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At home on the Web
Reader's letter I am delighted at finding your most impressive web site. I was born in York and lived there for 15 years before emigrating to live in Perth, Western Australia, in 1971. I find www.thisisyork.co.uk great to catch up with the current position
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Radical thinking
Reader's letter This July the city council will be submitting its five-year plan for dealing with traffic congestion and other transport problems. With traffic levels continuing to rise it is clear that it must put forward radical solutions and identify
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Sadness rekindled
Reader's letter My husband and I were shocked to read our son's name in an article about motorcycle riding ('Quick And The dead', March 29). The article was to promote motorcycle awareness - a subject about which we are all too aware. It was a shock to
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March 31st, 2000
Joy for tenants as family evicted Besieged residents today reacted with joy to the eviction of a woman and her family from their York home. Post Offices' winter discontent Post Office customers in York have remained in winter after time-locked safes did
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Balloons and tunes for Yasmin's appeal
Pupils at a York school are joining the campaign to raise money for multiple sclerosis sufferer Yasmin Heesom to send her on a transatlantic bid to escape her crippling pain. Year Ten pupils at The Mount School are supporting their fellow pupil Bella,
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Business men targeted
Efforts to slash pollution by cutting business car use will be discussed at a transport seminar next week. The proposals have been given a boost by Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget which grades company car tax according to levels of carbon dioxide emissions
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North gets its own charity lottery game
A new lottery game for the North of England has been launched in York newsagents this week, promising to make your day rather than change your life. The Daily Number, which is independent of the National Lottery and run by Inter Lotto, boasts realistic
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Wasps hope Ryce will sign on dotted line
York Wasps RL Club were expecting Welsh three-quarter Max Ryce to sign for the club this afternoon. The club made the former Rhymney rugby union player an offer that will keep him at Huntington Stadium until the end of 2001 and Ryce was travelling north
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Chris set fair
Returning York City defender Chris Fairclough will cap his long-awaited return to senior action tomorrow with a historic milestone. The top-flight championship winner is set to make his first senior appearance of the 21st century at Southend United. But
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Road menace jailed after ramming police
A road menace has been jailed for four and a half years after ramming a police car while on the run for a £60,000 lorry theft. It was the seventh time Lee Barrett, 22, had broken a driving ban and it was his second dangerous driving offence. He has never
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Nestle hopes to score with new Smarties
Football fanatics will be now be able to buy chocolate smarties in their own teams colours. York-based Nestl-Rowntree is launching Soccer Special Smarties, containing colours or pairs of colours representing every team in the FA Premier League. The promotion
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Farming leaders welcome PM's £200m aid package
Farming leaders today welcomed a £200 million Government pledge as a sign of Tony Blair's commitment to the industry. But opponents have claimed the aid package is not enough. The support was announced by the Prime Minister following a Downing Street
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Big police crackdown on truants
A campaign to deter children from being dragged into abuse, crime, drink and drugs is being launched in North Yorkshire. Youngsters who skip school will be the target of a crackdown taking place during April in North Yorkshire Police's eastern area, which
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Phones firm dials up £24m takeover
Mobile phone firm JWE Telecom is hitting the big time with a £24 million deal to buy a network airtime business. Pocklington-based JWE will be transformed from a mobile phone distribution operation into a key national telecommunications company through
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Joy for tenants as family evicted
Besieged residents today reacted with joy to the eviction of a woman and her family from their York home. Adele Ruane and her family have packed their bags and left Etty Avenue, Tang Hall, to set up home at an unknown address. The eviction came after
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Craig is right not to sign up for Kick It Out
Readers' letters While not always in agreement with Douglas Craig and his public relations skills, I agree with his stance and refusal to sign up to the Kick It Out campaign (Letters, March 28). The Lord Mayor of York may think that a refusal to sign
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March 31st, 2000
Loss of Army HQ is big blow A simple, dignified ceremony brought a chapter in York's proud military history to a close today. To the poignant accompaniment of a piper, the 'cross keys' flag of the 2nd Division was lowered at Imphal Barracks. Our spirits
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March 31st, 2000
York City FC: Chris set fair City star returns to make his 500th League appearance York City FC: Dolan and Addison back winter break The rival bosses of the region's top two professional clubs have backed the idea of a mid-season break in the English
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Pupils explore safer routes to their school
Pedal power and good old fashioned walking are being put forward as the best ways of getting to school during a meeting to improve the safety of York's children. Pupils, parents and carers from Our Lady's RC Primary School, Hob Moor Junior School and
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Yew tree link to time of Christ
The Archbishop of York will plant a sapling from a yew tree that was around during the time of Christ in his home village to mark the new Millennium. The cutting is from a 2,000-year-old yew tree still growing in a Kent churchyard and Dr David Hope will
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Hills are alive to sounds of BBC
The dales, vales and hills of our region will be alive with the sound of music when the county becomes the venue for a record-breaking live music event. Musicians and singers from across North and East Yorkshire will be playing their part in hundreds
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Watson leads his team home
York's Paul Watson was the driving force behind Knaresborough Racing Team's emphatic victory in their own four-man team time trial promotion. The Heworth 21-year-old set such a punishing pace over the ten mile course on the old Great North Road between
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Dan's the man for Roses showdown
North Yorkshire rugby union star Dan Clappison is set to join in the war of the Roses at Morley on Saturday. Fly-half Clappison, from Harswell, near Market Weighton, has been selected to make his debut for the full Yorkshire XV against Lancashire. The
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Temple to DIY
Evening Press leader DIY has grown from a passion to a mania to a creed. Now we have a temple worthy of the unshakeable faith in our ability to do-it-ourselves. York's massive B&Q is a high church for the Changing Rooms generation. Handy Andys and
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Little poised to make wholesale changes
Former York City chief Alan Little is expected to wield the axe on his under-achieving Shrimpers tomorrow, writes Dave Stanford. After last Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Northampton, 16th-placed Southend have now gone more than 510 minutes without scoring
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Loss of Army HQ is big blow
Evening Press leader A simple, dignified ceremony brought a chapter in York's proud military history to a close today. To the poignant accompaniment of a piper, the 'cross keys' flag of the 2nd Division was lowered at Imphal Barracks. Our spirits fell
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Dolan and Addison back winter break
The rival bosses of the region's top two professional clubs have backed the idea of a mid-season break in the English game. York City manager Terry Dolan and Scarborough counterpart Colin Addison were reacting to FIFA's plans to shake-up the football
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Father's safety fears over intruder at college hall of residence
Police are investigating reports of an intruder at a student accommodation block in York. And one concerned father is now considering removing his daughter from the halls of residence until he can be assured she is safe. Ken Weatherill, whose 17-year-old
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March 31st, 2000
Craig is right not to sign up for Kick It Out While not always in agreement with Douglas Craig and his public relations skills, I agree with his stance and refusal to sign up to the Kick It Out campaign (Letters, March 28). Three letters on this subject
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Flag goes down on era
The cross keys flag of the Army's 2nd Division was lowered at Imphal Barracks today to mark the departure of the divisional headquarters for Edinburgh. But another flag, the Merlin flag of 15 (North East) Brigade, which remains in York, was being raised
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Post Offices' winter discontent
Post Office customers in York have remained in winter after time-locked safes did not have their clocks altered. A mistake meant staff could not get to the money they held until an hour after the normal time. Christine Waddington, postmistress of Bright