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Treacherous weather leads to scores of shunts
TREACHEROUS road conditions led to more than 110 accidents across North Yorkshire, police revealed today. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said most of the accidents had been dealt with on Saturday, stretching resources and manpower to the limit
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Peace, joy and justice will prevail
After a tragic and difficult year, the Archbishop of York, DR DAVID HOPE, considers the good news of the Christmas story ONE of the very enjoyable aspects of my work and office as Archbishop is the opportunity I have to visit and meet so many different
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Show you care
YORK City fans will be handed a gilt-edged opportunity in 48 hours to show a united front and prove the football club is worth saving. The Minstermen go head to head with derby rivals Hull City at Bootham Crescent on Boxing Day in what is always an eagerly
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I'm ready for F1 - Manning
KNARESBOROUGH driver Darren Manning believes he is ready to tackle Formula One. The BAR test driver is keen to race for the team next season if former world champion Jacques Villeneuve decided to leave. Craig Pollock's departure from BAR recently has
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Selby overpower Pock
SELBY'S forward domination, set-piece efficiency and sure handling gave them a convincing 40-5 Yorkshire One victory at home to Pocklington. Five of their tries came from close range rolling mauls - three of them from line-outs and two from tap penalties
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Striker Shields boosts Scarboro
WITHOUT a game over the weekend, Scarborough have been training every day as they prepare for the trip to Doncaster. Manager Russell Slade has been boosted by the news that Sunderland have extended the loan period of striker Dene Shields by another month
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Stolen cornet blow for Roger
THIEVES have ruined Christmas for York band member Roger Taylor after they broke into his car and stole his prized cornet. Now the 19-year-old mechanic, who plays with the Rowntree Band, is desperate to get the rare instrument back and is offering a reward
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Weather bites into York area matches
ONLY one game survived in the Leeper Hare York and District Football league on Saturday. Huntington and Pocklington drew 3-3 in the premier division, Pock twice coming from two goals behind to take a point. Paul Pemberton shot Huntington ahead with a
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Tills jingle merrily
YORK stores have been enjoying a Christmas business boom as shoppers flock in from across the region - undeterred by the A64 traffic jams. Retailers say trading has been "very positive" throughout the run-up to Christmas, helped by a record number of
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Snow almost whites out local games
TAKE a good look at Evening Press photographer David Harrison's picture on the left - it is a rarity. It is from Huntington Rovers home game against Pocklington Town - the only match in the entire Leeper hare York and District League to survive Saturday's
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Attack victim Edwin faces Christmas in hospital
THE family of York pensioner Edwin Hopper is preparing to spend Christmas Day in hospital with him as he slowly recovers from his injuries. Mr Hopper, 71, who suffered severe head and facial injuries in an attack at his Acomb home on November 12, has
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Cold comfort as City are frozen out
YORK City hopes of rounding off a turbulent week with some good news on the pitch was brought to a swift end by the weather on Saturday. Players and spectators were halfway to Rochdale for the clash at Spotland when the news filtered through the game
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Wasps working overtime for fans
YORK Wasps boss Leo Epifania is working overtime to give the supporters the perfect Christmas present - a first win since February. The Australian has shrugged off his first English cold to draw up a battle plan for the Boxing Day basement clash against
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Turgeonev can land Wetherby showpiece
TURGEONEV can shine for Tim Easterby at Wetherby on Boxing Day by winning the feature race on the card. The £35,000 Castleford Chase, normally held on the second day of Wetherby's Christmas meeting, has been switched to the principal programme, and Easterby
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Everything reduced
VIRGIN Mobile's Christmas party bottom-photocopying was bound to take a back seat, sooner or later ('Virgin bottom plan scuppered', December 14). No longer will we hear the virgins cry: "Do you think my bottom looks too big - on 50 per cent reduction?
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Fans put weight behind campaign
FANS' representatives are backing the Evening Press campaign to save York City. The cash-strapped club is up for sale and will fold if a buyer cannot be found. The paper's Save City campaign will take a significant step on Saturday when a meeting organised
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Fans put weight behind campaign
FANS' representatives are backing the Evening Press campaign to save York City. The cash-strapped club is up for sale and will fold if a buyer cannot be found. The paper's Save City campaign will take a significant step on Saturday when a meeting organised
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You've done it!
Generous Evening Press readers have helped buy 12 life-saving heart monitors in memory of Jamie Bucknell, the York schoolboy struck down by a heart condition. And the swiftness of your response to Jamie's Have A Heart Appeal means we reached our £7,500
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You've done it!
Generous Evening Press readers have helped buy 12 life-saving heart monitors in memory of Jamie Bucknell, the York schoolboy struck down by a heart condition. And the swiftness of your response to Jamie's Have A Heart Appeal means we reached our £7,500
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In memory of young Jamie
IN A fairer world, Jamie Bucknell would today have been just another teenager looking forward to Christmas Day. Sadly, this special young man, a generous, lively and popular boy, who was known by all for his "amazing smile and infectious laugh", was taken
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Best wishes
GAVIN Wilson has astounded doctors with his progress since he was left paralysed after falling from his mountain bike. And he has made it home for Christmas, which is more than his family had dared to hope for. At one time it was feared that Gavin might
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Hobson looks into the eyes of the Tigers
GARY Hobson is on a Tiger hunt as the experienced centre-back looks to return for the Boxing Day derby against Hull City. The 29-year-old defender turned out for the Boothferry Park outfit142 times in five-and-a-half seasons, but that will mean nothing
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Cold comfort as City are frozen out
YORK City hopes of rounding off a turbulent week with some good news on the pitch was brought to a swift end by the weather on Saturday. Players and spectators were halfway to Rochdale for the clash at Spotland when the news filtered through the game
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York RI whitewash
YORK RI visited Nestl Rowntree in Men's Division One of the York Badminton League and ran out 9-0 winners. Jonathan Main and Tim Vickers were the pick of the Institute pairs by winning all three in straight sets for a return of 90-32. Men's Division One
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Christmas agony over missing sister
THE York sister of a student nurse missing for nearly five months says her Christmas wish is that she will walk through the door tomorrow. But Fran Kerton, sister of missing Louise, says she knows it is unlikely to happen. Louise, 24, and from Kent, disappeared
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Wasps working overtime for fans
YORK Wasps boss Leo Epifania is working overtime to give the supporters the perfect Christmas present - a first win since February. The Australian has shrugged off his first English cold to draw up a battle plan for the Boxing Day basement clash against
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Shop's toy treat for ward kids
YOUNGSTERS who will be spending this Christmas in hospital in York have been given a toys tonic, thanks to a city store. Staff from the Evening Press advertising department joined panto star Martin Barrass and Michelle Roberts, marketing manager of York
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Festive wishes for 'our boys'
EVENING Press readers whose loved ones are serving away from home with the Army this Christmas were today letting them know they will be missed. The paper received a number of messages from soldiers' families following an earlier article, which featured
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Gavin comes home after bike injury
A YORK teenager left paralysed when he fell from his mountain bike has returned home from hospital for Christmas. Gavin Wilson, 14, from Strensall Road, Huntington, astounded doctors with his progress after the accident at St Nicholas Fields in Tang Hall
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Drivers 'four times limit'
SCORES of motorists have been caught drink-driving across North Yorkshire in the run-up to Christmas. And some of them were three or even four times over the limit, barely capable of standing upright or getting in or out of their cars. Police revealed
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Hobson looks into the eyes of the Tigers
GARY Hobson is on a Tiger hunt as the experienced centre-back looks to return for the Boxing Day derby against Hull City. The 29-year-old defender turned out for the Boothferry Park outfit142 times in five-and-a-half seasons, but that will mean nothing
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Show you care
YORK City fans will be handed a gilt-edged opportunity in 48 hours to show a united front and prove the football club is worth saving. The Minstermen go head to head with derby rivals Hull City at Bootham Crescent on Boxing Day in what is always an eagerly
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What a performance
HAVE you heard all about it? With Christmas upon us it's best that you're aware of it. It's called Kitchen Performance Anxiety and is a new syndrome which affects one in eight people. The condition is a product of all those cookery programmes with the
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First to strike Gold for superb Doumen
FIRST GOLD can prove a Christmas cracker for the second year running at Kempton on Boxing Day. The brilliant French gelding, spectacular winner of the £150,000 Pertemps King George VI Chase 12 months ago, can stage a repeat in the outstanding racing showpiece
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Thanks and merry Christmas to kind readers
I WRITE to thank the citizens of and visitors to York for their generosity. York Lions Club has just concluded its annual Parliament Street and door-to-door Appeal and more cash has been collected than ever before. In the last 18 months, the three city
