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Pro-hunt lobby on march
PRO-hunt supporters who swamped the streets of York today said that pride, tradition, and most of all employment are all at stake if the Government bans hunting in its present form. About 1,200 people, hundreds of working dogs including 18 packs of hounds
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Family's agony at backpack murder
THE family of Caroline Stuttle, the York teenager murdered while backpacking in Australia, said today they would "never get over it". Caroline, 19, a former York College student who lived in Huntington Road, had been staying in the town of Bundaberg,
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MP slams diplomats for failing to help Ian Stillman
FOREIGN Office diplomats have been accused of failing jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. In a House of Commons debate last night, MP Sandra Gidley said she had been "extremely disappointed" by efforts to support the 51-year-old, who is serving a
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Impartial advice
WHEN I served on the city council it was always a strict rule that the council officers should remain non political. The letter from Simon Wiles, head of Financial Services (April 1) would have done credit to a Labour Party spin doctor. Mr Wiles may claim
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Spring wheels in
IT used to be the first cuckoo which heralded spring. Now it is the rasp of a Honda or a Suzuki. As soon as the sun comes out, so do the motorbikes. Yet the very popularity of two-wheeled transport in North Yorkshire can cause headaches. When 3,000 motorcyclists
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Stirling stuff
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS follows in the tyre tracks of Stirling Moss IT WAS rather nice to see Sir Stirling Moss behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz SL300, the very same car that he had raced to world fame completing the 1955 Mille Miglia 1,600
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Brass wants polished performance
THE season draws to close a week early for York City's Chris Brass tomorrow, but the Minstermen skipper is looking to end on a dry high. Tomorrow's match with promotion-chasing Mansfield at Bootham Crescent is the last of the campaign for Brass, who misses
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The One (15, 87 minutes)
THERE is only one Jet Li, Hong Kong action superstar, except in The One where there are 123, although frankly one is more than enough. The multifarious Lis are scattered around parallel universes, apparently because we all exist in multiverse form. (Oh
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Spin when you're fibbing
DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon was memorably accused of "batting away" questions about missile defence in a manner more suited to Geoffrey Boycott. This week Mr Hoon finally came unstuck - the victim of a wicked piece of "spin". Rather fittingly, the spin
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Canals provide excellent fishing
At this time of year it is traditionally the region's commercial stillwaters that receive most angling attention, with a number of Spring Series offering the match angler plenty of scope for continued competition. The York area is blessed with a plethora
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Clark win cycle - and how
FORMER racing cyclist Howard Clark doesn't believe in resting on his laurels - he's still in the saddle at the age of 92. The Skelton nonagenarian won a clutch of medals in his younger days and has never lost his love for pedal power. Originally from
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Licensees see the light
LICENSEES David and Sally-Anne Smith are calling time on energy waste as their pub becomes the first to sign up to PlanetYork. The Royal Oak, in Goodramgate, York, is expected to slash its energy consumption by ten per cent in the next year after the
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Raising the Stannard
POCKLINGTON will welcome back talented young flanker Carl Stannard for their bottom of the table clash against West Park Bramhope. The 22-year-old had switched codes to try his hand at the 13-a-side game, playing for York Acorn in the National Conference
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Rail link talks plea
TALKS to decide on the possible development of a rail link between Malton and Pickering may be opened up to the public. Officers from North Yorkshire County Council have offered to talk to members of Ryedale District Council about any proposed development
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Win a York City season ticket
HERE'S a great chance to end this season by winning a York City season ticket for what promises to be an exciting 2002-03 campaign. Backed by City chairman John Batchelor, City are giving away season tickets to three fans pictured in the crowd during
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Loyal Leigh kills Ram raid
YORK Wasps winger-cum-second row Leigh Deakin has shown his commitment to the club's cause by rejecting the advances of Dewsbury Rams. The former Leeds Rhinos and Hull star was approached by Rams head coach Andy Fisher to join the Northern Ford Premiership's
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25 new jobs at chocolate factory
A YORK chocolate factory is employing 25 workers - only months after making 47 redundant. The new packers at Terry's are being recruited on a full-time, temporary basis. Those made redundant in February had been part-time workers who had been unable to
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Treasury backs plans to build new schools
NEW primary schools for children in Hob Moor, Fulford and Leeman Road came a step closer today after the Government approved the latest stage in plans to rebuild them. City of York Council has been given approval by the Treasury to borrow £8.3 million
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Bullock's boots to fill
YORK City manager Terry Dolan will be forced into at least one change to his starting line-up for tomorrow's clash with Mansfield. Lee Bullock had an operation on his troublesome ankle yesterday leaving Dolan with a midfield hole to fill. Stephen Brackstone
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Doorman said he had 'police in his pocket'
THE head doorman of a York night club claimed he was a gangster figure with a police officer "in his pocket" to whom he gave cocaine, a court heard today. Security man Marc Shane Ward, 30, was giving evidence in his own defence against a charge that he
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Pedestrian is hurt in skip lorry mishap
A PEDESTRIAN was seriously injured when he was struck by a passing lorry. The 64-year-old man, from Beverley, was in Railway Street, Malton, when he was involved in a collision with a skip wagon. He was taken to York District Hospital after the accident
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Blessing in disguise for champion Fallon
PONTEFRACT makes a belated start to its season tomorrow. The first meeting at the course had been due to be held on Tuesday, but, because all racing was cancelled as a mark of respect to the Queen Mother's funeral, the fixture will now be held tomorrow
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Out of the rubble
IT was a sound he'd only heard once before in his life, just half an hour earlier. A terrifying cacophony "like a thousand runaway trains speeding towards me". But on second hearing the noise was worse. Because this time he knew what it was. New York
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James And The Giant Peach, Grand Opera House, York, April 16 to 20
Joel Chalfen is the man who can't escape being a boy, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON JOEL Chalfen plays the lonely boy of the title in James And The Giant Peach and he knows he looks young for his age. So much so that for his amusement on arrival at each
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Salad Days, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, April 17 to 20
NEW Earswick Operatic Society leaves behind the hectic 21st century for the balmy atmosphere of Julian Slade's Salad Days at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. First performed in 1954, this whimsical musical presents a halcyon world of heady days at university
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A royal occasion
IN a week when the nation has mourned the loss of everyone's favourite grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, the Evening Press looks back on a happier time spent by the Royal Family in York. On June 8, 1961, the full splendour and tradition
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Friend traumatised by backpacker's death
THE mother of the best friend of murdered York backpacker Caroline Stuttle today told how her daughter had been left traumatised by her death. Caroline, 19, had been travelling with Sarah Holiday, 20, from Huntington, York. Sarah's mum, Ann, said today
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Wake-up call to curb excesses of our youths
WHATEVER has happened to my beloved York? It is my home city - of which I've always been very proud - for its history, its beauty, its tranquillity and its strong sense of community. My husband and I visited last week. We booked into what used to be a
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Earth matters
TEN years ago, the 'Earth Summit' was held in Brazil. Governments from around the world met to try to reach agreement on action needed to save the planet. Since that meeting, many of the world's environmental problems have got worse. More of the world's
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Terrible loss of a loved one
COMMUNITIES on opposite sides of the world have been horrified by the murder of Caroline Stuttle. Both here in her home city of York, and in the Australian town of Bundaberg where she met her death, people are struggling to come to terms with such a terrible
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Treasury backs plans to build new schools
NEW primary schools for children in Hob Moor, Fulford and Leeman Road came a step closer today after the Government approved the latest stage in plans to rebuild them. City of York Council has been given approval by the Treasury to borrow £8.3 million
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Bullock's boots to fill
YORK City manager Terry Dolan will be forced into at least one change to his starting line-up for tomorrow's clash with Mansfield. Lee Bullock had an operation on his troublesome ankle yesterday leaving Dolan with a midfield hole to fill. Stephen Brackstone
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Win a York City season ticket
HERE'S a great chance to end this season by winning a York City season ticket for what promises to be an exciting 2002-03 campaign. Backed by City chairman John Batchelor, City are giving away season tickets to three fans pictured in the crowd during
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Stall's well
The York City Supporters' Trust will be manning a stall in Parliament Street in the centre of York tomorrow prior to the Mansfield game. City mascot Yorkie will be on hand to dish out balloons while BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration has also agreed
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Bend It Like Beckham (12, 112 minutes)
IT has lots of football and pretty girls in sportswear but Bend It Like Beckham is not a lad's movie for the Loaded generation. Instead, call it a less hard East Is East or an Anglo-Asian Gregory's Girl, as East meets West and girl power meets goal power
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24 Hour Party People (18, 117 minutes)
FACT or fiction, myth or pop history, Michael Winterbottom's haphazard joyride through Madchester rock is a riot act to rival Julien Temple's The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. There is a mutual starting point: punk vagabonds The Sex Pistols, whose Manchester
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Licensees see the light
LICENSEES David and Sally-Anne Smith are calling time on energy waste as their pub becomes the first to sign up to PlanetYork. The Royal Oak, in Goodramgate, York, is expected to slash its energy consumption by ten per cent in the next year after the
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Loyal Leigh kills Ram raid
YORK Wasps winger-cum-second row Leigh Deakin has shown his commitment to the club's cause by rejecting the advances of Dewsbury Rams. The former Leeds Rhinos and Hull star was approached by Rams head coach Andy Fisher to join the Northern Ford Premiership's
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Sticks and honed for final test
The York College Under-19 girls' hockey team will be out to plunder success in the British Colleges finals at Swansea this weekend. The York squad comprises Rebecca Downes, Michelle Harker, Laura Eccles, Helen Barratt, Leanne Hill, Vicky Blair, Simone
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Trees set for home flourish
IN the West Yorkshire League premier division, Nestl Rowntree entertain title-chasing Horsforth St Margarets tomorrow in their final home match of the season. Nestl, who thumped the Maggies 5-2 earlier in the season courtesy of four goals from Steve Ward
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Cygnet duo swoop home
Kevin Walton and Dawn Exton picked up the top prize at the York John Smith's Mixed League competition finals. Following a narrow 2-0 result over Tap's Pete Leake-Karen Richardson, the Cygnet duo, who were last season's beaten finalists, took the Mixed
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£126,000 lottery bonanza boost
COMMUNITY groups across York and North and East Yorkshire are celebrating after being given a £126,000 lottery windfall. The National Lottery Awards For All grants programme has benefited a number of groups and projects - with handouts ranging from £1,000
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Ticking over for Twickenham
TWICKENHAM-bound York Under-10s and Under-12s got themselves in the winning mood with victory at their own junior festival, writes Tony Curtis. The two sides, who head to the home of English rugby at the end of next month for the semi-final and final
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A slimline tonic
SUPER slimmer Joyce Ridsdel is celebrating losing almost half her body weight in just over a year. Joyce, 53, of St Stephen's Road, Acomb, York, has slimmed down from 20st 7lb to 11st 10lb, and from a dress size of 28 to size 14, by following a diet and
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Bikers cause a storm
POLICE chiefs said today they would be paying "special attention" to a new bikers' caf bar that has brought traffic chaos to rural roads and villages in the Selby area. About 3,000 bikers from all over Yorkshire descended on Squires Caf Bar, at Newthorpe
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Warden 'punched and sexually abused boys'
BOYS at a former North Yorkshire children's home were punched and sexually abused by a bullying house warden, a jury was told. James Littlewood grossly abused his position of trust at St Camillus Roman Catholic Community Home School, at Scarthingwell,
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Triple jump start
HOPING to hit the heights are these three York College high-fliers Simon Durston, James Barnard and Tom Bircher. The soaring trio are through to the Under-19s trampolining showdown of the British Colleges Finals at Swansea starting tomorrow. They qualified
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Plane spotters dismiss prosecution case
THE team fighting for the freedom of York air enthusiast Andy Jenkins today laid out their defence against charges of espionage and conspiracy. Representatives of the 12 plane spotters, who were arrested at Kalamata air base in November after looking
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Black and white message on racism
NORTH Yorkshire Police has been told it must "walk the walk" as well as "talk the talk" if it is to help stamp out racism inside and outside the force. Clive Morris, vice-president of the National Black Police Association, made the call at the launch
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MP slams diplomats for failing to help Ian Stillman
FOREIGN Office diplomats have been accused of failing jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. In a House of Commons debate last night, MP Sandra Gidley said she had been "extremely disappointed" by efforts to support the 51-year-old, who is serving a
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Brass wants polished performance
THE season draws to close a week early for York City's Chris Brass tomorrow, but the Minstermen skipper is looking to end on a dry high. Tomorrow's match with promotion-chasing Mansfield at Bootham Crescent is the last of the campaign for Brass, who misses
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Rail duo's top honour
TWO quick-thinking GNER staff, who came to the aid of a collapsed elderly man at York Station, have been awarded the Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Award. Customer service delivery manager Stephen Soards and customer service assistant David Kitchen
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Gary Hart sued for £11m
GARY Hart, the driver at the centre of the Selby rail disaster, has been slapped with a High Court writ as rail firms demand compensation. Railtrack is to sue Hart for more than £11 million to reclaim clean-up and repair costs resulting from the tragedy
