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Flyer is on right course to win - 16/07/03
Lightning can strike for a second time in the same place tomorrow at Hamilton as B A Highflyer bids to follow-up his success at the corresponding meeting 12 months ago. Odds-on winner of the opening maiden race last year, Mick Channon's sprinter this
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Life-savers are striving
OUR ambulance service may be still some way from reaching its destination, but there are signs it is on the right road. Taken in isolation, the Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Trust (TENYAS) league table position is grim. You cannot get any worse
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Gary chills out
PHEW. York hotter than the Costa Brava, 120 degrees in back gardens, snakes on the loose in Northallerton: we are not used to this. For one man it has all got too hot to handle. Gary Wilby's solution is a little drastic, however: instead of just adding
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Fun round camp fire
STAFF at a York playgroup huddled round a camp fire for the night to raise money for new toys. The workers at Phoenix Playgroup, based at Park Grove School, slept in tents and held an evening barbecue for the children. They raised £250 which will pay
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Chic riverside flats for Selby
PLANS to build more than 200 homes, including chic riverside apartments, on Selby's waterfront area were revealed today. Councillors said the £25 million development, in Ousegate and Shipyard Road, would revitalise a run-down area and boost the town's
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Army tank driver, 41, fined after A64 crash
A MOTORIST was badly hurt when his car hit a Territorial Army tank parked beside the A64 after dark, a court heard. Web designer and photographer Dave Farrow, 44, of Huntington, suffered broken ribs, a broken breastbone and a punctured lung and his Citroen
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Theft charges
TWO York men have been remanded in custody by magistrates in Harrogate accused of being part of a shoplifting raid on a supermarket in the town. The pair, Rocky Gordon Parker and Jason Francis Smith, were arrested in the car park of the Asda store in
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Students get into shipshape!
LIFE on the ocean wave tempted York students when they took a tour of HMS York. The youngsters, who are studying on York College's public services course, which prepares them for the services, were invited aboard while the ship was docked in Hull. They
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York tunes up for music fest
GENERATIONS of music lovers will gather at the Knavesmire next weekend for a barnstorming York festival. Sounds from the last 40 years are expected to entertain hundreds when the two-day AIR2003 music festival rolls into the city. Held on Knavesmire on
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Service is a gas...
HUNDREDS of people in York and Ryedale are set to benefit with the introduction of a new gas maintenance service. Ryedale Housing Association, based in York and Malton, now employs its own gas engineers and support staff to service its 2,500 customers
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Moor the merrier
Kirkbymoorside Juniors FC start pre-season training on Sunday at their sports field keen to attract players for the Under-13s and U15s teams to play next term in the Scarborough and District League. They are also looking to set up an U11s team. Details
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Willan is the outright hero
Derek Willan didn't just break the match record for Maple Lake at the Oaks on Sunday - he obliterated it. The Sensas Garbolino-backed star scored his second Yorkshire ton of the week winning the 59-pegger with 129lb 9oz to add more than 40lb to the previous
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Musical success for cadets
YORK'S Sea Cadets have played their way to victory in the Eastern Area Sea Cadet Band Competition. The event drew Sea Cadet bands from all over the country to perform. Training Ship York's band, which was formed in October 2001, won three trophies at
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Bronze age thrills Peter
YORK angler Peter Child proved a man of bronze in the Embassy Veterans' national angling championships. Child, a retired plasterer, swept to third place at the Hallcroft Fisheries complex in East Retford with a total weight of 14.280 kilogrammes from
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Barbican revisions are put on show
YORK residents were today looking over the revised plans for the Barbican Centre as a second bout of consultation got under way. Developers Barbican Venture have redrawn the plans for the leisure centre since the public first saw the proposals in March
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Delay on Ascot decision
YORK Racecourse will have to wait until at least the autumn to learn whether it could host Royal Ascot in 2005. Ascot chiefs have postponed making a decision on the future of the five-day racing festival until they know the results of a planning application
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Fears on regions revamp
A CITY-wide consultation is set to take place on the effects a regional assembly would have on York. A referendum is set to take place in August 2004 on whether people living in the Yorkshire and Humber region want a regional assembly. City of York Council
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Three-star hospitals get £1m cash boost
YORK Hospital will be handed up to £1 million and a second chance to bid for controversial "foundation" status after scoring top marks in Government tables. The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) today revealed York Hospitals NHS Trust had been awarded
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Military funeral for murdered Red Cap
Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of military policeman Ben Hyde who was killed during an attack on a civilian police station in Iraq. Lance Corporal Hyde was one of six soldiers who died when an angry mob attacked the station in Al Majar
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Mystery snake is caught by police
A SNAKE was captured in a dustbin by North Yorkshire police after officers were called out by concerned residents. The five foot long yellow and black snake was spotted in Meadow Lane, Northallerton, just after 5pm yesterday, a police spokesman said.
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N Yorkshire Indy racer gets top ten finish
NORTH Yorkshire racing driver Darren Manning finished the Molson Indy Toronto in eighth place, his ninth top-ten finish in just eleven starts in his #15 RAC Walker Racing Champ car. Manning, who comes from Knaresborough, maintains tenth place in the drivers
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DJ aims for big Euro hit
St Peter's School rower Daniel Janes is on the crest of international glory. The 17-year-old has been selected to skull the Great Britain Under-18 quad at the forthcoming Coupe de la Jeulnnesse in Hazelwinkel, Belgium - the European Championships. Janes
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Bridges gets 'buzz' back
MICHAEL Bridges is ready to put three years of injury misery behind him and help Leeds United back into Europe. The 24-year-old striker returned to pre-season training three weeks before his team-mates, after missing the final five months of last season
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Gavin makes hay
YORKSHIRE put themselves in a strong position on the first day of their four-day Second XI championship match against Lancashire at Stamford Bridge. Taking advantage of first knock on a fast track, with even bounce, the Yorkshire batsmen made hay while
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White and Gray's silver service
CRAIG White and Andy Gray added a dash of colour to Yorkshire's first innings at Riverside yesterday to help put their side in a strong position on the opening day of the Championship match against Durham. Yorkshire were in some trouble when the pair
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Knights on trail of prop star
YORK City Knights have expressed an interest in bringing Hull FC front-rower Steve Craven back to Huntington Stadium, the Evening Press can reveal. However, any possible return of the hard-grafting former York Wasps prop is likely to be put on hold due
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Planning those camping trips
Camping in the British climate may not always be the most enticing prospect, but with the recent run of hot weather, a short trip under canvas could be the perfect way to explore the British countryside. There are lots of sites on the web with information
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Family trees on the net
Many people are now using technology to help them trace their ancestors. The internet has a wide variety of resources for researching your family tree, and even tracing relatives on the other side of the world need not be a problem. This week we look
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Teletubbies, Clever Noo-noo! (£4.99), Andy Pandy, Big Spring Clean (£4.99), Tweenies, I'm Stuck (
YOUNG fans of the BBC's CBeebies output will be spoilt for choice this summer by a flood of titles. New books based on the adventures of the Teletubbies and the Tweenies should keep tiny tots occupied. In the Teletubbies range, a good choice for older
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Believe God on homosexuality
I AM astounded at the reaction of the two highest - in human terms - leaders of the Anglican church about homosexual bishops ('Hope slams ignorance and bigotry', July 7). Which is more important to them; what men say or what God says? How dare they call
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Options on pools
COUN Orrell is wrong (Letters, July 3). He has repeatedly claimed the only way to revamp York's swimming pools is with Barbican sale money. He insists we must accept poorer swimming facilities at the Barbican to squeeze every last penny from this sale
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Knights on trail of prop star
YORK City Knights have expressed an interest in bringing Hull FC front-rower Steve Craven back to Huntington Stadium, the Evening Press can reveal. However, any possible return of the hard-grafting former York Wasps prop is likely to be put on hold due
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Dung and dusted
BEFORE the saga of the poor York carriage horses and one of their natural but seemingly offensive functions and the disposal of same is shelved for yet another two years, I must tell you what I saw in Saltzburg during a recent visit. A man rode around
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Plastic? Oh, no!
The new paper recycling banks in York are a marvel of modern design. Firstly, these plastic containers are easily flammable compared with their metal predecessors. Secondly, the thick brush strips guarding the slots prevent you from quickly finding a
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Helping teenagers find the best path
TEENAGERS will be helped in their education by a Government scheme which is coming to York. The city has been chosen as one of 14 areas in the country which will be part of the Pathfinders scheme. The project will be introduced in York in September. It
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Jessie Gardham, Fibbers, York
THERE was a sparse crowd at Fibbers last night. The balmy summer evening must have kept most people away. But not me. When I knew who was singing that night, I made it my business to be there. Supporting the Dan Webster Band alongside Just Jon, it was
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Chat rooms are so frighteningly simple
After a 12-year-old girl disappeared with an American she met on the Internet, CHRIS TITLEY found out how easy is it for an adult to infiltrate the teenage chat rooms I HAD never been in a chat room before. Unless you count the pub. But some youngsters
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Gavin makes hay
YORKSHIRE put themselves in a strong position on the first day of their four-day Second XI championship match against Lancashire at Stamford Bridge. Taking advantage of first knock on a fast track, with even bounce, the Yorkshire batsmen made hay while
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Sir Mark can win with his new filly - 15/07/03
Watch out for Nadeszhda at Catterick tomorrow - that's my advice as Sir Mark Prescott takes the wraps off another of his three-year-olds. The Newmarket trainer has no peer when it comes to placing horses and, although Nadeszhda is hardly potential star
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Rid me of these bigots
AS I tried to fathom what in heaven's name the Church of England was up to in York this week, divine inspiration struck. General Synod, I thought, is like Britain's biggest golf club. It is run on very similar lines. T'committee is dominated by white,
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Trek into the Valley to finish on a high
The English Schools' Athletics championships at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, brought great successes for local athletes. The amazing Sheffield show started with Emma MacAlister-Hall (St Peter's) running a superbly judged race to finish second in the
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Full Sutton Prison is 'a much safer place'
FULL Sutton Prison is a much safer place for both staff and inmates - but it still needs to do more to close a gap between officers and prisoners. Those were some of the key conclusions today from the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, following
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Sinking feeling
FIREFIGHTERS used a rescue boat to help the occupants of a pleasure cruiser which began to sink on the River Ouse near Clifton Bridge, York. Two people on the 33ft boat, named The Chase, jumped to safety on the riverbank when it started taking on water
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Kart track man in plea to villagers
THE owner of a North Yorkshire go-kart track has appealed for noise-affected neighbouring village residents to talk to him about their concerns. A strongly-worded motion aimed at cutting back on noise pollution from the Tockwith Multi Drive Centre, at
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Money to train council staff
TENS of thousands of pounds is to be pumped into training staff who distribute housing benefit in York. City of York Council has received a £30,934 share of a £33m Government housing benefit cash injection. The money will be spent on training in York.
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Women 'forced to have sex'
A YORK man allegedly forced two different women to have sex with his father, a jury was told. On a separate occasion, son Philip Nigel Coates and father Raymond Coates watched the younger of the women in a sexual act with an animal, William Lowe QC claimed
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Heworth simply the west
HEWORTH finished top of the west zone in York and District Junior Cricket Association's Rawcliffes Intersport Under-15 League. In the championship play-offs, they now have a home game against east zone runners-up Dunnington. Heworth made sure of top place
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Workshop in business
Small business owners and managers in York can learn how to reduce and deal with absence and staff turnover at a workshop run by Business Link York and North Yorkshire tomorrow. The Essential Guide to Reducing Absence and Staff Turnover workshop will
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Bridge display solid form
THERE are four teams still in contention for this season's Pilmoor Evening Cricket League championships - Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Thirsk are level first, while Easingwold trail by just one point with Crayke a further point behind. All four teams won
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Andrew makes a wish for charity
SCHOOLBOY Andrew Hill smiles for the camera after having his wish granted by councillors. In a special ceremony, the nine-year-old was allowed to cut the ribbon on a new wishing well, in Kirkgate, Tadcaster. Andrew, of York Road, Tadcaster, badgered the
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Pooling their talent
The John Smiths Sunday Pool League presentation night takes place on Sunday, July 20, at the Tang Hall Hotel (7:30pm) The Team Knockout Final between Dick Turpin and Crystal Palace 'A' will be preceded by the annual meeting. Any new teams wishing to join
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£1.5m to boost weekday rail services
A £1.5 MILLION investment is set to improve the quality of weekday rail services for people in Harrogate. Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) is to fund and run a larger train providing inter-city style comfort to passengers travelling between Knaresborough
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For keep sake
GOALKEEPER Marlon Beresford's proposed move to York City has fallen through, the Evening Press can reveal. City-player boss Chris Brass, speaking ahead of tonight's friendly with Sunderland (7.30pm kick-off), immediately challenged trialist shot-stopper
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Walls fall man in plea for railings
A MAN paralysed after falling from York's bar walls today called for safety railings to be built all round the ancient monument. Graham Knight, of Leeman Road, York, severed his spine after falling from the walls last October. As reported in Monday's
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GM fears aired at York debate
THE unknown environmental impact of genetically-modified crops and their effect on organic farming were the main concerns of York residents at a GM debate in the city. Last night about 80 people gathered at the Priory Street Centre, to debate the pros
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Some like it hot (28 deg in York) ... but Gary likes it cooler, like Siberia
AS the thermometer nudged towards 32 deg C (90 F) today, Gary Wilby was trying on his new thermal underwear. Gary, who is 6ft 4in tall and weighs in at nearly 20 stones, has had to have thermal vests and leggings specially made so he can withstand the
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Clash over floods
NORTH Yorkshire MPs have clashed publicly over the county's flood defence planning. In a heated House of Commons exchange, Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh claimed there had been a "breakdown in communications" during the devastating autumn 2000 floods.
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Schools urged to cut costs to save jobs
YORK schools could face further redundancies unless they take immediate action to cut their costs, the city's director of education and leisure has warned. City of York Council's Patrick Scott last night told the Executive Member for Education and members
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Ambulance trust rapped
AMBULANCE bosses in North Yorkshire could face the sack after scoring zero marks in Government league tables. Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust failed key targets for financial management and meeting emergencies within eight minutes
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For keep sake
GOALKEEPER Marlon Beresford's proposed move to York City has fallen through, the Evening Press can reveal. City-player boss Chris Brass, speaking ahead of tonight's friendly with Sunderland (7.30pm kick-off), immediately challenged trialist shot-stopper
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Arson inferno
ARSONISTS were today blamed for a fire that almost claimed the lives of two firefighters. Crews were forced to flee the burning Costcutters supermarket in Church Street, Dunnington, York, only moments before the roof of the building collapsed. No one
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Sites for sore ears
The internet is a wonderful resource for music lovers. Whether you are a musician looking for sheet music, guitar chords or just sheer inspiration, or a happy listener looking for reviews, biographies or music bargains, the web is an ideal place to start
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Moll Flanders, North Country Theatre, on tour, until July 26
DOING it outdoors is not always fun. Spare a thought for Liz Humphry-Williams. On the hottest of Sunday afternoons in this July heatwave, she has to wear 12 layers in the cause of theatre in The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Infamous Moll Flanders
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Wishing Bird by Alison Boyle and David Wojtowycz (Puffin, £4.99)
Does it matter how you look? Wishing Bird thinks it does and every time she sees another animal she changes her colour to match. But nothing really suits her as much as her original feathers, and her friends like her best that way. Makes a point, but
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Pudge's Play by Hiawyn Oram and Tim Warnes (Puffin, £4.99)
Any parent of a budding thespian will enjoy this tale of puppy Pudge who decides to put on a play. He turns out to be the actor-writer-director and soon has all his friends cast and costumed. But when they see the audience, all but Pudge are struck down
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Scarface Claw by Lynley Dodd (Puffin, £4.99)
He's the toughest, cockiest cat in the neighbourhood. Nothing scares Scarface Claw, arch enemy of Hairy McClary. Except the sight of another mean and moody moggie - who turns out to be his own reflection. Having enjoyed the Schnitzel Von Krumm stories
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Books for the hols
Youngsters from Westfield Primary Community School in Acomb, York, kick off a page of summer reads for children. Blue John by Berlie Doherty, illustrated by Tim Clarey (Puffin, £5.99) A QUEEN of darkness falls down a cavern and takes the purple/blue heart
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Life-savers are striving
EVERYONE would be delighted if York City president John Greenway arranged for the club to stay at Bootham Crescent for another year (July 10). My main concern is that with the existing deadline for leaving Bootham Crescent only a year away, the club will
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Think about us
I WRITE in response to the recently- approved planning permission for 28 private flats to be built on the site of the former INL Club in York's Speculation Street. The planning committee passed this modernistic tower block design despite opposition to
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Biking with Bronte
GIVEN that bridleways are out of bounds, the planning for this month's bike ride took a little longer than usual. In the end I settled on a route around Bronte Country from a book by Richard Peace. I began in Haworth, turning right out of the car park
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Playtime drives kids up the wall!
PLAY time will never be the same again for children at a York school who are pictured here getting off the ground with their new climbing wall. The wall at Park Grove Primary School was built as part of the renovation of the school's playground following
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Hall that jazz for young York musicians
YOUNG jazz musicians from a York school were given the chance to perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The group from Manor School called Manjazz includes more than 30 musicians aged between 11 and 16. They won the opportunity after taking part
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White and Gray's silver service
CRAIG White and Andy Gray added a dash of colour to Yorkshire's first innings at Riverside yesterday to help put their side in a strong position on the opening day of the Championship match against Durham. Yorkshire were in some trouble when the pair
