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Knightmare
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar said his players were absolutely forlorn after they threw away the chance of promotion in a dramatic and ultimately heartbreaking play-off final. The Knights had turned around a 16-6 deficit to lead 30-16 with ten
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The politest pub crawl in town
LOCK up your daughters. Board up your windows. Keep pets indoors, livestock penned in and fathers sedated. Yes, it's Freshers' Week again. Or perhaps we should reconsider this stereotype. The idea that these young folk, freed from the parental leash for
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Keeping the city afloat
YORK only exists because of her rivers. Yet we largely ignore them. When the Ouse and the Foss make it into public debate it is usually centred on the threat they pose. Regular floods mean we see our rivers as a problem rather than a blessing. So we are
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Salad days
A York factory producing sandwich fillings and salads has been sold for a six-figure sum. Today the new owners promised that not only were 18 jobs at The Salad Garden Ltd safe, but the plant will double in size over the next two years. Alan Hawley and
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Stop the shouting
PAUL Hepworth is wide of the mark in his letter (October 7). Presently car owners have the right to go where they please, even into the centre of York provided they and their vehicles meet legal requirements. This is a privilege for which motorists pay
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Let's be modern
REFERRING to Mr Ogilvy's diatribe concerning foxhunting (Letters, October 5), I am neither pro or con but wish to make several observations. Tradition is important and we should be grateful that enthusiasts continue to uphold our British way of life.
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I'm not obsessed
I READ with interest the reply to my letter regarding hunting from A Ogilvy (Letters, October 5). If the writer had taken the trouble to read my letter carefully, he would have noted that far from being "obsessed" (and by implication very biased) in favour
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Knights 30, Halifax 34
FINALS Day at Widnes' Halton Stadium yesterday was always billed as a triple-header with three National League finals taking place. What nobody said was that one of them, the LHF Healthplan NL1 Qualifying Final, would involve three teams, as Halifax ended
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Be prepared
A NEW health building which should help to tackle York's "bed blocking" problems is gearing up to receive its first patients. In two weeks' time, 28 beds to care for people who do not need to be in hospital, but still require medical support, will be
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Bigger role for schools
EDUCATION chiefs in York have put together a framework to put schools at the "heart of the community". City of York Council's executive member for education, Coun Carol Runciman, and her advisory panel will meet tomorrow to discuss the "extended schools
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Plan for 15 flats wins go-ahead
PLANNING chiefs have given the green light to a block of 15 flats in York's central historic conservation area. The plan to demolish an unlisted two-storey building in Fetter Lane, off Skeldergate, and replace it with a three and four-storey property
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Burglar caught out by quick-thinking security guard
A SECURITY GUARD'S quick thinking has put a balaclava-wearing burglar behind bars for three years. Trevor Graham Ramsey, 31, and an accomplice staged a trans-Pennine raid on DHL's Clifton Moor, York, depot that had "all the hallmarks of a professional
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Lesley on trail for charity
A YORK woman was so moved by the plight of abandoned children in Eastern Europe and Africa she signed up for a sponsored charity event right away. And before she knew it, Lesley Chambers had agreed to hike 75km in four days at an altitude of up to 3,500m
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David praised for saving a point
YORK City boss Chris Brass has hailed teenage goalkeeper David Stockdale for his impressive recovery after a mistake that gifted Farnborough an early lead on Saturday. Andy Bishop's 81st-minute equaliser earned the Minstermen a point at Cherrywood Road
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Death riddle
DETECTIVES were today quizzing a woman over the "suspicious" death of an elderly York man. Police said officers were called to a house in the Tang Hall area after a member of the public made a 999 call last night. They discovered the body of a 72-year-old
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I'm just sweet on sweets
FOR some, it's heroin; for others, it's alcohol; for me, it's sherbet lemons. As addictions go, it's not exactly life-threatening. Although I have been known to momentarily lose concentration hurtling along the A64 at 70mph while fiddling with the wrapper
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Wilson's sad finale
YESTERDAY'S play-off final was the last game in the professional career of York City Knights prop Richard Wilson. The 29-year-old had already decided to hang up his boots but was hoping to finish with a triumph. "It's my last game for the club and from
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Farrell slams 'cocky' York
HALIFAX player-coach Anthony Farrell had a pop at York yesterday after his side beat the Knights 34-30 in the National League One Qualifying Final. The Evening Press believes there was little love lost between Farrell (pictured left) and the Knights following
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Way we were
Monday, October 11, 2004 100 years ago: A columnist advised his readers not to take up the idea that the Lord Mayor of York considered 17s per week (about £53 today) sufficient to keep a family upon. Some folks had put that interpretation upon a remark
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We've had another great year's racing
BOSSES at York Racecourse were celebrating today after record numbers of racing fans flocked to the city's Knavesmire for the second year running. In a major boost as the course gears up for Royal Ascot next June, they announced that a total of 289,391
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No longer in print
YORK has an ancient and venerable relationship with the printed word. The first printing press came to the city in about 1496, set up by the Dutchman Frederick Freez - only 22 years after William Caxton established England's first press at Westminster
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Knights of agony
OH, the agony. York City Knights had glory in their grasp only to let it slip in ten excruciating minutes. The players and fans will be continuing the post mortem today. But they should not dwell long on what might have been and instead look to what could
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'Just say no' is not the answer
I WAS greatly interested and deeply concerned by comments about the terrible circumstances regarding the death of Adam Lowry after consuming a number of alleged Ecstasy tablets (October 7). The family have my deepest sympathy over this awful situation
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It's a school path
OPPONENTS to the closure of St Peter's School path (Letters, October 5) forget that it cuts right through a school. A school means children. Children are vulnerable. They should be protected from today's violent society. Even in calmer times there was
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Harmful protest
DERWENTHORPE objectors first made their opposition heard on June 16, 2000 and have done so on a regular basis ever since, as regular readers of the letters page will know. Previously in June 2000 a decision was expected by January 2002 and "if all goes
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Good for OAPs
YOUR correspondent Mr Stratton (October 7) is only partly right in his claims about why the council turned down a request for funding to cover the administrative tasks associated with the Older Persons Assembly (we have received no recent grant application
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Purely parcels
MARTIN Vaughan's experience with the Royal Mail (Letters, October 7) ought to seriously worry that organisation's bosses, because in a generation's time, moving parcels will be about the only business it has left. Let's face facts. Until around two decades
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Two Tone
HAS somebody cloned Tony Blair or paid for a body double? I presume Mr Blair did the decent thing and waited five years for his minor heart operation, like the rest of us National Health patients, and is now enjoying the expert after-care facilities the
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Spot of bother
WHY would the discovery that women have four G-spots make things more difficult for men? Surely it's now four times easier to find the needle in the haystack. We can forget all this talk of G-spots. The most erotic location for any woman is deep inside
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David praised for saving a point
YORK City boss Chris Brass has hailed teenage goalkeeper David Stockdale for his impressive recovery after a mistake that gifted Farnborough an early lead on Saturday. Andy Bishop's 81st-minute equaliser earned the Minstermen a point at Cherrywood Road
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Bigger role for schools
EDUCATION chiefs in York have put together a framework to put schools at the "heart of the community". City of York Council's executive member for education, Coun Carol Runciman, and her advisory panel will meet tomorrow to discuss the "extended schools
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We've had another great year's racing
BOSSES at York Racecourse were celebrating today after record numbers of racing fans flocked to the city's Knavesmire for the second year running. In a major boost as the course gears up for Royal Ascot next June, they announced that a total of 289,391
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It's green for go - 11/10/04
THIRSK apprentice Philip Makin, who had a winner and received a ban at Newcastle yesterday, heads to Ayr tomorrow with hopes of gaining one without the other. Makin, who is attached to David Barron's Maunby yard, teams-up with his boss in the Serendipity
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MP presses for public inquiry
RYEDALE MP John Greenway has renewed calls for a public inquiry into a proposed new village on York's outskirts - after the Evening Press revealed that council chiefs stand to pay out £1.25 million if they pull out of the controversial scheme. Mr Greenway
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Heavy duty
A YORK soldier was heading for London today to give the stamp of approval to a commemoration of a famous British battle. Local Army recruiter Lance Corporal Julian McBride was due at the capital's National Army Museum for the launch of a new second-class
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Euro star Steve
EASINGWOLD sidecar ace Steve Webster's global domination of sidecar racing continued in Cartegena, Spain, when an easy second place was enough to land him the 2004 UEM European Championship. Going into the race Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead had
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Shepherd family in house dispute
MEMBERS of one of York's most prominent families - the Shepherd building tycoons - are embroiled in an amazing dispute over a planning application. Paul Shepherd, the former head of Shepherd Building Group, wants to build a large new house, but two neighbours
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Wilson's sad finale
YESTERDAY'S play-off final was the last game in the professional career of York City Knights prop Richard Wilson. The 29-year-old had already decided to hang up his boots but was hoping to finish with a triumph. "It's my last game for the club and from
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Farrell slams 'cocky' York
HALIFAX player-coach Anthony Farrell had a pop at York yesterday after his side beat the Knights 34-30 in the National League One Qualifying Final. The Evening Press believes there was little love lost between Farrell (pictured left) and the Knights following
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Woman, 21, dies in car crash
A 21-YEAR-OLD secretary from York has died in a car accident in County Durham. Rebekah Lucy Stephens, of Festival Flats, Fishergate, died when the blue Vauxhall Astra in which she was a passenger collided with a tree and overturned in a field at about
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Knightmare
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar said his players were absolutely forlorn after they threw away the chance of promotion in a dramatic and ultimately heartbreaking play-off final. The Knights had turned around a 16-6 deficit to lead 30-16 with ten
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Farnborough 1, York City 1
GOALKEEPING is not, in general, a young man's game. Footballing concensus dictates that the specialist position requires a mental strength superior to all others on a playing field. An ability to recover and learn from mistakes - so crucial to any keeper
