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3,000 sign up in bid to save Terry's
HUNDREDS of people are continuing to sign up each day to our petition to save Terry's, with the number of signatures now flying past the 3,000 mark. Accompanying comments from some readers continue to display a deep anger with American parent company
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Way we were
Friday, May 14, 2004 100 years ago: At the Bulmer East Petty Sessions held in Blake Street a man of no fixed abode was charged with stealing jam and bacon, and other household goods. A coachman from Buttercrambe left some meat, jam and other eatables
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Such arrogance
I HAVE voted Liberal all my life but not any more. The arrogance of our present Liberal Democrat councillors is breathtaking. At a recent meeting to discuss the proposed Park & Ride to service the A59, requested traffic data was not available, "as
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Don't block school
LET the children of Leeman Road area have their new school. The new St Barnabas School has been talked about for 50 years. Now at last when the money has been found, emotive and spurious arguments are been used to try to stop it being built. In 1944 I
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It's got be Green
THE only progressive party with a real chance of gaining a seat in Yorkshire and the Humber in the June European elections is the Green Party. We have elected councillors and growing support across the region. Nationally, we have had two MEPs for the
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Leave it overnight
I WISH to correct a misunderstanding highlighted by Alan Donaldson's letter (Fees force us out, May 11). City of York Council's short stay car parks allow a maximum stay of three hours between 8am and 9pm. However, after 9pm drivers are perfectly entitled
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The clan gathers
THE seventh annual York Luncheon of the Clan Sutherland Society will take place at the Heworth Court Hotel on Saturday June 19. Normally, between 20and 30 members of the Clan Society are present. Any Sutherlands reading this who would care to join us
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The Football Factory*** Running time: 90 mins (what else could it be?) Certificate: 18
WHAT else you gonna do on a Saturday?, asks Tommy Johnson, anti-hero of The Football Factory. Well, Tommy, you could watch the game, but Tommy is more interested in knocking the hell out of rival hooligans. John King's novel, wherein Chelsea's Headhunters
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Simon says, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until July 3
BILL Champion last appeared in a Neil Simon play in 1997. "That was the first show I did here," he says, in a lunchtime break from rehearsals for Laurie Sansom's production of I Ought To Be In Pictures at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. Humorous
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MPs blast off over visitor centre
THE Palace of Westminster, conscious it lacks Box Office appeal, wants to make itself more attractive to the public. The idea is for a visitor centre to save people from having to queue outside in the rain, snow and smog. It would also have a few facts
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Street's ahead of the fashion game
As yet another top fashion store prepares to open in York next week, the city is rapidly becoming the "Bond Street of the North." The description comes from Adam Sinclair, chairman of the York Business Pride campaign, as major Bond Street fashion house
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The pie's the limit for farmers
A farming family business from Whixley, has been given a boost from a Defra Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES) grant to help them diversify into pie-making. The Voakes family, who keep 400 breeding sows and also grow sugar beet and cereals, have recently set
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Restaurant chain in UK's top 100
JINNAH Restaurants, the Yorkshire group has been named as one of the UK's top 100 curry houses and could now be in line for a national cooking medal next week. The group, which has restaurants in York, Harrogate, Haxby, Flaxton and Leeds, was picked from
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New jobs in store
SOMERFIELD is investing more than £700,000 in its Thirsk store and creating ten new jobs as part of a nationwide investment of £70 million. The store, previously a Kwik Save, has undergone extensive refurbishment and will be opened at 9am on Wednesday
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Into The Vibe
INTO music? On the Net? Then check out The Vibe. The Evening Press has joined with our sister paper, the Gazette & Herald, to launch The Vibe, an Internet site dedicated to local bands and venues. Here you can find out about local artists, learn when
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Jazz Notes
I HAVE to own up. Although they are riding high in the jazz charts, in my opinion Norah Jones and Kate Melua are not jazz, but folky/country singers. By contrast, Diana Krall and Jamie Cullum have jazz voices of character and their expert piano playing
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Counterfeit tickets to win
THE Counterfeit Stones have a laugh with their latest tribute show, Get Yer Doo Dahs Out, at the Grand Opera House, York, on May 20, and York Twenty4Seven has three pairs of tickets to be won for the 7.30pm gig. Nick Dagger and his Counterfeit cronies
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Battle of the Bands
THE Access All Northern Areas Tour 2004 calls in at Lincoln and the Adelphi in Hull next week en route to Fibbers in York on Wednesday. Mounted by the Access To Music education programme, the tour is a chance to experience new talent from the project's
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big steps
EVERGREEN York dance teacher Miss Isobel Dunn will present her Dance Flash show for the 58th year next weekend at the Grand Opera House, York. In all, 150 dancers ranging in age from three to 80 will take part in the 2.30pm and 7.30pm performances next
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Pikes squeeze to glory
Pickering Town had the assistant referee to thank after a late offside decision secured their York FA Junior Minor cup final win over Thorpe United in a finals day at Bootham Crescent. The eagle-eyed official denied Thorpe a late chance to equalise and
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Still waiting
WE are heartened by the continuing support for our Save Terry's campaign. More than 3,000 people have signed the petition, and new signatures arrive daily. Some readers are doing more, sending letters condemning Kraft Foods' decision or even boycotting
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Glimpse of things to come at races
ROYAL ASCOT came early for a number of dapper York race fans. The eagerly-awaited Royal festival is not coming to the city until next summer. But punters dusted down top hats, tails and dazzling dresses to lead the way in the fashion stakes at the final
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Fans revel in Crescent duel
GOALKEEPER Ian Surgeoner and match-winner Kevin Atkinson were the heroes in the Fans Match at Bootham Crescent. Telemarketing agent Surgeoner kept a clean sheet after pulling off a string of outstanding saves for Chris Brass' Reds team before Atkinson
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3,000 sign up in bid to save Terry's
HUNDREDS of people are continuing to sign up each day to our petition to save Terry's, with the number of signatures now flying past the 3,000 mark. Accompanying comments from some readers continue to display a deep anger with American parent company
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'I can cure Blip Boy'
THE York psychiatrist who has "cured" serial criminal Tony Davidson appealed today to be given a chance to do the same with the city's most notorious burglar. Dr Bob Johnson said he believed he could finally turn around the life of "Blip Boy" John Harris
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Cardiff stalling on Bullock
LEE Bullock will be re-registered as a York City player this week as Cardiff City continue to stall over a permanent contract for the ten-goal midfielder. Stockton-born Bullock netted three times in four matches during a successful two-month loan stay
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Wilford has a point to prove
YORK City reject Aron Wilford is hoping to prove his former manager Chris Brass wrong by helping Lincoln to play-off glory. Wilford believes he was not given a chance to score the goals that might have prevented City's relegation to the Nationwide Conference
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Cardiff stalling on Bullock deal
LEE Bullock will be re-registered as a York City player this week as Cardiff City continue to stall over a permanent contract for the ten-goal midfielder. Stockton-born Bullock netted three times in four matches during a successful two-month loan stay
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York riot puts PC in hospital
A YORK policeman was in hospital today after a gang of youths armed with pickaxe handles and bricks caused a night of mayhem on a York estate. Five youths were arrested after a riot broke out in Chapelfields as up to 20 drunken hooligans attacked cars
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Wilford has a point to prove
YORK City reject Aron Wilford is hoping to prove his former manager Chris Brass wrong by helping Lincoln to play-off glory. Wilford believes he was not given a chance to score the goals that might have prevented City's relegation to the Nationwide Conference
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York have a double mission
York Cricket Club head out this weekend on a double redemption mission. They need to address their comfortable defeat last Saturday at the hands of Doncaster. They visit Castleford, who eclipsed York's chance of the Yorkshire League championship last
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Tykes roar back
A ROUSING innings from Michael Lumb and a fiery blast of bowling from Chris Silverwood turned the tables on Hampshire during a fascinating day's Championship cricket at Headingley on Thursday. Yorkshire showed such steely determination with the bat that
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The wild rover
ROVER is celebrating its centenary this year, but the British manufacturer has not enjoyed the best of times. Sales have wavered, and models have not been well received. But the company refuses to lie down and this month sees the arrival of a new-look
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VW's number 9 dream machine
VOLKSWAGEN has added a nine-seater Transporter to its people-carrier range. Unlike the Caravelle, which has seven seats based on a unique rail system and competes in the luxury MPV market, the Transporter shuttle is available in two wheelbases and, with
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Bass instincts
THE words "Micklegate" and "cutting edge" are not often seen in the same sentence. If a laid-back night of underground beats from some of the best local DJs is your thing, York's infamous drinking run isn't the first place you would think to look. But
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Ghost of an idea
Robbie Dale puts on his walking shoes to see what York has to offer. THE summer term is an interesting time. You spend your first six months at university braving the wind and rain that seems to haunt the city in order to buy a simple pint of milk, while
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Untouchable yobs
IT is to be hoped that Hugh Bayley, the Crown Prosecution Service and the magistrates are taking note of the stories on Wednesday night's Evening Press front page ("Who did it?" and "Attack victim: We can't let this go on"). These situations can be clearly
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Ducking EU issue
The European election is only three weeks away yet the debate by UK politicians has not risen far above claims of being more distrustful of foreigners than other parties. In mainland Europe the debate is on issues such as how the enlargement urged by
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Great to see the peacocks back
WHAT a delight to walk into York's Museum Gardens and be met by the sight of a beautiful male peacock. My two-year-old daughter was so excited she nearly frightened him away. I don't know why the peacocks disappeared from the gardens, but what a joy to
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Shaun muscles in on footy movie celebs
YORK film buffs will be off to see The Football Factory tonight, a heartwarming tale of male bonding and mindless violence. But one footie fanatic who won't be bothering is Shaun Collinge - he's already seen it a hattrick of times, including as a guest
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Being Kenneth
David Benson's life on and off the stage seems to have become tangled up with the Cockney aristocrat Kenneth Williams, as he tells Charles Hutchinson. DAVID Benson's life with Kenneth Williams has become all consuming. When last in York to perform his
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Going gothic, Northanger Abbey, York Theatre Royal, May 24 to June 12.
York Theatre Royal artistic director Damian Cruden was so impressed by Tim Luscombe's repertory production of Amadeus last July that he invited him to direct the play of his choice this season. Luscombe picked Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's tale of Catherine
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Titanic: The Musical, York Musical Theatre Company until Saturday, May 15
YORK Musical Theatre Company had a special guest at Monday's performance of Titanic: The Musical at York Theatre Royal. So special that he was given a civic reception by the Lord Mayor of York at the Mansion House. Maury Yeston, Broadway composer and
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Enjoy your pint, but don't light up
NICHE market bar and restaurant group Market Town Taverns, of Knaresborough, has opened a new no smoking tavern in Wetherby. The Muse Ale and Wine Bar, Bank Street, Wetherby, which opened on Wednesday night, follows the success of the Arcadia Ale and
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Sweet sixteen
Just A Quickie With... Harry Christophers, conductor of The Sixteen, who present the choral concert A Golden Age at York Minster next Friday. The Sixteen's visit to York has become one of the fixtures on the York classical music calendar. How come? "We
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Tockwith thrill to triple trophy tilt
TOCKWITH rounded off their debut campaign in the York Leeper Hare League with a third degree turn. The all-conquering club followed up their division three championship and FA Junior Cup triumphs by adding the League Junior Cup to their trophy cabinet
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Defending justices
STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the background to the controversial sentencing of the 15-year-old youth who almost killed a York man by punching him in the face. NO way is this justice, declared the Evening Press in its comment on Monday, referring to the case
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New jobs in store
SOMERFIELD is investing more than £700,000 in its Thirsk store and creating ten new jobs as part of a nationwide investment of £70 million. The store, previously a Kwik Save, has undergone extensive refurbishment and will be opened at 9am on Wednesday
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Good health news in the city
YORK healthcare is on the brink of revolution. In March we revealed that York Hospitals NHS Trust was planning to build a new hospital within 16 years. And today it was announced that another new health facility is coming to the city - which should operating
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The only way is up
With interest rate rises still not calming the house price boom in York, STEVE CARROLL looks at how much homes in the city have risen in the last 12 months. "WE have yet not reached the top of the apex, prices will continue to rise further." So says Keith
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Is a casino still on the cards?
CAMPAIGNERS' fears that a casino could one day be sited at York's Barbican Centre have been re-ignited by a letter from leisure chief Charlie Croft. He said in correspondence with Selby MP John Grogan last month that "a casino could be located above the
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Miners adjust to new life away from the coalface
IT WAS a bleak and desolate picture as a skeleton workforce posed for archive pictures of a once thriving and profitable coal mine. Wistow Mine, hailed 20 years ago as a showpiece pit and a template for future mines, is already overgrown with weeds and
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New fishery on Nidd
York Amalgamation announced the acquisition of a new river fishery this week. Following the increasing number of river fishery losses, this makes a pleasant 'U'-turn. The small section of the river Nidd around Goldsborough is not regularly fished but
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Tykes roar back
A ROUSING innings from Michael Lumb and a fiery blast of bowling from Chris Silverwood turned the tables on Hampshire during a fascinating day's Championship cricket at Headingley on Thursday. Yorkshire showed such steely determination with the bat that
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It Mazda be you, Hazel
A STRENSALL grandmother cannot believe her luck after winning an £11,000 car - one of the biggest competitions the Evening Press has run. Hazel Horsley, 71, said she was in tears on learning she had been picked from more than 4,000 entries to win a brand
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Biker's death takes total killed in May to four
ANOTHER motorcyclist has been killed on a North Yorkshire road, bringing the total to four motorcycle deaths this month. The man, named today as Peter John Overend, 37, of Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire. died after an accident outside Squires Caf Bar, on
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Search on for York lottery winner
THE search is on for a lucky Lotto player from York who has yet to claim more than £200,000. National Lottery bosses say a mystery ticket holder from the York area matched five numbers and the bonus ball on Saturday, April 10, scooping a £205,569 prize
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Surgery unit to shorten queues
YORK is to get a multimillion-pound new privately-run surgery centre which will slash waiting times for operations across North and East Yorkshire, and bring new jobs to the city. The centre, one of a string being set up across England in a £200,000,000
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Stoute star to steal show - 14/05/04
Fresh from showcasing their Derby hope North Light on Knavesmire this week Sir Michael Stoute and Kieren Fallon head to Newbury tomorrow with a proven Classic winner. Russian Rhythm, triumphant in last season's 1,000 Guineas, makes her eagerly-awaited
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Cardiff stalling on Bullock deal
LEE Bullock will be re-registered as a York City player this week as Cardiff City continue to stall over a permanent contract for the ten-goal midfielder. Stockton-born Bullock netted three times in four matches during a successful two-month loan stay
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Fans revel in Crescent duel
GOALKEEPER Ian Surgeoner and match-winner Kevin Atkinson were the heroes in the Fans Match at Bootham Crescent. Telemarketing agent Surgeoner kept a clean sheet after pulling off a string of outstanding saves for Chris Brass' Reds team before Atkinson
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Duggleby misses out in final
EMMA Duggleby missed out on the Yorkshire Ladies Championship on the last hole in a nail-biting reverse of last year's English Ladies final against Naomi Edwards at Strensall. The Malton and Norton golfer holed a 30ft birdie on the final green for a chance
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New Audi to woo executive class
A NEW exceptionally cost-effective four-cylinder A4 TDI is to further reinforce Audi's position as manufacturer of the widest range of tax efficient models in the premium sector. The new EU4-compliant A4 1.9-litre TDI 115PS replaces the original 100PS
