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Car overturns in city centre smash
AN INJURED woman had to be freed from an overturned car by emergency services after a road smash which brought traffic in the busy centre of York to a standstill. Stunned passers-by looked on in horror as the maroon Cavalier was thrown on to its side
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A joy to read?
TWENTY Twenty Television are currently producing a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 about the life of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy Of Sex. This film will take a serious look at whether the public found the book revolutionary and liberating in their
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Chance to dance
IT is disappointing to learn that the Friday afternoon tea dances held at the De Grey Rooms for a short trial period are to be discontinued because City of York Council has decided they are not viable, due to lack of numbers. I wonder if the council has
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YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED
A CRACKDOWN on illegal parking in York will see an army of new-style traffic wardens armed with new powers and digital cameras. The city's eight police traffic wardens will be replaced by 28 council wardens who can patrol yellow lines as well as their
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The Greek for snack
Manas, St Sampson's Square, York COLOUR blindness could be a disadvantage if snacking outside in St Sampson's Square. Chairs are coloured and it is the red ones that ensure a snack courtesy of Manas, where you are invited to 'relax, eat, drink and enjoy
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Fish and quips
"I SMELL something fishy," said the catfish on the wall. Needless to say the female customer at the bar was shocked by the insolent talking beast. This irate customer had to be placated by Ian Murray, landlord at the Wheatsheaf, Burn, but he feels it
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France's big secret
IT'S a true testament to France's beauty that Franche Comte is known by so few. Stretching 200 kilometres along the French-Swiss border, this is one of the smallest regions in the country, yet it crams in two mountain ranges, France's second largest natural
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Veggie zone
THE irresistible aroma of roast pork wafted over the garden hedge as I sat and contemplated the vegetarian delights I would be offered a few hours later. Life can be so cruel. We had decided to go to the Rubicon vegetarian restaurant in York to please
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Walkers put feet up during mammoth trek
A GROUP of charity walkers popped into a York mental health resource centre as part of their John O' Groats to Lands End trek. Retired psychiatric nurse Francoise Fraiel organised the walk with her husband, Richard, to raise awareness of mental health
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Brothers jailed for glass attack
A CAR vandal who cut a York resident's face to "ribbons" with a beer glass has been jailed for three years. David Farmery, 29, lashed out when Gary Causer approached him to get a description to give to police, a court heard. He also attacked him with
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Tucano aircraft flies again
THE first Tucano trainer has taken to the skies again at a North Yorkshire RAF base after the aircraft were grounded for safety checks. The Station Commander at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Group Captain Ken Cornfield, himself flew the first Tucano to be allowed
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Children's charity gets Lottery cash
FAMILIES with disabled children in Ryedale are celebrating a special Lottery boost worth nearly £200,000. Ryedale Special Families, which gives support and advice to parents and carers of children with any special needs, has been awarded £185,854 by the
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Harding makes it a hat-trick
ROBERT Harding, an 86-year-old member of The York Golf Club, won the Lawrence Batley Over 80s golf tournament at Moortown to maintain a remarkable record in the event. Harding won in 1996 with 40 stableford points and a year later carried off the trophy
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Brothel Charge
A WOMAN is to appear before magistrates accused of organising prostitution in a York house. Pamela Florence Dawson, 43, of Woodland Glade, Allerton Park, near Knaresborough, is charged with keeping a brothel in Fishergate, central York. An administrative
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Smith goes back to his roots
North Yorkshire rally star Steve Smith is to contest this November's Network Q Rally of Great Britain - the final round of the 2000 World Championship - as part of a two-car 'team.' Garage proprietor Smith, from South Otterington near Northallerton, will
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Hull debut for Rhodes
Former Heworth starlet Scott Rhodes has joined Hull FC from Leeds Rhinos until the end of the season and will make his Super League debut at Wigan Warriors tomorrow. The York-based scrum-half replaces Australian Will Robinson who has returned home for
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Glad to be grey
AS a new hair care product celebrates greyness, should you dye hard or leave your tresses undressed? CHRIS TITLEY combs through the evidence THE mirror never lies. With brutal honesty, it tells you of every blemish, every wrinkle. And it is the first
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Sorting out the racists in York
YORK would appear to have a race relations problem out of all proportions with its small ethnic population. Police say that in the last year there have been 54 recorded incidents of racial crime or harassment in the city. Those are just the incidents
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Dome cash 'ridiculous'
THIS Millennium Dome business is getting ridiculous. Yet another lump of our money is given to the fat cats who know how to milk the system. It has been said that to close the Dome would cost more than to keep it open. I cannot see how this would be so
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How Lawton crimps my style
York hairdresser Lawton Henry is a cad and a bounder. Today I name and shame the publicity-seeking so-called superstud who spoke of his 200 lovers on Channel 5's One Night Stands last week. One of his conquests, who I shall call Gretchen because she has
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Pints of interest
THE world of beer is fascinating. It is hard to be bored by drinking beer, talking about beer or seeing how beer is made. Which is why any trip to any brewery anytime will always be interesting, this one, the Theakston's brewery, was particularly so.
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Deep Cover
COVERDALE is quiet, not many visitors wind their way up its narrow roads, and the locals are very friendly, including the farmers. The two facts are probably unconnected. I come here for this newspaper now and then, out of season, the last time in January
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York strategy to combat racists
A NEW strategy has been drawn up to tackle racist crime in York. Recent police figures show there were 54 recorded incidents of racial harassment or crime in the city in the last year, and it is believed others go unreported. So a task group, comprising
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Prayers for safe return of pet cat
PARISHIONERS are helping in the search for their new parish priest's cat which has gone missing after only a few days in its new home. Laus Tibi, the ten-year-old tabby, has done a bunk since moving to Pickering from Acomb in York with her owner, Father
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Second council plans Euro vote
A SECOND parish council in North Yorkshire is to hold a meeting to decide whether to hold a local referendum on the Euro. And activists admit they are now targeting Tory leader William Hague's constituency in Richmond for a similar ballot. The tiny village
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Quick-thinking hairdresser helped catch repeat burglar
A MALTON hairdresser's quick actions led to a repeat burglar being locked up for 15 months. York Crown Court heard that Malcolm Kenneth Readman, 19, had been released from a 33-month jail sentence for burglary and other offences less than six months before
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Head says sorry for hold up
THE headteacher of Canon Lee School in York has apologised to parents after putting back the start date of term for the second time. The school, at Clifton, will not open for the autumn term on Monday as planned. Building work on a three-storey extension
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Pressure on for champion Webbo
AFTER the disappointment of not scoring last Sunday in Holland, sidecar world champion Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead are desperate to make amends tomorrow. They are racing in Oschersleben, in Germany, in the penultimate round of the 2000 series
