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Young orienteers track down two titles
YORK is basking in national glory after double success at this year's British Schools Orienteering Championships. The Mount School won Small Secondary School category while York College lifted the Tertiary Trophy. Mount clinched victory in the category
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Rowntree too tasty for county rivals
JOSEPH Rowntree under 16s are the new county netball champions. The school's U-19 side also finished joint winners during the County Round National Schools tournament at Ashville College in Harrogate. Rowntree's U-16s gained revenge against local rivals
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It's Grice and easy
Stand-in scrum half Robin Grice scored a hat-trick of tries as York RI RUFC U17s beat previously unbeaten West Leeds 26-0 at New Lane. Tom Heslop made the initial break from which Grice waltzed through several tackles before going over near the corner
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Move to cut waiting times at A and E unit
POSTERS may go up at York Hospital's Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, telling patients how quickly they might be seen at an NHS walk-in centre. The A&E department at the hospital has a target of admitting, transferring or discharging patients
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New beginning for 'doomed' church
VITAL repair work will start soon at one of York's most distinctive churches - to the relief of worshippers who feared the building would be bulldozed. Scaffolding today covers St Laurence's Parish Church, Lawrence Street, signalling the start of a flagship
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A Double Deception by Gillian Kaye (Robert Hale, £17.99)
The year is 1812 and life for Charlotte Kempe changes dramatically when her mother marries Sir Basil Hendry, a gentleman with an eye for the ladies. When he attempts to seduce his new step-daughter, she shoots him and flees the family home of Betton House
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Old soldier angered at threat to his old York regiment
SELBY old soldier John Collier has reacted with fury and dismay after hearing that his old regiment may be disbanded as part of defence cuts. The war veteran was responding to reports that the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire faces the axe
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Royal seal of approval
THE Duke of York was given a biology lesson - and joked that it was the first one he truly understood - when he officially opened the Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) laboratory at the University of York. The YCR Cancer Research Unit, led by Professor
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Christmas drink-drive warning
A NORTH Yorkshire police chief whose mother-in-law was killed by a drink-driver has helped launch a major new campaign to highlight the dangers of drink in Hambleton. Easingwold is to be among the first towns in the area to hold an awareness event to
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Winning catch made at same peg for third time
For the third time this season in Yorkshire Winter League the winner fished from peg 220 when the fourth round of the league took place on the Ouse from Hunters Lodge to Linton. The match, with 80 competitors, was badly affected by sub-zero overnight
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£500-a-night for Ascot week
THE Royal Ascot cash bonanza awaiting York hoteliers emerged today as one major venue revealed it expected to charge a whopping £500 a night. The Marriott Hotel, sited in a plum position overlooking the racecourse, is planning to charge almost treble
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Missing man: brother's plea
A HEARTFELT plea for new information about a vanished York man was today made by his distraught brother. Ian Critchlow said he still believes there are people who were with his brother, Peter, in the Willow Chinese restaurant, Coney Street, York, on the
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Danger mouse
A YORK student has stirred outrage among animal lovers and police by vowing to drop a mouse 25ft from the university's Central Hall to prove a scientific theory following a pub argument with friends. Sam Ward, 21, was ordered to attend York Police Station
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Police raid homes of drugs suspects
SUSPECTED drug dealers got a special wake-up call courtesy of York Police today. Five homes across the city centre were raided as part of a crackdown on drugs and the misery they cause to the city's community. Twenty police officers dressed in riot gear
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Hanson stars in Selby demolition
MARK Hanson was the hero of Selby Warriors ARL Club's 60-18 Pennine League division five victory over West Bowling. Warriors are now fourth and if they win their games in hand could go equal top. Hanson scored a try and ten goals for a 24 point haul.
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Award for Jenny
A YORK sixth-former has been commended for her charity work. Jenny Anderton, 17, from The Mount School was given the Philip Harris Trophy for the York Young Ambassador of the 21st Century Award from York Lions. President of York Lions, Peter Jesse and
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Kylie Minogue, Body Language (Parlophone) ***; Britney Spears, In The Zone (Jive) **; Holly Valance,
JUSTIN ditched Britney; Justin got his hands on Kylie's booty at the Brits; then Britney snogged Madonna as Justin looked on impassively from the MTV Awards audience. The stakes go ever higher, the hipsters ever lower, in pop's sex wars, and it cannot
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Lyle Lovett, My Baby Don't Tolerate (Lost Highway) ****; Rickie Lee Jones, The Evening Of My Best Da
LYLE Lovett swings back with an on-form album that banishes all memories of the dreadful movie-themed Smile, released earlier this year. Lovett, mildly quirky country singer and spinner of vaguely odd musical short stories, kicks off his first collection
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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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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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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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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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Shelby Lynne, Identity Crisis (Capitol) ***
AFTER the showy swell of I Am Shelby Lynne, which gave the long-standing country singer a newcomer's niche, and the slick disappointment of Love Shelby, Shelby Lynne appears to be in control. Gone are the cheesecake cover pictures from Love Shelby, to
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Ban smoking in public?
As leading health experts call for a crackdown we ask, should we ban smoking in public? Yes, says DAVID REED of Yorkshire Action on Smoking and Health. IT is past time for action on secondhand smoke. When you go into a smoky workplace, a restaurant or
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Amy Winehouse, Frank (Island) ****
NOT since that lumpy northern student from Gomez with the venerable New Orleans blues roar has a voice so belied initial expectations. Amy Winehouse smoulders like a Forties' jazz diva, a Dinah Washington or Sarah Vaughan. In fact she is a 19-year-old
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Worshipping in cathedrals of consumerism
I COULD have had blueberry, toffee, chocolate, even apple crumble flavour. In fact I could have chosen any variety as long as I bought a muffin. I like muffins, but what I really wanted was an assortment of cakes from which to choose. A blustery Saturday
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What price a life?
THANK you once again for your support in our campaign to make the roads in Skelton safer. Unfortunately City of York Council's planning and transport (east area) committee turned down our application once again. Rather than introduce the 40mph limit where
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Cup agony for ladies
YORK City Ladies were knocked out of the Yorkshire Cup after a 4-1 second round defeat at Hull. Kelly Chesterton scored City's consolation after Hull had stormed into a four-goal lead. Defender Nicky Weyman was voted player of the match and City return
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Jimmy hoping to be White on cue
JIMMY White is hoping to be at his best as he bids tonight to earn a place in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship semi-finals in York. Stephen Hendry, meanwhile, booked his place in the last eight thanks to cashing in after his third round opponent
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Nicky can score on father's day - 26/11/03
On a day when his father has a race staged in his memory, Greystoke trainer Nicky Richards will be especially keen to do well at his local Carlisle course tomorrow. The son of legendary trainer, the late Gordon Richards, Nicky is proving himself a very
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Top two pull clear of pack
Acomb 'A' and Sheriff Hutton Bridge have made a great start to the Hunters York and District Indoor Cricket League. Both these teams won their latest two games easily to maintain their unbeaten records in division one and open a big gap over the other
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Queen calls the shots
WHEN it comes to the Queen's Speech, there's only one woman for the job. It has Her Majesty's name written all over it. Today was her annual date at the Palace of Westminster. Crowned up to the nines, her performance is always faultless. She reads out
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Running sore
NESTLE Rowntree Athletics Club have estimated that it would cost York City "hundreds of thousands of pounds" to provide new athletics facilities at York University. The football club submitted a planning application on Monday to City of York Council to
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Bucketeers to exclaim 'all for Trust'
THE buckets that helped save York City from extinction will be out in force again on Saturday as the Minstermen tackle Swansea at Bootham Crescent. Some £60,000 was raised by the mini-army of bucketeers at the height of the club's off-field troubles,
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Hold Tight It's 60s Christmas Night, York Theatre Royal until November 26.
A VISION in polka dots, eyeliner and knee-high boots, we teetered across the road towards the theatre, expecting a bar full of flares and bold black-and-white patterns. But instead of flower power and a flashback to the Swinging Sixties we were greeted
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Trust could be running pools by end of 2005
YORK'S four community pools could be in the hands of a new sports trust by the end of 2005, if councillors give proposals the green light. City of York Council's executive committee will vote on Tuesday whether to back plans for a trust, which would take
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Jo's a true bookworm
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the woman behind York's newest bookshop. JO Dodd woke up one Sunday morning with her future suddenly crystal clear. The 36-year-old marketing manager was working out her redundancy from Norwich Union in York, and wondering what to
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Death of leading groundsman
AWARD-WINNING North York-shire cricket groundsman Mike Corley has died at the age of 66 after an illness. He had spells at both York and Scarborough cricket clubs before landing a key role with the Test and County Cricket Board as deputy pitches consultant
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John on cue for switch-on
SNOOKER star John Parrott will cover York with colour on Thursday when he presses the button at the big Christmas lights switch-on. Former world champion John follows the snooker tradition at the switch-on after Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan did the
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Jimmy hoping to be White on cue
JIMMY White is hoping to be at his best as he bids tonight to earn a place in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship semi-finals in York. Stephen Hendry, meanwhile, booked his place in the last eight thanks to cashing in after his third round opponent
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'Brittle' Ronnie near to breaking
RONNIE O'Sullivan, the world's most popular snooker player, is close to mental collapse he revealed after winning through to the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship quarter-finals in York. Despite being in tremendous form, with five century breaks
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Running sore
NESTLE Rowntree Athletics Club have estimated that it would cost York City "hundreds of thousands of pounds" to provide new athletics facilities at York University. The football club submitted a planning application on Monday to City of York Council to
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Jodie, 9, delivers mum's new baby
Nine-year-old Jodie Coupland stunned paramedics who arrived after her mum went into labour - because she had delivered the baby herself. The cool-headed youngster followed advice given to her by a 999 operator to help her mum, Bev, 30, give birth at their
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All Blacks stretch unbeaten sequence
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARL Club's Under-13s took their undefeated run to six games with a first-ever victory over Oulton Raiders. Tries from Adam Caddie (2), Nick Speck, Jonny Nendick and Taz Fernandez gave the home team a well deserved 32-18 Yorkshire
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Schools share in £75k partnership
PRIVATELY-educated children in East Yorkshire will work with pupils from a state school as part of a Government scheme to promote private and state partnerships. Pupils from Pocklington Montessori School, an independent school for children aged up to
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Pupils in Christmas spirit
PUPILS at a York school are celebrating the spirit of Christmas with an ambitious musical. Millthorpe School is presenting a stage version of that timeless classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The cast of 22 covers the full age range of the school
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Temporary measures
TEMPORARY classrooms could be removed from primary schools across York to make up for falling pupil numbers. Plans to remove classrooms at schools in the east and north of the city have been outlined in a five-year plan by York's Local Education Authority
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King-size award
A NORTH Yorkshire school has scooped a top award for use of technology. King James School in Knaresborough, which is a specialist technology college, has been given an award for a project involving the introduction of plasma screens throughout the school
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Hunt for top teacher
NOMINATIONS are being sought for the Teaching Awards 2004. Parents, pupils and colleagues can make nominations for the ten categories, from outstanding new teacher, to lifetime achievement award. Regional winners will be awarded a prize package of cash
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Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll (Lost Highway) ***; Love Is Hell Part 1 (Lost Highway) ****
ROCK prodigy Ryan "not Bryan" Adams is nothing if not prolific - he churns out records and form new bands at a rate that would take most artists about six entire careers, while still only being in his twenties. At the moment he seems to be living his
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Finley Quaye, Much More Than Much Love (Sony)
BY the third album, most artists have discovered their voice. They might try a new direction, but few have a full-scale personality split in the process (or if they do, it doesn't make it to the final cut). So quite what is going on here is unclear. It
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Mark Owen, In Your Own Time (Universal) *****
WHO remembers Mark Owen? Well, if you don't, here is a reminder. He was in popular boy band Take That and last year he won the celebrity version of Big Brother. This is Mark Owen's second solo album since leaving Take That, and it is excellent. It features
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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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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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Sugababes, Three (Universal) *** and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shoot From The Hip (Polydor) **
POP acts live or die by the single. Moody teenage trio Sugababes made their career with an impressive batch - from their effortlessly cool debut, Overload, written when they were barely out of the playground, to their Gary Numan-powered comeback Freak
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Heather Nova, Storm (Big Cat Records) ***
YOU have to settle for mellow with Heather Nova these days. There was a time, on 1998's Siren album, when she lit the touch-paper and was set to rocket off into the stratosphere. There was airplay. You could hear London Rain jangling in the background
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Siobhan Donaghy, Revolution In Me (Warner) ****
WALKING out on the Sugababes just as they tasted success didn't look the smartest move in Siobhan Donaghy's fledgling career. Promptly replaced by ex-Atomic Kitten Heidi, Siobhan's spot in the sun looked to have come and gone. But here she is. Alone,
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Asylum facts plea
I STRONGLY disagree with the sentiments Carole Tucker put forward on asylum (Letters, November 12). I find it refreshing that the Evening Press takes such a rational approach to the issue, in contrast to the sensationalist stories put out by the Sun,
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Thanks for giving
York Lions Club thanks everyone who made our annual appeal Launch Day a success. A total of £467 was raised towards our projects - the pensioners' Christmas lunch, special needs children's panto and tea party and the purchase of a Shopmobility Scooter
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'Brittle' Ronnie near to breaking
RONNIE O'Sullivan, the world's most popular snooker player, is close to mental collapse he revealed after winning through to the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship quarter-finals in York. Despite being in tremendous form, with five century breaks
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Beds, not statistics
IN the political battle over the National Health Service, the main weapon is the statistic. Today the Intensive Care Society (ICS) launched a barrage of figures at the Government to back their case that critical hospital care is underfunded. Britain has
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Real cool girl
IF York schoolgirl Jodie Coupland ever decides to take up a career in medicine, the NHS would have no safer pair of hands. At only nine years old she already possesses the cool head and innate skill of our best doctors. When her mum went into labour,
