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Marking times go on for pupils
ABOUT 1,500 14-year-olds from across York and North Yorkshire could face weeks more of uncertainty if their exam papers are sent back to examiners to be re-marked. Nationally, about 100,000 students whose results were on the "borderline" between two levels
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School guidelines over child photos
PARENTS of York pupils could soon be asked to give formal written permission for their child's photograph to be taken in school. Education bosses have drawn up guidelines for senior teachers regarding the filming and photographing of their students in
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Rasa's ready - 07/08/04
Rasa Sayang, runner-up in his last two starts, can make it third time lucky at Redcar tomorrow in the most valuable race on the card. The £15,000 toteexacta Nursery is the target for the speedy juvenile, trained near Thirsk by David Barron, whose horses
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York man robbed by gang of nine
A GANG attacked and robbed a York man as he walked home from a city pub with his girlfriend. The victim was returning from the Winning Post pub, in Bishopthorpe Road, York, last night when the group pounced. The man received facial injuries in the unprovoked
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Emergency docs step in
OUT-OF-HOURS care in York and North Yorkshire will not be affected by family doctors deciding to stop working at nights and weekends, health chiefs said today. Doctors will be able to opt out of working anti-social shifts for the first time under the
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Marking times go on for pupils
ABOUT 1,500 14-year-olds from across York and North Yorkshire could face weeks more of uncertainty if their exam papers are sent back to examiners to be re-marked. Nationally, about 100,000 students whose results were on the "borderline" between two levels
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Brother's vow for Caroline
THE brother of murdered backpacker Caroline Stuttle says he has "no choice" but to go through the ordeal of her forthcoming murder trial. Richard Stuttle told the Evening Press he planned to travel back to Australia to represent his family at the court
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Ghost busters
PAPER ghosts will be hung on the fence of a North Yorkshire military base by nuclear disarmament campaigners to commemorate people killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Protesters from across Ryedale, Scarborough, Darlington and Whitby will meet on Monday
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Lifted by great rates of McGrath
Anthony McGrath is in the form of his life at the moment as he so clearly showed last weekend when he picked up 270 runs in two innings as well as achieving his best first class bowling figures of 5-39. Unfortunately, McGrath's contributions were still
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Thun block time
Defensive targets will be set for the York City Knights to keep them focused at Gateshead Thunder tomorrow. The North East club have still to hit a winning note in the current National League Two campaign and are seven points adrift of second-bottom Dewsbury
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Pizza Hut, Monks Cross Shopping Park, York
Simon Ritchie finds the deals (and the food) very tempting at a family-friendly restaurant in York. RESTAURANTS keen to attract more families should take a leaf out of our book and hit the Hut. At the Monks Cross branch of Pizza Hut, youngsters are not
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'Four-midable' first at last proves the winning formula
FOURTY-FOUR was finally banished as an unlucky score for Forest of Park GC pairing Julie Ashton and Davena Burn. Back in 2001 and 2002 the duo posted scores of 44 points only to be relegated each time to the runners-up spot in the contest for the Aldwark
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Bransdale walk
George Wilkinson braves a limp and learns about making walls as he walks across Bransdale. BRANSDALE was beautiful on a still, misty morning. The land shapes of the North York Moors shading grey; four headlands in softening tones to the west. It was incredibly
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Drinking themselves dry
LAST year's Knaresborough beer festival was so successful that the organisers ran out of beer two hours before closing time. Members of the town's hard-working Lions group have made sure there will be no recurrence of this mouth-drying disaster next week
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Great day at mosque
On behalf of York Mosque, I extend my gratitude to the people who attended our first Open Day on August 1. More than 1,000 turned up and were all impressed by the way our visitors conducted themselves. This event, initiated by the women's group at the
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Selby has the lot
How sad to read that Janice Simpson of North Duffield is having problems booking affordable and available accommodation for her wedding guests in October (Letters, August 3). She may wish to contrast the attitude of the York hotels with those in her own
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Shrewd move, Mick
I AM not sure the altruistic, almost saintly way that Mick Waddington was described is entirely appropriate ('Seller told house raffle is illegal', August 5). If my maths are correct, selling 250 tickets at £1,000 each will make him £250,000. Not a bad
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Thornton's Caf, McArthurGlen Designer Centre, York
VISITING a snack venue, the first impression is always important. Here we had easy access from the concourse into a light and well appointed seating area. Tables were clear or being cleaned as we entered. There was a choice of soft or hard-backed chairs
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Second wind
GINA PARKINSON reveals how her garden is enjoying another burst of colour this summer. Our garden flagged a little at the end of July and it felt as if we had been visited by a fleeting summer. But now, in spite of grey skies, thunderstorms and downpours
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Thun block time
Defensive targets will be set for the York City Knights to keep them focused at Gateshead Thunder tomorrow. The North East club have still to hit a winning note in the current National League Two campaign and are seven points adrift of second-bottom Dewsbury
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Let them live nearby
IT is very hard for us as parents of an autistic youngster to come to terms with the fact that he/she has to go to live "out of county" for their future years, ('£2m cost of care for city youngsters', August 3). The life expectancy of autists is no different
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Waste not...
MUCH has been done to recycle waste products. Good. I should now like to see bins in the large supermarket car parks to accept cardboard and plastic containers as well as for paper, tins, shoes, clothing and silver foil. How about it Tesco, Safeway, Asda
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Worth the Wait
In Tipping's Tipples, MIKE TIPPING heads to Harrogate to sample the wines of Waitrose. Until now, I have always deleted Waitrose off the list of stockists of wines which I've sampled for Tipping's Tipples. This isn't because I have a vendetta against
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All that glitters
THE William Webb Ellis Trophy made a flying visit to Malton and Norton RUFC yesterday - literally. The rugby union World Cup, which England skipper Martin Johnson so memorably hoisted aloft into the Sydney skies last November, was flown to the club's
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On the reptiles
Simon Ritchie comes face to face with a host of creatures at a mini zoo and rare breeds farm in West Yorkshire. IT'S unnerving to walk into a room of reptiles and find you can't see any of them. You know they're in there (unless they've escaped). You
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Vigorous Lee
YORK City assistant manager Lee Nogan has welcomed the competition for attacking places at Bootham Crescent this season even if it means he starts the new Conference campaign on the sidelines. Nogan, 35, was a virtual automatic choice last season, playing
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Rag to riches for ten causes
A HITCH-hike to Morocco will provide a highlight in this year's Rag fundraising by students at the University of York. During the past year's York Rag, students raised well over £15,000 to support their favourite local and national charities. The ten
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Recipe for hope in cancer battle
A TANTALISING event is being organised to help York cancer victim Chris Nelson in her extraordinary battle for health. Chris, 56, of Heworth, hit the headlines last year when she revealed she was planning to take almost 200 capsules and tablets - containing
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Giving it some hammer
The Athens Olympics are only a week away and one of the events which will feature on the athletics field is hammer throwing. A Bishopthorpe man and one of his former students are giving free lessions in York, so the Evening Press sent James Redgrave along
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The brain gain
LITTLE grey cells could be the big weapon in Steve Robinson's quest for a nap catch of title triumph at Pike Hills Golf Club tomorrow. The Malton and Norton GC professional strides into the York Union of Golf Clubs' Open championship boosted by a return
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Lifted by great rates of McGrath
Anthony McGrath is in the form of his life at the moment as he so clearly showed last weekend when he picked up 270 runs in two innings as well as achieving his best first class bowling figures of 5-39. Unfortunately, McGrath's contributions were still
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Plague of wasps on the way - expert
A PLAGUE of wasps could be on the way, a leading York expert has warned. New research suggests the explosion in wasp numbers may be due to a change in farming methods. Michael Archer, a former lecturer in animal behaviour and ecology at York St John College
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Vigorous Lee
YORK City assistant manager Lee Nogan has welcomed the competition for attacking places at Bootham Crescent this season even if it means he starts the new Conference campaign on the sidelines. Nogan, 35, was a virtual automatic choice last season, playing
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Simpsons fraud butcher jailed
A FRAUDSTER who lived a life of luxury after stealing almost £300,000 in taxpayers' money by setting up three bogus butchers was today beginning four years behind bars. Butcher Shaun David Stockhill, 34, was described in court as "greedy, selfish and
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You must be joking
A YOB who was jailed for terrorising a neighbourhood bus service has had his appeal against his sentence laughed out of court. Mindless vandal Kevin Iain Scott, 22, appeared at York Crown Court to challenge a two-month jail sentence he is serving for
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Leave our castles alone
BRITONS have always been renowned as free thinkers with inquiring minds. Throughout history we have questioned injustice and challenged authority to pursue our moral beliefs. We are a nation of non-conformists and a breed who don't like to be told what
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The brain gain
LITTLE grey cells could be the big weapon in Steve Robinson's quest for a nap catch of title triumph at Pike Hills Golf Club tomorrow. The Malton and Norton GC professional strides into the York Union of Golf Clubs' Open championship boosted by a return
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So good Sozi looks forward
KING of consistency Yusuf Sozi was rewarded for his solid efforts with the player of the month award for July prior to last Sunday's game. But while the supporters would not have been surprised to see his efforts rewarded, the powerhouse prop admitted
