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Scientific approach
Space could really be the final frontier for youngsters with a mind for science in schools across York and North Yorkshire, thanks to a new competition involving US space agency NASA. HAYDN LEWIS reports. MAKING science interesting for teenagers can be
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A degree closer to university title
THE oldest higher education establishment in York today moved a step closer to its ambition of gaining university status. The Privy Council of the United Kingdom has granted York St John College the power to change its name - which means that from today
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School's high-fliers hope for Oxbridge
THESE two students are flying high after securing offers of places at Oxford and Cambridge. Livia King, left, and Sarah Batty, both go to the all-girls private Queen Margaret's School at Escrick, south of York. Sarah, the school's head girl, has been
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Ten times able
Queen Margaret's School's dream lacrosse year continued to hit the heights after winning a tournament at Fettes School in Edinburgh. They made the trip to Scotland count as they won ten out of ten matches and conceded only three goals as they stormed
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Lady power to fore
Team practice has paid off for Lady Lumley's School U12 netball team after they beat Ryedale School 16-15. Fantastic defending by Rachel Garnett and Chloe Averson combined with solid centre-court play and consistent shooting from Sophie Shepherdson and
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Evans' vision for a £1.7m centre
ON the back of a hugely successful project in Clifton Moor, Evans Easyspace plans a second centre for small and growing businesses in York. The vision is for a £1.7 million project to create 19,000 sq ft in 11 offices and 13 workshops this time at York
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Oven-ready Richard cleans-up
OVEN valeting is a business that is hot, hot, hot for Richard Wilks of Skelton, York, who has decided to extend his three-year Ovenu franchise licence from Friday. Richard, 50, set up his Ovenu franchise in February 2003 after shock-absorber factory Tenneco
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Sarah on the move for 25th birthday
Designer Sarah Ashton has decided to move her Thimbelina dressmaking business 100 yards down the road in Walmgate, York - as a birthday present to herself. Sarah, who was a finalist in the Business Personality and Young Entrepreneur of the Year categories
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Jason gets the nod at Nidd
Nidd Vale Group, the Harrogate-based motor retailer, has promoted Jason Wood, service manager for Saab and Mazda, to be group service manager. He will now be responsible for the after-sales care for all four marques - Vauxhall, Saab, Mazda and Seat -
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Bishop swishes into City
York City have snared a second captain from Scarborough in six months after signing Neil Bishop for a rare cash fee. The fine print of the deal is being kept under wraps but Billy McEwan yesterday announced that the 24-year-old midfielder had switched
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Huge event
WHAT a fantastic day! I think Residents 1st is excellent for the city to give something back to York people such as myself. It's the one thing this council has done right. My only issues are, firstly, could it be scheduled in the summer months to entertain
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Why die with dignity when you can live with dignity?
I'M supposed to have taken voluntary retirement from the letters page, but here I am again making a nuisance of myself! Assisted suicide in Zurich seems all the rage nowadays. I have a special interest in this as I have a similar (not the same) disorder
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Motorists, kill your speed, not each other
THE publication of figures showing a shameful increase in deaths on our roads (January 21) must surely now persuade North Yorkshire Police that they cannot continue to just hope that people drive sensibly, because they clearly don't. They must now be
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Closure justified
THE two objectors to the closure of the right of way through St Peter's School do not seem to understand how the security of 940 pupils, some of whom are boarders and therefore live on the site, can in any way be compromised. Perhaps the dog walker, Daphne
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66 incidents
I HAVE been reading with increasing incredulity in my wonderful Evening Press of the campaign to keep the footpath open which runs along and across the St Peter's School field. As someone on the sidelines from distant Stamford Bridge, I fail to see how
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Faultless care
IF Carol Miller thinks that food in York Hospital is disgusting (Letters, January 21), I sincerely hope she is not going on holiday to Malta. I spent 11 days of my holiday in 2002 in St Luke's Hospital and the food was so bad that the locals would not
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York needs rink
I AGREE with Adele Brolly's letter (January 21). Why should the residents of York have to travel to other cities so their children can ice skate? We also have been to Rotherham to Virtual Ice, which looks and feels like ice, but is in fact a roller rink
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Racecourse fears on bid to beat hold-ups
IT would be "completely unsustainable" and would "decimate attendance". These are just two of the "serious concerns" York Racecourse bosses have raised to council traffic planners proposing to extend a successful congestion scheme to every race day on
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Cold comfort
I HAVE been reading all the comments in the Evening Press about ice skating and the lack of it in York. I would just like to let you know that there will be an artificial ice-skating rink at Holy Redeemer Church, Boroughbridge Road, on Saturday, February
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Leisure plan may be short of cash
OBSTACLES which could lie in the way of two new York swimming pools emerged today. Leisure bosses announced last week that they want to build a £4 million pool on the Oaklands School site to replace the ageing Edmund Wilson Baths. They also said they
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Drunken vet found guilty
A DRUNKEN vet who smashed his Land Rover into another vehicle has been found guilty of disgraceful conduct. Now William Sim faces being struck off by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Sim, 55, of Lockhouse Lane, New Earswick, York, careered into
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Acorn girls on the ball
FIVE girls from York Acorn ARLC have been selected to play for their respective Yorkshire county teams - just a few months after they started out. Acorn have run girls teams at under-15s and under-14s only this season, but they have already seen Katey
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Ronnie's record
RONNIE Wilkinson hauled out what is believed to be the biggest chub ever caught in Yorkshire at Thorpe Underwood, near Green Hammerton, at the weekend. The Newman Scotts angler drew peg 15 on the Ouse and was rewarded with a winning haul of 21lb 8oz with
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Healy suffers mixed emotion
Super-sub David Healy became Leeds United's outright top scorer last night with his 11th goal of the season, but the Irishman's booking in a 1-1 draw at Ipswich will earn him a one-match ban. Healy, who replaced Liam Miller early in the second half, is
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Buck's Vienna slice
RISING star runner Richard Buck is hitting peak form with the Commonwealth Games just six weeks away. The York one-lap specialist moved up to second in the UK indoor rankings with a great time in Vienna yesterday in a triangular match between Australia
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Bishop swishes into City
York City have snared a second captain from Scarborough in six months after signing Neil Bishop for a rare cash fee. The fine print of the deal is being kept under wraps but Billy McEwan yesterday announced that the 24-year-old midfielder had switched
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Full marks for upgrades
YORK council's excellent record as a social landlord is further bolstered today. Nearly £10 million has been earmarked for upgrades to hundreds of properties in Tang Hall, Foxwood, Clifton and elsewhere. Many tenants will soon be living in more robust
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Getting the past in shape for the future
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the woman charged with championing Yorkshire's heritage. MADDY Jago doesn't know York that well, she admits. She's been here a couple of months in her new job as English Heritage's regional director for planning and development - and
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Ollie can shine - 01/02/06
Charlie Hall Chase winner Ollie Magern looks set to make the most of last Saturday's Cheltenham meeting being called off when the re-routed HBLB Cotswold Chase is run at Wincanton tomorrow. A lot of the horses in the original field were not entered for
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Heworth push on
HEWORTH 'A' continued their sequence of big wins in the York Conservative Clubs' Carlsberg UK Snooker League with a fifth 6-1 score in nine games - this time against Bootham 'A'. Jason Milner, Richie Burdett, Kevin Gall, Brian Shipley and Steve Burdett
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Leaders Rufforth unruffled
LEADERS Rufforth extended their unbeaten run to nine games in Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve Division 'B' with a 2-0 home win over Wilberfoss. Goals from Nick Hawksby and Mark Atkinson did the trick for Rufforth. Tim Hudson gave Poppleton
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Sub sinks Aislaby
UNION Rovers maintained their four-point lead at the top of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League by beating ten-man Aislaby United in a thrilling match. Third-placed Aislaby had Adam Hornsby sent off after only ten minutes but they grabbed the lead a
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Win a balloon flight
My York News, the Evening Press website where YOU write the news, today launches a citizens' journalism competition that could get you into print for the first time. And if that doesn't lift you high enough, we've teamed up with Virgin Balloon Flights
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All aboard the gravy train! (Not you).
Our three main political parties are trying hard to titillate us, to provide for their return tickets on the next gravy train to the land of plenty, guaranteed pensions for life and titles for many. Each party has its own train and they are busy training
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Happy New Year?
I was out taking pictures on what must have been the coldest night of the year when I came across this woman sleeping rough outside a church just a few metres away from The Minster. The contrast between the cathedral's floodlit grandeur and her forlorn
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Hall brand new
TANG Hall Primary School will be hoping to outstrip their York Schools League opponents this season in their brand new kit. The school have received a £400 Football Foundation grant because of its charter status and the strip will be christened by the
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Allergy team's £250k boost
It's Nut Free - the fledgling Yorkshire food firm that does what it says on the label - has received a welcome boost of development capital from Tadcaster-based investment business the Commer Group. Jim Walsh, the entrepreneur who heads up the Commer
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Funny opening at big event
BARRY Cryer, the Yorkshire-born funny man, comedy drama scriptwriter and gagman for the comic greats like Bob Hope and Jack Benny, will be opening the Yorkshire International Business Convention on Friday, June 9. The Convention, which has a record of
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Shambles for the Oggy Oggy squad
The Oggy Oggy Pasty Company yesterday opened a shop in Shambles, York, creating four new jobs. Franchise owner is Mark Dunwell, 45, who said: "As a fan of pasties, I thought it would be a good addition to the range of food on offer in York. "Shambles
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Joynes in with shout
Trialist Nathan Joynes put in an eye-catching display as York City Reserves beat Sheffield United 'B' 3-0. The 19-year-old Barnsley striker opened the scoring in the 50th minute, seconds after threading an inch-perfect ball through the defensive line
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Council forced to cut spending
I MUST reply to Ms Raven's relating to some of the cuts that City of York Council is having to make to present a balanced budget (January 25). Firstly, Acomb Gables is owned by the primary care trust and not the council. The council has a legal responsibility
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Grand tour
I ATTENDED and enjoyed immensely, the Evening Press Residents 1st weekend tour of your headquarters and works in Walmgate, York, last Saturday. Your deputy editor, Bill Hearld, and the promotions and publicity manager, Jennie Horsley, were ideal guides
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Lift the roof
MEMBERS of St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel would like to thank York residents for responding to the opening of their building for Residents 1st weekend. More than 250 visitors came through the doors, stayed for refreshments and enjoyed the exhibition
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Drug policies
I'M writing about Steve Clements's thoughtful letter Law's Failure, (January 26). A recent Los Angeles Times article revealed that in the Czech Republic adults may legally possess and grow small amounts of cannabis. The article said that Czech citizens
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Residents fear 'sell up' order
A COMPULSORY purchase order could be slapped on a quiet cul-de-sac which holds a £1 million key to one of York's most controversial housing schemes. But a representative of residents in Fifth Avenue warned today that they will "fight to the last barricade
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Arms and the man
I REFER to Francine Clee's amusing article on gay cowboys (Why Are Men Scared? January 25). Had she ever seen a photograph of the real "Calamity Jane" she would know why they chose their fellow men! Mick Snowden, Manor Farm Bungalow, Malton. Updated:
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Vow to keep eye on ASBO family
CRIME-FIGHTING officials have pledged to "keep a close eye" on a family of travellers who have blighted the lives of York and Ryedale residents. The warning comes after four "family heads" of the 13-strong Smith family were arrested for breaching the
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Dastardly wheel
A FERRIS wheel in London seems to be fine for the cockneys, but a Ferris wheel for York, certainly not. In my estimation a Ferris wheel belongs to a fair with roundabouts etc. I do not call York a fairground. York is a fantastic city, that is why people
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Finding fault
I AM in total agreement with the two letters in the Evening Press which were responding to Carol Miller's derogatory letter (January 26). I too have enjoyed hospital meals. Consider any eating establishment anywhere at any level where a large number of
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Farewell to the black cat man
ONE of York's best-known architects, whose signature black cats adorned many buildings across the city, has died aged 75. Tom Adams, a father-of-three, from Aldwark, York, suffered a sudden heart attack while in bed at home on Saturday night. Born in
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There's no smoke without fire
GOVERNMENT support for incinerating rubbish draws a fiery response from one opposition politician. "This is a huge backwards step. In environmental terms, incineration of waste is not much better than dumping it into landfill sites," the leading Parliamentarian
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Drivers urged to take a brake
WATCH out, there's a speeder about! City residents worried about speeding drivers are to be brought into the fight to improve road safety should councillors agree to form a new Community Speed Watch campaign. One measure to slow down vehicles could be
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Warning over controversial homeless centre
IT should be in a central location, should win the support of the local community after full consultation - and should NOT be slap bang in the middle of a residential area. Those are the views of councillors representing wards where York's Arc Light homeless
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Tenants to share £10m jackpot
MORE than 1,000 council house tenants in York are to benefit from nearly £10 million of improvements to their homes. Tenants in parts of Tang Hall, Foxwood, Clifton and other areas of the city will see millions spent on modernising and maintaining their
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Teacher's sex images shame
A TEACHER who admitted making indecent photographs of children said the images "appeared" on his computer automatically after he visited an adult chatroom. Nicholas Rowley, an information and communications technology teacher at Joseph Rowntree School
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The price of happiness
ONCE upon a time, there were these two brothers. The younger was a work-shy layabout whose hobbies included experimenting with recreational drugs, scratching Lotto Instant cards and lying on a sofa watching repeats of Home And Away. The older was a merchant
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Way we were
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 100 years ago A correspondent signing himself Playgoer had written to the Press saying, "A far wider circle than that comprised under the name of play-goers would hear with dismay and sincere regret that permission seemed likely
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Acorn girls on the ball
FIVE girls from York Acorn ARLC have been selected to play for their respective Yorkshire county teams - just a few months after they started out. Acorn have run girls teams at under-15s and under-14s only this season, but they have already seen Katey
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Name games
FIRST the good news. York St John College has gone up in the world, and is a step closer to receiving university status. This is inevitable for an institution which is as smart as its modern headquarters. Now the bad news. The name is going to change
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Hull will not risk stars at Knights
HULL are likely to name a largely second string side to visit York City Knights on Sunday in the final friendly of pre-season. Hull start their Super League campaign against Castleford five days later, so boss John Kear has opted against risking the bulk
