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Immigrants must try to integrate with British
IT would seem from recent commentary that the race issue is likely to feature when the General Election campaign eventually get under way. I cannot help feeling that there is an element of misunderstanding regarding racial issues and I wonder what other
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Time to listen
WE learn that City of York Council is keen to demonstrate that the customer comes first and that it is bent on a scheme to improve 'access' between the public and the relevant council departments. I think it should be borne in mind that this is the same
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Quarry viewed for disease burials
Farmers and tourist leaders are up in arms over standby plans to use a disused quarry in Ryedale to dispose of foot and mouth infected livestock carcasses. Brigadier Andrew Farquhar, of Imphal Barracks, York, and MAFF bosses have been looking at the Golden
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How to help our police
A FEW days ago, in a doctor's waiting room, an unlikely article from a women's magazine caught my eye. Now, before you think to yourself, "What old hat is he on about?", I should point out that, surprisingly, the magazine was a current issue. Apparently
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The dream-makers
RON GODFREY visits the professional practice which for decades has been turning the visions of a changing York into reality. FOR an organisation which has changed the North Yorkshire skyline for 57 years, the Dossor Group is strangely unsung. Its excellence
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This disease knows no boundaries
Fear-inspired rumours are spreading wildly in the foot and mouth crisis, but the truth is even less palatable, says ROB SIMPSON, press officer of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union. NOTHING, it seems, spreads quicker than gossip and rumour
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Quarry viewed for disease burials
Farmers and tourist leaders are up in arms over standby plans to use a disused quarry in Ryedale to dispose of foot and mouth infected livestock carcasses. Brigadier Andrew Farquhar, of Imphal Barracks, York, and MAFF bosses have been looking at the Golden
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Office scheme brings new life for old chapel
AT LAST the controversial former chapel at Clifton Park, which has been empty and vacant for more than ten years, is being refurbished into offices by its new owners, The Chapel Venture. An earlier plan to demolish the 1875 building in favour of a new
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Teenager banned from town
A youth blamed for causing a "mini-crimewave" in Tadcaster has been banned from entering the town. Residents today welcomed the area's first Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO), imposed by Selby magistrates on the Leeds youngster, who committed a total
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Heavenly step
Emma Harrison gets her feet in shape to wear her sandals with confidence... The nail technicians at York's NailBarOne are branching out and are now offering pedicures as well as manicures at the trendy express salon in Swinegate. New to the menu of treatments
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Shoe site steps up contract
NO sooner had virtual shoe shop tycoon Stuart Paver of York announced a blockbuster contract to sell Timberland footwear exclusively in Europe, than two other major deals were being hammered out for his website store, www.shoe-shop.com. Mr Paver revealed
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A political race
If you don't like chicken tikka massala, does that make you a Little Englander? CHRIS TITLEY finds the race row leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. ANNE McIntosh is cross. The MP has spent the Easter break touring her Vale of York constituency talking
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Scary actor's trials and tribulations
This is the man who was deemed too scary for York Dungeon. Horror writer Mick Lewis was employed as a "scary actor" at the Dungeon - but was sacked for being too frightening. His gruesome role involved playing the part of Dick Turpin's executioner, as
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Title race far from over
Although the promotion issue is already settled in division three the title race is far from over. T&L Selby took a big step towards that prize when they defeated Strensall 3-1. Goals from Paul Tanton and Dave Reasbeck, supplemented by an own goal
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Scaling fresh heights
A new mountain bike race series is gearing up to scale fresh heights in North Yorkshire. The SIMBA 2001 race series, devised and organised by riders Steve Imeson and Sue Burton, is believed to be the only one of its kind in the county. Staged at Adderstone
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Youngsters 'dicing with death'
Children in a North Yorkshire town are dicing with death in its cemetery, it has been claimed. Youngsters are climbing on and attempting to kick over headstones and stone monuments, Norton town councillors say. News of their antics comes just days after
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Test barrier removed
Old Malton is to lose its experimental flood barrier, the Environment Agency has announced. The Swedish-designed barrier - made from pallets and clay - was put in place early last month so the agency could see how easily it could be set up. It took just
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Popular ice cream vendor dies
A much-loved character who sold ice cream in Ryedale for more than 30 years has died at the age of 71. George Stephenson, or "Mr Softee" as he became known to his many customers, died peacefully at his home in Ampleforth. George's eldest daughter, Diana
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Punters sprint for shares
Racing fans will have to act super-quickly to make sure they don't miss out on the chance to own a share in the 'people's racehorse'. Readers were this month offered the chance to own a stake in our racehorse, Evening Press, which is being leased off
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Thugs hurled booze bottle at car
Four friends had a narrow escape when yobs threw an alcopops bottle through their car window. The driver and passenger of the moving car received cuts when they were showered with glass in the unprovoked attack. "It does not bear thinking about what would
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Ruffian parrots ruffle feathers
Two ruffian parrots are causing a stir at a Ryedale bird sanctuary with their foul language and bad behaviour. Claude and Sydney are the newest residents at Pampered Parrots, in Slingsby, and sanctuary owner Julie Piercy got quite a shock when she first
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Cracks on city's new bridge
Walkers and cyclists were reassured today that York's Millennium Bridge is safe to use after cracks appeared on the pathway. City of York Council said the network of jagged lines in the asphalt surface had been caused by someone apparently driving a Transit
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OAP rings bell on bus pass fiasco
York pensioner Eileen Sotheran was looking forward to cut-price days out with her new council bus pass - but discovered she would need to travel back in time to use it. Mrs Sotheran, 68, of Keith Avenue, Huntington, was attracted to a new type of pass
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York City match off
York City's Division Three trip to Shrewsbury tonight was called off just over four hours before kick-off. Heavy rain all day in Shropshire left the Shrews' Gay Meadow pitch water-logged. Match referee Paul Rejer of Leamington Spa deemed the surface unplayable
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Cracks on city's new bridge
Walkers and cyclists were reassured today that York's Millennium Bridge is safe to use after cracks appeared on the pathway. City of York Council said the network of jagged lines in the asphalt surface had been caused by someone apparently driving a Transit
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Bridge floodlights not such a bright idea
YORK'S shiny new Millennium Bridge may have opened in a blaze of publicity this week, but residents living nearby think its glaring night-time lights are not such a bright idea. Anne Tracy, a teacher at All Saints School, who lives in Finsbury Avenue
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Bridging the divide
Two communities from either side of the Ouse were united today with the opening of York's Millennium Bridge. Residents from the Fulford Road and Fishergate area met up on the crossing with their counterparts from the South Bank and Bishopthorpe Road district
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African blue...
PARROTS have acquired a reputation for swearing. It was the company they kept. Hang around on the shoulders of sailors and pirates and you are bound to pick up a few choice phrases. We cannot say whether Sydney's previous owner was nautical or just naughty
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Punters sprint for shares
Racing fans will have to act super-quickly to make sure they don't miss out on the chance to own a share in the 'people's racehorse'. Readers were this month offered the chance to own a stake in our racehorse, Evening Press, which is being leased off
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Disco for St George
WHO really cares about St George? How right Stephen Lewis (April 19) was about our lack of knowledge on our very own patron saint. Is it because it is deemed 'uncool' to be patriotic or are we just too blas? My family have decided to do something about
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Cats come first
IN response to your article 'Charity cat ban slapped on cruel street' (April 14), the welfare and safety of the cats and kittens in our care is our main priority. Rescued cats have often been saved from desperate situations. To place such cats in an area
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Easterby can enjoy Nowell House party
Nowell House, triumphant for Mick Easterby's Sheriff Hutton yard at Newmarket last week, heads south again tomorrow in search of an even bigger prize. The gelding travels to Epsom to contest the £15,000 Stanley Racing Great Metropolitan Handicap, an historic
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Put the fun into learning
Now you can expand your brain in easy bites of knowledge, says DAVID HARBOURNE, executive director of the new Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire, who has found a way to make a little learning a fun-packed thing. ONE of the Learning and Skills
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The image brokers
WARD Evans Group Plc, the York-based insurance broking and financial services organisation, has announced a comprehensive revision of its external image following enormous growth and diversification into business-to-business services. The group, formed
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When the choo-choos beat off the gee-gees
IT WAS a close-run thing - but at the finishing post Evening Press, the racehorse, lost by a nose - to the iron horse. Members of RICH - Ridings Investment Club Holdings - seriously debated whether to follow the lure of buying attractive shares in the
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Think twice before you lay off staff
OWNERS of rural businesses looking to lay off staff because of the foot and mouth crisis should stop and think twice, a leading Yorkshire employment lawyer has warned. David Bradley, head of the human resources group at DLA, one of Yorkshire's largest
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Factory closure fear
Economic chiefs and a trade union leader were today calling for urgent talks to prevent yet another serious factory closure in the city. As many as 64 jobs are in jeopardy at heating systems firm Range Powermax where parent company, the Baxi Group, today
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Flat floor sends sales through the roof
A NEW headquarters in Clifton Moor, part of a £600,000 investment, has allowed a conservatory company literally to take its business and staff numbers beyond the glass ceiling. Family firm Link Conservatory Roof Systems has been able to break out of its
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Show us a sign, say Lightly lads
PUTTING a new sign over the door had a special significance for York-based building consultants Lightly and Lightly. "After 20 years of preaching the message about excellent site practice and safety at work, it was vital that we did the job properly for
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Take a bow, Mr Bowen
When traditional medicine fails, many people turn to holistic therapy for help. REBECCA GILBERT took her dodgy knee to a York therapist to try out an Australian treatment called the Bowen Technique IN the 1970s, the Australian government discovered a
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Alma's agony
Coronation Street favourite Alma is to die of cervical cancer. But the hard-hitting story is worrying health professionals - and actress Amanda Barrie. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IT'S a turn of plot that should have the nation hooked. Coronation Street's
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I'll not get clappy-happy over a real nappy
Pregnancy can make you do funny things. One minute you are a perfectly normal human being going about your daily business, and the next you are weeping uncontrollably while watching Only Fools And Horses and eating coal and red cabbage ice-cream by the
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Distributing good news
THE UK arm of a giant American corporation is all set to provide the first tenants of prestigious new business location in York. But never fear - despite their headquarters being in sunny California these workers will need no help to find their way around
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Pikes hit trophy trail
Pickering Town's assault on the Northern Counties East League division one double hits a crucial hurdle tonight. The Pikes visit nearby rivals Bridlington Town for the Wilkinson Sword Trophy final first leg (kick off 7.30pm), just four days before they
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Wragg takes title
Steve Wragg became Marston Moor Villages Darts League doubles board individual champion in record style. He beat his Lord Collingwood team-mate Andy Oliver 3-1 in the final. Showing the form that had won him the Most Tons Scored trophy, Wragg included
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Newcomers have bold prospects
Division three newcomers Hornsea and Old Malton should be capable of clinching the two promotion places. Both have made overseas signings and should be too strong for their rivals, although Londesbrough Park and Hovingham may think otherwise. One time
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Seniors swing into action
New sponsors, new season and a fresh intake of clubs will spark a record campaign for the York and District Senior League. The league will now be known as The Hunters Estate Agent York & District Senior Cricket League and also heralds a further expansion
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Praise for York District Hospital
York District Hospital was today listed as among the UK's top 40 NHS hospitals by an international company specialising in measuring healthcare performance. It is the first time the firm, CHKS, has named the top hospitals in this country, after running
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Widdup wins opening battle
Simon Widdup has won the battle to open for Yorkshire alongside Michael Vaughan in the Cricinfo Championship curtain-raiser against Kent at Canterbury tomorrow. Left hander Michael Lumb and offspinner Richard Dawson are also included in the squad of 13
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College woman on road to recovery
When keen sportswoman Nicola Shires could not summon the energy to carry on playing hockey, tennis and golf, she put it down to fatigue, and gradually gave them up. When her right arm started to ache when she was doing everyday tasks, she put it down
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Widdup wins opening battle
Simon Widdup has won the battle to open for Yorkshire alongside Michael Vaughan in the Cricinfo Championship curtain-raiser against Kent at Canterbury tomorrow. Left hander Michael Lumb and offspinner Richard Dawson are also included in the squad of 13
