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Bid to tighten rules on extended warranties
THE rules on selling extended warranties are to be tightened in time for the Christmas shopping rush. The aim is to stop consumers being pressured into buying extended warranties that may not be worth the money - and to give them a cooling-off period
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Don't let party heaven turn into party hell
This week City of York Trading Standards offers advice provided by its Environmental Health colleagues on outdoor parties. THE arrival of the warm weather (however intermittent) brings thoughts of outdoor entertaining and parties. Great for the lucky
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York triumph in cup final
THE twice postponed York Charity Cup cricket final was completed at Clifton Park last night when York beat Osbaldwick by 76 runs. A strong York side proved to have too much class, rattling up 157-7 in their allotted overs, principally due to Stephen Piercy
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York go from ducks to order in double win
YORK Cricket Club enjoyed a successful home weekend led by some powerful batting which created the platform for two wide margin victories. In their Saturday home Yorkshire ECB Premier League match against Rotherham, disaster was on the cards as York lost
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Mason magics up narrow York win
YORK won a high scoring and entertaining Yorkshire ECB Premier League match against Scarborough at Clifton Park by a mere four runs on Saturday. This was no margin at all considering a match total of 532 runs on an excellent batting surface. Scarborough
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Derby challenge for York
SCARBOROUGH CC visit Clifton Park in what promises to be a tight Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League struggle. Like the Seasiders, York are striving to reach the higher echelons of the League table so the fixture will be more than the normally
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York show a United front
YORK Cricket Club gained some compensation for Sunday's rain-demolished fixture when they visited Sheffield United and gained an incomplete ECB Yorkshire Premier League win. Batsmen seemed to hold sway for most of the day, but in the last five overs of
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Rain ends York's game at Academy
York's visit to Yorkshire Academy yesterday suffered the same fate as last season, with the fixture being deferred to Sunday because of a Test match at Headingley when all the other Yorkshire ECB Premier League Saturday fixtures were fulfilled. The contest
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York overhaul champs
YORK toppled champions Cleethorpes by one wicket in a fluctuating and exciting Yorkshire ECB Premier League contest at Clifton Park on Saturday. It was a good pitch and Cleethorpes raced to 60 off the first 15 overs, suggesting that York would be chasing
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Stern test awaits the Clifton Parkers
YORK will be hoping to continue this weekend where they left off in their last Yorkshire Premier League match at Castleford. But the visit to Clifton Park of league champions Cleethorpes will present a much sterner contest. The Lincolnshire club has steadily
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Quakers and the Tories join the protest
MORE York organisations and individuals - from the Tories to the Quakers - have joined the Evening Press campaign to Stop The Highway Robbery. Leading members of York Conservative Party have signed our petition, calling for City of York Council to abolish
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Fight Army cutbacks
I READ with considerable interest Ian Drury's column titled "Is the axe about to fall on Hoon?" (July 23). In it Mr Drury wrote with some compassion regarding the cutbacks, amalgamations and the big regiments as they affect the infantry. As one who has
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Waiting game
AT the Osbaldwick Parish Council meeting on July 19, a letter from Lord Best, director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, was read out. This is the second letter from Lord Best in two months, the previous one being a copy of a reply to John Greenway MP's
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Fines for cyclists
HAVING done my shopping at Netto, I crossed the road to the bus stop to come back into the city centre. A bus was coming from Layerthorpe so I moved to the centre of the footpath to look for the number and put my hand out. Out of the corner of my eye
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Divided we stand...
AS far as Joyce Pickard and Andrew Collingwood are concerned, there is only one victim and one villain in the tragic Israel/Palestinian dispute (Letters, July 15 and 20). There are Palestinian rights but no Palestinian responsibilities. There are Israeli
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Paper appeal
REMEMBER Chad and his "Wot No"? Well here in New Earswick it is a case now of "Wot No Morning Papers". As we say goodbye, thank you and good luck to the Woodcock family as their newsagents ceases trading after 85 years, there appears to be no one willing
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Fundraising thanks
THE North Yorkshire Branch of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust would like to thank all those people who made a contribution at our street collection in York on Saturday, July 10. We received £529.31 in donations. Our thanks also to all those who took part. Moira
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John is top dog again
Doggone! Noted Selby dog breeder John Bell knows how to get top dog prices for his working sheepdogs. For the third Craven Cattle Marts' Skipton Auction Mart sale in succession - this time at the annual summer gathering - John, of Parks Farm, Howden,
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Penny politics
TALK about wheeling and dealing. Shopkeeper Wayne Dixon made his feelings about the parking tax plain today by paying his £638 business rates in loose change, delivered by wheelbarrow. You have to feel sorry for those charged with counting the shrapnel
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DWA Architects
THE award-winning Selby architects whose controversial plans for a £41 million redevelopment of York's Barbican site have been approved, today continued to defend their project. The Government decided not to call in the plans by Selby architect's practice
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Is an operation a drastic way to control birth?
New research shows British adults have the highest sterilisation rate in Europe. JO HAYWOOD asks a York medical expert why we are taking such drastic measures when it comes to birth control. THE pill is the most popular form of contraception used in Britain
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School bus cash cuts plan sparks anger
TRANSPORT subsidies for pupils at York and Selby schools could be slashed under proposals being discussed by councillors today. The move would see subsidised transport for pupils from East Yorkshire attending church schools scrapped, cutting a quarter
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Caroline Lee Nanny Agency
A YORK woman wants to take the worry out of going out to work and leaving your child with a nanny. Caroline Lee's own nanny agency, in Alexander Avenue, Huntington, is aimed at matching up children with the right nanny. She said: "Our agency will find
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Malton pair in flying form - 29/07/04
RICHARD Fahey and Paul Hanagan, who yesterday recorded a notable success with Alrida in the Goodwood Stakes, bid for an even bigger prize on the Sussex course tomorrow. The Malton duo will be represented by Wing Commander in the £100,000 William Hill
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Health bid to keep 15,000 on board
HEALTH chiefs are discussing ways to keep the 15,000 people who supported York Hospital's failed bid for foundation status involved in local healthcare. Last week, York's bid to become a foundation trust was shelved as the trust failed to score the top
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Woman faces murder charge
A YORK woman has been charged with murder after a man was found fatally injured in a York street. Caroline Mawhood was appearing before magistrates in York today in connection with the death of 23-year-old Simon Gilchrist, who was found injured in Bell
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McGrath spares Tykes' blushes
ANTHONY McGrath held Yorkshire's bowling together at Derby yesterday by recording career-best figures of 5-33 but he received little real support at the other end and Derbyshire were able to bat all day for 351-9. The feebleness of Yorkshire's pace bowling
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Third day of police questioning for Hobson
MARK Hobson was being questioned for a third day today in connection with the deaths of twin sisters and an elderly couple. Detectives secured an extension from Harrogate magistrates yesterday afternoon to keep quizzing the 34-year-old at Harrogate Police
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Three men arrested
THREE men were arrested in early morning raids today as York police warned criminals they have not been side-tracked by a quadruple murder inquiry. Police smashed doors with battering rams at five addresses in Clifton, York, and two in Selby, searching
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Brass: Robbo will deliver the goals
SUMMER signing Paul Robinson scored his first goal in York City colours last night and player-boss Chris Brass expects him to be just as clinical in next season's Conference campaign. The former Newcastle United striker netted in last night's 3-0 victory
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Crack den woman kills herself
A DRUG addict jailed for dealing crack cocaine from a York house has been found hanged in her prison cell less than 24 hours after being sentenced. Rebecca Louise Turner, 22, of Burton Stone Lane, Clifton, apparently took her life in her cell at Low Newton
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McGrath spares Tykes' blushes
ANTHONY McGrath held Yorkshire's bowling together at Derby yesterday by recording career-best figures of 5-33 but he received little real support at the other end and Derbyshire were able to bat all day for 351-9. The feebleness of Yorkshire's pace bowling
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The Morrice Partnership
COMMUNICATION is the name of the game for a York business which aims to revolutionise the way companies provide internal information. The Morrice Partnership, a communication and design consultancy based at York Science Park, wants its idea for an entirely
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The Open, The Silent Hours (Polydor) ****
You may not have heard yet of this melodic rock five-piece from Merseyside but you will do soon. The hype surrounding The Open's debut offering, The Silent Hours, has them among the best bands in Britain, and it is not far off the mark. Technically brilliant
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(The Real) Tuesday Weld Presents I, Lucifer (Pias)****; Sufjan Stevens Presents...Greetings From Mic
IN the week when the Radio Times has compiled a light-hearted list of the Top 40 TV eccentrics, it is good to report that rock oddballs are still sending down the odd boulder to flatten the walls of conservative pop. From London comes (The Real) Tuesday
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Tanya Donelly, Whiskey Range Ghosts (4AD) ****; Katastrophy Wife, All Kneel (Integrity Records) *
THIS is a lesson in two extremes - both starting from a similar point. Tanya Donelly and Kat Bjelland emerged from a similar landscape - the riot grrrl-fuelled landscape of Nineties' indie rock. Bjelland emerged fully formed in her Babes In Toyland outfit
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Beverley Knight, Affirmation (Parlophone) ****; Brandy, Afrodisiac (Atlantic) **
Both Beverley and Brandy are almost veterans. Affirmation is Wolver-hampton's favourite soul sister's fourth CD, and Afrodisiac is American Diva Brandy's fifth. This is quite a feat in this age of disposable pop. Although well respected by their peers
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Bowlers inspire Stockton revival
STOCKTON and Hopgrove woke up half way through their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one encounter with Westow with startling effect. Westow got off to their customary good start and reached 75-0 after 18 overs. Then Ian Smith (6-47) and Nigel Collinson
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Extras extravaganza for top sides
OVINGTON and Copmanthorpe, the top two teams in division five, shared an incredible 78 extras. Ovington batted first and had 42 extras in their total of 176. Copmanthorpe's Liam Elliker bagged 4-51. Despite Malcolm Beetham's 41 Copmanthorpe were eight
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York in the mixer
It was a mixed weekend for York Cricket Club, with a convincing victory over Yorkshire ECB Premier League leaders Driffield by eight wickets being followed by an equally merited seven-wicket defeat at the hands of fellow title challengers Harrogate. York
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York back on track at Cas
YORK'S visit to Castleford's Savile Park home earned them a comfortable 101 run victory to redeem their defeat there at the end of last season and to demonstrate that their form of the previous week against Doncaster was not a true reflection of their
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Knights let Cardoza go
ON-LOAN Leigh Centurions centre Dale Cardoza has been released by the York City Knights after failing to fire on all cylinders. The 24-year-old was taken on loan at the beginning of the month until the end of the season. But after failing to make an impact
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Way we were
Thursday, July 29, 2004 100 years ago: York's streets were looking empty in the evening, which was attributed to the closeness of the atmosphere, which had driven an odd thousand or more into the country on wheel, and the rest, judging from the railway
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Chamber on the attack
YORK'S evening parking charges have come under a blistering attack from York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. President-elect Andrew Lindsay claimed the charges were damaging a number of York businesses, "flew in the face of common sense" and
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Shopkeeper's penny protest over parking
A SHOPKEEPER today paid his monthly £638 business rates bill in small change in protest at York's parking charges. Wayne Dixon, owner of Something Different gifts and collectables shop in Stonegate, delivered the payment to City of York Council's offices
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Maximus effort for next Roman festival
WORK is already under way on York's third Roman Festival, days after the second one came to an end. Organiser Maximus Gluteus, aka Keith Mulhearn, said the event was a terrific success. Thousands of people enjoyed the displays and activities and he only
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Parking dangers
A NUMBER of vehicles (including family cars as well as delivery vehicles) seem to park with two wheels placed on the pavement or footpath. It should be pointed out that this kind of parking is illegal and should be avoided. It causes an unnecessary hazard
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Please put residents first
PETER Evely, head of network management at City of York Council, wrote regarding race traffic for Ascot Week (July 19). For a man who has devoted a large part of his working life to causing as much chaos, disruption and obstruction to the free flow of
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Special Kay to break new ground
YORK RUFC are taking their first steps towards the unknown. The Clifton Park outfit are in training for life in Durham/ Northumberland One. They were relegated from North Two East last season , but rather than drop back in to the Yorkshire One find themselves
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Chinese mission
A £5.5 million turnover multimedia company in York with a genius for creating high-tech museums will be showing the Chinese how it's done and putting itself in pole position for mega-million pound contracts. Juliana Delaney, director of 132-staff The
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Dissecting our appetite for thrillers
MURDER as entertainment has long been a staple of TV, films and literature. The events of the past week in North Yorkshire should throw this liking for grisly entertainment into a different light; they should, but probably won't, what with the whodunit
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Referendum is no answer
CITY of York Council is to consider holding a referendum on next year's budget. You can imagine the buzz-words marshalled to sell such an idea: it would "empower" the people and turn York citizens into "stakeholders". In truth it would be an abdication
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Brass: Robbo will deliver the goals
SUMMER signing Paul Robinson scored his first goal in York City colours last night and player-boss Chris Brass expects him to be just as clinical in next season's Conference campaign. The former Newcastle United striker netted in last night's 3-0 victory
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Council to sell houses for £2,000 each
SELBY District Council is planning to sell all of its 3,400 houses - for just £2,000 each. In a controversial "sale of the century", councillors have voted to hand over one of their biggest assets to a housing association for about £7 million. The Tory-led
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Hobson stab victim admits damage
A MAN who was stabbed by Mark Hobson has appeared in court charged with criminal damage. William Brace, 32, admitted damaging a car and was handed a two-year conditional discharge by Selby magistrates. Brace, of Laurel Close, Thorpe Willoughby, admitted
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Shopkeeper's penny protest over parking
A SHOPKEEPER today paid his monthly £638 business rates bill in small change in protest at York's parking charges. Wayne Dixon, owner of Something Different gifts and collectables shop in Stonegate, delivered the payment to City of York Council's offices
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Chamber on the attack
YORK'S evening parking charges have come under a blistering attack from York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. President-elect Andrew Lindsay claimed the charges were damaging a number of York businesses, "flew in the face of common sense" and
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Bowlers inspire Stockton revival
STOCKTON and Hopgrove woke up half way through their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one encounter with Westow with startling effect. Westow got off to their customary good start and reached 75-0 after 18 overs. Then Ian Smith (6-47) and Nigel Collinson
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Council budget may go to poll
PLANS for a groundbreaking city-wide referendum on next year's council budget are due to be discussed by York councillors. If it went ahead, the mass consultation would be one of the country's first - giving 140,000 voters a direct say on how much they
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Men's pairs holders crash out
MEN'S pairs holders Tex Stevens and Gary Bunce were sent crashing out of this year's York Open Bowls Tournament. The York duo were beaten 21-14 by Sunderland pair J Burgher and J Kelso. The match was tight at first with the North East pairing 8-7 ahead
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Knights let Cardoza go
ON-LOAN Leigh Centurions centre Dale Cardoza has been released by the York City Knights after failing to fire on all cylinders. The 24-year-old was taken on loan at the beginning of the month until the end of the season. But after failing to make an impact
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The Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives (Polydor) ***
THE Swedes may have a reputation for being an ice-cool and reserved nation, but no-one seems to have told sharp-dressed garage rockers The Hives. It's the winning sense of fun that pervades their music that's the secret to their unlikely success. You
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JJ Cale, To Tulsa And Back (EMI) ****
JJ's been back in the studio for the first time in eight years and emerged with a superb,11-track album, which epitomises the laid-back style of the man who has shunned the glitz of showbiz for more than 40 years. Hailed by rock legends Eric Clapton and
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Jonathan Richman, Modern Lovers Live (Castle) ***; Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love (Sanctuary) **
WHETHER Richman is happy to be remembered as a novelty act is unknown. Having followed his erratic muse through two generations of whimsy, cute and downright wonderful - this boy/man is not made for changing as he reaches middle age. Best experienced
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Josh Rouse, Rarities (Rykodisc) **
A BURGEONING talent, Rouse surprised almost everyone with one of the albums of last year, titled 1972. Its retro chic showcased Rouse's perceptive songs, but clothed them in a more accessible garb. Rarities, released as part of a DVD live concert of 1972
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Il Paradiso del Cibo
SARDINIAN Paolo Silesu is on a mission to train our tastes in Italian foods. That is why the amiable Paolo, who has lived in York for more than 13 years started Il Paradiso del Cibo in Walmgate, as a panini, pasta and pizza bar in September 2003. So striking
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Top v bottom ends all square
THERE is not a lot between top and bottom in division four. Leaders Acomb hit 153-3 against bottom club Heworth, Dave Skilbeck making 40. Heworth were then 123-3 with Andrew Thrall on 40 before Pete Mitchell took 4-3 to leave the last two batsmen at the
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Ryedale Festival Opera in Cos Fan Tutte; The Riding School, Settrington
COUNTRY festivals have many charms and Ryedale Festival is right up there with the very best of them. Part of the fun is that they lack concert halls and, naturally, opera houses. So venues have to be improvised. Settrington's Riding School is an elegantly
