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Posh, Spice? Bosh!
It was disappointing to note Mike Laycock's grudging culinary appreciation in the article he wrote about the Spice Box restaurant in Boston Spa (Evening Press, December 4). He seems obsessed with poshness - wanting to "eat out somewhere a bit posh" and
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January 4th, 2000
Football: City left in limbo after pitch farce Darlington could face explaining themselves to the Football League after yesterday's postponement of the third division clash with York City at Feethams. Football: Southgate shoots down O'Leary's title hopefuls
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January 4th, 2000
Wards hit by illness crisis York District Hospital has cancelled all non-urgent operations as it battles to deal with a massive influx of sick, mostly elderly, patients. Luke gran, I'm here! Christine Hutchinson ended up delivering her own grandson after
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January 4th, 2000
Tykes disagree with Blair about Internet We don't need the Internet, say 71 per cent of businesses in the Yorkshire region. Companies invest in bricks and mortar Even as the bricks are being laid on a £400,000 project to build four units at a York industrial
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Car thief on a plate for county force
LATEST: North Yorkshire Police chief Dave Kenworthy with the latest edition of AJ1 When a thief chose to give his stolen car a personal number plate he made the worst possible choice. He could not understand how the law was so quick to pounce on him as
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New image pays off for firm
A Scarborough signmaking firm has won a massive contract from an international risk management organisation. Forge The Signmakers has won the task of creating a new brand identity for the Willis Corroon Group for all 400 of its offices in 41 countries
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Rugby: Pock are made to work for victory
Pocklington Rugby Union Club were given a teasing work-out by The Unicorns, with the outcome remaining in the balance until Pocklington sealed a 26-12 victory with a try in the last minute. Pocklington had the initial pressure, including being held up
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Chunky success
Kitkat has been a favourite chocolate snack in Britain for as long as most people can remember. Nowadays just being popular isn't any guarantee of success, as modern businesses have to adapt to survive. So all praise to Nestl for the success of KitKat
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Horse Racing: Mystery to be solved by Sly's special Guest
Pam Sly, who trained the final winner of 1999 when Broadnard obliged in the gathering gloom at Cheltenham last Friday, can start the new year in similar vein at Catterick tomorrow. The Peterborough trainer saddles Mystery Guest in the feature race, the
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Going metric is logical measure
Visit any shop or supermarket to buy a pound of apples and you will now have to ask for about half a kilogram instead. Strictly speaking, you should ask for 0.4536 of a kilogram, but only apple-loving mathematicians need worry their heads about that.
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Shop till you drop
People went shopping mad in York as they rushed to be a part of the New Year sales. Julie and Roger Whitehill, from Sedgefield, celebrate a successful day's shopping in York Bargain-hunters went home weighed down with countless bags filled with items
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Market traders weighing up metric ruling
Disgruntled York traders today agreed to stay within the law, despite unpopular new metric regulations. As the New Millennium dawned so did the new European law that loose goods must be sold in grammes and kilos. But traders on Newgate Market, in York
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KitKat sales break the £250m barrier
The runaway success of KitKat Chunky has helped Britain's favourite chocolate bar break through a major commercial barrier. York confectioners Nestl Rowntree revealed today that total sales of KitKat were worth a quarter of a billion pounds last year
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Body of woman is found in beck
Ann Mary Pickering: left home on her own A farmer has told how he found the body of a 93-year-old woman after she went missing from a nursing home in Pocklington. Farmer Henry Thirsk and his son made the grim discovery at the end of a two-day search for
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Tracking the 'Girls'
I am trying to trace two women who led the York Girl Guide camp at Danes Dyke in 1947 and again in approximately 1949/50. They were Company Leader Doreen Cooper and Company Captain Eileen something, I cannot recall her surname. They went on to become
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Save Yearsley pool
Do not close Yearsley pool. Readers have already made the main points: 1. Yearsley provides an excellent level of teaching for swimmers of all ages and ability. 2. It is the only 50 yard pool in the area providing adequate training facilities for serious
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York has good record on recycling waste
So P Allenby (Evening Press, December 31) saw an employee of the contractor who manages the Foss Island depot dumping the mess left by people who couldn't be bothered to put their bottles and paper in the correct container. This is regrettable but hardly
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January 4th, 2000
Going metric is logical measure Visit any shop or supermarket to buy a pound of apples and you will now have to ask for about half a kilogram instead. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the
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Celebrating in style
Above: Staff from CGU, York, who held their annual dinner at York Racecourse's York and Ainsty suite Below: Staff and partners from Comreco Rail, York, enjoy their Christmas party at The Merchant Adventurers' Hall, York Evening Press society photographer
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Blitz on school bullies
Warnings that head teachers must work to wipe out bullying have been welcomed by a North Yorkshire schoolboy who suffered violence at the hands of pupils. John Carnell, 18, applauded the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) which today urged members
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Football: Two sent off in passionate but goalless clash
The only thing Scarborough's passionate Conference League Yorkshire derby against Doncaster yesterday lacked was goals as the two teams met for the second time in seven days in front of Scarborough's biggest crowd of the season. Last week Scarborough
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Hunt for best office worker
Judges have now decided who among the office workers of York is "simply the best". But the winner of the York Business College YBC Recruitment competition won't be known until Thursday, February 10, when there will be a glittering reception at the Novotel
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Companies invest in bricks and mortar
Even as the bricks are being laid on a £400,000 project to build four units at a York industrial estate, three have been sold. Collage impression of new industrial buildings on the Northminster business park, Upper Poppleton The attraction of the new
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Football: Southgate shoots down O'Leary's title hopefuls
Serious doubts over Leeds United's ability to last the pace in the Premiership race are beginning to surface. Defeat at Highbury last week was followed by a shock 2-1 home loss against mid-table Aston Villa at Elland Road yesterday. United's proud record
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Tykes disagree with Blair about Internet
We don't need the Internet, say 71 per cent of businesses in the Yorkshire region. A new survey suggests that the majority of the region's business people disagree with Prime Minister Tony Blair's prediction that companies which do not embrace the Internet
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Football: City left in limbo after pitch farce
Darlington could face explaining themselves to the Football League after yesterday's postponement of the third division clash with York City at Feethams. Preston referee Phil Richards called the game off because the sodden surface was "unsafe" for the
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Cracking down on dangerous drivers
A new unit has been set up by North Yorkshire Police to crack down on dangerous drivers. Crime reporter David Wiles joined them at a roadside in York. Traffic Constables Dave Brown, Ken England and Sean Grey with the new equipment to catch speeding motorists
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Father furious as son is attacked for third time
A Father has condemned city centre thuggery in York after his son was assaulted for the third time in four years. The man said his 23-year-old son had lived in America and Kenya, but never been assaulted or threatened as he had in his own home town. He
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January 4th, 2000
York has good record on recycling waste So P Allenby (Evening Press, December 31) saw an employee of the contractor who manages the Foss Island depot dumping the mess left by people who couldn't be bothered to put their bottles and paper in the correct
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Driver tells of horror crash
A lorry driver critically injured in an horrific road accident has spoken for the first time about the crash and his long fight back to fitness. And Mick Harper, who came home from hospital just before the New Year, told the Evening Press he wanted to
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Luke gran, I'm here!
YAWN OF NEW AGE: Chris Hutchinson, right, with daughter Olivia and baby Luke. r Christine Hutchinson ended up delivering her own grandson after he rushed into the world in double-quick time. And she even kept her cool as the baby emerged purple-faced
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Wards hit by illness crisis
York District Hospital has cancelled all non-urgent operations as it battles to deal with a massive influx of sick, mostly elderly, patients. The hospital has been swamped since Christmas Eve by up to 70 or 80 patients a day - three times the normal summer
