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Honest deed
During the early hours of Sunday morning, I had the misfortune to lose my purse in town. I was delighted to be informed by the police that someone had had the good grace to post it through the door of my local Spar shop. Although devoid of cash at this
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Don't forget us
Where do the City of York Council's priorities lie in respect to the rural parts of its responsibilities? The council states in the York Citizen that the proposals for the A19 had extensive public consultation on a package of suggestions made by consultants
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Follow Europe and slow down to save lives
The UK has one of the worst road accident records for children in Europe and having studied the issues involved it may be related to two or three aspects. Europe generally uses 30, 40, 50 and 60 km/hr in built-up areas, thus having four choices to match
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March 2nd, 2000
Football: City first choice for versatile ace Free to roam Peter Swan admits he has turned down offers from elsewhere to try to land a permanent home at Bootham Crescent. Cricket: Injury-prone fast bowler ruled out of Yorkshire tour Yorkshire's leading
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February 29th, 2000
Online advice will prove Net benefit for traders Step into an Internet booth for business advice wherever you are in York and North Yorkshire. Complaints about mobile phones rank in the top ten Complaints about mobile phones now rank alongside dodgy car
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Banks firmly holding the balance of power
As we await a decision on how much we'll be charged for using an "alien" cash dispenser, Business Editor Ron Godfrey asks: Are banks as grasping as they were in the recession ten years ago? Millions of bank customers are still shaking their heads at the
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Patients must come first in the new NHS
Coping with change is one thing that seems to be constant in today's NHS, but the new man in charge at York District Hospital looks ready to take it in his stride. Simon Pleydell spoke to health reporter Andrew Hitchon. York Health Trust, like the rest
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Swim fans hand in petition
Senior swimmers who once worked for the company that gave the Yearsley Pool to York have taken their fears for its future to the city's Lord Mayor. Eleanor Dove, front right, hands over a petition against the possible closure of Yearsley Baths to the
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Football: How City board got the new manager
Douglas Craig revealed for the first time today how a quick on the draw Bootham Crescent board got their man and landed Terry Dolan to spark a Minstermen revival. Speaking to the Evening Press, the York City chairman confirmed that other names were considered
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Cricket: Injury-prone fast bowler ruled out of Yorkshire tour
Yorkshire's leading left-arm fast bowler Paul Hutchison has been pulled out of the club's pre-season tour of Australia. He is still working on remodelling his bowling action in an attempt to cut down on the serious back injuries which have so far plagued
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Complaints about mobile phones rank in the top ten
Complaints about mobile phones now rank alongside dodgy car dealers in the top ten areas of grievances voiced to trading standard officers in North Yorkshire. Now they are considering "naming and shaming" the phone companies responsible. Every day North
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Major A64 safety scheme is a step closer to reality
Major improvements to the A64 near Malton - including the long-awaited Rillington bypass and the closure of three dangerous gaps - have come a step closer to reality. The Highways Agency has revealed it is set to go out to public consultation on a raft
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Families will be hit by job cuts at centres
A decision to cut jobs at York's council-run family centres will mean some families having to go without the service. Plans to cut one family centre worker post at each of the city's three centres at Clifton, Heworth and Holgate, to save £51,000 have
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Centuries-old tradition ends
Hundreds of years of male domination are set to end as another York guild opens its doors to women. The Company of Merchant Taylors in the City of York, is following in the footsteps of the Company of Merchant Adventurers, which last year admitted its
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Hague urges post office protest march on London
Conservative leader William Hague today urged sub-postmasters to march on London for a rally against the threat to their businesses. Mr Hague, MP for Richmond, was presented at Westminster with a petition signed by nearly 40,000 North Yorkshire residents
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Julian Cole
Our Frank is one of a kind You have to feel sorry for Frank Dobson. Well, you don't have to, but I'm going to, for a moment or two. There he is, Tony Blair's anointed candidate to stand for Labour in London's mayoral elections. And in this new role, he
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Shame of inaction
I am a long-standing supporter of Save the Children, but I really sometimes wonder if the Government uses this and similar charities as an excuse to do nothing for disaster relief. The Government is sitting on a budget surplus of about ten billion pounds
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March 2nd, 2000
Decisions must be in the open The drive for cabinet-style local government is New Labour through and through. It forms part of Tony Blair's project to modernise Britain, and would see councils reformed in the image of his Government, concentrating the
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March 2nd, 2000
Belgian thugs attack York pupils A party of York schoolchildren were subjected to a terrifying gang attack as they paid their respects at a memorial service beside British war graves on a Belgian battlefield. Asbestos victim gets £443,000 damages A former
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Rugby: Wolves have the bite to make a serious challenge
York Wasps' Challenge Cup conquerors Warrington Wolves are being tipped to join the game's traditional "big four" as the countdown begins to the start tomorrow night of the Tetley's Bitter Super League season. Wigan Warriors are 11-8 favourites but bookmakers
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Rugby: Derby crucial for struggling Acorn
York Acorn will be fighting for their National Conference League lives on Saturday in another crucial derby battle against rivals New Earswick All Blacks. DOUBT FOR DERBY: New Earswick's Jez Petch could miss the clash with neighbours Acorn due to an eye
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Horse Racing: Easterby looking to continue winning run
Mick Easterby, on the mark at Catterick on Tuesday with Minster Glory and at Wetherby yesterday with Dee Pee Tee Cee, can continue his excellent run at Doncaster tomorrow. The Sheriff Hutton trainer, enjoying his best jumps campaign for many a year, saddles
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Latest milestone
Fears that up to half of Britain's remaining sub-post offices could close have prompted an astonishing public response, as witnessed by the huge support for our Counter Attack campaign. A petition signed by 40,000 North Yorkshire residents, calling for
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February 29th, 2000
Online advice will prove Net benefit for traders Step into an Internet booth for business advice wherever you are in York and North Yorkshire. Complaints about mobile phones rank in the top ten Complaints about mobile phones now rank alongside dodgy car
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Decisions must be in the open
The drive for cabinet-style local government is New Labour through and through. It forms part of Tony Blair's project to modernise Britain, and would see councils reformed in the image of his Government, concentrating the decision-making process in the
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Football: City first choice for versatile ace
Free to roam Peter Swan admits he has turned down offers from elsewhere to try to land a permanent home at Bootham Crescent. TRIAL: Peter Swan in action last night The 33-year-old former Leeds, Hull City and Port-Vale stalwart featured impressively alongside
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Women proficient on Superhighway
It's a case of WWWomen being in the driving seat on the information highway. Female proficiency in the use of the World Wide Web suggests that they will overtake males as the largest group of Internet users over the next five years. Research from direct
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Firm wins order from US
A high-tech metalsmith firm based in Kirkbymoorside has won a £420,000 order from the US. Rapidly-expanding Micro-Metalsmiths Ltd, which manufactures metal components for industrial use at its Ings Lane works, has won the order from an American defence
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Keep track of conferences
All aboard at York for today's start of the three-day Confex 2000 conference exhibition at Earls Court... Kate Evans, conference sales assistant at York Tourism Bureau brandishes the latest weapon in the armoury designed to lure conference organisers
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Online advice will prove Net benefit for traders
Step into an Internet booth for business advice wherever you are in York and North Yorkshire. That is the vision outlined in a bid by Business Link partnership to become a Small Business Service. The plan is to set up 28 interactive kiosks in remote communities
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Man, 37, attacked in York street
The victim of a vicious assault in a York street was today in hospital with serious head injuries. A 37-year-old man from the York area suffered facial fractures and numerous cuts to his face which required stitches. The attack happened at about 11.15pm
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Girl tells of car trips with accused
A girl who claims she was abused by a teacher of special needs has described journeys in the back of his car. The child was giving evidence against Gareth Malachy Clarke, aged 39, of Oxcarr Lane, Strensall, who denies three charges of indecent assaults
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March 2nd, 2000
Follow Europe and slow down to save lives The UK has one of the worst road accident records for children in Europe and having studied the issues involved it may be related to two or three aspects. Shame of inaction I am a long-standing supporter of Save
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The birth of a bell
Molten metal flows in a white-hot stream into the giant cast for one of York Minster's six new bells. HOT METAL: Foundry staff, working on the new York Minster bells, pour molten metal into an underground cast. It will take a week to cool Foundry workers
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Asbestos victim gets £443,000 damages
Rob Dawber, a former rail trackside worker, who contracted mesothelioma A former York railwayman-turned-scriptwriter who fell victim to the asbestos timebomb has won almost half-a-million pounds in damages. A judge decided that Rob Dawber, who has scripted
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Belgian thugs attack York pupils
A party of York schoolchildren were subjected to a terrifying gang attack as they paid their respects at a memorial service beside British war graves on a Belgian battlefield. The group of 40 pupils, aged 15 to 16, and three teachers, all from Oaklands