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Gough set to face York
YORK'S batsmen could face England pace ace Darren Gough at Clifton Park on Saturday. Gough has been pencilled in for an appearance with the Yorkshire Academy side in the Yorkshire League as he recovers from two cartilage operations. Gough had a net session
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Back to school for festival families
FAMILIES are invited to get to grips with new skills together during the first day of York's third annual Learning Festival on Saturday. Cooking for "lads and dads", DIY for the exasperated, and first aid tips about what to do in an emergency, are all
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Bands tune up for Barbican gig
BANDS from schools across York - and their fans - are set to raise the roof again at the Barbican tomorrow night. The Best of the Bands contest will feature 12 talented school-based bands, competing for a raft of awards including best live band, best
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Study in the Great outdoors
EVERYTHING from crops to creepy crawlies will be lined up to be learned about in the Education Area of the Great Yorkshire Show next month. Throughout the three-day show, which runs from July 9 to 11, the Education Area will play host to a wide variety
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City should bid for redundant field gun
I WAS interested to read the feature by Nick Hallissey on the forthcoming retirement of the four 25-pounder field guns used for Royal Salutes at the Museum Gardens (June 13). These guns have an association with York and served in the Second World War,
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Pay plea to readers
We are balloting UNISON members about industrial action in support of this year's pay claim for council staff (so are the TGW and GMB unions). Local government pay has fallen behind other public sector workers such as nurses, teachers and police during
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Whistling duo
Two of York Rugby League Referees Society members have been successful at the area course camp. Gareth Evans and Tom Benson will now go onto the regional camp later this month and if they are successful there they will attend the national section in Warrington
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Milburn to visit new facility at university
HEALTH Secretary Alan Milburn has promised to visit the new medical school at the University of York. He intends to visit the facility, which has been established jointly with Hull University, before it begins taking students next year. A spokeswoman
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Zero-tolerance blitz on railway criminals
RAIL bosses in North Yorkshire have launched a new crackdown on criminals who attack the network. Starting this week, Railtrack has teamed up with British Transport Police and Arriva Trains Northern to take a zero-tolerance stance with people who endanger
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Dogs are ready to bark for England
HOW can they fail? Even the nation's dogs are behind them! The England football team have received a boost from an unusual source - the National Canine Defence League. The NCDL Rehoming Centre in Leeds - the centre nearest York - has received 12 dogs
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Future's Orange
York Acorn ARL Club's Under-9s took apart a strong Oulton Raiders side with a 42-0 demolition. The Acorn defence was superb with top tackler Joel Johnson, Jacob Busfield and Jordan Agnew, while the man-of-the-match was Callum Hannigan. Tries came from
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Sluggish start to coarse campaign
THE long-awaited start of the new coarse fishing season began with a whimper. The River Ouse above York had risen to seven feet above normal after midweek thunderstorms and ruined the annual first Sunday open. A poor field of just 54 endured a dour affair
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Students unhappy with health centre
STUDENTS at the University of York are calling for talks with a health centre on the campus following "a large number" of complaints about its services. The call follows claims that a student was told she had pulled a muscle, when she had in fact suffered
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Easterby keeps place
IRELAND'S former Harrogate flanker Simon Easterby has kept his place on the back row for the second Test against New Zealand at Eden Park. Ireland are desperate to build on the good work they showed in the first Test before they finally succumbed to the
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Press gets longer run
THE people's race horse, The Evening Press, made her seasonal debut yesterday at Thirsk - and although it wasn't her day, there were encouraging signs for the filly. Press finished ninth in the Sinclair Mason Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs, 14 lengths
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York youth rammed police car
A YOUTH who rammed a police car at least three times in a bid to evade arrest was today (wed) behind bars. The 17-year-old teenager's crime spree began last September and included a late-night gang attack on young people in Clifton, two night-time shop
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£1.25 million homeless project unveiled
FORMER hostage Terry Waite officially unveiled ambitious plans to create a community home for the homeless in Selby during a ceremony at Bishopthorpe Palace, York. The £1.25 million project, based at Barlby Farm, near the River Ouse, in Selby, will be
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Athletes go quicker, higher and longer in York event
FOOTBALL THE York Schools team is in action in the English Schools FA seven-a-side competition at South Shields this Saturday. York Schools: Billy Gregory, Liam Morrison, Ryan Allison, Aled Griffiths (all Robert Wilkinson); Tom Jackson, James Pilmoor,
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A golden weekend
THE Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in York got off to a cracking start with a weekend of colourful events in the city. Bunting, balloons and Union flags were draped across York as people came together to celebrate the Queen's 50 years on the throne
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My home was destroyed, there was nothing left
As Britain marks Refugee Week, Political Reporter Adam Nichols hears of the terror that forced many to flee their homes - asylum seeker Luljeta Nuzi LULJETA Nuzi watched her house burn and realised she had to leave her homeland. Heavily pregnant and accompanied
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Drinking in the sunshine
ALCOHOL in its place forms a part of many people's lives, allowing for pleasure and relaxation. A sunny summer's day seems perfect for drinking outdoors, perhaps at a private barbecue or on the street outside a public house or caf. In recent years York
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Casual clerics
WITH church attendance generally in a slow decline, perhaps the vicar's formal attire may be part of the problem. A motion put forward at the Church of England General Synod would allow clergy to dress for services in a more relaxed style. They might
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Foundation slamscare home funding
CARE homes in Britain are being underfunded by as much as £85 per person per week, according to research commissioned the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The foundation claims the money that councils pay to residential and nursing homes for care
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Police get new powers to target problem drinking in York parks
A GROUND-BREAKING initiative has been launched to reclaim York's parks and open spaces from rowdy boozers. Police officers have been given new powers to confiscate alcohol and arrest drinkers at three sites across the city - including the village of Upper
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Road crash biker seriously injured
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious head and leg injuries today when he was involved in a collision with a car on a York road. The man was travelling out of York city centre in Holgate Road just before 7am when the crash happened between his machine and a
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Target these motor morons
WE have all met him. He's the loud-mouthed motorist, the king of the road. There's one at every party, keen to vent his apoplexy at being pulled over by the police. No matter that he was weaving all over the motorway while guffawing into his mobile phone
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Cheerful Melody is star hit at Poppy Road
BRAVE school boy Andrew Melody, a pupil at Poppleton Road Primary School, York, is today's Star of the Week. Andrew, nine, has been nominated by teacher Pam Young, who is special educational needs co-ordinator at the school. She said he had learning difficulties
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Thank you thousands
FIVE York schools are to receive thousands of pounds in grant aid after signing up to an energy-saving pilot scheme. Joseph Rowntree School, and Haxby Road, Huntington, Park Grove and St Aelred's Primary Schools all took part in the School Energy Certification
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Let's use the Ouse
FED up of the congestion in our city car parks? (Parking Points, June 4). In the early 1900s Captain Edward Grace had the answer. In those days there was a ferry for passengers using the river from York to Hull. This city has one of the biggest assets
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Vinnie ready to reach the Gold standard - 19/06/02
Irish eyes were smiling at Royal Ascot yesterday when Aidan O'Brien completed an outstanding opening-day double with Rock Of Gibraltar and Statue Of Liberty, and tomorrow it could be more of the same. This time, though, Dermot Weld is fancied to feature
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Solid Holmes
Scratch rider Laurie Holmes (Morley CC) won the Yorkshire Cycling Federation Open Ten-Mile Time-Trial hosted by the City Road Club in 20mins 19secs. Charlie Evans (Knaresborough RT) finishing in 21-12 and team-mate Nigel Goscinski came in 32 seconds further
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Sally's grudge
Harrogate-based Sally Braddon faces 'a real grudge match' when the leading female Thai boxer steps into the ring against Warrington's Hayley Moss. The 25-year-old nursery nurse, who fights out of the Kao Loi camp at the Tangerine Gym, faces Moss in Liverpool
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Andy in charge
York Acorn Running Club's first Fell Championship at Millington, near Pocklington, was won by Andy Normandale. His experience paid off on the steep hill at the halfway mark of the 3 mile course after Martin Lawn took an early lead and was able to win
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Flight fantastic
SOME of the earliest human flights will be commemorated at this year's Yorkshire Air Show. Flight fans will be flocking to the former RAF wartime bomber base at Elvington during the August Bank Holiday to watch an "aerial ballet" marking the beginning
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Back in training
HEWORTH ARLFC will kick-off pre-season training tomorrow night as they look to hit the ground running for their 2002/3 campaign. Brendan Carlyle and Phil Sturdy will take the squad through their paces from 7pm onwards at the Elm Park Way club. Junior
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Masters mission
THE York Acorn Past Masters will entertain the Punch Bowl Old Boys in their annual charity game this Sunday, kick-off 2.30pm. This year, the match will be played for the Punch Bowl's selected charity of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and in memory of
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Sammy toughs it out
SAMMY the North Yorkshire seal is still soaking up the sun at his adoptive home, despite the fact that anglers have descended on "his" territory. The seal, which swam up the River Ouse from the Humber estuary in February, could be in danger from hooks
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Emma injured
Yorkshire golf champion Emma Duggleby was today hoping for an improvement to a wrist injury which forced her out of the singles in the Northern Division championship match at Newcastle where Yorkshire tackled Northumberland yesterday. The other counties
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MPs launch attack on rail companies
YORK's three main rail companies came under fire today as MPs criticised them over profit and performance. A group of MPs has condemned Jarvis, the company at the centre of an investigation into a fatal rail crash, for recording massive profits. Pre-tax
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Michael bridges gap in fitness
LEEDS United Michael Bridges is eyeing the start of the Premiership after returning to pre-season training three weeks before his team-mates. The former Sunderland man has endured a nightmare 18 months after suffering career-threatening knee and ankle
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York gears up for Jubilee flypast
AIRCRAFT and instructors from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, are to take part in a Golden Jubilee flypast in front of the Queen next week. The Queen will be undertaking a Review of her Military Forces at Whale Island, Portsmouth, on Thursday June 27.
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Gough set to face York
YORK'S batsmen could face England pace ace Darren Gough at Clifton Park on Saturday. Gough has been pencilled in for an appearance with the Yorkshire Academy side in the Yorkshire League as he recovers from two cartilage operations. Gough had a net session
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Justice by Dominick Dunne (TimeWarner, £6.99)
DOMINICK Dunne knows what he's writing about when he writes about trials involving the famous. He sat through the trial of the man who killed his film actress daughter. His account of her death and the family's view of the murder case that followed forms