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Dolan salutes his players
YORK City chief Terry Dolan dished out the plaudits as the Minstermen came close to becoming the first side to beat Hull at their new Kingston Communications Stadium. In the end, City had to settle for a point in an entertaining 0-0 stalemate but had
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Ingham's face fits
YORK City's new goalkeeping hero Michael Ingham confessed to using his head as he helped York City to their first clean sheet in 11 attempts at Hull. The Northern Ireland Under-21 international filled the considerable void left by the departure of Alan
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McGrath to lay down the law
NEW Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is already mapping out his plans for the new season and he will officially inform the players of what he has in mind when they report back for duty on March 3. High on his list of priorities will be an insistence
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Again we say close the gap
THE carnage on North Yorkshire's roads appears to have reached a yet higher level of intensity. We have already chronicled a shocking toll of road deaths and injuries this year. Today we carry photographs and reports of the newest batch of crashes to
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You lucky people
IT started as an innovative way for the tourist industry to say thank you to York people. Now Residents First is one of the most eagerly awaited weekends of the winter. The attractions which threw open their doors to locals reported an excellent response
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Comedy on calendar
AN Alan Bennett comedy is to be performed at Bubwith, near Selby. Habeas Corpus, a play about a GP with dubious ethics, will start at 8pm on March 7 and March 8 at the Arts Skillcentre Theatre in Highfield Grange, Bubwith. Tickets, which cost £8 for adults
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Milestone for York 24-hour homeless centre
YORK Arc Light centre for the homeless reached a unique double milestone today -by opening its doors 24 hours on the same day it clocked up 40,000 "bed nights." The centre, which opened in December 1999, was once staffed on a night-by-night basis. But
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Rural shed thefts warning issued
POLICE are renewing their appeals for residents of rural areas to be on their guard after garden equipment worth thousands of pounds was stolen. Thieves have targeted sheds and outbuildings across the Ryedale district in recent weeks and made off with
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Holiday dreams
HUNDREDS of people wanting to escape to the sun or looking for the adventure of a life time went along to the Evening Press Holiday, Travel and Leisure Exhibition at the weekend. The event, held at the Assembly Rooms, in York, and sponsored by Shearings
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800 from far and near on Brass Monkey Run
CANCER sufferer Jane Tomlinson joined more than 800 runners for the Brass Monkey Run in York yesterday. Jane, who is terminally ill, was recently honoured by the BBC when she won the Helen Rollason Award after completing the London Marathon, the Great
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Government go-ahead for £4m York school
THE Government has backed plans to build a £4 million school in York for children with special needs using private funding. The council has been told by the DfES plans for the Special Educational Needs (SEN) school at Hob Moor will be given the go-ahead
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Man held in resort double murder probe
A MAN arrested on suspicion of the murder of two Bridlington women was today still being interviewed by detectives. Peter Allan Foster, 46, of Bridlington, was arrested yesterday morning in connection with the death of Linda Wardill, 48, in December last
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Promotion push for Gate
HARROGATE opened up a gap of three points between the top four clubs and the rest in National Two as they raised their game once again to make free-scoring Esher appear a very ordinary side with a 24-6 victory. Esher battled well against the wind in the
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Police chief hits back over station closure
A POLICE chief hit back today after the night-time closure of a North Yorkshire police station sparked a public outcry. Supt John Lacy was responding to businesswoman Janet Berry, who claimed Selby was becoming "lawless". She said it beggared belief that
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All change York denied by Smith's late try
YORK'S hastily arranged friendly at Keighley saw the West Yorkshire club pull off a 23-19 deserved victory with a fine try in the dying minutes of the game. Injury, rest and experimental selections saw York field only five of the team from the previous
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Pock stunned
POCKLINGTON were left in a state of disbelief that they had lost 10-8 to Ripon in a Yorkshire Two game that they dominated for long periods. Ripon had the better of the first quarter of an hour, scored one try and should have had another. But thereafter
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Politics is like a game of chess
YORK MP Hugh Bayley got more than he bargained for when he took on a six-year-old at chess - and lost. But Mr Bayley can be forgiven as the six-year-old in question was in fact Pierre Weller, a contender in the Rapidplay Chess Championship which took
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Malton bounce back
MALTON and Norton put last week's Powergen Vase exit behind them with a crucial 25-19 win at Ilkley. The victory keeps them in third place in Yorkshire Two with a game in hand on their promotion rivals. Malton attacked from the kick-off with some enterprising
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Gate closes on Town
CUP delight was ripped from the grasp of Harrogate Town as they bowed out of the UniBond League Cup away to Gateshead. Town had several good chances to go in front, but they were wasted before the decisive blow was struck just before the hour when Gateshead's
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Arsonists destroy Viking longhouse
ARSONISTS are being blamed for a fire at a Viking village on the outskirts of the city which caused £4,000 of damage. Vandals attacked the Danelaw village, at Murton Park, early yesterday, and set light to a Viking longhouse. A passer-by on the A64 raised
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McGrath to lay down the law
NEW Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is already mapping out his plans for the new season and he will officially inform the players of what he has in mind when they report back for duty on March 3. High on his list of priorities will be an insistence
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Dolan salutes his players
YORK City chief Terry Dolan dished out the plaudits as the Minstermen came close to becoming the first side to beat Hull at their new Kingston Communications Stadium. In the end, City had to settle for a point in an entertaining 0-0 stalemate but had
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Crash toll rises at roads blackspots
ONE man is fighting for his life and another is seriously injured after three accidents at North and East Yorkshire blackspots. The catalogue of crashes involved: A collision between a car and a lorry at the notorious Bilbrough Top gap on the A64 between
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Hull City 0, York City 0
BATTLING York City may have had to settle for a point on their first visit to Hull's Kingston Communications Stadium but could at least claim the moral victory over their biggest rivals. It had been another long and difficult week for the fans, players
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All change York denied by Smith's late try
YORK'S hastily arranged friendly at Keighley saw the West Yorkshire club pull off a 23-19 deserved victory with a fine try in the dying minutes of the game. Injury, rest and experimental selections saw York field only five of the team from the previous
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Malton bounce back
MALTON and Norton put last week's Powergen Vase exit behind them with a crucial 25-19 win at Ilkley. The victory keeps them in third place in Yorkshire Two with a game in hand on their promotion rivals. Malton attacked from the kick-off with some enterprising
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Skirlaugh 8, York City Knights 20
A WIN is a win and the important thing is York City Knights will be involved in tonight's draw for the fourth round of the TXU Energi Challenge Cup. But it was definitely a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show. For the Knights, following their admirable
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City's Knight watch
YORK City Knights player-coach Paul Broadbent has declared the search for more players goes on as he looks to boost his squad further. The former Great Britain prop wants the Knights to sign two more players before the season gets too old, but insists
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Sick of less-for-more
THE article "New bin trial is rubbish" (January 20) and the proposal to collect domestic waste once a fortnight after a trail period in four Selby villages is another example of incompetence by the proposers. This follows the usual annual "less- for-more
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Crash toll rises at roads blackspots
ONE man is fighting for his life and another is seriously injured after three accidents at North and East Yorkshire blackspots. The catalogue of crashes involved: A collision between a car and a lorry at the notorious Bilbrough Top gap on the A64 between
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Nap selection - 27/1/03
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection for Tuesday's meetings: Musselburgh - 12.45 Chevalier Bayard Updated: 12:48 Monday, January 27, 2003
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Back to ice age
LAST Friday, we revealed that the spring flowers had already sprung in one York garden, testament to remarkably mild weather for a month after Christmas. That contrasts sharply to one of Yorkshire's bitterest winters 40 years ago. It all began just before
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Wardens to patrol the streets of city estate
NEW-style high-visibility "foot rangers" are set to provide extra security for people in the west of York. Residents voted at the recent Acomb ward committee meeting to introduce the ground-breaking £6,000 initiative to streets in and around the Carr
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Council is 'out of touch' to freeze cash
PROPOSALS to freeze cash allocated to Citizens' Advice Bureaux have been branded as "out of touch," by North Yorkshire Liberal Democrats. The proposals, made by North Yorkshire County Council's Conservative group, would see the "inflation proofing" removed
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Youngsters get chance to work with RSC
NORTH YORKSHIRE young people will be working alongside some of the country's leading actors when they join the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) for two touring productions. The two youngsters have been chosen to star in the productions when they arrive
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Village church rings up huge achievement
THE bells are ringing out again at a York church. An urgent appeal was launched by the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, at Wigginton, after its bell tower was badly damaged in a storm last October. Worshippers managed to raise £5,000 within two weeks
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Loss of backing for rail link 'bad news'
CAMPAIGNERS working to re-open a rail link between two Ryedale towns say they are "extremely disappointed" at a decision to suspend vital funding. The Strategic Rail Authority is withholding financial backing for the Malton-Pickering link, which means
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TUC worry over Yorks BNP win
THE election of Yorkshire's first British National Party (BNP) councillor is "a blot on the political landscape" which unions and politicians should work hard to defeat, union delegates were told in York. The recent emergence of the far right BNP, and
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RI continue improvement
YORK RI made it five wins out of the last six with a workmanlike Yorkshire Three victory over Moortown on Saturday. With a good victory over Castleford the previous week Moortown were looking forward to climbing the table but found an RI side in no mood
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Weekend of firsts for residents
MORE than 50 of the city's top attractions opened their doors to York residents over the weekend, allowing them to sample their delights. Museums and attractions along with some of the city's top restaurants offered free entry and special offers for the
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Pock on course to keep title
POCKLINGTON took a giant step towards retaining their Leeper Hare York and District League premier division title by defeating third-placed Malton Bacon Factory in Norton. Nigel Allen opened the scoring when he put MBF in front after 20 minutes. Brent
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College new head a former Anglican
FORMER Anglican Father Gabriel Everitt is preparing to take on a new role at one of the country's top Roman Catholic colleges. He will be taking over as headmaster at Ampleforth College at the end of the year when outgoing head Father Leo Chamberlain
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Sir Ken: I won't pull out
YORKSHIRE supermarket tycoon Sir Ken Morrison is to use a House of Commons meeting tonight to show he is not ready to back down in the fight for Safeway. WM Morrison's £2.5bn takeover bid for the southern-based chain was last week dropped by Safeway after
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Guests evacuate blaze hotel
GUESTS at a hotel in York were evacuated from the building after a fire broke out in the kitchen. A North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said that around 40 guests at the Elmbank Hotel in Driffield Terrace, off The Mount, were forced to wait
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Safe stolen in post office raid
THIEVES who set fire to an alarm system and used a crow bar to steal a safe from a North Yorkshire post office at the weekend may have struck before in area, police warned today. Intruders targeted Marton-Cum-Grafton Post Office, near Harrogate, and made
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Knights off the mark
YORK City Knights have not paid the price for a bad performance. That was the verdict of coach Paul Broadbent after yesterday's 20-8 victory over amateur outfit Skirlaugh in the third round of the TXU Energi Challenge Cup. It was the Knights' first-ever
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Ingham's face fits
YORK City's new goalkeeping hero Michael Ingham confessed to using his head as he helped York City to their first clean sheet in 11 attempts at Hull. The Northern Ireland Under-21 international filled the considerable void left by the departure of Alan
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Pock stunned
POCKLINGTON were left in a state of disbelief that they had lost 10-8 to Ripon in a Yorkshire Two game that they dominated for long periods. Ripon had the better of the first quarter of an hour, scored one try and should have had another. But thereafter
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Knights off the mark
YORK City Knights have not paid the price for a bad performance. That was the verdict of coach Paul Broadbent after yesterday's 20-8 victory over amateur outfit Skirlaugh in the third round of the TXU Energi Challenge Cup. It was the Knights' first-ever
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Fear George Bush more than Saddam
I AGREE with Frank Ormston, ('Should we wage war on Iraq', January 15). We should not wage war on Iraq. In the past 12 years has Saddam invaded or bombed any of his neighbours? I do not think so. During the same time how many people has Bush killed with
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Della's police-speak
THE reported message from Chief Constable Della Cannings (January 24) that even more cash from the public would "free up" up to 200 officers to do actual policing provokes a reaction of amusement, bewilderment and anger. Amusement, because her language
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Wolf got it right
IN reply to Jean Pulleyn (Wednesday, January 22), I congratulate Wolf on highlighting the absurdity of the seizure of computers in the fight against child abuse versus the imminent war with Iraq. I certainly do not condone paedophilia but if chemical
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Passing on my opinions
Some friends of ours went marching against the war last week. They took their children along and, as is usually the case, our daughters found out about it (children never tell their parents anything, but kids chatting to each other leave no stone unturned
