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We don't buy shops report
THE bald claim "York Needs More Shops", which was the front page headline of later editions of the Evening Press on Tuesday, is already stirring up a debate, as our letters page proves. Our take on the issue here at the Diary is threefold: 1 retail consultants
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United off mark
IT was third time lucky for CB United as they beat First York Yearsley 3-1 in the York Sunday Afternoon League second division. After losing their opening two games, United went ahead with a Rich Mills header. Yearsley equalised but goals by Rob Whitehall
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Acorn teens clip Dockers
York Acorn Under-16s produced a solid performance to outclass Hull Dockers 38-4 in the first round of the U16s Yorkshire Cup. Strong displays from props Chris Richardson, the man of the match, and Sam Swainsbury led the way, while the quick thinking of
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True Hew few
HEWORTH ARLC will be back to a full complement tomorrow night following the farce that befell the team last week. As reported by the Evening Press, only the bare 13 players turned up for the trip to Crosfields, which resulted in a sixth consecutive National
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Our hunger for McTherapy
IT strikes me that therapy is a bit like McDonalds. Here's how the argument runs. Thirty years ago, the first McDonald's branch opened in Britain. Since then, these American fast-food restaurants have sprung up all over the place, contributing to the
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Not wanted
THE retail report was commissioned by City of York Council, the owners of the site. It seems the council has not told Roger Tym and Partners some other basic facts. For example, the council is committed to reducing traffic coming in and out of the city
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More green space
WHY does York need new shops near Clifford's Tower? There are plenty of empty premises to vacate. Joe Public doesn't need a top-level study to understand this. York city centre shops are getting fewer customers because they are being inconvenienced by
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Who's paying?
I ASSUME PR Willey does not care about the level of tax he pays (Letters, October 11). He feels that doctors, nurses and soldiers should both increase in numbers and have greatly increased wages, pensions should also be increased and we should all retire
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Hand on heart
OF course PR Willey is right when he infers that Tony Blair misused his position by jumping the queue for his heart operation. Can Mr Willey though, with hand on heart, honestly say that given the same situation he would not have done the same? R Powell
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Pension solution
AN interesting and timely feature by Stephen Lewis on the pensions crisis, and good to hear the views of Age Concern and the Older Peoples Assembly (October 12). Just one observation: in considering the higher taxes option, the discussion focused purely
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Support business
HAVING had to come to terms with the introduction of the pay and display parking restrictions on The Mount and the effect it has had on our practice and our clients/visitors we now find the council is about to have a second go. We did at least have the
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McGurk boost for City
YORK City's on-loan defender David McGurk has been declared fit for Saturday's home game against Canvey Island and looks set to extend his temporary stay at Bootham Crescent. McGurk has recovered from the rib injury that caused him to miss the 1-1 draw
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Beckham's odd confession
DAVID Beckham's revelation that he got himself deliberately booked has caused controversy in the game this week and I must say it seems bizarre that you would admit to it. I know, as a manager, I would never, ever advise a player to get deliberately booked
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Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies, Doolally (Tantobie Records) ****
DOOLALLY is Jez Lowe's 14th album of original songs since his debut in 1980. Using his well-honed skills as a songwriter, the prolific Lowe transforms ordinary people, living ordinary lives in his native north-east, into universal characters. His band
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'A crying shame'
A YOUTH shelter lovingly restored by local children has been ruined by graffiti - again. Vandals have spoilt the newly-decorated shelter only days after pupils from New Earswick Primary School gave it an artistic facelift. The Evening Press reported on
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York 'A' play right moves
THE second round of matches in the Yorkshire Chess League produced three wins and one loss for the York teams. In the first division, the 'A' team, despite fielding a slightly weaker team than usual, comfortably beat Bradford Central 6-2. Richard Palliser
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Booth powers to European challenge
YORK athlete John Booth won the men's 50-59 age category in the 2004 Concept 2 British Rowathlon series and collected an entry to the European Indoor Rowing Championship. The top men and women from each age category in the competition won free entry to
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Glass attacker faces prison after blinding pub regular
A PUBGOER who blinded another man in one eye by "glassing" him is today waiting to learn if he will be jailed. Steven Dalton, 30, lashed out at Paul Anderson during a fight at The Junction pub in Leeman Road, prosecutor Ayshea Megyery told York Crown
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Go-ahead Wetherby to stage Flat racing
WETHERBY racecourse has announced plans to build a Flat track. The North Yorkshire venue has hosted jump racing since 1891 but racecourse chairman John Sanderson revealed the new proposals yesterday. Flat racing would be introduced alongside National
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Wrong flat!
Police say sorry after smashing their way into Tracey's home. A YORK woman was left fuming after a catalogue of police mistakes ended with her council flat door being smashed open during a botched raid. Embarrassed officers today apologised to Tang Hall
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Chance of plays in 2007
YORK'S world-famous Mystery Plays could be performed again in the Museum Gardens in 2007 - provided enough of the right people come forward to steer the project to fruition. A working party set up last year to investigate the feasibility of reviving the
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It's the annual invasion
JUST as it was by the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings, York is soon to be invaded again... by this year's influx of students. Approximately 10,000 freshers are expected to be leaving their friends and family at home and anxiously beginning a new
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Tommy's call up
Former York City Knights loanee Tommy Gallagher, of Leeds Rhinos, has been named in the Ireland squad for the forthcoming RL European Nations Cup. The 20-man squad, which includes four players from the upcoming domestic Rugby League Ireland competition
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Way we were
Thursday, October 14, 2004 100 years ago: The debate raged on about the Lord Mayor of York's comment that it was possible to bring up a family on 17s a week. The latest letter, in answer to "Anti-Humbug" supporting the Lord Mayor, was from somebody surprised
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Young Pikes shade top spot
A DAVID Thompson double-strike and Bradley Magson's goal ensured that Pickering Town 'A' top the York Mitchell League division one table on goal difference after a 3-0 victory against Poppleton 'A'. An own goal sealed Heworth's fate in a 2-1 defeat against
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Working it out in A&E
STAFF who work in York Hospital's accident and emergency department are on the very front line of the health service. But for years a lack of resources and organisational bottlenecks have prevented them from delivering treatments at the speed they would
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Beauty's a hero
YORKSHIRE has a new superhero. She has the speed of a whip, the heart of a lion and the fastest jaws since Murray Walker. Beauty the Jack Russell is a true wonder dog: a latter-day Lassie. When her master, Bill Agar, was faced with a knife-wielding intruder
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Sleepy milk
AN East Yorkshire farm which produces "sleepy milk" is a finalist in the Milk Development Council awards for dairy innovation. St Helen's Farm, on the edge of Seaton Ross, will be judged this week in the consumer products category for its Night Time Milk
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GNER Chief is promoted
CHRISTOPHER GARNETT, the chief executive of York-based GNER, has been promoted to senior vice-president of the rail firm's US parent company, Sea Containers Ltd. The promotion also makes him chief executive of Sea Containers' rail division and chairman
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Snap-happy Iain ensures wedded bliss with new web photo system
COMPUTER programmer Iain Fildes lives and works in Kelfield, a village without mains gas supply or a village shop - let alone broadband. Even so, Iain's company, Cyber Mill, has just launched Phosys, a new product that promises to boost the world of wedding
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York has had its 'Portillo moment'
CONSERVATIVE Party candidate for York Clive Booth must have been out of circulation for the past decade or so because I've got news for him ("Tories bank on Portillo moment," October 11). It's very poignant that he should mention Don Miguel Portillo because
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What's in store for city centre?
THANKS to City of York Council's far-sighted decision to commission a "top-level study", we learn that "York Needs New Shops" (October 14). Silly old us. We thought that there was quite enough traffic moving in and out of the city, that parking was already
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Protect our hall
CONGRATULATIONS on your double-page article about buildings that deserve preservation (October 6). It was particularly timely given the current climate of officially-condoned vandalism when a chairman uses his casting vote, traditionally reserved for
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Only alternative
IAN Drury wrongly suggested that Michael Howard stated that the Conservatives could not win the City of York seat at the next General Election (October 8). Mr Howard merely pointed out that the Conservatives could win the election without winning York
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Moor the merrier
DO I detect a river bus service for York for the future developing here ("Quay stage one", October 11)? What a way to travel. Refreshments on board, a relaxed atmosphere whether shopping or otherwise. I do hope other mooring points for the future might
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It's working
Working men's clubs are a great British tradition. But are they doing enough to survive in the 21st century? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. THERE'S a warm fug in the lounge of the Acomb Working Men's Club: drifting cigarette smoke mingled with the clink of glasses
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Go-ahead Wetherby to stage Flat racing
WETHERBY racecourse has announced plans to build a Flat track. The North Yorkshire venue has hosted jump racing since 1891 but racecourse chairman John Sanderson revealed the new proposals yesterday. Flat racing would be introduced alongside National
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REM, Around The Sun (Warner Bros) **
AROUND The Sun is, apparently, REM's way of expressing dismay at President Bush's Iraqi debacle. However, unlike Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle's post 9/11 statements of raging discontent, Michael Stipe's elegiac sentiments of regret and remorse don't
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The Wonder Stuff, Escape From Rubbish Island (IRL Records) **
WHATEVER happened to The Wonder Stuff? Few will care, judging by this return to the record shelves. There's no doubt that Miles Hunt can write a lyric, but 11 years in the wilderness hasn't knocked out that teeth-gnashing earnestness. Neither has three
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Mark Knopfler, Shangri-La (Mercury Records) ****
MARK Knopfler walks the other side of the road from fashion, always did in a sense. Yet the onetime Dire Straits frontman is distinctive, forming his own sound from fleet-picked electric guitar and intimate vocals. Shangri-La contains a strong selection
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The Delgados, Universal Audio (Chemikal Underground) ****
THE Delgados have laid to rest their flirtation with Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips and got over their fixation with death, phobia and depression on 2002's dark Hate. As their new album title suggests, the ever-progressive Scots set themselves the task
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Golfers beat rain with night of races
THE sporting spirit of a York golf club has raised £6,000 for St Leonard's Hospice - without any of the members playing a single stroke. Golfers at Pike Hills Golf Club were disappointed when their annual Hospice Golf Day was rained off twice. Determined
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Hospital boost
PATIENTS are flowing through York Hospital's accident and emergency department quicker than ever before, say health chiefs. New initiatives such as a minor injuries service and a drive to free up beds in other departments has meant that 96.78 per cent
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Chance of plays in 2007
YORK'S world-famous Mystery Plays could be performed again in the Museum Gardens in 2007 - provided enough of the right people come forward to steer the project to fruition. A working party set up last year to investigate the feasibility of reviving the
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Club treasurer admits theft
THE treasurer of a York social club has admitted stealing nearly £13,000 in takings. Susan Lewis, 49, was responsible for banking the weekly takings of Severus Social Club, Emma Pearce, prosecuting, told York Magistrates Court. But on some weeks between
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3 cut out of crash vehicles
THREE people had to be cut free from crash wreckage after an accident in York. Firefighters used cutting equipment to release the three casualties after the head-on collision, involving a Renault Clio and Suzuki Swift. The accident, which was one of three
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Jail warning for Nurse
A NORTH YORKSHIRE nurse today faces jail with her career in ruins after a jury convicted her of stealing hospital equipment, drugs and surgery cash. Donna Joan Sherratt, 42, a one-time York Hospital nurse, hoarded prescription medicines in her home as
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True Hew few
HEWORTH ARLC will be back to a full complement tomorrow night following the farce that befell the team last week. As reported by the Evening Press, only the bare 13 players turned up for the trip to Crosfields, which resulted in a sixth consecutive National
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You little beauty!
A FAITHFUL pet dog has displayed the ultimate loyalty to her elderly owner - by scaring off a knife-wielding intruder. Beauty, a Jack Russell terrier, sprang into action when Bill Agar was confronted by a hooded attacker on the doorstep of his home in
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McGurk boost for City
YORK City's on-loan defender David McGurk has been declared fit for Saturday's home game against Canvey Island and looks set to extend his temporary stay at Bootham Crescent. McGurk has recovered from the rib injury that caused him to miss the 1-1 draw
