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Knights in Cook Islanders agreement with Leigh
YORK City Knights have come to an agreement with Leigh Centurions over the release of Cook Island duo Tere Glassie and Dana Wilson. The two packmen signed for the Knights from Oldham in a high-profile swoop at the back end of last month only to then do
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Alexander's ace - 14/10/05
Alexander Goldrun can triumph on Champions' Day at Newmarket tomorrow by winning the feature event on the best day's racing of the year on the Flat in Britain. I think that Jim Bolger's mare will have the edge over the favourite Oratorio in the £350,000
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Good idea?
IF 60,000 households have received green bins and 6,000 of those households have signed up to the Bin It! petition, do the other 54,000 households think it is a good idea? Just out of interest, does anyone know what day my green bin is emptied? PR Willey
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Delighted by York
YOUR correspondent Jonathan Powell seems to have swallowed the black media propaganda about York hook, line and sinker. Most residents will be delighted to live in a city with very low unemployment levels, low council tax levels, one of the best education
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High house prices to blame for binge culture
WITH reference to your report "Homes lock out", (October 11), young people who are unable to buy their own homes because of high prices in the housing market are going out and spending their salary on entertainment, alcohol and clubbing, rather than saving
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It could be your little one
Health Reporter CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL issues an appeal for help with the Evening Press Guardian Angels campaign to improve high-dependency care provision for children in York, after seeing her niece rushed into hospital. WHEN I interviewed staff on York
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Team of specialists focus on the best possible care
CONSULTANT paediatrician Robin Ball is one of a huge team of people who help children back on the road to recovery at York Hospital. Along with eight other consultants, he leads a team of junior doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, teachers
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Why children in York need a high-dependency ward
OUR £300,000 Evening Press Guardian Angels appeal aims to transform high-dependency care on York Hospital's children's ward. We need your money to fund two life-saving high-dependency rooms with new, specialised equipment. This unit would be the first
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Stuart's bang of four
Stuart Dickinson had a stormer for Knavesmire after firing them into the second round of the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup. He scored four of their five against Cross Keys, with Brendon Harte getting the other in the 5-2 win. St John's College hot-shot
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York setting the standard
NEW centres of excellence for skills in food and drink manufacturing could be established in Yorkshire within a year as part of a new national academy for the sector. Improve, the York-based food and drink sector skills council for the UK, has submitted
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'Jobs safe' pledge despite take-over
FORTY-NINE staff at Reeds Rains and Your Move estate agencies in York and North Yorkshire have been told their jobs are safe. The assurance follows an announcement that Lending Solutions Ltd, parent company of Reeds Rains, had acquired the Your Move national
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Small firms in audit fear
DOZENS of growing companies in York and North Yorkshire may find it far harder to access outside funding after the introduction of tough new auditing standards, one of the county's biggest independent firms of accountants has warned. Small businesses
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It's ours, bar none
THE replica Micklegate Bar planned for York, Nebraska, is instantly recognisable. But if the designers are striving for total accuracy we would respectfully offer some suggestions. To ensure the landmark is historically precise, a few severed heads on
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Langley opens 'Gate to code switch
FORMER York City Knights star Chris Langley has swapped codes and is set to make his debut for Harrogate RUFC tomorrow. The rugby league centre, who scored a then record 21 tries in a season for the Knights in 2004, has been playing this year in LHF National
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Pock square up to Round trip
Pocklington make a belated entrance to the Powergen Junior Cup competition at the second round stage away to Roundhegians. Another Leeds outfit, Bramley, conceded the first round fixture to Pocklington, and the Percy Road side make half a dozen changes
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Gearing up to beat the killer flu
A HEALTH chief today revealed plans for coping with a potential flu pandemic. Dr Louise Coole said national and international experts were predicting Britain was likely to be affected by such a pandemic - involving humans spreading a new mutated form
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Invitation to dancers to take part in spectacular routine
ADULTS who always wished they had learned how to dance properly have been given the chance, thanks to a £11,500 cash award. York Community Dance Project has received £10,500 from the Arts Council and £1,000 from City of York Council to create a spectacular
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Nine's fine for Volly
VOLUNTEER Arms started the defence of their York Knavesmire Racing League division one title with an emphatic 9-0 win at Ebor. Paul Dixon stood out with a fine 120 finish for 15. Mike Harris added a 16, while Karl Masiak did well with a 17-darter. Harris
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York at full tilt for shields tie
YORK RUFC will be taking no chances when they meet North Shields in the second round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Clifton Park on Saturday. In what should be a straightforward victory for York against the Durham and Northumberland One strugglers
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Brass stop pulled to lift Town
Exiled former York City player/manager Chris Brass will be allowed to play in the FA Cup for Harrogate Town - despite permission being previously refused by City boss Billy McEwan. The 30-year-old had a first loan spell at the Nationwide North side cut
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Conwoman goes on the run
A CONWOMAN facing jail for swindling £25,000 from a York company after previously stealing £120,000 from three Lancashire firms has gone on the run. Louise Winskill, 35, failed to turn up at York Crown Court to be sentenced yesterday, after a fake call
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Here's an ode to a York road
AFTER yesterday's salutations to Mrs Thatcher, today we offer birthday greetings to another cause of division and fury. The Stonebow is 50 years old today. And just like Mrs T, the street which links Pavement to Peasholme Green is not for turning. Although
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Boylan has a nose for goal
PART-TIMERS Canvey Island will arrive at KitKat Crescent tomorrow on the back of their longest unbeaten run in the Conference. Prolific striker Lee Boylan will also be in tow and experienced former Tottenham, Port Vale and Brighton midfielder Jeff Minton
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"If somebody is qualified to do the job, it doesn't matter whether they went to Wakefield Poly or Ox
Britain's most secretive spy organisation, MI6, has launched its own website in a bid to attract new recruits. Would-be Spook STEPHEN LEWIS can't wait to get his application in. NEV Johnson doesn't sound like a James Bond. He has a cheery, vaguely working
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Craig takes pay cut to come back to champion Knights
FANS favourite Craig Farrell will be back in a York City Knights shirt next season after accepting a pay-cut to return to Huntington Stadium. And the threequarter cum back-rower is hoping his stay will be a long and fruitful one this time having signed
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Chris unlocks his story
BY eight o'clock most mornings Chris Wooldridge will have opened, arguably, the 18 most important gates in York. At dusk he relocks them during a three-mile walk that absorbs the city's great history. Chris has been one of the dedicated keepers of the
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Sealing the lid on collections?
ONCE upon a time all refuse was collected in metal bins from the back of the house by the refuse collector. When empty, the bins were replaced at the back of the house. Now two wheelie bins reside at the back of the house, the onus on the residents to
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Starting to smell
YORK council's approach to refuse collection reminds me of a branch manager I once worked for in Liverpool. In the mid-Seventies there was an oil crisis which resulted in petrol prices rising dramatically. Myself and other company car drivers were called
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Personal touch
SARA Goodhead of City of York Council advises us that callers to the action line can get through quickly. My experience contradicts that. I have been ringing 551551 for the last two days because I have a query. What you get is a recorded message telling
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Blame the council
THE introduction of fortnightly refuse collection will no doubt cause problems for a lot of people. The refuse collectors do not take anything which is not in the wheelie bin because the wagon is not suitable for loading by hand. There are also health
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Smoking on stage gets up my nose
AS a regular visitor to York Theatre Royal, I was disappointed to have the recent production of East Is East ruined by the use of herbal cigarettes. I understand that normal cigarettes cannot be used, but surely an alternative method could be found? Sitting
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Restoring trade
IT is Bernard Ridley who has "lost the plot" (Letters, October 10). The York council has the tenth lowest council tax rate of all 352 local authorities nationwide. It has the lowest expenditure per head of any council. It provides independently assessed
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No pride
WHAT better evidence of the Liberal Democrats' blame culture, highlighted in your front page headline last Wednesday, than on the inside pages of the same edition. Coun Sue Galloway blames York's residents for her decision to cut transport to college
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Training first
YOUR article referred to the shortage in rehabilitation services for people who are visually impaired (October 5). The Wilberforce Trust, formerly the Wilberforce Home for the Blind, has been providing such services for six years and has built up contractual
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Ace Enterprise zone
Division four side Enterprise caused the biggest upset of York John Smith's Bitter Cup seconds round when they beat top-flight hosts Wigginton Grasshoppers. Enterprise opened the scoring with an astute lob by Phil Hartley midway through the first half
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Battle to avoid another Grays day
Table-topping Grays Athletic await Scarborough in Essex for what will be another stern test for Nicky Henry's troubled side. Henry has been trying to strengthen his squad but has had little success. "I have been turned down by clubs for defenders, midfield
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Butcher Darren launches crusade
BUTCHER Darren Wiseman is getting to the meat of a serious problem in York and North and East Yorkshire. He is on a crusade to bring back the traditional art of butchery, slowly being lost with the closure of small butcher shops in the face of competition
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Specialist furniture factory's big contract
A NORTH YORKSHIRE furniture manufacturer which specialises in supplying boarding schools today announced a record year and said it was planning to more than its double staff. Castles UK of Locksley Park, Tockwith, landed its biggest refit job - supplying
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More are getting smart
RECORD sales are predicted this year for motor retailer smart of York, with sales to date of pre-owned smart cars more than 60 per cent up on last year's figures. Tony Wright, brand manager at smart of York, which has a new £3.2 million site at the Mercedes-Benz
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Let's spread the appeal
WHAT a start to our new appeal. Only five days after the launch of Guardian Angels, we already have the backing of big business, our first celebrity endorsement, from comedian Dave Spikey - and support from scores of readers. It is clear that our campaign
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York at full tilt for shields tie
YORK RUFC will be taking no chances when they meet North Shields in the second round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Clifton Park on Saturday. In what should be a straightforward victory for York against the Durham and Northumberland One strugglers
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Camouflaging our scars
SCARS, birthmarks and other skin problems can be embarrassing and disfiguring, no matter what your age or gender. Dazzling the world in a wedding dress, bearing all in a bikini or just walking down the street can be distressing events for people who more
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Op letter anger
A mother-of-two who has been waiting eight months for a hernia operation labelled a letter asking her if she still wanted the treatment as "ridiculous". Amanda Castle, 36, of Windmill Lane, York, was told in February there was a six-month waiting list
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Fashion chain leads way in new precinct
TRENDY clothing chain Zara will be the first shop to open in a new shopping centre in York, the Evening Press can reveal. The Spanish clothing chain is the only shop that is already fitting out its premises in the new Spurriergate development in the city
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Homes rejected
THERE is no room for three-storey townhouses in Selby district's picturesque village communities. That's the message from elected councillors who have called for a complete rethink of the council's planning procedures to put a stop to the oversized buildings
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Man jailed after 'ugly and shameful' attack
PLANT hire firm owner John Sellers has started 18 months behind bars after punching three people outside a York pub. One of his victims, company director Helen Smith, was left permanently scarred by the drunken attack outside The Grey Horse, in Elvington
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Row over cost to council of licence changes
CITY of York Council leader Steve Galloway today called on the Government to fund the £120,000 spent by the authority on complying with the new Licensing Act. The council must find £60,000 to cover the costs of administration and meetings involved in
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US city to create a little bit of York in Nebraska
REMIND you of anywhere in particular? This magnificent structure, designed by architects in America, could soon become a castle-style band shell and stage in another city of York - in Nebraska. The design, based upon our very own Micklegate Bar, would
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Commuters confront transport chief over 'lifeline'
COMMUTERS opposing plans to re-route a popular York bus service confronted a city transport chief at a meeting in York. Residents of the Heslington Road area questioned First commercial director Peter Edwards about plans to send the number four service
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Craig takes pay cut to come back to champion Knights
FANS favourite Craig Farrell will be back in a York City Knights shirt next season after accepting a pay-cut to return to Huntington Stadium. And the threequarter cum back-rower is hoping his stay will be a long and fruitful one this time having signed
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Go on, Clayton smash it to bits
LETHAL former York City striker Paul Aimson is hoping Clayton Donaldson can smash his club goalscoring record to "smithereens". Aimson netted in seven successive games for the Minstermen during the 1970-71 season, a sequence only matched in the club's
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No extra jabs for bird flu
FLU vaccination programmes will not be extended in our region, despite fresh warnings of the risk of a major outbreak. The European Union's Health Commissioner, Markos Kyprianou, said yesterday there should be precautionary vaccinations of vulnerable
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Go on, Clayton smash it to bits
LETHAL former York City striker Paul Aimson is hoping Clayton Donaldson can smash his club goalscoring record to "smithereens". Aimson netted in seven successive games for the Minstermen during the 1970-71 season, a sequence only matched in the club's
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Billy still shudders at Island frightener
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is hoping his side will help erase the memory of his most embarrassing moment as a manager against Canvey Island tomorrow. The part-time Essex club were 4-0 winners over City in the penultimate game of last season and McEwan
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Way we were
Friday, October 14, 2005 100 years ago A case of interest to teachers in elementary schools came before the Malton Bench, when Miss Annie Elizabeth Nelson, headmistress of the village school at Barton le Street, was charged with assaulting a scholar named
