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Talk more for less
YOU don't need to pay over the odds for telephone calls, finds STEPHEN LEWIS. YOUR telephone bill doesn't need to break the bank - not even if you have a teenager or two in the house. The market for landline telephone calls has probably never been more
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Beware of hidden costs of credit
USING credit can be a tempting way to shop, whether it's paying with your credit card, getting a loan or using the shop's credit deal. Everyone is constantly encouraged to have what they want now and pay later - but this can be more expensive than you
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Way we were
Thursday, March 25, 2004 100 years ago: A sermon to the young people at Lendal Congregational was based on the hypothetical and "somewhat novel" text of "if Christ came to York". He would find that more than a quarter of the total population of the city
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East is best for York firm
ANOTHER York firm has developed its business by branching out into China. Forsyth Business Centres, based at Clifton Moor, has bought the ninth floor of the CITIC Tower in Shenzhen, China, for £1.4 million. The deal, which was carried out in conjunction
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Hammer goes down on 'naked acres'
THE sale by auction of 93 acres of bare farmland at Knapton, York, intended to test the market, has exceeded expectations. The land, owned by City of York Council, went under the hammer at a price averaging about £4,500 an acre. The sale was handled at
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We are peaceful
IN response to the article about the animal circus in York (March 22) I should first like to point out that the animal rights group York Animal Aid is a peaceful organisation. We will be demonstrating outside the Great British Circus (formerly known as
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Leave it to the JPs
I DO not feel it appropriate that members of the public should call for magistrates to "step down" on the basis of one verdict that doesn't suit them (Letters, March 19). I am aghast to hear members of the public think their judgement is above those who
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Tax rise was clear
I WRITE in response to the four letters in which complained about misleading council tax information from the council (March 19). The council declaring a 2.9 per cent council tax increase isn't because of "spin". The Government has actually told us what
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Race track protest
I OBJECT to City of York Council's proposed new race track on Malton Road. Phase one of his new "amenity" will start at Straylands Grove and end just before the roundabout at Heworth Green. The council calls it "bus priorities" but, because it is removing
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Not Bothy, please
SINCE learning about James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, I have admired him. At risk of winding up a gory heap I have kept it quiet until now. His rescue of Mary, Queen of Scots from the louche clutches of the wishy-washy Lord Darnley was spectacular
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Pop art too rich for Cop
POPPLETON went through to the League Cup semi-finals in the York Mitchell Sports League with a 5-1 win over Copmanthorpe. Nick Thompson and Alex Fowler scored twice with Adam Ferguson also on target. Ben Johnston replied for Cop. Nestl Rowntree's Billy
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Tories attack postal voting
THE Government has been accused of attempting to "bully" an independent elections watchdog into scrapping ballot boxes in North Yorkshire. During a heated Commons debate last night, the Tories claimed ministers tried to browbeat the Electoral Commission
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Plea to keep Barbican pools open
CAMPAIGNERS have called for the swimming pools at York's Barbican Centre to stay open until it is known whether redevelopment plans have planning permission. The Save Our Barbican (SOB) campaign claims it would be a "gross breach of trust" for the pools
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Hospital staff to keep parking discounts after all
YORK Hospital staff can continue using council car parks at a discount after all, it emerged today. Evening Press inquiries have revealed that a major misunderstanding led hospital bosses to believe that substantial discounts for parking at Foss Bank
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Rail station heart attack victim meets his lifesavers
THREE railway station workers have been reunited with the pensioner whose life they saved in a dramatic platform rescue. Doctors told Lewis Sanders, 85, of Acomb, York, that it was a "miracle" he was still alive after he suffered a heart attack and collapsed
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Gray to stay - Lorimer
New Leeds United director Peter Lorimer says Eddie Gray's future lies at Elland Road and has branded as a "maniac" anyone who would consider letting him go. Gray, who was assistant to David O'Leary when the Whites reached the Champions League semi-finals
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200 queue in search to find a donor for Jamie
A YORK cancer sufferer's desperate search for a donor received a massive boost when more than 200 people turned out to a stem cell clinic. Jamie Glover, of Appleton Roebuck, had urged as many people as possible to turn out to the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow
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Gloves off for return
Out-of-favour York City goalkeeper Mark Ovendale is positive he can get back to being number one. The 30-year-old, who has been Chris Brass' first-choice custodian for most of the season, was dropped for the Torquay game with Chris Porter coming in. But
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Giants leader salutes Knights
HUDDERSFIELD coach Jon Sharp has paid York City Knights the ultimate compliment ahead of Sunday's Powergen Challenge Cup quarter-final - by doing more homework on the Knights than on any of the Giants' Super League rivals. On top of that, Sharp is likely
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York men jailed for murder
THREE York men have been jailed for life in Luxembourg after the murder of a tobacco warehouse worker gunned down during a bungled robbery four years ago. Keith Burkinshaw, 50, and his son Edward, 29, of Invicta Court, Foxwood, were sent down along with
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Tough for a good reason
YORK'S most prolific beggar and an Acomb "neighbour from hell" came before the courts yesterday. The beggar immediately returned to the streets and the neighbour is back at home. On the face of it this could be read as another failure by the authorities
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Gloves off for return
Out-of-favour York City goalkeeper Mark Ovendale is positive he can get back to being number one. The 30-year-old, who has been Chris Brass' first-choice custodian for most of the season, was dropped for the Torquay game with Chris Porter coming in. But
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Ovendale's hot
GOALKEEPER Mark Ovendale was the man of the match for York City reserves as they were held to a 1-1 draw. A mistake by Steven Baynes saw Chris Black run through on goal to unleash a shot into the top right hand side of Ovendale's goal after just four
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Blanche, If We Can't Trust The Doctors (Loose) ****; Joy Zipper, American Whip (13 Amp/Vertigo) ****
LOOKING for a Detroit alternative to the White Stripes and Von Bondies? Look no further than Blanche, whose track Who's To Say already has been covered by Jack and Meg White on the B-side of I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself. Led by Jack's friend
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John Lennon's Jukebox, Various Artists (Virgin Records) ****
These 41 tracks truly are the sounds of the Sixties. A portable jukebox of songs brought together by John Lennon and listed in his own hand has been dusted off for everyone's pleasure. The find has already been the subject of a TV documentary and was
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Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans (Rough Trade) ****
WHO would have thought the banjo could sound so enchanting? Yes, that plinky-plonky instrument which looks, and generally sounds, like the bastard offspring of a tambourine and a mandolin. Yet when heard in the hands of Sufjan Stevens, a soft-voiced American
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The Vines, Winning Days (Heavenly) ***
ANOTHER band to nearly drown in a tidal wave of hype last year, Australian rockers The Vines found themselves propelled from suburban garage rehearsals in Sydney to hysterical front pages in the music press. While their debut album, Highly Evolved, veered
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Sings Greatest Palace Music (Domino) ****
BONNIE "Prince" Billy is weird beard Will Oldham, the definitive alternative-country noir act. Only now he has gone and re-defined his earlier lo-fi works, revisiting ramshackle songs cherry-picked by fans from his former guises as Palace Brothers, Palace
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Ground will suit Smart Hostess - 25/03/04
Smart Hostess, who enjoyed a fine campaign last year, aims to pick up where she left off at Doncaster tomorrow. The five-yer-old, trained at Settrington, near Malton, by John Quinn, lines-up for the £20,000 Value Packed Yorkshire Season Ticket Handicap
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It never rains but it pours
Small businesses in North and East Yorkshire really can help to prevent global warming. That's the rallying cry of PETER PYBUS, rural spokesman for the Yorkshire and Humber policy unit of the Federation of Small Businesses. AS all those running small
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Salaries moving ahead in York
SALARIES and related benefits are looking good in York for 2004, according to the latest survey from Select Appointments. Telesales operatives can expect to earn up to £15,000 and team leaders £21,000, while call centre managers in the area can expect
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Sausages with plenty of bite
BANGERS with a bite are the new creation of two North Yorkshire sausage supremos. Debbie and Andrew Keeble, of Thirsk-based Manor Born, were inspired to make a hot new sausage by Andrew's love of mustard. The new banger has been spiced up with Colman's
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Going behind the anti-war slogans
AMID all the banners paraded at last weekend's anti-war demonstration in London was one which bore a strangely uplifting slogan. Most of the protesters played with the notion of truth. Tony Blair was, courtesy of a pretty clumsy anagram, turned into "
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Sleeping Beauty, Stagecoach Studio Theatre, Trinity Hall, Monkgate, York
What have the Stagecoach Youth Theatre's production of Sleeping Beauty and the Disney animation of the same story got in common? The answer is, not very much, as the stage production has done away with the whimsical candy-coating and given the story more
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Giants leader salutes Knights
HUDDERSFIELD coach Jon Sharp has paid York City Knights the ultimate compliment ahead of Sunday's Powergen Challenge Cup quarter-final - by doing more homework on the Knights than on any of the Giants' Super League rivals. On top of that, Sharp is likely
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Rival boss issues sharp warning over danger-men
HUDDERSFIELD coach Jon Sharp has pin-pointed old team-mate Lee Jackson and young-gun Danny Brough as the two danger-men ahead of Sunday's quarter-final. Sharp was at Hull with former Great Britain hooker Jackson for five seasons, while he has also known
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Paris... it's a dump!
GRAHAM Horne must have been very lucky on his visit to Paris (Letters, March 23). My visit was not at all like that. In fact I have vowed never to go back. Every evening our children were subjected to men urinating in the streets. We have never seen so
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Where is my £100?
MR Steele misses the point. (Letters, March 15) There are two key differences between the Lib Dem's council tax rise and the former Labour-run council's. They are: 1. Labour made spending plans, put up the council tax and took full responsibility. The
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Fluoride fears
I OPPOSE the new Government legislation under which Strategic Health Authorities will, after public consultation, be able to ask water companies to fluoridate our water supply. Because health authorities carry out Government policy, and taxpayer's money
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Bob's tribute highlighted how poor television is these days
I WATCHED the television programme about Bob Monkhouse and suddenly realised what this country has lost in entertainment. I saw many comedians in the audience who no longer bring their laughter to us as they did in years gone by. Television is struggling
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Gordon not behind your dearer pint
IF you've noticed the price of a pint has shot up in York, it might not be Gordon Brown's fault. Landlords revealed today that costs rose by as much as 10p in some pubs even before last week's Budget, after several leading brewers imposed rises in February
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Curb hatemongers
Racism has reared its ugly head in York again in the form of BNP leafleting and a 14-year-old boy victimised because of his colour. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at what can be done to stamp out bigotry. IT IS a sad fact that even in a city as pleasant and quietly
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Residents will be able to quiz police
RESIDENTS in the South Bank area of York will be able to voice their crime fears to police as part of a new initiative. Police officers will man the Police On Doorsteps (POD) van in Butcher Terrace next week and invite residents to pay them a visit. They
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Passions are aroused
Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion Of The Christ has opened for previews in York. RICHARD EDWARDS asks cinemagoers what they made of the bloody Biblical epic and LUCY STEPHENS looks at the background HARD-LINE Roman Catholic Mel Gibson's gory
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Pressure lessens on Heworth
HEWORTH ARLC are unlikely to make many changes for their visit to off-form Widnes St Marie's on Saturday. The Villagers don't have that big a squad at the moment, and player-coach Brendan Carlyle was unlikely to blood youngsters in readiness for next
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Just champion
YORK Ladies brought more prestige to the York and District Indoor Bowls Club when they won the National Vivienne Trophy final 87-65 against Egham from Surrey. The competition only started in 1998 and saw York come close in 2001 and 2002, going out in
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Burglar attacked PC with a mace
TWO policemen could be in line for bravery awards after they subdued a burglar wielding a ceremonial mace, York Crown Court heard. John Paul Harris, 24, aggressively swung the weapon at PC Richard Farrar, and threatened to kill officers as they tried
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Judge warns council tenant: Behave or you are out
A YORK neighbour from hell whose dog twice bit council officers as they attempted to serve an eviction order, has narrowly avoided being thrown out of her home. Mother-of-two Karen Warwick, was told at York County Court yesterday that she could keep her
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Beggar banned, but he's back on the streets
HOURS after this drug addict got York's first antisocial behaviour order for begging, the Evening Press caught him at it again on the city's streets. When we found Jeffrey Ward, 28, asking passers-by for cash, he told us he had no choice but to continue
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Match makers
JAMIE Glover has a lot of friends. More than 200 people turned out to give blood on his behalf. These samples will be analysed to see if a match can be found for Jamie, who needs a stem cell transplant to survive. The officer from the Anthony Nolan Bone
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Chris Rea, The Blue Jukebox (Jazzee Blue) *****; Eric Clapton, Me And Mr Johnson (Duck/Reprise) ****
IF flattery will get you everywhere then these two guitar heroes will go far. Both of these CDs are homage albums. Chris's The Blue Jukebox is a tribute to the influence Ry Cooder's style of guitar work exerted over him as a young musician. For Eric it
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The uneasy rule of the penalty kings
THE art of taking penalties has been in the news lately, especially with the spotlight falling on Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen. When it comes to penalties, I think you've just got to make your mind up and be confident before you strike it
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The Cribs, The Cribs (Wichita Recordings) **
YOU won't hear a more blatant rip-off of another band's work than this monstrosity. Not only have The Cribs stolen the look and style of The Strokes, right down to the scuffed trainers, they plagiarise the New Yorkers' brand of rough guitar-pop to an
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Paddy Casey, Living (Sony) ***
YOU know, pop music gets a bad rep. Sure, it can be disposable. Sure, it can be lightweight. But sometimes an artist can be so defiantly anti-pop, so seemingly worthy that it makes you yearn for instant hooks and bubblegum lyrics. I can't blame Paddy
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The Gipsy Kings, Roots (Sine/Sony Music) ***
IN April last year the Gipsy Kings assembled in a refurbished farmhouse deep in rural France, sat in a semi-circle with their guitars, and began to try out familiar material and create new songs. For the French group that modernised flamenco music for
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Duel, Duel (Decca) ***
Like their fellow 'popular' classical artists The Opera Babes and violin quartet Bond, talented fiddle players Craig Owen and Greg Scott show that you can straddle any musical genres, as long as you are good-looking enough. Their Pete Waterman-produced
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Topless seventh heaven down the Edward
EDWARD VII was something of a rogue. Before he became king he had a scandalous liaison with an actress, heartily indulged in gambling, drinking and women, and was cited in a number of divorce cases. So we can't help but think he would feel at home in
