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York gets back to business
York is finally getting back to business after almost two weeks of floods disruption. Traffic was once again flowing today along Tower Street - a key route through the city centre - after Ouse floodwaters receded. And council engineers were hoping to
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City need to toughen up
No more Mr Nice Guys is the battle cry of midfield tormentor Kevin Hulme ahead of the visit of Torquay United to Bootham Crescent tomorrow. With skipper Steve Agnew, plagued by a hamstring injury, suspended, Hulme is vying with Scott Jordan for a place
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Wonder Boys (15) 111 minutes
AMERICANS didn't know what to make of Wonder Boys, an absurdly clever tale of great and failed expectations, so it bombed. Britain, please pay more attention now that this Hollywood curve-ball movie is being re-launched. The director is Curtis Hanson,
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Show you care for us
I read the comments from Barbara Strangeway of The Village, Strensall (Letters, November 2), and I agree with what she says. In the same edition of the paper there was a comment targeted at the GNER management from someone trying to travel by train during
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Why is he so special
Your headline 'Conservatory victory' (Evening Press, November 3) was no victory. What makes Mr Plaskitt so special that he does not abide by the rules like ordinary people and obtains permission before he starts building - or are TV celebrities exempt
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Poppies for peace
To suggest white poppies are an insult (Letters, November 2) is to fail to understand the message they seek to convey. Like the red poppy, the white poppy marks the remembrance of the dead but also looks to the future. Is it so wrong, in addition, to
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Bad weather may alter tactics
It never rains but it pours - that must be the understatement of the new Millennium. And the legacy left behind by the floods will leave its mark on sports clubs for the rest of the season. But one thing that players will have to get used to, after the
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Golfers facing a water hazard
The view of the 18th green at Fulford golf course, reflected in the flood waters, sums up the trials and tribulations of golfers around the region. Few courses have been able to open due to flooding and water-logging, with Allerthorpe Park, with its sand
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Scarborough looking for points
Scarborough take their shaky defence, which has conceded eight goals in the last two games, to Boston's York Street Stadium tomorrow without having enjoyed a win in seven games. Player-manager Neil Thompson is likely to tinker with his formation, reverting
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Crooks gets first look at squad
Lee Crooks will tonight gain his first indication of how York Wasps will perform when the Northern Ford Premiership gets underway next month. Every fit player will get a run-out as the Wasps kick-off their pre-season campaign against Hunslet Hawks at
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General Synod to discuss disaster
A former Mayor of Malton, has written to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to seek an emergency debate at the General Synod which meets in London next week. Martin Dales' home is two doors away from the current flood level in Old Malton, which, overnight
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Double Macs on menu
A double serving of Macs will be on the menu for football hungry youngsters in York tomorrow. Former York City favourite and flying winger Jon McCarthy is to be a special guest at Andy McMillan's Football Academy. As reported in the Evening Press, Minstermen
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Foolish drivers ingnore flood signs
Pigheaded motorists have been piling the pressure on already stretched emergency services and putting their own lives at risk by refusing to steer clear of flood-hit roads across North Yorkshire. Police have put out a stark warning to drivers after incidents
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Fuel activists heading for North Yorkshire
Fuel protesters today set off on their go-slow convoy from Tyneside to London but pledged to steer clear of York following a court injunction secured by North Yorkshire Police. However, hauliers from the York area were hoping to join the protest tomorrow
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York confident game will be on
The Minstermen are confident tomorrow's match with Torquay United will go ahead despite the flooding that has hit the city. Head groundsman Bryan Horner admitted he feared the worst when much of Bootham Crescent was waterlogged at the beginning of the
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City need to toughen up
No more Mr Nice Guys is the battle cry of midfield tormentor Kevin Hulme ahead of the visit of Torquay United to Bootham Crescent tomorrow. With skipper Steve Agnew, plagued by a hamstring injury, suspended, Hulme is vying with Scott Jordan for a place
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Blackspot changes backed by Minister
Roads Minister Lord Whitty has given his backing for safety improvements on a dangerous stretch of the A64 at Golden Hill. And more changes could be on the way for the road between York and Malton. The Golden Hill stretch, and particularly its "crawler
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Dolan signs striker
York City manager Terry Dolan confirmed this afternoon he has signed Stoke City striker Chris Iwelumo on a month's loan. The giant 6ft 4ins striker will come straight into the squad for tomorrow's Third Division clash with Torquay United at Bootham Crescent
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York facing big bus fare rises
A massive rise in bus fares in the York area will see the price of some journeys rising by over 50 per cent from Sunday. The increases have been branded outrageous by one irate passenger - and incredible by a driver. The price hike - the second time fares
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US election is a big farce
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, observed that the "ballot is stronger than the bullet", which then as now is worth saying. But, heavens, the ballot is in a mess today as the US election staggers on in search of a result. Democracy in a country
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We want action
At last the Government appears to be listening to long-voiced concerns about the notorious stretch of the A64 at Golden Hill. Roads Minister Lord Whitty confirmed the closure of the 'crawler' lane which has seen several fatal accidents in recent years
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Poised for evacuation
More than 4,000 people were poised for evacuation today after flood defences on the River Derwent were breached two miles from Howden, near Selby. Floodwater began pouring round the side of flood defences on the river at Wressle Clough late last night
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LATEST NEWS: Rail line flooded
Train services from York to London will be suspended until the middle of next week after an embankment collapsed. More than three-quarters of a mile of track has been covered by five feet of water and mud after the collapse at Heck, near Selby. After
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Double Macs on menu
A double serving of Macs will be on the menu for football hungry youngsters in York tomorrow. Former York City favourite and flying winger Jon McCarthy is to be a special guest at Andy McMillan's Football Academy. As reported in the Evening Press, Minstermen
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City feeling confident
THE Minstermen are confident tomorrow's match with Torquay United will go ahead despite the flooding that has hit the city. Head groundsman Bryan Horner admitted he feared the worst when much of Bootham Crescent was waterlogged at the beginning of the
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Bedazzled (15) 93 minutes
IN far-out 1967, short order cook Dudley Moore was saved from suicide by Peter Cook's phlegmatic Mr Spiggott, with the unbeatable bargain offer of seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Add Raquel Welch and leaping nuns, and that was Stanley Donen's Bedazzled
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Disney's The Kid (PG) 105 minutes)
LIKE Bedazzled, Disney's The Kid addresses the possibility of changing yourself into someone else: and apparently it's never too late to start turning into a middle-American with a soppy dog and kids and a thing about pilots. In this implausible, nonsensical
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Purely Belter (15) 97 minutes
IN York writer-director Mark Herman's follow-up to Brassed Off and Little Voice, teenage odd couple Gerry and Sewell are desperate to join the loony Toon Army. Long truant from school, their Holy Grail is to raise the £1,000 necessary for season tickets
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Clifford's Tower would never look same
You printed a picture of the latest design for the Coppergate II centre which, of course, is an artist's impression (Letters, November 2). It struck me how similar the building is to a European railway station - the kind you find in Hamburg or Dusseldorf
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Parking problems
I ask York Tomorrow exactly where the multitude of car drivers that currently use the Castle car park are going to go? There are daily queues onto the main road to get into it. I do not drive into the centre so this issue would not affect me and I would
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Tricked by bus deal
The details given by Dave Pearson in the article 'OAPs boosted by new scheme' (Evening Press, October 26) are utter rubbish. Here we have another Labour confidence trick aimed at a vulnerable part of society. At a guess Dave Pearson is probably a fit
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A wonderful site
Thanks for www.thisisyork.co.uk, it is a great website. I always look forward to catching up on news about my home city. I have been living in New Zealand since 1967. Anyone from the York area or ex-pats in New Zealand or Australia can contact me at:
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Gem of a game for a great adventure
Suikoden 2, published by Konami for PlayStation IF you're an adventure game fan, then do not hesitate in buying Suikoden 2. It is, quite simply, one of the best ever role-playing games created on any platform. What makes it so special? Is it the graphics
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Child saw mum beaten with axe
Two women armed with an axe and a car security lock barged into a mother's home and beat her up as a child watched, York Crown Court heard. Victim Esther Baker's suffered injuries to her head, shoulder and leg in the "reprisal" attack by axewoman Kelly
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Ball and chain attacker jailed
A pubgoer who attacked another drinker with a ball and chain has been jailed for 30 months. Stephen John Daniel, 22, launched his unprovoked attack as his victim, Paul Gascoigne, was sitting in the Cross Keys pub, Knaresborough, said Joanne Kidd, prosecuting
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Day moves to boost scoring
Tadcaster Albion boss Wayne Day has made strides to sort out his struggling side's shyness in front of goal. Day last night signed Steve Batley from Whitkirk Wanderers - the second highest scorers in the West Yorkshire League premier division - in the
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Medieval manuscript bought by Minster
The future of an important medieval manuscript is now secure, following a successful public appeal by York Minster Archives. The 13th century manuscript, a collection of religious texts, had spent most of the last 700 years in York and Yorkshire, but
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Government cash package vital
The leader of North Yorkshire County Council has welcomed a Government pledge on spending following the floods. Coun David Ashton said local authorities, including his own, were being stretched to the limit helping to manage the situation. In a letter
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Reed's role at 'Gate
Former Goole boss John Reed starts his role as assistant manager at Harrogate Town tomorrow, with the UniBond League hierarchy believing he can form a successful double-act with boss Mick Hennigan. As reported by the Evening Press, Reed left the Northern
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Life in basement suits TV Helen
In recent years Premiership grounds have become a familiar haunt for street-cred seeking pop stars TV personalities and politicians. But as Dave Stanford discovered, swimming with the minnows is a life-long and proud obsession for television golden-girl
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Disaster fails to ruffle Jack's feathers
They're an odd couple but not even the floods could separate them. John Hinderwell and his cockatiel Jack - full name Jack Lemon because of his bright yellow head - are currently living in temporary accommodation together after being forced out of their
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Running battle with floodwaters
Residents in Norton have been among those worst hit in this year's Ryedale floods. But as water levels rose to record levels, residents in Malton have also been affected. As the floodwaters appeared to stabilise a number of residents were left waiting
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Trio in rescue drama
Three frightened people and their pets were rescued by boat in Malton as floodwaters raged past their flats. The rescue of two men, a woman, a cat, a dog and a parrot from Kings Mill Flats, just off Sheepfoot Hill, came as more than four thousand people
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Defence chief 's Selby visit
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited troops in Selby and Barlby to congratulate them on their efforts in shoring up the town's flood defences. More than 250,000 sandbags have been laid by Army troops and civilians to safeguard thousands of homes in the
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Dolan signs striker
York City manager Terry Dolan confirmed this afternoon he has signed Stoke City striker Chris Iwelumo on a month's loan. The giant 6ft 4ins striker will come straight into the squad for tomorrow's Third Division clash with Torquay United at Bootham Crescent
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Route to a better bus service
Stephen Lewis looks forward to a public transport revolution in York If you are one of those who have not been able to make head nor tail of York's baffling bus timetables, or if you're simply fed up of buses being late or not turning up at all, then
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When the news came flooding in
Digital Media Manager HOWARD DAVIS reflects on the effects of the floods - both on the Net, and on his back garden. Water week - to quote one of our sub-editors' more exemplary puns. It all began with snow. Swirling flurries egged on by rising winds.
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Crooks gets first look at squad
Lee Crooks will tonight gain his first indication of how York Wasps will perform when the Northern Ford Premiership gets underway next month. Every fit player will get a run-out as the Wasps kick-off their pre-season campaign against Hunslet Hawks at
