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Why I disagree with a 50mph blackspot limit
I SUPPORTED your Close The Gaps campaign during my chairmanship of the York Advanced Motorists Group, from which I am now retired. I have not changed my views but I do not support the proposal for a 50mph speed limit nor do I agree with the comparison
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Do we need them?
WHILE Dr Campbell and P Morrow (Letters, April 13) are absolutely right in identifying the many geographic and cultural origins of our United Kingdom, it is not what they say but what they don't say that concerns so many people. Looking to the future,
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Care for the country
HOW right Tony Shepherd, Vicar of St Peter's, Harrogate, is to say that we "would do well to interpret the current foot and mouth crisis as a judgement - not just on farmers but on everyone who made such demands on them because of society's present style
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Ambitious vision for York
Making York the "city of our dreams" is the ambitious vision behind a radical new leisure partnership. City of York Council is aiming to ensure that culture and leisure in the city are cultivated in the coming years by forming the York Leisure Partnership
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Derby rider's anger at bike race
The 'rebel rider' who ran this year's Kiplingcotes Derby despite foot and mouth is angry that an international cycle ride will take place a short distance from the Kiplingcotes course. Ken Holmes, who has won the race nine times, refused to accept the
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Harrogate wait on Hill
Harrogate Town are hoping goalkeeper Chris Hill can make a miraculous recovery in time to play in their most important match for over a decade tonight. Town will attempt to win their first trophy in 11 years when they take on hot favourites Barrow in
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Heworth rack up double
Heworth 'A' achieved their fourth league and cup double in five years when they beat Acomb 'A' 4-3 in a hard-fought York Conservative clubs' Team Snooker Cup final at Bootham Conservative Club. Acomb came within one ball of winning after being 3-0 down
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Evening League changes mooted
The future of York and District Evening Chess League is in the balance. The league committee have decided that action has to be taken to halt the decline in the numbers of players and teams in the league, but no definite decisions have been made yet about
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Blaze hits York TV shop
A York shop owner was devastated today after fire ripped through his workshop, destroying thousands of pounds worth of televisions. Fire broke out just after midnight at Denvy Electronics, in North Moor Road, Huntington, in a workshop at the back of the
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Close call in final
Iain Boyle and Stuart Bryan chat as measurements are made during their York and District Bowls Club men's singles final. It was a close call between former England international Boyle and England-under 25 international Bryan in a repeat of the 1999 final
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Great moment for Donny fans
Pop legend Donny Osmond came to York today - and a score of fans in their thirties and forties turned up at BBC Radio York to meet him. The teenybopper sensation of the 1970s was in town to promote his new album, This Is The Moment. After kisses and hugs
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Bridge yobs target cruisers
A youth crouches on a stanchion under York's new Millennium Bridge - some 15 feet above the bank and the swirling waters of the River Ouse. It is only just over a week since this magnificent crossing over the river was officially opened, but already the
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Rumbling around the forest
The number of confirmed foot and mouth cases seems to be showing signs of abatement on a daily basis, but if it is so, then it will be in spite of - and not because of - Government policy. Apocryphal tales of mismanagement abound and my Pickering correspondent
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Yorks coach makes mark
The thumbprint of new coach Wayne Clark is clearly seen on the squad of 13 which Yorkshire have taken to Derby for the one day friendly matches against Derbyshire today and tomorrow. Gavin Hamilton will open the innings for the first time and the party
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Bridge idiots dice with death
THE conception, design and construction of the Millennium Bridge was a magnificent achievement. Crowds of York residents flocked to cross it on the opening day a little over a week ago. They responded as one: the Millennium Bridge was something the city
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Donny's a dazzler
IT'S not so much Puppy Love any more as setting middle-aged hearts a-flutter. But if anyone in the music business is daft enough to think pop is only for the young, Donny Osmond is proving them wrong. Back in the Seventies the fresh-faced star, famous
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Farmer angry at census visit
A farmer is angry that a census taker risked spreading foot and mouth infection at his Ryedale farm by delivering a census form. John Clark, who has beef cattle at Cropton Mill Farm, near Pickering, says he was left outraged after he was visited by an
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New scheme by bank
A major high street bank has announced a further package of measures designed to help customers whose businesses have been hit by the foot and mouth outbreak. The package is being put forward by Barclays Bank and includes a donation of £1m to help promote
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Farmers to maintain vigilance
The National Farmers' Union is urging farmers and delivery companies to ensure drivers take the correct disease prevention measures before entering and after leaving farms. The advice was given following a number of foot and mouth outbreaks on farms in
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Evening Press ready to roll
Upcoming Ryedale filly Evening Press is already developing into a finely tuned horse, despite still being six weeks away from full training. That is the view of trainer Tim Etherington, who says he couldn't be happier with the progress being made by the
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Down lane to lawlessness
In Julian's absence, this week's column is written by Stephen Lewis... IT is not difficult to sympathise with farmer Roy Handley. In normal times, the sight of a piece of barbed wire or a padlocked gate blocking a public right of way is enough to make
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Join forces
THE Yorkshire Air Museum will be holding its second Airborne Forces Day on Sunday, July 8, from 10am. I invite any of your readers who are veterans of the Parachute Regiment, Glider Pilot Regiment, Airborne Engineers or many other infantry and specialist
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Need for restrictions
THERE has been much local public lobbying for rights of way in Yorkshire to be re-opened to cyclists and walkers. The Cyclists Touring Club accepts and endorses the stance taken by national and local authorities and advises all cyclists to follow the
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Ecstasy prison officer jailed
A York prison officer was this afternoon starting seven and a half years in jail for dealing in Ecstasy through drug contacts obtained from inmates. Vincent Hill, of Huntington, York, committed the offences in March 1999 while working at Armley Jail in
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Who really cares
STEPHEN LEWIS goes in search of England's elusive, dragon-slaying patron saint IT IS typical of the Scots. Here I am, trying to write a piece about St George's Day (sorry, when's that? I hear you ask) and all my Scottish colleague can do is start telling
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Sparkling day for couple
One of the goalkeeping greats of York City past is celebrating his diamond wedding today. Bob Ferguson, 83, who was City's stopper between 1939 and 1947, met his wife, Vera, at a dance in their home town of Darlington, just prior to taking the gloves
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Brushwith success at gallery
Something fishy is going on at York City Art Gallery. The gallery is hosting an exhibition of paintings from the 17th and 18th century depicting a collection of food-themed paintings to make your mouth water. Lucy Adlington, from the Century Adventures
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Minister defends franchise delays
A Government Minister has defended the length of time taken to decide who runs the trains on the flagship East Coast Main Line. Keith Hill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, said it was
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Record sales for York firm
One of York's biggest employers was today celebrating record sales at home and abroad. Life assurance and pension giant Norwich Union Life announced record sales in the UK in the first three months of 2001, while its parent group CGNU plc also said its
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Do or die for Heworth
Heworth face a massive four-pointer on Saturday knowing a victory is needed to give them any real hope of beating the drop into the National Conference League basement division, writes Peter Martini. The Villagers, lying second bottom of division one,
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Nappy days are here again...
Refuse to use disposable nappies, says a council keen to cut down on household waste. Each baby wears 4,000 nappies which can take up to 500 years to decompose and North Yorkshire County Council is backing Real Nappy Week, which starts on Monday. Modern
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Reserves fall to lone goal
York City reserves suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Lincoln City in their penultimate Avon Insurance Division One fixture. City were punished for a sloppy start, falling behind to a goal within the first 20 minutes, said manager Terry Dolan. Although
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Hugh wouldn't believe it...
This is the challenge that defeated York MP and Social Security Minister Hugh Bayley. But the tackle did not come from his opposition in the House of Commons. The MP met his match when he took on the women's team at Acorn Amateur Rugby League Club, in
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Housing blueprint for future
The green fields of North Yorkshire could have a safer future under Government guidelines designed to preserve them from undue development. Fewer new homes will be built on greenfield sites under a blueprint designed to last for up to 20 years. There
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Evening Press ready to roll
Upcoming Ryedale filly Evening Press is already developing into a finely tuned horse, despite still being six weeks away from full training. That is the view of trainer Tim Etherington, who says he couldn't be happier with the progress being made by the
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Yorks coach makes mark
The thumbprint of new coach Wayne Clark is clearly seen on the squad of 13 which Yorkshire have taken to Derby for the one day friendly matches against Derbyshire today and tomorrow. Gavin Hamilton will open the innings for the first time and the party
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Leisure role for flood defences
Plans to defend Ryedale against future flooding could also provide new attractions for cyclists and walkers under a scheme being discussed in the district. A planning application for Malton and Norton's flood defences, which will consist of embankments
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Helping you make your move
SPRING is the time of year when many people's thoughts turn to moving to a new home. The uncertainty of exchange and completion, wondering what the new neighbours will be like and even doubts about whether the move was a good idea after all can be brought
