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Luton Town 2, York City 1
THE points may have been missing at the final whistle but pride and disappointment were not. As both Alan Fettis and Terry Dolan indicated, it is a sign of just how far York City have come that defeat to a championship-chasing side can leave such a sour
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Stones mark Selby crash horror
HUNDREDS of people will gather on Thursday for memorial services to mark the first anniversary of the Great Heck rail disaster. Today safety experts were revealing safety measures to prevent a repetition of the events which led to the tragedy. The first
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The constant ache of childhood
THE enduring memory Charles Hutchinson has of his brother James as a boy is of a sandy-haired 11-year-old with his limbs splinted every night before he went to sleep. One Christmas he remembers vividly. The boys' mother had put James' Christmas stocking
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Hungry work
VICTORIA ELLIS works up an appetite after walking in Coverdale. (Please note that since this article was written on the 19th January the pub has re-opened and a warm welcome awaits you!) Carlton in Coverdale was bright, sunny and quiet on Saturday morning
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Hunslet Hawks 14, York City 9
YORK Wasps might have denied that yesterday's rearranged game with Hunslet Hawks was a grudge match. However, the proof was in the pudding. There were minor scrapes throughout the clash and it all culminated in a 26-man brawl three minutes from time,
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Why Byers has to go now
SO who said what to whom and when? Did the Government's transport press chief Martin Sixsmith resign, or was he "resigned"? Could permanent secretary Sir Richard Mottram really have let fly with a volley of four letter words, describing Mr Sixmith's departure
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How Arriva has tackled northern rail woes
I WRITE in response to your editorial on February 13 about the rail refranchising process which cites Arriva as having 'one of the worst records around'. When we were awarded the franchise it had been run down and staffing levels had been reduced by 40
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Forgotten princess
HOW very sad that so little has been written - or said - about the tragic death of dear Princess Margaret. She was the very caring, devoted sister of our Queen, and deserves a great deal more attention by the media. She gave up so much of her personal
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No way to run a city
I SEE that my council tax is to rise by about four times the rate of inflation because of excess expenditure over income. Would that my pension could rise by that amount. Up to about 30 years ago there was usually a small surplus in the coffers at the
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Death of former Yorkshire RFU president
Tony Williams, a former Yorkshire Rugby Football Union president and one of York's best known rugby personalities, has died in York District Hospital after a short illness. He was 72. Mr Williams, who was born in Pontypool and was educated at West Monmouth
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Boost for safety battlers Earswick
New Earswick gave themselves a lifeline in their fight to avoid relegation from the premier division of Leeper Hare York and District League with a 4-3 win at Rufforth. They led 2-1 at half-time after goals from John Carter and James Vine, with Martin
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Come on, do the twist
IT MIGHT look like the latest modern art installation, but Mother Nature designed this all by herself. The bizarre sight greeted horticulturist Rona Ashworth after gale force winds wrecked a polytunnel at her nursery. Mrs Ashworth, of Mount Pleasant Plants
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Two off, but Pocklington win the day
NINE-man Pocklington scored a 3-2 extra time win in a stormy Leeper Hare York and District League Senior Cup quarter-final at Dunnington. Pocklington had two players sent off and lost another with a broken leg. Richard Millett put Pocklington ahead in
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250 at service for Princess
THE life of Princess Margaret, who died two weeks ago, was remembered in a service at York Minster at the weekend. About 250 people gathered in the Nave of the Minster for Choral Evensong on Saturday, which was dedicated to the Queen's 71-year-old sister
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Weakened York RI slump
Injuries and players not being available forced York RI to make four late changes to the team for their Yorkshire Two match at Dinnington, which RI lost 46-11. RI failed to come to terms with the home team's powerful mobile pack. Playing with the strong
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Speedy rivals too hot for York
York tried valiantly at Clifton Park to earn victory as a tribute to their popular member Tony Williams, a past president of the Yorkshire RFU, who died early on Saturday after a short illness. However, York were outgunned by the superior pace of Old
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Dire Wasps shunted by Hunslet
YORK Wasps boss Leo Epifania was today contemplating what to do after witnessing his side crash to a dreadful defeat to Hunslet. The Aussie initially did not want to speak to the media after watching his basement side lose 14-9 to a team in similar straits
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Walking route trial expands
WORK on the second phase of trial improvements to help walkers heading from York railway station into the city centre started today. City of York Council has unveiled a package of improvements which transport bosses hope will drastically ease crowding
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Dyson's final fall
North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson endured a last day to forget in the Singapore Masters at the Laguna National course. Three under after the first three rounds, Dyson's touch deserted him as he posted a six-over last round of 78 to leave him on 291,
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Flats scheme backed by council
CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop 24 flats on a former school site in York look set to get the go-ahead, despite strong opposition from nearby residents. Barratts York Ltd wants to create three separate blocks on the former Clifton Preparatory School site
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Glove me tender!
THE wife of York Elvis Eddie Vee is to appear on TV to complain that her husband is turning her house into a Heartbreak Hotel by refusing to do any housework. Eddie, also known as Graham Cambridge, is a house-husband who does NOTHING around the house,
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Fett's better, insists City custodian
GOALKEEPER Alan Fettis believes the disappointment felt following York City's 2-1 defeat at Luton Town underlines the Minstermen's revival is real. The reverse at Kenilworth Road ended City's four-match unbeaten run and denied City the chance of celebrating
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We'll fight £30m tech park on green belt land
by Richard Edwards FURIOUS residents have vowed to "fight all the way" against plans to build a £30m industrial development on York's green belt. As reported in Friday's Evening Press, P&O Developments plans to build a 30-acre technology park close
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Nose bitten off in village pub fight
A MAN had part of his nose bitten off and two others suffered human bite wounds to the face at a village pub. Officers were called to the Ship Inn, Strensall, after reports that a man was being attacked by 12 men. But a York police spokeswoman said when
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Dire Wasps shunted by Hunslet
YORK Wasps boss Leo Epifania was today contemplating what to do after witnessing his side crash to a dreadful defeat to Hunslet. The Aussie initially did not want to speak to the media after watching his basement side lose 14-9 to a team in similar straits
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Get tough talk
YORK Wasps have convened an emergency board meeting in the wake of yesterday's dreadful 14-9 defeat by Hunslet Hawks. Chairman John Stabler described the performance as "totally unacceptable" and told the Evening Press that head coach Leo Epifania would
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£44m repair bill for county schools
CRUMBLING schools in North Yorkshire will need repairs costing £44 million over the next five years, it has been revealed. The figure is the bill for restoring buildings to a "serviceable state". It does not cover modernisation or take account of changes
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Pitch inspection at Bootham Crescent
A Pitch inspection will be carried out tomorrow morning at Bootham Crescent. The scheduled game against Carlisle United will be subject to a 9.15am inspection of the playing surface at Bootham Crescent after days of heavy rain. Updated: 16:06 Monday,
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Reveley challenger has a Plum chance
Royal Plum is worth picking at Catterick tomorrow. The six-year-old goes for the Barton Novices' Handicap Hurdle over an extended three miles and will have the assistance of Alan Dempsey, who is enjoying the best campaign of his career. Trained by Mary
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Life without men? Oh, no!
I ALWAYS thought I would want to be around when mankind conquered the stars - but now I'm not so sure. For more than a decade scientists have been discussing the possibility of inter-stellar travel and a meeting of the world's top scientific brains has
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Selby rail disaster 'one in 300 years'
THE CATASTROPHIC series of events which led to the Selby rail disaster is likely to happen only once every 300 years, health and safety bosses today said. Two official reports commissioned by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in the wake of the tragedy
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Shows must go on
ATOMIC Kitten thrilled their young audience at the York Barbican Centre last night. The band, booked before a run of recent chart hits, performed in front of a sell-out crowd. This is only the latest big name to play the Barbican. Recent performances
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Flawed king of railways
GEORGE Hudson was a Victorian fat cat who swindled people out of their cash and heaped shame on the good name of York. George Hudson was the far-sighted entrepreneur who single-handedly transformed York into a thriving, modern city. Two views of the Railway
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Money and Minster
IF a charge is to be made for entrance to the Minster will all currencies be acceptable, or will there be money-changing facilities on site? William Dixon Smith, Welland Rise, Acomb, York. Updated: 10:35 Monday, February 25, 2002
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Wrong roundabout
I WRITE regarding the A19 roundabout completion which cost over £2 million. It took me more than one hour to travel from Strensall to Copmanthorpe on February 14 between the hours of 4pm and 5pm. The main problems was large lorries leaving Clifton Moor
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I still love you, Ella
ELLA Hirst asks "What did we look like?" and proceeds to classify all fashion-conscious people of 40 years ago, as "sad nerds, history teachers, over zealous social workers, baggy-bottomed cord-wearers, and bearded folk singers" (February 11). I worked
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Fett's better, insists City custodian
GOALKEEPER Alan Fettis believes the disappointment felt following York City's 2-1 defeat at Luton Town underlines the Minstermen's revival is real. The reverse at Kenilworth Road ended City's four-match unbeaten run and denied City the chance of celebrating
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Brick is thrown through window of bus
A YORK bus service has been the target of "mindless" vandalism. A brick was thrown through the top side window of a new double-decker First York bus as it travelled along Danebury Drive, in Acomb, at about 11pm on Saturday night. Managing director Brian
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Oulton class knocks out brave Heworth
THE difference in class told as Oulton Raiders knocked Heworth out of the GMB Union National Cup with a fourth round 38-12 defeat. Oulton, flying high in the National Conference League premier division, were always favourites to beat their division two
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£2,000 haul from shop
THIEVES stole about £2,000 of stock from a York shop after throwing a flag stone through a window. Digital cameras and photographic equipment were snatched from a display cabinet at Argos, in Bridge Street, sometime during the night of February 21. A
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Fate of vandalised flats back on the agenda
THE fate of a vandal-hit block of shops and flats in York is to be reconsidered, after a group of councillors called for its demolition. The problems affecting Sanderson House, in Bramham Road, Acomb, are to be debated at a special scrutiny committee
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Get tough talk
YORK Wasps have convened an emergency board meeting in the wake of yesterday's dreadful 14-9 defeat by Hunslet Hawks. Chairman John Stabler described the performance as "totally unacceptable" and told the Evening Press that head coach Leo Epifania would
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Audience purring along with Kittens
AN EXPLOSIVE performance by Atomic Kitten left the capacity audience purring with appreciation at the York Barbican last night. This was modern pop music at its very best: Loud, passionate and professional. It is both dangerous and wrong to dismiss these
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Pension row war veteran vows to fight on
AN OLD soldier and Second World War veteran has vowed to continue his fight with the Ministry of Defence over pension cash. As reported in the Evening Press last month, 84-year-old Major Richard Leigh Perkins won two years of pension rebates - but felt
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Death of York's football eminence
ERNIE Fairclough, York's 'Mr Football', has died at the age of 80. The long-standing secretary of the Leeper Hare York and District Football League died in York and District Hospital's intensive care unit yesterday afternoon. He had been connected with
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Burger outlet to replace popular pub
THE end looks in sight for a once thriving York pub, as city planners will this week be urged to approve its replacement with a fast food outlet. The former Frog Hall Inn, in Layerthorpe, finally saw time called last month. The pub continued serving throughout
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Statue campaign for Railway King
A CAMPAIGN is under way to raise a statue to George Hudson, York's "Railway King". The Victorian entrepreneur, who brought the railways to York, fell from grace when his dubious financial dealings came to light. Today Robert Beaumont, author of a new
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York nursing crisis now 'top priority'
HEALTH bosses are putting the nursing crisis at York District Hospital at the top of their list of priorities after the shortages were classed as one of the worst in the country this week. Simon Pleydell, chief executive of York Health Services NHS Trust
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Knife threat robbery
A ROBBER threatened to slash a teenager with a knife as she walked home in Tadcaster early today. The man held a knife to the 19-year-old woman's throat and demanded that she give him her handbag. The woman, who was walking along Commercial Street at
