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To the rescue
Opportunity knocks for Acorn ace Darren. York Wasps Rugby League Club have turned to the local amateur scene as they bid to boost their depleted squad. Coach Lee Crooks has snapped up 30-year-old Darren Crake from neighbouring York Acorn ahead of tomorrow's
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Quotes of the week 13/01/01
"You don't have to have a posh accent to fly planes." Former North Yorkshire miner Steve Fletcher after earning his airline pilot's licence and landing a job flying Boeing 727s. "You're not on Death Row for nothing." Kidney patient Michael Marshall, from
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Fans join forces to aid Wasps
The rugby league community has closed ranks this week with an amazing show of solidarity for York Wasps. Fans of other clubs have been flocking on to the Internet to pass on their heartfelt messages of goodwill to the Wasps. Some have even pledged money
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Yorkie barred by Bees' big freeze
BARNET have managed to do what a number of people have tried but failed - cage Yorkie the Lion. York City's infamous mascot was barred by the London club from performing his comic antics on the Underhill pitch and roaring on the Minstermen from pitch-side
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BB's Coffee & Muffins, Monk's Cross, York
ALTHOUGH the car park was full, visitors were easily absorbed by the many shops, none of them appearing over busy. We hadn't come to Monk's Cross to shop. On the suggestion of hairdresser Paul, we wanted to investigate another snack spot. A wide window
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What a Spread
IF there's one thing you can be sure of in the toy business, it's that you can't really be sure of anything very much at all. This time last year Tracey Island wasn't even a gleam in the toy manufacturers' eyes. The toys everyone was talking about back
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Chilli welcome - The Raj of India, Thirsk
THERE'S nothing better to warm your bones on a cold winter's night than a red hot curry. So with the temperatures struggling to reach freezing, our party of four travelled up the A19 to Thirsk and to the Raj of India Balti and Tandoori Restaurant. Being
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Only a hunt ban will stop this cruelty
I HAVE lived in the British countryside all of my life. I have never been able to understand how any right-thinking person can possibly enjoy seeing an animal hunted by other animals and then torn apart. My concern is not only for the hunted animals but
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York's honour as Williams lands regional coaching job
YORK City Rowing Club's Loretta Williams has been handed the job of improving junior rowing around North Yorkshire and Humberside. Appointed by the Amateur Rowing Association as the coaching and development officer (Eastern team) for the region, she will
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Boss moans to league about ref
HARROGATE Railway boss Paul Marshall has lodged an official complaint about referee Ken Haycock following the official's controversial display last week. Haycock awarded an injury-time penalty for Liversedge and, after it was blazed over the bar, ordered
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York schools bid taken to London
THE campaign to rebuild four York schools was taken to London when a delegation met with Government minister Jacqui Smith. They pressed home the increasing pressures on Hob Moor Junior and Infant Schools in Acomb, St Oswald's CE Primary School in Fulford
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Self-portrait's story bemuses Sotheby's
AN unfinished self-portrait of a York-born artist is expected to fetch up to $30,000 - about £20,000 - when it is auctioned by Sotheby's in New York. The picture is of William Doughty, born in York in 1757 - but who painted it was initially in dispute
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Home is where their 'art' is
ART work by homeless people was today taking pride of place at York City Art Gallery. Rough sleepers in York have been involved in a project, organised by the Salvation Army and the charity Shelter. Workshops, run once a week to teach the homeless new
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Economy class fare
CHARLES HUTCHINSON keeps the wolf from the door with an easy supper recipe. Book: A Wolf In The Kitchen, Easy Food For Hungry People, by Lindsey Bareham, Penguin Books, paperback, £9.99. Chef's CV: Freelance food-writer and broadcaster, who writes a daily
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City Ladies bid to brush aside misery of cup double exit
WILL it be third time lucky for City in the cup at Bootham Crescent tomorrow? After the Minstermen crashed out of the FA Cup and LDV Vans Trophy in four days, York City Ladies aim to keep on the silverware trail. The girls are taking on Hull City in a
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Yorkie barred by Bees' big freeze
BARNET have managed to do what a number of people have tried but failed - cage Yorkie the Lion. York City's infamous mascot was barred by the London club from performing his comic antics on the Underhill pitch and roaring on the Minstermen from pitch-side
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Warters in ring return
YORK professional boxer Jamie Warters will return to the ring next month. The self-styled Yorvik Warrior has been pencilled in for a six-round light-heavyweight battle on the undercard of the clash between Glasgow's Scott Harrison and Richie Wenton of
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Bio-med firm offers depleted uranium tests
A YORK University company is offering to analyse blood samples from Gulf War veterans and soldiers who fought in Kosovo in the wake of the depleted uranium scare. The company, The Centre for Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CBAMS), has offered
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Wasps hit by 'flu
Fresh worry facing Crooks. York Wasps have been hit by yet another playing crisis prior to their clash with Sheffield Eagles tomorrow. A 'flu bug has ripped through the Wasps ranks, with four players laid low by the virus. Paul Butterfield, Chris Allen
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City Screen's first birthday
THE first year of blockbusters, art flicks, popcorn and floods is over for York's City Screen. The £5 million arthouse cinema is celebrating its anniversary after a delayed opening last year. In an eventful 12 months, the state-of-the-art picture house
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Guessing game
Toy industry moguls are already eyeing each other up as the race begins to find the top toy of Christmas 2001. As the Harrogate Fair gets into full swing, STEPHEN LEWIS peers into his crystal ball. IF there's one thing you can be sure of in the toy business
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To the rescue
Opportunity knocks for Acorn ace Darren. York Wasps Rugby League Club have turned to the local amateur scene as they bid to boost their depleted squad. Coach Lee Crooks has snapped up 30-year-old Darren Crake from neighbouring York Acorn ahead of tomorrow's
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Landlord jailed for cheating
LANDLORD Geoffrey Laverack was today starting 30 months in jail for cheating the taxpayer out of tens of thousands of pounds in a "greedy and unscrupulous" fraud. The controversial property man from The Groves, York, used the names of dead and fictitious
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Wood work
George Wilkinson explores a route on the outskirts of York. FOR walking near York, buy the new Ordnance Survey Explorer 290. The old Pathfinder maps dismembered the city, now its inner ring road is almost bull's-eye centre on the sheet, and radiating
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Forlorn to run
PETER Duffield is facing the biggest hurdle of his long comeback from a broken leg. The York City hitman who suffered a double-fracture of the right leg in September, hopes to be running his way to full fitness within the next few weeks. It would be a
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Britannia race away
Britannia 'A' are streets ahead of their York Maxiprint Darts League division one rivals after an 8-1 win over Burton Stone. Chris Thompson checked 116 for 15 darts and shot 180 in the pairs, while Tony Cooper weighed in with a good 21 darter. Mark Smith
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York RI are close to appointing new officials
WEST Yorkshire League strugglers York RI might have new men at the helm next week. The club advertised the vacancies for a chairman and commercial manager after Steve Alford and Nigel Rhodes stepped down because of business commitments, and both have
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Duncombe Park star Friend in tight battle against West Indies
DUNCOMBE PARK'S former overseas player Travis Friend is making his mark in Zimbabwe's one-day international squad. He was in the side today which lost by one wicket to West Indies in a thriller in the Carlton Series match in Brisbane, Australia. He has
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Final chapter for Reader
THINGS will never be quite the same again at Escrick Park Cricket Club, whose members have decided to end a custom lasting 138 years, while secretary Bill Reader has retired after 48 years, writes Malcolm Huntington. Escrick, six miles south of York,
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Army medics head for Freetown
PRIVATE Rhian Humphreys lets her colleagues take the strain as they prepare to leave for Sierra Leone later this month. The soldiers are some of the 33 medical staff from 34 Field Hospital, based at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall, who have packed
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Bitter blow as cup heroes Sugar fold
by Peter Martini NORTH Riding FA County Cup holders York Sugar FC have folded after more than 50 years of York and District League action. The club have been struggling to put out full teams this season and this week decided to withdraw from the league
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'Still' life to end for Collis
TON-THUMPING ex-West Indies batsman Collis King aims to rule in a new realm next summer. Five years of smashing runs and records with Stillington Cricket Club are over. The one-time Windies' Test ace is expected to end his association with the village
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Jonathan aims to open museum in 2002
STARGAZER Jonathan Cainer's future looks bright after he jumped ship as The Express's resident astrologer to join The Mirror. And his increased career certainty means he can concentrate on expanding his Horoscopes Shop in Stonegate, York - and opening
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York near bottom in mortality rating
YORK Health Trust has the fifth highest mortality rate in the Northern and Yorkshire National Health Service region according to a national report by a top health expert. The trust was ranked 19th out of 23 hospital trusts in the region for death rates
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To the rescue
Opportunity knocks for Acorn ace Darren. York Wasps Rugby League Club have turned to the local amateur scene as they bid to boost their depleted squad. Coach Lee Crooks has snapped up 30-year-old Darren Crake from neighbouring York Acorn ahead of tomorrow's
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I'll never admit to killing Jayne
BLIND killer Yvonne Sleightholme has vowed she will never admit to shooting dead a Ryedale woman - despite losing a battle to clear her name. "I will never confess to something I didn't do, even though it may mean many more years in prison," she said
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Wasps hit by 'flu
Fresh worry facing Crooks. York Wasps have been hit by yet another playing crisis prior to their clash with Sheffield Eagles tomorrow. A 'flu bug has ripped through the Wasps ranks, with four players laid low by the virus. Paul Butterfield, Chris Allen
