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Local solutions to end spiral of youth crime
STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to the author of a worrying new report on juvenile offending IT'S not - whatever the headlines might have you believe - the end of society as we know it. OK, so almost half the secondary school students in England, Scotland and Wales
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MPs join fight to release charity worker
THE campaign to release deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has won cross-party support from North Yorkshire's MPs. Ryedale's Conservative MP John Greenway has joined Liberal Democrat Phil Willis and Labour MPs John Grogan and Hugh Bayley in demanding the
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York's silent tribute
THE streets of York fell silent today as the City honoured the loss of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Cars ground to a halt, pedestrians paused and town crier John Redpath walked the city centre warning passers-by that a two-minute silence was looming
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How am I staying awake? I'll sleep on that one, please
ARE you getting enough? I know I'm not. Get your minds out of the gutter please, I'm talking about sleep - or rather the lack of it. As the mum of an extremely active three-year-old (is there any other kind?) who doesn't stop running around and chattering
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The thing is...should taxes be raised in next week's budget to improve the NHS?
BRITONS are being warned to brace themselves for tax increases in Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget next week. The Chancellor is thought to be preparing tax rises of more than £5 billion, some of which will be earmarked for the NHS. It is predicted Mr
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National is so cruel
I COMPLETELY agree with Mr Robertshaw about the Grand National being cruel (Evening Press, April 4). He is correct to say that most ex-racehorses end up in tins of pet food. Occasionally, a horse will be lucky enough to go to a kind owner or an animal
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Save the Archives
I ATTENDED the public meeting held to discuss the future of York City Archives. A large proportion of the council agenda consisted of an irrelevant recital by the university archivist of the Borthwick Institute's failings over the last quarter century
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The nation says farewell
WITH dignity and pageantry, the Queen Mother is laid to rest. The world watched her final journey today, a ceremonial set-piece of uniquely British pomp and precision. At home, the funeral was much more than a spectacle; more even than history in the
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Shepherd takes off into the snow business
IT SEEMS there's no business like snow business for York-based Shepherd Construction Ltd, which has landed a £31 million contract to build this massive leisure and retail complex, including a real snow ski slope. Shepherd has just started working on the
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Firm now at forefront of fight against fraud
A HIGH-TECH York firm has confirmed its status as the organisation at the forefront of the world's fight against brand and product fraudsters. Zambia has now joined three other African governments in employing Biotech, of Dunnington Business Park, York
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Lethal Lee
YORK City striker Lee Nogan is standing on the threshold of a limited members' 100-club. As City get ready to face crisis-torn Carlisle at Bootham Crescent tonight, the former Welsh international is just one goal away from making it a century of League
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Heworth to help Wasps
HEWORTH Rugby League Club are to lend a helping hand to the bid to resurrect York Wasps. The amateur club have agreed to make their facilities available for free from next week so that the squad can continue to train during the 'Keep Wasps Buzzing' campaign
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He's the menu man
MAXINE GORDON heads to Sainsbury's new-look York store to get some novel ideas for tea STUCK for an idea for dinner tonight? Perhaps you've got people coming round for a meal and want to impress. Or maybe you need pointers on how to get your children
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All-Acomb duel wraps up fine term of ascent
ACOMB Hockey Club brought the curtain down on a highly successful season when their first and second teams clashed at Oaklands Sports Centre. The firsts won 3-0 with goals from Adrian Nye, Stuart Baxter and David Richardson. But there was an air of all-round
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Sign of something to say
TODDLER Niall Lawler has learned to communicate with sign language before he can talk - and he's not deaf. Niall, who is two, started using sign language when he was about six months old - long before he was using words. Niall's mum Kirsty, 29, who does
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Psycho thriller actor bares his soul
AN East Yorkshire amateur dramatics group is preparing to perform a moving play about the treatment of a mentally-disturbed teenager. The Pocklington Dramatic Society will present its version of Peter Shaffer's psychological drama Equus on Thursday, Friday
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Future bride weeps in dock
A BRIDE-TO-BE wept in the dock at York Crown Court as her future husband was led off to jail. Lisa North and Mark Anthony Ellerby, both 26, were to be married at April 22 and then go on honeymoon to Spain, the court heard. Today, Ellerby was behind bars
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City Screen gets cash to upgrade
YORK'S independent cinema is to benefit from a slice of £6 million from a top-ranking technology firm. City Screen, in Coney Street, is to get enhanced technical equipment as part of the windfall, and will also upgrade to digital projection. The cinema
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Strains of Spain for Centre's Silver Jubilee
TICKETS for this year's York Early Music Festival are now on sale, with organisers promising a special Spanish theme to celebrate the festival's 25th birthday. A series of concerts will reflect the country's rich musical heritage, from the haunting refrains
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Heworth to help Wasps
HEWORTH Rugby League Club are to lend a helping hand to the bid to resurrect York Wasps. The amateur club have agreed to make their facilities available for free from next week so that the squad can continue to train during the 'Keep Wasps Buzzing' campaign
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York two invited to Royal funeral
TWO representatives from a York-based friendly society were attending the funeral of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother today . Adrian Rees, chief executive of the Benenden Healthcare Society Ltd, and Callum Allan, the chairman of its committee
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A chance to say goodbye
IT was a simple request, but one that touched all those who heard it. The young woman, a child clinging to each hand, urged those in the momentous queue lining the River Thames to pay her respects to the late Queen Mother on her behalf. "I would have
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Carlisle in turmoil
THE uncertainty surrounding the future ownership - and managership - of Carlisle was set to be made clearer today. Current owner Michael Knighton had called an afternoon press conference, just hours before the Cumbrians' clash at Bootham Crescent tonight
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Proctor bags starting berth
TOP scorer Michael Proctor is set to return to the starting line-up tonight as York City go head to head with Carlisle United at Bootham Crescent. Manager Terry Dolan admits Proctor is likely to be the only change to the team that beat Swansea City 1-
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Lethal Lee
YORK City striker Lee Nogan is standing on the threshold of a limited members' 100-club. As City get ready to face crisis-torn Carlisle at Bootham Crescent tonight, the former Welsh international is just one goal away from making it a century of League
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'She was everybody's mother in the nicest sense'
"SHE was everybody's mother." So said Marks & Spencer worker Ann Robertshaw as she, along with about 100 colleagues, watched the Queen Mother's funeral in the Pavement store's rooftop staff lounge today. "She was our matriarch in the nicest sense.
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Moving atmosphere in Abbey
The Queen Mother's "strength, dignity and laughter", found an echo in the congregation at her funeral and those who waited patiently outside. A total of 2,311 people inside Westminster Abbey heard Dr George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, describe
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Mystery of the missing daffodils
AT the time of year when York looks at its best with daffodils in full bloom, I wonder if any readers or council officers can enlighten the people in this area, why there are no daffodils from Micklegate Bar to Victoria Bar? Arguably this is one of the
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I'm being taxed beyond belief
Mr AJ Parkin's letter 'Taxed to the hilt' (Letters, April 6) certainly rings true to me. Some 20 years ago, my family settled in Thorganby and paid 'rates' of some £170 per year inclusive of water and sewage. This year, my council tax demand for a similar
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Fun is good for York
I AM surprised at your informant from Cherry Hill complaining about the noise from St George's Field funfair (Residents complain about funfair noise, April 4). Living immediately opposite, for one week the noise adds to the vibrancy of the city. Perhaps
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Begging to differ
IF the local police and council cannot stop the begging on your streets, then at least get them to play a decent tune on their cheap plastic recorders. We were appalled at the amount of begging on the streets of your lovely city on a recent visit. N and
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Trivial complaints
I JUST had to respond to C D Lewis's letter, Wrong image (Letters, April 6). I read the previous responses to the gnomes in Goodramgate and had a chuckle at how something so trivial could create such a response. I walked past the shop with my mother and
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Something fishy
REGARDING your item about angling (Sporting way to preserve wildlife habitats, April 3), for Barry Potter to be campaigning for healthy rivers on the grounds that pollution reduces the number of fish that can be caught, and then to cite such campaigns
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Defending Margaret
WHAT a thoroughly spiteful column produced by Julian Cole (March 28). His jaundiced destruction of Margaret Thatcher and her political contribution to this country made offensive reading. How many years of accumulated hate did it take to produce such
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Old inn has new owners
YE OLDE RED LION, at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, has changed hands for an undisclosed sum, though the asking price was about £350,000. Brian and Sandra Walsh, owners for the past 16 years, have decided to retire. New hosts of the 17th century former coaching
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Following in old footsteps
STAND by for proof positive - if ever it was needed - that the Evening Press means business. Invitations are going out to hundreds of firms to take part in our all-day exclusive Business To Business Exhibition 2002 on Thursday, June 20. The venue will
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Green Monkey reward offer
A REWARD of £100 was today being offered for the safe return of the Green Monkey which vanished from York over Easter. The Green Monkey is the fond name for the miniature motorised "monkey bike", above, used by Viking Removal Services of Lincoln Street
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Design firm moves to York
A DESIGN company praised by legendary Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas has upped stakes in London and come to York. The company, 2h, which created the book jacket for the star's novel, Dance With The Devil, was lured away from Waterloo to England's ancient
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Yorkshire to fight 20-overs evening matches
Yorkshire are fighting what appears to be a losing battle to prevent 20-overs evening matches from becoming part of the county cricket programme next season. The First Class Forum are expected to vote in the new tournament at their meeting at Lord's on
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Proctor bags starting berth
TOP scorer Michael Proctor is set to return to the starting line-up tonight as York City go head to head with Carlisle United at Bootham Crescent. Manager Terry Dolan admits Proctor is likely to be the only change to the team that beat Swansea City 1-
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£2,000 award to fund book
TRAVELLERS in York are compiling a book about their lives which should provide a permanent record of their community's history. The project, which has just won a Millennium Award of £2,000 towards its costs, is being led by Christine Shepherd, co-ordinator
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Up to the challenge
NEW Earswick All Blacks Under 14s are within touching distance of the Yorkshire League title after a 22-18 injury-time victory over big title rivals Upton. If they win at Drighlington in their final game then All Blacks should take the crown as they have
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MPs join fight to release charity worker
THE campaign to release deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has won cross-party support from North Yorkshire's MPs. Ryedale's Conservative MP John Greenway has joined Liberal Democrat Phil Willis and Labour MPs John Grogan and Hugh Bayley in demanding the
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So slick Tracey retains crown
A TOP class performance by Tracey Farmeary retained the York John Smith's Ladies League Individual competition title. Cygnet's Anne Bass had her chance to impress early on in the best of five challenge but Farmeary forged to a 2-1 lead with 22 darts.
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Green for go puts champion in charge
PETE MUSSON retained his York and District Snooker Association Champion of Champions' crown when he beat Andy Crosby 2-1 in the final of this year's competition at the Cueball Club. Crosby comfortably won the opening frame 58-16, Musson conceding with
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Town pays £9,436 bill over clerk dismissal
POCKLINGTON Town Council forked out £9,436 in legal costs to make representations at an employment tribunal brought by its former clerk. The town's mayor, Coun Alec Petrie, revealed the expenses at the council's annual town meeting last night, which was
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Jailed driver spat at crown court official
A YOUNG motorist drove at almost 100mph the wrong way up a major North Yorkshire road in a police chase that lasted nearly half an hour, a court heard. James William Payling, 19, was jailed for two years for offences including dangerous driving on the
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Yorkshire to fight 20-overs evening matches
Yorkshire are fighting what appears to be a losing battle to prevent 20-overs evening matches from becoming part of the county cricket programme next season. The First Class Forum are expected to vote in the new tournament at their meeting at Lord's on
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Court has the class regain winning form
After a blank day today as the racing world paid its respects to the Queen Mother, it's back to business tomorrow with two Flat meetings and a jumping fixture. My Nap selection is in action at Warwick, where Kaluana Court bids to win the Renault Vans
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Sun sets on the Queen Mum
THE passing of Her Majesty, the Queen Mother has finally brought the 20th century to an end. When she was born, Queen Victoria was on the throne. The sun never set on the British Empire. Most of Britain was owned by the great families. Eighty five per
