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Keeping safe on bonfire night
Bonfire night can be fun, but City of York Council's Environmental Protection Unit (EPU) are warning that bonfire smoke can damage your health, harm the environment and cause a nuisance to others. The EPU is advising people to be particularly careful
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Times they are a-changing
YOU don't have to jet around the world to cross a few time zones - just walk from one end of York city centre to the other. Five years ago, Evening Press Chief Reporter Mike Laycock took to the streets to check out public timekeeping in York. He discovered
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Review: Chicago, The Musical, Grand Opera House, York, until November 6
THE Lord Mayor was there, and the Sheriff, and the grand Dame from the other place, Berwick Kaler. York royalty, as it were, had turned out for the press night of the biggest Grand Opera House show of the year. Full to the gills, the auditorium was airless
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Trapped in York traffic snarl-up
I HAVE just returned from visiting the graves of my parents in the village of Wensley some 55 miles from my home. My wife and I left Wensley at 3pm on Tuesday, arriving at the Clifton side of York at 4.30pm. As the radio traffic updates had notified us
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Sound premises
I HAVE read with interest the letters from some Alne residents expressing their displeasure at the possible termination of the trial of new flight patterns flown from RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Like them, I support the RAF. Most correspondents have stated a
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Why should we all suffer?
I READ with dismay news of the closure of Walmgate Bar to traffic (October 22). Because of a few incompetent van, lorry and bus drivers driving without due care and attention York residents and tourists are to be totally inconvenienced. Whenever the vehicle
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Lock them away
YORK head of youth services Paul Herring commented on how wrong it was for kids to go on the rampage in Chapelfields because they said they were bored (October 19). Kids have been bored for years. It's just that, due to the interference of numerous do-gooders
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MPs' gravy train
AS a pensioner on a fixed income I find the levels of expenses claimed by our MPs, and more especially our own MP, to be a scandal. I find it thoroughly objectionable that so much is wasted on furnishing our MP with a huge 57p-a-mile petrol claim while
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Why they smile
NO wonder we are short on cash. The MPs have it all. I've always believed in equal rights and I've often wondered why all MPs wear a smile while the rest of the population walk round miserable. No need to wonder anymore; I've got the answer. Mrs R Topham
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Potted history
I AM heartened by the obvious concern of some readers for our environment (Letters, October 14). There is already a plant available to man which will grow anywhere in the world and which could, within ten years, make a significant impact on the damaging
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Perfect pin
IN response to Charles Hutchinson's review of Pinafore Swing (October 20) I must come to the rescue of this brilliant adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore. Having read his review I hesitated in parting with my money, but intrigued to see
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Promising signs
EARLY days, certainly, but this year's fireworks season has begun in relative calm. No sign yet of the exploding telephone boxes and wheelie bins which brought terror to many York streets 12 months ago. That suggests that the new legislation is working
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40 new jobs on the way
A huge new growth spurt with an extra 40 jobs is about to take place at Northminster Business Park in York, with possibly 110 more to come within the next two years. The latest phase is reaching fruition - part of a massive speculative building programme
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More trees, please!
More buildings at Northminster Park, York, means more office blocks named after trees - which means yet more work for Johnsons of Whixley. The firm, which is a finalist in this year's Evening Press Business Awards, is one of Britain's biggest providers
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Bright sparks at electronics company
COLLEAGUES at a North Yorkshire electronics company have celebrated achieving their NVQ qualifications in procurement. Jane Cowper, Sara Elsworth and Julia Robinson, of GSPK Electronics Ltd, attended a special ceremony at their headquarters at the GSPK
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Breaking free...
LUCY Croucher, managing director of Harrogate chemical industry consultancy JSC, has staged a successful management buy out (MBO) from its US parent company. The business, operated by 20 staff in Windsor Court, near Harrogate's Valley Gardens, advises
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Helping hands make all the difference
Saturday is Make A Difference Day, when volunteers across the country will be celebrating the work they do. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. GRAHAM Pearson rests his pruning shears on the ground and straightens up. "They say New York has Central Park and York has
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FA Cup kids get in free
KIDS heading to Brunton Park for Saturday's FA Cup match at Carlisle will be let in free as Carlisle United go for a new fourth round qualifying record attendance. The Conference side, relegated along with York City from Division Three last season, have
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Porter saves point
RESERVE goalkeeper Chris Porter made a last minute penalty save to earn York City a 2-2 draw at Darlington. Youth striker Robbie Haw fired the Minstermen ahead at the Williamson Motors Stadium on the stroke of half time, and Lev Yalcin responded to the
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Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill (Domino) *****
"GIVE ME one good reason not to do it..." Lines like this from King's Crossing mean the last album from Elliott Smith will always be pored over as an extended suicide note from its creator. Smith died a year ago, from a knife to the heart. The wounds
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Guided By Voices, Half Smiles Of The Decomposed (Matador) ****
ROBERT Pollard, Guided By Voices' lone constant voice and prodigious songwriter, curses the "common human tendency to grow tired of something if it hangs around too long". After 20 odd records, he has killed off his idiosyncratic band from Dayton, Ohio
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Ray LaMontagne, Trouble (Echo) *****
Fusing the sounds of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Otis Redding with ease, Ray LaMontagne clearly got more than his fair share of the talent genes when the gods were handing them out. Trouble, the singer-songwriter's debut album, is an instant classic,
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Elvis Costello, Almost Blue (Edsel) ***; Goodbye Cruel World (Edsel), original album **, bonus disc
NO one takes care of unfinished business like Elvis Costello, not even The Sopranos. He already has re-released "our worst record", 1983's Goodbye Cruel World, once before and now he is scratching again at this old sore. "With the benefit of a little
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40 new jobs on the way
A huge new growth spurt with an extra 40 jobs is about to take place at Northminster Business Park in York, with possibly 110 more to come within the next two years. The latest phase is reaching fruition - part of a massive speculative building programme
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Bin your litter
YORK'S major employers and retailers are being called upon to help keep the city's streets clear of litter, chewing gum and cigarette ends. The plea comes from City of York Council and York Business Pride, urging more than 600 employers to examine the
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Death of sporting all-rounder Ken Lockwood
KEN Lockwood, a well-known former cricket and rugby union player in York, has died at his home in Fulford. He was 87. Mr Lockwood, who was educated at St Peter's School, played cricket for Rowntree's before the 1939-45 World War. He played rugby union
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Shops caught out in sting
A SMALL number of York shops are still selling fireworks to under-18s - despite a nationwide crackdown on their purchase and use. The Evening Press joined council trading standards officers and a teenage volunteer on a day of carefully-planned "test purchase
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FA Cup kids get in free
KIDS heading to Brunton Park for Saturday's FA Cup match at Carlisle will be let in free as Carlisle United go for a new fourth round qualifying record attendance. The Conference side, relegated along with York City from Division Three last season, have
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Probe continues into rush-hour traffic chaos
AN investigation was continuing today into why drainage work started during the rush hour - causing traffic chaos in York city centre. Hundreds of frustrated motorists suffered massive delays on Tuesday after engineers began repairing a drain in Fulford
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Looking up to the top
ARSENAL going 49 games unbeaten in the Premiership is quite an achievement. I think it was ten games ago that people were talking about Sunday's game against Manchester United as being potentially the one where the record would finish. It just shows the
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Dan and Patterson join Knights' crusade
YORK City Knights have pulled off the second double coup in the space of 24 hours by winning the chase for ex-Super league star Dan Potter and also recruiting highly-rated Lee Patterson. York-based Potter was playing in the top tier with Widnes Vikings
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Way we were
Thursday, October 28, 2004 100 years ago: The York Fire Brigade had to take the engine down a steep bank behind Sheriff Hutton Castle, and it was a bit of a job getting it up again. Five horses were tried first of all, but they "jibbed", and a farmer
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Not notorious
SO I'm going to be held accountable for the carriageworks closure, the introduction of the council tax, student loans and the 'destruction' of the NHS (Letters, October 19). I'm flattered by the Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate's assessment of my notoriety
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Water worries
WITH reference to your story "Decision on Flats Deferred", (October 23), I notice there is concern about additional surface water created by the proposed properties. There are also further concerns about putting water from the Pilcher Homes development
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Travel shock
AS a young mother who has to travel to work by bus at my own expense I was absolutely shocked by the amount that our Members of Parliament receive in travel allowances, amongst other expenses (October 22). What stunned me even further was that our own
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Delightful treat
AS a result of your article on the Jessie's Fund weekend including Victoria Wood (October 22), I went to Borders bookshop on Saturday. What a delightful treat! Browsing leisurely among books, and then listening to beautifully-played music while enjoying
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We should have a choice on retirement
FEW of us would disagree with pensions minister Malcolm Wicks that age discrimination in employment should be challenged (October 22). But we can't help noticing how the Government's enthusiasm for older working happens to coincide with huge public concern
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Making our streets safer
IT is a bold claim to make. Jane Mowat, of York Safer Partnership, wants to make the city 'beggar free'. If this can be achieved - and it is a big if - residents and visitors will be very grateful. Begging has become a serious problem in recent years.
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It's all o-Kay for Acorn
YORK Acorn boss Dave Kay has urged his side to hit the heights once more as they look to stay on the coat-tails of the National Conference League division two pace-setters. The Blue and Golds are two points off the leaders with a game in hand, but while
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Park life to test Warriors
Selby Warriors' title credentials will come under scrutiny on Saturday when they take on Park Amateurs in a top-of-the-table clash at Sandhill Lane (ko 2.30pm). Park head Pennine League division five on points difference from Bank Top Harriers in second
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Greenall for go - 28/10/04
Tom Greenall, who rode two winners at Sedgefield yesterday, can carry on the good work tomorrow on the first day of Wetherby's exciting weekend programme. Greenall, a son of Aintree chairman Lord Daresbury, and attached to Mick Easterby's Sheriff Hutton
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Kings Of Leon, A-Ha Shake Heartbreak (Hand Me Down) ****
KINGS Of Leon clearly haven't read the script concerning 'difficult' second albums. Released next Monday, A-Ha Shake Heartbreak has taken their Seventies' stoner rock and fuzzy blues to a new level and is a huge leap forward from the breathless, albeit
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James Yorkston and The Athletes, Just Beyond The River (Domino) *****
AT TIMES almost unbearably tender, this deeply poetic modern folk album still has flint in its soul, especially in lyrics that speak of heartbreak and damage. The music moves on from Yorkston's acclaimed debut, Moving Up Country, to a calmer, yet oddly
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American Music Club, Love Songs For Patriots (Cooking Vinyl) ****
"LADIES and gentlemen it's time, for all the good that's in you to shine." So sings San Franciscan lyricist Mark Eitzel as his angry call to arms - a rumbling bass and an anarchic, discordant piano - launches American Music Club's first record in ten
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The Czars, Goodbye (Bella Union) ****; Devendra Banhart, Nino Rojo (XL Recordings) ***
IF you have not yet said hello to The Czars, from Denver, Colarado, then please make your acquaintance with their third album, Goodbye. Once introduced, you will not wish to be parted from John Grant's hushed baritone or the sumptuous, gracefully baroque
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Gridlock fears over closed bar
FEARS have been raised of more massive traffic queues in York, when controversial plans to close one of the city's busiest junctions come into force next week. Historic Walmgate Bar will be closed to all vehicles except bicycles from Sunday, to prevent
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Bells back after 20-year silence
Church bells are ringing out again in an historic area of York, following a 20-year silence. The two bells at Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, have not chimed since at least 1984, after they were declared unsafe. Now Sunday morning churchgoers are once
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Police back path closure
SCHOOL chiefs in York who are campaigning to close a footpath have been backed by police, who warned it was a security risk EIGHT years ago . A letter by Jim Shanks, North Yorkshire Police architectural liaison officer, to councillors considering a plan
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'The sports club is in a dreadful state.. it opened two years ago'
VANDALS and dog walkers not clearing up after their pets have caused a £300,000 sports club near York to go "straight down the tubes", just two years after it opened. The Strensall Sports Association opened a new pavilion in Durlston Drive in the village
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Blitz on beggars
A YORK crime-fighting leader today pledged to use a £25,000 Government cash boost to make the city "beggar free". Jane Mowat, who heads Safer York Partnership, said the money will be injected into a drive to clear the city of the unwanted beggars. York
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Webster plans youthful revolution at New Earswick
NEW Earswick Bowls Club are ready to give youth a chance, writes Dave Flett. That was the message from newly-appointed full-time stadium manager Andy Webster this week as he announced plans to team up with the area's schools and widen the sport's appeal
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Fund to help war veterans tops the £10,000 mark
AN APPEAL fund which supports Second World War veterans and their families has been pushed over the £10,000 mark for the first time, thanks to a North Yorkshire flight sergeant. Dougie Lee, an air traffic controller at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, produced
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It's all o-Kay for Acorn
YORK Acorn boss Dave Kay has urged his side to hit the heights once more as they look to stay on the coat-tails of the National Conference League division two pace-setters. The Blue and Golds are two points off the leaders with a game in hand, but while
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Dan and Patterson join Knights' crusade
YORK City Knights have pulled off the second double coup in the space of 24 hours by winning the chase for ex-Super league star Dan Potter and also recruiting highly-rated Lee Patterson. York-based Potter was playing in the top tier with Widnes Vikings
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Stabbing horror in York street
RESIDENTS in the street where a York man was left bleeding after a vicious knife attack have spoken about the horrific incident. A man, said by locals to be 29-year-old Lee Pickard, of Prospect House, Bishophill Junior, was rushed to York Hospital after
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Parking badge rush expected
Parking in York city centre on an evening is about to become a whole lot cheaper - following the success of the Evening Press's Stop The Highway Robbery campaign. But just how much cheaper depends on whether or not you live inside City of York Council's
