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York Theatre Royal's spring season
Charles Hutchinson looks ahead to the spring offerings from York Theatre Royal YORK Theatre Royal's main-house spring season will mark the beginning of two new creative partnerships. A joint production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men will be mounted
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First power line pylon is finished
IT is the sight campaigners have been dreading - the first pylon to be erected as part of a power line across the Vale of York. The construction, at Tholthorpe Airfield, stands 182ft tall - almost as high as York Minster. It is the first link in the controversial
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Merc-y me!
A WOMAN told today how she fled her home in horror as a car careered out of control and narrowly missed crashing into it. Tina Jackson said she was standing at her kitchen sink when she saw the Mercedes car, as it demolished a concrete bollard, clipped
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Time to help rural Britain
THE first case of foot and mouth disease was reported back in February. At the time we knew this was bad news, but we could never have guessed how bad. By May, with a General Election pending, the Government suggested that the outbreak was all but licked
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Play the game
PUBS are again echoing to the melodious bleeps of Pac Man and Space Invaders. These bulky machines might possess less impressive graphics than a modern Gameboy, but Harrogate company World Events has found that many pub-goers yearn for archaic amusements
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Relief as county emerges from foot and mouth "hell"
A WAVE of relief will sweep Britain's farming community this weekend following "a year of sheer hell", a North Yorkshire-based industry chief predicted today. The comment on Sunday's three-month milestone since the last foot and mouth outbreak came from
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Lee's intention
TALENTED midfielder Lee Bullock is hoping he has finally shaken off his goal-scoring blues as York City prepare to face Shrewsbury. Early season form suggested Bullock was on course to challenge for the club's leading scorer, netting three goals in the
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Dolan eager for positive vibe
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is waiting to see what reception awaits his side when they entertain Shrewsbury tomorrow. Since the announcement that the club was up for sale, City's last two matches has been postponed due to frozen pitches - meaning fans
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Don't pass on chance to carry baton
LOCAL heroes who want to take a lead in York's celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee next year need to move quickly. The closing date for nominations for runners for the jubilee baton relay is Friday, January 4, and potential runners are being urged
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Lovebirds flocking to tie the knot in North Yorks
FORGET Las Vegas and the sun-kissed beaches of the Caribbean - North Yorkshire is set to become the international ideal wedding spot. County bosses are drawing up plans to market the county across the world as the perfect place to tie the knot. The plans
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Anger at theft from Toni's winter wonderland
THIEVES have targeted a winter wonderland of illuminated snowmen, Santas and reindeer, created in the garden of a brain-damaged York teenager. Grandmother Myra Cook said her husband, Mick, had spent weeks setting up the Christmas decorations in the garden
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Smaws far from merrier in winter chiller
Local anglers had a tough time of it over the Christmas period with festive cheer hard to come by. With no contests on York water anglers had to venture further afield. But with many stillwaters frozen and rivers running cold ice, the journey was often
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Talking with dinosaurs
SCIENTIST Phil Manning gave his Yorkshire Museum colleague Norma Clemit a bit of a scare with this giant dinosaur foot, as he prepared for a family lecture on dinosaurs. Mr Manning, the York museum's keeper of geology, is to give a 60-minute lecture tomorrow
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Council chief in funds fear over hospital bed-blocking
NORTH Yorkshire's bed blocking crisis is set to continue unless more Government funding is made available, says a council chief. And services for vulnerable children are not expanding to meet demand, according to county social services director Rosemary
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Drugs youth gets six months
A YOUTH tried to bribe a nightclub manager into turning a blind eye to drug dealing, a court heard. The teenager held out £30 in ten pound notes to the licensee of Gem's in Ousegate, Selby, in a bid to persuade him to "give him the run of the place,"
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Yule-slog time
THE Christmas holidays of York, York RI and Malton and Norton have been cut short with all three clubs now set to play league matches tomorrow. Frozen pitches forced the club's respective ties to be called off at the weekend and under league rulings,
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Police hunt sex attacker
POLICE have warned women to be on guard after a serious sex attack on a woman in Ripon. The 29-year-old victim was seriously sexually assaulted as she walked home through the city following a Boxing Day drink with friends. Detective Inspector Neil Thewsey
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Pressure drop for Pikes
PICKERING Town boss Jimmy Reid believes there is no pressure on his team when they travel to big-spending Alfreton Town tomorrow. Having looked on as the Derbyshire-based outfit have splashed out on players, Reid feels it is up to the current Northern
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Delays warning as A64 work resumes
SEVERE delays are expected as roadworks on the A64 restart next week. The project, to create a £4.1 million junction and underpass at Copmanthorpe, was put on hold for two-and-a-half weeks over Christmas to ease disruption. But it will resume on January
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Slade seeks festive hit
Scarborough boss Russell Slade is well aware that with 19 games left to salvage the club's future in the Nationwide Conference, his side has got to start winning. "We have to get on the front foot in these three games coming up," he said as Scarborough
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Lottery trio celebrate
A LOTTERY syndicate from a York club has had its festive celebrations sweetened by a £76,000 Lottery windfall. Members discovered their win while celebrating Christmas in the Groves Working Men's Club, in Penley's Grove Street. The team of three - Melvyn
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Dolan eager for positive vibe
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is waiting to see what reception awaits his side when they entertain Shrewsbury tomorrow. Since the announcement that the club was up for sale, City's last two matches has been postponed due to frozen pitches - meaning fans
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Lee's intention
TALENTED midfielder Lee Bullock is hoping he has finally shaken off his goal-scoring blues as York City prepare to face Shrewsbury. Early season form suggested Bullock was on course to challenge for the club's leading scorer, netting three goals in the
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Mullins can See his way to Newbury prize
SEE YOU SOMETIME can extend his winning sequence in the big race at Newbury tomorrow. The six-year-old lines up for the £28,000 Cantor Sport Challow Novices' Hurdle and is strongly fancied to repeat his recent success over the same course and distance
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Early music fans are not all 'well-heeled'
AS the owner of a modest bed and breakfast in York I can assure Dr K Davis he is wildly wrong regarding the audience attracted by the York Early Music Christmas Festival ('Christmas music, but only for the well-heeled' Letters, December 13). Over the
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Dreary decorations
IT is sad to see the new Christmas decorations in York of so much lower a standard than those we have enjoyed during previous years. Fortunately, some of the old ones have been retained - in Stonegate and Colliergate, for example. These are traditional
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Painful recovery
I HAD to laugh when I read an article in a daily paper the other day about a British firm planning to send NHS patients to a Greek hospital with "breathtaking views". I hope these "breathtaking views" don't include airfields or military bases, or some
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Overseas inquiries in York City sale
YORK City chairman Douglas Craig today revealed he has received three inquiries from prospective buyers of the troubled football club - including two from overseas. Mr Craig was unable to divulge much information about the interested parties, but confirmed
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Humbug!, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, January 3 to 5
JOHN Cooper revives his Christmas musical Humbug! in next week's ambitious production by Stagecoach Youth Theatre York at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. This adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol was written by Cooper for a company of
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Lorry blown over as gales sweep across North Yorks
A NORTH Yorkshire road had to be closed today after an articulated lorry was blown over by high winds. The curtain-sided truck was travelling on the A162 between the South Milford and A63 roundabouts, near Selby, when it was blown across the road. It
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Day we shall never forget
CHRIS TITLEY begins the final part of his review of the year with the disaster that shook North Yorkshire Transport "But there's a train coming." "Oh my God!" This exchange between Gary Hart and the 999 operator was punctured by the klaxon of an express
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Serendipity (PG, 91 mins)
SERENDIPITY, that happiest of words, is the ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident. This unplanned state alas cannot be matched by filmmakers, where planning must be to the max. Fake snow flakes must fall that little bit too perfectly in Central
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Saying farewell after 26 years
A DEDICATED City of York Council home care worker has retired after 26 years. Mary Blacker joined the care service with North Yorkshire County Council in 1975 before transferring to York in the mid-1990s. She spent most of her time at the city's Gale
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N Yorks police funding gloom
NORTH Yorkshire has the fifth worst-funded police force in the country, official Government statistics revealed. The grant funding which is to be paid to the county next year is the equivalent of £95.88 per person. This an increase of £4.07 on the current
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Success storeys
WHETHER it's Bob the Builder, or his mates Tom, Dick or Harriet - if he or she did good work for you, they could win a national prize. The Federation of Master Builders is combing Yorkshire and the country as a whole for outstanding craftsmen for its
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Sync and swim seeks new wave
SYNCHRONISED swimming is poised to take a greater plunge in North Yorkshire next year. A 2002 wave odyssey is the challenge ahead of the St Alban Synchronised Swimming Club, which is based at Ampleforth College's St Alban pool. For the past six months
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Housing slowdown 'will not hit York'
YORK'S property market is strong enough to resist a nationwide slowdown, according to city estate agents. Despite a report by the Halifax, the country's biggest mortgage lender, predicting that house prices in 2002 will rise at less than half the rate
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Bennet joins Wasps
SPEED-MERCHANT Neil Bennett has joined the York Wasps revolution. The Evening Press previously reported that the pacy winger was rumoured to be moving to Huntington Stadium, but the club refused to comment on the speculation. However, chief executive
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Pubs prepare for Space Invaders
PAC Man and Space Invaders are moving the hi-tech games scene back to the '80s. The retro entertainment, which introduced thousands to computer games 20 years ago, is making a comeback thanks to a Harrogate company. World Events are leading the revival
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Relief as county emerges from foot and mouth "hell"
A WAVE of relief will sweep Britain's farming community this weekend following "a year of sheer hell", a North Yorkshire-based industry chief predicted today. The comment on Sunday's three-month milestone since the last foot and mouth outbreak came from
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Neil deal up in the air
YORK Wasps have refused to comment on speculation that speedy winger Neil Bennett was to join the club. There were rumours that the try-scoring ace was set to sign ahead of the Wasps' New Year's Day clash against Swinton Lions. However, a website for
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Delays warning as A64 work resumes
SEVERE delays are expected as roadworks on the A64 restart next week. The project, to create a £4.1 million junction and underpass at Copmanthorpe, was put on hold for two-and-a-half weeks over Christmas to ease disruption. But it will resume on January
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Drivers flout law, too
I AGREE that ten per cent of cyclists don't have lighting, ride through red lights and flaunt the law in general. But the other 90 per cent do abide by the law, have working cycle lights, wear bright fluorescent clothing and stick to the Highway Code.
