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Dome is where the art is
ART is no longer confined to galleries. One of the most famous sculptures of modern times towers over the A1. The Angel of the North turns thousands of motorists into art lovers every day. The artistic endeavours of our Millennium Dome competition winners
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Doctor was a tonic
I WAS saddened to read the announcement in the Evening Press last night of the death of Dr Henry Chisholm. He was a lovely, kind doctor who kept our family in good health for nearly 40 years when he practised in Holgate with his partner Dr Wiseman. I
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Kind and helpful Yorkies
RECENTLY I visited York for a couple of days with my father. It was his 70th birthday treat. I an writing to say thank you for a wonderful couple of days. We went around the Minster, the Treasurer's House, the Castle Museum, the Old Castle and the National
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Two accused of post office raid
A man and a youth appeared in court today in connection with an armed robbery at a post office in a quiet village near York. The pair, who appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court, were accused of conspiracy to commit robberies in West Yorkshire, as well
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On a roll
Book: The Little Red Barn Baking Book by Adriana Rabinovich (Ebury Press, £14.99) Chef's CV: Brought up in the states, Adriana loved making cookies and brownies. Following a career in design and marketing she trained at Leith's School of Food and Wine
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WHAT have you done to the windows? a regular at Walkers Bar asked. Cleaned them, came the reply. The new-look Walkers Bar has undergone one of the best-value makeovers in York. Since Dave and Loraine Wiltshire switched from being managers to tenants earlier
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Brolly good time
'TEN hours a day, seven days a week, day in, day out, for the past thirteen years.' The old man in the gift shop was complaining about the strains of Vera Lynn and other stirring wartime anthems that came drifting in from the fish and chip restaurant
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Sweet surrender
Surrender Bridge triggers all sorts of responses and imaginings. The bridge spans a flow of sterile clear water, limestone remnants of buildings obviously never a farmstead are nearby, all around are hills. We are in a high depression in the mass of ground
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New activity centre has plenty of bite
DINO-MAD children can enjoy a special indoor activity centre devoted to the creatures at the Yorkshire Museum, York. Dinosaur Daze has been created for youngsters and their parents when they visit the popular Walking With Dinosaurs exhibition, which is
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Bryan dances night away
THANKFULLY a hard rain didn't fall on his outdoor parade, as Bryan Ferry completed his world travels in his native north. Ferry, the lordly jet-set singer, was on his first tour for five years, playing what he called "a civilised alternative to Wembley
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Pilots rise to the challenge
PIGS might not fly - but an airborne bunny will take to the skies above Ryedale next week. The rabbit is, in fact, a hot air balloon and it will be joined by 26 others taking part in the Ordnance Survey UK National Ballooning Championships. From Tuesday
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Phoenix ask for trio
Yorkshire's director of coaching, Martyn Moxon, was today contacting England cricket chairman David Graveney to see if the county's three Test heroes will be allowed to play for Phoenix tomorrow in their National League game against Leicestershire Foxes
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Town fires 'were a coincidence'
THE fires that hit the centre Helmsley within a few days of each other were a "complete coincidence", fire chiefs said today. Residents were stunned when the Spoilt for Choice carpet shop in Bridge Street was severely damaged by a blaze on Thursday night
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Cartoon slip helped Greg
GREG Dyke has revealed how he avoided the usual student financial hardship during his time at York University - thanks to the Evening Press. The BBC Director General, speaking during a flying visit to Radio York, said his three years at York in the early
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Co-op query
IF it is clear there is a demand for larger shops in York as claimed by Roy Templeman, why is it that the Co-op, which originally stretched the length of Rougier Street, was divided into smaller units and then eventually closed? Or why, more recently,
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Residents hit out at TV licence campaign
TV licence bosses were today challenged to explain a hard-hitting advertising campaign being used to crack down on dodgers in York. Residents who feel their community is being victimised want to know how their streets were chosen for a name and shame
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Whose hue
Brilliant blues, pretty pinks, searing yellows and grassy greens are the traditional colours of jockey silks, but at York's forthcoming race meetings we will be seeing these hues off the course as well. Vibrant fashions have been the brightest thing about
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Chuffed to bits
DESPITE hailing from Darlington - the birthplace of the railways - I've never been remotely interested in trains. As far as I was concerned they were simply a means of getting from A to B in a relatively fast time. I never had an electric train set when
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Stolen bikes misery for York family
AN OUTRAGED York mother has slammed thieves who have stolen six top-of-the-range bikes worth a total of more than £1,200 from her garden shed. Pauline Bartlett, of Disraeli Close, Huntington said her children Matthew, 14, and Thomas, 12, had been left
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£2,000 electricity bill shock
ANOTHER customer has fallen prey to incorrect billing from an electricity company. Jean Hardy, of Poppleton Road, York, says she has received duplicate bills from Independent Energy (IE) which have mounted up to demands for £2,000 over the year she has
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Cat on a hot tin engine
SHEEVA the kitten is already down to eight lives after accidentally hitching a lift in the engine compartment of a car. The five-month-old kitten clung on for dear life in searing heat under the bonnet for five miles before the unsuspecting driver stopped
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Devastated by death of teenager
A SELBY teenager who had just landed the job of his dreams has died in hospital after a road accident. Steven Ross Adams, 18, of Camblesforth, finally lost his fight for life in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary three days after his 50cc
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Bundy lands York Open crown
HEAVY rain towards the end of the second round could not prevent Robert Bundy from retaining his York Open Champio-nship crown. The Boothferry professional had rounds of 76 and 69 to come through the field at Malton and Norton. Bundy seemed off the pace
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Benn is back
RECORD-BREAKING goalkicker Jamie Benn is on his way back to York Wasps. The 23-year-old full-back is returning to Huntington Stadium on a one-year contract following his release from Castleford Tigers. Wasps coach Lee Crooks is also making moves to bring
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Dixon's fate to be revealed
YORK muscleman Rob Dixon's quest to be crowned Britain's strongest man will soon be revealed. Dixon, who owns the Samson and Delilah's Fitness Centre in Haxby and the new similarly-named gym in Pocklington, is contracted not to say how he fared in the
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Fairclough in no rush
YORK City's forgotten man, veteran defender Chris Fairclough, is edging ever closer to fitness. But the former City skipper is refusing to rush back too soon after revealing for the first time he endured two operations on his troubled knee this summer
