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Janet Eldred
Americans can't help thinking big In an autobiography workshop during my first few months in York, the leader asked us to create collages representing our life histories. I showed up the following week with a poster board covered in photos and magazine
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Underpass is viable
For once I agree with Paul Hepworth, yes I think some provision should be made at the Earswick roundabout for cyclists and especially pedestrians. We are told (Evening Press, November 4) that an underpass would cost about £500,000 which at first glance
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Laughable justice
One mid-afternoon while travelling alone through the centre of York a youth attacked me in my vehicle. The police were called and I was fortunate to have two wonderful witnesses. The court hearing was a fiasco. The accused pleaded guilty and was fined
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Sport should be for all, not just well-heeled
I am very concerned about the proposed siting of a £7 million tennis complex at Monks Cross. Your report (November 6) refers to a host of sports facilities that will be created for York people but the cost of individual membership is estimated at £600
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Shops outlet hailed as 'economic boost'
York's £64 million designer shopping outlet opened to the public today with the promise that it would bring an extra one million visitors a year to the city. And in its first 12 months, more than five million fashion-conscious bargain hunters are expected
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All Blacks aiming for higher ground
New Earswick All Blacks will be gunning for victory to earn a place amongst the promotion challengers when they visit National Conference division two title favourites Eccles. Eccles are riding high in second spot, just one point behind leaders Ideal
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Tom rocks it to us
Tom Jones concert-goers might have been tempted to return to the Barbican Centre today to check that the roof was still on. The voice of the valleys shook a packed York house last night with his own brand of rock 'n' roll. His performance proved two things
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Yorkshire cricket legend dies aged 87
One of the last links with the great Yorkshire side of the 1930s has been broken with the death of Ellis Robinson, aged 87, who played for the club from 1934-49 before moving to Somerset for three seasons. Robinson claimed 735 first class wickets for
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City to get Ben's gym hopes off the ground
York City Football Club has thrown its weight behind a young gymnast's campaign to represent his home city. Ben Lilley, 11, of Copmanthorpe, is part of the British under-12 squad - but he has to travel more than 250 miles a week to train in Leeds because
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Hello, you worriers!
Don't look now... but it's Friday 13th tomorrow - yet again. It's the THIRD time this year those of a nervous nature will have been forced to stay in, batten down the hatches, and stay out of harm's way. After all, an insurance company has found that
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£50m help for farmers in pipeline
Farmers' leaders expect the Government to announce £50 million of extra help for Britain's beleaguered farmers within days. News of the package to help those facing ruin due to plummeting prices, the BSE crisis and the high value of sterling emerged after
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Forgotten hero may receive war medal
A Great War veteran who missed out on getting a top French medal in time for Armistice Day may yet receive the honour. Ernest Hick, who fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele The Royal British Legion is now looking into the case of Ernest Hick, 99,
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Julian Cole
Let's get it straight over gays, old Sun HERE is some advice should you be asked to attend a Sun outing. Don't go. It won't be a happy excursion but an excuse to accuse someone famous of being a homosexual. This week the tabloid newspaper highlighted
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Thick as a column
Columnists need not only be thick-skinned and insensitive as Bryan Marlow pointed out in Turpin's defence (Readers Letters, November 3), they can be plain thick as evidenced by the ill-conceived ramblings of Peter Mullen over too many years. His new appointment
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Call for fluoride probe
Dental and medical authorities claim that forcing everyone to drink fluoridated water is the most effective way to reduce childhood tooth decay. Consider the principle involved here. Wouldn't adding Prozac to drinking water be the most effective way to
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Gawaine makes mark on world stage
The World Youth Chess Championships in Spain recently saw York 10-year-old Gawain Jones competing in the Boys' Under-12 event and he returned a very respectable total of six points from 11 games. There were successes for England in both the Girls' Under
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Forestal has class to score trophy triumph
Forestal, an impressive winner at Wetherby last month, can follow-up tomorrow on the first day of Cheltenham's excellent three-day Murphy's Irish Craic meeting. Trained at Crook in County Durham by Howard Johnson, Forestal bids for the Mitsubishi Shogun
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Time to save farmers' bacon
Beleagured farmers are desperate to harvest some good news. The seeds have been sown: European veterinary surgeons voted in favour of lifting the British beef ban; the Government has made some encouraging noises about compensation; even the beef-on-the-bone
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Bye-bye Barras
Exclusive by Tony Kelly, chief sports writer Confidence-hit York City have put former captain Tony Barras up for sale. In a shock development the club have transfer-listed the 27-year-old central defender. Manager Alan Little today confirmed that the
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Risk-free deal creates more homes to rent
Cash is up for grabs to turn empty York properties into new homes - and help cut the housing waiting list. The deal is being offered "risk free" to owners of unused property to encourage them to transform them into rented accommodation for council tenants
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Website tackles train services
Train passengers on GNER's East Coast main line fed up with what they claim are poor services are to be given an Internet website dedicated to their complaints. The Getting Nowhere Early or Reliably site - www.gner.net - is being set up by a group of
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Hipper than his hips
It's not unusual for Tom Jones to give a great show, but it is all too unusual for stars to have all the pistons pumping in York. Tom Jones struts his stuff at York Barbican Centre Van Morrison's perfunctory, clinically-executed sets only last weekend
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Designer Day becomes Carry On Shopping
It was a script straight out of Carry On Shopping. A microphone wouldn't work, musicians missed their cue, dignitaries lost their dignity.... and an Eco warrior did an unscheduled strip for the VIP guests. Yes, the opening of the Naburn Designer Outlet
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Streakers halt shop ceremony
The grand opening of York's designer shopping outlet descended into chaos today when a woman stripped naked in front of the city's Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor of York and Joe Kaemper, chief executive of McArthurGlen, at the opening of the Design Outlet
