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French raider to take the spoils - 21/11/03
Best Mate, the top steeplechaser in Europe, makes his eagerly-awaited reappearance at Huntingdon tomorrow but could well be defeated. French raider Jair Du Cochet, one of the novice stars of last season, is my fancy to cause an upset by having the edge
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European Legacy
THE challenge is on. The gauntlet laid down. Subaru's new Legacy and Outback are now aimed unashamedly at beating prestige European makes. To show they mean business, the Legacy range starts at an identical £15,750 on-the-road price as its predecessor
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Panda tops pops
THE new Fiat Panda has just been voted Car Of The Year 2004. An international Car of the Year jury, composed of 58 senior motoring journalists representing 22 European countries, gave it the thumbs-up. With 281 votes, the Fiat Panda beat the Mazda3 (241
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Love Actually (15, 135 minutes)
RICHARD Curtis keeps on writing the same movie about love. This time not only does he get to write it, but direct it too, and with no one to stop him, he writes not one love story, not four love stories with a funeral tossed in, but eight, maybe nine
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And that's the gospel truth...
THE London Community Gospel Choir has sung on The Lion King film soundtrack and Madonna's Nothing Fails. The choir has also performed for Nelson Mandela on his London visit; officiated at Spice Girl Mel B's wedding; represented the British Council at
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Golden Lion tries out the acoustics
THE Golden Lion, in Church Street, York, is seeking applicants for its Turn of the Year acoustic music competition in January. Musicians with original songs are asked to pick up an application form from the bar and return it to the pub by Christmas. Entertainment
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Jazz notes
STRAP on your jazz boots for this weekend's J Night International Jazz series. Saturday (22nd) night's concert at the National Centre for Early Music is by Gilad Atzmon and the extended Orient House Ensemble. Atzmon, an Israeli saxophonist now living
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Fame is heading to Pocklington
WASN'T Georgie Fame passing through these parts only a fortnight ago? Indeed so, and after that old boys' union with Bill Wyman and Albert Lee in the Rhythm Kings' show at York Barbican Centre, Fame will be fronting his own gig at Oak House, Pocklington
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Ross Noble, Grand Opera House, York. November 23
Comedian Ross Noble will be spinning more surreal stories when he visits York next week, as CHARLES HUTCHINSON discovers. ON Monday, at the Grand Opera House, astronomer Sir Patrick Moore will be gazing at Mars. On Sunday, same theatre, North Eastern
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The Reduced Shakespeare Company - All The Great Books Abridged, at the Grand Opera House, York. Nov
THE Reduced Shakespeare Company is vowing to be more ruthless in its latest down-sizing operation, All The Great Books Abridged, at the Grand Opera House, York, next week. Company co-founder Austin Tichenor says: "After the relative excess of The Complete
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Developers eye prime York site
BRITAIN'S top property developers are circling round an up-for-sale former care home on a multi-million pound York site. The 3.4 acres of prime development land, in Tadcaster Road, is expected to fetch between £3 million and £4 million. Planning permission
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Anti-terror training for firefighters
FIREFIGHTERS are being taught specialist search and rescue techniques in preparation for a terrorist bombing, York's new fire chief revealed. A new decontamination vehicle is to be permanently based at a fire station in the city from next month in order
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Sales tax in York 'would shut shops'
A LEADING York business owner has warned some traders would go to the wall if a local version of VAT was introduced. The Local Government Association (LGA) has written a review of council finance which includes a number of ideas for changes to the way
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Old foes to follow old enemies final
AFTER England and Australia have crossed swords in the World Cup final, there will be another meeting of old rivals at Percy Road on Saturday afternoon. Pocklington and York RI go head-to-head in an eagerly-anticipated Yorkshire Three derby that looks
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The ice rink cometh
A TASTE of New York came to York today with the city's first open air ice rink due to open. The new attraction in front of the Castle Museum in the shadow of Clifford's Tower gave excited shoppers and visitors the chance to get their skates on in true
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Green light for block of flats
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new block of flats in a York suburb have finally been agreed by councillors - at the fourth attempt. City of York councillors yesterday agreed plans to build 67 flats on the site of Shelley House, Acomb Road, Holgate. They agreed
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Jimmy eager for next clash
THE 'Whirlwind' is up and running again and eager for his next big match in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Watched by a large following of fans, Jimmy White eased to a 9-5 second round win over Drew Henry at York's Barbican Centre yesterday
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We're Light Years Ahead
WHEN Brian Richards, managing director of revolutionary rail firm Omnicom Engineering, arrived at work today, he still could not believe that his venture had been voted the 2003 Evening Press Business of the Year. Brian showed off to his 61 staff the
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Fields of treasure
STEPHEN LEWIS steps back to ancient times with Dominic Powlesland to unearth a wealth of rich history. THEY are fields like any others - flat, stubbled with the promising green shoots of winter cereal as the November sun slants over the Yorkshire Wolds
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Basic rate pensioners are feeling the pinch
KITE-FLYING local authorities and police forces try to condition council tax payers to accept ever-increasing costs. Woebetide basic rate pensioners! Last year the basic rate pension was increased from £75.50 a week by 2.59 per cent to £77.45. A rise
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Protest tidily
Regardless of my views, I understand and respect the right of people to protest. I do not, however, understand the state in which York city centre was left after last Wednesday night's demonstration against President George Bush. Discarded protest banners
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Dung... but not out
AFTER reading "Horse nappy idea scrapped" (Evening Press, November 8) I couldn't believe my eyes. The York council licensing and regulation committee has backed down on carriage operators' horses wearing dung-catchers without any cost to the operators
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Twin Towns face double trouble
NORTHERN Counties East League high-flyers Pickering Town and Selby Town both face tough tests this Saturday if they are to progress to the third round of the FA Vase. Pickering travel to FA Cup first round participants Shildon and Selby play host to Albany
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Railway set for Victoria station
Harrogate Railway entertain a Borrowash Victoria side still searching for their first away win of the season in the Northern Counties East League premier division. However, Rail' will be without suspended striker Steve Davey (two weeks) and midfielder
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Carter gets Steve
Steve Davis went out at the first hurdle for the third tournament in a row, beaten 9-6 yesterday by world number 17 Allister Carter, from Essex, in the UK Championship at York's Barbican. Davis never recovered from being 6-2 down at the end of the first
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The business
LAST night's ceremony for the 2003 Evening Press Business Awards was a truly sparkling occasion, set amid the splendour of the new £20 million Ebor stand at York racecourse. The glitter fell on overall winners Omnicom, the York firm which provides new
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BMW's safe bet
THE arrival of President Bush to this country has done much to focus the mind on security. But it is not Presidents or Premiers alone who need protection. Becks, he of Posh fame, has had to step up car security since a kidnap threat against his family
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Earthquake (PG)
Ten Things You Didn't Know About... Earthquake 1. Why is City Screen, York, ready to rumble this weekend? In a world exclusive screening, or rather two exclusive screenings, the old Herald Building will shake to the sound of Earthquake, the hit disaster
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Orient excess
YORK City player coach Lee Nogan is out to make capital gains for a third successive time at Leyton Orient on Saturday. The Minstermen boast a fantastic record over the London club in the last ten years with Nogan anxious that City's hoodoo over Orient
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Ward stuck on sidelines
MIDFIELD linchpin Mitch Ward looks like missing out on the trip to Leyton Orient on Saturday. A thigh strain ruled the former Everton and Sheffield United schemer out of last Saturday's 1-0 win over Doncaster Rovers, the first time Ward has missed a League
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Low Mill date for Bluegrass legend
Bluegrass legend 'Panama Red' Peter Rowan will play the magical moorland venue of The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, on November 29. Concert co-promoter Nigel Burnham says: "I've seen Peter Rowan three times, each time in York. Twice at the Winning Post
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Suranne Jazzes it up for charity
Coronation Street soap star Suranne Jones will be singing in York on Wednesday night (26th). Best known as Corrie's hot but bothersome Karen McDonald, Suranne is to perform musical numbers in the Peter Karrie & Friends show at the Grand Opera House
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Blair dodges pitfalls again
TONY Blair has emerged unscathed from what promised to be one of the toughest weeks of his six-year Premiership. If anything, he finds himself in a stronger position than seven days ago on account of an American, scores of Scots, eight Labour cowards
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Look Out Young People's Festival, York Theatre Royal, until November 29.
LOOK Out is York Theatre Royal's first festival for a new generation of performers and writers. Between Tuesday and next Saturday, 125 young people are participating in the inaugural event, drawn from York Youth Theatre, Pilot Youth Theatre, Borderlines
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Sir Patrick Moore presents Mars: the Final Frontier, Grand Opera House, York, November 24
SIR Patrick Moore has his eye on Mars in his latest lecture tour but he is more immediately concerned with matters closer to home. "Can we conquer Mars? We should do if all goes well. It depends on us governing ourselves responsibly and having no more
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Snow White, Elvington Village Hall, November 27-29
LEWIS Jackson has chalked up his tenth original pantomime script for the Elvington Players. Lewis, a self-employed sales agent by day, first took on the mantle of writer for the 1990 show, maintaining the Players' 30-year tradition of its panto always
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A Christmas Carol, York Castle Museum, from November 24 to 29 and December 12 to 20
THE Dreaming Theatre Production Company is breaking theatrical ground in York next week. The York company will become the first to perform a play in Kirkgate, the Victorian street in York Castle Museum. The Dreaming's creative director, Lee York, is delighted
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Theatre Royal unveils production delights for next year
AUTUMN mists make way for cotton-wool white clouds and blue skies on the new brochure cover, heralding a new year of drama, dance and music at York Theatre Royal. After a hatful of premieres in 2003, 2004 opens with another, this time a new adaptation
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Old foes to follow old enemies final
AFTER England and Australia have crossed swords in the World Cup final, there will be another meeting of old rivals at Percy Road on Saturday afternoon. Pocklington and York RI go head-to-head in an eagerly-anticipated Yorkshire Three derby that looks
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River deep, mountain high
NINE members of Castle Howard staff were today putting on their hiking boots to tackle an arduous trekking challenge in the Lake District to raise cash for the BBC Children In Need appeal. Chris Metcalfe, head of building services, and his wife Ann; Duncan
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Hunt for missing Peter goes on
A HIGH-PROFILE hunt for a missing York man is due to be boosted in the city after police searches elsewhere drew a blank. The girlfriend of missing civil servant Peter Critchlow told the Evening Press that efforts to find the 25-year-old civil servant
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Revenge will be so sweet - if we get it
Evening Press Deputy News Editor Andrew Hitchon samples the World Cup atmosphere down under... So it's the big one. England v Australia for the rugby union World Cup final, the one few expected and yet the one everyone wanted. Let me remind you, when
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Doctor 'kissed woman patient'
A YORK psychiatrist sat a woman patient on his knee and kissed her when she wanted help for a nervous breakdown, a jury has heard. The woman is the fourth former patient of now-retired Clifton Hospital consultant Michael Haslam to allege at Leeds Crown
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Gritty Sev sustain winning run
Severus WMC maintained their 100 per cent record at the top of York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division one with a gritty 3-1 win at Pocklington. The victory was courtesy of two goals from Woodward and a McShane penalty. Marcia had a relatively
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Groom found hanged in barn at York stables
A STABLE groom working at a training complex near York has been found hanged. Lee Weighman, 21, was discovered in a barn on part of Mel Brittain's training complex at Warthill. Ambulance crews were called to the scene but it was too late to save the groom
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Orient excess
YORK City player coach Lee Nogan is out to make capital gains for a third successive time at Leyton Orient on Saturday. The Minstermen boast a fantastic record over the London club in the last ten years with Nogan anxious that City's hoodoo over Orient
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Battling PC told: You're on your own
AN INTERNAL investigation has been launched after an off-duty police officer who bravely tackled four shoplifters waited almost two hours for back-up. By the time uniformed colleagues arrived at the Co-op Late Shop, in Tang Hall Lane, York, the gang had
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Don't throw stones
Frank Cartin, president of York Licensed Victuallers' Association, has spoken out about pubs damaged in football and alcohol related incidents ('Soccer hooligans cause pub havoc', November 17) He claims: "If the problems are caused by people (fans) coming
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Hip, hip hooray
I THANK the doctors and all the staff on Ward 29 of York Hospital for the wonderful care and treatment I received after my accident in Portugal where I fell and broke my hip. The treatment and kindness I received was second to none and I shall always
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Shoulder Shaun of two goals
CEDARWOOD goalkeeper Shaun Whattom saved two penalties but was still on the receiving end of an 8-2 York and District Sunday After-noon League division two thrashing. Shoulder of Mutton won thanks to goals from Neil Pallister (3), Paul Lawson (2), Kevin
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Deadly Dave
Blacksmiths Arms caught Wigginton Grasshoppers cold with a four-goal blast in the opening 20 minutes of the top-of-the-table clash in division two - all the goals scored by Dave Newton. Alcock reduced the arrears but further goals from Glen Hinds (2)
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Gritty Sev sustain winning run
Severus WMC maintained their 100 per cent record at the top of York John Smith's Sunday Morning League division one with a gritty 3-1 win at Pocklington. The victory was courtesy of two goals from Woodward and a McShane penalty. Marcia had a relatively
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Jimmy eager for next clash
THE 'Whirlwind' is up and running again and eager for his next big match in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. Watched by a large following of fans, Jimmy White eased to a 9-5 second round win over Drew Henry at York's Barbican Centre yesterday
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Where were the police?
WHEN people ring the police, they expect their call to be dealt with promptly. What they don't want to hear is that no one is available to help for two hours. Yet this is exactly what happened to one civic-minded citizen who tackled youths at the Co-op
