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Fears over fire cover
A little known fact is that a new fire station is proposed to be built next year near the Huntington/Earswick roundabout on the ring road. The reason for this is apparently greater fire cover is required in the North York area. Because of continuing cash
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How could they even think of selling DN1
I find it hard to understand why the City of York Council, custodians of York City history, could even contemplate selling DN1 at auction. It would appear such an ungrateful and mercenary act; profiting from a generous gift for the Lord Mayor's car from
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January 24th, 2000
Shuttling food is just not on Poor City of York Council. Wherever it tries to make much-needed cash cuts to balance the books, it faces a barrage of opposition. Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost
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January 24th, 2000
Football: Stand and deliver Frustrated York City chief Neil Thompson has called on his misfiring Minstermen to 'stand and deliver' after extending their run of games without a win to ten. Football: Rochdale 2, York City 1 After City's last two matches
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Newsquest in shares deal with Freeserve
Newsquest plc, the largest publisher of regional newspapers in England, including The Evening Press, has acquired a 9.9 per cent issue of share capital of Freeserve Auctions Ltd, operators of internet network provider Freeserve's person-to-person and
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Cricket: Yorkshire U-turn on resolutions
Yorkshire have back-tracked on their previous decision not to allow two resolutions on to the agenda for the club's annual meeting in Sheffield on March 4. Now members will be able to vote on a motion of no confidence in the committee and also on a resolution
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Rugby: More misery as Wasps fail to sting Hornets
The misery continues for York Wasps after yet another below-par performance which sees them slip ever closer to the foot of the Northern Ford Premiership. HANDS OFF: York Wasps centre Spencer Hargrave tries to repel a tackle from a Rochdale Hornets defender
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Way-out wedding
Planning a wedding always involves difficult decisions. Do you invite your cousin's ex-wife's new toyboy? Is DJ Dave's deafening disco more entertaining than the local Abba tribute band? Precisely how embarrassing should you make the bridesmaids' outfits
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Shuttling food is just not on
Poor City of York Council. Wherever it tries to make much-needed cash cuts to balance the books, it faces a barrage of opposition. Cutting or trimming services or facilities to save money is never a popular move. Someone will always be hurt or aggrieved
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Football: Rochdale 2, York City 1
After City's last two matches provided such thrills and spills, it was perhaps too much to ask for another high-octane encounter. THAT'S MY BALL: City defender Barry Jones gets up to clear from Rochdale raider Tony Ellis, above, while York substitute
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Margaret's swimming feat may be in vain
Last year's holiday was the last straw for Margaret Crome - she took the plunge and resolved to finally learn to swim after 48 years plucking up the courage. TAKING THE PLUNGE: Margaret Crome, of Haxby, whose efforts to learn to swim will be in vain if
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City is named 'as site for incinerator'
York is one of two major communities in the area pinpointed today as likely sites for waste incinerators by environmental watchdogs. Friends of the Earth (FoE) has named York and Northallerton among 70 towns and cities which it says have been earmarked
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Golden girls Janet wins Globe award
The proud parents of York's Golden Globe-winning actress Janet McTeer are "thrilled" with their daughter's new super-stardom. Jean and Allan McTeer still live in Cyprus Grove, Haxby, where their phone hasn't stopped ringing since the award was announced
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No way to treat a road
Is it still accepted practice that builders should clean their vehicle wheels before driving from the building site? Alternatively are they obliged to clean up the mess that they have created? I refer to Bryant Homes who have turned Rivelin Way into a
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Making Millennium
T Ryder claims that because there was no major spending by the city on New Year's Eve activities, York's citizens and visitors were somehow let down by their council (Letters, January 8). The easy riposte would be to say that the thousands in the city
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January 24th, 2000
Smash driver dies A man died, several people were hurt and a young girl had an amazing escape in a string of road accidents in North and East Yorkshire. Cooks face chop at old people's homes Cooks at York old folks homes are facing the axe as cash-strapped
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Market gardeners claim new tax will ruin them
The damaging impact of the Government's proposed energy tax on Britain's horticultural industry is being highlighted by the National Farmers' Union. The union forecasts a £26m cost to British farmers and growers if the tax is brought in as part of the
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Football: Bridges puts smile back on Leeds faces
After a traumatic week off the field, Leeds United re-established their Premiership credentials on it with a significant 2-1 victory at Sunderland. They gave an emphatic answer to those who questioned how David O'Leary's young side would react to the
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Horse Racing: Island can give us an encore
Grass Island who produced a convincing performance to score at Fontwell earlier this month, is napped to produce an encore on the same course tomorrow. The 11-year-old, trained by Tom McGovern, goes for the Amberley Novices' Handicap Chase and will again
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Rugby: Wasps youngsters on a learning curve
Now is the time for York Wasps youngsters' to come of age if they are to get their season back on track. ABLE CAIN: York's Mark Cain takes on Rochdale full back Phil Waring Yesterday's 24-14 defeat at Rochdale Hornets was their fourth in the opening five
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Football: Stand and deliver
Rochdale 2, York City 1 TRYING TO GET AHEAD: York City centre back Mark Sertori battles with Rochdale goal scorer Tony Ellis at Spotland Frustrated York City chief Neil Thompson has called on his misfiring Minstermen to 'stand and deliver' after extending
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Nicola ready for op in new-look Jimmy's unit
Leukaemia victim Nicola Coates has been given a date for her bone marrow transplant at St James's Hospital, Leeds. She will be the first patient to use a newly-refurbished transplant unit at the hospital following completion of the work, said her father
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Now mobile phone cheats are ripped off
Mobile phone cheats in York and North Yorkshire are paying up to £100 to get free calls forever - then finding they have been ripped off, the Evening Press can reveal today. Customers in York pubs are being approached by conmen offering them a 12-digit
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Solvent abuse topic of teens' shocking video
Young people from a York community which hit the headlines over a shocking petrol-sniffing craze have stepped into the spotlight to warn of the dangers of solvent abuse. Tonight, the group of teenagers, from New Earswick, will launch a hard-hitting video
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January 24th, 2000
How could they even think of selling DN1 I find it hard to understand why the City of York Council, custodians of York City history, could even contemplate selling DN1 at auction. It would appear such an ungrateful and mercenary act; profiting from a
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Landlord threatened over macabre lottery
A pub landlord has received a death threat after an Evening Press beer column investigation threw his "macabre" game of chance into the limelight. BOARD STIFF: Dan Edwards, landlord of the Red Lion in Wetherby, with the threatening letter he has received
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Cooks face chop at old people's homes
Cooks at York old folks homes are facing the axe as cash-strapped council chiefs consider buying "meals-on-wheels" for residents from York District Hospital. The Evening Press has discovered that City of York Council, battling to cope with a £4.7 million
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Smash driver dies
A man died, several people were hurt and a young girl had an amazing escape in a string of road accidents in North and East Yorkshire. A police officer examines the wreckage of the Nissan Bluebird in which a man died following a collision today with a
