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Call to monitor mail deliveries
An appeal has gone out to business bosses in and around York to volunteer to carefully monitor their postal delivery times over the next few days. Gerry Gray, of Grosvenor Financial Consultants of York, and co-organiser of huge protests at late-delivery
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Ex-Knight's glee for Victory
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has said the club would follow the progress of former trialist Carl Hughes after the half-back was picked to go on tour with the Great Britain amateur Lions. BARLA (British Amateur Rugby League Association
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Relive Knights' super show
YORK City Knights Supporters' Club will be hosting a video night in the Huntington Stadium bar tonight showing footage of Sunday's big win at Dewsbury. The full tape of the match will start from 7.30pm onwards. Admission is free and the bar will be open
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Delay hits 720-home bid for city
A NEAR £7 million transport masterplan for York's Foss Basin is to go before city planners - but the Hungate blueprint might not be debated until September. A traffic report has been prepared into proposed development in the Foss Basin, including the
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It's hopeless for first-time buyers
THE plight facing first-time buyers trying to get on the York property ladder was today branded "hopeless". With average "first home" prices in the city now £100,000-plus and investment buyers cornering rentals and snapping up once-affordable homes, the
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Slick Ben's on triple time
BEN Johnston scored a hat-trick as Copmanthorpe beat Thorpe United 5-4 in a Mitchell League Cup thriller. Other Cop goals came from Robert Taylor and Josh Ferguson while Daniel Montgomery (2), Corey Fox and Thomas Littlewood replied. Tadcaster Albion
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York off form in Egham drubbing
YORK indoor bowls team bowed out of the Egham Trophy at the quarter-final stage when they were well beaten by Lincoln 95-57. Only one York rink won - Iain Boyle, Frank Turner, Carol Instone and Brenda Love. They led 21-9 after three ends and won 23-16
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Minster artwork explores the life of Jesus
A MAJOR exhibition exploring the life of Jesus has gone on display at York Minster during Lent. Step Into The Picture - The Life Of Jesus Through The Eyes Of The Artist - is made up of 24 pieces from artist Paul Forsey. The pieces are being used for a
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Tea and sympathy for the driver who ended up in store window
SAFEWAY staff treated one of their customers to a cup of tea after he accidentally drove his car into a store window. The accident happened at about 4.20pm yesterday. An elderly man drove his Vauxhall Vectra car through the window of the shop in Haxby
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Knockout blow
YORK'S former lord of the ring Henry Wharton has revealed a stunning admission to the Evening Press. As the anniversary of his first world title fight against the legendary Nigel Benn reached its tenth year today, Wharton said that given the chance he
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Magistrates got it wrong
THE leniency shown in court to a serial thief was a mistake. York magistrates chose not to impose the county's first criminal anti-social behaviour order on Marlon Judson yesterday for stealing from a shop. The bench were "not satisfied that your actions
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Fitting tribute
GEOFF Hodgson was a respected teacher and historian. He published many works on York and was an authority on the Holgate and Acomb areas. But his story was worth its own book. His lifelong friendship with Derek Wooldridge was forged from a childhood accident
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Time to scotch City Of Truro 100mph myth
IN your feature on the 200th anniversary of steam locomotion (February 19), three references are made to the fact that the Great Western Railway's City Of Truro is the first locomotive - and locomotive, please, not a train - to reach 100mph. This is a
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Token payments
SO pensioners are to get £50 worth of travel tokens this year (February 9). Think again. From what I recall in 2001 pensioners could, if they wished, exchange their travel tokens (£24), add another £6 and buy a bus pass which entitled them to reduced
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Consistency the key factor at all levels
ARSENAL may be seven points clear at the top of the Premiership but I think what you will find is there is always a twist at the end whatever happens. There's always some final twist. Football being football there will be one or two classics between now
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Next message
YORKSHIRE members will vote in Next chairman and former chief executive David Jones as the club's new president at the annual meeting at Headingley on March 27. In nominating Jones for the presidency, Yorkshire's Management Board have opted for a figurehead
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Do you speak Yorkshire?
THE Gazette & Herald went in search of the origins of Yorkshire dialect. With the help of the Yorkshire Dialect Society's Dr Barrie Rhodes, reporter JAMES KILNER found remarkable similarities between local dialect and languages in modern Scandinavia
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The Stands, All Years Leaving (Echo) ***
ALL years beyond 1970 have left the building. Time stands still for The Stands in the West Coast of America that so enthralled The Thrills last year, as the young Liverpudlians chirpily reinvent the psychedelic Byrds and re-tune Bob Dylan's early electric
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Voodoo Child, Baby Monkey (Mute) ***
MOBY dons a new moniker and ditches his sampling of US blues giants to turn techno with a surprising collection of hardcore dance. Soft and chilled is usually Moby's style, but Baby Monkey reveals an artist who has perhaps hankered for some time to release
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Cesaria Evora, Voz D'Amor (BMG France/RCA) ****
THIS veteran singer from the Atlantic island of Cape Verde specialises in what are known as "mornas", slow, soulful shuffles with a bluesy feel and mournful lyrics about regret, heartbreak and oppression. This is more fun than it may sound. These are
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Nap selection - 26/02/04
Tom O'Ryan's nap selection from Friday's meetings: Kempton, 1.45 Cenkos Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2004
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Banding together for a dull or silly name
CHOOSING the name of a pop group is not so easy as you might think. The Word magazine this month has a feature of the best and worst band names. Two local acts are condemned. The Seahorses, formerly fronted by York singer Chris Helme, is considered an
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City home in on Bell
Young trialist Andy Bell could put pen to paper as a permanent addition to the York City squad next week. The 20-year-old Wycombe Wanderers talent has scored three times this season in Division Two - all before new boss Tony Adams took over - and has
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Hoarding could be way to a fortune
Do you have trash or cash in your attic? JO HAYWOOD talks to antique experts to find out what modern memorabilia is really worth keeping. IF YOU live with a natural born hoarder, with dusty boxes piled six-deep in every corner of your home, don't panic
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Beware bogus charity clothing collections
CITY OF YORK Trading Standards, in conjunction with the Office of Fair Trading, is warning the public to beware of bogus charity clothing collections. The Association of Charity Shops estimates that the potential value of donated clothing and other items
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Hi-tech venture's brave new world
A £120 million local government E-revolution in North Yorkshire has begun. Work has started on the groundbreaking partnership between York-based business process services company Agilisys and five North Yorkshire authorities to bring integrated hi-tech
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Waste law deluge rapped
MANUFACTURERS in Yorkshire today rubbished the deluge of new laws on waste management. They warned that the increasing raft of new legislation was placing growing pressure on their ability to manage waste and financially will cost them dearly. The criticism
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Mourning sickness hits the Brits
MOURNING those we never knew has become a weird national sport, according to a report published this week. Showy sorrow would once never have been the British way, which tended towards stiff-upper lip acceptance. Then, towards the end of the last century
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Jesus Christ Superstar, York Light Opera Company, York Theatre Royal, until March 6
YORK Light Opera Company has staged 53 shows since Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice gave birth to Jesus Christ Superstar in 1970. The company has never before climbed the high peaks of this classic slice of rock opera and, as chance would have it, the
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Battle for city's bragging rights
HEWORTH and York Acorn are getting ready to lock horns in the big all-York derby at Elm Park Way on Saturday. Acorn are out to settle a score after losing earlier in the season on home turf while the Villagers aim to make it a memorable double. But both
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Lee's way to the top
LEE Atkinson netted all four goals as Dringhouses disposed of South Bank 4-0 to maintain their Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' championship push. Bishopthorpe were thumped 7-1 by St John's College, where strikes from Mark Leask, Robin
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Tackling violence in the home
COMMUNITY leaders hope the launch of a Domestic Violence Forum in York today will help more people escape brutality in the home. Workers who work in all areas of social care are meeting at the York Centre For Early Music, Walmgate, to spotlight the issue
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Retailers to be quizzed about congestion charges
RETAILERS in York and North Yorkshire will be questioned on the possible effects of a congestion charge, similar to the one in London. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is carrying out a regional survey to find out the potential impact
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Henry's proud to recount his world Whar one
TEN years ago to the very day today, Henry Wharton danced a date with destiny which delivered York boxing into the world championship spotlight. 'Our Henry' - as he had been dubbed by the Evening Press and regarded with affection by a legion of fans -
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Battle for city's bragging rights
HEWORTH and York Acorn are getting ready to lock horns in the big all-York derby at Elm Park Way on Saturday. Acorn are out to settle a score after losing earlier in the season on home turf while the Villagers aim to make it a memorable double. But both
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Sickness levels soar at 'holiday camp' prison
A PILOT project is under way at Wetherby Young Offender Institution to tackle soaring staff absence caused by sickness. The project provides counselling and support to staff to address stress-related problems at the institution, which was highlighted
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Screwdriver attacker is jailed
A CAREER criminal who stabbed a retired colonel in the face with a screwdriver has been jailed for six years. Householders across the north of England will be "heartily glad" 48-year-old Keith Davis is now behind bars, a judge said today. Davis broke
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Pub fall woman is awarded £80,000
A YORK care manager has won an £80,000 out-of-court settlement for the pub accident that forced her to retire early and left her permanently injured. Anne Cliff, a trained nurse, needs hearing aids in both ears and cannot use her right arm properly since
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City home in on Bell
Young trialist Andy Bell could put pen to paper as a permanent addition to the York City squad next week. The 20-year-old Wycombe Wanderers talent has scored three times this season in Division Two - all before new boss Tony Adams took over - and has
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'Pay to pray' storm on car parking
THE Archbishop of York has lodged his objection to proposed city centre parking restrictions. Dr David Hope is among hundreds of people who have written to City of York Council planners to express opposition to the controversial measures. Thousands of
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Ex-Knight's glee for Victory
YORK City Knights chief executive Steve Ferres has said the club would follow the progress of former trialist Carl Hughes after the half-back was picked to go on tour with the Great Britain amateur Lions. BARLA (British Amateur Rugby League Association
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They still won't ban him
MAGISTRATES declined to ban a notorious thief and drug addict from stores across York because they believe his actions do not upset shopkeepers and customers. A court heard that Marlon Adan Judson, 24, revealed as one of the city's "top ten" prolific
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Fertility rights
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on what the decision to offer IVF treatment on the NHS will mean for couples in York and North Yorkshire. GAIL Cox will never forget the moment she first held her twin baby girls Maisie and Isobel in her arms. She says it was an
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A question of spin
I FEAR Paul Acton is missing the point (Letters, February 23). The Lib Dems have always been against building on open space at Clifford's Tower. They voted in favour of a shopping centre on the site. The reason they ask the question "do residents want
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Dogfight over noise
THE latest dogfight in your letters pages between Mr Griffiths of Bulmer and Mr Ward of Tollerton seems to relate towards noise and the disturbance it causes in our countryside. Mr Griffiths implies the polluter should always pay. But why? The RAF base
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We are democratic
IN response to the article about Unite Against Fascism (UAF) (February 17), allow me to point out that the BNP is most definitely not a fascist organisation. A clear definition of "fascism" shows the BNP to be anti-fascist, i.e. democratic, which is why
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Sort geese problem
S STOCKTON writes: "If people don't like wildfowl they should stay away from parks with lakes and the river" (February 17). I pay the rates, not the geese. One or two geese are quaint but, one or two hundred are a filthy menace. The reasons the geese
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Take on apprentices
I WRITE in response to the letters from your readers about the shortage of skilled workers in the construction trade (February 17). As a small contractor, I say the only way we can address the crisis is to encourage more small contractors to take on the
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Grant-Lee Phillips, Virginia Creeper (Cooking Vinyl) ****
THE sepia tones of the album artwork suggest a nostalgic, old-fashioned piece of work, with a craftsman's attention to detail. The Virginia Creeper title reflects Phillips's predilection for songs with the character of a "slow but persistent vine, ever
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Electrelane, The Power Out (Too Pure) ****
From the very first chord, you can tell this is going to be one devastatingly cool album. And The Power Out, the second release from all-girl foursome Electrelane, doesn't disappoint for the most part. Dripping with a nonchalant confidence that few bands
