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  • Cup double

    by Colin RobinsonCLIVE Whyte and his Heworth club colleague Neil Wood retained the York Conservative clubs' Turnbull Mazda Pairs Snooker Cup when they beat Ken Taylor and Terry Ward of Bootham club 3-0 in the final at Fulford. Whyte and Wood made steady

  • Lowry painting sold for £78,000

    YORK'S "lost" Lowry painting is unlikely to be brought back to the city after being sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for £78,000. The painting, which depicts York as seen from Melrosegate complete with the artist's trademark "matchstick" figures,

  • Yorkshire folk are gagging for it...

    In last week's fun-size Evening Press, young jokers from Derwent Junior School told us their top gags to dispel the myth that Yorkshire folk are dour and humourless. Then, showing perfect comedy timing, teachers were urged this week to crack more jokes

  • The warden who booked 400,000 drivers in York

    COLOURFUL York traffic warden George Goodair, single-handedly responsible for booking more than 400,000 vehicles in his long career, has received his ticket to retirement. George, 65, whose irrepressible humour has made him a legend on the streets of

  • Ship-shape day for stranded seamen

    YORK today opened its arms to 12 homesick young Romanian seamen who have been stranded in Hull since January. The penniless young sea-salts, many of them with young families in Romania, have been staying at the Seamans Mission in Hull since their ship

  • Whitehall 'jumps gun' on pylons

    CAMPAIGNERS opposed to a 50-mile power line which would see hundreds of electricity pylons marching through the Vale of York have been offered a ray of hope. A solicitor acting for protesters opposed to the pylons believes a survey to be published later

  • Malton are Cross kings

    MALTON and Norton retained the Cross Trophy by a margin of 25 shots ahead of Fulford and Pike Hills. In round 10, home course advantage was taken by four of the Malton pairings finishing in the top 11 places. The best score of the day, however, came from

  • York credit union bid

    ONE of the country's first citywide credit unions could be set up in York to help vulnerable people avoid the loan sharks. The community-based savings and loans scheme would let ordinary residents take control of their own finances, says John Cossham,

  • Sisters share a slim-line tonic

    Two York sisters are shadows of their former selves after they shed 15 stone between them. Karen Gatenby and Nicola Fiddeman knew the time had come to fight the flab when they booked a holiday to Florida. "I thought, my God, what if I don't fit into the

  • Tang Hall stunned by killing

    SHOCKED neighbours in the quiet Tang Hall cul-de-sac where the killing took place were today struggling to come to terms with what had happened right on their doorstep. Most of the residents of Welborn Close - a street of flats and bungalows - are elderly