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Cutting down on using your car
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out about alternatives to the car. WHEN York transport campaigner Anna Semlyen brought out the first edition of her guide to Cutting Your Car Use, it sold 14,000 copies. Now, encouraged by the obvious appetite that fed-up Yorkies -
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City's free winter 'health' checks
IT'S getting colder, the days are getting shorter and driving conditions are about to get a great deal tougher. With this in mind City of York Council's Trading Standards service advises drivers to consider making some basic checks and take some safety
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The Undertones, Teenage Kicks, The Best Of (Sanctuary Records) ****
Sleeve: Schoolboy in goal celebration pose on the front; track listings and band portrait in green on back. Sleevenotes: Great detail by Mick Houghton and good use of early photos. Content: Comprehensive guide to the great singles from 1978-1981. Not
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Doves, Lost Sides (Heavenly Recordings) ***
Sleeve: Impressively blends images from their first two albums, Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast, including shadow boxer and night cityscape. Sleevenotes: Inside sleeves are more arty-farty, using bleak, atmospheric pictures from past singles and original
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James Taylor, You've Got A Friend, The Best Of James Taylor (Warner Bros) ****
Sleeve: Outer cover... singer in his young and hirsute days, locks flowing; inner cover... close-up of the singer today, bald, professorial and smiling. Sleevenotes: Charming but skimpy thoughts from the man himself, explaining this selection from albums
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Billy Bragg, Must I Paint You A Picture?, The Essential Billy Bragg (Cooking Vinyl) ****
Sleeve: A painting, what else, of Sir Mary Foodcupboard, aka William Bragg Esq Sleevenotes: Foreword by Bragg biographer Andrew Collins, plus publishing and musician credits. Content: Definitive, digitally-polished 40 tracks - political, emotional, surprisingly
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Knocked out
CITY reserves went down 2-0 at home to Hartlepool in the Pontin's Cup yesterday. Richard Cooper, Liam George, Stuart Wise and on-loan Middlesbrough midfielder Craig Dove were all given run-outs. Manager Chris Brass said: "The young lads did themselves
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Seeing red is no cause for over-alarm
JON Parkin's sending-off at Scunthorpe took our tally to four this season and was the fifth if you count Jon's pre-season red card against Livingston. I accept that maybe looks bad on paper and last season we only had one but I don't think we are any
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Finalists line up for tourism titles
York Tourism Bureau today revealed the finalists in this year's hotly-contested annual tourism awards. Sponsored by Arriva Trains Northern as well as 15 other companies from the region, the awards always attract fierce competition, and this year is no
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Death crash driver 'was speeding'
A FATHER-OF-TWO died instantly when his sports car collided with another car, an inquest heard. Brian Walker, 34, of Golf Links Crescent, Tadcaster, was said to be driving at excessive speeds along Wighill Lane, Tadcaster, when he crashed into a Ford
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Former husband tells of escalator horror
THE full horror of a York professor's death while on holiday in Italy emerged today. Professor Sally Baldwin, 62, of St John's Street, York, was with friends, including her ex-husband Jack Baldwin, when she fell through a moving walkway at Tiburtina Railway
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County pubs top accolades list in Which? guide
TASTY pub grub in North Yorkshire has today got the thumbs up in a new review. The latest edition of the Which? Pub Guide recommends 14 local taverns - the highest total for any county listed in the book. Andrew Stephens, landlord at the Fox & Hounds
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Trust amazing
YORK City's Supporters' Trust raised an amazing £500,000 during the first 18 months of its existence. And City's Trust board member Paul Rawnsley now believes that the group is one of the 'best supported in the world' in terms of relative fan bases. The
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Knights fans' treasure trove
YORK City Knights fans are being urged to take advantage of an 'early bird' season ticket offer for next season. The club have now released admission prices for the 2004 National League Two campaign, which begins on February 1, and the early bird offer
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Heworth put on points duties
HEWORTH face fellow strugglers Eastmoor Dragons on Saturday desperate to get some points on the Arriva Trains Conference division two board. The Villagers, with just one win from nine games, remain second bottom in the table and last week saw the gap
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Hunting out Hunslet
NEW Earswick All Blacks begin their Fred Marshall Senior Cup quest on Saturday needing to turn the tables on old enemies Hunslet Old Boys. All Blacks - without a home cup-tie in over a year - have been drawn away again at this first round stage against
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Pensioners are on the warpath
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the senior citizens' champion who has been making waves in York. DON'T be surprised next time you spot an elderly gent in a smart business suit weaving through the York traffic on a motor scooter. Don Parlabean is a busy man - and
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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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Man of dignity
DOUG Unwin finds himself misused by both the youths who attacked him and the British National Party with their grim political aims (October 28). In the middle of all this he has maintained a personal dignity and a balanced point of view which put both
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Offensive to Friends
GRANT Burton stated that Friends Of The Earth "have ruined many trial plots by their actions". This is untrue and deeply offensive to the local group. I have sent a copy of this piece to Friends Of The Earth headquarters in London. FoE never breaks the
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Come to the show
OUR annual chrysanthemum show takes place on Saturday and we hope it will be a bigger success than last year. This year is our 56th show and we cater for all interests. Classes include wine making, photography, floral art, chrysanthemums, fruit, vegetables
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City of the damned?
YORK City fans must be wondering what next? A plague of frogs in the dressing room, perhaps. Yorkie the mascot struck down by mange? The Minstermen have faced so many problems in the last few years it sometimes seems as if they have offended the gods
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Oh, so busy
HALF term, full up. York has rarely been so busy. Attractions are opening earlier to cope with demand. Shoppers and sightseers are forming queues reminiscent of Jorvik's early years. It is marvellous to witness, particularly after some gloomy tourist
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Blade could do the trick - 30/10/03
Double Blade, a recruit to Noel Wilson's North Yorkshire yard, can prove too sharp for his rivals at Wetherby tomorrow. The eight-year-old, winner of his last two starts, goes for a hat-trick in the Rocom 3Com Handicap Hurdle and, with promising claimer
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Christmas market outside Minster
YORK'S most popular continental-style market is to expand - with a market outside the Minster. St Nicholas Fayre draws visitors to the city every year with its Victorian-style stalls in Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square. But this year the festive
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Man acquitted of murdering busker
A JURY today unanimously acquitted a man accused of murdering a York busker after a caravan theft went wrong. Ethan Wharton, 23, of Ayton House, Cook Street, York, had denied savagely beating Tony Grayson, 38, on May 27, 2002, after Mr Grayson crashed
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Dexys Midnight Runners, Let's Make This Precious, The Best Of (EMI Records) ****
Sleeve: Red-lit portrait of boxer in gym, echoing days when Dexys did earnest training drill in Birmingham. Sleevenotes: Four pages of intense enthusiasm from writer Paul Gorman. Content: Eighteen soulful tracks, best known first (Geno, Come On Eileen
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Elvis, 2nd To None (RCA/BMG) **
Sleeve: Silver, to follow last year's gold compilation. On back, Elvis in late-Sixties leather look. Hand reaching out for more cash. Sleevenotes: Corporate sales pitch by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen; potted history by Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick; publishing
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Trust amazing
YORK City's Supporters' Trust raised an amazing £500,000 during the first 18 months of its existence. And City's Trust board member Paul Rawnsley now believes that the group is one of the 'best supported in the world' in terms of relative fan bases. The
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Roman site hitch on City's stadium
York City's planned move to Huntington Stadium has hit another hitch - the discovery of a Roman camp on the site. Archaeologists flying over Monks Cross in a light aircraft spotted the outline of possible Roman remains. Now, the subsequent investigations
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Cup tickets go on sale
YORK City have announced a price increase for tickets for their attractive FA Cup first round clash against Second Division Barnsley on Sunday, November 9. Prices for the game which kicks off at 3pm on Sunday, November 9, are: adults - £14 David Longhurst
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Expert sceptical about 'big cats'
AN EXPERT on "big cats" has questioned a Ryedale woman's claims that she sighted two of the mystery beasts roaming together in the district. Elizabeth Downes was driving from Sledmere to Garton-on-the-Wolds with her mother on Saturday, October 18, when
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Mugger jailed for four years
A ROBBER is today starting a four-year jail spell after a "despicable" daylight attack on an 80-year-old woman. Defenceless Dorothy Healeas was taking a flask of tea to her husband, who was working on Malton allotments, when a mugger struck. Heroin addict
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Christmas market outside Minster
YORK'S most popular continental-style market is to expand - with a market outside the Minster. St Nicholas Fayre draws visitors to the city every year with its Victorian-style stalls in Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square. But this year the festive
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York take the Metro route
York started their Denny Cup campaign in fine form, last year's quarter-finalists beating Metrodome 86-61 on aggregate. At home David Stroughair, Mick Parker, Barry Walker and Philip Scott were in outstanding form. After losing two shots on the first
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Yorkshire cricket writer mourned
A YORK-BORN sports journalist and life-long York City FC devotee, who became a "fixture" at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, has died suddenly at the age of 51. Robert Mills, of Appleton Roebuck, was cricket correspondent and chief sports writer on the
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RI on track at the double
York RI Ladies continued their excellent start to the York Badminton League season with two further wins - a 7-2 home success over Clifton followed by an 8-1 downing of Drax. Heather Powell and Joyce Petch put in the best Institute display in the match
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Half-term crowds flock to busy York
VISITOR attractions across York have reported a massive increase in business this week, as people flock to the city for the half-term holiday. A spokeswoman for the Jorvik Centre in Coppergate said that the attraction had been "incredibly busy" since
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Heworth put on points duties
HEWORTH face fellow strugglers Eastmoor Dragons on Saturday desperate to get some points on the Arriva Trains Conference division two board. The Villagers, with just one win from nine games, remain second bottom in the table and last week saw the gap
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Mother's fury over dirty drug needles
A MOTHER has told of her horror when her two-year-old daughter was just a moment away from pricking her finger on a used hypodermic syringe. The 37-year-old, who asked not to be named, said she found the syringe on a low wall behind shops in the Walmgate
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Find the thugs who did this
A YOUNG dance teacher suffered terrible injuries to his face when he was attacked by a gang of youths in a late-night attack. Scott Ensbury, 21, of Poppleton, can remember little of the attack in a deserted York car park that left him needed hospital
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Knights fans' treasure trove
YORK City Knights fans are being urged to take advantage of an 'early bird' season ticket offer for next season. The club have now released admission prices for the 2004 National League Two campaign, which begins on February 1, and the early bird offer
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Roman site hitch on City's stadium
York City's planned move to Huntington Stadium has hit another hitch - the discovery of a Roman camp on the site. Archaeologists flying over Monks Cross in a light aircraft spotted the outline of possible Roman remains. Now, the subsequent investigations
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Rail crash insurer loses costs claim
THE insurers of Selby rail crash driver Gary Hart today lost their High Court claim for a contribution towards the costs of the disaster. Fortis, Hart's insurers, had made a claim against the Secretary of State for Transport. The company claimed that
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My grimy, filthy, disgusting... train journey
AFTER a long flight from America, we boarded a York-bound train at Manchester Airport. Because all the luggage compartments were full, we put our luggage and ourselves in the space near the toilet and sat on the drop-down seats. The toilet door was open
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My fears for sport
IN reply to Ms Bowman's letter (October 28), what makes her think the new sports club would be any cheaper than the private clubs to which she now pays large sums? We already have in York a sports venue which provides affordable sport and recreation facilities
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Glad you're staying
I WAS delighted to read that Homebase is determined to stay put in its city centre store (October 18). For many residents such as myself who don't have a car, it's an essential convenient source of bulky DIY goods in a city that has gradually lost its
