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Stories for 15 March 1999

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"People's Prince" sees floods havoc

by James Kilner, Adrian Royles and Caroline Barrett  more...

Woman found lying dead in field

A pedestrian flung into a field after being struck by a van may have spent hours lying undiscovered before she died.  more...

Rip-off repairmen caught in trading standards sting

A secret video today exposes cowboy repairmen who have been ripping off householders in York.  more...

York company opens for business with first of more than 1,000 staff

One of York's biggest employers of the future opened for business today.  more...

New KitKat shows it's a real chunk

Nestlé Rowntree is launching a giant, single-finger version of its top-selling chocolate bar KitKat.  more...

Luftwaffe foes now friends

Another few inches and the bullet would have entered Gunther Rall's heart - as it was it took off one of his thumbs.  more...

Pop firm fights to put fizz back after floods

A Ryedale businessman whose soft drinks factory was washed out by the River Derwent flood is pledging to put the fizz back into his firm.  more...

Tender, loving care for prickly patients

Prickly patients could soon be getting extra care and attention at a purpose-built hospital for hedgehogs.  more...

Poor service sparks concern

When York trading standards officers wanted to call out an electrician, they did the same as most consumers. They looked in local directories and picked a name.  more...

A credit to York

For ABB, read CPP. The credit card insurance company, set to be one of York's biggest employers in the 21st century, opened for business on the site of the ABB carriageworks today.  more...

Why I rue the day I voted Labour to power

As a lifelong conservative who, like thousands of others voted Labour to get rid of the Conservatives, I am now living to regret it.  more...

Water baby is a classic

The photograph of the water baby and her mother came as a ray of light among the pictures of the Derwent floods (Evening Press, March 10).  more...

Sad blow for drivers

It is a pity that in the recently-revised edition of the Highway Code motorists are not given the opportunity of blowing their horn at cyclists who break the law - for example, by riding their machines in the dark without lights.  more...

Statues of charm

York lacks interesting small sculptures of the kind found in many continental towns and villages.  more...

Many older people are missing out by not claiming Attendance Allowance.

This can be claimed by some sick or disabled people, and you may be able to get it if you need help with tasks like dressing, washing, bathing or even taking medicine.  more...

Standing room only

I agree with Nick Enticknap (Letters, March 11) that an open space in Davygate would have been a Godsend.  more...

York Sport

Coach counts cost of victory

Dean Robinson faces his first injury crisis of the season after York Wasps paid a heavy price for their dramatic last-gasp win over Swinton Lions.  more...

Leeds target Garratt

EXCLUSIVE by Tony Kelly, Chief Sports Writer  more...

Storm clouds darken

Notts Co 4, York City 2  more...

Delighted David keeps level head

Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, who have been there, won that, play their mind games against each other. David O'Leary, the new boy on the Premiership management block, wages his psychological war of words against his team and board.  more...

Boro pounded

Scarborough's mini-revival came to a shuddering halt in a disappointing dose of deja-vu against a rampant Rotherham.  more...

York battle to end

York RUFC by Mike Allerton  more...

Tate can strike Gold at Festival

Aghawadda Gold, trained at Hazlewood near Tadcaster by Tom Tate, can lift the £100,000 Guinness Arkle Trophy Chase tomorrow on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.  more...

Harrogate return likely for Tykes

David Warner on Yorkshire County Cricket   more...

  
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