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Stories for 2 February 2000

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Minster belle

The Duke of York today launched a £250,000 York Minster Bells Appeal to commemorate the life of the Queen Mother in her centenary year.  more...

Sharron joins our battle to save swimming pools from closure

Olympic swimming star Sharron Davies today adds her weight to the tidal wave of support behind the Evening Press campaign to save two York swimming pools.  more...

Attendant tells of his art gallery raid terror

An attendant at York City Art Gallery has claimed in court that two balaclava-wearing men tied him and three colleagues up at gunpoint.  more...

Life for weapons smuggler Bleach

North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach and five Latvians were sentenced to life imprisonment today for smuggling arms intended for Indian revolutionaries.  more...

February 2nd, 2000

Please kick out art gallery charge proposals  more...

Town sees red over 'post box' that's a dog bin

Coun Geoff Richardson, of Easingwold, with the dog bin which has been mistaken for a post box   more...

Family flees blaze

Sub Officer Malcolm Dunford pictured outside the fire-hit home in Kingsway West, Acomb, today  more...

North Yorkshire man's fears over 'Dr Death' case

With the Government announcing an independent inquiry into the self-regulation of doctors following the Harold Shipman case, the North Yorkshire son of one of his alleged victims tells David Wiles of his own struggle to open up the profession to public scrutiny.  more...

OAP's depend on local post offices

A sub-post office which relies heavily on pensioners collecting their benefits will be destroyed if the Government's plans to change the way benefits are paid come to fruition.  more...

Tipster contest hits the post!

Armchair football managers looking forward to this year's European Championships will be able to put their money where their mouths are to raise money for charity.  more...

Let new bells peal in tribute

If the ambitious appeal announced today succeeds, York Minster will usher in the Queen Mother's 100th birthday with a peal from six bells cast in her honour.  more...

Post waste?

The good folk of Easingwold are bewildered by the latest addition to their street furniture.  more...

February 2nd, 2000

Minster belle  more...

Chris Titley

The blurring of King Tone  more...

February 2nd, 2000

Let new bells peal in tribute  more...

Please kick out art gallery charge proposals

It would appear from Saturday's Evening Press that City of York Council's Leisure Services Committee will be considering a proposal to charge non-York residents £2 for entry into the city art gallery.  more...

Save our post offices

Once again we see York MP Hugh Bayley being muzzled by "collective responsibility" in his approach to the issue over the destruction of sub post offices.  more...

Reflections of Labour

On a day when we hear of the first 1,000 days of New Labour's administration at Westminster and the problems they have heaped upon themselves, what is new when we see the problems at our very own Guildhall?  more...

More police on bikes!

The apalling article on the death of an elderly man on a York cyclepath (Evening Press, January 31) rams home the need for a radical new initiative in community policing.  more...

York Sport

Football: Fans get chance to have a say

York City supporters will be have a chance to air their views next month after the Bootham Crescent board granted a request for a fans' forum.  more...

Rugby League: D-day for trialist Paterson

The future of York Wasps trialist Carl Paterson could be decided this week.  more...

School Sport: Golden goal ensures Copmanthorpe crown

Copmanthorpe Junior School lifted the York City Football in the Community six-a-side Predator Cup after a nail-biting finale.  more...

Squash: Golden oldies roll back the year

Paul Turner (York Clifton Park) beat Robert Taylor (Stillington) in a thrilling five-set veteran final at Dunnington in a game lasting one hour, 20 minutes.  more...

February 2nd, 2000

Football: Fans get chance to have a say  more...

  
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