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Stories for 6 July 2007

York Press Business

Flood aid to firms offer

A £500,000 fund to help small enterprises in Yorkshire affected by flooding has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).   more...

Business awards deadline extended

FRET not! So many businesses have contacted us worried about today's deadline for The Press Business Of The Year 2007 that we have delayed the closing date until midday next Friday.   more...

York Press News

Time for a carnival...

A TRADITIONAL summer carnival hopes to become York's answer to Glastonbury.   more...

£1 million grant to fight crime

YORK is set to get a £1 million grant to tackle crime in the city.   more...

Thieves alert

THIEVES are breaking into five cars a day in York.   more...

Holy slogans! Church puns arise

THE Diary always enjoys a good pun or two, so we were amused to receive an email from church insurers Congregational And General.   more...

Man killed in car accident

A MAN has been killed in a car accident near Harrogate.   more...

Centre changed our lives forever

A DISTRAUGHT mother has made a heartfelt plea to council chiefs not to shut a day care centre which she says saved her life.   more...

Antisocial yobs will be locked in police 'hotel'

Troublemakers are being invited to spend a night at the Lock Em Inn - courtesy of York Police.   more...

Vibrating bed misery for OAP, 86

A PENSIONER told today how she has suffered sleepless nights for almost a year - because of a vibrating bed.   more...

A degree of trouble in physiotherapy

THEY cost the NHS £30,000 each to put through university - but York physiotherapy students are facing an uphill struggle to get jobs.   more...

Medics job crisis

A JOBS crisis is hitting junior doctors at York Hospital in the wake of a controversial national recruitment system branded "a fiasco".   more...

Life’s become sweet for sugar baby Laura

A YORK girl born more than ten weeks prematurely weighing less than a bag of sugar has battled all the odds - and even achieved a black belt in kick-boxing.   more...

Have-a-go heroes thwart car thief

THREE brave members of the public came to the rescue of a pensioner when a thief jumped into a his car and mowed him down.   more...

Internal investigation after racecourse blaze blamed on smoker

THE blaze which hit York Racecourse was started by a cigarette being dropped - just four days after smoking indoors was banned.   more...

Electric shock!

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Councillor hopes to solve fence mystery

A COUNCILLOR has stepped in to help residents find out who has installed a mystery new fence on deserted land in Acomb, York.   more...

Safety campaign launched in effort to cut road deaths

Police are getting tough with drivers who are putting their own and others' lives at risk. Stephen Lewis reports on Operation Capable.   more...

Celebration for York restaurateur

"I FEEL proud to have been successful in one of Britain's most historical and beautiful cities."   more...

Police release photograph of paedophile

The photograph of a paedophile who has been on the run since February has been released by police in an effort to catch him.   more...

Alan’s pedal power

YOU don't need to compete in the Tour de France to enjoy the benefits of cycling.   more...

Madness of NHS funding

FOR all the undoubted good it does, the NHS does get itself in some dreadful tangles.   more...

On board for homes boost

HOUSING in Selby is set for a boost with the introduction of a new board to attract more Government funding to the district.   more...

Venues on the festival menu

RYEDALE Festival will begin soon in a stunning array of venues homes and historic churches.   more...

People power

RESIDENTS are up in arms about a proposed York housing development they claim will increase the flood risk to their homes.   more...

Knife raider hits store

A KNIFEMAN walked into a York supermarket and demanded cash - in the seventh armed robbery in the city in a month.   more...

Former BR man's asbestos battle

AN EX-PATRIOT has returned to his home city to step up the campaign to bring justice to victims of York's asbestos timebomb.   more...

Minster boss will ‘not be returning’

THE MAN in charge of the day to day running of the Minster will "not be returning to his post".   more...

Burgers out – chicken in

BURGER King has announced the closure of another of its York restaurants, while a new fast food retailer is set to move into its former city centre premises.   more...

York Press Sport

Dazza’s full face value

YORK City right-back Darren Craddock has insisted he will shirk no challenges on his return to action after suffering a broken jaw.   more...

Welcome to ’Pool resources

FIT-AGAIN York City full-back Darren Craddock has welcomed the addition of his former Hartlepool mentor Mark Robinson to next   more...

Knights can hit back for play-off push says Scott

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Authorized to Eclipse rivals

Authorized, who heralded his burgeoning ability at York in May when running away with the Dante Stakes, and who has since proved himself a top-notch performer by blitzing his rivals in the Derby, can continue on the crest of a wave in a not-to-be-missed clash of the generations at Sandown tomorrow.   more...

Fresh hope for on-course bookmakers embroiled in pitches row

YORK and North Yorkshire bookmakers who are worried about their livelihoods because of plans to   more...

Friday night spectacular

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Heath’s blast for Crescent

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Oliver and Stevo prove toughs of track

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Old Malton start

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Groves appeal

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Dyson hits form

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New twist for Leeds

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Net gain of a new kit would lift Red and Blue crew

YORK City fans' football team Red and Blue will represent the club in the Worldnet Sports Interactive Cup this month.   more...

York fight ring rust for double date

AFTER being overhauled by a one-two combination that deprived them of the leadership of the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League, York face a double date this weekend.   more...

New Twenty20 vision for never-say-die Yorkshire

Apparently down and out in the first half of this   more...

  
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