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Julian Cole
HERE are two statements, thrown in for discussion. The last Tory Government wasn't really sleazy at all. New Labour is making a fair fist of the National Health Service. Now you might agree with either, both or neither. But that's not important. What
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January 27th, 2000
Football: City keep watch as Greening is listed Former York City starlet Jonathan Greening has been put up for sale by Manchester United, the Evening Press can reveal. Rowing: Rowing club's sister act It's a real sister act at York City Rowing Club with
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January 27th, 2000
Neighbour from hell to go quietly Police and City of York Council today welcomed a court order evicting a woman from her York home - and warned troublemakers they could get their marching orders too. Jonathan and Uri dream up psychic museum in York Star
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Orienteering: Jenkins is playing it cool
York orienteer David Jenkins is turning up the heat on his rivals in a cool climate. The 22-year-old, a member of the British team for five years, now lives in Sweden and has set his sights on a good performance in next year's World Championships. He
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Badminton: Drax are made to fight
Drax 'A' were pushed all the way by Rowntree 'A' before winning their York Badminton League men's division one match 6-3 at the Haxby Road gym. Craig Dobson and Phil Grant scored two wins for the Confectionery side, but lost out one and ten to the in-form
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Rugby: Acorn must outwit Rhinos star Harris
Great Britain international Iestyn Harris will have a big say in York Acorn's bid to reach the third round of the BNFL National Cup. The Leeds Rhinos star is the coach of Acorn's second round opponents, Shaw Rhinos, where he is in his fourth season in
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Boxing: Warters hoping it's third time lucky
Top ring prospect Jamie Warters is keeping his fingers crossed it will be third time lucky after the postponement of his next fight. The Jorvik Warrior was scheduled to fight Portsmouth's Tony Oakey on February 12 on the undercard of the European light
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Duo's brain wave
York boasts a fine selection of down-to-earth museums. Visitors to the York Dungeon goggle at the corporeal horrors within. At the Jorvik Viking Centre they can even smell the way man used to live. But these physical experiences leave a gap in the market
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Rugby: Benn gets chance
An injury to Castleford Tigers' first choice full-back Jason Flowers has given Jamie Benn a chance to stake his claim. Flowers has undergone surgery on a shoulder and will be racing against the clock to be fit for the opening round of Super League in
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Rowing: Rowing club's sister act
It's a real sister act at York City Rowing Club with three sets of sisters all competing in their junior teams. SIX OF THE BEST: York City Rowing Club's three sets of sisters are, from left, Freya and Lydia Bielby, Claire and Helen Broadbridge, and Freya
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Save Our Swim: Swim tradition of baths Oliver
The strong tradition of swimming in York is in danger of being lost, according to a former city swimming star. SWIMMING STARS: Scarcroft Secondary School's 1950 championship team featuring York swimmer Oliver Richardson, bottom left Oliver Richardson,
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Fears over mailshot 'gimmick'
It is feared a mail-shot which arrives in an envelope marked 'Official Evacuation Notice' could offend people who were forced to leave their homes after the Clifton gas explosion. Harry Hayes, of Chatsworth Drive, Haxby, contacted the Evening Press after
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Airfields deal will go through in days
A minister has revealed that contracts for the sale of Elvington airfield are likely to be exchanged in the next few days. The news follows the announcement that a preferred bidder for the airfield near York had been selected by the Government. Now junior
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Elderly and disabled rap bid to up charges
Disabled and elderly people in York today blasted council plans to hike charges for social care services by up to 60 per cent. City of York Council has told community organisations that its "very difficult" financial situation means it must either raise
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Hanging man is saved by pub trio
Three drinking mates who brought a man back from the dead after they found him hanging in a pub toilet were today hailed as heroes by his grateful family. ABOVE: From left, Phil Butler, Lol Myers and Sammy Pollington who resuscitated Andy Berwick who
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Neighbour from hell to go quietly
An Evening Press reporter approaches Adele Ruane (centre with dark hair) for comment following her appearance at York County Court this afernoon Police and City of York Council today welcomed a court order evicting a woman from her York home - and warned
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Swimmingly healthy
In this healthy brewery town, the battle-cry: "We want a swimming pool" was repeated with monotonous regularity from the start of the 1900s. Therefore it took almost a century to accede to the wishes of local people - though naturally many had long gone
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Impeccable treatment
I was astonished to read criticisms of the Hepworth Hope Fund and, by implication Gail Hepworth, allegedly made by Mrs McAllan (January 6). Gail has never criticised York District Hospital where her treatment has always been impeccable - the treatment
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York must learn from Scot's incinerator peril
If York is a potential site for a waste incinerator (Evening Press, January 24), the experience of the Rechem site near Bonnybridge in Scotland is interesting. Such operations can produce dioxins (almost indestructible poisons) if the temperature falls
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January 27th, 2000
Support grows for war women The campaign for a memorial to Britain's women at war is gathering momentum. Yesterday we presented Sir John Mortimer with a petition backing the idea. And today it has received support from an unlikely source: Northern Ireland
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Hospice: Millennium date benefits hospice
Anita Adams, licensee of the Gold Slipper, in Goodramgate, York, prepares to present St Leonard's Hospice finance and fundraising manager, Karen Russell, with money raised through the sale of Millennium certificates A special record of where revellers
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Support grows for war women
The campaign for a memorial to Britain's women at war is gathering momentum. Yesterday we presented Sir John Mortimer with a petition backing the idea. And today it has received support from an unlikely source: Northern Ireland church leader and politician
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Sale sees Sue coining it in
A woman who took over a York software company and expanded it into an £18.5 million turnover operation has sold it to an outside bidder, it was disclosed today. Boxing clever: Sue Ashby who has sold her Software Box, posing in a phone box that inspired
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Football: City keep watch as Greening is listed
Former York City starlet Jonathan Greening has been put up for sale by Manchester United, the Evening Press can reveal. TAKING FLIGHT: Andy Douglas, on trial with York City from Premiership club Sheffield Wednesday, leaps to avoid Scarborough keeper Soren
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Taking the stress out of beating dyslexia
York is to host the "final test" of a new method to combat dyslexia and other learning problems by removing stress. A one-day workshop at the city's Monkbar Hotel this Sunday will demonstrate a range of exercises, both physical and mental, designed to
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January 27th, 2000
York must learn from Scot's incinerator peril If York is a potential site for a waste incinerator (Evening Press, January 24), the experience of the Rechem site near Bonnybridge in Scotland is interesting. Impeccable treatment I was astonished to read
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War memorial backed
Major Robertson points at the plinth in Trafalgar Square Author Sir John Mortimer says campaigners fighting for a memorial in Trafalgar Square to the women of the Second World War have a "formidable" case. Sir John, who chairs a group looking at what
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Jonathan and Uri dream up psychic museum in York
Star gazer Jonathan Cainer and paranormalist Uri Geller are planning to create a museum of the psychic and supernatural in York. The museum would be based in the Stonegate building that now houses Mr Cainer's Horoscopes shop. "It would actually be a museum
