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Record number of teams in action
THERE will be a record number of football teams playing in the York Schools Primary Leagues this season. Tang Hall have now been added to League E and Lakeside have been moved into League F. Skelton have been moved out of League F and transferred to League
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US tourists stunned by attack
AMERICAN tourists visiting York wept on the streets of the city as they learned of the tragic news. Dozens of people in Parliament Street huddled round shop televisions as the drama in New York and Washington unfolded. "Our Government should napalm whoever
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Antigone, Actors of Dionysus, College of Ripon and York St John, York, until 15/09/01
DAVID Stuttard, director of the York classical myth specialists Actors of Dionysus, had detected a strange phenomenon: whenever work began on a production, skies would darken and thunder roll, as if the ancient gods were looking down on the cast. Instead
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The world trembles
The world will never be the same again after yesterday's devastating terrorist blows to the heart of fortress America, as STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 will go down as one of the infamous dates in 21st century history - a day when old certainties
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Simple solution to long queues on the A64
I witnessed the massive queues coming from Tadcaster towards York on Monday morning, the first day of the new roadworks on the A64 at Copmanthorpe. At 8.15am the traffic was just about stationary from Copmanthorpe back to the Aagrah Restaurant, the former
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Bream just a dream for upstream anglers on Ouse
Those in the 57 entry Leeds open on the Ouse, upstream of Aldwark Bridge, who were expecting another bream bonanza were left disappointed as the slabs failed to show in the cold, clear water. The only angler to track down a bronze beauty was Stan Jeffries
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It's a rap for Heather
A SPECIAL rap was written by pupils at Naburn CE Primary School for long-serving dinner lady Heather Winters. Heather was presented with a bouquet of flowers and a clock for 25 years' service at the primary school near York. Children at the school wrote
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Raiders walk tall
INL Dawn Raiders lifted the League Trophy at the York CIU Race Walking Presentation night. The team was represented by Dave Long, Rob Gilroy, Bert Angus, Mick Hodgson and Mark Bryne. Runners up were Groves Concords and in third position Huntington Allstars
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Baby and women in lucky escape
THE occupants of a car narrowly escaped serious injury when it collided with a lorry on a busy North Yorkshire roundabout. An R-registered grey Vauxhall Corsa was involved in a collision with a 32-tonne articulated lorry on the A169 Eden Camp roundabout
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York residents look at options for eyesore site
YORK people turned out to give their views on how a long-derelict piece of land should be redeveloped - and it looks like new homes are on the way. The land, in Crichton Avenue, Clifton, has been empty since the Imperial Hotel was demolished in the early
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Campaigners vow to halt take-away plan
FURIOUS residents of a York suburb say they are prepared to "fight all the way" to stop a hot food take-away being built on their doorstep. If a planning application is approved, the take-away will be built inside the former Mill Hill Newsagent, in Huntington
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Boys, 14, face £30,000 arson charge
THREE children face a £30,000 arson charge after a blaze at a York supermarket. The Co-op store in the Ryedale shopping centre, Haxby, was set on fire on the evening of August 13. Three 14-year-old boys from north York each face a joint arson charge alleging
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Travellers to get compensation
British holidaymakers due to head for the US in the next few days are to be given a compensation package, UK tour operators announced today. Anyone due to take a package holiday to New York, Boston or Washington in the next seven days will be offered
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Student's lucky escape
A YOUNG woman from York was one of the lucky ones who escaped the terrorist attack as she travelled through Manhattan yesterday. Sally Baker, 21, was actually on her way to visit the World Trade Centre when rescue workers turned her back. Her parents
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N Yorks bases on alert
MILITARY bases across North Yorkshire and the county's police force have been put on full alert with disaster plans on standby in the wake of the terrorist horror. North Yorkshire Police said extra officers were mounting "reassurance patrols" following
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America must keep its head
IT WAS the day the world wobbled on its axis. Around this country, around the globe, people watched television and opened newspapers and could not believe what they were seeing. The catastrophic scenes from New York looked like the fantasies of an over-excited
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Fox poised for full outing
YORK City could enjoy a three-pronged boost tonight when the Minstermen reserves travel to Darlington for their Avon Insurance League division one encounter, kick-off 7pm. City midfielder Christian Fox is expected to start his first match for more than
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The Bear And The Dragon by Tom Clancy (Penguin, £6.99)
TOM Clancy is always good value for money. While many of his contemporaries are happy to publish novels of between 400 and 600 pages, Clancy rarely goes under the 1,000-page mark. His latest, The Bear And The Dragon (out now in paperback), is 1,137 pages
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Concern for friend
A YORK man was today waiting anxiously for news of his best friend who was feared to be working in New York's stricken World Trade Centre during yesterday's terrorist attack. Pastor Jeff Cuozo, of Campbell Avenue, Holgate, still does not know if his lifelong
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Archbishop leads condolences
THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, led condolences from the people of York and expressed his "absolute horror" at the tragedy in America. He said he had offered prayers for all those caught up in the "sheer terror and violence". "I want the people
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Sombre note for Tykes
Flags flew at half mast at North Marine Road today and the Yorkshire and Essex teams lined up for a minute's silence to mark events in America before the start of the last CricInfo Championship match of the season, writes David Warner. Bottom club Essex
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Protect marine life
RECENT legislation gave much better protection to the wildlife in our countryside, but left most of the wildlife that lives in our seas without adequate protection. The seas around our shores are home to an amazing amount of wildlife including dolphins
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Victory for Thompson
YORK'S James Thompson heads to Donington Park later this month in good spirits after a victory at Silverstone. He won the Feature Race in his Vauxhall Astra after finishing fourth behind team-mate Phil Bennett in the Sprint Race. It means Thompson remains
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York put to the sword by Bradford
Man-of-the-match Guy Darwin ended up on the losing side when the Bradford Junior Cricket League beat the York Senior League U17 Joe Lumb side by five wickets in the Wilkinson Sword Trophy final. Batting first, York soon got the measure of the Bradford
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Shadow Play
DUNNINGTON Bowls Club ended their outdoor season with a double triumph in York and District Private Bowls Club League competitions. They won both the Knockout final and the Champion of Champions competition at the Bert Keech Bowling Club in York. They
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Fox poised for full outing
YORK City could enjoy a three-pronged boost tonight when the Minstermen reserves travel to Darlington for their Avon Insurance League division one encounter, kick-off 7pm. City midfielder Christian Fox is expected to start his first match for more than
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Sombre note for Tykes
Flags flew at half mast at North Marine Road today and the Yorkshire and Essex teams lined up for a minute's silence to mark events in America before the start of the last CricInfo Championship match of the season, writes David Warner. Bottom club Essex
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Dyson vigil
NORTH Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson was today waiting to discover whether he will swing into the world's elite on his first visit to the United States of America. The 23-year-old Dyson is scheduled to compete among the leading 50 golfers in the world
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Tourism leaders check on U.S. staff
LESLEY Young, spokesperson for Yorkshire Tourist Board headquarters in York said: "We only hope that our British Tourist Authority headquarters in New York is all right. They are based on the fifth floor of a building in Fifth Avenue. Obviously, should
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Double Honour ready to get on right track
Mark Johnston, currently in the US, attending the Keeneland Yearling Sales in Kentucky - which were yesterday suspended after the atrocities in New York - can land a major victory a bit closer to home tomorrow. The North Yorkshire trainer sends Double
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Whole Wide World by Paul McAuley (HarperCollins, £16.99)
A YOUNG woman's murder is broadcast live over the Internet, then her computer is trashed and disks removed. Sent to investigate is a detective inspector from the Information Technology Unit (rather bizarrely we never get to know his full name!) Soon our
