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Scunthorpe 1, York City 0
IT is often hard to gauge anything from end-of-season games but from this enthralling encounter there will be plenty for York City boss Terry Dolan to digest over the summer months. His young squad showed they have matured with age as they produced a
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Banana boat song
A COVERT river operation took place today in protest against the proposed Coppergate Riverside development. An early morning launch carried three masked men down the River Foss in York, where city artist Dexter daubed the message The Times They Are A-Changin
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York counts cost of road delays
ROADWORKS on the A64 near York have cost the region's retail trade more than £100 million, a city businessman claimed today. Stuart Paver based his calculations on the estimated cost of the disruption to his stores in York city centre, the MacArthur Glen
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Hidden killer
UP to a million Britons could be suffering from diabetes right now without realising it, according to a shocking new report by charity Diabetes UK. It launched a campaign on Friday urging the Government to introduce screening for 'at risk' groups, and
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Park & Ride is not the service it used to be
AS a regular user of Park & Ride from Askham Bar during the peak time of 5.15pm Monday to Friday, I must support L Dove of West Ardsley, Wakefield (Letters, April 17). On the evening of Tuesday, April 16 between the Fire Station and Clifford's Tower
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Don't Open The Gap
FOR quite a while now the Evening Press has been running a campaign to get the dangerous gap closed on the A64 at Bilbrough tops and quite rightly so. But, from what I see, the Highways Agency is building another dangerous gap with traffic turning right
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Get the figures right
PERHAPS Simon Wiles, head of financial services, will explain why the Council Tax Demand Notice for 2002/3 shows a charge of +8.1 per cent on last year's tax and not the true figure of +9.62 per cent (Letters, April 1). I hope City of York Council's budget
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Judging the Budget
IN every report I have seen about the latest Budget, the media has used the phrase "worse off" to describe those whose tax payments will increase. This is not a statement of fact, but rather a judgement. It is truthful to say that some people will pay
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Lehmann brings bad news
New captain Darren Lehmann is relishing the challenge of helping Yorkshire to hold on to the County Championship title. But he also had some bad news when he flew in from Australia over the weekend and joined up with his county team-mates. Lehmann confirmed
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Murty cash talks
YORK City and Reading were locked in talks today over the proposed £50,000 due to the Minstermen. When City sold Murty to the Royals in summer 1999 for £850,000 City inserted a clause in the deal that would see them net £50,000 should Reading gain promotion
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City goal ace heads north
IT was the briefest of appearances, but Michael Proctor's eight minutes against Scunthorpe could well be his last in a City shirt. Proctor, who has been idolised by the City faithful this season, hobbled from the fray with a hamstring injury after he
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Deported to Oz
THE York Assizes were kept pretty busy during the convict era. Exactly 200 years ago Thomas Peters, a 26-year-old labourer, stood in the dock accused of "stealing old silver plate, including ten pint cups," says Marjorie Tipping in her book Convicts Unbound
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Students fall to learned Fellows
YORKSHIRE were on course for a comfortable innings victory in their game against Leeds/Bradford Universities at Headingley today. The students, requiring 220 to make Yorkshire bat again, slumped to 142 for 9 at lunch in their second innings. They had
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York aid team to visit blitzed refugee camp
A LEADING member of a York-based international aid agency is preparing to make a humanitarian trip to the devastated Palestinian refugee camp Jenin. Jane Carter, chief executive of UNA International Service based in Goodramgate, is due to head for the
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Lehmann brings bad news
New captain Darren Lehmann is relishing the challenge of helping Yorkshire to hold on to the County Championship title. But he also had some bad news when he flew in from Australia over the weekend and joined up with his county team-mates. Lehmann confirmed
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Parading Scouts do their best
SUNDAY showers stopped just in time for a procession of thousands of Scouts through the heart of York to celebrate St George's Day. The light rain had not dampened the spirits of an estimated 2,000 Scout Association members, who marched from Clifford's
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Division two race too close to call
The most competitive division in this year's Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League may be division two where Goole Town, Bridlington and newly promoted Hornsea and Malton & Old Malton look set to slug it out. In addition, new
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Cape crusader's visit to create closer links
THE Archbishop of Cape Town has visited York to establish closer links between the two cities. The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane, who is the Primate of the Anglican province of Southern Africa, addressed the joint Synod of the Diocese of York with
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Leckenby boosts Park bid
Duncombe Park's challenge for Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League division one honours will be boosted by the addition of Brian Leckenby. They will be hoping Justin Lewis can at least match the efforts of fellow Zimbabweans Gary
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Overseas stars set to light up York league
There will be more overseas players in the Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League than in any previous season with 36 of the 50 member clubs registering non-English players. Some of the overseas brigade have known pedigrees but the
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One goal gives title to 'Houses
Dringhouses retained their Reserve 'A' title with a 1-0 win at second-placed Huntington. Jim McMurray headed the vital goal from a corner early in the second half. Old Malton, the only team capable of catching them, were beaten 2-1 at Dunnington with
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More old people hit by council's cleaning cuts
MORE elderly York residents suffering ill-health and poor mobility will be hit by plans to scrap a subsidised cleaning service, the Evening Press has been told. The pensioners are among 400 residents who have been told they are to lose a subsidised cleaning
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Davies 'grew up with guns'
A SELBY man shot dead by police while carrying an air rifle had been exposed to the military and weaponry from an early age, an inquest heard today. Kirk Davies, 30, of Burn, used to fire air rifles at targets in his garden with his father as a teenager
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Warters floored by wrist injury
JORVIK VIKING Jamie Warters today described his heart-break at seeing his long-awaited return to the ring put back by injury. The 27-year-old had eyed Thursday's top-of-the-bill clash at Willerby Manor, near Hull, as the first step on the road to the
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Brother-Lee love
A YORK pensioner enjoyed a special 70th birthday celebration when he was joined by all six of his brothers and sisters. Family members came to York from all over the country to help Neville Lee, of Collingwood Avenue, celebrate his three score years and
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Furious Dolan
BAFFLED and angry summed up the mood of York City boss Terry Dolan after he saw his side's five-match unbeaten run brought to an end by a 1-0 defeat by Scunthorpe, writes Tony Curtis. Dolan was left fuming by a number of decisions by referee Colin Webster
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Tattoos clue to pub body
THE tattooed body of a dead man found outside a Doncaster pub could come from York, police have revealed. Investigators have been unable to identify the man who was found outside The Vine pub, Kelham Street, Doncaster. The pub is a popular meeting place
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Division two race too close to call
The most competitive division in this year's Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League may be division two where Goole Town, Bridlington and newly promoted Hornsea and Malton & Old Malton look set to slug it out. In addition, new
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Honest labels for... men!
HONEST labelling. That's what the Consumer's Association is calling for in a bid to stop food companies sticking misleading and dishonest information on products. Findings by Which? Magazine revealed a number of less-than-honest labels, including a "crab
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Royal salute runs on battery power
GUNS fired out a birthday tribute to the Queen in York today. The royal's 76th birthday actually took place yesterday, but it was at noon today that a battery of 21 ceremonial field guns marked the event in Museum Gardens. It was one of the last times
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Shamed policewoman escapes jail sentence
A YORK police officer who "betrayed" her force for the sake of an underworld character today escaped a jail term for misconduct. But PC Clare Woodall will lose her £25,000-a-year job as a police dog handler and the career that was her childhood dream,
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Jailed charity worker's bail bid
DEAF charity worker Ian Stillman has made a bail application which could secure his release from an Indian prison as early as next month. But his family fear a date for the hearing might not be set before July. And, even if he is released, he would still
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Log our butterflies
THE Yorkshire branch of the Butterfly Conservation Society and the Yorkshire Naturalists Union is compiling a book on the butterflies of Yorkshire due out in February 2004. Volunteers are needed to count and record the butterflies they see anywhere in
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A64 works hit city businesses
A SUNNY weekend, and everyone wants to be out and about. Families plan trips to the coast, to York, to the region's attractions and shopping centres. But for thousands this weekend, these high hopes quickly turned to frustration as they stewed in miles
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End this misery
ANDY Jenkins flew out to Greece with some trepidation today. The air enthusiast did not enjoy a warm welcome on his last visit: being arrested and thrown in jail for six weeks hardly passes for traditional Greek hospitality. Mr Jenkins and the other 11
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Lumb nails opening position
YORKSHIRE left-hander Michael Lumb showed touches of the same class which he displayed last summer before going down with a serious knee injury in mid-season. Cutting and driving with great power, Lumb blasted a magnificent 121 off Bradford-Leeds Universities
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Furious Dolan
BAFFLED and angry summed up the mood of York City boss Terry Dolan after he saw his side's five-match unbeaten run brought to an end by a 1-0 defeat by Scunthorpe, writes Tony Curtis. Dolan was left fuming by a number of decisions by referee Colin Webster
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Taste of the high life at exhibition
HUNDREDS of culinary connoisseurs got a taste of the high life at the Evening Press Food and Wine Exhibition. Visitors crowded into the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in Fossgate, York, to sample food and wine from around Europe. About 20 stalls and exhibitions
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Dance group steps out with trophies
YOUNGSTERS from a York dance group scooped a truckload of trophies with their fancy footwork at a recent competition. The 32 members of the Clifton-based Kingswater Dance Group - a non-profit community group set up by local mums - won a total of 66 trophies
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Celebrations for champions Town
HARROGATE Town boss John Reed admitted the only entertainment stemming from Saturday's dour draw with Witton Albion were the celebrations afterwards. The goalless stalemate, dull though it was, provided runaway leaders Town with the single point they
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Promotion battle goes to the wire
The battle for the runners-up spot in division one of the Leeper Hare York and District League is set to go down to the wire - with Osbaldwick and South Bank's match next week as the decider. With Malton Bacon Factory already champions, Thorpe United
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Murty cash talks
YORK City and Reading were locked in talks today over the proposed £50,000 due to the Minstermen. When City sold Murty to the Royals in summer 1999 for £850,000 City inserted a clause in the deal that would see them net £50,000 should Reading gain promotion
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Constable's country run to help cancer sufferer
A BIG-hearted policeman is to run a "mini-marathon" in his uniform to help raise money for a boy who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Traffic constable Paul Stephenson is planning to run from Gillamoor to Fadmoor later this month. All the money he
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Jailed charity worker's bail bid
DEAF charity worker Ian Stillman has made a bail application which could secure his release from an Indian prison as early as next month. But his family fear a date for the hearing might not be set before July. And, even if he is released, he would still
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City goal ace heads north
IT was the briefest of appearances, but Michael Proctor's eight minutes against Scunthorpe could well be his last in a City shirt. Proctor, who has been idolised by the City faithful this season, hobbled from the fray with a hamstring injury after he
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Andy returns to face Greek court
YORK air enthusiast Andy Jenkins was today flying back to Greece to plead his innocence on charges of accessing state secrets. Andy, 32, along with 11 other British "plane spotters", was arrested at Kalamata air base in November last year and held in
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Hoping to stay ahead of field
While Wetherby has three fixtures lined-up for next month, tomorrow sees the A1 course staging the final meeting in Yorkshire before the current jumping season draws to a close on Saturday. Lady Susan Watson, from Bossall, near Stamford Bridge, has happy
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Division two race too close to call
The most competitive division in this year's Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League may be division two where Goole Town, Bridlington and newly promoted Hornsea and Malton & Old Malton look set to slug it out. In addition, new
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Overseas stars set to light up York league
There will be more overseas players in the Hunters Estate Agent York And District Senior Cricket League than in any previous season with 36 of the 50 member clubs registering non-English players. Some of the overseas brigade have known pedigrees but the
