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Hoodoo denial
YORK City Knights ended a near 20-year jinx against Feather-stone Rovers last week - but tomorrow they face an even bigger hoodoo. Richard Agar's men upset the odds at Huntington Stadium last Sunday with their 18-16 Arriva Trains Cup triumph, but their
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Norris the Knight's nuptials
Wedding bells are in the air at Huntington Stadium after good sir knight Norris and fair maiden Rosemary Westmoreland recreated one of the happiest moments of their lives. Rosemary, 52, took the chance to ask for her man's hand in marriage on February
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Caribbean call
YORK City Knights may soon have another international on their books if the Godfrey twins take up an offer to play for the West Indies. Knights favourite Alex Godfrey and his brother Matt, who plays for New Earswick All Blacks ARLC, have been approached
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School masters
YORK City Knights' new-look community development scheme is getting into full swing, with praise already emanating from the first school to benefit. Knights stars Damian Ball and Chris Langley, who are heading up the club's schools programme, took a coaching
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Future for York after Terry's goes
The fight to save Terry's is over. So what can we do to make sure other big multi-nationals don't cut and run in the same way; and how can York continue to compete in the global jobs market? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SO now we know. Two hundred years of
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Ex-Ram reunion
IT will be an old boy reunion at Dewsbury tomorrow when up to eight York City Knights stars return to their old stomping ground. The band of former Rams will be led by Knights head coach Richard Agar, who was arguably the main man for Dewsbury when they
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Hayes no to coach role
RETIRING York City Knights hero Rich Hayes has ruled out any chance of taking up coaching - but he won't be leaving the game altogether. The 33-year-old, who has been forced to retire due to an ongoing shoulder injury, hung up his boots last week after
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Time runs out for Terry's
Mike Laycock reflects on the Evening Press campaign to save Terry's following today's confirmation that the chocolate factory will close. IT was always going to be one of this paper's most difficult campaigns. When Kraft Foods said on April 19 that Terry's
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Craig is sleeping giant
BIG prop Craig Forsyth was having to endure an enforced rest this weekend following his one-match suspension. So what better time to reveal a one-off sponsorship deal which has helped him rest better than ever? Basically, the 33-year-old had been having
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Pension fear for Terry's workers
OLDER workers facing redundancy from Terry's in York fear their pensions could be badly hit. One employee told the Evening Press that staff in their 50s - who had stuck loyally with the company for decades - were concerned they would suffer drastic reductions
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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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Terry's fight goes to union conference
THE battle to save Terry's was today being taken to a union's national conference in Scarborough. Delegates were being urged to support the GMB's bid to keep production of top chocolates such as All Gold and Chocolate Orange in the York area. Two shop
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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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Castle Howard to Hovingham walk
George Wilkinson enjoys a Ryedale roam from Castle Howard to Hovingham. The Moorsbus we boarded at Hovingham is running frequently for the next six weeks and provides a window of opportunity for a linear route from Castle Howard to Hovingham on the Howardian
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Readers' letters - The loss of Terry's
LIKE countless others, I was shocked to hear of the planned closure of Terry's and can, from a rather unique standpoint, empathise with the people of York and, particularly, the firm's employees past and present. While I was never employed by Terry's,
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Arram walk
George Wilkinson turns floodplain drifter as he walks among the roses and cruises by golden barley where warplanes once roared. Arram is at the end of a road that fades out on to the floodplains near Beverley. The roses bloomed, swallows skimmed low and
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Readers' letters - Kraft has run down the Terry's plant
AFTER marrying into a family of past and present Terry's workers, I have lost count of the number of times I have heard the phrase "we have stopped making them". This has been going on since Kraft bought the company. Kraft have purposely stopped making
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Northern Dales
Surrender Bridge is heavy with lead mining history. In the summer of 2000 we explored the Old Gang smelting mill a mile upstream. This time we visited the ruins of the nineteenth century smelting mill half a mile downstream. But first up, a warm up, up
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1,000 sign up to keep Terry's in chocolate city
MORE than 1,000 people have already backed our campaign to save Terry's - just over a week after the shock news broke that the chocolate factory is set to close. Signatures are continuing to come in for our petition, which calls for a Terry's chocolate
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Choc visitor centre would keep York link
TOURISM bosses have welcomed suggestions that a chocolate visitor centre should be opened at Terry's if the factory closes down. Evening Press reader Elaine Morgan contacted the paper to say a Cadbury World-style centre on part of the site would be a
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Readers' letters - Kraft is disloyal
DESPITE living on the South Coast I am shocked to read Terry's chocolate firm is dumping York and its workforce and skipping out to Poland or thereabouts. How disloyal can a company get? I am all for British goods and local produce and have always bought
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Millington about
George Wilkinson enjoys a gentle climb or two around Millington, near Pocklington. MILLINGTON'S swallows were picking up nesting material, we picked up a wide and colourful verge and strolled through a shallow valley of greening trees and racing crops
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The Dawnay Arms, Newton-on-Ouse, near York.
PEOPLE go to pub restaurants looking for many things, a good tasty meal, a pint and a chat with friends or a few pleasant hours of peace and quiet staring into space. You could do any of these things at The Dawnay Arms at Newton-on-Ouse, but I went with
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The great lump
George Wilkinson heads to Kettlewell in the Dales and climbs up Great Whernside. WE could have dawdled around Kettlewell's charming nooks and crannies but had a hill to climb, no less a lump than Great Whernside. The first stage was northwards by a warming
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UK 'an easy touch for multinationals'
A LEADING Euro MP claimed today that the decision by Kraft Foods to close Terry's chocolate factory in York was another example of multinational companies thinking the UK was an "easy touch". Yorkshire and Humber MEP David Bowe said it was easier and
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Power walking
George Wilkinson finds a lovely rural retreat within the shadow of Drax power station. If you have an aversion to an industrial element to your countryside, read no further. We pulled in at the pampered car park, put on our waterproofs and spun down a
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Readers' letters - We should all join in
CONGRATULATIONS to the Evening Press and the GMB union for taking on Kraft Foods over its threat to close Terry's. Yet again a corporate giant tries to increase profit at the expense of workers, by moving jobs to countries where they can get away with
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Hops and glory
George Wilkinson suggests an Easter walk at Masham. Masham has a good sturdy square. A red Ferrari F355 pulled on to the cobbles then flashed off. We noticed a discreet parkers' honesty box under a poster of 'Mashamshire Walks' and meandered past the
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Riding high
IT'S been a while since Bar Talk caught up with those sound folk at York Brewery. Two new summer brews plus a fourth pub on the horizon were all the excuses we needed to head to Toft Green for an update. On arrival, the place was hot and frothy. What's
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Cornucopia, Commercial Street, Norton.
RYEDALE is bursting with restaurants and pubs that sell great grub. It's home to The Star Inn at Harome, which boasts a Michelin star, is renowned for its food, and was voted Good Pub Guide Pub of the Year 2004. The Star isn't alone. Many of the district's
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Only here for the food and beer
BAR Talk likes a night on the nosh as much as the next man, but one thing always spoils it. When you wave away the six-page wine list and ask for a beer, the waiter inevitably replies: "Certainly sir. John Smith's or Kronenberg?" Why is it that restaurants
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SNAPPY way to help
OUTSIDERS might think that the York Beer Festival is all about getting as much quality real ale down your neck before time is called. Well, outsiders are right. But there is another side to the annual glug, organised with panache by the York branch of
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York City 0, Doncaster Rovers 2
THE extent of Chris Brass' summer shake-up was illustrated by last night's 2-0 home defeat against Doncaster when 15 players tasted their first action in a York City shirt. Only Darren Dunning and Graeme Law had previously made a first-team appearance
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Turn your kids into electro-pets
KIDS are such noisy, smelly, expensive creations no matter whether they are three months or 33 years. But I've had this amazing idea to cut out the aromas, mess and cost. As a father of three (they're the ones I know about) I speak with authority. From
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Keep your muesli, I love meat!
I broke two golden rules at the weekend and paid an awful price. The first was to venture out of the house on a Bank Holiday. I always swore I would never go out in the mindless, lemming crush of people and traffic. The second was to go out in the mindless
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So much to do... so little time
IT'S the gut-eating guilt that makes it hard to bear. But that's life when you are an unachieved workaholic. It means you are on the go all day long, terrified by all the jobs to do and never having the time to get round to any of them. The time is 6am
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It pays to live near the next best
NEIGHBOURS, everybody needs good neighbours. Just a friendly word each morning, helps to make a better day. Neighbours, should be there for one another, next door is only a footstep away. Remember the corny tune? Remember the sickly smiles, everybody
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In the spirit for Euro 2004
TODAY sees the kick-off of Euro 2004 and sports fans cannot have failed to notice that dozens of pubs and bars across the city have embraced footie fever like a long-lost family member. All the games will be held in regular licensing hours, which means
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It's a rap
IF on a visit to a York pub you're confronted by a group of leaping men brandishing blades and stamping heartily on the floor, don't be afraid. They are probably members of the city's "rapper" dancer group who can sometimes be seen plying their hobby
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RU ready for the bitterest pill?
A pill to prevent hangovers has arrived, reports Guzzling Greenwood. It sounds too good to be true, a small, white tablet dietary supplement that helps reduce the ill-effects of drinking by slowing down the release of alcohol by-products in to the body
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Bobo Lobo, Little Stonegate, York.
Alex Lloyd enjoys some Latin American sunshine at a new York eatery. WITH such colourful and vibrant influences from which to draw, it is amazing that so many restaurants serving Latin American dishes fail to tantalise your tastebuds with anything like
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York Senior League stumble out of cup
THE Hunters York and District Senior League failed in their quest to retain the Dickens and Paish Trophy when they were beaten by the East Yorkshire Cricket Alliance who had a 13-run advantage at Malton & Old Malton. That was tough on York wicketkeeper
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Big guns urged to back postal fight
A call has gone out today to the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) to put its massive weight behind York business leaders' protests against late postal deliveries. Len Cruddas, chief executive of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, wants
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All change
FOUR new faces have been drafted in to the York City Knights to kick start something of a revolution at Huntington Stadium. Knights head coach Richard Agar and chief executive Steve Ferres have completed deals to bring in four new signings and with them
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Parking madness
I RARELY go to Monks Cross shopping centre, but when my wife and I did on Sunday afternoon we were struck by three things. It is very easy to get to by car, parking is free, and the centre was full. Compare the city centre where access is not easy, even
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Traders come up with money-raising ideas
SMALL traders have come up with a series of suggestions to help City of York Council raise extra cash so parking charges can be cut. Independent retailers David Cox and Simon Evans, who are leading campaigners against the controversial new charges and
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Reach for the sky in charity challenge
WOULD you like to join in the fundraising activity to raise £45,000 for a new ambulance for the region's St John Ambulance and can't think how? Well help is at hand with the opportunity to take a member of your family or a friend on a hair-raising ride
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Casualty was hit by head of a giraffe
AS THE Evening Press appeal to raise £45,000 to buy a new ambulance for the region gets under way some unusual stories of first-aid adventures have come to light. In a typical year, St John Ambulance volunteers are on hand at a wide variety of public
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St John cadets prepare to meet Anne at Palace
ST JOHN Ambulance cadets from York and North Yorkshire are set to meet The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace. At the same time, the Evening Press Life Savers campaign to buy the organisation a new £45,000 Crusader ambulance to be used in the York area
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City crowd in on click start
A SUCCESSFUL start to the next season's Conference campaign could seriously boost City boss Chris Brass' transfer funds. City's board have sensibly based their wage budget for 2004/2005 on average attendances of 2,000 during the club's first taste of
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Wise shines as star of the Orient
STUART Wise moved up to sixth spot in the Evening Press Player of the Year standings after his goal-scoring man-of-the-match display against Leyton Orient. The 20-year-old defender took top honours for the third time this season, edging out teenage winger
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The York Festival of Food and Drink
I receive many invites to wine tastings in my capacity as wine writer for this respected journal. One or two a week on average, wonderfully designed and often embellished with personalised calligraphy. Sadly, the events are always for tastings at Lord's
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Greatest escapes
THE theme tune has probably become one of the biggest clichs in football but I am sure the Great Escape would be the fastest-selling single in York if Chris Brass' men can achieve the almost impossible by avoiding relegation to the Nationwide Conference
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This week Mike goes Roman for some decent wines
Lend me your ears. Goblets will be doing overtime next Friday at the K Bar, in York's Grape Lane. As part of the Eboracum Roman Festival, Bill Laverick and Martin Lacy will present A History Of Wine In Roman Times. If that hasn't got you rushing to dial
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More City fans in the spotlight
CITY supporters' big game, of course, is the Fans' Match at Bootham Crescent arranged for Sunday, May 9, and, continuing our look at the players who will be on show, this week we profile two more players in the home side's line-up. Richard Groves (shirt
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Batchelor must expect 'stick'
IT would seem inappropriate to start this Diary without any comment on the latest twist in the John Batchelor and York City saga. The former Minstermen chairman may be adverse to negative publicity, but when you tear up a football club's 25-year lease
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Rhythm is the answer for George
BRINGING an end to our feature on the records that were top of the charts on the birth dates of City's players, here are the details of the remaining ten players. My personal favourite in the final batch is Liam George who will no doubt be hoping to find
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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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There's so much more than riesling
In the second of his Tipping's Tipples reports from southern Germany, MIKE TIPPING visits Wurttemberg, famed for its reds. THE Wurttembergische Weingartner-Zentralgenossenschaft (WSG) in Moglingen has a very long name that is hard to pronounce. It also
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Cooper creeps up the table
RICHARD Cooper has been the main mover in the Evening Press Player of the Year contest over the past week. The combative midfielder's performances have been one of the few positive aspects in the disappointing defeats against Kidderminster and Scunthorpe
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Beach boy
Simon Ritchie and family pack their buckets and spades for a beach holiday in Lincolnshire. IT MAY not be as glamorous as St Tropez, Acapulco or the Bahamas, but if you want a great family beach holiday, and you don't want to travel too far, Mablethorpe
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Black Forest chateau
In this week's Tipping's Tipples, Mike Tipping presents the first of three reports from a wine tour of southern Germany. I'VE had more sekts in the past three days than I've ever had in my life. Sekts in the cellar, sekts on a roof, sekts on an oak table
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RJ's Deli and Caf, 84 Micklegate, York
WE have made many attempts to visit this venue but have always found the upstairs caf closed. On this occasion, a Friday, we were lucky. Should we read anything into the memo board at the foot of the stairs, which listed finger plasters, squirty cream
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Berlin after the fall
Richard Edwards finds that the now confident city of Berlin has plenty to offer the visitor interested in culture, history and beer. A STRANGE relationship exists between Germany and Britain. While there is a long and deep-seated history of mutual antagonism
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York Auction Centre, Murton, York
WHEN the livestock market is in full swing, I imagine parking will be at a premium. As it was there was plenty of room when Bill and I called. Normally we only snack together when we have been walking, but on the day of our visit we were engaged in a
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Cash and carried
Another week, another City milestone as this week marks the one year anniversary of the incredible £50,000 weekend - and the acceptance of the bid by the Supporters' Trust to take over certain behind-the-scenes responsibilities. Football fans across the
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Shaping history
SO William Dixon Smith thinks that York should forget about Constantine's "coronation" as Emperor (Letters July 27). Why? From Eboracum - York - this man united the Roman Empire and made the religion of Christianity, previously persecuted under Diocletian
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Blowing into Bowness
Richard Edwards is blown away by a caravan holiday in the Lake District. APPARENTLY caravanning is becoming trendy. For me, all that means is that a few half-baked "celebrities" desperate to jump on to the latest bandwagon have had glossy magazine pictures
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World wide wine
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries something a little unusual. She dreams of nineteen sixty nine Before the soldiers came The life was cheap on bread and wine... SO GO the opening lines of The Lebanon, by Eighties electro-popsters the
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York of the south
Windsor is gearing up for Royal Ascot which starts on Tuesday. Next year it will be York's turn. Steve Nelson combines a sight-seeing trip to the town with a visit to Legoland. The similarities between York and Windsor are striking. While the huge stone
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Coffee Pot Caf, Thorp Arch, near Wetherby
COULD we be too late? Was the venue about to close? Certainly there were signs of clearing up and customers were leaving as we arrived. I looked at a sign by the door and thought the variation in closing time must depend on what was ordered. Anything
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Colts zoom for the top
Young guns Sean Davies and Lev Yalcin were once again in the points in the Evening Press Player of the Year standings after providing two flashes of light on an otherwise dull day at Boston United. Davies (pictured below) defended well with a goal-line
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Chilean reds
MIKE TIPPING indulges in some Chilean reds in the knowledge they are good for you. Aren't flavonols brilliant? They are antioxidants that are believed to protect against heart disease, cancer, degenerative illness and the effects of ageing. Good enough
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Wykeham Tearooms, near Scarborough
IT was late afternoon when we pulled into the car park. There were signs that perhaps the place was about to close. When we entered one of the proprietors said: "Sit right at the end" while the other said: "Sit anywhere". Before I looked at the menu I
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Will Villa Maria wines from New Zealand pass the Tipping's Tipples taste test?
WHERE are Villa Maria wines from? Spain, Portugal, Italy? Guess again, they hail from New Zealand. I can hardly imagine the Aussies giving their wine brands such a misleading name. They'd come up with something suitably Australian, such as Swagman Billabong
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Sutton Park Tearoom, Sutton-on-the-Forest
IT was at the suggestion of the McIntosh family that we visited this country house, garden and tearooms. Access is well signposted from the main village street. The caf is a long low building. Could it originally have been stables? We were slightly put
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First-class time in Paris
Inspired by the final episodes of Sex And The City, LISA COOK heads for a stylish weekend in Paris. I'm Carrie Bradshaw. OK, I'm not, but we can all dream. There are some similarities though. I like shoes, I'm writing this for a newspaper and I was going
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Lining up a trip
Bob Lawrence is drawn to Nottingham by the prospect of travelling on the new trams. AFTER less than three weeks, the trams now running into the middle of Nottingham are making a real difference. Last Saturday I found that they were being well used by
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Bowled over
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries two wines which carry the name of a sporting hero. I WAS bowled over to meet one of my sporting heroes at a Playford Ros hosted wine tasting at Rudding Park, near Harrogate, last week. Ian "Beefy" Botham
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Park yourself
Martin Oates enjoys a busy weekend in London, with a luxurious base and trips to the Lion King and Tate Modern. "Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase, It means no worries for the rest of your days." THESE lyrics from the Lion King song perfectly sum
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Thirst for first is new dream
INSTEAD of reflecting on the nightmares of the past, York City's supporters can now start dreaming about the future. That was the message this week from club director Jason McGill - the man chiefly responsible for Project Gold which has delivered a long-term
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Reaching the real heights
Hot air ballooning isn't just for the likes of Richard Branson. CATHERINE BRUCE tries the high life on a ballooning trip in the Italian Alps. Ever since watching the Wizard of Oz fly home from the Emerald City in a balloon, hot air balloons have seemed
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Heard it on the ape-vine
Mike Tipping tries some wines full of animal magic. The Tipping's Tipples household has taken stock of a gorilla and an orang utan this week. Don't worry, not the real thing. My pet crocodile would try to eat them. The apes in question are in fact wines
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It's a fans' dream
NO-ONE Likes Us might be a popular terrace chant at football grounds up and down the country but, at Bootham Crescent, it appears that exactly the opposite is true. According to results released this week from the Football Fans Census Survey, City, along
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On the quiet
There's much more to the beautiful Greek island of Kefalonia than Captain Correlli and his mandolin, as Chris Buxton discovered. JUST close your eyes and imagine a deserted cove on a beautiful Greek island. You are lying flat out in the warm sea, your
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Hidden away
Mike Laycock and family drove 1,000 miles to a top-class campsite on the Mediterranean coast. THE palm-fringed tropical pool offered more than a chance to cool off, swim and whiz down the waterslides. You could don a wetsuit and oxygen tank and take a
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Different worlds
MIKE TIPPING tries some wine from the old and new worlds at M&S. There are some new additions to the wine racks at M&S and this week I've picked a white from New Zealand and a red from the South of France to put to the Tipping's Tipples test.
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Scots away
A traditional Scottish inn which doubles as an enviable music venue is music to MARTIN JARRED's ears. CATFISH KEITH adjusted his dented grey hat, straightened his narrow tie, took a sip from his pint of ice-cold water and prepared to enter the Balvaird
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Sainsbury's wine festival
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tastes the difference at Sainsbury's wine festival. Sainsbury's has an extra aisle set aside for wines until March 2. There are lots of wines on offer and they're all pigeon-holed into categories such as 'ripe
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Vino for Vikings
In TIPPING'S TIPPLES this week we discover that the Vikings liked their wine. Now that Viking god Odin. He's the one that put the vin in divinity. He was more grape and spillage than rape and pillage. Viking folklore tells us he had nothing for sustenance
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The Old Blacksmiths Tea Room, Church Street, Huggate
THINKING of having a trip out into the country? If so, head for Huggate, a village nestling on the edge of the Wolds. Better still make for the caf, which opens from 10am Thursday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. To be on the safe side you could phone
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Trust is for all
IF a week is a long time in football then a year must be regarded as an eternity. And, at York City, many of the events packed into the last 12 months would have scripted a decade-long soap opera at most other football clubs with phenomenal progress made
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Que syrah, syrah
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE 'CORLEONE' TIPPING tries a wine from Sicily FOR those of you who don't know, syrah is known as shiraz in Australia. Not to be confused with Little Sirah which has an I not a Y. Unless, of course you're a Californian
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Ace Dunning is the Minsterman to catch
DARREN Dunning stretched his lead at the top of the Evening Press Player of the Year standings with a man-of-the-match display against Carisle United. Transfer target Lee Bullock is still his nearest rival and picked up a point for his display against
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Fans all set for Trust's big night
THE ballot papers are in, the votes are being counted and, on Wednesday night, York City fans will know the new make-up of their Supporters Trust board. Seven candidates, including existing club and trust board member Sophie McGill, will learn if they
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Bertie calls on Murty
FORMER York City defender Graeme Murty has been called up to Scotland's "future squad" at the age of 29! Murty has been named in Berti Vogts' plans for Wednesday's experimental friendly against Turkey at Dundee United's Tannadice ground. Middlesbrough-born
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The final cut
EARLY on Saturday, July 31, 2004, another chapter in Selby's illustrious mining history came to a close when the last coal was brought to the surface at Stillingfleet Mine. It was the fourth pit in the Selby complex to shut, and, when Riccall Mine finally
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Not so sweet FA
PROOF, were it ever needed, that the guardians of our national game, the Football Association, should hang their head in shame over the plight of York City came this week with the broadcasting of The Money Game on BBC. Given the growing uncertainty over
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The saving of Terry's
THE shock has subsided. York now has a choice: we can meekly accept Terry's closure with a shrug and a sigh, or we can fight back. In a world seemingly governed by giant multinational conglomerates, it is easy to presume that nothing we do will make a
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Political leaders back the fight to keep Terry's in York
THE Evening Press campaign to keep Terry's in York is winning heavyweight backing. City of York Council's executive has thrown its full weight behind efforts to persuade American owner Kraft Foods to reconsider its decision to close the chocolate factory
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Let's do a Thirties pub crawl
In the early 1930s amateur photographer Edwin Lofthouse recorded all of the public houses, hotels and off-licences in the city owned by John Smiths. His fine collection of work shows much of the life of the city at this time. The first picture of Micklegate
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Bitter sweet for Beattie
FOR one former Terry's worker, the news the historic York factory was to shut hit especially hard. Pensioner Beattie Rippon, 82, of Acomb, gave 36 years of her life to the factory, until she retired in 1978. Her duties were to keep an eye on the chocolate
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Workers reflect on sad day for historic firm
MANY Terry's workers have been at the factory since they left school. Reporter Richard Edwards asked them their thoughts on a black day for York. Paul Illingworth, of Dringhouses, York, has worked at Terry's for 16 years. He said: "I'm not surprised.
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Magnates of Monkgate
EARLIER this month we revealed that Monkgate House had been put up for sale by owners Garbutt & Elliott. Like all older York properties it comes with history attached. But this building is particularly special. It was once home to a king. That the
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The big landing
Dick Bowen, 78, of Scarcroft Hill, York, enlisted with the East Yorkshire Regiment when he was 15 and was one of the first and youngest soldiers to land on Gold Beach on June 6, 1944. His story begins on board ship as they sail for France. THE officers
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I suppose I was scared, but you didn't really think about it at the time
York veteran Tom Buck was among the first ashore at Sword beach on D-Day. He tells STEVE CARROLL his story. IT'S probably fair to say that if there was one place you didn't want to be on D-Day, it was inside a floating tank approaching the shore. "They
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Going for Gold
Hundreds of soldiers from York and North and East Yorkshire were among those who stormed the Normandy shores on D-Day. STEVE CARROLL talks to two veterans about their experiences on Gold Beach. THEY landed on Gold Beach within ten minutes of each other
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Deliverence
Can one day really change the course of history? Andrew Hitchon examines how June 6, 1944, helped to shape modern Europe. IT WAS the mightiest invasion fleet ever assembled, and the course of history rested on its success or failure. A great armada, protected
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Armstrong can be an inspiration to all of us
THE past week in sport saw a record that will surely take some time, if ever, to be broken. American cyclist Lance Armstrong took out the Tour de France for a record-breaking sixth time. Armstrong, for anyone who isn't aware, is an inspirational figure
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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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Weekend of RL wonder for York
The spotlight is falling on our club again this season and our profile has once more been lifted in the media with the onset of more cup fever. Our semi-final appearance in the Arriva Trains Cup along with the staging of the York 9's, means the city of
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Market scenes in St Sampson's Square
Our second look at market scenes concentrates on St Sampson's Square, York. Right: St Sampson's Square is shown here between 1904 and 1907. Mark Bullivant, named here as the licensee of the Golden Lion Inn on the left of the picture, died in June 1907
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Mystic Richard's crystal ball-gazing predicts England's fate
MYSELF and Steve Ferres went to watch the England game on Sunday in the local. We left the pub with about ten minutes to go and I said then that by the time I got home it would be 2-1 to France. Honest. It's one of those things where you think it can
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How to tell a stall story
To mark the anniversary of York market's move, CHRIS TITLEY listened to some traders' tales. IT is 40 years this month since York's market left Parliament Street and pitched up in Newgate. The switch was controversial then, as Parliament Street had been
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City fluff Great Escape
As the Minstermen head for football's basement in the Conference, Sports Editor MARTIN JARRED charts their highs and lows. REFEREE Barry Knight's final whistle effectively signalled the end of York City's 75-year status as a Football League club on Saturday
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Promotion and relegation issues need sorting out
THERE has been a lot of debate recently about the decision of Super League clubs to admit French club UTC Perpignan into the elite tier in 2006. It was not a majority decision - there was a seven-five vote in favour - and it has created a lot of fuss,
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Changing face of Jubbergate
Our picture selection this week charts the changing face of Jubbergate. 1 This newsagent occupied this corner in the early years of the twentieth century. The banner over the window advertises the Leeds Express as having "sound politics", and the boards
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Cardiff final was something to savour
WHAT a great weekend we had down in South Wales. I went to the Challenge Cup final in Cardiff and we took Simon Friend down with us to show him what it was like - and he was amazed. The game was okay, but Wigan never really got a look-in after a couple
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Write your own history of York
KNOCK on any door in York and it is likely to be answered by an historian. Not necessarily a professor of medieval studies, or the world expert on Victorian corsetry. But someone who knows a thing or two about the many layers of this city's past. It is
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Treasured memories
TIME to dive again into the warm pool of readers' memories. Miss Mary Dodd wrote to us all the way from Plymouth following our piece about Fulford Maternity Hospital. "I joined the staff as midwifery matron in May 1961. I know just what Sister Willey
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On border patrol
GINA PARKINSON looks at how to dress up your boundaries. BORDERS and beds are full, the lawn and paths laid and pots are brimming with colourful annuals. So what can an enthusiastic gardener turn their attentions to once this space is used? The boundaries
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My life and times in the House
AFTER three years, a hundred Wednesday afternoons listening to Tony Blair, many grim trips to party conference at the seaside and hours trawling the pages of Hansard, I'm off. Looking back, a lot has happened since I first set foot in the House of Commons
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Prescott slams the 'press tattle'
THE build-up to an election can do funny things to a man - the Deputy Prime Minister in particular. In 2001, John Prescott thumped a protester who threw an egg in his direction. Now he has embraced two of his pet hates: celebrity and "press tattle", a
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Will football and foxes reprieve Blair?
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott was first to react after a condom filled with purple cornflour bounced off Tony Blair's shoulder and exploded in the Commons on Wednesday. Throwing his order papers to the floor like bar towels, Mr Prescott - a former
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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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Lawn and order
GINA PARKINSON shows how to lay down turf with the help of a breadknife from the kitchen. AFTER weeks of hard work levelling and raking the area that was to become our new lawn, it was ready to be turfed last week. I rang the supplier at 4.45pm on Wednesday
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Big babies throwing tantrums
PARLIAMENT is in "purdah" at present. According to Google, which knows most things, the literal translation is a "curtain concealing some Indian women of high birth from public gaze". Google also reveals that it was later used to describe a state of solitude
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Setting out on my own path
GINA PARKINSON rolls up her sleeves and works out how to lay a garden path. IT HAS been a busy time in our garden, because the plans I wrote about in this column a few weeks ago are now becoming a reality. The first item to be tackled has been the path
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Windows firm calls in the liquidators
A FAMILY fear they might never be able to safely open their windows or doors after the York company which fitted them called in the liquidators. Well-known Osbaldwick-based firm, Noel Clarke Windows, which is thought to have been running for more than
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Showing the right spirit
THREE young York sports enthusiasts are the true Spirit of Youth, according to their families and friends who have nominated them for Community Pride awards. Young teenager Steven Gregson, of Stockton-on-the-Forest, has had a talent for snooker since
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Spreading a little happiness
TWO much-valued groups which have proved the therapeutic value of music have been nominated for York Community Pride awards. The Smile And A Song trio, who provide musical entertainment in elderly people's homes, have been put forward in the Charity Fundraiser
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Union backing to find local heroes
A MAJOR finance company has thrown its weight behind our York Community Pride awards. Norwich Union, which employs about 3,000 people in York, has agreed to sponsor the whole of our campaign to find the city's true community heroes. The finance giant
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School tries flower power
A VILLAGE school near York is the first to enter our Community Pride awards - with a project to transform two eyesore flower beds in the heart of the community. Margaret Tailby, Year 6 teacher at Skelton Primary School, has applied for a City of York
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The volunteers who lend a helping hand
A MUCH-VALUED neighbourhood volunteer service has been nominated for a York Community Pride award. Haxby Helpers is a group of about 40 volunteers which helps people in Haxby and Wigginton who have difficulty in getting out into the community. Run by
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Volunteer Penny is a fundraising wizard
A WOMAN who is at the forefront of providing help and support for older people is the latest local hero to be put forward for our York Community Pride awards. Penny Hutchinson, 45, of New Earswick, has been put forward for the Volunteer Of The Year category
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Rail firm offers prize
A MAJOR rail provider has signed up to our York Community Pride campaign - by agreeing to sponsor one of the awards. Transpennine Express, which runs services across the North of England, is sponsoring our Best Community Project category. The award will
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Fylingdales prepares for Star Wars role
THE controversial upgrade of RAF Fylingdales to give it a role in the USA's Son of Star Wars project is expected to begin in April. The testing and proving of new National Missile Defence equipment is set to take place in the summer of 2005, and should
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'US should pay for cancer study'
CAMPAIGNERS have called for the United States Air Force to fund a study into whether radiation from a controversial North Yorkshire military base causes cancer. The final results are expected soon of an air force-funded investigation by a biological research
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Bayley backs search for local heroes
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has thrown his support behind our York Community Pride campaign. Launched on Friday in partnership with City of York Council, we are calling on readers to nominate people they would like to see rewarded for their outstanding contributions
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Base refuses cancer study
THE Ministry of Defence has refused to fund a "vital" long-term health study at RAF Fylingdales to establish whether there is a link between radar emissions and cancer. Setting up the study was one of the assurances the North York Moors National Parks
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60 Below, The Minster Hotel, 60 Bootham, York
STEPHEN LEWIS gets the lowdown on a hotel dining room that's going public. SO what's the restaurant called now? I asked the girl at the other end of the telephone as I booked a table at the Minster Hotel's re-named dining room. "60 Below," she said. "
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Fylingdales health study 'was rushed'
A STUDY that concluded there was no evidence to establish a link between RAF Fylingdales and cancer cases has been labelled "shallow and hasty" by objectors. Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Primary Care Trust (PCT) worked with the Northern and Yorkshire
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Portakabin says it with flowers
YORK is set to be blooming lovely this week, as its centre will be filled with hundreds of flowers. One of the city's top employers, Portakabin, a subsidiary of the Shepherd Building Group, has donated two large cubes, each of which will be filled with
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Boeing to upgrade 'Star Wars' base
BOEING has been awarded the contract to carry out upgrade work to early warning station RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. The Pentagon in Washington has appointed Boeing, a leader in developing military aircraft, to improve systems at the base on the
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York postal staff in strike threat
A UNION is locked in crunch talks with Royal Mail bosses over the company's failure to give bonus payments to staff at two York sorting offices. A union leader warned today that if a satisfactory deal is not offered to more than 200 postal workers, he
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CND backs health probe
YORKSHIRE CND today welcomed news of a probe into whether cancer rates are any higher among people living near RAF Fylingdales. The Evening Press exclusively revealed on Tuesday how Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Primary Care Trust had launched an epidemiological
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Businesses happy at deliveries deal
LEADERS of a campaign by York businesses angrily demanding earlier postal deliveries have emerged "reasonably satisfied" from a meeting with Royal Mail. Adam Sinclair, chairman of the York Chamber of Trade, today said: "Core areas covered by delivery
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Scorecards
May 31 York: S Piercy ct King b Fletcher 23, W Warne ct Swanepoel b Fletcher 53, NKay ct King b Longhurst 58, M Wood ct Barlow b Fletcher 8, J Pringle lbw b Fletcher 0, D Broadbent ct King b Longhurst 23, R Flack ct R Cummins b Swanepoel 44, R O'Neill
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May 15, 16 York v Castleford (at Savile Park) York: S Piercy, lbw Hodson 6, S Mason ct Bourke b Randerson 72. N Kay ct Glover b Wainwright, 88. R O'Neill run out 9. W Warne ct Hodson b Wainwright 28. D Broadbent run out 8. R Flack ct Raisbeck b Bourke
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Call to monitor mail deliveries
An appeal has gone out to business bosses in and around York to volunteer to carefully monitor their postal delivery times over the next few days. Gerry Gray, of Grosvenor Financial Consultants of York, and co-organiser of huge protests at late-delivery
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Businesses will watch the post
LATE postal deliveries will be monitored by York's business community over the next few weeks to see if there has been any real improvement. This was decided at a civilised, but occasionally tetchy, meeting yesterday at the Mansion House in York when
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Scorecards
May 3 Harrogate: J Inglis st Durham b How 50, A Twigg b Broadbent 22, R Parker lbw b How 1, R Bradshaw b How 24, T Leeming not out 32, C Kippax st Durham b How 0, D Pennett c Durham b How 9, M Rawlings c Durham b How 16, N White lbw b O'Neill 3, O Mantle
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Scorecards
May 1-2 APPLEBY-FRODINGHAM v YORK York: S Piercy c B Taylor b Dewick 38, S Mason c B Taylor b Ali 18, J McCready c Bramley b Hilton 7, R O'Neil b Dewick 4, M Wood c P Taylor b Hilton 4, D Broadbent b Dewick 9, R Flack run out 1, D Snell b Ali 14, G How
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Scorecards
April 25-26 York v Barnsley York: S Piercy lbw A Ivill 3, S Mason c Thewlis b Ellis 4, N Kay b Beardshal 27, R O'Neill c Thewlis b Ellis 2, D Broadbent lbw Ellis 1, R Flack c Benson b M Ivill 37, D Snell c Thewlis b Beardshall 7, M Wood b M Ivill 35,
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Huge effort raises cash for two charities
PARTY band Huge rocked York city centre with a special gig - and helped raise cash for two charity causes. The gig, in aid of the Lifesaver appeal to pay for a St John's Ambulance Crusader ambulance and Nestl charity Sweet Charity, saw Huge belt out favourites
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Question time to aid ambulance appeal
CALLING all film buffs, TV addicts and pub quiz aficionados across York. The city's St John Ambulance staff and volunteers are appealing for local teams to join their bumper fun quiz, which aims to raise hundreds of pounds for the Evening Press-backed
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Show season puts a strain on volunteers
VOLUNTEER staff from St John Ambulance are struggling to meet their obligations as the busy summer event season gets into full swing. Leaders say there has been a noticeable increase in demand for their services this year. Their resources, which include
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Coasting along
Mike Laycock gets on his bike to visit a new exhibition on the North Yorkshire coast. This is the way to see the spectacular Yorkshire coastline. Far better than peering through the window of a cramped car, or even trudging along on foot, we whizzed along
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Animal crackers
Mike Laycock and family visit a farm deep in rural East Yorkshire where rare breeds not only survive but prosper. He had been born only four or five hours earlier, but already the tiny bleating pygmy goat was standing steadily on all four feet. And he
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What a glassy act
It was the strangest bubble my daughter had ever blown. As she blew into one end of the pipe, a bubble of brightly-coloured molten glass at the other end grew larger and larger. We were in the Hot Glass Studio at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland
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Hall sorts going on
RICHARD FOSTER spends a pleasant afternoon at a manor house deep in rural Yorkshire where he is confronted by big game trophies and celebrities of the Swinging Sixties. ENTERING Nunnington Hall is like stepping back to the heyday of the British Empire
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Picking up the past
MIKE LAYCOCK and family found fantastic fossils in the Yorkshire Dales. WE clambered on to the scree and began searching the piles of stones. Suddenly, my daughter Gabrielle gave an excited cry: "I've found one!" On the side of a stone she had picked
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Roll with it
STEPHEN LEWIS dips into a timely new guide on great places to go with your kids over the Easter holiday. YORKSHIRE is a great place to be if you're a kid. Where else could you find underground labyrinths, get lost in a maize maze, see grey reef sharks
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Thrill of it all
Mike Laycock and family have a wizard time at Camelot. IT'S magic - especially for children. Spend all day riding the rollercoasters, roundabouts, railroad trains and log flumes of the theme park until you're utterly exhausted. And then, instead of piling
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Vikings get romantic for festival
BLOODTHIRSTY Vikings today laid down their weapons and picked up Cupid's arrow to enjoy some traditional Valentine's Day romance. As part of the 2004 Jorvik Viking Festival, John Donovan and Helen Pickavance tied the knot in true Scandinavian-style during
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When the Viking boat comes in
DECORATING a Viking longboat is just one of the challenges being issued to children this half-term. Friday sees the start of this year's Jorvik Viking Festival, which runs until February 22. The Yorkshire Museum has invited children to come along during
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It's marriage, Viking style
A VIKING bride-to-be has met her modern day counterpart. She was showing off her attire in preparation for St Valentine's Day, when she will tie the knot during a re-enactment of a Viking wedding at Clifford's Tower. Traditionally, the Viking bride would
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Ready for battle?
STEPHEN LEWIS trains as a Viking warrior ahead of the Jorvik Viking Festival which starts on Friday. THERE'S nothing like inspiring a man with confidence to turn him into a fighter. And Ranulf's pre-battle pep-talk does nothing like inspire me with confidence
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Clifton get the FA boot
CLIFTON FC have been booted out of the York FA Sunday Afternoon League Cup for the next two seasons. The ban, coupled with a hefty fine, has been imposed by football chiefs after police were called to last season's final against St John's College after
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Belles held in check
Brayton Belles were denied a repeat of last season's whitewash in the hotly contested Connexions Girls' League end of season tournament at the brand new Poppleton Juniors facility. The Belles swept the board last time out, but this year had to settle
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Landmark weekend for Poppleton juniors
A REVAMPED ten-acre site at Millfield Lane in Nether Poppleton will be formally opening its doors to the community as Poppleton Junior Football Club launch their new Football Foundation funded project on Saturday. A Foundation cash boost has allowed the
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Rich get richer
IT'S not supposed to be about the cash but the glory. But lower League clubs like York City must be feeling a little short changed as the FA Cup kicks into gear this weekend. Two seasons ago, the Football Association, desperate to restore the image and
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Football courses
Young footballers can take advantage of a series of summer coaching courses at York College. Players aged between six and 14 are being given the chance to brush up on their skills and maybe go one step closer to honing their future Zinedine Zidane or
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Ovendale closes gap on Dunning
THERE'S no change at the top of the Evening Press player of the year rankings. Despite missing last Saturday's game at Cheltenham through suspension, Darren Dunning continues to lead. However, goalkeeper Mark Ovendale has moved into joint second place
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Pikes do the ground work
Crucial development work at Pickering Town Football Club's ground will start soon, following funds having been boosted by a Football Foundation grant and a sponsored walk. More than 30 members of the club from the junior, senior and girls' sections completed
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The real magic
NEXT weekend brings the first round proper of the FA Cup and surely that stage of the competition and the third round in January now represent the most important dates in the famous trophy's calendar. They will certainly capture the imagination more than
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Bootham's stars
TWO young basketball players from Bootham School have been selected for county squads. Will Edwards will be in the North Yorkshire basketball team, while his friend and fellow Year 8 pupil, Richard Grainger, has been selected for the Yorkshire side. Joint
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Ricky in charge
ONE-TIME York City defensive rock Ricky Sbragia was thrust into the glare of extra-terrestrial television this week. The two-match touchline ban imposed on Sir Alex Ferguson consigned the Manchester United boss to a seat in the stands at Elland Road for
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People's panel meets for first time
PLANS to redevelop the Castle Piccadilly area of York reached a new stage after the first "people's panel" met to discuss the proposals. The panel - made up of representatives from interested groups, including local businesses - will hold a series of
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City's tribute to Robert Mills
THIS column was particularly distressed to hear of the death this week of esteemed sports reporter Robert Mills and it is fitting that the club paid tribute to a man whose sporting affections lay with Yorkshire and York in particular. Former Evening Press
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Battling York top dogs in the north
YORK'S leading junior basketball players returned home from the under-14s Inter Association English Schools final with an unofficial northern champions tag. The representative side, made up of the city's best young players, travelled to Nottingham for
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Special York 'doesn't need shops complex'
CAMPAIGNERS against the prospect of a large-scale shopping complex in an historic quarter of York today received a boost from experts hailing the economic prospects of "unique" cities. Opponents of the failed Coppergate II project claim this suggests
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Queen Margaret's hitting the heights
QUEEN Margaret's School junior and intermediate athletics teams have powered their way into the second round of the English Schools Athletics Association Track and Field Cup. The junior team from years seven and eight won the first round at Huntington
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The boy 'Dunn' good
DARREN Dunning has opened up a sizeable lead at the top of the Evening Press player of the year rankings. A man of the match display against Boston last Saturday earned the young midfielder three points and means he now has a six-point advantage over
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Tag rugby is really catching on in York
THE increasing popularity of the York City Knights Schools Tag Rugby set-up saw organisers branch out into an all-girls event for primary schools. The competition was part of the Arriva Trains-sponsored nationwide series of girls' events and saw six York
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Guaranteed explosive action
IT'S now remember, remember the fourth of November for young City fans. As reported in this column last week, a planned firework display due to be staged at Bootham Crescent on November 5 had been postponed. The City youth team are due to play Macclesfield
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Fans stand their ground
YORK City have bought their own stadium. Well, not quite. And unfortunately for Minstermen fans the ground concerned is not Bootham Crescent. It is more a symbolic gesture from City fans but one the club and its supporters should be proud of. The City
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It's a Ward and wacky world
THERE were all sorts of strange goings on at Mansfield Town last weekend. No surprises that City were left scratching their heads after the 2-0 defeat to the Stags last Saturday. Skipper for the day Mitch Ward was listed on the team sheet as Itch Ward
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Divided loyalties
THE gaze of the nation will be focusing sharply on Turkey this evening, and one York City player will be taking a keener interest than most. City striker Lev Yalcin admits to being stuck between a rock and a hard place as England try to put their off-field
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'Keep all Castle options open'
ALL OPTIONS should remain open in the York Castle Area public consultation, according to leading Coppergate II opponents today. The Evening Press exclusively revealed yesterday that City of York Council was inviting views from across the city on the Castle
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No quarter given
HOW time flies. After today's encounter with Cambridge United, more than a quarter of the season will have gone. It's probably not a bad time to give 'an end of term report' on what's gone so far. It's reckoned that ten games normally provides enough
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The Tinder Box by Minette Walters (Macmillan, £8.99)
IN the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, an elderly woman and her live-in nurse have been brutally murdered. Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan is arrested for the killings. His family of immigrant Irish tinkers become hate figures as the village's
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Coppergate 'not over yet'
YORK'S long-running Coppergate Riverside saga is far from over, a leading opponent warned today. Philip Crowe, chairman of the campaign group York Tomorrow, said that even though Land Securities' £60 million scheme for shops and apartments had been thrown
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Odds-on that there would be a knee-jerk reaction
The big news in the game this week has been the so-called betting scandal involving St Helens players Sean Long and Martin Gleeson. Both players have allegedly used their online betting accounts to back against their club, betting they would lose by more
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Revolting Royals
THE bleating of Reading chairman John Madejski in recent weeks has left a particularly sour taste in the mouth. Madejski has been unable to contain his scorn for former Royals boss Alan Pardew following his decision to quit the Berkshire club after being
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14 flats planned to revive Piccadilly
A DEVELOPER hopes to begin the revival of rundown Piccadilly in York with a scheme to build 14 flats. The move comes only weeks after the decision to turn down the controversial Coppergate Riverside scheme, which involved new shops along Piccadilly. Andrew
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Doug ready to dig for new gems
YORK City said au-revoir but not goodbye to loyal servant Doug Gill last Saturday. Gill, 75, from Huntington, a coach with City's esteemed Centre of Excellence for some 17 years, has finally hung up his boots. However, Gill, who coached predominantly
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Who would want to be a head coach?
WITH the Super League season barely four games old, already a number of top flight coaches are finding themselves under scrutiny. They include Graham Steadman - the former York hero - at Castleford Tigers and Neil Kelly at Widnes Vikings, who, if you
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Career not over for Pout
GRIMSBY Town have quashed speculation former City midfielder Alan Pouton is set to retire. The highly-rated 26-year-old has been plagued by injury since March and underwent knee surgery in the summer. Mariners player-boss Paul Groves launched a broadside
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Traders call for Piccadilly revamp
RETAIL leaders are calling for fresh plans to be drawn up to revive run-down Piccadilly in York, following the Government decision to throw out the Coppergate Riverside scheme. They said the car park area between Piccadilly and Clifford's Tower should
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Shouldn't be too hard to gee up Knights
THERE is always talk about picking up players both mentally and physically for your next game after a big occasion but, despite the disappointment of losing 50-12 to Huddersfield in Sunday's Challenge Cup quarter-final, I think my job, in that respect
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Garden idea for Tower revealed
PLANS have been unveiled for a Museum Gardens-style Castle Precinct centred on Clifford's Tower at the Eye of York. The proposal would see the Castle car park being grassed over, with the foundations of the Victorian prison walls beneath exposed, as has
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Knights warming to Giants-sized cup-slaying task
I suppose it's best to start on the upcoming Challenge Cup quarter-final at Huddersfield Giants on Sunday. It's probably the biggest game in the short history of the Knights and for York it's arguably the biggest game, certainly when it comes to the Challenge
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Too close to call
ANOTHER three matches after today's long haul to Yeovil and we should finally know. Two successive defeats have dimmed the shimmer of York City's record-equalling start to the season and left fans scratching their heads. The football has definitely been
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Knights fans providing a positive vibe
WELCOME to my new column in the Evening Press. I hope it proves informative and a good read for all sports fans and York City Knights fans in particular. Talking of Knights fans, one of the first things that struck me since arriving at the club was the
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Flynn and bare it
GIVEN its alleged curse, Chris Brass missing out on the Division Three Manager of the Month award may prove to be no bad thing. As reported in the Evening Press this week, Swansea's Brian Flynn was awarded the coveted prize after guiding the Welsh outfit
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Tower green space hope
A LEADING York environmental campaigner is hoping to set up a charity which will raise funds to preserve land near Clifford's Tower as a "green and open space." Gordon Campbell Thomas, project manager of the York Environment Centre and an experienced
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Mitch takes hold at top
MITCH Ward is the new leader of the Evening Press player of the year rankings. The midfield maestro secured the man of the match accolade, and therefore three points, in last Saturday's disappointing 3-0 defeat at Lincoln. It was enough to see Ward, pictured
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Moving targets
IT HAS been a very promising start to the season for York City. It is the earliest of days, but the performances against Carlisle and Rotherham have merely strengthened the growing optimism that built up during pre-season. Player-boss Chris Brass has
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Big Ron and Champs join in with the fun
IT'S proper bo I tell thee... Mark Lawrenson, Big Ron Atkinson and commentator and City fan Jon Champion are just some of the names who have signed up to the Supporters' Trust Team Selecta competition that will run throughout the season. The rules are
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Knights 18, Rovers 16
RICHARD Agar yesterday passed his latest big test as York City Knights coach and in doing so saw his charges set a new club record of five straight wins. The Knights were not at their scintillating best but dug new depths of resilience and a piece of
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Sheffield Eagles 24, Knights 32
IT was scrappy and messy but ultimately triumphant as York City Knights progressed to the last 16 of the Challenge Cup. In fact, it was the Knights' worst performance of the season, but to not play well and win 32-24 at Sheffield - supposedly their biggest
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Roman legions march in
THE final events line-up has been unveiled for this year's Eboracum Roman Festival in York this weekend. In addition to the breath-taking military displays and street processions, a range of other events will be staged at a host of venues around the city
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Knights 22, Batley 24
YORK City Knights might have opened their season with a defeat, but the result alone doesn't tell half the story. Looking on the bright side, the loss might help keep people's feet on the ground after a pre-season of unbridled optimism. And beyond the
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Drink like a Roman
ROMAN wine is on offer at a York pub as part of this year's Eboracum Roman Festival. Next Friday K Bar, Grape Lane, York, is hosting a History Of Wine In Roman Times evening complimented by a wine-tasting of half-a-dozen wines from the world as the Romans
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Knights 32, Leeds 6
IF ever a friendly augurs well for a forthcoming season, then this might have been it. Okay, it's always wise to take pre-season results with a pinch of salt and, if truth be told, hardly any - if any - of last night's Leeds line-up will be starting the
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Lost Roman legion finds new comrades
ROMAN soldiers who vanished from York more than 1,500 years ago have returned to mark the twinning of their Legion with another from Chester. The disappearance of the Roman IX Legion remains a mystery after Harry Martindale saw their ghostly forms in
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Roman link for new train service
Rail passengers can now go "Roman" from York to Carlisle on Saturdays this summer - thanks to the introduction of a new train service by Arriva Trains Northern. The service provides the first direct train linking the two historic Roman cities. Running
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The Romans return... with more food and drink
THE prestigious York Festival of Food and Drink is to return to the city for an eighth year. The gastronomic feast of fun will take place from September 10 to 19, and organisers promise a number of firsts. The Festival Food Theatre will now offer refreshments
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Chairman's Message
Message from Without Walls chairman Coun Steve Galloway, July 21, 2004. THIS vision is about improving the day-to-day life of the people who live and work here. For many people, York is already a great place to be. Our city's assets are so obvious they
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York The Learning City
Mike Galloway, principal at York College, explains how the vision will help expand education in the city. EDUCATION and skills are among the most important parts of the vision. Our starting point is that York has good performance in quite a lot of areas
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York The Inclusive City
Colin Stroud, chief executive of York Council for Voluntary Service, reveals a vision of a city where everyone can play their part. Despite York's overall prosperity, there are within the city, groups of people who, because of poverty, illness, disability
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City's brave new world
YORK residents have the city's history in their hands. That was the message from council leader Steve Galloway as he spoke at the official launch of the Without Walls community strategy. The ambitious masterplan will plot the city's future for the next
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Hull KR 32, Knights 0
NOT many - if any - sides will 'nil' York City Knights this season. But Hull KR did at Craven Park yesterday as they booked their place in the Arriva Trains Cup final. It signalled the end of the cup dream for Richard Agar's men, but rather than bemoan
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Dewsbury 2, Knights 48
AFTER a week of the club refusing to comment on how Alex Godfrey's two-year drugs ban would affect the rest of the team, the York City Knights decided to let the rugby do the talking at the Rams Stadium. And boy, do actions speak louder than words. The
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Time to honour our local heroes
THE Evening Press and City of York Council have launched a major new campaign, to seek the real heroes in our community. In our York Community Pride campaign over the next few months we will be looking for people and businesses that have made an outstanding
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Knights 34, Sheffield Eagles 16
YORK City Knights are not a team to respect proud histories. After defeating National League One Featherstone Rovers four times in as many early season cup encounters, yesterday they offered co-title favourites Sheffield Eagles a taste of their brand
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Working to make a difference
Seventy-two per cent of York residents are satisfied with their local neighbourhood, according to a recent survey. So why do we need to ask people to take a greater pride in their local community? Society changes and so do the standards that people take
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Thida Thai,16 George Hudson Street, York.
MAXINE GORDON visits York's newest Thai restaurant and is left with mixed feelings. A LITTLE piece of Thailand is the last thing you expect to uncover on a night out in York's lively drinking and dancing quarter at the junction of George Hudson Street
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Knights 32, Chorley 18
LAST season, York City Knights began their inaugural National League Two campaign with high hopes after a morale-boosting Arriva Trains Cup campaign - only to lose an opening-day shocker to Gateshead Thunder. This season, they've enjoyed an even better
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Rovers 26, Knights 36
THE two previous York v Featherstone matches this season have had pretty much everything. Last night's clash might not have had the heart-stopping finales but, if anything, it was even more fiery as an underlying current, a bit of winding up by the occasionally
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Season tickets credit fiasco
BARCLAYCARD has withheld almost £60,000 from York City in season ticket credit card payments - just two weeks before the Minstermen's Nationwide Conference campaign kicks off. The credit card company has told City officials that payments into the club's
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Sweet Basil, A59 York Road, Kirk Hammerton, York.
FROM the outside, the red brick rectangular building looks as exotic as a fish and chip shop. Which is perhaps not surprising because in a previous life, Sweet Basil, the new Thai and Cantonese restaurant at Kirk Hammerton, was once a fish and fries stop-off
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Civic trust backs Odeon
A CONSERVATION watchdog has given its wholehearted support to the Evening Press campaign to save York's Odeon. York Civic Trust says the cinema in Blossom Street is both important to the social and cultural life of the city, and is also an important example
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Screen saver
OUR campaign to save York's Odeon today won heavyweight backing from the city's political leaders. City of York Council leader Steve Galloway said the cinema provided a very important night-time leisure opportunity for residents and visitors. "The Odeon
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Fans' role in Odeon drama
IT was a scene worthy of a film. In the Evening Press newsroom last night, reporters were dashing from phone to phone, frantically taking notes as information poured in from home and abroad. This frenzied activity was provoked by yesterday's launch of
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York Mystery Plays text bid
THE historic text of the York Mystery Plays should go on display in a city museum like the Bayeux Tapestry is displayed in France, a city councillor has claimed. Councillor Martin Bartlett was speaking before City of York Council unanimously backed his
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Oscar's plan to entertain our nation
Mike Laycock looks back at the rise and fall of York's Odeon cinema. It was billed in the Evening Press as "The Event of 1937 in York." Flags and bunting were draped along Blossom Street up to Micklegate Bar, all 1,484 seats sold out within 90 minutes
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The battle to save the Odeon
THE Evening Press today launches a campaign to save York's Odeon cinema. The newspaper believes that the city's last remaining traditional picture house is too important a facility - and of too much architectural significance - to be lost without a fight
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Lionel is the toast of the community
A YORK pensioner was the toast of a star-bash at York Racecourse. Seventy-five-year-old Lionel Crossley picked up the BBC Community Service Person Of The Year award at the Heart Of Yorkshire Awards 2004 yesterday for his work with the Sea Cadets. Over
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Traders come up with money-raising ideas
SMALL traders have come up with a series of suggestions to help City of York Council raise extra cash so parking charges can be cut. Independent retailers David Cox and Simon Evans, who are leading campaigners against the controversial new charges and
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Angry York posties hold canteen sit-in
ABOUT a hundred York posties - said to be angry at missing out on bonuses enjoyed by other postal workers in the area - staged a lightning one-hour strike. A man claiming to be a postman told the Evening Press that sorters and delivery people based at
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Railway milestone marked at York station
A MILESTONE in train history was due to be marked today at York rail station. Dignitaries gathered at the trackside to celebrate the 150th birthday of the North Eastern Railway. A cast iron zero post, previously used to show the start of set distance
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Craven keeps Tykes in with a chance
Vic Craven, who is 24 today, came to the fore yesterday with a gutsy all-round display which gave Yorkshire at least a fighting chance of winning their hard-fought Championship battle with Derbyshire at Derby. Craven first hit a career-best 81 not out
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All change
FOUR new faces have been drafted in to the York City Knights to kick start something of a revolution at Huntington Stadium. Knights head coach Richard Agar and chief executive Steve Ferres have completed deals to bring in four new signings and with them
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Pace priority for Yorkshire
ONE of the first jobs Yorkshire need to do at the end of the season is to scour the world for a top class fast bowler. The lack of a paceman with the killer touch is to a large part responsible for Yorkshire's slump in fortunes this month after going
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Toast the turkey
It's Christmas, so Tipping's Tipples has gone a sip upmarket with four wines - two reds and two whites - around the £10 mark and pushed the boat out for a bottle of port. I WAS thinking how nice it would be to roast chestnuts on a log fire in my recently
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Dependable Aussie smacks the palate
In Tipping's Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING tries a red and a white from M&S. I WAS glad to receive a 12-month subscription to expertwine. com. It's a winespotter's website by wine buyer Matthew Jukes and wine lover Quentin Johnson. Nice for really
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Tipping's Tipples
As he takes over as the Evening Press wine writer, MIKE TIPPING introduces Tipping's Tipples with two bottles of affordable German white wine. I CAN'T start writing this column without reference to what went before. Martin Lacy spent 15 years as Evening
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Even men want to look good these days
WHEN abroad and surrounded by different nationalities, you soon get to know who your friends are; and in terms of football, we don't have many. Throughout the Euro 2004 tournament so far, many of our fellow Brits, the Scots, the Welsh and our Celtic neighbours
