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Put councillors' pay to electors
COUNCILLORS from all parties are happy. That is not surprising - they are the ones who stand to benefit from the introduction of new pay rates. City of York Council leader Rod Hills, for example, would see his remuneration rise from £16,000 - the amount
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Reality check no problem for City
YORK City shrugged off the bite of reality to record a comfortable victory over a determined North Ferriby United. After successive defeats to Premiership opposition, it was role reversal for the Minstermen - a potentially highly-prized scalp for their
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Stop knocking cyclists
THE letter from Mike Usherwood (August 5) proves that he at least has not given up his vendetta against cyclists even if, as he suggests, the authorities may have relaxed their stance. I cannot condone the bad cycling habits of a small percentage of riders
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Upgrade A64 now
YOUR news item about the projected Government Route Management Strategies (July 28), followed by your leading article (July 31) on possible improvements to the A64, could not be more timely. While a substantial portion of this road from the outskirts
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Glider pilot dies in plunge
A FAMILY was in shock today after losing a much-loved father in a tragic glider crash on holiday in Spain. Derek Holland, 62, of Roman Avenue, Stamford Bridge, died on Friday on the fifth day of a gliding holiday at Segovia. His wife, Jill, today spoke
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Top councillor to get £38,000 wage
....and that is for working part-time. LEADING York councillors could get hefty new "wages" under a revised payments structure drawn up for the local authority. An independent panel has suggested City of York Council leader Rod Hills could qualify for
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Phone 'doc' passes the test
"Welcome to NHS Direct," says a recorded voice. "For quality control purposes all calls are recorded. Please hold, and your call will be answered shortly." I've dialled 0845 4647 - the number of the new 'health advice over the phone' service that arrived
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Adze Gallery
Number 24a Goodramgate, York, was a hairdressing salon for 30 years, and the shadow of the washing sinks can still be traced on the floor. Now, however, this upstairs room is the wood-panelled home to Adze Gallery, a new showcase to "exhibit the work
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Gone In 60 Seconds (15), 118 minutes
Like cars themselves, some car chase thrillers are built to last, others such as Gone In 60 Seconds are meant to have the brief shelf life of a Formula One practice car. This is fast, flash and forgettable bubblegum entertainment from producer Jerry Bruckheimer
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Residents say no to street cars ban
A FLAGSHIP scheme to drive traffic from a York residential street has been dropped after it failed to gather sufficient support. The proposal to create a "home zone" in Harcourt Street, Heworth, was the first to be put forward in the city and earned praise
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Exciting prehistoric find on coast
AN EXCITING prehistoric find has been unearthed on private land in North Yorkshire. The fossil of an Icthyosaur has lain under the Whitby plot for more than 185 million years and is said to be the most significant prehistoric discovery in the area in
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Six of the best as York join top four
YORK pulled off their richly deserved sixth consecutive Yorkshire ECB County Premier League victory when they scalped their old foes Scarborough by seven wickets at North Marine Road. York now claim fourth place in the league after their third win in
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Tykes still in touch with the top despite bore draw
Ten points from a yawn-inducing draw against Somerset at Taunton on Saturday at least keeps Yorkshire in touch with Championship leaders Surrey who have now opened up an 11-point gap at the top of the table after their crushing defeat of Lancashire. But
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Lehmann makes Yorkshire history
Yorkshire Phoenix eased their relegation worries with a sparkling victory by 32 runs over title contenders Somerset Sabres yesterday in the Norwich Union National League when an overseas player led them for the first time in the club's history. Australian
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Standing groom only!
AND the bride wore ... fancy dress - just like the groom and all the guests. When Liz Crosby tied the knot with Paul Garbutt at Burnby Hall, near Pocklington, conventional wedding traditions were cast aside. There was no sign of the usual limousine, the
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Competition hots up in tennis centre fight
THE battle to build York's first tennis centre hotted up today with news that leading operator Invicta Leisure Ltd is backing the Clifton Moor proposals. And the developers behind the scheme have delivered a scathing attack on the rival plan by former
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Reality check proves no problem for Minstermen
YORK City shrugged off the bite of reality to record a comfortable victory over a determined North Ferriby United. After successive defeats to Premiership opposition, it was role reversal for the Minstermen - a potentially highly-prized scalp for their
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Webster edged out in thrilling finish
Despite an heroic and spectacular last lap effort to reel in arch rival Klaus Klaffenbock, Easingwold's sidecar champion Steve Webster missed the race victory by a mere 0.211 seconds in the eighth round of the world series at Brands Hatch yesterday. It
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Latest Pokemon craze arrives
JUST when you thought it was safe to go back in to the toy shop, the latest items in the never-ending Pokemon craze have arrived. To the distress of long-suffering parents who had finally quenched the "gotta catch 'em all" thirst of their children for
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Hull date for Ingle
North Yorkshire's world featherweight boxing champion Paul Ingle will make the second defence of his International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organisation belts against South Africa's Mbuelo Botile at the Hull Arena on September 30, it
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Prudom hunt tracker dies
AN ARMY tracker who was commended for his part in the hunt for police killer Barry Prudom has died after a long illness. Harold Cooper, who was known as 'Gary', was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the then Chief Constable of North Yorkshire police
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Duggleby crowned queen of Europe
MALTON and Norton golfer Emma Duggleby has been crowned the queen of European amateur golf. The 28-year-old Curtis Cup star produced a stunning last round performance in Poland to win the European individual title after a three-hole play-off. There seemed
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War veteran dies on parade in York
A NORMANDY war veteran died of a heart attack while on parade outside York Minster at a reunion this weekend. George Kidd Clark, 82, from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, was one of more than 1,000 veterans who met in York for their annual reunion. Mr Clark is understood
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Thirsk record cup win at a canter
THIRSK had a surprisingly easy victory in the final of the Myers Burnell Cup beating Easingwold by 56 runs at York's Clifton Park ground. After finishing runners-up to Clifton Alliance last season, Thirsk claimed their second success in three years with
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City target Hadland looks to Spotland
FORMER Reading player Phil Hadland has turned his back on York City and looks set to join the Minstermen's Division Three rivals Rochdale. The 19-year-old was offered terms by City chief Terry Dolan last week after impressing during a month-long trial
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Wasps seek boost by cashing in on tourism
YORK'S tourist image can play a big part in helping to revive the fortunes of York Wasps, according to the club's new commercial manager. Scotsman Paul Scanlon-Wells will be aiming to capitalise on the city's nationwide appeal in a bid to attract fans
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Tip-top Tony to be on the Mark at Catterick
NORTH Yorkshire jockey Tony Culhane, who has been averaging a winner a day for the past fortnight, can maintain his momentum at Catterick tomorrow. He teams-up with Mark One in thehorsesmouth.co.uk Maiden Stakes and can guide the Barry Hills-trained filly
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Nothing wrong with the Headingley pitch - Moxon
Yorkshire's director of coaching Martyn Moxon has reacted angrily to reports in some national newspapers that the Headingley pitch was not up to standard for the Roses match. Moxon and Yorkshire cricket chairman Bob Platt felt that pressure could have
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It's wedded...bus!
IT was enough to warm the cockles of a transport planner's heart. When Liz Crosby and Paul Garbutt rolled up to tie the knot at Burnby Hall register office in Pocklington on Saturday they did so in style. No convoy of sleek black limos for evening-suited
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Perfect balance
EXPERIENCED midfielder Steve Agnew reckons York City boss Terry Dolan has got the club's preparations for the new campaign spot-on. It's a far cry from last season when Agnew was frozen out of the first team picture and seemed to be on his way out of
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Knife gang robs German teenagers in gardens
THREE German students were held at knifepoint and robbed by a gang in York. The three boys, aged 15 and 16, were held captive by the four youths, forced to walk alongside the River Ouse at knifepoint, and then separated and robbed. Their ordeal began
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Late-night bus service is axed
GANGS of marauding youths have made bus drivers' lives such a misery that night services in one part of York have been axed. The latest episode in a stream of violence and vandalism in the Chapelfields area of Acomb caused bus operator First York to meet
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Re-instate Rita
TO read that Mrs Rita Freedman has been suspended from her job in the York city archives is beyond belief. Obviously the person concerned with this suspension has never called upon Mrs Freedman to use her knowledge of the archives and witnessed her willingness
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The day they called me the most dangerous man in York
NESTL boss Peter Blackburn told today of his astonishment when he heard The Sun newspaper was suggesting he was "the most dangerous man in York". "I thought it was a spoof at first," Mr Blackburn, chairman and chief executive of Nestl UK told the Evening
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Real dangers lurk in cutting the cost of petrol
CUTTING the price of petrol would lead to more traffic, congestion, pollution and an increase in the contribution to climate change. It is right that petrol taxes should remain substantial. Motorists must be prepared to pay towards the cost of dealing
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Katy's jab at the NHS
Stephen Lewis reports on one woman's struggle for the right to choose how her child was vaccinated. LIKE any good parent, Katy Hyde wanted to do what was best for her child. So when she began reading in newspapers about fears there may be a link between
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (PG), 91 minutes.
IF it were not for the amiable presence of York actor Mark Addy in his first American lead role, it would be tempting to say The Flintstones had hit rock-bottom. Perhaps I'm being sentimental for a local boy made Hollywood, but Addy's combination of dark
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High Fidelity (15), 113 minutes
FEVER Pitch was a better book than film, and the same has happened again with another Nick Hornsby transfer from print to celluloid, although High Fidelity is an improvement Whereas Hornsby himself did the Fever Pitch script, maintaining its very English
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The Patriot (15), 167 minutes.
WHAT has the Australian-raised American Mel Gibson got against the English? First he had rampaging Scots warlord William Wallace conquering York in a piece of historical hogwash in Braveheart; now he battles against English Redcoats even stiffer than
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Mission accomplished
Mission: Impossible 2 (15), 123 minutes. LESSONS learnt, and learnt well. Brian DePalma's po-faced Mission: Impossible was dark, dank, unnecessarily complex and covert, only begrudgingly turning itself into an action movie in late desperation. Too late
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Would you credit it?
SHOPPERS can obtain £15,000 of plastic credit in only 90 minutes during a walk through York city centre, a survey has revealed. Insolvency practitioners Harrisons, of Fishergate, York, who conducted the research in Parliament Street and Coney Street,
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Thumping good show
RECORD crowds basked in glorious and long-awaited sunshine at this year's Tockwith and District Show. Organisers estimate that as many as 7,000 people descended on the Bilton Grange site for the show, which is now in its 56th year. But they were kept
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Action-packed days of fun, flowers and steam
IT was full steam ahead this weekend for the biggest-ever Pickering Traction Engine Rally. The event, which finished yesterday, had been extended to a four-day format for the first time. The local showfield off the A169 resonated to the sound of vintage
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First helpline for gay police
A TELEPHONE helpline for gay and lesbian police officers has been set up in Heartbeat country. In America and Europe, special units like the one being set up here have proved most effective in giving officers confidence, particularly when faced with hate-mail
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Huge rail cash boost pledged
A MASSIVE two billion pound rail investment package has been promised by the operators of York-based Northern Spirit - if it retains the franchise currently up for grabs. The cash injection could see journey times from York to places like Manchester Airport
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Super Cygan strikes twice as Selby cruise
SELBY Town continued their pre-season programme with a 3-0 victory over Leeper-Hare York and District Football League side Wigginton at Flaxley Road. The Robins broke the deadlock in the 34th minute with an Andy Cygan header and two minutes before the
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Glory beckons the rabbit with its own Wendy house
A PAMPERED pet rabbit from Langton, near Malton, has made into the finals of a competition to find the country's most royally treated rabbit. Rex is a Dalmatian Rex owned by 13-year-old Jenna Mason. He has beaten fierce competition to make it to the finals
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Air adversaries meet again
OLD adversaries who clashed in the skies high above the North of England on 'Black Thursday' during the Battle of Britain have finally come face to face. German night fighter ace Gunther Bahr and his former sworn enemies of the RAF put aside the past
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Worried holiday firm clients contact Press
MORE worried customers of holiday firm Global Vacations have come forward following Evening Press revelations that the firm's York office has suddenly shut down. The paper has received a steady stream of calls from readers who have paid the firm up to
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School hols are too long
SCHOOL holidays - who needs them? Parents with pre-school children don't, working parents with school-age children certainly don't and people with no children definitely don't. Teachers might argue that they do - but heck, they're in the minority. School
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Counties pay the price for national success
aThe almost certain ban which England will impose on Darren Gough and Craig White from playing for Yorkshire in the last two Championship matches of the season has widened even further the gulf between county and country. It means that Yorkshire and England's
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Tykes employ shock tactics
The decision by Yorkshire this week to axe Richard Blakey from the Championship match against Somerset at Taunton and replace him with 21-year-old Simon Guy was one of the biggest selection shocks in a long while. Rarely, if ever, can a club have ditched
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Shoebox treasures
WHEN Wigginton residents began researching the history of their village for a book, they turned to the usual sources. York's Borthwick Institute and Hull University library both provided invaluable material, as did the Office of National Statistics. But
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Why Julia would love to teach the world to sing
YORK Opera open the new season at the spring-cleaned York Theatre Royal by heading East for Puccini's Turandot, the opera that gave the 1990 World Cup Nessun Dorma. Set in imperial Peking, Turandot tells the story of the enigmas posed by the cold and
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Like Brothers and Sisters
THE Grand Opera House has not had much luck with musicals this year. Stand By Me's week-long run was cancelled by the touring company; the Electric Lipstick tour bit the dust long before its York dates and Rent's August visit has been put back indefinitely
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Along with the Mystery
HEROD And The Magi, the Friends of York Mystery Plays and Festival's companion piece to the York Millennium Mystery Plays, goes ahead next week thanks in no small part to the Evening Press. Director Ray Alexander turned to his local newspaper when he
