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Stories for 14 July 2000

York Leisure

Flying by seat of pants

United States Air Force, published by Jane's Combat Simulations for PC  more...

New innovations and popular favourites add colour to site

This time it's not site wide. We've just tried to inject some colour into the front page, and created a daily paper page which lists all the major sections uploaded from the Evening Press that day. Just click the daily paper icon from the home page.  more...

Will Snow's show be damned by association?

I never thought I'd see the day that Jon Snow would be playing at being Chris Tarrant. But all this week he's been one step from asking `Is that your final answer?'.  more...

York News

Thrills 'n' Boon

The look of love is changing as Phil Gould and Stephen Lewis reveal...  more...

Ex-Pat web firm to take on 30 new staff

THE York website suppliers of British food to homesick Brits all over the world has clinched an exclusive contract with British Forces Post Offices, helping to create 30 new jobs.  more...

North Yorks is given fake vodka warning

DRINKERS and traders were warned today about a consignment of counterfeit vodka being offered for sale in North Yorkshire.  more...

Healthy picture for North Yorkshire

THE picture for patients in North Yorkshire looks relatively healthy, despite the appearance of a north-south divide in NHS league tables for England which have been released today.  more...

Police hail campaign against drugs crime

A PIONEERING scheme piloted in York to tackle the menace of drug-related crime is being launched throughout the rest of the county today.  more...

Showdown on the streets

A SHOWDOWN of the big shouters is on the cards when a cheeky bid to draw shoppers from York to the east coast is made on Monday.  more...

Tina turns on the style

TINA Turner proved she was simply the best at a concert at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield.   more...

£5,632 phone bill shock for businessman

ALARMS bells started ringing for horrified businessman Muir Morton when he received his quarterly bill from BT.  more...

£3.5 million lottery boost for community projects

THE LATEST round of lottery grants for North Yorkshire will help people suffering from mental distress, fund a village hall modernisation and provide a new fitness suite.   more...

Roof man arrested

A MAN who took to the roof of his parents home near Goole sparking a stand-off with police has been arrested after finally coming down.  more...

Couple celebrate 65 years of marriage

A York couple who gave themselves to help others were today celebrating 65 years of wedded bliss.  more...

Seagulls shot dead by snipers

SEAGULLS which attacked elderly residents and frightened a paper boy in an East Coast resort have been culled by council snipers.  more...

Give Oliver a rest, Tara!

YOU can tell it is nearing the end of the school year. The homework has slowed to a trickle. The teachers all seem to be getting more excited as the sparkle returns to their eyes. And I am being slowly driven insane.  more...

Don't let High Petergate become a rat-run

I AM concerned about the pedestrianisation of High Petergate. For more than 20 years I have been the proprietor of Fosters jewellers. During that time I have neither witnessed, nor been aware of, any accident or indeed conflict taking place between pedestrians, cyclists or drivers in the street.   more...

Fallen angel is sent down

FALLEN angel Rachel Simpson was this afternoon jailed for siphoning £127,000 from the York Christmas Angels fancy goods store.  more...

Don't trust either men

ROWNTREE workers fearing for their jobs shouldn't pin their hopes on Peter Blackburn or Rupert Murdoch's Sun.   more...

Cyber sauce in sleepy village

BEHIND the quite exterior of a rural Wolds village lies an e-sex empire providing goods to the far corners of the globe, the Evening Press can reveal today.  more...

Results - 14/07/00

HORSES   more...

Senior Tory backs labelling demand

A SENIOR Tory is backing demands for clear labelling of British bacon.  more...

Education had key show role

EDUCATION played a key role at this year's Great Yorkshire Show, with children creating displays and staging scientific experiments.  more...

`Global forces' boost pound

FARMERS have been told that Britain's strong pound is largely out of the Government's control.   more...

Awards for top farmers

SELBY farmer Frank Howie now owns one of the Great Yorkshires Show's arable contest trophies after being named winner for the third year.   more...

Big cheer for foxhounds

THE largest pack of foxhounds ever seen in Britain went on parade at the Great Yorkshire Show - while their masters urged hunt supporters to give them a cheer which would be heard in Parliament.  more...

Millennium show is hailed as a great success

THE Millennium Great Yorkshire Show has been another huge success, said director Christopher Hall.  more...

Crying out loud...

IN THIS age of instant communication, when a message can pass across the world in the blink of an electronic eye, it is in a way comforting to see how Freeport Hornsea chooses to put across its message. They are sending us a town crier.  more...

City's visionary way with drugs

THE fight against drugs takes courage and imagination. That is why a pioneer-ing scheme in York is proving to be such a success. Instead of merely punishing first-time drug offenders, this initiative offers a choice of either punishment or advice.  more...

York Sport

Stung Eddery to grab glory on Knavesmire

Pat can win big race on Medicean.  more...

York man's Olympian effort

A YOUNG York athlete will be going for golden glory later this year, having been picked to compete at the Sydney Paralympics.  more...

Slick Brazil

IF Bootham Crescent witnesses similar ball skills as displayed there last night, then York City and their supporters are set for a super season.  more...

Joseph could be just the Job

CAMEROON international striker Joseph-Desire Job could make his Middlesbrough debut in Wayne Hall's Testimonial at Bootham Crescent, writes Dave Stanford.  more...

City crew aiming to be hot in Notts

AFTER the disappointment of missing out at Henley Royal Regatta, the York City Rowing Club lightweight quad are hoping to pull in some silverware at the Great Britain Championships at Holmepierrepoint, near Notting-ham.  more...

Dixon going out to Africa

YORK strongman Rob Dixon has become the first Yorkshireman ever to be asked to compete at the World's Strongest Man tournament, to be held in South Africa.  more...

Baker goes to Bed

Former York City striker Paul Baker, pictured above, has signed for non-league giants Bedlington Terriers.  more...

Home advantage for York's double-header

York Cricket Club face a hectic weekend with a double-header, tomorrow and Sunday, involving the top and bottom clubs in the league.  more...

Lehmann leads onslaught

A savage assault by Darren Lehmann on leg-spinner Ian Salisbury helped move Yorkshire to a small but valuable first innings lead of 16 against County Champions Surrey at The Oval yesterday before Chris Silverwood grabbed a wicket in the day's two remaining overs.  more...

Vikings send call out to the tall folk of York

CALLING all tall people - York's basketball club wants you.  more...

`Gutted' Culkin to miss out

Goalkeeper's York return scuppered.  more...

Naylor at Boro

Former York City striker Glenn Naylor (pictured) has reported for pre-season training with Nationwide Conference side Scarborough, having been released by Division Three outfit Darlington.  more...

  
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