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Goodbye to Coats & 'ats
C&A's final sale - more like a Dutch auction - ended last Saturday, when Clements and August Brennickmeyer Modes Ltd., the Dutch department store with branches throughout the world, closed the doors of its York branch for the last time. The company
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Teenage traumas inspire new play
IT'S NOT easy being a teenager in 2001 - and it's not much easier being a teenager's parent. For anyone who's experienced the pain of adolescent angst directly or indirectly, Riding Lights Theatre's new touring show Love Fifteen sounds like a must. For
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Medea studies...
SAME director, same lead actress, but prepare for a very different production of Medea from Actors of Dionysus, who first toured Euripides's tale of vengeance in the autumn of 1996. Starting with two performances next week at the College of Ripon and
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Skull mystery at station
Police sealed off part of York railway station today after workmen unearthed a skull. The discovery was made by Railtrack contractors carrying out welding work on Platform One. British Transport Police officers cordoned off the area and a special tent
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More police than ever in N Yorks
York and North Yorkshire will have more police officers than ever before in its history, it was announced today. Nearly £3 million of extra funding will pay for 60 new officers for the force, beginning what the chief constable has hailed as a "new era
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Dolan turns to City youths
York City manager Terry Dolan has turned to youth after seeing his already injury-hit squad whittled down to the bare bones. With Wayne Hall, Alex Mathie and Darren Patterson all now sidelined Dolan has drafted in youngsters Leigh Wood and Scott Emmerson
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City aim to avoid unwanted treble
Blackpool welcome York City to a ramshackle Bloomfield Road tomorrow searching for a hat-trick of wins to underline their play-off credentials. Since their impressive 2-0 win over the Minstermen just before Christmas, the Seasiders slumped to a 1-0 home
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Quaker school hosts business tycoons
LIFE at the top of the shops was on the timetable for pupils at Bootham School, York, when old boy Stuart Rose visited the Quaker school. Mr Rose is chief executive of the Arcadia Group, which includes high street names like Dorothy Perkins, Principles
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Lights, camera, English!
A GROUP of pupils and their teacher from York are to star in a video which will show off their English skills to schools across the country. Canon Lee School, in Rawcliffe Lane, was chosen by government experts to feature in a teacher training video,
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Pupils face new challenges on their timetable
ABSEILING and caving, laying on a children's party and improving a local beauty spot have all been on the timetable for a group of pupils at Burnholme Community College in York. The 14 students have signed up for a new course running alongside their Year
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Death row facts on a contract killer pen-pal
I READ with slight interest the plea by Catherine Lynch about her death row pen-pal and her quest to publish his poems (January 18), and, as a supporter of capital punishment, I thought I could put right a few details. The body of an executed inmate is
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Putting kids at risk
IT now seems clear from the statements of Dr Kate Moss, a law consultant writing for the Home Office, that the city council is defying the requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act by siting the Middlethorpe play area in a totally isolated and unobserved
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Red Alert 2, published by EA/Westwood Studios
Red Alert 2, published by EA/Westwood Studios for PC SPECS: Pentium II 266MHz, 64MB RAM, 350MB Hard Disk, 2MB 3D video card, 16-bit Sound-Card, 4xCD-ROM Another day, another sequel. But the difference with this is that it can't be as bad as the original
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto, published by Interplay
Giants: Citizen Kabuto, published by Interplay for PC Giants: Citizen Kabuto is hard to categorise, as it is a sort of mix between a first-person shoot-em-up and a real-time strategy game. In multi-player, you get to choose to play as one of three main
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Easterby duo miss out
Simon Easterby, one of Harrogate's former players, has been ruled out of Ireland's Six Nations opener against Italy in Rome tomorrow week. The Llanelli flanker, who has seven caps, is currently injured. There's also no room for his brother, Guy, who joined
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Search for missing man
A search continued today for a man with learning difficulties who went missing from his caravan home near Selby. North Yorkshire Police officers have used search dogs and enlisted the help of the Humberside force's helicopter to scour a wide area around
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Malton ready for cup battle
Malton and Norton are expecting a big crowd at The Gannock tomorrow as they hope to take another step along the road to Twickenham. They are playing Wellingborough Old Grammarians in the sixth round of the Tetley Vase (2.15pm) with a place in the northern
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Setback as title chasers are held
Second-placed Fulford Road WMC 'A' team were held to a 5-5 draw by York RI 'A' in division one of Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League. John Hughes and Trevor Wright scored two wins each for RI, while Graham Hatfield won two for Fulford
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Labour by-election victory
Labour Party activists in Selby were celebrating today after a landslide by-election victory. Roy Wilson won the Fairburn with Brotherton ward for Labour, amassing 80 per cent of the vote following a 26 per cent turn-out. A delighted Selby MP John Grogan
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Crunch duel for champs
Nestle Rowntree play their most important game of the West Yorkshire League season tomorrow. The premier division champions face a likely title decider against unbeaten Carlton Athletic at Mille Crux (ko 2.15pm). Carlton have a 100 per cent record in
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Two held after 100mph chase
Two men have been arrested after a sports car was driven the wrong way on the A1 following a 100mph police chase. Police are appealing for witnesses after the chase yesterday morning which began on the northbound carriageway at Boroughbridge. The red
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Fotherby eyes up Showground stadium
Harrogate Town are in talks over a possible move away from their Wetherby Road ground, with the nearby Great Yorkshire Showground emerging as a potential site for a new home. Chairman Bill Fotherby has long advocated a move, saying there was little scope
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Mel C tour postponed
Tell me what you want, what you really really want. We want Mel C to perform, say hundreds of fans disappointed that 'Sporty Spice' has cancelled her sell-out York gig because of throat problems. Around 1,800 tickets had been sold to next Wednesday's
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York Minster given £113,000 boost
Calls to re-invest more tourism tax into the country's cathedrals were today backed in North Yorkshire. Cathedral grants of £113,000 for York Minster and £11,000 for Ripon Cathedral were announced by English Heritage chairman, Sir Neil Cossons, today.
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Humiliated wife torched home
A disabled wife humiliated by her husband in an unhappy marriage set fire to their marital home. Dawn Spaven risked the life of her 72-year-old neighbour when she poured oil over two beds in her terraced council house and walked out leaving them burning
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Factory store will create 30 jobs
A Polo Ralph Lauren Classic factory outlet will open at BAA McArthurGlen in York next April bringing 30 new jobs, 15 of them full-time. The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet organisation is staying tight-lipped about the arrival of the designer clothes firm
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Mac homes in on goals target
Points to prove, targets to meet so goals to get; back in business David McNiven is relishing a starting-chance to shoot-down his hometown club. After starring as a substitute in Tuesday night's defeat to Chesterfield, York City's top scorer is expected
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Renewed appeal over dead baby
Detectives investigating the death of a baby found in a Ryedale wood nearly two years ago have renewed their appeal for information. They say a DNA sample taken from the baby at the time could still be useful in identifying the parents. The infant's remains
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Art of nicking culture vultures
What does a former police chief who helped recover £1 million worth of stolen paintings do when he retires? He tracks down nicked antiques and works of art, of course. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the new career of former York Superintendent Jim Kilmartin
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Church has got its lines crossed
IF the Diocese of York gets its way, a village church could soon be transmitting more than the congregation's prayers. The diocese authorities approve of plans to fix a mobile phone mast inside Shipton-by-Beningbrough Parish Church, boosting the signal
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Free spirits
LARGER, more important churches enjoy more revenue-raising options, like the English Heritage grants awarded to York Minster and Ripon Cathedral today. But then, their bills are that much higher. It costs £3 million a year to run York Minster. That is
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Nap Selection
Tom O'Ryan's Nap selection for tomorrow: CHELTENHAM 3.30 - Barton Updated: 14:18 Friday, January 26, 2001
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Tale of a turncoat
YES, I know yesterday was the centenary of Queen Victoria's death, but a lot has already been written about this long-reigning fertile lady, who was a great influence, not only over Britain and her empire, but the world. So I shall write about someone
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Rob likes the view from Miller's bridge
TONIGHT (26/1), an Arthur Miller play will be staged by the Harrogate Theatre repertory company for the first time in 20 years. The New York drama A View From The Bridge runs in Harrogate from this weekend until February 17, and Rob Swain's production
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Pervert heckled outside court
A Selby man who committed an act of gross indecency act in front of a 12-year-old boy while showing a pornographic video was heckled by youths as he left the town's magistrates court. David Whatling, 36, who has already served a 12-month prison sentence
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£4.4m for flood-hit county
Agriculture Minister Elliot Morley today announced that the Government will pay £4.4 million of the £4.9 million bill for Yorkshire's flooding disaster. He said the money opened up the prospect for fast-tracking of Ryedale's proposed £4 million flood
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Mac homes in on goals target
Points to prove, targets to meet so goals to get; back in business David McNiven is relishing a starting-chance to shoot-down his hometown club. After starring as a substitute in Tuesday night's defeat to Chesterfield, York City's top scorer is expected
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School uniform shake-up
HELP for parents with school uniform costs in York could be taken away from people on certain benefits and given to more people on lower incomes instead. The cost of kitting out teenagers in school uniform is a burden for many families and the problems
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Schools face cut in budget
SCHOOLS' budgets could be cut next year to bail out other cash-strapped departments of the City of York Council. The education department's budget is already facing a shortfall of at least £200,000, just to cover inflationary costs like fuel, teachers
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School improves after last inspection
A JUNIOR school in York has been praised by inspectors for providing an effective education and stimulating learning opportunities for its pupils. Upper Poppleton Junior School has just received its Ofsted report, following an inspection in November,
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Nominate your favourite teacher
FORMER pupils of all ages, as well as present pupils and staff, were being invited to nominate their best teacher today. Nominate A Teacher Day marked the launch of this year's National Teaching Awards. Past winners locally have included Norma Machell
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Sexy Beast (18, 88 minutes)
Sexy Beast(18, 88 minutes) DEBUT director Jonathan Glazer snatches the gangland thriller crown from Guy Ritchie in the time it takes a boulder to rock and roll its way down the hillside into the Costa Del Crime swimming pool of retired crook Gary 'Gal
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Girls win Oxbridge places
FOUR students from Queen Margaret's School in Escrick, near York, are set to take up places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Rachel O'Brien has received an unconditional offer to read history at Hertford College, and Noelle Sugiyama a conditional
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I'm a poet and I know it...
BUDDING young poet Laura Attridge, of Bishopthorpe, will see her work in print in the January edition of Young Writer magazine, the only national platform for all genres of writing by people aged 18 and under. Laura, 12, a pupil at the Mount School in
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Prove you listen to us
IS the Assistant Chief Executive misleading residents when he says City of York Council's Resident's Opinion Surveys are much less expensive than Bristol City Council's referendum on council tax (January 17)? Bristol City Council conducted a city-wide
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Coppergate distortion
IN the great debate over the Coppergate II proposals, account should be taken of the distorting effect on the size of buildings by the use of people and trees in artists' impressions of the scheme. They make the buildings seem smaller than they will actually
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Two-faced Tony Blair
TALK about fooling the electorate. Tony Blair is a coward who has not got the courage of his convictions. Well-known to support a ban on hunting with dogs, he avoided voting for it by running off to America. Come the general election, he'll say to those
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Who's creaming it?
CONGRATULATIONS to the cast of Malton's Aladdin panto for a thoroughly professional performance. The atmosphere was wonderful and the entertainment value was first class. One big plus was the price of the ice creams at 60p each. Sadly at Cinderella in
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Star Trek: New Worlds, published by Interplay
Star Trek: New Worlds, published by Interplay for PC SPECS: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64MB RAM, 400MB Hard Disk, 16MB 3D Video-Card, 16-bit Sound-Card, CD-ROM Well, yet another real-time strategy game hits the market, and I seem to be playing Dark Reign 2 again
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Fargate, published by Microids
Fargate, published by Microids for PC-CDROM SPECS: Pentium II 233MHz, 32MB RAM, 800MB Hard Disk, 4MB 3D Video-Card, 16-bit Sound-Card, CD-ROM Take the typical 3D real-time strategy game and add another dimension, then you have Fargate. Fargate takes place
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Millennium Bridge opening delayed
York is set to enter the year 2001 with its Millennium Bridge still closed to the public. Chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust Paul Chesmore told the Evening Press today the heavy flooding of the Ouse had "severely delayed" work on the £4.2m bridge
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A great achievement
Workers laboured into the early hours to make sure York awoke to see its Millennium Bridge proudly in position. The river reopened after a 30-hour closure at 6am, with the new 310-ton bridge secured three hours earlier. After a meticulous operation the
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Police probe car park blaze
Police are investigating a fire which damaged four cars in York early today. Fire crews were called to the multi-storey car park at Rowntree Wharf at about 4.40am. They found a fire in one car on the second floor of the secured car park had spread and
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Hennigan's feet on ground
Harrogate Town boss Mick Hennigan is refusing to get carried away by his team's run of form despite seeing them lose just once in ten outings. His side have climbed clear of the UniBond League division one relegation zone but, rather than set new goals
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Blaze hero farmer honoured
A brave farmer, who pulled a driver from his burning car, was among the North Yorkshire civilians and police officers honoured today at a special ceremony. Also receiving awards from Chief Constable David Kenworthy were officers who rescued three people
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Boro on Wright lines
Scarborough's new found form faces a big test tomorrow as they entertain Southport in the Nationwide Conference. The Merseysiders, managed by former Liverpool, Southampton and England defender Mark Wright, occupy third spot in the table and appear ready
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Woman's horror at phone message
Mobile phone users are being warned to personalise their answering service PIN numbers, after the greeting on a York woman's phone was replaced with an offensive message. Tracy Arthur, of Westfield Place, Acomb, bought her BT Cellnet mobile phone in October
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City aim to avoid unwanted treble
Blackpool welcome York City to a ramshackle Bloomfield Road tomorrow searching for a hat-trick of wins to underline their play-off credentials. Since their impressive 2-0 win over the Minstermen just before Christmas, the Seasiders slumped to a 1-0 home
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Man on register after under-age sex
A North Yorkshire man has been cleared of raping a 14-year-old girl after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges. But Paul Christopher Holt, 33, will still be put on the sex offenders' register after he admitted having unlawful sexual intercourse with the
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Dolan turns to City youths
York City manager Terry Dolan has turned to youth after seeing his already injury-hit squad whittled down to the bare bones. With Wayne Hall, Alex Mathie and Darren Patterson all now sidelined Dolan has drafted in youngsters Leigh Wood and Scott Emmerson
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Tempers fray at church mast debate
Villagers have been warned they could lose their church if controversial phone mast proposals are not accepted. Tears were shed during a passionate meeting of the church council in Shipton-by-Beningbrough, with the majority of the 30 present voicing disapproval
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Tigers sweating on future
York City's Third Division rivals Hull City face an anxious wait to see if one of two mystery bidders can save the cash-stricken club from a winding-up order. Mounting debts, currently standing at £1.2million, have forced the City owners to talk to prospective
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Look Roos coming to town
If the Kangaroo can't be tied down, why not launch it instead - in Australia? Harrogate-based events management company, Raho Incentive Travel, today launched a new website promoting a cut-price offer to fly to and stay in Brisbane, Australia. It has
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Dead body in flat for month
The body of a man found in a block of flats in York may have been there since Christmas, police said today. Officers made the grisly discovery yesterday evening after being alerted by City of York Council. Three officers were called to the council flats
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Twins the stars of an internet circus
HOWARD DAVIS takes a look at yet another turbulent week for the internet The saga of the internet twins rumbles on. Imagine my shame-faced surprise when, after I prophesied last week that the internet twins debacle would turn into a media frenzy with
