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Of Mice And Men, York Theatre Royal from February 26 to March 16
Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men explores the underbelly of the American Dream, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON MICHAEL Glenn Murphy has shown York Theatre Royal audiences his comic side. Now, after playing biographer Max Brod in Alan Bennett's Kafka's Dick and
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Hijra, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until March 9.
IT began life as a film treatment, became a play first staged in Plymouth in Autumn 2000 and tomorrow the northern premiere of Ash Kotak's feelgood Asian comedy Hijra opens at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. "It might have been difficult to sell
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Trust nets Fulham cash
YORK City Supporters' Trust are nearly £25,000 better off today. Fulham chairman Mohammed Al Fayed has stood by his pledge to hand over his club's share of the gate receipts from the recent FA Cup tie with City to the Trust. He presented a cheque for
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Potter star is potty over York City FC
After menacing Harry Potter in the corridors of Hogwarts, caretaker Argus Filch nipped up to support York City. NICK HALLISSEY meets the York-born actor who plays Filch LEANING forward over his pint of Terrier, David Bradley says: "I asked my kids who
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New Stilo's full of surprises
FIAT'S Stilo supermini which goes on sale next week is packed with surprises. And this crucial new challenger in an ever-growing, ever-popular sector marks a radical departure for the Italian manufacturer. Not only does the car come in two sizes, a fairly
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No wonder we are so cynical
YORK'S leaders have amended their council tax prediction. Residents will not have to pay an extra 9.5 per cent this year, but probably a mere eight per cent. Strangely, this news has yet to spark Jubilee-style street parties across the city. Politicians
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Dolan urges push for points
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is taking two steps back to push forward ahead of tomorrow's visit of in-form Hartlepool United to Bootham Crescent. As part of his preparations, the City boss has vowed to dish-out some pertinent reminders to ward off any
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Fog lights folly
J P COBB bemoans the £30 fixed penalty issued to the driver of a car using fog lights inappropriately (Letters, February 4). If this was a genuine mistake a warning would probably have been sufficient. However, I am sure many other drivers must be as
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This land is mine too
HOME Secretary David Blunkett has proposed that immigrants to Britain should first swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen and her successors. Where would that leave declared republicans such as myself and Evening Press journalist Chris Titley? Perhaps
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Award is music to their ears
THE York Centre for Early Music has scooped a top national award. The centre beat off stiff competition to win the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Award for Conservation. Centre director Delma Tomlin said: "It's absolutely fantastic. "This
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Closure of York Rise home is 'inevitable'
A YORK nursing home "will inevitably close" after councillors gave its owners permission to convert it into houses. But members attending a planning meeting of City of York Council stopped short of giving the green light to an alternative application
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Just Peachie!
PEACHIE have won the first heat of Round One of the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands. Jim Broadbent and Richard Butler's band beat Lux Perpetua, Midas and The Modern Dance in Wednesday night's clash at Fibbers, in Stonebow, York. Next Wednesday
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Manufacturing factory to shed jobs
A NORTH Yorkshire manufacturing firm is set to shed jobs. A memo written on February 4, which has been leaked to the Evening Press, revealed that Micro Metalsmiths Ltd, in Kirkbymoorside, was proposing to make 26 redundancies. But a senior spokesman from
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Cooper the super dooper trouper
A SUPERB 160 check-out for 15 darts from Paul Cooper helped leaders Bay Horse demolish Clifton 'B' in York Atlas Auto Services League division one. Cooper was well backed by 21 darts from Dave O'Hara and Allan Galley, who notched a 99 finish for 15 darts
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North Yorks funeral for ex-rail union boss
SID WEIGHELL, the North Yorkshire-born former rail union chief who died this week, is to be buried in his home town of Northallerton. It was in 1975 that Mr Weighell was elected general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, now the National Union
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Campus must pay for fire call-out
YORK University has escaped prosecution in a row over fire crews attending a student protest. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service today confirmed it would not be prosecuting the university over an incident on Wednesday in which firefighters went
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Two fly from Switzerland for celebration
PAST and present members of a successful York dramatic society joined together to celebrate its 90th anniversary. The Rowntree Players held a special dinner followed by live entertainment for more than 90 people at the Merchant Taylors' Hall. Six former
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Nestl's lions looking to sink Cargo Fleet
NESTL Rowntree will enter the lion's den when they take on Cargo Fleet Social Club in the semi-final of the North Riding County FA Cup. As apt as that sounds for a team which plays out of the factory famous for the Lion chocolate bar, a sweet encounter
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Petch chasing Kall Kwik hat-trick
STEVE Petch will hunting a third title when the Kall Kwik Rally returns to the forests of North Yorkshire on Sunday, February 17. The De Lacy Motor Club event was the last major rally to run in February last year before the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease
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Stabbing at travellers' site
A MAN was taken to hospital with stab wounds to his arm, hand and legs after a disturbance at a travellers' settlement at Clifton Moor, York. Police and ambulance crews were first called out to Amy Johnson Way at Clifton Moor Business Park at 12.50am
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Stevo's benchmark
FORMER York City favourite Paul Stephenson may have to settle for a place on the bench with Hartlepool United at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The one-time City winger started his first game in three months in Pool's 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers in midweek
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Dolan urges push for points
YORK City chief Terry Dolan is taking two steps back to push forward ahead of tomorrow's visit of in-form Hartlepool United to Bootham Crescent. As part of his preparations, the City boss has vowed to dish-out some pertinent reminders to ward off any
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Council cuts tax hike after cash find
HUGE tax rises in York could be slightly reduced after an unexpected £1.5 million was found in the council's coffers. The extra money was discovered following an overestimate in the number of pupils who need to be funded through York's schools. And more
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Red revolution
DON'T forget to show your true colours at tomorrow's clash with Hartlepool United. Supporters are being urged to wear red as part of a 'Proud to Be Red Day' at Bootham Crescent. There has been a rush on at the club shop as fans try to get hold for their
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Single minded
YORK City bidders John Batchelor and rival John Stabler today pledged their commitment to the Minstermen as the future of Third Division rivals Halifax Town was thrown into doubt. City chairman Douglas Craig meanwhile has confirmed that the views of the
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A Pair Of Beauties, Hull Truck Theatre, until March 2
BLIND Date. Big Brother. Popstars. Survivor. Soap Stars. Pop Idol. Where fame was once flippantly allocated in 15-minute blocks by Andy Warhol, now it is the teenage addiction of the day. Gordon Steel, Teesside playwright, lecturer and Middlesbrough season
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Snoopy, The Musical, February 14 to 16, York Theatre Royal
JOHN Cooper, well-versed director of Stagecoach Youth Theatre York, has a surprising confession to make. "Two years ago, I'd only just heard of Snoopy. Of course I was aware that the pooch had a certain following in literary circles; I think I was just
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Thank you, love, that'll be 7d
THE busy hustle and bustle of haggling and bagging a bargain at one of York's market stalls has long been a feature of city centre street life. Today's selection of photos for Yesterday Once More in Pictures shows the changing face of market life over
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Single minded
YORK City bidders John Batchelor and rival John Stabler today pledged their commitment to the Minstermen as the future of Third Division rivals Halifax Town was thrown into doubt. City chairman Douglas Craig meanwhile has confirmed that the views of the
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Minster service for Princess next Saturday
A special service for Princess Margaret will be held at York Minster on Saturday, February 23, to commemorate her life and service to the nation. The Evensong will be held in the Nave of the Minster at 4pm, and will be led by the Dean of York, the Very
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York worker's £58,000 payout
A SALES manager who was unfairly sacked from his job after 26 years service has been awarded £58,000 by an employment tribunal. Malcolm Clark, 57, of Wigginton, York, was dismissed from his job at Moores Furniture Group Ltd only weeks after the appointment
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New Primera goes on show
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS announces the arrival of Nissan's new Primera The all-new Nissan Primera has arrived in York. The award-winning range of saloons and estates will offer a choice of 40 model variations with prices starting from £14,600. First
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Now close gap
SIGNS warning motorists of a pedestrian crossing on the A64 at Bilbrough Top are finally in place. This measure, plus the outlawing of U-turns via the central reservation, will make a dangerous stretch of road that bit safer. The Highways Agency has taken
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Iris (15, 91 minutes)
THE Oscar voters love illness, mental or physical. Sure enough, A Beautiful Mind (schizophrenia) and Iris (Alzheimer's), the ailment movies du jour, are nominated for gongs ago-go. Naturally, we are delighted for York's top banana of the Millennium, Dame
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We are letting down our bored youngsters
I WISH to respond to your news item 'Police in clamp down on gang of nuisance youths' (February 8). Our council taxes would be better spent on the youth services rather than five police officers patrolling local shops, at best moving teenagers on to other
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Waterworld misery
I RECENTLY took my nine year old son and his friend to Waterworld at Monks Cross. Although the boys enjoyed more than an hour's swim, the whole experience was far from satisfactory. I was charged £1 to be a spectator. My son is diabetic so I'm unlikely
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Bike in? Not likely!
AN expert told the Coppergate inquiry that the new shops will not take business away from the existing shops and that the development is needed to attract more regional shoppers to York (February 7). Now I read that a traffic consultant claims the site
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Tallest ride is taking shape
WORK to build the UK's tallest fairground ride of its kind began yesterday at Flamingo Land. At 55 metres high the Cliff Hanger ride will take pride of place in a new £4 million area in the park. The new ride will be ready in time for the park's opening
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Malton keep Shield side under wraps
MALTON and Norton will delay naming their team ahead of their Yorkshire Shield second round clash against Bradford Salem. The Gannock club have a couple of niggling injury doubts, so they will give the squad as much time as possible ahead of Salem's arrival
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Students bang on the Drum
GARRY Penrose Cup finalists Drum were soundly beaten by College of Law in their York and District Sunday Afternoon League division two clash. David Turner netted a hat-trick as the law students stormed to a 10-0 win. Also on the mark were Paul White (
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York 'noisy tenants' evicted
MORE "neighbours from hell" have been evicted from a York council flat, the Evening Press has learned. A woman and her partner were forced to leave their property in Main Street, Fulford, following numerous warnings about loud music and "loutish behaviour
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Marcia mauled by slick Severus
SEVERUS WMC continue to stake their claim for the John Smiths Sunday League title after a 9-1 mauling of Marcia. Powell and Jones hit hat-tricks with Robertson, Kitson and Woodward notching one apiece and Darren Miles the consolation. Aide White then
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Fed up Albion swamped again
TADCASTER Albion were mopping up again just 16 months after floods caused £100,000 of damage at the club. The floods at the end of 2000 caused substantial damage to both The Park clubhouse and the pitch, with Taddy unable to play any home fixtures for
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Accident blackspot to be tamed at last
HIGHWAYS bosses are finally taking two important steps to help tame the A64's notorious accident blackspot at Bilbrough Top. Thirteen months after Jamie Sanders was killed while trying to run across the dual carriageway to catch a bus, signs have been
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Happy many returns for Scott
SCORING sensation Scott Yeaman has received an early birthday present from York Wasps- a professional contract. The former Hull Kingston Rovers scrum-half signed a season-long deal last night, 11 days before his 20th birthday, as a reward for some top-notch
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Ouse Viking boat race 'still on'
A VIKING longship race on the River Ouse is still set to go ahead tomorrow despite the recent rise in the river level, say the organisers of the city's Jolablot festival. The Longships River Challenge, a boat regatta on the Ouse between Ouse Bridge and
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Happy many returns for Scott
SCORING sensation Scott Yeaman has received an early birthday present from York Wasps- a professional contract. The former Hull Kingston Rovers scrum-half signed a season-long deal last night, 11 days before his 20th birthday, as a reward for some top-notch
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Widow's flood policy anguish
WIDOWED flood victim Judith Meyler has told of her shock at being hit with a massive bill from an insurance company. The 58-year-old, of Norton, who suffers from a heart condition and is fitted with a pacemaker, was asked to pay a £900 premium by Norwich
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Half-term trippers add to York traffic gridlock
YORK'S traffic was plunged into rush-hour gridlock again as half-term holidaymakers joined commuters on the congested roads. Massive jams built up last night on key routes into the city centre such as Fulford Road and Hull Road, as well as the inner ring
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Callous vandals target OAP's bike
AN 85-year-old disabled York man was left heartbroken after youths stole his electric bicycle and smashed it up. Harry Walker, who suffers from chronic lung disease and heart problems, had locked the cycle outside the Kwik Save supermarket, in Hull Road
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Home wrecked despite closure reprieve
A DOOMED Barnardo's home at Tadcaster has been given a last-minute reprieve, it was revealed today. But instead of celebrating the surprise stay of execution, youngsters at the Wighill Lane care home reacted by smashing windows and doors. Barnardo's bosses
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Trust nets Fulham cash
YORK City Supporters' Trust are nearly £25,000 better off today. Fulham chairman Mohammed Al Fayed has stood by his pledge to hand over his club's share of the gate receipts from the recent FA Cup tie with City to the Trust. He presented a cheque for
