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Keep your child off railway lines, head warns parents
A YORK head teacher today begged parents to keep track of their children over the Easter holidays - and not let them play on potentially lethal railway lines. The comments by Mark Barnett, head teacher at Westfield Junior School, came as British Transport
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Parents back beef
BRITISH beef could soon be back on the menu in York schools after a majority of parents backed its reintroduction. City of York Council's education committee will vote on whether to reinstate the meat following a survey of parents which shows a major
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Chancellor promises subsidies to ease the pain
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has agreed in principle to subsidise rural post offices to stop the network collapsing. Trade Minister Alan Johnson was stressing this today as thousands of sub-postmasters joined the mass rally at Westminster. The Conservatives
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Stand and deliver
HIGHWAYMAN Dick Turpin rode to London today in protest at the Government's planned robbery of rural post offices. The famous York outlaw returned to the capital to serve Prime Minister Tony Blair with more than 1,000 coupons signed by supporters of the
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Hayes blow for Wasps
INJURY-HIT York Wasps will have to manage without influential prop forward Rich Hayes for the next month. Hayes finally succumbed to a persistent hamstring problem at Workington on Sunday which forced him off the field midway through the first half. And
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Great first effort by Knavesmire
KNAVESMIRE Harriers finished the North of England 12 stage Road Relay Championships as the top North Yorkshire Club in the event. The was the first time they had entered the event, which comprised eight legs of 5.3 miles and four legs of 2.8 miles based
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Hayes blow gives Atkins another headache
INJURY-HIT York Wasps will have to manage without influential prop forward Rich Hayes for the next month. Hayes finally succumbed to a persistent hamstring problem at Workington on Sunday which forced him off the field midway through the first half. And
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Street robber aged 11 brought before court
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy used a laser pen as he carried out three street robberies on older boys, York Youth Court heard. Youth justices told the boy only his age had saved him from a spell in custody after hearing how he and a 14-year-old friend dogged their
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Neighbours come off fence
A NORTH Yorkshire villager who resorted to direct action to stop her neighbours building a new fence has reached a compromise with them. Equipped with a fold-away chair, rain hat, umbrella and cordless telephone, Margaret Phillips, of Trout Pond Farm,
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Tories unveil candidate for city by-election
CONSERVATIVE campaigning for York's second by-election next month started today with the naming of their candidate. Ken Creek, a party member for 22 years, will stand in the election to replace Labour councillor Peter Dodd in the Monk ward. Mr Dodd resigned
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Tadcaster Net firm creates 80 jobs
EIGHTY jobs are to be created at a multi-million pound Internet business in the middle of Tadcaster. Shopcreator, an Internet firm born from the kitchen table of one of its directors, also announced today it was seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange
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Elderly not scared of technology says Princess
by Andrew Hitchon OLDER people are not the technophobes they are sometimes painted, the Princess Royal told a conference in York today. And the Princess insisted that new technology could be a major factor in helping to improve services for older people
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Hall sets sights on testimonial return
INJURED York City stalwart Wayne Hall has pencilled in his keenly awaited testimonial tussle with Premiership giants Middlesbrough as the first match of his comeback trail. The 31-year-old is Bootham Crescent's only long-term injury victim, having undergone
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Family cannot stay for single night
A family hoping to visit York for the weekend are facing disappointment after 19 guest houses and hotels said they could not stay for just one night. Gill and Frank Burns, from Liverpool, wanted to treat their 11-year-old son, John, to a trip to the York
