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Holiday exodus to jam roads
Massive tailbacks and traffic jams were again expected to clog up Britain's roads today as families head back home after the great Bank Holiday exodus. Chaos was expected to reign on the country's roads as tens of thousands of holidaymakers are expected
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Records are shattered as dazzling Darren runs riot
Darren Lehmann scaled new heights off brilliance yesterday by thrashing 191 for Yorkshire Phoenix against Nottingham-shire Outlaws in their Norwich Union League match which brought the curtain down on the most memorable Scarborough Festival of all time
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Paint vandals in Minster outrage
YORK Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals defaced its historic walls with offensive graffiti. Slogans such as "child abusers" and "perverts" were plastered on the south side of the cathedral in black paint. The word "vanity"
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Culture bid would be such a boost for York
I WRITE in response to your excellent feature about York's potential bid to become the European City of Culture (August 22). As a local businessman, active within York for nearly ten years, I write with the businessperson's point of view - from the dozens
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Concert was the best
I MUST tell you how much my party of friends enjoyed the Proms at Castle Howard on August 18. This was mainly due to the brilliant, extrovert conductor of the English National Orchestra, who was such a character. He sang, danced and really seemed to enjoy
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Ask the Experts: My partner won't commit
Q My partner and I have lived together part-time for the past two years. He works in Scotland. We manage to be together most weekends. He knows I want to get married, but says he is happy with the way things are and that relationships become stale if
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York City 2, Crewe 2 (5-6 on penalties)
YORK City's Worthington Cup hopes maybe over for another season but the manner of their defeat to Crewe last night suggests brighter times are just around the corner. Having achieved their biggest away win in League in six years at Torquay at the weekend
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Life and times of Elsie Reed
IN a life spanning more than 90 years, Elsie Reed has seen some changes in York. She has lived through most of the fastest-moving century in history. Her childhood was so different to that of her children and her grandchildren, it is almost as if she
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War heroes recall perils of sea convoy
IN THE week of the 60th anniversary of one of the Second World War's most crucial, yet dangerous missions, York-based veterans have been speaking of their memories. On August 21, 1941, the first Britain to Russia naval convoy set sail. The convoys were
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New-boys hit for six by Hoppers
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers got off to the best start of all the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division teams as they came from behind to hammer top tier new-boys Riccall 6-2. Hosts Riccall took an early lead through Mark Westerland and Stuart
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Records are shattered as dazzling Darren runs riot
Darren Lehmann scaled new heights off brilliance yesterday by thrashing 191 for Yorkshire Phoenix against Nottingham-shire Outlaws in their Norwich Union League match which brought the curtain down on the most memorable Scarborough Festival of all time
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Naked men say sorry
POLICE stopped two naked men as they walked along a busy York street packed with pubgoers. The men, thought to have been on a stag night, were reported after a passing taxi driver spotted them in Micklegate at 10.30pm on Friday. They were taken to apologise
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Scarborough suffer a painful Bees sting
Scarborough were within three minutes of an unlikely Conference win at Underhill despite having been run ragged in the first half by Barnet. Boro were lucky to go into the break goalless but took the lead after the interval through Steve Brodie, only
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Singing in the sunshine
Yorkshire played host to this summer's top rock festival, over a sunny Bank Holiday weekend, as thousands of fans flocked to Temple Newsam estate, in Leeds, to catch some of music's biggest names. Carling Leeds Festival - Saturday IT may famously tend
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Full steam ahead for the Wild West
Hundreds of visitors enjoyed the steam rally at Murton Park, near York, which also included a Wild West show. Vintage steam trains puffed their way along the Derwent Valley Light Railway, while cowboys battled it out in a makeshift wild west fort. Event
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Burythorpe see off main contenders
Burythorpe took a giant stride towards retaining the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League division one championship when beating their closest rivals, York, at Clifton Park. Heworth, who went down at Norwich Union, are relegated but who joins them
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Golden day for Robins
SELBY Town marked 50 years at Flaxley Road with a late 2-1 win over neighbours Goole in their big Northern Counties East League premier division clash. Nigel Croad was the Robins' hero, netting the 83rd-minute winner to make sure his club celebrated half
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Plato cashes in
York driver James Thompson lost ground in the British Touring Car Championship after rounds 19 and 20 at Oulton Park at the weekend. He really needed a victory to make an impact on the leading pair Yvan Muller and Jason Plato. But the Team eggsport Vauxhall
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Disaster for Dyson
A DISASTROUS triple bogey eight quickly killed off any hopes Malton and Norton Golf Club's Simon Dyson had of winning the Scottish PGA title at Gleneagles. Dyson, in his first year on the European tour, was very much in contention when he went to the
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Air show thriller
AWESOME, spectacular, amazing. A selection of the superlatives used by spectators to describe the Great Yorkshire Airshow. The Red Arrows brought yesterday's show to a dramatic climax with an astonishing display of aeronautics performed against a cloudless
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Resilient City earn Dolan praise
DELIGHTED York City boss Terry Dolan praised the resilience of his troops after a 2-1 win over Leyton Orient lifted the Minstermen to fourth in Division Three. It is three polished performances on the bounce for City now and, coming hot on the heels of
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Fox out of the traps
BUOYANT York City are set for another major boost later this week when midfielder Christian Fox kicks his first ball in anger in seven months. The Evening Press can reveal Fox has been earmarked for action when the reserves kick-start their season at
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Alliance bounce back to put pressure on
Having lost the leadership of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior League premier division last week, Clifton Alliance showed they are still serious contenders by clinching a 30 pointer in extra time against Heworth. The 11-run win with just
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Dunnington shade closest final in tournament's history
Dunnington won the Hunters York and District League Premier Knockout Trophy for an unprecedented fourth successive year after the most thrilling final seen in the 27-year history of the competition. The importance of accurate scoring was emphasised when
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Words that drive me mad
"HELLO, Helen, I've just rung to touch base with you." Urrghhh! If there was ever a temptation to slam the phone down, that phrase would provide it. It's a favourite line of PR luvvies, particularly those in the south-east. I feel tempted to reply: "Well
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Record 15,000 enjoy air show excitement
A RECORD-BREAKING crowd turned out for a day of rip-roaring excitement provided by the Great Yorkshire Air Show at Elvington. The Evening Press-sponsored event, which continued today, attracted more than 15,000 spectators yesterday. Some motorists queued
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KitKat workers 'will lose out under deal'
SOME KitKat workers will be thousands of pounds worse off under proposals for a massive basic pay rise, an employee claimed today. The Evening Press reported on Friday that Nestl Rowntree wanted to introduce a Continental shift system to the KitKat No
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Clearing up
Recently, the Evening Press' Experts column published a letter from a reader who suspected she might have a candida infection. York writer KATE LOCK shares her own experiences of this controversial condition. A month ago I might not have been able to
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Ian's the right man
I urge those readers of the York Evening Press who are members of the Conservative party to use their vote wisely in the leadership election, and vote for the only man who can unite the Conservative Party - Iain Duncan-Smith. The Conservative Party needs
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Spare the cat...
SEEING the story about the cat attack (August 24), one wonders what the three-year-old boy might have done to the cat? Should the headline read "Cat defends itself against boy"? I've seen what small children do to animals and this should be borne in mind
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Ask the Experts: I need to find a loving friend
Q Over the past few years my self-confidence has taken a battering. After divorcing my abusive husband, I have moved with my two children to a new town. This is not the first time I have ended an abusive relationship and I'm beginning to think I must
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York put in an awesome display
In what must go down as the best all-round batting, bowling and fielding performances of the season, York hammered Barnsley by 130 runs on their famous Shaw Lane ground in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League clash on Saturday, writes Peter Vine. Their
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York City 2, Leyton Orient 1
THE good footballing times continue to roll at Bootham Crescent as York City registered a particularly satisfying win. True enough, City perhaps failed to match the style and panache they had displayed just days earlier against Crewe. But that was always
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Torquay 0, York 3
YORK City secured their first points of the new season with a richly deserved 3-0 thumping of Torquay United at Plainmoor. After losing their opening fixture of the season 1-0 at home to Rushden and Diamonds, the pressure was on the Minstermen to get
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Group gets TV spot on work with homeless
A YORK charity whose volunteers offer young rough sleepers a bed for the night in their own homes is set to feature in a BBC2 programme. Staff and volunteers at York Nightstop, based in Priory Street, hope that the television exposure will be of benefit
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York store buttonholes blockbuster film roles
BUTTONS might be small but they come in all shapes and sizes and are essential to any piece of clothing. So says Lucy Backshall, manager of York's Duttons for Buttons, and she would say that, because her buttons are set to appear in another film blockbuster
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I'm not dead yet, says Coral's ad in the Press
A VETERAN pair of shopkeepers have placed an advert in the Evening Press to scotch a strange rumour - that one of them was DEAD. Ron and Coral Bond ran a haberdashery stall in York Market for more than 30 years, retiring in the late 1980s. They didn't
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Too fragile to exhibit? The answer's on a postcard
A PAINTING of the Mansion House, owned by the York City Art Gallery, has been reproduced on postcards to raise money for this year's Lord Mayor's charities in York. The painting, dating from about 1800, shows a view down Coney Street, beyond the Lord
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Man falls to death from resort hotel window
AN investigation was continuing today into the death of a 31-year-old man who died after falling from a fifth-floor window at a Scarborough hotel. An ambulance crew found the body of a man, who is believed to be from the Kent area, in a car park at the
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Trail blazers
Trail building experts are heading to North Yorkshire to study the art of mountain biking. Dalby Forest is to host seminars on building mountain bike trails for the Forestry Commission and the International Mountain Bike Association. The forest, near
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Sea rescue
LIFEBOATS rescued two stricken yachts off the Yorkshire coast yesterday. One ran aground below the cliffs at Bempton, resulting in the crew of three being rescued in a joint operation by Flamborough and Filey lifeboats, while at Whitby, a 30ft cutter
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Knights nobbled
A fine first-half showing saw Heworth kick off their National Conference League division two campaign with a good victory at Normanton Knights. The Villagers deserved their 20-12 interval lead but needed the hosts to blow a few chances in the second half
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Toothless Tigers torn to pieces by Acorn
York Acorn got their National Conference League division two campaign off to a flyer with an emphatic 58-16 home win over a game but outplayed Cottingham Tigers. Acorn played superb rugby at times, especially in the first half, and although it would be
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Festival goes out with a bang
THOSE at day three of the Carling Weekend 2001 could sense this year's festival season is almost over. But in a Glastonbury-less year, those who were there were determined to enjoy things to the end. By yesterday, three days of strong lager and heavy
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Futile stain on city's treasure
THE vandals who desecrated York Minster have no respect for anything, least of all themselves. This rather pathetic attention-seeking stunt has saddened a city rightly proud of its most beautiful and sacred building. The slogans - "child abusers", "perverts
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Lightowler shines bright
Beverley Town bowler Shaun Lightowler produced a magnificent spell to earn himself 9 for 61 and his side a 51-run win over Sessay to take them to within spitting distance of the division one title. Beverley had made a first innings score of 180 for 5
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Zingari closing in on crown
Division two leaders Hull Zingari strolled to a nine-wicket win over relegation threatened Clifton Alliance and now need just 17 points to gain promotion at the first attempt. Clifton only reached 111 for 7 in their allotted overs as Andy Hamson took
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Wick go down to leaders
Hornsea require just three points from their final three games to ensure promotion from division three after sending Osbaldwick II to certain relegation. Osbaldwick were dismissed for 111 by Jonathan Fisher (5-24) and Paul Clappison's unbeaten 65 took
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Yapham on the brink of title glee
Yapham are virtually certain to take the division four title after inflicting a speedy defeat on Sheriff Hutton Bridge to go 59 points clear at the top. Only Graham Oxley (27) offered resistance as Trevor Walker took 4 for 31 and Nigel West 3 for 8 to
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Fox out of the traps
BUOYANT York City are set for another major boost later this week when midfielder Christian Fox kicks his first ball in anger in seven months. The Evening Press can reveal Fox has been earmarked for action when the reserves kick-start their season at
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Resilient City earn Dolan praise
DELIGHTED York City boss Terry Dolan praised the resilience of his troops after a 2-1 win over Leyton Orient lifted the Minstermen to fourth in Division Three. It is three polished performances on the bounce for City now and, coming hot on the heels of
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Record 15,000 enjoy air show excitement
A RECORD-BREAKING crowd turned out for a day of rip-roaring excitement provided by the Great Yorkshire Air Show at Elvington. The Evening Press-sponsored event, which continued today, attracted more than 15,000 spectators yesterday. Some motorists queued
