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Oscar and Felix would like me to put in a good word for Mrs Sharp
MY cats are furious. OK, so perhaps furious is overstating it a little. Let's just say that they stopped licking their bottoms for a split second when I told them the news, which for cats is tantamount to an outburst of hysterical fury. I would even hazard
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Northern Lights beats off 40 rivals
NORTHERN LIGHTS, of Harrogate, has beaten off 40 other PR and marketing companies to clinch a consultancy deal with Champagne Warehouse. And naturally, Victoria Tomlinson, managing director of Northern Lights PR, has been celebrating with a few glasses
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Staff get swift food service
TOP dog! Westler Foods, the famous hot dog manufacturer, has awarded 7 Day Catering the contract to deliver a new "high speed" catering operation at the factory's headquarters at Amotherby, near Malton. The deal is thought to be worth about £100,000 a
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Business failures are down
BUSINESS failures in Yorkshire fell by 19 per cent in August, according to the latest statistics published by professional services firm Deloitte & Touche. The total number of receiverships and administration appointments in Yorkshire and Humberside
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Transco team complete charity challenge of lifetime
PEAK performers from gas pipeline operator Transco in York have completed the challenge of a lifetime and climbed three mysterious mountains in under 24 hours. Dale Carter, Paul Keeble, Cara Bottomley and Wal Martin from the Heworth Green base were among
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A wall of thanks
THANK you for the intervention, for you have succeeded in the rebuilding of a wall in Anne Street ('Wall of words', Letters, August 30). I have spent more than four months trying to bring about the rebuild of the wall. The caring Beacon Council did apparently
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Students' long wait for results
STUDENTS who finished a course at York College in January are still waiting for their results eight months later. College chiefs are investigating what has gone wrong after the part-time students complained about the delay in getting the results out,
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Schools with new identities
CHILDREN have gone back to school at two "new" schools in York - Clifton Green Primary and Westfield Community Primary Schools. Clifton Green Primary, for children aged five to 11, is the school formed with the merger of the old Kingsway Junior and Shipton
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Blair speaks to the world
TONY Blair was not just addressing the Labour Party today; he was speaking to the world. United States news networks led their bulletins on the Prime Minister's Brighton speech, confirming his status as international statesman. War makes or breaks political
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Best and worst
TONIGHT, two stories illustrate the best and worst of human nature. The worst took the shape of a thief who stole from York firefighters while they were busy presenting the money they had raised for the bereaved families of their New York counterparts
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Wigginton II promoted
WIGGINTON II extended their end of season surge to gain promotion from division four of the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League. Wigginton wrapped up their campaign with two wins over Appleton Roebuck II to complete a run in which they dropped just one
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York lads show mettle
YORK Rugby Union Club Under-14s will take great heart from their 10-0 defeat by County Durham champions West Hartlepool - a match which six months ago they would have lost by 30 or 40 points. After a long journey north, York had little time for a warm-up
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Anti-war protest for York
ANTI-WAR protesters are to march through the streets of York on Saturday to demonstrate against the planned war against Afghanistan. Demonstrators will assemble at Clifford's Tower at 10.30am and march through the city to a rally at St Sampson's Square
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Women to encircle spy base
PEACE campaigners are planning to surround Menwith Hill listening base in North Yorkshire in protest at plans for the Son Of Star Wars missile defence project. CND is organising the "Women's Day of Encirclement" on December 12. Helen John, vice chairman
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Acomb's nap
Fielding a changed side from last season, Acomb men's 1sts struggled for the first 15 minutes to put some passes together. Only a a tight defence kept Adel at bay before Acomb took the lead half way through with a fine solo goal by Adrian Nye. In the
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Four-midable display
CITY of York enjoyed a dream start to their Northern Hockey League division one campaign with a 4-0 victory over arch-rivals Rotherham. City took the initiative early on and were rewarded after just five minutes, Nick Carter firing home from a short corner
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Film costumes on display
COSTUMES from films such as Elizabeth, The Madness Of King George and Star Wars take a starring role in Harrogate this week. The clothes are part of a display of fashions through the ages at the Fashion and Embroidery exhibition, running in the Flower
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Boro home jinx denied
Scarborough manager Ian Kerr has rubbished claims of 'home-sickness' for his side, who go into tonight's visit of Chester with the worst home record in the Conference League. In six games at the McCain Stadium they have failed to win and mustered just
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MP's call for 24-hour drinking
SELBY MP John Grogan has called for the Government to defeat the "forces of conservatism" to push through legislation to allow 24-hour drinking as quickly as possible. He spoke out after Tourism Minister Dr Kim Howells told a fringe meeting at the Labour
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Girl, 15. grabbed in York
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was left shocked after she was grabbed by a man as she walked in York. Police said the girl was walking along Foss Islands Road when she heard footsteps behind her. Suddenly the man grabbed her bottom with both hands and grunted something
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Family fears for missing OAP
THE family of a pensioner with emphysema who has gone missing say they are "extremely worried" about his welfare. Ken Perrin, 71, from Peasy Hill, in Malton, was last seen by his family on Tuesday last week. He was reported missing on Friday, and his
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Thai's the limit for York boxer
ACOMB-based Thai kick-boxer Richard Cadden added to his growing reputation at the weekend with a sensational first round knockout to claim the 62kg ISKA British title. Twenty-five-year-old Cadden, an instructor at the Bad Company Gym in Leeds, completely
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Paramedic jailed for sex abuse
A MEDAL-WINNING North Yorkshire paramedic has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for turning a schoolgirl into his "sexual plaything". Child molester Ronald Desmond Evans, 47, bought a camper van with curtains so he could carry out his frequent abuse
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North Yorks animal curbs lifted
PARTS of North Yorkshire were today officially declared free of foot and mouth disease. The DEFRA announcement will mean a relaxation of restrictions on animal movements in some areas of the county. City of York district and the Selby and Tadcaster area
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Payroll award for Mitrefinch
STAFF at York-based Mitrefinch are today celebrating the news that the company has won the Pay Awards 2001 Best Support Product or Service for the Payroll Industry category. The glass trophy, awarded by Pay Magazine in National Payroll Week, was accepted
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Inspiring lessons from animal feed supplier
ALL those starting out on the hard, but rewarding road to exports, can learn inspiring lessons from Norfeed UK Ltd. The Boroughbridge supplier of nutritional and technical animal feed ingredients has just one family working against the challenges of BSE
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Wasps scotch Broadbent rumours
YORK Wasps chairman John Stabler has admitted talking to Hull FC star Paul Broadbent - but only to say hard luck after the Airlie Birds' Play-Off elimination. Speculation had abounded linking Wasps with an ambitious move for the former Great Britain prop
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Brittain set for Grey day in the North East
Grey Cossack, scuppered by the draw at Haydock last Saturday, turns out again at Newcastle tomorrow in search of compensation. On a day when every race at both meetings is sponsored by bookmakers Cantor Sport, Mel Brittain's sprinter goes for the five-furlong
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Packed buses see pupils late for school
DOZENS of York pupils are regularly late for school because of changes to the city's bus services, education chiefs said today. Furious All Saints RC School head teacher Dr Adrian Elliott revealed that many of his pupils were being left stranded because
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Daniel proves big hit with conkers
WHEN six-year-old Daniel Lister went out collecting conkers, he wasn't just wanting to play the time-honoured pastime of schoolboys. He decided to go round pubs and a shop in Bishopthorpe, selling them off to help the families of New York firefighters
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Scum steals firefighters' wallets
A SNEAK-IN thief stole the wallets of York firefighters - just as they were handing over £42,000 raised for the families of New York firefighters. The despicable intruder got into the changing area upstairs at York Fire Station in Clifford Street during
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Life after my stroke
Stroke victim MARTIN LACY reveals his fight back to fitness to mark Stroke Awareness Week. I'M a very lucky man. After all, if you put a loaded gun to your head and pull the trigger, you've got to consider yourself lucky if all you are left with is a
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The temp solution
MAXINE GORDON meets a York grandmother making a second career as a temp. TWO months of retirement were enough to persuade Rosemary Butler that she wasn't ready to leave the world of work. During a career spanning four decades in the legal secretarial
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Software firm in huge deal
GET Real Systems, the supply chain software company which operates out of a huge, converted farmhouse near York, has clinched a major deal with the University of Birmingham. Its PROACTIS system, which monitors purchase and stock control, will be rolled
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City shops expected to sell for total of £2.1m
TWO shops in prime areas of York are expected to sell for a combined total of at least £2.1 million at auction this month. The building housing Pocket Phone Shop next door to Boots in Coney Street will be selling for a guide price of between £1.1 million
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First in the queue
A NEW Bulmers Logistics bulk tipper is the first to arrive at the British Sugar factory in Boroughbridge Road, York, to kick off The Campaign - the annual gathering of the sugar beet harvest for processing which formally begins today. The tipper, driven
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Did our son receive justice? We don't think so
HOW my heart went out to 15-year-old Joel James who needed major surgery after being set on by a gang of thugs (September 29). Last December, our 15-year-old son was walking home in York from a friend's house when two strangers jumped out of a car and
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After New York...
PRESIDENT Bush's speech to both houses was revealing when he said: "If our friends back us then they are for us, but if they don't back us then they are for terrorism", or words to that effect. This brought to mind some rhetoric I heard from the 1930s
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The troubleshooter
North Yorkshire's ambulance service has got a spring back in its step. STEPHEN LEWIS reports There is a new feeling sweeping the corridors of ambulance headquarters just outside York - one that's been conspicuously absent for too long. Pride in a job
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Packed buses see pupils late for school
DOZENS of York pupils are regularly late for school because of changes to the city's bus services, education chiefs said today. Furious All Saints RC School head teacher Dr Adrian Elliott revealed that many of his pupils were being left stranded because
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Battered by heavy weather
YESTERDAY afternoon it occurred to me how depressingly similar this autumn's weather is to last autumn's. I was driving round Hull and the rain was torrential. After an indifferent summer the cool, dry autumn, for which many of us had hoped, turns out
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Glory days at St Paul's
ONE of the most familiar landmarks outside the bar walls in York is St Paul's Church. Countless motorists see the imposing building every day as they travel along Holgate Road. It is built on an area known as Bishop Fields; but as historian Geoff Hodgson
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North Yorks animal curbs lifted
PARTS of North Yorkshire were today officially declared free of foot and mouth disease. The DEFRA announcement will mean a relaxation of restrictions on animal movements in some areas of the county. City of York district and the Selby and Tadcaster area
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Pace prevails
City of York Ladies lost 3-1 at home to Ben Rhydding, whose speedy forward line caused early problems in their North League premier division first match of the season. York goalkeeper Lynne Gowland made a series of fine saves but is was no surprise when
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Hoggard's double impact
YORKSHIRE fast bowler Matthew Hoggard struck two early blows to propel new-look England to a resounding 138-run win over Zimbabwe 'A' in their only warm-up match before the start of the one-day series. Hoggard struck with the sixth ball of the hosts'
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Estate burglar 'deserves good hiding'
FURIOUS residents on a York estate have warned whoever is behind a spate of burglaries to stop - or face the consequences. A group of Bell Farm residents spoke out to the Evening Press, claiming there had been "a load" of burglaries in the area recently
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Players kick off store's new look
TWO York City footballers took a break from training to mingle with staff and customers at a newly-refurbished city centre chemists. The young sports stars spent more than an hour signing autographs and posing for photos with customers before officially
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Glover puts title within 'Gate grasp
Beryl Glover included three tons as Fulfordgate put their fingertips on the York White Rose Ladies League division one trophy. Karen Reasbeck competently rounded off a convincing 6-1 victory for Fulfordgate over Tap and Spile. Heather Beadnell's fine
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Carver's crafty way to boost charities
RENOWNED wood and stone carver Dick Reid, who has a workshop in York, is giving a talk about his craft in aid of two local charities. Mr Reid who produces architectural wood and stone carving for architects and designers throughout the UK and abroad from
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Pennant on high
PENNANTS were traded at Bootham Crescent last night, but visiting Iceland wished they could have bagged England sensation Jermaine Pennant as part of the swap. The 18-year-old Arsenal player - a late inclusion to the England squad - flared as the star
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City's double boost
YORK City reserves succumbed to a late scrambled goal to lose 1-0 at Stoke City in the Avon Insurance League first division. The decisive strike was plundered at the death with the ball squirting past goalkeeper Russ Howarth via either his own team-mate
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Rail call to bring on Spartans
HARROGATE Railway Athletic are £7,500 the richer after they secured a trip to Blyth Spartans in the FA Cup third qualifying round. Ian Hart and Ian McLean netted the vital goals to ensure Railway finally overcame old foes Liversedge 2-1 at the second
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Battle to conquer canine cancers
FRESH hope in the fight against canine cancers could be offered to pet owners by York University scientists. Professor Jo Milner, of the university's Yorkshire Cancer Research P53 research group, said new research could lead to a screening process being
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Duke launches new role in York
YORK'S civic dignitaries and business leaders from across Yorkshire turned out to hear Prince Andrew's first speech in his new role as a special trade ambassador. The Duke of York was rounding off a trip to his 'home' city by crowning the regional winner
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Thisisyork and Press scoop awards
THE Evening Press has been voted Daily Newspaper of the Year in a prestigious national competition. Our campaigning stance and our coverage of last year's floods helped us defeat intense rivalry from dailies all over the country to clinch the title. The
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It's a family affair at Lesley's estate agency
IT'S tough starting out in the crowded estate agency business, even in boomtime. No one knew that better than Lesley Beattie who, having closed one chapter of her life as founder of Friends Estate Agency in York, opened another with Quantum last November
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Wasps scotch Broadbent rumours
YORK Wasps chairman John Stabler has admitted talking to Hull FC star Paul Broadbent - but only to say hard luck after the Airlie Birds' Play-Off elimination. Speculation had abounded linking Wasps with an ambitious move for the former Great Britain prop
