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Young Farmers' report
Kirkbymoorside CONGRATULATIONS to past member Ian Ward, Kirby O Carr Farm, Great Habton, Malton, who has passed his finals from Liverpool University Veterinary School. From past and present members good luck in your chosen career. We may even see you
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Good news in message
IT was certainly good news for agriculture after Margaret Beckett's announcement on Tuesday that movement of animals would resume. If the ban had remained, there would have been severe welfare problems. The 'blue box' will be lifted on September 14 and
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'Businesses are on their knees'
PROBLEMS associated with foot and mouth form the agenda when Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael meets with North Yorkshire County Council officials on Monday, September 17. Joining him in the talks will be the council leader, Coun John Weighell; the
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Flights chaos alert
NORTH Yorkshire holidaymakers trying to get to and from the stricken United States were facing more delays today. Planes remain grounded in both America and Britain as the two countries struggle to come to terms with Tuesday's terrorist strikes on New
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Yorkshire shares American sorrow
THE Mayor of Harrogate has written to the American commander at the Menwith Hill spy base to reassure her that Yorkshire people "share your sorrow and outrage at the atrocities" in the USA. Coun Bob Nash told Colonel Christine Marsh that it was difficult
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N Yorks a 'top target'
AMERICAN military bases in North Yorkshire make the region a priority target for terrorist attacks similar to those that devastated the US, peace campaigners claim. They say that the attacks show the "futility" of the proposed US missile defence shield
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Mum's torment over stranded teenagers
IT IS every mother's worst nightmare. Linda Dickinson's two teenage children were stranded in the stricken city She, husband Gowen, and five other children endured fraught hours until at last an email from 19-year-old Andrew came to say that they were
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Insole inspiration to combat niggling injuries
THERE is always a very fine line between success and failure. As such, and as I talked about last week when I detailed our match-day arrangements, preparation can be vital. As we do everything possible in the quest for improvement, the smallest detail
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County cap puts perfect shine on Matthew's dream
Matthew Wood was handed his first team cap from skipper David Byas at Scarborough yesterday immediately after Yorkshire had received the Championship Trophy during the lunch interval on the first day of their final match of the season against Essex. Rain
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Up for the cup!
IT is the moment Yorkshiremen have been dreaming of for 33 years. White Rose skipper David Byas (left) hoists aloft cricket's County Championship trophy at Scarborough. The club received the Lord's Taverners' Trophy from CricInfo managing director Peter
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Good Samaritans
I THANK the couple who helped two older women who fell in Castlegate, York, on Thursday, September 6 at 10.10am. Their help and advice was much appreciated. J Mary Carbert, Main Street, Askham Bryan. Updated: 10:07 Thursday, September 13, 2001
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Sharples hits 140
Ovington all-rounder John Sharples decimated the Heworth attack with a blistering 140 as his team ran up the season's highest score of 316 for 6. Jon Goodway contributed 62 in an opening stand of 170 and Andy Holmes was unbeaten on 58 when the innings
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Sponsor needed for fundraiser
A GROUP of determined York parents are seeking £2,000 sponsorship so their campaign for a new village playground can get a major boost. Members of the Escrick Playground Association(EPA) hope to have replaced the crumbling, 16-year-old village playground
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Steely challenge
NATIONAL Conference division two league leaders York Acorn are steeling themselves for a fourth win on the bounce. The York ranks travel to the city of steel in good fettle ahead of the clash against bottom-of-the-table Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks. Most
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Dismay at mast approval
A NURSERY school owner today attacked a decision to approve a mobile phone mast plan - sited just yards from her building. Allyson Bolland claims she was not properly consulted by council chiefs who passed an application, from BT Cellnet, to build a mast
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High-five Heworth
A HAPPY nap hand is within the grasp of buoyant Heworth ARLFC. Three consecutive wins have confirmed a dream start for the Villagers in their new life in National Conference division two. Both they and city rivals York Acorn - leaders on points difference
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Conman fleeced York family
A CONMAN who preyed on a York family within weeks of his release from jail is today facing a new prison sentence. A jury rejected Philip Leslie Gawley's claims of innocence and convicted him unanimously of four charges of theft and two of deception. Then
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Up for the cup!
IT is the moment Yorkshiremen have been dreaming of for 33 years. White Rose skipper David Byas (left) hoists aloft cricket's County Championship trophy at Scarborough. The club received the Lord's Taverners' Trophy from CricInfo managing director Peter
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Flyover scheme will put Little Chef 'at risk'
JOBS at a roadside restaurant near York could be at risk if a Highways Agency scheme designed to improve an accident blackspot is approved, the business's owners were arguing today. Representatives of Compass, which owns the Little Chef at the Bilbrough
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York will not restock peacocks
YORK'S last peacock faces a lonely life after councillors voted not to restock the Museum Gardens. The famous birds have captivated visitors to the city for more than 50 years. But when the last remaining peacock goes there will be no more to replace
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Dyson's big US event cancelled
NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson's dream of playing in America has been shelved. The terrorist carnage that has massacred thousands of Americans in New York and Washington forced organisers of the $5million American Express World Golf Championship
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City ace 'considered quitting'
ON THE mend Peter Duffield is emerging from an angst-ridden few weeks stronger than ever after admitting for the first time he contemplated hanging up his boots. A heartbroken Duffield told the Evening Press last month he feared another season long-spell
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Minster role for US Bishop
BISHOP Bertram Herlong is a former chaplain at St Paul's Chapel, directly opposite the World Trade Centre. He has been counselling and helping people at the Minster come to terms with the terrible events at the World Trade Centre. "This illustrates the
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Bush needs to be cautious
AND SO the long aftermath begins. In the bleak days after the terrorist atrocity in New York, sorrow and fury find their place as explanations are sought and vengeance is demanded. The sheer human scale of the outrage in Manhattan emerges by the hour,
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Why we all hate being given the ring-around
WE'VE all experienced it. You've got what should be a simple query about your gas or electricity bill, or a complaint about a bank or credit card statement. You dial the technical support line of the company concerned, hoping they will be able to sort
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At the market: Tight controls for autumn
AFTER a short six-weeks holiday in a caravan in France, our Minister of State, Margaret Beckett, returned to her desk and issued her proclamation for movement of livestock this autumn. Whatever we think of our absentee minister, we will have to work with
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City ace 'considered quitting'
ON THE mend Peter Duffield is emerging from an angst-ridden few weeks stronger than ever after admitting for the first time he contemplated hanging up his boots. A heartbroken Duffield told the Evening Press last month he feared another season long-spell
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Hambleden to speed to Mallard conquest
Hambleden, who looked an unlucky loser on Evening Press day at York recently, is napped to recover losses at Doncaster tomorrow. The Michael Jarvis-trained gelding goes for the £30,000 Tote Exacta Mallard Handicap and is expected to have the edge over
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Dash to Fulford
What has the world come to when you can't have a decent conversation about property without someone using the F-word? That's Fulford of course folks; a place so wholesome and lovely that few who have the privilege of living there even know that an alternative
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Welcome to Terror TV
TELEVISION brought what was happening up close and terrifying. And what it looked like was the end of the world. Initially it was hard to see what was going on. First one plane had crashed into one of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York
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Fresh look at GM field trials
THE Government's advisory body, the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, has advised ministers that although genetically modified crop trials will provide valuable ecological data, more information will need to be considered and there
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Hill farm warning
WARNINGS that the number of hill farmers in the Ryedale and North Yorkshire Moors is likely to decline have been given by a leading farm conservation expert. Philip Lyth, senior conservation officer with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group in North
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Farm digging into a new future
A NORTH Yorkshire farm hopes to safe guard its future by diversifying into an industry. Ings Farm, Yedingham, has opened up a small-scale quarry on its land with the help of a Farm Diversification Grant from central government. Angela Morley, whose husband
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York firefighters in appeal pledge
FIREFIGHTERS in York have responded to the devastation in New York by pledging cash for their U.S. counterparts. York firefighters have promised proceeds from their annual beer festival will be sent to victims from the New York Fire Department and their
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Drool Britannia
Do we still have a healthy appetite for British food? MAXINE GORDON investigates on the eve of the York Festival of Food and Drink PATRIOTISM can leave a nasty taste in the mouth, particularly when it is the cloak worn by football fans proudly displaying
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Desperate people take desperate measures
A few years ago I heard an American senator suggest that, to be safe from a hostile Russia, America should help Russia become a safe and prosperous place. Rare wise words. Is it too much to hope that the West might realise that its future safety depends
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Sporting memories
IN response to the 'Green Belt posers' letter by Graham Tissiman (August 26), as an old boy of Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School, I have happy memories of playing cricket on the site of the York District Hospital. I also had the pleasure of scoring
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Move to turn City Arms into 'des res' modern flats
MEMBERS at a former York social club could see their old drinking place turned into a "des res". Members of the popular York City Arms, in Fawcett Street, supped their last pints on Sunday. The building had been owned by the York Amalgamation of Anglers
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School row nears end
PARENTS in two York villages have come a step closer to success in a long campaign to send their children to the school of their choice. Dunnington and Elvington parents have been fighting to re-establish the link between their villages and Fulford School
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Tip-top opener
The traditional start to the York chess season, the alternative chess day, was held at York Railway Institute. The first event was a singles event with rules as follows. The pieces move in their normal way but after white's first move players then move
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North Yorks jobless up
UNEMPLOYMENT across North Yorkshire has risen, according to official figures released yesterday. The Office for National Statistics reported 5,666 people were out of work this month, a total of two per cent of the "economically active" population. That
