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Tykes lack bottle
Yorkshire will chiefly be remembered for making England strong again in the first season of the new millennium, but while their own performances were often excellent they never quite managed to do enough to crack open the champagne. To be without Test
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24 arrested after coach attacked
Police called to a coach breakdown on the A1 in North Yorkshire arrived to find the vehicle under attack from a group of men. Officers arrested 24 people for criminal damage and released them on police bail after the incident near Thirsk. The coach was
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Olympic joy for Freeman
The win that all Sydney was waiting for duly arrived as Australia's Cathy Freeman was crowned Olympic 400m champion - their 100th Olympic gold medal. And there was joy too for Britain's Katharine Merry who grabbed the bronze medal and said: "I just wanted
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Pierre sets his sights on cash
Elephant Juice opened in cinemas this week... and not before time for York pub-signs artist Pierre Mouline. The man whose distinctive signs adorn most city centre hostelries plays a coke-sniffing gay waiter in the romantic comedy starring Daniela Nardini
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Lady Luck refuses to smile on struggling Minstermen
THE last time Brighton boss Micky Adams left Bootham Crescent he tipped York City for promotion. Let's hope the former Fulham chief stayed clear of the bookmaker. The season is less than ten games old so it is perhaps still too early to write off the
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Dolan sweats on virus
YORK City boss Terry Dolan is keeping his fingers crossed that a mystery virus is not about to sweep through his injury-ravaged squad. Dolan already has six senior players on the injured list and his preparations for Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Brighton
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Swan calls for patience
YORK City club captain Peter Swan today issued a defiant pledge to fans from the Bootham Crescent treatment table - 'We will turn things around'. The centre-back, currently recovering from a knee operation which has forced him out for all but two games
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Dolan tried to land Fenton
YORK City manager Terry Dolan has tried to sign former Blackburn and Leicester City striker Graham Fenton. The burly frontman had been on a short-term contract with Stoke City this season and caught the eye in the Potters' 5-1 Worthington Cup demolition
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Matt off the floor
A NEW and improved Matt Hocking is itching for his York City second coming tomorrow having proved patience is a virtue. The one-time victim of the City boo-boys will start his first League game since March with high-flying Brighton and Hove Albion the
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Club scene
Out for a good time? If clubbing's your scene, read on... The night time is the right time for people in their 20s, and there are plenty of clubs out there who will be only too pleased to help you party through the night. York's Ikon & Diva at Clifton
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No complaints
I HAVE lived in Rufforth for 40 years during which time there has always been a tip and no trouble in the village. Not all the villagers are against the tip, I think there are more for than against. I wonder what the protesters would do if Yorwaste stopped
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Art attack
OH dear... I'm such a philistine because of my inability to appreciate some of the latest 'works of art' on exhibition in London. It's patronising of a few 'artists' and rather silly, impressionable art 'experts' to try ramming their personal misery at
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Power lines should go underground for safety
THOSE of us who argued against the Vale of York power line, as did the Evening Press, have now been proved right by a team from Bristol University. Apparently, the electric field near high power lines causes pollution to stick more readily to people's
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Happy return
MANY thanks to the kind person who took the time and trouble to return my son's photo-identity driving licence lost in York city centre. The gesture was much appreciated and confirms our faith in human nature. Dave Taylor, Eastfield Avenue, Haxby, York
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Shed some light
IN my various readings I came across a brief reference to a painting entitled The Light At The End Of The World. Could any reader tell me who painted it and was it ever recovered after its alleged theft? T Cullen, 39 Woolnough Avenue, Tang Hall, York
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Oh, no Mo!
AS I watch former Cabinet Minister Mo Mowlam descending into the political shadows, I reflect with growing anxiety about the human beings who will have to read her autobiography. If I am unlucky enough to be gifted a copy, I shall ask for the money instead
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Shirty fans can sing the blues
YOU read it here first: the York City club shop is now taking orders for the club's new navy blue shirt. The previously unseen alternative second kit was first worn in City's first round second leg Worthington Cup clash at Stoke. It was also worn last
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Listen to the people
I SEE Jack Straw is to head-up a task force to look into how to deal with future fuel protests. I can save them all a lot of money and time by advising them to just listen to the people instead of keeping their heads in the sand. If ever there was proof
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Labour hypocrisy 2
ON Sunday, September 17, the nation gave thanks for the defence of the country in 1940 with a service in Westminster Abbey. The Government was represented by a Cabinet minister. The same Government proposes to give away the country to the control of those
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Dobson's choice
FANS' favourite Gareth Dobson will be back in a York Wasps shirt next season. The livewire hooker has re-joined the Wasps in a one-year deal from Super League outfit Castleford Tigers. Dobson, 21, was on loan at Huntington Stadium last season but was
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Swan calls for patience
YORK City club captain Peter Swan today issued a defiant pledge to fans from the Bootham Crescent treatment table - 'We will turn things around'. The centre-back, currently recovering from a knee operation which has forced him out for all but two games
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Family to get soldier's papers
The family of a York soldier killed during the Second World War is to be reunited with a forgotten piece of his wartime history thanks to the Evening Press. Valerie Walton, of Dringhouses, only daughter of Sergeant Alfred Emmerson, is thrilled at the
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Cheerleaders make city debut
Saturday's home match at Bootham Crescent marked the debut appearance at York City's ground for the All Saints' cheerleaders. The 16-strong squad trod the turf for the first time as they cheered the Minstermen out onto the field before their game against
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Poverty 'killing children'
More children die prematurely in poor areas, according to the latest research by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The foundation's latest report, published today, has looked at the "health gap" between the richest and poorest parts of Britain
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Van smashes through pub wall
Six people were arrested after a van ploughed through the front wall and bay window of a North Yorkshire pub. The white Ford Transit van narrowly missed customers in the Spacey Houses pub in Pannal, Harrogate, yesterday afternoon. Also in the building
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Malton edge out RI
A large Gannock crowd were kept on tenterhooks throughout a gripping derby encounter which saw Malton take the spoils, beating York RI 24-20, to maintain their unbeaten Yorkshire Three league record for the season. On the evidence of this performance
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York lift spirits
YORK Rugby Union Club will be in good spirits for their opening league matches, despite scoring only a 20-14 victory over lower division outfit Keighley. York's eagerly awaited first home game of the season was one in which, for all the home side's dominance
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Dolan sweats on virus
YORK City boss Terry Dolan is keeping his fingers crossed that a mystery virus is not about to sweep through his injury-ravaged squad. Dolan already has six senior players on the injured list and his preparations for Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Brighton
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Out of the woods
CHRIS TITLEY calls in on a craftsman whose wooden creations are as individual as his customers. NICK Clarke never had woodwork lessons at school. He was 21 when he first tried his hand at making something from a small block of pine, he says, and he reaches
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If Stefan can...
CHRIS TITLEY enjoys a personal Gardeners' Question Time with one of Britain's most experienced horticulturists STEFAN Buczacki is impeccably turned out, his trademark bow tie neatly knotted. So his top tip for gardeners of all abilities comes as no surprise
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Dobson's choice
FANS' favourite Gareth Dobson will be back in a York Wasps shirt next season. The livewire hooker has re-joined the Wasps in a one-year deal from Super League outfit Castleford Tigers. Dobson, 21, was on loan at Huntington Stadium last season but was
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Credibility gap
CONTRARY to belief, New Labour is listening. Unfortunately, it cannot hear anything. The party is cocooned from the people that swept it to power by the very scale of that victory. The 1997 landslide effectively left ministers cut off from the outside
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Battling for kids
IN the equivalent of an ancient job swap, Viking warriors became Saxons at the weekend. Members of the historical group the York Vikings donned Saxon battle dress before setting off for Hastings. The costume drama was all in a good cause, mind you. Their
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Father's SAS exploits turned out to be fake
KIRK DAVIES, who was shot by armed police officers late last night, had a long-held fascination with weapons and the military. A court dealing with his appeal over an earlier confrontation heard that from a young age he had been regaled with stories of
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Police shoot ex-mercenary
A mercenary said to have killed 46 Serbs in the former Yugoslavia died today after armed police shot him in the grounds of a psychiatric hospital. Kirk John Davies, a sniper who was understood to have served with the elite Croatian Special Forces, was
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Any questions?
Worried about your health, diet, fitness or relationships? Why not ask our panel of experts for advice? MAXINE GORDON does the introductions. SO you want to get fit, but don't know where to start. Or perhaps you feel depressed as the nights draw in, but
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Ask the experts: Is organic best?
Dr Damien Downing is a former York GP who now specialises in nutrition. Q The head of the Government's Food Standards Agency says that organic foods are a con. Is this true? A That's not exactly right - his words were "we don't have the proof" that organic
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Balancing act for the body
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out about the healing power of dance. THE idea that dance is good for you isn't that new. Any form of exercise that gets the heart pumping and the blood racing through the veins has got to be a plus in today's world of couch potatoes
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City's Fox aiming for a brush with the Shrews
THE York City Fox is targeting a Shrews return in 12 days' time. And teenage Minstermen midfielder Christian Fox is out to prove he is no one-season wonder. The 19-year-old top prospect has suffered a frustrating campaign so far, starting City's first
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Happy days
With the fuel crisis receding, DAN RUTSTEIN juiced up his Ford Escort and headed down to Staffordshire for the ultimate day out. WHAT a happy place. It isn't just the rides, or the numerous food and drink outlets, or even the beautiful landscaping. No
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Taxing thoughts...
EVERY single tax is unfair to some section of the community. Concerning the ridiculously high fuel tax, it needs subsidising by a few new taxes. These will be unpopular too. Many years ago I used to cause the usual traffic chaos pulling a caravan many
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Poetry in motion
GEORGE WILKINSON steps into autumn with a walk out Dalby Forest way. THE barmy blockades are over but they have certainly concentrated the mind on perhaps the main environmental issue of our time. As I encourage people to drive hither and thither, I had
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So how do I grow sausages, Gina?
I NOTED with interest your photograph of the butcher's stall selling locally grown sausages (September 16). This was put rather appropriately on the opposite page to the gardening page. Because I am fond of sausages and I have a small garden I wonder
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Labour hypocrisy 1
I THOUGHT your readers may like to know about one piece of New Labour hypocrisy that beggars belief. New Labour flatly denied the British Olympic Pistol Shooting team the right to practise (under supervision) in this country, reducing them to trips to
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Problems in perspective
YOUR leading article on September 15 ('You think we've got problems') was both welcome and refreshing, reminding us that our problems in Britain are as nothing compared to Africa's. Congratulations on the breadth of your editorial horizons. Seven members
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Poor pools costing Britain dear - Foot
YORK'S former Olympic swimmer, Caroline Foot, has joined in the condemnation of facilities available in Britain for present and future stars of the pool. The 35-year-old described the facilities as sub-standard and said British swimmers' poor showing
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Valuable advice for farm firms
People from farming families are to be recruited to give advice and help to farm businesses in North Yorkshire. Business Link North Yorkshire, based in York, is setting up the inquiry service and is appealing to people to apply for part-time jobs as inquiry
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York warriors retrace epic trek
York Vikings swapped their Nordic wear for full Saxon battle-dress at the start of a mammoth trek down to Hastings. More than 100 Saxon warriors, including members of the group York Vikings, gathered at the Eye of York before their 300-mile journey. The
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1,000 veterans at Minster service
Veterans from across the North of England came together for a Millennium service of re-dedication for the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces in York at the weekend. The service at York Minster yesterday involved more than 1,000 airborne veterans from
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Yasmin ready for Big Apple
Multiple Sclerosis victim Yasmin Heesom is set to fly to America before Christmas to beat her excruciating pain after a massive boost to her fundraising campaign. Athletics coach Dave Curwell worked with Yasmin when she was one of the country's top 50
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That age old problem...
A HUGE grin, a bronze medal - Yorkshire's Yvonne McGregor hit the headlines after pedalling her way to success in the Olympics. The newspapers were full of it, radio and television presenters blabbed on about it. And why not? It's great news. But did
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Code-breaker Gray
Former York Wasps utility back Kevin Gray has switched codes to join Hull Ionians Rugby Union Club, writes Dianne Hillaby. Gray never settled at Huntington Stadium last season after joining York from Hull KR and was not offered a contract by new Wasps
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Praise for our police heroes
DAY in, day out, the courageous men and women in blue are out there in the front line, patrolling our streets to make sure they are safe for you and me. A policeman's job is not an easy one. Each day brings new challenges, new hazards. An armed robber
