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Football gang launches website
A GANG of "troublemakers" which attaches itself to York City Football Club has re-emerged - and a member has posted a site dedicated to the group on to the Internet. Specialist police intelligence officers are monitoring the site and have linked the resurgence
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Fury over 'obscene' Arriva profits
HUGE profits announced by transport giant Arriva today enraged commuters as train conductors prepared to stage more lightning strikes. Arriva's annual results, which reflect its bus businesses and European interests as well as its train service, show
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Major challenge
AS the new chairman of the influential Country Land and Business Association (CLBA), the Hon Michael Willoughby recognises that he faces a major challenge with farming experiencing its biggest crisis for half a century. "There are a lot of pressures,
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Young Farmers
RILLINGTON OUR YFC held a quiz night on February 27 at the church rooms, Rillington. The quiz was competed between a mixture of members and advisory committee members. The winning team was Mrs Maw, Louise Pratt, Tom Watson, Richard Webster and Laura Witty
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Let the people of city decide
TUCKED away in the Evening Press classified columns last week was a public notice from City of York Council's chief executive David Atkinson. It announced that if five per cent of the population, 7,250 people, signed a petition calling for York to elect
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Respect wanes
IT is no surprise that York people are less willing to stage street parties to mark the Golden Jubilee than they were during the Coronation or Silver Jubilee. Times have changed. The age of deference is over. This diminished enthusiasm does not reflect
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Against all odds scenario has reinforced the bond between players
EARLIER in the season, I wrote in this column about how the players had asked me to arrange for a nutritionist to come in and speak to them about their diets. I said at the time such a request was a major positive for me, indicating just how serious the
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Bus fare madness
WHEN the controversial Rawcliffe Bar Park and Ride site was in its infancy one argument put forward by local residents was that they would not be encouraged to use it. The council vigorously denied this. Two years on and the council has introduced a pick-up
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So what's new?
ALL this talk of a tabloid format being new to York's daily paper, the Evening Press. I recall the Press being a six-day tabloid in the 1940s and then making a big song and dance when it became full-sized. Or is my memory not as broad as it is long? Annie
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War women's tribute
CONGRATULATIONS on your excellent coverage of the campaign for a memorial to the women of the Second World War (February 27). You quoted the first part of my House of Commons motion saying the memorial will pay tribute to the 640,000 women who served
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Traffic choked city
NO letter from Mike Usherwood for some time (March 2). I wondered if he had joined the board of Sustrans, the cycle-path promoters. I doubt whether motorists in 1902 would have any problems with City of York Council; 50 years ago Parliament Street was
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Lee's new deal
YORK City boss Terry Dolan has confirmed midfielder Lee Bullock has signed a new two-year deal. With one year left on his current contract, it means the 20-year-old - one of City's most saleable assets - is tied to the Minstermen until 2005. Dolan, who
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Match ball takes pride of place in museum
A REGIMENTAL museum in North Yorkshire has netted a unique piece of history to add to its exhibits. The football used in the landmark match between a team of British troops and other international peace-keepers and an Afghani side at a Kabul stadium,
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Jacks plays a key role
York tennis youngster Linsey Jacks, 16, played a major part in Yorkshire winning the Under 18 LTA County Cup at Welwyn Garden City. The Joseph Rowntree School pupil was a member of the eight-strong team which defeated Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
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Park and Ride suggested for hospital 'corridor'
PLANS to bring in a new Park&Ride service for York District Hospital are to be investigated by City of York Council. The site, which would serve the hospital and the Wigginton Road corridor, would be the city's seventh. The plans, contained in a council
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Nobby lends a hand
FOOTBALL fans in York were treated to an appearance from ex-Manchester United and 1966 England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles at their annual dinner. Stiles was the star guest at the Poppleton Junior Football Club's dinner at York Racecourse to raise money
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Primed for action
STILLINGTON Primary School are dressed for success - courtesy of their first-ever football strip. The pupils have previously had to borrow kits from local junior sides or just wear their games' kit for matches. But after six years of hard work, primarily
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Prop on carpet after tie turned
UPTON forward Mark Welsh is to be reported to Yorkshire League officials following a clash with the referee during the controversial match against Selby Warriors. The prop had the altercation with the referee towards the end of the match, with the official
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Cash pressures in rail franchise fight
RAIL firms bidding to win the TransPennine Express franchise have been warned they could face serious cash pressures when one of them is successful. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) may not give short-listed operators the cash backing they expected,
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Centre alters leaflets after complaint
A CHINESE medical centre in York has come under fire from the advertising regulator which branded its leaflets "misleading". The Herbgarden Chinese Medical Centre in Gillygate has now changed its advertising leaflets, replacing the word doctor with practitioner
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Reminder over mayor referendum
York voters have been reminded of their right to demand a referendum on whether the city should be led by a directly-elected, U.S-style executive mayor. Under the Local Government Act, just over 7,000 voters in York - five per cent of the city's total
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Apathy over Golden Jubilee
THE Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in York may be a low-key affair. Only five applications have been made to City of York Council for permission to hold street parties in June - a far cry from the thousands who held parties to celebrate the Millennium
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Women's triple boost for Acorn
YORK Acorn's thriving women's team have been boosted by the news three players are soon to receive representative honours, writes Peter Martini. Loose-forward Beverley Langan is set to don the Great Britain jersey in May having been selected for the GB
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Lee's new deal
YORK City boss Terry Dolan has confirmed midfielder Lee Bullock has signed a new two-year deal. With one year left on his current contract, it means the 20-year-old - one of City's most saleable assets - is tied to the Minstermen until 2005. Dolan, who
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Market to reopen on March 15
THE penultimate chapter from 'Tales of the Unexpected' is now being written and Malton has received the go-ahead to name its re-opening day for store cattle as Friday, March 15. This will perhaps surprise and confound those harbingers of doom who forecast
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Queen Mother's First Love set to conquer
First Love, owned by Her Majesty the Queen Mother, can add a Royal flavour to proceedings at Sandown tomorrow. The six-year-old goes for the Bushy Park 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle and is fancied to return to the winning trail. Trained by Nicky Henderson
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Image perks don't work
HERE is a conundrum for our image-conscious time. What reads the same backwards as forwards, contains a passing reference to an old Vauxhall car and sounds like Latin but isn't? Yes, it's Aviva, the suggested new name for CGNU, the insurance conglomerate
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Sweet record for beet crop
BRITISH Sugar in York has ended its 75th "campaign" with a triumph. Factory manager Sharif Hassanein said that the five-month rush to both harvest and process the beet crop, known as the campaign, was the best ever. The campaign normally lasts 158 days
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For tenant farmers
THE impact the Curry report will have on tenant farmers is to be discussed at a meeting next week in Malton. The information session has been organised by the Tenant Farmers' Association and speaking on the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming report
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Should York have an elected mayor?
York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers like Rudolph Giuliani of New York and Ken Livingstone of London. Here are two informed views... for and against
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Gough surgery after knee injury
Darren Gough was today having cartilage operation after damaging his right knee last week while bowling in England's final one-day international in the six-match series against New Zealand. Gough suffered a slight tear to his cartilage during a dynamic
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Folly of charging drivers to use motorways
THE furore about charging motorists for the use of motorways and other major roads fails to address a serious knock-on effect. Motorists who object to paying the tolls will, inevitably, use the alternative minor roads through the towns and villages which
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Hospital cash reply
P WILSON asked whether money from the sale of hospital sites such as the City Hospital in York is ploughed back into NHS resources (Letters, February 9). The answer is yes. All income from the sale of the City Hospital site was used for development within
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Why mend this road?
THE crumbling road in Wilton Rise is to have a one-off repair done (February 14). The city council should concentrate on the footpaths and roads they are responsible for, in my area they are in a shocking condition. I have some sympathy for the residents
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Football gang launches website
A GANG of "troublemakers" which attaches itself to York City Football Club has re-emerged - and a member has posted a site dedicated to the group on to the Internet. Specialist police intelligence officers are monitoring the site and have linked the resurgence
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Final bow for music shop man
A MUSIC shop director who has helped hundreds of people get to grips with the great composers is retiring after nearly 45 years. Classical music fanatic Ken Stabler, 64, joined Banks Music, in York, as a shop assistant in 1958 after completing his National
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Three times able for final duel
YORK have clinched a place in the Yorkshire League finals for the third successive year after beating nearest rivals Hull 73-56 in Group B. They will now meet Group 'A' winners Huddersfield. York went into the Hull game with a four and a half point advantage
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York comes fourth in county pay table
YORKIES are wealthier than fellow Tykes from Doncaster, Barnsley and Hull - but further down the payscale than folk in Leeds. But nowhere in Yorkshire reaches the national average salary for England and Wales. The figures were revealed today by Barclays
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Slinger York's leading performer
YORK'S Tony Slinger came joint second in the major section of last weekend's Doncaster Congress with four points from five games. Slinger was unbeaten with three wins and two draws in rounds' three and four. A total of 12 players with York connections
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Crufts cairn-didates
THESE two terriers are set to join the contest for the UK's perfect pooch when they head for the world-famous Crufts dog show. The two cairn terriers, Timmy and Pixie, are the proud pets of owner-breeder Jackie Bradshaw, from Hessay, near York. Jackie
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Bread blow for Sir Bernard
SIR Bernard Ingham, former press secretary to ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has travelled all the way to York from his Surrey home to cure his migraine. The gruff Yorkshireman, who recently took a special blood test, was on a quest to find out
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Amateur homour
THE race is now on for the title of York's best amateur rugby league team. York Acorn have a two-point advantage and better points difference in the National Conference League division two table but, with four games to go in the campaign, Heworth have
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Train firm in tourism warning over strikes
ARRIVA Northern Trains warned today that the next strike by its conductors will bite just as Yorkshire tourism is gearing up for the year's first Bank Holiday. The RMT union has confirmed that a 24-hour stoppage will take place on March 28, the day before
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Groovy Dyson
Malton and Norton's Simon Dyson went straight into the groove as he opened his assault on the Dubai Desert Classic by firing a one-under-par 71 at the Emirates course today. That left the 24-year-old North Yorkshire ace within sight of leader Robert Karlsson
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City disease zone no-go for rescue cats
ANIMAL welfare workers have ruled a district of York a no-go zone for rescued cats, the Evening Press can reveal today. A family of animal lovers from Foxwood contacted the paper to say their application to adopt two kittens was refused because of where
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Gough surgery after knee injury
Darren Gough was today having cartilage operation after damaging his right knee last week while bowling in England's final one-day international in the six-match series against New Zealand. Gough suffered a slight tear to his cartilage during a dynamic
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Problem travellers face York-wide roads ban
A TRAVELLING family which has had 111 complaints against it could face a High Court injunction banning it from highways across the whole of York. The family has been blamed for causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to hedgerows, causing danger to
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Apathy over Golden Jubilee
THE Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in York may be a low-key affair. Only five applications have been made to City of York Council for permission to hold street parties in June - a far cry from the thousands who held parties to celebrate the Millennium
