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When tragedy hit my family
Call me self-indulgent. My heart went out to Allison Williams, the York tug-of-love mum trying to get her young son back from the USA, but it also went out to my daughter and me. From the outset, I concede it is the natural order of things that a child
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Chicago chic
Sexy styles to die for and eyelashes to kill for (literally), JO HAYWOOD discovers how to get the Chicago look Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger might get top billing, but it is another star - the glamour - that steals the show in the new movie
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Men can't find anything!
In my experience men are rubbish at finding things. There are one or two notable exceptions of course. Drop them blindfolded into a strange town, take away their shoes, their wallet and their dignity and they will still be able to find the nearest pub
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Fans rue 'major blow'
THE supporters' pressure group, the Friends of Bootham Crescent, described today's announcement as "a major, major blow". It said the club's future now lay in the hands of the City of York Council, and called on the authority to undertake a compulsory
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Leading City deal bidders pull out
YORK City Football Club's prospects looked ever more bleak this afternoon after council chiefs announced that the consortium of local businesses looking to take over the club had withdrawn its bid. The shock announcement was made by York's three main
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Double helping for ice cream team
A NORTH Yorkshire ice cream maker has scooped a double serving of Government funding, thanks to some tasty help from Business Link York and North Yorkshire. Helmsley-based Ryeburn Ice Cream has won two separate grants totalling £25,000 to help it to diversify
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Heritage work is a feasible proposition
NOTTINGHAM has arrowed in on a York company to help it to tell the story of its heritage - including the legendary Robin Hood. Profile Nottingham, a business group which examines future development opportunities for the Midlands city, has chosen Continuum
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Veranda open for coffee
A YORK coffee bar enterprise which negotiated a deal to take over the lease of former Centrica Gas showrooms in Bridge Street, York, a £80,000 per year, is now trading. The deal means the opening of Veranda Coffee Shops Ltd, a 200-seater coffee lounge
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Clarke to launch campaign
MIKE Clarke Communications has been appointed by York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce to launch a PR campaign as part of its drive to double its 600-plus membership by the end of 2003. The chamber, which covers an area bordered by Settle, Richmond
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Day of reckoning for Fahey and Altay - 14/01/03
Altay, controversially disqualified at Lingfield last week, returns to the Surrey course tomorrow to bid for quick compensation - less than an hour before his Malton trainer Richard Fahey and jockey Paul Hangan attend an official appeal against his relegation
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Don't rush into war with Iraq, says MP
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today urged Britain to stand against a gung-ho rush towards war with Iraq. He asked Prime Minister Tony Blair to avoid entering war through a misplaced loyalty to the United States. And, in an echo of the warning given by Cabinet "
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City's 'vision' to succeed is within reach
In the second of our winning Evening Press/York Writers essay competition entries, SIMON NEWBOLD, looks at the digital future ONCE upon a time only the flakiest of saints had visions. They would go out to the wilderness, cut the protein intake and return
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Foster homes needed for charity puppies
DOG-LOVERS in the region are being urged to foster a puppy for charity. National charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, which has a training centre at Cliffe, near Selby, is appealing for volunteers to take in puppies and young dogs for anything up to
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Keep-fit group safe thanks to donationsr
A GROUP of "over 50s" are celebrating still being able to get physical after the generosity of two York charities saved their weekly keep-fit group. The group have been put through their paces every week for four years at the New Earswick Folk Hall. The
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E Yorks car phone deal will bring jobs
CONVERGENT Telecom, the Pocklington-based telecommunications company, has teamed up with a distributor to offer a sale and installation package for mobile phone car kits throughout the Dixons Stores Group. For the first time, customers can order a Kondor
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It's element-tree, my dear Watson
A FORMER Askham Bryan College student has been given an award for his outstanding contribution to the study of trees. Graham Watson, 54, who grew up in Strensall, and now lives in Scotland, was given the Ken Martin Memorial Award for his contribution
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Let's club together for Joshua's appeal
A BEREAVED North Yorkshire father is desperately searching for a golf club in the region to host a charity day in memory of his young son. As reported in the Evening Press last Friday, Jonathan Scarlett-Abbott, of Langton, near Malton, is unable to hold
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Residents to vote on projects
Huntington and New Earswick residents can have their say on a pot of community cash at the January 28 ward committee meeting. A range of possible local projects will be discussed, with residents offered the chance to vote on them. The meeting will be
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Schools must appoint advisers for all trips
A MEMBER of staff is to be appointed in all York primary and secondary schools to assess the risk of school trips, in a bid to avoid tragedies like one which claimed the lives of two Leeds girls in a North Yorkshire river. Each school is to have an educational
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Burns toast
POCKLINGTON Labour Party will be joined by junior education minister Stephen Twigg for the group's Burns Night celebrations. Mr Twigg will be proposing a toast at the celebrations by both Pocklington and Beverley Labour Party at Armstrong's Social Club
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Students protest against new fees
UNIVERSITY students objecting to the introduction of top-up fees will be voicing their concerns at tonight's full council meeting in York. On Saturday the Evening Press reported how the University of York could be allowed to charge students up to £3,000
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Club is targeted by house builder
A MAJOR housing developer has set its sights on the doomed York Civil Service Sports Club, the Evening Press can reveal. Wilson Connelly Homes has signed an option agreement which gives it first refusal on buying the 14.5-acre green belt site in Boroughbridge
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Company ran up debts of £580,000
TWO directors of a Vale of York shopfitting and ceiling contractors, which failed with debts of more than £580,000, have given undertakings not to hold directorships or take any part in company management for six years and four years respectively. Clive
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18 crashes in ice day mayhem
A TRAFFIC policeman has revealed that he dealt with 18 accidents in about two hours on York's roads during the recent morning of ice mayhem. Traffic constable Steve Bushby says he can barely recall an occasion in his career when he had so many incidents
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Action demanded on waiting lists issue
RESIDENTS have demanded more action on doctored waiting lists at Scarborough Hospital. The calls came at yesterday's CHC meeting as members discussed the problems rocking Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Three Trust directors
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Unit concerns grow
PUBLIC concern over the future of Malton's maternity unit is mounting, with growing pressure for residents to have their say. Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Community Health Council (CHC) met members of the public in Malton yesterday, to face tough
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Tad sore
City of York Ladies IV resumed their fixtures in Yorkshire League division six with a 2-0 home defeat to Tadcaster II. With Julia Lancaster playing well in midfield, the young York side had the edge early on but Tadcaster were sharper in front of goal
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Acomb flop in home re-start
Acomb 1st X1 returned to action only to lose 2-1 at home to Huddersfield. The hosts started fairly strongly but sadly conceded an early goal from a tight angle. After spurning several chances Acomb levelled in the second-half through Dave Richardson.
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Lack-lustre City ranks sunk by Wigan peers
After a five week lay-off with no games and no outdoor training because of frozen conditions City of York I lost 2-1 to Wigan I to re-start the second half of the NHL premier division. City began well and midway through the first half went ahead from
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Six of the best hiding meted out to Slipper
Cygnet 'A' strengthened their grip on the top spot in York Unique-Phoenix League division one with an emphatic 6-1 win at Slipper. A 180 for 16 darts, followed by a 20-darter from Pete Leake gave Cygnet a 3-1 lead then Dave Mason backed with a 19 darter
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Hayes honour in vanguard of the Knights
PROP idol Richie Hayes has spoken of his pride after officially being named as captain of York City Knights by player-boss Paul Broadbent. The 32-year-old front-rower will lead the team out for the first time when they play their inaugural game on Sunday
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Another sour note from New Labour
SCHOOLS, churches, charities and the whole of the musical/entertainment fraternity urgently need to become aware of the draconian laws the Government is contemplating for their previously innocent activities under the Licensing Bill now going through
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Katie's so thrilled
I SHOULD just like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent me best wishes after my accident. I appreciate all your kind thoughts and presents, these have helped me greatly to recover so far. Also, I should like to say another great big thank you to
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Club's charity policy
ON behalf of Malton and Norton Golf Club, I wish to express disappointment in the article published in your newspaper (January 10). The club has every sympathy with Mr and Mrs Scarlett-Abbott's loss of their son Joshua, and has tried to appreciate the
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Fans rue 'major blow'
THE supporters' pressure group, the Friends of Bootham Crescent, described today's announcement as "a major, major blow". It said the club's future now lay in the hands of the City of York Council, and called on the authority to undertake a compulsory
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Leading City deal bidders pull out
YORK City Football Club's prospects looked ever more bleak this afternoon after council chiefs announced that the consortium of local businesses looking to take over the club had withdrawn its bid. The shock announcement was made by York's three main
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Trust kick in
THE Supporters' Trust today said it was considering launching its own take-over bid of York City as the club teeters on the brink of closure. As revealed in the Evening Press last week, the fans' body has been involved with a consortium of local businessmen
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Buying time
JO HAYWOOD talks to two York businesswomen with more imagination than most You've got a deadline looming at work, a leaky pipe in the bathroom, your mum is coming to stay for the weekend, it's your son's birthday on Sunday and there is not a single item
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The thing is... Is there too much pressure on women to be thin?
THE stunning photograph of Kate Winslet that adorns the front cover of GQ magazine may not be all it seems. Magazine editor Dylan Jones has admitted that the picture was digitally altered to slim down Winslet's womanly curves. "Various parts have been
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Modular homes firm making a good living
A PIONEERING project to bring "factory-made" housing to an area of York has opened the door to huge expansion in the production line for a local firm. Yorkon, the subsidiary of Portakabin, has now doubled production capacity for its living accommodation
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Industrial giants join project
TWO industrial giants in York are among the latest to join a project to help the city's small ventures to become safer, injury-free places in which to work. Nestl Rowntree and the British Sugar factory in Plantation Drive have pledged their help by responding
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Blair war talk misses target
AS the British public's support for war on Iraq wanes, so the Prime Minister's resolve stiffens. At his press conference yesterday, Tony Blair made it clear that he was prepared to send our troops into action despite the doubts within his own party, his
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Taking the... rap
Went to the retail/Soon had to bale/Words on the PA/Had too much to say./The effin and blindin got the shoppers mindin/My mind boggles at that Sarah Coggles/Seems like a nice girl/But her language made my toes curl. Yo. This rapping business is not as
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Designs wanted for votes posters
BUDDING York and North Yorkshire artists are being urged to design a poster to improve voter turnout at elections. The Electoral Commission is offering 16 to 24-year-olds the chance to win an "ibook" - a laptop computer - by designing a poster on the
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Fir flies in Christmas clear-up operation
WHEN old Christmas trees have been stripped of tinsel, left bereft of fairy lights and divested of shiny baubles, what do you do with them? Well, if you're Tony Castle, of Castle Tree Surgeons, in York, then you help them on their way to that great big
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Meningitis warning
The Meningitis Trust is warning people not to wait for a rash before they seek treatment for the potentially fatal disease. A red or purple rash is a symptom of septicaemia or blood poisoning, which is closely associated with meningitis. However, the
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Bomber keeps eye on wing commander Ledger
AS DRY stone waller Keith Ledger goes about his work across North Yorkshire he knows a friend is always keeping a watchful eye on him. For he is accompanied as he travels around the county by his Harris' hawk, Bomber, who stays tethered to his perch while
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York £3m park and ride move
A NEW £3 MILLION Park & Ride site looks set to be built on the outskirts of York, council transport chiefs revealed today. The 500-car capacity site would be built at an as-yet-undisclosed location in Wigginton, though planners have said the possibility
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Visitors to pay more for city centre parking
PLANS to increase city centre parking charges by 20p an hour to visitors to York have been given the go-ahead. But the cost to residents holding discount badges will remain unchanged under the latest proposals accepted by City of York councillors at a
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Youths' ace brace
City of York Hockey Club U14 girls maintained their position at the top of the Yorkshire Youth League with two wins. Retaining their 100 per cent defensive record was not without difficulty though as York found mastering the frozen pitch conditions a
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York fashion store's 'gangsta rap' music offends shopper
A MOTHER-of-two has vowed never to return to a York clothing store after being "shocked and embarrassed" by explicit "gangsta rap" music playing in the shop. Sylvia Thompson contacted the Evening Press to complain about the music she heard in Sarah Coggles
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Implant woman escapes jail for burglary
A YOUNG woman burglar who underwent a radical anti-drug implant to combat her heroin addiction has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. Christine Wright, 24, who had been addicted to the drug for more than three years, walked free from York Crown Court yesterday
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Death crash woman named
A YOUNG woman killed when the car in which she was travelling collided head-on with a lorry on the York ring road was today named by police. Rebecca Whitwell, 20, of Ashton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, died when the Renault Clio in which she was a passenger
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Noon-day scenario for bids
ADMINISTRATORS have set a 'high noon' deadline on Thursday for all interested parties to put their bids on the table to save York City from extinction. Jacksons Jolliffe Cork, who have been running the club since December 18, contacted all interested
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Andrew turns Jurassic Park into an Egyptian water ride
A TALENTED York student who built a Jurassic Park theme park behind his house has transformed his garden once again - into an Egyptian water ride. Imaginative Andrew Simpson, 18, who dreams of designing commercial theme parks, has spent the past year
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Baseball bat man admits GBH
A MAN cleared of a shooting at a York caravan site last year was today awaiting sentence for fracturing a man's skull with a baseball bat outside a nightclub. Karl Gaskin, 30, formerly of York and now of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Hull Crown
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Trust kick in
THE Supporters' Trust today said it was considering launching its own take-over bid of York City as the club teeters on the brink of closure. As revealed in the Evening Press last week, the fans' body has been involved with a consortium of local businessmen
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Church child watch in York
THE Church of England is putting child protection officers in churches across the York diocese to guard against sex abuse. The move comes in the wake of a series of scandals within the Roman Catholic Church and isolated cases in the York diocese. Sunday
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Hayes honour in vanguard of the Knights
PROP idol Richie Hayes has spoken of his pride after officially being named as captain of York City Knights by player-boss Paul Broadbent. The 32-year-old front-rower will lead the team out for the first time when they play their inaugural game on Sunday
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No-one merits City closure
THE most fervent wish of this column is that by this time next week it is not trimmed in funereal black. As the countdown to York City's survival fight ticks remorselessly on, the spectre of oblivion is within touching distance. Let no-one be in any doubt
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Meddling with the gun laws
In the wake of the dreadful incidents at Dunblane and Hungerford the administration required for one to keep any sort of gun was greatly increased. At the time protests were heard that the only people who would be affected were the law abiding gun owners
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Tell us your motives
ONLY days to go to the demise of York City Football Club after 80 years of wonderful history. Is it too late for Douglas Craig, John Quickfall, Barry Swallow and Colin Webb to have a change of heart and stop this fine club from folding? Do they really
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Points from the postbag...
York council's leisure budget is about £11 million of which £3 million is spent on sport. The Barbican, Edmund Wilson and Yearsley facilities absorb £1.53 million and a further £900,000 subsidises the Courtneys watersports site at Monks Cross. The remaining
