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Hammer raid arrest
Police today arrested a man in connection with a hammer raid on a North Yorkshire post office. The man, who is from Leeds but has not yet been named, was today being interviewed by Selby CID about the raid on Hill Top Post Office, in York Road, Tadcaster
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Bridge alters house prices
A rise in the value of houses around York's new Millennium Bridge is being enjoyed by lucky homeowners - while others are considering moving amid fears of a crime increase. The innovative structure is set to be launched and secured across the River Ouse
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Trouble tenants cost council £337,000
Housing chiefs have overspent by nearly £337,000 on repairs to York council homes in the past year. The cash is on top of £3,506,600 City of York Council had earmarked for keeping its housing stock in good condition. Evicted tenants or those who abandoned
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Bad timing for Bass
YOU'VE got to hand it to Bass Leisure Retail. With a flair for timing that would astonish the Swiss cuckoo clock industry, they have closed student boozer Keystones for the entire first month of the new college term. The scaffolding is now up at the pub
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Injury-hit City must 'knuckle down'
York City boss Terry Dolan admits he has no fresh aces up his sleeve for tomorrow's trip to Lincoln City after his mix and match Minstermen suffered their fifth defeat in six games losing 1-0 at Southend United. "There'll be nobody coming back who hadn't
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Former Minstermen all set to return north
SOUTHEND United's former Minstermen stars, Gordon Connelly and Mark Tinkler, are in talks with Division Three rivals Carlisle United. Both Tinkler and Connelly were at Brunton Park yesterday for negotiations with Carlisle boss Ian Atkins after falling
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Alcide handed defensive role
STRIKER Colin Alcide will be turned from front to back tomorrow as injury-hit York City manager Terry Dolan is forced to shuffle his winning pack for the trip to Southend United. As first revealed on the Evening Press website - www.thisisyork.co.uk -
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Lee's mission
YORK City midfielder Lee Bullock is out to banish a haunting hoodoo hanging over him. The 19-year-old turned in his most promising performance of the season in last Friday's 2-1 win over Mansfield Town and is basking in the limelight of an extended first
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The Big Feed - The Fleece Inn, Bishop Wilton
EATING in pubs, rather than restaurants, is always appealing. On top of good food, you can often be offered a great atmosphere, a decent pint, a relaxed setting and a warm welcome. All these factors are amplified when you spin out to a traditional, English
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Veggie zone - The Rubicon Vegetarian Restaurant
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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On song - Caf Concerto
Stephen Lewis waltzes into the Caf Concerto for a great little lunch THERE'S a certain kind of business person, so I'm told, who likes to do a lot of his or her work over lunch. Having led a sheltered sort of life, I've only ever been out for one business
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Second helping - Jaipur Spice, Easingwold
STEVE NELSON enjoys a new eating-out experience in Easingwold. Jaipur Spice, York Road (A19), Easingwold. Tel 01347 823370. My first visit late last year to the Jaipur Spice restaurant was laced with chaos. Cars churned the newly-laid turf as their drivers
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Toast the roast - The Jacobean Lodge Hotel, Wigginton
SIMON RITCHIE enjoys a traditional Sunday lunch, minus the washing-up. The Jacobean Lodge Hotel, Plainville Lane, Wigginton LIKE many others, I grew up with the traditional Sunday roast. Half-past one on the dot, after my dad had returned from the pub
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Let's get serious - The Ha!Ha! Bar and Canteen
POSING palaces are springing up all over York and this glass-fronted designer bar in the city centre is the newest kid on the block. The Ha!Ha! Bar and Canteen opened in New Street a few weeks ago, hot on the heels of the Pitcher & Piano, Kites Wine
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Second to naan - Bengal Brasserie, Goodramgate
I've always quite liked fish tanks in restaurants. Very soothing. But they are a bit like those boundary streets in Estate Agent-land which divide the 'hot' places to live from the not-so-hot. Our main mistake, when we decided to head for the Bengal Brasserie
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The Jaipur Spice Restaurant - New Indian off to a fine start
First a word of advice to the owners of the Jaipur Spice restaurant recently opened off Haxby Road, York: get your menus reprinted sharpish! Nothing wrong with the contents, the spelling or the description of the food. It's just that someone had the bright
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The Swan, Wighill - Bargain hunting
We all know that the early bird catches the worm. But what does the early bird catch in the evening? The answer is a pretty impressive supper if he flies over Tadcaster way to the Swan at Wighill. And what's more, he doesn't need to be weighed down with
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Great time down on the old farm - The Old Farmhouse, Raskelf
SIMON RITCHIE receives a couple of pleasant surprises down on the farm It was a night of surprises at the Old Farmhouse at Raskelf, near Easingwold. Surprise number one was the set dinner menu - SIX courses. And surprise number two was the cost. We hadn't
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Stop scoring points and start saving SNAPPY
I WAS downhearted and disappointed to read two letters which severely undermined the hard work being done every day by SNAPPY (October 6). The letters appeared to be more interested in scoring points than saving a project which has brought immense pleasure
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Save this school
I AM appalled that the City of York Council is trying to close Ralph Butterfield School. This school should remain open because: It was given an excellent OFSTED report. The school has just built an extension which incorporates a library and computer
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Fight road-side ads
RECENT media reports have drawn attention to the Government's intention to relax controls over advertising in rural areas. The proposal is that Areas of Special Control over Advertisements (ASCAs), which cover 50 per cent of the countryside, should be
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Remember locals
DAN Rutstein quite rightly points out that the Rose and Crown, Lawrence Street, has become a haunt for York University students ('Welcome mat out as York Students return', October 9). He should have added "to the detriment of the locals". Ever since this
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Theatre of sound
I USED to regard the York Theatre Royal as a cultural haven. No longer. On a visit to its restaurant on a recent afternoon, I was assailed and insulted, almost to the point of breakdown, by tapes of the pathetic squawks of four Liverpudlians. It was a
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Forget this dead end idea
IT is hardly surprising that City of York Council would consider permanently closing Lendal Bridge to all but pedestrians, cycles and public transport to be a good thing for reducing congestion (October 12). After all, most council buildings are situated
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Rain a recipe for disaster
A Ryedale chef has told how every heavy downpour sends him into near-panic - in case it plunges him into another flooding nightmare. Dave Beck, head chef at the Royal Oak, Old Malton, said that not only the pub, but also his home, were washed out by floodwater
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Villians target own neighbourhood
Criminals prefer offending in their own neighbourhoods, a study carried out in North Yorkshire has found. Authors of the Home Office report say their research shatters the myth that offenders are travelling miles - often from urban to rural areas - to
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Harrogate making progress
Harrogate Town's progress continued as they gained a UniBond League division one point from the Wetherby Road clash with high-riding Workington. The match remained goalless, but either side could have won it - the best chance falling to Town's Craig Roden
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Messiah concert 'a joy'
The Come and Sing the Messiah charity concert - in aid of York's St Leonard's Hospice - was both a real joy and a big success. Much credit for this must be laid at the feet of conductor John Bryan, who worked his proverbial socks off keeping all the forces
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'Gate pay the penalty
A penalty in injury time by New Zealander Brad Mooare saw Harrogate lose their National League division two match against Rosslyn Park 19-17 at Roehampton. Harrogate had led 7-6 at the turn round, their tries being scored by lock forward Peter Taylor
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Vandals try to torch showpiece
A bid by late-night hooligans to set Knaresborough's Millennium showpiece on fire was foiled by a vigilant caretaker. The ten-foot high model, showing a knight on his horse, attracted the vandals because it is made of willow branches. The horse and rider
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Pocklington 'too little, too late'
Pocklington failed to take their numerous first half chances then lost shape and discipline after the interval to go down to a 13-19 defeat against Pontefract. Though Pontefract opened the scoring with two penalties inside five minutes, Pocklington took
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Malton secure tough victory
Malton stayed joint top of their division with a battling win in the face of adversity against Otliensians. Malton's plans were upset before the kick off when flanker David Cooke injured a hamstring during the warm-up session, so Mick Corner came off
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Designer outlet needs a Santa
Are you caring? Jolly? Able to talk to children? A little portly, with a white beard and good reindeer skills? Then here's your chance to put smiles on the faces of youngsters in York this Christmas. The MacArthur Glen Designer Outlet is currently recruiting
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Ancient law threatens festive fun
An antiquated licensing law may put a dampener on New Year's Eve revelry across the county and give licensees and police a major headache. North Yorkshire revellers may be faced with a disappointing New Year as nightclubs enter a race against time to
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'Casualties' airlifted from exercise
Injured personnel were flown from a North Yorkshire air base to a field hospital as RAF Linton-on-Ouse came under mortar attack. As explosives fell on the base, near York, more than 100 "casualties" were airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall
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Quo give it all at Barbican
Critics pan their music as simplistic and stereotyped; Radio 1 removed them from their playlist and they been written off more times the Millennium Dome's debts, yet Status Quo continue to rock on after nearly four decades at the top. They brought their
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Annadawi on course to finish in front
Annadawi, narrowly beaten ten days ago at York's final meeting of the season, can gain deserved compensation at Yarmouth tomorrow. The Chris Kellett-trained gelding goes for the £10,000 Tote Exacta Showcase Handicap and will receive every assistance from
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Cash to ease beds crisis
Bed-blocking in York District Hospital is expected to be eased with £189,000 of Government cash. Most recent figures show 42 people are stuck in hospital beds while they wait for funding for places in nursing or residential homes, which have been rationed
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Injury-hit City must 'knuckle down'
York City boss Terry Dolan admits he has no fresh aces up his sleeve for tomorrow's trip to Lincoln City after his mix and match Minstermen suffered their fifth defeat in six games losing 1-0 at Southend United. "There'll be nobody coming back who hadn't
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Three killed on county roads
Traffic accidents on the region's roads have claimed another three lives. An elderly woman was killed in a collision on a road between Harrogate and Ripon and a pedestrian died on the A64 between York and Tadcaster, while 57-year-old Brenda Nicklin, from
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Four seasons Aga Cookery Book
I am always surprised at how many cookery books are written specifically for Aga owners. But then we Aga owners cannot have enough books dedicated to our warm friend in the kitchen. Louise Walker's Four Seasons Aga Cookery Book (Absolute Press, £17.95
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Rural revival
RURAL Solutions, the Skipton-based company headed up by chairman Roger Tempest, 31st generation of the Tempest family of Broughton Hall, is well on the way to realising his vision of luring businesses back to the countryside and is worthy of a close look
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Drawn to Star Wars
You might have thought there was an art to the Star Wars film. Well, there certainly is now, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON IN the beginning, Star Wars was the dream of just one man: George Lucas. He invented the world of Star Wars, its characters and their
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Anna on course to finish in front
Annadawi, narrowly beaten 10 days ago at York's final meeting of the season, can gain deserved compensation at Yarmouth tomorrow. The Chris Kellett-trained gelding goes for the £10,000 Tote Exacta Showcase Handicap and will receive every assistance from
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My aching back
Back pain will affect six out of ten of us at some time in our lives - and it can be crippling. To mark Back Pain Week STEPHEN LEWIS looks at how to avoid problems with your back. FRANCIS Chapman had always been fit and active. So when he began to experience
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The Experts: complementary medicine
Dr Andy Field is a GP who is also interested in all forms of complementary medicine. Q My six-year-old old son has been diagnosed with asthma after having a chest infection. Is this likely to go away and what can we do to help? AAsthma is a serious condition
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Give it the eve-oh
HOW do you follow the thrills, spills and fireworks of Millennium Year's Eve? The dispiriting answer may be to shut all nightclubs and send revellers home. In yet another example of our ludicrously antiquated licensing laws, New Year's Eve 2000 could
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Smiles better - The White Bear Inn, Stillington
THERE seems to be a widening gulf between people in service industries who are genuinely nice and friendly, and those sporting forced grins on the orders of their American bosses. Anyone who has been in Gap in York recently will know what I mean. They
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City slicker but are made to pay for weak finishing
A FIFTH defeat in six games for York City, but this was a match when they could quite easily have snatched a point and possibly all three. City, badly depleted by injuries and suspensions and with a patched-up defence, rarely got close to the snap and
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Tragic Selby family's headstone plight
The distraught mother of a Selby teenager who was unlawfully killed revealed today she had not been able to afford a headstone for her daughter more than a year after her death. Clare Smith, of Westbourne Terrace, Selby, died in a car crash last September
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Holgate Cafe
Holgate Caf 1-5 Acomb Road, York THIRD time lucky! On previous visits I have found this venue to be closed despite the indication that food was available all day. As the Carriage Works no longer exists, I wondered where this caf drew its custom. There
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Dicing with death - Craig
FOOTBALL is taking its first terrifying step towards the gallows, York City chairman Douglas Craig has warned. With the European Commission expecting soccer's top brass to present an alternative to football's current transfer system by the end of this
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Little bit of Italy - Capri Italian, Selby
Bill Hearld tries out a new eating experience in Selby. AT LEAST 50 miles from the sea, yet I swear you could hear the waves the night we had a seafood overdose at Selby's Capri Italian restaurant. It's a cosy little eatery tucked away in the shadow of
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Star turn - The Garden Of India, Fawcett Street
Just after my first Indian meal the whole of Birmingham gulped. Their water bills rocketed. I sauntered into a smart restaurant after finishing work one summer's evening, sat down, looked at the menu and my eyes lit upon Chicken Vindaloo. I just liked
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Posh Spice - Spice Box, Boston Spa
Mike Laycock enjoyed some posh nosh when he visited the Spice Box at Boston Spa I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want, I said to the Eating Out editor (or words to that effect). To try eating out somewhere a bit posh. OK, he said: how
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Park 'n' Ride puzzler
THE new Park and Ride at the Naburn shopping complex is causing much cynical interest in Rawcliffe, home of the so-called Northern Gateway. It is good, but odd, to see that the council now accepts the argument that a Park And Ride would be best sited
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Set an example
CONGRATULATIONS on your Millennium Bridge supplement (October 3). I was pleased to read that the Cyclists' Touring Club welcomed the project. I hope they will set a good example for us all to follow by their careful use of the approaches and by sticking
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Paltry pension
A GREAT many people now are enjoying a higher standard of living than their forefathers. Many have warm comfortable accommodation, their own transport, a good clothes and eat plenty of healthy food. But these things are only possible with a reasonable
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Beck in time
Mike Laycock enjoys an insight into bygone rural Ryedale at Pickering's Beck Isle Museum I've been at the Evening Press some 15 years, but it has taken a stint at our Malton office to open my eyes to all the attractions of Ryedale. And it was while I
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Snowy Owl pounds streets for charity
Leader of the pack - this group of York Brownies will be cheering on their Snowy Owl when she pounds the streets in next weekend's Great North Run. Health visitor Pauline Dillon-Kelly is one of 80 local participants who is taking part in the Great North
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Chain gang pass safety tests
Children at a Ryedale school are road safe after passing their cycling proficiency test. Eight pupils from Leavening School passed the test which consisted of two practical exams and a written test on the Highway Code. After practising for several weeks
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Police probe RAF death
A corporal serving at RAF Leeming died suddenly at the weekend. Police are investigating the death of Lee James Wilde, 25, who is believed to be from Carlisle. They said a post-mortem examination had been carried out by a Home Office pathologist over
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Paterson puts boot in on Hull
The excellent goal-kicking of Carl Paterson brought Selby a 28-12 win over Hull in Yorkshire One. The former York Wasps triallist banged over six penalties, a drop goal and a conversion as Selby were never in trouble against their Humberside rivals. However
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Experts back help for firms
The battle against back injury has been taken into the workplace by York safety experts. Muscular and skeletal disorders, particularly back pain, are the biggest cause of work-related ill health in Britain. City of York Council officers focused on local
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Town mourns former mayor
A former Mayor of an East Yorkshire town has died. Coun John McGregor had been Mayor of Market Weighton 12 times, and was serving as Deputy Mayor this year. His death followed a short illness. He had been a member of Market Weighton Town Council since
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York caught on hop
Just as both sets of supporters were resigned to the spoils being shared with a penalty goal apiece, and heading for the bar, York lost possession after a period of pressure in the Old Crossleyans 22. The Old Boys' scrum half, Simeon Hinchliffe, cleared
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Dringhouses score ten goals
Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' defending champions Dringhouses put ten goals past a very young Nestle Rowntree side without reply. Jim McMurray hit three to head the list of scorers which comprised Chris Pullen (2), Dermot Read (2),
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Fulford grab vital points
Fulford United produced another solid defensive display as they won 1- 0 for the second week in succession in division one of Leeper Hare York and District League. Glen Featherstone scored the all important goal at Barmby Moor, which sees Fulford into
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Crayke go top of table
Crayke went to the top of Leeper Hare York and District League premier division as they inflicted the first defeat of the season on Bishopthorpe. Simon Wilson put Crayke ahead, Bishopthorpe missed chances to equalise and Crayke goalkeeper Paul Simpson
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Webster powers into record books
Easingwold sidecar superstar Steve Webster wrote his name in the annals of motorsport history when he took his record-breaking eighth sidecar World Championship. Second place on the day behind race winners Klaus Klaffenbock and Adolf Haenni in the 11th
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Recipe looks
Hey, good looking, what ya got cooking... MAXINE GORDON pins down North Yorkshire's pin-up chef, James Martin He's even better looking in real life. That's what I overhear a woman say to her friend as they watch TV chef James Martin hosting a cookery
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Coffin campaign at 'Death Hill'
Images of giant black coffins today appeared at the side of a busy North Yorkshire road as villagers launched a campaign to close "Death Hill." Angry residents of Thormanby, near Easingwold, are urging the Government to divert the busy A19, which dissects
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Pilgrim's progress
PILGRIM Management Consultants Ltd, of North Stanley, Ripon, is pitching for no fewer than four categories: Small Business of the Year; top exporter; best growth business; and business personality of the year. The last category points to the inspired
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Firm in training
pitching for the Small Business of the Year accolade is York Associates, the six-partner training firm started 20 years ago to deliver training courses in Business English, and to coach people to communicate effectively during international business presentations
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Sex? Oh yes,I remember
SEX education. Now, let me think back ... My school was really on the ball in these matters. So much so that I can vividly recall the lesson in which the ever-so sensitive subject was covered. Or maybe I should say touched upon. For, if I remember rightly
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Bed blocking must be sorted
THE Government has stepped in to ease York's hospital bed blocking crisis. Its £189,000 payment will not solve the problem, but it should alleviate the worst effects. That is good news for every elderly patient stuck in hospital awaiting a place in a
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Ask at The Assembly Rooms - Dummy Run
Maxine Gordon discovers a stylish eatery in York Having a dummy on the door of a new restaurant on a busy Saturday night to greet guests may be a wacky gimmick, but is it the wisest? That was just one question I posed myself after dining at ASK, the new
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Little treat - Little Italy, Goodramgate
SIMON RITCHIE ventures into York's Italian quarter for a fine, if cramped meal THE Romans may have left York in the 5th century AD, but a slice of the empire is still thriving in one corner of the city. Goodramgate, that medieval street which winds its
