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Stories for 21 November 1998

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Battle honour

YORK soldier Arthur Eckersley was a hero - but for more than 50 years his family didn't know just how brave he was.  more...

No sweat!

LIFE is now "no sweat" for teenager Helen Bradley.  more...

Brother jailed for football fracas

BROTHERLY love cost a footballer his freedom yesterday.  more...

Driver killed in car crash

A MOTORIST died when his car hit a tree after apparently going out of control on a country road north of Ripon.  more...

Hunger strike continues

Animal rights activist Barry Horne, who is on hunger strike at Full Sutton Prison is, now so weak he is "giving cause for concern".  more...

Arsonist could escape prison sentence

An arsonist with mental problems has been released from custody in an attempt to find a place for him to live in the community.  more...

Sting in the tail

Only traffic wardens stand a chance of finishing behind the traffic police in the motorists' popularity stakes.  more...

Putting pubs on the map

York's pubs are going down the tubes.  more...

York dad slams delay in equal help for widowers

A York widower called today for the Government to start paying its new widowed parents allowance straight away.  more...

Berwick Kaler : The Millennium Dame

It's me, the voice of the people...  more...

Peter Mullen : London's calling

No chance of £30 for grave watch stint  more...

Helping hand for the disabled

AS CROWDS flock to York for the Christmas rush and we all start complaining about being jostled and jolted, just pause for a moment and imagine being unable to walk.  more...

Bear-faced swindle

The discovery of thousands of fake Diana teddy bears in York shows the scale of the industry built around the late Princess.  more...

Kids must complain more

Children should complain more about things in York that bother them, the city's Lord Mayor said today.  more...

Inhumane way to treat pupils

ON the subject of council tax rises, council leader Rod Hills is quoted as saying we will just have to make the best of it (Evening Press, November 10). Just such a cavalier attitude was also shown in a recent meeting at Queen Anne School.  more...

Cash crisis in Parks

A YEAR spent walking 600 miles of footpaths in the National Parks researching and writing a book about the Lake District has given me time to consider the pressing issues facing our National Parks.  more...

Why so disgusted?

I AM astonished that in your report on the dispute between Selby Swimming Club and Selby District Council (Evening Press, November 11) that the club should state it is 'disgusted' by my comments on pool charges. The fact is that the District Council's Selby Swim Scheme charges £3.30 a lesson for adults and £2.40 for children.  more...

City before profit

ROY Templeman's claim that there has been a change in circumstances since the original planning brief for Coppergate II was drawn up beggars belief (Evening Press, November 16).  more...

Drowning our tower

Clifford's Tower will soon be forgotten because the shops are gradually getting nearer and, before long, higher.  more...

Julian Cole

Slang is mint and cool, you tyke my word  more...

Blah, blah, Blair

I AM sick of Tony Blair's threats to Saddam Hussein and the waste of tax payers' money on sending planes to Iraq.  more...

York Sport

Black picture

BACK in the black York City face dark days ahead without transfer cash.  more...

Band of gold

A SMALL band of York City Baths Club swimmers returned from the City of Leicester Age Group and Open Meet bathed in glory.  more...

Harriers run away with lead

KNAVESMIRE Harriers' men's team top the table after an excellent cross-country showing at Hartlepool in the North Yorkshire South Durham League.  more...

Make or break time

REGARDLESS of what happens at Stoke City this afternoon York City know they have to deliver the goods in four nights' time.  more...

Whyte sunk by hot-shot Taylor's cue

KEN Taylor of Bootham Conservative Club won the York Conservative Clubs' Les Hawkins Memorial Snooker Trophy for the second time in four years when he defeated Clive Whyte (Heworth) in the final at Bootham Conservative Club.  more...

North Yorks drivers among best of British

The all-action Network Q Rally Great Britain starts on Sunday and over two million fans are expected to be drawn to the three-day spectacular.  more...

Same again for Seasiders

Rejuvenated Scarborough look set to field the same side that earned the 1-0 victory over Rochdale in midweek for tomorrow's visit of Hartlepool.  more...