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Way we were
Monday, May 31, 2004 100 years ago: Under the auspices of the Friends' Social Service Committee, the second of two lectures on The Unemployed Problem was delivered in the Friends' Meeting House in York. The speaker, Mr Percy Alden, the Honorary Warden
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Flying squad
IT was the moment York had been waiting for - when the Flying Scotsman arrived home to crowds of cheering train enthusiasts. Visitors to Railfest waved Union flags as the engine pulled into the National Railway Museum (NRM) with Sir Richard Branson on
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Turbo prop
YORK City Knights skipper Lee Jackson claimed his turn of pace surprised even himself yesterday as he dashed to a fine individual try in the Knights' 44-24 defeat of Swinton. The 30-yard effort, in which he rounded nippy Lions full-back Wayne English,
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Train trips into chaos
AS thousands of people descend on York to immerse themselves in a steam bath of railway nostalgia, Virgin passengers must wish they could return to the golden age of the train. Advance ticket booking has been suspended because Virgin cannot guarantee
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Magical meet
OUR obsession with celebrity is shallow and meaningless, the grouches insist. They should be introduced to ten-year-old Jack Rollinson. Jack lives with his aunt Dawn after mum Tracy died of cancer at 34. During his mother's illness he became a fan of
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Ferry good rating for 'York' ship
A FERRY named after the city of York has been praised in a comprehensive report on ship safety by a leading motoring organisation. The Pride of York, which sails between Hull and Zeebrugge, was rated highly in a study conducted by the AA Motoring Trust
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Virgin travellers hit by timetable trouble
YORK passengers looking to book seats on Virgin trains have been told they can't - because the company does not know when its services will be running. The York-based Rail Passengers' Committee (RPC) today confirmed it had received numerous letters and
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Webbo and Woody's clear Euro vision
Nine-times sidecar world champion Steve Webster and his passenger Paul Woodhead lead the 2004 UEM European Championship after a convincing win in the second round of the series at the Hungoring, Hungary, yesterday. The Easingwold racer won the 15-lap
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City redundancies kick in
REDUNDANCIES and pay-cuts are two of the off-field consequences of York City's relegation to the Conference. Just weeks after Chris Brass released 11 players at the end of last season, the club have officially announced that commercial manager Peter Salter
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Turbo prop
YORK City Knights skipper Lee Jackson claimed his turn of pace surprised even himself yesterday as he dashed to a fine individual try in the Knights' 44-24 defeat of Swinton. The 30-yard effort, in which he rounded nippy Lions full-back Wayne English,
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Stick to essentials
DR Robson raises some interesting points regarding the problems experienced in the dental service (Evening Press, May 21). Referring to the cost of setting up a surgery (estimated at £50,000), presumably most dentists anticipate after the initial outlay
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Terry's hero has heart attack
A HERO of the campaign to save Terry's suffered a heart attack within hours of taking it to a union's national conference, it emerged today. Vic Botterill, chief shop steward at the York chocolate factory, took to the rostrum at the GMB's conference in
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Is this the shape of things to come?
In the last of his Tipping's Tipples reports from southern Germany, Mike Tipping visits the wine-producing region of Franken. A RESTAURANT reviewer colleague of mine once claimed to have ordered a nice bottle of Mateus ros. That's all you get, a nice
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Any streets where Tories fear to tread?
YORK Tory parliamentary hopeful Clive Booth could have been forgiven for expecting a rough ride when he recently went canvassing in Tang Hall, an area not noted for its true blue allegiance. And when a policeman jokingly said he'd be "lynched" if he went
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Fighting with the French
ON May 16, 1944, RAF Elvington, one of the many Yorkshire airbases of Bomber Command, was transformed into something unique. This came about through the formation of the French squadrons, who commenced an intense period of operations in the final drive
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Comedy festival builds up head of steam
With York's RailFest extravaganza in full steam, what better comic to kickstart the last show in this season's Other Side programme than a former British Rail fireman. Ivan Steward claims to have shovelled coal on the footplate of the world famous Flying
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Knights 44, Lions 24
THE days might be getting longer as we head into June, yet the Knights are closing in. Yesterday's 44-24 defeat of Swinton lifted York City Knights to second in National League Two following Hunslet's defeat to Chorley, and the points-difference to leaders
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Students in canoe polo bid
YORK students are masterminding a fundraising bid to break a world record - by playing the longest-ever game of canoe polo involving the greatest number of players. More than 300 paddlers from as far afield as Portsmouth and Aberdeen are taking part in
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Crime figures sap 'morale of police'
ONLY one in every 20 burglaries in North Yorkshire ends in a conviction, it has been revealed. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh said the "very low" figure was sapping police morale. In a written Parliamentary answer, Crime Minister Hazel Blears confirmed
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Alistair on song for charity
FORMER York student and busker Alistair Griffin returned to the city to perform in support of a charity's sponsored walk. Alistair, who narrowly missed winning TV's Fame Academy last year and went on to score a top five hit with Bring It On, played acoustic
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Probe into voting bungle
AN URGENT review has been launched after a couple were each sent TWO voting packs for the Euro election. Retired postman John Smith fears the blunder that left him seeing double could be the tip of a wider problem. Mr Smith, 73, of Wheldrake, said: "My
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Flying squad
IT was the moment York had been waiting for - when the Flying Scotsman arrived home to crowds of cheering train enthusiasts. Visitors to Railfest waved Union flags as the engine pulled into the National Railway Museum (NRM) with Sir Richard Branson on
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Hayles and hello
NEW Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell is ready to swap skipper Dominic Matteo for Fulham striker Barry Hayles. And he also hopes to snap up wing back Danny Tiatto from Manchester City and central defender Paul Butler from Wolves on free transfers.
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Cycling OAP hurt in crash
AN elderly man is ill in hospital today after being involved in a collision with a car while cycling through York. The crash happened shortly before 10am, on Saturday, in Huntington Road, near Wrays Avenue. The car, a maroon Citroen Berlingo, belonged
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Terry's hero has heart attack
A HERO of the campaign to save Terry's suffered a heart attack within hours of taking it to a union's national conference, it emerged today. Vic Botterill, chief shop steward at the York chocolate factory, took to the rostrum at the GMB's conference in
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Tragedy boy to meet pop idol
TOP pop star Peter Andre is putting a smile back on the face of a York youngster following the tragic death of his mother. Tracy Green, 34, of Huntington, recently died after a short battle against cancer, leaving behind two young sons, Jack and Tom.
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Spare our blushes and ban bikinis
HAS your bikini migrated yet? If you are a man, I'm assuming the answer is "no" because a) the go-faster stripe of hair down your back doesn't look great in a bikini; b) you gave up wearing bikinis a long time ago - tankinis are your costume of choice
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City redundancies kick in
REDUNDANCIES and pay-cuts are two of the off-field consequences of York City's relegation to the Conference. Just weeks after Chris Brass released 11 players at the end of last season, the club have officially announced that commercial manager Peter Salter
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Face facts: we must curb car use in York
I WISH to comment on the current issue of the council's policy on inner-city parking. Radical changes, particularly those restricting the use of a private car, are bound to provoke strong opposition, but I believe much more time should be allowed before
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Better bus route
A lot has been written of late about the Osbaldwick end of the ten-minute No 6 Clifton to Osbaldwick service. May I please write a few words from the Clifton end of this service. A long time ago, we had a half-hour service through Clifton which was routed
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Stub out or pay up!
So smokers are complaining about being picked on by York's anti-litter teams are they (Evening Press, May 28)? Well, it is about time that a large number of them learnt to stop being so lazy and started getting rid of their filthy rubbish properly. Not
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David is not a cut above the rest
SO David Beckham has thrown all his toys out of his pram during the mother of all hissy fits. It appears that the nasty media (which he manipulates ceaselessly) has mentioned again that he had two alleged extra marital affairs. Considering that he and
