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Stories for 17 February 2000

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Brave Ayse wins huge damages

A York girl has been awarded £620,000 in damages over a tragic error at York District Hospital which cost her the chance of sight.  more...

Scientists in cancer research breakthrough

Cancer experts in York have claimed a major breakthrough in combating a condition which affects more than half-a-million women worldwide.  more...

Group to get windfall despite protests

A group of York travellers who angrily rejected a major Lottery award and thought it had been put on ice are furious after discovering the cash is due to be paid out.  more...

Woman's fury as sacked paedophile gets job back

A convicted paedophile has been reinstated by a Government laboratory near York - to the fury of a worker who was sacked because she had health problems.  more...

February 17th, 2000

City-friendly buses  more...

Gordon Banks cash for hospice

ON THE BALL: Karen Russell, St Leonard's Hospice finance and fundraising manager, receives the cheque from Gordon Banks MBE Picture: Steven Bradshaw  more...

Museum in battle to save Phantom

A last-ditch attempt to save a historic US jet fighter is being made by the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York.  more...

Squeezed by out-of-town centres

Second-hand furniture and removals man Dave Dee Hughes today warned that his York family business could now come to an end after more than 50 years.  more...

Save Our Swim: Women's group backs pools fight

The ranks of campaigners fighting to save two York swimming pools from the axe have been bolstered by a York women's group.  more...

Drugs guidelines for city teachers

York secondary school teachers have been given a set of new guidelines about how to deal with drug-related incidents.  more...

Hope springs from tragedy

Today we catch up with the story of Ayse Boguc, a little girl whose plight touched the hearts of thousands of Evening Press readers.  more...

Sound of greed

North Yorkshire police and trading standards officers are to be congratulated for the operation in which 1,000 counterfeit compact discs were seized.  more...

Festival will show 'softer' side of York's Viking past

The mean, moody and marauding image of the Vikings will be dispelled at the forthcoming Jorvik Festival - with some events showing their softer side.  more...

February 17th, 2000

Brave Ayse wins huge damages  more...

February 17th, 2000

Hope springs from tragedy  more...

City-friendly buses

I refer to your editorial in the Evening Press ('Left Fuming By All These Buses,' February 14,) about the proposal by Bath MP Don Foster to make an amendment to the forthcoming Transport Bill to exclude "tour buses" from entitlement to fuel duty rebate.  more...

Gays should not live in fear

Last month we attended a candlelit vigil outside the Mansion House as part of a national gathering in support of the repeal of Section 28.  more...

Off to Afghanistan

In the interest of fair play, I have decided to invite 150 friends and relatives to fly with me to Afghanistan. We would of course expect an armed guard to escort us to the Kabul Hilton, where we would live in luxury for at least eight months, being supplied with free food, access to all the facilities, and social workers at our beck and call daily.  more...

Balancing the budget

I know from many years of experience that preparing and balancing budgets is not easy.  more...

My wife and I extend our heartfelt gratitude to the people who came to our assistance on Thursday, J

We were negligent for a matter of seconds when she fell into the water. There was no means of rescue - no lifebelt, rope or ladder, not that these would have saved our pet, but a long pole with a hooked end may have supported her or a child or adult until help arrived.  more...

Julian Cole

What a mean lot we are  more...

York Sport

Football: Frustrated Hall keen on new deal

Fighting to be fit and fighting for a new deal.  more...

Rugby League: Hagan's cup place under threat

Young York Wasps prop Mick Hagan could be facing Challenge Cup heartache after tearing a calf muscle in Sunday's victory over Thornhill.  more...

Football: Wayne joins the hall of fame

Wayne Hall etched his name into Bootham Crescent folklore when he scored the fifth and final spot-kick which clinched the promotion-winning penalty shoot-out against Crewe at Wembley in 1993.  more...

Horse Racing: Eyre can step on it to triumph at Sandown

Step on Eyre, who finished fourth to Young Kenny at Uttoxeter a fortnight ago, can get back on top in the Stag Handicap Chase at Sandown tomorrow.  more...

Show Jumping: What a Jolyse good show

Young York rider Jolyse Clancey is through to the Blue Chip National Show Jumping Championships after a fine win at the Toggi Discovery event at Birchinley Manor in Lancashire.  more...

Kick-Boxing: Glory for York competitors at national championships

A York kick-boxing club came close to sweeping the board at the country's top national competition, writes Dianne Hillaby.  more...

Cricket: Helmet ruling - clubs await YCB directive

Cricket clubs and coaching organisations throughout the York area are anxiously awaiting a directive from the Yorkshire Cricket Board over the ECB ruling that all batsmen under 18 should wear protective helmets unless they have a written disclaimer from their parents.  more...

February 17th, 2000

Football: Frustrated Hall keen on new deal  more...

  
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