Let's all be older and bolder for the New Year

Year 2000 has arrived and Britain has an ageing population. Eleven million pensioners look down a badly lit new highway signposted 2000. What will the first roundabout offer? A possible increase in Council Tax, irrespective of a £5m boost announced by the council. Bin there, done that

I would be obliged if Coun Brumby or one of his computer experts could, possibly through the columns of your paper, give me a breakdown of the £60,000 extra cost of tipping a wheelie bin as opposed to throwing a plastic bag into the vehicle at each house. Funds raised

Joanne Phillips of Haxby, with the help of several friends, recently held a disco at Haxby Memorial Hall with proceeds going to our fund. As a result £139 was raised for our charity. Moreover, British Aerospace at Sutton-on-the-Forest undertook to match any funds raised on a like basis, and thus our fund has benefited overall to the tune of £278.

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.