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Stonebow station?
I am writing in response to the suggestion made by Rowland Burdon in Saturday's Evening Press regarding a need for a bus station at a sensible location (January 6). I for one, and probably my neighbours in Queen Street, would be very unhappy with this
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Have a break!
THE postponement of York City's clash at Cheltenham today has added impetus to fresh calls from manager Terry Dolan for a mid-season break. Already this month City have seen their LDV Vans Trophy match with Darlington twice beaten by the weather, while
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Village bypass route backed
Plans to create a bypass around a Ryedale village plagued by heavy traffic have moved a step closer, but villagers claim the proposed road will leave many residents cut off. Out of three proposed options for a bypass at Rillington, near Malton, a route
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Clifton's seven-up scatters students
Clifton scored a convincing 7-2 home win over University Student Ladies in division one of the York Badminton League. Lorraine Ellis and Melanie Knowles took the best Clifton return with three straight wins for 92-44. Liz Windle and Roz Ellis took both
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Travelling man cleared of knife charges
Travelling man Melvyn Bird saw nothing wrong in carrying two knives at York Railway Station. He used them for skinning rabbits for himself and his two dogs when on the road. But the five-inch hunting knife on his belt alarmed a member of the public so
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Away daze denies spoils
Home was where the art was for York Ladies in their North Eastern League game against Hornsea. On familiar ground they won, only to lose on aggregate. Claris Johnston, Jean Williams, Linda Mokes and Pat Teasdale chased the game throughout before sealing
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Trophy avengers
The Yorkshire Ladies had an excellent 116-104 victory in the Atherley Trophy against Nottinghamshire, who knocked the white rose county out of the competition at the same stage last year. The three home rinks were played at Thornaby, where York's Jeanette
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Tories muster shops protest
Coppergate objectors are being mobilised by a city-wide leafleting campaign. York's Conservatives are posting thousands of leaflets to city homes urging residents to write to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, asking him to launch an inquiry into the
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Bryan shows mark of class
York's Stuart Bryan produced the bowls nationals' most dazzling performance to beat Thornaby's Mark O'Riordan in the men's under-25s singles play-off final between areas 3 and 4. Playing Ryedale IBC Bryan took a 14-0 lead after only seven ends before
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Tragic death of leukaemia victim
A father-of-two died of leukaemia the very month he was due to have a bone marrow transplant. John Gibson, 39, was due to get a life-saving donation from his sister Sue, but was too ill to have the operation. The death of John, from Barmby Moor, near
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Yorks hit for six by Moxon debacle
Yorkshire were bracing themselves for a heated and acrimonious meeting today when the general committee were due to discuss the sensational departure of director of coaching Martyn Moxon. But a successor to Moxon - who is going to Durham after an internal
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Anniversary couple's rail nightmare
Nearly 50 years separate the journey from hell and the journey from heaven for one York couple. On December 27, 1952, Richard and Dorothy Whiting took a honeymoon trip on the Scots Pullman and it was "a most comfortable journey, the train was on time
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Nightclub petrol bomber jailed
A former military policeman from Selby has been jailed for six years for petrol-bombing a nightclub. Paul McKenzie, aged 27, of Barlby Road, Barlby, plans to appeal against sentence with the backing of his family, who were shocked by the jail term. Co-accused
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Tommo injury woe for Dolan
York City were dealt fresh injury woe today with the news rookie defender Marc Thompson will miss Saturday's trip to Barnet. Wing-back Graham Potter, who missed the 4-0 LDV Vans Trophy defeat to Darlington, is still suffering from flu and has also been
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Plan to revamp Ryedale blackspot
The mother of a fatal accident victim on a notorious Ryedale road today welcomed plans to improve it - but said it should have been done long ago. Highways chiefs are proposing more road signs, widening bends and improved visibility in a safety package
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York bomb alarm causes chaos
Almost a thousand people were evacuated from city centre offices today after a suspect package was found at United House, Piccadilly. Police were called to the offices of the Crown Prosecution Service in United House and asked for around 150 staff to
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Yorks hit for six by Moxon debacle
Yorkshire were bracing themselves for a heated and acrimonious meeting today when the general committee were due to discuss the sensational departure of director of coaching Martyn Moxon. But a successor to Moxon - who is going to Durham after an internal
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Some positive signs on the horizon
This column is supplied by Derek Knight (01430) 861988 and Julie Cartner (01904) 491478 who are consultants for ADAS in East and North Yorkshire. WE would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. It cannot be wetter
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Livestock seminar
THE Ministry of Agriculture will hold a seminar for livestock farmers at the Fox and Rabbit Inn at Lockton on January 18, starting at 7.30pm. The purpose is to explain new schemes that have been introduced recently and the rules relating to them. There
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Prices at the markets
DRIFFIELD Forward on January 4 were 41 sheep; 267 pigs (including 20 sows/boars). Sheep: spring lambs, med to £48.50 or 106p (104p), heavy to £50 or 105p (103.5p). Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 78p/kg (76.6p), 76-85kg to 82p (78.9p), boars to 75kg to 78p (76.6p
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A64 plan is not enough
THE statistics of death and injury speak for themselves. Nearly 50 accidents on a three-kilometre stretch of the A64 between York and Malton since 1995 meant the Highways Agency had to act. Today's announcement that a plan has been devised to tackle the
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Reality check
IT WAS supposed to be a romantic trip back into the past, a happy journey by train to revive memories of a treasured honeymoon. But this was no brief encounter. Richard and Dorothy Whiting were married on December 27, 1952, and nearly half a century later
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Frost threat to card
County Durham trainer Howard Johnson, who was on the mark at Catterick yesterday with Teme Valley, can follow-up with Big Max at Musselburgh tomorrow - provided the meeing beats the forecast frost. Clerk of the course Bill Farnsworth said: "If the forecast
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Tommo injury woe for Dolan
York City were dealt fresh injury woe today with the news rookie defender Marc Thompson will miss Saturday's trip to Barnet. Wing-back Graham Potter, who missed the 4-0 LDV Vans Trophy defeat to Darlington, is still suffering from flu and has also been
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Coppergate is an improvement on status quo
AS someone who has been involved in local government, at all levels, for many years, and is still involved in Heslington Parish Council, I feel that probably the most important legacy of the post war Labour government was, for the first time ever, the
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Shop talk
I DIDN'T read the letter sent in by Heather Causnett but I did read Colin Jeffrey's (January 5). The very fact he believes that people can't be forced to work shows he is living in cloud cuckoo land. The people who work in these low-paid, dead-end jobs
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Biker in hospital after crash
The motorcyclist involved in this accident, in Doncaster Road, Selby, had to be taken to hospital after suffering leg injuries. The driver of the Vauxhall Astra was uninjured following the accident at about 1.30pm yesterday near Brayton High School. Paramedic
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Church row over altar rail
An unholy row has erupted over a proposal to remove a York church's historic altar rail. The wrought-iron rail separating the chancel and the nave at St Wilfrid's Church, in the shadow of York Minster, was created by celebrated craftsman Wilfrid Dowson
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Staff to maintain order
The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Shan Braund, treated the public to an unusual ceremony at the Mansion House, York. Councillor Braund opened her doors to all for her second "At Home" event, this time marking one of the quaintest ceremonies of the year
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Man facing courthouse gun charges
A teenager faced two firearms charges at Harrogate after a pistol was pulled in the town's magistrates court. Richard Davies, aged 18, was remanded in custody for trial at York Crown Court and will make an initial appearance there on February 5. Davies
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Acorn seek top tonic prior to party
York Acorn will next week kick-off a series of celebrations to mark their latest milestone. In eight days' time on January 19, it will be exactly ten years since the opening of the clubhouse at their Thanet Road ground. It also marks the formation of
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Roads misery to last for months
Drivers can expect a string of temporary traffic lights and diversions in the coming months as nearly £1m of road repairs begin. And the traffic misery is to be compounded by work to enlarge the roundabout on the A19 at Rawcliffe - a £1.5m project to
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Sven says Paul is safe pair of hands
Leeds goalkeeper Paul Robinson is top of Sven-Goran Eriksson's hit parade. According to Roberto Mancini, who resigned as Lazio's coach minutes after Eriksson, the new England boss rates Robinson top of the five England players who have impressed him most
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48,500 properties saved - but defences flawed
Flooding chiefs revealed today how flood forecasts failed during the November disaster - and how communications between agencies were difficult and confused. The Environment Agency exposed its failings in an official report to the Yorkshire Regional Flood
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Kiwi ace quits Wasps
Star forward Michael Smith today confirmed his York Wasps career is over. The New Zealander has rejected the new terms offered to him by the Wasps and is now in negotiations with several other clubs. The 24-year-old former Castleford and Hull FC ace has
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Back to School
As the City of York Council launches a campaign to recruit more school governors, education reporter Janet Hewison meets two retired women who are governors in York schools. WHEN Kath Knighton was asked by a friend if she wanted to become a school governor
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At the markets: Live market prices are holding firm
I AM always surprised, for a day or two, how bare our house looks when the Christmas decorations come down; and this unconnectedly coincides with the fall in demand for fatstock, triggered by post-festive realism that we are short of money. The new Millennium
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Kiwi ace quits Wasps
Star forward Michael Smith today confirmed his York Wasps career is over. The New Zealander has rejected the new terms offered to him by the Wasps and is now in negotiations with several other clubs. The 24-year-old former Castleford and Hull FC ace has
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£500m flood loss
NATIONAL Farmers' Union president and Easingwold farmer Ben Gill has estimated the cost to the farming industry of the floods and recent bad weather at a crippling £500m. The half a billion figure, representing uninsurable losses, will be taken out of
