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Nightmare at the museum as funding shake-up leaves a shadow over future
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Ancient secrets unearthed by top team digging deep into remains of the past
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Funding refusal hits those who need a good night’s sleep
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The Delius divide: a vital visionary or a meandering musical waste of time?
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‘We want parents to see that there are opportunities for their children’
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Does accent on pronunciation create a land of the bland?
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The day Debra went for an eye test... and saved her life
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Will women and men ever add up to equals in maths?
IN the eight decades since its inception, not one woman has won the Fields Medal – the mathematical world’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Comrades in arms... why it wasn’t just white men who went to war for Britain
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Poet’s modern look at king who reigns supreme for England
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He was the boxer who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee and for Frank Malley, Muhammad Ali will always be the greatest sportsman the world has ever seen.
Mortal enemies in war learn how to be brothers in arms
For 25 years, Neil Wilkinson thought he had killed a flying ace in the Falklands War. But his victim is alive and well and the two are now friends. Sheena Hastings reports.
Venues aim for full house as theatres gamble on playing their cards right
Yorkshire is home to some of England’s most impressive historic cultural venues, but making them a success can be challenging. Chris Bond reports.
Bloody underworld of the criminal gangs who torture badgers for sport
Just a few days after the end of the Christmas holidays, PC Gareth Jones received the latest report of suspected badger baiting.
Campaign crossing oceans to welcome the world to Yorkshire
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Pupils switch off from skills they need to shape digital future
WHEN Michael Gove said that schoolchildren are “bored out of their minds” by computer science at school, he wasn’t pulling any punches.
Honour for Mrs A who battled bravely to bring a fundamental change in law
JUST under a month ago, Shirley Woodman received a letter from the Cabinet Office in Downing Street. It informed her that her name was one of those recommended to the Queen to receive an MBE in the New Year Honours “for services to the community in Yorkshire”. Stunned, temporarily speechless and sworn to confidentiality, the very sociable Shirley was left to mull over why and how this had come about. Someone among her many friends and contacts had recommended her and sent written submissions for consideration.
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