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Perhaps one day Berwick will get it right...
I TRAVELLED to York yesterday to attend Berwick's pantomime - he said we were not to tell anybody about it, but I thought the Press didn't count. Anyway, I just want to say it was absolutely wonderful rubbish. And as one of the 'letters to Berwick' said
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Not our business
WHAT rights do the Turks, who disrupted the London Eye and Parliament Street in York, have to take such action? It's all very well to let these people in to escape trouble in their own country, but what do they expect Britain to do, go to war with Turkey
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Scarborough seek Doncaster double
Scarborough will be looking for a festive double over Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue on New Year's Day following the 3-1 win over Steve Wignall's side on Boxing Day. Player-manager Neil Thompson is missing Cherif Diallo and Shaun Rennison through suspension
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Anniversary gifts help hospice patients
A YORK shop has made equipment to help patients at St Leonard's Hospice while celebrating the anniversary of a man who revolutionised the way we live today. Charles Goodyear, who was born 200 years ago yesterday, discovered the process of stabilising
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Kewell out of Boro clash
HARRY KEWELL is set to miss Leeds United's New Year's Day game against Middlesbrough in a blip on the road to full recovery from Achilles surgery. The gifted Aussie has made three starts and three substitute appearances since going under the knife last
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Eric unopposed
Yorkshire committee member Eric Houseman, from Harrogate, whose North district includes York, will be returned unopposed at the club's annual meeting at Headingley on March 3. Central District representative Tony Vann and South District's Jack Sokell
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The mark of 2000
As New Year's Eve approaches, Emma Harrison looks back at how the New Millennium has left its mark on North and East Yorkshire. FOR years -probably decades - to come, they will serve as permanent reminders of an extraordinary year. All across the broad
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Germans boost flood fund
A GERMAN club twinned with York Lions was so moved by the television coverage of last month's floods that it has sent £2,500 to help local victims. Mulheim Hellweg-Ruhr has been twinned with York Lions Club for 25 years and has sent a cheque which has
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Task force to help dangerous patients
NORTH Yorkshire health chiefs are proposing to form a task force to deal with the needs of potentially dangerous people with learning disabilities. They are responding to the recommendations of an independent review team which investigated the type of
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Medal winners with a real heart of gold
THE Knighthood for Olympian Steve Redgrave may have topped today's honours list, but heroes and heroines from around North and East Yorkshire have also been recognised for their selfless service. They include a man who has devoted almost 20 years of his
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Wasps out to muzzle Bulldogs
YORK Wasps will have to watch out for growling Glen when they visit Batley Bulldogs in a New Year's Day showdown on Monday. Experienced scrum-half Glen Tomlinson is back in the Bulldog brigade, having re-signed for his old club at the start of season
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Freak show
STEPHEN LEWIS looks back on a year of weird weather. THE experts may be divided on just how much mankind is to blame for global warming - and the politicians unwilling to do much about it - but Evening Press photographers, at least, can testify that the
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Quotes of the week - Saturday 30 December
"The Next in Hull can get dangerously busy - literally. We thought it was worth coming to York where it is safer" Bargain hunter Phil Arksey who left his Hull home at 4.30am to catch the start of the York sales "It makes Christmas seem a little more real
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Snow threat for New Year
Revellers were today warned that "atrocious" weather is set to dampen New Year celebrations in York. The thousands of people expected to gather at the Minster to see in 2001 will face cold winds, temperatures well below freezing as well as snow and sleet
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City battle cold front
YORK City were praying winter's icy grip would relent to avoid a new year wipe out of fixtures. As first revealed on www.thisisyork.co.uk yesterday afternoon, the Minstermen's trip to play Cheltenham today was called off because of a frost-bound Whaddon
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'Last supper' was such a farce
ON December 14, 24 pensioners met at Central Methodist Church in high expectations for their Christmas luncheon party, which in effect would be their last supper at the church. For more than 25 years, the church has been the venue for a weekly luncheon
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Conned by foxes
IF I had to describe foxes in human terms, I would say they were good movers, good lookers, sleek, devious and sly. In fact, ideal candidates for the perfect con-man or con-woman. In reality, they are wild, vicious and cunning vermin - they are a countryside
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Thanks to staff
NOW that I am home after a spell at York District Hospital, I would like to express my gratitude at the way I was treated by all the staff in Ward 25. I could not have been treated better anywhere else. Since first arriving I was treated with great kindness
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Insult to Union Flag
HAVING trumpeted loudly the literacy and numeracy hours in our schools, might I suggest the Government now needs to introduce history hours. Those attending should include Mr Blair and his 'patriotism envoy', Michael Wills. What a golden opportunity the
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Pillow talk
I SEARCHED the shops in York for pillows smaller than standard size, but without success. Then I came across a stall in Selby market piled with duvets and pillows. I told the stall-holder the size of pillow I wanted. Though he hadn't any on the stall,
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Kewell out of Boro clash
HARRY KEWELL is set to miss Leeds United's New Year's Day game against Middlesbrough in a blip on the road to full recovery from Achilles surgery. The gifted Aussie has made three starts and three substitute appearances since going under the knife last
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Beware of bootlegged booze in N Yorks pubs
BUYING your favourite tipple could be fraught with pitfalls, as bootleggers substitute popular branded products for cheaper versions. Trading standards bosses at North Yorkshire County Council say that over the past year, they have discovered a number
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Games delayed
In the newly formed IT Sports Harrogate and District Junior Squash League bad weather has resulted in a number of delayed fixtures. In the Under 17s ten matches are outstanding, while eight have yet to be played in the Under 13s. In the Under 17s York
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Moon shines
Malton greyhound Moon Dragon is one to watch. He has recorded two wins in his first two outings at Craven Park, Hull, for his trainer, Trevor Robson. "He's a good dog and he likes the track at Craven Park. It is a good galloping track," said Robson, who
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Viva le Resolution!
While mulling over their own New Year's resolutions, NATALYA WILSON and EMMA HARRISON spoke to some of the region's figureheads and celebrities to discover what they had in mind... York's award-winning actress Dame Judi Dench said: "I don't make New Year's
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Running on Knavesmire
THE annual New Year's Day Cross Country relay is being staged on Monday, at 11am at Knavesmire (Tadcaster Road end). The informal event is suitable for all ages and standards. Teams of three (running 1.5 miles, three miles, three miles) can enter together
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Hot-shot Atkins wins the big prize
by Dave Fotheringham FROM a star-studded line-up Martin Atkins won the £1,000 Unique Pub Company sponsored York Open darts competition held at Punch Bowl. The Leeds-based Yorkshire 'A' team player took the top prize by beating York's John Mooring in an
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Dobson's party time
FORMER London mayor contender Frank Dobson is partying in his home city of York on the eve of launching Labour's General Election campaign. The Dunnington-born MP, who lost the mayoral fight to Ken Livingstone earlier this year, joined York's Labour stalwarts
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Jeepers Keepers
Youngsters celebrated a vast posting at York City's Football In The Community programme's latest venture. A pack of number ones rounded off a goalkeeping course at York's Sixth-Form College with a visit from City's ace brace of custodians, Northern Ireland
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NI boss Sammy may have city duo in mind
YORK City's Northern Ireland internationals Alan Fettis and Darren Patterson will be packing notebook and pen should they earn a call-up to Sammy McIlroy's squad. As reported in the Evening Press this week, McIlroy was a notable face in the crowd on Boxing
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York pensioner raps dental provision
THOUGH she was suffering agony from a suspected abscess on a tooth, York pensioner Moira Markham was outraged when she could not find a dentist to give her emergency treatment on the NHS. Mrs Markham, 68, of Bishopthorpe Road, rang dental practices in
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City battle cold front
YORK City were praying winter's icy grip would relent to avoid a new year wipe out of fixtures. As first revealed on www.thisisyork.co.uk yesterday afternoon, the Minstermen's trip to play Cheltenham today was called off because of a frost-bound Whaddon
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JUST GREAT!
She's been the teacher, clerk, organist and she's fought crime - now it's Eileen, MBE. AN unsung heroine from a North Yorkshire village was saluted today in the Queen's New Year's Honours List. Pensioner Eileen Mary Wilby is not even a native of the little
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Wasps out to muzzle Bulldogs
YORK Wasps will have to watch out for growling Glen when they visit Batley Bulldogs in a New Year's Day showdown on Monday. Experienced scrum-half Glen Tomlinson is back in the Bulldog brigade, having re-signed for his old club at the start of season
