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Helping to bin spam that infuriates us all
Spam emails are threatening to bring on-line communication grinding to a halt. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at ways of canning the spam. FORGET the so-called Millennium Bug (most of us have) and the growing variety of internet viruses that multiply faster than
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Topkamp to triumph on Knavesmire -10/07/03
Trainer Michael Bell, who hit a high note at his local Newmarket course yesterday when winning the July Stakes with Nevisian Lad, can clinch the feature race on Knavesmire tomorrow. Bell saddles my Nap selection Topkamp in the £50,000 Cuisine De France
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Let's plan a way forward
THROUGH all the protests and pain that war with Iraq brought, there had always been justification. The fear that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction was enough to convince many that conflict was the only way to make the world safer. Yet there
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BBC is no Italian job
JUST think of it for a scary moment. Prime Minister Tony Blair, the richest man in Britain, owner of three television stations and various newspapers, gets into a spat with the state broadcaster. It isn't much of an argument, because the all-powerful
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Beavers look for leaders
HESLINGTON Beavers are looking for new leaders as their pack continues to grow. The Beaver group has a waiting list stretching into 2004 and has had to divide into two sections. If you think you could help, call Group Scout leader Andrew Eccles on 01904
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A taste of cycling fun
A JOINT venture to give disabled people in York and North Yorkshire a taste of the outdoors has kicked off in fine style. Children with learning disabilities from the York and Selby area were riding specially-adapted bikes near Rowntree Park yesterday
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Transplant tree of life in memory of Philip
THE parents of a North Yorkshire teenager whose donated organs and tissue helped six other people have launched a Tree of Life to mark Transplant Donation Week. Anthea and David Traher, both 49, of Valley Mount, Harrogate, made the decision to allow their
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£27,000 gift nets £450,000 for school
A NORTH YORKSHIRE school is getting £450,000 thanks to a helping hand from a local business. The Reed Boardall Group has given Boroughbridge High School £27,000 to help it achieve specialist performing arts status. This means that the school, which was
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Helen on top in the rail world
A FORMER temporary admin assistant has climbed the ranks to become the chief of collections at a York museum. Helen Ashby started at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in the humble role 21 years ago, but has scaled the heights to become the attraction's
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Warning to children over danger sweets
PARENTS and children in York are being warned to be on the lookout for potentially dangerous sweets. City of York Council's trading standards officers are concerned that sweets containing the banned substance Konjac, and trading under the name Jellyace
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Bench mark for pupils
YOUNGSTERS from Harrogate were rewarded for their success in a Yorkshire Agricultural Society competition. The children, from Woodlands Junior School, Harrogate, were given a bench for the school, to mark their success in creating a bird made from recycled
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Sophie's choice for Yorkshire food
A TV chef has appeared at the Great Yorkshire Show to sing the praises of great Yorkshire grub. BBC star Sophie Grigson is working to have traditional breeds reintroduced back into the countryside and is a keen advocate of local food. "This project is
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Show men strike gold
A GOLDEN Jubilee celebration at the Great Yorkshire Show has been enjoyed by a York farmer. The Yorkshire Agricultural Society yesterday marked its appreciation of the work of Cliff Hopwood, of Grimston, near York, who has worked as a cattle steward at
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Another great show for Yorkshire
ORGANISERS of the Great Yorkshire Show are celebrating after recording their highest single day attendance. More than 50,000 people are believed to have flocked to the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate yesterday, the highest number on record. Records
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Concern over market
SOME stalls in York's Newgate Market are being let for as little as £3 a day to prevent them lying empty, a stallholders' leader claimed. David Green accused City of York Council of neglecting a "golden egg" which he believes once delivered £600,000 a
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Police getting tough on troublemakers
POLICE are getting tough on anti-social behaviour in Kirkbymoorside. Reports of anti-social behaviour in the market town have been on the increase, said Community Safety Sergeant Cliff Edens. As a result officers are now targeting the market towns - especially
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N Yorks man takes over jungle unit
A NORTH YORKSHIRE soldier who spent more than three months in Iraq is to head a unit training to become the Army's rapid reaction jungle force. Sergeant Major Steve Hall, from Rillington, near Malton, volunteered for service in the Gulf and was attached
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Judge prosides
Former York Wasps RL star Chris Judge is now training New Earswick All Blacks ARLFC Under-8s. The season starts in September and they are now recruiting children aged six and seven (or eight after August 31). Training is on Tuesday evenings, 6.30pm start
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Reserve dates
Leeds United's reserves will play most of their home matches on Tuesday nights next season, with the venue once again Belle Vue, Wakefield. The full fixtures are: Mon Aug 18 West Brom A, Wed Aug 27 Sunderland H, Wed Sept 3 Blackburn A, Tues Sept 9 Manchester
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Now it's Coventry putting York to shame
ANOTHER city is putting York to shame by staging its own Mystery Plays. Coventry will put on a production next month in the ruins of the city's historic cathedral, with another planned for 2006. Organisers say the Mysteries are a part of Coventry's increasingly
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Last ball despair for juniors
HAMBLETON and Richmond-shire Area went down to Calderdale in the Under-15s County Cricket Cup final at Thirsk, with a nail-biting two-run loss. After Calderdale chose to bat, Hambleton's bowlers had the Halifax side rocking on 61-5, but their batsman
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Quartet ensure Haxby Road stay top
HAXBY Road remain top of division one in the Persimmon Homes-Ideal Standard Bowls Leagues. Their latest victory came thanks to Steve Long, Alan Clapham, John Stroughair and Gary Bunce, whose rink won 30-11 against Railway Amateurs by enough shots to take
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Bitter irony of Barlow soldier's death
A SELBY vicar has spoken of the bitter irony of a young soldier who survived the war in Iraq, only to be killed on his return to Germany in a "freak accident". The Vicar of Brayton, the Rev David Reynolds, was speaking after yesterday's full military
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Town to get flood defence choices
FLOOD defence engineers are to hold an open day to ask residents of a flood-hit North Yorkshire town how they want to see their homes protected. Today's announcement of the consultation in Pickering comes as residents in nearby Malton and Norton were
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Hogg brings home the bacon
Division one pace-setters Norwich Union had Gawaine Hogg (63) to thank for seeing them to a respectable 183 after they had teetered at 124-9 against Bishopthorpe. Cunningham (6-37) was the main protagonist for Bish, but Hogg and Simon Morgan then shared
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Ash's King-size haul
WOODHOUSE Grange bowler Ashley King was left cursing his batsmen after watching his sensational ten-wicket return go to waste against Wheldrake in division five of the Howarth Pulleyn Hesleton York Vale League. The Wheldrake innings simply found King
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Through the maze
A SPECIAL event is being held to help people and bodies seeking to revive the fortunes of North Yorkshire's market towns to pick their way through the "funding maze". The biggest problem facing any local authority, company or individual trying to cash
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SOS for cash to secure plane
TOURIST bosses have sent out an SOS to York businesses in a last-ditch effort to bring Concorde to the region. York Tourism Bureau chief executive Gillian Cruddas has sent out a high priority message to company directors, the North Yorkshire Chamber of
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India's Path to success
MICHAEL Lumb and Tim Bresnan both weighed in with half-centuries at Headingley yesterday as Yorkshire struggled to make a respectable score against India 'A's nicely balanced attack. They were bowled out for 246 after winning the toss in humid conditions
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Making the right moves
CHESS players at Canon Lee School completed a notable hat-trick when winning the York and District School Chess Championships for the third year running. They beat Ampleforth College 5-1 in the final of the main competition, while three members of the
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Squatters ordered out of city pub
TIME is running out for a group of squatters living in a disused York pub, after the building's owners today won the right to evict them. A possession order for the Gimcrack pub, in Fulford Road, was granted to PD Smith Holdings Ltd at York County Court
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HMS York crew on parade
A PARADE will take place through the streets of York this weekend to celebrate the return of the naval vessel which bears the city's name. HMS York will arrive at the Port of Hull tomorrow, after being deployed in the Middle East as part of Operation
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Parties must work together
YORK City Knights majority shareholder John Guildford has refused to comment on City of York Council's plans for a phased redevelopment of Huntington Stadium. Guildford reiterated that the Knights wanted to "work with all parties to come to a satisfactory
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New plan realistic
CHAIRMAN of Nestl Rowntree Athletics Club Gordon Priestley agrees with City of York Council leader Steve Galloway's claim that this was the most realistic way forward. "I am delighted that Steve Galloway is bringing realism into the debate," he said.
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Galloway defends Council's stance
CITY of York Council leader Coun Steve Galloway has firmly rejected claims that the council has done little to help York City in its fight for survival. He defended the local authority's stance at a meeting of the full Council on Tuesday and believed
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Hunt workers' rage
THE Government came under fire today after refusing calls for hunt workers to be paid compensation if a hunting ban destroys their livelihoods. Speaking as the controversial Hunting Bill cleared its final hurdle in the Commons, Rural Affairs Minister
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Ground rules
CITY of York Council's proposals to develop Huntington Stadium have prompted a furious debate. Dave Stanford and Peter Martini report the views of York City - who are due to move there in little over a year's time - York City Knights Rugby League Club
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All over the shop
SHOCK new figures suggest York's shops have lost their pulling power for tourists. According to the latest survey of visitors, only eight per cent now say shopping is their main reason for coming to York - compared with 38 per cent in 1998/99. When visitors
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Ground rules
CITY of York Council's proposals to develop Huntington Stadium have prompted a furious debate. Dave Stanford and Peter Martini report the views of York City - who are due to move there in little over a year's time - York City Knights Rugby League Club
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New plan realistic
CHAIRMAN of Nestl Rowntree Athletics Club Gordon Priestley agrees with City of York Council leader Steve Galloway's claim that this was the most realistic way forward. "I am delighted that Steve Galloway is bringing realism into the debate," he said.
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Friends may re-oppose Crecent homes plan
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent today described the City of York Council's phased development plans for Huntington Stadium as "an insult and a joke". It also warned the council's blueprint, which would see the football club
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Parties must work together
YORK City Knights majority shareholder John Guildford has refused to comment on City of York Council's plans for a phased redevelopment of Huntington Stadium. Guildford reiterated that the Knights wanted to "work with all parties to come to a satisfactory
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Durham track switch cost less than £200,000
RELOCATING the running track at Huntington Stadium could cost at least half the predicted £500,000 suggested by the City of York Council. Upgrading the current cinder track at the University of York and turning it into an all-weather facility has been
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City to unveil own Huntington plans
FANS of York City will be able to see the football club's own redevelopment plans for Huntington Stadium at the Minstermen's open day on Sunday. With the Evening Press yesterday publishing the City of York Council's phased redevelopment blueprint for
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Hot Action Cop, Hot Action Cop (eastwest/Atlantic) ***
THE conveyer belt of US rap/rock bands rolls on endlessly. Sing in a whine or grunt, add heavy guitars and bass, throw in hillbilly-type goatee beards and you're away. It seems to work, despite the lack of variety or innovation, and fair enough to those
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Whitesnake, Best Of Whitesnake (EMI) ****
THE packaging is disappointing, considering David Coverdale is renowned for his... ahem... package. The sleeve notes could have been written by any fan with half a brain, a disappointing read from Malcolm Dome, of TotalRock Radio, and not one measly picture
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Metallica, St. Anger (Mercury) ****
FOR a while then it seemed that the undisputed heavyweight champions of metal had settled into an inevitable decline from their commercial and critical peak of the Black Album in the early 1990s. There were the unremarkable Load and Re-Load albums, a
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Hogg brings home the bacon
Division one pace-setters Norwich Union had Gawaine Hogg (63) to thank for seeing them to a respectable 183 after they had teetered at 124-9 against Bishopthorpe. Cunningham (6-37) was the main protagonist for Bish, but Hogg and Simon Morgan then shared
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Beware Clingons
YORK has Clingons on the starboard bow. I refer to the cling-on-to-the-kerb buses that threaten my daily journey to work. This breed of bus driver is inconsiderate towards the cyclist, especially when cycle and bus lanes merge. The Mount is a classic
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Blighted by litter
I MUST complain about the amount of litter around the pedestrian exits to council-run car parks in the city. An example is the one underneath Sainsbury's car park at Foss Bank, the stairs of which are in a dreadful condition, with food, paper, cigarette-ends
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Speed peril of A19
FAR too frequently we read of accidents on the A19, and as someone who uses it from York to Thirsk, I can only wonder why there are not more, the way some people drive. Some of us travel at the speed limit only to have vans very close behind wanting to
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Family music fun
A FAMILY learning centre has been launched at a York school - with the help of Melody Monkey's Marvellous Music Box. The centre at Westfield Primary School was opened by York's director of education, Patrick Scott, on Friday. The centre offers courses
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Man dies in head-on smash
A MAN died and two other people suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash on a North Yorkshire road. The man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Wighill Lane, Tadcaster, yesterday, at 4.15pm. Another man was
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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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Top flight city
YORK is today named as one of Britain's most "sparrow-friendly" cities. An RSPB survey reveals that the once-endangered bird can't get enough of city nests, with almost double the number visiting gardens in York as in London. We are not surprised, for
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Talented dancers win places at schools
TALENTED dancers from a York dancing school have found success with several prestigious schools. Poppy Salenius, 10, Rye Carpenter, 11, and Rebecca Goodhall, 16, who all dance with the Huntington-based Rebecca Davies School of Dancing, will begin new
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Car should drive up fundraising
A CAR is the star prize in a bumper raffle which aims to raise stacks of cash for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Televison's David Dickinson will draw the winning ticket at the Beverley County Show on August 31. The lucky winner will receive a three-door
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Charity set for summer fair
FUNDRAISERS turned out in force to help a Pickering-based charity gather some cash. Staff and supporters from the Wilf Ward Family Trust took over empty premises in Middleton, outside the town, turning them into a charity shop. Chris Wright, manager of
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Thieves steal handbags and car
THIEVES have been busy in York. Keys for a car, which was later stolen, were taken when a house was broken into in Towton Avenue. Police said the incident happened on Tuesday night. The missing car was a Vauxhall Vectra with the registration number Y967
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Recycling could make jobs
A COMMUNITY-LED company could be set up to deal with York's piles of plastic bottles. Simon Brereton from Community Regeneration York (CRY) spoke to City of York Council environment chiefs about the proposals. He told last night's meeting about a Sheffield-based
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The big brand sound
CHUNKY York band Huge have finally discovered a chocolate bar that can live up to their big appetites. The party group has teamed up with Nestl Rowntree, which is sponsoring Huge's November 1 show at the Barbican. The show, which is also being sponsored
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Did your eyes meet across this crowded dancefloor?
WAS your marriage made in Ziggys? Couples who first met in the York nightclub, and later married, can relive their historic moment on Friday to celebrate its 21st birthday. Owner Andrew Elliott is urging people to bring in photos of their memorable nights
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Profitable future hope for farming
The Government office for Yorkshire and Humberside has launched a plan to provide a profitable future for regional farmers and food producers. It was launched at the Great Yorkshire Show on behalf of Yorkshire Forward and a steering group made up of regional
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Hunt's Boddy blow
Huntington's Shelia Keeble and June Boddy cruised to victory in the Robson and Cooper 50+ petanque pairs. The couple won all four games at the Huntington petanque club, with a points plus of 23. In second place, Mike Anderson (Huntington) and Christine
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Give it a Tri
York-based White Rose Triathletes are offering youngsters the chance to take part in the Childline Children's Triathlon in Harrogate, on Sunday, August 6. The event is open to boys and girls, aged eight to 16, and will take place at the Army Foundation
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Children's Roman art contest
CHILDREN are being invited to play their part in York's inaugural Roman Festival by putting crayon or paintbrush to paper. Festival organisers are launching a competition for youngsters, asking them to produce a drawing or painting on a Roman theme. Prizes
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Phil holds on
South Bank produced the last two winners in the York CIU Race Walking League. Phil Holdsworth clocked 72mins 22secs on the Post Office circuit. Huntington All Stars though snatched the top points. Former Olympian Dennis Jackson was a worthy second 52-
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Couple confused as pension forms arrive in Welsh
YORK pensioners Bill and Margaret Brown had difficulty understanding Department for Work and Pension forms - as they had been sent to them in Welsh. Mr and Mrs Brown, of Huntington, had filled in a form at their post office, asking to retain their pension
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Final flurry for Stockton
In the Howarth Pulleyn Hesleton Cup semi-finals, competition specialists Stockton and Hopgrove made it three finals in a row by upending Askham Bryan YPO by eight wickets. They will meet second division Fulfordgate, who disposed of first division Burn
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Coast-to-coast charity ride
TWO East Yorkshire women will pedal for pounds when they cycle coast-to-coast next month. Jo Appleton, 33, and her friend, Jackie Cooper, 44, both of Barmby Moor, are cycling from Morecambe to Bridlington in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief's York Appeal
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City is a stronghold for sparrows
YORK is one of the country's most "sparrow-friendly" cities, it was revealed. The city's status in the sparrow world was set out in a survey by the RSPB, which shows the places with the highest and lowest number of sightings of the birds in the UK. York
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Boro to bag Quayle
Scarborough are poised to sign 24-year-old striker Mark Quayle from Nuneaton. Quayle, who started his career with Everton before moving on to Notts County found his shooting boots in the Conference with spells at Morecambe, Telford and relegated Nuneaton
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Splashing the cash
HARROGATE Town are getting in a whirl ahead of the new season following the announcement of Jacuzzi UK as the club's new sponsors. The Conference-chasing outfit unveiled the three-year deal at Wetherby Road yesterday - with Jacuzzi replacing InTechnology
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Jobs team meets targets
A MULTI-million pound organisation established to bring new jobs and wealth to North Yorkshire has met key Government targets, it was revealed. Figures released by the Department for Trade and Industry show Yorkshire Forward safeguarded 10,888 jobs last
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Lib Dems accused over 'cynical' changes
CITY of York Council's ruling Liberal Democrat group has been accused of "cynically" changing the council's constitution for political purposes. Sandy Fraser, Labour councillor for Micklegate, went on the attack after Liberal Democrat Madeleine Kirk was
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Friends may re-oppose Crecent homes plan
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent today described the City of York Council's phased development plans for Huntington Stadium as "an insult and a joke". It also warned the council's blueprint, which would see the football club
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Bayley in drugs warning to Blair
TONY Blair has been warned that abuse of Class A drugs is hitting York, as well as bigger cities such as Manchester and Liverpool. During Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, city MP Hugh Bayley said as many as 250 people were being treated for
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York man cleared of knifepoint attack
A MAN accused of the knifepoint robbery of a mother and her two young children has been cleared by a jury at York Crown Court. Speaking outside court, Paul Leslie Dobbin, 31, of Fossway, York, said: "I feel great." The jury took less than 30 minutes to
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MP's plea over City stadium
YORK City FC is having a "pistol put to its head" over its relocation to Huntington Stadium, according to local MP John Greenway. Mr Greenway, who is also club president, said there was no need for the club to be put under pressure over the new scheme
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City to unveil own Huntington plans
FANS of York City will be able to see the football club's own redevelopment plans for Huntington Stadium at the Minstermen's open day on Sunday. With the Evening Press yesterday publishing the City of York Council's phased redevelopment blueprint for
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Durham track switch cost less than £200,000
RELOCATING the running track at Huntington Stadium could cost at least half the predicted £500,000 suggested by the City of York Council. Upgrading the current cinder track at the University of York and turning it into an all-weather facility has been
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MP's plea over City stadium
YORK City FC is having a "pistol put to its head" over its relocation to Huntington Stadium, according to local MP John Greenway. Mr Greenway, who is also club president, said there was no need for the club to be put under pressure over the new scheme
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Galloway defends Council's stance
CITY of York Council leader Coun Steve Galloway has firmly rejected claims that the council has done little to help York City in its fight for survival. He defended the local authority's stance at a meeting of the full Council on Tuesday and believed
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Less Than Jake, Anthem (Warner) ***
IF ska had never existed... If Green Day had never produced the Dookie album... If these things had never happened, then Less Than Jake would be a startling sit-up-and-beg band. As it is, you can trace the band's ancestry directly from this so-so parentage
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Staind, 14 Shades Of Grey (Flip Records) **
SURELY there can't be too much life left in American angst rock? If you thought the pain and torment of lost love had been expressed a million times by tattooed rockers across the globe, no one told Staind. Bald frontman Aaron Lewis obviously does not
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Alkaline Trio, Good Mourning, (Vagrant), ***
ALKALINE Trio may purport visions of doom and despair - their album cover has the trio, hands crossed, in front of a black graveyard - but their music is anything but. The American threesome of Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano and Derek Grant may be relatively
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Deftones, Deftones, (Maverick) ***
IT'S as you were for the Deftones' self-titled fourth album. Prescribing to the "if it ain't broke" theory, this record is very much a continuation of 2000's massive selling White Pony. You know what to expect. Raking guitars, searing drumbeats and screeching
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The Darkness, Permission To Land (Must Destroy Music/Atlantic Records) ****
One of the most hyped new bands around, The Darkness are destined to be one of rock's biggest names - if all is to be believed. The opening track, Black Shuck, starts off somewhere in the 1980s (around Def Leppard's Photograph era) before sliding back
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Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (Atlantic) ****
HOW the West was won? Dazed And Confused runs or rather ambles to 25 minutes, Moby Dick to 19, and Whole Lotta Love (And A Whole Lotta Medley In The Middle) to 23 in the heat of the Californian night in June 1972. That's time enough for empires to rise
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Ash's King-size haul
WOODHOUSE Grange bowler Ashley King was left cursing his batsmen after watching his sensational ten-wicket return go to waste against Wheldrake in division five of the Howarth Pulleyn Hesleton York Vale League. The Wheldrake innings simply found King
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Final flurry for Stockton
In the Howarth Pulleyn Hesleton Cup semi-finals, competition specialists Stockton and Hopgrove made it three finals in a row by upending Askham Bryan YPO by eight wickets. They will meet second division Fulfordgate, who disposed of first division Burn
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Look what they've done to my home city
I DESPAIR of the politicians and people of influence who have been running my home city of York for 20 years. I cannot understand what they are playing at. First they run down- deliberately, in my view - and then sell off Queen Anne Grammar School. It
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Disgraceful eviction
I HAVE just read of the plight of John Hunt and the dreadful worry of losing his home (July 2). John's boat has been moored there since 1998. Why has the council taken so long to bring this eviction order? Is he proving to be a public nuisance or a health
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Impolite customers
IRENE Douglass suggests a Politeness Week for York (Letters, July 3). I'm all for it. As a postmistress, I have, during the last week, had a customer who answered their mobile phone at the counter and then proceeded to hold a conversation during the rest
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Kumon and get your awards
TALENTED young mathematicians were commended for their hard work at a ceremony in Fulford. Students of the Kumon Centre received a record number of gold and silver medals at the ceremony. Kumon maths was established in Japan and is now taught all over
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Back on the road
STEPHEN LEWIS meets Alan Wilkinson, right, York's answer to American Beat generation novelist Jack Kerouac, who is about to go on the road again ALAN Wilkinson grins when he remembers the reaction of the personnel manager at Rowntrees. He had pitched
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India's Path to success
MICHAEL Lumb and Tim Bresnan both weighed in with half-centuries at Headingley yesterday as Yorkshire struggled to make a respectable score against India 'A's nicely balanced attack. They were bowled out for 246 after winning the toss in humid conditions
