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Coronation feat - 29/10/03
One all-weather Flat meeting and two jumping fixtures give tomorrow's racing a decidedly back-end look, but Kieren Fallon will not be too bothered as he puts the finishing touches to his sixth jockeys' championship. With the Flat title in the bag some
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Spooks get ghastly deal
IT has been drawn to my attention that I am not going to live forever. One day I will fall off the mortality bus. My life membership card will expire, and the doorman of destiny will shove me through the fire exit into oblivion. I am going to die. Well
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York youngsters in Boulevard bid
BARLBY and Oaklands Schools will represent the York area in the regional round of the Champions Schools' Year 11 Tag Rugby League competition next month. The pair will take on Hull's representatives for the chance to play in the Yorkshire final at Hull
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A View From The Bridge, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until November 22.
THERE is now double cause to celebrate the new union between the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Rachel Kavanaugh's magnificent revival of Alan Bennett's Madness Of George III, grand yet very personal too, highlighted one blossoming
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Leeds haunted by another Eric
ONE of the darkest days in Leeds United's history also turned out to be one of the longest. It began with a 7am announcement to the Stock Market that the club had made a record £49.5million loss. At around 10.15pm they suffered yet another loss - this
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Churches together
LOCAL church leaders were guests at a dinner at the Bar Convent, York, venue for a meeting of the joint commission of the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church. They included the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, the chairman of the York
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A new character enters Plays saga
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays won a major boost today with news that City of York Council is backing a comprehensive feasibility study. Arts expert Ben Pugh, who has organised a number of large-scale events in the city, including Sightsonic
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Firework vandals target post boxes
VANDALS who deliberately destroyed letters when they used fireworks to blow up two post boxes in Malton have been criticised by police and the Royal Mail. Sergeant Ann Barker, of Malton Police, said the two incidents - the first in the Malton area - were
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Our fears for children's home
TEENAGERS cared for by City of York Council staged a demonstration over fears that they are to be moved out of their children's home. A group of 15 to 17-year-olds at Bismarck Street children's home, off Leeman Road, yesterday hung banners outside the
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Builder tells of driver's ordeal
A YORK builder has told how he discovered a terrified lorry driver 46 miles from the spot where he was abducted at gunpoint. Geoff Carr, of Sutton Road, Wigginton, answered his door at 10.45pm on Monday to find a petrified man begging to use his phone
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Parkin's four-match ban
YORK City might return to the loan market in search of a striker following the departure of Dean Crowe and the four-match suspension incurred by Jon Parkin. City have confirmed that Crowe has returned to Luton following his "disappointing" month-long
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A64 gap to close as Minister approves £11 million flyover
THE Evening Press campaign to tame North Yorkshire's worst accident blackspot was finally won today - at a massively increased cost. Roads Minister David Jamieson gave the go-ahead for a new flyover at Bilbrough Top on the A64 between York and Tadcaster
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Why I want Iain ousted
STEPHEN LEWIS talked to Ryedale MP John Greenway, right, who helped bring to a head today's vote of confidence in Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith. IF IT was a gamble, it is looking like one that has paid off. The moment Tory central office confirmed yesterday
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A64 gap to close as Minister approves £11 million flyover
THE Evening Press campaign to tame North Yorkshire's worst accident blackspot was finally won today - at a massively increased cost. Roads Minister David Jamieson gave the go-ahead for a new flyover at Bilbrough Top on the A64 between York and Tadcaster
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The battle to close death gap blackspot
The go-ahead for a flyover at Bilbrough Top marks the final victory for the Evening Press Close the Gaps campaign, as Mike Laycock reports. So it's finally going to happen. That notorious central reservation gap on the A64 between York and Tadcaster will
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It's green for Grass
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers beat Selby Olympia WMC in a nerve-jangling penalty shoot-out which decided an exciting York FA Sunday Senior Cup second round tie. Olympia took the lead after 15 minutes with a goal from Chris Harkins, a lead they held on to until
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Nods as good as a wink for Rovers
NEVER-SAY-DIE York Rovers beat Barlby Raiders on penalties in a tough York FA Senior Minor Cup tie. Twice they looked down and out but saved themselves with last-gasp headed goals in both normal and extra time. Barlby took the lead early in the second
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Traffic bombshell in Osbaldwick 'Utopia'
IN response to Ian Atkinson's letter, (October 1) I was privileged to see the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Housing Trust at work at the first meeting of the phase one working group in Osbaldwick village hall on October 6. There would probably have
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Family tree plea
I AM trying to compile my family tree and wonder if anyone with the name Cass, living in York, would contact me? My great grandparents, Charles and Elizabeth Cass, lived at 49 Swinegate, York according to the 1851 Census. Charles was a tailor, and had
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Such happy snaps
YOUR Press photographers deserve a mention in the paper for all those charming photographs of the "new" boys and girls attending school for the first time. They really are delightful and all credit due to them for keeping still while being photographed
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At last, no more gap
IT is the end of the road for one of North Yorkshire's most dangerous junctions - thanks to you. The central reservation gap on the A64 at Bilbrough Top is to be closed, it was confirmed today. We have been here before, of course. The Government first
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For the Record
PILOT Arthur Record has completed his most remarkable feat of navigation yet. He has found his way back into the heart of wartime sweetheart Beryl Stones after nearly six decades apart. They now plan to marry. Mr Record, who recently survived a crash
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Parkin's four-match ban
YORK City might return to the loan market in search of a striker following the departure of Dean Crowe and the four-match suspension incurred by Jon Parkin. City have confirmed that Crowe has returned to Luton following his "disappointing" month-long
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King Richard
DARREN Edmondson has hailed team-mate Richard Cooper as a "brilliant" replacement during the York City captain's two months on the sidelines. Former Nottingham Forest trainee Cooper, deputised for Edmondson at right wing-back while the City captain recovered
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Gallery hopes to draw crowds
FAMILIES can pencil in their vision of the future of York in an imaginative event at York Art Gallery this week. The gallery is devoting the half-term holiday week to its Big Draw - and will be using the future of York as its theme. The event, organised
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York drain man's sewer stink
THE "horrendous" state of York sewers has got Terry Bamber kicking up a stink with the council. The self-appointed "drain-spotter" says he and a pal have made several complaints over the city centre waste system at a number of key tourist sites. But despite
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Early winter warning to elderly - get your flu jab
YORK health chiefs are urging people to get their flu jab as a number of elderly people suffering from flu-like symptoms have begun to attend hospital - an early warning of winter pressures on the wards. One ward at York Hospital has also been closed
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Mayor's party ban revelation
A TOP Tory committee criticised the way a local association handled a row which led to the Mayor of Malton being expelled from the party. Coun Ann Hopkinson was expelled after breaching party rules by standing against a fellow Conservative as an unaffiliated
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Inter-City express win
York began their Yorkshire Inter-City Snooker League season with a comfortable 5-1 win at home to Huddersfield second team at the Cueball Club. Cueball Club owner Gary Penrose as non-playing executive captain selected the top three players for the match
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Police to crack down on firework nuisance
MISCHIEF Night and Bonfire Night troublemakers have been put on notice that North Yorkshire Police will not tolerate their antics. Officers today announced that extra police patrols will be out in force on the streets of the countyto deal "firmly" with
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Split-second error led to biker's death
A YORK solicitor's split-second error of judgement cost him his life on a motorcycle he had bought only hours earlier, an inquest at Scarborough heard. North Yorkshire East Coroner Michael Oakley was told that John Ridley, 50, had exchanged a 1100cc machine
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Tiffany's jewel of a conquest
For the third week in succession, the same peg on the River Ouse yielded triumph. The lucky angler to make the biggest pay-day from the famed peg 220 on the bungalows at Hunters Lodge was Mick Tiffany (Yorkshire Post). Sport for Sunday's 130-peg river
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Court fury of £600 theft victim
THEFT victim Ken Day says he was left "feeling like a criminal" himself when he tried to see justice done in court. The York taxi driver had been told he could go to see what happened to the teenage tearaway who snatched his wallet containing more than
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How to put the bite on vampires
STEPHEN LEWIS rounds up books to get your teeth into for Hallowe'en. The witching hour is approaching again. Friday night is Hallowe'en - the eve of All Saints Day, and a time when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest. Things will
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Hybrid by Shaun Hutson, (Time Warner, £6.99)
Back in my student days, when I needed an escape from the po-faced nonsense of Virginia Woolf, I turned to the trashiest horror I could find. I turned to Shaun Hutson. Time has made Hutson worse, not better. Hybrid tells the tale of an author with writer's
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Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip (Atom, £6)
Patricia McKillip, winner of the World Fantasy Award, weaves a web of cobwebs and cold as we follow Rois in her quest to untangle the past, present and future, all held together by the delicate threads of human - and inhuman - relationships. It is set
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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, hardback, £17.99)
POLLY Perks found cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to break wind in public and walk like an ape took longer. Having mastered these arts, however, she was ready to become Oliver Perks, a young lad searching for her older brother
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The battle to close death gap blackspot
The go-ahead for a flyover at Bilbrough Top marks the final victory for the Evening Press Close the Gaps campaign, as Mike Laycock reports. So it's finally going to happen. That notorious central reservation gap on the A64 between York and Tadcaster will
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Never Surrender by Michael Dobbs (HarperCollins, £17.99 hardback)
IN Winston's War, Michael Dobbs created a compelling portrait of the wartime Prime Minister who was, this year, voted the greatest Briton of all time. The novel charted the 20 months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that, against all the odds
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King Richard
DARREN Edmondson has hailed team-mate Richard Cooper as a "brilliant" replacement during the York City captain's two months on the sidelines. Former Nottingham Forest trainee Cooper, deputised for Edmondson at right wing-back while the City captain recovered
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Crushed to death
A UNIVERSITY of York professor was killed in a freak accident when a moving walkway collapsed at a railway station in Italy. Professor Sally Baldwin, 62, of St John's Street, York, who was also a board member of York Hospitals NHS Trust, was among dozens
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New Earswick keep door shut
SUPREME defence underpinned New Earswick All Blacks' 19-0 conquest of Ossett in the Yorkshire League senior division. It was a workmanlike performance from the hosts, with their rearguard taking all the plaudits to shut out their opponents. After 12 minutes
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A new character enters Plays saga
THE campaign to save York's Mystery Plays won a major boost today with news that City of York Council is backing a comprehensive feasibility study. Arts expert Ben Pugh, who has organised a number of large-scale events in the city, including Sightsonic
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Russell nets winner
In-form Pickering Town needed extra time last night to overcome Grangetown Boys' Club in the preliminary round of the North Riding FA Senior Cup. Pikes 'keeper Mark Price let a tame shot slip past him to give the Teesside League champions the lead, but
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Forest fire is doused
Persistent Saville finally overcame Forest FC 4-2 in the York FA Sunday Cup after being twice behind. Mick Grave put Forest ahead but James Dawson equalised, only for Forest to regain the lead through Andrew Lovett. Saville again drew level with a cracking
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Stop the bullies
IN the context of recent Evening Press articles Rotarians have also been concerned about bullying. Two years ago we donated to every school in York a professionally produced and widely acclaimed CD-Rom on this subject. It gave advice and guidance on a
