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Stories for 11 December 1998

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Barry Horne back in jail

ANIMAL rights hunger striker Barry Horne was back in Full Sutton jail today after 18 controversial days at York District Hospital.  more...

People power scuppers Coppergate scheme

PEOPLE power has saved Clifford's Tower from a controversial new neighbour - but councillors still hope something can be salvaged from the £60 million scheme to extend York's Coppergate Centre.  more...

Fears at loss of traffic patrols

TRAFFIC police fear dozens of posts could be shed during a major shake-up in the York area.  more...

Selby fights drug dealers

SELBY residents were praised by the town's police chief today for their invaluable help and courage in "shopping" drug dealers.  more...

School closure was only option say councillors

A HARD-FOUGHT battle by parents and pupils at a York school was drawing to a close today after councillors backed its closure.  more...

A royal taste for toffee

THE Queen made a personal request to visit to a North Yorkshire toffee factory after she received a tin of its sweets at her Buckingham Palace home.  more...

Cabbies fear a dressing down over appearances

CABBIES fear another row may be looming over their appearance, a year after bosses at York railway station tried to smarten them up.  more...

MANY of you looked into Uri's eyes as part of our paranormal experiment a week a

The image sent to our offices by Uri, and the one he was trying to communicate to readers telepathically, was the star. Readers responded with pictures including a desert island with palm trees, and a castle. One reader connected, however, and sent in a star. It was signed only `Andy S'.  more...

Berwick Kaler : The Millennium Dame

I WON'T conform with the fashion of today. All that body piercing the lads and lasses seem to go in for - must be torture.   more...

Coppergate II calls for style

RARELY has there been such a public response to a local issue as the outcry against proposals to develop the Coppergate Phase II shopping complex.  more...

Hospital peace

COMMON sense has finally prevailed with the decision to send hunger striker Barry Horne back to prison.  more...

Hunger strike bomber left behind trauma trail

WHY put such an offensive heading in the Evening Press of December 2 - Priest Compares Hunger Striker With Christ on your front page?  more...

Nativity shocker

Being an anglophile who has spent many great times in York, including six weeks this summer, I am shocked to learn there are no Nativity scenes in the city.  more...

Tragedy of the foxes

WE are now well into the 1998 foxhunting season. During the coming months about 20,000 foxes will be chased to the point of total exhaustion before being torn to pieces by packs of hounds in the name of 'sport'.  more...

Support small firms

SHOCK, horror! Enterprising York businessman dares to employ 22 people. "It is so quiet and secretive we did not know it was there" say our planning commissars. (Evening Press, Monday, December 7).  more...

Oil blights Ouse

YOUR report about the oil slick on the River Ouse. (Evening Press, November 21) prompts this letter.  more...

York Sport

Under the knife

YORK City player-coach Neil Thompson is to have an operation on his troublesome Achilles next week.  more...

Move to Cherries bears fruit

STEVE Robinson's time in the top flight with Tottenham Hotspur was over in a blink of an eye.  more...

Crane to give Wasps a big lift

MICK Crane, who played a major part in the Wasps' promotion campaign in the second of two loan spells from Hull Kingston Rovers, is tonight expected to sign a one-year deal with York Rugby League Club.  more...

Tim's big race hope to be Simply the best

SIMPLY DASHING, a fast-finishing runner-up to Cyfor Malta at Cheltenham last month, returns to Prestbury Park tomorrow with excellent prospects of going one better in the feature race.  more...

  
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