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Salvation-on-sea
YORKSHIRE Phoenix hauled themselves back from the abyss at Scarborough when they beat Gloucestershire Gladiators by 70 runs to keep alive their hopes of avoiding the plunge into Division Two of the Norwich Union League. Although Yorkshire's coloured-clothing
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Crime rises 30% in areas of York
CRIME in the north of York has soared by almost 30 per cent in the last five months, according to new figures. House burglaries rose by 50 per cent between April and September compared to last year, while auto crime saw an increase of 31 per cent. More
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Love Fifteen, Riding Lights Theatre Company, Friargate Theatre, York, until 15/09/01
RIDING Lights director Paul Burbridge calls it the brick-wall point, that moment when parent and teenage child collide in their complex pursuit of love, security and self-worth. There are collisions aplenty in Love Fifteen, a study of parenting written
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Pushing boat out on the net
WEB-surfing tourists of the world can now cruise in York at the touch of a button. YorkBoat is winning business over the internet by providing customers with a new on-line ticket-buying service for its trips on the Ouse - an idea refined by advice organisation
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Device stops diabetics from feeling needled
DIABETICS could be getting an early Christmas present thanks to a York entrepreneur whose firm has become the first in the UK to design and manufacture a needle-free insulin delivery system. Ian Townsend, chief executive of The Medical House PLC, who
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Seminar has low-down on slow-down
BUSINESS people in North Yorkshire have been invited to a high-level seminar this month to discuss the impact on the region of a slowing economy. The gathering, against a background of evidence of the steam going out of the national and local boom, is
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Gough to miss final match
DARREN Gough will not take part in Yorkshire's final County Championship game against Essex at Scarborough tomorrow. The paceman is resting a slight injury to his left foot which England are concerned could get worse if he were asked to do a lot of bowling
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Stage is set for Ludo
CHARLES HUTCHINSON turns the spotlight on the new man at the top of The Theatre Royal COMPARE and contrast 2001 and 1991 at York Theatre Royal. Ludo Keston starts his tenure as chief executive with a Studio performance space newly opened; a foyer refurbishment
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New Labour's all mouth
DEMOCRACY may be run by those who turn up, but fewer people are bothering to even do that. Post Second World War General Election turn-outs topped 80 per cent. Now we struggle to get to 40 per cent. Yet for the past six or so years, we have had a government
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Disease not beaten yet
THE disastrous news that foot and mouth disease has re-emerged in Northumber-land is a terrible blow, not only to farming, but to all those who are running businesses in rural areas. Northumberland, a county whose superb countryside has made it into a
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Don't blame religion
I disagree with Mick Phythian (Letters, September 8) when he appears to support the recently- launched British Humanists' campaign against religious schools. When will the world realise that religion is not, and never has been, the cause of war or any
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Science-based attraction aims to boost city tourism
A NEW science-based tourist attraction could be developed in York if investigations by the city's economic development board show there is a gap in the market. Council chiefs believe the idea could combine the city's strengths in the tourism and science
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Acorn merit a full reward
YORK Acorn 'A' continued their 100 per cent start to their Yorkshire League division three campaign with a devastating 72-22 home win over Shaw Cross 'A'. The victory was even more remarkable with Acorn having to make seven changes from the team that
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New coach to Herd York to top
NIGEL HERD has taken over as City of York Hockey Club's first team coach. He did much to bring York Trojans from relative obscurity in the mid-1990s and is now aiming to get York's Northern League Premiership status back. He certainly got off to a good
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Holders on track
HOLDERS Wendy Stirke and Louise Lister had little difficulty reaching the final of the Fulford Ladies Invitation League's IT Sports Doubles Tournament. They cruised to victory at New Earswick - one of eight tennis centres staging qualification matches
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Villager fears for future of old tree
AN ANGRY North Yorkshire woman claims a century-old sycamore tree is under threat from what she calls "completely unnecessary" roadworks. Work was due to begin today to resurface a country lane at Alne, near Easingwold. But Ruth Davis, whose Gale Road
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Salute Bub - the record-builders
UNBEATEN Bubwith Tennis Club's second mixed team is celebrating a second successive record-breaking year. Last season the team set an all-time IT Sports York Mixed Tennis League record by winning 1,222 games in the year. This season, Bubwith comfortably
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Harmful levels of lead found on flooded farmland
VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh was questioning environment chiefs today after potentially harmful levels of lead were found on flooded farmland. Researchers at the University of Wales have discovered excessive amounts of the metal in land beside the River
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Popp pursuit nears perfection
POPPLETON moved to within 24 games of the Tyke Petroleum Men's League Division One title with a 91-17 defeat of an understrength Civil Service. John Moore and Mike Binns (32 games) and Rob Jones and Robert Moore (31) were the pick. Bubwith have finished
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Roadworks frustration makes village a rat-run
FRUSTRATED motorists desperate to avoid the grid-locked A64 on York's outskirts are using local villages as a "rat run", residents said today. The work to remove controversial traffic lights on the A64 at Copmanthorpe has already caused seven-mile tailbacks
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Hay bale child is rescued
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy had to be rescued by firefighters after he became trapped in a hay bale near Stamford Bridge. Firefighters from Pocklington and Market Weighton, including retained crews, and a pump from North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue were called
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Salvation-on-sea
YORKSHIRE Phoenix hauled themselves back from the abyss at Scarborough when they beat Gloucestershire Gladiators by 70 runs to keep alive their hopes of avoiding the plunge into Division Two of the Norwich Union League. Although Yorkshire's coloured-clothing
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Gough to miss final match
DARREN Gough will not take part in Yorkshire's final County Championship game against Essex at Scarborough tomorrow. The paceman is resting a slight injury to his left foot which England are concerned could get worse if he were asked to do a lot of bowling
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Brenda's an amazing Butlin's Red Coat
ALL-SINGING, all-dancing pensioner Brenda Mackfall is fulfilling a lifetime's ambition and becoming a Butlin's Red Coat for the day. Brenda, 67, of Gate Helmsley, will don the famous jacket at a holiday centre in Skegness. Her main duties will include
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York street is hot property
THIS quiet suburban street may not look very different from any other modern estate road - but it is home to some of the country's hottest properties. Boltby Road, Clifton Moor otherwise known as YO30 4UW ranks 13th nationally for the number of houses
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Happy in the red
WE ALL need dreams to keep us going. Dreams can be the batteries that power us up. And for pensioner Brenda Mack-fall, being a Butlins Red Coat has always been one of her most ardent desires. At 67, Brenda has been granted her dearest wish and is to put
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Pavers Ltd
NO, you are not a foot fetishist! You really have seen the name of Stuart Paver connected with the Evening Press Business Awards before. Already Mr Paver's shoe-shop dot com internet sales service worldwide is in the running for the title. Only this time
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'Green' Press is in the pink
"PROMISING start - can do better," was the report on Evening Press after she made her eagerly-awaited racecourse debut at Newcastle yesterday. The two-year-old filly, owned by readers of the Evening Press, predictably started one of the rank outsiders
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Hunter Gee & Holroyd
AS an organisation which specialises in business development advice it is worth heeding what Hunter Gee & Holroyd, the York chartered accountancy firm has been doing to collectively involve its own staff in making major changes and improvements. All
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Corus Rail Consultancy
It's not just that York-based Corus Rail Consultancy has almost doubled its staff - from 195 to 350 - since it moved into the private sector from British Rail that makes it a strong contender for the Growth Business of the Year category. It is the high-tech
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City's ace brace coup
YORK City's Bootham Crescent is to taste the international high-life again when it plays host to two England matches in the coming months. England Under-19s will take on their counterparts from Iceland in a friendly match at City on Monday, October 1,
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Easterby's Pepperoni looking like a hot tip
PEPPERONI, a winner at York last month, can hit the jackpot at Doncaster tomorrow. The Tim Easterby-trained two-year-old lines-up with 21 others to bid for the £200,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes, a race confined to horses which were bought at the Doncaster
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'Green' Press is in the pink
"PROMISING start - can do better," was the report on Evening Press after she made her eagerly-awaited racecourse debut at Newcastle yesterday. The two-year-old filly, owned by readers of the Evening Press, predictably started one of the rank outsiders
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New showroom - that's all Volks
MALTON builder S Harrison Construction Ltd has begun work on a new £600,000 car sales showroom and garage for Scarborough-based Volkswagen dealership, Des Winks. Completion is expected by December. Harrison is working closely with PCP Architects of Harrogate
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Healthy interest in browser
A NEW secure web browser devised by a fledgling Selby firm is being snapped up for use in hospitals. The browser, called MISAnet (Medical Information Support and Advisory Network) was designed by York-based Neotouch UK Ltd. Now it is being acclaimed by
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Minster graffiti-dauber discredits his cause
I READ your report under the the front page headline 'Why I sprayed Minster graffiti' (September 5) and the comments made by Mohan Paul, the perpetrator of this despicable act of vandalism. They indicate, among other things, a lack of accurate information
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Private rail fails
Shambles, unacceptable, disgusting are words which spring to mind when hearing of Arriva's proposals to cut rail services ('Trains are axed over shortage of drivers', Evening Press, September 5). This is yet another clear indication of the failure of
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History for brace
York and Wigginton will both have teams competing in the premier division of Yorkshire Squash League in the coming season. It will be the first time in history that two teams from the York area have played in the highest division. York, who have three
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Family's fear for Freda, still stuck on Ward 37
THE family of an elderly pensioner who has been stuck in York District Hospital for three months are outraged that no nursing home place has been found for her. Freda Smith, 80, had been living in the Tanpit Lodge nursing home in Easingwold, suffering
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Spain fires revival
YORK and North Yorkshire's under-13s rugby league representative team showed tremendous battling qualities before succumbing to a 30-20 defeat at the hands of their Barrow counterparts. In only their second game, York and North Yorkshire fell behind to
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Youth is locked up after crime spree
A BOY was today starting an eight-month custodial sentence for a summer of crime in east York. The 16-year-old broke down a door and assaulted police during a 15-offence crime spree, prosecutor Mike Duffy told York Youth Court. "Because of the number
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Hundreds pay last respects to priest
FATHER CYRIL BROOKS was laid to rest in the vault at Ampleforth Abbey after a funeral mass attended by monks and relatives and hundreds of friends from across the denominations. Yesterday's mass was conducted by the Abbot of Ampleforth, the Rt Rev Timothy
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Holiday firm faces wind-up order
THE DREAM of a free holiday may be over for dozens of North Yorkshire residents after controversial holidays firm Holidays Direct suffered a major blow to its prospects. And the chance of customers recovering their administration fees, paid to pave the
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In-form O'Hara's efforts prove all in vain
DAVE O'Hara continued his marvellous York John Smith's Mixed League form against Huntington 'B'. He threw a fine 20 dart singles game then included two maximum 180s in the pairs. However, his Bumper Castle side were pipped 5-4 as Huntington's John Smith
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Death of June Smith
NORTH Yorkshire grass-track motorcycling has lost one of its most popular figures with the death of June Smith, 58, from Strensall, near York. The mother of world-ranked speedway riders, Andy and Paul, her husband, Frank, was a grass track and scrambles
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Teenage girl tells of village sex attack ordeal
DETECTIVES are hunting for a sex attacker who abducted a teenage girl and subjected her to a terrifying attack - ten months ago A police spokesman said a 15-year-old girl was pulled into a car in the picturesque village of Coxwold, near Easingwold, and
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Family duped over Oz break - claim
A CONFIDENCE trickster duped a York family with a promise of a holiday in Australia, a jury heard. Opening the prosecution against Philip Leslie Gawley, 43, Geraldine Kelly alleged that he befriended the Ellwood family. He spun them tales about his rich
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New gold dream record for Shafto
Colin Shafto won gold and set a new United Kingdom record at the British Veterans' Decathlon and Heptathlon Championships at Sheffield. Finally free from the hamstring injury which has marred his performances all summer, including the World Championships
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York man on robbery charges
A YORK man has appeared before the city's magistrates on eight charges of robbery and one of attempted robbery. Alistair Leslie Campbell, 33, of Garfield Terrace, Leeman Road, is accused of repeatedly using violence to steal cash from a Big Issue seller
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Vale of York is on lead alert
LAST Autumn's floods could have left North Yorkshire with a poisoned legacy, thanks to lead being picked up from former mines in the Dales. This potentially alarming finding is contained in research carried out for the University of Wales by Professor
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City's ace brace coup
YORK City's Bootham Crescent is to taste the international high-life again when it plays host to two England matches in the coming months. England Under-19s will take on their counterparts from Iceland in a friendly match at City on Monday, October 1,
