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Nothing ventured, nothing gained..
BUDDING high-tech ventures have a chance to compete for a £20,000 business support package, including a year's free accommodation at York Science Park. The competition was launched today by organisers of Venturefest York, the region's first science and
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Cutting edge
Award-winning chain West Row Hairdressing plans to open a new salon in York at the end of the month. The salon, which will be on the old Halifax Building Society site in High Petergate, brings to six the number of West Row salons, including one in Harrogate
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Speakers' corner
News veteran John Simpson, the world affairs editor of the BBC, will head up an array of top speakers at refuel2003, a regional showcase of creative media and communication businesses to be held at The Royal Armouries in Leeds on Tuesday, November 18.
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Jobs boost at fine arts firm
FIVE new jobs have been created at Bridlington-based Corniche Fine Arts Ltd, following completion of a production studio extension. Corniche, which borrowed £100,000 from Yorkshire Bank for the expansion, now employs 29 people at its premises, in Lancaster
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Wind-up merchant to be guest speaker
TREVOR Baylis, the inventor of the wind-up radio, will be a guest speaker at the Venturefest York exhibition at the Ebor Suite, York Racecourse, on February 5. His is the latest in what promises to be a glittering line-up of speakers at the show for budding
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Boeing to upgrade 'Star Wars' base
BOEING has been awarded the contract to carry out upgrade work to early warning station RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. The Pentagon in Washington has appointed Boeing, a leader in developing military aircraft, to improve systems at the base on the
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Pensioner's fury over village yobs
A PENSIONER told today how yobs are wreaking havoc in a village near York. Sheila Huggins said she had lived at Skelton for more than half a century, playing an active role in the community, and she was disgusted by the way it had changed. She claimed
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Boeing to upgrade 'Star Wars' base
BOEING has been awarded the contract to carry out upgrade work to early warning station RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. The Pentagon in Washington has appointed Boeing, a leader in developing military aircraft, to improve systems at the base on the
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Prescott backs power to people
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott visited York to raise awareness of the idea of a Yorkshire regional assembly. He told representatives from across the region at St William's College, York, yesterday that a "yes" vote in next autumn's referendum would
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Baby William makes a date
AN extraordinary coincidence has given a York family a triple celebration with three generations of the same family celebrating their birthday on the same date. Baby William Theo was born on October 26, the same date as his mother, Sarah Rebeiro, 36,
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Press to be first with shirt
York City Knights have revealed they will have a new strip next season - and Evening Press readers will get to see it first. The Knights will keep hold of last season's predominantly navy blue home shirt as one of their kits but will have a brand new
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Terror war blamed for police overspend
NORTH Yorkshire Police has overspent by £2.3 million as it struggles to cover the cost of the war on terror. A drive to step up performance has also taken its toll, but police chiefs are confident they will be able to balance the books by the end of the
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Striker alert
YORK City boss Chris Brass has pledged to 'go with what he's got' as he prepares his troops for Sunday's FA Cup clash with Barnsley. With influential striker Jon Parkin starting a four match ban, a shot-shy City have a massive void to fill in their front-line
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Defects hitch on luxury homes
SOME apartments in one of York's plushest flats development have been hit by defects, the Evening Press can reveal today. A number of penthouse owners are still having problems with their dream homes at the £20 million Westgate Apartments, in Leeman Road
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Beset by party politics
BIRTHDAY parties are bad for your health. And before you start tut-tutting and wagging your finger in a condemnatory fashion, let me make it clear that I'm not talking about booze-fuelled adult parties. I'm talking about jelly and ice-cream, balloon-on-a-string
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Press to be first with shirt
York City Knights have revealed they will have a new strip next season - and Evening Press readers will get to see it first. The Knights will keep hold of last season's predominantly navy blue home shirt as one of their kits but will have a brand new
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Concorde's Elvington snub is a disgrace
ELVINGTON'S hopes of having a Concorde are gone ('Museum's Concorde hopes dashed', October 31). Why did two Concordes go the USA? After all America fought against this aircraft landing in the USA for several years. No Concordes on the east side of England
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Poppy Day plea
The Royal British Legion has launched its annual Poppy Appeal and, on behalf of the citizens of York, I am honoured to support this most worthy cause. Last year the appeal raised more than £50,000 in the city of York, with the money being spent on welfare
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Having designs
JO HAYWOOD talks to a designer whose distinctive prints have taken her from Scarborough to Selfridges. FEW overnight sensations actually happen overnight, but 24 hours was all it took to change Ann-Louise Roswald's life for ever. One day she was a fashion
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Ban public sale of fireworks?
On the eve of Bonfire Night, we ask if Britain should now ban the public sale of fireworks? Yes, says Geoff Alderson, retired policeman turned teacher: Once again we are being subjected to distress and inconvenience caused by irresponsible people discharging
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Make pride our business
WE have a sprinkling of all seven deadly sins in York. Anger and envy, lust and sloth, gluttony and covetousness: examples of each are published in the pages of this newspaper. Collectively, however, we are most guilty of number one on the list. Pride
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Daring Della
SHE promised us more bobbies on the beat, and she delivered. When Chief Constable Della Cannings leapt from her car to arrest two alleged vandals, that was one more bobby than they were expecting. Ms Cannings' action is a terrific example of leading from
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Channon star to score tenth win - 04/11/03
MISTERNANDO, a revelation this season, can continue his winning ways at Musselburgh tomorrow. The £35,000 Willie Park Listed Trophy over two miles is the target for Mick Channon's tough three-year-old as he bids to gain his tenth success of the season
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Pistol robbers flee in York shop drama
A PLUCKY shopkeeper saw off two masked gunmen who burst into his shop and demanded money. Tom Irving, 60, said he "didn't think twice" before tackling one of the attackers who confronted him at T&M Stores, known as the Kit Kat shop, in Newby Terrace
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Whatever happened to the mollycoddled man?
BORN too late. It's the story of my life. After a hard day at the office, all I want to do is go home to be mollycoddled by a dutiful wife. She's not bad, my missus, but she is a modern woman. And modern women just don't behave as they should, or at least
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Farmers are still pig sick
THREE or four years ago the pig industry was in an even worse state than it is now. The leaders were at a loss to work out what they could do to draw the attention of the public and those in Parliament to these problems. Legislation had been passed, restricted
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Law refreshers
Updates on employment law are planned for bosses by York solicitors Denison Till. The seminars, covering recent cases on agency workers, working time, unfair dismissal and sex, race and disability discrimination, as well as new legislation, will be held
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Water babies club together
Say hello to Lucy, the laughing water cherub from Stamford Bridge. Born last April, little Lucy Leonard spends a lot of her time underwater, under the watchful eye of Jane, her mum. And always, she comes up chortling. Now a whole generation of new, happy
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The tree of the future
A YORK tree farmer has found a way to take the needle out of Christmas. Paul Barnes, whose Boretree Christmas Trees of York has been supplying wholesale and retail market for 20 years, is now harvesting what he describes as "the tree of the future". After
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Firms plan for growth
BUSINESSES in the Yorkshire region are planning for growth, according to a survey of chartered accountants. But they are in danger of being snarled up in red tape. Over the next two years 46 per cent are planning to expand by more than ten per cent per
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Striker alert
YORK City boss Chris Brass has pledged to 'go with what he's got' as he prepares his troops for Sunday's FA Cup clash with Barnsley. With influential striker Jon Parkin starting a four match ban, a shot-shy City have a massive void to fill in their front-line
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Al Murray, Grand Opera House, York
AL Murray's The Pub Landlord was once an out-and-out alter ego. A straight-faced, brow-furrowed, shaven-headed conduit for bigotry and blinkered British thinking where the joke was on both the landlord and those who thought his ranting was for real and
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Brawl game sparks anger
NEW Earswick All Blacks will consider making an official complaint to the CMS Yorkshire League following their controversial 32-28 Senior Cup defeat at arch-rivals Hunslet Old Boys. The game was marred by a second half brawl which saw the Hunslet scrum-half
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Deadline for views on superstore plan
LOCAL people are being asked to have their say on new plans for a massive supermarket in the centre of York. But they will have to hurry, because the fresh consultation on plans for an expanded Sainsbury's store at Foss Bank ends tomorrow. The move comes
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Ban public sale of fireworks?
On the eve of Bonfire Night, we ask if Britain should now ban the public sale of fireworks? Yes, says Geoff Alderson, retired policeman turned teacher: Once again we are being subjected to distress and inconvenience caused by irresponsible people discharging
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Homeward bound
AN EAST Yorkshire family holidaying on the virus-stricken cruise ship MS Aurora, said today they were anxious to get home. Ronald Martin and his wife Doreen, both 40, of Snaith, said they are looking forward to docking in Southampton, on Thursday, after
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High time on York church
THE windy weather failed to deter a pair of steeplejacks who climbed more than 150 feet up one of the tallest spires in York. The two steeplejacks were carrying out work on the spire of St Mary's Church, in Castlegate, which measures 47 metres or 154
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Hat-trick 'n' treat
CITY of York I made it three wins on the run when they beat arch-rivals Ben Rhydding I 4-3. Coach Jason Russell has worked on altering City's style and adopting a new system that allows for greater flexibility and quicker attacking options and it was
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Knights strike out for Farrell
YORK City Knights' hopes of snapping up Craig Farrell from Hull Kingston Rovers have been scuppered. However, Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was confident of having a highly-rated middle-back on the books within the next 48 hours. Winger Farrell
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Chief Constable pulls up in her car outside pub to arrest two youths
Chief Constable Della Cannings underlined her hands-on approach to dealing with nuisance and disorder - by arresting two men as she travelled through York. North Yorkshire's most senior police officer saw a group of four young men allegedly vandalising
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Knights strike out for Farrell
YORK City Knights' hopes of snapping up Craig Farrell from Hull Kingston Rovers have been scuppered. However, Knights chief executive Steve Ferres was confident of having a highly-rated middle-back on the books within the next 48 hours. Winger Farrell
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Box to box managers
THE Premiership is often flagged up - maybe too frequently - as the most exciting football league in the world. But what is, to many, turning into one of the biggest bores of our gross domestic product is the over-whining, over-preening, over-heated showdowns
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Respect posties
The post strikes could have been avoided if respect for workers were high on the agenda of the Royal Mail and the Communications Workers' Union. One example that illustrates the approach taken by both was forcing cycling staff to wear bicycle helmets.
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It's a mad world
Reading Saturday night's Evening Press made me realise we live in a strange world. There was a feature on the hunt supporters - 3,000 of them - protesting to carry on their activities. While sitting in my chair reading the Press, I could hear animal cruelty
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Small screen
JO HAYWOOD endures a morning of Intolerable Cruelty at York's City Screen. IT SHOULD have been like a scene from a horror movie. Two hours in the company of Catherine Zeta Jones (shudder) surrounded by bawling babies (aagh!). Forget Freddy Kreuger, this
