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Homes hit by flood shocker
HUNDREDS of householders throughout North and East Yorkshire must have their homes registered as being at official risk of flooding, it emerged today. Warning letters will be sent to affected residents - who may then have to revise home insurance policies
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Amy to tackle great wall of China
THE walls of York are not quite as tough to walk as the Great Wall of China, but they are all part of the preparation for a woman determined to help find answers to a baffling illness that claimed her baby daughter's life. Amy Charlton, of Askham Richard
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Decision time nears
DECISION time is fast approaching for the Kosovan refugees who made their home in York after fleeing from the fighting in their own country. Over 30 refugees are still living at the Howe Hill hostel, in Holgate, and another family of seven moved into
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Sarah chips in with choc puds
Sarah chips in with choc puds RYEDALE food writer Sarah Beattie has come up with a real challenge to the taste buds - chocolate Yorkshire puddings. The Choco-Yorkie dreamed up by Sarah, of Kirkbymoorside, will be served up at this year's Yorkshire pudding
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Pub on the web nets a fortune
OFFERING Internet access to a village pub has turned a one-man band into a multi-million pound business employing 27 people nationwide. Chris Stephenson launched the first 'Public Internet Info Point' at the Royal Oak in Hirst Courtney just six months
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Tykes close in on top spot
YORKSHIRE are poised to hit the top of the Championship table again after going on the rampage against Durham at Chester-le-Street yesterday and they should take 17 points from the match at some stage today, unless rain intervenes. Although Yorkshire
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Couple arrested in software raid
WOULD-BE CD and computer game counterfeiters were today warned to beware after a husband-and-wife team were arrested at their North Yorkshire home. The couple are said to have been running a counterfeiting operation from their spare room and offering
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Stable severs Gatehead link
New York Wasps Rugby League Club owner John Stabler insists that York's link with rugby league in Gateshead is well and truly over - and intends it to stay that way. Stabler admitted he was interested in forming a merged York and Gateshead team back in
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Clifton riot sparked by theft of 66 KitKat bars
THE Clifton riot in March was sparked when a thief stole 66 KitKats, a court was told. Magistrates heard how violence flared between police and youths armed with a baseball bat and breeze blocks after Roy Raymond Coxon, 18, snatched the KitKats from Forbuoys
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County police 'failing to deal with bullying'
NORTH Yorkshire Police chiefs want a man who claimed that the force isn't dealing with bullying problems to come forward so they can investigate. Spokesman Tony Lidgate added the allegations were "dismaying" after the whole force had made enormous efforts
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Five years for child abuser
A CARETAKER at York Minster School was today starting a five-year jail sentence for the perverted years-long sexual abuse of a young girl. Barrie Ellis Ashton, 63, forced his child victim to relive the ordeal that lasted half her lifetime, York Crown
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Chance to try dream job
ASTRONAUT, footballer, pop star - what would be your dream job? That's what the organisers of a new competition want to know. The Jim'll Fix It-style contest is asking everyone to name their dream job and will offer them a chance to try it out for the
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Former county golfer dies
ALAN Elliott, senior partner in the York chartered accountant firm Garbutt and Elliott for 20 years and a former Yorkshire county golfer, has died. He was 89. Mr Elliott, who was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, moved to York in 1935, joining OG Taylor and Garbutt
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Warning after gredade is exploded
ARMY bomb disposal experts were called to Pocklington after a man found an unexploded Second World War grenade while out walking his dog. The grenade was detonated in a controlled explosion but Pocklington police have put out a stern warning to the public
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Fearn hopes to cop American win
YORK boxer Graham Fearn will set out this week on the road to transatlantic glory. Fearn, from Rowntree Avenue, Clifton, has been selected to represent the Police Boxing Association of England on their tour of Houston, Texas. They fly to America tomorrow
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Rain holds up Tykes'
RAIN held up Yorkshire's victory push at Chester-le-Street today where Durham were on 94 for five and still 11 runs away from avoiding the innings defeat. It began about an hour before the scheduled start of the third day and was a huge frustration for
