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York driver in long jam shock
THE driver of this removal van was 16-stone until he got stuck in traffic in York's Micklegate. Now Deans Removals of Harrogate are down to a skeleton staff. Only joking! Turpin reader Ann Wood, of York, who took this amusing picture, couldn't resist
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Vicious to geese
REGARDING the cull of the Rowntree Park geese, I am on one of my frequent visits to York and I'm astonished to find a city which I have always considered to be a centre of culture and civilisation is about to force through a measure which is vicious,
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Gardening quest for Blooming Good Ideas
THE search is on to find children's ideas of the garden of the future. And the best could win super prizes for the youngsters and their families. The Evening Press has teamed up with Coppergate Shopping Centre and York in Bloom to launch the Blooming
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Labour shortage sees crops rotting
STRAWBERRIES and raspberries are being left to rot in the fields because of the country's booming economy, National Farmers' Union (NFU) leader Ben Gill has warned. Low unemployment across the country has led to a shortage of seasonal fruit pickers and
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Hero Pc prevents A64 suicide bid
AN off-duty York policeman became the hero of the hour when he managed to talk a man out of jumping off a bridge near the city. At about 11am yesterday, the policeman was driving on the A64 at Copmanthorpe Top when he spotted a man who had climbed over
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Yorkshire are Brown-ed off
Ally Brown, who slammed 295 against Leicestershire last week, thrashed a century off only 106 balls for Surrey at The Oval yesterday as Yorkshire's dream of stealing the title from their opponents began to fade away.Brown plundered eight fours and three
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A1 lorry blaze causes traffic gridlock
MOTORISTS from North and West Yorkshire were left fuming in tailbacks stretching for more than ten miles when a lorry caught fire on the A1. The lorry carrying gas cylinders was ablaze for several hours when it caught fire at Cowthorpe, between the Wetherby
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York driver in long jam shock
THE driver of this removal van was 16-stone until he got stuck in traffic in York's Micklegate. Now Deans Removals of Harrogate are down to a skeleton staff. Only joking! Turpin reader Ann Wood, of York, who took this amusing picture, couldn't resist
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Life is just greet for superstore's TV star
A SUPERMARKET worker who is the face of Asda during a national advertising campaign declared his new-found fame "absolutely fabulous." Colin Jones, 69, of Stamford Bridge, is an official Asda "golden greeter" at their top branch in Leeds and is also the
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Hide and seek
PETER Ward is doing an excellent job of selling his home town. "Pock is unique. It's got a catchment area of its own. People just pop into Pock. There's everything you need in Pock." Pock is, of course, Pocklington, and Peter Ward is the proprietor of
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MoNEY, who needs it?
Ron Willis of Falconer Street, York, wrote to tell me this interesting insight into the state of royal finances. "A friend of mine sells programmes at the York Millennium Mystery Plays outside York Minster. He was very excited because he almost sold one
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Shaming streets is shameful
HOW low can the TV licensing authority sink in their pursuit of people not paying their licence fee? (Evening Press, July 7). To name and shame a street is in effect slandering the whole population of that street and area, including York as tourists will
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In Diana's memory
THE first Diana Memorial playground was successfully opened in London last week. The seven-mile walkway and playground passes through Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and St James Park. Up to 500 children will be able to use the playground at
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Brave charity
I THANK Vicky and Paul Prentice of the Wheatsheaf Inn at Burn, near Selby, for their charity work. Inspired by Simon White, who has recently undergone a bone marrow transplant with marrow donated from his sister, Paul decided to help others needing a
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Hospital blunder boy's heartache
HE was a superfit, sports-mad sixth former at Ampleforth College, who was looking forward to joining the Grenadier or Scots Guards. But Timothy Lyes, 20, will never play sport again, and his dreams of an army career lie in ruins, after he broke a leg
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Victoryf or our veterans
ASTONISHING support for a brave group of war veterans has ensured the memory of their heroics will be kept alive in York Minster. Eight members of York's Dunkirk Veterans' Association, most aged in their 80s, appealed to the public to find £2,600 to lay
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Princess meets cadets in york
THE Princess Royal came to York to see Army officer cadets being put through their paces. The Princess was met by the commanding officer of London University Officer Training Corps, Lt Col Nigel Holland. She was there in her capacity as Honorary Colonel
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Post Office protest brings reply
THE Government has finally replied to the Evening Press, three months after we handed over a 1,000-name petition to Downing Street in support of North Yorkshire's post offices. Our Counter Attack campaign collected support from across North and East Yorkshire
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Focus on special needs education
YORK is to be the venue for a top level conference on special needs education, said to be the first of its kind in Britain. And the young star of hard-hitting TV drama Kid In The Corner, Eric Byrne, will be among the 900 people expected at the Learning
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Sign of the times
Electronic information signs have long proved an invaluable aid to motorists on the nation's motorways. They provide information about weather conditions ahead, roadworks, contraflows, diversions and other motoring problems. Now the new technology has
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River death woman to appear before judge
A MOTHER charged with manslaughter after allegedly pushing her ex-boyfriend off a river bridge has been committed to stand trial at crown court. Christine Rhodes, 31, accused of the manslaughter of York man Paul Butterfield at Commercial Street, Tadcaster
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Great day out for North Yorkshire
NORTH Yorkshire connections had plenty to cheer at York Races yesterday. The first three races on Knavesmire all went the way of York area personalities and Sheriff Hutton jockey Kevin Darley landed a treble to boost his chances of lifting the jockeys
