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Pay row train conductors plan 'no fares' days
CONDUCTORS from strike-hit Arriva Trains Northern are planning a dramatic new tactic in their pay dispute - "no fares days" for passengers. If union members vote for the action in a ballot, conductors will turn up to work on selected days, but without
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A horrible year
THE foot-and-mouth outbreak - a year old yesterday - has demonstrated farmers' amazing resilience and courage, says NFU President Ben Gill. It was on February 20, 2000, that the first case of the disease was identified - an event that was to bring the
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Was advice flawed?
THE Government's mass cull to combat FMD was based on flawed scientific advice, its former chief scientist said this week. Dr David Shannon said the committee that advised the Prime Minister made incorrect assumptions about the outbreak. In an interview
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The markets are reopening
LIVESTOCK markets across the north-east are starting to reopen after a year of closure due to the foot and mouth crisis. Hexham held its first store cattle sale last week. On Tuesday, the Northallerton auction mart reopened. Selby livestock auction mart
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Seeing double the number of linesmen will clear the vision
REFEREES are coming in for quite a lot of criticism from one angle or another at the moment. The way the game is going, with it becoming faster and faster, I think it is important we look at things carefully rather than making snap judgements and without
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Getting the massage
YOU printed an inquiry from a reader about on-site massage and gave details of the service available in York (The Experts, February 4). As physiotherapists, we get many patients who have initially had symptoms such as the reader described. Rather than
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Stop barbarous hunt
CONGRATULATIONS to the Scots who have voted to ban fox hunting and hare coursing from their land (February 14). England has been left behind with its archaic cruel pastime. Fox hunting should be also banned here in England and Wales as soon as possible
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Who's got a mobile?
With all the objections being raised about phone masts, I want to know how many of these people have mobile phones and how many of their children have them as well. Is it a case of not in my back yard? Rachel Taylor, Dane Avenue, Selby Updated: 11:06
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Tories demand cuts in council tax bills
COUNCIL leaders will be urged to slash council tax increases to less than seven per cent at tonight's budget meeting. The proposals, nearly one per cent lower than levels due to be considered by City of York Council, will be made by its Conservative group
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Getting tips from the top
YOUNG chess enthusiast Sheila Dines, 8, gets some top tips from the leading British women's player Harriet Hunt at the Junior Girls British Chess Championships at the Elmbank Hotel, Tadcaster Road, York. Hunt, who is president of the British Women's Chess
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It's a dead heat for two bands
HEAT 2 of the first round of the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2002 has ended in a dead heat, so both Manydown and Fadge will progress to Round Two. In last night's hard-fought contest at Fibbers, in Stonebow, York, Manydown won the audience
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Leaders fail to get full points
YORK men's indoor bowls team's tight grip of their John Smith's Yorkshire Indoor Bowls League group was loosened despite a 86-72 victory over Featherstone, writes Ian Clough. York went into the match eight points ahead of nearest rivals Hull and needed
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Tourism chief on mission to States
YORK'S tourism chiefs are plotting a unique stateside mission to tempt U.S. visitors back to the city. Kay Hyde, PR manager for the First Stop York tourism partnership, flies to New York on Saturday to take part in a 'Meet the U.S. Media' event. Kay's
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Heworth step up challenge
HEWORTH Golf Club have closed the gap in the East Riding Alliance Championship to four strokes after victory in the latest round at Selby. The team of Neil Smith and Dean Wharton kept their composure to fire a six-under 65 to leave Heworth within striking
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Much ado after Bard director quits
THE future of an ambitious project to stage all the Shakespeare plays is in doubt after the resignation of its director. The York Shakespeare Project, involving about 80 people, has postponed its first play, Richard III, which was scheduled to open on
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North Yorks man's simple computer book
IF YOU think Windows are things you look through, and a mouse is something the cat drags in, an author from Riccall is hoping to put you straight. Bill Hall is the author of a new book on using computers, specifically tailored to help older readers understand
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Lusty llamas make a drama out of a crisis
A PAIR of pet llamas stranded in a field because of foot and mouth restrictions may soon be young parents. With nothing to do all day but stare at a herd of grazing sheep, it was perhaps inevitable nature would take its course, says Catherine Thieffrey
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Friends and foes face full-blooded fervour
MATES will become enemies this weekend when one of the biggest and best student rugby league tournaments comes to York. The University of York stages the student regional RL championships, featuring sides from around the country. No fewer than four members
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Mum's fresh grief over organ news
A YORK mother who has waited in anguish to hear what happened to her premature daughter's body parts, removed by York District Hospital eight years ago, has finally been told that they have been destroyed. Fiona Chilton, 27, of Acomb, only found out last
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Union defends council workers' free bus rides
THE POLICY of issuing Park and Ride passes giving council staff free travel at taxpayers' expense has been defended by the union Unison. The public service workers' union responded to the Evening Press's revelation that about 500 members of staff are
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Villagers topple phone mast bid
PEOPLE power has toppled plans for a 72ft mobile phone mast near Selby. Villagers at Brayton united in fierce opposition to the proposed mast - and last night they won the backing of Selby District Council. Members of the council's planning committee
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York's Nines rugby festival
A MAJOR new rugby league festival has been given the thumbs up and is coming to York in June. As exclusively revealed by the Evening Press in December, an innovative nine-a-side tournament, which is hoped to one day rival rugby union's famous Middlesex
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Fox to bolster pluck of Irish
OUT of favour York City midfielder Christian Fox was set to be on the move this afternoon. Fox is on the verge of joining Irish League side Larne on loan until the end of the season. However, the Evening Press understands the deal is not cut and dried
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Some anniversary!
IT'S Wednesday, February 20 with rain-filled, overcast skies and even bleaker prospects for our industry on the anniversary of the disease being first identified at the Cheale Meats abattoir in Essex. Since that fateful day, the Government has twisted
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Teflon Tone's so scratched
NOW here's a funny thing. After a horrid, torrid week in which all sorts of colourful allegations have been thrown at the Government, none of it appears to have stuck. The ordure has slipped off Teflon Tony, with seven out of ten voters expressing support
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All primed for the gong show
NOW I'm hardly an expert, but that needn't get in the way of a column. Dropping the words into this slot doesn't require a hair-splitting knowledge of the matter at hand, just a passing curiosity with an opinion or two tacked on to the side. There was
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Veteran Ron joins Trust fight
AGE is no barrier to the York City Supporters' Trust's recruitment drive. At 91 years of age, new recruit and lifelong fan Ronald Lacy, who lives at the Fordlands Residential Home, Fulford, is the Trust's oldest member. Ronald, whose son, John, and grandson
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Woman held in pistol raid
A WOMAN was arrested today after armed police officers mounted a dramatic raid on a house in York. Police said a siege began in the early hours when a woman was seen with a handgun in the doorway of her home in Starkey Crescent, Tang Hall. A police spokesman
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One man's plight
THERE'S an eerie silence on Trevor Bosomworth's farm near Thirsk. Before last July, there was the constant noise of squealing and lowing at Marderby Hall, Felixkirk. "We had about 8,000 pigs and 560 cattle." Then the foot and mouth disaster struck, and
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Don't reach for the nitrogen yet
This column is supplied by Derek Knight (01430) 861988 and David Martindale (01609) 760362, ADAS consultants in East and North Yorkshire MOST autumn-sown wheat and barley crops are now well bulked with plenty of tillers. Although plants in many fields
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We've seen it all before!
SHOWBIZ folk treasure one thing above all others: the encore. Nothing bolsters the performer's ego better than the instruction to "play it again, Sam". Standing ovations have implications, however. Audiences get what we deserve; if the public scream "
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But what did Margaret do?
IF you had asked me last Friday to write down everything I knew about Princess Margaret, it would have barely covered the side of one of her fag packets. Queen's sister; drinker, smoker, divorcee. That was about it. Now, having read enough obituaries
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Join in the revolution
THEY say that modern computers are user-friendly. Try telling that to someone who has just unpacked a new machine. Faced with keyboard, mouse, screen, tower, speakers, printer, umpteen connecting leads and instruction manuals the size of Yellow Pages,
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Stand and deliver
THANKS to Catherine Thieffrey, we now know a little more about the love life of llamas. Bouncer and Molly, she explained, could go nowhere during the foot and mouth crisis, and clearly grew close. Consequently, their Helmsley hideaway could soon reverberate
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Get these traffic tailbacks sorted out now
AFTER all the money that has been spent and 11 months of disruption, what has been achieved by the reconstruction of the roundabout at Rawcliffe, A19/A1237 junction? There are still endless queues of traffic back to the Millfield roundabout at Poppleton
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Floods and funding
I TOTALLY agree with the sentiments of your editorial about flood defence funding (February 14). Your last paragraph touched a nerve. It suggested that if the same happened on the Thames there might be a different reaction and the funding would not be
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Fox to bolster pluck of Irish
OUT of favour York City midfielder Christian Fox was set to be on the move this afternoon. Fox is on the verge of joining Irish League side Larne on loan until the end of the season. However, the Evening Press understands the deal is not cut and dried
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MP's memory lapse
IN claiming to not take sides in strikes (February 11), Hugh Bayley seems to have forgotten that the Labour Party was founded by trade unionists to give political expression to their interests. This apparent neutrality leaves the field clear for the Tories
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Warning over Chinese honey
YORK retailers are being urged to withdraw Chinese honey from sale after fears were raised that it may contain a banned substance. City of York Council's food and safety unit is writing to traders in the city after the Food Standard's Agency issued a
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Blaze hero sent to jail
A FIRE rescuer was today starting 18 months in jail for supplying a friend with heroin, despite the courts giving him two chances to keep his freedom. Scott Kevin Rocks, 26, handed over £40 worth of the drug on a non-profit basis, Robin Denny for the
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York make all the right moves
YORK RI 'A' crushed Huddersfield 'A' by 9 to points in the Woodhouse Cup. York fielded a strong team and the win was expected but York RI 'A' have seriously underachieved this season and so it was reassuring to secure a big win. Among the players who
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Tax up 9.75% in 'no cuts' county budget
A "NO cuts" budget has been promised by North Yorkshire County Council chiefs facing a financial shortfall next year. But taxpayers have been told they will have to foot the bill with a huge 9.75 per cent increase. It means the average Band D householder
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Family's anger over memorial removal
AN ANGRY York family has hit out at staff at the city's crematorium, claiming they removed a memorial cross to their much-loved "matriarch" from the place where her ashes were scattered. Long-term York resident Gladys Darley died, aged 94, just over two
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York ladies go out of Vivienne Trophy
York's Vivienne Trophy ladies indoor bowls team bowed out of the competition, beaten 91-69 in the quarter-finals by the trophy favourites Lincoln. The only York rink to win was at Lincoln. Pat Bracken, Marilyn Andrews, Jean Williams and Maureen Robinson
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You couldn't make it up
WIZARDS of witticism from York have been plunged into the international media spotlight as the unsung heroes behind a book of amusing adages. Former student mates Tom Sharp, Andy Milson and Thom Craigen, who produce :here magazine from the Fishergate
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Five-star Thorpe
THORPE United and Real Cliffe fought out a tremendous end-to-end battle in the York Mitchell Sports Football League's first division. United just edged it 5-3 thanks to goals from Stefan Dodds (2), Nick Firth, Jonny Herridge and Craig Dickinson. Scorers
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Gayle force lifts Drax
Gayle Bradley and Julie Smyth starred for Drax Ladies as their side beat Clifton 7-2 in ladies division one of the York Badminton League. Bradley and Smyth's return of 90-24 included a 10 and 3 over Sandra Robinson and Karen Broster, Clifton's best pairing
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Ace duel in the crown
A HUMDINGER of a duel has been thrown up by the Accident Cup. The semi-finals of the competition - run by the York and District Rugby League - has pitched Heworth against their National Conference League division two arch-rivals York Acorn. Already this
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Drink-driver knocked down A64 cones
A REVELLER bored of waiting for his train home got behind the wheel of his car and came to grief at Copmanthorpe roadworks, a court heard. Heath Gwynn was banned from driving for two years and got a £505 court bill after he knocked over cones at the roadworks
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Build ban urged on flood plains
A GOVERNMENT report recommended that no more building should take place on flood plains. The report said the authorities knew which areas were liable to flooding and should avoid them when building. "Contact is being made throughout the country between
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Heworth aim to repel Raiders
AN old friendship might prove helpful to Heworth on Saturday when they go for National Cup glory against amateur big-guns Oulton Raiders. The Villagers, fifth in the National Conference League division two, entertain the high-flying premier division outfit
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Veteran Ron joins Trust fight
AGE is no barrier to the York City Supporters' Trust's recruitment drive. At 91 years of age, new recruit and lifelong fan Ronald Lacy, who lives at the Fordlands Residential Home, Fulford, is the Trust's oldest member. Ronald, whose son, John, and grandson
