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  • Residents warned over gas wars

    A SPECIAL leaflet has been produced by trading standards officers in North Yorkshire urging homeowners not to rush into signing new contracts to change their gas suppliers. They are especially warning people not to be tempted by 'pushy' door-to-door salesmen

  • County farmers 'facing a financial crisis'

    FARMERS in North Yorkshire could be driven to bankruptcy because of unfair competition within the European single market, landowners claimed today. "Our concerns for the future of farmers are real and relate particularly to our members who are heavily

  • Hospital revamp sparks concern

    PLANS to revamp services at a hospital used by thousands of people in the Selby area will be debated at a public meeting next week. York Community Health Council has called the meeting in Eggborough Village Hall at 7pm on Wednesday, February 11, to discuss

  • Campaign to outlaw ageism begins here

    ELDERLY people and older employees today begin the fight back against age discrimination. They are calling for a better deal for pensioners and legislation to bar discrimination on grounds of age in the workplace - and the Evening Press is backing them

  • Last gasp try denies York a point

    A scrambled try in the closing minutes of this evenly contested league encounter at Clifton Park denied York of at least a share of the points they thoroughly deserved and gave high-flying Driffield a somewhat fortunate victory by eight points to three

  • Campbell leveller keeps Boro on roll

    A REPEAT showing of Scarborough's late, late show preserved the Division Three club's two month unbeaten McCain Stadium record and stabilised the Seasiders in fourth spot. Neil Campbell glanced in his sixth goal of the season from an 84th minute corner

  • Claret and blue battering

    BIZARRE. Simply bizarre. One could almost hear a shiny-faced, prattling television talking head exclaiming - how did they do that? Anyone tuning in to Saturday tea-time scores would have thought York City have been well and truly stuffed. And it's true

  • City at sixes and sevens

    CITY'S crashing fall at Turf Moor represented the most goals they have conceded in the League for more than two decades. It also extended a mind-boggling run of losing by the same identical 7-2 scoreline to six games since the Second World War. The 7-

  • Work starts on Selby bus station scheme

    WORK got under way today on a £160,000 scheme to upgrade Selby bus station. District council chiefs say the project will provide first class facilities for passengers into the new millennium. The improvements in Park Street include five new bus shelters

  • Police force gets new chief

    NORTH Yorkshire has a new police chief today. David Kenworthy, former assistant chief constable of Avon and Somerset, takes over as replacement to David Burke, who was forced to retire two weeks ago under a cloud of controversy. What should have been

  • Deadline nears for small-bore gun surrender

    THE OWNERS of small-bore handguns in North Yorkshire have until the end of this month to surrender their weapons to police. Under the 1997 Firearms Act all weapons of .22 calibre and below must be handed in by March 1. Information packs have been sent

  • Schools take their homework to Minister

    TWO sets of York parents today set off on a make-or-break trek to Westminster, each with a mission to succeed where the other fails. It was a last-ditch attempt by parents and staff at Canon Lee to overturn the controversial decision to merge their school

  • Agency orders safety work on A64

    SAFETY measures are to be taken to slow down traffic on the A64 in Ryedale after a spate of fatal accidents. And villagers are demanding action to tame the A1079 "killing road" at Barmby Moor, near Pocklington, after the tragic deaths of a grandmother

  • Grant gives shop a new lease of life

    A SHOP and post office in the Ryedale village of Westow, near Malton, have been given a new lease of life thanks to an improvement grant from the Rural Development Commission. Owner Bill Evans has fitted a double-glazed front window and installed a chiller

  • Penalty over tax forms

    NORTH Yorkshire people who missed Saturday's deadline for the return of self-assessment tax forms will find £100 penalty notices on their doormats this month. Offices in the region opened on Saturday to help people to beat the deadline to get forms in

  • Third time victorious

    YORK Rugby League Club's amateur angst is at an end. After successive defeats by the part-timers of West Hull and Dudley Hill, the Huntington Stadium side were relieved the shock therapy was dished out to second division foes Doncaster Dragons and Bramley

  • Worcester put on saucy eight try show to defeat 'Gate

    After their impressive 48-12 victory over Liverpool St Helen's in the Jewson's National League One last week it was Harrogate's turn to soak up the punishment on Saturday. They plunged to a 50-3 defeat at Worcester recording their heaviest reverse of

  • Bright future predicted for new-look snack bar

    KIT Kat Orange is back by massive popular demand - and this time it's forever. And Nestl Rowntree predicted today that its re-launch of the orange-flavoured version will help send sales of the top snack bar soaring again. The company was confident that

  • Lives at risk warning over threat to hospital

    PLANS to revamp services at a hospital used by thousands of people in the Selby area will be debated at a public meeting next week. York Community Health Council has called the meeting in Eggborough Village Hall at 7pm on Wednesday, February 11, to discuss

  • £1 a minute prize line still in business

    A CONTROVERSIAL premium rate telephone line was still operating today, five days after a watchdog group said it was pulling the plug. York residents have continued ringing the 0896 £1-a-minute service, hoping in vain to have won a big cash prize. Phil

  • Hoteliers alerted over 'women behaving badly'

    YORK hoteliers have been put on alert - about a group of "women behaving badly". Members of York and District Hospitality Association have been warned to show the door to staff from a local nursing home after they allegedly caused chaos in a city hotel