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York thrilled by three degrees
YORK will provide three players in the Yorkshire squad for Sunday's British Amateur Rugby League Association's County Championship decider against Cumbria. York Acorn duo Johnny Waldron, the flying winger, and prop Adam Endersby, along with Heworth forward
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Moor's the merrier for Petch
NEW Earswick All Blacks will welcome back captain Jez Petch for their penultimate away game of the season at Emley Moor. Skipper Petch returns after missing All Blacks' GMB Union National Cup fifth round 68-18 defeat against Leigh Miners Rangers because
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New Order, Waiting For The Sirens' Call (London) ***
BERNARD Sumner and Peter Hook turn 50 next year and look it. Their music, muscular, slinky, rhythmic and propulsive, still wants to pass itself off as considerably younger, however. As the album title suggests, they are indeed waiting for the sirens'
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Ocean Colour Scene, A Hyperactive Workout For The Soul (Sanctuary) **
THEY were once the sultans of Britpop but these days Ocean Colour Scene seem more at home in a folk club than a stadium. This, their fifth studio album, ranks as their worst - missing all the spark and charm which made them so popular in the mid-90s.
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Joe Cocker, Heart & Soul (EMI) **
Joe is one of Britain's greatest unoriginals. Famous for making Ringo Starr's cheerful, and hopeful, Beatles number I'll Get By With A Little Help (From My Friends) into a big hit, the 60-year-old rocker from Sheffield covers yet more songs that appeal
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The Bravery, The Bravery (Loog Records) ****
Oh, my God. Someone's out to gatecrash the Kaiser Chiefs' party - and it's not going to take the bouncers long to let them in. Hot on the heels of the Leeds outfit's debut comes the self-titled offering of five-piece New Yorkers, The Bravery. The similarities
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Steve Diggle, Serious Contender (EMI) ****
Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle has put away the punk paraphernalia to turn respectable pop/rock musician. Drawing inspiration from some of his own heroes such as The Who, Beatles and Led Zep, and using more meaningful lyrics than in the past, he has
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York kids book date at Twickers
YORK Rugby Union Club's Under-9s will be treading on the hallowed Twickenham turf at the end of May. They turned on the style to book their place at HQ by coming top of their qualifying pool at the two-day Gulliver's Nottingham Festival. The York youngsters
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Jobs hope of mystery deal
A MYSTERY retailer could bring between 40 and 50 full and part time jobs to Clifton Moor on the outskirts of York. Lawyers are thrashing out details of a new 25,000 sq ft store to be built on open land next door to the Ikon and Diva nightclub by Sheffield-based
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Royal rate rise for race guests
ROOM rates at some hotels have tripled since last year as they look to cash in on Royal Ascot. New figures show that where last year room prices averaged at £47, now they have shot up to between £120 and £150. Up to 120 people are waiting in an official
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Flower power is just perfect for refurbished florist
HELLO, flower! Victoria Ramsden, partner at Patricia May Florist, flashes a sunny smile at her shop's new logo by York design agency Colourbox. With her is Nick Waters, managing director of Colourbox, whose firm conceived the dazzling sunflower branding
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Burglars leave politics student facing tough dissertation task
THIS unlucky student's dissertation was stolen just weeks before the university deadline. Sean Ferguson lost 20,000 words - and months of hard work - when burglars snatched his laptop computer. Sean, a politics student in his third year at the University
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Beauty and the beat
THIS potential Miss York has got a definite interest in world peace - particularly keeping the peace in York and North Yorkshire. Krystal Talmadge, 18, is on a ten-week fast-track course to become a special constable with North Yorkshire Police. But as
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Union highlights how gender gap hits earnings
WOMEN have to work almost 20 per cent harder than men to earn the same amount of money, a new survey has revealed. The figures show that for every hour worked by a man in York, a woman has to put in 71 minutes work for the same pay. The scale of the gender
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Roundabout way
DRIVERS face delays at a key York roundabout after highways chiefs today unveiled a £200,000 resurfacing scheme. New road markings, road studs and ant-skid surfacing will be the result of the project at Hopgrove Roundabout on the junction of the A64 and
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Chemical hoax cost thousands
A CHEMICAL attack alert sparked by a hoax package sent to a York bank cost emergency services more than £11,000, and thousands more in lost earnings for traders, the Evening Press can reveal today. Police are currently investigating why a package containing
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Berwick struck down by illness
ONE of the best-known figures on the York stage is in hospital after being taken ill. Veteran pantomime dame Berwick Kaler was having tests today as his new play began at York Theatre Royal. Performances of Hobson's Choice, which opened on Tuesday, were
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Royal rate rise for race guests
ROOM rates at some hotels have tripled since last year as they look to cash in on Royal Ascot. New figures show that where last year room prices averaged at £47, now they have shot up to between £120 and £150. Up to 120 people are waiting in an official
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Get well soon
OUR thoughts and best wishes go to Berwick Kaler, who has been taken ill. Apart from being a hugely talented writer, director and performer, Berwick is of the old stage school: a trouper who will do everything to ensure that the show goes on. This is
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Knights duty boosts number nines dream
YORK City Knights have confirmed that their LHF National League Two fixture against Blackpool Panthers will be played on Saturday, June 4 (kick off 5.30pm) to help create a weekend-long festival of rugby league in the Minster city. The match was originally
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Use old store as a night club
NEXUS expanding their business into the derelict supermarket that closed ten years ago would be fantastic news for the night life of York ('Nightclub plan under threat", March 28). It would bring new jobs and the police could contain any problems b ecause
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My loyalty pledge
THE issue of the Derwenthorpe development has led to some surprising demands on my loyalty. Don Spaven (Letters, March 18) refers to my allegiance to the Lib Dem party line. I am happy to tell him that at no time has my party, or any member of it (including
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Be a Rotter not a Bank Holiday garden 'smoker'
THE Easter weekend is traditionally time for gardeners to venture out on to their plots to prepare for the coming season's production. We do it for fun, to grow fresh food and for healthy exercise. So it is a shame that, on Good Friday, someone nearby
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Stupid Ascot ploy
IT is a damned, diabolic disgrace that Royal Ascot, in cohorts with York Race Committee can try and pull the wool over the eyes of York residents by informing them that they have priority of the free side of York Racecourse for £4. It is a stupid ploy
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Band of no hope
COUNCIL Tax revaluation and rebanding is happening in Wales first and then it will happen in England. This affects us all. Some people will be subject to crippling increases of two bands or more. The reason is that the banding values for most properties
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Spooky remedies
STEPHEN Lewis' review of Yorkshire Witchcraft, Charms And Cures (Yesterday Once More, March 28) brings to mind my teenage bumper crop of styes. They passed from one eyelash to another, each more spectacular than the last, prompting advice from some members
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Paint his walls!
In response to A. Brandon Davies' letter (March 23), anyone who disfigures other people's property for whatever reason deserves all the derogative remarks that are cast in their direction. It is a pity the Press did not give Mr Davies's full address then
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What a lotto we've gotto
THE National Lottery may not have made a group of female York City programme sellers millionaires but it could play a part in saving the club's reserve team. City-mad supporters Dawn Holtby, Cathy Parker and Marie Barker formed a lottery syndicate six
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City's Army links grow stronger
It is five years ago today that York lost its general. So what role does the Army play in York now? STEPHEN LEWIS'S mission was to find out and report back. IT was a moment of true military pomp and circumstance - but it was tinged with more than a little
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Queens Of The Stone Age, Lullabies To Paralyze (Interscope) ****
Their last epic saw them transformed into the Chelsea of alt-rock: an all-conquering, uber-efficient metal machine swiping the finest talent in the field. Dave Grohl's super sticks may be missing this time but Mark Lanegan's grunge shipwreck of a voice
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Cliff Richard & Guests, From A Distance...The Event (Capitol) ***
THIS is Cliff's third live CD and DVD collection in as many years. Yet to be fair, each concert is different and Cliff has the most devoted fans. So, many will be thrilled to see Cliff reunited with the likes of the Kalin Twins, the Dallas Boys and Liverpool's
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School crossing risk investigated
ROAD safety experts will investigate parents' concerns that hundreds of children are risking their lives by crossing a busy street outside two York schools. Council officers are proposing to monitor traffic speeds and look at danger spots in Heslington
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Paul a fast one - 31/03/05
Malton jockey Paul Hanagan, seen to such good effect when winning a valuable handicap at Pontefract on Monday on the Richard Fahey-trained Danelor, can work the oracle again at Doncaster tomorrow on behalf of first-season trainer Karen McLintock. Based
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Farmers urged to fill in forms to get subsidies
FARMERS who want to ensure they get the subsidies to which they are entitled under the new Single Farm Payment (SFP) system are being urged not to ignore forms from the Rural Payments Agency. Jeremy Moody keynote speaker at the Yorkshire Farmers' Conference
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Jobs hope of mystery deal
A MYSTERY retailer could bring between 40 and 50 full and part time jobs to Clifton Moor on the outskirts of York. Lawyers are thrashing out details of a new 25,000 sq ft store to be built on open land next door to the Ikon and Diva nightclub by Sheffield-based
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School crossing risk investigated
ROAD safety experts will investigate parents' concerns that hundreds of children are risking their lives by crossing a busy street outside two York schools. Council officers are proposing to monitor traffic speeds and look at danger spots in Heslington
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Facelift plan at eyesore store
A DRAB corner of York could be smartened up by a developer's bid to revitalise the shell of a city centre store. The Oakgate Group has unveiled a blueprint for revamping the long-boarded-up former Safeways on the ground floor of the huge building, including
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Tribute to staff who tackled deranged arsonist
HEROIC health workers who helped evacuate almost 90 people from York Hospital and sedate a deranged arsonist who set fire to a ward have been rewarded for their bravery. When staff nurses Eleanor Barley and Andrea Shirt heard their colleague Nichola Burdett
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Wood's successful defence
NEIL Wood (Heworth) won the York Conservative Clubs' Fosters Challenge handicapped snooker knockout for the second time when he defeated the defending champion, Clive Whyte in the final. Wood (0 handicap) kept the game tight and made the most of the openings
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Northern light Paul
YORK race walker Paul Evennett has added another gold to his burgeoning collection after winning the 10-mile North of England AA Championships. The builder recorded a time of 82 minutes 52 seconds over the hilly course near Marske, Cleveland, to claim
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Parking price freeze hailed by business leader
CAR park costs have been frozen for 80 per cent of council parking spaces in York. City of York Council chiefs said today that, for the first time in the authority's history, they had halted price increases at "four out of every five" spaces. Although
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Clap hands, the champ is here
York and District Indoor Bowls Club have been chosen to host the North of England roadshow promoted by the Bowls magazine 'Today's Bowler'. The prestigious event on Sunday, April 10, will be graced by seven-times world champion and current Commonwealth
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Knights duty boosts number nines dream
YORK City Knights have confirmed that their LHF National League Two fixture against Blackpool Panthers will be played on Saturday, June 4 (kick off 5.30pm) to help create a weekend-long festival of rugby league in the Minster city. The match was originally
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What a lotto we've gotto
THE National Lottery may not have made a group of female York City programme sellers millionaires but it could play a part in saving the club's reserve team. City-mad supporters Dawn Holtby, Cathy Parker and Marie Barker formed a lottery syndicate six
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Review: Elvis, Lennon and JFK, by David Chisnell, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York until March 31
JOHN Lennon thinks he is caught up in an acid trip after deranged fan Mark Chapman empties five bullets into his body in 1980, landing him in Heaven with Elvis and JFK. He is not a happy chap. He has just lost Yoko, Sean and his recording career, and
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Parking price freeze hailed by business leader
CAR park costs have been frozen for 80 per cent of council parking spaces in York. City of York Council chiefs said today that, for the first time in the authority's history, they had halted price increases at "four out of every five" spaces. Although
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Price freeze is right move
THE time-honoured role played by motorists in balancing York's books was highlighted today. City of York Council announced that parking charges will not go up for four out of five spaces. More remarkably still, this price freeze is the first of its kind
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Mathie upbeat after Pikes' cup exit
Pickering Town missed out on their chance of a cup final last night after the woodwork contrived to help to send Buxton through. The Northern Counties East League President's Cup semi-final replay ended 2-1 to the Bucks but only after the Pikes twice
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If the glove fits... it's yours!
"IT'S always nice when a new person hands me a dirty glove in the pub." That is normally the sort of statement to have you checking your watch and scanning for the nearest exit. But not when the speaker is Annie Johnson. Annie is a York woman on a mission
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Policing fears
I WISH to examine Royal Ascot from a policing angle. Having served both in York City Police and, for the main part of my career, in London based at Wembley between 1954-1982 policing major events, I have every sympathy with all the various agencies involved
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Soapbox...
It is great news that local entrepreneurs are finding success with the baby buggy rocking device (March 28). However, what a shame to hear that this area is not to benefit from the device's production, because the firm has decided to outsource the work
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Ascot bike facts
I SHOULD like to take this opportunity to clarify the situation about cycle use during Royal Ascot at York. Cyclists will be able to use the city's road network as normal during Ascot week, although they will have to follow the general restrictions applying
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It does take two...
LIKE many other people, I too was horrified at the number of underage "girls" who are sexually active (March 25). What, then, about the "males" who broke the law by having sex with underage girls? Prosecutions are to be expected, I hope. It does take
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Caution urged over home working schemes
ANY readers considering taking up the many home working opportunities which are in circulation at the moment are advised by City of York Trading Standards to be cautious about believing assurances that there is a good income to be made from minimal outlay
