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The thing is... Do we need the latest designer drinks?
FIRST we had alcopops. Now manufacturers keen to corner the market on young drinkers have come up with the next generation of designer drinks - already being dubbed 'Viagrapops'. The Vodka-based drinks do not use Viagra, but herbal infusions which are
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Second soldier killed in action
A SECOND British soldier has died in action in the Gulf. The man, from the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, was killed during an operation last night near Al Zubayr, south west of Basra. The news came as American air forces were today pounding Iraq's
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Tourism practice makes perfect
Best practice starts here, so all aboard, urges DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council in North Yorkshire TOURISM, so vital a part of the York and North Yorkshire economy, offers tremendous prospects for further growth. Some aspects
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Captured moments of daily life in Yorkshire
SIR GRAHAM HALL, chairman of Yorkshire Forward, tells why his regional development agency is backing the prospect of the county's film heritage moving to York Yorkshire Forward's remit is extensive, diverse and complex, but now we have been in operation
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Retail therapy for hospital
The new shopping heart of York Hospital is nearly ready. The first phase of the redevelopment of the hospital entrance opens next month, offering a range of retail units for both 2,600 staff and 1,000 patients - and already units within the 7,000 sq ft
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Rod Hills threatens police action
FORMER City of York Council leader Rod Hills is threatening to take action against police after serious allegations against him were dropped. Coun Hills discovered an investigation into him involving the death of his wife Carol Wallace had concluded,
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Suitcase killer jailed for life
A SADISTIC killer who left the body of one of his victims stuffed in a suitcase in a country lane near York was today given two life sentences for murder. Kyu Soo Kim was caught following what North Yorkshire detectives have described as "possibly the
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Hotels in £7.5m deal
Best Western, the Clifton Moor-based consortium of independently-owned hotels has become a preferred supplier to QinetiQ, Europe's largest science and technology solutions provider - a deal reckoned to be worth £7.5 million. The consortium beat off competition
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Send messages to UK troops in the Gulf via Press website
A GULF War veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome is urging people to rally behind our troops by sending them messages of support through the Evening Press. Marianna Finch, 32, of Cumbrian Avenue, Strensall, York, was a member of the
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Iraqis 'will fight for their country'
HUMAN shield Antoinette McCormick, speaking from war-torn Baghdad today, said the message to her from ordinary Iraqis had been: "We hate Bush, but we love Americans." She believes they will resist when the Allies try to take Baghdad. "There is a strong
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Aleron can score for Settrington trainer - 25/03/03
John Quinn, who was on the mark with Archie Babe at Doncaster last Thursday and with Carlton at Newcastle yesterday, can maintain his flying start to the new Flat turf season at Catterick tomorrow. The Settrington trainer can gain his third strike with
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Scientists put down new roots
SCIENTISTS in York have linked arms with experts in the U.S. to carry out joint research to identify new health products from plants. The Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) research group at the University of York is to work with the Oklahoma-based
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Colin dotes on his 100 Dottys!
BOOKING in at the same North Yorkshire hotel 100 times isn't as dotty as you might think. By staying over and again at the four star Rudding Park Hotel in Follifoot, near Harrogate, business consultant Colin Campbell has proved an interesting mathematical
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Peaceniks do not overthrow tyrants
YEARS from now the men and women of our armed forces engaged in hostilities in the Gulf will be justly proud to say: "I helped free the oppressed people of Iraq from the bullying grip of a wicked, sinful tyrant." What about the men and women now marching
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Award for security firm
A YORK security firm has won a top award for service. ID Security, which has its headquarters in Tadcaster Road and a branch office at the Raylor Centre in James Street has won a gold award for quality of service from QMS, the private quality accolade
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Media should tell us about Iraqi deaths
THE sanitised TV coverage of the war is nauseating. It is being treated as entertainment not news. We are shown huge explosions from cruise missiles and bunker-busting bombs, but do not see what they are doing to the Iraqis. So far more than 200 Iraqi
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Iraq war to have big impact on tourism
In his first column, DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of the York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board looks variously at the impact of war on tourism, the challenges of a hi-tech future and how "local yokel" thinking can improve profits WITH war in Iraq there
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No Labour vote now
I WAS born nine months before the Second World War broke out. I remember my mother running with my sister and I under her arms to the air-raid shelters where we would stay underground until the bombs had been dropped and the all-clear sounded. Like Coun
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Bus ad firm's new addition
ADBUS, the Harrogate organisation which designs, sells and fixes advertising space on buses has bought out Decker Media, the well-established media sales company based in Nottingham. Financial details of the deal are undisclosed, but the acquisition effectively
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Paul's outward bound
An era ends now that Paul Murphy leaves the successful York Inward Investment Board. RON GODFREY interviews the IIB chief executive who helped bring more than 2,000 jobs to the city FOR the past three of the six year existence of the York Inward Investment
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Kim may be a serial killer
THE man convicted of the body-in-the-suitcase murders could be an international serial killer driven by sexual kicks. Detectives said they could not rule out that Kyu Soo Kim could have killed before as he travelled around the world. Detective Superintendent
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Dumped suitcase 'seemed a bit sinister'
IT WAS the curiosity of Bilbrough resident Paul Barlow that led police to make the grim discovery of the body in the suitcase. Mr Barlow, 49, a health care assistant at St James' Hospital, Leeds, had seen the case on the morning of Saturday, November
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Detectives rise to challenge of complex murder investigation
When the body of a woman was discovered in a suitcase dumped in a hedgerow in a lonely country lane near York, a macabre murder mystery slowly began to unfold. Crime Reporter TONY TIERNEY looks at the gruesome tale which gripped the minds of people here
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Honour for city nurse
A YORK nurse has been chosen to advise health professionals throughout the country on how to make the right decisions about patient care. Karen Cowley, 30, of Woodthorpe, York, has been a practice development nurse at York Hospital for two years. Now
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York's rivers 'uninviting'
A STUDY into the way York's waterways are used has seen them branded "uninviting, unattractive and under-utilised". The study, aimed at finding out how York could make better use of the Ouse and Foss rivers and their riverbanks, was carried out by City
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Aaah..bistro! Holgate joins caf society
YOUNG York trend setters could soon be sipping their cappuccinos and chianti - in Holgate! The fashionable caf culture is being kickstarted in Holgate Road with the recent opening of the Get Stuffed snack bar. Owners Rachel Goldsmith and Jackie Piercy
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Help area go wild with nature award
SCHOOLS and community groups in York are being urged to enter an award scheme which could make a real difference to their local environment. The npower Conservation Awards, run by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, recognise efforts made to protect and enhance
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Put your knowledge of York to the test
THE success of January's York Quiz at City Screen, York, has prompted organisers Blue Bridge Books to promote another quiz on Thursday, again in aid of the Alzheimer's Society's York branch. The January quiz posed 60 questions about the history of York
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Seventh heaven
Unbeaten York St John's College ladies 1sts toppled hosts Pontefract 1sts 7-3 to inch them closer to capturing the division four title. York St John's College ladies 2nds, meanwhile, played at home against Leeds 3rds and produced one of their best performances
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Ace Fogg clears way
Nestl Rowntree relied on the Fogg to eclipse hosts Whitby in a gripping encounter. Geraldine Fogg grabbed the only goal of the game for the visitors, who were solid throughout. Whitby applied early pressure forcing Paula Ridge and Natalie O'Connor to
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Guide set to put Pickering on the map
THE economy of a North Yorkshire market town is set to be boosted this year, as a result of an ambitious idea to promote its businesses and attractions. Pioneered by Pickering In Business, a comprehensive guide and map of the town has been published.
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Romans' conquest
City of York Under-10 'A' team (the Romans) won the Yorkshire Youth League with an unbeaten run of games. A 2-0 victory over Normanby Park got things off to a good start followed by a second 2-0 win over Wakefield followed. In a tougher duel York overcame
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'Sexist' Race For Life is slammed by campaigner
A WOMEN-ONLY charity run which raises thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK has been blasted as sexist by a North Yorkshire campaigner. Veteran equality campaigner John Taylor, 67, of Norton, says that men should not be excluded from the Race For
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One-upmanship thrills Acomb
HAVE-A-GO Acomb 1sts rallied from a deficit to beat visiting Brigg 1sts 2-1 and cling on to their Yorkshire League division one place. The hosts made the better start with both Stuart Ashman and Jamie Robinson both going close but it was Brigg who opened
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Houses wobble before solid advance
Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' title favourites Dringhouses stormed back from 2-0 down to win 7-2 at home to Dunnington. Jamie Calvert and Nick Robinson put Dunnington in front. But Dringhouses hit back through Craig Atkinson (2), Jamie
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Health-related issues examined
A WIDE-RANGING review of health-related issues is to be carried out in Ryedale by the district council. Members of the authority's overview and scrutiny committee agreed that the comprehensive probe, to be carried out in the next 12 months, would investigate
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Layne strolls to victory as Crystal Palace pluck Cygnet
Carole Layne included 100, 100, 140 for a magnificent 16 darts as Crystal Palace kept their unbeaten run in York John Smith's Ladies League division one. Dawn Exton with 140, 100 in her singles and two tons in the pairs with Marie Caravana, along with
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Ollie eyes West End
TALENTED York student Ollie Brown has set his sights on the West End after winning a place on one of the country's most prestigious theatre courses. The 17-year-old York College student beat off thousands of applicants to be among only a handful of people
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Descent threat brought to a halt
CITY of York I beat hosts Warrington I 7-2 to ensure they stayed in the National Hockey League premier division. City's task was not helped by fielding a number of 'flu-affected players and being without ace striker James Gilbert. In Gilbert's place for
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Last gasp score robs All Blacks
A SUCKER punch deep into injury time cost New Earswick All Blacks Rugby League Club the Yorkshire League division one spoils as they lost 26-25 at leaders Batley Boys. All Blacks, with hooker Alan Pallister superb and Steve Perks and Tom Coomber pushing
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Iraqis 'will fight for their country'
HUMAN shield Antoinette McCormick, speaking from war-torn Baghdad today, said the message to her from ordinary Iraqis had been: "We hate Bush, but we love Americans." She believes they will resist when the Allies try to take Baghdad. "There is a strong
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Six-goal spree as Sinnington romp into trophy final
SINNINGTON hit their semi-final opponents Old Malton 3rds for six to reach the RJF Homes Beckett League Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy final. Lee Mitchell, Joseph Turnbull, Gary Mitchell and Rob Atkinson gave Sinnington a 4-0 lead in the first half.
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Next stop pensions for men's cheaper bus travel winner
EQUALITY campaigner John Taylor has won his fight to bring cheaper bus travel to more than a million men. The Government has given £50 million to local authorities so they can allow men to take advantage of cut-price bus journeys from the age of 60 from
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Driver sped past police at 70mph
A DRINK-DRIVER raced past police at more than twice the speed limit in a show car, York Crown Court heard. Richard Clews, prosecuting, said that Daniel Graham Horsley, 29, was twice the legal alcohol limit during his 70mph midnight journey up Monkgate
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Brimming over with joys of spring
A HOST of golden daffodils were outshone by the hats on show in the garden of one North Yorkshire hat maker. It was a real sign of spring, as Beryl Otley, of Get Ahead Hats, hung out the hats on her washing line among the seasonal show of flowers in her
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Terror of pensioner robbed in his home
AN ELDERLY York man spoke today of the terrifying moment when two men burst into his home and ripped pension money from his trouser pocket. The 73-year-old pensioner, who was too frightened to be named, suffered a broken rib in the attack at his property
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Hard work key to revival - Krause
YORK City Knights will have to work hard and turn it around again. That was the verdict of Knights scrum-half Trevor Krause ahead of Sunday's showdown with Sheffield at Huntington Stadium. The Knights followed up their two successive victories - including
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Next stop pensions for men's cheaper bus travel winner
EQUALITY campaigner John Taylor has won his fight to bring cheaper bus travel to more than a million men. The Government has given £50 million to local authorities so they can allow men to take advantage of cut-price bus journeys from the age of 60 from
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Knights stripped for action
YORK City Knights were forced to introduce a new away kit on Sunday following problems getting the all-white strip clean, writes Peter Martini. The new strip, which reverses the sky blue and navy sections of the popular home shirt, was debuted in the
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Speech signals start of battle for Baghdad
TONY Blair today signalled the start of a bloody battle for Baghdad, as Allied aircraft pounded units of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister confirmed coalition troops were now just
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Forces block breakout at Basra
British forces have blocked an attempted breakout by Iraqi armour at Basra, it was reported today. British armour backed up by helicopters was said to have destroyed between five and seven Iraqi tanks. Up to 50 Iraqi tanks were said to have taken part
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Second soldier killed in action
A SECOND British soldier has died in action in the Gulf. The man, from the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, was killed during an operation last night near Al Zubayr, south west of Basra. The news came as American air forces were today pounding Iraq's
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Trust in extra time after new tax hike
YORK City's home game with Southend United on Saturday could see a new chapter in the Minstermen's history after the Supporters' Trust inched closer in their takeover bid. The fans' body could be in control as soon as tomorrow after they finally thrashed
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School's out
JO HAYWOOD catches up with a former East Yorkshire family who fled formal education and escaped England in a bid to find happiness BETHAN, Wendy and Samuel Lewis haven't been to school since 1990. In fact, 16-year-old Samuel has never been to school.
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School's out - a child's perspective
What is home education like from the child's perspective? BETHAN LEWIS writes about her experiences of being taught in the family TO SAY that I disliked going to school would be untrue - I merely accepted it, as I had so many things. Nor can I remember
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Speech signals start of battle for Baghdad
TONY Blair today signalled the start of a bloody battle for Baghdad, as Allied aircraft pounded units of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister confirmed coalition troops were now just
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Forces block breakout at Basra
British forces have blocked an attempted breakout by Iraqi armour at Basra, it was reported today. British armour backed up by helicopters was said to have destroyed between five and seven Iraqi tanks. Up to 50 Iraqi tanks were said to have taken part
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Land battle over campus growth
EVEN with just a few days to go before his six-year reign ends as the chief executive of the York Inward Investment Board (IIB), Paul Murphy has leapt into a controversial issue feet first. He has defied angry opposition by Heslington Village Forum to
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First-aid HQ is to expand
A WIDER range of services may soon be offered to North Yorkshire and Teesside by St John Ambulance following an extension to its Thirsk headquarters being designed and built by Severfield-Reeve Projects. First aid service and training organisation St
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Gun firm shoots off to new premises
A BRAND new purpose-built £500,000 home for York Guns will be opened on March 26 by actor Clive Hornby - Jack Sugden of YTV's Emmerdale - who is a keen shooter. It marks a major step in the business which was started 23 years ago by John Smith as a local
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Titanic struggle
IT'S not often that an entrepreneur can open a new business by launching the Titanic all over again. Andy Moses hopes that the famous liner which plunged to the depths will herald his new venture soaring to the heights. He carefully recreated the RMS
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Website promotes funding
An enhanced website listing opportunities for funding job creation and community projects has been launched. More than £25 million a year is available to York and North Yorkshire from the European Union and government agencies. The website is provided
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Woes of my financial life and times
I've been taxing my brain on ways to save money. I thought I'd better tax my brain before the Government did. They tax everything else. In one of these really useful personal finance columns recently, I read that to make sure they get a decent pension
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Anguish of soldier's family 'hooked' on Gulf coverage
THE mother of a North Yorkshire soldier out in the Gulf told today of the "absolute hell" her family has been going through since the war started. Frances Ellerker, who pleaded last week for Britain to rally behind "our boys", says she cannot sleep or
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Campaigner is on wrong track
WHEN we profiled North Yorkshire's equality crusader last month, the article was headlined: "Meet Mr Taylor, the man who never gave in". That past tense now seems a little hasty. Despite his retirement from the national committee of equal rights group
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Village people
ANY number of adjectives can be applied to Holgate Road. Historic, certainly. Neighbourly, without a doubt. But trendy? This street would not be the first to leap into the mind as the hip hang-out of happening young things. But all that may soon change
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Enter stage left... a great little theatre
CHARLES HUTCHINSON spotlights a big step for a small venue THE Studio is to become a permanent part of life at York Theatre Royal, after a successful first year in the second performance space. Converted from the theatre's paint shop into a temporary
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High hopes
A made-in-York tried and tested revolutionary solution to the problems of bringing broadband Internet cheaply, quickly and wherever it is needed may be taken to the U.S. if no one comes up with the £6 million necessary to literally launch the breakthrough
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Estate agent's virtual tours
HUNTERS, the York-based estate agents, has launched a new "virtual tours" service for all its properties. Customers can take a detailed tour of houses for sale without having to knock on a single door. Video equipment is used to provide the tour which
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Customer award for David's team
DAVID Andrews launches his regular column for tourism businesses in York and North Yorkshire at a moment of triumph. His Yorkshire Tourist Board (YTB) in York has become one of the first organisations in the UK to achieve the new Customer First standard
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Think of the kids
IN any war children are affected first, and in the worst possible ways. UNICEF, the United Nations' Children's Fund, knows from working in conflicts world-wide that children's survival, health, emotional state and education are put at risk. For Iraq's
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Traders launch crime initiative
A NEW security alert system has been launched by Harrogate Chamber of Trade and Commerce in conjunction with North Yorkshire Police. The latest information on local business-related crime problems will be sent by email to all member businesses. Emailed
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Friends break away
TWO women have broken away from their York accountancy firm to launch their own North Yorkshire accountancy service. Linda Hare, 32, and Kate Edson, 26, finally left Clive Owen & Company of York for their own venture called hareedson, based at Linda's
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Firm offers 'credit lifeline'
ACORN Commercial Finance, of Clifton Moor, one of the largest independent finance brokers in the UK, has introduced a new service to offer a lifeline to Northern companies with adverse credit or defaults in their credit history. The company claims to
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Coach trip to York 'a coincidence'
THE visit to York by In Hea Song the day before Miss Jin's body was discovered on the outskirts of the city appears to have been pure coincidence. The 22-year-old student travelled to the city from London by coach for a 12-hour visit three weeks before
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ID came through the internet
THE major breakthrough detectives had been hoping for in their quest to identify Miss Jin's body came from an amazing piece of luck involving the internet. A South Korean police superintendent, who was taking a degree in policing studies and politics
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RAG students shake, rattle and roll
SLAVE DAYS, fancy dress and a charity Battle of the Bands were part of fundraising festivities enjoyed by students at York St John College. The annual RAG (Raise And Give) week kicked off with students attending lectures dressed in any kind of uniform
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Willie backs winner with Arriva discount
A TRAIN company has launched a campaign encouraging people to visit North Yorkshire race courses. Legendary jockey Willie Carson launched Arriva Trains Northern's Back A Winner campaign as the new flat season got under way at the weekend. Passengers who
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Burglar to get help to give up crime
A YORK jewellery burglar is today starting three-and-a-half years in jail for two house raids in the city, including one just before Christmas. Trevor Peter West also faces special attention from the criminal justice agencies on his release, as part of
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Alert Chris wins cash draw
EVENING Press reader Chris McCarthy was delighted when he heard he had won £50 in a prize draw. Mr McCarthy, of Moor Lane, Copmanthorpe, was entered into the draw when he subscribed to free news alerts on the Evening Press website, www.thisisyork.co.uk
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Anger at delay on move of mobile mast
A CITY OF YORK councillor has slammed telecoms giant T-Mobile for continued delays in moving a phone mast put in the wrong place. A council mistake, where a planning officer failed to send vital paperwork off within the 56-day deadline for mast applications
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Valiant Seconds out
A BRAVE bid to straddle the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Hockey Association 2nd XI Cup ended when City of York II lost 1-0 to Sheffield University Bankers II. Sheffield played a faster game but York defended well without posing too many threats. After
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Kids on the chain gang
CREATIVE children from a York School used more than 20,000 pieces of paper to make a giant paper chain as part of an innovative fundraising scheme. Youngsters from Dringhouses Primary School spent an afternoon making the chain, which measured 515 metres
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Eyesore demolished... or is it?
WORK to demolish a vandal-hit eyesore in Chapelfields, York, has now been completed, housing chiefs say. Tees Valley Housing Group and contractors Southdale Homes Ltd can now begin building work on a scheme that will provide a dozen affordable homes.
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Hosts' tables turned
IN a roller-coaster North League game at home to promotion-chasing neighbours, Ben Rhydding, City of York ladies shipped four second half goals to lose 5-3 after holding a 3-1 half-time advantage. The Ilkley side had the better of possession for much
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Chance to get caught at scene of crime
AN "EXTRAVAGANZA" of crime-writing is coming to North Yorkshire this summer. The event will include a rare interview with the creator of Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter. The first-ever Harrogate Crime Writing Festival takes place in July, with four days
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Send messages to UK troops in the Gulf via Press website
A GULF War veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome is urging people to rally behind our troops by sending them messages of support through the Evening Press. Marianna Finch, 32, of Cumbrian Avenue, Strensall, York, was a member of the
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105 children sign petition to stop the war
MORE than 100 pupils at a York primary school have signed a petition against the war in Iraq. The petition, started at Fishergate Primary by ten-year-old Carol Harris, above, is being sent to York MP Hugh Bayley. Carol said: "I did it because innocent
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Anguish of soldier's family 'hooked' on Gulf coverage
THE mother of a North Yorkshire soldier out in the Gulf told today of the "absolute hell" her family has been going through since the war started. Frances Ellerker, who pleaded last week for Britain to rally behind "our boys", says she cannot sleep or
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Cash boost for arts venues
THE Theatre Royal in York and The Shed at Brawby, near Malton, are among arts organisations across the region to benefit from millions of pounds of Government funding. Arts Council England today announced its three-year investment plan to create new opportunities
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Heart attack victim backs scheme
A HEART attack victim who collapsed at York Railway Station last month has joined forces with the two men who saved his life to support an innovative national campaign. John Pearce, 62, of Harrogate, collapsed on a platform last month after suffering
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Band going back to 60s
A 1960s hit group will be making music in a North Yorkshire town tonight, as music lovers count down to an evening of solid gold pop. Chart-topping group The Manfreds will be heading to Lady Lumley's School, in Pickering, this evening to recreate the
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Ex-chairman's 'outrage' over claims
A FORMER parish council chairman accused of failing to declare personal interests in community business has labelled the claims as "outrageous". An investigation into the affairs of Fulford Parish councillor Mike Williamson has been launched by the Standards
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Trust in extra time after new tax hike
YORK City's home game with Southend United on Saturday could see a new chapter in the Minstermen's history after the Supporters' Trust inched closer in their takeover bid. The fans' body could be in control as soon as tomorrow after they finally thrashed
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Pardon me while I explode with rage
JUST don't push your luck this week sunshine, okay? I've had it up to here with the lot of you. And just in case you are one of those old-fashioned stick-in-the-muds who doesn't have a new-fangled video newspaper, let me enlighten you precisely where
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Cruel and sharp tax
Dear Mr Taxman, I feel compelled to pen this missive over your miserly treatment of York City. The city of York is no stranger to the activities of highwaymen, but not even the exploits of Dick Turpin could have surpassed your grasping digits. You have
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Sick as a pig at road jams
IT IS practically impossible, at the moment, to avoid articles and broadcasts about the Iraq war and the conduct of the conflict. Everyone wants to comment. So I will restrain myself, apart that is from saying that had I been asked my preference as to
