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  • Supershare '98

    Who said that the Wood Tycoon couldn't hack it? Wood merchant Paul Smith stays at the top of the tree and collects his second daily Supershare prize from the competition sponsors Walsh Lucas, the independent financial advisers of Micklegate, York. But

  • Big-name Rhinos boost Wasps

    INTERNATIONAL: Morley by Stuart Martel International stars Iestyn Harris and Adrian Morley have been named in the Leeds Rhinos squad to face York Rugby League Club at Huntington Stadium. Half-back Harris and forward Morley, two of the hottest properties

  • Green belt 'needs protecting'

    Green belt policies protecting countryside around York and other cities need strengthening, according to the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Neil Sinden, of the charity which today launched a green belt charter, said: "Green belts have been

  • New tablet proves to be the bees' knees

    A product made by bees and distributed in tablet form by a Scarborough company is being used to treat Alzheimer's Disease patients. Propolis, distributed by Bee Health, based in East Ayton, near Scarborough, has been used as an anti-bacterial agent for

  • York's 'oldest' man dies

    George Gledhill, a veteran of the First World War and believed to be York's oldest man, has died. He was 103. Born in Burley-in-Wharfedale in West Yorkshire in 1894 when Queen Victoria was still on the throne, George was the youngest of eight children

  • £8m shops complex planned for city centre

    A high-class shopping complex and a 55-bedroom riverside budget hotel - representing a £13 million investment in York city centre - look set to get the green light from planning chiefs tomorrow. The shop units, to be built in Davygate on the site of the

  • PITS: Give us a break

    Mining leaders in Selby have joined the government's call for fair competition among European coal producers. Energy minister John Battle is to complain to the European Commission over huge subsidies paid to foreign pits which threaten the British coal

  • Esther appeals for ChildLine funds

    Esther Rantzen was in Yorkshire today to launch a new helpline for the region's children - and appeal for more cash to help the thousands who still can't get through. ChildLine Yorkshire and North East, which opened nine months ago, receives more than

  • Protests target Ecofin weekend

    Hundreds of protesting farmers and Euro-sceptics will descend on York this weekend to lobby European Finance Ministers. All York police leave has been cancelled on Saturday as officers are deployed to control marches and meetings, staged to coincide with

  • Moss pads up to lead Tykes

    Pudsey St Lawrence president Keith Moss has become the most powerful man in Yorkshire cricket after being elected chairman of Yorkshire CCC in succession to Sir Lawrence Byford who stepped down from the post after seven years in the hot-seat. Sir Lawrence

  • Attack the best form of defence for City

    Safety assured, injury-hit York City may adopt a bold front-line against cash-awash Fulham. With City's injury room crammed with no less than eight casualties, attack is set to be the most potent form of defence simply because City may have more out and

  • Duchess spins wildlife web site

    The Duchess of Hamilton opens the flora exhibition at York Central Library Picture: David Harrison Library users in York are being urged to get back to nature - via the information super highway. As part of National Science Week, the Duchess of Hamilton

  • Gateway fight 'to bitter end'

    Protesters fighting a Park and Ride plan today vowed to take their battle to the top after city planners recommended approval of the scheme. Campaigners intend to demonstrate their anger and frustration when the vexed issue of the Northern Gateway scheme