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My annual visit
I HAVE just spent a week in York. Most years since 1974, I have had a week's holiday in York and hope to for many more years to come. Something must be done about the traffic. The proposed Coppergate scheme should see that car parking is moved outside
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Not so naive
I WAS intrigued to read the comments of the director of the environment and development services, Roy Templeman, dismissing as naive Adam Sinclair's suggestions regarding the development of Coppergate II (Evening Press, October 27). Lottery funding, by
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Aged 91 and speaking for peace
I WAS sad to read Phil Watson's letter (Letters, November 2) because of its evident misunderstanding re white peace poppies. I have bought a British Legion Poppy each year for more than 50 years wearing it on November 11 with an additional white peace
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Aged 91 and speaking for peace
I WAS sad to read Phil Watson's letter (Letters, November 2) because of its evident misunderstanding re white peace poppies. I have bought a British Legion Poppy each year for more than 50 years wearing it on November 11 with an additional white peace
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Not so naive
I WAS intrigued to read the comments of the director of the environment and development services, Roy Templeman, dismissing as naive Adam Sinclair's suggestions regarding the development of Coppergate II (Evening Press, October 27). Lottery funding, by
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Fuel protesters risk losing all support
AFTER causing offence in the North East by comparing themselves to the Jarrow Crusaders, the fuel protest lobby seem intent on alienating the people of North Yorkshire as well. Any sympathy local people might have had with their cause must surely be dispelled
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Protecting women
I HOPE information given in the letter from York Women's Aid (Evening Press, November 1) helps persuade frightened victims of domestic violence - including those subjected to continual destructive verbal abuse - to contact the advice line. So many women
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Castles on the attack
REPRESENTATIVES from Castle Howard and Duncombe Park were among the 44 members of Yorkshire's Great Houses, Castles and Gardens (YGHC&G) to meet this week to put together a strategy to strike at the heart of the tourism market. The Hon Simon Howard
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Showing the way to help children
ROOT out your attic and dust off your china - an event no antiques fan will want to miss is coming to York next month, and it's all in a good cause. David Battie, presenter of the BBC Antiques Roadshow and The Great Antiques Hunt programmes, and a former
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Fare rises pegged back
THE First York bus company has backed down over some of its planned fare increases for journeys to the outskirts of the city. The company's bus fares had been due to go up tomorrow, but the increases for New Earswick, Haxby and Dunnington will not now
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Now train services hit by landslip
DIRECT services from York to London will be suspended for "several weeks" after an embankment collapsed spilling water and mud on to the rails. More than three-quarters of a mile of track has been covered by 5ft of water and mud after the collapse at
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Iwelumo is on board
LITTLE and large at the double lies behind the logic of York City manager Terry Dolan's latest raid in the transfer market. As first revealed on the Evening Press website www.thisisyork yesterday, Dolan has landed striker Chris Iwelumo on a month's loan
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Few shine as Wasps shake off cobwebs
YORK Wasps' 8-0 defeat by Hunslet Hawks last night will have raised more questions than it answered as coach Lee Crooks looks to determine his first-choice side. All 21 fit players got a run-out at a rain-sodden Huntington Stadium but few really stamped
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Protecting women
I HOPE information given in the letter from York Women's Aid (Evening Press, November 1) helps persuade frightened victims of domestic violence - including those subjected to continual destructive verbal abuse - to contact the advice line. So many women
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Fuel protesters risk losing all support
AFTER causing offence in the North East by comparing themselves to the Jarrow Crusaders, the fuel protest lobby seem intent on alienating the people of North Yorkshire as well. Any sympathy local people might have had with their cause must surely be dispelled
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OUR HEROES
YOU all deserve a medal - that is the message to the emergency services from residents, politicians and civic leaders in the flood-hit Ryedale region. Police, fire and ambulance staff, council employees, countless volunteers and specialists such as international
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My annual visit
I HAVE just spent a week in York. Most years since 1974, I have had a week's holiday in York and hope to for many more years to come. Something must be done about the traffic. The proposed Coppergate scheme should see that car parking is moved outside
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Away from it all
GEORGE WILKINSON keeps dry up on Beadlam Rigg I racked my brains for a walk I could get to and get round, a waterless route, and decided on Beadlam Rigg, a circuit of high pleasure-to-effort ratio that I'd been saving for snow. The Rigg is just north-east
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Fury as grate shreds car tyre
A YORK man is angry after a raised grate in the middle of an Acomb road left a tyre on his car ripped to shreds. Donald Allington, of The Wandle in Chapelfields, was driving along Gale Lane in Acomb when he felt an enormous bump on his front wheel and
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Ageing rockers sure play a mean pinball
The Who, Sheffield Arena MEET the new Who, same as the old Who - well, nearly. The Shepherd's Bush showmen are creaking slightly round the edges nowadays, with the raw energy coming in shorter bursts, but they can still rock with the best of them. A sell-out
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Rachel's design proves Top Shop draw
SCHOOLGIRL Rachel Stubbs is hoping her career in the fashion industry won't be brief after she won a national competition to design a pair of knickers. Rachel, 14, who lives in Strensall and goes to Huntington School, was invited to Top Shop's Oxford
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New bus service for rural patients
A UNIQUE medibus service which will provide a door-to-door service from home to hospital is being launched in the Pocklington area. Patients wanting to keep appointments and accompanying carers, relatives or friends, and people visiting inpatients, will
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Law firm's files destroyed in blaze
YEARS of legal work went up in smoke when fire broke out at a York solicitors' firm today. Thousands of case files were wrecked by flames which reached up to 20ft high during the fire in a documents store at Corries' offices, off Walmgate. Five people
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York honours its wartime fallen
A WAR memorial to former pupils of Park Grove School has been returned to its original home, as York paused to pay tribute to those who died fighting in the conflicts of the last century. The school memorial lists the names of about 60 men who died in
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Date set for work on A64 improvements
A DATE has been set at last for a multi-million pound scheme to scrap the notorious A64 traffic lights at Copmanthorpe, near York. And plans for a bypass on a Ryedale stretch of the road have also taken a step forward. Tenders will be invited for the
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Callous conmen prey on flood victims
FLOOD-HIT Ryedale residents have been warned to be on their guard against callous conmen trying to cash in on the region's misfortune. The callers usually operate in pairs, and visit homes when the owners are trying to clear up the wreckage from the flooding
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Praise for all who helped
LIBERAL Democrats in York are demanding a review into the causes of this month's floods and the quality of the reaction to the crisis. The Liberal Democrats intend to table a motion, at Tuesday's full council meeting, thanking those who came to the aid
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Lynne saves the day
LYNNE DAWSON, the North Yorkshire soprano, has stepped in at short notice to sing at a concert in York Minster tonight. The York Musical Society asked her to help out with their joint performance of Brahms Requiem with members of the Philharmonic Choir
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Dyson puts Asian Tour lead under threat
NORTH Yorkshire professional Simon Dyson has put in jeopardy his top spot on the Asian Order of Merit to give himself a shot at getting on the European Tour. The 22-year-old rookie pro misses two of the final five tournaments on the Asian Tour in order
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Wasps boss eyeing half-back
LEE Crooks has targeted another half-back as one of his main priorities as York Wasps begin the countdown to the start of the Northern Ford Premiership season. Newcomers Paddy Handley and Gareth Stepens were the only half-backs on show at Huntington Stadium
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Let us honour these soldiers
NOBODY who has been affected by the floods which have devastated our region for the last two weeks can fail to be aware of the valiant and tireless efforts of the soldiers of 2 Signals Regiment to stem the rising waters. In torrential rain and bitter
