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Just resign, Rod
Reader's letter Rodney Hills and Dave Merrett are moaning about the pressures involved in being a councillor (Council Catalogue Of Abuse And Long Hours', April 5). I suggest that the answer is simple: they can resign immediately. This will solve their
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April 7th, 2000
Upbeat City aim to crowd out Quakers Manager Terry Dolan is hoping his revitalised Minstermen will overturn title chasing Darlington in front of Bootham Crescent's biggest crowd of the season tomorrow. Mac to use his York experience Former York City defender
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Tramp terror for youth
An armed tramp who grabbed and lifted up a skateboarding youth demanded he take him to a soup kitchen to help him read the opening hours. The incident, which happened in Fossgate at 5.45pm on Wednesday, left the 13-year-old boy shaken but unharmed. Wielding
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Early birds make music
Children from York schools helped herald the opening of the city's National Centre for Early Music this afternoon. Ralph Butterfield School pupils Craig Minton, Dominic Smith, Keith McGowan and Natalie Starr join Richard Thomas at the launch of the National
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We turn to pedal power to deliver Press
This is the way the news is being delivered around York these days - on the three wheels of a heavy load tricycle. Copies of your Evening Press are being delivered to newsagents and news stands across the city centre by way of these environmentally-friendly
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County's future to be put under spotlight
Visions of the future of Yorkshire will be in the spotlight at a major conference being held in York. The two-day Yorkshire Beyond the Millennium conference, organised by the Royal Geographical Society, will bring together experts to look at all aspects
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Top dogs 'Trees take the trophy
Nestl Rowntree are set to collect the West Yorkshire League trophy before tomorrow's game at Carlton Athletic, after their win on Wednesday saw them retain the title. The Rowntrees sidew hammered Knaresborough Town 6-1 to make their place at the top of
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Selby geared up for derby showdown
Selby will be looking to upset the form book and score a derby success as they face rivals York at Sandhill Lane tomorrow. Unless they happen to be members of the same league these days, it is a rare event to come across neighbouring clubs facing one
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Red hot chance of glory
Red Marauder, trained in County Durham by his owner Norman Mason, the most successful permit-holder in Britain, can clinch the £500,000 Martell Grand National at Aintree tomorrow. The ten-year-old, who has been beaten only once over fences, has come in
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Talent brings a Smart reward
Evening Press leader To outsiders, North Yorkshire is a place of rolling dales, ancient traditions and tranquillity. They might be surprised to learn that it is also home to some of the most dynamic business brains in Britain. Small teams of creative
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Mac to use his York experience
Former York City defender Andy McMillan is set to draw on his Bootham Crescent giant-killing cup grounding as he plots the downfall of the mighty Rangers. The one-time City favourite is gearing up for one of the biggest games of his career when his current
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Upbeat City aim to crowd out Quakers
Manager Terry Dolan is hoping his revitalised Minstermen will overturn title chasing Darlington in front of Bootham Crescent's biggest crowd of the season tomorrow. DANGER MAN: Former York City striker Marco Gabbiadini, who has netted 27 goals for Darlington
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Judge calls for case probe
A judge has called for the Law Society to investigate the conduct of a solicitors' firm after he had to halt the Askham Grange Prison trial on its second day. It was the second time the trial has been delayed because defence lawyers Spilsbury and Co needed
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Pioneer heart ops
Heart patients from York are having operations using a pioneering new technique which avoids the risk of brain injury and may help them recover more quickly. Chest surgeon Alex Cale is the first in Yorkshire and one of only a handful in the country to
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Horses going for National glory
North Yorkshire horse trainer Peter Beaumont is hoping to beat the odds in tomorrow's Grand National. GOOD GOING: Trainer Peter Beaumont checks over Grand National hopefuls Niki Dee, left, and Young Kenny at his gallops at Brandsby, near Easingwold Picture
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York folk really mind their language
The peculiarities of the York accent are being put under the microscope by a team from the linguistics department of the University of York. Dr Sali Tagliamonte, of the university's language and linguistic science department, is conducting an academic
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Roller coaster opening up in air
Flamingo Land today postponed the press launch of Magnum Force, its £3 million new triple loop roller coaster. UPS AND DOWNS: General manager Gordon Gibb and marketing assistant Natasha Allen get a feel for the Magnum Force ride at Flamingo Land. The
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Clean up city loos
Reader's letter The letter on the disgraceful state of public conveniences in the city, (March 27) was followed soon afterwards by your report on our authority's efforts to attract even more tourists to York. Someone is being very nave to think that any
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Villages at risk
Readers' letters Far from harming the city, encroachment on the green belt will harm the surrounding villages. It's good that business is booming but this surely means that people outside the normal catchment area for employment around York will want
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Lib Dem hypocrisy
Reader's letter Liberal Democrat leader Coun Steve Galloway must have had his tongue in cheek when he told the citizens of York that "the Liberal Democrats believe the electorate will use their vote to show dissatisfaction with Labour's recent council
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Racism must get the boot from football
Readers' letters Your correspondents W. J. Drummond and Alan Hill have surely missed the point in their support for Douglas Craig's refusal to sign up to the Kick It Out campaign (March 31). This isn't just about what happens or doesn't happen in York
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April 7th, 2000
Talent brings a Smart reward To outsiders, North Yorkshire is a place of rolling dales, ancient traditions and tranquillity. They might be surprised to learn that it is also home to some of the most dynamic business brains in Britain. Converted for the
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April 7th, 2000
Conservatory buyers left out of pocket Householders across the region have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket by a York-based conservatory business. Early birds make music Children from York schools helped herald the opening of the city's National
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Pupils 'need equal access to pools'
Children in York should have more equal access to school swimming, according to councillors. The move comes at the same time as City of York Council leisure chiefs are reviewing the provision of local facilities, particularly the future of the Barbican
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Residents' fury over six-storey hotel plan
Residents of a York city centre apartment complex have claimed they were not told a six-storey hotel was due to be built next to their new homes. The hotel is to be built at the junction of Piccadilly and Mill Street, on the site of a former Evening Press
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Roman hygiene not up to scratch
Biologist Dr Harry Kenward was itching with excitement when he realised the creature on his microscope slide was the oldest body louse known to exist. Dr Kenward, English Heritage senior research fellow in the department of biology at the University of
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Golfers keep appeal on course
Golfers have holed a £900 winning shot for our Hospice 2000 Appeal. Jasmine Strickson (left) and Anna Ives with some of the bags filled with £1 coins to help the Hospice 2000 Appeal Picture: Nigel Holland.. When St Leonard's fundraising organiser Janet
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Salmon return to cleaned up River Ouse
With all the stories of gloom and dispair surrounding the state of our rivers it is pleasing to be able to report some good news for a change. The River Ouse is now clean enough for hundreds of salmon to have made their way upstream to spawn and local
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Foot pulls out of GB squad
Evening Press reporter York's Olympic veteran, Caroline Foot, has had to pull out of the latest Great Britain squad following the controversial "sacking" of her husband-coach at York City Baths Club. Foot - who only last month set a then British 50m butterfly
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The big bully bank
Evening Press leader Some of Barclays Bank's rural account-holders might today suggest a twist to its omnipresent advertising campaign. 'Because we're big, we can trample over our small customers. Because we're big, we can pay our boss £1.3 million for
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Bid day for Tutill
Former York City skipper Steve Tutill will line-up against his home-town club for the first time tomorrow. Following his 1998 free transfer move to Darlington Tutill, who made 351 appearances for the Minstermen, had not encountered City as opposition
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Survey into workplace drug abuse
Drug and alcohol abuse in North Yorkshire's workplaces is being investigated by experts. The North Yorkshire and City of York Drug Action Team has sent questionnaires to businesses in the region asking for evidence of any problems caused by drug use.
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County firms looking smart
Ideas people in York and North Yorkshire could hardly be smarter. Smart award winner Charles Cecil, managing director of Revolution Software Ltd, of York . The area took nine out of the 40 Smart awards in Yorkshire announced today by the Department of
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April 7th, 2000
Racism must get the boot from football Your correspondents W. J. Drummond and Alan Hill have surely missed the point in their support for Douglas Craig's refusal to sign up to the Kick It Out campaign (March 31). Two letters on this subject Lib Dem hypocrisy
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Drugs and drink killed youth, 17
A heroin and drink cocktail ended in Christmas tragedy for family and friends of a North Yorkshire teenager, an inquest heard. And police today disclosed that two men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of Mark Wallace's body in the bathroom
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Conservatory buyers left out of pocket
Householders across the region have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket by a York-based conservatory business. David Richardson: firm has ceased trading Customers paid over substantial deposits to Direct Conservatories UK for conservatories to
