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Stories for 17 January 2001

York Leisure

All fright on the night

With trembling hands, CHRIS TITLEY opens a new guide to British supernatural fiction  more...

York News

Why Britain is on the wrong track

Leeds Railway Station may have re-opened at last - but now the future of the East Coast Main Line refurbishment looks under threat. Transport Reporter DAN RUTSTEIN talks to a railway expert about what is going wrong with our trains  more...

Fire service wins new report

Home Office Fire Inspectors are today taking another look at North Yorkshire's fire service, after their scorching criticism of the brigade last year.  more...

Rugby ref kicks role into touch

A Selby rugby referee tipped for the top has hung up his whistle in disgust after two seasons of being abused and ostracised by players, coaches and spectators.  more...

Lottery bonanza for project

Strensall & Towthorpe Sports Association has got the green light for a £300,000 project, a vital boost to sports activities in the area.  more...

Groups get share of £13,000

Youth groups in Ryedale have benefited from a share of more than £13,000 of funding to buy equipment.  more...

Sea search for missing man

A major search was underway today for a man who went missing off the North Yorkshire coast.  more...

No home for killer O'Connell

Blind killer Anthony O'Connell is unlikely to return to York, the scene of his crime.  more...

Firm's expansion go-ahead

Despite a late objection, plans to expand by successful Malton company Pro-Pak are still on course.  more...

Pickering parking charges debate

A Pickering councillor has called for free parking to be introduced for residents and commuters - with charges remaining for tourists.  more...

Meeting divided over scheme

A seemingley non-contentious planning application left Ryedale District Councillors deadlocked and divided last night.  more...

Wilde behaviour

ONCE again Councillor Wilde is reported to have expressed an opinion which concurs with that of the majority of residents (letter, January 3). Rumour has it that he has even committed the cardinal sin of criticising an unelected member!  more...

Don't forget us

A FEW weeks ago, I read in the New Statesman that at the summer meeting of G8 countries at Okinawa, Japan, our Prime Minister offered to the Russian Prime Minister £70 million to fund a new Russian nuclear power programme.   more...

Asking the residents

YOU describe Bristol City Council's referendum on council tax options as "innovative" (Ballot on council tax is non-starter here, January 5 2001).  more...

Council refuses to be objective on Coppergate

COUNCILLOR Merrett is woefully mistaken in thinking that his committee's approval of the proposals for Coppergate Riverside is the right decision for York (January 17).  more...

Let's be more measured

BRITAIN has produced some of the world's noblest martyrs. There's St Edmund, the ninth century Christian king, tied to a tree and shot with arrows by Danish heathens till his body was `like a thistle covered with prickles'. Just to push the point home, they lopped his head off.  more...

MPs vote on future of hunting

MPs were tonight set to vote overwhelmingly to outlaw fox-hunting, amid claims that many scores of North Yorkshire jobs are at stake.  more...

Sex attack robber bit victim

A tagged robber subjected an 18-year-old York woman to a violent sex attack in broad daylight, York Crown Court heard today.  more...

£30m to clean up hospitals

A £30 million cash injection to clean up England's hospitals was being announced by Health Secretary Alan Milburn today.  more...

How many more must die on A64?

The aunt of a teenager who died after an accident at a notorious A64 blackspot is backing local residents' pleas for urgent safety improvements.  more...

That's the sport

AFTER the messy conclusion to the battle to run the National Lottery, it is refreshing to be reminded of the positive side to the game. Today Strensall & Towthorpe Sports Association is celebrating an award of more than £200,000 from the Sport England Lottery Fund.  more...

Allegations will dog fire service

THE Fire Service Inspectorate's damning report into the North Yorkshire brigade is destined to be filed in the waste paper basket. This is nothing less than a scandal.   more...

York Sport

Rochdale target Wasps ace

Rochdale Hornets have made a move to sign York Wasps favourite Spencer Hargrave.  more...

High of Old Year

I wonder if the angry York City supporters have spotted their team's month-by-month improvement over the season?  more...

Same old story prompts exit

I have a very familiar feeling as a York City supporter. Mid-season, out of all cup competitions and facing yet another relegation battle.  more...

Supply in demand

I see York City manager Terry Dolan is blaming his strikers for City's lack of goals.  more...

'Dolan must go' to halt freefall

I spent the most dismal Saturday afternoon listening to York City crash to yet another defeat.  more...

Poor City miles away from Promised Land

Terry Dolan was going to put smiles on the faces of York City supporters, but instead the gloom is deepening at Bootham Crescent.  more...

Tykes on track of top coach

Yorkshire's cricket committee have agreed to look specifically for a first-team coach to replace Director of Coaching Martyn Moxon.  more...

Injury shocker for City

Beleaguered York City were today rocked by two devastating injury blows.  more...

Stancliffe salutes brave young guns

Disappointment and pride in equal measure filled the thoughts of York City's head of youth development Paul Stancliffe as Bootham Crescent's young bucks went out of the FA Youth Cup at Molineux.  more...

Tykes on track of top coach

Yorkshire's cricket committee have agreed to look specifically for a first-team coach to replace Director of Coaching Martyn Moxon.  more...

Nation's clubs waiting on York tribunal

The future survival of voluntary sports clubs throughout Great Britain could depend on the outcome of a tribunal in York.  more...

Closest possible finish to match

The penultimate round of the Yorkshire Winter League saw the Hirst Tackle team make what appears to be a decisive move in winning by a point from FAPS Bradford.   more...

Minster maids' thriller in mist

York city Ladies made the most of their outing at Bootham Crescent on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Hull City in the Knockout Cup.  more...

Pikes through to last eight

Four goals in the second half saw Pickering Town march into the quarter-finals of the Northern Counties East League Wilkinson Sword Trophy with a 4-1 defeat of Tadcaster Albion last night.  more...

Whittaker winner

Slingsby scored only their third win of the season in division one of the Beckett League to move above their opponents Sinnington.  more...

Extra time triumph

Beckett League division two side Old Malton 3rds beat first division Coxwold 3-1 in extra time in the Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy. Substitute David Bradshaw scored twice in extra time. Mark Taylor had given Old Malton 3rds the lead in regulation time. Andy Burn equalised for Coxwold.  more...

Rochdale target Wasps ace

Rochdale Hornets have made a move to sign York Wasps favourite Spencer Hargrave.  more...

Stancliffe salutes brave young guns

Disappointment and pride in equal measure filled the thoughts of York City's head of youth development Paul Stancliffe as Bootham Crescent's young bucks went out of the FA Youth Cup at Molineux.  more...

Injury shocker for City

Beleaguered York City were today rocked by two devastating injury blows.  more...

Race meetings called off as the frost bites

THE Arctic weather has claimed more race meetings.  more...

York Whatson

Changing Pages, York City Art Gallery, until January 28

Changing Pages, York City Art Gallery, until January 28. Closed December 25 and 26, January 1.  more...

Annie Halliday, Translucent Exposures, Impressions Gallery of Photography, Castlegate, York

Annie Halliday, Translucent Exposures, Impressions Gallery of Photography, Castlegate, York, until March 3.  more...

  
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