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Get covered on blanket safety
As the cold weather draws in, it's worth making sure that that favourite old electric blanket won't turn out to be a killer, says STEPHEN LEWIS. DO you sleep with a killer? It might sound an odd, even ghoulish question - but it is exactly what Trading
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Brass's ground delay fears
YORK City boss Chris Brass is hoping that confusion over where the club will be playing its home games next season is resolved by March at the latest. The club will shortly ask landlord Douglas Craig for an extension to their current lease at Bootham
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Friends step up fight
SUPPORTERS' pressure group the Friends of Bootham Crescent (FoBC) have vowed to "redouble" their efforts to keep York City at their current home. The football club this week submitted its blueprint to redevelop Huntington Stadium but the Friends insist
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Designed to shock
MOANING about adverts is a national sport. Some people even go to the bother of officially complaining about an advert they've seen on television or in print, which seems to be excessively disagreeable, but there you go. However, those of a narrow and
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Hospital not to blame for death
YORK HOSPITAL was not to blame for the death of a retired army officer who died two days after falling from his hospital bed, an inquest heard. Major Harold Lewis, 91, of Cedar Glade, Dunnington, York, was found lying on the floor next to his bed in ward
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Doctor 'snogged' patient
A YORK psychiatrist told police he had kissed and cuddled one of his patients during a "snogging session" at his clinic, Leeds Crown Court heard. A jury was hearing the police interviews of retired consultant Dr Michael Haslam, 69, who is accused of raping
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Clifton's bold day at the Market
CLIFTON Ladies travelled to Market Weighton and scored a good 8-1 win in York Badminton League ladies' division one. Shelagh Barker and Karen Anderson were the pick of the Clifton pairs with three wins for 90-24, while Miriam and April Beales took the
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Tykes in Easter rising
Yorkshire open their programme next season with an Easter visit to Bradford Park Avenue in what may be their final appearance on the famous old ground. They play Bradford-Leeds Universities' Centre of Excellence in a three-day match starting on Easter
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Play-offs U-turn on cards
RUGBY league's National League is in line for a last-minute rule change to scrap the promotion play-offs and grand finals. Rugby Football League chiefs are considering the possibility of a late U-turn following a meeting of National League clubs in which
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Wanted man
CARDIFF City are believed to be just one of a number of First Division clubs tracking York City midfielder Lee Bullock. Norwich City, Reading and Nottingham Forest have also been linked with a move for the highly-rated 22-year-old. However, the Evening
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£35,000 seized by drug police
POLICE were today asking magistrates to seize £35,000 cash found during a string of police raids in York at the homes of suspected drug dealers. Officers said weapons, including parts of a shotgun, and several plastic bags of white powder, believed to
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Heworth to make most of crack Sabbath
HEWORTH will make a small slice of Challenge Cup club history on Sunday when they entertain Edinburgh Eagles in the first round (ko 2.30pm). It will be the first time the Villagers have met a Scottish club and the first time they have played a team based
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All's fair for Christmas
A TRADITIONAL Christmas fair opened in a new location in York today. St Nicholas Fayre was holding stalls in College Street in the shadow of the Minster for the first time. It was also opening stalls in Parliament Street, St Sampson's Square, King's Square
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The Beatles, Let It Be... Naked (Apple/Parlophone) ****
THIS has not been a good year for maverick record producer Phil Spector. He already faces one charge of murder, and now he is up on a second count, accused of murdering The Beatles' Let It Be. A "crime" committed more than 30 years ago but only now is
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Busted, A Present For Everyone (Universal/Island) ***; Blazin' Squad, Now Or Never (Warner) **
Perfectly timed to slip effortlessly on to pre-teen Christmas lists come albums from two of Britain's most chart-friendly, US-conscious boy bands. Green Day wannabes Busted cut a riotous path through 15, three-minute, pogo-inducing slabs of "leave the
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Scandal of the bogus carers
WHAT has been the most shocking event of the last week or so? Michael Jackson's arrest over child abuse allegations? The huge amount of taxpayers' money spent on President Bush's visit? Forging references to breach security at Buckingham Palace? No, the
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Wooden heads
THEY must be off their rockers. European legislators now want to ban rocking horses. These toys have been enjoyed by children since the 1700s. In all that time it is hard to recall a single rocking horse fatality. There is much that is wrong in Europe
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Transcend can triumph in debut race over fences - 27/11/03
Lord Transcend, who promises to take high rank this season, can make a winning start to his chasing career at Ayr tomorrow. The meeting, which has been transferred from Musselburgh, where firm ground conditions were causing some concern, is sponsored
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Don't bury your head in the sand
FOLLOWING on from our advice in last week's column, City of York Trading Standards is supporting the Office of Fair Trading's newly launched major debt advice campaign. With total consumer credit debt, excluding mortgages, reaching £168 billion and average
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Wanted man
CARDIFF City are believed to be just one of a number of First Division clubs tracking York City midfielder Lee Bullock. Norwich City, Reading and Nottingham Forest have also been linked with a move for the highly-rated 22-year-old. However, the Evening
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Junction is 'accident waiting to happen'
A YORK man fears there will be a serious accident on a road near his house if action is not taken soon. Keith Reynolds, 58, said driving on to Huntington Road from Ramsay Close - where there was a new housing development - was a regular nightmare. He
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Missing York man may have amnesia
POLICE believe missing York man Peter Critchlow could have wandered off after losing his memory, it emerged today. Peter's distressed girlfriend, Dawn Harrison, mentioned this as she issued a fresh plea for information about his whereabouts. Dawn, who
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Charity shop manager ordered to remove signs
A YORK Christmas charity shop manager has been left "upset and angry" after being told to take down signs advertising her shop. Alison Frankish, 22, manager of the charity Card Aid shop in St Helen's Church, St Helen's Square, was told by City of York
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Tributes paid to Rowntree advert supremo
TRIBUTES were today paid to a York advertising ace who helped launch some of the world's most famous chocolate brands. Raymond Clifford, who has died aged 97, led for two decades the marketing teams that promoted Kit Kat, Aero, Black Magic, Dairy Box
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All's fair for Christmas
A TRADITIONAL Christmas fair opened in a new location in York today. St Nicholas Fayre was holding stalls in College Street in the shadow of the Minster for the first time. It was also opening stalls in Parliament Street, St Sampson's Square, King's Square
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Student calls off mouse stunt
A YORK student who sparked a furore over plans to drop a mouse 25ft from the university's Central Hall has called off the "experiment" - saying he was going to use a "stunt double" all along. The Evening Press reported yesterday that Sam Ward, 21, had
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Heworth to make most of crack Sabbath
HEWORTH will make a small slice of Challenge Cup club history on Sunday when they entertain Edinburgh Eagles in the first round (ko 2.30pm). It will be the first time the Villagers have met a Scottish club and the first time they have played a team based
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Rocking horse ban fury
A RENOWNED rocking horse maker today slammed as "lunacy" a proposed European law that could put him out of business. Anthony Dew, of the Rocking Horse Shop, Fangfoss, near York, said toy safety legislation could outlaw all, but the smallest horses. Section
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Big guns on Barbican collision course
THE chance of a clash of all-time greats in Sunday's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York is a step closer today with Jimmy White through to the semi-finals. But Yorkshire hopes of glory have crashed, with Paul Hunter being swept aside
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Play-offs U-turn on cards
RUGBY league's National League is in line for a last-minute rule change to scrap the promotion play-offs and grand finals. Rugby Football League chiefs are considering the possibility of a late U-turn following a meeting of National League clubs in which
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Window cleaner scarred for life by knifeman
A WINDOW cleaner has been scarred for life after his face was slashed by a knife-wielding thug. Jason Millard, 22, of Hawling Road, Market Weighton, was walking home along his street when he was attacked by two youths. He felt two blows to the back of
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Odeon cinema closure threat
YORK'S last traditional cinema - the Odeon - could close, the Evening Press can reveal today. The cinema's owners have confirmed that the Blossom Street site is currently being assessed for its "economic viability". But the Evening Press understands that
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Van Morrison, What's Wrong With This Picture? (Blue Note) ***; John Lee Hooker, Face To Face (Eagle
THE veteran Irish singer continues his recent form, presenting a frustrating mixture of good and bad. First the good - and there is plenty of quality music here, with Van in surprisingly happy voice on the sumptuous slur of the title track. The mood changes
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Jimi Hendrix, Axis Outtakes (Purple Haze Records) **
BE warned, this isn't another glossy run-up-to-Christmas "Best Of" package. Axis Outtakes is strictly one for the devoted Hendrix collector, and obsessive readers of guitar magazines everywhere. As the title suggests, this new plundering of the vaults
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Alex Parks, Introduction (Polydor) ***
AS the winner of the second Fame Academy, Parks has gone from professional Cornish clown to pop star practically overnight. This album is divided between six covers she performed on the BBC talent show and seven songs she has co-written. All display her
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Kill Bill Vol. 1, Original Soundtrack (A Band Apart Records) **** ; Love Actually, The Original Soun
Quentin Tarantino is an audio alchemist. Once he adds vision to a sound, a song is changed forever. First it was the ear-slicing scene for Stealer's Wheel's previously innocuous Stuck In The Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs. Now, in his fourth movie,
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Booze cruisers or cross-channel smugglers?
When is a smuggler not a smuggler? STEPHEN LEWIS finds out. WITH the Christmas and New Year party season approaching, now is a great time for slipping over to France for a bit of cross-channel shopping. With duty on cigarettes, wine and beer so much lower
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We are listening
I WISH to respond to claims made by Chris Wellburn about the future of Oaklands and Lowfield schools ("Parent angered by schools move", November 20). Mr Wellburn suggests parents should have been informed as soon as possible that the future of the school
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Lure of allotments
DOUG Barnes paints a bleak but one-sided picture of life at Scarcroft Allotments (Letters, Nocember 12). Most of the time young and old, rich and poor, derive enormous pleasure from growing vegetables, fruit and flowers and from working in partnership
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Hands off our heroes, Tony
THE way the England rugby union team won the Rugby World Cup was superb in every way. They made all of England feel a much better place. They all deserve a very special homecoming and a place of honour, but they should not go to a reception at No 10 Downing
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A promise kept
FAR from being "wallies", as Mr Berridge of the Civil Service Sports Club claims (Letters, November 10), when they rejected plans for a new sports complex, members of York's planning committee did exactly what the Liberal Democrat Party promised to do
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Pavement peril
IT IS now impossible to walk on York pavements without having to look over one's shoulder to see if a cyclist is pedalling up behind. It is especially dangerous for the elderly and disabled who find it difficult having to keep moving out of the way of
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Mind games sharpen focus
THE Rugby Union World Cup final provided a very dramatic finish at the weekend and there were also dramatic scenes on our journey down to Brisbane Road as we tried to keep track of the result. We were listening to the game on the radio but just at the
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Tykes in Easter rising
Yorkshire open their programme next season with an Easter visit to Bradford Park Avenue in what may be their final appearance on the famous old ground. They play Bradford-Leeds Universities' Centre of Excellence in a three-day match starting on Easter
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Big guns on Barbican collision course
THE chance of a clash of all-time greats in Sunday's Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York is a step closer today with Jimmy White through to the semi-finals. But Yorkshire hopes of glory have crashed, with Paul Hunter being swept aside
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Odeon has to be saved
THE Odeon is York's last picture palace. Built in 1937 at the end of the cinema's golden age, it was one of many city movie houses. Generations have enjoyed a thrill of anticipation as they stepped into the Odeon's strikingly-decorated auditorium, ready
