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Lorry crashes into house
A YOUNG woman driver was seriously injured today in an accident in which an articulated lorry ploughed into a house north of York. A woman sitting in the living room of a neighbouring house had a lucky escape when the lorry stopped just feet away from
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Phil's a prize guy
I HAVE just had a wonderful day out dinosaur-hunting at Whitby. It was a prize I won courtesy of the Evening Press and the Yorkshire Museum. The competition was part of an article earlier this year which coincided with the Walking With Dinosaurs exhibition
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First York has 'no regard for customers'
SO City of York councillors believe First York's recent short-notice, massive fares increase was not "...in the spirit of discussions" being held. Well councillors, wise up, and quickly. In Linton-on-Ouse we were given less than three weeks' notice in
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Super ambassador
I congratulate Irene Waudby on becoming next year's Lord Mayor of York. I admire her hard work and the commitment she puts into all her endeavours, and there are many. She is a Liberal Democrat councillor and hers is the only leaflet we have had through
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Bollard joy
GOOD news, the rising bollard has been reinstated. I hope the Evening Press will now support the efforts of the council to keep the streets safer and traffic law-breakers out of the city centre. Graham Tissiman, Eastfield Avenue, Haxby, York.
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Royal reminder
As we were pulling out the sodden carpets from the schoolrooms at Stamford Bridge Chapel we came across some copies of the Evening Press used as underlay including one with the heading: 'Andrew consoles flood victims'. Rev Roger Dunlop, Chestnut Avenue
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Police take control in high-tech revolution
NORTH Yorkshire police are about to embark on a technical revolution which will arm officers with gadgets to make even James Bond jealous. As new high-tech control rooms in York and at force HQ at Newby Wiske, near Northallerton, prepare to come on line
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Nordon takes title
Harrogate racing driver Marc Nordon won both the final two rounds of the Elf Clio Renaultsport Winter Championship to take the title at a wet Pembrey circuit in Wales. In addition to his two wins, which took his victory tally to three out of five rounds
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York restaurants get top rating in guide
AN INDEPENDENT restaurant guide has named Middlethorpe Hall and The Blue Bicycle as York's two most flavoursome restaurants. Harden's Top UK Restaurants 2001 is based on the views of 15,000 volunteer reporters across the UK who submitted 125,000 reports
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Ginley gears up for British rally debut
RUFFORTH driver Alistair Ginley gets his first taste of the United Kingdom's biggest annual sporting event when the Network Q Rally of Great Britain gets underway tomorrow. Ginley, aged 22, will be joined by navigator Greg Haynes, 29, from Stamford, in
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Breakfast with Santa
SANTA dropped in early to invite his special friends to a charity breakfast. Children are being invited to register to take part in a sponsored treasure hunt - and after completing it, to go along for breakfast at the Friends Meeting House, in York, on
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Julie boxes clever in Prague
STUDENT Julie Atkinson kicked up a storm in Prague when she landed a bronze medal in the European Kick-boxing Championships. The year-11 pupil from Canon Lee School, York, produced a stunning display to battle through to the semi-finals but was beaten
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Nurse turns her winnings into a lifesaver
YORK hospital patients are to benefit from high-tech equipment which can prevent a potentially fatal condition - thanks to a nurse'S luck and determination. Suzanne Scott put £1,000 she won at a medical conference towards buying a Sequel machine which
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Switch hits glitch
Scarborough were hoping to resolve a possible glitch in Chris Tate's proposed £25,000 move to York City's Division Three rivals Leyton Orient, where he is presently on loan. The problem concerns a contractual issue between Tate and the Seadogs - although
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Record compensation for county's conned businesses
SMALL firms across North Yorkshire which were conned in a multi-million pound business rates scam are to receive part of a £160,000 payout. The compensation money comes after three company directors were jailed at the successful conclusion of the largest
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Michelle makes her mark as Brits shine
YORK'S Michelle Handley last night helped Great Britain and Ireland book their place in the final of the Rugbee.com Women's Rugby League World Series with a play-off win over Australia. Two second half penalties from British stand-off Brenda Dobek was
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The day Maggie bit the bullet
Ten years after the fall of the Iron Lady, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the legacy of Thatcherism. WHERE were you on the day Margaret Thatcher fell from power? I certainly remember where I was. I heard the news on the radio as I was driving to work in Bristol
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Lungo can succeed in his Search for victory
STEEPLECHASING fans are in for a treat at Carlisle tomorrow when all six races will be run over fences. Because of the waterlogged state of the hurdles' course, the BHB has given special dispensation to abandon all the original races over the smaller
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Sign our floods petition today
WHEN this newspaper launched its campaign to save Ryedale from flooding, little could we have guessed at our sense of timing. For shortly after we began canvassing support for improved flood defences to protect Norton, Malton and Old Malton from the River
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A64 danger gap to be permanently closed
A DANGEROUS central reserve gap on the A64 between York and Tadcaster is to stay permanently shut, the Highways Agency announced today. The gap at Colton Lane End was closed for an experimental period last year after two fatal accidents involving vehicles
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York warning after children given "too cold" vaccine
NEARLY 600 children in the York area may need a "booster" Meningitis C vaccine because the shot they received recently was stored at too low a temperature. The York Health Trust is today contacting the parents of the 590 pupils at Acomb and St Paul's
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York duo make impact as White Rose blossoms
Two schools hockey players from York starred in the Yorkshire under-21s side which won the North Division tournament at Manchester University. Joseph Rowntrees student Sarah Massen and Joanna Sargeant, of St Peter's, were in the White Rose side which
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Washing away the winter blues
SUMMER has returned to flood-hit York - but for this week only. Staff at Fitness First at Clifton Moor have set aside 20,000 square feet to recreate the holiday mood to help our Hospice 2000 Appeal. Until Sunday members are being invited to join in the
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Ince awaits City duo
EX-ENGLAND skipper Paul Ince was believed to be lying in wait for York City's Steve Agnew and Kevin Hulme this afternoon as the returning midfield duo looked to boost their match fitness The Minstermen were heading north for a behind closed-doors friendly
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Tosh, dosh and ratings
FITTINGLY for a channel that screens The X-Files, the BBC is consumed by a conspiracy theory. After viewing figures showed that BBC1 had again been knocked for six by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? bosses quickly put it about that the show is a fix. The
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Costing out planning
I WISH to respond to the coverage given to Messrs Laverack (in an article) and J R Jones and P R A Sawdon (in the letters column) about the award of costs against the City of York Council for the York House Poppleton decision. Since the City of York Council
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Washing away the winter blues
SUMMER has returned to flood-hit York - but for this week only. Staff at Fitness First at Clifton Moor have set aside 20,000 square feet to recreate the holiday mood to help our Hospice 2000 Appeal. Until Sunday members are being invited to join in the
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Thompson on top in Tadcaster
After dropping during the week the Wharfe at Tadcaster had risen two feet overnight, ruining sport for the 57 peg Tadcaster open. Pegs around the arm chair dominated with Stuart Thompson (Team Daiwa Armley Angling) winning from the peg below the chair
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Young deaf actors take to the stage
DEAF children took part in drama and dance workshops as part of a national festival performance held in York. The children came from across the North-East to the Priory Street Centre as part of the National Deaf Children's Society 30th Festival of Performing
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New anger as Prescott repeats 'twit' jibe at MP
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has again called Vale of York Tory MP Anne McIntosh a "twit" - despite her request for him to apologise for the comment. The Deputy Prime Minister first used the term during a Commons debate on flooding earlier this
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Pikes might ask for Vase venue switch
PICKERING Town might ask the FA to give them home advantage so they can play their FA Carlsberg Vase second round tie at Marske United after the match was called off for a fourth time last night. Marske's pitch was again waterlogged and the tie has been
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Beckett League: Black Swan fly back to top
BLACK Swan, Pickering, are back on top of the Beckett League division one. They gave up home advantage - one of four teams to do so last weekend in order to get the games played - but still won 8-0 at Slingsby. The home team hit the post direct from a
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Farmsm fear sugar beet threat
SUGAR beet producers in the region and the British Sugar Factory in York would be hit by the "catastrophic" effects of new European Union trade rules, it has been claimed. Former Tory minister Gillian Shephard told MPs the measures, designed to help the
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Fast track hope for Ryedale flood defences
FLOOD defence schemes in Ryedale could be brought forward by a year in the wake of the recent disaster, Ryedale MP John Greenway revealed today. He said that, following conversations with senior Environment Agency officers, he was "hopeful" the organisation
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Ince awaits City duo
EX-ENGLAND skipper Paul Ince was believed to be lying in wait for York City's Steve Agnew and Kevin Hulme this afternoon as the returning midfield duo looked to boost their match fitness The Minstermen were heading north for a behind closed-doors friendly
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Twit's just not on
JOHN Prescott has again called Anne McIntosh a "twit", according to a newspaper report today. The Deputy Prime Minister first used the playground insult earlier this month during a Commons debate on flooding. Asked by the Vale of York Tory MP why he had
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A country alliance
Clarissa and Johnny are champions of the countryside, reports Charles Hutchinson. IT has not taken long for Clarissa Dickson Wright to find a new partner for her television double act. After the corpulent cookery of Two Fat Ladies, now there is Clarissa
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Mao: A Life, by Philip Short. Hodder and Stoughton, £12.99
In winter in Hunan, the wind howls bone-cold across bare fields of dry yellow earth, kicking up the dust so that it stings the eyes of the horses and makes men squint as they lean into the frozen air. So begins Philip Short's monumental new biography
