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Go-go Jonjo
Jonjo Dickman will be plunged straight into the thick of things against Scunthorpe United tomorrow with a start in the centre of midfield. The 22-year-old Sunderland fringe player - signed on loan earlier this week to help to shore up the middle of the
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Bell hops to goal-grabbing task
TRIALIST striker Andy Bell aims to get his career back on track with York City. The 20-year-old goal-getter is hoping to prove to player-boss Chris Brass that he has a future in the game. "I've been here three days now and things have gone well in training
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House Of Sand And Fog Running time: 126 mins Certificate: 15
VADIM Perelman's psychological thriller is built on sand and fog rather than smoke and mirrors. Everything is as it seems, but the lives involved are built on quicksand and their fixtures and fittings are as permanent as fog. The American Dream receives
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Waterways were a vital lifeline for businesses in city
YORK'S riverside may be occupied by trendy bars and exclusive apartments after years of redevelopment, but the buildings are still recognisable in these pictures from the city's more industrial past. For hundreds of years, the Ouse has been the city's
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Three lawyers earn specialist status
A YORK law firm is celebrating a hat-trick of honours after three members of its team were awarded specialist status. Family lawyers John Reynard, William Kaye and Nicki Mitchell, from Harrowell Shaftoe in York, have joined an elite group of solicitors
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York store impresses industry watchers
A VISIT to a York supermarket has led to a prestigious honour for a well-known retail chain. Global business magazine Fortune named Asda as Britain's best company to work for after dropping into the York store at Monks Cross. Magazine reporters Milton
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Young Performers' Showcase, Black Swan Folk Club, York
YOUNG folk today. We don't know how lucky we are. The new fruits of folk roots could not be more ripe, what with Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby and the latest wonderboy, Jim Moray. The Black Swan Folk Club has played its part in planting this new orchard of
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blazin' in
Name: Blazin' Squad; Occupation: Eye-candy rap team of North London estate boys for school girls Where and when will the Squad be in York?: At Fibbers music bar, Tuesday evening. Doors open at 7.30pm for novel sight of ten finger-waving boys in hoods
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Wor Elvis
Just A Quickie with... Billy J McGregor, the Bedlington Elvis whose tribute show The Elvis Collection visits the Grand Opera House, York Billy, you've got a great set of sideburns going on there, but you don't look like Elvis and you don't sound like
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Striking an unusual note
THE new eight-legged musical instrument by the name of the Octachord will be played for the first time on a British stage on Wednesday (3rd) at Brawby Village Hall, near Malton. In the latest invasion of alien entertainment at The Shed, Yugoslavian inventor
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Spiritualized, Fibbers, York, on March 3
SPIRITUALIZED will play not one but two performances in York on Wednesday night. Already booked for a night-time show at Fibbers as part of the Passport: Back To The Bars charity week, Jason Pierce's psychedelic band has added a 6pm matinee. As with the
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Steve Winwood, York Barbican Centre, Wednesday, March 3
STEVE Winwood, the Hammond organist who kept Traffic moving, is on the road next week. After the success of last year's European and American tours, the Birmingham blue-eyed soul veteran will play old hits and new material at York Barbican Centre in his
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Jazz notes
I KNOW I usually mention that the jam sessions at the Black Swan (Wednesday and Sunday night) attract a younger audience, since the musos are younger, but a recent guest saxophone player pushed the envelope. Alongside trumpeters James Lancaster and Richard
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Derby showdown goes to extremes
BOTH Selby and Malton and Norton will be eager to further their ambitions for vastly different reasons this week when they meet at Sandhill Lane. Malton want to strengthen their position at the top of Yorkshire One while Selby need to climb away from
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Volly's eight strong salvo
THERE was a surprise in the York John Smith's Sunday Morning League first division when second-placed Ainsty Panthers crashed 8-1 at mid-table Volunteer Arms. Matty White's hat-trick led the way for the hosts, whose other marksmen were Joe Gaughan (2)
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Developer buys cheapest home
WHAT could be York's cheapest home has been snapped up by property developers. Now the search is on for York's new lowest-priced house after reports of rocketing prices for first-time buyers. The Evening Press yesterday featured reports of a home in Fossway
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Police vehicle toll is high in N Yorks
ALMOST four-fifths of all North Yorkshire Police vehicles are damaged in the line of duty every year, according to Government figures released today. New statistics revealed today show that the force has a fleet of 514 vehicles and that 397 instances
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Derby showdown goes to extremes
BOTH Selby and Malton and Norton will be eager to further their ambitions for vastly different reasons this week when they meet at Sandhill Lane. Malton want to strengthen their position at the top of Yorkshire One while Selby need to climb away from
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Mini village gets go-ahead
PLANS to build a "mini village" in a York suburb have been given the go-ahead by City of York councillors. An application to build 193 apartments and houses at Birch Park, in Huntington, was approved by members of the council's planning committee - despite
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Knights battling for cup mission
YORK City Knights star Chris Langley is eager to shake off injury and get back on centre stage as the Knights seek a Powergen Challenge Cup triumph this weekend. The 23-year-old centre and loose-forward Damian Ball were both injured during Sunday's big
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Flirtysomethings
With the fine art of flirting 200 years ago being explored in TV show Regency House Party, MAXINE GORDON finds out about the single life in York in Georgian times. WEEKENDS were filled with drinking, dancing and parading about town in your best gear looking
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Fans flock to save Odeon
HOLLYWOOD moguls have a word for it: epic. Our crusade to save York's last remaining historic cinema has attracted an astonishing 10,000 signatories in just six weeks. Although we knew that the Odeon has a special place in the hearts of many York people
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Homes misery
ONLY a few years ago, the price-tag would have been thought outrageous. In estate agent speak the house in Fossway, York, is "modest" and "requires some modernisation". In reality it is tiny and might fall down if the foundations are not shored up. All
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Tony Blair? Blah!
I AGREE with TJ Rider on Teflon Tony's lack of achievement (Letters, February 23). Let me add one, hospital waiting lists. Does anybody think they have got better? On crime, who feels safer than they did seven years ago? Recently we have read of a man
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Clarifications
IN last Saturday's Evening Press, Mrs D Ankers wrote to ask if any readers had been to the Blue Coats School in Aldwark, York, or lived in Providence Place in the late 1930s, like her father. The address for responses was incorrect. Please reply to 74
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10,000 reasons to keep cinema
TEN thousand people have told cinema bosses: Save Our Odeon! The overwhelming response to our campaign to keep open the picture house in Blossom Street, York, came on the day a senior manager was set to meet council leisure chiefs and York MP Hugh Bayley
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Boy power
Badly Drawn Boy will be performing songs from his new album at an exclusive York gig, reports Charles Hutchinson. BADLY Drawn Boy hasn't played a show since finishing off last year with a three-week tour of America. Next Friday, however, a bar in York
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Indie mood
Alex Lloyd discovers a music night where York's best an be found. TOMORROW (28th) sees the launch of a new night that has it all - great name, great venue and, most importantly, great music. It's not often that a bunch of York's most talented musicians
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Time to revolt
Robbie Dale looks at how students are campaigning against tuition fees. THERE used to be a time when students were at the forefront of revolution and change. A time when rebellion was as much a prerequisite as A-Levels for making it into the best academic
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Chamber blitz on cons and scams
VICTIMS of scams, con tricks and computer viruses could avoid being caught out again - thanks to a new North Yorkshire initiative. Harrogate Chamber of Trade and Commerce is fighting back against the various cons which are sweeping the country with a
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Celebrity hails amplebosom.com
BRAS from a North Yorkshire company have made their way on to a celebrity bosom. Staff at lingerie company, amplebosom.com, were delighted to hear their products receive a plug on national radio. BBC Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox, who is expecting her first baby
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I do declare... a bit on the side
THE latest Register of Members' Interests landed with a thud earlier this week. What did we learn? Ryedale's John Greenway won't have to travel far if he wants a workout. As honorary chairman of the Register of Exercise Professionals, he gets complimentary
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Search party
Katie Melua has found herself swept up into a musical career so quickly she has hardly had time to think, as she tells Charles Hutchinson. CALL off the search. Katie Melua has arrived, knocking Dido off her perch, leaving Fame Academy winner Alex Parks
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Black Swan Folk Club spring season
BRUCE Molsky, old-time American music's answer to Ry Cooder, opens the Black Swan Folk Club spring season on Thursday (4th). Welcoming the 2003 Grammy Award nominee to York, club promoter Roland Walls says: "Bruce is one of America's finest fiddle players
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The Merchant Of Venice, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, March 2-6; West Yorkshire Playhouse, Le
NORTHERN Broadsides like to take the direct route, not the coastal path or country lane. The Merchant Of Venice may trouble others, being deemed one of Shakespeare's most difficult plays on account of its perceived anti-Semitism, yet director Barrie Rutter
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York take to the road for northern comfort
Since losing to Sandal a month ago, York's place in North Two East has become increasingly critical and is now dependant on two of the three teams above them - Horden, Bridlington and Sandal - obtaining three points less than them in the last four games
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Knights battling for cup mission
YORK City Knights star Chris Langley is eager to shake off injury and get back on centre stage as the Knights seek a Powergen Challenge Cup triumph this weekend. The 23-year-old centre and loose-forward Damian Ball were both injured during Sunday's big
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Never been used
A CHILDREN'S treatment area at York Hospital's accident and emergency department (A&E) is still not in use - more than three years after it was created. Health bosses have no idea when youngsters will be able to be seen in the special section. At
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The Butler does it
KEVIN Butler's hat-trick inspired leaders Clifton FC to a 6-4 win over Woodthorpe Warriors in the first division of the York Sunday Afternoon League. He opened the scoring after 20 minutes but Warriors hit back to take a 2-1 lead. Dale Phillips equalised
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Lyon's pride
SELBY Town boss Bob Lyon is hoping his side have finally turned the corner after a string of results that saw the Robins fall off the pace at the top of the NCE premier division. After scraping just one point from the last three games, Lyon is hoping
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Move to speed up decisions
MOVES to speed up the planning process in York have been given the green light by City of York councillors. As part of a new package to tackle an increasing number of applications, members of the council's planning committee discussed allowing officers
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Seven heaven travels
IT Sports continued their winning sequence in men's division one of the York Badminton League with a 7-2 away win over Rowntrees. Mark Hopwood and Stewart Robertson were the visitors' top pairing with three wins for 90-34. This included a 7 and 12 win
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Traffic master plan is criticised
A TRAFFIC master plan to tackle York's escalating congestion problems has been criticised by the developers of a major housing scheme. Members of City of York Council's planning committee agreed to refer a transport strategy for the Foss Basin to the
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Tommo to roar back
Former York City defender Marc Thompson is expected to sign on the dotted line for Harrogate Town. The 22-year-old right-back, currently playing for Farnborough in the Nationwide Conference, is hoping to fix a deal with the UniBond League premier division
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U-turn over 'Pay to pray' parking plan
TRANSPORT chiefs are set to back down over controversial parking measures which would have made churchgoers "pay to pray" at Sunday services. Hundreds of worshippers - including the Archbishop of York - were outraged by proposals to completely ban on-street
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Man killed in crash on icy road
ICE and snow wreaked havoc across North and East Yorkshire roads today, causing a spate of accidents for motorists struggling to get to work. Forecasters warned that more trouble lay ahead for drivers with further wintry conditions on the way. In the
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10,000 reasons to keep cinema
TEN thousand people have told cinema bosses: Save Our Odeon! The overwhelming response to our campaign to keep open the picture house in Blossom Street, York, came on the day a senior manager was set to meet council leisure chiefs and York MP Hugh Bayley
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Go-go Jonjo
Jonjo Dickman will be plunged straight into the thick of things against Scunthorpe United tomorrow with a start in the centre of midfield. The 22-year-old Sunderland fringe player - signed on loan earlier this week to help to shore up the middle of the
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Cabbie's joy at carjack jailing
A TAXI driver today hailed the jailing of a passenger who carjacked him in York, saying he hoped it would serve as a deterrent and help protect cabbies across the city. Robert Agnew was speaking after former soldier Michael Hurson was sentenced to almost
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Scrap TV licence
ANYONE who has lived in Australia will know the ABC TV channel provides a wide range of programmes, just like the BBC but without a licence fee being charged (Should the BBC's licence fee be axed?, February 25). The BBC should not be spending money advertising
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No-show rebuttal
THE non-attendance of Liberal Democrat councillors at the meeting about anti-social behaviour in Acomb, Holgate and Foxwood was certainly not due to a lack of interest ('Residents hit out at no-show councillors', February 23). The problems caused by anti-social
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No protests for Rialto
I FULLY support your campaign to save the Odeon. I have been there many times and I too was one of the school kids who went to see Scott Of The Antarctic. But what I want to ask is, why wasn't the same fuss made about the Rialto? Half the population of
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Punishment needed
WITH reference to "Send in the clowns" (February 25), what a gross waste of taxpayers' money. Young offenders need to be punished for their crimes and learn from it, not taught how to juggle. Bad behaviour needs to be nipped in the bud before it grows
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Tearing up your parking permit was the wrong thing to do, Andy
BY tearing up his parking permit Councillor Andy D'Agorne, left, has not helped the cause of evening parkers (February 21). It has given Ann Reid the chance to spin the situation around and emphasise the merits of York's councillors. I am not a financial
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Artists For The Future, The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate until March 10
The Gascoigne Gallery in Harrogate introduces Artists For The Future in its new show. Work by Richard Baker, Thomas Mayger, Sarah Myers, Sumayya Patel and Tracey Ward will be on view at the Royal Parade showrooms from this week until March 10. Baker's
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Bright Idea
Compact people carrier leads Fiat's fightback. BETTER late than never, might well be the motto adopted by Fiat as it stages a dramatic fightback to recapture the ground lost in the world of car manufacturing. Following many months of forecourt uncertainty
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Arctic weather blow to racing - 27/02/04
TOMORROW'S National Hunt racing could well be hit hard by the Arctic weather sweeping Britain. There will be early morning inspections at Kempton (7am), Haydock (7.30am) and Warwick (7.30am) and there was an inspection scheduled at Chepstow this afternoon
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'Common' Roman coin dashes cash hopes
FIFTY or so years ago, lifelong York City supporter John Carlton saw something sparkling at Bootham Crescent. It wasn't the performance on the pitch which caught his eye (although the Minstermen scored some impressive successes in the Fifties). He had
