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Minimum wage rise 'will hit county's small firms'
A big increase in minimum pay could kill the golden goose, argues Peter Pybus, rural spokesman for the Yorkshire and Humber Policy Unit of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Chairman of the FSB Yorkshire Dales branch and a national councillor LIKE
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War-hit tourism set to take off
In his regular column, a mood-swinging DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of the York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board examines the gloom of war and the joy of the prospect of a new airport in our midst... LAST month, I wrote of my concerns over the impact the
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New HQ is answer for growing firm
QUESTIONS Answered, the York-based research and marketing agency, has relocated its entire operation, including more than 85 staff, to a new HQ in the city. After six years it has moved from Tower Street to a new home at Brackenhill, in St George's Place
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Cut and thrust
It's a turf life made easy... Three massive turf-cutting and lifting machines have swung into action on Rolawn's 3,000 acres of cultivated grassland throughout the Vale of York. The American machines, costing the Elvington company more than £200,000 each
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Beaten up for only 60 pence
A TEENAGER was badly injured when two muggers subjected him to a terrifying attack - for only 60 pence. The 18-year-old was brutally beaten, jabbed in the eye with a key, causing a deep gash, and had his hand stamped on during his ordeal in York. He was
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£3m Barrons revamp
FIRST phase of a £3 million investment to buy and transform a North Yorkshire caravan site is now complete. Barrons, the leisure vehicle retailer which acquired the Flaxton Moor site on the A64 between York and Scarborough from Ebor Caravans last May,
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Bella Pasta, Low Petergate, York - Reviewed 01/02/03
IT'S fair to say I've eaten my fair share of Italian food and I must admit it was not with great anticipation that we went into Bella Pasta, on Low Petergate in York city centre. That's nothing against this particular establishment but more the fact that
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Sheffield 30, York Knights 24
HAPPY Easter, my foot. York City Knights went into the Bank Holiday weekend as early favourites in National League Two but they ended it joint-bottom with no points from two games. Yesterday's defeat at Sheffield did not hit the same depths as Good Friday's
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Building near beck
I READ the report about the £700,000 culvert to take water more quickly out of Riccall Ings when flooded (April 11). The Environment Agency states that this wash land is designed to store flood water although I always assumed it was a natural feature
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Target big drugs kings
IT'S invariably the empty needles discarded in public toilets or behind bushes in public parks that get people angry. They're the obvious signs of the sordid trade in drugs that does so much to blight our society. Each time they are found, the same cry
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Only choking
ANYONE who saw the TV footage of Major Charles Ingram and his vocally -challenged sidekick Tecwen Whittock on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? could not fail to be amazed by their bare-faced cheek. But if coughing up the answer failed to net them a million
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Rock shop with strings attached!
TWO York guitarists are cashing in on their city's growing reputation for rock. Zak Heyes and Lloyd Massingham opened Rock-ola, a new specialist guitar shop, in Walmgate, on Saturday. They reckon that they could drum - or even strum - up enough business
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Czech out the 'atomic man'
Man-oh-man! It's an atomic European au pair. Family Au Pair, a new business based in Precentors Court, next to York Minster, has employed its first male au pair. Milos, 26, from the Czech Republic, flew in at owner Dr Karin von Bizmarck's request to help
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This little piggy...
DON'T judge a pig contract by its top price. Instead, seek out the one that matches production most accurately, advises Howard Cross, chief executive of Yorkshire Farmers Livestock Marketing. Speaking at a Boroughbridge farmers' meeting, he said: "It
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Looking for ways to 'go green'
SWEDISH experts have their eye on businesses in York. A group of six professors and 12 students from Lund University have been researching the "green" potential of York firms for their Masters programme. It is part of a tour carried out in Yorkshire by
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Website deal is a Euro success
AN Internet firm based in York has scooped a European contract which is prestigious in anybody's language - and completed it in record time. DotCom Imaging, of The Forge, on the York Riding School estate in Wigginton Road, took just one month to redesign
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Join the people investors
Groovy business ideas which are generated by governments come, and usually go but, observes DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council, North Yorkshire, the Investors in People standard keeps on going... WHEN Skills Minister Ivan Lewis
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Young firms with designs on success
Two York ventures, both relying on images for profits, took joint first prize in the York and North Yorkshire regional Shell Livewire competition. They won £750 each, and shared the title of York and North Yorkshire Young Entrepreneur of the Year. They
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Priory's milestone
ELLERTON Priory celebrates its 800th anniversary this year with a series of special events. The priory, 14 miles south-east of York, has been undergoing restoration work since 1995, transforming the building from a derelict ruin to its former glory. Phil
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Cancer team's funding quest
CANCER researchers in York could launch the world's first investigation into the effect of oils on prostate cancer, if a bid for 15 million euros of funding is successful. Professor Norman Maitland, who runs the Cancer Research Unit at the University
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The quiltessential fundraisers
A GROUP of York craftswomen put their talents to good use when they raised more than £800 to help terminally-ill children. The Village Quilters, who come from villages around York, spent eight months creating a quilt which they raffled off for Martin
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Safety blitz down on the farm
A SAFETY blitz is to be launched to crack down on farming accidents in North and East Yorkshire. Spot checks are to be introduced to farms across the region in a bid to cut down on the toll of deaths, injuries and ill health in agriculture. A team of
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Signs are good for county churches
NORTH Yorkshire visitors are being encouraged to discover some of the region's architectural gems as part of a special tourism initiative. Yorkshire Tourist Board has joined forces with the Churches Regional Commission to produce leaflets promoting many
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A right royal noise
THE Queen's birthday celebrations took place in traditional style in York. The military spectacle provided the highlight of Easter Monday festivities in the city. The Royal Salute was fired at noon to celebrate Her Majesty's birthday. The 21-gun salute
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Farmers unhappy at police 'neglect'
FARMERS behind an East Yorkshire Farmwatch scheme say they are being neglected by their local police force. Vale Watch was set up eight years ago to tackle the increasing number of burglars and poachers who target farms in the Pocklington area. Information
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Warriors stun Acorn
Selby WARRIORS finished a disappointing season on a high by beating York Acorn 'A' 24-22 in an enthralling Yorkshire League division two derby. Selby opened the scoring with a try from the returning Ian Ramskill after a powerful run out wide. Mark Hanson
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Attack outside York pub: man arrested
A middle-aged man has been arrested in connection with an assault at a York pub which left a 60-year-old man fighting for his life. The man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning and later released on bail by police investigating the incident
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All Blacks turn it on
NEW EARSWICK All Blacks produced a thrilling display to beat Pudsey 34-20 in Yorkshire League division one. From taking the lead in the 14th minute through Matt Geodfrey's try, converted by Carl Pallister, All Blacks never looked back, although Pudsey
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Super Mac shines for kids
A BRACE of goals from Matthew McCabe, and one from first-year trainee Gary Anderson underscored York City intermediates' 3-0 triumph over Halifax Town in the Youth Merit Division. It was a fine performance from the City youths, who now have just one game
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Controversial scheme for new Fulford school to be discussed
PLANS for a new school, nursery and library in Fulford are moving forward, with the application due to be discussed at a planning meeting this week. An outline application has been submitted for the replacement of St Oswald's School buildings which will
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Crackdown on 'respectable' dealers
HIGH-LEVEL drug dealers who hide their activities behind a veil of middle-class respectability are to be targeted by a hard-hitting new campaign. An advertising drive is being piloted in the Yorkshire and the Humber region to challenge people's perceptions
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Boro thrill to winning Nun's story
Nuneaton's Nationwide Conference relegation worries were worsened by their 4-1 mauling at Scarborough which could have been a lot worse. Keith Gilroy provided the cross for Mohammed Sillah to score from close range in the first half and the little Irish
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Rail revel in runaway romp
HARROGATE Railway's phenomenal scoring feats reached a new level against Armthorpe Welfare in the Northern Counties East League premier division as they racked up their 153rd goal of the season in a 7-1 rout, writes Tony Curtis. A packed season of fixtures
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Boy, three, fights for life after crash
A THREE-year-old boy was fighting for his life in hospital today after a bank holiday hit-and-run collision in North Yorkshire. The child was taken to hospital by air ambulance after the collision on the A645 at Drax. Police later named the three-year-old
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Coach throws down gauntlet
YORK City Knights must put this unhappy Easter weekend behind them and focus on kick-starting their promotion challenge. That was the message from player-coach Paul Broadbent after his side lost 30-24 at Sheffield Eagles yesterday to follow on from the
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York City 0, Kidderminster 0
YORK City have just 180 minutes left to secure themselves a place in this season's play-offs, but what odds on them leaving it to the final seconds of the last game before realising their dream. With the way the club have battled through 11th-hour deadline
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Concorde hope for Yorks Air Museum
THE supersonic splendour of Concorde could soon be coming to York, it was revealed today. Bosses at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, say they approached British Airways some time ago about acquiring the famous aircraft, which is being decommissioned
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Tribute to King Keith
YORK City fans, players and staff joined together yesterday to pay their respects to Minstermen legend Keith Walwyn before the kick-off against Kidderminster Harriers. Following an emotional address from Walwyn's former team-mate Derek Hood, Bootham Crescent
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Brother mourns kidney op sister
THE brother of a woman who survived for 18 years thanks to a kidney donation today told of his sadness after she lost her long fight for life. Alan Tew, of Strensall, spoke after his sister, Alison Shelton, died aged only 37. Alison, who lived in Nottingham
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Coach throws down gauntlet
YORK City Knights must put this unhappy Easter weekend behind them and focus on kick-starting their promotion challenge. That was the message from player-coach Paul Broadbent after his side lost 30-24 at Sheffield Eagles yesterday to follow on from the
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We'll battle all the way - Brackstone
MINSTERMEN midfield maestro Stephen Brackstone has indicated the passion within the York City squad, by voicing the players' pledge to scrap all the way for a play-off place. Despite being held to a goalless draw by Kidderminster, Brackstone feels the
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Maximum effort
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is relishing the final two games of the season, despite seeing his side miss a host of chances in the 0-0 draw against Kidderminster. With relegation-threatened Exeter the visitors on Saturday and then a trip to play-off rivals
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Protesters make a point
THESE young people from York took to the hills to make their point about the Iraqi war. The students at Bootham School are training for an expedition to the Moroccan Atlas mountains later this year. One of their training expeditions took them over the
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City limits of British life
AS I write, today is Easter Day. Like many my concern has been more with Mammon than with God. I have been trying to persuade the good citizens of Leeds that what they need more than anything is a pack of sausages, or better still, two packs. My brother
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Future starts here
People turn to clairvoyants in search of comfort and guidance. JO HAYWOOD and MAXINE GORDON put two York psychics to the test Nance Turner began talking to spirits when she was two. They would come to her bedroom at night and she would happily chat to
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We have Ze technology!
RON GODFREY talks to the founders of a Kirkbymoorside company recognised by the Queen as leagues ahead when it comes to undersea technology... TWO men whose Kirkbymoorside firm is devoted to the smooth running of oil installations in the sea's unfathomable
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Retailers speed into city shops
A spate of new shops is expected both in York city centre and on its outskirts. Apart from The Scooter People at least three more retailers will have moved into the city in the next three weeks, reports Andrew Hedley of Blacks property consultants in
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Mills and boom time
MILLS Group, one of the North's leading newsagent and convenience store companies, has expanded into Harrogate as part of a major national development plan, bringing its total number of stores up to 57. The company is investing more than £200,000 into
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Sick of feeling ill
I come from a long and distinguished line of hypochondriacs. My little sister once went to see our family doctor five times in one week with ailments ranging from a brain tumour and heart defect to kidney failure. Fortunately the doctor knew her - hellfire
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Deal is well set to be a winner - 22/04/03
Dunn Deal, owned by Blackburn Rovers footballer David Dunn, has a scoring chance at Catterick tomorrow. The three-year-old lines-up for the White Muzzle Handicap over five furlongs and will have the assistance of apprentice rider Mark Flynn. Trained last
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Jack served York tirelessly and passionately
THE city of York produces exceptional people from time to time who serve it tirelessly and with genuine passion. Jack Birch was such a person ("City stalwart who cared", April 16). The last time I met him he told me had had written some memoirs. I hope
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First class service
AFTER all the bad publicity the privatised rail companies seem to get, I had to write in praise of GNER and its staff. I was coming back from London to York last Friday evening on the 20.00 from King's Cross. I am disabled and had a very heavy bag with
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Down in the dumps
THE policy and practice of the present Labour council has been to dump everything in Huntington. Every day you read of other areas of York being given the chance to plan their development, put forward housing, open spaces, play areas, amenities etc backed
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Keen to be clean
THE answer to J Bradshaw (Letters, April 11) is that Labour is taking action for a cleaner city. Six new contract staff have already started work. Their first duties have been to tackle the problem of litter on grass verges of heavily used principal roads
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Science fiction?
IT started with David Attenborough with "perhaps what happened" and "it is supposed that" followed by programmes presented as fact which the nation swallowed hook line and sinker. Then followed Walking With Dinosaurs et al and finally Walking With Cavemen
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Show us the money
A cash boost awaiting Yorkshire's fledgling interactive media and film industry was today described by one of York's top film producers as "welcome, but a drop in the ocean." Chris Wood, who has his own York-based film and video company, W3KTS, said it
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'Considerate' building firm praised
ONE of the oldest-established family firms in York has been honoured as a considerate constructor. William Birch & Sons Ltd, based at Osbaldwick, has won a bronze award at the 2003 national Considerate Constructors Scheme awards. News of the accolade
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Safety net to aid vulnerable adults
VULNERABLE adults at risk of abuse are being protected by a new safety net in York and North Yorkshire. The Adult Protection Committee has been set up by a range of local groups to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the protection of vulnerable adults
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Fundraising goal for baby unit
A YORK retailer has been inspired to hold a fundraising raffle by his four-year-old son who was cared for at the city's Special Care Baby Unit. Aasif Rabbani, 23, who runs Haxby Road Post Office shop where his father, Ghulam Rabbani, is postmaster, asked
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Well-known family firm forced to close
ONE of west York's most familiar business names has gone after 36 years. Acomb Road-based Hunters Motor Spares - affectionately known as The Shed - has sold its last car part because of dwindling profits over recent years. Ken Hunter, 59, bought the Holgate
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Respite care boost
STAFF, volunteers and visitors to Woodlands Respite Care Centre in York helped launch a new resource centre. The MS Society-run centre, which offers respite care to 400 people a year, launched the new centre to improve choice for anyone affected by the
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New council vans 'will cut pollution'
COUNCIL bosses have received a fleet of new vans which they say will help cut traffic pollution in York. City of York Council's commercial services department have been handed 24 new greener, cleaner vans worth £300,000. The dual-fuel Ford Transit vans
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Award for diving club
YORK divers are celebrating after receiving a special award. Members of the Excalibur Sub Aqua Club were presented with a special certificate of achievement at a gala dinner in York, attended by George Brookes from Excalibur's parent body, the British
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Chance to make write move
ENTRIES are flooding in for the Evening Press competition which offers a lucky winner the chance to get their foot in the door of one of the most exciting industries there is. The Write Stuff competition will give a budding reporter the chance to step
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Scout kart event hailed
A CHALLENGE from neighbours in East Yorkshire drew 26 members of the newly-launched North Yorkshire Scout Network to a karting event. They accepted the challenge laid down by Humberside Scout Network and took part in a 2.5-hour endurance race at Pro Am
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Protesters make a point
THESE young people from York took to the hills to make their point about the Iraqi war. The students at Bootham School are training for an expedition to the Moroccan Atlas mountains later this year. One of their training expeditions took them over the
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Squat highlights need for housing
THE occupation of the former White Swan Hotel highlights the issue of empty properties in York, the city's Green Party said today. Spokesman Andy D'Agorne said the squatters who had occupied the Piccadilly eyesore were evidence of the need to tackle affordable
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Squatters vow to set up art project
SQUATTERS at a disused York hotel have reacted with surprise after reports that they are to be evicted from their new home. About two dozen squatters who entered the White Swan Hotel in Piccadilly last week were bemused at claims that the owners of the
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Hope to lead pilgrims' visit to Romania
THE Archbishop of York Dr David Hope goes to Romania next year in what will be probably his final pilgrimage as the Church of England's second most senior prelate. He will lead a party of between 60 and 80 pilgrims on a ten-day visit, which will take
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Bringing science to life
A YORK teacher has been given a special award for her contribution to science teaching. Julie Harper, from Dringhouses Primary School, was awarded the prize from the Ariel Stains And Science schools programme. Julie, who was nominated by the school's
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Pub lights keeping Selina awake
TELEVISION personality Selina Scott has claimed lights outside a North Yorkshire pub are keeping her awake at night. Selina, who is a frequent visitor to her parents' home in Appleton-le-Moors, says she cannot sleep at night because of brightness from
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Broadbent seals victory for Bishops
IN THE two Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' games played at the weekend, a Paul Broadbent goal was enough to take all three points for Bishopthorpe at St John's College and an own goal eventually lost the game for Dunnington at Osbaldwick
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Arson suspected in blaze at factory
A SUSPECTED arson attack almost led to residents being evacuated from their homes after a blaze at a North Yorkshire industrial estate came dangerously close to nearby houses. The blaze at McKechnie Plastics on the Westgate Carr Industrial estate, in
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Tang Hall man is targeted by thugs
A MAN told today how teenagers had repeatedly smashed the windows of his York home - and claimed police had failed to deal with the culprits. Philip Nicholson, 43, said local youths had thrown stones and smashed four windows at his house in Alcuin Avenue
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Owners of top York restaurant declared bankrupt
THE joint owners of The Blue Bicycle restaurant in York have been declared bankrupt, the Evening Press can reveal today. A spokesman for the Insolvency Service, based in Hull, confirmed today that David William Rose and Sarah Maria Brownbridge had been
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We'll battle all the way - Brackstone
MINSTERMEN midfield maestro Stephen Brackstone has indicated the passion within the York City squad, by voicing the players' pledge to scrap all the way for a play-off place. Despite being held to a goalless draw by Kidderminster, Brackstone feels the
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Maximum effort
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is relishing the final two games of the season, despite seeing his side miss a host of chances in the 0-0 draw against Kidderminster. With relegation-threatened Exeter the visitors on Saturday and then a trip to play-off rivals
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5 knife raids in 12 weeks
THE owner of a York off-licence which has been held up at knifepoint five times in the last three months says she is sickened by the crimes that have plagued her store. Alison Bootland, who runs B'n'T Stores, in Nunthorpe Road, was out with her husband
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Drawn back to land of contrast
The Archbishop of York is to lead a pilgrimage to Romania next year. He talked to STEPHEN LEWIS about the tragedy and beauty of a country he has come to love during the last 35 years... SOMETIMES, human needs can be heartrendingly basic. More basic even
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Fiesta Mehicana Clifford Street, York - Review: 01/03/03
MAXINE GORDON heads down Mexico way for a fun night out... in Clifford Street, York THE bitter cold and dark winter night is forgotten in an instant as you cross the threshold of Fiesta Mehicana, York's Mexican restaurant. Hot colours and Latin memorabilia
