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How York lost Peredur in the Dark Ages
ALTHOUGH the ancient written evidence is just as reliable or unreliable for both their lives, history books about York now include Eric Bloodaxe but leave our Peredur. Both were rulers of York and the surrounding territory. Both died in battle after lives
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Minster must not shut its great library
one of the greatest academic libraries in the country, York Minster library, is scheduled to close on August 31, this year. Is it not odd that the decision to close the library coincides with the retirement of the Dean of York? Perhaps the scheduled closure
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Remembering Mary
I AM an independent radio programme maker, researching for BBC Radio 4 about the forgotten folksongs of Yorkshire. And I wonder if any of your readers can help. Back in the 1950s and 60s, a teacher called Mary Robinson - the daughter of a Wharfedale farmer
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On top of the Wolds
GEORGE WILKINSON thoroughly enjoys himself at Kirby Underdale. We didn't hang around on the Wayrham picnic plot, we had miles of Wolds valleys to travel, a real treat of sculptured countryside. Wayrham Dale first, a bit of woodland and then a surprise
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Fancy a round?
BAR Talk is willing to participate in most non-contact pub games, as soon as we receive a written guarantee they will not quicken the pulse. In that spirit, we have played doms (but not subs), darts, name that tune, guess the landlord's weight, spot the
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Harkers, St Helen's Square, York
LUNCHING in Harkers with two colleagues, we were taken by the light, airy atmosphere and the original pillared interior. One room is set aside for non-smokers. Tables adjacent to the windows are on a raised floor affording a commanding view of the Mansion
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Kelly's eye on defence of crown
A MATT finish will have to be at its most consistent amid a gathering of champions in pursuit of the York Amateur title tomorrow. Fulford Golf Club hosts the early morning start to the York Union of Golf Clubs' tournament, which was won last year in the
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Simon Ritchie and family pppp...peruse the penguins at Harewood House
YOU can tell when it's approaching 2pm at Harewood House. Parents scoop up their children, the queue to the toilets evaporates and the ice cream stall becomes very quiet. Everyone moves towards the bird garden, like a scene from a science fiction film
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A mist opportunity
GINA PARKINSON sings the praises of flowers that can give a gentle, misty feel to the garden. I AM fond of small airy flowers such as those of Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenwing', forget-me-nots and Saxifraga urbium - London Pride. They give a gentle misty
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'Cotton-wool' cover snags
Why is it that we rightly expect youthful overseas cricketers who come to these shores to be mature young men capable of looking after themselves while at the same time we handle our own budding stars with kid gloves? Yorkshire's new overseas signing,
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Man broke into rival's garage
A JILTED boyfriend broke into his rival's garage at dead of night and let down one of his car's tyres, York magistrates heard. But Mandy Cates and the new man in her life, John Shield, had heard banging and alerted police, said Steven Ovenden, prosecuting
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Wanted: More firefighters
A FIREFIGHTER shortage has sparked a search for new recruits in an East Yorkshire town. Pocklington fire station needs up to ten new retained firefighters to keep the part-time station fully staffed. It currently has only 14 crew members to cover the
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Village policing on the agenda
RESIDENTS of Sutton-upon-Derwent, near York, have been invited to a public meeting to discuss local policing. The meeting, hosted by the Pocklington Police Community Liason committee, is at the village hall from 7pm on Tuesday. There will be the opportunity
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New £7m sports club plan
PLANS to build a £7 million sports club complex at Clifton Moor, York, have been submitted to City of York Council. The Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) has teamed up with Harrison Developments, of Malton, to come up with the scheme for land owned
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Wait - that's raised £1,235
STAFF at a York restaurant swapped jobs for the night to raise money for charity. Waiting staff and chefs at Melton's Too, in Walmgate, swapped jobs and raised more than £1,200 for the Caroline Stuttle's Rainbow Foundation. The staff were so keen to raise
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Post aid package clears last hurdle
A MULTI-million pound package to help struggling rural post offices in North Yorkshire and York fight off the threat of closure has cleared its final hurdle. The European Commission has approved the cash handout to small outlets hit by moves to end over-the-counter
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Service seeks helpers
A NEW service aimed at helping young people in trouble with the law has been launched in York - and urgently needs volunteer help. The Appropriate Adult Service has been formed in partnership with City of York Council and the North Yorkshire Youth Offending
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Hospital A&E is among best
YORK Hospital provides some of the best emergency services in the country, according to a national survey. The 2003 Emergency Department Survey - a patient survey for all acute trusts - involved questioning hundreds of patients at the hospital on five
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Drive for treasure
A HUNT for treasure is set to bring riches for York's St Leonard's Hospice. The event, being planned by Mercedes-Benz of North Yorkshire, for Thursday August 14, is a car treasure hunt. It starts at 7pm from the Mercedes-Benz dealership at Clifton Moor
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Corncrake quest
EARLY birds and night owls are being asked to help the RSPB with a survey of one the UK's rarest feathered creatures - the corncrake. As part of the survey members of the public are being asked to listen for the distinctive call. As the birds largely
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Uni expansion 'vital' for York
CONTROVERSIAL plans to expand the University of York must be given the go-ahead if the institution is to maintain its place at the top, influential research claims. A report looking at a future vision of York reveals the university must be allowed to
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Hood vibrations
THE Sheriff of York had better watch out - a band of merry men are planning to visit the city in honour of world-famous outlaw Robin Hood. The International Association for Robin Hood Studies is preparing for its fourth annual conference and has chosen
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Radical plans to ease town traffic
RADICAL new proposals on how to manage town centre traffic are to be put forward to the people of Easingwold. The creation of a no-car zone or a one-way area in the Market Place are among the proposals to be put forward for public consultation. "I am
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Helping groups to log on
COMMUNITY groups throughout York and North and East Yorkshire have won PCs to enhance their services to the community. Telecoms giant BT awarded computers to five groups in North Yorkshire as part of a national £1.2 million scheme to connect community
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Holgate tame Barbican veterans to go top
Holgate beat Barbican 20-11 in the top-of-the table clash in York Veterans' Bowls League division one, but Barbican still head the table with a superior shots difference. Holgate WMC stay top of division two after a comfortable 22-10 win at Dunnington
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A64 closed
PART of the A64 was closed for two-and-a-half hours after a spillage of goats milk is thought to have contributed to a three-car accident. The crash happened on the westbound section of the road, near the Hopgrove roundabout, York, at noon yesterday.
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Prop stars
YORK City Knights are aiming to be top of the props when National League Two rivals Swinton Lions visit Huntington Stadium tomorrow. With player-coach Paul Broadbent being passed fit to play and this week's signing of the formidable former Doncaster front-rower
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Shaw's five years at City
JOINING Terry Dolan on the Bootham Crescent sidelines today was first team coach Adie Shaw. The departure brings the curtain down on Shaw's current five-year involvement at City. Despite being axed, the former Nottingham Forest midfielder will claim a
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Mower man in custody
A BURGLAR who was tied to a lawnmower after a householder found him in his garage and made a citizen's arrest was today in custody waiting to be sentenced. Michael Kenneth Gath, 19, of Fairfield Crescent, Bramley, Leeds, appeared before Leeds magistrates
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Dolan leaves City on a high note
But then came the Minstermen's disappointing end to the campaign. A run of no wins in six games and no goals in four saw City's play-off hopes fade from view. Joining City's promotion aspirations in freefall was fan admiration for the City chief. But
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Roller-coaster reign with Minstermen
MANAGER Terry Dolan was the 19th longest serving manager in English professional football before his departure from Bootham Crescent today. He was the third longest serving manager in Division Three behind Scunthorpe United's Brian Laws and Bury's Andy
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Who next?
YORK City's search for a new manager began in earnest today following the shock decision to bring the curtain down on Terry Dolan's reign at Bootham Crescent. With the club's board of directors citing financial reasons for having Dolan and his assistant
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Dolan out
TERRY Dolan's three-and-a-half year reign in the York City managerial hot-seat came to a sudden end today. In a bombshell statement, the new board of the football club announced the City chief and his assistant, Adie Shaw, had been relieved of their duties
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Dolan leaves City on a high note
But then came the Minstermen's disappointing end to the campaign. A run of no wins in six games and no goals in four saw City's play-off hopes fade from view. Joining City's promotion aspirations in freefall was fan admiration for the City chief. But
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Who next?
YORK City's search for a new manager began in earnest today following the shock decision to bring the curtain down on Terry Dolan's reign at Bootham Crescent. With the club's board of directors citing financial reasons for having Dolan and his assistant
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Turpin rides off
SAD to report but this is the last Turpin Rides Again column. Black Bess is knackered and I'm ready to hang up my pistols and mask and settle down for a well-earned rest. From today, I will no longer be terrorising the folk of Yorkshire, robbing the powers-that-be
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Prop stars
YORK City Knights are aiming to be top of the props when National League Two rivals Swinton Lions visit Huntington Stadium tomorrow. With player-coach Paul Broadbent being passed fit to play and this week's signing of the formidable former Doncaster front-rower
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Creature comforts
ZOE WALKER checks out a North Yorkshire cattery offering five-star treatment to its furry guests. "WE take anything really, as long as it's not swimming or got eight legs," says Sue Brooks, owner of Stillington-based Leatham Cottage boarding kennels and
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How Mankovitz rolled in
Gered Mankovitz has taken some of the most enduring photographs in the history of rock. As an exhibition of his work runs at Nunnington Hall, the photographer tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about how the Stones got him rolling. CHAD And Jeremy never had a hit
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First Knight pride
EXACTLY one year ago tomorrow, Roger Dixon was unveiled as the likely chairman of a proposed new professional rugby league club in York. Twelve months on, the amiable solicitor/charity worker/ supporter sits at the helm of an already well-respected outfit
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Private Parbaby
CAN anyone help us with an 86-year-old mystery? Lying in our local graveyard in Cheslyn Hay is the body of a young man from York. This is all we know about him. A body of a soldier was discovered in the "razza" (razza means reservoir) at Cheslyn Hay that
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Mountainous idyll
SEA, sun, sand and sangria - I knew there must be more to Mallorca than first met my eye during a fortnight-long party in Magaluf two years ago. Something that inspires the likes of Richard Branson and Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones to return
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Get legless on £4 a pint
PARSIMONIOUS Yorkshire drinkers are in for a shock if they visit a city pub this weekend. Because The Maltings on Tanners Moat is selling what is believed to be York's first £4 pint of bitter. That's right - a pint of Legless Eleven will set you back
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Feasts fit for a king
TWO fascinating food journals which list the dining routine of King George II are expected to fetch more than £60,000 when they go under the hammer next month. The detailed 18th century manuscripts are being offered for sale by York booksellers Ken Spelman
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Good home wanted for two strays
TWO dogs who have experienced their fair share of life's hard knocks are in need of a new home. Animal welfare chiefs are looking to provide a new start for Mildred, a stray greyhound who has battled through a leg amputation, and Duke, a blind German
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New homes fears in Heartbeat village
PLANS to convert a farm building in a picturesque North York Moors village have been put on hold while National Park officials inspect the site. Residents in Goathland are concerned about the size and scale of the development, which would see four new
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Goodbye, gentleman Jack
FORMER Lord Mayor Jack Birch was remembered at York Minster yesterday by hundreds of friends and colleagues. The memorial service celebrated the city stalwart's life. He died of cancer last month, aged 92. Mr Birch had been a Conservative councillor in
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Man stole from his employer
DIRECTORS at a North Yorkshire fuel company said they no longer believed in the British justice system after a former employee who admitted stealing more than £1,200 from them escaped a prison sentence. Barry Hall and Bill Hyde, directors of Ebor Fuels
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Don't close our library
HARRY Potter fans mingled with students of Alcuin as they marched in protest at the proposed closure of York Minster library. The 50 objectors gathered in Exhibition Square yesterday before marching through High Petergate, past the Minster and to the
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Court talks delay row
FIVE defendants spent hours locked in cells below empty York courtrooms so court clerks could attend a meeting on improving justice. North Yorkshire prosecutors are to complain formally after a court clerk overruled magistrates who wanted to deal speedily
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Dolan's Bootham Crescent transfer dealings
Here we details the transfer dealings of Terry Dolan while at York City. In Mark Bower (Bradford City loan x2), Peter Hawkins (Wimbledon loan), Alan Fettis (Blackburn, £50,000 after 50 appearances), Paul Talbot (released from Newcastle United, free),
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Hospital promise
MALTON maternity unit will not shut down and proper public consultation will be carried out. That's the message from Yvonne Webster, who has just been appointed head of midwifery services for Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Trust and the Primary
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Sun in the shade
HUNDREDS of skygazers were up before dawn and on North Yorkshire's east coast today to witness a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse experience. Scarborough, Whitby and Filey offered the region's best views of the eclipse, which saw the sun about 90 per
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Terry's reputation remains intact
TERRY Dolan's Bootham Crescent reign ended today just when his managerial reputation within football was arguably at an all-time high. The outgoing City chief received acclaim galore for guiding City to the verge of the play-offs while the club teetered
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Statement from the Board of Directors
York City Football Club manager Terry Dolan and assistant manager Adie Shaw have been given notice under their contracts that they will be leaving the club at the end of their respective notice periods. The decision was taken by the board of directors
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Dolan's Bootham Crescent transfer dealings
Here we details the transfer dealings of Terry Dolan while at York City. In Mark Bower (Bradford City loan x2), Peter Hawkins (Wimbledon loan), Alan Fettis (Blackburn, £50,000 after 50 appearances), Paul Talbot (released from Newcastle United, free),
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Shaw's five years at City
The departure brings the curtain down on Shaw's current five-year involvement at City. Despite being axed, the former Nottingham Forest midfielder will claim a footnote in the Bootham Crescent history books. The 37-year-old has the rare distinction of
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Roller-coaster reign with Minstermen
MANAGER Terry Dolan was the 19th longest serving manager in English professional football before his departure from Bootham Crescent today. He was the third longest serving manager in Division Three behind Scunthorpe United's Brian Laws and Bury's Andy
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Statement from the Board of Directors
York City Football Club manager Terry Dolan and assistant manager Adie Shaw have been given notice under their contracts that they will be leaving the club at the end of their respective notice periods. The decision was taken by the board of directors
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Dolan out
TERRY Dolan's three-and-a-half year reign in the York City managerial hot-seat came to a sudden end today. In a bombshell statement, the new board of the football club announced the City chief and his assistant, Adie Shaw, had been relieved of their duties
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The Golden Fleece, 16 Pavement, York.
IF you believe the big plaque by the door, then a meal in the Golden Fleece promises to be a truly historical experience. The pub, on Pavement, is one of York's oldest boozers - with pints being pulled since at least 1503. It's also rumoured to be one
