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Way we were
Thursday, July 1, 2004 100 years ago: Further to the recent near-drownings reported, a letter was printed calling the attention "of those responsible" to the dangerous and unprotected state of that part of the river Foss named Wormalds Cut, at the lower
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This disgrace is forcing me out
A YORK city centre pub landlord says he is thinking of selling up because parking restrictions are hitting him so badly. Willy Leech says takings at the Roman Bath during the late afternoon and early evening are down by as much as 50 per cent. He believes
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The yellow peril about to reach the villages
PLANS to paint double yellow lines in dozens of new locations across York and in nearby villages have failed to spark protests like the ones which greeted city centre restrictions. City of York Council is proposing to introduce "no waiting at any time
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Etty's water tribute is right up the spout
GOOD to see two bubbly North Yorkshire epics making it into the top ten water features in England. The Cascade at Chatsworth House took top spot in the survey for Country Life magazine. Making a splash for this neck of the woods were Moon Ponds at Studley
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Driven out
YORK'S controversial new parking charges and restrictions must go - and today the Evening Press launches a campaign to achieve just that. Months after the evening and on-street charges were imposed and yellow lines painted, protests have grown ever louder
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MFI moves to car park for revamp
A YORK store is undergoing a £500,000 refurbishment, which will create seven new jobs in the city. The MFI store in Foss Islands Road, York, is to be the subject of a major refurbishment. The new-look 22,500sq ft store, which will feature MFI's latest
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He's our hero!
A DETERMINED teenager who has battled through adversity has been nominated for a Spirit of Youth award by his proud family. Tony Shepherd, 15, of Hamilton Drive, Acomb, always wanted to be a footballer. Diagnosed with Perthes Disease - a degenerative
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Nap-happy Knights
Things are looking up for the York City Knights with five players close to making a return. The injury blighted side have been decimated by absentees in recent weeks, but Richard Agar has been lifted by the news that Chris Smith, Jim Elston and Damian
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Chocolate dreams for York
Now Terry's is definitely closing, MIKE LAYCOCK asks: why not turn it into a northern version of Cadbury World? A TANTALISING aroma, familiar to any York resident, greets you as you park up outside Cadbury's chocolate factory in Birmingham. The huge,
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Tasty idea
JB would certainly have had something to say about the future of the Terry's site. Turning it into York Chocolate World, as outlined opposite, is an idea well worth exploring. The city has long needed a bold new attraction to boost its tourist profile
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Disposable nappies cost county £230k
NORTH Yorkshire County Council is to lobby the Government in an effort to reduce the use of disposable nappies. The council's executive committee is to be urged to write to Health Secretary John Reid to find out if the cost to the National Health Service
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Officers commend Burton Croft plan
NEW proposals to bulldoze an historic York house to make way for modern flats should get the go-ahead, according to city planning officials. A revised blueprint from Barratt York to convert the former Burton Croft nursing home has been recommended for
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Wayne gain turns to pain
FORTUNES proved sweet, thensour for Wayne Bellerby as his British Sugar team crashed out of the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton League Cup semi-finals. Batting first, Tollerton Outlaws got away well with Ross Hardy (35) in the runs. But then Bellerby, in tandem
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Lorry men have lucky escape
TWO men had a lucky escape when the lorry they were travelling in ended up in a ditch on the westbound carriageway of the A64 near Grimston Bar. The HGV came off the road at about 1.10pm yesterday afternoon. The two men, who were from Darlington, managed
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Barbican supporters may take fight to the courts
PROTESTERS have said they may go to the courts to seek a judicial review over the Government's decision not to call a public inquiry into controversial plans to redevelop York's Barbican centre. Members of the Save Our Barbican campaign group have voted
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Robbo's red goals alert
York City's long-awaited search for a goal-scorer has finally come to an end. The Minstermen yesterday secured the services of former Newcastle United and Hartlepool striker Paul Robinson pending a medical today after months of agonising near-misses for
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City dies at 5.30pm
YORK is indeed a ghost town in the early evening as PJ Willey observes (Letters, June 29). As a Ghost Trail guide I must admit that this is good news for the ghost walk business, which deservedly continues to flourish when everybody else has shut up shop
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Driven out
YORK'S controversial new parking charges and restrictions must go - and today the Evening Press launches a campaign to achieve just that. Months after the evening and on-street charges were imposed and yellow lines painted, protests have grown ever louder
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Just too cheeky
BILL Hearld has really started something with his column (June 22) closely followed by Heather Causnett (Letters, June 25). As someone who once risked wrath, the cells or purdah by nipping the rear of a male person, I am keeping a low profile. It happened
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Blunkett should go
DAVID Blunkett is using his legal powers to remove David Westwood from his role as Chief Constable of Humberside Police because of the tragic consequence of murderer Ian Huntley being employed as a caretaker of a school. Mr Westwood seems to command a
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Tory choice sinks
THE new politics of the Tories in offering "choice" in education and hospital care is outrageous. They seem to be proposing a subsidy from the taxpayer to go to private schools and hospitals to allow them to offer a reduced rate to the affluent. As a
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Cash for homeless
THE possible cuts to help for homeless people are disappointing and worrying (June 29). This administration seems no better than the last at genuinely trying to tackle homelessness. More needs to be done to help people off the streets and new Government
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Custard on history
WHY is York's superb heritage plastered with custard yellow paint that offends the eyes? It has happened to cobbled streets such as College Street and Minster Yard next to St Williams College, both in a conservation area. This is far from aesthetically
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Don't put the boot into Alan, he knows what he is talking about
I HAVE enjoyed reading Sophie McGill's column until now. But I totally disagree with her comments about Alan Hansen (June 26). I quote Sophie: "The only fly in the ointment was the depressing Alan Hansen, whose negativity shines through every comment
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The Cure, The Cure (Geffen) ****
IT seems Goth will never die, no matter how cadaverous its followers may look. Not only has the genre's black-clad imagery had a huge influence on the nu-metal age, but any number of new bands now hark back to the dark side of the 1980s, from The Killers
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Brian Wilson, Gettin' In Over My Head (East West/Rhino) **
It was exactly 40 years ago that Brian Wilson wrote and produced The Beachboys' I Get Around, the first of a succession of timeless classics that suggested that Wilson had a musical hotline to heaven. God Only Knows, Heroes And Villains, Good Vibrations
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The Concretes, The Concretes (Licking Fingers) ***
LIKE their grave-digging fellow Swedes The Wannadies, The Concretes keep their feet on the ground in day jobs. Guitarist Maria Eriksson is a care visitor; trumpeter Ulrik Karlsson, a design engineer, whose latest gig is to install Stockholm's congestion
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Kings Of Convenience, Riot On An Empty Street (Source) ****
Why does everyone get so stressed about pigeonholing music? Ever since the first mellow sounds of the Kings Of Convenience emerged, they have been touted as the leaders of the now-dead New Acoustic Movement. Their characteristic soothing style is still
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Hope Of The States, The Lost Riots (Sony Music) ****
NOT long after completing his work on The Lost Riots, guitarist Jimmi Lawrence killed himself. The tragedy was made all the worse for his band mates because they had no idea what drove him to it. To their credit, Hope Of The States decided to continue
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Check out your choice of holiday home for the cat
NOW the holiday season is upon us the question is what to do with our pets while we are away. Many readers will have friends or relatives who are happy to take care of their dogs and cats. However, if you don't you may be thinking of using a kennels or
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Lumb ranks excel
Hunters York and District Senior League Joe Lumb XI made it four wins from four games when they beat the Bradford League for the first time in more than 20 years. Skipper Stephen Sacks (26) and Mark Cook (27) gave the innings a sound start. Alex Downey
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Takings down £1,000 a week
As the Evening Press launches its parking campaign, chief reporter Mike Laycock speaks to several city centre businesses about their growing concerns over charges and restrictions, and examines how the parking controversy has grown over the past six months
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Devastating blow to my trade
THE owner of a candle shop in one of York's premier shopping streets says his trade in June was down by almost 25 per cent on the same month last year. John Reed believes new parking restrictions and evening charges are at least partially to blame for
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Why we shop out of town
Dave Nelson and Dan Phillips asked shoppers at Monks Cross why they were there instead of the city centre. Their comments may not come as a surprise to hard-pressed city centre retailers, but they will hardly be welcome. EASY access, and no charges. Those
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THE Evening Press today urges Coun Steve Galloway, leader of City of York Council, to reconsider the draconian parking charges that are driving visitors away from York and threatening to ruin the economy of the city's heart. It is an issue that will not
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The Pocket Dream, York Theatre Royal, until July 17
THE Pocket Dream began life as a way of making A Midsummer Night's Dream more palatable. Beans on toast, rather than five pieces of fruit a day, or so the philosophy went. BAFTA-winning Elly Brewer and comedienne and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig hit on the
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BT unveils county broadband plans
BT today revealed the timetable to bring broadband to virtually the whole of North Yorkshire by July next year. Fifty-four further exchanges are to be broadband-enabled in the latest stage of a £1 billion national investment. More than 80 per cent of
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More choice often means less
"There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on" - Bruce Springsteen CHOICE is the buzz word at the moment. I wish it would buzz off, but it looks as if we are stuck with choice. As Tony Blair and Michael Howard prepare the ground for the General Election
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Curb culture vandals
WHEN will we ever learn? In Victorian times, the city fathers came close to demolishing York's bar walls. Last century there was serious discussion about pulling down a dilapidated old street called Shambles. Today, with York's economy founded on tourism
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Creep set to sprint home
Corridor Creeper, runner-up to Caribbean Coral in last Friday's Gosforth Park Cup at Newcastle, is fancied to go one better at Sandown tomorrow. Milton Bradley's consistent sprinter goes for the £14,000 Friends of Jonathan Cooper Rated Handicap over his
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Diamond couple met at a concert
THEIR courtship lasted nine years, and their wedding took place against the backdrop of the Second World War, but today Sydney and Dorothy Heppell are celebrating 60 years of marriage. Sydney and Dorothy, both 83, met at a concert in Malton in 1935. But
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Residents quizzed on crime priorities
HUNDREDS of residents, business owners, shopkeepers and licensees are to be quizzed on how they think police should tackle crime in York until 2008. Bosses at Safer York Partnership are co-ordinating an extensive survey, which they hope will lay bare
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Peace protesters poke fun at hand-over
PEACE protesters staged their own Iraq "handover" ceremony in York city centre. Organised by York Against the War, with the support of Unison representatives, the event in St Sampson's Square saw one protester, Graham Martin, don a George Bush mask to
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Holgate hampered by Bert once again
In 2001, Bert Keech stopped Holgate going through the season undefeated by beating them in their 20th match of the York Amateur Bowling Association League division one campaign. In 2004 they have again become the first team to defeat them, winning 7-1
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Theme park slated over fatty food
CONSUMER watchdogs have named a North Yorkshire theme park as one of the worst offenders when it comes to serving visitors fatty fast food with few healthy options. The Consumers' Association's Which? magazine named Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo at
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Bridge wash-out
Yorkshire's preparations for the Twenty-20 Cup were badly hit on Wednesday when rain prevented any action in the two practice matches which they were due to stage at Stamford Bridge Cricket Club. Director of cricket David Byas said the games would be
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Nap-happy Knights
Things are looking up for the York City Knights with five players close to making a return. The injury blighted side have been decimated by absentees in recent weeks, but Richard Agar has been lifted by the news that Chris Smith, Jim Elston and Damian
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York soldiers head for Iraq
A HUNDRED York-based Army Signallers will be leaving for Iraq tomorrow to help keep British troops on the airwaves. Regular, Territorial Army and Gurkha soldiers from 2 Signal Regiment, based at Imphal Barracks, will embark on a six-month tour, providing
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Don't feed pigeons
A FEW misguided individuals regard urban pigeons as their domestic pets. With a little research, Heather Causnett (Letters, June 22) would realise that a mating pair will typically have three or four broods a year, usually two eggs at a time. That seems
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Cyclists will be king
STUART Russell suggested Mike Usherwood and I should stop moaning at each other about the case for and against cyclists and each get a life (Letters, June 28). I have resisted the temptation to reply to Mike's recent missives, to see whether other readers
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'Bugger the King, let's go home'
THE royal visit to Terry's was not enjoyed by everyone in York. One small boy took great exception to it. As a 12-year-old I stood with my elder sister and her small son who became impatient and wanted to go home. He was told to be patient as he was going
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Robbo's red goals alert
York City's long-awaited search for a goal-scorer has finally come to an end. The Minstermen yesterday secured the services of former Newcastle United and Hartlepool striker Paul Robinson pending a medical today after months of agonising near-misses for
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Bridge wash-out
Yorkshire's preparations for the Twenty-20 Cup were badly hit on Wednesday when rain prevented any action in the two practice matches which they were due to stage at Stamford Bridge Cricket Club. Director of cricket David Byas said the games would be
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Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch) ***
THE wind of change is blowing ever stronger through Chicago's Wilco on their fifth album. Where once they were the skewed country essence of melodic Americana, now chief songwriter Jeff Tweedy is taking Wilco's sonic experimentation beyond the bounds
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Slipknot: Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses (Roadrunner Records) *
Slipknot are not the extreme band their record label would like you to think. In fact, compared to a lot of metal bands their music is quite commercial. The previous two albums were enjoyable, energetic slabs of relentless fury. However, Volume 3 (actually
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Marjorie Fair, Self Help Serenade (Capitol) ****
IT is Wimbledon, it is raining, so it must be summer. But what use is summer without graceful tunes for daydreamers? So all hail Marjorie Fair, who have the most appalling name but are purveyors of totally convincing dream music. The LA band is the creation
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Wayne gain turns to pain
FORTUNES proved sweet, thensour for Wayne Bellerby as his British Sugar team crashed out of the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton League Cup semi-finals. Batting first, Tollerton Outlaws got away well with Ross Hardy (35) in the runs. But then Bellerby, in tandem
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Home early but heartened by final that never was
ENGLAND'S Euro 2004 exit has once more provoked a 101 post-mortems as people come to terms with another painful end to a major championships. Personally, I find it amazing how quick people are to criticise. Sven-Goran Eriksson's record is still not bad
