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Bertie calls on Murty
FORMER York City defender Graeme Murty has been called up to Scotland's "future squad" at the age of 29! Murty has been named in Berti Vogts' plans for Wednesday's experimental friendly against Turkey at Dundee United's Tannadice ground. Middlesbrough-born
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End game for Dave
AFTER four years and around 200 matches, it's time to head to pastures new. My tenure as York City writer has been relatively brief when compared to my esteemed predecessors, Wilf Meek, Malcolm Huntington and Tony Kelly. However, it is probably fair to
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Hoping for a long stay
RICHARD Hope is ready to commit his future to York City despite continued uncertainty over whether the club will have a home ground to play in next season. The 25-year-old defender's current three-month contract expires on Wednesday but he is ready to
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No-go Barnes
FORMER York City goalscoring hero Paul Barnes will not be re-joining the club. The Doncaster Rovers striker has moved to Conference club Tamworth on a free transfer. City player-boss Chris Brass held talks with 36-year-old Barnes this week, but the forward
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Don't get needled
GINA PARKINSON has seasonal advice about keeping your Christmas tree in shape. IT'S that time again. The shops are filled with all things Christmas and thoughts turn to the annual tree. There has been an enormous increase in real Christmas trees over
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York skyline is in a flat spin
RAPID growth of new homes in York was today branded a "gold rush", leaving some parts of the city "claustrophobic". York Civic Trust chief Darrell Buttery also condemned massive redevelopment plans for Hungate. He claimed blueprints for 720 homes began
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First serve for city sports bar
A CALL went out today for supporters to help flood the city's first dedicated sports bar with York memorabilia. Victoria Vaults landlord Mike Hird takes the reigns at his second pub on Monday . He is re-launching the neighbouring Edward VII, in Nunnery
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Sextet right on cue
HEWORTH 'A' moved one point clear at the top of the York Conservative Clubs' Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League after beating third-placed Acomb 'A' 6-1. Steve Burdett, Kevin Gall, Keith Lawrence, Jason Milner, Brian Shipley and Clive Whyte secured Heworth's
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Dismay at York mission closure
ELDERLY worshippers have expressed dismay after being told their 100-year-old York church mission will be shut down. Leaders at St Paul's Church, in Holgate Road, have decided to call time on the Poppleton Road Mission because of dwindling numbers and
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Sentinel Neil in new role of Aspin doctor
HARROGATE Town's former Leeds United and Darlington sentinel Neil Aspin has been primed for a new role. Evening Press sports reporter DAVE FLETT tunes in to how the defender is planning for the future... IF York City were to perish at basement strugglers
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Open Knight
YORK City Knights fans will get the chance to meet and greet their heroes later this month at a launch night for the 2004 season. The Knights, whose first game of the new year is on Sunday, January 4 against Hull KR in Rich Hayes' testimonial, are to
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Ghost walker in high spirits
A GHOST walker told today how he owes his life to a chance meeting during a spooky walk through haunted York. Ray Alexander says he might well be dead had York surgeon Andrew Grace not decided to go on one of his Original Ghost Walks. For when Ray happened
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Hoping for a long stay
RICHARD Hope is ready to commit his future to York City despite continued uncertainty over whether the club will have a home ground to play in next season. The 25-year-old defender's current three-month contract expires on Wednesday but he is ready to
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Plough Inn, Fadmoor
Mike Laycock enjoyed more than a ploughman's lunch when he visited the Plough Inn at Fadmoor. IT MUST be North Yorkshire's golden triangle of food. In more than a decade of eating out for the Evening Press, I think three of my best four meals have been
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York must think big
MIKE Usherwood's letter (December 2) points out the advantages of making Elvington into a regional airport. This is such an obviously good idea except for those living in or around Elvington itself that one would assume it would win huge support. But
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Get police on streets
IT seems ironic that the police have launched a new, and probably costly, campaign to persuade people to actively report incidents of anti-social behaviour and other offences. This is what we have been doing over the past years to no avail. Residents
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Homes for Yorkies
HOW I welled with pride when I saw a woman handing out Yorkie Bars at London's King's Cross station and telling people to come and live in York. She was saying how York is booming and that the first millionaire flat has been sold. How nice. She can now
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Thanks for helping
I THANK the many people who came to my assistance on December 2 in Museum Street when my purse was stolen and, thanks to them, was recovered. I would like to thank most warmly one man who got pushed down, I hope he is all right, also the staff of Bailey's
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Poppleton build firm foundations
UNTIL now prolific goal machine Marco Gabbiadini has been Poppleton's most famous footballing export. Gabbiadini, who learned his trade playing for the York village's junior club, has since plundered 273 league and cup goals as a professional and racked
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Weather or not
George Wilkinson braves the rain as he strides out through a blustery Summerbridge. SUMMERBRIDGE was not summery. The rain arrived two hours before predicted, but you don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, and it was slashing
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The brew crew
Can it really be that time of year again already? The countdown to the York CAMRA Beer Festival has already begun in earnest. The ale extravaganza, supported by the Evening Press, is the highlight of the year for many dedicated beer fans and next February's
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Caf Gio, BHS, Monks Cross, York
LAST time we were in this caf was shortly after it opened. On that occasion there was a glaring spelling mistake on one of the wall features. It was obvious that the shopfitters had been back as all was now in order. This is a self-service caf, although
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City's youth policy backed
YORK City won Parliamentary praise for improving the lives of disadvantaged young people. The club was applauded for its work with the Prince's Trust Football Initiative. The Minstermen provide venues, work placements and motivational talks for 16 to
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Alabama 3 at Fibbers, York
THEY'VE hit their hat trick. The Alabama 3 have played their third successive winter appearance at Fibbers - and have taken the roof off each time. As with most Alabama 3 gigs, last night's was unique. But it did stand out above the others for one reason
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Wood to lead York
NIGEL DURHAM will hand the York Cricket Club captain's reins to Marcus Wood next season. Wicket-keeper Durham, who will carry on playing for York, has decided to stand down as skipper after becoming a father and increased working commitments. Wood has
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Tom treble tops B&B
Tom Stancliffe scored three tries as York RUFC Under-13s inflicted the first defeat of the season on Bradford & Bingley, beating them 19-10. Excellent forward work in the first half gave York's backs the chance to run, with Stancliffe touching down
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Appointments look healthier
A YORK GPs' surgery has slashed its high rate of missed appointments simply by assessing and altering its booking-in system. In just four months, the Jorvik Medical Practice, which has surgeries in South Bank and Peckett Street in York, has seen its average
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Lynne puts soul into fundraiser
A YORK mother whose bone marrow transplant helped her fight leukaemia for almost a decade is hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for research into the disease. Lynne Burnett and her husband, Mick, are to stage a major fundraising soul night next month.
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Richie's for Baby Ben
FLEDGLING fan Benjamin Seymour has smashed the York City Knights sponsorship records by becoming the youngest backer on the Huntington Stadium books - at just 20 minutes old. The new-born baby actually had his allegiance pledged to the Knights - and captain
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Festive villains won't escape
POLICE leading a North Yorkshire crime-busting campaign have pledged not to relent over the festive season. More than 65 tip-offs about criminal activity have been received since the launch of Operation Ratcatcher across the county last month. The expanded
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Richie's for Baby Ben
FLEDGLING fan Benjamin Seymour has smashed the York City Knights sponsorship records by becoming the youngest backer on the Huntington Stadium books - at just 20 minutes old. The new-born baby actually had his allegiance pledged to the Knights - and captain
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Bedsit bodies probe goes on
Investigators probing the gruesome discovery of two bodies at a York bedsit believe a post-mortem examination could provide vital clues. A Home Office pathologist has been brought in to examine the two unidentified adult bodies found at a Gillygate council
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Smash 'n' grab
YORK ace Tony Richards has smashed his way to a volleyball bronze medal at the World Corporate Games in Macedonia. Richards, 31, was part of the seven-strong English Norwich Union team that finished third behind two Greek teams at the international event
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Stockings and shares
BANK employees gave the public a view of their assets when they produced their own charity calendar. The calendar, which features pictures of male and female employees at York's HSBC Bank, taken on the roof of the firm's York building with the Minster
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Fraudster's hospital vigil for torched wife
A CONVICTED fraudster, whose £43,000 worth of deception closed down a York business, walked free from court because his wife is fighting for her life after being set on fire. Now his former boss says justice has not been done after the business manager
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Double murder
POLICE today launched a double murder investigation after two men whose bodies were discovered in a York bedsit were found to have been the victims of a violent assault. Senior officers today revealed that a full murder inquiry had begun after officers
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Parking gloom
I RECENTLY drove into York for a concert at The Grand Opera House. I set off early to ensure I could get parked. When I arrived in the city centre there was nowhere to park and, having failed to find a space behind Clifford's Tower, I drove into Piccadilly
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Floral tributes by the roadside make me drive more carefully
I WRITE in response to Victoria Young's article 'Roadside tributes 'distraction fear' (December 4) on the removal of roadside tributes, such as flowers, placed as a memorial after someone has lost their life in a road accident. Far from being a distraction
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Sentinel Neil in new role of Aspin doctor
HARROGATE Town's former Leeds United and Darlington sentinel Neil Aspin has been primed for a new role. Evening Press sports reporter DAVE FLETT tunes in to how the defender is planning for the future... IF York City were to perish at basement strugglers
