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Tragic accident
YOUR editorial was right to highlight the need to invest in railway safety but it was misleading to mention the Great Heck accident in this context (May 27). No blame can be laid at the doors of the railway for this tragic incident: you will recall it
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Give cats a break!
NOT more anti-cat sentiment! First, the Today programme with its regular anti-cat report, now D James writes to stir up the readers of the Evening Press (May 28). It is irresponsible to stoke up anti-cat sentiment when there is already so much cruelty
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Homes for hounds
THE North Yorkshire Retired Greyhound Trust would like to thank all those who supported its recent "meet and greet" session at Thirsk Tesco. We raised £240 which will go towards the welfare and upkeep costs of greyhounds kept in kennels while homes are
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At the top of the glass
THREE glass makers new to Pyramid Gallery, in York, are exhibiting in the Glass 2003 show. Among the British studio glass makers on show until July 6 at the gallery in Stonegate are Kirsteen Aubrey, Ronald Pennell and Kevin Wallhead. Aubrey, who has worked
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Jumpers off
IT is a paradox that the warm weather brings out the jumpers in York. Not the woolly pullover variety, but those hot-headed lads who strip down and leap off bridges into the river. We are not yet into June, and York Boat staff have already had to pluck
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Phaetal attraction
VOLKSWAGEN is entering the upper echelons of the executive car market, with prices of up to almost £70,000 for its new Phaeton saloon. It costs from about £42,900 in 3.2-litre V6 form, rising to £68,260 for the hugely powerful six-litre 12-cylinder flagship
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Ripley's Game (15)
Here's another chapter in the life of Tom Ripley, the career criminal who has amassed a vast wealth through illicit and sometimes murderous activities. Ripley's Game is based on the third book in the series of novels by Patricia Highsmith and is set 20
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Folk musicians have their day
City of York Folk Day takes place on May 31 - a "day-long feast for all local folk and acoustic musicians, singers and listeners" at the Black Swan Inn in Peasholme Green, York. Running from noon to 11pm, the free event features a rolling folk club of
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CUBE puts musical talent on show
YORK Live Music Festival officially runs from May 1 to 31 but one event is spilling over into next month. BarbiCUBE takes over York Barbican Centre on June 7 for an all-day showcase for York's "freshest and finest" musical talent. Organised by the Cube
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Shed heads out into the big wide world (well, Malton)
THE Shed will be free-wheeling next weekend when it leaves the confines of Brawby Village Hall to stage a free open-air music festival. The name of the event is The Shed Comes to Town!, the occasion is the Shed's 11th Birthday Party and the venue is the
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They may be Counterfeits but...
THE Rolling Stones may have decided to ignore the north of England on this summer's token British leg of their American, sorry, world tour but "probably the second greatest rock'n'roll band in the world" are playing Harrogate Theatre tomorrow night. Only
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Rebels with a cause head for Black Swan
CHUMBAWAMBA, those Leeds rock politicos, are to showcase their new album, English Rebel Songs 1381-1984, at the Black Swan Folk Club in York on June 17. Tickets for the 8pm show have "virtually sold out" already: only eight were left at Cassadys at the
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Surgery plans flood-free move
THE only doctor's surgery within York's historic walls is close to moving to a new, flood risk-free, city centre site. Jorvik Medical Practice's planning application to move to Woolpack House, in Stonebow, is set to be given the green light by city planners
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Running Total
York have been doing their bit to boost funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief's special appeal in the city. The York Appeal, which was launched last June, aims to raise £400,000 to fund two new Macmillan nurses and a Macmillan GP for the area. As part of
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Hurry and name food champs!
TIME is running out for you to heap praise on the best of Yorkshire-grown fare -for tomorrow sees the close of nominations for the successful Evening Press Eat Local competition. The competition has seen a great response from our readers, with a flood
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Pennies drop for hospital collection
CARING customers and staff at a York supermarket have helped pay for new equipment at York Hospital. A collection of pennies at Sainsbury's, Monk's Cross Shopping Park, Huntington, saw £500 raised. The store teamed up with York Lions to organise the collection
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The big picture
THESE are the breathtaking views of York that residents and visitors to the city have the opportunity to see - if they are brave enough to ride what's billed as Europe's biggest mobile Ferris wheel. York Minster can clearly be seen from the top of the
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Hallmark system 'at risk from EU'
A TRADITION dating back more than 600 years could be endangered by a proposed European directive, according to a York antiques dealer. It has been argued that the ancient system of hallmarking could be swept away in European efforts to regulate the precious
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Hi-tech car scanner eyes Yorks criminals
DRUG dealers, thieves and burglars are to be targeted by North Yorkshire Police with the help of new hi-tech number plate scanning equipment. From next week criminals travelling on the county's roads will be targeted by the force, which is one of 23 to
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Pub declares itself a smoke-free zone
CLEAN air is on the menu at a North Yorkshire pub - one of the first in the country to declare itself smoke-free. The Middleton Arms, in the village of Middleton, near Pickering, was recently refurbished by Tony and Jayne Wells. When they reopened they
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Appeal goes like clockwork
A CAMPAIGN to raise £15,000 to restore Pocklington's 150-year-old town clock has been successful. Nine months ago the Pocklington Town Clock Restoration Committee was formed to give the town's only public clock a new lease of life. The clock on the tower
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York's testing clash
An intriguing contest lies in store when York entertain Driffield in the Oxbridge ECB Premier Cricket League at Clifton Park tomorrow. Driffield exploded into the new season by beating current champions Harrogate and much-fancied Doncaster to top the
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Drug abuse charity wants bigger base
A charity that helps drug addicts has won strong cross-community support for its ambitious plans to move to a bigger base to expand its work in York. Compass helps scores of drug-users in the city. Its work at the Drugs Resource Scheme (DRS) includes
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The big picture
THESE are the breathtaking views of York that residents and visitors to the city have the opportunity to see - if they are brave enough to ride what's billed as Europe's biggest mobile Ferris wheel. York Minster can clearly be seen from the top of the
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Police hunt 'Bogus Barman'
PUB landlords and proprietors of hotels and B&Bs in North Yorkshire are being warned about a plausible trickster, known as the "Bogus Barman". The county's police say the "ginger-haired, bad-toothed thief" talks his way into a barman's job, then vanishes
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Haw's that as son Steve overhauls father
Carpvale fishery at Moor Monkton could well be the place to head this weekend if you want rod-bending action. Hot on the heels of Sunday's match on the match lake where a new record weight of 78lb was set, the Bank Holiday Monday Open on Cyprio Lake went
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York pair grew cannabis in loft
A CANNABIS-GROWING couple were quite happy to let police search their home for a missing person at 6.30am on a Sunday, York magistrates heard. Prosecutor Paula Jack said officers checked every room of the house without suspecting the existence of illegal
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Mourning riders back in TT action
MOTORCYCLISTS were today resuming solo practice sessions for the Isle of Man Tourist Trials races without Yorkshire star David Jefferies, who was killed in an horrific crash yesterday afternoon. Nine-time winner Jefferies, a regular at the Oliver's Mount
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York pride in county squad
NO fewer than six players from York have been picked for the Yorkshire Under-23s amateur rugby league squad to take on the British Police select team on Sunday. The Minster city also provides the side's management, with York-based duo Alfie Hill and Paul
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Twickers triumph tops trophy total
YORK RUFC Under-13s racked up a sensational 19th trophy success out of a possible 20 with victory in the Gulliver's Festival at Twickenham - but it could well be their last. Since coming together, the York juniors have dominated the local rugby union
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Clifton 'A' finish the season on a high note
Clifton 'A' team ended their season with a 7-2 win away to Selby Jubilee 'A' in men's division one of York Badminton League. Daniel Woolfson and Kevin Davison were the pick of the Clifton pairs with three straight wins for 90-41. Jubilee's Neil Richard
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Biker injured in crash at Bank
A MOTORCYCLIST from Ripon was today in a stable condition in hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a crash on a North Yorkshire road. He was travelling on the A170 from Thirsk towards Helmsley with two other motorcyclists last night when he was
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Milestone for Minstermen
YORK City Supporters' Club branch the Harrogate Minstermen are staging a summer party to mark the group's first anniversary. The event, open to members and non-members, will be staged at the Knaresborough Working Men's Club on July 14, from 7pm to 11pm
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Prestige York hotel to be flats
ONE of York's most prestigious hotels is to be turned into luxury flats, the Evening Press has learned. The award-winning Ambassador Hotel, in The Mount, has been sold to developer Emblem Homes, which has submitted an application to create eight apartments
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New edition of Forsyth saga
YORK City Knights have completed a double swoop ahead of Sunday's National League Two clash against Swinton with the signings of Craig Forsyth and Lee Moreton. Powerful prop Forsyth has returned to his hometown club for his third spell after completing
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Neville's Island, York Theatre Royal, June 6 to 28
Take four middle managers and drop them on an island in the Lake District in the middle of November and what do you have? A comic, adult version of Lord Of The Flies, as Charles Hutchinson discovers. A BANK of trees in the Walmgate rehearsal rooms indicates
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Reunion, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, May 26 to June 7; Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, June 23 to Jun
GORDON Kane may not be a fan of reality TV shows but that has not stopped him from starring in Reunion, John Godber's satire on the television phenomenon of the moment. "I don't watch those shows regularly, but when I did watch one of the episodes of
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Festival steams towards future
In this week's Yesterday Once More we go back to a time when York helped the whole country party - the 1951 Festival of Britain. The festival was organised to celebrate the centenary of the Great Exhibition and to help Britain recover from the Second
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Plain speaking on talking behind the wheel
I READ, with interest, various comments in the Evening Press regarding the use of mobile phones while driving (May 28). I do not wish to comment on the safety and legality of using hand-held devices while driving, but would like to highlight the following
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Such a filthy play
I LIKE to go to the theatre and decided to go to the Theatre Studio and see Trainspotting. Not knowing what to expect, I settled down to be entertained. How wrong I was - filth, more filth and obscenities were flung at me from the four participants of
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Name game
WITH the Minster's newly instituted entry charges and the threatened closure of the Minster library, should not the Dean and Chapter henceforth be re-branded as Pearl & Dean? Annie Wright, Aston Science Park, Love Lane, Birmingham. Updated: 10:41
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Matty can sprint off with Scottish prize - 30/05/03
Matty Tun, successful at York earlier this month, can hit the jackpot at Musselburgh tomorrow. The York owned and John Balding-trained four-year-old tackles the £50,000 Scottish Sprint Cup - sponsored by easibet.net - and has every chance of winning.
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Game Of Life, Castle Galleries, Coppergate Centre until June 20
THE combination may be unusual, but the worlds of football and art are being brought together in York by the "square sheep artist", Yorkshireman Mackenzie Thorpe. Newly on show at the Castle Galleries, in Coppergate Centre, The Game Of Life consists of
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Hotel will be missed
YORK'S voracious property market shows no sign of losing its appetite. Housing development is devouring open spaces, large and small, and swallowing up businesses whole. The latest to be consumed is the Ambassador Hotel on The Mount. This impressive building
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New Audis unveiled
IT is the little and large show from Audi, with new models at each end of its size and price scale, and plenty more happening in between. The newest version of Audi's little A2 model transforms it from a city runabout into a long-distance family car.
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Bringing Down The House (12A)
Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced, straight-laced, uptight lawyer who still loves his ex-wife and still doesn't know why she left him. That's the premise for a much-vaunted comedy marking the star's return to mainstream comedy. It's not an
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Lilya 4-Ever (18, 109 minutes)
ON the cover of a leaflet for Lukas Moodysson's Lilya 4-Ever are a quartet of pictures: blond hair, brown eyes, glossy lips, pouting mouth. Full of teenage promise. Yet inside await details of Unicef UK's End Child Exploitation and Amnesty's Justice For
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Still feeling Cosmic
FIXATED by all things West Coast American, sunshine is the natural disposition of Glasgow band Cosmic Rough Riders. So they ride into York next Thursday for their fourth appearance at Fibbers, fully recovered from last year's departure of co-founder Daniel
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Jazz notes
BIG hurrahs and high fives to Dave and Alice Porter of Creative Arts Promotion for their unerring good taste in last weekend's four J Night presentations. Given the limited size of the National Centre for Early Music, Saturday night's concert by Soweto
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Fibbers...
- EX-SEAHORSE Chris Helme has assembled a stellar line-up of his York musician chums that includes fellow ex-Seahorse Stu Fletcher and ex Shed Seven guitarist Paul Banks. Expect indie ballads tinged with a raw rock edge. They're called the Yards and they
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African singers visit
EAST Yorkshire is to get a taste of southern Africa, as a song and dance group from Zimbabwe prepare to visit the area. Black Umfolosi will perform at Oak House, in Pocklington, as part of the Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival at 8pm on June 7. The
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RSPCA rehomes 13,500 animals
MORE than 13,500 unwanted, abandoned or ill-treated animals were found new homes in 2002 by RSPCA branches throughout Yorkshire and the north-east, according to figures from the charity. It says the figure is the equivalent of 37 animals being placed
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Finest hour remembered
PREPARATIONS are well under way for the biggest-ever Battle of Britain commemoration service and parade at an airfield near York. More than 1,000 ex-servicemen and women are expected to attend the annual reflection of Britain's "finest hour" at the Yorkshire
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Patrick's Coronation memories
THE FIFTIETH anniversary of the Queen's Coronation next week will bring the memories flooding back for one York resident. Patrick Howat, 63, of Rawcliffe, York, was only 13 when he watched the Queen being crowned at Westminster Abbey. As one of the Abbey's
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Here comes the sun (and the moon)
A ONCE in a lifetime spectacular eclipse of the sun will take place tomorrow - and could be clearly visible from North Yorkshire. As the sun comes up, at about 4.36am, about 90 per cent of it will be eclipsed by the moon. Weather permitting, skygazers
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As nature intended
A POPULAR York green area has been granted local nature reserve status by City of York Council. Hob Moor, situated behind the Edmund Wilson Swimming Baths, in Thanet Road, Acomb, is home to skylark and meadow pipit who have large breeding grounds here
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Old-fashioned fun at the village festival
TRADITIONAL village fun will be the name of the game at a North Yorkshire event. Old-fashioned scarecrows, cow- pat bingo and traditional crafts will be all the rage at this year's Linton-on-Ouse Village Festival. "This is a great event for the whole
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Potty about pottery
THE golden age of Derby porcelain will be wowing visitors at a new exhibition. Exotic pineapples, waterfalls and goddesses will form part of the display of masterpieces from the largest private collection of its kind in the world. The Charles Norman Collection
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Mitre pack too much of a punch
A magnificent four tons-plus scores took John Pickering out in 14 darts, while Russ Armstrong backed with 16, as Mitre marched to a 6-3 victory over Pack in York Phoenix Open League division one. Bay Horse 'A', Fulford, maintained an unbeaten record by
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Spin-master enjoys gripping yarn
BISHOPTHORPE White Rose footballer Andy Gordon had Ovington Under-13s' cricketers in a spin. The 12-year-old, one of ten Bishopthorpe footballers to make a summer switch to Dringhouses Cricket Club Under-13s' side, produced a scintillating three-over
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Webbo primed for battle
Sidecar aces Steve Webster and Paul Woodhead will be looking to put the disappointment of the Monza non-finish two weeks ago behind them when they venture to Germany for tomorrow's third round of the 2003 world championships. The venue is the tricky and
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Standing ovation for city guardian
THE former chairman of York Civic Trust, John Shannon, received a standing ovation when he entered the city's Merchant Adventurers' Hall for the first annual lecture held in his honour. The inaugural John Shannon Conservation Lecture, given by distinguished
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Hunt on for best community cop
THE search is on for the "top of the cops" in York and North Yorkshire. Local people and organisations are being asked to put forward nominations for North Yorkshire's Community Police Officer of the Year for 2003. The county's force and its police authority
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Rhyme and Motion study!
POET Laureate Andrew Motion declared that libraries were the "spiritual heart of the community" during a visit to York. Mr Motion, who succeed the late Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate in 1999, officially opened the extended and refurbished Strensall Library
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Track maintenance firm defends record
RAIL company Jarvis today defended its record after a damning report claimed poor maintenance was to blame for the Potters Bar train crash. The York-based company said it maintained the points, identified to have caused the crash, in "accordance with
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Strongman fans to flock to Pock
SOME of the world strongest men will be muscling in to Pocklington in a couple of weeks' time. Former 'World's Strongest Man' competitor Rob Dixon is staging 'Samson's Giants' in which competitors face five heavyweight tasks. New Zealander Levi Veogo,
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York to check on school jobs
YORK schools are to be surveyed to find out the true extent of their staffing crisis. City of York Council will carry out the survey following today's deadline for redundancy notices to find out the job loss figures and their impact on schools. It is
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Swanepoel in as McGrath misses out
ANTHONY McGrath was missing from today's Championship match against Durham at Headingley after Yorkshire were asked politely, but firmly, by England not to pick their regular captain, despite a scan revealing that his side strain had cleared up. The news
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River alert after crew rescues man
YOUNGSTERS have been warned of the perils of York's waterways, after a man had to be pulled from the Ouse by river cruise staff. Workers at the York Boat yard, near Lendal Bridge, used a pleasure boat to pluck the man to safety after seeing he was in
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Squatters take over York pub
SQUATTERS protesting against the "scandalous waste" of buildings lying empty and disused in York have found a new home - in a former pub. Six protesters have moved in to the Gimcrack Hotel, in Fulford Road, which has been boarded-up since the business
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Twickers triumph tops trophy total
YORK RUFC Under-13s racked up a sensational 19th trophy success out of a possible 20 with victory in the Gulliver's Festival at Twickenham - but it could well be their last. Since coming together, the York juniors have dominated the local rugby union
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Milestone for Minstermen
YORK City Supporters' Club branch the Harrogate Minstermen are staging a summer party to mark the group's first anniversary. The event, open to members and non-members, will be staged at the Knaresborough Working Men's Club on July 14, from 7pm to 11pm
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Beautiful Thing, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, June 5 to 28
YORK Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre Company are marking the tenth anniversary of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing with a Studio co-production that opens on Thursday. You may be unfamiliar with Beautiful Thing, winner of the John Whiting Award in 1994
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York Comedy Festival, June 23-29
A funny thing is about to happen to York... CHARLES HUTCHINSON introduces the city's first comedy festival. THE line-up for the first York Comedy Festival is complete. From Jimmy Carr to Jimmy Cricket, Tommy Tiernan to Hattie Hayridge, Riding Lights Theatre
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The Vagina Monologues, Leeds Grand Theatre, until May 31.
PATRONS are reminded to turn off all mobile phones. "If not, set them to vibrate. Sit back and enjoy". So runs the opening gag in The Vagina Monologues, a cult hit that began as a one-woman show by its creator, American Eve Ensler, off-Broadway in 1996
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I'm a vet get me out of here!
It shouldn't happen to a vet, but Matthew Brash has become a reluctant star of reality TV. CATHERINE BRUCE speaks to the Pocklington vet and father of four about life on and off the small screen. ANAESTHETISING flamingos, giving a baboon a vasectomy and
