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Dark to see the light - 18/11/03
DARK Character, who made a successful re-appearance three weeks ago, can fulfill that promise at Hexham tomorrow. The four-year-old, trained near Richmond in North Yorkshire by Alan Swinbank, lines up for the European Breeders Fund Novice Hurdle (qualifier
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So let's get down to sorting out these men
After two weeks of sexist chauvinistic columns, Bill Hearld's long-suffering spouse, Sonia, ripostes. FINALLY, it's my turn. Oh boy! After reading my dear husband's weekly offerings, as well as others over the past few weeks, it strikes me that male writers
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Beeting drum for our sugar
Anyone who lives in York, especially those who live towards the north side, knows that there is a sugar factory in the city. The smell given off as the sugar beet is delivered is distinctive. It is as distinctive as the aromas from the Nestle chocolate
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Selection poser
STEPHEN Brackstone is hoping that City boss Chris Brass will be reaching for the aspirins this week. The 21-year-old midfielder does not want wish his manager any ill health but believes he might have given him a "selection headache" ahead of this weekend's
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Where are the skilled staff?
SKILLS shortages in York and North Yorkshire are likely to continue for some time, warns Len Cruddas, chief executive of the 754-member York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. It is a symptom of virtual full employment in most areas of the region
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Over to you
ASHES winners of the future will have York-based Shepherd Construction to thank. The construction firm has completed cricket's first national training and rehabilitation centre at Loughborough University in Leicestershire. The groundbreaking £4 million
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Social housing chairman sought
Wanted: A new voluntary chairman of the board of York Housing Association, which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year. The active board, consisting of 15 members, meets five times a year to determine the long-term strategy and direction for the organisation
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Trees felled
Nestl Rowntree Rugby Union Club went down 27-16 in a close fought derby at York RI veterans. Trees led twice through two Ivor Jackson penalties - their only reward for long periods of pressure. RI led 10-6 at the interval through tries from centre Dave
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Big day for laughter pair as Berwick and Mickey celebrate
BERWICK KALER, York's premier panto dame is celebrating 25 years of entertaining the city. At the same time celebrations were taking place in York to mark the 75th birthday today of the Walt Disney character, Mickey Mouse. The city's veteran pantomime
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Protester in two-hour stand-off at palace
A veteran North Yorkshire peace protester was back at work today following her arrest for a colourful protest on top of the gates of Buckingham Palace. Grandmother Lindis Percy, 61, was arrested by police after a peaceful two-hour demonstration against
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Strensall's 'L' of a boost
ALL 'L' broke loose for hosts Strensall to take maximum points over Amotherby and capture second spot in the Leeper Hare York and District League third division. Strensall's Nigel Lyle and Lee Lyons put the homesters 2-0 up at half-time. Soon after the
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Starting on cue
NIGEL Bond, world championship beaten finalist eight years ago, made the first century break of the tournament as the £84,500 Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship got underway in York. Bond, who had his 38th birthday three days ago, has slipped down
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Parents pay tribute to daughter in 999 tragedy
THE York family of a student knocked down and killed by a police car on a 999 call today paid tribute to a "dearly loved daughter, sister and friend". Emily Higson, 22, died from serious injuries suffered when she was knocked down by a patrol car at a
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'Come home' plea to Peter
A FRANTIC York woman today issued an emotional plea for her missing boyfriend to come home. Dawn Harrison told the Evening Press that she and 25-year-old civil servant Peter Critchlow had been almost inseparable since they got together two years ago.
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A few things I hate about me
LIVING with someone is great when you need a strong pair of hands to grapple with a jar of beetroot with a jammed lid (or indeed a jar of jam with a jammed lid). But the novelty can wear thin when their teeth start to clack when they eat or they relentlessly
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Breaking spell of Oz
OKAY. Let's get one thing straight from the very start - I like Australians. I mean, who could not fail to be knocked out by the delectable Kylie, the dissolute Sir Les Patterson, the devoted Skippy, the daredevil Ned Kelly (no relation - I think), or
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Groves Dunn to a turn
IT was a kickers' tale as a spirited York Groves lost 22-16 against fellow Pennine League division five high-fliers Undercliffe. Although each side scored four tries, all Groves' touchdowns came out wide and Jason Dunn was unable to goal any of the them
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A woman of property
Sarah Beeny, right, presenter of Channel 4's Property Ladder, tells JULIAN COLE why she loves living in Yorkshire, even if she's hardly ever here. SARAH Beeny went to a dinner party and ended up as a television presenter. Four million viewers now hang
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President Bush deserves a warm welcome
AS the head of a friendly country which has been our ally in two world wars, President Bush is welcome here. R Westmoreland (Letters, November 15) is also welcome to demonstrate against Mr Bush's and the American government's policies. To write an intemperate
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Steve's bold option
I am following with great interest the unfolding mass hysteria being whipped up about the proposal to pedestrianise York's Exhibition Square. Let's give Coun Steve Galloway some credit for being brave and bold enough to be forthcoming and tell us it is
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Academy move afoot
Yorkshire CCC may merge their Academy with the ECB-backed Bradford-Leeds Univer-sities' Centre of Excellence under proposals to switch the latter's headquarters to Leeds Univer-sity's sports site at Weetwood. High costs of keeping Bradford Park Avenue
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Strensall's 'L' of a boost
ALL 'L' broke loose for hosts Strensall to take maximum points over Amotherby and capture second spot in the Leeper Hare York and District League third division. Strensall's Nigel Lyle and Lee Lyons put the homesters 2-0 up at half-time. Soon after the
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Starting on cue
NIGEL Bond, world championship beaten finalist eight years ago, made the first century break of the tournament as the £84,500 Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship got underway in York. Bond, who had his 38th birthday three days ago, has slipped down
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Shining star
BERWICK Kaler has brightened up the York Christmas for 25 years. Indeed, he is so much part of the York panto scene that it taxes the mind to wonder what happened before he arrived at York Theatre Royal. Berwick himself never dreamed in 1977 that York
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Experts flock to science forum
DELEGATES from around the world will head for York tomorrow, at the start of the two-day White Rose Bioscience Forum. The forum, at the Central Science Laboratory in York, will, for the third year running, showcase the best of the region's bioscience
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Flavour of the month
RECORD trading results for a North Yorkshire manufacturing firm prove that candy is dandy. Pecan Deluxe Candy (Europe) Ltd, at Moor Lane trading estate at Sherburn-in-Elmet which provides add-in fudge, caramel, toffee and flavourings for the UK and European
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Now, the end is near
FIVE months of keen competition and speculation will reach a spectacular climax on Thursday when the 2003 Evening Press Business of the Year awards night unveils its winners. Finalists and guests will converge on the new £20 million Ebor Stand at York
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Home boss under fire over sell-off
A SENIOR council officer today launched an unprecedented attack on an outspoken York care home boss. Tony Tait claimed an "appalling" lack of council cash support has forced him to consider demolishing Laurens Manor, in Lawrence Street, and replacing
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Defence admits 'brief flirtation'
THE barrister defending Michael Haslam over a series of sex allega-tions has indicated that the retired York psychiatrist did kiss and cuddle a patient on one occasion. But Tom Bayliss QC said during cross-examination of the woman at Leeds Crown Court
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Cat owner's anguish as pet is shot
A YORK pet lover has spoken of her distress after her five-year-old cat was shot at close range with an air rifle in a spiteful attack. Sara Thorn, 35, was shocked to discover her pet Molly crying with pain at her home in Bismarck Street, Leeman Road,
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Anger over wait for flood works
COUNCILLORS today blasted the long wait for new flood defences in areas of York which were devastated in November 2000. Householders in neighbourhoods near the Ouse, such as Clementhorpe, South Esplanade and Butcher Terrace, have little hope of protection
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Property market remains buoyant
ESTATE agents in York have reported their busiest four weeks of the year, defying the recent rise in interest rates. Surveyors across North Yorkshire are reporting a buoyant market as demand for high-quality properties continues to outstrip supply, according
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Pressed down to nines
City of York Ladies suffered double weekend disappointment, losing 4-1 at home to unbeaten Whitley Bay in the North League before a 5-0 reverse at Nottingham Highfield in the third round of the England Hockey Women's Cup. For a time, a different outcome
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Police top brass back on the beat
SENIOR North Yorkshire Police officers and support staff were going "back to the beat" today in York. More than 40 members of the force are on the city's streets to experience policing the "front line" and the everyday challenges officers face. The move
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Russell on road to Wigan cheer
AUSTRALIAN striker Jason Russell netted twice as City of York won 3-0 at Wigan in the Northern Hockey League. His first came inside two minutes after a fluent opening by York, who then went 2-0 up when Luke Griggs brought down a high ball and drove it
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Groves Dunn to a turn
IT was a kickers' tale as a spirited York Groves lost 22-16 against fellow Pennine League division five high-fliers Undercliffe. Although each side scored four tries, all Groves' touchdowns came out wide and Jason Dunn was unable to goal any of the them
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Doorman tells of pub death anguish
THE FORMER doorman accused of murdering a drinker outside Yates's Wine Lodge has told a court of his anguish over the death. But Paul Maurice Garner, 60, denied that he deliberately head-butted William Smith, 62. Garner alleged that he was amazed by the
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Village couple tell of masked robbery terror
A RETIRED couple told today of their "sheer terror" when five masked raiders burst into their home near Selby and threatened to kill them. Graham Brook, 58, was watching TV, and his wife Susan, 55, was working on her computer when the attackers struck
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Selection poser
STEPHEN Brackstone is hoping that City boss Chris Brass will be reaching for the aspirins this week. The 21-year-old midfielder does not want wish his manager any ill health but believes he might have given him a "selection headache" ahead of this weekend's
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Why inquest delay?
THE Evening Press reported on two inquests presided over by the York Coroner (November 7). I knew both the deceased, Sally Baldwin and Anne Temple. The former died in horrible circumstances, in Rome; a post-mortem was held, the body was returned to this
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Case for downsizing
ONE possible way of reducing overcrowding in the council offices in St Leonard's would be to apply a little judicious downsizing. This solution would, at the same time, address the problem of overspending which, I understand, has recently become a topic
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Sinners shocked by Union good guys
UNION Rovers shocked fellow RJF Homes Beckett Football League pace-setters Sinnington 2-1 to reach the second round of the Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup. Goals by Chris Cooke and Peter Tiffney gave Union, who went into the tie as second division
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Robbie's return
HARROGATE Town captain Robbie Whellans will play his first game since August in tonight's Unibond League Challenge Cup trip to Guiseley. Whellans has been sidelined by injury but is due to start in place of former York City striker Glenn Naylor, who will
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"I don't go out of the house at all. I haven't been out for 18 months"
JO HAYWOOD talks to a York agoraphobic who has tried drugs and therapy to beat her condition but now believes friendship is the only answer. PEOPLE think Magz Longley is weird. Some assume she is simply unsociable, some a loner and others a hermit, but
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Big on glamour
It's all very well if you're a skinny glamour puss, but what if you are a glamour plus? JO HAYWOOD goes in search of gorgeous clothes for gorgeous size 16+ gals. UNMANACLE yourself from that desk, the boss shouted, and go shopping. It was like a dream
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Ease dread of flooding
FLOODING is never far from the collective memory of this city, especially after the devastating deluge of three years ago. This is even so in a year when we have enjoyed one of the driest, sunniest summers on record. The unstable weather we seem to have
