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Save the planet
You too can become a green consumer. Just take a few tips from a new guide and soon your lifestyle won't cost the earth. Support local breweries and pubs In the UK we consume an average 95 litres of beer per person per year, but 83 per cent of it comes
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Atomic Kitten, Ladies Night (Virgin Records) **
If Atomic Kitten want to keep up with the present crop of girl bands they must do better than Ladies Night. The 15 songs range from Kylie rip-offs with If You Come To Me to sub-standard attempts at R&B on Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Worst offenders
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Warren Zevon, The Wind (Artemis) ****
THE veteran American singer-songwriter made this album when he was suffering from inoperable lung cancer. He had died by the time of its release in this country, giving his final work an undeniable poignancy. Yet this is far from being a gloomy outing
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Status Quo, Riffs, (Umtv) *
AFTER butchering their own songs for more than three decades, Quo set to work on destroying other people's classics as well. It's a good job Rick Parfitt's temporary bout of RSI is over, because there is enough single chord twang in this collection to
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I can deliver goals
MARKSMAN Gary Browne is confident he's the man to end York City player-boss Chris Brass's search for a potent poacher. Browne put pen to paper on a one month contract yesterday and is on standby to make his City debut on Saturday, when Doncaster Rovers
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Getting rid of the cars
BANNING traffic from St Leonard's Place in York is a great idea and one which, incidentally, answers that age-old political question: what exactly is the point of the Liberal Democrats? This conundrum is relevant in York these days, what with the party
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Too little in reserve
ONE of the most frustrating things I have found since taking up the position of player-manager is the lack of reserve teams games. If we are lucky, there is a reserve game every other week now and it just isn't enough. Reserve team games may lack the
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Dyson loses his Tour card
MALTON and Norton GC'S Simon Dyson fell five shots short of winning a card at the European Tour Qualifying School in Emporda yesterday after a final round one-over-par 72. Dyson, 25, has played on the European Tour for the last three years but a broken
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York could sell off St Leonard's Place
ONE of City of York Council's biggest office buildings - the historic crescent in St Leonard's Place - could be sold off for re-development as exclusive apartments. Consultants have been appointed to examine the future of all the local authority's offices
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Minster light show set to bring in the crowds
A SPECTACULAR light show flooding the Minster with colour will again be the centrepiece of York's big Christmas lights switch-on. The light show, which last year saw purple, green, blue and red light, and images of snowflakes, projected on to the Minster
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Staff anger over survey at Nestl
BOSSES at Nestl have been branded "insensitive" after handing employees a questionnaire about their working environment - on the same day 150 job losses were revealed. The anonymous ten-minute survey papers on subjects including work attitude and commitment
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Acorn seek key to unpick Lock Lane
YORK Acorn have a great opportunity to restore pride to the Thanet Road ranks following their derby defeat -- by achieving a notable scalp as the Powergen Challenge Cup gets underway. The Blue and Golds, shocked 22-6 at home by arch-rivals Heworth in
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Head-butt 'deliberate', York murder trial told
A WITNESS to an alleged murder told a jury in York that a head-butt by a doorman on Billy Smith was deliberate. Janine Barrett witnessed the incident as she stood in the queue outside Yates's Wine Lodge, York, on Good Friday, York Crown Court was told
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Wilson's debut win
YORK heavyweight Billy Wilson has enjoyed his first win at professional level - and he hopes the victory will set the platform for a rise up the British rankings. Wilson beat Brighton scrapper Brodie Promain on points over six rounds at Elland Road in
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Dancer aged 87 struck six cars on trip for ice cream
A SPRIGHTLY dance organiser's 60-year driving career came to a stop in spectacular fashion when his Rover collided with six cars and two fence posts. Retired ladies' hairdresser George Reveley, 87, who helps to run dances in which he still takes part
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Yusuf relishes switch to York
NEW York City Knights prop star Yusuf Sozi has hailed his front-line partners at Huntington Stadium - and in doing so has joined in the clamour for captain Rich Hayes to pen a new deal. Highly-rated 21-year-old Sozi, who signed from Gateshead Thunder
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Van crashes into car after city centre stabbing
A YORK man was stabbed and a restaurant worker's parked car was crushed in a bizarre drama in York city centre. Paramedics were called to Clifford Street, near York Crown Court, where a man had suffered a stab wound to his leg in a violent attack. Moments
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I can deliver goals
MARKSMAN Gary Browne is confident he's the man to end York City player-boss Chris Brass's search for a potent poacher. Browne put pen to paper on a one month contract yesterday and is on standby to make his City debut on Saturday, when Doncaster Rovers
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Yusuf relishes switch to York
NEW York City Knights prop star Yusuf Sozi has hailed his front-line partners at Huntington Stadium - and in doing so has joined in the clamour for captain Rich Hayes to pen a new deal. Highly-rated 21-year-old Sozi, who signed from Gateshead Thunder
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York new schools are a step closer
PLANS to build four new schools in York through private funding will move a step closer when education chiefs select a bidder later this month. Officers have recommended that Sewell PFI should be given the job of building and maintaining the schools and
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Should we be able to choose the sex of our child?
As Britain's fertility authority rules against gender selection, we ask: should we be able to choose the sex of our child? Yes says Sara Waddington, 25, from Everingham, near Pocklington, mother of triplets Joe, Ross and Jake. MY husband Carl and I love
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Champ wants team power
PEDAL pusher Stuart Wood is searching for team spirit after riding to individual glory. Wood, 34, won the Ripon Rowells cross-country mountain bike challenge at Lightwater Valley Theme Park. He completed the three-lap, 17.5mile course in a time of 1hr
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Closure would lead to more traffic chaos
REGARDING the issue of diverting traffic down Kingsway North or Water Lane (November 10), this must be an absolute no-no. The traffic is already bumper to bumper every morning and evening, including weekends, and more so when York City are playing at
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Double standards
DELIBERATIONS by City of York Council continue to show what has become regular duplicity of thought. I refer in this instance to the proposed new sports ground on the outer ring road at Clifton Moor. This land has been earmarked as "green belt", no development
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Barbaric foxes
SUPPORTERS signed a declaration to keep on fox hunting, even if it is eventually banned (November 2). I noticed that a Mori Poll commissioned by the campaign to Protect Hunted Animals (CPHA) declared that 76 per cent of ordinary British people do not
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Well, adults do...
I AGREE wholeheartedly with your correspondent pointing out that adults (including well-known personalities) should set a much better example of behaviour to the young people of today (Letters, November 7). I am reminded by a remark from my great-great
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Ross the boss for Clifton FC
ROSS Moynihan, the York Sunday Afternoon League's leading scorer, added another four goals to his tally as Clifton FC beat Woodthorpe Warriors 6-3 in Division One. Other goals came from Dale Phillips and Darren Heels as leaders Clifton finally got the
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Keep some of that spirit
SIX weeks today, the air will be heavy with the fragrance of sprouts and gravy. Dad will be snoring through the Queen's speech while exhausted and fractious kids fight over what Santa brought them. Christmas is indeed a special time of year. And the season
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Ellison hopes to have 'Lata' luck - 13/11/03
Norton trainer Brian Ellison is hoping to enjoy another moment of glory at Cheltenham tomorrow with Latalomne, having suffered a double-dose of disappointment at the last two Festival meetings. A faller when in the lead at the second-last fence in the
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Health watch role
Welcome to York & District Citizens' Advice Bureau's monthly advice column. Each month we will attempt to answer questions on different subjects. This month we concentrate on a new service offered by the Bureau - The Independent Complaints Advocacy
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Liberty X, Being Somebody (V2 Records) **
THOSE Liberty X girls and boys have clearly never heard that old adage "less is more". With 16 tracks and a playing time of around an hour, their chart-friendly R&B-tinged power pop soon starts to wear thin. The band are clearly banking on success
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Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Streetcore (Hellcat Records) ****; The Creatures, Hai! (Sioux Recor
JOHNNY Cash knew he was dying as he recorded his graceful farewell video for Hurt; cancer-suffering Warren Zevon rounded up his rock'n'roll neighbours for his valedictory album; but Joe Strummer? On Streetcore he hasn't sounded so alive, so full or vocal
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Albert Lee, That's All Right Mama (Sanctuary) *****; Heartbreak Hill (Sugar Hill Records) ***
THE only Albert Lee I ever knew was a tall, quiet, dignified Wearsider chief engineer on ocean-going vessels. He was a virtuoso on spanners and is no longer with us. This Albert Lee was born in Hertfordshire 60 years ago and is a great technician on anything
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Oklahoma! New Earswick Musical Society, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, until November 15.
OKLAHOMA! was a landmark musical in every way when it opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943. Not only was it the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein but it was innovative too, incorporating a ballet sequence and a serious
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York new schools are a step closer
PLANS to build four new schools in York through private funding will move a step closer when education chiefs select a bidder later this month. Officers have recommended that Sewell PFI should be given the job of building and maintaining the schools and
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Underneath the arches
A NEW high vehicle warning light system is set to be built at Walmgate Bar, York. The height detection system, to be installed in the New Year, will warn vehicles they are too high to get under the bar before they reach it. It will cost about £30,000.
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D-Day veteran's medals found
D-DAY veteran Albert Johnson says he is "over the moon" after being reunited with his precious war medals. The 78-year-old, from Acomb, York, gave his wife, Elsie, a kiss of joy after the two Normandy decorations were returned following an appeal in Tuesday's
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Time to swap the swotting for degrees
HUNDREDS of students will celebrate the end of years of work when they receive their degrees today at the York St John College graduation ceremony. The event will take place over two days at the Minster and see student graduate in a variety of subjects
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Dyson loses his Tour card
MALTON and Norton GC'S Simon Dyson fell five shots short of winning a card at the European Tour Qualifying School in Emporda yesterday after a final round one-over-par 72. Dyson, 25, has played on the European Tour for the last three years but a broken
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30 rail managers lose jobs in York
AT LEAST 30 managers at Network Rail in York were today being told they would lose their jobs by Christmas. A Network Rail spokeswoman confirmed 59 regional jobs at the ailing train company would be lost as part of national cuts, taking in an estimated
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Patient tells of 'baby oil strip'
A WOMAN claimed today that a York psychiatrist stripped her naked before massaging her with baby oil and then indecently assaulting her. The York woman, who is in her fifties, told a jury at Leeds Crown Court that Michael Haslam carried out the attack
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Acorn seek key to unpick Lock Lane
YORK Acorn have a great opportunity to restore pride to the Thanet Road ranks following their derby defeat -- by achieving a notable scalp as the Powergen Challenge Cup gets underway. The Blue and Golds, shocked 22-6 at home by arch-rivals Heworth in
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Queue jumping
DAVID Aked is right in saying that many drivers abuse the lane markings at the Grimston Bar exchange in order to jump the queue when travelling towards the A1079 or A64 westbound (Letters, November 8). However, he is wrong in thinking that more road signs
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Not a police job
I WAS somewhat amazed to read that civilian police officers have been asked to provide extra security at military bases across the country because MOD police have been sent to war zones and that the cost is being met by North Yorkshire Police (November
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Thorpe tighten grip at the top
THORPE United cemented top spot in Division One of the York Mitchell Sports Football League with a 3-0 win at Panthers 'A'. Copmanthorpe move up a place to third after beating Haxby Town 'A' 3-2 with goals from Antony Chilton, Josh Ferguson and Ben Johnson
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Well studied
IBY Knill is an inspiration. This wartime Resistance fighter and Auschwitz survivor went on to enjoy a distinguished career in England. Thirty years ago she undertook an open university degree. Today, at 80, she has completed an MA at York St John College
