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Publican promises home from home for York City fans
York City fans have been offered a northern welcome when they travel to the playoff match at Wembley on Sunday. Former York resident Jess Cox is owner of The Perseverance in Marylebone, London, and is opening his bar exclusively to York
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Oxford are ‘petrified’ of City’s front two says Foyle
YORK City manager Martin Foyle believes tomorrow’s Blue Square Premier final opponents Oxford United will arrive at Wembley “petrified” of Richard Brodie and Michael Rankine. Both players have already scored against the U’s this season and much of the
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Levi dreams of central perks
Manager Martin Foyle has already stressed that the wide expanses of the hallowed turf should suit his middle men and Mackin is confident they can play a central role. The former Welsh Under-21 international is the only surviving member from
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Viva Wembley! Neil’s all shook up
The 28-year-old midfielder was left behind by his best friends and family members this week as they marked his marriage at the end of this month by hitting the Nevada desert casinos without him. But Barrett is now hoping the Minstermen will prove the
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Font of knowledge fuels Lawless dream
Lawless was among the 86,703 crowd that watched Fontaine’s Bristol City miss out on a dream promotion to the Premier League against Hull in 2008. Veteran striker Dean Windass struck the only goal of the game to leave City behind in the Championship
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Ingham’s keepsake
Ever since his return for a second spell at Bootham Crescent two years ago, Ingham has insisted on wearing the number 24 on his back despite being unshakeable as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper. Until now, the former Northern Ireland international
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Foyle to put chop on friend Wilder
Foyle has little time for the management team of Graham Westley and Dino Maamria at Blue Square Premier champions Stevenage but is full of respect for the Kassam Stadium club and their boss Chris Wilder. The City chief spent four years with the U’s from
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Simon glad to keep on trucking
YORK City will be hoping for a truckload of support at Wembley tomorrow and club sponsor Simon Morris will be cheering the team on after spreading the Minstermen gospel all season. Morris, who owns a Dunnington-based transport company, has been travelling
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Bolt from the blue
BOLTON Percy opened their York & District Junior Cricket Association Under-11s League campaign with a win. Traditionally slow starters, Percy toppled Bishopthorpe in their opening game in Zone ‘A’ of the Burn & Company Solicitors-sponsored league.
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Great Scott! Poppy’s rated among the best in England
MALTON & Norton RUFC ace Poppy Scott is making ‘super’ progress. The youngster has been representing Yorkshire in the Junior Super Cup in Shropshire against ten other regional teams, with the best players winning selection for a further training
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Football festival
FORGET the World Cup in South Africa, the real football stars of the future showed off their skills at the annual Wigginton Football Tournament. Ninety-nine teams, ranging in age from six to 14, took part in the three-day event held at Wigginton playing
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Double delight
UNSTOPPABLE York Schoolboy Under-12s bagged a league and cup double with a 4-0 victory over Nottingham in Sheffield. The Minster city youngsters added the Michael Dale Cup to their earlier league title success with a stunning display. York started
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Hall’s awesome foursome
A QUARTET of cricketing pupils at Terrington Hall School have been selected to play for North Yorkshire. Following trials in the region, leg-spinner Jonnie Eleanor (under-14s), off-spinner Charlie Hill (U13), wicketkeeper Toby Latham (U13) and fast bowler
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Haxby girls take top honours
YOUNGSTERS from Haxby Netball Club flew the flag for North Yorkshire at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Haxby’s under-12s team entered the new U12s Netball Festival event, which was organised by the England Netball Regional committee. The
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Comeback win is highlight for young Knights
York City Knights Under-16s got back to winning ways in stunning fashion by coming from 28-0 down at half-time to win 34-32 at Featherstone Rovers – before being saved at the death by a post. The young Knights, beaten for the first time this season by
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Heworth try-star Richardson has top-four play-off glory in his sights
HEWORTH ARLC Under-18s are gearing up for their Yorkshire League top-four play-off final. The showdown will be at Upton tomorrow (1pm) against Cottingham or Sutton Trust Lambwath. Heworth saw off West Leeds in the semi-final, six-try Craig Richardson
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Prize guys meet Knights ace
YORK City Knights star Chris Thorman was guest of honour at Heworth U15s and U14s’ presentation night. Both the U14s and U15s started their seasons slowly but gathered momentum and finished well. The U15s finished fifth in the top division and
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U13s suffer final agony in extra time
EXTRA time agony befell York Schoolboys Under-13s as they went down 4-3 to Leeds in the final of the Yorkshire Cup. The sides were locked at 3-3 after normal time at Tockwith, but the West Yorkshire side netted in the first extra period to snatch the
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A reversal of fortunes
THE start of the 2010/1 football season cannot come quick enough for Heworth Under-13s girls. The youngsters finished the campaign on a high with three wins in their closing four fixtures to finish sixth in their City of York Girls’ League division
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Same again favoured by boss Wilder
OXFORD United manager Chris Wilder will not be deviating from the personnel or formation that secured a place in tomorrow’s Blue Square Premier play-off final against York City. Wilder will stick with his tried-and-trusted 4-3-3 system and select the
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A Saintly start for final’s rival chiefs
Former Southampton trainee Martin Foyle shared a dressing room with the likes of Peter Shilton and Kevin Keegan after breaking into the first team. He also played top-flight football with Oxford after impressing at Aldershot following loan spells with
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Tadcaster sprint to success
YOUNGSTERS from Tadcaster Swim Squad scooped nine trophies at the Stocksbridge Pentaqua Sprints gala. Tadcaster sent a squad of 18 swimmers, aged between ten and 14, to the gala held near Sheffield. They won two events and took second in another two
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Emirates triumph simply Man-tastic
MANIFEST turned the Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup into a procession – as the three-day Dante Festival came to a close at York Racecourse. Henry Cecil’s four-year-old blew away a small field, including Ebor Handicap winner Purple Moon, in an enormously
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Pyrah clings defiantly to Lord’s prayer
The cricketing landscape has changed dramatically since the introduction of Twenty20. But Yorkshire all-rounder Rich Pyrah has revealed Lord’s is still “the place to be”, and he is desperate to reach his first major final in a White Rose shirt. “I’ve
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Last fortnight shows how form can change quickly
IT’S just typical isn’t it. The Press sports desk does an interview with player/assistant-coach Chris Thorman concerning York City Knights’ wildly contradictory form home and away… only for that formbook to be thrown out of the window. To explain, we
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Minstermen set to bridge gap of 2,168 long days
EVERYONE can be a winner if York City overwhelm Oxford United to triumph in the Blue Square Premier play-off final at Wembley tomorrow. Players, management team and backroom staff; club officials and workers from those in the boardroom to the cleaners
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Brace of conquests beckon at Doncaster and Ripon
Tim Easterby, on the mark on Knavesmire this week, can continue his excellent run of form at Doncaster this evening and at Ripon tomorrow. The Great Habton trainer, whose Deauville Flyer ran out a determined winner at York on Wednesday, can score with
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Boss Ratcliffe urges fans to be the Knights’ extra man
JAMES RATCLIFFE has called on the York City Knights fans to raise the roof tomorrow in the long-awaited clash with arch-rivals Hunslet. The injury-hit Knights go into the match (3pm) as underdogs against the bookies’ current favourites for the title,
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Emotion aplenty but it won’t boil over – March
FORMER York City Knights player-boss Paul March knows emotions will run high at Huntington Stadium tomorrow – but has played down talk of a potential blood fest. The visit of Hunslet was the game most Knights fans looked to first when the fixture list
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Knights hope to host extrav for sport fans
YORK City Knights are hoping tomorrow’s long-awaited match against arch-foes Hunslet will attract their biggest attendance of the season – despite the obvious fixture clash with York City’s trip to Wembley. Tomorrow’s Huntington Stadium match doubles
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Show time
MOST of our lovely primulas are having their last fling. The dark-leaved Wandas that appear so early in the spring with their rich, jewel-coloured blooms have just one or two flowers peeking from behind the thickening clumps of foliage, as have the pale
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West Lutton
WEST Lutton sits in the Wolds, on a lot of chalk. The little village has a stream, the only proper one in the High Wolds. Near the church and pub, there is a large, rare, 1866, circular, Pickering-made, iron, hand cranked water pump. The
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Barry Norman is making a meal of the movies
BARRY Norman, Britain’s best-known film critic, is entering new territory on Thursday in Helmsley. Billed as An Evening With Barry Norman, the event will be a sort of dinner date with Barry. More precisely, the evening at the Black Swan Hotel encompasses
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Reds to go with spring lamb
A VEGETARIAN thanks me for suggesting wines to pair with asparagus, observing “this was the first time I can remember you writing about wines to go with something I can actually eat”. This observation took me by surprise. Am I really such a carnivore
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Review: York Opera, Music Fit For A Queen
All bets are off when York Opera with its 45-strong chorus pile on to the small stage at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre to perform Purcell’s seminal chamber-opera Dido and Aeneas. Wagnerian in scope though it was, the chorus was well rehearsed and
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McQueens, 51 High Street, Knaresborough
WE INTENDED to seek out a small café in one of Knaresborough’s many alleyways but found a high street venue instead. Combining a take-away and seating for about two dozen customers, this café proved to be surprisingly busy for mid afternoon. There was
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The biggest gaping hole in the results of the election...
The biggest gaping hole in the results of the election is the inability of our politicians to deliver what we the majority see as essential to our national progress. The two biggest parties don't want it because what they have has sustained
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On our way to Wembley way
THOUSANDS of York City fans are heading to Wembley on Sunday, hoping to roar their heroes to glory. The Minstermen take on Oxford United in the Blue Square Premier play-off final, aiming for a return to the Football League after six years in exile.
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Paul Clelland makes mammoth trek from Shetlands for York City final at Wembley
A DEDICATED City fan will travel by ferry, plane, train and tube to watch his club take on Oxford United in the Blue Square Premier play-off final at Wembley. Paul Clelland faces an epic 22-hour journey to London from his home in Shetland, which is more
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John Holmes of Huntington, York, dies of cancer
A GRIEVING York widow whose husband died in her arms from cancer has revealed how she too was diagnosed with the illness, only weeks after their dream wedding. John and Linda Holmes brought the happiest day of their lives forward eight months
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Selby and District DIAL charity for disabled saved by lottery cash
A SELBY charity which helps disabled people has been saved from the brink of closure by a major cash grant. Selby and District DIAL (Disability and Information Advice Line) has secured a £344,445 boost from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities
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Up the Junction
THOSE of you who were here last Saturday, and who were paying attention, will know that we are off, this week, to Leeman Road. It’s not somewhere that has appealed to ale lovers much in the past – but that could all be about to change. Last Monday saw
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Ian Hislop among 16,000 racegoers at York
THE sun made a very brief appearance for the final day of this year’s Dante Festival at York Racecourse. More importantly, the temperature was just warm enough for the ladies to shed their winter coats and display their glamorous summer dresses
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David Metcalfe – David Pollard in Emmerdale – helping foster carers
ACTOR David Metcalfe – David Pollard in Emmerdale – was on the TV soap’s set to meet young people who have helped make a new advert aimed at finding more foster carers. City of York Council has teamed up with North Yorkshire County Council, East Riding
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Suspicous man seen loitering outside Pocklington schools
POLICE are appealing for information after reports of a man loitering outside a number of schools in the Pocklington area. Over the last week, police have received numerous reports of a white man acting suspiciously near schools in the area. He is
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Tragedy wife’s diabetes alert
A WOMAN who lost her husband when he fell into a diabetic coma after a Christmas night out has said she wants the tragedy to be a lesson to others. Ellen van der Kroon described her husband Gerard as “being in denial” after being diagnosed with insulin-dependent
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Grand Opera House hosts band competition
Musicians turned up and tuned up for a battle to be crowned Best of the Bands at York’s Grand Opera House last night. The annual schools’ competition was a hotly-contested affair in front of a sell-out crowd. More than 1,000 people bought tickets
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Spitfire marks opening on National Nature Reserve (NNR) at Skipwith Common
A SECOND World War Spitfire swooped over North Yorkshire to celebrate the opening of England’s newest National Nature Reserve. The site, at Skipwith Common, is a former RAF airfield, and relics from the Second World War have come to provide a habitat
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Dad makes his mark
AN AMERICAN man who branded his children like cattle has been acquitted of assault charges. The two teenage sons of 39-year-old Mark J Seamands testified that they had wanted to be branded, reports AP. Seamands, of Washington State, was branded
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£123m loss for The Gallery and Tru nightclubs in York
THE owner of York nightclubs The Gallery in Clifford Street, and Tru, in Toft Green, has made a loss of £123 million in the year ended February 25, from discontinued operations. Luminar, which owns 87 clubs nationwide, experienced a decrease in sales
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Police hunt Pocklington graffiti louts
POLICE are hunting for the graffiti vandals who have caused costly damage to a number of properties in Pocklington. From April 16 to April 18, graffiti appeared at several locations in The Avenue, Union Street, London Street and Maxwell Road. The
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Party’s PR priority
Imagine you are a political party totaly opposed to proportional representation and circumstances force you into coalition with a party where Proportional Representation (PR) is the absolute priority. What would you do? Agree to a referendum on
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Reversal of roles
SO THE opportunistic Lib Dems nationally have decided to throw their lot in with the right-wing Tories to put David Cameron into 10 Downing Street. This is a neat mirror image of the position on City of York Council, where a right-wing Tory group
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Political divide
SO WE now have a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government. Excuse me, but I can’t see this working as there seems to be a massive gulf between the policies of the two parties, not in the least of which is the proposed £100 billion spend
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Labour betrayal
FOLLOWING the election, I wish to show my disappointment in the way the Labour candidate for York Outer treated the electorate during the recent campaign. No election literature was received or any door-to-door canvassing by party supporters was
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New animal adoption centre to open at Topcliffe
ANIMAL lovers will get the chance to visit a new adoption centre near Thirsk when it opens its doors for a summer fair. The event at the Blue Cross centre in Topcliffe on May 23 will be the first chance to see £1.5million re-development of facilities
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The way out of a financial fix
THE historic coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties to form a stable government could provide a possible route out of the financial dilemma of this country. If the proposed five-year life of a Parliament is approved, by legislation
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Hope for coalition
THE Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have put together a coalition that might give us stable government for two to five years. At least they are willing to try this new arrangement, and we all ought to give them some time and a chance to
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A Doolittle dawn
A NEW dawn ushers in the brave new world of push-me-pull-you politics. “After you Mr Clegg.” “No, no, I insist, Mr Cameron, after you.” Perhaps Nick should have paraphrased Dr Doolittle: “If I could talk to the Tories, just imagine it, Chattin
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Cycle access fears on city streets
THE May 12 edition of The Press reported on proposals by City of York Council, to make changes to “pedestrian areas”. This generic wording, and the alternative “footstreets”, implies that no other vehicles should be allowed in these areas. The Dept for
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Pupils at Wigginton Primary School join the circus
Children spent yesterday polishing their skills ahead of two performances with entertainers from Fred’s Flying Circus, who have put up a “small big top” in the school grounds. The children will be performing alongide the professional entertainers
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Crime drops by a quarter in Clifton, York
CRIME has dropped by more than a quarter in a York ward – but police have vowed to not ease up in cracking down on persistent criminals. Clifton residents are now enjoying overall reduction of 25.92 per cent in crime, compared to figures from April last
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French lessons for Selby
A party of visitors from Selby’s twin town Carentan, in France, are spending the weekend in Selby. The 44-strong party are staying with host families and yesterday they spent the day in Whitby. On the way home they joined the steam train at Grosmont
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New faces on the 'big beat' in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Police have strengthened their hand in the fight against crime with a new team of police officers ready for action. Fourteen new recruits passed out at a ceremony at the force’s headquarters, following an intensive 18-week training course
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Joe Speck, a past president of Malton Show has died, aged 85
Alfred Joseph Speck known as Joe, served for more than 20 years as a member of the Malton Show Committee, and was made president of the one-day agricultural show in 1993. He was an arable farmer at Great Barugh, near Kirby Misperton. North Yorkshire
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Sisters Margaret Horner and Kim Cummings step out to raise funds for psoriasis research
A MOTHER who has lived with an embarrassing skin condition since she was 11 is taking part in a sponsored walk to raise funds for medical research into the disease. Margaret Horner, 45, from Clifton Moor, in York, suffered from her first outbreak of
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Nestlé staff in charity boost
NESTLé workers have skydived, cycled, climbed and run to raise a record-breaking £430,000 for charity. Staff from Nestlé sites across the UK, including York, have been united over the past year in trying to help the company’s chosen charity
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Reserve soldiers from North Yorkshire awarded medals for long service to Territorial Army
Sergeant Tim Oxtoby and Corporal Jonathan Shutt received the Volunteer Reserve Service Medal (VRSM), at a ceremony at Worsley Barracks Territorial Army Centre, York. Sgt Oxtoby, 35, of Scarborough, received his medal for ten years continuous and exemplary
