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£20m store to house hidden treasures
A MASSIVE store could be created to put thousands of York museum artefacts on public show. The proposed custom-made building could cost up to £20 million, and take artefacts previously unseen by York's public out of storerooms across the city. It is hoped
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Crowd warms to fireworks at Knavesmire
A HUGE open-air concert thrilled a cold but enthusiastic audience as they sang to classics like Land of Hope and Glory and danced the cancan. Luckily the rain stayed off and the crowd of about 2,000 enjoyed a spectacle of traditional music finished off
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Man found dead
A MAN was found dead on wasteland just off Foss Islands Road in York on Saturday afternoon. York Coroner's Office have started their inquiries into how he died, but he has not yet been identified. A post-mortem examination was being carried out today.
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Happy Jack, The Studio, York Theatre Royal in repertoire until November 2
THE new Studio was so full the usher had to ask director Tim Welton to move to a space without cushioning. However, he could still sit comfortably as his directorial debut unfolded so impressively. Welton, a leading player in the main house repertory
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Ask the Experts: infected toe nails
Q Do you have any advice for infected toe nails? Mine are yellow and overgrown and very ugly so I can't wear open-toed shoes. A It sounds as if you may have fungal infections of the toenails which can be unsightly and unfortunately quite hard to treat
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Ask the Experts: What causes gallstones?
Q What causes gallstones? I have a recurring pain in my stomach after eating and my doctor says it may be gallstones. Can you suggest anything to help? A Recurring pain after eating can be caused by gallstones, particularly if it occurs after fatty or
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Hull City 4, York City 0
THE season starts here for York City, for just how the Minstermen bounce back from this rude awakening should tell us much about their character and stomach for the fight. It was not as if City were steamrollered by Hull, for while they deserved their
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Muriel's memories of old Micklegate
This week we hark back to the days just after the First World War when a little girl called Muriel Fothergill - now Muriel Perry - was growing up in Micklegate, just inside the Bar Walls. A family portrait, taken in the photographers' studio of Edwin
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Come off it, Diana
WHO is this Diana Wallis MEP? (Letters, September 3) I don't know which party she belongs to, but I can tell her that the present problems with the NHS, which I served for 24 years, were caused by 18 years of hostility and mismanagement by the Tories.
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Get back to basics
EVERYWHERE I look in York, buildings are being demolished to make way for new flats, town houses and hotels. These are exciting times in our city. We have the prospect of more people coming to live here and ever more tourists visiting and all that lovely
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Bus route to the car
THE original proposals of the new bus service clearly show the number 12 from Woodthorpe and Acomb Park to Haxby going via Stonebow, Peasholme Green and Monkgate. However, the recently-issued map suggests the No 12 service has been changed to run via
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Acorn and Heworth leading the charge
YORK Acorn and Heworth sit proudly on top of the National Conference league third division with maximum points from three games. They are the only sides to have a 100 per cent winning record with Acorn having the edge on points difference. Acorn turned
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Robust pack of success for 'Gate
HAVE-A-GO Harrogate produced a fine display to wallop visiting Waterloo 48-32 in their National League division two encounter. With the back row outstanding the pack was responsible for all but one of the eight tries as coach Ralph Zoing's men made it
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Lions' gift will aid eyesight problems
CHILDREN'S sight problems should be diagnosed much more effectively thanks to a new high-tech digital camera at York District Hospital. The retinal camera for the eye department has been paid for with an £11,000 donation by York's three Lions' clubs -
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Injuries rattle RI
Missed chances and injuries cost York RI dearly in the opening Yorkshire Two fixture against Leodensians. Playing with the wind in the first half RI opened the scoring, Matthew Yates converting a 15th-minute penalty when the bigger Leodensians pack were
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Jingle bells all the way
TEAMS of Morris Dancers from all over the country descended on York at the weekend for the city's annual festival of traditional dance. Dancers, all in traditional costume, gathered in city centre locations on Saturday to compete in the 2001 competition
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Jarring blows hit Pock
For an hour Pocklington competed well in an even encounter with Old Brodlieans. But an horrendous run of injuries left them decimated in the final quarter and they crashed to a 34-10 defeat. Pocklington had the territorial advantage without creating chances
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'Malt take stock
Malton and Norton's opening Yorkshire Three game ended in a 32-25 defeat, but some comfort can be gained from the fact that not many teams travel to Stocksbridge and win. On a postage stamp-sized ground in an exposed Pennine location the massive home
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School readmits cannabis pupils
TWO pupils at St Peter's School, in York, who were expelled for smoking cannabis have been readmitted by headmaster Andrew Trotman. The two 15-year-old boarders were expelled after they were arrested by police for smoking the drug in the Museum Gardens
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Tigers pound out a warning
York's first venture in Yorkshire One against Sheffield Tigers at Clifton Park was a salutary one as they fell to a 24-3 reverse. It took only a matter of minutes to realise that taking the field with a lightweight, but mobile pack, was not the key to
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Consultation starts on huge NHS shake-up
NORTH Yorkshire residents are being asked to comment on plans to create one "super health authority" from the merger of three NHS organisations. A 12-week consultation programme has begun to look at proposals to merge North Yorkshire Health Authority
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Dunnington thrill to championship feat
After being members of the York and District Senior Cricket League for 38 years Dunnington claimed the league title for the first time. The star-studded Dunnington ranks, who include ex-West Indies' aces Alvin Kallicharran and Collis King, plus former
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Last orders for regulars at City Arms
TIME has been called at another of York's private members' clubs, which has been sold to a city-based property developer. The club secretaries at the York City Arms, just outside the city walls in Fawcett Street, which was home to two sports clubs, served
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Champions made of right stuff
OLD Malton underscored their desire to retain their York Leeper-Hare League premier division crown with a winning away-day at Rufforth United, writes Ernie Fairclough. In almost ruthless style the reigning champions triumphed 2-0. Darren Rushworth put
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Two die in road smashes
TWO people were killed and 11 people injured in two serious accidents on North Yorkshire roads at the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, a driver died after his car hit a tree on the A64 at the Sand Hutton turning near Stockton-on-the-Forest. The driver
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Hutchison in swing of things
Several of the Yorkshire players who are being released because of financial cutbacks are expected to be able to announce shortly that they have fixed up with new counties. Not surprisingly, left-arm swing bowler Paul Hutchison has been eagerly sought
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Sense breaks out
SILLY bureaucracy demanded that John and Maggie Briggs remove flower-filled hayracks from the wall of their Grade II listed home, a converted barn at Walkden Stubbs, near Whitely Bridge. These pleasant adornments were condemned for being like the "domestic
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Brassed off
NO MORE Mr Nice Guys was the stark message from York City skipper Chris Brass after the Minstermen's 4-0 defeat at Hull City. The deflated City skipper refused to pull his punches in the aftermath of the derby trouncing, insisting the match had proved
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Happy nap hand for Steve
Huntington's Steve Beales ended an amazing season with another astonishing display to send Dunnington ll plunging to a massive 184-run defeat in division four. Beales started the day with 83 wickets, needing five more to create a new divisional record
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Malton secure promotion
Local division three rivals were in opposition at Malton with promotion awaiting the winners. Visiting Hovingham took first innings and suffered as Wayne Dawson captured 5 for 53. Richie Brown made 41 but lacked effective support and saw his side bowled
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Town ease all tension
Beverley Town made certain of the first division title with an overwhelming ten-wicket win over East Riding rivals Driffield. The Beverley team was presented with the Gilmour and Dean Trophy after the game by League Vice-Chairman Dave Worsnop, who was
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Dunn and dusted
Dunnington became Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior League premier division champions for the first time after a rapid nine-wicket victory at Heworth. For the hosts, Dave Simpson made 32 and Guy Wilkinson 25, but the twin-pronged attack
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Brassed off
NO MORE Mr Nice Guys was the stark message from York City skipper Chris Brass after the Minstermen's 4-0 defeat at Hull City. The deflated City skipper refused to pull his punches in the aftermath of the derby trouncing, insisting the match had proved
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In-form Portman stable to strike again with Tina
THE feeling of autumn in the weather now spreads to the racecourse tomorrow when quantity rather than quality is the order of the day on two cards which have a real back-end look. It may be the calm before the storm of Doncaster's St Leger meeting, which
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Council semi to be youth house
A SEMI-DETACHED house owned by Selby Council is to be turned into a community youth house in a bid to reduce juvenile crime. The groundbreaking initiative is being spearheaded by church and social workers, along with Selby MP John Grogan. The large semi-detached
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Homeless Alex saves boy in river drowning drama
POLICE today praised a York homeless man who saved a teenager from drowning in the River Ouse. Alexander Szekeres saw the 17-year-old struggling in the water in the early hours of yesterday close to the Blue Bridge, which crosses the Foss basin. He was
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Widower loses out over benefits
A YORK widower who has won a lengthy campaign for an allowance for widowed fathers is now facing a new battle - because his success has left him worse off. Frank Healy, 46, was delighted when he finally started receiving bereavement benefit in June. He
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Sixty weeks of this
ANGRY motorists were today left fuming as seven-mile tailbacks resulted from work to remove controversial traffic lights on York's outskirts. The lights on the A64 at Copmanthorpe have seen a number of deaths in car crashes since they were built in 1981
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Oh, my aching back
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out why returning to school really can be a pain in the back MOST people probably wouldn't associate back pain with schoolchildren. It's an ailment of old and middle-age: a sure sign that our course is half-way run. The truth is that
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Panic attacks are ruining me
Q I have suffered from panic attacks for many years and it is starting to ruin my life. Do you have any advice? A Severe anxiety and panic attacks blight the lives of many people of all ages and types. The worst cases can lead to agarophobia or other
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Show flowers into fresh life, October 6 and 7
PAINTINGS of flowers, gardens and landscapes are on show throughout September and October at Kentmere House Gallery, in Scarcroft Hill, York. Entitled The Art Of The Garden, the exhibition includes views of prominent Yorkshire gardens and landscapes,
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Thornicroft's wizard weekend
Sheriff-Hutton based pace bowler Nick Thornicroft demolished ten Harrogate and York batsmen to help the Yorkshire Academy complete a brilliant Yorkshire ECB County Premier League double. The 16-year-old Easingwold School pupil followed his 6-45 stint
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Hutchison in swing of things
Several of the Yorkshire players who are being released because of financial cutbacks are expected to be able to announce shortly that they have fixed up with new counties. Not surprisingly, left-arm swing bowler Paul Hutchison has been eagerly sought
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Reasons why the future belongs to Europe
I was sent Bob Lewis' letter (Evening Press, September 5), because I did emigrate to Denmark. Compared with Britain, the country is cleaner and the people are better behaved. My wife is studying for her masters degree in pharmacy. Soon she will earn twice
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Nation of scruffs
THE huge amount of litter in and around York is not primarily the fault of City of York Council. They do not drop all that mess. Nor are they too lazy to walk to the litter bins! We are now a scruffy nation. David Quarrie, Lynden Way, Holgate, York. Updated
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Chairman of archaeological trust to step down
THE chairman of the York Archaeological Trust is set to step down at the end of the month. Gerald Dean, who has held the position since September 1995, and who is also a City of York councillor for the Micklegate ward, will retire at the trust's annual
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Triple whammy slams sorry Selby
Three games, three defeats - that's the stark statistic showing Selby's shocking start to the season. The truth is that Selby have not deserved to win, and on this 17-5 defeat to hosts Scarborough a poor season is in store. Newly-promoted Scarborough
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Duffield promoted
NORTH Duffield clinched promotion from division three of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League by a single point from Escrick Park. Both sides won their final games with Duffield beating Burn by 72 runs and Park winning at Melbourne by 110 runs
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Bridal path to bar
BRIDE and groom Nicola and Nathan Bradley abandoned the idea of a limousine or a horse-drawn cart and instead strolled through the packed streets of York to get to their wedding reception. The couple, who were married in All Saints' Church, Pavement,
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TV vet stays Trude to her promise
TV VET Trude Mostue was reunited with an old friend when she returned to North Yorkshire to open a new surgery. A former patient, a sulphur- crested cockatoo, was on hand to welcome Trude when she turned out to open the new Battle Flatts branch surgery
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Winning Towns go head to head
SELBY Town and Pickering Town, two sides yet to taste anything other than victory this season, will go head to head in two weeks after both sides kept up their winning starts to the season in the FA Vase first qualifying round. Selby made it six wins
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Vaccination urged to halt disease
A GROUP of northern vets, a food scientist and a Yorkshire Euro-MP called today for vaccination to tackle foot and mouth disease. They issued a "Harrogate declaration", warning that the alternative could be culling the majority of the nation's livestock
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Injury costs duo world title
Steve Webster's four year reign as sidecar World Champion ended when he was forced into the pits after six laps at Assen in Holland yesterday. Arch-rivals Klaus Klaffenbock and Christian Parzer have taken the 2001 World Championship title after finishing
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Couple win hayracks row
FLOWER power finally won the day for a couple told to take down hayracks of bedding plants from the wall of their converted barn. Selby Council conservation officers said the flower displays at the Grade II Listed Building were too much like the "domestic
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A64 roadworks bring huge jam
TAILBACKS of up to seven miles built up on one of York's busiest roads today as work began to remove a set of traffic lights. The lights at the Copmanthorpe junction have seen a number of fatalities in recent years. They are being replaced by an underpass
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Foss lock's £100,000 revamp
THE one remaining lock on the River Foss is set to undergo a £100,000 revamp - despite the stretch of water rarely being used by boats. Commercial use of the waterway ended four years ago and it is seldom used for leisure purposes. But City of York Council
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Treaure house plan is a gem
MUCH of York's history is perfectly evident, from the fine buildings to the museum collections on show. But much more is locked away in storerooms dotted about the city. If an ambitious new plan succeeds, all this hidden history will be put in one secure
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Target is a Bridge too far
MAIN interest in division five was centred on the game between champions Pickering and Stamford Bridge which was played at Scarborough Beckett League Ebberston's ground due to Pickering's home being required for football. While Pickering had already clinched
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Unlucky tumble strikes at Trees
The high-tension game in division two was at Mille Crux where Rowntrees and Castleford met in a head-to-head with the loser destined for relegation. Rowntrees batsmen performed with credit with Richard Tuite making 63 off 93 balls and Paul Horner 41 off
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The angst of pregnancy
Relax, they say, and you'll get calm children. Women who suffer anxiety during pregnancy are, apparently, twice as likely to have a hyperactive child. Worried mums-to-be are believed to produce more of the stress hormone cortisol, which can affects the
