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Vicar was right
I WAS saddened to read (Evening Press, September 4) about the choirmaster in Wetherby being asked to resign by the vicar of the church and the majority of the choir and/or members being against that decision. I feel that anyone in a position of leadership
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Coati is found on Easingwold farm
A NORTH Yorkshire zoo is trying to find the owner of one its newest residents - Basil the coati mundi. The coati - a racoon-like creature - was found on a farm in Easingwold, and is being looked after at Flamingo Land Zoo, at Kirby Misperton, near Pickering
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Your verdict: Split 'vote' on the Coppergate riverside
THE Evening Press today reveals the dilemma facing planners as they try to decide whether to approve the £60 million extension to York's Coppergate Centre. Evening Press readers have voted by more than four to one in our coupon survey for Land Securities
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Thinking Big
A RETAILER has paid a fitting tribute to the modern woman by increasing its clothes sizes. The reasons why are more complicated than CHRIS TITLEY first suspected POSTERS on the first floor of Marks & Spencer's Pavement store in York show a tousle-haired
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The Dome gets £47 million, the hospice gets absolutely nothing
THERE now appears to be no chance of winning National Lottery funds for the vital extension to St Leonard's Hospice in York. Its fundraising manager said today that a second application had been rejected. And the Evening Press understands that a further
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Class reunion
FORMER pupils of a York school met up once again - 60 years after they first met. The women all attended Mill Mount School from 1940 to 1947 and it was the 15th consecutive year they have held a reunion at the Holgate Hill Hotel. About 40 former pupils
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Teenager set fire to bed at city hostel
A teenager expelled from a hostel for damaging it by fire returned and set light to a foam mattress, York Youth Court heard. The youth, who was 16 at the time, climbed through a window of the three-storey building, said prosecutor Mike Duffy. He set fire
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Order is decided for Tennis
The order of play for the City of York Tennis Championships to be played this weekend is: Saturday Men's Singles (at York Tennis Club) - 10.0: J Logan v A Dearing, P Nolan v P Adams, J Ellis v P Goodall, A Moore v I Mitchell-Innes, G Butcher v A Smith
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Third defeat in a row for struggling 'Boro
SCARBOROUGH slipped to their third successive defeat when they were beaten 3-1 by Southport at Hague Avenue last night. A Chris Tate volley from a Steve Brodie cross gave 'Boro the perfect start after just two minutes. But within five minutes Southport
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Canon Lee super school project revealed
COUNCILLORS have agreed to push ahead with plans to create a "super school" in York, despite uncertainties over funding, and local people look set to have their say on the future of a closed city school at a public meeting. City of York Council's approval
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Tom's reliant on his Del-mobile
LORRY driver Tom Lofthouse has put Del Boy in the shade. The 20-stone trucker turns up for work near Selby in a Reliant Rialto three-wheeler painted in his firm's livery of white and blue with a gold stripe. Tom, 43, insists his C-registered Rialto is
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'Super school' go-ahead despite cash fears
COUNCILLORS have agreed to push ahead with plans to create a "super school" in York despite uncertainties over funding, and local people look set to have their say on the future of a closed city school at a public meeting. City of York Council's approval
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Ben could be heading for the big time
POCKET rocket Ben Johnson is destined for the rugby league big time judging by his exploits with York Acorn this season. The eight-year-old, pictured above, has equalled the sport's record for most tries in a season in all age groups, scoring 121 times
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What happens next on the planning front?
SO what happens now to Land Securities' proposals to extend York's Coppergate Centre? Roy Templeman, director of environment and development services at City of York Council, says the authority is now busily collating and analysing the vast response to
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Coppergate II: shoppers' verdict
The proposals to extend York's Coppergate Centre with riverside shops and restaurants have sparked arguably the biggest planning debate in the city for 20 years. To gauge shoppers' views, the Evening Press conducted its own survey of 685 people in the
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What readers said about Coppergate II
"Visitors, especially schoolchildren, come to see historic York, not megastores bringing more traffic and pollution. A large grassed area would bring pleasure to all." Mrs E A Pulleyn, Haxby. "York should strengthen its own special qualities, not copy
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Coppergate II: reader's verdict
The Evening Press today publishes the detailed results of two major opinion surveys on York's Coppergate Riverside proposals. We wanted to discover what people really thought about Land Securities' £60 million scheme to extend the Coppergate Centre. One
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Your verdict: Split 'vote' on the Coppergate riverside
THE Evening Press today reveals the dilemma facing planners as they try to decide whether to approve the £60 million extension to York's Coppergate Centre. Evening Press readers have voted by more than four to one in our coupon survey for Land Securities
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Easterby juvenile set to move up a league
Esyoueffcee - named after the initials of Sunderland United Football Club - will bid to promote herself to the premier league at Doncaster tomorrow. The Mick Easterby-trained juvenile goes for the £40,000 Rothmans Royals May Hill Stakes and victory will
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It's time we stood up to the Microsoft bullies
YOUR front page on Saturday continues Microsoft's successful policy of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt). It made no mention of Microsoft's conviction for exploiting their monopolistic position or the very slow investigation by the European Community
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The Dome gets £47 million, the hospice gets absolutely nothing
THERE now appears to be no chance of winning National Lottery funds for the vital extension to St Leonard's Hospice in York. Its fundraising manager said today that a second application had been rejected. And the Evening Press understands that a further
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City stars are backing kids campaign
YORK City are teaming up with the NSPCC to re-launch last season's successful five-a-side Schools' Cup competition. The York City FULL STOP Challenge Cup will see young footballers from across the county battling for top honours at Bootham Crescent. The
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Hobbling Hobson added to list
CENTRAL defender Gary Hobson has joined York City's growing band of walking wounded and looks certain to miss out on tomorrow's Worthington Cup clash at Stoke City. The former Chester and Brighton defender has suffered a recurrence of the knee injury
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Treasured tape stolen
WORKING mum Nicola Annett knew she would not miss the most precious moments of her newborn son Conor's early life, even when she was out at work. For, armed with a camcorder borrowed from Nicola's parents, her partner Jon Booth-Hudson zoomed in on the
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Mystery of body goes on
The mystery of a human skeleton found in a dense forest more than four months ago is still unsolved, say police. After its discovery by a walker in Langdale Forest, north of Thornton-le-Dale, on April 30 a major investigation was mounted by North Yorkshire
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Leeds lack creative force
INJURY-HIT Leeds would no doubt have been hoping that their famously unpredictable visitors would have an off-day when they turned up at Elland Road last night. Unfortunately for David O'Leary's men, they didn't. Manchester City have enjoyed a rollercoaster
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Pub anger over free Martini
PUB landlords claim a free Martini promotion - and a big hole in the road - in a York square have hit their businesses hard. And they say the rules which allowed Martini to be given away in St Sampson's Square, when they are not allowed to sell alcohol
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City stars are backing kids campaign
YORK City are teaming up with the NSPCC to re-launch last season's successful five-a-side Schools' Cup competition. The York City FULL STOP Challenge Cup will see young footballers from across the county battling for top honours at Bootham Crescent. The
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Catterick soldiers fail test for drugs
SIX more soldiers were today facing expulsion from the Army after testing positive for drugs. The six Lowland Gunners, who are understood to be from Scotland, are now almost certain to be dismissed from their base at Catterick, North Yorkshire, an Army
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Wharfe produces a poor return
The Wharfe Championships drew only 55 to the river at Tadcaster and Ulleskelf. The fishing was as poor as the turnout, with Steve Smith (Airborough) needing just 13lb 8oz for victory. Drawn at the top of Tadcaster shallows he wagglered caster and grub
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Praise for Greening
SIR Alex Ferguson feels former York City starlet Jonathan Greening passed his sternest test yet after helping Manchester United demolish Bradford City 6-0 at Old Trafford to go top of the Premiership. The United boss fielded Greening and fellow rising
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Yachtsman rescued from life raft after SOS
A MAN was rescued by coastguards after his yacht started sinking in seas off Whitby. The man made a distress call from the Emmy Leigh, a 23-foot sea angling vessel which was about five miles north of the town at the time, after he noticed it was taking
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There is a battle to be won
THE war may be lost but a battle is still there to be won for buoyant York City boss Terry Dolan. The Minstermen, unbeaten in their last three games, head to Stoke's Britannia Stadium for tonight's Worthington Cup first round second leg clash on a mission
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Resort to receive £18 million transport package
A BYPASS around the A64 bottleneck A64 village of Rillington will be a serious contender in the Government's new £180bn package of transport schemes, says Junior Transport Minster Keith Hill. Speaking after a drive along the York to Scarborough road to
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What people said in our shoppers' survey
Arguments for and against It would bring in customers and tidy up the place. It would bring York back into the 21st century. It is a brilliant idea, York needs some more shops. It would bring new shops and better quality clothing (hopefully). Maybe if
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Coppergate is city quandary
NO OTHER local issue has recently exercised readers of this newspaper as much as the future of York's Coppergate Centre. Letters have poured in covering all sides of this issue, though it has to be said most correspondents have been against the £60 million
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Question of cash
ST LEONARD'S Hospice does not wish to be drawn on the fairness or otherwise of the Millennium Dome receiving another £47 million of Lottery money while its own application for £1 million has been turned down. While such tact is understandable, we feel
