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Flyer to give us a thrilling Tingle - 05/12/03
THERE is plenty to look forward to at Wetherby tomorrow, but the day's major race is a couple of hundred miles to the south where Sandown hosts the £100,000 Tingle Creek Chase. The William Hill-sponsored showpiece brings together a small, but select group
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Doesn't anyone keep 'em on these days?
HAS anyone produced a calendar where the photographic subjects keep their clothes on? The official Hugh Bayley Calendar 2004 shows the York MP in a variety of revealing poses... Only joking. In reality it is the Castleford Tigers rugby team doing the
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Quaker shaker
YORK City boss Chris Brass faces a defensive dilemma ahead of tomorrow's trip to Darlington. The Minstermen will travel to the Reynolds Arena for the first time without suspended former Darlington centre back Richard Hope and are also likely to be missing
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SWAT: Running time: 117 mins Certificate: 12A
SWAT stands for Special Weapons and Tactics, SWAT stands for no-nonsense. Neither applies to Clark Johnson's bumping, grinding bore of a cinematic exercise in American self-glorification of the most humourless, crass kind. SWAT is a two-hour recruitment
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The stuff(ing) of dreams
AUSSIES still smarting from World Cup defeat will have little to cheer about at Christmas as cock-a-hoop Brits give them a sharp reminder, thanks to Osbaldwick-based international retailer expatshopping.com. Under the banner: "Give your Aussie mates another
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Status Quo, York Barbican Centre, December 17
TER-RIFF-IC! Rock's dinosaurs in denim, Status Quo, are on the road again, this time in support of their millionth album, Riffs. Forty dates in total, the Riffs 2003 tour opened in deepest Guildford on October 29 and books into North Yorkshire for a couple
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Just a quickie with...
Mark Chadwick, singer with eco-warrior rock rebels Levellers. What's this, Mark? Your band is playing York Barbican Centre next Friday without a new product to promote? Some mistake surely. "No, we're just doing this tour because we can. People come just
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Jazz notes
THE Wakefield Jazz Christmas Party is tonight (5th) and the star guests, who have been Christmas-ing at Wakefield for many years now, are the well-loved vocalists Claire Martin and Ian Shaw. Ian Shaw has achieved a remarkable coup, being a British singer
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Will top-up fees topple Tony?
TONY Blair hasn't just come out fighting against Labour's top-up fee rebels. He's been kicking, screaming and challenging the MPs to get back inline or bump him off. The vote on backing or ditching the policy would be a vote of confidence in his leadership
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Aladdin, Harrogate Theatre, until January 10
WHY are evil spirits and ghosts such good friends? Because demons are a ghoul's best friend. Ooh! There's plenty more punning jokes like that, spouting from the crooked mouth of Harrogate Theatre's dimple-cheeky silly billy, Tim Stedman. Stedman collects
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Mother Goose's Silver Jubilee, York Theatre Royal, December 10 to January 31
As Berwick Kaler prepares for his 25th panto at York Theatre Royal, York's favourite dame carries out his now traditional pre-show chat with CHARLES HUTCHINSON. BERWICK Kaler makes York a happier place, but he is not a comedian. Never has been, glad he
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Jack And The Beanstalk, Grand Opera House, York, December 11 to January 4
Tonicha Jeronimo stopped playing Linda in Emmerdale in 1997 but the soap opera link lives on. Likewise her husband, Stuart Wade, left the goldfish bowl of soap opera four years ago, but still he is billed as Emmerdale's Biff on the poster for this winter's
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York 'Pool talent for away-day haul
A BIG NAME scalp and a first away win of the season is the goal for York tomorrow as they bid to climb the North Two East league table. The Clifton Parkers visit West Hartlepool, who only a few years ago were playing Premiership rugby. Since those heady
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A Christmas Carol, York Castle Museum, 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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Women ready to roll
THE girls are back in town tomorrow when Pocklington RUFC's Percy Road ground hosts a game between Cambridge University Women and Leeds Metropolitan University at 12.15, ahead of the senior XV match. The Cambridge girls will be making their seventh annual
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Council considers racecourse loop
PLANS to extend Knavesmire to allow Royal Ascot to come to York in 2005 are now being considered by council chiefs. The Evening Press can today reveal more details surrounding the application to complete the loop of the track at York Racecourse. York
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New snag over Park&Ride site
THE long-running saga over York's sixth Park&Ride site has taken another twist. Last month council officers plumped for land beside the A59/A1237 roundabout as the best of five alternatives to combat traffic gridlock. Selecting Location A for the
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Knights fervour
NEW Earswick All Blacks under-13s have been 'Knighted' thanks to a sponsorship raffle to raise funds for a new kit. The raffle involved people and businesses paying for the chance to win the shirt sponsorship and the winning ticket was owned by York City
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Minster and offices plunged into darkness
YORK Minster was plunged into darkness when a power cut hit parts of the city centre for almost two hours. About 350 properties in the Bootham, Gillygate and High Petergate areas were affected yesterday, including York Theatre Royal and a number of council
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Undercover work cuts car crime
CASES of car crime have plummeted in part of rural North Yorkshire after three police officers used their spare time to snare two suspects. Incidents of thefts from vehicles in the county's eastern area have been slashed by more than half, thanks to an
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Bayley raises Aviva issue
CABINET Minister Peter Hain has claimed Norwich Union shifting jobs to India will be good for the British economy. York MP Hugh Bayley raised the decision by Aviva, Norwich Union's parent company, to export 2,350 posts overseas, in a House of Commons
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Dyson back in the groove
NORTH YORKSHIRE golfer Simon Dyson is enjoying a return to form in the Far East. He shot a second round 68 for a two round total score of 140 to comfortably make the cut in the Omega Hong Kong Open. The Malton and Norton player last month failed to regain
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Riddle of bodies found in bedsit
DETECTIVES were today trying to unravel the gruesome mystery behind the shock discovery of two bodies in a York bedsit. The bodies, of adults, were found in a flat above a bakery in Gillygate after a member of the public called the police. A pathologist
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Frustrated reader
SO all is explained on the second day of the "new look Press" (December 2)! I thought you had had a problem with your printing. It was very frustrating hunting for the first items of interest i.e. hatched, matched and despatched and the all important
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Help catch attacker
I WRITE in response to the latest attack on a First bus driver (December 2). I hope everyone will join me in condemning the attacker and wishing the driver well. However, there is something more people can do. If you have a son around ten years old do
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Not another lake
REGARDING the proposed land acquisition for Campus 2 and a lake on Field Lane, Heslington, York, do they really need another lake? And do they need the existing lake? The simple solution is to drain and fill in the lake on Campus 1 and build on the land
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Move the market
LAST weekend the heart of the city of York beat strongly, trade boomed and why? Because the market was back in its proper place, of course. Bring back the market to Parliament Street, I say. Mrs M Morton, Acomb Road, York. Updated: 10:16 Friday, December
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Wasting away
WHICH genius in the loony department of the council thought this one up? We are millions in the red so let's spend another £20,000 on flowers for council blocks (November 24). Another great idea along with pedestrianising St Leonard's. Why not go the
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Pipe down, Anne
I MUST reply to Anne McIntosh's letter about her claim to be "helping" Skelton (December 2). I was not even aware that Ms McIntosh knew Skelton existed because she wrongly likened it to being worse than a deprived inner city area. Perhaps she would perform
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Paul's double treble
Top-scorer Paul Pallister notched his second hat-trick in a week to help Shoulder of Mutton draw 5-5 with Hunting-ton Juniors in division two of York Sunday Afternoon League. Paul Lawson grabbed two goals to take his tally to three in a week. Cedarwood
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New trio set for Rail'
Harrogate Railway boss Martin Haresign is hoping to include three new signings for tomorrow's home game against Mickleover Sports. Midfielders Scott Ryan and Des McOrisson are expected to sign from Garforth Town in time to face Mickleover and former Leeds
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Magical Meriva
MANUFACTURERS, you should have noticed by now, are doing their level best to liberate cars from conventional thinking. It is the compact people carrier, or midi-MPV as makers prefer to call it, that has sparked this new approach, and the bonnet-cabin-boot
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Rise of the 4x4
INDUSTRY figures this week show that in the first ten months of this year sales of 4x4 SUV's, ranging from the tiny Suzuki Jimny to the Toyota Amazon, have increased by 13 per cent to 136,688 registrations. In comparison in the same period, the UK's overall
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Conlon aims to shoot City down
FORMER York City striker Barry Conlon will be hoping to continue his impressive goal-a-game record against his old club tomorrow afternoon. Conlon, 25, has scored four times in four matches for Darlington against City since leaving Bootham Crescent in
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Move for Barnes on hold
YORK City boss Chris Brass has held transfer talks with former Minstermen striker Paul Barnes. The 36-year-old forward has been granted a free transfer by Division Three rivals Doncaster Rovers this week and City are one of a clutch of clubs to already
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Sales boost for city stores
CHRISTMAS consumers in York are making up for lost time. Stores in the city experienced a quiet start to the season, but as the big day approaches shoppers have been spending like there is no tomorrow. Most retailers in the city have seen the crowds surge
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Let there be light!
FESTIVE minded members of York's business community have stepped in to fill Santa's shoes - with a giant Christmas tree. Members of City of York Council's city centre team said they were disappointed when they heard Santa wouldn't be coming to St Sampson's
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Orders 'paw' in for dog breath busters
SMELLY dogs putting guests off the Christmas dinner could soon be a thing of the past - thanks to an innovative East Yorkshire business. BAC to Nature, based at Pocklington Industrial Estate, has provided natural solutions to animal hygiene problems for
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Tyre recycling firm expands
A MULTI-million pound expansion has boosted a North Yorkshire company that turns used tyres into cash. Selby-based waste disposal company Midco Waste Management Ltd, part of Credential Environmental, secured a large bank loan to fund a new warehouse and
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Times three
Alabama 3 like to tease. They're not from Alabama and usually there are more than three of them. Charles Hutchinson fathoms the musical puzzle. ALABAMA 3 like to throw a curve ball. They may come from the South but it is South London not the Deep South
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York Early Music Christmas Festival
START them Early. The National Centre for Early Music has forged a partnership with the City of York Council arts service to establish the York Early Music Ensemble, and the first fruits of this new educational project will ripen at the York Early Music
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Fibbers...
NEVER mind that Alabama 3's night of country, blues and techno has sold out tonight (5th), you are still spoilt for choice at Fibbers, York. Tomorrow The Beats Collective presents The Planets, Toastie Taylor and resident DJs Jed 104 and BigTim in the
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Richard Foster on a folk debut
MUSICIAN Susie Fox, a familiar face at music sessions in York and beyond, is busy promoting her first album. The 13 tracks on Afterwards include traditional songs such as John Riley, poems by Emily Bronte set to music, plus original songs. She plays all
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Dick Whittington, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York December 9-13
EILEEN Lavender marks her 50th anniversary in York theatre by directing the Rowntree Players pantomime at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre next week. This year's selection is Norman Robbins's version of Dick Whittington, to be staged from Tuesday to Saturday
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My Sister Sadie, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until January 3
Butler at your service. Since 2000, Alan Ayckbourn has cast Saskia Butler in no fewer than seven of his plays. It began with three roles - evil cousin, a woman in a wartime Tube station, a child in a bubble in the future - in the musical Whenever at the
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Pieces of eight
Harrogate will be hoping recent history repeats itself as they face the match of the day in National League Two. The Claro Roaders, who lie second, entertain fourth-placed Nottingham (ko 2.15pm) bidding to complete an eighth straight win over the East
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RI extend travelling blues
York RI U17's narrowly failed to win their first away game going down 14-5 at West Park Bramhope. RI dominated the open exchanges until an injury to one of the Park players requiring the game to be stopped while an ambulance was called, affected the visitors
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BT must take down 'eyesore' telephone poles
RESIDENTS of a North Yorkshire village have cause for celebration after British Telecom admitted it had put up two poles without the necessary planning permission - so must take them down again. People in Old Malton were outraged when the two poles were
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Trust slated over new village consultations
THE Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust was slated today over its consultations with local residents on New Osbaldwick. The Meadlands Area Residents Association (MARA) criticised a series of committees set up to involve the local community over the controversial
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Fast movers
Alex Lloyd goes out on the town, this week looking at speed dating. IF the strains of Mud's Lonely This Christmas are ringing loudly in your ears, don't despair - York's very own dating fairy godmother Dana-J is about to spread her magic dust over the
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Film boss joins fight to save York Odeon
THE boss of a top national film body expressed concern today over the possible closure of York's Odeon Cinema. Bill Lawrence, who is head of film at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, said its closure would be a tragedy
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Horse brought down by Volley
BAY HORSE 'A' suffered a shock defeat in York Phoenix Open League division one against Volunteer. Paul Dixon gamed in 20 then went on to pair with Daz Gray to secure the victory. Mark Fratson added an 18-darter, while best for Bay was Ally Wray with 21
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Third of babies register at Asda
A THIRD of all babies born in York in the last year had their births registered in a city supermarket. A pilot scheme launched by York Register Office and Asda at Monks Cross has been so successful that just over 1,000 births have been recorded at the
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Races subscriptions rise by 19%
LOYAL patrons at York Racecourse have been hit by a 19 per cent hike in the price of annual membership, leading some to accuse race chiefs of "slapping them in the face". But those who fork out the extra £40 a year for single membership and £70 for joint
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Smith fears for his Leeds future
ALAN Smith has admitted for the first time that his future may be away from his beloved Leeds United. The Leeds-born striker says he is in the dark about his future during the uncertainty over the club's future. Smith said: "I don't know what the future
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Move for Barnes on hold
YORK City boss Chris Brass has held transfer talks with former Minstermen striker Paul Barnes. The 36-year-old forward has been granted a free transfer by Division Three rivals Doncaster Rovers this week and City are one of a clutch of clubs to already
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Quaker shaker
YORK City boss Chris Brass faces a defensive dilemma ahead of tomorrow's trip to Darlington. The Minstermen will travel to the Reynolds Arena for the first time without suspended former Darlington centre back Richard Hope and are also likely to be missing
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Going up the pole
I COMMISERATE with Mr Milburn of Stillington about the telephone pole being erected without warning in front of his home (November 28), but he will get no response from BT to any objection he raises. In recent weeks BT have erected two equally ugly dead
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Headline hunter
WHAT a pathetic way for Hugh Bayley to try to grab the headlines by saying he wants to introduce a Private Member's Bill to ban fox hunting (November 3). While I agree it is a very emotive subject, does he not think enough Parliamentary time has been
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Reject these fees
I URGE all the region's MPs to vote against the proposed top-up fees for students. The Prime Minister asks: "Why should the taxes of low-paid workers fund the further education of better-off children?" According to the Government university graduates
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Clubbing together
Robbie Dale looks at what's on offer for students in York. NOW, what is the most important question on everybody's mind as December takes hold? What do I get mum for Christmas? No, foremost in a student's mind, and of real importance, is weighing up the
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Is it still safe to take HRT?
HRT should no longer be used as a first choice treatment for preventing osteoporosis in women, the Government's health advisers say, because it could increase the risk of breast cancer. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the pros and cons of hormone replacement
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Life's a pitch for York Sunday sides
A YORK Sunday league chief has urged leisure bosses to step in to sort out the "appalling" football pitches in the city. Garry Carter, secretary of the John Smith's York Sunday Morning League, said he is concerned at the poor quality of playing surfaces
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Lyon takes Robins on the prowl
OLD adversaries Bob Lyon and Jimmy Reid will pit their wits against each other again at Goole tomorrow afternoon. Lyon will take his Northern Counties East League premier division title hopefuls Selby Town to a Goole team now jointly managed by ex-Pickering
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That's how to nick 'em
HAVING your car stolen or damaged by criminals is deeply upsetting. As is the case with all sorts of crime, innocent people feel they are being picked on for no good reason. So it is encouraging to be able to report that a North Yorkshire police officer
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Superbabes
A SUPERMARKET in York is proving popular with parents of new-born babies - and not just for buying nappies. A third of all babies born in York in the past year have had their birth registered at Asda. How enterprising of York Register Office to put its
