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Changing times for farmers' wives
FARMERS' wives in North and East Yorkshire are still seen by the public as rosy-cheeked, plump and preoccupied with baking cakes, despite the crisis hitting the industry. A new national study, highlighted by the National Farmers' Union, shows a majority
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Harvester is pure Claas
YORKSHIRE-BASED contractors Metcalf Farms put their new Claas Jaguar 900 to the test for the first time in a field of Nancis forage maize at the farm of A and K Wielkopolski at St Helen's Farm, Seaton Ross, recently. The Claas 900 is the biggest forage
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Advice on rules
NORTH Yorkshire trading standards officers are offering advice about new rules that call for ear tags or tattoos for all sheep and goats born in England this year. They cannot be moved off the farm without such identification, to make it easier to trace
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Check suitability of worming drugs
FOR autumn worming of sheep, here's some advice from Merial Animal Health - check your drugs for the suitability of the job before you buy them, assess the weight of your sheep before you dose them and check your dose gun for accuracy while you're doing
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A rose by any other name...
THE parent company of Ryedale's biggest employer, Malton Bacon Factory, has changed its name from Unigate to UNIQ. The name-change follows the recent sale of Unigate's milk and cheese division to Dairy Crest. A spokesman said the name change did not have
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NSPCC launches pilot venture in York
by Stephen Lewis CHILDREN'S charity the NSPCC today launched a major campaign in York to put an end to cruelty against children. The York Full Stop campaign, which will run for two years, aims to raise awareness about the causes of child cruelty - and
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Berwick and Craig to put dazzle into Christmas
BIG Brother star Craig Phillips is heading to York to launch Christmas cheer at the Monks Cross shopping park. The charming Scouser, who won the £70,000 prize on the Channel 4 show which took the nation by storm this summer, will flick the switch to turn
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Lendal Bridge closure poser
LENDAL Bridge could be closed to traffic permanently as a radical solution to York's congestion problems. Its present temporary closure for renovation work has eased major problems almost overnight, said Bill Woolley, City of York Council's assistant
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City defender sidelined
York City central defender Gary Hobson faces being sidelined for another six weeks. The former Hull City and Brighton defender has missed City's last three outings with a knee injury that first surfaced during pre-season. Originally diagnosed as 'bone
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Lions' pride at win
England's young lions, including York City goalkeeper Russ Howarth, took a giant step towards qualification for next year's European Under-18 Championships with a shock 2-1 win over Italy in Ancona, writes Dave Stanford. After comfortable victories over
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Stamp wants to prove he's first class
YORK City newcomer Neville Stamp is out to make first impressions count and earn an extended Bootham Crescent tenure. The 19-year-old former Reading full-back finally signed for City almost a month after first catching the eye of York boss Terry Dolan
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Stamp of approval
YORK City manager Terry Dolan today made his third acquisition in as many weeks by landing left-back Neville Stamp from Second Division Reading. Stamp arrives on a month's contract initially but Dolan admits the teenager could land a longer deal if he
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Howarth gets the thumbs up
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth was today expecting to get a full 90 minutes under his belt for England under-18s. They were due to face the Faroe Islands today in the European Championship qualifying tournament being held in Ancona, Italy. Howarth
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Unwanted waste
I FEEL compelled to respond to S A Grieve, managing director of Yorwaste (Letters October 7). The Government has made a commitment to Europe to reduce landfill and to increase waste recycling. Waste recycling is an industrial process; there is no valid
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Jobs before houses
NEWS that an application has been submitted for a major housing development on the Monroe shock absorber factory site on York's Shipton Road is of great concern. The area has already seen extensive new housing development in recent years, and the local
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Feasta fun at Fiesta
I WAS really impressed with the standard of the music throughout York's Fiesta Latina festival, especially Jazz @ Last. I listened to the two sets they performed and can vouch for the clarity of performance and the variety of their programme. The band
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Farm safety concerns
Farmers have been warned not to leave safety issues on one side - as Government inspectors have begun a systematic programme of farm inspections. Leading insurance company NFU Mutual says the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a total of 133 prohibition
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Herd the one about the cows?
Cattle have been fetching outstanding prices at a York auctioneers despite the farming crisis - but the beasts that did so well were not "live" stock. In fact the "small herd" that raised a total of £4,500 at Summersgills in Front Street, Acomb, consisted
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Gardener wins top award
An East Yorkshire woman has won a major gardening award thanks in part to her imaginative use of junk. Margaret Thomas from Pocklington has been named Britain's best new gardener in a contest organised by Garden News, a national weekly gardening publication
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Late pair shown mercy
Magistrates showed mercy to two teenage alleged burglars when they arrived late for a committal hearing. Katie Louise Coxon, aged 18, and a 16-year-old girl had been trying to find out if the younger girl's brother was safe as they feared he had been
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Honda move puts kids under Thompson
York motor racing driver James Thompson will be looking for another team after Honda's decision to pull out of the British Touring Car Championship for 2001. Thompson, whose season was blighted by injury, and his team-mates have been left high and dry
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Council facing bill over duck damage
Ducks have caused an astonishing £20,000 worth of damage to the banks of Pickering Beck. Town councillors say the beck has become overpopulated by the birds which are causing damage when they scramble up the bankside. Their droppings also leave a mess
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York pilots child safety campaign
Children's charity the NSPCC today launched a major campaign in York to put an end to cruelty against children. The York Full Stop campaign, which will run for two years, aims to raise aware-ness about the causes of child cruelty - and break the taboos
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TV star to switch on lights
Big Brother star Craig Phillips is heading to York to launch Christmas cheer at the Monks Cross shopping park. The charming Scouser, who won the £70,000 prize on the Channel 4 show which took the nation by storm this summer, will flick the switch to turn
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Lions' pride at win
England's young lions, including York City goalkeeper Russ Howarth, took a giant step towards qualification for next year's European Under-18 Championships with a shock 2-1 win over Italy in Ancona, writes Dave Stanford. After comfortable victories over
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Call for action over fly-tipping
An action group is appealing to City of York Council to prosecute illegal fly-tippers. The Friends of the Lanes group was formed 18 months ago to clean up Bad Bargain Lane and Outgang Lane, in York, to keep them open to walkers, cyclists and horse-riders
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PO terror raid
A relief postmistress was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when masked robbers carrying sledgehammers burst into her post office. She watched in horror as the two men used the hammers to smash glass around the counter before making off with thousands
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City defender sidelined
York City central defender Gary Hobson faces being sidelined for another six weeks. The former Hull City and Brighton defender has missed City's last three outings with a knee injury that first surfaced during pre-season. Originally diagnosed as 'bone
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An abuse of trust
As a new campaign is launched in York to combat cruelty to children, STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to a York couple whose world crumbled when they realised their daughter was being abused. IT WAS when little Hannah Wolff's behaviour changed that her parents Danny
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Is there treasure in that attic of yours?
THE discovery of an £8 million Michelangelo in a forgotten album at Castle Howard will have families across the county digging out those old relics in the attic. The dusty, forgotten landscape that just might be an Old Master: the china figurine at the
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A bridge too far
PERMANENTLY closing York's Lendal Bridge to traffic is a radical suggestion. It was prompted after the bridge's temporary closure eased traffic congestion around Bootham and Gillygate. And the area outside Museum Gardens has become more pleasant for pedestrians
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Dope springs eternal
CONFESSIONS of dope smoking are all the rage this week. You won't find me making any such disgraceful disclosure but only because I've already been there, smoked that and written the column to prove it. Cigarettes, enhanced or otherwise, no longer interest
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GM crop trials under way in region
TOP SECRET trials of genetically modified (GM) crops are under way in North Yorkshire, it has been claimed. GM maize is reportedly being grown on tennis court-sized plots under the authorisation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at an
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'Think of your business first'
"FARMERS need to think of their holdings as a business first and a farm second and to look at how they can do things differently." That's the view of Madge Moore who is farming project manager for Lantra National Training Organisation. She says farmers
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CSL to research sheep scab mite
THE Central Science Laboratory has been funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with a contribution by the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department, to study one of the most important challenges faced by sheep farmers in the UK -
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Prices at the stock markets
DRIFFIELD Forward on October 5 were172 pigs including 24 sows/boars. Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 88p/kg (83p), 76-85kg to 85p (81.1p); boars to 75kg to 77p (76p), 76-82kg to 80p (78p), others 83-100kg to 82p (79.3p); sows to £127.71/head or 44p (42p), boars
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City bridge may close to traffic
Lendal bridge could be closed to traffic permanently as a radical solution to York's congestion problems. Its present temporary closure for renovation work has eased major problems almost overnight, said Bill Woolley, City of York Council's assistant
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River body identified
A body recovered from the River Ouse by police divers has been identified as missing York pensioner Gladys Paylor. The body of Mrs Paylor, who disappeared from her home in the north of the city more than a fortnight ago, was spotted in the Ouse at Goole
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Hammer raid on post office
A RELIEF postmistress was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when masked robbers carrying sledgehammers burst into her post office. She watched in horror as the two men used the hammers to smash glass around the counter before making off with thousands
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Full steam ahead for City - Agnew
YORK City skipper Steve Agnew believes the only way is up for York City thanks to the club's new twin propellers. Former Dundee United hit man Alex Mathie capped his home debut with the winning goal in Friday night's 2-1 win over Mansfield Town. Winger
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Wasps facing baptism of fire
YORK Wasps coach Lee Crooks will have an instant yardstick as to how far his side have progressed in 12 months on the opening day of the Northern Ford Premiership season. Wasps will open the 2000-1 campaign with a home meeting against Doncaster Dragons
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We need to plant just the right tree
AS readers will know, the old weeping ash tree in King's Square has now been removed. To the untrained eye the tree looked in good condition. However, when the tree climber attached his rope to the tree, it swayed precariously due to internal decay and
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Littered York
I HAD the pleasure of visiting your historic city. The rubbish on the streets certainly looked historic. The pavements were covered with rubbish - cigarette ends, fast food litter and dog dirt. Windowsills had bottles and cans stood on them. In all it
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Tracing the Sullens
I AM trying to trace relatives of mine who have or had the surname of Sullens. Ernest and Jane Sullens came from the Essex village of Finchingfield. They had four daughters called Sis, Marjory, Doris and Ivy. Ernie worked at the Rowntree factory. Jane
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Funding research
AS the Arthritis Research Campaign's Pocklington area representative, I have just sent to headquarters £1,609.65 making it £67,625.41 in 31 years. I would like to thank the public for their generosity. Sylvia Bland, Burnby Lane, Pocklington.
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Golden opportunity
AS a frequent user of Golden Hill with a slow moving vehicle - a mobile crane - I have witnessed first-hand several dangerous incidents there while travelling in either direction. These have been caused mainly by heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and light
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Bridge the pay gap to make a better society
THE article 'Top council job advertised at £100,000' (October 6) shows there is too big a divide between the low and highly paid in our society. The street cleaners of York are more important to public health than the chief executive. The library staff
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County farmers 'hardest hit '
Yorkshire farmers are among the worst hit in a crisis that has seen incomes drop by 90 per cent, according to a report published today. Accountants Deloitte and Touche say plummeting potato prices have caused the county's producers to be particularly
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Scrap man's dilemma over cars
A scrap metal dealer claims red tape imposed by environment chiefs will turn Ryedale into a graveyard for dumped cars. Tommy Neal says he is having to turn away people hoping to get rid of their unwanted cars because he is under pressure from the Environment
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Woman hurt in crash
Police have appealed for witnesses to an accident in which a North Yorkshire woman suffered serious injuries. The A170 was closed for three hours yesterday after a collision at 12.10pm between a white Iveco van and a red Citroen AX car half-a-mile the
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Find signals delight for steam buffs
An extremely rare piece of railway history is heading to North Yorkshire after workers on a gas pipeline in Cleveland stumbled across a signal that dates back to the 1940s. The signal had effectively been abandoned, as it stood in a field near the Guisborough
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Safety reminder after river tragedy
Teachers in the region are to be reminded about existing health and safety guidelines following the tragedy involving two girls on a school trip. The girls were swept away while "river walking" in the swollen Stainforth Beck, near Settle, North Yorkshire
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Bikers killed on A61
Two motorcyclists have been killed in a crash on the A61 between Harrogate and Ripon. Police said the riders were killed when their machines were involved in a collision with two cars between Wormald Green and South Stainley. Police have not yet named
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Selby Warriors seek new coach
Yorkshire League outfit Selby Warriors are on the lookout for a new coach. The have parted company with Steve Whitley after just three games of their new division two campaign which sees the Warriors languishing next to bottom of the table without a point
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Brothers' note of harmony
Three young brothers may not always spell domestic bliss, but when they sing in Ripon Cathedral the result is perfect harmony. The Menage boys from Husthwaite, near Easingwold, have made history by becoming the first trio of siblings to sing in the cathedral
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Warters ready for action
York's Jamie Warters will bring to an end 11 months of frustrating inactivity when he climbs through the ropes later this month to take on Sheffield's Jason Barker. Light heavyweight Warters was due to fight central area champion Paul Bonson in a British
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Carnage on 'skating rink' road
Six people were taken to hospital and the driver of a police car was injured after a large spillage of oil turned a major trunk road near Selby into a "skating rink." The vehicles, including the police car on its way to the crash scene on the A19 just
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Surprise role for Alcide
York City manager Terry Dolan announced this afternoon that striker Colin Alcide will play as a makeshift centre-back in Saturday's Division Three clash at Southend United. Alcide played centre-half for City reserves in their recent 2-1 win over Shrewsbury
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At the market: All fair for both weather and trade
Glorious sunshine blessed the Michaelmas Fair last Wednesday making the work easier but keeping some customers away. My first impression was that it hadn't been quite as buoyant a trade as expected but perhaps that was because of the fewer people about
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Wasps unveil pre-season programme
YORK Wasps have announced three friendlies before their Northern Ford Premiership campaign kicks-off at home to Doncaster Dragons on December 3. Lee Crooks' new-look side will play Hunslet Hawks on Friday, November 10, at Huntington Stadium before travelling
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Daring jockey hopes that it goes his Way
Harmonic Way can come out on top in the featured sprint at Newmarket tomorrow - provided the daring tactics of his jockey Richard Hughes are timed to perfection. A horse who is habitually dropped-out at the rear of the field in the early stages, Harmonic
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Put a stop to the suffering
CHILD abuse is one of society's last taboos. Until recently it was rarely, if ever, discussed. Suffering took place behind closed doors and no one was prepared to open them. The campaigning work spearheaded by Esther Rantzen in the 1980s did a great deal
