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Don't forget the bus
Your article about the new World of James Herriot (May 22) included details of how to drive to Thirsk and how to arrive by train but omitted to mention that Thirsk is also accessible by bus. This includes a relatively new coach service (X90) from York
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Stop the killing
I would appeal for the killing in Yugoslavia and Kosovo to be stopped. The residents of York can help bring this about by taking part in the parliamentary petition I have organised. It simply asks for the Prime Minister to discuss with Nato and the UN
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Chris Titley
No shying away from star status There are two stages to celebrity. Stage one is when you would do anything to get in the papers. Stage two is when you would do anything to stay out of them. Take the case of Miss Emma Noble. For the sake of any High Court
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Tennis: Mead helps Wigginton earn first victory
Wigginton secured their first win in division four of the Fulford Ladies Invitation League against Fulford. It was good to see Ann Mead playing again for Wigginton and with her partner Ann Vinters she won 21 games. Lynn Dent and Vi Butler top scored with
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School Sport: Cricket, Rowing, Tennis
Helen Austin and Gemma Bentham, of St Peter's School, York, broke the National Schools Regatta coxless pair record by five seconds to win the gold medal. WINNING SMILES: St Peter's School rowers Helen Austin, left, and Gemma Bentham with their trophy
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Rail food at last
Railway grub has been the butt of jokes for generations. British Rail's high-tensile pork pies and curled sandwiches have provoked both belly laughs and belly ache. But since privatisation, York-based train operator GNER has worked to improve the image
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Horse racing: Supple gives warning of treble win chance
Warning Reef, who gave due warning that his winning turn was near at Thirsk last Monday, can fulfil that promise at Haydock tomorrow. The Eric Alston-trained gelding goes for the featured £10,000 Tote Placepot Showcase Handicap with Willie Supple in the
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Fossgate traders pushing for anti-crime cameras
Traders in part of York want eye-in-the-sky security cameras to zoom in on crime and protect their businesses. The owners of businesses in Fossgate are concerned at what they see as an increase in break-ins and vandalism in their street. Andrea Lewandowski
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Jenny's on a big dame hunt
There is nothing like a dame - or even 12 of them - according to Huntington School's Jenny Wallace. ALE AND HEARTY:Jenny Wallace gets in the mood for the reunion she is planning which it is hoped will include allprevious panto dames from Huntington School
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Wembley streaker was York woman
A York woman appeared topless in front of 73,000 fans at Wembley during Monday's Division One play-off final has been charged by London's Metropolitan Police. Claire Holtby, 31, who is unemployed and lives in Cranbrook Road, Acomb, was charged with going
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Bitter Pill
The astonishing scale of "designer" drug abuse in York has been revealed after a teenager almost died on her 18th birthday. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: PC Clare Woodall shows two similar pills. One is a tablet of the designer drug Ecstasy, the other is a fake
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Specials shake up saddens rank and file
I have been informed about the new rank restructuring in the North Yorkshire Special Constabulary. I served in the North Yorkshire Specials stationed at York for about ten years and I left in 1984. In my days as a serving officer we had to work very hard
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Drug dangers blight the night
It is a statistic that reveals the full scale of the drugs menace on our doorstep. On average, one person a day seeks treatment at York District Hospital suffering ill effects from so-called "designer" drugs. We used to think that drug abuse happened
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Cricket: Yorkshire facing first day wash out
Stormy weather in Derby today threatened to wipe out the first day of Yorkshire's PPP Championship clash with Derbyshire. Torrential rain flooded the area this morning and with little sign of any improvement, Yorkshire seemed to be heading for their first
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York City FC: Double 'no' hits Thompson's plans
Restless aces Rodney Rowe and Alan Pouton have spurned new deals at York City. Fresh talks are now expected with the duo, who come out of contract with the Minstermen at the end of this month. But while eager to keep them at Bootham Crescent manager Neil
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Pirates put new film on Internet
Internet pirates are reportedly being targeted by the FBI after reports that the new Star Wars film is available on the web. With the international release date of the film still more than a month away, copies have been freely available for downloading
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Sorrow follows joy for York family
A York grandfather has died suddenly in Australia shortly after the birth of his seventh grandchild there. Derek Robson: family stunned Derek Robson, 69, from Clifton, suffered a heart attack while playing golf in Perth on Saturday. A nurse who was with
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Dick Turpin rides again
Get your fax right and spare blushes A fax popped on to the Evening Press sports desk and had the team hopping up and down thinking they'd been tipped off about a new multi-million pound signing by York City. Cheers turned to chuckles when they read sheet
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Killer found dead in car
A murderer sentenced to life imprisonment by York Crown Court has been found dead close to the body of a strangled woman. David Simmonds was discovered in his fume filled car hours after police found the body of Jan Richards, 39, in Lincoln on Saturday
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700 York school places to be pruned
Education chiefs are planning to axe 700 York primary school places in anticipation of a sharp drop in pupil numbers. But an extra 250 places are set to be created in secondary schools to meet a temporary increase in the number of older pupils Primary
