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Petition forms flood in
HUNDREDS of readers have flocked to sign the Evening Press petition calling for an end to York's "highway robbery". Dozens of coupons are now arriving in the post each day at the paper's Walmgate HQ, with other readers emailing their support for the campaign
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Senseless slaughter of the fluffy goslings
THE geese that congregate on the banks of the Foss, near the Monkgate roundabout in York, are not universally loved by Huntington Road residents. However, most people would agree that the goslings look cute. And when drivers queue to allow a family of
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New boss for crime squad
Action Against Business Crime (AABC), a joint venture between the Home Office and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has as appointed Michael Schuck as its chief executive. AABC works by boosting the work of local business crime partnerships. The partnerships
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York pupils speak up with pride
YORK pupils have added their voice to our Community Pride campaign at a major conference in the city. This week secondary school students made their nominations for our Community Pride awards at the Healthy Schools day, organised by City of York Council
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My Life In Pictures by Andrew Flintoff with Patrick Murphy, pictures by Graham Morris, (Orion, price
CLAIRE HUGHES charts the rise of cricketer Andrew Flintoff. Considering 26 is lower than the average age of newly-weds and first-time buyers you would be forgiven for thinking it is seriously low for an autobiography. But Andrew Flintoff has not had an
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Facing The Frozen Ocean, Bear Grylls (Macmillan, £18.99)
TO be the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, at 23, would be enough for most people. To have spent three years serving in the SAS, and breaking your back in three places in a parachute accident, is probably more than enough for the majority. But
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Man's Search For Meaning -The Classic Tribute To Hope From The Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl (Rider,
Viktor Frankl lost almost his entire family - mother, father, brother and wife - to the Nazi death camps. He expected death every day and speaks of his horror at realising his destination was Auschwitz, and of 'the Finger Game', the German officer pointing
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York pupils speak up with pride
YORK pupils have added their voice to our Community Pride campaign at a major conference in the city. This week secondary school students made their nominations for our Community Pride awards at the Healthy Schools day, organised by City of York Council
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Millthorpe a 'good and effective' school
A YORK secondary school has been praised by Ofsted as a "good and effective" school. Ofsted has just published its report on Millthorpe School following an inspection at the end of April. It concluded that the school is well led and provides good value
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The cure is in your genes
One day your own genes could decide what medicines you receive. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on 'personalised medicine'. IMAGINE it. You suffer from high cholesterol, and your GP wants to put you on a drug to bring down your cholesterol levels. But which drug
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Three Quality Marks are presented
THREE York schools are celebrating getting their basic skills Quality Mark for the second time. Derwent School, in Osbaldwick, Heworth School, and Lowfield School, in Acomb, all received awards following maths and English assessments earlier in the summer
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Make races pay up
ONCE again after a York race meeting about 30 arrests were made in the city, mainly attributed to the races (July 12). How long are we going to have to put up with this behaviour on our streets? If this had been attributed to football fans there would
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Park and Ride to save money and beat parking charges
EVERY night, it seems we read of yet another instance of a local trader virtually forced out of business by the hike in car park charges or, however tenuous the link, the introduction of car parking charges during the evening. As the operator of most
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Computer hell
OH, how I empathise with Helen Mead (Evening Press, Tuesday, July 6). I bought my computer to sort out all my family history information, written on many bits of paper, into an orderly format. Instead, I find myself piloting the Starship Enterprise. I
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Stage and screen viper
A letter was printed recently praising a Charles Hutchinson review (July 8). The Last Supper performance may have indeed been magnificent and moving - but since when has that stopped Charles' viperish criticisms? Maybe in a moment of religious angst he
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What can we do with Terry's old factory?
COUNCIL bosses are drawing up a blueprint for the redevelopment of the Terry's factory, following its closure next year. They say a single, comprehensive vision is needed, creating a distinctive campus or village style. They outline several possible uses
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Neighbour from hell No 5 goes
A FIFTH neighbour from hell has been evicted from the Walmgate area of York, as part of a crackdown on tenants who make life miserable for those living near them. Floyd Moynihan, 21, abandoned his Huby Court home after a court heard complaints from other
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Last free car park
MOTORISTS can still park for free on an evening in a City of York Council car park, the Evening Press can reveal today. The authority may have slapped controversial charges of up to £1.60 an hour to park between 6pm and 9pm at most city centre parks.
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Council defends tax demand letters
COUNCIL officers today defended a decision to post 12,000 letters to residents demanding council tax payments or threatening them with court. The Evening Press reported yesterday how angry residents flocked to the Library Square tax office and jammed
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Tiger keeps Rose away from £1m
A SIBERIAN tiger was all that stood between Rose Kelly and a million pounds. Rose, 55, of Cedar Grove, York was two questions away from carrying off the jackpot prize on the popular TV show The Vault last night. After an assured start, she stumbled on
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Scotsman full steam ahead
NATIONAL Railway Museum bosses are confident Flying Scotsman will be steamed up and raring to go for its first scheduled services since being saved for the nation. The world-famous loco is currently undergoing tests in an attempt to prevent a repeat of
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Sellers conned by phoney bank draft
A NEW "sting" involving fake bankers' drafts has already claimed several victims in North Yorkshire, it was revealed today. Police said fraudsters were scouring specialist magazines and websites, looking for expensive second-hand cars and motorbikes being
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Death of City colossus
THE man who once tamed England great Stan Mortensen during York City's epic run to the 1955 FA Cup semi-finals has died aged 81. Newcastle-born Alan Stewart was City's centre-back in the famous charge to the last four, shackling Blackpool and England
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Pensions Centre jobs hope
FOUR Government departments have sparked hopes of a jobs boost in York by expressing an interest in moving into the soon-to-be-vacated Pensions Centre. In a Commons emergency debate called by York MP Hugh Bayley it emerged that the Cabinet Office has
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Bishop makes the right move
ANDY Bishop is ready to drop two divisions to play for York City next season. Former Arsenal star and England international Paul Merson - now Walsall manager - has offered the 20-year-old striker a new contract at the Bescot Stadium but Bishop has signalled
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Simon's third degree major
THIRD time plucky will be The Open aim fore-square in the sights of North Yorkshire king of swing Simon Dyson. Tomorrow Dyson embarks on his third assault on golf's most prestigious championship when he makes his debut at the Royal Troon course. Back
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Death of City colossus
THE man who once tamed England great Stan Mortensen during York City's epic run to the 1955 FA Cup semi-finals has died aged 81. Newcastle-born Alan Stewart was City's centre-back in the famous charge to the last four, shackling Blackpool and England
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Oh brother!
MIRACLE-MAKER Julie Fisher has made a childless couple's dreams come true in York - by giving birth to their second son. Fay Leonard said she and her husband Barry felt like lottery winners when the Tadcaster dinner lady brought baby Bradley into the
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Simon's third degree major
THIRD time plucky will be The Open aim fore-square in the sights of North Yorkshire king of swing Simon Dyson. Tomorrow Dyson embarks on his third assault on golf's most prestigious championship when he makes his debut at the Royal Troon course. Back
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Reconsider, Stuart
THE news that Stuart Wise is not signing for York City next season is very disappointing. In the last few months of last season Wise was one of the few beacons of shining light in a very dark time. Through the pages of the Evening Press I implore Stuart
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Heard it all before from Batchelor
JOHN Batchelor's comments in the Evening Press (Thursday, July 8) are both interesting and revealing. In referring to a £35million turnover group as an 'opportunity' for York City FC and by stating that the cash available 'could have been as much as £200,000
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What can we do with Terry's old factory?
COUNCIL bosses are drawing up a blueprint for the redevelopment of the Terry's factory, following its closure next year. They say a single, comprehensive vision is needed, creating a distinctive campus or village style. They outline several possible uses
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Way we were
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 100 years ago: An "old offender" caused much hilarity in court after he was arrested in Bridlington for being drunk and disorderly. The sergeant who found him flat on his back in the street, stated that the man was shouting, but
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How is city faring in such difficult times?
Following the storm of protest over parking charges, York council leader Steve Galloway is writing a series of four articles to explain the background to the changes. In his second article, he addresses the state of the city centre economy. I HAVE explained
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Drivers risking £30 fine
DOUBLE yellow lines might have been - controversially - painted in York's Fossgate, but this photograph reveals how many motorists are still parking there regardless. Cars are pictured lining the narrow street in the middle of a weekday afternoon. An
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Last free car park
MOTORISTS can still park for free on an evening in a City of York Council car park, the Evening Press can reveal today. The authority may have slapped controversial charges of up to £1.60 an hour to park between 6pm and 9pm at most city centre parks.
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Now the going is tough we have to get going
Tough times don't last, tough people do. It's a phrase we've used before in this column and one that applies very much to the Knights at this moment in time. Three defeats and some tough games on the horizon has posed a number of questions about us. So
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Why we need computer driving licences
Sabine Kelly, marketing and sales manager at ICT at Huntington, who is sponsoring today's Business page, warns of the importance of getting a valid licence to handle a computer. As computers and computer literacy play an ever-increasing role in today's
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Pathfinders make their way to York hall
BUSINESS and education link arms at the Merchant Taylors' Hall, York, tonight. About 50 people involved in enterprise and education in the city will attend a special Pathfinder Business Forum in which speakers will outline how businesses can help education
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Butterfield are Moor the merrier
RALPH Butterfield Primary School are the new holders of the Marston Moor Cup after winning the seven-team tag rugby tournament played on Knavesmire. They thus completed a double having won the York Primary Tag Rugby Cup earlier in the year, while they
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Aesthetica: A Review Of Contemporary Artists, edited by Cherie Federico, £3.50
SOMETIMES poetry says it better. How about this as a magnificent dissection (in hardly more than 20 words) of the aching gulf between the grown up and the young: Stuck at a kitchen table with two 16-year-old teenagers the room is large and the conversation
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The Calendar Girls Story by Jim Simpson (Dalesman, £9.99)
FIVE years ago the women of the Rylstone and District WI set out to raise money for leukaemia research by posing nude for an alternative Women's Institute calendar. Their sheer chutzpah turned what should have been a local story into an international
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Moonshine by Victoria Clayton (HarperCollins, £18.99)
AFTER a moment of madness, Bobbie Pickford-Norton escapes to a run-down and decaying castle in Ireland, her recent affair with married MP Burgo Latimer splashed all over the tabloids unfairly branding her a heartless 'scarlet woman'. She becomes housekeeper
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Mother of miracles
HAVING a child is straight-forward for most couples, yet for those who face difficulties, or in some cases cannot conceive at all, the impossibility of ever starting a family can dominate their lives. This is where surrogate mums such as Julie Fisher
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Best bar none
COULD a chocolate bar entice Johnny Depp to York? Thousands of one-off bars have been created at Nestl in York for the new film of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which is being directed by Tim Burton, that master of cinematic fantasy. If Tim could
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Oaklands gets £1m
HEALTH and fitness are at the top of the agenda for one York school, which was this week celebrating the news that it had been handed more than £1 million to revamp its sports facilities. Oaklands School, in Acomb, which was last September named a sports
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Students need more advice and support
DELEGATES at a conference in York have heard how a recent research project looking at students who do not complete their higher education courses has found that there is a lack of realistic advice and support for those starting courses, especially to
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Industry Day for 230 pupils
PUPILS at a York school learned how to connect a phone, look after small animals and even put together a newspaper, as part of an Industry Day. About 230 Year 9 pupils at Joseph Rowntree School were learning about the skills needed for a life in the workplace
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Charles is wizard at maths
A YORK sixth former has had an article published in a prestigious academic magazine. Charles Strickland Constable, who is from York, and in the upper sixth at St Peter's School, had the article published in the July edition of The Mathematical Gazette
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Protect rare newts
THE bellicose former councillor Brumby in his belligerent attack upon "amateur bunny-huggers", by quoting apocryphal bar-room tales of the widespread existence of great crested newts, would support his engineering industry's over-development of York.
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Blast victims
I WRITE in response to Mr Brown's letter ("Heroines puzzle", July 7). The three women mentioned on the memorial were killed along with other women from York, one aged 14 years and ten months, on the night of December 5, 1916 after an explosion at number
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Tele-Products
HEALTH and Safety is booming for a York electronic manufacturing company. Tele-Products, of Northminster Business Park, Poppleton, predicted that its product, First Stop Safety, which helps businesses comply with health and safety requirements, would
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Fahey has great chance of treble - 14/07/04
Malton trainer Richard Fahey, who sent out 40-1 winner Boppys Princess at Beverley yesterday, could make his presence firmly felt at Hamilton tomorrow by winning half of the races. I believe that Fahey will complete a treble with Flying Bantam, Oldenway
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Charlie's chocolates made in York for film
THOUSANDS of chocolate bars have been specially created at Nestl Rowntree's York plant for use in the filming of the forthcoming blockbuster, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Heart throb Johnny Depp is currently filming the movie at Pinewood Studios
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Super-scooper is a real show-stopper
THOUSANDS of visitors basked in the sunshine as the 146th Great Yorkshire Show got under way. The show was particularly successful for a Helmsley-based ice cream company, which scooped three prizes for its produce in the Great Yorkshire Cheese and Dairy
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Internet chat man must pay his costs
THE man who walked free from court after a child internet sex case against him collapsed has been told to pay all his own defence costs. The Honorary Recorder of York, Judge Paul Hoffman, told Steven Osbaldeston yesterday that he had brought the prosecution
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Sterlet hunter Robson
FOLLOWING last week's shock discovery of a young sterlet in Chapman's Pond, Woodthorpe, another York angler has been in touch with the Evening Press about his own experiences with sturgeon. Ray Robson, of Barlby, near Selby, has landed a considerable
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Fulford pair to clash in ladies singles final
Di Ekers won a tight three-set semi-final to set up the first all-Fulford ladies singles final in the City of York Tennis Championships. Ekers overcame Caroline Lowe 6-4 2-6 6-4 for a historic meeting with Jill Rounce in Saturday's final. In the mixed
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Farmers urged to adapt to survive
FARMERS in York and North Yorkshire are being urged to adapt to survive in a turbulent market. Twelve months on from the launch of Framework For Change - a regional blueprint for delivering the Government's Sustainable Strategy on Farming and Foods (SSFF
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Bishop makes the right move
ANDY Bishop is ready to drop two divisions to play for York City next season. Former Arsenal star and England international Paul Merson - now Walsall manager - has offered the 20-year-old striker a new contract at the Bescot Stadium but Bishop has signalled
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Be wary of the kind words, Geri
HERE'S a thing. When a woman loses a lot of weight, she doesn't always keep it off. I thought about telling you that, on the basis of my own extensive research; but I let it pass, believing my conclusions to be less than riveting. Yet, how wrong can you
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Trish Morrissey, New Works, Impressions Gallery, Castlegate, York, until September 11
SAY "cheese". Say "sausages". Say "sex". All these tricks of the photographer's armoury seek to induce or entrap a smile, and yet why is such pressure always applied in those time-capsule moments, frozen by flashlight? Distance lends reflection, and never
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Heard it all before from Batchelor
JOHN Batchelor's comments in the Evening Press (Thursday, July 8) are both interesting and revealing. In referring to a £35million turnover group as an 'opportunity' for York City FC and by stating that the cash available 'could have been as much as £200,000
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Reconsider, Stuart
THE news that Stuart Wise is not signing for York City next season is very disappointing. In the last few months of last season Wise was one of the few beacons of shining light in a very dark time. Through the pages of the Evening Press I implore Stuart
