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Stories for 5 February 2000

York News

Cut it out!

Protesters urging a council re-think on proposed service cuts today increased their pressure.  more...

Baby's just great for gran

The family of 82-year-old Dorothy Swain feared she might not live to see the birth of her great-great granddaughter after a stroke.  more...

Sword charge man abusive to usher

A York man charged with illegally possessing a Samurai sword publicly apologised to a court usher after becoming abusive in the court foyer when he was issued with an arrest warrant.  more...

Clampdown urged on the 'clampers'

A North Yorkshire MP has called for tough new controls on "cowboy" wheelclampers, after telling the House of Commons of an incident in Doncaster where a woman was told her young daughter would be held hostage until she returned with a fine.  more...

February 5th, 2000

We need fiery events like this  more...

Support for scheme to block York street

Blocking a city centre street to stop abuse of traffic orders has been supported in a public consultation.  more...

Dick Turpin rides again

Kitchen mates go head to head  more...

Enter the Dragon

York's oriental community was today celebrating Chinese New Year - and the start of the Year of the Dragon.  more...

Ex-tutors take the plunge

Two retired York teachers who have taught hundreds of local children to swim have added their weight to our campaign to save York's Barbican and Yearsley Pools.  more...

Troubled resident says fence too short

Intruders are targeting a York man's garden after a fence put up to block off a short cut stopped short of his boundary.  more...

Our campaign brings in a huge postbag

The Evening Press continues to be deluged with forms sent in by readers to back our Counter Attack campaign.  more...

Clamp down on the clampers

The clamping horror stories recounted by Harrogate MP Phil Willis are all too common. More and more unscrupulous operators are realising that wheel clamping is an easy way to make a killing.  more...

Teacher cuts set to be reduced

Feared job cuts at a nationally-recognised York special school look set to be reduced as next year's education budget is set.  more...

Canon to lead hospice service

Broadcaster and renowned preacher Canon Roger Royle is to speak at a special Service of Thanksgiving in York Minster to mark the 15th anniversary of the opening of St Leonard's Hospice.  more...

February 5th, 2000

Cut it out!  more...

February 5th, 2000

Clamp down on the clampers  more...

We need fiery events like this

Your coverage of the loss of the boat-burning element of the Jorvik Viking Festival (January 26) rightly emphasises the importance of major, visual events such as this in boosting York's tourist trade.  more...

Charging for art

Before rejecting the suggestion of charging for entry to the City Art Gallery as "unprincipled and wrong" ('Art Free For All Is The Only Way', January 29), you may be interested to know the outcome of research on this subject.  more...

All the right words

So Brian Fodera failed to answer the 100 dollar question on the American version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' correctly ('Millionaire Misery', January 26)?  more...

Thanks for helping

Thanks to everyone who supported Margaret Tyrrell and the Tramway Club Line Dancers who volunteered to fund raise for the Meningitis Research Foundation after Margaret lost her grandson Kenny Eshelby to meningococcal septicaemia in February 1999.  more...

York Sport

Rob's just the job

Rob Lee's second coming could be just what York Wasps need to kick-start their Northern Ford Premiership campaign.  more...

York City supporters' group FACT are considering a name change.

It currently stands for Fans Against Craig's Tyranny, in reference to the City chairman Douglas Craig, but its members are mulling over a change of phrase for the acronym to Fans Assisting City Together.  more...

York part of new TV racing talks

Britain's 12 leading racecourses - including York - have entered exclusive negotiations which will secure the future of horse racing on terrestrial television.  more...

Crescent becomes the 19th hole

York City are offering sports fans a day to savour.  more...

Wasps weigh up Paterson options

Super League could hold the answer to Carl Paterson's York Wasps future.  more...

Kick Boxing: Pierre gets kick from ring return

A York sportsman has hit the heights after being ribbed about his lack of fitness.  more...

Swimming: Record breakers

Five records were broken in the second half of New Earswick Swimming Club's annual championships to take the total to ten over the whole of the championships.  more...

February 5th, 2000

Rob's just the job  more...

  
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