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Lively veteran can score - 19/11/03
Sheriff Hutton trainer Mick Easterby makes a rare raid on Wincanton tomorrow when the in-form Minster Glory bids to extend his winning sequence. In the twilight of his career, and little more than a month away from becoming a teenager, Minster Glory is
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You ain't seen nothing yet
NEW signing Gary Browne has told York City fans they are yet to see the best of him after his Football League debut against Doncaster on Saturday. Browne, 20, was handed his chance to impress by player-boss Chris Brass in the 1-0 Division Three victory
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Dyson's challenge
Simon Dyson is preparing for life on the European Challenge Tour after losing his full card and failing to win it back at this month's Qualifying School in Spain. The Malton and Norton golfer will now need to finish in the top 15 of next year's Challenge
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County crown thrills Queen Margaret's
QUEEN Margaret's School's hockey team are the new Under-18 county champions. Victories over Giggleswick (3-0), Scarborough College (2-0) and Richmond (4-0) saw Margaret's - the York and District representatives - lift the North Yorkshire trophy in Scarborough
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Osbaldwick protest group 'just a hoax'
A LEADING figure in a York-based charitable foundation has dismissed a mysterious campaign group as a hoax. David Utting, associate director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said the foundation's investigations could find no evidence a group calling
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Agency accused of insensitivity on floods
ANGRY councillors have hit out at Environment Agency "insensitivity" after vital flood defence work was put on the back burner. City of York Council leader Steve Galloway told yesterday's executive meeting that the authority should now lobby the agency
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Council refocuses on neighbours from hell
COUNCIL chiefs today turned their focus on neighbours from hell in a move to crack down on the rising tide of noise nuisance complaints in York. Plans for City of York Council to work more closely with police and private security firm Mayfair Security
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Evolution, by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz paperback, £6.99)
TALK about ambition. Science Fiction writer Stephen Baxter treads where only fools or angels dare to go, with a massive novel spanning 565 million years of human evolution. He begins 65 million years in the past, when our ancestors were tiny, shrew-like
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The Pilgrimage Of Grace by Geoffrey Moorhouse (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £25)
HENRY VIII has been much in the news recently. Exhibitions here and abroad, and more recently a two-part television series. They have all been interesting and revealing, but what has not always come out, certainly not in an analytical way, is an account
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Raising cash for Pudsey bare!
FEATHERS, a wedding veil and skimpy bikini shorts - were the only things covering up some brave women from York when they posed for their own Calendar Girls-style calendar. Fourteen women staff members of insurance firm Norwich Union hope to raise money
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Ellerby tops big York turnout
DESPITE an unfortunate clash of dates with the Yorkshire Winter League the Animals Hospitals Cup drew an entry of 43 to the Ouse at Fulford. For the second match in succession quality roach were the encouraging main feature of catches. Most of the field
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'Patient awoke to find doctor on top of her'
A WOMAN told a jury today that she fell unconscious after being given carbon dioxide treatment by a York psychiatrist - and then came round to find him lying spread-eagled on her. The woman, now in her 40s, said she was given the carbon dioxide treatment
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Cheated!
THE GRIEVING sister of a murdered North Yorkshire man told today how his family felt cheated of justice. Barbara Sherwood said she and her relatives were angry that a legal decision meant the killer of her brother, David Williamson, would probably never
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Knights' prop star Hayes to carry on
YORK City Knights have received a major boost as club captain Rich Hayes has decided to continue playing. As predicted by the Evening Press, the 33-year-old prop has staved off retirement to sign for another year for his home-town club, bolstering the
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More truants reported in York
THE number of pupils found truanting in York has doubled in a year, according to figures released by the Government today. The figures from truancy sweeps which took place across the city have leapt from nine in 2002 to 20 this year. A total of 44 people
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Support for children of travellers
CHILDREN in the travelling community are being helped with their education by a new learning centre in York. York Travellers Trust has received more than £17,000 worth of funding to provide education for children aged between five and 13-years-old two
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Education round-up - 19/11/03
A York school pupil is on the road to success after being chosen for the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. James Swanton, aged 12, from Manor School, will attend workshops and residential courses as part of the academy based at Warwick University
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We are still waiting
Following the article about York City FC's long-overdue planning application to redevelop Huntington Stadium ('City stadium plan ready within 'next ten days'', November 15), Ian McAndrew's reluctance to give a firm date for submission referred to the
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China buzzes with banter
I AM still suffering from jet-lag so forgive me if I ramble. But good grief, aren't we English quiet? I have just returned from a ten-day jaunt to China. It was years since I had last been, and much had changed. One thing hadn't. The Chinese remain an
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York's Scar bash
YORK Schools' Under-15s football team produced a superb performance to beat Scarborough 3-2 in the Yorkshire Cup. The outstanding partnership of Matthew Cowan and Richard Matthews in central midfield gave York an excellent base on which to build and all
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Twickers reprise fires St Peter's
HAVING tasted victory at Twickenham in the Daily Mail Schools Cup once, St Peter's School are hoping for a repeat show this season. The York school lifted the Daily Mail Schools Under-15 Cup two years ago. Now the bulk of that team are in the lower sixth
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Holliday special KO's foes
ALEX HOLLIDAY scored a hat-trick as Harrogate Grammar School opened their Daily Mail Schools U18 Vase account with a 52-0 win over Benton Park. There were also tries for James Fraser, Luke Hopkins, Alistair Kelsey, James Spencer and Tom Farley, while
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Burke's peerage
AFTER several below-par novels, American crime writer James Lee Burke is back to his best. The wonderfully-titled Last Car To Elysian Fields (Orion, £12.99) sees the welcome return of Vietnam veteran and reformed alcoholic Dave Robicheaux, of the New
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Jury to decide if killing unlawful
THE doorman at the centre of the Yates's Wine Lodge murder trial is responsible for the death of William Smith, 62, a jury at York Crown Court heard. But, said defence barrister Rodney Jameson QC, that does not mean Paul Maurice Garner, 60, had committed
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'Shop floor' police make five arrests
Suspected criminals came off second best when teams of senior police officers and office staff went "back to the shop floor" in York. Five people were arrested for alleged offences including theft, burglary, disorder and drug use, while suspected stolen
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Harrogate trio in title form
HARROGATE trio Nick Heald, Zoe Starr and Joe Finlay all took individual titles at the North of England Shotokan Karate Championships. There was also team success for the Granby High School-based club with Heald joining fellow club instructor Matthew Price
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Death crash driver was going too fast
AN ELDERLY farmer was killed when the driver of a high-performance car slammed into his vehicle at 87mph on the A19 in North Yorkshire, an inquest heard. Joseph Drury, 75, would not have died if 27-year-old Scott Reynolds had been observing the 60mph
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Knights' prop star Hayes to carry on
YORK City Knights have received a major boost as club captain Rich Hayes has decided to continue playing. As predicted by the Evening Press, the 33-year-old prop has staved off retirement to sign for another year for his home-town club, bolstering the
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Police seek 20% funding increase
Residents could face an increase of up to 20 per cent in the police precept - seven times the rate of inflation - to bolster funds to pay for bobbies on the beat. The double-figure rise would come on top of last year's controversial 76 per cent figure
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Stars join the action
SOME of the star names came into play today in York after a opening day of revenge, tight finishes and sore limbs in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. All eight of yesterday's first round winners were straight back into action today, with former
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Phone clue hitch in hunt for missing York man
POLICE may be forced to stop using phone records to trace a missing York civil servant because of privacy red tape. Officers using the prodecure to hunt Peter Critchlow yesterday discovered the 25-year-old's phone was switched on and off in York at 5.40pm
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You ain't seen nothing yet
NEW signing Gary Browne has told York City fans they are yet to see the best of him after his Football League debut against Doncaster on Saturday. Browne, 20, was handed his chance to impress by player-boss Chris Brass in the 1-0 Division Three victory
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Bridges crosses try line four times
CENTRE Elliot Bridges scored four tries as New Earswick All Blacks Amateur Rugby League Club Under-14s recorded an impressive 46-6 victory over Dewsbury Moor. Other tries came from Daniel Lofthouse (2), Pat Smith Brian Wright, Joe Davis and Chris Young
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Canon salute to pupils' efforts
THE head teacher of Canon Lee School, Kevin Deadman, praised staff, pupils and parents for their "superb achievements" throughout the year, at the school's annual prizegiving ceremony. Speaking at the ceremony last week, Mr Deadman said the school's achievements
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It ad to be Natalie
A BUDDING designer from Barlby High School has been named the winner of the Evening Press Ad Attack competition. Natalie Faulkes' advertisement design for American Golf won her a television, along with a bag of prizes. Head of art at Barlby High School
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Student travel help
THE extension of a grant to help students unable to travel to college has been welcomed in North Yorkshire. The grants scheme, run by the Learning and Skills Council, is particularly helpful to students living in rural areas who are unable to get to post
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Bless our new pitch
DOZENS of people attended a service of dedication for a new all-weather sports surface at a Ryedale school. Savill Field, named after former pupil Peter Savill, who made the project possible, was blessed and dedicated by the Abbot of Ampleforth, the Rt
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George Bush: friend or foe?
Friend says York MP Hugh Bayley, foe says anti-war campaigner Chris Fuller. Hugh Bailey: It is important to distinguish between the country and the President. The USA was and remains a good and generous friend to Britain and Europe. The President is a
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Case for bringing back death penalty
I AGREE with the comments of Tory MP David Davis about restoring the death penalty - it's just a pity no one else has had the guts to stand up and say it. Since its abolition 40 years ago there are more murders than ever. I do not believe life imprisonment
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Stop-out kids query
I HAVE a few points to make in response to the absolutely awful report of the serious sexual assault of a 13 year old girl in Sleeper Path, Huntington ('Footpath attack on girl 13', November 15), Firstly, and most importantly, I hope the victim is all
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Lawless city
Has the rule of law and order broken down in York? Vandalism, hooliganism, theft, robbery, violence, child prostitution, mugging, drugs and murder is what I keep hearing and reading about. I recently moved back to York after a five-year absence and I
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Cheap attack
MAYBE I differ from Chris Titley in that I have a deep admiration and respect for our Queen and I am loyal to the monarchy. But it was the unfairness and injustice of his article 'About these silly rumours' (November 12) that outraged me. His cheap attack
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Fluoride shocker
THE city council is right to reject water fluoridation ('Council opposes flouride in water', November 14). The specific chemical which is used to fluoridate tap-water - hexafluorosilicic acid - has never been tested for safety. I know this sounds incredible
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Town lose in League Cup
HARROGATE Town are out of this season's UniBond League Challenge Cup after their 2-1 second round defeat at Guiseley last night. Trialist Josh Bowker got Town's consolation goal, but the former Accrington Stanley youngster is unlikely to be kept on by
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Stars join the action
SOME of the star names came into play today in York after a opening day of revenge, tight finishes and sore limbs in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. All eight of yesterday's first round winners were straight back into action today, with former
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More cash? Real results
NO ONE could accuse Della Cannings of keeping a low profile. North Yorkshire's Chief Constable believes in highly visible policing and she puts herself up there for all to see, even making an impromptu arrest when required. Most of all, Ms Cannings places
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Stripped bare
THE Calendar Girls effect has still to wear off. Or perhaps "wear" is not the word. Female staff from Norwich Union are stripping the light fantastic to raise money for Children In Need, while pub regulars at Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, are disrobing
