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One-way is best
In response to your article ('Short-term traffic solutions vital', October 16) one of the best options would be to turn York into a complete one-way system. A bus lane could be installed on all major routes into York; all YO post code drivers could be
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Killer roundabout
THE Heworth roundabout is no magic roundabout. Potentially it is a killer. The Monkgate roundabout has the advantage of being able to be seen across, by motorists and cyclists. The Heworth lacks these advantages. When traffic approaches the Heworth roundabout
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Pace ace Petty takes Senior League bowling award
BARRY Petty was named the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League top bowler for 2003 at the annual dinner. The Thirsk pace ace took 68 premier division wickets at a strike rate of 15.1 and was awarded the Alan Shipley Secretary's Cup at York
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Pock off the pace
CHAMPIONS Pocklington are finding this season's Leeper Hare York and District League premier division campaign a little more challenging. They are seven points behind pacesetters Malton Bacon Factory and needed a Baz Gargett header three minutes from
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Extra special Elvington
IN the League Junior Cup Elvington Harriers overturned current league form to win in extra time at Easingwold. The home side are currently unbeaten in division two but found themselves a goal down by half time after Dave Lunn headed home. Rich Jennison
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All hail the king of cabs
Sunderland-based historian Keith Gregson recalls a York-born inventor. DO you ever wonder what it must be like to leave your name to posterity - how nice it would be to be a Lennon or McCartney, a Bach or a Michelangelo? Better still to have a name attached
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Calvert nets Dunnington's winner
South Bank were two up at Dunnington after 20 minutes of their Reserve 'A' encounter but the home side clawed their way back with goals from Paul Fowler and Andrew Taylor and Jamie Calvert struck Dunnington's winner just after the hour mark. Dringhouses
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Brass stays positive
PLAYER-CHIEF Chris Brass looked to the positives after York City were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Boston United. The City boss admitted he was disappointed City did not claim all three points, especially after taking the lead just before half-time and
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City face FA rap after bottle thrown
YORK CITY could be facing censure from the Football Association. Referee Tony Leake indicated after the match he will be reporting an alleged incident of bottle throwing at Bootham Crescent on Saturday. Immediately after Boston scored their equaliser
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Sunshine Shaw
FORMER York City coach Adie Shaw is the new manager of St Vincent's national team. Shaw, sacked along with ex-City boss Terry Dolan in the summer, will fly out to the Caribbean island on Saturday to start his new job. And one of his first tasks could
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Postcards from the future
York's Without Walls project has moved a step closer to creating a future vision of York. And now here's a chance for Evening Press readers to send an imaginary "postcard from the future" describing how they see the city in 17 years' time. Your view may
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Decision date set for Haxby rail link
THE bid for a rail station at Haxby is expected to go before the Strategic Rail Authority in December. City of York Council is preparing to bid again for SRA funding to build the £1.7 million station in Haxby, which will use the existing Trans-Pennine
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All quiet in yobs trouble streets
POLICE reported a relatively quiet weekend in the Tang Hall area of York, after hundreds of residents were sent letters warning them about misbehaving youths. Two calls were received by police yesterday teatime from residents complaining about youngsters
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Bizarre sequence of events led to airfield 'shunt'
A BIZARRE sequence of events led to a "shunt" involving three aircraft at a North Yorkshire airfield, according to an official accident report. The mishap occurred after a pilot tried to "jump start" his plane - but the aircraft ended up jumping the chocks
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Cycle boss slams council 'bullies'
THE boss of a cycle firm says council "bullies" have booted him out of business. York Cycle Hire owner John Hopkinson claims a planning row has cost him his livelihood. Trouble flared after he put up a banner and stood hire bikes on a grass verge to promote
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Backpackers safe in Bolivian capital
THE parents of a York backpacker trapped in strife-torn Bolivia said today that he was safe. Dan Baines, 24, from Nether Poppleton, and his friend, Mark Noone, were stuck in a hostel in the Bolivian capital, La Paz, after becoming caught up in civil unrest
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Selby are over the Hills and far away
SELBY cruised into the third round of the Intermediate Cup with a 34-0 victory over Wheatley Hills. The win also represented revenge for Selby, who were beaten in the league by Wheatley last month. Martin Protheroe (2), John Webster, Andy Gabel, Tony
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Thai drugs arrest man 'to stay on holiday'
THE brother of the York man who was arrested on serious drugs charges in Thailand said today he expected him to return home. Robert Neilson, 44, of Bad Bargain Lane, York, was initially accused of drug trafficking, which carries the death penalty in Thailand
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Sunshine Shaw
FORMER York City coach Adie Shaw is the new manager of St Vincent's national team. Shaw, sacked along with ex-City boss Terry Dolan in the summer, will fly out to the Caribbean island on Saturday to start his new job. And one of his first tasks could
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York City 1, Boston United 1
AS autumn makes way for winter, summer's once lingering embers feel a long way away. For a troubled York City, August must feel a million miles away. The vibrant football that ushered in the start of the season has long since passed and is in danger of
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No breaks for luckless Acorn
INJURY-HIT York Acorn returned from unbeaten table-toppers Widnes St Marie's with their pride in tact despite a 24-4 defeat. Acorn were already without five sidelined players for the tough Arriva Trains Conference division two trip when their problems
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Song of thanks
York singer Suzy Martell has won legions of country music fans world-wide, but her biggest battle has been against cancer. MAXINE GORDON reports. HER first memory is of dancing around the family home with a hairbrush, doing an impression of Gary Glitter
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Forking out for serenity
Spiritual healing doesn't come cheap. A survey by Virgin Money reveals British women are spending £670 million a year on spiritualist therapies. Yoga, reflexology, homeopathy, massage, psychic healing - it's all big business. I recently read about a woman
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Dealing with the truants
IT is one of education's eternal dilemmas: what can you do with the most badly behaved children? The answer has been the same for generations. Throw them out of school. Once called expulsion, now known as exclusion, the policy is a last resort, but a
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What a dream
ADIE Shaw does not say how long he mulled over the offer of a job coaching the team in the island paradise of St Vincent. We reckon about 35 seconds. Few of us scraping the ice off our car windscreens in total darkness will not feel a pang of envy as
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Together we can make the city cleaner
A dirty city with high levels of fly tipping and graffiti would be unpleasant to live in. That is why the council has launched York Pride. Graffiti obeys no boundaries, and has become worse and more prolific in recent years. We must recognise that the
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Oh no, not Blair
Before the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, all the talk was of Tory MPs plotting to oust Iain Duncan Smith as party leader. The conference came and went and, as yet, no rebellion. The disgruntled MPs must be unable to agree on an alternative
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Say your piece
CALLING all real-life Victor Meldrews and Norah Battys. Are you over 70 and opinionated, but fed up of people not listening? Are you a senior citizen still giving the youngsters a good run for their money? Independent TV production company Twenty Twenty
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ID cards for all
I READ that the Foreign Secretary Jack Straw does not like the idea of identity cards, nor does Gordon Brown. Considering most nations have them, what is the problem? I had one during the war years because it was compulsory. It should be made compulsory
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Pat can stay in winning groove - 20/10/03
Stand by for more magic from the retiring Pat Eddery at Yarmouth tomorrow. On Saturday at Newmarket, the 11-times champion jockey brought the house down when scoring a dynamic Champions' Day double on Just James in the Challenge Stakes and Landing Light
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I need to build on my fitness - Parkin
YORK City striker Jon Parkin has admitted that he is not yet match fit after making a goalscoring return to League action. Parkin netted in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Boston United during his first Division Three start of the season. He also hit the underside
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Stef, 38, loses fight against cancer
A NORTH YORKSHIRE woman whose desperate fight against cervical cancer took her to Mexico, has died, her distraught husband revealed today. Kevin Axelby, 43, of Wharram-le-Street, near Malton, said his wife, Stef, 38, died on Wednesday at St James's Hospital
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Drop-in reopening brings abuse fear
YORK taxi drivers say they fear abuse and intimidation of their customers will resume when a homeless drop-in centre only yards from their rank reopens today. Drivers who work from the St Saviourgate rank in the city centre claim they have seen a noticeable
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Tanks for the memories
THE sound of air raid sirens filled the air, and hundreds of people dressed as soldiers of different nationalities filled the streets of Pickering for the seventh annual wartime weekend. During the event, held by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, steam
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Pock off the pace
CHAMPIONS Pocklington are finding this season's Leeper Hare York and District League premier division campaign a little more challenging. They are seven points behind pacesetters Malton Bacon Factory and needed a Baz Gargett header three minutes from
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Wary York hold back the big guns
YORK'S visit to North Two East league leaders Hull ended in a respectable 37-20 defeat. The result was achieved by a makeshift team as York protected the fitness of players ahead of key fixtures against teams more within their range than the Humberside
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Webbo and Woody on top of the world
EASINGWOLD'S sidecar superstar Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead have taken the 2003 Sidecar World Championship title. A careful fifth place at Magny Cours, France, was enough for Webster to lift the title he last took in 2000. It was his ninth
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Brass stays positive
PLAYER-CHIEF Chris Brass looked to the positives after York City were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Boston United. The City boss admitted he was disappointed City did not claim all three points, especially after taking the lead just before half-time and
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John passes pilot test at 16
A NORTH YORKSHIRE air cadet is "walking on air" after earning his wings at the age of 16. John Gibbons, of Pasture Way, Wistow, near Selby, has passed all the tests needed to qualify for a private pilot's licence. He undertook 55 hours of accompanied
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Problem teens to get £3m centre
TROUBLED teenagers excluded or truanting from school could be taught to be mechanics and plumbers in a £3 million centre planned in York. The new skills centre, to be based at Fulford Cross Special School, which will close next year, will cater for youngsters
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Why Tony's heart was sent beating far too fast
How serious is the Prime Minister's heart problem? STEPHEN LEWIS investigates. THOUSANDS of people in Britain suffer from heart problems like those which prompted Tony Blair's visit to hospital. Cardiologist Dr Maurice Pye of York Hospital said it was
