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Token gestures
CUDGELS need taking up on behalf of intimidated pensioners and good taxi drivers concerning, in general, surly drivers and, in particular, their ungracious colleagues who are often reluctant to take travel tokens. There must be a reason for such reluctance
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Man of honour
WE get the feeling that Ian Carmichael would have felt at home in Buckingham Palace. The actor has specialised in playing well-heeled nobility, from loveable buffoon Bertie Wooster to peerless detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Even as a hospital boss in North
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Kill your speed on winter roads
As winter approaches, STEPHEN LEWIS seeks some expert advice on safe driving. WE'VE already had the first ice of the year - and on Sunday the clocks go back. The darker evenings, combined with the likelihood of rain, fog, ice and even - as winter deepens
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Always follow the fireworks code
AS NOVEMBER draws near and bonfire night is only days away the shops are selling fireworks. In the excitement it is easy to forget that fireworks are explosives and can be very dangerous in the wrong hands or if used incorrectly. Every year, a large number
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The Webb Brothers, The Webb Brothers (679 recordings) ****
CHICAGO siblings The Webb Brothers have pilfered the good bits from successful Alt-rock artists to produce an album of real quality. The styles of Mercury Rev, Super Furry Animals and Grandaddy are borrowed heavily here. Original band members Justin and
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Randy Newman, The Randy Newman Songbook Vol 1 (eastwest/Nonesuch) ****
THE first of three volumes and the first time the 59-year-old songwriter/ singer has performed solo in a studio - with his piano. This is a great treat for Newman fans - the man, his voice, his joanna and searingly caustic lyrics. This is how Randy was
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Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash, (XL Recordings) ****
LIKE a drug-addled journey through a manic fun-house, the third album from pioneering UK dance act Basement Jaxx is a riotous assault on your senses. Influenced by electro-clash, disco and garage, Simon and Felix have taken the best bits of the music
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Hospital's gridlock 'nightmare'
HOSPITAL bosses hoping for a speedy solution to a long-running car park wrangle say they are "desperate" for work to swing into action. Gridlock around York Hospital is creating a "nightmare" for patients caught in traffic chaos, health chiefs claim.
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Carol's crusade to keep village tidy
A DEDICATED litter picker is on a one-woman mission to clean up her village near York. Carol Partington collects rubbish into plastic bags up to SIX times a day while walking her dogs around Nether Poppleton, and even got the council to send her a special
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Thin edge of victory is key
YORK just scraped the aggregates both home and away by one shot as they beat Selby 61-59 in their Famous Grouse Top Ten Group game. At Selby, Ian Boyle and Philip Scott were always in control and despite losing the last three ends they still won 19-14
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Three hurt in Moors crash
THREE people were injured - two seriously - when a car and a box van collided on the A169 Pickering to Whitby Road. Catherine Johnson, of Rotherham, a passenger in the Vauxhall car, suffered serious head injuries and was airlifted to James Cook Hospital
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Riddle of body in York car park
A YORK car park was sealed off today after a shocked motorist discovered the body of a middle-aged man. Police launched a major investigation at the Nunnery Lane car park, on York's Inner Ring Road, after being alerted to the grim discovery at 7.35am.
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Bold Knights to the fore
NEW York City Knights coach Richard Agar has lauded the part played by powerhouse prop Yusuf Sozi and experienced hooker Lee Jackson in last night's shock National League Two win over New Zealand 'A'. The NL2 representative team pulled off a 27-8 victory
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Clan in clue flux
YORK Acorn player-coach Dave Kay reckons the next five weeks will separate the runners and the also-rans in the Arrive Trains Conference honours race. And he is eager for the Blue and Golds to pick up enough division two points to push them into the promotion
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Bike hire closure has readers in a spin
I AM angry about the council's decision to give my friend John Hopkinson one month to quit his bicycle business underneath Lendal Bridge (October 20). I am a member of the Cycle Tourists Club and believe the loss of the only cycle hire business in York
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Save our history
I do hope Peter Evely and the contractors for the Spurriergate/High Ousegate redevelopment have done their homework and looked at the history of this location. When the site was redeveloped in the Fifties running sand was encountered despite it being
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Ticket to oblivion
IT is good to know that First are modernising their Park & Ride tickets (October 2). But when I sent them a detailed account of the modern ticketing system I experienced in Chicago I did not even have the courtesy of a reply. Keith Elsworth, Barley
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Be a clean crusader
NO one likes litter. Many of us grumble about the state of our streets, and contrast the mess with spotless European cities. If we see someone tossing a wrapper aside, we may tut and mutter, but only under our breath. We are expert complainers, but when
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Katie can sustain good Barron run - 23/10/03
David Barron, who has enjoyed a stupendous season with his two-year-olds, can add the finishing touches at Doncaster tomorrow by landing a sizeable prize with one of his junior inmates. Dispol Katie represents the Thirsk trainer in the £30,000 DBS October
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The Strokes, Room On Fire (Rough Trade) ***
SECOND albums only tend to be difficult for bands if their first was lauded to the heavens. Some bands are lucky enough to win respect and attention with their first and then really come up with the goods that crack the mainstream the second time out
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Alice Cooper, The Eyes Of Alice Cooper (Spitfire) *****
OL' black eyes is back: musically he's found his form again and he has tongue firmly wedged in cheek. There's the out-and-out humour of the opener What Do You Want From Me?, a love song for trailer trash ("got you a trailer about the size of Maine");
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The Christians, Prodigal Sons (Verdalla Records) **
IN the pop world nowadays, a two-year gap between records counts as a comeback. So the ten-year hiatus between Christians albums must constitute a resurrection. A quick recap for those who missed the first half of the show: The Christians rode a modest
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Erin McKeown, Grand (Nettwerk/Parlophone) ****
THIS summer, Erin McKeown sat cross-legged on the floor, mug of tea in hand, contentedly watching fellow American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs perform in the back of beyond otherwise known as The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale. Her simple love of music
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Captain's return thrills City
YORK City were facing an anxious wait today on the fitness of skipper Darren Edmondson. The club's influential captain tasted competitive action for the first time in more than eight weeks in yesterday's 2-1 reserve team victory at Darlington. In a massive
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The perils of ego-politics
A FLUTTERING heart has drawn attention to the strains facing Tony Blair. For a baby-boomer Prime Minister who prides himself on being slim, fit, active and a little bit macho (in a nice but nasty sort of way), such an intimation of mortality must have
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Iron out travel trouble
AFTER Saturday's trip to Scunthorpe United we will have played 16 league games and more than a third of our season will have gone. Although we would always like more, we have to be satisfied with our league position and it was a great performance on Tuesday
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Private Lives, York Theatre Royal, until November 8.
GOD took six days to create the world, then rested on the seventh. Noel Coward famously took only four to create Private Lives, in bed nursing flu in Shanghai on a tour of the Far East in 1930. "Your play is delightful and there's nothing that can't be
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Second homes tax break is cut
OWNERS of second or investment homes in York face being hit in the pocket by tough new council cash collection powers. City of York Council finance chiefs have approved proposals to cut the council tax discount on second homes from 50 per cent to ten
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Decision on waste 'threat to business'
A TRADERS' leader has slated the decision to allow a waste recycling plant to be built near Tadcaster - despite fears that vital groundwater used by breweries could be contaminated. Angela Usher, chairman of Tadcaster Chamber of Trade, said she was horrified
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York gets wildlife protection officers
HOUSING developers in York will be among those working with the police as officers step up their efforts to protect the city's animal population. Two new wildlife liaison officers for the central area of the county have been appointed by North Yorkshire
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Hurricane force...
THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance took to the skies with a Hurricane fighter plane to celebrate the lifesaving craft's third birthday. It was a chance for spectators to see a Messerschmitt, makers of the air ambulance helicopter, and a Hurricane flying together
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Stay down Shep at double
SHEPHERDS have suffered two early season defeats in the York Badminton League men's first division. After being whitewashed by Railway Institute they went down 6-3 at Rowntree. Russell Binns and Richard Pauw top-scored for Institute with three straight
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York rail firm hit by £50m shares loss
UNDER-fire York engineering firm Jarvis Rail was reeling today after almost £50 million was wiped off the company's value in stock market trading. Shares slumped by 12 per cent, falling 35 pence to 252.5 pence in early trading following claims the company
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Clan in clue flux
YORK Acorn player-coach Dave Kay reckons the next five weeks will separate the runners and the also-rans in the Arrive Trains Conference honours race. And he is eager for the Blue and Golds to pick up enough division two points to push them into the promotion
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Man mugged by hammer thugs
A TERRIFIED York man handed over money when he was threatened by hammer-brandishing thugs in broad daylight. The young man was robbed at about 2.15pm yesterday in Tang Hall, York, when two men threatened him with a hammer and demanded money. He gave the
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Lucky escape for van driver
A VAN driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle apparently crashed into a traffic bollard and spun into a hedge. Rush-hour traffic ground to a standstill after the accident, which may have involved an articulated lorry as well as the blue van. The incident
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Captain's return thrills City
YORK City were facing an anxious wait today on the fitness of skipper Darren Edmondson. The club's influential captain tasted competitive action for the first time in more than eight weeks in yesterday's 2-1 reserve team victory at Darlington. In a massive
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Paramedic pulls man from river
AMBULANCE crews had to coax a man out of the River Foss in York after he jumped into the water, apparently to escape people who were chasing him. The man, aged in his 20s, jumped into the water close to the car park at the rear of the Evening Press building
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Bold Knights to the fore
NEW York City Knights coach Richard Agar has lauded the part played by powerhouse prop Yusuf Sozi and experienced hooker Lee Jackson in last night's shock National League Two win over New Zealand 'A'. The NL2 representative team pulled off a 27-8 victory
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Facts in fridge are life-savers
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out how a life-saving 'message in a bottle' scheme will work. IT SEEMS devastatingly simple - but the best ideas often are. When emergency services are called out to find an elderly or vulnerable person collapsed and unconscious at
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Hat-trick hero Hugh
HUGH Barlow was the hat-trick hero as Copmanthorpe stepped up their York Mitchell Sports League title challenge with a 6-2 victory over Fulford. Copmanthorpe's other marksmen in the division one clash were Josh Ferguson (2) and Ben Johnston. Lee Potter
