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Danny is key for staff vroom
HARROGATE Town are sweating on the fitness of top scorer Danny Holland ahead of their festive cracker against table-topping Stafford Rangers. The 13-goal marksman has been out with hamstring trouble since scoring in their last Conference North outing
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Why is Barbican lease so cheap?
NEWS that retail chains are interested in a huge shop space in Coney Street, York, was an interesting piece of journalism by Ron Godfrey (Sporty Space, Business Press, December 6). It was well written and was an example of how the law of supply and demand
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Blitz on bikes
YOUR article Fine Threat For Cyclists (December 5) states a fine of £120 could be imposed if a cyclist is caught without lights while on the road. What about fining a cyclist £120 for riding on footpaths? We don't all drive around in cars. What about
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Matter of length
IN reply to Mr Enticknap's letter (December 2), I would point out that the runways at Newcastle, Durham Tees Valley and Humberside are respectively 2,339, 2,291 and 2,196 meters long, whereas the runway at Elvington is approximately 1,000 metres longer
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Press forward
THE enthronement of the new Archbishop Dr John Sentamu was as unorthodox as any church ceremony I have ever attended. The excitement, the joy and the noise at this wonderful event bore witness to the emergence of a quite extraordinary man who we have
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Warm smiles
WE would like to thank all our well-wishers who donated just over £290 to York Citizens Advice Bureau on Saturday, at Tesco, Askham Bar. Not everyone knows that we are a charity, offering a free service and dependent on the generosity of our funders and
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Train depot work begins
WORK has begun on a new £10 million train depot which will bring 40 jobs to York. Rail infrastructure company Siemens launched the start of construction off Leeman Road at a "ground-breaking" ceremony. Vernon Barker, managing director for First TransPennine
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Forward thinking offers more help to prisoners to rebuild lives
YORKSHIRE FORWARD is extending the support it offers to construction businesses which employ prisoners who have already partly qualified. The scheme aims to bridge the skills gap in the building industry. Although there is a simulated construction site
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A lotta bottle
ONCE England's most breath-taking football talent, Paul Gascoigne has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Sacked as manager of Kettering Town amid accusations of drinking, his very public problems cannot fail to bring to mind the decline
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Crash road was not gritted
HIGHWAYS chiefs are being blamed for a crash on an icy road which injured two drivers and sent emergency vehicles skidding. Treacherous black ice was at the root of last week's accident on Broad Lane, near Appleton Roebuck, York, in which two cars crashed
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Sunday swap shop
IT is all change at the top of division one of the York John Smith's Sunday Morning Football League as Marcia were toppled in sensational fashion. They crashed 5-1 to Severus SC as the title race heated up a few more degrees. Severus's dominance was rewarded
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Salem itch trial for York
YORK RUFC will bring the first half of their season to a close tomorrow when they travel to Bradford Salem in a naggingly critical Yorkshire One tie. It's fourth versus fifth and victory is imperative if the Clifton Parkers' promotion dreams are to survive
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Wheelchair athlete takes club to court
ONE of York's best-known running clubs was due in court today over a row with a wheelchair athlete. Disabled Douglas Paulley has taken Knavesmire Harriers to court in a bitter dispute over the famous Brass Monkey race, which takes place every January.
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Archbishop's blame game
THE new Archbishop of York has condemned Britain's "blame someone else" culture during a hard-hitting speech. Dr John Sentamu, the country's first black Archbishop, urged people to take the responsibility to care for others, but said unfortunately "pointing
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19 hours with no sleep...then she ran down two pupils
A WOMAN who knocked down two young girls outside their school then fled the scene was unfit to drive and did not even have a licence, a court was told. Selby magistrates heard Sarah Louise Gormley, 20, had not slept for 19 hours and felt unwell when she
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It's the thought that counts...
THIS is a difficult time of year for men. We were not made to shop. In our defence, we mean well. There is no great masculine conspiracy to deprive British women of their dream frock and land them instead with a cordless Dustbuster. We really thought
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McEwan cracks the whip
EVER-PRESENT midfielder Mark Convery has been told to step up his fitness levels by York City manager Billy McEwan. Convery was a surprise selection in the reserves side that beat Scarborough 4-2 at KitKat Crescent on Wednesday and McEwan, who has substituted
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Rogue rat nibbled my wheelie bin
MORE blame has been heaped on City of York Council's controversial fortnightly bin collections, after another rat found its way into overflowing rubbish. Now Stuart Handy, of Deanhead Grove, Clifton Moor, York, has been forced to ask the council for a
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Salem itch trial for York
YORK RUFC will bring the first half of their season to a close tomorrow when they travel to Bradford Salem in a naggingly critical Yorkshire One tie. It's fourth versus fifth and victory is imperative if the Clifton Parkers' promotion dreams are to survive
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On patrol with the team who keep our electricity flowing
BLADES slicing through the cold winter air, the men tasked with keeping us supplied with power over Christmas brought their helicopter down among the North Yorkshire hillsides to examine an overhead line. The team, from CE Electric UK, were looking for
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Safe as houses?
It's not enough that streets are becoming more dangerous these days. Being inside your home is too. I had just finished having a shower on Sunday, when I heard my daughter screaming and running up the stairs. If she'd spotted a spider she wouldn't react
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Song Box saxophone visit
Children at Song Box musical play sessions have been enjoying a close up introduction to the saxophone this term. Young instrumentalists Mollie Taylor and Dafydd Williams have visited each of the 20 Song Box groups around York, showing the children how
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Go for Vic-tory - 09/12/05
Our Vic, a last-fence faller with the race seemingly at his mercy, twelve months ago, bids to set the record straight at Cheltenham tomorrow by bagging the inaugural running of the £110,000 Robin Cook Memorial Gold Cup. Last year's corresponding race,
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A Tad special
TADCASTER Albion will go top of the Northern Counties East League first division if they win at strugglers Teversal tomorrow. Current leaders Gedling Town are in FA Vase third round action at home to Carlton, leaving Jim Collis' men, who have played a
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Sunday swap shop
IT is all change at the top of division one of the York John Smith's Sunday Morning Football League as Marcia were toppled in sensational fashion. They crashed 5-1 to Severus SC as the title race heated up a few more degrees. Severus's dominance was rewarded
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Care is a family affair
CAN you imagine being abandoned by your own children in old age? It happened to a friend of ours not long after his retirement. What is worse about Henry's story is that he raised his three sons virtually single-handed after his wife deserted them. It
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Switched-on couple...
Tony and Tanya Finley, of Steeple Close, in Wigginton, have pledged to use their festive lights to raise funds for the Evening Press's Guardian Angels appeal. The couple have put on the seasonal show for their neighbours for the last three years, but
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Tax pledge
WOULD I be right in remembering that it is only a few short weeks ago that Coun Steve Galloway assured York council tax payers that the increase in the coming financial year would not exceed five per cent? Stop hiding behind the Chancellor's statements
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Poor delivery
RE Councillor Hill's letter Out Of The Box (December 5), he should consider himself lucky as more than a few residents in this area have not received a copy of the council's budget consultation. This is something that happens (or does not happen) on a
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Ring them bells
I WAS interested to read William Dixon Smith's letter when he said that people went to the inauguration of Dr Sentamu to pray, but stayed to scoff (December 3). I know people who went to this service and had nothing but praise for the historic event.
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Fresh air
IT is a shame that all Mr Charlesworth can do is to criticise the new Archbishop of York (Letters, December 7). It appears to me that Dr Sentamu is a breath of fresh air in a church that is growing ever increasingly stale. Dave Barker, Constantine Avenue
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Rough justice
REGARDING the story Friends Facing £60K Bill Misery (November 16) in which ordinary people (three trustees and the steward of the now-closed Promenade Working Men's Club) were taken to court for costs after the developers had loaned the club some money
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Many thanks
THROUGH the Evening Press, may I thank the people of York and the surrounding communities on behalf of everyone who has benefited from St Leonard's Hospice and its services in our 20th anniversary year. The continued support and generosity of local people
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Come back Arthur Scargill, all is forgiven
When food gets short our farmers will be treated like royalty - not as they are at present by this Government, who treat them like the soil they toil. And when gas runs short, our coal mines will be reopened and previously unappreciated miners will be
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North Yorks sausage producer is bought out
THIRSK sausage producer Manor Born Limited has been bought out by privately-owned Sheffield food manufacturer J & J Tranfield Ltd. The takeover, for an undisclosed sum, comprises ownership of Manor Born's Debbie & Andrew's brand, which is listed
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Firms out to save Earth
BUSINESSES could save about £1,000 a year for every worker they employ by bringing in simple energy saving measures. The advice on how to save money on energy bills was given to companies at a meeting of York's Green Business Club. For every computer
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Playing the blame game
IN one of his first speeches as Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu tackled two very different curses of modern life - BSE and the BNP. "Britain has become a BSE society," he told the Faiths Forum For Yorkshire conference. "Blame someone else." He is
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Everything in moderation this Christmas
CHRISTMAS treats might be laden with fats, sugar, and calories, but that won't stop most of us having our fill. But for a diabetic, finding festive food that does not send their blood glucose levels soaring can often be a challenge. Yet healthy compromises
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Naturally healthy
Q: My three-year-old daughter suffers with terrible earache. Are there any natural alternatives that can ease this problem? A: Ear infections are very common in children, affecting 20 to 40 per cent of children under six years of age. Earache occurs when
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Drugs excuse 'beyond belief'
A JUDGE said claims that a man was not intending to do drug deals in a York club were "beyond belief", after hearing he went in carrying a stock of skunk cannabis, weighing scales and other drug paraphernalia. Emma Farnsworth, prosecuting, told York Crown
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Hannah's silver medal honour
THE future is bright for 18-year-old Hannah White, whose top flight A-level performance has earned her a national award. Law student Hannah has been awarded a silver medal for humanities from exam board AQA, for the 99 per cent she got when she sat her
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York Christmas fixture a sell-out
A SELL-OUT field of 90 will be hoping that the weekend's premier fixture lives up to its name. Sunday sees York Amalgamation hold their annual Christmas Cheer match on all waters below York. Such is the popularity of the event that additional pegs will
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Bus firm wants to create new £1m park&ride station near York
ONE of North Yorkshire's biggest bus companies wants to up sticks and move to York by building a £1 million new station on the site of a former roadside caf. Yorkshire Coastliner wants to quit its base in Malton and build a new operating centre, and park
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Maguire keeps a trick up his sleeve
UK snooker champion Stephen Maguire starts the defence of his title in York on Saturday afternoon with a secret up his sleeve. He plays his opening match in the Travis Perkins-sponsored championship at the Barbican Centre against Belfast's Joe Swail determined
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McEwan cracks the whip
EVER-PRESENT midfielder Mark Convery has been told to step up his fitness levels by York City manager Billy McEwan. Convery was a surprise selection in the reserves side that beat Scarborough 4-2 at KitKat Crescent on Wednesday and McEwan, who has substituted
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Rail ticket prices rise 8.8%
RAIL passengers will have to dig deep in the New Year after GNER announced it was to increase fares by DOUBLE the rate of inflation. Regulated and unregulated fares on the York-based operation are to rise by nearly six per cent on average - with business
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Fall from ace
TOP jockey Robert Winston has talked of his battle with the bottle after the horror fall which almost cost him his life at a Scottish racecourse. The York-based rider, who was in the frame for the jockey's championship until fracturing his jaw at Ayr
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Beware Bulls' Bertram-raider
LOW-SCORING Hereford United will be aiming to improve their goals for record against York City at Edgar Street on Saturday. The Bulls are currently eighth in the table - level on points with Billy McEwan's Minstermen - but their play-off challenge has
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Way out west - the Minster in lights
Friday, December 9, 2005 100 years ago Mr Leslie Bucknall, accompanied by three others, ascended in the balloon Vivienne at Sevenoaks and went off rapidly in the direction of Dover. They would attempt to cross the English Channel provided that the wind
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Should Malton banish the car?
Is it time to ban cars from the centre of Malton? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. HOWARD Keal stands at the top of Malton Market Place, looking out over St Michael's Church. It is a beautiful old church and would grace any market town in the country. In front
