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Prepare for take-off
AVIATION enthusiasts will be flocking to Elvington Airfield this bank holiday weekend as the Great Yorkshire Air Show gets under way. The spectacular air displays, which include appearances by the Sea Vixen, Sea Fury, The Red Arrows and a breathtaking
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Foot and mouth
The crisis is now entering its seventh month. Since the onset, more than 3,750,000 animals have been slaughtered, there have been more than 1,900 cases and more than 9,000 affected premises. The impact on farming and the countryside has been enormous.
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Contamination levels
LEVELS of salmonella contamination in chicken on retail sale in the UK have declined sharply but another contamination is at high levels. The survey conducted by the Food Standards Agency found contamination levels at an average of 5.8pc across the UK
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Free business guide
LLOYDS TSB is launching a new guide to help struggling farmers get more out of their businesses.The booklet is a step-by-step guide about alternative approaches to market specialisation. It is designed to help farmers identify and service specialist markets.Your
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Scott Emmerson
Position: Striker. Born: October 10, 1982, Durham Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 3 (5). Goals: 1. Goal-starved City dropped the young striker in at the deep end during their miserable mid-season run. His first senior goal proved the winner at
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British potato show
BRITISH Potato 2001 is being held at Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire on September 4 and 5, 9am-5.30pm each day. Information on the British Potato Council website at www.potato.org.uk/BP2001. Updated: 09:25 Thursday, August 23, 2001
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The show will go on - in 2002
YORKSHIRE'S most prestigious show should be back with a vengeance next year after foot and mouth forced the cancellation of the 2001 event. The 2002 Great Yorkshire Show, the 144th, is planned for July 9 to 11. The organiser, the Yorkshire Agricultural
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Cows for Uganda
SEND a cow to Uganda and make a difference to a whole community. The Send a Cow is project is a national charity which started in 1988 when group of Christian farmers sent 32 cows to Uganda after a Ugandan Bishop appealed for help from British farmers
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18 Neville Stamp
Position: Left-back. Born: July 7, 1981, Reading. Other clubs: Reading. York games 2000-01: 13 (4). Goals: 0. After an impressive trial period at the start of last season was offered a one-year contract. His appearances were limited but had his contract
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New extensification date
THE third check date for the Extensification Payment Scheme 2001 has now been selected. The 'check' dates selected for the periods January-February, March-April and May-June 2001 are: 19 February, 17 April and 22 June. Producers participating in the EPS
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17 Christian Fox
Position: Midfield. Born: April 11, 1981, Aberdeen. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 5 (5). Goals: 0. A member of the England Under-16 squad, the highly rated teenager signed a new two-year deal in summer 2000 but last season was a virtual write-off
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618 years of service to farming
THE Yorkshire Agricultural Society has rewarded men and women from across the county for having some 618 years worth of service to the farming industry between them. The proud recipients each received a tankard and certificate in recognition of the years
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Battle against 'pretty killer'
COUNTRY landowners in Yorkshire have called for tougher action to eradicate a "pretty killer". The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) wants all private and public landowners to help wipe out ragwort. They describe the plant as "a pretty yellow
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14 Chris Smith
Position: Centre-back. Born: June 30, 1981, Derby. Other clubs: Reading York games 2000-01: 0. Goals: 0. Came for a trial at the end of last season and did enough in a couple of reserve team outings to persuade City manager Terry Dolan to sign him on
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Thieves are 'sick'
AN ANGRY North Yorkshire farmer has branded thieves who stole equipment used to disinfect people and vehicles against foot and mouth "sick". Jonathan Fairburn, of Griff Farm, near Helmsley - which falls inside the Government's bio-security zone - says
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10 Peter Duffield
Position: Striker. Born: February 4, 1969, Middlesbrough. Other clubs: Other clubs: Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Halifax (loan), Rotherham (loan), Blackpool (loan), Bournemouth (loan), Stockport (loan), Crewe (loan), Hamilton, Airdrie, Raith, Darlington
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9 Lee Nogan
Position: Striker. Born: May 21, 1969, Cardiff. Other clubs: Oxford, Brentford, Southend, Watford, Reading, Notts County, Grimsby, Darlington, Luton. York games 2000-01: 16. Goals: 6. Probably the key factor in City's end of season revival. Weighed in
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8 Lee Bullock
Position: Midfield. Born: May 22, 1981, Stockton. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 31 (6). Goals: 4. After a promising first year in the professional ranks, Bullock was handed a two-year extension to his contract in summer 2000. He rewarded the
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3 Graham Potter
Position: Wing-back. Born: May 20, 1975, Solihull. Other clubs: Birmingham City, Wycombe (loan), Stoke City, Southampton, WBA, Northampton Town (loan). York games 2000-01: 40 (4). Goals: 3. Former England Under-21 international who was Dolan's first signing
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1 Alan Fettis
Position: Goalkeeper Born: February 1, 1971, Newtonards, Northern Ireland Other clubs: Ards, Hull City, WBA (loan), Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City (loan). York games 2000-01: 51. Goals: 0. A clean sweep of the player of the year awards
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Too much TV coverage can be a turn off for football fans
IT IS an old-fashioned saying, but everything is good in moderation and I think that phrase is particularly apt when talking about the current relationship between football and television. It seems you can't have one without the other but we have got
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Whingeing hypocrite
YOUR columnist Stephen Lewis is nothing short of a whingeing hypocrite (August 16). He says he doesn't like columns that rant. He is well advised to read his own and digest it well. What has reform of the House of Lords got to do with a little back-hander
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Bioscience bunkum
YOUR lead story 'York to get £50 million science project' (August 21) seems to have been given the wrong headline. What was described was a large speculative office development which may or may not house scientific endeavours. The press release that no
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Heartbreak hill
IT IS time for Golden Hill to have large signs at either end showing the number of fatalities each year, as there are on the A1 in Northumbria. I was travelling towards York one Sunday evening and eased my speed to about 50 mph on the first bend at the
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All about Cecil?
I AM researching the life and works of E M Hull, author of The Sheik on which the film starring Rudoph Valentino was based. I understand Mrs Hull's only daughter Cecil lived near York and died there in 1981. She had been a colonel in the Army during the
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After-school work is given Lottery boost
MORE after-school drama, dance and sport is to be provided across York and North Yorkshire with the announcement today of an £800,000 Lottery cash boost. The biggest grant announced today by the lottery's New Opportunities Fund, of £737,000, will go on
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Iain will lead Tories ...no, Ken's a winner
KEN BEAVAN, a former York city councillor and member of the Conservative Party for 16 years, explains why he is a keen supporter of Iain Duncan Smith ALL around us is evidence of increasing social chaos. The fundamentals of right and wrong cannot be subject
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No new cases
No new cases of foot and mouth disease have been confirmed in North Yorkshire since the weekend. The latest case was confirmed at Deepgrove Farm, Lythe, near Whitby, last weekend. It brought the total number of cases confirmed in the county to 134. Updated
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Charity the real winner
HEWORTH took the city honours when their over-35s side, the Has Beens, outplayed York Acorn counterparts the Past Masters in a match at Elm Park Way. However, the real winners were injured Heworth players Rob "Bosh" Goodall and Gavin Wilson, for whose
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After-school work is given Lottery boost
MORE after-school drama, dance and sport is to be provided across York and North Yorkshire with the announcement today of an £800,000 Lottery cash boost. The biggest grant announced today by the lottery's New Opportunities Fund, of £737,000, will go on
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Acorn flex their muscles
YORK Acorn's young team kick off their National Conference League division two campaign on Saturday aiming to prove the doubters wrong - and they have assembled a squad to do just that, writes Peter Martini. Already dismissed by some as potential strugglers
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No new cases
No new cases of foot and mouth disease have been confirmed in North Yorkshire since the weekend. The latest case was confirmed at Deepgrove Farm, Lythe, near Whitby, last weekend. It brought the total number of cases confirmed in the county to 134. Updated
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Fresh heartache for family of missing woman
THE husband of a Harrogate woman missing since 1997 has told how the discovery of a body near the town had brought his family fresh heartache. Colin Wray said the tragic finding of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan, from Leeds, had also renewed his desperation
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Turner edged out
FRANK Turner's York team was edged out in a sudden death decider in the Yoplait Men's All England Bowls Fours championship at Worthing. Turner and his Haxby Road clubmates Harry Rhodes, Mick Corringham and Eddie Howcroft raced into an early 4-0 lead against
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A64 plea after lab staff in accident fright
LABORATORY chiefs are demanding traffic calming on the A64 near York after lab staff were caught up in an accident scare as they crossed the busy road. Up to 15 employees had been dropped off by a bus and were walking across to the Central Science Laboratory
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70s toy craze sweeps York
YORK children are about to go clackers crackers with the revival of the '70s toy phenomenon. Clackers, now known as Klik Klaks, are back; they've been selling well over the summer and are tipped to become a back-to-school craze. And tomorrow York will
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York gets new flood protection
AN INNOVATIVE new system is being used to protect York from flooding. The system is known as LDAR - Light Detection and Radar - and has been developed by the Environment Agency. Based on an aerial photographs of the city, it allows planners to see which
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Sweet homecoming for sugar baby
SHE was hailed as a "little miracle", and now baby Caitlan Myers has come home. Now almost eight weeks old, Caitlan weighs just 4lb 5oz - but that is a big improvement on her birth weight of 1lb 4oz, which was less than a bag of sugar. Caitlan was born
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Axed Craig finds form
CRAIG White traces the rediscovery of his best batting form to the moment he was dropped by England this summer. While England were starting the final Test of the Ashes series against Australia at The Oval today, White was reflecting on helping Yorkshire
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South Bank hit by spate of burglaries
Police in York have joined forces with the Evening Press to help put citizens in the picture about crime in the city by highlighting clusters of incidents using maps. Crime Reporter TONY TIERNEY reports A SUDDEN spate of burglaries at homes in the South
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Master blasters lead title charge
YORKSHIRE'S two Ws - Craig White and Matthew Wood - made sure that the Championship will be decided at North Marine Road at some stage over the next couple of days unless Glamorgan can hold out for an unexpected draw. The pair both plundered thrilling
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Beware of car boot rip-offs
YOU never know what you might find at a car boot sale. That is their appeal. Every weekend thousands of thrifty Yorkshire folk trek to windswept fields to rummage through boxes of junk in the hope of finding something special. Occasionally, the bargain-hunter
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Chill out in sun
SURELY some mistake. The last Bank Holiday weekend of the summer is upon us, and the weather forecasters are predicting sunshine. Mother Nature must have got her dates confused. We should make the most of her mix-up and enjoy what might be the last shout
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Beware of false promises
ONE of the less savoury features of the last six months has been our experience of hollow promises given to a suffering farming fraternity by those who should, and often do, know better. Can we ever forget Nick Brown's Ides of March announcement that
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More agony for Duffers
YORK City have suffered a sickening injury blow with the news striker Peter Duffield has suffered a hairline fracture of his leg. The Evening Press can reveal that the former Darlington hitman was only just inching his way back to full fitness after suffering
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And words are all I have
WRITING about illiteracy, now there's a dangerous thing. The words will barely have settled on the page before someone scents a mistake. Whenever a study discovers we are less literate than in 1066 or some such time, commentators trundle out their weary
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Late harvest and concerns over yields
IT's becoming a late harvest, with the changeable weather, and yields are down. Nation Farmers' Union Yorkshire chairman Derek Watson has just finished getting in his winter barley: "Our yields are half a ton a hectare down on last year. "Due to last
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Seventy farmers ignore restrictions
FOOT and mouth restrictions designed to stop the disease's spread have been ignored by more than 70 North Yorkshire farmers and workers, officials have said. North Yorkshire trading standards officers are now considering prosecuting offenders. More than
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Anti-VAT campaign
THE British Horse Society is campaigning for riding hats/helmets to be VAT free. The society says that at the last budget, the Chancellor decided to remove VAT from cycling helmets, but chose to ignore riding hats. Children's riding hats do not attract
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Kieran Darlow
Position: Midfield. Born: November 9, 1982, Bedford. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 0 (1). Goals: 0. Now a third-year trainee, he made just one substitute appearance last season after being given his League debut in 1999-00.
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Leigh Wood
Position: Midfield. Born: May 21, 1983, York Other clubs: None York games 2000-01: 4 (1). Goals: 0. A star in the making. He showed a cool head and a wonderful touch when he was thrust into a struggling team last season.
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Pigs go to bacon factory
GOVERNMENT officials have relaxed 'Fortress North Yorkshire' foot and mouth disease regulations to allow pigs to be moved to Malton Bacon Factory. Exceptional movements of pigs from within the Thirsk restricted infected area were allowed from Monday,
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20 John Fielding
Position: Centre-back. Born: April 7, 1982, Middlesbrough. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 0. Goals: 0. Combative defender, who suffered a bad run of injuries during the final year of his three-year scholarship. However, he was offered a one-year
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19 Marc Thompson
Position: Midfield/right-back. Born: January 15, 1982, York. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 13 (3). Goals: 0. After emerging with a bang at the end of the 1999-00 campaign Thompson found it more difficult last season when his efforts to stake
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16 Matt Hocking
Position: Right-back/midfield/ centre-back. Born: January 30, 1978, Boston. Other clubs: Sheffield United, Hull City. York games 2000-01: 26 (8). Goals: 2. Arguably the most improved player of the season who has overcome the boo-boys who hindered his
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15 Nick Richardson
Position: Midfield. Born: April 11, 1967, Halifax. Other clubs: Halifax, Cardiff, Wrexham (loan), Bury, Chester. York games 2000-01: 16 (1). Goals: 1. A string of steady displays were produced by the midfield man after joining the club when City hit rock
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Pro-vaccination web site
SUPPORTERS of vaccination in the battle against foot and mouth have a web site. The site, which also criticises some policies of the Government and the National Farmers' Union, can be found at www.sheepdrove.com/news_propaganda.htm. The site includes
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Looking ahead to winter feeding
WITH second-cuts for silage now completed farmers are able to increase the grazing area and calculate forage stocks for the coming winter. Early indications suggest the overall picture for first and second cuts combined is that silage quality is reasonably
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13 Russell Howarth
Position: Goalkeeper. Born: March 27, 1982, York. Other clubs: None. York games 2000-01: 2. Goals: 0. Capped by England at Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 level, Howarth represented Leeds United in a six-a-side tournament in Singapore in summer 2000.
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Grant totals £339,954
THE Community Fund, formerly known as the National Lottery Charities Board, has made a three-year grant of £339,954 to the farmers charity Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund. The money will be used in part to pay the salaries of four workers who will
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11 Alex Mathie
Position: Striker. Born: December 20, 1968, Bathgate. Other clubs: Celtic Boys Club, Celtic, Morton, Port Vale (loan), Newcastle United, Ipswich Town, Dundee United. York games 2000-01: 16 (7). Goals: 2. Looked a class act on occasions but appearances
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Biosecurity warning
LIVESTOCK farmers and drivers of milk tankers, and feed lorries and other vehicles going on and off livestock farms who fail to observe strict biosecurity rules will face prosecution as part of DEFRA's campaign to stamp out foot and mouth disease in the
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7 Chris Brass
Position: Centre-back/midfield. Born: July 24, 1975, Easington. Other clubs: Burnley, Torquay United (loan). York games 2000-01: 8 (2). Goals: 1. Securing the services of Brass from First Division Burnley was a major coup for City. Equally comfortable
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6 Gary Hobson
Position: Centre-back/left-back. Born: November 12, 1972, North Ferriby. Other clubs: Hull City, Brighton, Chester City. York games 2000-01: 9. Goals: 0. Signed on a free last summer after Terry Dolan missed out on bringing Bradford City youngster Mark
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5 Mike Basham
Position: Centre-back. Born: September 27, 1973, Barking. Other clubs: West Ham, Colchester (loan), Swansea, Peterborough, Barnet. York games 2000-01: 6(1). Goals: 1. Arrived towards the end of last season on loan from Barnet. A big centre-half in the
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4 Richard Cooper
Position: Full-back/midfield. Born: September 27, 1979, Nottingham. Other clubs: Nottingham Forest. York games 2000-01: 14. Goals: 0. Right-back with bags of potential who has joined City after a spell on loan from Nottingham Forest in which he became
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2 Darren Edmondson
Position: Wing-back. Born: November 4, 1971, Coniston. Other clubs: Carlisle United, Huddersfield Town, Plymouth Argyle (loan). York games 2000-01: 26 (1substitute). Goals: 0. Signed by Terry Dolan on the eve of transfer deadline day from Huddersfield
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Master blasters lead title charge
YORKSHIRE'S two Ws - Craig White and Matthew Wood - made sure that the Championship will be decided at North Marine Road at some stage over the next couple of days unless Glamorgan can hold out for an unexpected draw. The pair both plundered thrilling
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Charge visitors to preserve Minster's glory
WHILE sitting in the splendour of York Minster on a very sunny day, I couldn't help but notice the number of tourists pouring in. While some people make voluntary donations as they step inside, a lot do not and that is their choice. During a six-minute
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Shameful delay
A LETTER from DEFRA detailing new foot and mouth enforcement measures was put in the post to farmers in our area on August 17. Why were these precautions not taken in January or February by all farmers immediately the Government and MAFF knew that foot
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Don't muck about
Here's your chance to live on a farm without having to go within sniffing distance of those filthy, smelly old animal things. Hogg the Builder (that's Hogg, not hog) has transformed Sycamore Farm in Strensall into a development of five top-of-the-range
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Time to give the boot to shoddy goods
STEPHEN LEWIS seeks some tips from the experts on what 'bargains' to avoid at the car boot sale THE CAR boot sale is part of the great British summer weekend - up there with the church fete and the garden party. There's nothing quite like pottering round
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Keep your head over short measures
Going down the local for a swift one or out on the town for a big night? How can you be sure that your pint's a pint and your shorts aren't short? Officers of the City of York Council's Food and Safety Unit enforce Weights and Measures laws in the City's
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Box looks for instant return
HEWORTH boss Harold Box is determined to lead the Villagers straight back into National Conference League division one following relegation last year. A big NCL force in the late 1980s and early '90s, Heworth have been on the slide in recent years culminating
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Trial date
A trial date has been set for a teenager charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal crash on the A64 last year. Andrew Tock, 19, of Thornton-le-Dale, will appear before a judge at York Crown Court on November 12. Tock was charged with
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Amateurs in freedom dash
RI Amateurs beat Minster 79-78 in the final of the York Bowling Association Freedom and Fellowship Cup. The Minster rink of J Slater, T Smith, J Pindar and D Deighton required five shots on the last end for overall victory, but after claiming five the
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Credit card company's 'disaster' warning
MANY Britons are facing "financial disaster", according to statistics gathered by one of York's leading employers. Card Protection Plan, which is based at Holgate Park and employs over 1,000 people, has warned that in just seven years the amount of outstanding
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Rob's big lift
York's Rob Dixon has muscled his way into the final of the Britain's Strongest Man competition. Millions of BBC 1 viewers last night saw the 37-year-old become one of the two qualifiers from his heat in Minehead, Somerset, by winning his final event.
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You are my sunshine
IT MAY be sunny on this picture of a hot York city centre, but forecasters today moved to dampen any expectations you may be cherishing about a "scorcher" of a Bank Holiday. Despite most of North Yorkshire getting sun-drenched yesterday, PA Weather Centre
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Press to run next week
TWO-YEAR-OLD racehorse Evening Press is all set to make her racing bow within seven days. The filly, leased by readers of the Evening Press off Norton-based trainer Tim Etherington, has been pencilled in to make her much-anticipated debut at either Ripon
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Cyclist killed by hit-and-run driver
A HIT-and-run driver left a cyclist dead and another seriously injured on a North Yorkshire road early today. The two cyclists, both men and from the Harrogate area, were found lying by the roadside on the A658 at North Rigton, near Harrogate, at 12.15am
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Darley first pasta the post
SHERIFF HUTTON's Kevin Darley pulled off a sensational win at York on board Italian raider Super Tassa. The champion jockey landed the Group One Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks on Knavesmire for Pisa-based trainer trainer Valfredo Valiani. The 25/1 shot
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Girls stay on top as boys' GCSE results improve
SCHOOL pupils across York and North Yorkshire were finding out their GCSE grades today - and early figures emerging across the area showed much to celebrate. At Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick, York, head teacher Hugh Porter said 70 per cent of
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Security crackdown at courts
MASSIVE security measures are being implemented at York magistrates court and others across North Yorkshire to curb an alarming increase in court violence and staff intimidation. Extra security guards, metal detectors and CCTV cameras will be introduced
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More agony for Duffers
YORK City have suffered a sickening injury blow with the news striker Peter Duffield has suffered a hairline fracture of his leg. The Evening Press can reveal that the former Darlington hitman was only just inching his way back to full fitness after suffering
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Alleluia to thrill Prescott
Sir Mark Prescott, so close but so far from winning yesterday's Tote Ebor Handicap with runner-up Foreign Affairs, can go one better at Thirsk tomorrow. The Newmarket maestro sends out Alleluia to contest the Tote Exacta Handicap and George Duffield's
