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Tykes deal for Easingwold boy
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club have offered an Academy contract to Easingwold School student Nick Thornicroft. He is one of three of their young players on scholarships who have shown outstanding form this season. The others are Batley Grammar School student
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You're a hero, John
REGARDING your front page article, 'Age campaigner gets his bus pass' (June 5), I wish regular Evening Press contributor John Taylor my best wishes and thanks on behalf of myself and thousands of other men over 60 who have benefited from his victory over
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Nick sticks with it
A YORK man barricaded himself in his tea shop for three days as the River Ouse rose higher and higher at the peak of this week's floods. Nick Askey, owner of the Motor House Tea Rooms, on Skeldergate Bridge, glued shut the door of the premises and used
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Thanks for helping
AT the close of National Volunteers Week, I thank all those people who have given their time and energy so willingly to help Macmillan Cancer Relief. This dedicated band of supporters is out there doing its bit to make a real difference to the lives of
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Sex cost £35 at York brothel
A WOMAN who ran a £35-a-time brothel in a York residential street told a court she had set out to run a legitimate massage parlour. She told magistrates it was only when two co-workers yielded to customers' demands for sex that the business became a brothel
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Shabby treatment
THE Tory and Labour parties would do well to steer clear of the painful subject of how Britain's Second World War widows have been treated over the last 60 years because neither political party would come up smelling of roses. Nevertheless I would be
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Irony on buses
IT is ironic that in the same week that I received a leaflet from the City of York Council entitled 'We must move forward on transport' where they list improving public transport as one of the top five suggestions from residents, First York have reduced
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Rain holds up Tykes'
RAIN held up Yorkshire's victory push at Chester-le-Street today where Durham were on 94 for five and still 11 runs away from avoiding the innings defeat. It began about an hour before the scheduled start of the third day and was a huge frustration for
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The agony of school trips
I GUESS it's too late to deny the obvious, to mutter under my breath and pretend that I'm not a househusband. Though it sure would be nice, because that way I wouldn't get roped into going on any more school trips. It's not that they don't go to some
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Doctors who saved baby go to his 18th
DOCTORS who saved the life of a dangerously ill premature baby were delighted to see him fit and healthy when they attended his 18th birthday party. John Paul Smith, named after the two ambulance men who delivered him at home 14 weeks early, was reunited
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Paper round man, 27, torched rabbit hutch
A 27-YEAR-OLD newspaper deliverer with learning difficulties admitted "cruelly terrifying" a pet rabbit when he torched its hutch while on his round in York. The shaking rabbit suffered burned fur and was taken to a vet by neighbours after Gary Michael
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Fiery jugglers launch music festival
FIRE-EATING merchants of medieval mirth have heralded the launch of York's Early Music Festival. A skilful display of juggling and fire-eating by The Grinnigogs, a team of colourful-costumed jesters, got the festival off to a flying start. The festival
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Robin's Euro call-up
TOP York swimmer Robin Francis will be in the Great Britain team competing at next month's European Junior Championships in France. Francis was selected for the squad following his scintillating performances in the high-profile Six-Nations Junior International
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White might be set for a different role
Gary shining as Craig's stand-in It is one problem after another for Craig White after a winter in which everything went right and he re-established himself as a player of international repute. Within the space of three weeks, however, he has had a series
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Hospital apologises to cancer victim
YORK District Hospital has apologised to cancer victim Gail Hepworth over a doctor's mistaken prescription of a drug. General manager Colin Watts says the drug, Arimidex, was not prescribed according to the recommended guidelines, and he would like to
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Sentence on death driver 'an insult'
A devastated father today slammed the two-year jail sentence imposed on a driver who caused a crash which killed his teenage daughter. Martin Lynch, the father of 17-year-old Clare Smith, said the sentence given to his daughter's boyfriend, Lee Christopher
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City stripped for action
YORK City are hoping things will go better than all-white next season, as they bid for promotion to the Second Division. No doubt hoping to be the Real Madrid of Division Three, the Minstermen have plumped for a gleaming new all white second strip, prior
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Brazil to play at Bootham Crescent
THE samba rhythms of Brazilian football will be coming to Bootham Crescent next month, when York City's ground hosts an international triangular tournament. City will stage two games in the Nationwide-sponsored under-16s competition, namely England v
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City to be all fit for start of training
YORK City boss Terry Dolan is expected to have a fully-fit and raring-to-go squad come the start of pre-season training early next month. He has had a lengthy injury list since he took over in February, so all the squad being available will be a boost
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Nick falls but it's simple for Simon
THERE were differing fortunes for Simon Dyson and Nick Ludwell in the second round of the Wales Open at Celtic Manor. While Malton and Norton's Dyson cruised into the third round, Selby's Ludwell suffered as he shot 78 and missed the cut. For Dyson it
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Pepper joins Irons
FORMER York City midfielder Nigel Pepper, 32, has signed for Scunthope United. The Iron manager Brian Laws has snapped him up on a free transfer from Abderdeen, where he had endured a miserable spell. Pepper left Bootham Crescent in February 1997 for
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Tykes go top after hard day
YORKSHIRE beat Durham by six wickets at Chester-le-Street yesterday to go top of the Championship table, but what should have been a gentle stroll to victory turned into a much harder day's work which also included a highly charged incident. An appeal
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Fighting for the right treatment
TO MOST of us, the doctor's word is law. Whatever he or she says, we accept. A diagnosis can be traumatic and we put our lives in the hands of the medical experts, accepting the treatment and advice. Most of the time, that is right because doctors are
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Insurance piles on flood misery
IT WILL never be possible to stem all floods because water will always find a way. Yet to be told that your home is officially at risk of flooding could be a considerable and costly shock. There are many implications to such a warning, not least that
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Pudding us on?
ANYTHING is good if it is made of chocolate, says comedian Jo Brand. While there may be much in what she says, we do wonder if Jo would feel the same after sampling the latest culinary gimmick from Yorkshire. Are you prepared for the chocolate Yorkshire
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Be honest, Hugh
I challenge York's MP Hugh Bayley to be honest and accountable about problems within his department regarding inaccurate assessments by DSS doctors on Incapacity Benefit claimants. Chris Clayton wrote that he could "no longer vote Labour" because of the
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Tykes close in on top spot
YORKSHIRE are poised to hit the top of the Championship table again after going on the rampage against Durham at Chester-le-Street yesterday and they should take 17 points from the match at some stage today, unless rain intervenes. Although Yorkshire
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Phew, what a relief
If ever York Wasps needed to pull off a result this was it - and it wasn't on the pitch. The granting of a stay of execution in the High Court was possibly the most important victory in York's 100-year history. And the Wasps owe a big debt of gratitude
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Gore blimey! Bugs are a hit
BUGS are not something you would normally encourage your children to eat, but Nestl is hoping they will be the latest disgusting craze to hit the sweet shelves. Rowntree's Bursting Bugs are the latest confectionery to come out of the York-based sweets
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Tribal gathering: Indian summer for crafty pair
A TRIBE of Indians has left Pickering, bound for a transatlantic adventure. They're not heading into battle, though. Consisting of full-size clay models and paintings, the group of 30 pieces, made by the hand of potter Brian Tozer, are set to go on display
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Toffee firm chews over sweet launch
A HARROGATE toffee firm which won a worldwide reputation for its lemony sweets originally bought to take away the pungent taste of the town's spa waters, is branching out with a more chewy rival. Three years ago father and son Gary and Peter Marston rescued
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Restoring replica plane proves labour of love
THE world of the early pioneers of aviation will be revived for the 21st Century at a special event tomorrow. The Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington near York is to officially unveil its newly- restored replica of a 1911 Blackburn Mercury monoplane. Professor
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Dunkirk veteran's quest for peace
For those whose lives were touched by the Dunkirk evacuation, memories have been very real during its 60th anniversary commemorations. Reporter Phillip Chapman spoke to a York veteran on his return. Sixty years after escaping the bullet and bomb-ridden
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Inquest wait over at last for families
THE waiting is over for relatives who have suffered long delays for the resolution of the deaths of their loved ones. Inquest dates have been set for the engaged couple who were killed in an horrific car crash near Elvington only days after their relatives
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atkins may bow out
GARRY Atkins may hang up his boots for the final time after suffering his second injury in successive weeks. The York Wasps player-coach sustained deep bruising to his back in last week's defeat by Hull KR which rules him out of tomorrow's trip to Featherstone's
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What a rotten eyeful this is...
LOOK at the state of this! The former garage on York's Foss Islands Road looks like a bad tooth aching to be pulled out. And it's been like this for more than 20 years. Fifteen years ago, tiles began flying off the top in high winds so the whole roof
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End of the line: Atkins' playing days may be over
GARRY Atkins may hang up his boots for the final time after suffering his second injury in successive weeks. The York Wasps player-coach sustained deep bruising to his back in last week's defeat by Hull KR which rules him out of tomorrow's trip to Featherstone's
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Is 60 too old to be a sex bomb?
Pop veteran Tom Jones, 60 this week, has just had a top ten hit with Sex Bomb. But should golden oldies leave all this sort of stuff behind them and age gracefully? Here are two strikingly different opinions. YES...says 59-year-old York musician and teacher
