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China hands
AS they rarely say in York, that'll do nicely, me old China. DSP Architects, based in St George's Place, have landed a dream commission, to create an entire Chinese city from scratch. DSP's grand design for Tuan Bo covers an area of 136-square kilometres
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Present tensions
Let me be one of the first to wish you a Happy Christmas. It's a bit tardy I know, being late October. But for weeks our brains have been manipulated into thinking "Christmas" by a million subliminal hints that it is coming. Like it or not, the season
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Rollercoaster ride to the final
And the winners will be...? Business Editor RON GODFREY studies the form for next month's Evening Press Business Awards, one of the biggest events on the region's business calendar. MAY the best businesses win... Here are quick pen sketches of the finalists
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Share dealing
Knowledge sharing is a good way to make progress, says DAVID HARBOURNE director of the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire. I am a firm believer that every company and organisation in North Yorkshire - regardless of size, location or nature of
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Steady as he goes for NU chief
HALF shut your eyes as you look out of Gary Withers' huge chief executive office at Norwich Union Life in York and you can see why the "steady ship" analogy is so apt. With the fast-flowing Ouse just below his window in Wellington Row, you get the impression
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Exhibition success breeds success
PRAISE is still pouring in from firms all over York and North and East Yorkshire who took part in this month's Evening Press Business 2 Business exhibition. Nearly 700 people visited the event at the Knavesmire stand at York Racecourse and many of the
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Iron man should have gone too - Parkin
RED-CARDED York City striker Jon Parkin has questioned referee Eddie Evans' decision not to send off Scunthorpe United defender Cliff Byrne as well at Glanford Park on Saturday. Parkin, 21, was dismissed for violent conduct during the Division Three clash
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Quay Moments (In A Relationship), National Centre For Early Music, York
INSPIRED by his own boating experiences, Stewart Howson explores family relationships and the English abroad as they sink or swim on a flotilla sailing holiday in Greece. The play's full title, Quay Moments (In A Relationship), indicates that behind that
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York woman's fury over eyesore site
A YORK woman has criticised council planners for refusing a sports complex next to her home - after travellers who spent the summer on the land made her life a misery. City of York Council's planning committee rejected the proposal for a £7 million Civil
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Rowntree's home comfort
AFTER six consecutive away games Nestl Rowntree RUFC enjoyed their first home fixture of the season with a 27-0 success over Knaresborough 'A'. The game wasn't one sided as Trees were frequently pushed off their own scrummage ball but they excelled with
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Slick Sinners pull away at the top
SINNINGTON moved four points clear after beating a weakened Old Malton 3rds 3-1 in division one of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League. The Sinners went ahead with an own goal after a 22nd minute cross by substitute David Wilkinson. Joseph Turnbull
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Rail festival a military operation
PROFESSIONALS are being called in to a York museum in the preparations for one of the biggest ever rail festivals next year. Railfest 2004 will be held at the National Rail Museum (NRM) from May 29 to June 6 to celebrate 200 years of the train. More than
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Days out planned for troubled teens
TROUBLED youngsters are being targeted for a half-term activities scheme that youth workers hope will slash crime and antisocial behaviour in York. The experts want to build on the success of a project that saw nuisance behaviour in York fall by almost
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Greenway calls for vote on IDS
CONSERVATIVE MP John Greenway today admitted demanding a vote of confidence in Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith. The Ryedale MP has written to Sir Michael Spicer, chairman of the Tories' backbench 1922 committee, supporting a leadership challenge. He acted
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Coroner buys football club
A NORTH Yorkshire coroner has bought struggling First Division football side Derby County. Harrogate assistant deputy coroner John Sleightholme last week became chairman of the Rams. Now he has revealed that he has bought a two-thirds stake in the club
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Scarred by teenage yobs, Doug now finds his photo used for BNP recruitment drive
THE British National Party is using a brutal attack on a York man to launch a recruiting drive in York. The extreme right-wing party has breached Evening Press copyright by printing without permission our picture of Doug Unwin, who was left scarred for
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Whisky lorry driver in hijacking terror
A DRIVER was taken on a 46-mile terror ride through North Yorkshire after being abducted from the cab of an articulated lorry laden with whisky. The man was dumped on the outskirts of York after the hijackers struck on the A1. Police said the driver escaped
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Colour me shocked
Civilisation could be crumbling around our ears, Martians could be dropping from the sky like leaves in a brisk autumnal breeze and rabid dogs could be roaming the streets hunting for fresh meat, but still the topic of conversation around the coffee machine
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Six on the bounce sends Acorn to top
York Acorn 'A' are flying high at the top of Pennine League Division Five after their 38-2 away win at Wetherby. However, it was not an easy ride. They were made to work hard for their win by a resilient Wetherby side. Impressive performances from joint
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Beware business blacklist
MORE than 1,000 businesses in York are facing a crackdown on unlicensed television use. The campaign by TV Licensing, which began last week, will target the Business Blacklist - those industry sectors which extensive research has shown to be most likely
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Asda cracks Christmas
SUPERMARKET group Asda has unveiled plans to create a 10,000-strong seasonal squad of workers to handle the Christmas shopping rush. The group, which is owned by US store group Wal-Mart, said it is creating a pool of what it describes as "permanent" positions
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County money man in the Top 20
HELMSLEY financial planner Jeremy Deedes has been named as one of the Top 20 practitioners in the UK at the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year Awards. Mr Deedes, who is a sole practitioner based at Bondgate, Helmsley, was announced as the
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What the butler said about Paul Burrell
CHRIS TITLEY talks to a man who believes Paul Burrell has not only let himself down, he has let his profession down too. ALMOST everyone has had their say on Paul Burrell. The man himself has hardly shut up since theft charges against him were dropped
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Salute super Steve
I AM sure all of Steve Webster's ex-colleagues at Nestl Rowntree will join me in congratulating him and his passenger Paul Woodhead on winning the 2003 Sidecar World Championship. It was also his ninth such title remembering Tony Hewitt, Gavin Simmons
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Faith in athletics eroded
The latest athletics doping scandal involving THG may turn out to involve a record-breaking number of athletes but it certainly won't be the last. The response of accused athletes and coaches accused is either a straightforward denial or to claim ignorance
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Slick Sinners pull away at the top
SINNINGTON moved four points clear after beating a weakened Old Malton 3rds 3-1 in division one of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League. The Sinners went ahead with an own goal after a 22nd minute cross by substitute David Wilkinson. Joseph Turnbull
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Genuine article
JO HAYWOOD meets a woman who came to Yorkshire in search of a father and ended up with a family, a business and many new posh pals. Victoria Clive hates fakes. When it comes to people and fashion, only the real deal will do. This straight-talking, unshakeably
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Sport eclipsed by new homes
WHAT do York citizens have to do to get a decent sports venue in this city ("£7m York sports ground rejected", October 24)? I am York born and bred and fully appreciate the beauty of not only the Minster, in the shadow of which I have lived for most of
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New leader needed
IF the Conservatives wish to continue following a similar trajectory to that of the old Liberal Party - that is power to irrelevance - then Iain Duncan Smith is an ideal party leader. However, should they wish to become an effective Opposition, let alone
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Tokens of respect
IN response to the letter about the reluctance of taxi firms to accept tokens (October 23), I wish to say, on behalf of Ebor Taxis, that we willingly accept tokens. We welcome them as a form of payment and we also allow pensioners a ten per cent discount
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'Pathetic' reasoning
WHAT a difference a few months in opposition have made to the views of Labour councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing who said in response to suggestions of widening the A1237 "car park", "the Lib-Dem council should look further than digging up green fields"
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Europe is a disaster
I SHOULD like to keep an open mind about this country's membership of the common market, but I am constantly reading stories of fraud, corruption, nepotism and mismanagement. Yet the perpetrators appear to go unpunished. We seem to be continually enveloped
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Your vote is in danger
THE most dangerous extremists are those who seek to wrap themselves in the cloak of respectability. If proof were needed, then look no further than the British National Party. The BNP's policies on issues such as law and order and the need to tackle crime
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Nap selection - 28/10/03
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection for Wednesday: Yarmouth: 1.45 Itemise Updated: 13:17 Tuesday, October 28, 2003
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My Concorde dream flops
LAST week saw a remarkable event. It is very unusual for a technological advance to be abandoned because of lack of interest. The career of Concorde as a commercial passenger aircraft ended on Friday. The number of observers who gathered at Heathrow to
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Face2Face with Noel's new virtual house party
After his speed-of-light visit to York in "virtual" form, media star Noel Edmonds talks Face2Face with Business Editor RON GODFREY. HAVING travelled 1,200 miles in only 30 minutes, with a lingering stop-off in York, Noel Edmonds was in no mood for criticism
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Great leap Forward
Almost 100 jobs and 28 new business start-ups are expected to be created following Yorkshire Forward's decision to part fund the construction of a number of high-tech business incubator workshops at Scarborough Business Park. Yorkshire Forward has contributed
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Builder booked for library job
A £400,000 contract to build a new library has been won by North Yorkshire-based Severfield-Reeve Projects. Construction work has started on the new 3,300 sq ft, single-storey library on Dewsbury Road, Leeds, which will also incorporate office and kitchen
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Property company picks York
NORTHWOOD, the property management company which specialises in guaranteed rental income, has opened an office in Micklegate, York. The choice of York underlines the buoyancy of the buy-to-let market in the city and it is one of 11 new franchise branches
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Couple are wheely going places now
WHEELS keep on turning for Alex and Rebecca Western, who were undaunted when the cycle shop Alex managed at Clifton Moor, York, for seven years, was closed down by its owners. The couple simply took on the lease themselves at what had been called The
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Contamination alert over pasta sauce
AN ITALIAN tomato sauce containing a potentially cancer-causing chemical has been withdrawn from the shelves. City of York Council Food and Safety Unit has warned residents of batches of the sauce containing chilli powder contaminated by a banned red
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Monster pud on the menu
VISITORS to York got a real taste of Yorkshire spirit with a giant, 6ft Yorkshire pud. The enormous pudding was part of a recruitment drive by the Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. The society is hoping that touring the county with the iconic
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Offenders given chance 'to make amends'
TACKLING antisocial behaviour is to be at the forefront of major changes to the way offenders, ordered to do unpaid work in the community, will serve their sentences. The Enhanced Community Punishment scheme, launched today by North Yorkshire probation
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Adams' marksmanship all in vain
Anita Adams shot out on 112 in the opener for Slipper in their York John Smith's Ladies League division two match against Leeman 'B'. Ther heroics of Adams were only added to by colleague Sue Tate as they lost 7-2. Cygnet 'B's Tracy Billingham closed
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Paradise lost?
IT IS called Paradise Fields - but fearful residents of the estate in Easingwold claim it is more like Paradise Lost. Householders claim teenage yobs are roaming the streets right through the night, vandalising property, throwing paint and even urinating
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Six on the bounce sends Acorn to top
York Acorn 'A' are flying high at the top of Pennine League Division Five after their 38-2 away win at Wetherby. However, it was not an easy ride. They were made to work hard for their win by a resilient Wetherby side. Impressive performances from joint
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Nestl staff evacuated
WORKERS were evacuated from the Nestl factory in York today after fire broke out in the cocoa roasting plant. York fire crews were called to the Wigginton Road plant at 7am after reports that one of the cocoa machines was on fire. Firefighters used breathing
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Whit's fantastic
AFTER a string of Yorkshire League Division Two defeats, Acomb finally broke their duck. They beat Leeds University II 1-0 in a game put back from the opening day of the season as the students' term had not started. A close game saw Acomb miss several
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New care scheme for sick children
SERIOUSLY-ILL children in the York and Selby area are to benefit from a new nursing service from the start of next year. Final preparations are being made to expand the children's community nursing team. The new flexible service, made possible by a £475,000
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Iron man should have gone too - Parkin
RED-CARDED York City striker Jon Parkin has questioned referee Eddie Evans' decision not to send off Scunthorpe United defender Cliff Byrne as well at Glanford Park on Saturday. Parkin, 21, was dismissed for violent conduct during the Division Three clash
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Samoa the men to win
IT'S been hailed their greatest hour, even their version of the World Cup final. The ferocious tacklers of Samoa came within 20 minutes of inflicting a hammer-blow to England's hopes of rugby union World Cup conquest in Australia. But 20 minutes is a
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The orient success
A firm of York architects is contributing towards a multi-billion pound project to design an entire city in China. The proposed new conurbation called Tuan Bo City is one of three contracts won by DSP Architects to provide concept designs for the Chinese
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Jan's at the hub
JAN Eskildsen, the managing director of document services company, DocQwise Business Services Ltd, has been appointed chairman of the York and North Yorkshire Partnership Learndirect Hub Consumer Group. The group represents the needs of those in and outside
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Playing the service game
DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board proudly proves that his organisation practises what it preaches on excellence in customer service. It's not often I blow my own trumpet, but I intend to make this an exception. Although
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Finding a future after pits shut
C-Day, or Closure Day looms for Selby miners. SIR GRAHAM HALL, chairman of Yorkshire Forward looks at how help for them is accelerating. AS the closure of the Selby Coalfield complex draws ever-nearer, Yorkshire Forward has been supporting the UK Coal
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Dad's delights
TV newscaster Harry Gration knows how Gordon Brown is feeling - he's just become the father of twin sons at the age of 53. MAXINE GORDON reports on life at home with the Grations. HARRY Gration energetically shakes my hand and gives me a warm, welcoming
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Have a really frightful night
Get into some ghoulish goings-on this Hallowe'en. MAXINE GORDON sets the scene. Make sure things go bump in the night this Friday by getting into the spirit of Hallowe'en. If you are hosting a party, or planning to go trick and treating, there's a great
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Time we all waged war on litter
CONGRATULATIONS to Carol Partington for her initiative in trying to tackle the litter problem in Nether Poppleton (October 23). There are similar problems in my own village of Copmanthorpe where some villagers, such as Carol, are also taking private initiatives
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Thanks for giving
I THANK all those who have supported the fund raising activities of the Arthritis Research Campaign, York branch, during the past 12 months. At the end of our financial year we were able to send £13,800 to head office, all of which will be used to fund
