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When horse-cabs ruled
TRANSPORT seems to be the recurring theme in these old pictures of York's Petergate. With today's passion for cars and buses, we often forget how simple getting from A to B could be just a few years ago. In this picture, showing Petergate as it looked
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Notts County 2 York City 0 in the LDV Vans Trophy 16/10/01
'GOALS change games' always seems one of the most trite of footballing cliches. But how apt it seemed last night as York City once again tumbled out of the much-maligned LDV Vans competition at the first time of asking. For the first 50 minutes the Minstermen
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Sightsonic 2001, various venues in York. 19th - 21st October
SIGHTSONIC 2001, York's second Inter-national Festival of Digital Arts, is not only challenging the boundaries of the new digital world but also cramming in as many events as possible into three days. From Friday (19th) until Sunday (21st), arts, business
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When do we start on justice for the world?
THE Prime Minister said the actions the Government has called for, including military attacks on Afghanistan, are "to defend our country, our economy and our way of life". Resonant words, but what do they mean? Previously, in his masterly speech to the
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Taking liberties
AS a cyclist I was shocked to see one of York's cycle couriers, the ones towing a cart behind, cycling the wrong way up Parliament Street. As someone who is also learning to drive I am constantly amazed that cars don't signal on roundabouts, illegally
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What price honour?
READERS may be interested that I had only one response to my letter pointing out that many names on the monument in Station Rise, built to honour those who died in both world wars, are wearing away making them unreadable (September 7). It came from the
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You were all so kind
I THANK the kind people who came to my assistance when I fell flat on my face in Goodramgate on October 11. The ambulance crew were brilliant, as were the staff in the oh-so-busy accident and emergency department at York District Hospital. Margaret Marsh
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Tribute blazes the comeback trail
IT LOOKS as if all the stops are being pulled out for a grand revival of the Mazda range of models. The past 12-months have really been ones of marking time, while the United Kingdom importers, MCL, relinquished their hold on the franchise. Now Mazda
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Firms in line for share of £24m aid
NORTH Yorkshire businesses hit by the foot and mouth outbreak are in line for a share of a £24 million aid package. Rural affairs minister Margaret Beckett has pledged the extra cash to the parts of the country which have been worst hit by the disease
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NHS needs all possible ideas
NOT for the first time, city bigwigs are attempting to entice people away from European destinations and into York. Yet this campaign has a twist. These are not tourist chiefs advertising the ancient charms of the Minster to lure in foreign tourists,
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Cracking service
NO request is beyond York's dot com dynamos. When asked to supply farm fresh, free range Yorkshire eggs for Brits in Hong Kong, the boys behind the expat shopping web site got cracking. They laid their hands on the right sort of eggs, then drew up a journey
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Four cheers for county boozers
Despite floods and foot and mouth disease, the quality of North Yorkshire pubs is shining through. PUBS, pub groups, breweries and pub/breweries. All are award-winners and all are from North Yorkshire. In what can only be described as a troubled year
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Tales of rubbish woe pour into Press
MORE tales of litter woe have been pouring into the Evening Press offices following our investigation into the untidy state of some of York's streets. Bob Williams, of Hambleton Terrace, off Haxby Road, contacted us about the state of the back lane behind
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Steaming back in time at railway
HUNDREDS of people are expected to visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway this weekend to see and participate in its wartime weekend event. Celebrations, code-named Operation Jolly Miller, will see Pickering step back in time to the war years and life
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Putting art back into community
ARTISTIC youngsters in Tang Hall, York, are playing their part in rebuilding their local community hall - a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack. Work on Tang Hall Community Hall, in Fifth Avenue, is due to start within the next few weeks and
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Jump-jet holiday treat for children
CHILDREN can jump in a jump-jet next week as the Elvington-based Yorkshire Air Museum offers a half-term Harrier adventure. Children will get the rare opportunity to sit in the cockpit of the Hawker Harrier GR3, the RAF's front-line fighter. Those aged
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Rovers spot on
NEW club York Rovers scored a dramatic win in the second round of the York FA Intermediate Minor Cup, beating visitors Rawcliffe 9-8 on penalties. The score was 2-2 at the end of extra time, Mark Masheder netting both the Rovers goals. Tom Ridsdill hit
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Easingwold show steel
GOALS from Lewis Taylor, Danny Rogers and Dan Cadd gave Easingwold Town a 3-1 win at Wigginton Grasshoppers in the second round of York FA Acaster Steel Junior Cup. Luke Goldthorpe scored four times in Heworth's 6-1 win at Stamford Bridge. Chris Dempsey
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Hartley fires RI
THE shock result in the second round of York FA Senior Minor Cup was the 5-3 defeat of Wigginton Grasshoppers by York RI. Grasshoppers took a two-goal lead in the first five minutes but at half-time RI led 3-2 lead with goals from Paul Nicholson, Nick
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Expats eggspecting the best
THE great egg race is on for a York firm which supplies the needs of the county's expatriates as it rushes to get fresh, Yorkshire eggs to Hong Kong. A breakfast of boiled eggs and toast soldiers just wasn't the same for British expats living in the former
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City to break sound barriers
MUSIC lovers in York are set for a festival of sonic proportions this weekend. The SightSonic Digital Arts Festival comes to the city for the second year running, promising a number of exciting musical highlights. Activities include Bong! Smack! - a massive
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Rail's Hall of fame
CUP specialists Harrogate Railway switch their attentions to the FA Vase tomorrow when they travel to Hall Road Rangers for their first round tie (kick-off 3pm). Railway, who are just 90 minutes away from an historic tie in the first round proper of the
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Plea for boy, 16, as drug sweeps York
CRACK cocaine is sweeping York, a solicitor has told a city court. John Howard made the claim as he pleaded with youth justices to lock up the client for whom he was appearing. He said the youth wanted to be held in custody because at the age of only
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Firm fined £15,000 after horror accident
YORK magistrates have fined a waste disposal company £15,000 for an accident that cost a young agency worker his arm at the Harewood Whinn recycling depot. It was the second time this year Yorwaste has appeared before them for offences at the Rufforth
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Firms in line for share of £24m aid
NORTH Yorkshire businesses hit by the foot and mouth outbreak are in line for a share of a £24 million aid package. Rural affairs minister Margaret Beckett has pledged the extra cash to the parts of the country which have been worst hit by the disease
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MPs push for flood defence cash
MPs Hugh Bayley and Anne McIntosh have secured a Ministerial meeting to discuss the need for millions of pounds of flood defence work in North Yorkshire. Floods Minister Elliot Morley agreed to face-to-face talks after being pressed by the MPs in a Commons
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Stars on collision course
THE Wizard of Wishaw and Rocket Ronnie are seeded to meet in a clash of giants when the UK Snooker Championship, the biggest event of its kind ever staged in the city, comes to York in December. Scotland's John Higgins, the man in form after winning the
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£7m Seth may make Leeds debut at York
SETH Johnson, Leeds United's new £7million signing from Derby, could make his debut for the club at Bootham Crescent next Tuesday. Manager David O'Leary is to assess Johnson's fitness before deciding whether to give the midfielder or left back his debut
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Baptism of fire
ROOKIE defender Chris Smith reckons 'Terry's Tyros' can come of age as York City look to get their season back on track tomorrow. A patched-up Minstermen welcome Southend United to Bootham Crescent, a match that will mark Smith's first senior start on
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Stoute star can take the big race honours
It's Champions Day at Newmarket tomorrow and No Excuse Needed could be a topical tip in the showpiece race. The £400,000 Dubai Champion Stakes has attracted a 13 runners and I fancy No Excuse Needed to win this Group 1 prize for Sir Michael Stoute, who
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Raring to go for my second race
By the time most of you read this I will probably have run my second-ever race. I hope I've done you all proud. At the time of writing, I am on the 'coach' to Redcar, where my race was being staged this afternoon - though when I say 'coach' I mean that
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Second Edition), published by Eidos for PlayStation and PC
THE largest-selling PlayStation game of last year returns with a second offering and, as before, the game is very close to the TV version. You can play fastest finger - trying to beat four other players to the right answer - or on your own, or in a head-to-head
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The Weakest Link, published by Activision for PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PC
Anne Robinson's TV show The Weakest Link is rivalling the Chris Tarrant-led Who Wants To Be a Millionaire in the television ratings war. But in the PlayStation game format, for me there is no contest. Chris is definitely the weakest link. Graphically
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The Italian Job, published by SCI for PlayStation
Right, fellas, we've got a job to do. And it ain't no ordinary job, either. There's four billion in gold over in Turin, just waiting for us to go and get it. So that's what we're going to do, all right right? We're going to need the right men for the
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X-Men: The Reign of Apocalypse, published by Activision for GameBoy Advance
The X-Men need help. Somehow, when travelling home, the X-Men find themselves in a weird, parallel universe where arch-enemy Apocalypse reigns supreme. In this strange place, fellow X-Men are enemies and enemies are even worse than before! Choose between
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Safety fears as work delayed
PEDESTRIANS are still waiting for a safer crossing over the busy A64 - nine months after a teenager died while trying to cross the dual carriageway. The Highways Agency announced earlier this year that it intended putting up "pedestrian crossing" warning
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Hold-ups ease as gas work ends
YORK'S traffic congestion eased a little today after repairs of a fractured gas main were completed more quickly than expected. Transco closed one of the two traffic lanes on Castle Mills Bridge on Wednesday after discovering a gas leak. The roadworks
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Home And Away, Stagecoach Youth Theatre York and PACT Yorkshire, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, October 2
STAGECOACH Youth Theatre York prides itself on never shirking a challenge and has made a habit of presenting the unexpected. Next week's production at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York is the latest example of John Cooper's company introducing a new
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Liaisons Dangereuses until November 16 and A Midsummer Night's Dream at York Theatre Royal, until No
GARETH Tudor Price had not acted for four years when the invitation came to join York Theatre Royal's repertory company for autumn 2001. It was not that Gareth had been "resting", the acting profession's euphemism for the lull between jobs. Far from it
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Departures, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, from October 15 to 20
THE poster depicts a fast-moving passenger plane. The press release talks of a blazing new comedy. The play's setting is Fort Worth Dallas airport. None of these, however, was intended in bad taste and so the show goes on for John Godber's world premiere
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Norwich Union bring 500 jobs to site
AT LEAST 500 new jobs are set to be created at Monks Cross through the transfer of Norwich Union Life Services to York. The company has applied to City of York Council for temporary planning permission to build two rows of double-decker portable buildings
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Don't go abroad...get your op in York
PATIENTS from all over the country who are being forced to travel abroad for treatment could soon be seen at York District Hospital. Dr Ian Jackson, lead clinician in the hospital's day surgery unit, has joined forces with four similar units from the
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Two-year road ban for ex-boxer Wharton
YORK boxing legend Henry Wharton was so drunk when police caught him at the wheel of his car that he stumbled out and pleaded with officers to take him home, Selby magistrates heard today. Wharton, 33, pleaded guilty to being almost two-and-a-half times
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MPs push for flood defence cash
MPs Hugh Bayley and Anne McIntosh have secured a Ministerial meeting to discuss the need for millions of pounds of flood defence work in North Yorkshire. Floods Minister Elliot Morley agreed to face-to-face talks after being pressed by the MPs in a Commons
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Naughty gnomes are a blot on York
WHILE visiting my family in York last week I was walking with my small nephew in Goodramgate near Monk Bar, when I saw a bizarre sight of a large plastic gnome outside a shop. It posed in the act of urinating, with water pouring forth into a bucket beneath
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Recipe for proud wife
MY daughter is married to an American serviceman and lives in America. She recently sent me this recipe and I should like to share it with other readers. Recipe for a military wife: 1 cups of patience 2 tablespoons elbow grease 1 pound courage dash of
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America's Sweethearts (12, 103 minutes)
EVERYONE loves a Hollywood marriage, and even more a Hollywood marital bust-up. Meet America's sweethearts, hot Hollywood couple Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) and Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta Jones, celebrity marriage material herself, of course). They
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Stay calm and vigilant over anthrax
Professor LIAM DONALDSON, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, explains exclusively to Evening Press and Thisisyork readers how he is tackling the anthrax scare I understand why there is widespread concern in North Yorkshire over the threat to health
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Residents' key role in litter solution
LOCAL people will play a key role in tackling York's rubbish-strewn streets after councillors pledged to open the debate to residents. Members of City of York Council's scrutiny (services) board are set to hold a series of surgeries inviting people from
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Sessions make champion start
Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League champions Sessions 'A' opened their season with an 8-2 win over York RI 'A'. Mick Wilcockson and Chris Nicholls each scored three wins for Sessions. York League newcomer Paul Noutch won one for RI
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Unbeaten Heworth keeping on a roll
IN York Conservative Club's Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League Heworth 'A' continued their unbeaten run with a 6-1 victory over Acomb 'B' aided by two black ball frame successes. Heworth's winners were Richie Burdett, Jason Milner, Clive Whyte (58 break)
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Safety fears as work delayed
PEDESTRIANS are still waiting for a safer crossing over the busy A64 - nine months after a teenager died while trying to cross the dual carriageway. The Highways Agency announced earlier this year that it intended putting up "pedestrian crossing" warning
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Nestle shake off injury blow
NESTL Rowntree Ladies looked likely to score a 9-0 win at Riverside in division one of York Badminton League. But they had to concede two rubbers due to an injury and ended up 7-2 winners with Joan Emmerson and Emma Andrews having three straight wins
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Competitors hope to topple Tower match
A QUIET weekend for open and league action sees York-area club anglers to the fore of the local match scene. York CIU tackle the Ouse below York in what is likely to be the best attended fixture. With both Fulford and Palace Ings stretches booked around
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Police want to hear from gay victims
VICTIMS of homophobic abuse in York are being urged to report the crimes to the police. There were 17 reported cases of assault or abuse against lesbians and gay men in the city last year, according to police figures. But Yorkshire MESMAC - a North Yorkshire
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Accident verdict on roof fall worker
A WORKER who fell 30ft through the roof of a York warehouse died accidentally, an inquest jury has decided. Simon Pickering, aged 20, of Market Place, Malton, was working on the roof of the former B&Q store in Foss Islands Road when the tragedy happened
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Reed has secret plan
HARROGATE Town chief John Reed has got a few surprises in store when UniBond League division one title-favourites Radcliffe Borough make the trip to Wetherby Road tomorrow. Reed, who feels his players have not been up to scratch over the past few games
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Cards fold to Bradwell's late clincher
A GOAL by Richard Bradwell in the last five minutes clinched a 2-1 victory for Selby team Hounds away to Pack of Cards in the second round of the City of York and District FA Sunday Senior Cup. Alan Jackson had opened the scoring for Hounds and Kevin
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Hold-ups ease as gas work ends
YORK'S traffic congestion eased a little today after repairs of a fractured gas main were completed more quickly than expected. Transco closed one of the two traffic lanes on Castle Mills Bridge on Wednesday after discovering a gas leak. The roadworks
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Pride at stake in derby clash
SWORDS will drawn as York and Pocklington RU sides go head-to-head in their first-ever Yorkshire One league meeting at Clifton Park, kick-off 3pm. Pride and much-needed Yorkshire One points will be at stake, while both teams having a lot to prove after
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Kerr hopes to re-sign Cherif
SCARBOROUGH boss Ian Kerr is still hoping to sign striker Cherif Diallo before tomorrow's trip to take on former League rivals Hereford United at Edgar Street. Diallo scored nine times for the Seasiders last season and is currently without a club after
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Newman bids to net Shrimpers job
SOUTHEND United caretaker boss Rob Newman will be looking for his third successive win when the Shrimpers arrive at Bootham Crescent tomorrow to boost his chances of claiming the Roots Hall hot-seat on a permanent basis. Newman took temporary charge of
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Baptism of fire
ROOKIE defender Chris Smith reckons 'Terry's Tyros' can come of age as York City look to get their season back on track tomorrow. A patched-up Minstermen welcome Southend United to Bootham Crescent, a match that will mark Smith's first senior start on