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Dusk, New Street, York
Chris Greenwood has an attack of deja vu at a new bistro bar in York. Ah, it's seen a fair few customers come and go, this little wonky building tucked in between the exotic conservatory of the Blue Fly caf and a couple of non-descript offices in New
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Brickie building goals target
Sharpshooter Mark Woodward is fast becoming the one to watch in York parks football. The 20-year-old from Chapelfields spends his week bricklaying - a career that in itself demands precision, skill and one eye on the finished product - and then transforms
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Bowled over by South African pinotage
It's a small honour but one that has not been made before. I hereby dedicate this week's Tipping's Tipples to Yorkshire and England fast-bowling yeti Matthew Hoggard. His sensational bowling in the fourth test in Johannesburg earlier this week secured
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Thompson's Traditional Fish & Chips, Malton Road, York
THIS venue is on the A64 about three miles beyond the eastern end of the city bypass. Parking is plentiful. Should you not wish to dally, a take-away service is also provided. Thinking this would be a dedicated caf, we were interested to discover that
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Dropping by
Gina Parkinson welcomes the first signs of spring. I DON'T much like gardening in January. It's an effort to go outside in a cold wind, and nothing seems to be growing in the empty beds save for a few sensibly placed evergreens. Then the first snowdrops
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New boy Rob keen to start
YORK City's new loan signing Rob Constable is happy to play in the Minstermen's midfield despite normally being used as a defender by Leeds United. Constable, 18, has agreed a one-month deal at KitKat Crescent where caretaker boss Viv Busby would like
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Goalies put on the spot
A GOALKEEPING hero of yesteryear and a possible number one star in the making will be York Minstermen's guests at their monthly meeting on Thursday. Former City second division stopper Graeme Crawford will join current teenage ace David Stockdale to answer
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Loanee Maloney stars
ON-LOAN Doncaster Rovers defender Jon Maloney is making a strong bid to become York City's Player of the Month for January. Maloney moved three points behind recalled goalkeeper Chris Porter in the race to win the Preston and Duckworth Jewellers' and
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You thirty rats!
RAT FANS are urgently needed to adopt 30 homeless rodents. Members of a York rat pack are looking for a new home after being abandoned by their previous owner. Now animal rescue workers are desperately seeking volunteers with warm hearts and big cages
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Police dismiss complaints rise
COMPLAINTS against North Yorkshire Police, including claims of poor investigative work, incivility and neglect of duty, have almost doubled, according to new figures. The force recorded 89 allegations in the three months leading up to December 31, last
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Last chapter in school saga
One of the biggest North Yorkshire Police investigations into alleged abuse at a children's home has ended with the conviction of Anver Sheikh. Mike Laycock reports on the five-year inquiry, dubbed Operation Courier. THE complaints dated back 20 or 30
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Stately home hit by massive blaze
THE blaze that ripped through Allerton Castle could have caused millions of pounds of damage. Rescue crews were today assessing the damage after more than 80 firefighters battled through the night at the stately home, ten miles west of York. Senior fire
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Super take on fashion
Great looks at even greater prices: you'd have to be off your trolley not to go fashion shopping at the supermarket. MAXINE GORDON heads down the aisle. BY George, we've got a lot to thank that Mr Davies for. After he set up Next, George Davies turned
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Let the small clubs in too
FOOTBALL, the beautiful game as it is known, isn't always so radiant and ravishing. Haunted by recent tales of scandal, feuding and off-pitch strife, whatever happened to the days when all it was about were the 22 men on the field? It's no longer the
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York City has sold its soul
NOW that York City has finally sold its soul by entering into a Faustian pact with multi-national capitalism, it is probably the right time to flog off any remaining vestiges of a proud and noble past in order to generate a few extra quid. If club and
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Give us a break
IT is a very kind gesture of Nestl Rowntree to donate £100,000 to York City's cause, but the name KitKat Crescent - Give us a break. Couldn't they have come up with something better, possibly Polo Park as it resembles our defence, full of holes and it
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Cash in the kitty
I was wondering if Nestl Rowntree had any money left in the kitty after investing in Christmas lights and football grounds? I was wondering if they would pay off my mortgage and in return i would eat a KitKat every day for the rest of my life? PR Willey
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Too much trouble
WHILE walking my dogs on Knavesmire I saw a youth about to break into our car. He realised he had been spotted and sped off down Bishopthorpe Road in the direction of the city centre. Because a police car had passed in the same direction five minutes
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What happened?
I CANNOT understand how the Monkton Road area suffers the sort of behaviour described in your report "Video nasty" (January 17). In the past City of York Council, working with the residents' association, has made strides to improve the area. It was an
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I'm H-A-PP-Y...
BERNARD Lyne - you made my day ('Bright side of life', Letters, January 19). Let them carry on moaning, I have two baker's dozens that make me happy: 1 Waking up in the morning 2 My dogs wagging their tails 3 My brisk walk to work in Museum Street 4 My
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... and so am I
THIS is the first time I have written to the Press but I couldn't help but respond to Bernard Lyne's letter. I agree with him that there are too many moaners. For what it's worth, here is my baker's dozen. 1 My husband's morning cuppa. 2 Collecting my
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Stamp out this foolishness!
I THOUGHT it was April Fools' Day when I read about the new names for our sign posts used in a TV advertisement (January 14). York Minster is just that. Not Katy's Minster. Robin Hood's Bay has nothing to do with a Jill or Robin Wood. Please use your
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What a cynic
WHAT a cynical comment by Colin S Jeffrey on reporter Matthew Woodcock's appreciation of his wife (Letters, January 12). It was Oscar Wilde who described a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. A G Reeson, Huntington
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Stainsacre walk
George Wilkinson enjoys an interesting walk at Stainsacre near Whitby. STAINSACRE is a little place. In two ticks we were striding sun dappled down the cinder track bed of the onetime railway line to Whitby, catching a flash of the abbey a few miles away
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Pot luck at Paul's place
BAR TALK today salutes the efforts of landlord Paul Harris who has worked miracles on The Acomb Pub, in Kingsway West. In less than two years, the 36-year-old father-of-five has transformed what was one of York's most notorious watering holes into a shiny
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Way we were
Saturday, January 22, 2005 100 years ago: The case of an 81-year-old man, who resided alone at Barton-le-Street, and who was in receipt of poor law relief, was brought up at the Malton Out-Relief Union. The relieving officer stated that the old man had
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Axed 'keeper vows to win new City contract
TEENAGE goalkeeper David Stockdale is determined to earn himself a new contract at KitKat Crescent. Stockdale, 19, admits he was "gutted" by caretaker boss Viv Busby's decision to take him out of the team last month but still hopes to be a Minsterman
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David offers helping hand to Trust
YORK City goalkeeper David Stockdale is auctioning off the gloves he wore for England's non-League XI to raise funds for the Supporters Trust. On-line bids have already reached £75 for the gloves Stockdale played in against an Italian Serie C representative
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Generous Dave's watch aid
YORK City supporter Dave Wells has asked for the watch that he won in the Preston and Duckworth Jewellers and Evening Press Player of the Month competition to be auctioned off to raise funds for the Tsunami York Aid appeal and the Supporters Trust. Dave
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New presenter under starter's orders
A TELEVISION crew descended on York Racecourse as the Knavesmire team tried to help a presenter overcome her fear of horse riding. Blue Peter's new face, Zoe Salmon, pictured, needs to be able to ride a horse and her efforts to master a new skill are
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Safer route plan parked
CONTINUING delays in choosing a site for the A59 Park&Ride base have held back a school safety scheme in Acomb, a ward councillor claimed today. Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing said she had learned a safer routes for school scheme for Manor, Oaklands and
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Theme park boy grows up
A CREATIVE York man who turned his back garden into a succession of theme parks has launched a new "grown up" venture. Andrew Simpson, 20, has wowed local people since the age of 13, when he built a museum in the back garden of his family home in Holgate
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Leaders Bootham crush Poppleton
YORK and District Table Tennis League division one leaders Bootham Conservative Club 'A' flexed their muscles to whitewash Poppleton 'B' . The 10-0 victory cemented top spot and they are 23 points clear of Holgate WMC 'A', who have a game in hand. Richard
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Lesbian faces prison term over arson
A WOMAN who doused a bed in petrol and set it on fire while her lesbian former lover lay naked with a new girlfriend at a North Yorkshire farm has been warned she faces a "substantial" jail term. Jealous Sarah Metcalfe, 46, no fixed address, discovered
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Huge entry for half-marathon
ARGUABLY York's biggest mass participation sporting event takes place on Sunday - the Brass Monkey Half Marathon. Organisers Knavesmire Harriers Running Club have been able to accept 1,200 entries this year, up from 1,000 over the last few years. The
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Historic building flattened for flats
THIS picture captures the last hours of a York landmark building as a mechanical digger moves in to clear the way for a block of flats. Burton Croft, the former home of renowned conservationist John Bowes Morrell, is expected to be reduced to rubble by
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Brickie building goals target
Sharpshooter Mark Woodward is fast becoming the one to watch in York parks football. The 20-year-old from Chapelfields spends his week bricklaying - a career that in itself demands precision, skill and one eye on the finished product - and then transforms
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'There are too many people meddling in an industry they do not understand. Most of us do a damn good
ROWDY pubs and nightclubs in York will be given eight weeks to stamp out trouble - or face bills for policing or council clean-up costs. Under new 24-hour licensing plans, the rules will apply to nightspots in designated Alcohol Disorder Zones - areas
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Knights recruit Lee happy in York clan
LOCAL product Lee Paterson reckons home fires can help York City Knights shine brightly as he embarks on his first campaign at Huntington Stadium. The 23-year-old, who lives and works as a personal trainer in the Minster city, became one of nine York-born-and-bred
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Axed 'keeper vows to win new City contract
TEENAGE goalkeeper David Stockdale is determined to earn himself a new contract at KitKat Crescent. Stockdale, 19, admits he was "gutted" by caretaker boss Viv Busby's decision to take him out of the team last month but still hopes to be a Minsterman
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Chocolate heaven
CALLING all chocaholics - have I got a sweet treat for you. Forget the New Year diet, at least until after Easter, and join Reader Travel on one of its chocolate themed breaks. Travel with Newmarket Promotions on a chocolate and shopping special. Departing
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City the victim
ISN'T it funny that despite the protestations of Bootham Crescent Holdings most of my acquaintances still see City as victims of the old regime. The Supporters' Trust and the club board are perceived as battling to save a local institution which was almost
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Fond memories of Yorkshire
I WAS moved by Haydn Lewis's article on how Yorkshire people felt about their accent (January 17). I was born in a village during the Second World War to the youngest daughter of a builder and cabinet-maker from a proud Yorkshire family. Soon after I
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Is this the ghost of St Hoover in Minster?
THIS was truly a magnificent photo taken by Mike Tipping, captioned "How the Minster was back in 1472 (January 19)". But was it St Hoover who invented electricity and supplied the vacuum cleaners for the domestic operatives seen in the foreground? Dale
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Bay watch Tescos
AFTER Paul Hepworth's letter about the abuse of disabled parking spaces (January 17), I have been spurred to vent my frustration about "parent and child parking". I go to Tesco's with my family on a regular basis and often see individuals parking in these
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Blame the lawyer
HOW indicative of this day and age that the Press is prevented from giving the addresses and photos of the scum who tortured Roger Winfield ("Monsters", January 20). The judges and defence lawyers are the downfall of this country. Something needs to be
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Britten's legacy
AS Mrs Goodrick (Letters, January 18) may know, Benjamin Britten's sublime War Requiem was commissioned for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in May 1962. The ancient cathedral was almost destroyed during a German bombing raid in the Second
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Knights recruit Lee happy in York clan
LOCAL product Lee Paterson reckons home fires can help York City Knights shine brightly as he embarks on his first campaign at Huntington Stadium. The 23-year-old, who lives and works as a personal trainer in the Minster city, became one of nine York-born-and-bred
