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Our street's decline
HAVING read about Mr Smith who has been the target of loutish anti-social behaviour in his street (April 10), I can confirm as a fellow resident in the same street that these are not isolated incidents. I have lived here for five years and the street
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Coalition to blame for bloody chaos in Iraq
THE current bloody chaos in Iraq is due to the political and power vacuum that the coalition (the UK and US) created when they dismantled the Iraqi administration and put nothing in its place. The coalition seized the oil production and also privatised
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Drivers human too
I WOULD like to respond to the letter "Rough ride" (April 12) and also to the letter quoted in it (April 2). It would be silly to say that all bus drivers are saints, but that is no good reason to imply that they are all lazy, rude and unpleasant people
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Option three for me
IT is good to see that the Lib Dems are re-opening the debate on the location of the A59 Park and Ride. The residents of the west of York are being asked for their views and I would like to put the following arguments in favour of Site 3. Anyone who uses
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DEFRA a dead loss
WHY must Margaret Beckett and the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) interfere with so many tried and tested rural practices? For longer than most of us know, man has always buried what has died, either for sound health reasons
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Hugh a relic?
CASTLE Museum's reputation as one of the best in the country does our city great credit. York Museums Trust's willingness to keep modernising and evolving is spot on. Was your picture of Hugh Bayley MP as an exhibit in the museum (April 9) a portent of
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No hard feelings - it'll cost you!
A warning has been issued to more than 700 firms in York and North Yorkshire: "Be careful not to hurt your employees' feelings - or it could cost money." Len Cruddas, chief executive of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, plans to alert
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Trident goes North
EMPLOYEE communications specialist, Trident Communications of York, has bought out Edinburgh-based Carter Rae for an undisclosed sum. The move adds Scotland to Trident's international network, which includes offices in London, York, Coventry, Munich,
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Anchor away to York
PETER Sissons, one of British television's most experienced and best-known news anchormen, will be taking part in the Business and Environment Conference near York later this month. The former reporter, foreign correspondent and now award-winning anchorman
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Ramshaw joins Knights revolution
YORK City Knights' development programme is set to receive a massive boost with the recruitment of ex-Keighley legend Jason Ramshaw to the full-time Huntington Stadium staff. The 34-year-old, who hung up his boots after helping the Cougars win promotion
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It's hair story
JO HAYWOOD talks to a North Yorkshire author with hair-raising tales to tell. As a young girl growing up in Ripon in the Fifties, Christina Shingler was something of an outsider. She was a mixed race foster child struggling to find herself in a place
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Don't 'give away' the Barbican - protesters
PROTESTERS fighting to save York's Barbican Centre say council leisure chiefs are "giving it away" by accepting a one-off payment worth £750,000. Members of Save Our Barbican (SOB) have expressed concern that this sum would grant the proposed operators
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United front for tourist shake-up
MORE time is needed to debate a proposed major shake-up of York and North Yorkshire's £4 billion a year tourism industry, senior county councillors have said. North Yorkshire County Council leader John Weighell is to contact city leaders in York and district
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Citizen ceremony is a first for York
THE first ceremony in York to swear in new British citizens will take place tomorrow. The first "new citizens" in the city, who are from Macedonia and South Africa, will take part in the compulsory ceremony at York Register Office, in Bootham. They will
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York City 1, Bury 1
LIAM George ended York City's 399-minute goal drought and a run of three straight defeats with a point-winning strike against former club Bury. The ex-Irish Under-21 international's 24th-minute goal - his third of a season decimated by shin splints -
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Martyn: I'll repay United in the run-in
NIGEL Martyn plans to repay his old club Leeds United by pulling out all the stops against their relegation rivals in the remaining weeks of the season. Everton's former Elland Road keeper banished all thoughts of favouritism during last night's 1-1 draw
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Ramshaw joins Knights revolution
YORK City Knights' development programme is set to receive a massive boost with the recruitment of ex-Keighley legend Jason Ramshaw to the full-time Huntington Stadium staff. The 34-year-old, who hung up his boots after helping the Cougars win promotion
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Brass shuffles deck
CHRIS Brass adopted a new-look line-up against Bury last night. The York City player-boss recalled Leigh Wood to the starting line-up in his preferred midfield role in place of Richard Cooper, whilealso preferring Darren Dunning at left-wing back to David
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Improved City set benchmark
YORK City boss Chris Brass believes his team will stay in Division Three if they match last night's performance against Bury in the remaining five "massive" games. Liam George's third goal of the season earned the Minstermen a 1-1 draw at Bootham Crescent
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Alert over computer dial-ups web scam
THOUSANDS of web surfers in York and North Yorkshire could be unwittingly forking out for premium rate phone calls in a worldwide computer scam. Harold George, of Main Road, Hambleton, near Selby, contacted the Evening Press after calls worth £50 mysteriously
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Stoute looks for an Imperial reign - 14/04/04
Imperial Stride, whose only defeat last season came in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, bids to book his place in the 2,000 Guineas line-up at Newmarket tomorrow. Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, the classy-looking three-year-old is one of six runners in the
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Way we were
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 100 years ago: A letter blaming bad pay for men's reluctance to start a family had caused some excitement. Columnist TT agreed that there was a lot of hard fact in it, "but happily they are the excep-tions". He added that a good
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Heroin addict raiders jailed
Two burglars addicted to crack cocaine and heroin stole thousands of pounds worth of property from homes in York to feed their habits. Kevin Cumberland, 19, of Tang Hall Lane, York, and Tony Gray, also 19, of Vincent Way, York, were today starting jail
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Build on Castle site
I'M glad to hear that Land Securities is still pursuing plans to develop the Coppergate area (April 8). York is a magnificent city which deserves to build on its historical importance, instead of trading on its past. The people who protest against any
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Humps are a blight
DOES anyone ever consider the residents who have speed tables and road humps placed outside their homes? We have a serious traffic problem in Bishopthorpe. Heavy goods vehicles come through the village from dawn, some are still coming through late at
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Firm labelled good employer
A North Yorkshire label company has retained its Investors in People standard after auditors were impressed by the strong commitment shown to its 65 employees. GSM Graphic Arts, of Thirsk, first achieved the Investors in People status in March 1998. Now
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Does your business help disabled workers?
BUSINESSES throughout York and North and East Yorkshire are being urged to enter the 2004 Remploy Leading The Way awards - which recognise employers who enable and encourage disabled people to realise their potential in the workplace. Regional competitors
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Easter rising is too demanding a task
THE LHF Healthplan National League campaign got underway over the Easter weekend and, where the Knights are concerned, we would swap all our wins this season for success in the league. This considered, I felt slightly frustrated by the fact our opening
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Bliss Street by Kris Kenway (Sceptre, £7.99)
JAMES is a hip young pop video director whose life is going down the pan. He is fired following a spat over artistic standards with his unscrupulous producer and a pouting pop nymphet. To make ends meet, he takes a dead-end job as a mobile phone salesman
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Personality by Andrew O'Hagan, (Faber and Faber, £7.99)
ONLY 35, and with just three books to his name, this Scottish author is already being hailed as one of the best writers of his generation. In Personality, O'Hagan embarks on an ambitious mission, outwardly telling the story of the rise and fall of a young
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The Last Light Of The Sun, by Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster, £17.99)
Any book which starts with a funeral and a market delayed by a missing horse has to be interesting. Every now and again in The Last Light of the Sun, despite its strange customs and unfamiliar names you find yourself thinking you recognise its setting
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The Hunting Of Man: A History Of The Sniper, by Andy Dougan. (Hardback, Fourth Estate, £16.99)
THERE is something about the methods of the sniper which provokes a particularly hostile reaction, even from those fortunate enough never to have had to live with the fear of being lined up in one's sights. It seems somehow illogical that it should be
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Rock day away
BEN SUTTON argues that York should follow a Canadian city's musical example. EVERY time I meet up with friends in the city we end up talking about "What York needs". As regulars on the York music scene, we consider ourselves qualified to pass comment.
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Solar homes to stand out from the crowd
NEIGHBOURS of two new futuristic "solar dwellings" have been warned that the environmentally-friendly properties may not be so easy on the eye. Green councillor Andy D'Agorne said the pair of low energy homes in Horsman Avenue, off Fishergate, are "like
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Air quality on council agenda
PLANS to improve the standard of air quality in York include encouraging more people to work from home and the introduction of more cycle and pedestrian routes. A range of revised measures was being discussed by councillors today to be included in the
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Mail transport may go back on to trains
THE news that mail could be put back on the rails has been welcomed by a leading York railway enthusiast. GB Railfreight (GBRf), a subsidiary of transport operator FirstGroup, is in talks with Royal Mail chiefs about a deal which could see trains moving
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Panther could be my missing dog
THE York "panther" riddle took a bizarre twist today, when a dog owner claimed the beast could be his missing German Shepherd. As reports of big cat sightings continue to be made to the Evening Press, Yan Gorczynski is certain the mystery animal is his
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Lashings of talent on show
WORLD cricket dream team Lashings are getting ready for a special North Yorkshire test at Malton on June 20. The internationally renowned team, described as the Harlem Globetrotters of cricket, has fielded players such as Shoaib Akhtar, Allan Donald and
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It's schoolhouse rock for copy-cat Elvis kids
YOUNG rock and rollers in York are being given the chance to become "all shook up" about the wonder of Elvis. The city's top Elvis impersonator, Eddie Vee, has launched a new project, giving youngsters lessons on the moves, costumes and songs of The King
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Mail flows on the rails
ROYAL Mail surprised everyone by ending a 170-year history of distributing post by train last year. Most regretted that a service so much a part of the fabric of these islands was going the same way as the doorstep milk delivery. But the decision prompted
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Citizen Yorkie
YORK'S first citizenship ceremony takes place tomorrow. It will be a significant moment. We hope the two people taking part already feel at home and will enjoy becoming part of our city's history. York has long been shaped by its incomers. The modern
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Brass shuffles deck
CHRIS Brass adopted a new-look line-up against Bury last night. The York City player-boss recalled Leigh Wood to the starting line-up in his preferred midfield role in place of Richard Cooper, whilealso preferring Darren Dunning at left-wing back to David
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Improved City set benchmark
YORK City boss Chris Brass believes his team will stay in Division Three if they match last night's performance against Bury in the remaining five "massive" games. Liam George's third goal of the season earned the Minstermen a 1-1 draw at Bootham Crescent
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I'm going up in the world again
IT'S quite a scary prospect and it's something I haven't done in years, but I've made up my mind - tonight I'm going to do it. When I was a teenager I did it all the time, so what's the problem now? Yes, I'm going to go and sit on the top deck of the
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Giraffe in my back garden was a shocker
IT'S a jungle out there. "The recently reported sightings of wild animals around York has prompted me to write regarding an experience I had a few months ago," begins a missive from David Robson, of Portisham Place, Strensall. "I happened to look out
