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York mounts a fightback
A top-level meeting to get York back on its feet after the floods has attracted huge interest. Key figures from the business community will meet at the Evening Press on Thursday to decide how best to deal with the aftermath of the crisis. As well as the
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Sweet on Santa - Brussels
Can't stand Christmas shopping? FRANCINE CLEE took the pain out of the proceedings with a festive trip to Brussels WHY is it that the thought of Christmas shopping is enough to put you off your mince pies... yet somehow it's always better than the reality
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Girl, 10, mugged in street
A terrified ten-year-old girl was pinned down and robbed of £2.50 by two teenage boys in a York street. The muggers, both aged about 14, pounced outside Metcalfe's fruit and florist's shop in Burton Stone Lane, Clifton. They demanded cash and threatened
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Perfume evening off
Tomorrow evening's planned fragrance event at Fenwick of York with Roja Dove, the Professeur Des Parfums for the house of Guerlain, has been postponed because of the flooding crisis. It will be re-arranged for a later date. Ticket holders should contact
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Scarborough puzzled by penalty
Scarborough have gone eight games without a win following their 2-2 draw at Boston United in the Nationwide Conference on Saturday. They continue to produce performances which can exasperate and excite equally in the same match. The first half belonged
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Dogged determination praised
A Malton man has spoken of his gratitude to rescuers, who saved him from his flooded flat - because his beloved pet dog needed the toilet. Darren Holliday lives in the Kingsmill Flats, on Sheepfoot Hill. The area around the building has been surrounded
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Ryedale pubs fear festive flop
Malton landlords have warned that this New Year's Eve could be a flop - and say it is all part of a "stay-at-home" culture threatening the licensed trade. New Year's Eve 1999 was probably one of the most-hyped nights out ever, with clubs, pubs and taxi
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Town lifted by new boys
Harrogate Town rung the changes and reaped the benefits as they stopped the rot with a 0-0 at Stocksbridge in the UniBond League's first division. After leaking goals heavily in recent weeks manager Mick Hennigan was helped by the arrival of his new assistant
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York bowler Maxwell, 63, dies
One of York's top bowlers, Frank Maxwell, has died at the age of 63 after a long illness. He had been a prominent force in the York flat green bowling scene for 30 years. Outdoors he learnt his bowling skills at Hull Road Park leading for England international
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Wayne joins Hall of fame
History-maker Wayne Hall is hoping York City's late, late show in their lower reaches scrap with Torquay United will prove the spark that marks a Minstermen ascent. The trustworthy defender provided an inch-perfect cross for Kevin Hulme's 88th minute
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Chris has decisive impact
On-loan Stoke City striker Chris Iwelumo came off the bench to make his debut for the final 20 minutes and made a decisive impact having a part to play in Hulme's late winner. But he later admitted he had nearly put off his arrival at Bootham Crescent
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County pays respects
Organisers of Ryedale's Remembrance Day commemorations said public support had been excellent, despite problems caused by the flooding. The region saw a full weekend of events staged to commemorate those who died in both world wars and other conflicts
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Dangers are here and now
Floods? No, they won't affect me. Or so say those of us who don't live anywhere near a river, stream or ditch containing a sad excuse for a beck. Yet 24 hours later we awake to find a raging torrent coursing its way from the living room to the kitchen
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Marks of faith
Marks & Spencer today opened its new-look York store, hoping it will herald a turnaround in the company's fortunes. It will certainly boost York. Marks & Spencer once stood for the best in British quality and service. Lately it has been rocked
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Railtrack's £150m chaos bill
Railtrack will pay train operators £150m compensation over the Hatfield tragedy, it was revealed today. The news of Railtrack's compensation offer came as the company announced a 31 per cent slump in profits, and disclosed it had spent a further £100m
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LATEST NEWS: Two dead in crash
Two people died today when their car collided with a van in North Yorkshire. Emergency services were this afternoon still at the scene of the crash on the B1257 Helmsley to Stokesley road near the Hawnby junction. A North Yorkshire police spokesman said
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Winners and losers
VICTOR J's caf-car in Finkle Street, York, is closed - but it is nothing to do with the angry and swollen Ouse. More to do with fact that owners Victoria Frame and Jennifer Osborne thought it was time for a refurb. Although major changes are expected
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Sleepy eats - The George Hotel, Easingwold.
Stephen Lewis enjoys a satisfying lunch at a traditional country inn THERE are some places you go for a meal out that are all a buzz. The food's only part of the attraction: just being there in your glad rags, watching the faces at other tables and posing
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Another Christmas with Gail, thanks to you
Gail and I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to big-hearted Evening Press readers for their generous support to send her to America for special complementary treatment for terminal cancer last November. It is hard to believe that a year has passed
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My bad Euro dream
I had a horrible dream the other night. I dreamed that the Common Market was made up of conmen;, that it only exists for ministers, secretaries and mistresses so they can have endless conferences and then have slap-up dinners and drinks' parties and the
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Info on YWCA, please
Have any of your readers information about the sale of the YWCA hostel on Water Lane, Clifton to Selhal housing group earlier this year? The sale does not seem to have benefited the residents at all. City of York Council claims to know nothing about it
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Scrap Coppergate II
Land Securities still don't get it, do they? The whole concept of Coppergate II is fundamentally flawed, and no amount of elevation-tweaking, facade realigning, cycle-parking or river-bridging is going to transform it into anything other than the wrong
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Catch these sharks
I am sure our household is not alone in being showered with prize draw and lottery offers from foreign companies, usually American or Australian, which offer the prospect of huge prizes in return for an 'administration fee' or 'handling charge' which
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What a champ!
What a pleasure it was to see Kevin Darley become this year's champion jockey. It is always great to see him at a racecourse, he really is a gentleman so I hope he will be a champion in years to come. Tom Smith, Heathfield Road, York.
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All Blacks hit rock bottom
New Earswick All Blacks slipped to the foot of the National Conference League second division after another agonisingly narrow defeat on Saturday. They were beaten 14-12 by Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks at White Rose Avenue in a game which could have gone
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Bleak outlook for York
Several York officials worked extremely hard all Saturday morning to ensure the match took place but received scant reward when their team lost 9-5 to Leeds rivals West Park. As a table-proppers clash, this defeat leaves the home side four points adrift
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Pub walkers boost Hospice appeal
Walkers from two York pubs gave our Hospice 2000 appeal a big boost - and raised the spirits of a bereaved relative in the process. More than 50 people raised a remarkable £3,000 when they took part in the first Merlins and McMillans Walk for York. They
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Last gasp winner
Football? What a game. Never does it cease to amaze. Just as the York City faithful were crying out for a pass of distinction, never mind a goal, up pops Kevin Hulme with a magnificent header to seal a vital win. Hulme's decisive blow only two minutes
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Royal visit imminent
The sun shone down upon the sinking waters of the River Ouse as Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Lord Crathorne, inspected York's flood defences with the intention of making a full report to the Queen. The Queen's representative was accompanied by
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Regulars in a pickle
Staff and regulars at the New Inn, Thornton-le-Dale, got themselves into a right pickle this week with the launch of a rather unusual society. In what must be a first, the pub can now call itself headquarters of the Thornton-le-Dale Pickled Walnut Society
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Raider bites postmaster
A Postmaster at one of North Yorkshire's luckiest National Lottery ticket outlets has been hailed a hero after foiling a three-man raid. Ronnie Condon, 41, was badly bitten on the cheek after wrestling one of the raiders to the ground and forcing him
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I should have had 3 - Hulme
York City matchwinner Kevin Hulme is a hard man to satisfy. He admitted he was delighted with his two goals against Torquay and a 3-2 win for City but insisted he should have had a hat-trick. The midfielder had a gilt-edged opportunity to give City the
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Gail looks to future
One year ago, she flew out to New York in a desperate bid to stay alive for her two young children - helped on her way by the Evening Press' generous readers. In crippling pain despite huge daily doses of morphine, she could barely think about Christmas
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Pair plucked from freezing floods
Two men cheated death when they were rescued from freezing floodwaters after their dinghy capsized near Selby. Humber Coastguard said the men would have died from hypothermia had the rescuers arrived on the scene at Breighton just minutes later. A helicopter
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York honours fallen heroes
York's fallen heroes were remembered and honoured as the city marked Remembrance Sunday in traditionally proud fashion. The day's events began with a parade from the Eye of York by current servicemen and women from the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force as
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Six die in A1 carnage
Three Good Samaritans who stopped to help at a motorway crash scene were among six people killed in an horrific pile-up in North Yorkshire. The accident happened on the A1(M) southbound between Dishforth and Boroughbridge, near Kirby Hill, and among the
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Selby war memorial 'shabby'
A Remembrance Day row erupted in Selby after angry war veterans claimed the town's memorial and surrounding area looked "shabby and unkempt." They said the grass was overgrown, the area covered in leaves and the memorial could have done with cleaning
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Brave mother's beacon of hope
Gail Hepworth's story is one of courage, determination, and most of all hope. Devastated by the diagnosis of incurable bone cancer, this young North Yorkshire mother never gave up hope. Gail resolved that she would not be robbed of seeing her two children
