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Lighting-up time
A GRAND dame by day, a sultry beauty by night - York displays her bejewelled finery after dark. The nightscape transforms the city as street lamps or floodlights lend an even greater grandeur to the historic buildings. A time exposure eradicates the traffic
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Ask the experts: My face always looks puffed up
Q I have suffered with catarrh for many years and my face always looks puffy. I have tried various over-the-counter remedies, but nothing seems to work. Is there a more natural alternative that could help with this problem? A It is important that you
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Gong ho in city
FOR the many who have received honours, the New Year has certainly got off to a promising start. Among them is Ron Cooke, who receives a knighthood. This is well-deserved recognition of Sir Ron's work guiding York University to its position among the
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Minstermen's show of pluck delights Dolan
YORK City boss Terry Dolan had little reason to quibble after the Minstermen signed off 2001 with a battling display in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury Town. It was City's first outing since the shock news that the club is up for sale and their first
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Death of tennis champ
PAT Stainsby, who has died suddenly, aged 66, was an outstanding York tennis player in the 1950s and 60s and later a prominent figure in the cub scout movement. Born in York, Miss Stainsby was educated at The Avenue Primary School and Mill Mount Grammar
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Auto stalwart Milner dies
ONE of North Yorkshire's motor sport stalwarts, Roger Milner, has died at his Harrogate home at the age of 72. He was a notable trials rider on Norton machines in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr Milner held the position of Yorkshire Centre Auto Cycle Union president
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Barnsley chop down tie
MALTON and Norton RUFC are now awaiting a decision from the Rugby Football Union after visitors Barnsley refused to play their Yorkshire Three game. Barnsley arrived at The Gannock on Saturday for the clash on a pitch which the match referee deemed 'perfectly
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Battling York's display restores fervour
Hull took the points as 13-11 victors, but York earned the plaudits despite the Humberside club's win in this Yorkshire One league contest at Haworth Park. It was a robust encounter as Hull have a pacy and physical pack supported by powerful outsides
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'If I won the Lottery, I'd buy the club myself'
York City played their first home match on Saturday since the club went up for sale. Janet Hewison spoke to some of the fans at the game IT WAS only after weeks of begging from her five-year-old son that Jane Blythe finally made her first trip to York
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Parents still hopeful son will be freed
THE York parents of charity worker Ian Stillman are hoping the New Year will bring his long-awaited release from an Indian jail. Mr Stillman, whose father and mother Roy and Monica Stillman live in Tadcaster Road, is serving a ten-year sentence after
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Ben warns Benn as new year chimes
YORK Wasps' ace Ben Sorbello has issued a hands-off warning to new team-mate Jamie Benn. Sorbello goes into tomorrow's vital clash with Swinton Lions as occupant of the number one shirt and is determined to keep hold of it despite the imminent return
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Warning of rise in tax despite big savings
CASH-strapped City of York Council has found savings that could cut its budget shortfall by £3.5 million. Financial experts have already identified £2.8 million which can be shaved from the initial £4.7 million shortfall the authority faces next year.
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Crossing smash gate removed
A LEVEL crossing gate had to be dragged from railway lines after a lorry smashed through it seconds before a train arrived. Car driver Derrick Adamson, from Tang Hall, pulled the gate away after he saw the lorry hit it at the level crossing junction in
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Minstermen's show of pluck delights Dolan
YORK City boss Terry Dolan had little reason to quibble after the Minstermen signed off 2001 with a battling display in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury Town. It was City's first outing since the shock news that the club is up for sale and their first
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Foss freezes as big chill heralds the New Year
DON'T drink and freeze is the message to New Year's Eve revellers as temperatures plunge. Party-goers are being urged to wrap up warm tonight as they celebrate the last big party of the year. Thermometer readings were so low in York today that even parts
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Honour for York's queen of tourism
QUEEN of the Ouse Denise Howard today wins recognition for her work as a champion of York's vital tourism industry. There are also New Year honours for Professor Thomas Baird Clarkson McGuffog, a former Nestl Rowntree boss, John Henry Gibson, the founder
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Knight class
ARISE, Sir Ron! The man who has steered York University to its position as "the Cambridge of the North" was today knighted for his services to higher education. Sir Ron Cooke, 60, was among local heroes from across the region who were included in today's
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Ben warns Benn as new year chimes
YORK Wasps' ace Ben Sorbello has issued a hands-off warning to new team-mate Jamie Benn. Sorbello goes into tomorrow's vital clash with Swinton Lions as occupant of the number one shirt and is determined to keep hold of it despite the imminent return
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Come dine with me...
AS if dinner parties with family and friends aren't bad enough, at this time of year we have to suffer the usual attempts to fill up space in the newspapers with rubbish such as the 'ideal celebrity dinner guest' list. This year there were no surprises
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Racing floored by bad weather
Catterick's New Year's Day race meeting became the latest meeting to fall victim to the current cold snap when it was called off following an inspection this morning. Racecourse manager John Gundill said: "The result of the 9.00am inspection is that racing
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Pun-packed paper
THE Evening Press can always raise a smile with the occasional play on words in its story captions. On December 27 you positively XL-ed yourselves in this department. First, we were touched by a shaggy-dog story of a collie and her pups ('Come by -- ahh
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Give us old phones
MANY of your readers will have received new mobile phones this Christmas but may not be aware that Oxfam would welcome the gift of their old handset. There are millions of old mobiles lying around in people's homes and offices in Britain and each working
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Helen of... tripe
ON the subject of never-ending tripe, have you read Helen Mead lately? Last week we were treated to a nauseous menu of body odour, halitosis, horrible, smelly trainers, grubby underwear and adult males who smell like unwashed laundry. This week (December
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I've bin fobbed off
ON November 2 I wrote to Stuart Grieve (the name I had been given by the receptionist at City of York Council) asking for an explanation of the apparent change of policy on the use of wheeled bins in the Scarcroft Hill/Wentworth Road area. Having received
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Craig quizzed
THE Evening Press has put several key questions to City chairman Douglas Craig about the proposed sale and the relationship between the club and Bootham Crescent Holdings plc which owns the ground. The question and answer session will be published in
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York City 1, Shrewsbury Town 1
IN THESE most testing of times for those who hold the club so dear, York City and visitors Shrewsbury Town provided a timely reminder as to why this great game is such an addiction. It wasn't spectacular, a classic, or a festive feast of flowing football
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Things can only get better
EVERY New Year's Eve we look forward in hope. Twelve months ago, our hopes for 2001 were modest. Without the burden of contemplating a new century or Millennium (although purists insist both began this year), we simply wanted the new year to be better
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Festive seasons when times were hard
TONIGHT, revellers will pack the pubs and bars. As the countdown draws closer, many will gather outside York Minster to hear the bells ring out the old and ring in the new. Arms will be linked, kisses exchanged and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne belted out
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Under-strength RI made to pay
York RI's first visit to Keighley for many years ended in defeat as their patched up side went down 42-10 in poor conditions. With a number of first team players away for the New Year break, it was a much changed side that made the trip to Keighley. On
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Pocklington fall to tinkering ploy
AN experimental side fielded by Pocklington paid the price for a plethora of handling errors as they went down 26-19 at home to a Driffield XV. With Percy Road frozen, the game was switched to the club's additional ground at Kilnwick Road, but Pocklington
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Slade alive to robust flaying of Barnet
Russell Slade has been in upbeat mood ever since he took over the struggling Seasiders and after the 3-0 beating of old adversaries Barnet, outlined his footballing philosophy. Declared the Scarborough manager: "I always believe in performance first and
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Action on winter health services
A MAJOR action plan has been drawn up to ensure vulnerable people in the York area get the help they need from the NHS and social services this winter. Every year sees a seasonal peak in demand for services, especially from frail and older people, and
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South Bank wobble as division one title gap tightens
Despite the freezing weather only three of the scheduled 32 league games were postponed. The Division One title race is proving keenly competitive with only two points separating the top four. South Bank remained unbeaten until December but have now lost
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Jones joy in outbreak of Dringle-bells
DEBUTANT Phil Jones had a dream start for Dringhouses in the York Leeper-Hare District League premier division clash at home to Riccall. Jones fired the hosts in front and though Riccall mustered a leveller from Phil Brough's direct free-kick shortly
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Shop and change: here comes euro
With the introduction of the euro currency tomorrow, Evening Press Chief Reporter MIKE LAYCOCK looks at how local shops and companies are preparing for the change KEY businesses in York are adapting their tills to take the euro from tomorrow. Some shops
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Talk of the town
HARROGATE Town fans have long had to listen to the claims the Wetherby Road club was on the verge on something big - but the performances have never lived up to the talking. That was until now. The 507-strong crowd that turned out on Saturday seem to
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Tenant's anger over house repair saga
A FURIOUS York tenant is still waiting for his house wall to be fixed - more than six months after council contractors damaged it. Julian Morley said his council house in Lindsay Avenue, Acomb, had been cold and draughty following the damage to his outside
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New Year runners
THE New Year's Day cross country relay is being run tomorrow (Tuesday, January 1) on York's Knavesmire, starting at 11am. The relay starts from the Tadcaster Road end of Knavesmire. Teams of three can enter together on the day and individuals can turn
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New Year message of laughter from star Berwick
HERALDING the start of 2002 are panto stars Berwick Kaler and Richard Ashton, currently starring in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal in York. While the rest of us enjoy the New Year break, the hard-working duo were appearing in two shows today
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City match off
York City's Division Three game at Halifax Town on New Year's Day was called off today because the pitch at The Shay is frozen solid and the forecast for a thaw is not encouraging. Updated: 13:03 Monday, December 31, 2001
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Craig quizzed
THE Evening Press has put several key questions to City chairman Douglas Craig about the proposed sale and the relationship between the club and Bootham Crescent Holdings plc which owns the ground. The question and answer session will be published in
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In eye of tempest
YORK City faces one of the most important 90 minutes of its history next Monday. That's when fans will hear of plans to establish a Save City Committee and the formation of a Supporters' Trust to help safeguard the cash-strapped club's future. As revealed
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My New Year story of angels in a blizzard
On Saturday, during treacherous driving conditions, I skidded into a ditch. It was a lonely stretch of road, the snow was blowing horizontal and darkness was descending but in less than ten minutes, I was resuming my journey. During that time, seven cars
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Social injustice
DURING the last 20 years we have witnessed the erosion of our social infrastructure to an intolerable level. The main reason for this decline can be put fairly and squarely on the fact that the defence budget for the last 25 years has exceeded the European
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In eye of tempest
YORK City faces one of the most important 90 minutes of its history next Monday. That's when fans will hear of plans to establish a Save City Committee and the formation of a Supporters' Trust to help safeguard the cash-strapped club's future. As revealed
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'If I won the Lottery, I'd buy the club myself'
York City played their first home match on Saturday since the club went up for sale. Janet Hewison spoke to some of the fans at the game IT WAS only after weeks of begging from her five-year-old son that Jane Blythe finally made her first trip to York
