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First-class time in Paris
Inspired by the final episodes of Sex And The City, LISA COOK heads for a stylish weekend in Paris. I'm Carrie Bradshaw. OK, I'm not, but we can all dream. There are some similarities though. I like shoes, I'm writing this for a newspaper and I was going
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Maxis Restaurant, Ings Lane, Nether Poppleton, York
A CHANCE conversation with a Poppleton resident alerted us to the lunchtime special at this Chinese restaurant, which is served from midday to 2pm, Monday to Friday. Chinese food is, maybe, not to everyone's liking. For us it is an occasional treat. The
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Shape up for spring
GINA PARKINSON says the lighter and warmer evenings are the perfect time for a garden tidy-up. Work, and hopefully the weather, hots up in the garden this month and, certainly in our house, indoor tasks are put firmly to one side as evenings lengthen
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York triumph
YORK RUFC's youngsters made home advantage count as they won three of the age groups in their youth festival at Clifton Park. The Under-12s, U7s and U8s all won their sections with the U9s beaten in their final by Sandal. York's U11 Yorkshire champions
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Sevens to sparkle
POCKLINGTON'S 46th annual Good Friday Sevens - Yorkshire rugby's oldest seven-a-side tournament - gets underway next week with a full draw of 24 teams which includes a competitive mix of local clubs and out of county touring and invitation teams. The
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Move with a view
WHY can't "Florisa Dolpay", executive heritage logistics expert, dig an underpass to accommodate tall lorries under Walmgate Bar ("On the move," April 1)? Or better still, borrow the jacks used on this date last year to raise the King's Arms pub on Kings
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Nappies blowing in the wind
I WAS interested to read the piece about parents being urged to use "real" nappies (March 29). It brings back memories of snowy white "flags" blowing in the wind, and the feeling of satisfaction as I looked at them. I had no washing machine, just a large
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Pool the resources
WOULDN'T it be more logical to build the new swimming pool at the Barbican site in York first? Then people like myself who benefit greatly from swimming, ie asthmatics and people with arthritis, could continue getting the exercise they so badly need.
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Master and pupil in opposition
RICHARD Agar goes head to head with his old boss for the first time tomorrow as York City Knights look to complete a big double over Dewsbury Rams. The Knights chief was player-assistant to head coach Andy Kelly at Featherstone last season and, following
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Wilde's Wine Bar, 21 Grape Lane, York.
Will MAXINE GORDON be wild about York wine bar and bistro Wilde's? IT was not the most promising of starts. When I phoned Wilde's - the cosy wine bar in Grape Lane - at 6pm on Saturday to find out about our chances of a table for that evening, the woman
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Guy grabs chance
RESERVE wicketkeeper Simon Guy has been included in Yorkshire's squad of 12 for the two-day practice match with Durham at Riverside on Tuesday and Wednesday. Director of cricket, David Byas, confirmed that 25-year-old Guy will start off the Championship
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Martin's dream of the county
RISING talent Martin Brown can rightfully be lauded as Pike Hills Golf Club's man of the century. The winner of the York Union of Golf Clubs' York Open championship last summer, Brown was picked to represent Yorkshire in a full county game - the first
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Heworth add to ace haul
SILVERWARE just keeps on coming for high-flying Heworth GC. After seizing the East Riding Winter Alliance for the first time in its 43 years - a feat celebrated in last week's golf column - the Muncaster House-based club will be making another raid on
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Thousands recovered in fines purge
THOUSANDS of pounds in unpaid fines have been recovered in York and North Yorkshire under a national crackdown that has targeted more than 500 addresses. Civilian enforcement officers acting on behalf of the magistrates courts claimed £2,107 in the York
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'Too little being done on traffic'
CAMPAIGNERS battling for action on traffic congestion in their York village say a council report does "too little" to meet their concerns. Oliver Starzynski, of the Osbaldwick and Murton Way Action Group, believes that problems will still remain even
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Pylon fears of cancer victim
A NEW report has left a North Yorkshire widower once again wondering: were power lines responsible for my wife and son's deaths from cancer? Peter Smith - who has also suffered from the illness - lives just across the A19 from high voltage cables running
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Council smoke ban threat
SMOKERS could be forced to puff in private in York council community buildings under a new drive to get people to stub it out. City of York social services boss Sue Galloway said she asked her department to review smoking arrangements in public areas
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US motor home woe for couple
A HEARTBROKEN North Yorkshire couple told today how they face ruin after losing a legal battle for compensation after their retirement dream turned into a nightmare. The £61,000 giant American motorhome bought by Barry and Maureen Bramhill turned out
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Drowning mystery to feature on TV
DETECTIVES trying to identify the body of a man found in the River Ouse plan to put a model of his face on TV in the hope of jogging memories. Detective Inspector Steve Maud said a haunting clay model reconstruction of the man's head could be used on
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Button it!
A SCHOOLGIRL from York has been suspended for repeatedly refusing to fasten the top button on her blouse. Paula Snelgrove, of Middlecroft Drive, Strensall, has branded the suspension of her 15-year-old daughter, Nicola, from Huntington School as ridiculous
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Brass relishes big showdown
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass says he is counting down the seconds to tomorrow's "huge" relegation battle against Macclesfield Town at Bootham Crescent. Brass is delighted to be have some kind of playing control in his side's destiny again after completing
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Stop the big Mac
YORK City player-manager Chris Brass is not expecting any favours from former team-mate Jon Parkin tomorrow afternoon. Brass believes that if Parkin is selected for Macclesfield Town in the crucial Division Three relegation battle it will be a "strange
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Simply fantastic
MUCH has been written this season - and indeed last - about the growing success of York City Knights off the field. To wide acclaim, the Knights topped the National League Two average attendances last year, and they are on course to do the same this season
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A walk among the daffodils
George Wilkinson heads out among the Farndale daffodils. There are more than 25,000 named cultivars of daffodil, and there are various wild daffodils all over the world. Nevertheless Farndale's wild daffs are rightly famous and well worth a visit. The
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Pub banks on beer, bands and crown green bowling
BEERS, bands and crown green bowling. These are only a few of the treats in store for drinkers at The Ainsty public house, in Boroughbridge Road, York, now new landlady Debbie Chetwood has taken over the pumps. It will be the bubbly 46-year-old's ninth
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Batchelor must expect 'stick'
IT would seem inappropriate to start this Diary without any comment on the latest twist in the John Batchelor and York City saga. The former Minstermen chairman may be adverse to negative publicity, but when you tear up a football club's 25-year lease
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Give us a Euro vote
NEGOTIATIONS for a treaty establishing a constitution for Europe are due to be concluded by June. The treaty provides for common policies to be established on employment, commerce, the economy, foreign affairs and defence. Moreover, it declares that European
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Left to stew
THOUGHTS of the luminous Juliette Binoche as yours truly (Diary, March 30) have gone straight to my head. The arresting conduct described in your Diary the next day was disgraceful. My colourful half has risen above his poaching gene (Bill Hearld, March
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A bigger bin, please
WE are two little Westies. Can you tell us what to do when our owner takes us for a walk? She gathers up our poo, but the Bracken Road dog bin is always over-laden. So wouldn't it make sense if the council used its savvy and fixed a bigger one to the
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Hat'll do nicely
MAXINE GORDON meets a bunch of women who have made their own Easter bonnets this year. A LOVE of hats and horse racing was what tempted medical secretary Tracey Bennett into school again. For next-door neighbours Wendy Wood and Debbie Martin, it was a
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Foss Islands on the move
PROPOSALS to transform a run-down York council depot into a bustling shopping park - which would include a Morrison's supermarket - have passed the first planning hurdle. Councillors last night gave outline planning consent to initial plans for a massive
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Rubbish set on fire in bins
FOOLISH firebugs who torched piles of rubbish across York early today have been accused of endangering lives. Firefighters forced entry to a smoke-filled pizza shop in Glencoe Street, near Burton Stone Lane, after a wheelie bin blaze spread to the back
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Five-star Petts in medal bonanza
YORK City Baths Club's Hannah Petts continued to dominate the 12-year-old age group at the second Yorkshire Age Group Championships at Leeds. She collected five golds in the 200m breaststroke in a National Age Group qualifying time, 100m butterfly, 200m
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Pack of Cards shuffle to top of table
PACK of Cards have moved to the top of the John Smith's Sunday Pool League despite suffering a 5-3 home defeat by Dick Turpin. A Mark Taylor double for the Pack was not enough as two wins from both Nigel Macdonald and Keith Moult helped Turpin to victory
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Brass relishes big showdown
YORK City player-boss Chris Brass says he is counting down the seconds to tomorrow's "huge" relegation battle against Macclesfield Town at Bootham Crescent. Brass is delighted to be have some kind of playing control in his side's destiny again after completing
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Master and pupil in opposition
RICHARD Agar goes head to head with his old boss for the first time tomorrow as York City Knights look to complete a big double over Dewsbury Rams. The Knights chief was player-assistant to head coach Andy Kelly at Featherstone last season and, following
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Jackie bids to end men-only rule
WOMEN from York working men's clubs were today hoping the men would finally let them in out of the cold. Jackie Medley, secretary of Bishopthorpe Social Club, has travelled to the Club and Institutes' Union (CIU) annual conference in Blackpool to await
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Stop the big Mac
YORK City player-manager Chris Brass is not expecting any favours from former team-mate Jon Parkin tomorrow afternoon. Brass believes that if Parkin is selected for Macclesfield Town in the crucial Division Three relegation battle it will be a "strange
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Strong chance - 03/04/04
A return to hurdles from fences is fancied to work the oracle for Strong Tartan at Hexham tomorrow. Andrew Parker's gelding, well regarded as a youngster, remains useful as a 10-year-old. He goes to Hexham after a recent outing in a hunters' chase at
