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More choas
MOTORISTS will face further road misery in York next week when emergency traffic measures force the closure of one lane of the inner ring road. Paragon Street and Barbican Road, between Fawcett Street (from the Fishergate Bar) and Lawrence Street, will
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Jams drive me nuts
I WAS intrigued to see the comment on the Highways Agency website for the A64 that the effect of the roadworks at Copmanthorpe is "slight". I live in York, commuting from the south end of the A1036 in the morning around the A64 towards Malton every day
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Licence losers
HOW bizarre that the man at the Pizzaway in Clifford Street must close at 11pm in an attempt to lower noise levels (October 10) whilst in the same street there is a night club with a capacity for 800 people who fall out onto the street at 2am. Despite
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Music memories
I LIKED the report 'Did you spend the swinging 60s at Joseph Rowntree School?' (October 12). That was an unforgettable era of great music, with rock, pop and soul releases providing a good choice of records. Also, the record tracks were free from all
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Back to the future
Mike Laycock glimpsed the ancient past - and the digital future - during a trip to a national museum. I visited ancient Egypt last weekend - without travelling further than Bradford. I escaped with my family from the Yorkshire fog into the glittering
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There's nothing uniform about these students
PUPILS at Fulford School, in York, made fundraising for a fellow pupil fun when they donned fancy dress for a non-uniform day. Students hope to raise £5,000 for pupil Christopher Edmondson, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and gets around using
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Take a butcher's at this
A YORK butcher has proved his skills are world-class after competing in an international competition. Phillip Pirie, 23, who works at Wilson's Butchers in Huntington, travelled to the French Alps for the International Young Butchers' competition. And
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York waits for snooker's maximum man
HE has done it twice on television - can York's Barbican Leisure Centre in December be the third time Ronnie O'Sullivan makes a maximum 147 break in front of the cameras? O'Sullivan made the sensational fastest 147 on record at Sheffield a few years ago
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The ace of clubs
CLUB-MAKER became club-shaker as Michael Aldridge celebrated what every amateur golfer covets. The York man who has honed, shaped and tailored hundreds of woods and irons for golfers to then go out and notch holes-in-one sampled the exhilarating experience
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Marks and fencer
SIMON Marks made a bitter-sweet international debut at the European Fencing competition in Budapest, Hungary. Sixteen-year-old Simon, who competes for Harrogate Fencing Club, finished as the top-seeded Great Britain fencer after the pool stages of the
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Former soldier's anger at estate thugs
A FORMER soldier who was in the thick of the action during the Gulf War today told how he had met his match - in York. Robin Johnston, 47, said that serving in Kuwait and Iraq was nothing compared to the trouble he has experienced living on the Foxwood
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Wiggy sweep to top
YORK Squash Club's spell at the top of the Yorkshire League premier division was brought to a swift end as they were replaced by IT Sports Wigginton. While York were suffering a 4-1 defeat against a star-studded Chapel Allerton line-up, Wigginton were
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Cash for charities on the cards
A FESTIVE card shop dedicated to raising money for charities in York and across the UK has been officially opened in the city. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Irene Waudby, carried out the official duty at Cards for Good Causes, which has been set up in Martin-le-Grand
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How green is my city?
A MISSION to make York the world's leader in tackling climate change has been given a major surge as the city marks National Energy Efficiency Week. The ambitious year-long Planet York project aims to make the city an example for the rest of the world
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Your scam is over, dodgy dealers told
CAR dealers who place illegal private adverts in motoring publications have been warned their scam is at an end. Chiefs at City of York Council's Trading Standards department have unveiled a new computer which can detect patterns of numbers used by traders
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Press still impresses
THE connections of racehorse Evening Press were happy with her display at Redcar despite a disappointing result. The two-year-old filly finished 11th out of 13 in the six-furlong The European Breeders Fund Pickering Maiden Fillies 'Stakes at the Teesside
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Golden oldie Jack
OSBALDWICK retained their York John Smith's Men's League unbeaten record in dramatic style and Jack Hodgson, the veteran in the side, was the driving force. Holgate overcame a 180 from John Holden to take a 3-1 lead. But Hodgson hit back with an excellent
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Bus fall outrage of stranded passenger
AN angry passenger is considering suing First York after claiming he was injured when a driver drove off while he was still stepping off the bus. Howard Darrell claims he suffered rib and thigh injuries when he fell into a Haxby street, after a heated
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Annie's got bags of life!
ANNIE Rawlings, who celebrates her 100th birthday next week, has revealed her lip-smacking secret to a long and happy life - eating two bags of crisps a day. The salty snacks, much derided by health experts as too fatty, are a regular feature in Annie's
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Ray of light for City
YORK City's mounting injury worries basked in a welcome chink of light today with the news Graham Potter and Darren Edmondson could be back in action within days. Earlier this week City manager Terry Dolan admitted he feared both defenders were set for
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League swells into magnificent seven
BOOMING Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League reached a milestone last night. The 44th annual dinner at York Racecourse topped the 500 attendance mark for the first time. That's a reflection of the huge growth of the league
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Coleman Towers above all others with the bat
CARLTON Towers batsman Stuart Coleman was the runaway winner of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League's final monthly batting award for the season. His unbeaten 204 against first division champions Beverley Town was the highest
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Stop all the talking and start performing
IF Mr Terry Dolan and his merry minstermen don't pull their fingers out soon, one of my dreams is going to bite the dust. If talking matches, won them, Mr Dolan would have had York FC in the Premier Division by now. Looks to me that Mr Dolan is one of
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Press still impresses
THE connections of racehorse Evening Press were happy with her display at Redcar despite a disappointing result. The two-year-old filly finished 11th out of 13 in the six-furlong The European Breeders Fund Pickering Maiden Fillies 'Stakes at the Teesside
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Rural rudies
WILD and willing wives of Yorkshire farmers have got most of their kit off to raise cash for those suffering hardship in the rural economy because of foot and mouth disease. Christopher Chittell - Eric Pollard of Emmerdale - officially unveiled the 2002
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Into the valley
Grosmont is this week's destination for George Wilkinson. Today we have a triangular route on high moor with terrific views out in all directions, and the triangle filled with heather. A short walk that would combine nicely with a few hours at Whitby
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Whistlestop 2, Kwiksave, Hull Road, York
Once again we are indebted to hairdresser Paul for spotting another new venue. Situated to the right of the entrance it does not appear necessary to have shopped to use the facilities. Imagine my surprise when on a table being used as the office I spied
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Will the Trophy curse strike?
YORK City's miserable run in the LDV Vans Trophy continued with the 2-0 defeat at Notts County in midweek. It is now almost five years since City last won a match in this competition, under whatever title it then proclaimed. Often, this much-maligned
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For the chap
As a Savile Row tailor visits its customers in York, CHARLES HUTCHINSON finds out what makes a well-dressed man. WOULD you pay £2,500 for a new suit? "Absolutely. It's good value," says Peter Smith, sales director of Huntsman, esteemed bespoke tailors
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Poets' corner
Janet Hewison finds the Somerset countryside that inspired two great friends and poets is still pulling in the visitors today. BEFORE he moved back to his native Lake District and started wandering among the daffodils, William Wordsworth found inspiration
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Illuminating
IN times when so many of us take all mod cons for granted, it was as bracing as the icy rainwater in which he washes to read about Richard Checksfield's choice of an alternative and happy way of life: 'The Power Relation' (Evening Press, October 11).
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What a gaffe
I THOUGHT I ought to draw your readers' attention to a notice which has appeared in Walker's Bar, Micklegate, York, now owned by Daisychain Inns: "Unfortunately due to the increase in the minimum wage, we have no alternative other than to increase all
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Good to squawk
SINCE there has been no word (profane or otherwise) of "Squeaky" the foul-mouthed African grey parrot stolen from sunny Bridlington. (Evening Press, September 21 and October 10), one can only assume he must have been silenced - by a quick squirt of WD40
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Rich pickings
It's National Apple Day tomorrow. STEPHEN LEWIS delves into the fruit's shameful past. IT'S become fashionable to lament the demise of the English apple - while at the same time, of course, we all rush out to the supermarket every weekend to buy our Golden
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Feel the knead
In the first of a new monthly series on local food producers, JULIAN COLE profiles a baker working in York's historic heart. IT'S funny what you can find behind the door of a baker's. At Via Vecchia, in Shambles, York, you will discover bread in all shapes
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Spice Twenty One, George Hudson Street, York; review 20/10/01
DAVID MARTIN tries out an Indian restaurant with a bright, modern look, but did the food match the fittings? SPICE Twenty One is an oasis of warm colours amid the dark, derelict shop fronts of George Hudson Street by night. This out-of-the-ordinary and
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Delays ahead for the busy A1079
YET more roadworks delays are on the way for motorists in the York area as engineers try to stop drivers skidding. The Highways Agency says a £680,000 resurfacing scheme will start on Monday on the A1079 between Dunnington and Bishop Burton. The project
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Community groups in Lottery bonanza
YORK'S Bangladeshi community was celebrating today after being awarded a £5,000 Lottery grant. The cash will pay for a laptop computer to aid the York Association of the Bangladeshi Community to teach the Bengali language to youngsters. It will also buy
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Public get chance to pick favourite plan
CAMPAIGNERS urging refusal of the Coppergate II plan will mobilise support in York this weekend. The Castle Area Campaign group will be showing shoppers the five options for development of the Clifford's Tower-based site. City of York Council has already
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Suitable job with Wasps
ANYONE wish they could fly like a bird? Well, you could get the next best thing with York RL Club and fly like a Wasp. The RL Premiership outfit are seeking a new Wobby the Wasp, or even a swarm of new Wobby the Wasps, to lead out the team on matchdays
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Top finish for Mark
CLIFTON CC's Mark Wolstenholme has continued his development as one of the best up-and-coming riders with a superb ranking of 11th in the British Best All-Rounder Competition. The competition takes in the best performances from the season over 50 miles
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York students join anti-war protest at Downing Street
YORK sixth form pupils are joining an anti-war demonstration in London tomorrow - and are prepared to risk arrest in order to stand up for their beliefs. Seven pupils from All Saints' School in York are joining up to 1,000 people at a mass sit-down against
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Coleman Towers above all others with the bat
CARLTON Towers batsman Stuart Coleman was the runaway winner of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League's final monthly batting award for the season. His unbeaten 204 against first division champions Beverley Town was the highest
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£17,300 briefcase snatch thief jailed
A THIEF'S loot "exceeded his wildest expectations" when he snatched a clairvoyant's expensive briefcase from a car seat, York Crown Court heard. Inside the £200 bag was £17,300 in used £50, £20 and £10 notes. But Paul Darcy, 26, did not get to keep the
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League swells into magnificent seven
BOOMING Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League reached a milestone last night. The 44th annual dinner at York Racecourse topped the 500 attendance mark for the first time. That's a reflection of the huge growth of the league
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Metal plate clue to York river victim's identity
A METAL plate found in the body of a man pulled from the River Ouse, in York, could be the key to his identity. Detectives are to take the plate to surgeons at the country's major hospitals, in an effort to name a man who died more than a week ago. Officers
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Pulling power
YORK City Rowing Club's scullers had a field day harvesting trophies at Ancholme Head of the River in Lincolnshire. Rowing over the 3,000 metre course in perfect conditions the York crews won seven events. Caroline Jones won Women's Senior 4 single sculls
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Heroin seized in York swoop
YORK'S new drug squad has made its first big swoop. A "significant amount" of heroin was seized by a 20-strong team, including the police dogs section, in a raid on a house off Gillygate. The elite squad, which aims to "rid the streets" of dealers peddling
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Spot the difference
THIS shows how the face of York will be transformed by the arrival of a Wetherspoons pub. As the artist's impression shows, Piccadilly's Travelodge will be barely recognisable once the pub chain has moved in. Okay, okay, so Wetherspoons' artwork lacks
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Ray of light for City
YORK City's mounting injury worries basked in a welcome chink of light today with the news Graham Potter and Darren Edmondson could be back in action within days. Earlier this week City manager Terry Dolan admitted he feared both defenders were set for
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Stop all the talking and start performing
IF Mr Terry Dolan and his merry minstermen don't pull their fingers out soon, one of my dreams is going to bite the dust. If talking matches, won them, Mr Dolan would have had York FC in the Premier Division by now. Looks to me that Mr Dolan is one of
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Let down by sport's 'professionals'
IN recent weeks we have had America's top golfers refusing to visit England for the Ryder Cup. The Australian rugby league squad had to be persuaded before reluctantly agreeing to come and play three or four matches here. The England cricket party have