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Evolution revolution
THE Mitsubishi Evolution VIII was exciting enough, but its FQ300 version left its drivers wanting more. Well, Mitsubishi has answered their prayers with the FQ330, more powerful, faster and definitely not a car for the faint-hearted. Its two-litre turbo-charged
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In America (15, 102 minutes)
IN the early 1980s, Irishman Jim Sheridan was just another struggling actor in New York. He was adrift, with his young family. All the while there was the memory of his parents suffering the loss of a young child, a loss that continues to affect Sheridan
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Edmondson's battle cry
SKIPPER Darren Edmondson admits York City have to rediscover their winning habit ahead of tomorrow's crunch clash with Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers at Bootham Crescent. Since winning their first four league games of the season, the stuttering Minstermen
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York braced for trouble as football yobs head to city
FOOTBALL hooligans from Doncaster are planning to create havoc at tomorrow's Yorkshire derby match with York City. Extra police officers, including mounted officers and dog handlers, will be on duty in the city centre and around the ground for the game
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Birthday beats for Junior
NEXT weekend the National Centre for Early Music in York becomes the international centre for jazz in the latest round of J-Night concerts. J-Night, the York International Jazz Series, welcomes Israeli saxophonist Gilard Atzmon next Saturday at 7.30pm
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Tories back in business
THE Tories are back to being a shambles, was the collective sigh on Monday after ten days of managing to behave like a serious political party came to a shuddering halt. We had been summoned to meet the new shadow cabinet outside the steps which lead
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, York Theatre Royal, November 18 to 22
JOHN Arden, the Yorkshire political playwright, is 73 and still writing in his adopted home of Ireland. "The older one gets, the more angry one gets, especially about political force being used for dubious purposes," he says. His best known work remains
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Antigone, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, November 18 to 22
NORTHERN Broadsides tackle the hot-headed Greek tale of Antigone at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, next week. Artistic director Barrie Rutter directs the Halifax company in Blake Morrison's new adaptation of Sophocles's ancient play about the
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Selby back on cup trail
SELBY reckon they are in with a great chance of pulling off an upset in the Intermediate Cup third round on Saturday. They have home advantage at Sandhill Lane against Broughton Park, who are bottom of the Powergen North 2 West Division with just one
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Cats seeking homes for Christmas
A YORK shelter for cats is looking for loving families to adopt a feline friend - and not just for Christmas. The Cats Protection Shelter, in Huntington, currently has 40 cats looking for new homes. Shelter manager James Hodgkinson is urging anyone seriously
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York braced for trouble as football yobs head to city
FOOTBALL hooligans from Doncaster are planning to create havoc at tomorrow's Yorkshire derby match with York City. Extra police officers, including mounted officers and dog handlers, will be on duty in the city centre and around the ground for the game
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Shoppers enter into the festive spirit
CHRISTMAS came early for shoppers in Coppergate as the festive lights were switched on. Pupils from Archbishop of York Juniors and St George's schools got people into the spirit by singing a selection of Christmas songs before Majorie Stuttle, mother
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'I was groped by another doctor,' woman tells court
ONE of the women claiming to have been indecently assaulted by a psychiatrist in York has alleged that she was also groped by another. The York woman told a jury at Leeds Crown Court that Dr William Kerr had touched her on several places, including the
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Sweet 16 win tourism 'Oscars'
YORK'S tourism businesses celebrated in style today at the annual tourism 'Oscars' ceremony at York racecourse. The tourism awards, sponsored by Arriva Trains Northern, were handed out to the 16 deserving winners by Yorkshire Television's Christine Talbot
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Council tax double whammy shocker
HOUSEHOLDERS in York face huge council tax increases or service cuts next year under a Government "double whammy". The Evening Press has discovered the city council is on a small list of local authorities to be punished twice by new funding rules. North
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Tindall inspires
MAUREEN Tindall's 19-dart game, which included a couple of tons, helped steer New York 'B' to a 4-3 win over Crescent in the York White Rose Ladies Darts League Division One. Meanwhile, New York 'B' player Gillian Grimes included a 100 and 101 in a high
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Edmondson's battle cry
SKIPPER Darren Edmondson admits York City have to rediscover their winning habit ahead of tomorrow's crunch clash with Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers at Bootham Crescent. Since winning their first four league games of the season, the stuttering Minstermen
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Girls selling sex on streets of York
GIRLS as young as 13 are prostituting themselves on the streets of York - and it is costing hundreds of thousands of pounds each year to save them. Disturbed youngsters with severe emotional difficulties are being sent out of the city to intensive round-the-clock
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Why not convert nursing home into flats?
IN reply to the article about the proposed demolition of Laurens Manor Nursing Home to make way for yet more flats in Lawrence Street, York (November 10), we have already written to the council about our feelings. This plan involves the demolition of
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A lot of rubbish
I HAD to laugh at the article about Hugh Bayley pleading with fast food restaurants and the rubbish they generate (November 11). For three years I've been calling the environment department and various councillors to have a bin put next to the footbridge
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Instant replay for Robins
A CONFIDENT Selby Town side will visit Hallam tomorrow - just days after recording a resounding victory over the South Yorkshire side. The Robins will take on the Sheffield side in the Northern Counties League Cup, after hammering the outfit 5-0 last
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Help these lost children
SCHOOLGIRLS prostituting themselves on the streets of York, children stuck in care desperate for a family and the council running up a massive bill trying to help them. On the face of it, this seems a hopeless story of our times. But that is emphatically
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Winning for York
WELL done to all the winners in this year's York Tourism Awards. Their work has ensured this city continues to attract millions of people from Britain and abroad. What is so noticeable about the 2003 roll of honour is the diversity. A Roman tour guide
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Milestone Mick has the quality - 14/11/03
MICK Fitzgerald, who enjoyed a celebratory moment at Sandown last Saturday when notching the 1,000th win of his career, aims for quality rather than quantity at Cheltenham tomorrow. The Lambourn-based Irishman, one of only nine jump jockeys in Britain
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Shoppers enter into the festive spirit
CHRISTMAS came early for shoppers in Coppergate as the festive lights were switched on. Pupils from Archbishop of York Juniors and St George's schools got people into the spirit by singing a selection of Christmas songs before Majorie Stuttle, mother
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Estate of grace
VAUXHALL's spacious new Vectra Estate will be the final addition to the Vectra family when it goes on sale at the end of this month. And note, please, that the new load carrier is no ungainly, lumbering ship of the Yorkshire Moors over which it was recently
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Super Cupra
The SEAT Leon Cupra 20V T has achieved almost cult status among followers. It is admired for its good looks, good specification level, but most of all for its performance. Now SEAT has introduced a Leon with a diesel engine that is no less engaging to
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Rovers' return for goal hero Barnes
CHRIS Brass cannot count on neighbourly love when his York City team take on Division Three high-flyers Doncaster tomorrow. The City manager used to live on the same estate as current Doncaster striker Paul Barnes during their time together at Burnley
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City Shaw up shot-shy attack
YORK City boss Chris Brass bolstered his striking options again today by signing Sheffield Wednesday starlet Jon Shaw on a month's loan. The 20-year-old joins fellow new signing Gary Browne in the squad to face Doncaster Rovers at Bootham Crescent tomorrow
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Jools Holland And His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, York Barbican Centre
SUPPORT acts so often get forgotten, so a preliminary word of thanks to Christopher Holland, who provided a short introduction, the highlight of which was a lovely take on Todd Rundgren's I Saw The Light. He then joined his more famous sibling for what
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Jim gives folk a twist
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Jim Moray, young folk musician of the moment. 1. Who is Jim Moray? Jim is 22, from Birmingham, and the future sound of folk music. He has been called the Radiohead of folk; his music nu-folk electronica, in other words
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Shawn paints himself this time
Shawn Christensen, New York professional painter of rock stars turned rock star himself, paints a picture of his present well-being on his band's autumn tour. "You know, I'm just chilling out like Bob Dylan," says the Stellastarr* frontman, newly arrived
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Elvis is all shook up all over again
ELVIS enthusiast Steve Ballard doffs his cap to the King in Elvis, The Way It Was, Sunday night's (16th) tribute show at the Grand Opera House, York, at 7.30pm. Ballard turns the spotlight on two milestones in Elvis Presley's career: his comeback performance
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Jazz notes
York's International J Night Series will run on November 22 and 23. As a J Night curtain-raiser, Dennis Rollins Badbone & Co will be playing at Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Doncaster-born Rollins was first
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The Permanent Way Out Of Joint, York Theatre Royal, until November 15
SIR David Hare has returned to his favourite blood sport, baiting governments with a political drama. His personal inquiry into the farce cum tragedy of rail privatisation is not, however, his best play or much of a play at all. Hare planted his theatrical
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Look Out Youth Theatre Festival, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, November 18 to 29
LOOK OUT is a new festival for a new generation of York writers. Six premieres from first-time playwrights form the fulcrum of York Theatre Royal's first youth festival, a two-week venture in The Studio from November 18 to 29. Devised pieces by Yorkshire
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Council opposes fluoride in water
STRONG city council opposition to fluoride being added to York's water supply will be sent directly to Prime Minister Tony Blair. City of York Council chief executive David Atkinson will write to Mr Blair, and Secretary of State for Health John Reid,
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Bus lane gets the green light
A BUS lane at a York Park&Ride site has been given the go-ahead by councillors. Members of City of York Council's planning and transport east area sub-committee approved plans to introduce a bus lane at either side of the entrance to Shipton Road
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Murder trial witnesses in queue outside pub
WITNESSES have told the Yates's Wine Bar murder trial different accounts of what happened outside its riverside entrance on Good Friday. The jury at York Crown Court heard that alleged murder victim Bill Smith, 62, tried to head-butt doorman Paul Maurice
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Views wanted on police spending
North Yorkshire's police watchdog is reaching out to residents through community panels and the internet on the sticky issue of how much they will have to pay for the county's police. Members of North Yorkshire Police Authority have started planning for
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York and Selby hope to nibble in to lead
THE ultra-competitive Yorkshire Winter League returns to the banks on Sunday. The two local-based sides, Anglers World York and Selby, will be hoping for an upturn in fortunes after conceding an early lead to rivals Hirst Tackle. The Aire and Calder Canal
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Rovers' return for goal hero Barnes
CHRIS Brass cannot count on neighbourly love when his York City team take on Division Three high-flyers Doncaster tomorrow. The City manager used to live on the same estate as current Doncaster striker Paul Barnes during their time together at Burnley
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City Shaw up shot-shy attack
YORK City boss Chris Brass bolstered his striking options again today by signing Sheffield Wednesday starlet Jon Shaw on a month's loan. The 20-year-old joins fellow new signing Gary Browne in the squad to face Doncaster Rovers at Bootham Crescent tomorrow
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Bare truth about out-of-town shops
In the week when York's designer outlet turned five years old, CHRIS TITLEY asks whether out-of-town shopping has been a blessing or a curse. LIKE many a birth, the new arrival was heralded by screaming and nakedness. But both came as a surprise at the
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Roundabout rage
MY sympathies lie with Jo Haywood after her brush with a BMW driver recently (November 11). I have been subjected to dreadful driving on the roundabouts of York, especially on the A1237 ring-road. I have had the side of my car stoved-in at the A59 roundabout
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What's the IDea?
ONE of the alleged reasons for ID cards is to flush out illegal immigrants. Since this Government has already declined to repatriate 50,000 existing illegal immigrants on the grounds that it is too expensive, how many more will it be too expensive to
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No let up in League Cup
NORTHERN Counties East League neighbours Pickering and Harrogate Railway are both gunning for League Cup glory this season. Respective managers Steve Brown and Martin Haresign have placed the competition high on their priority lists for different reasons
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Not all residents are against move
I WISH to comment on Mr A Munday's letter (Evening Press, November 5) regarding York City's move to Huntington Stadium. I, like all City supporters, want the club to stay at Bootham Crescent, but, like many, realise it is not going to happen. The club
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Give ground back to the club
MANY may remember when Douglas Craig and his fellow York City directors decided to hand over Bootham Crescent to Bootham Crescent Holdings, who were managed also by Mr Craig and co, for so-called "safe keeping". I would suggest that time has now expired
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City's proud history
HOW dare Colin Jeffrey (Evening Press, Friday, November 7) say that no one would notice if York City went out of existence. City were the first club to reach over 100 points in a season. When was the last time Leeds United (Mr Jeffrey's team) scored three
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Test of loyalty
WHEN Leeds United drop into the First Division and get further into debt with no class players to sell, they will probably plummet into the third division. Let us see how many of the 35,000 'loyal' supporters will go to watch them play the likes of Boston
