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Money matters
ORGANISERS of the Money Show at the Merchant Adventurers Hall, York, on October 24, say they want to beam free financial advice at women in the area. The Money Show is being organised by three York professional practices, Walsh Lucas, the independent
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Damage limitation
Planned closure of the Selby coalfields may have hit our region like a minequake, but at least action towards damage limitation has been quick, says Graham Hall, chairman of Yorkshire Forward NEWS of the impending closure of the Selby Coalfield and the
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Her toughest call
The new governor of Askham Grange women's prison says compassion and innovation will be vital for the jail's future. NICK HALLISSEY meets her CONSIDERING she has worked in some of the toughest prisons in Britain, you might think Dawn Elaine's latest job
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The thing is... Was Prince Charles right to speak up on hunting?
PRINCE Charles has, apparently, been making plain his views on the weekend's countryside march. Ban hunting, he is reported to have told a private gathering, and I might as well leave the country. The comments came on top of his views, expressed in a
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Family law solicitor is awarded specialist status
Mark Hepworth, the head of the family law department at York-based commercial law firm Denison Till, has joined a highly-select group of North Yorkshire lawyers by being awarded specialist status by the Solicitors' Family Law Association (SFLA). The SFLA
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£10m facelift for town centre 'eyesore'
A MASSIVE investment of nearly £10 million in Harrogate town centre has received planning approval. It involves a facelift for the 1960s 12-storey Harrogate House which many regard as an eyesore. The application for redevelopment, together with The Ginnel
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Anyone mention Liz Hurley's diet again and I'll scream
IN THE past four months, we have heard more about the 53lbs Liz Hurley has lost than the 7lb baby she gave birth to. Pictures of little Damian 'The Omen' Charles's mum have appeared in the tabloids and glossies on more or less a daily basis since he made
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Branson to ride Rocket in York
A NEW campaign to tempt tourists into York will start with "a Rocket" when flamboyant entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson rides George Stephenson's ancient locomotive into the National Railway Museum. He will be closely followed on the replica of the Rocket
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Zoom with a view!
NO, THE camera hasn't lied. This image entitled Power Over God, is not the result of digital photo-manipulated jiggery-pokery. It really is Drax Power Station in the distance beyond York Minster and what's more it may be a record. Photographer Malcolm
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City sets national standard for flood defences
YORK is to host Britain's first National Flood Forum - two years after the city was hit by the devastating floods of autumn 2000. Hundreds of delegates from flood-affected communities across the country will come to the event on October 28 at York Racecourse
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Softly, softly approach
THE Football League today insisted they will not ban York City from using taped roars and chants to cheer on their team. As revealed in the Evening Press last week, City chairman John Batchelor has come up with the idea to boost the atmosphere at Bootham
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Faster internet access pushed
A BIG push to get York businesses to use high-speed broadband internet links has begun. It was through the high-profile protests of businesses that BT spent millions to increase the two ADSL exchanges in and around the city to six this year Now Science
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You shall have a fishy....
No pressure, shrugs Craig Straker, head chef at the York Marriott Hotel, faced with the daunting task of presenting the founders of Harry Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant empire with... a fish and chip supper. In fact, Craig will be serving up no fewer
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Don't be a clone!
AN ability to do three things at once is handy in today's fast-paced business world, but this should not extend to multiplying your own skills, employers will hear in York next month. Jan Eskildsen, managing director of York-based document services business
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Farmers 'priced out of the market'
For how long can farmers continue to be left the scrag-end when it comes to payments? asks Rob Simpson, of the Yorkshire and North East NFU Ask a farmer what the biggest problem affecting his industry is at the moment, and the answer will almost certainly
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Firms losing out on tax breaks
BUSINESSES in York could save a massive £7.3m in tax and national insurance payments by converting to limited companies, according to new research. The potential savings, which affect sole traders and partnerships which choose to convert, arise from changes
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Whitwell returns
YORK rower Sarah Whitwell came back to haunt her home town club at the Bradford Autumn Regatta. The teenage sensation, who now competes for Newark RC, came away from the event, held over a 600m course, with three medals after victories against the City
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Dinner date for heroes
FORMER Leeds United heroes John Charles and Peter Lorimer, who also played for York City, are to be the speakers at a charity sportsman's dinner in aid of York Corinthian FC. This club was founded in 1996 to raise money for a school in Mozambique and
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Tanker is Doug's home pride
A TANKER transformed into a luxury motor home by a North Yorkshire man was the star attraction at the Vintage Working Weekend at Hornby Castle near Bedale. Doug Hodgson, 59, from Stillington, near Easingwold, spent six months converting the flour tanker
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A-line to top win
For the second consecutive week, York 'A' travelled to take on a club playing three leagues higher. However, all similarities ended there as this time around York humbled Sandal 52-12, scoring seven tries in an exhibition of pace and grace rugby. Mike
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Durham next up for City of York Ladies
After a series of warm-up games, City of York Ladies complete their pre-season shedule at home to Durham on Saturday before North League Premier Division fixtures start on October 5. City of York Ladies II open their Yorkshire League Division Two campaign
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Promoter has heart tests
THE man at the centre of a cash row involving two concerts at a North Yorkshire stately home is working "flat out" to sort out problems, his publicist said today. Ian Martin was the organiser of the Last Night Of The Proms and Party In The Park events
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'People will die if fire crews strike'
PEOPLE in York and North Yorkshire "will die" if firefighters go on strike. This is the stark warning made today by the county's chief fire officer, Eric Clarke. He revealed that planned emergency cover would not be adequate enough to deal with serious
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Memorial plea tracks down airman's family
THE sisters of a 1940s airman whose name is being added to a village war memorial have been tracked down through an appeal in the Evening Press. Sergeant David Hartnoll Wright, an RAF air gunner who is buried in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church, at
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Tom short-listed for award
EVENING Press racing correspondent Tom O'Ryan has been short-listed for a prestigious award within the sport of kings, writes Tony Curtis O'Ryan, who also writes for the Racing Post, has been named among the seven journalists in line for the Clive Graham
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Knights fans meet
The first York City Knights fans' public meeting will take place at the Huntington Stadium bar tonight (Tuesday), 7.15pm start, to discuss the financial state of play at the club. All supporters and interested parties are welcome. Updated: 15:00 Tuesday
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Gough future in the balance
DARREN Gough is now the only senior Yorkshire player who has not yet negotiated a contract for next season. England's main strike bowler still has to sit down and discuss his future with Yorkshire chairman Geoff Cope. The pair had hoped to meet at Headingley
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Softly, softly approach
THE Football League today insisted they will not ban York City from using taped roars and chants to cheer on their team. As revealed in the Evening Press last week, City chairman John Batchelor has come up with the idea to boost the atmosphere at Bootham
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1066 and all that!
LOCAL author and historian Keith Mulhearn dressed as the Viking King Harald Hardrada to launch his new book on York's bloody past. Keith has penned Fulford; The First Battle Of 1066, which reveals some of the city's forgotten and brutal history. The Battle
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Trains delayed
HUNDREDS of passengers travelling on the East Coast Main Line suffered delays today because of a broken rail. The rail was discovered by a maintenance team on the line at Conington, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, at 9.18am. Passengers travelling from
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Taking education across the frontier
Maryam Bibi has beaten strong opposition to bring education to the suppressed women of her homeland on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. ADAM NICHOLS spoke to the University of York student about what still needs to be done THE bombing of its
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'Donations' in danger of spoiling Minster
COLIN Burrows has a very good point when he expresses his dismay at the subtle 'pressure' created by the methods used by York Minster to collect 'donations' (Minster 'bullies', Evening Press, September 21). The point that resonates most with me is his
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It all terrifies me
MR PING, Hengist and Horsa, mentioned in recent comments and letters in the Evening Press, sound terrifying to a 60-plus grandma - never mind small boys. It is with fascinated horror that I wonder about the identity of the Night Watchman (Letters, September
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Close the gap now
LOCAL drivers may be aware of the dangers at Bilbrough Top gap on the A64, but haven't the Highways Agency a moral and legal duty to make safe such a notorious black spot for visiting drivers? Close the gap now, what are you waiting for? Pamela Egan,
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Country life gets harder
THE news that the coffee growers of the world are losing money from growing the crop, and are in danger of starvation, had an unpleasantly familiar ring. Most of the primary producers in the world are losing money from growing the food on which we all
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York eatery treats loyal fans
An innovative York restaurant is following in the footsteps of major shops and supermarkets by launching its very own reward card for loyal customers. Trained chef and businessman James Lowe, owner of the Villa Italia restaurant and deli in Micklegate
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Slim chance
As a single mum, trapped in a crummy flat and a series of dead-end jobs, Lisa Kelly thought she was stuck for good in a miserable rut. But what a difference a diet made, reports JO HAYWOOD WHEN Lisa Kelly goes to work she has a life-size photograph of
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Golden moment
A NORTH Yorkshire property entrepreneur has secured £33 million to fund an ambitious expansion of his hotel franchise. Peter Roberts, who has been awarded the master franchise in the UK and Ireland for Ripon-based Golden Tulip hotels, now plans to open
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Uplifting experience
FAST work for fast food...workers from York-based Shepherd Construction lower a new McDonalds restaurant into place during their £23 million Ocean Place development project in Southport. It was a way of ensuring that the restaurant was open for business
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Teacher denies sex offences against schoolboys
A TEACHER allegedly abused boys as he supervised them doing renovation work at a North Yorkshire school, a crown court heard. Opening the prosecution, Julian Goose, QC, claimed that Bruce Clark indecently assaulted or committed a serious sexual offence
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Anti-war campaigners say support is growing in York
OPPOSITION among the people of York to Britain joining any US-led attack on Iraq is "very strong indeed", anti-war campaigners claimed today. Bill Shaw, of York Against the War (YAW), said the depth of local opposition was shown by the fact that 3,000
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Leather firm's assets go for £45,000
INDUSTRIAL sewing machines, office equipment and other stock belonging to the ill-fated Marshall Brothers, the Filey leather goods manufacturer, raised £45,000 at auction, it was disclosed today. The company, one of the country's best known makers of
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Farm widow defies pylon contractors
THE pylons controversy took a dramatic new twist today when a North Yorkshire widow denied National Grid workers access to her farmland. Rosalind Craven's defiant stand against the scheme to build power lines across the Vale of York up to the city's boundaries
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City put legal action on hold
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has put plans to sue the Football League on hold, the Evening Press can reveal. The City supremo is also confident his revolutionary blueprint to restructure football will be discussed at a meeting of the game's big guns
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Big Bad Bob wanting to be Roodee master - 24/09/02
Big Bad Bob heads back to Chester tomorrow seeking his third win of the campaign. The John Dunlop-trained juvenile, successful on the famous Roodee circuit last month, lines up for the Renault Master Vans Conditions Stakes over the same distance of an
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Tom short-listed for award
EVENING Press racing correspondent Tom O'Ryan has been short-listed for a prestigious award within the sport of kings, writes Tony Curtis O'Ryan, who also writes for the Racing Post, has been named among the seven journalists in line for the Clive Graham
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Broadband York events
The Broadband York campaign has kicked off with "drop-ins" at business parks. Local Telecom Service (LTS) officials were on hand at the Raylor Centre in James Street, York, to answer questions and to demonstrate the super-fast links. In the afternoon,
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Following the leaders
DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning And Skills Council, North Yorkshire, explains why he is willing to be led to leadership MY name is down for a two-day course to boost my leadership skills. I have mixed feelings about it. At one level, I look
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Car group's deals hit £10m mark
FLEET sales at the Nidd Vale Group - one of North Yorkshire's largest independent motor retailers - are booming. They are running at record levels with contracts worth almost £10 million already agreed and due to be fulfilled during the year - about £3
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Broker proves it has teeth
HERE is some dental data to get your teeth into. Smart and Cook, the Yorkshire insurance broker, whose healthcare division is based at Monks Cross, York, has just "pulled" its 2002nd dentist. (Pronounced tooth-thousand and second?) This brings the company's
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New symbol a great I-dea
Other design companies will be green-eyed over the effective simplicity of the I-idea carried out for the University of York by Northcross, the £5.5 million design firm based across the way at the York Science Park. The massive green information symbol
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Champs rattled
FULFORDGATE, the York White Rose Ladies' League division one champions, faced fierce resistance at Railway Institute. Beryl Glover-Marion Stilgoe took the first of the pairs after successfully teaming with Val Mackenzie and Jean Hussein but Institute
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'Seamless justice' HQ planned for city site
A BID to build a new "joined-up justice" headquarters for York and North Yorkshire has won approval from police authority members. The authority has backed a plan to bring together North Yorkshire Police's two administrative support units, based at Knaresborough
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Residents kick up a stink over cost of sewer repairs
CONCERNED residents in a York village are today up in arms after receiving the double bombshell - that their sewage system needs repairing and they might have to foot the bill. The people affected live in the Highthorn Road area of Huntington and are
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Action urged to save York woodland on school site
MORE than 150 people packed into a public meeting in York last night determined to save a woodland nature area close to their homes. Local residents want to see the nature site on Fulford Cross School land retained when the school closes in 2004. If necessary
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Humphrey takes stock with a triple treat
ANDY Humphrey scored a hat-trick as City of York warmed up for the new season with a 4-2 win in a friendly at Stockton I. He opened the scoring after ten minutes with a short-corner strike and York increased their lead when Mark Little slotted home Chris
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Hunt for Vicky's killer will go on
THE detective leading the investigation into the murder of prostitute Vicky Glass, whose body was dumped in North Yorkshire, has vowed never to give up the hunt for her killer. Vicky, 21, who turned to prostitution to feed her heroin addiction, vanished
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Fox fires Warriors
Selby Warriors got their Yorkshire League division two campaign off to a great start with a 64-20 hammering of Ackworth. Former York Wasps centre Shaun Austerfield was again the star man with three tries and a hand in most of the others, but it was young
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Why we deserve better wages - union
NORTH Yorkshire's fire service union today explained why a strike was "almost inevitable". In a message to Evening Press readers John Mitchell, secretary of the region's Fire Brigades' Union branch, said the current pay formula had become outdated and
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Dynamic duo to the fore
HOLDERS Wendy Stirke and Louise Lister have won the IT Sports Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League Doubles final for the fourth consecutive year. The league's top seven couples served up some quality tennis, but once more it was Bishopthorpe pairing
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Abbey goes into the TV spotlight
SELBY Abbey is to remain closed until the weekend in preparation for a television programme. The abbey has been closed to the public for safety reasons while television crews from BBC's Songs of Praise, who arrived yesterday morning, erect scaffolding
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Pop ace Stacey records debut single
FAME is creeping closer for York's teenage pop star Stacey Ace, as she is busy recording her first single and already has an incredible 2,000 members signed up to her fan club. Stacey, 14, has signed a three CD deal with Bedfordshire-based production
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Shop sign gets the boot
A GARISH sign on a York shop has finally come down - heralding a new "get-tough" approach by council officers to planning breaches. The frontage of the "Shoe Carnival" shop in Pavement was last year branded a "tacky monstrosity" that would not look out
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City put legal action on hold
YORK City chairman John Batchelor has put plans to sue the Football League on hold, the Evening Press can reveal. The City supremo is also confident his revolutionary blueprint to restructure football will be discussed at a meeting of the game's big guns
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City sets national standard for flood defences
YORK is to host Britain's first National Flood Forum - two years after the city was hit by the devastating floods of autumn 2000. Hundreds of delegates from flood-affected communities across the country will come to the event on October 28 at York Racecourse
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Parking too costly
SO our city council, in the form of Councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing, really believes that empty car parking spaces show that their car park policy is working (Evening Press, September 18). Well, let me assure them that their reasoning is totally wrong
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Seeking parents
THERE continues to be a shortage of adoptive parents, and in advance of National Adoption Week (October 14 to 20), Adoption Yorkshire, the adoption service of the Diocese of Leeds, is seeking adoptive parents in the York area. Adoption Week aims to find
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War must be fully debated
THE Government's long-awaited dossier on Saddam Hussein certainly makes for chilling reading. The document, which was released this morning ahead of the recalling of Parliament, maintains that Iraq is one or two years away from building a nuclear weapon
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Right for the job?
SIR Richard Branson is to launch the city's campaign to entice visitors to stay a little longer. That is certainly a coup, especially as the entrepreneur, never one to shy from the camera, will arrive on a replica of Stephenson's Rocket, closely followed