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Time to tame the suburban jungle
WE all cherish our privacy. Even the most extrovert social butterfly sometimes needs to flutter away from the public gaze. That is why Leylandii has proved such a hit with homeowners. These trees delineate boundaries like evergreen sentries. Soon they
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Good Guy makes an impression with Tykes
THE versatile Championship debut by 21-year-old Simon Guy against Somerset at Taunton has given Yorkshire one of their most difficult long term selection problems in years to resolve, writes David Warner. Should they continue on a permanent basis with
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Byas does his duty
YORKSHIRE skipper David Byas earned the respect and admiration of everyone at Hovingham on Monday when he turned up on crutches before the start of his benefit match between Yorkshire and Sir Marcus Worsley's XI. Byas, of course, should have been leading
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We made the council think
THANKS to all those who have campaigned so strenuously against plans for the Next Generation Sports Centre on Windmill Lane. Perhaps oddly, in light of the fact that the plans have been given the go-ahead, I would also like to offer my congratulations
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Basic baking skills
WE oldies who learned the art of home baking from our mothers and grandmothers who, incidentally, did not possess any cookery books, are shaking our heads in disbelief on reading the Cook's Shelf item Let Them Bake Cake (August 5). Basically the recipe
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Battling with food?
I spent 30 years trapped by food obsession, I have now changed my lifestyle without 'dieting' or excessive exercising and have reduced my size from a 30 to a 20 in just over a year. I am now writing a book about it and should like to hear from readers
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T-Shop, Hovingham
HAVING our cover blown is an occupational hazard. But when 20 or so people, with whom we regularly walk, trekked past our window table, it was almost too much. Although all waved they were extremely circumspect. T-Shop, alternatively known as 'Europe
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More to the pint
WHERE is William Hague when you need him? You would have thought he'd have been straight up to York when he learned about the Assize of Ale. Two pints in every venue along one of the seven-pub circuits would have brought him to his 14-pint limit. More
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Grape Escape
A visit to the vineyards of northern France left RICHARD JOHNS feeling a bit of a 'Champagne Charlie'. WHAT vintage do you think it is? That was the question restaurateur Heuv asked, as I sipped champagne in his private cellar in the beautiful city of
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Past times
IT may seem at first sight to be your archetypal seaside resort. Large Victorian hotels on the clifftops, amusement arcades on the seafront and donkeys on the beach. But Scarborough's origins go back more than a millennium to Viking times, and over the
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Seaside resort says 'let there be light'
SOME of Scarborough's best-known landmark buildings are to be floodlit to give the resort a new night-time look and boost its tourist business. The Rotunda Museum overlooking the South Bay has become the first to be illuminated, and the Spa Bridge lighthouse
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Twelfth may not be so glorious
MILD summers and mild winters have taken their toll on North Yorkshire's grouse population, meaning the Glorious 12th today will not be as glorious as in the past. George Winn-Darley, a North York Moors landowner, said: "The mild winters that we've had
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Better but York beaten
THE York Union of Golf Club's side put up a good showing in the latest round of Yorkshire Inter-district matches but fell to a strong Bradford side going down 24-12. York turned out one of their strongest teams ever with the highest handicapper playing
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Publin meeting on holiday firm
THE Evening Press is to hold a public meeting for aggrieved customers of holiday firm Global Vacations. Scores of readers have contacted the paper with complaints and queries about Global, after having paid the firm between £39 and £4,995 over the past
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Man quits city after sex with girl, 14
A York man has been attacked and lost his job after he admitted having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Malcolm Geoffrey Adcock is now planning to leave the city. Mike Duffy, prosecuting, told York magistrates the girl invited herself along when Adcock asked
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Market towns to get £1m Jackpot
THE twin towns of Malton and Norton were today celebrating the award of a million pounds of regeneration cash. An announcement today of the award by the Countryside Agency and Yorkshire Forward was being made at the Halifax Agricultural Show. The Mayor
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Jumping Jackson
Former St Peter's School, York, student, Jackson Reed-Stephenson, from Lower Dunsforth, near Boroughbridge, and his horse Bailys Pion have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Young Rider European Show Jumping Championships at Hartbury, Gloucestershire
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Dunnington chase record
DUNNINGTON are bidding to become the first team to win the York and District Senior League Cup in three successive seasons when they meet Acomb in the final at Driffield tomorrow (2pm start). Acomb, whose previous successes in the competition were in
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Byas does his duty
YORKSHIRE skipper David Byas earned the respect and admiration of everyone at Hovingham on Monday when he turned up on crutches before the start of his benefit match between Yorkshire and Sir Marcus Worsley's XI. Byas, of course, should have been leading
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Yorkshire need to turn their attention to the spinners
YORKSHIRE have got such deep reserves of fast bowlers that for the moment at least they do not have to worry where the next one is coming from - apart that is from next week at Leicester when they look like being badly hit by a combination of Test calls
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Sad Scarborough has gone backwards
I AM now 55 and have been going to Scarborough since I was a child. I believe it has actually gone backwards ('Time to stop the seaside slide', August 4). Nothing has been done to improve the place for 40 years or more. Councillor Kettlewell thinks money
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We do own the road
THE Evening Press picture of the "unlucky" Shane Glenwright shows him attempting to ride on the wrong side of the road with a car swerving to avoid him (Aug 10). Could this be his problem? I suggest, motorists do own the road judging by the amount of
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Unjust fares
FULL marks to John Prescott for increasing the travelling concessions for pensioners. But only some of us. The rest who are out of reach of bus or rail altogether, or where, if accessible these are quite useless because of timing, frequency or both, continue
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Posh fancies a Mayfair move
POSH Spice has got her eye on a property in Mayfair, I can exclusively reveal. That's if she doesn't get sent to jail first. Mrs Beckham also has her eyes on buying an electricity company if chance allows. And she'll turn on the waterworks if the deals
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Doing the maths
SCHOOL holidays are putting an ever-increasing strain on the family budget. Having fun for all sets back working parents £1,200 over the summer, according to research by the Abbey National. Another pull on the purse strings is the looming shopping trip
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Delrio's grand
MAXINE GORDON savours some Sardinian hospitality at a city restaurant. FOR sheer atmosphere, Delrio's is hard to beat. Tardis-like, the entrance - a doorway just outside Micklegate bar at the start of Blossom Street - leads down to a labyrinth of rooms
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New site answer to schools poser
A NEW school in Usher Lane should be considered by councillors deciding on the future of primary schools in Haxby and Wigginton, it was argued today. Jeffrey Henderson, chairman of Haxby Conservatives, has come up with a plan which he hopes would solve
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Labour of love ready to take to the air
A LABOUR of love which has been taking shape in a York aviation enthusiast's garage for almost a decade will soar triumphantly into the skies tomorrow. Tony Simms, 64, of Badger Hill, York, bought the 1951 RAF Chipmunk, in 1988 and started restoring it
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Boost for new shops scheme
YORK'S Coppergate River-side scheme has won a massive boost from English Heritage. The organisation - which opposed a previous plan to extend the Coppergate Centre because of its impact on historic Clifford's Tower - says the new proposal has much to
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Tourism holding its own
YORK Tourism Bureau says the city is "holding its own" on the tourism front following national statistics which show visitor numbers are dropping because of the strong pound. According to the Office of National Statistics, the strong pound is still hitting
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Extension under way at Allerthorpe
ALLERTHORPE Park golf club, near Pocklington, are getting ready to extend the course from 13 holes to 18. The move marks another phase in a project begun in 1994 with nine par three holes, continued in 1996 with par four holes brought into play and then
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Tie me wallaby down, sport
CARLOS the Wallaby is hopping the streets of York after falling out with his playmate. Carlos, who police describe as a "mini Skippy", went missing last Saturday, but was last spotted at 2.45am today in the River Foss area of Huntington by a couple coming
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Emma marches on Berlin
THE titles just keep pouring in for Malton and Norton's Emma Duggleby. So far this summer the Yorkshire and English amateur titles have already been captured and their was an impressive display for the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Curtis Cup
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Boro crisis
SCARBOROUGH FC's future hangs by a thread today after chairman John Russell resigned and potential saviour Brooks Mileson washed his hands of the club. Mileson stormed out of a meeting of Boro's board of directors which had been called to thrash out the
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Salutation ready to reign Supreme
by Tom O'Ryan SUPREME Salutation, a headstrong horse, who requires a fast-run race, should have conditions in his favour at Redcar tomorrow. The gelding, trained at Maunby, near Thirsk, by David Barron, goes for the Own A Racehorse For A Day in 2001 Handicap
