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Gaby by name...
I certainly hope Bryan Lawson (Letters, January 8) had his tongue firmly in his cheek when writing his praise for the 'superb' Gaby Roslin. Gaby Roslin is a dire television presenter, parading her ignorance, and generally acting in a moronic manner. I
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January 11th, 2000
Football: Fans' chief calls for City forum Concerned York City supporters are calling for a fans forum to enable them to air their views. Orienteering: World class Whitehead A team-mate's misfortune could point the way to Australia and Japan for York
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January 11th, 2000
Bell ringer faces indecency probe York's nationally-famous bell ringer, David Potter, is under police investigation over an allegation of indecent assault. Girl missing for four days The stepfather of a 14-year-old York schoolgirl missing for nearly four
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Motorist makes waves over radio fitting cost
It was the free fitting offer that tempted Robert Peel to splash out on a new car stereo for his girlfriend. Robert Peel and the radio he bought from Currys on the understanding that it would be fitted free of charge He paid £149.99 and waited for an
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High-flyers on course for development money
Stand by for massive investment in the smaller high flying businesses of Yorkshire.Yorkshire Fund Managers Ltd has been selected by Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) to pinpoint the companies in the region most likely to succeed - and they will get
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Hockey: Goal-den Gilbert
OUT OF MY WAY: City of York's Glyn Humphrey tries to get past a Leeds opponent during their 1-0 success City of York Hockey Club first team made a winning return to action after the four week break over the festive period. A goal by James Gilbert in the
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Firm's Yorkshire move
The new Harrogate offices of Commercial Estates Management A £200 million property investment company is to open a Yorkshire office in Harrogate. Commercial Estates Management (CEM) will move into Central House, Harrogate, next month, offices which it
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An ancient whiff
If the wind is in the wrong direction, visitors to the Rawcliffe Bar Park & Pong site are assured of a unique welcome to York. Having travelled here to experience a whiff of ancient history, they will open their car door and be assaulted by a much
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Horse Racing: Carrick Troop is on march for success
Carrick Troop, whose last visit to Sedgefield resulted in a fall which left jockey Peter Niven nursing a broken vertebra, which looks likely to keep him out of action next month, can enjoy a better fortune on the course tomorrow. The seven-year-old, who
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Do the business and help stamp out crime
More than 600 bosses in the York area have been called on to prepare a plan to hit back at business crime. The Business Crime Action Group, part of the Safer York Partnership, which is formulating a crime reduction strategy for the city, wants them to
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Football: Fans' chief calls for City forum
Concerned York City supporters are calling for a fans forum to enable them to air their views. Raymond Wynn, secretary of the York City FC Supporters' Club, confirmed a request for a fans' forum, held along the same lines as the two at Queen Anne's School
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Powerful images of war
Powerful images depicting the tragedy of Kosovo are going on show as part of the Inside:Outside exhibition in the North Transept of York Minster from Tuesday. An ethnic Albanian villager looks through a bullet hole in a bus window in Lapusnic, 20 km south-west
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January 11th, 2000
Swimming pools are vital for York's health York city is expanding with more people choosing to live in the city and houses being built to accommodate them. The council informs us of all the new jobs that are created by new businesses moving to York, the
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Shake-up puts pool under threat
Today we launch a campaign to safeguard the future of York's threatened swimming pools. HOPEFUL: Three-year-old Hope Price helps to launch the Save Our Swim campaign A tide of local opinion has been growing against the possible closure of the Barbican
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Yorkshire climber killed in Australia peak plunge
An east Yorkshire climber has died after falling in an Australian mountain range. Sam Dew, 21, from Fangfoss, near Pocklington, was airlifted more than 300 kilometres to Melbourne after losing his grip while climbing at Mount Arapiles, near Horsham, in
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Hot tip on Vinda-flu
Having had the dreaded flu all over the Christmas holiday my thoughts are with those poor souls who are still suffering. As usual when the flu strikes, papers and magazines are full of guaranteed cures, but the one which made me laugh was the red hot
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Swimming pools are vital for York's health
York city is expanding with more people choosing to live in the city and houses being built to accommodate them. The council informs us of all the new jobs that are created by new businesses moving to York, the tourist industry is doing well and creating
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January 11th, 2000
York's pools must be saved City of York Council's leisure services review is not simply about the possible closure of two swimming pools. It concerns the future of local government. An ancient whiff If the wind is in the wrong direction, visitors to the
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January 11th, 2000
Do the business and help stamp out crime More than 600 bosses in the York area have been called on to prepare a plan to hit back at business crime. Vauxhall dealer in £200,000 growth Sandbeck Motors, the Wetherby-based Vauxhall retailer, has begun a £200,000
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Five get new challenge for new Millennium
Michael Richards, aged 29, is the new manager of the 100-room Monkbar Hotel in York. He was formerly deputy manager at the Hotel St Nicholas in Scarborough, and will report to the Monkbar's director Colin Gardner. A York man, Mr Richard's three Millennium
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Karate: Magnificent seven head for Europe
SIX OF THE BEST: Top fighters, from left, Michael Gude, Ian Shaw, John Gude, Martin Tucker, Alexandra Coleman and Michael Mullarkey. Not pictured is Steve Bland A magnificent seven karate exponents from the Haxby, York and Selby Shotokan clubs are setting
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Vauxhall dealer in £200,000 growth
ON TRACK: Keith Hirst, general manager of Sandbeck Motors, celebrates the start of his Wetherby firm's massive extension Sandbeck Motors, the Wetherby-based Vauxhall retailer, has begun a £200,000 extension programme at its Deighton Road site. It follows
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York's pools must be saved
City of York Council's leisure services review is not simply about the possible closure of two swimming pools. It concerns the future of local government. The first role of councils will always be to supply essential services, such as schools, street
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Orienteering: World class Whitehead
A team-mate's misfortune could point the way to Australia and Japan for York orienteer Jenny Whitehead. Jenny Whitehead Durham University student Whitehead (pictured) has been selected as the Great Britain senior team's first reserve for their World Cup
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Why visitors may turn noses up at Park and Ride
Visitors to York's new £2.5 million Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride may turn their noses up when they open their car doors. For they look set to catch a nasty whiff of sewage from an adjacent Yorkshire Water sewage treatment works - at least when the prevailing
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Shelter will help homeless
A refugee hostel will become a shelter for the homeless when Kosovars leave later this year. Councillors agreed that Howe Hill Hostel, in Holgate, York, should house homeless families, easing huge pressure on City of York Council's budget to accommodate
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Accused abused young girls, jury told
A teenager allegedly abused two girls when they lived at the children's home where his parents were staff members, York Crown Court heard. Michael Raine was in his mid-teens and the girls were aged between nine and 12 when he allegedly performed sex acts
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Health boss calls for more jabs against flu
The chairman of the York Health Trust has said it is a "tragedy" that more people have not been vaccinated against the flu bug that is sweeping the country. Alan Maynard, who is also Professor of Health Economics at the University of York, said part of
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Girl missing for four days
Corrina: wide search The stepfather of a 14-year-old York schoolgirl missing for nearly four days today pleaded with her: "Please come home - we can work things out." Corrina Steele - who is also known as Corrina Laycock - of Keble Park North, Bishopthorpe
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Bell ringer faces indecency probe
York's nationally-famous bell ringer, David Potter, is under police investigation over an allegation of indecent assault. Mr Potter, who was awarded an MBE for his services to bell-ringing in the city in the New Year's Eve Honours List, is currently suspended
