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Princess can keep up Quinn's winning form
John Quinn, who has made a fine start to the Flat turf season, can add to his winning score at Redcar's opening meeting tomorrow. The Settrington trainer saddles Premium Princess in the Manny Bernstein Bookmakers Fillies' Handicap and, with Kevin Darley
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Schools' county challenge
YORK youngsters are being given the chance to represent the city at the North Yorkshire Youth Games this summer. A big programme of coaching sessions in a wide range of sports has been organised by City of York Council's York Leisure department. At the
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Moor's one-two mission
Cup holders Black Swan, Pickering will face Kirkbymoorside Reserves in the Beckett League Victory Cup final at Old Malton's Gannock pitch after both came through semi-finals. The contest will be a repeat of last midweek's Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy
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Karen and Gerry shine for Clifton
Clifton Ladies scraped a 5-4 away win over Selby 77 in ladies division one of York Badminton League. This was despite the efforts of Selby's Gayle Bradley and Julie Smythe, who scored three wins for 105-58. Clifton's Gerry Screeton and Karen Barraclough
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'Wild west brawl' at wedding party
A gatecrasher turned a happy Harrogate wedding party into a Wild West brawl, a court heard yesterday. David and Patricia Andrew's big day was ruined when uninvited guest Stephen Scaife was asked to leave and all hell broke loose at the private function
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Brave pair help reopen unit
They were both involved in desperate - but ultimately successful - searches for bone marrow donors. And they have both made wonderful progress since undergoing marrow transplants last year at "Jimmy's." Now Nicola Coates and Molly-Ann Barnett have got
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Zoll's well that ends well
Pickering Town landed their first silverware in seven years last night thanks to super-sub Stefan Zoll's fine goal less than 20 minutes from the end of a gripping final. The strike - he cut inside, beat two men and lashed the ball home - gave Pickering
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Tightrope for All Blacks
Captain Jez Petch will be hoping for an inspirational return to the New Earswick All Blacks' side tonight Petch, who has missed the last three games with a broken thumb, comes back into contention for the crunch trip to fellow National Conference League
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Verge death inquest
The inquest of on a Malton man found dead in Rudston, near Bridlington was being opened today. Kevin Walker, 34, was found by Humberside Police on a grass verge just before midnight on Sunday. The hearing was taking place at Hull Coroners Court. Staff
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Wizards of Oz in key duel
Aussie friends and South Australia team-mates Darren Lehmann and Greg Blewett found themselves keen rivals today in Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup clash with Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Lehmann, in blistering form at the moment, recommended Blewett
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Head injuries mum 'very poorly'
A mother-of-two found at her North Yorkshire home with severe head injuries was today described as "very poorly". Sharon Fearnside, 36, was found at the bottom of the stairs at her home in Northfield Terrace, Church Fenton, near Tadcaster, by her husband
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Sir Tom opens school arts centre
Things were very different at Pocklington School in Tom Stoppard's day. "There were no girls, and there was no art - what a school!" he told his audience of staff and pupils with a smile when he returned to East Yorkshire on a sunny May afternoon. Sir
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School stunned by pupil's death
A teenage girl has died after collapsing at school in Ripon. Odette Coulson, 14, was a pupil at Ripon Grammar School and collapsed in the school grounds on Friday lunchtime. She was taken by ambulance to Harrogate District Hospital, where she died later
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Cards stacked against City
York City's first away defeat in almost three months but perhaps it may prove a welcome reality check. A remarkable run of just one defeat in 14 and subsequent clamber to safety had understandably got fans already looking ahead to next season with renewed
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Bike paramedic rides to rescue
York's pedalling paramedic was quickly into action on his first day of patrolling the crowded city centre. Mark Inman attended three emergencies on his specially adapted bicycle yesterday, fulfilling his remit of getting round York's congested streets
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Focus on council 'Cabinet' system
Cabinet government for York goes under the scrutiny of the city's people from today. An essential consultation, needed before the changes can be legally adopted, will see a leaflet posted to every home in the city. It will ask residents if they want the
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Rays of sunshine on riverbank
Soggy North Yorkshire is finally getting a chance to dry out with summer making its first proper appearance after eight months of doom and gloom. A ridge of high pressure stretching across the middle of the country yesterday meant that, for a change,
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The Falls, by Ian Rankin (Orion, £16.99)
THE twelfth Rebus novel gets straight in there. "You think I killed her, don't you?" are the opening words. The victim - as yet still just missing - is the student daughter of a wealthy Edinburgh banker. The suspect is her Irish boyfriend. The man asking
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Bush threatens world peace
PRESIDENT George Bush says that his missile defence plans are in "the interests for peace in the world". The rest of the world thinks differently. Son of Star Wars will "strengthen global security" he says. The rest of the world believes it will do the
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York is just the top place to come shopping
I COULD not believe that York had not been included in the top 20 nationwide shopping attractions. This was astounding news since York is such a vibrant and thriving city. York offers a wide range of amenities and attractions. I live in Leeds but, most
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The class struggle
CONTRARY to the recent claims of David Blunkett, Dr Donald Webster (Letters April 12) was right when he pointed out that class sizes in secondary schools are the highest in 25 years. He was also correct to state that Labour is spending less on education
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Time to complain
ON April 3 the Coppergate Riverside planning application submitted by Land Securities/Ravenseft Properties was "called in" by John Prescott. This means that the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, not City of York Council, will determine
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Missile protest arrest
North Yorkshire will be caught up in George W Bush's controversial Son of Star Wars missile defence plans after the new US President confirmed the scheme would go ahead. And within hours of George W Bush's announcement, the first activist was arrested
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York purge on neighbours from hell
Housing workers today claimed a major success in cracking down on nuisance neighbours in York. They told how a string of bad neighbours have faced eviction and other court action in a tough squeeze on bad behaviour on the city's council estates. And they
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All worked out
STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to Richard Donkin, a man with a bold vision of the future of work NEXT time you're turned down for that dream job you so desperately wanted, take heart. The smirking manager who decided at interview that you didn't fit the corporate
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Puncture caused death crash
A mother and daughter died in a horror head-on crash at a notorious Ryedale accident blackspot when their car suffered a puncture, an inquest was told yesterday. North Yorkshire East coroner Michael Oakley said the effect of the puncture had been aggravated
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Titanic battles ahead in union climax
North Yorkshire is bracing itself for its most pivotal moment of rugby union in years tonight. Selby will be playing for a place in the Yorkshire Cup final while York RI and Malton and Norton clash at New Lane (7pm) in a game which may decide who gains
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Dolan fumes after defeat
Seething York City boss Terry Dolan was left biting his tongue in the aftermath of the Minstermen's 2-0 defeat at Shrewsbury United. Although safe from the drop of relegation, the reverse means City can only match not surpass their points haul of last
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Fleeing thief jumped into floods
A fleeing thief who jumped into the River Ouse in York while it was in flood has been jailed for six months. Prolific shoplifter Anthony Martin King, 24, was trying to escape pursuing staff from Game Ltd, in Spurriergate, prosecutor Andrew Moore told
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'Miracle' gymnast Jordan's victory
Schoolboy gymnast Jordan Kot has been hailed a "little miracle" after winning four gold medals just six months after suffering a stroke. Ten-year-old Jordan, from Carlton, near Selby, is still on medication and being closely monitored by doctors while
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Dynamo, by Andy Dougan (Fourth Estate, £14.99)
IN 1942, a football match took place between a Luftwaffe side and a team of Kiev residents from a local bakery. FC Start consisted mainly of players from Dynamo Kiev. With much of the city's population starving, one man, Iosif Kordik, determined to save
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We need more roads
IT was interesting to read the letter from Alec Dobson (April 24). Like me, Alec is a past chairman of York Advanced Motorists, so we share a common interest in safe motoring. I am not surprised at the low level of motorists' knowledge of the Highway
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Tolerant York
WITH reference to Ms A Hampton letter (April 28), I might point out that York has predominantly Scots and Irish immigrants, hence its unique accent and relative tolerance in these xenophobic times. As old English cities go, Royal York is as liberal as
