Environment Trust's (YNET) frustration at the difficulty it has in getting satisfactory responses from City of York Council (May 12) we have now received responses to some of the issues mentioned. Happily, the issue
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Playroom regrets
It was with great regret that I read of the imminent closure of the York District Hospital playroom. This facility has assisted many parents and families with young children since 1966. It has enabled parents to feel that support is being given to them
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Press critics words are not music to my ear
Am I the only one to have grown tired of the pretentious twaddle peddled out by Martin Dreyer each time the Guildhall Orchestra has the audacity to perform in public (Evening Press, May 17)? What does he mean? What are "taut timpani"? What are "bleeding
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Women's Rugby: Pool weighs in to help Michelle
Michelle Handley is going for gold with the Great Britain Ladies rugby league side after being awarded valuable sponsorship. Michelle Handley The 32-year-old York Acorn ladies prop forward was called up to the national side for the first time last month
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School Sports: Cricket, Athletics, Tennis and Football
A dream start turned into a nightmare for Easingwold School's Under-15 cricket team as they were beaten by Lancaster Grammar in the last 32 of the Lord's Taverners Colts national knockout. IN VAIN: James Pringle claims the scalp of another Lancaster Grammar
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On the right track
Industries come and industries go. But one persistent thread through York's industrial heritage is train building. That has given us a rich past, a thriving present and the prospect of an exciting future. In its heyday, York Carriageworks was one of the
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Tykes forced to give losers another crack
Yorkshire were left with little option but to field and unchanged side in their PPP Championship match against Essex at Chelmsford today, despite losing by five wickets to Middlesex at Headingley on Monday. Darren Gough and Gavin Hamilton remain very
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The case for jury trial reform
Home Secretary Jack Straw has set his sights on ending the time-honoured right to a trial by jury for people accused of middle-ranking offences. In doing so he is putting his weight behind a reform which in Opposition he described as "wrong, short-sighted
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Boom-time for Jonno
One-Time York City hot-shot Jonathan Greening has landed a huge vote of confidence from Alex Ferguson, boss of new Premiership champions and treble-chasing Manchester United. With the Red Devils just under four days' away from the FA Cup final against
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York crime down as police tighten screw
Crime has fallen again in York as police tighten the screw on burglars, thieves and violent offenders. Superintendent Jim Kilmartin has revealed that crime overall fell by 3.25 per cent in 1998/99. Car thefts were down 22 per cent, from 1,428 in 1997/
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Gulf veteran tragedy: Family devastated by soldier's death
A recently-married former soldier who died after taking a massive overdose of anti-depressants was a victim of Gulf War syndrome, claims his family. Mark with his widow Melanie and daughter Katie, now two Mark Gray, 27, from Sherburn-in-Elmet, near Selby
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North Yorks men die in helicopter crash
Two of the three men who died when an Army helicopter crashed in Leicestershire were revealed today to be from North Yorkshire. An investigation was continuing into why the Lynx Mark 7 aircraft from Dishforth, near Boroughbridge, plummeted to the ground
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Cleaner is accused over £1.7m art theft
A stepfather and son appeared before York Magistrates this afternoon, charged in connection with the York City Art Gallery robbery. Craig William Townend, of Middle Avenue, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, aged 28, was accused of robbing staff members R J Fisher,
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You've saved lives
Congratulations to your newspaper and its readers for your wonderful achievement in raising more than £11,487 for the children of Kosovo. There can be nobody in this country that has not been moved by the plight of these refugees and here at UNICEF we
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Badminton: Promotion clinched by maximums
Huntington Ladies clinched the second promotion spot in division two of York Badminton League with a 7-2 home win over Tadcaster 86 and an 8-1 away win over St John's. Bev Tebbutt and Val Nolton took maximums in both matches for a two match total of 191
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Nightmare looks like a dream for punters
Another Nightmare, who got off the mark for the season at Hamilton a fortnight ago, returns to Scotland tomorrow with excellent prospects of following-up. Trained at Scorton by David Barker, the North Yorkshire sprinter goes for the Ballantrae Handicap
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Athletics: Sarah keeping whirlwind Wilkinsons out in front
Sarah Wilkinson is keeping athletics success in the family. The daughter of former Great Britain middle-distance runner and sub-four minute miler Walter Wilkinson has just won her first county athletics championship. Sarah, 15, of Nunburnholme, near Pocklington
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Business booms as it puts new spin on an old idea
When it opened in York in September 1996, Stonegate Antiques Centre introduced High Street antiques shopping to one of the busiest thoroughfares in Europe. The new Cavendish Antique and Collectors Centre in Stonegate The centre has put the city once again
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Carriageworks art 'should reflect future, too'
New public art works for part of the former ABB carriageworks off Holgate Road, York, will reflect its past and optimism for the future, local people have been told. At the meeting at Poppleton Road School, artist Abigail Downer, left, shows her designs
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Something to spout about: Tea comes flooding back
A tea-shop owner forced to close her Stamford Bridge business when it was swamped by floods in March is now set to reopen. Carol Todd prepares to reopen her Waterside Tea Shop following the floods in Stamford Bridge. In the background is the inglenook
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Girl hit in airgun shooting at school
Police were today investigating after a York schoolgirl was hit with an airgun pellet thought to have been fired by a fellow pupil. The girl was shot in the back in the school field before classes began at Fulford School yesterday. A male pupil in the
