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Whipping boy
A crazy case of mistaken identity forced Evening Press sports writer Peter Martini into the frame at York Races on Thursday. He missed a race and went pink with embarrassment then red with anger after being escorted off Knavesmire by burly security guards
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Full house
NEXT Thursday, Wayne and Deanna Allan celebrate their first anniversary at the helm of the Frog Hall. It is an achievement well-worth celebrating - particularly as they were told back in January that the Layerthorpe pub could be history within weeks.
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Glorious grottoes
I COULDN'T agree more with the recent letter from Mrs A Wood ('Sleigh were the days', August 18). I too have happy memories of going to York Co-op/Victoria House Christmas grotto. I recall being told how the grotto had been taken to the Co-op in Manchester
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Green Belt posers
STEPHEN Lewis's feature about 25 years of York District Hospital made interesting reading and offered some real challenges for the future. Something to test the planners while struggling with the Green Belt and how many hectares to allocate to new jobs
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Tykes force
Darren Lehmann, who has done more than any other player to win the Championship for Yorkshire, will rest up for the last two matches of the season, writes David Warner. But the Australian said he would still take part in the remaining one-day games, including
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Turtle power
RACHEL LACY takes the train to Scarborough and enters an underwater world THERE were road works causing massive tailbacks on the A64 to Scarborough last Tuesday. So this really was one of those days when I was glad we were on the train, with two bouncy
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David savours golden harvest
THE Championship Trophy was back in Yorkshire for the first time in 33 years yesterday on a day when an almost impossible dream came true for captain David Byas. The tough-as-nails farmer, who will be 38 tomorrow, just managed to fight back the tears
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Too wet to woo...
BARN owl numbers around York may drop after last year's flooding damaged their habitats. Conservation workers have found that owl nesting boxes along the Ouse, Derwent and Humber contain far fewer fledglings than usual and in some cases there have been
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Tale of two cathedral cities
A YORK multimedia firm has helped recreate a lost cathedral. MindWave Media created a virtual reconstruction of Coventry's medieval cathedral, which was closed during the Reformation in 1539 and then demolished within 40 years. Visitors to the new Priory
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Benefit gig for injured Gavin
TEENAGER Gavin Wilson, who broke his neck at a York BMX track, is still unable to walk two months after the accident. The 14-year-old, from Tang Hall, who was injured when he fell from his mountain bike while riding over a jump at the track at St Nicholas
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Flats go on the Web
PLANS to bring the "prefab" building back to provide affordable housing in York have now achieved virtual reality. Internet surfers can now follow the progress of the city's new Sixth Avenue Apartments development on the world wide web (www.yorkon.com
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It's the clash of the Clackers
CHILDREN across York have been going crackers for clackers as the city saw the start of the search for the UK's clacking champ. Clackers - now known as Klik Klaks - have become popular again after first being seen on toyshop shelves in the 1970s. The
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Bank Holiday train delays
TRAIN travellers are warned to expect delays as engineering work on the East Coast Main Line is carried out over the Bank Holiday weekend. Passengers using trains between 8pm tonight and 10am tomorrow, and again from 8pm on Sunday until 10am on Monday
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Indestructible
DRIVING was literally - and painfully - to the fore in Neil Smith's bid to be crowned Yorkshire Amateur Strokeplay champion at his home Fulford Golf Club. En route to the 36-hole championship the 21-year-old Smith was involved in a collision in his car
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You'll never walk alone
TEARS, cheers, laughter and terrace chants reverberated around a packed York church at the funeral of Sheffield Wednesday footballer, Thomas Staniforth. A congregation of 400, including former England player Peter Beardsley, Wednesday boss Peter Shreeves
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Wasps must wait for new era to dawn
YORK Wasps fans will have to wait an extra 24 hours to find out who the club's new coach and sponsors will be. The date of the Wasps' much anticipated press conference to announce the details has had to be put back a day. The conference was to be held
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Magic bus ride to glory
DIE-HARD Tykes' fan Charles Hutchinson at last witnesses the end of 33 years of hurt Ninety minutes and counting to destiny, and already the Cricket Park and Ride buses were doing brisk business to North Marine Road. Ever sceptical, Yorkshire cricket
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Wasps must wait for new era to dawn
YORK Wasps fans will have to wait an extra 24 hours to find out who the club's new coach and sponsors will be. The date of the Wasps' much anticipated press conference to announce the details has had to be put back a day. The conference was to be held
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Duff luck for crocked Minsterman
WHAT a painful blow for York City and Peter Duffield with the news the striker is facing another protracted spell on the sidelines. We can only wish the amiable and popular hitman a speedy recovery as he battles back from another broken leg. Amazingly
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We're on the up - skipper
SKIPPER Chris Brass is adamant York's City recent red revival is the real deal. Buoyed by two sparkling performances against Torquay and then Crewe, the City captain and midfield cog senses a new era is slowly gathering momentum. "It was a really good
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Pleasing turn-around for Terry
ALTHOUGH Saturday's 3-0 triumph at Torquay is Terry Dolan's biggest League win since taking charge 18 months ago, the City chief will have good reason to remember the Minstermen's last 3-0 away win in the League. Six years ago Dolan was in charge of the
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Magic bus ride to glory
DIE-HARD Tykes' fan Charles Hutchinson at last witnesses the end of 33 years of hurt Ninety minutes and counting to destiny, and already the Cricket Park and Ride buses were doing brisk business to North Marine Road. Ever sceptical, Yorkshire cricket
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Coffee Stop, Bridge Hotel, Walshford, near Wetherby
DRIVING north from Wetherby on the A1, the sign is quite clear. Coffee Stop. Entering the Bridge Hotel we followed the signs eventually ending up in a dark panelled bar. Our inquiry was confirmed. "Yes, this is where you can have coffee". Asking what
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Doing my head din
IN response to the "Quality on the street" article by Rosslyn Brennan (August 17), some of the street entertainers may well be talented but the noisy antics of some of them are imposed on those of us who have to work in buildings overlooking their "stages
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Give them fair deal
IMAGINE having to survive on just £36.54 a week. That's for all your food, clothes, medicines, travel expenses, phone calls to the family and other basic necessities. What if £26.54 of this allowance was in vouchers? Forget about shopping around for the
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Metric majesty
OUR Queen has been overruled. She has been told Sandringham Estate must stop selling wood in imperial measures within two weeks or trading standards officers will prosecute. The Sandringham sawmill, on the Queen's Norfolk estate, has been selling oak
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Rye grin
George Wilkinson is enchanted by an evening stroll around Nunnington NUNNINGTON had already settled in for the evening, Nunnington Hall resting after its daily flux of visitors. The River Rye was running in clear, just a little coloured. A touch of breeze
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Youth in reserve
YORK City's reserves finally expect to get their season underway at Bury on Wednesday with first team coach Adie Shaw admitting he is expecting a gruelling campaign for the second-string. But, according to Shaw, that can only spell good fortune for the
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A holy treat
RON GODFREY spends a naughty weekend at the Abbey... OH what a saucy juxtaposition (as the actress said to the bishop). Imagine a wild and wicked four-poster weekend in the shade of an ancient ruined abbey in North Yorkshire. And literally a stone's throw
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Flood of questions
RESIDENTS are to have the opportunity to quiz council officials about how they dealt with last autumn's floods and their aftermath. An open forum is being held next month to respond to specific issues raised by people affected by the floods along the
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Flying start for Ducks
A CREATIVE group of young York actors have been praised for their work in writing, producing and performing a night of theatre. The Haxby-based Flying Ducks Youth Theatre Group staged All Our Own Work in the community's Methodist Church. The play had
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Taking the rap
The Carling Weekend Leeds Festival, Friday NOT a chainsaw in sight, but there were plenty of surprises about rap superstar Eminem's headlining performance, which closed the first night of the Leeds Festival. The man pretty much everyone had come to see
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Cadden jets to Thailand
YORK fighter Richard Cadden is gearing himself up for a Thai boxing British title by heading over to the Far East for a contest in Thailand. The 24-year-old from Acomb, who fights out of Bad Company Gym in Leeds, flew today for the encounter with a top
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Kay's Italian job
YORK CYCLEWORKS rider Alastair Kay enjoyed success in the Giro delle Vallis Cuneesi race in Italy. The six day race took place in the Maritime Alps between Turin and Monaco. Kay rode consistently well, and despite crashing in the final kilometre of the
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Cash boost to help end NHS beds 'logjam'
A CASH injection of £700,000 will help to move up to 100 patients out of congested North Yorkshire hospitals and into private nursing homes. The money, provided by the North Yorkshire Health Authority, will allow patients whose discharge from hospital
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Super Cooper
BAY Horse clinched the York Maxiprint League division one championship beating Cygnet 7-2, which included a magnificent 180 for 12 darts from Paul Cooper. Simon Craven's 19 darter, Andy Lawson's splendid 17 darts and 19 from Allen Galley saw Bay Horse
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Tykes force
Darren Lehmann, who has done more than any other player to win the Championship for Yorkshire, will rest up for the last two matches of the season, writes David Warner. But the Australian said he would still take part in the remaining one-day games, including
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Big day at Beverley
Desert Orchid, Jodami and Uncle Ernie will be making guest appearances at Beverley's bumper eight-race programme tomorrow, courtesy of the Malton Racing Association. Although their seventh annual stables' open day, due to be held tomorrow, was cancelled
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The Lowther, Cumberland Street, York
AMID the changing face of York's waterfront, The Lowther, like its neighbour, the Kings Arms, has stood firm for years against the ravages of time, floods and trendy wine bars. After the misery of last year's deluge, the pub underwent a £130,000 refit
