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In-form Culhane can guide Gilda to victory
Tony Culhane, with eight all-weather winners tucked under his belt since the Flat turf season ended last month, can add to his score tomorrow. The industrious North Yorkshire jockey heads south to Lingfield and looks set for success aboard Gilda in the
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Hulme gets City out of jail
MATCHWINNER Kevin Hulme should be handed a new nickname - The Locksmith. For the second successive home match the midfielder got a forlorn York City out of jail with a late goal. It was by no means a classic strike, Hulme nudging the ball over the line
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Keeping track
The front-page story 'York to Leeds rail line to close for two weeks' (November 23) highlights the dilemma of trying to invest in the railway network while meeting the needs of travellers. The difficult truth is that if Railtrack is to deliver a network
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Wasps coaches to Hull
Two coaches are being laid on to take York Wasps supporters to the second Northern Ford premiership match of the season at Hull Kingston Rovers on December 10. The club bus leaves Huntington Stadium at 1.15pm and costs £5 per person. For details or to
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Allen secures Pock victory
Pocklington forged their way into the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Under-16s Rugby Union Cup with a firecely-contested 17-13 win at Wharfedale. The Dales side took the lead with a penalty, but Pock hit back with a try and conversion by full-back Charlie
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York housing plan wins praise
An initiative to provide low-cost affordable homes above shops in York has been praised as a model of urban regeneration by the Government. City Centre Living, which was launched in June, is part of the City of York Council's community services department's
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Acomb suffer defeat
Acomb Hockey Club men's first team suffered their first defeat in nine games as they went down 2-0 at home to Hull YPI. Acomb struggled to break down the Hull defence and created few chances. Hull went ahead early in the game and they had the better chances
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Magical night of music
Oliver held out his begging bowl as York's Philharmonic Male Voice Choir and the Kirkgate Singers practised for their annual carol concert which starts tomorrow night. Carols in Kirkgate promises to be the best ever this year and is being billed as "a
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New signing waits for debut
Terry Dolan will not be risking new signing Darren Patterson in tonight's LDV Vans Trophy showdown between York City and Darlington at Bootham Crescent. The City boss said the 6ft 1in centre-back was not yet ready for first-team action and indeed could
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York campuses escape strike move
Students in York and Ripon today escaped the effects of a national day of action being waged by university unions against the latest pay offer from vice-chancellors. As many as 100,000 academics and support staff were taking part in a national day of
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Duffield on scouting mission
Peter Duffield might not be able to fire York City into the second round of the LDV Vans Trophy tonight, but he is still eager to help his team-mates put one over his former club. The crocked hitman, out for the season after breaking his leg against Scunthorpe
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OAPs quit sinking house
Selby area's first mining subsidence evacuees said today they had paid too high a price for coal. Pensioners John and Winnie Lockwood have had to uproot to another village after their house was so badly damaged by tunnelling at Kellingley Colliery that
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Hotel lashed for blocking view
A "pretty appalling" hotel and a pub lacking "dignity" have come under fire in this year's annual report by York Civic Trust. The trust's Millennium report also berates the seats in New Walk, the shade of blue paint used on the Blue Bridge and the "unacceptable
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Contract for NHS magazine comes to York
A NORTH Yorkshire PR consultancy is to create up to six new jobs after beating off international competition to win the contract to produce the health service's flagship publication, NHS Magazine. The Department of Health invited publishing companies
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Thirsk-based printers labelled with success
THIRSK-based GSM Group has won a major contract to supply Nissan's Sunderland plant and its Spanish subsidiary with component labels, beating off competition from both European and UK-based label manufacturers. The contract for two million labels per
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Conference business recovering after floods crisis
YORK'S flood-hit conference business is showing signs of recovery. The conference desk of the First Stop York Partnership at York Tourism Bureau reports signs of a turnaround since media images of an apparently drowning city led to a rush of cancellations
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Ice cream firm has profits licked into shape
RICHMOND Foods plc, the North Yorkshire ice cream manufacturer, has reported a 25 per cent rise in its annual pre-tax profits to £3.77 million. The results reflect a 36 per cent increase in turnover to £70.6 million following the group's acquisition during
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Slow and behold
Imagine it. You're strolling absent-mindedly down Coney Street, minding your own business and glancing idly at the displays in shop windows, when an officious little man in a yellow reflective jacket pops out of nowhere and accosts you. "Excuse me, sir
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Trusty friends to this city
The York Civic Trust annual report is, as ever, an entertaining and provocative read. This year much of the controversy will surround its verdict on the "pretty appalling" Travelodge hotel in Piccadilly, condemned for obscuring the Minster. The trust
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No lack of pride in Wasps defeat
IF matches were won on sheer pride and passion, York Wasps would now be celebrating a shock opening day victory over title contenders Doncaster Dragons. Sadly, pride and passion need to be matched by application which eventually proved the difference
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Scrabble of a Christmas
Many readers may be aware that the celebration of Christmas was abolished in 1644, and that the Puritans made it illegal to eat mince pies and Christmas pudding, which they declared was a heathen practice. But few will know that it is still against the
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English Heritage 'spineless' on Coppergate
We have felt it necessary to revoke our joint membership of English Heritage in protest at the spinelessness of the organisation in failing to oppose the building of a tawdry shopping centre at Clifford's Tower in York. While the majority of people in
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Poison guidelines
I was appalled to read about the tragic death of Ben, the 11-year-old border collie belonging to Alf Jones (November 28). There are strict legal guidelines of how and where to place poison-bait traps and this untimely death highlights the need for responsibility
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Statistically speaking
I refer to a recent advertisement celebrating the opening of a new sports facility at The Mount School. It contains the statement: "At GCSE level the pass rate made The Mount the top boarding school for girls in the north of England..." Since there are
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Board to discuss future of Shepherd
Graham Shepherd's position as director of football at UniBond League club Harrogate Town will be discussed by the board tonight following his controversial suggestions that the club should merge with Harrogate Railway. Town chairman Bill Fotherby, who
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Oarsome forces at dinner
About 100 past and present members of York City Rowing Club gathered at the Merchant Adventurers Hall for their annual dinner. Hugh Mattheson, the former Great Britain oarsman and rowing correspondent of the Independent newspaper, was the chief guest
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Patient tells of sex act on doctor
A woman told a jury she performed a sex act on a former York psychiatrist because she was concerned he might otherwise withdraw her medication. The woman was giving evidence on the sixth day of a special "hearing of fact" at Leeds Crown Court, at which
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Dawn rises to Magnet mission
A splendid 20 darts from Dawn Green was the highlight of Magnet's 6-3 York White Rose Ladies League win at Burton Stone, which maintained their division three lead. Second-placed Coach took the last four games to beat Huntington 6-3 and remain three points
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Firm supplied unfit water
Yorkshire Water has admitted supplying water unfit for human consumption. The company pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court to 17 counts involving the supply of discoloured water in 1997 and 1998 in Boroughbridge, and other counts in Leeds and Bradford.
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Club to spend £30,000 on carpet courts
York Tennis Club are to spend in the region of £30,000 on five outdoor carpet courts at Clifton Park after recent floods damaging the existing courts beyond repair. It is hoped that the new Playsite surface made by a Halifax company, who built the existing
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Feeble first-half costs Ladies
In their final North League game before the two-month mid-season break, City of York Ladies lost 3-0 at second-placed Sheffield, all the goals coming in the first-half. As so often this season, York started brightly only to concede a goal after 15 minutes
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Cyclist's anger at theft
Fed-up cyclist Tony Carter is offering £100 for information about the theft of parts from his mountain bike. He bought the bike three months ago after his last cycle was stolen, only to have the suspension forks and front wheel stolen when he left it
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College reveals new project
Plans have been unveiled for a new Learning Centre for the College of Ripon and York St John in Lord Mayor's Walk. A model of the new Learning Centre, which would be located on Clarence Street if given the go-ahead, has gone on display at the college.
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York fall to extra class of rivals
Pedigree Bowden, the Northern Counties Hockey League premier division leaders, were made to fight every inch of the way by City of York for their 2-0 victory. York were under pressure early on but in-form James Riley made fine saves from four short corners
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Console on offer for £1,500
An enterprising student is set to make himself a pre-Christmas fortune by selling a much-sought after computer console. The cheeky seller, calling himself only Paul, 21, placed an advert in the Evening Press, offering the "unwanted gift" of a PlayStation
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Estate task force targets parents
A team of trouble-shooters has stepped into a York estate where nuisance youths have forced a community centre to close at night. Representatives from the City of York Council and North Yorkshire Police attended the Bell Farm Estate Residents' Association
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York-based rail drivers get £33,000
Drivers at York-based train operator GNER have risen to the top of the wages league with a 20 per cent pay rise. The deal affects about 250 drivers, boosting their salaries to £33,000 and putting them on a par with Eurostar workers who were previously
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Shop opponents plan appeal
Pressure group York Tomorrow has announced it will appeal against the decision by the city's councillors to refuse their public park plans and give the go-ahead to the £60 million Coppergate Riverside proposal. At a meeting of City of York planning committee
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Angels herald chance of £70m investment
ANGELS, armed with more than £70 million worth of potential funding, are winging their way to York to dispense lolly to worthy entrepreneurs in the city. The Business Angels Network is to hold an Investors Fair in the Ebor Suite at York racecourse on
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As Del Boy said...
It would be easy to condemn Paul, the reclusive York student selling his PlayStation 2 for £1,500, as a mercenary. Instead our ire should be directed at any idiot prepared to pay such a price. Already someone in Britain has paid £2,000 for the new computer
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Seeking a family
Adopted as a child, York businesswoman Lesley Beattie is now on a journey full of heartbreak and hope to find her natural family. MAXINE GORDON reports LESLEY Beattie's most treasured possession is a bright yellow photocopy with the name M Cassidy scrawled
