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Rhodes to recovery
HALF-BACK sensation Scott Rhodes has been given a timely boost in his battle back from injury after signing a new two-year deal. Rhodes is awaiting news on the extent of the damage to his left knee after he was carried off in the defeat to Sheffield Eagles
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Just look at swim
HE'S as fit as a fiddle and there's no stopping Jamie Doughty after his recent success with other staff members in a charity swimathon. The sprightly 35-year-old, who runs the Blue Fly caf in New Street, is on to his next challenge of running ten kilometres
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The Parkland Tearoom, Duncombe Park, Helmsley
IT IS always a bonus when a tea room associated with a tourist attraction can be accessed without paying an entry fee. This is true of Duncombe Park, where the long driveway opens up into a car park. Through the gift shop and you are in a courtyard with
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Tried and tested
There are four annual cosmos, two pink flowered and two with white blooms, in our garden. They are planted in different locations and it is interesting to see in which position they have done best. The two sited in beds full of perennials where they have
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Former Jorvik boss backs Plays
THE man who helped create York's world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre has offered to help save the Mystery Plays. Anthony Gaynor was project director of the Viking Centre as it was being constructed in the late 1970s and early 80s, and was then in charge
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Vaughan to be a leader
THE crowning glory for Yorkshire's Michael Vaughan came earlier this week when he replaced Nasser Hussain as England's Test captain. That set the seal on 12 astonishing years in which he has risen from schoolboy cricketer to leader of his country and
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Christian Cameron set fine example on Brother
YES, the latest Big Brother series was boring, but interesting because that Christian lad Cameron Stout made such an impression on his foul-mouthed housemates. He set a good example by stating that he didn't believe in "sex before marriage," and said
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Defending Tony
I KNEW biker Tony Berry (Evening Press, July 28) and he was not the type of rider who would "fly around with total disregard for safety or that of others". When he was at the Sun Inn, near Otley, a few months ago, he overheard bikers complaining about
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Watery vision
I SHOULD like to see a waterways centre in this area for people to use for all sorts of training purposes ("Forget the housework and go to the river", Evening Press, July 27). Goole had a similar project and the amount of information on a visit was very
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Promotion Mark
SAFE HANDS Mark Ovendale reckons the future is looking bright for York City and the new-look merry Minstermen. With just one week to the start of the Division Three campaign, the latest recruit to the City ranks insists a promotion challenge is on the
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Postmaster Bill ends long link
ALMOST a century of family tradition will end next week when sub-postmaster Bill Spence closes a North Yorkshire post office for the last time. The post office at Ampleforth College, near Helmsley, opened in 1916 and was taken over by Bill's in-laws in
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Time to go bananas!
THERE will be no "monkeying" around from one team at the Macmillan Cancer Relief It's A Knockout competition this weekend. Because, despite having called themselves the Monkey Bar Kids, staff from the Monk Bar Hotel, in York, will be taking their commitments
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Game for a great time
TENS of thousands of visitors flocked to the first day of the CLA Game Fair. The theme for the three-day event at Harewood House, between Leeds and Harrogate, is Give It A Go, and with so many recreational activities and countryside pursuits there is
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Schools promise on faster Internet links
EVERY school in York and North Yorkshire will have lightning-fast internet links by 2006, the Government has promised. Pupils and teachers will be able to use speedy broadband connections to log on to the web in classrooms - helping them improve exam
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Golden couple make special journey
A FORMER British soldier and his German bride, who overcame prejudice in post-war Germany, were today celebrating 50 years of marriage. George and Rita Lowe, aged 74 and 72, of Leeside, Dringhouses, York, were returning to the German village where they
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Rod Hills' funeral to be at Minster
THE funeral of former York council leader Rod Hills will be held at York Minster on Wednesday. Mr Hills led York City Council and then City of York Council for almost 20 years, before becoming embroiled in allegations about his private life in the past
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Rail experts are at your service
RAIL experts will be on hand in Harrogate next week to answer customer questions on Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) services. The York-based operator will be holding a customer forum, at Harrogate station, between 7am and 9am on Wednesday. Peter Myers, ATN's
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Raising awareness
HAMBLETON and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) is using National Sexual Health Week to raise awareness of an important part of our physical and psychological well-being, and one which can cause long-term and serious consequences. Sexual Health Week
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Wilson's heavy manners
MAN mountain Billy Wilson has warned the host of British heavyweights fighting it out at the top of the domestic division that he is set to rule the roost. The 6ft 4ins and 17stone York fighter has returned to the sport after a six-year absence after
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The cat's whiskers
SIAMESE superstar Fire knows he's the cat that got the cream - after winning FOUR best in show awards. The two-year-old, who lives with owner Janet Johnson at Appleton-le-Moors, near Kirkbymoorside, wowed the judges at four shows in Harrogate, Edinburgh
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Proud to be first to pay at Minster
TWO York tourists made history today as the first paying visitors to York Minster. Michael Corby and Barrie Melville, from Northamptonshire, said they were happy to pay the new £4.50 admission fee. It was introduced from 9am today as a way of reducing
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Backley's warning shot
Two-times world silver medallist Steve Backley issued a clear warning to his rivals with an easy javelin win in last night's North Down International Games in Bangor, Northern Ireland. His winning throw of 81.42 metres came in the opening round as the
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12 sacked at brewery
TWELVE Tadcaster brewery workers have been sacked following an investigation into the alleged improper use of company computers. The employees of John Smith Brewery were dismissed yesterday afternoon for gross misconduct after the investigation showed
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Promotion Mark
SAFE HANDS Mark Ovendale reckons the future is looking bright for York City and the new-look merry Minstermen. With just one week to the start of the Division Three campaign, the latest recruit to the City ranks insists a promotion challenge is on the
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Two die in fire
A MOTHER and her daughter died after fire swept through their home in York early today. The three-year-old girl died on the way to hospital, despite attempts to revive her. A man was also seriously ill in Pinterfields Hospital, Wakefield, following the
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Great picture, Nigel
WHAT a wonderful photograph by Press photographer Nigel Holland ("Bishop steams into town", July 30). He captured the characters perfectly. It took me back to my childhood when you walked two miles from Thixendale to Burdale station to catch the steam
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Beck and call
GEORGE WILKINSON sets out on a long and linear walk on the southern edge of the North York Moors. Ebberston is a very long and linear village. We parked at its southern end, a sheepdog stood cooling its paws in the beck and we popped along Mill Lane to
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Chester hosts perfect Guest - 02/08/03
Richard Fahey and Paul Hanagan, who joined forces to clinch the £100,000 William Hill Mile at Goodwood yesterday, aim to add to their spoils at Chester tomorrow. The Ryedale trainer and jockey team up with Definite Guest in the £15,000 Mail On Sunday/
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From city walls to the local sharks
Mike Laycock and family take a weekend break in the North's other historic city HALF-TERM was looming and the forecasters were predicting wet and windy weather. In such circumstances, many people head for York, with its wealth of museums and other indoor
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Mark's putt on title route
LESSONS well learned provided an apt climax to the lightning-hammered Yorkshire Masters at Fulford Golf Club. The £6,000 Yorkshire Professional Golfers' Association tournament attracted the cream of the county's club professionals to the Heslington course
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City life
SIMON RITCHIE feels the heat at Tropical World in Leeds then cools off at a city farm IT WAS somewhat of a miracle that we left Tropical World without having trampled on any of its exotic exhibits. Some of the giant butterflies which flit and flutter
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From city walls to the local sharks
Mike Laycock and family take a weekend break in the North's other historic city HALF-TERM was looming and the forecasters were predicting wet and windy weather. In such circumstances, many people head for York, with its wealth of museums and other indoor
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First can't get the buses right
SO First Group have won the franchise to run TransPennine rail services (Evenig Press, July 31). Not good news if their performance is going to be anything like their mis-management of York's bus services. Last week First changed the number 16 service
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Yorick is tripe
AN absurd medley of trivial tripe; a conglomeration of self-satisfied waffle; a veritable plethora of name-dropping nonsense. The only sensible comment on the Saturday Yorick page is: "Yorick, not worth reading". He tells us about some letters he claims
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Give me protection
THE law's an ass, as the Tony Martin case has proved once and for all. For years now, it has favoured the criminal, not the victim. If someone breaks into my home, I shall protect myself, my family and my property with whatever comes to hand. I have a
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Veterans see screening of Longest Day
CITY Screen, York, will present a special screening of The Longest Day (PG), the classic 1962 portrayal of the D-Day landings in Normandy, in 70mm High Definition Cinema tomorrow, at 1pm. John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
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It's judgement day
ENTRIES for Tadcaster's best-kept garden and allotment competition will be judged on August 16. Entry forms, which are available from Tadcaster Town Council offices, in Kirkgate, have to be handed in at The Ark by next Saturday, or you can e-mail your
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Hour approaches for the return of town clock
THE new and improved town clock is set to return to Pocklington. Residents spent nine months raising the £15,000 needed to restore the 150-year-old clock. The four blue clock faces were removed from the tower of All Saints' Church in June so the work
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Paper to be scrapped
THE council's flagship publication, About York, is to be abolished in a review of the way the council communicates with local residents. The executive last night agreed the review of City of York Council's marketing and communications activities on the
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Psychiatric report is ordered on digger man
A JUDGE has asked for a psychiatric report on a Selby man who ran amok on the A19 while driving an 18-ton mechanical digger. Ian Leaper yesterday pleaded guilty at York Crown Court to aggravated vehicle taking without the owner's consent. He also admitted
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My al Qaida nightmare
A YORK man has vowed to return to Iraq to continue the search for his missing daughter - even though he has just been released after three weeks in US military custody. Michael Todd, also known as Michael Mime, was seeking his daughter, Sajida, but the
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Emma seeking Emerald jewel raid
Reigning English strokeplay champion Emma Duggleby is hoping Irish eyes will smile on her again to complete a double. The Malton and Norton star's next major mission is the British Strokeplay Championships at Portrush in Northern Ireland later this month
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The Red Lion, Boroughbridge Road
STEVE CARROLL samples a taste of the country at The Red Lion. IF you paint a picture in your mind of the quintessential country pub, then The Red Lion at Poppleton could well be what appears on your canvas. It looks like a converted farmhouse, with low
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York fake £1 coins alert
YORK residents are being warned to check their change carefully after a number of counterfeit £1 coins surfaced in the city. Two Evening Press readers have come forward with the fake tender and have urged other people to make sure they do no lose out.
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Three hurt in glider crashes
A MAN suffered multiple fractures after his glider crashed into a field in East Yorkshire. The craft landed in a field off Barmby Moor Road, just across the road from Pocklington Gliding Club, at about 3pm yesterday. A man was freed from the glider with
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Safety measures
RESIDENTS are being asked to put safety first as part of proposals to introduce "school safety zones" to three primary schools in York. Proposals are being put forward to improve entrances to schools making them a safer environment for children, at Burton
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We're in the mood!
A TRIO of York pensioners will be getting all nostalgic tomorrow with a special wartime concert. Brenda McFall, Cyril Hill and Roy Forder regularly perform for 70 care homes in the York area with eight different shows. Tomorrow they will taking their
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Eager Hoggard strives to Walm up
Matthew Hoggard begins the fight to win back his Test place by playing for Yorkshire Seconds in their three-day Championship match against Warwickshire Seconds at Walmley next Tuesday. It will be the Yorkshire and England fast bowler's first appearance
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Former Jorvik boss backs Plays
THE man who helped create York's world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre has offered to help save the Mystery Plays. Anthony Gaynor was project director of the Viking Centre as it was being constructed in the late 1970s and early 80s, and was then in charge
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Bridge to be Streets ahead
REVENGE will be in the air when Sheriff Hutton Bridge aim to take another stride towards Lord's tomorrow. They face Streethouse in the quarter-finals of the National Village Cricket Championship with an old score to settle. Two years ago in the same competition
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York ace blasts Scots
A YORK bowls player was hailed a national heroine this week after the most nerve-wracking moment of her career. Michelle Mooring clinched victory for England with the last wood of the tournament in the Women's Under-25 Home International Championship
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He was the whole world to me
A BIKER killed in a road crash was a former York Wasps rugby player and had been married only five months, it was revealed today. Rob Lee, 24, was also looking forward to becoming a father, said his pregnant wife, Julie, also 24. Rob died on Wednesday
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It's all going on in the Archers
A LETTER appeared in the Evening Press from Charles Rushton of Strensall last Monday about the Archers. Yorick is not a regular follower of the long-running soap but I cannot agree that recent story-lines have got things wrong. Alastair and Shula retain