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Along the Wharfe
George Wilkinson pulls his boots back on after a short lay-off and heads to Burnsall in the Yorkshire Dales. BURNSALL nestles in the high fells; we nestled in the car. The ducks hunkered down on the green, the benches were upturned by the wind, the Wharfe
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What's the big plan?
GINA PARKINSON is drawing up grand designs for her small town garden. THIS time last year, builders moved into our house and garden at the start of six months of renovation. Part of the garden was lost - my lovely sunny bed filled with delphiniums and
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Giant task
RICHARD Agar has no doubts about the size of the task facing his York City Knights troops at the McAlpine Stadium on Sunday - but sees it as a chance to write rugby league folklore. York, the only team from National League Two to reach the last eight
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Gareth's big day
NINE-YEAR-OLD Gareth Edwards is gearing up to lead out York City Knights at the McAlpine Stadium on Sunday when Richard Agar's men take on Huddersfield in the Powergen Challenge Cup quarter-finals. The Wigginton Primary School pupil won the mascot competition
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Ignore biased cretins
WE are a family living in London who hope sometime in the very near future to be moving up to Yorkshire. When we do it will be with great pride because we love it so much up there. It really makes my blood boil when people down here make silly assumptions
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Don't sell weapons to Libya, Tony
IN seeking to reward Colonel Gaddafi for turning away from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Tony Blair must not allow British weapons to become part of the terror and destruction that Gaddafi continues to spread across his own continent
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Wriggly correction
ALLOW me to correct a spelling in one of the letters "Hidden Costs" (March 22). It is Lucinda Lambton not Lampton. Her father was Lord Lambton, a member of parliament. They lived at Lambton Castle, then at Biddick Hall, Burnmoor, near Chester-le-Street
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Thanks, m'lud
ON behalf of the York area board and all those involved with Young Enterprise in the city, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Charles Hall, for his enthusiastic support for our charity. He has spoken movingly at several
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Hedge explanation
I write in response to Alan Flint's question about why City of York Council has replaced a hedge near Rowntree Park (March 9). During recent years, the hedge has been badly affected by flooding and shading by the neighbouring trees. As a result, some
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War is still flawed
TWELVE months ago some UK Government representatives came to my office in Brussels to brief me on the case for war in Iraq. I was unconvinced by what they had to say then and a year on I am even more certain that Prime Minister Tony Blair made the wrong
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Parking offer
THE company behind controversial plans to redevelop York's Barbican Centre has offered to underwrite the costs of a residents' parking scheme. The Evening Press reported earlier this year how people living in back streets off Heslington Road feared traffic
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Golden couples are celebrating
A YORK couple who met by chance at a bus stop were celebrating 50 years of happy marriage. Ernest and Hettie Stares, of Huntington, first met at a bus stop in Wetherby in 1948. Ernest, who had just completed his National Service, was waiting there when
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One for sorrow
A NEW landlord and landlady are pulling pints against the clock to try to prevent last orders being called at a popular York local. Aberford Investments, owners of The Magpie, in The Groves, has applied to knock down the pub and turn it into 20 flats.
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'8-til-late' drug dealer jailed
A YORK heroin dealer who told undercover police: "We are open eight to late, if you call we will be there right away," has been jailed. Hannah Kirby, 21, and her accomplice Caroline Brolly or "Cassa", turned up to four drug meets with officers, including
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Dan bent on York return
YORK youngster Dan Broadbent's World Cup cricket dream ended in agony when he was forced to fly back early from Bangladesh with a dislocated knee. Spinner Broadbent was part of the England Under-19 team bidding for world honours in the Asian country but
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Drugs dealer had ID of dead man
A NORTH Yorkshire man who bought a dead man's identity and escaped police capture for three years was today beginning a seven-year prison sentence for supplying and producing drugs. George Martin Bell, 50, formerly of School Road, Hemingborough, disappeared
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Giant task
RICHARD Agar has no doubts about the size of the task facing his York City Knights troops at the McAlpine Stadium on Sunday - but sees it as a chance to write rugby league folklore. York, the only team from National League Two to reach the last eight
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Payback time
BEGGARS in York could have the loose change they collect deducted from their state welfare benefits as part of a city-wide crackdown on their unwanted behaviour. Undercover benefits officers who swooped on beggars over the past 48 hours have discovered
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Back in shop window
YORK City's new loan signing Jon Newby is looking to kick-start his career again at Bootham Crescent. Newby, 25, was a member of the only Liverpool team to ever win the FA Youth Cup in 1996 when Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and David
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Use it or lose it plea on cinema
LEADING campaigners in the fight to save York's Odeon Cinema have called on residents to "use it or lose it". Gary Haq, of Wolsley Street, York, today urged those who signed the 13,600-name petition to join his group, dedicated to watching films at the
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You've been fleeced!
SOME might say that "pints mean prizes" at The Last Drop Inn after bosses awarded a stalwart drinker with a company coat to recognise his dedication to daily drinking. But manager Dave Morgan insists that customer Charlie Schofield has taken the word
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Way we were
Saturday, March 27, 2004 100 years ago: In the course of a few weeks the former ladies' first-class waiting room at York Station, which had been undergoing considerable attention and renovation, would be opened as a first-class ladies' tea-room, in conjunction
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Sack 'n' dole casualties
THE Division Three sacking race carries on unabated as the season reaches its final straight with the most recent departures seeing John Taylor (Cambridge United), Brian Flynn (Swansea City), Ian Atkins (Oxford United) and this week Brian Laws (Scunthorpe
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Rhythm is the answer for George
BRINGING an end to our feature on the records that were top of the charts on the birth dates of City's players, here are the details of the remaining ten players. My personal favourite in the final batch is Liam George who will no doubt be hoping to find
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Lining up a trip
Bob Lawrence is drawn to Nottingham by the prospect of travelling on the new trams. AFTER less than three weeks, the trams now running into the middle of Nottingham are making a real difference. Last Saturday I found that they were being well used by
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Wackers, Gillygate, York
THE opening hours advertised on the menu and windows showed marginally different times. No matter, our visit coincided with lunchtime when food is available every day. Up to 11am you could have a Wacker Flyer breakfast (£2.95) or a Wacker Full (£4.25)
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Pride of Heworthy winners
HEWORTH Golf Club are in full swing after prevailing in the East Riding Winter Alliance for the first time in the competition's 43-year history. And the victorious team have a silverware double in their sights. They bid to retain the Alliance's President's
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Forest on bay-watch
FOREST of Galtres GC has opened a purpose-built undercover driving range to reinforce its improvement drive. Featuring six-bays - and at ten feet wide each more spacious than most rivals - the range is part of the club's on-going policy to improve facilities
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Keen Kilnwick
BROUGH and ready for the Humber Alliance fray were Kilnwick Percy GC duo Norman Turton and Peter Williamson. They posted a net 63 to win the Humber Alliance fixture at Brough GC, where a net 67 from David Jacobs and Kevin Beattie also clinched four place
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Fossils fuel a shop
Why settle for Jurassic Park when you can have your own dinosaur tooth? STEPHEN LEWIS pays a call on Mr Wood's Fossils. EVER fancied owning your own dinosaur tooth? Well, now you can. Not some piffling, peg-shaped fossil smaller than a sixpence from a
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Spice 'n' easy
CHRIS TITLEY visits a shop dedicated to those who love great curry in a hurry. INDIAN cookery casts a spell over most of us. A typical Brit might have finished a slap-up five course meal minutes earlier, but one whiff of the smells emerging from an Indian
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Lose the sign - or face a fine
YORK shopkeepers have been left fuming after being told to remove signs advertising their businesses. A City of Council spokeswoman said nine businesses in the Piccadilly area had been told to remove free-standing A-boards from outside their premises.
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Out in force for Chief's farewell
POLICE officers old and new gathered in York to send off a man who dedicated his career to tackling crime and disorder in the city. Hundreds of well-wishers met at York Racecourse to pay tribute to Chief Superintendent John Lacy who was retiring after
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Nicholls ascends to seven
CHRIS Nicholls won the open singles title for a record seventh time at Selby Closed Table Tennis Championships played at Riccall Regen Centre. In the final he beat six-times champion and his Tate & Lyle 'A' team colleague Mick Wilcockson. Both players
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12 years of study pays off for Jane
WHEN tragedy struck Jane Kearns and her family, she decided it was time to take her life in a new direction. Fourteen years after losing a baby to cot death, Jane, 46, of Riccall, is about to graduate from the Open University with a Bachelor of Science
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Wiggy eye silver finale
IT Sports Wigginton looked to cap a season of misfortune with some silverware after overcoming local rivals York SRC in the quarter-finals of the Yorkshire Cup. Next up for Wigginton are Harrogate, who have beat Wigginton 5-0 earlier in the season. All
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Back in shop window
YORK City's new loan signing Jon Newby is looking to kick-start his career again at Bootham Crescent. Newby, 25, was a member of the only Liverpool team to ever win the FA Youth Cup in 1996 when Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and David
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ASBO breach addict jailed
HEROIN addict Jeffrey Ward, 28, has become the first person in York to be sent to prison for breaching an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO). He was arrested while begging outside York Station on Thursday evening. Earlier that day, the Evening Press revealed
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The National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York
Simon Ritchie and family enjoy lunch at York's National Railway Museum. THERE can't be many eating places in York as atmospheric as the Brief Encounter restaurant. Surrounded by sparkling locomotives and dining carriages from the golden age of steam,
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Jaffa looks juicy - 27/03/04
JAFFA can put the squeeze on his rivals at Market Rasen tomorrow. The 12-year-old, who returned from a lengthy absence to win at Leicester earlier this month, is fancied to follow-up in the John Bennett & West Rasen Heritage Centre Handicap Chase
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Awards for all
THE Evening Press has teamed up with York City Knights to launch a special new Player of the Month competition - giving fans the chance to win VIP match tickets and meet their favourite players. And what better time to launch it than now, as the Knights
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White Knights' charity champions
SIX Knights in shining armour did their bit for charity this week as they gave up their spare time to collect for Macmillans Cancer Relief. The sextet of coach Richard Agar and players Simon Friend, Chris Langley, Mick Ramsden, Alex Godfrey and Rob Kama
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Backing in Bootham
PERHAPS it is apt that York RL's second-ever game at Bootham Crescent, and first for 15 years, has a Bootham-based business among the sponsors. The Knights face Gates-head at York City's football ground in an Arriva Trains Cup group clash on Wednesday
