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Trousers can stride out - 12/11/03
Keep a close eye on Frankie's Dettori's Trousers at Lingfield tomorrow! That's my advice as the popular jockey makes what is likely to be his final appearance in Britain this year. Trousers, trained by Andrew Reid, is my selection to do Dettori a good
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About these silly rumours
ABOUT those rumours. Let me put the record straight, here and now. It never happened. And if it did, someone else did it. I wasn't there at the time, and even if I were, it couldn't have been me. Until these totally unfounded allegations surfaced, I was
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Brownie points
YORK City boss Chris Brass was refusing to rest on his laurels after boosting his firepower with the signing of former Manchester City striker Gary Browne. The City player-chief confirmed he was still looking to draft in more fresh blood even after signing
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The Fish And Chip Van Tour, Ryedale villages
NORTON chippie Steve Tate has been doing his Tuesday night fish-and-chip run through Ryedale's winding roads for four years. He is used to strange things happening: only last year his frying trailer was stolen, never to be traced. "I'm still looking out
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Slow ticket sales for Doncaster
YORK City fans have only 48 hours to get their tickets for Saturday's big Yorkshire derby against Doncaster Rovers - and give the Minstermen's coffers a welcome boost. The club are expecting one of their biggest crowds of the season on Saturday - at least
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Dyson needs nerves of steel
MALTON and Norton Golf Club's Simon Dyson faced a nail-biting time today in his struggle to hang on to his European Tour card. He was in action in Emporda, Spain, in the last round of the Qualifying School needing to finish in the top 35 to regain his
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Karl is over the moon
YORK Techical College music student Karl Moon is on song. The 16-year-old Rillington driver has won the BRDC Formula Ford single seater Winter Series after dominating the last two finals on the National circuit at Silverstone. He qualified on pole for
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Battling Jo Ro bow out
JOSEPH Rowntree School's year seven rugby league team put on a brave performance in the regional round of the Yorkshire Water-sponsored schools RL competition before bowing out to strong opposition from Hull. Jo Ro had qualified through the area phase
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Sports ground caravans fury
TRAVELLERS have set up home at the recently-closed Civil Service sports ground in York - just as residents predicted. Four caravans moved on to the car park at the Boroughbridge Road site on Monday after its locked entrance was smashed open. The former
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BNP under attack
Councillors united to condemn the extreme-right wing British National Party. Labour member David Scott tabled a motion "deploring" the BNP and calling on councillors to promote mutual respect for all. The motion also backed the council's comprehensive
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The Last Englishman - The Life Of J L Carr, Byron Rogers (Aurum, £14.99)
IN some pseudo-sophisticated London literary circles, J L Carr was seen as something of a provincial. The capital is mentioned just once in his novels but, as Byron Rogers points out, York-born Carr is "probably the only late 20th century English novelist
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Town miss chance to go top
HARROGATE Town missed out on the chance to go top of the UniBond League Premier Division last night when they lost 1-0 at Worksop Town. Town's manager John Reed had labelled the match as the "biggest" in his three years in charge and Town looked set to
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Hyde comes up trumps by playing patience
PERSISTENCE paid off on the Ouse on Sunday when Peter Hyde (Marsh Tackle) topped the 55-entry Hammond Trophy with a catch taken entirely in the last hour. After a biteless three hours he decided to go for a stroll from his peg below the little sand beds
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Hospital gets extra beds for eldelrly as flu epidemic looms
EXTRA beds are to be provided in York for elderly people who become ill this winter. A total of ten extra beds are to be provided from this month until the end of February to try to combat bed-blocking at York Hospital. It is hoped the scheme will combat
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Slow ticket sales for Doncaster
YORK City fans have only 48 hours to get their tickets for Saturday's big Yorkshire derby against Doncaster Rovers - and give the Minstermen's coffers a welcome boost. The club are expecting one of their biggest crowds of the season on Saturday - at least
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Brave new world for special needs
Education for children with special needs in York is about to undergo its biggest shake up in more than 20 years. Education reporter Rosemary Curtis speaks to the two head teachers who will be leading the changes. The new buzz word in education is inclusion
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Should we all carry ID cards?
David Blunkett wants them; Gordon Brown doesn't. So... Yes, says Chief Insp Howard Harding of York police. WE live in the age of globalisation. There is easy access across borders and boundaries. People commute from Europe to Britain. Cheap flights from
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Asylum problems
I HOPE the people of York will think long and hard about the issues raised in "Seeking a real life in a safe land," as reported by Chris Titley (November 6). In my view, the National Lottery Millennium Fund should not be awarding grants to finance propaganda
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Poppies and bombs
THE armed forces careers office in Micklegate has pushed its shiny polished mortar bomb back slightly from its permanent window display this week... to accommodate its tray of poppies and a collecting tin. How ironic that the two should stand together
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Fairer for all
LIKE most people, never mind most pensioners, I would like a bigger income, but feel the Government policy of targeting money at those most in need is fair. Recent new benefits have helped lower-income pensioners. Many people who bought their homes a
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Camera needed
WITH regard to the introduction of the allotment watch scheme at Scarcroft allotments (November 3), crime, such as theft, arson, criminal damage to sheds and greenhouses, increases each month on this site. It would appear the allotments are a soft target
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Stop the block
MORE beds are being made available at York Hospital to try to cope with extra winter demand. That is good news. The bed-blocking crises in recent years have demeaned the elderly patients involved, and delayed the treatment of many other people. Meanwhile
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York's goal spree
YORK City Schools footballers enjoyed an unbeaten weekend against their counterparts from Spen Valley. Leading the way were the Under-11s who were involved in a thrilling goal feast, winning 7-5. The goals were shared by Adam Thornton (4) and James Edmund
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Lakeside boys turn the tables in all-York final
FOOTBALLERS from Lakeside Primary School are walking on water. They have just been crowned North Yorkshire Schools six-a-side football champions after beating rivals St Aelred's 1-0 in the county final at Riccall. Sam Bamber netted the golden goal which
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York RI's home comfort
York RI Rugby Union Club Under-17 side belatedly played their first home game of the season and beat Selby 26-5. Second rows Gareth Stewart and Tom Helstrip scored RI's opening tries, Tim Thomas converting both. Just before half time Craig Garnett scored
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Rowntree get on a roll
Nestl Rowntree Rugby Union Club made it four wins in a row with a 25-12 home victory over Ripon 3rds. Lock Geoff Howard powered over for the first try. Centre John Atkin raced over from 30 metres and flanker Rob Sellers scored from a five-metre scrum
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Couple speak of house fire anguish
A WOMAN told today how she returned from work to find her York home ablaze. Mother-of-two Jane Smales, of Naburn, spotted smoke in the front room of her Vicarage Lane home. The fire was triggered by a spark from a heating appliance, said firefighters.
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Residents threaten to stop the traffic
A GROUP of York residents are prepared to stop traffic by forming a human chain across a busy road - unless the council resurfaces it. Householders in Wetherby Road, Acomb, say they have been forced to consider taking direct action as their lives are
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Seven Ages of Britain by Justin Pollard (Hodder and Stoughton), price £20
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a York-bound author who has a very different take on history. THE kings and queens, dukes and generals who fill the pages of our history books were certainly important, agrees Justin Pollard. But theirs is only one side of the great
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Hospital prepares for flu epidemic
EXTRA beds are to be provided in York for elderly people who become ill this winter. A total of ten extra beds are to be provided from this month until the end of February to try to combat bed-blocking at York Hospital. It is hoped the scheme will combat
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No green light for traffic study
A FURIOUS Labour councillor has accused the ruling Liberal Democrat group of "stopping democracy." Shadow executive member for planning and transport Tracey Simpson-Laing had forwarded a motion to last night's meeting about the dangers of "amber gambling
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Leeds United, The Complete European Record, by Martin Jarred and Malcolm Macdonald; Paint It White,
LET'S get the joke over straightaway. Martin Jarred and Malcolm Macdonald's new compendium, Leeds United, The Complete European Record, will be the closest Leeds fans come to experiencing European football till... Well, as a Leeds fan, it is too painful
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Parties in split over antisocial behaviour
A CALL has gone out to all York residents to stand together and drive out the yobs causing misery in some York communities. Former Lord Mayor David Horton told last night's meeting that York residents' concerns should be the council's concerns. Coun Horton
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Bus is targeted
POLICE were this afternoon investigating a suspected firework attack on two First buses in York. The scare shocked passengers travelling in Huntington Road, near Bell Farm, at about 6pm last night. Pete McCarthy, head of service delivery at First, said
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Let's ban 'bomb' firework menace
BOMB-type fireworks that have been creating havoc in York should be banned from private use, city councillors say. Skelton Rawcliffe and Clifton Without councillor Mark Waudby led calls for the Class 3 fireworks, also known as airbombs, to be made display
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Knights trail international centre
YORK City Knights are hoping to add to their international pedigree by capturing Scotland starlet Damian Reed, the Evening Press can reveal. Talks are also ongoing with star men Richie Hayes, who has been contemplating retirement, and Chris Smith, though
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Three children die in fire
THREE little girls died as their mother stood helpless outside their blazing East Yorkshire home early today. The girls, aged 17 months, three and six, were found dead by fire crews at their terraced house in Fourth Avenue, Goole. Two firefighters suffered
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Brownie points
YORK City boss Chris Brass was refusing to rest on his laurels after boosting his firepower with the signing of former Manchester City striker Gary Browne. The City player-chief confirmed he was still looking to draft in more fresh blood even after signing
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Partner 'saw pub death attack'
A BEREAVED woman told jurors of the harrowing confrontation that left her partner fatally injured by an alleged headbutt from a doorman. Edith Fisher said she heard "such a crack" when Billy Smith, 62, hit the floor after the incident at Yates's Wine
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Rape trial opens
VULNERABLE women patients were indecently assaulted and raped by a York psychiatrist who specialised in psycho-sexual disorders, a jury was told this afternoon. The three women felt unclean, ashamed and humiliated after the attacks by Michael Haslam,
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Knights trail international centre
YORK City Knights are hoping to add to their international pedigree by capturing Scotland starlet Damian Reed, the Evening Press can reveal. Talks are also ongoing with star men Richie Hayes, who has been contemplating retirement, and Chris Smith, though
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There is too much disloyalty these days
I AM saddened and disgusted by what I read of the total lack of any kind of loyalty for people's employers. The wildcat strikes which throw the country into chaos (in the cases of the firemen and the postal workers) and now the case of the royal ex-employee
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Town miss chance to go top
HARROGATE Town missed out on the chance to go top of the UniBond League Premier Division last night when they lost 1-0 at Worksop Town. Town's manager John Reed had labelled the match as the "biggest" in his three years in charge and Town looked set to
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Late goal denies City Ladies victory
York City FC Ladies were denied maximum points when North Ferriby United equalised late in their Yorkshire and Humberside League Premier Division game. Goals by Charlie Woodward (2) and Kelly Shepherd looked as though they had earned a 3-2 win but Ferriby
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Riding their luck
Selby Town rode their luck to beat Hallam 2-1 in the first round of the Yorkshire Under-19 League Cup. The South Yorkshire side dominated the opening stages but failed to take their any of their many chances and the young Robins went ahead against the
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All in loud agreement
POLITICS can be a bloodthirsty business. The knives are usually out at Westminster as MPs line up to plunge them into a luckless colleague's back. New Labour's heavyweight contest between Blair and Brown is into its sixth bruising year. By contrast the
