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Australia beckons for lucky Lloyd
GARETH Lloyd will be enjoying a taste of rugby Down Under this summer. But the former Wasps centre is not about to embark on a playing career in Australia - he has won a national competition to follow the British Lions rugby union team on tour. Lloyd,
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Mike is making his mark
REJUVENATED Mike Hall picks up his first Evening Press/Guildford Construc-tion player of the year points this week. The on-loan Hull KR full-back is awarded three points as man of the match against Barrow for an impressive display. He joined the line
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Neighbours stung into action by wasp swarm
WHEN a cloud of wasps arrived in a York street, two householders geared up in "combat armour" to fight them off. Joe Bell and Lindsay Carter sprang into action after the swarm settled on the door of Richard Wakeham's home in Rosslyn Street, Clifton. Mr
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Mean thief targets life-saving medic
AMBULANCE chiefs have hit out at a callous thief who stole cycling paramedic Mark Inman's jacket while he was saving a patient's life. Mark, who uses his 'Life Cycle' to get to call-outs more quickly than four-wheeled ambulances, was called to an emergency
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Save the seventies
KAFTANS in a kaleidoscope of colours, swirly wallpaper prints that could bring on a migraine and Silver Jubilee memorabilia are all remnants of the 1970s which most of us would rather forget. The Seventies are widely held to be the decade that style deserted
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First time lucky
DAVID MARTIN feels like a regular after his first visit to Mamma Mia's in York Gillygate, aside from its permanent early-evening traffic jam crawling past yards from the windows of Mamma Mia, must surely qualify as York's most cosmopolitan corner, with
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Avenue suffers more trouble
POLICE were called out to deal with two more incidents involving gangs of youths gathering in Etty Avenue, Tang Hall,York, last night. In the first at about 11.10pm, residents called to complain of noise caused by a group of 20 youths. A few were riding
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Going to the dogs
THE generosity of customers of the Six Bells pub, Strensall, has helped to make life easier for deaf people. The pub has raised £2,550 over four years from a range of fundraising activities organised by the punters including raffles and a bonus ball competition
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Going down a storm at York
ARGUABLY the greatest Olympian joined celebs who were out in force at York Races for the Batley Cash and Carry charity bash. Five-times Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave may have been forgiven for thinking he would have to row home after afternoon
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A footbridge is the real answer
IF ANY driver is left visibly shaken following a drive from Tadcaster to the Hopgrove roundabout, the solution lies in a refresher driving course (Letters, June 14). These can be obtained from an approved driving instructor or the local advanced driving
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Why I didn't vote
I DECIDED not to apply to vote in the recent election. Naturally, having blatantly flouted the law, I expected to be hauled away to spend my twilight years in poky. I saw myself as the Nelson Mandela of Acomb and the focus of world-wide media attention
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Promotion booster
SCARBOROUGH'S chances of being promoted to the Football League next season have been boosted by the new promotion play-off system introduced by the Nationwide Conference. That is the view of Boro boss Neil Thompson, who has backed the move which will
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Donna's US bid
THREE-POINT expert Donna Smith is eyeing a basketball scholarship in America after shooting her way to national honours. Donna, 14, has been picked to play for England girls in an under-15s friendly against Ireland next weekend and in an international
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Up they pop
MEET allSTARS - the latest perfectly polished pop act to come off the television music show production line. Hopes are high for the three girl, two boy act, managed by the same company as A1 and Steps, whose debut single Best Friends has just been released
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Wasps pay tribute to loyal servant
York Wasps are again in mourning following the death of another club stalwart. Dennis Baker, a former chairman of the Supporters' Club, passed away last week at the age of 77. His death comes just a few weeks after that of York's popular timekeeper, John
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Golf ball collector jailed for cheating
A GOLF ball gatherer - who earns a living trawling mis-hits from lakes, rivers and ponds at courses around Britain - was jailed for 18 months for cheating. Instead of putting on his diving gear and going underwater to collect upwards of 600 abandoned
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Tycoon gallops to a thrilling knighthood
LEADING the North Yorkshire awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, published today, is the county's newest knight, Sir Robert Ogden. The businessman is knighted for charitable services to Yorkshire, and tops a varied list of the county's great and
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Silver Service
Waitress Jean awarded MBE in Queen's honours DEVOTED waitress Jean Barton was celebrating today after being awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours. Jean, who has waited on customers at the Black Swan, in Helmsley, for 43 years, received her award
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Seven hurt in races crash
Bus loses top deck after hitting bridge RACEGOERS watched in horror today as a double-decker bus had its top sheared off when it got stuck beneath a low bridge at York's Knavesmire. Emergency services said seven people were taken to hospital after the
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Fond farewell
They brought us the fancy-dress wedding, the lucky conker and Ethel the Goldfish. And now Dave (minus his long hair) and Loraine Wiltshire, landlord and landlady of York's Walker's Bar on Micklegate, are going back to Grimsby to run The Angel, which is
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Watch the birdies
George Wilkinson takes to the sea to meet some feathered friends Foot and mouth in the heart of the North York Moors has put the kibosh on my walking plans. Luckily I had a ticket for a boating trip, so here was my day, intense with birds. One cannot
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Face the elements
RICHARD FOSTER took his children to see how a former steel works has been transformed into a science theme park THE one thing about Magna, the £46 million Science Adventure Centre at Templeborough, Rotherham, is that it is big. Visitors enter a twilight
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Late drinking boost for city centre bar
ANOTHER city centre theme pub has gained its place among the "select few" entitled to allow later night drinking at weekends. McMillans Bar in Rougier Street has got an extension to stay open after the normal 11pm closing time on Friday and Saturday nights
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The weigh ahead
TEACHER Cheryl Whaley finally decided to fight the flab when she could no longer fit into her classroom chair. Cheryl, 35, of North Duffield, near Selby, had piled on weight and having a baby had added even more pounds. The final straw was when she returned
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Brother in appeal over hit-and-run
THE brother of a 64-year-old Ryedale man left for dead at the side of a road after a hit-and-run accident today pleaded for help in bringing the driver to justice. Because the motorist has never appeared before a court, Sid Wilson, of Ryegate, Helmsley
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Let the revelry begin!
MASKED revelry will come to York's Museum Gardens next month when a Venetian Carnival marks the end of the city's Early Music Festival. The carnival takes place on July 15, the last day of the festival, and there will be a prize for the best mask on show
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Sex abuse drove girl to brink of suicide
A CHILD abuser who drove a young York girl to contemplate suicide was today starting four years in jail. Barry Milburn, 61, was also one of the first in the country to be banned from working with youngsters indefinitely, under a new child protection law
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Save the Frog
PLEASE may I add my voice to the understandable objections to the proposed development of a McDonald's drive-in fast food outlet on the site of the Frog Hall public house. I do not believe that this proposal is necessary given that McDonald's already
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Hard on Hugh
HAVING got the majority of our votes in the general election, Tony Blair is now letting pensioners down, especially here in York. Hugh Bayley worked hard for older people helping to set up York and District Pensioners' Association when he first became
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Those expensives
THE citizens of York are again indebted to the Evening Press for publishing a full list of the allowances paid to councillors over the last year (June 12). These payments seem to increase substantially year on year without any apparent improvement in
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Webster's world title hopes given major boost
Steve Webster's World Sidecar title hopes were given a boost with the news that arch rival and championship leader Klaus Klaffenbock has been disqualified from the results of last Sunday's race at the Lausitzring, Germany. Klaffenbock had finished second
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Yorkie and Wobby join screen party
GEORDIE jokers Ant and Dec may be set to learn at first hand one of the rules of live television - never work with animals or children. Or mascots. The comic duo have invited York City's mascot Yorkie the Lion and York Wasps' counterpart Wobby, along
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Wasps play for pride
A POTENTIAL points avalanche should be enough to spur York Wasps onto a grandstand finish to the 2001 season, according to coach Lee Crooks. The Wasps face the toughest possible end to the campaign with their three remaining games all against teams in
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Future to be settled
Crooks wants to stay at York The future of York Wasps coach Lee Crooks could be decided next week. Crooks revealed a board meeting will be held next Tuesday when he expects to determine whether or not he will be stopping at the club next season. Crooks
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Judith joy at gong
THE unstinting work for disabled sport done by dedicated volunteer Judith Russell, of Church Fenton, has been recognised with an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Judith, who runs disability services at Leeds University, has been involved in disabled
