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Pressure claim over footpaths
Ministers are to investigate claims North Yorkshire County Council was placed under unfair pressure to re-open footpaths closed due to the foot and mouth crisis. The issue was raised by Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh during a Parliamentary debate last
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Star Trek: Away Team, published by Activision for P.C.
THIS is yet another Star Trek-based game which is surprisingly well made and not quickly finished unlike some other Star Trek-endorsed games that have just relied on the name to sell the game rather than on gameplay. Star Trek Away Team is a squad based
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Invaders have no place on pitch
The behaviour of crowds at cricket matches has been in the news this week. The likes of throwing fireworks and fire-crackers is uncalled for and just spoils it for everyone. I sat down to watch Tuesday's game between Australia and Pakistan at Trent Bridge
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Child porn man jailed
A child porn offender has been jailed for four months by Selby magistrates. Simon Limbert, 22, who admitted downloading indecent photographs of children from the Internet, was said to have shown no remorse for the child victims. As Limbert was led away
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£1.25m to tag young criminals
Children as young as 12 could be tagged under a radical £1.25 million scheme to tackle persistent young offenders in York and North Yorkshire. About 60 of the worst young criminals - responsible for a significant proportion of crime in the area - are
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Ride victim's family 'shattered'
The father of the university student killed in an accident at a North Yorkshire theme park today spoke out about his family's loss. Gemma Savage, 20, died from injuries she suffered on the Treetop Twister ride at Lightwater Valley, near Ripon. Her father
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Yellow Day fever as goal draws near
Hundreds of people around the city joined in the Yellow Day celebrations as St Leonard's Hospice announced that there is just £33,000 to go to the £2 million target. Mr Yellow visited schools and businesses around York and helped people celebrate yesterday's
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Petal power to boost coffers
Riccall village is holding its annual open gardens event this weekend to help in the final countdown to £2 million. The villagers of Riccall have raised thousands of pounds for St Leonard's Hospice over the ten years they have been opening their gardens
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Eye-lights of a landmark
THIS week's Yesterday Once More comes from one of York's most popular areas with locals and tourists alike - Clifford's Tower. Back in 1967, when our first picture was taken, the area surrounding the tower was completely different to that of today. The
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York to face in-form Kiwi
York'S first team could be forgiven if they find themselves quaking in their boots ahead of tomorrow's visit of Cleethorpes in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League at Clifton Park (1pm). What is more, York's skipper, Nigel Durham, would be well-advised
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Hat-trick for David
David Williams completed a hat-trick of awards at the recent Burton Stone FC presentation night. Williams took the Players' Player of the Year, Clubman of the Year and joint top goalscorer awards,the latter being shared with Simon Lansbury. Geoff Bracewell
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Apology over A19 delays
Roads chiefs today said sorry for jams that have greeted drivers trying to get into York on one of its main gateways. And the Highways Agency pledged that the snarl-up caused by massive improvement works at the Rawcliffe roundabout north of the city during
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Dogs kill sheep
Police marksmen were called out after two sheep were killed by large dogs running loose over farmland in Stockton-on-the-Forest early today. Supt John Lacy of York Police said the sheep had been "ravaged" by the dogs, one a labrador and one a large black
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Ambulance called to A64 crash
The occupants of two cars escaped without serious injury after a crash on the A64. A Ford Ka ended up in a ditch after being in collision with a Ford Focus on the A64 at the Towthorpe junction at around 2.30pm yesterday. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire
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Super seven up to third
Nestle Rowntree AC's Junior Women's Team finished a creditable second to Middlesbrough and Cleveland in the Tyne Division of the National Junior League. Despite having only seven athletes competing, they finished ahead of Gateshead, Mandale, North Shields
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Theatre ready for fairy tale
York Theatre Royal staff Micheala Scott and Kaeli Moorhouse used Midsummer Day to promote a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream which will be staged in the autumn, tickets for which tickets have gone on sale. Other highlights of the new
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Plans to create girls football league
Girls football is going from strength to strength in York. Plans are afoot to create a new girls football league in the city, with Wigginton Grasshoppers at the forefront of its development. The Grasshoppers have just formed their own girls' team and
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Court decision on doctors makes me sick
I read your article (York doctors in court fight, Evening Press, June 20) about doctors Martin Ashley and Gill Towler being made to leave the practice and not being allowed to treat/take their patients with them. I find it disgusting and infuriating that
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Spa town man on five rape charges
A North Yorkshire man has appeared in court to face five charges of rape. Appearing at Harrogate Magistrates Court, Frank Patrick Andrews, aged 24, was sent on bail for trial at York Crown Court where he will make an initial appearance on June 29. Andrews
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Bryan simply a sexist
BRYAN Marlowe has shown his true colours (Evening Press, June 19). If mothers remained at home until their kids left school, then the figures for unemployment, juvenile crime and under-age smoking and drinking would all plummet, he claims. Bryan made
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Pain-hit Bryony to get tooth op
Little Bryony Robinson has had an abscess on her tooth for more than five weeks, her face is swollen and she cries every day with pain. She needs a general anaesthetic to remove the baby tooth from her gum - but cannot have it done in York before next
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Double standards
I WRITE regarding the 'dangerous' sign put out by the hairdresser Maureen Cox and butcher Ged Bell in Dringhouses. I note that a city council spokesman said we have regulations for such signing in the city to prevent over-proliferation of notices which
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Bus union ready for strike vote
Preparations for a strike ballot which could have major effects on York's bus network were being made today following a pay dispute. First York workers have turned down a pay deal, claiming they want wages in parity with their colleagues in Manchester
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Flynn comes in for finale
York Wasps Academy coach Martin Flynn is set to take charge of first team affairs for Sunday's daunting match with Northern Ford Premiership big-guns Widnes Vikings. The former Scarborough All Blacks boss will be handed the reins for the potentially humiliating
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York band attacked by gang
Members of a York band were attacked by a gang of young thugs as they emerged from a rehearsal. Singer Michael Mason said the incident happened outside Burton Stone Community Centre on Tuesday evening after his band Chocolate Spiders had finished rehearsing
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Verdict on death tumble councillor
A Senior York councillor was found dead with a head injury at the foot of the stairs at her home after a "happy evening" out. An inquest heard that Carol Wallace had 274mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood when the tragedy happened. Coroner Donald Coverdale
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Flynn comes in for finale
York Wasps Academy coach Martin Flynn is set to take charge of first team affairs for Sunday's daunting match with Northern Ford Premiership big-guns Widnes Vikings. The former Scarborough All Blacks boss will be handed the reins for the potentially humiliating
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Crooks kicks Wasps into touch
Lee Crooks today resigned as coach of York Wasps with immediate effect. Crooks has been upset by the club's decision not to offer him a contract when his current deal expires on July 7. They claim they are not in a position to offer any contracts until
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Warriors of Might and Magic, published by 3DO for PlayStation and PlayStation 2
Confusingly, this is two quite different games, depending on which console you buy it for. Pick it up for the PlayStation and you wind up with an arcade-style hack-em-up, but pick it up for PS2 and you'll find a more rounded role-playing experience. Either
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Keeping up with Richard
EXTENSIVE refurbishment is complete at the Richard III Museum, at Monk Bar, York. "The museum now claims to offer as comprehensive a coverage of the controversial medieval monarch as is possible," says manager Michael S Bennett. Among the several new
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Shakespeare's Shrew gets an open-air showing
An innovative open-air production of William Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew will be performed in Museum Gardens, York, this weekend, by students from the University of York's Drama Society. This will be the first student drama production to be
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Ayckbourn adds another...
HOT on the stiletto heels of GamePlan comes FlatSpin, the second Alan Ayckbourn world premiere of the summer at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, with a third play newly added to the list. Opening in The Round on Thursday, and running in repertoire
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Hot idea for hospice funds
Tea and cakes will take on another dimension at the hospice community fun day later this month - they will be made of pure sponge and icing and not a drop of the hot stuff in sight. A special raffle prize at the event will be a tea service made from cake
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Mellow yellow in push for pounds
York has gone yellow today, as thousands of people join in the fun and help in the final countdown for the St Leonard's Hospice 2000 Appeal. Yellow Day has come to the city, and people everywhere are wearing yellow, eating yellow food, and even joining
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Evolution (PG, 102 minutes)
IT looked a laugh on paper casting David Duchovny, the serious alien-detecting FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder of The X-Files, in a comical alien-zapping role in Evolution. Alas, the truth is out there on screen, and the awkward, evasive Duchovny is about
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What makes this school so special?
Fulford Cross special school in York is facing closure just as it celebrates winning beacon status from the Government. Janet Hewison asks its teachers what makes it such a success... DANIEL Milligan throws out his arms and looks through the trees to
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Clear waters at long last
The mists of confusion shrouding the foot and mouth crisis are slowly starting to lift this week with a number of new waters opening to anglers for the first time since the epidemic struck, writes Darren Starkey. On the Ouse upstream of the city, York
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Soldier hanged himself
A York-based soldier hanged himself in married quarters because his marriage breakdown had left him "nothing to live for", an inquest heard. Sean William Jubb, 30, of the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment, had served in Northern Ireland during several years
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Double glee for Lee
Lee Harton scooped a double award at York Groves ARL's annual presentation night at the Castle Howard Ox pub. Harton won the Coaches' Player of the Year award and was joint top try-scorer along with Simon Moat. Runner-up in the Coaches' Player was John
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Holmes in on fourth
Several York riders contested the Halifax Road Clubs road race, with VC York's in-form Ian Holmes taking a fine fourth. Run over 14 laps of a four-and-a-half-mile Pennine circuit near Brighouse, the event was fast and furious from the off. After repeated
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Silvers on star patrol
Young Tykes' fans can catch up with Evening Press columnist Chris Silverwood on Sunday. That's when he will be among a clutch of Yorkshire stars providing expert tips to wannabe cricketers and enthusiasts at the Western Union junior open day at Headingley
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Tykes dish out lesson
Yorkshire had to be cruel to be kind at Bradford Park Avenue yesterday when they thrashed Bradford-Leeds Universities' Centre of Excellence by an innings and 186 runs well before tea on the second day, writes David Warner. It was a massacre for the students
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York to face in-form Kiwi
York'S first team could be forgiven if they find themselves quaking in their boots ahead of tomorrow's visit of Cleethorpes in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League at Clifton Park (1pm). What is more, York's skipper, Nigel Durham, would be well-advised
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charity banner stolen
A giant banner advertising a fundraising event in aid of St Leonard's Hospice has been stolen in what organisers have called a "sick prank". The plastic banner, attached to railings outside York College in Tadcaster Road, advertised the joint college
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A-team lead way with gold rush
Tadcaster Swim Squad enjoyed more success at the second of this season's continuum galas, which was held at Harrogate Hydro. Thirteen-year-olds Andrew Cowan and Adam Milner led the way with gold medals in the breaststroke events. Both swam four second
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football taster day for girls
York is to host a girls' football taster day next month as part of a nationwide initiative to make it the top female sport in the country by 2004. The 'come and try it' day will be held on July 1 at a venue yet to be announced. Organised by City of York
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Brave Ingle's birthday milestone
North Yorkshire boxer Paul Ingle today capped a remarkable fightback by celebrating his 29th birthday - little more than six months after suffering life-threatening injuries in the ring. Ingle's former trainer Steve Pollard admitted it was a day he feared
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Go for it, David
I ENJOYED reading your article on David Davis, the York man who hopes to stand in the Tory leadership contest (Evening Press, June 19) - and why not? We are lucky in York to have so many talented people. There must be something in the water - Dame Judi
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Award for river rescue hero
A tourist who risked his life to save a man from drowning in the River Ouse has been commended for his bravery by North Yorkshire Police. Simon Hope, 28, from Warrington, Cheshire, was due to be given the Royal Humane Society Testimonial commendation
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Crooks stung by Wasps' attitude
Disillusioned Lee Crooks has blamed his treatment at the hands of York Wasps for finally forcing him to quit as coach. As revealed on this website late yesterday Crooks handed in his resignation, just two days after being told he would not be offered
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Abduction witness contacts police
An important witness has come forward to help police with their investigation over the abduction of a young girl in a York alleyway. The witness came forward after the story yesterday on thisisyork.co.uk and in Evening Press telling how the five-year-old
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Crooks stung by Wasps' attitude
Disillusioned Lee Crooks has blamed his treatment at the hands of York Wasps for finally forcing him to quit as coach. As revealed on this website late yesterday Crooks handed in his resignation, just two days after being told he would not be offered
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Loyalty kicked into touch
NO one should underestimate the seriousness of the situation at Huntington Stadium. While vice-chairman of York Wasps Russell Greenfield seems quite content to wave goodbye to coach Lee Crooks, the fans will not be so phlegmatic. The long-suffering Wasps
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Get snap happy
WHEREVER you are going for your summer holidays, remember to pack a camera. Photographs are an ideal memento - and they could win you a great prize. The Evening Press launches this year's Holiday Hotshots today. We need family photographers to be our
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Jet-propelled to show clean pair of hoofs
HELLO, folks. Evening Press here. You'll all be glad to hear that I've been getting my fair share of "jet fuel" in these last few weeks. That's what my trainer, Tim Etherington, calls the food I've been eating recently, which is a special mix for racehorses
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Darley can capture Ascot prize on Muja
Muja Farewell, who finished fifth in the big race at York last Saturday, can take the major honours at Ascot tomorrow. The filly, trained near Thirsk by David Barron, goes for the £25,000 Palan Handicap and, in the hands of Kevin Darley, is fancied to
