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Learning to tackle a new language
Fancy learning a new language? ZOE WALKER takes a tour of what courses are on offer in the York area BECKHAM has been officially signed for Real Madrid - but despite being fluent in the international language of football he may have trouble understanding
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Duffield looking to maintain First Order - 03/07/03
First Order can continue veteran jockey George Duffield's winning spree at Beverley tomorrow night. The two-year-old, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, for whom Duffield has ridden for some 30 years, goes for the Wellbeing Novice Stakes and is expected to
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Losing on the Lottery
TESSA Jowell is gambling on her package of reforms reversing the decline in National Lottery sales. We respectfully advise the Culture Secretary not to put her shirt on it. The slump in ticket sales since lottery fever gripped Britain nine years ago was
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Long may it last
STAR Trek's Mr Spock would always tell his friends: "Live long and prosper". But sci-fi fans never got to hear the second part of his advice: "Move to Ryedale". Naturally, the pointy-eared Vulcan is right. Ryedale is the third healthiest region in Britain
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Cool Summer Jazz (Virgin) *
IN the excellent monster movie Deep Rising, an erstwhile team of pirates is trapped in an elevator while a nightmarish creation attacks the tin can in which they stand. Amid the screams and the boggle-eyed overacting, the violent assault somehow starts
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The Best Summer Album 2003(Warner Music) ****
THESE 40 summer tunes are a collection of classic tunes meets recent hits, a mix of styles from All Saints to Wham!, Ricky Martin to Cold Cut. Notable favourites include the Jacknife Lee remix of Run DMC's It's Tricky and the Fun Lovin' Criminals' Loco
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Tahiti 80, Wallpaper For The Soul (Atmospheriques) ****; The Thrills, So Much For The City (Virgin)
LOOKING for the post-June sound of summer evenings? Here come Tahiti 80 and their second album, a sublime sequel to 2000's Puzzle. What a puzzle they are. Xavier Boyer, Mederic Gontier, Sylvain Marchand and Pedro Resende are as French as onion soup but
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Log on to give views on A1
A NEW website encouraging people to plan for the future of the A1 in Yorkshire has been set up by the Highways Agency. The site, found at www.highways.gov.uk, aims to help the agency in its plans to establish a route management strategy for the busy road
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Talks to solve swimming row
COUNCIL chiefs are to meet officials from a Selby swimming club in an attempt to thrash out a compromise deal in an ongoing row about changes to training times. Members of Selby Tiger Sharks will sit around the table with Steve Martin and Richard Griffiths
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York firm wins the contract for hospital job
YORKON, the York-based off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, has been awarded its third project at Salisbury District Hospital, in Wiltshire. This time the work involves a second extension to an existing modular building at the hospital
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Farmers' profits fall by quarter in year
FARMING profits have fallen by more than a quarter in the past year, according to a new survey. Evidence of an industry beset by marginal profits, limited diversification and a rapidly ageing workforce has been published in a survey by the Institute of
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Award for PC who saved man's life
WHEN PC Ian Aconley heard a man might be about to kill himself, he did not hesitate to act. The man, from Rillington, had driven off in a suicidal state after an argument with his wife, and it was feared he might be trying to kill himself with exhaust
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Salmon drowned at Wistow
Division three of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale Cricket League has suddenly become close. This is because second-placed Wistow thrashed leaders Burton Salmon by 181 runs. Batting first, Wistow's man of the moment, Ian Jenning (88), aided Phil
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£98,000 safety boost for York bridges
CIVIC leaders have given the go-ahead for an £98,000 scheme to improve safety at some of York's road and rail bridges, more than two years after the Selby train disaster. All ten of the road bridges within the city limits which cross rail lines were inspected
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Batty for Harrogate - Fotherby
FORMER Leeds chairman Bill Fotherby re-emerged last night to claim he is going to sign David Batty for Harrogate Town. Larger-than-life Fotherby became notorious in Leeds for announcing big 'signings' at Elland Road, usually just as season tickets went
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Here's looking at you... in 1948
MOVIE idol Humphrey Bogart brought a touch of the silver screen to the launch of a week-long event at the National Railway Museum. Hollywood's leading man, played by lookalike Kenny Whymark, unveiled the exhibition which commemorates a year seen as a
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Ex-coroner in appeal
FORMER North Yorkshire coroner Jeremy Cave has suffered a setback in his bid to get his jail term for fraud reduced. The 53-year-old disgraced ex-solicitor from Sowerby near Thirsk is serving three-and-a-half years in prison for six offences of stealing
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Beck's advice to politicians
POLITICIANS investigating the parlous state of football have been hearing at first hand about the plight of York City. Now the problems and experiences encountered by supporters who battled to save City could bolster the campaign to help clean up the
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City face University challenge
THE University of York today re-emerged as the most likely new home for the Huntington Stadium running track should the facility be relocated. Following a first meeting of all the major parties this week, York City Football Club and City of York Council
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Flexibility the key for Brass
LIFE in the basement need not always be biff-bang wallop, according to new York City player-boss Chris Brass. Outlining his footballing philosophy ahead of the new season, the new Minstermen supremo wants to follow the lead of the teams that won promotion
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Beck's advice to politicians
POLITICIANS investigating the parlous state of football have been hearing at first hand about the plight of York City. Now the problems and experiences encountered by supporters who battled to save City could bolster the campaign to help clean up the
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Salmon drowned at Wistow
Division three of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale Cricket League has suddenly become close. This is because second-placed Wistow thrashed leaders Burton Salmon by 181 runs. Batting first, Wistow's man of the moment, Ian Jenning (88), aided Phil
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Yours, not Euro
AN article in the Business Press carried the headline: "How Euro cash has helped our region" (June 24). Readers should be reminded that the United Kingdom is the second largest net contributor to the European Union budget. Thus, what the writer refers
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Cool Summer Jazz (Virgin) *
IN the excellent monster movie Deep Rising, an erstwhile team of pirates is trapped in an elevator while a nightmarish creation attacks the tin can in which they stand. Amid the screams and the boggle-eyed overacting, the violent assault somehow starts
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White hot stand
CRAIG White showed he is back to full fitness and form with a faultless century against Derbyshire at the County ground yesterday when Michael Lumb also stood out with a splendid 93. The pair set a new Yorkshire record of 195 for the fifth wicket in matches
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Magic, Summer Feeling, (umtv) ***
AS compilations go, this is a rag-bag. There's little summer feeling about tracks such as Out Of Reach, Your Song or Don't Worry. It's a crowd-pleaser, designed to appeal to both mum and her teenage daughter - a feeble excuse to mix the classic and the
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Smash! Hits Chart 2003, Various (Virgin) *****
THIS is my choice for my summer party CD. A disc of danceable stuff, and a chilled disc. It starts with Girls Aloud's No Good Advice before moving on to the likes of t.A.T.u, Justin Timberlake, the fantastic Being Nobody by Richard X vs Liberty X, and
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LSK, Outlaw (Sony) ****
HAILING from Leeds, LSK is the trade name of Leigh Stephen Kenny, formerly of Bedlam A Go Go. Outlaw is his second outing as LSK and is an urban soundtrack to laid-back hazy summer evenings in the city, as well as an autobiographical musical journey.
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De La Soul, The Best Of De La Soul (Warner Music/Rhino) ****
HUGELY influential, De La Soul's playful blend of rap, funk samples and hip hop sounded unbelievably fresh on their debut 3 Feet High And Rising. When seen in the context of all that has happened since, it remains sunny and melodic. It was a huge smash
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On tour with Templeman
MAJOR shops could skiddoo out of York if the Son of Coppergate scheme isn't given the go-ahead. That, at least, was what Roy Templeman seemed to be saying in last Friday's Evening Press. Mr Templeman delights in one of those titles council officers have
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Councillors urged to stop Coppergate II
A 61-page international petition has urged York's councillors to back a last-ditch fight to stop "Coppergate II". The Castle Area Campaign group sent the document to every City of York Council member asking them to oppose plans for the proposed £60 million
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N Yorks band to make TV debut
A ROCK-POP band from North Yorkshire is in the running to win a regional music competition. Harrogate group IV Play are one of three finalists of the Northern Star competition, run by Yorkshire Television's news programme Calendar. The band will play
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Abstracts out of Africa
A TASTE of African Colour will wow photography fans at a York woman's first exhibition at a venue in the city. City Screen, in Coney Street, is hosting a display of abstract photography by Kay Hyde for the next month. Kay took the pictures, using powerful
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Village's hidden garden delights
NORTH Yorkshire's secret gardens are to be opened to raise money for charity. Visitors to Thornton-le-Dale this weekend are invited to discover six gardens. It is the 17th time the village has opened up its gardens to raise money for the NSPCC. Three
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River levels OK
Flooding concerns were allayed by experts today despite heavy rainfall across North and East Yorkshire. The Environment Agency said no flood watches had been put in place on any of the region's rivers, though the situation was being monitored. Updated
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GM issues on the agenda
A SPECIAL debate has been organised to discuss the GM issue in York. The debate is open to all and will be chaired by Andrew Waller, deputy leader of City of York Council and executive member for environment and sustainability. It will see discussion
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Housing market 'still buoyant'
A NATIONAL slowdown in the housing market is being bucked in York, experts claimed today. Estate agents said there was no sign of the market easing off, which is being reported in the south. "York is a particularly desirable place to live and this has
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York's great start
York Tennis Club women's team have begun their division one Yorkshire League season well with home victories over Horsforth (5-3) and Huddersfield (6-3) coupled with a 6-3 success at Heaton, Bradford. Their only defeat has been against champions Rawdon
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Holders go out
Previous winners suffered in the early round of the Persimmon Homes Ideal Standard Bowls Triples competition. The team of Phil Reeves (Clifton), the holders, lost 11-14 to Jim Dalby (Poppleton Road WMC), who with Keith Nelson are the present fours champions
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Thrilling finishes
The Yorkshire County Bowls Fours semi-finals at Pickering provided thrilling finishes. Michael Mansell, Roger Wood, Eddie Howcroft and Frank Turner (Haxby Road) were drawing 14-14 with Sam Winter's Hull after 20 ends. On the last end, the jack was trailed
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Sowden reaps his reward
DAVE Sowden collected the clubman of the year award at Selby Warriors RLFC's annual presentation night. Sowden is a first team player, press officer and coach of the new junior section of the club. The coach's and players' player of the year gongs went
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Minster service for Bishop of Durham
THE new Bishop of Durham was being consecrated today at York Minster by the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope. Canon Dr Nicholas Thomas Wright, formerly Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, succeeds the Right Reverend Michael Turnbull, who has retired
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The best chef, bar naan
A TADCASTER chef could be accused of currying favour when he was crowned the first district Curry Chef of the Year by a panel of judges. Jamil Hussein of The Aagrah Restaurant at Steeton, near Tadcaster, tingled the tastebuds of the judging trio in the
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Care home to be sold for houses
THE Wilberforce Trust is to sell its residential home and offices in York to a housing developer - allowing it to invest millions of pounds in local services for the disabled. The Trust, which has owned the 27-bedroom home in Tadcaster Road since the
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Rooney, Rooney (Geffen Records) ***
LISTENING to this album right through is like eating too much fudge. The first few mouthfuls are delicious and you wish the taste would last for ever. But before long, you feel sick and the thought of another bite fills you with dread. It has something
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Six years on and the trains are in a mess
SIX years into a Labour Government and we are now told we will have to wait another seven years before the trains will run on time. Even then don't count on it being back to the level left by the Tories because the seven years is only a "target". Tony
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You decide on pool
MAY I clarify proposals for the development of the Barbican site in light of recent letters to the Evening Press? The consultation earlier this year confirmed a desire to maintain swimming on the Barbican site and retain fitness and play facilities. Refurbishment
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Clean up the dung
LIKE many other dog owners, we clean up after our animals and I don't see why York's horse and carriage drivers should let someone else clear up their animals' mess. The rag and bone men who used horse and carts for their business used to carry a bucket
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If I may suggest...
HOW about having a 'Politeness Week' for York. Instead of sailing through a doorway which someone has held open for you without a smile or a word, say "thank you" - it doesn't hurt, honest. Instead of trying to walk through people in crowded Coney Street
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It's no Mystery to Chester
York may not stage its Mystery Plays again until at least 2010. Mike Laycock visits another historic northern city where the Plays are being produced this week and asks: If they can do it, why can't we? AS Christ was being crucified, the rain swept across
