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Stories for 19 January 2001

York Leisure

Sale of babies is Internet scandal

More scandal on the net. HOWARD DAVIS looks at the dismal farce of buying babies over the World Wide Web  more...

The Flintstones Burgertime In Bedrock, published by Swing!

The Flintstones Burgertime In Bedrock, published by Swing! For Gameboy Color.  more...

Koudelka, published by Infogrames for PlayStation

Koudelka, published by Infogrames for PlayStation  more...

Chicken Run, published by Eidos

Chicken Run, published by Eidos for PlayStation  more...

Driver 2, published by Infogrames

Driver 2, published by Infogrames for PlayStation  more...

Wood work

George Wilkinson explores a route on the outskirts of York.  more...

York News

This baby business

In the latest twist in the transatlantic adoption tug of war, twins Belinda and Kimberley have been taken into care. If anything is to be learned from the whole sorry affair, it is that the child must come first. STEPHEN LEWIS reports  more...

York Post Office bomb alert

About 150 Royal Mail staff were evacuated from York's city centre sorting office after a suspect package was discovered there today.  more...

Death crash driver's jail term cut

Family and friends of a couple killed by a drink-driver today reacted with outrage and disbelief after his prison sentence was cut by almost a third.  more...

New call to tame blackspot on A64

MOTORISTS today renewed calls for a notorious A64 gap to be shut, following yet another accident.  more...

Residents view plan for flyover

RESIDENTS were warned today that a new flyover on the A64 could be delayed by a year if they force a public inquiry.  more...

Pupils view map makers' balloon

Pupils at a York school got a real lift out of a map reading lesson.  more...

Inventor sticks with bright idea

Ever wondered how to stop bags of groceries sliding around in the back of your car on the way back from the supermarket?  more...

£30m pledge to rebuild schools

Education Secretary David Blunkett has announced payments of nearly £30m to be spent on rebuilding or refurbishing schools in York and North Yorkshire over the next three years.  more...

Accolades for bravery

A passer-by who saved a man from being savaged by his own dog and an off-duty policeman who intervened in a nightclub brawl were today honoured for their bravery.  more...

Snow hazard on county roads

Drivers battled through treacherous conditions after snow fell on the county's roads today - and forecasters have warned of more bad weather to come.  more...

Yorkshire ports have facelift

TWO North Yorkshire ports are to be improved after the Government gave them the go-ahead to borrow more than half a million pounds.  more...

Close this gap

YET again there was another accident at the A64 Bilborough Gap last night.  more...

Hunting with hounds: the debate rages on

I HAVE been privileged to hunt all my life and totally support all that Mr John Haig wrote (January 16). As a society we have become increasingly intolerant of others whose ideas are different to our own. I can understand that for politicians it is easier to ban hunting than sort out crime, transport, the NHS, but I would warn them that we all feel very passionately about our sport and the right to enjoy it within the law.  more...

Vikings gear up for Jolablot Festival

An exhibit from the original Jorvik Viking Centre is to be auctioned off in aid of our hospice appeal.  more...

Prescott set to pay floods cash

The Government looks set to announce next week that it will meet the £4.9 million cost of Yorkshire's flooding emergency.  more...

Stop sliding away

IT is the big ideas that change the world, a television advertisement insists - the wheel, electricity, the Internet. Big ideas are all very well, but they do not deal with life's little irritations.  more...

What a sorry insult to justice

STEPHEN and Susan Groves were well-known and well-liked. Mr Groves, a bus driver, was popular with passengers and colleagues alike. His wife had worked at the same bank for 25 years. They were devoted to one another and their family.  more...

York Sport

New date for match

York Wasps Rugby League Club have rearranged their postponed Northern Ford Premiership match against Sheffield Eagles for Sunday, February 25. The match was called off on Sunday because of a frozen pitch.  more...

Dynamo Turley looks to impress

DIMINUTIVE dynamo James Turley is champing at the bit for a Bootham Crescent career change as York City look to outflank Macclesfield Town.  more...

Wood work pays off

TEENAGE midfielder Leigh Wood has been drafted in the York City squad for tomorrow's match with Macclesfield.  more...

Silkmen eager for win

Macclesfield caretaker manager Gil Prescott arrives at Bootham Crescent tomorrow still looking for his first win since taking charge at Moss Rose.  more...

Dazzling Dyson

NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson was roaring up the leaderboard in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg today.  more...

Coach quits Heworth rivals

HEWORTH'S Silk Cut Challenge Cup opponents, Batley Bulldogs, are to part company with boss Jon Sharp just a week before the two teams meet for their third-round tie.  more...

New date for match

York Wasps Rugby League Club have rearranged their postponed Northern Ford Premiership match against Sheffield Eagles for Sunday, February 25. The match was called off on Sunday because of a frozen pitch.  more...

Let's be Avenue tussle

HARROGATE Town will be hoping 13th is not an unlucky omen for them tomorrow as their new-found form comes under scrutiny at high-riding Bradford Park Avenue.  more...

Gary plays in derby by popular demand

Pocklington Rugby Union Club first team's Yorkshire division one derby clash at home to Hull tomorrow has added spice with the early return of former player-coach Gary Pearce, who became Hull's director of coaching just over a week ago.  more...

Chances of good fishing improve

Roach are likely to be the target species this weekend as waters below York host the third round of the Acomb Tackle York Winter League.   more...

Kings trip for in-form Seadogs

Scarborough travel to Kingsmeadow to face FA Cup heroes Kingstonian, hoping to extend their eight-match unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference League.  more...

Silkmen eager for win

Macclesfield caretaker manager Gil Prescott arrives at Bootham Crescent tomorrow still looking for his first win since taking charge at Moss Rose.  more...

Wood work pays off

TEENAGE midfielder Leigh Wood has been drafted in the York City squad for tomorrow's match with Macclesfield.  more...

Dynamo Turley looks to impress

DIMINUTIVE dynamo James Turley is champing at the bit for a Bootham Crescent career change as York City look to outflank Macclesfield Town.  more...

Catterick hoping for thaw to lift the frost

Catterick offers the best chance of any racing on turf tomorrow, and Howard Johnson will be among those trainers with their fingers crossed that the meeting goes ahead.  more...

York Whatson

It all Adze up for artist Peter

Peter Wray has found the perfect opportunity to market his work. While the Adze Gallery management team of Dave Durham and Dee Bray-Calvert are away on holiday, he is not only running their Goodramgate art space in York but also filling the walls with 48 of his own works.  more...

Bounce (12, 106 minutes)

Bounce  more...

Beautiful Creatures (18, 88 minutes)

Beautiful Creatures  more...

Vertical Limit (12, 124 minutes)

Vertical Limit  more...

Powerful kick from playwright Steel

GORDON Steel's number one love is football, even if he is a Middlesbrough season ticket holder.  more...

Cinders is given a twist

ST Aelred's Players present their 24th pantomime, Cinderella, at St Aelred's School next week. "At first glance, there does not seem anything unusual about that but all is not as it seems! The format is a little different," says publicity officer Terry Larkman.  more...

  
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