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Players show their gay side
THE premiere of one-man football show Gaffer! is attracting a knowledgeable crowd to York Theatre Royal. Last week Peter Taylor, coach of England's Under-21 team, watched the play. And the York City squad are also set to be invited. But tonight is a real
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Pock having a ball
POCKLINGTON RUFC need a rugby ball - the older, fatter and tattier the better. Pocklington are currently celebrating their 125th anniversary, and on Sunday December 5 they will stage a re-enactment of their first game of rugby in 1879 - when ten players
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Prison for sales bully
HIGH pressure salesmanship in a shop is unpleasant enough. In your own home, it becomes something else: bullying. When Paul Rawson's patter failed to persuade householders to part with large cash sums for a burglar alarm, he started badgering them. He
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Derby distress
Player-coach Simon Moat broke an ankle and leg as York Groves' derby duel at Selby Warriors turned to agony. The Terriers had battled hard and took full advantage of some poor Selby play in the first half to deservedly lead 18-16 at the break. However
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All Blacks fire up title tilt
NEW Earswick All Blacks inflicted a first Pennine League division two defeat of the season on title rivals Kippax with a breathtaking 32-4 win. Chris Judge and Jez Petch both bagged two tries each with Dave Carling and Alan Pallister also crossing the
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Brown and out
The pride of Yorkshire snooker was at home in Leeds today feeling totally browned off after the collapse of his bid to win the Travis Perkins UK Championship. Failing to pot the far from difficult brown under pressure in the deciding frame saw him lose
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New £1m business complex for York
AHEAD of the long-awaited regeneration of the Foss Islands Road area of York, which is still in the planning stages, York construction firm William Birch & Sons has completed the design and build of a £1 million office development there. The 8,000
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Don't dismiss new sacking procedures
Beware the new pitfalls when you want to sack an employee, warns NEIL MAIDMENT, partner and head of the employment group at Rollits. IT IS now almost two months since new statutory minimum procedures came into force for dealing with dismissals, some disciplinary
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Review: Josh Rouse, Pocklington Arts Centre
GIVEN Josh Rouse's recent success with the retro 1972, last night's acoustic evening was an appropriate throwback to an age when bands had to survive without the lifeblood of electricity. In the solemn provincial atmosphere, Rouse initially struggled
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Brass appointment is spot-on for City
YORK City club captain Steve Davis has applauded caretaker manager Viv Busby's decision to make Chris Brass first-team skipper in his absence. Davis hopes to return to action after a hip injury in the New Year but, in the meantime, he is pleased that
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The day Steve Davis met Steve Davis
ONE is hoping to stay on cue for success at the Barbican this week, while one is currently taking a break from sporting action in York, but snooker and football's Steve Davis namesakes met in the city yesterday afternoon. Davis, the snooker version, prepared
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Standing up to the bullies
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a new campaign to crack down on the blight of bullying at school. "I am the person you bullied at school. I am the person who didn't know how to be cool. I am the person that you alienated. I am the person you ridiculed and hated
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Go for argento - 23/11/04
Argento, a creditable runner-up at Wetherby last month, returns to the 'A1' course tomorrow with excellent prospects of going one better. George Moore's charge goes for the Rocom Clear One Handicap Chase over two miles and will again be partnered by Barry
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It's black and white - dock points
IN the wake of the repulsive racist treatment of black England players Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Cole and Jermain Defoe in Madrid last week there's been the predictably pallid responses from UEFA and FIFA. The respective governing bodies of European
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Clever bollard to stop rat run
PLANS to install an 'intelligent bollard' to prevent motorists using a housing estate as a rat run have been given the thumbs-up by residents. City of York Council looked at ways of stopping traffic jam dodgers, following concerns about vehicles using
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Homes market safe say agents
HOUSE sellers in York are "in safe hands" despite warnings that prices could plummet by 20 per cent over the next three years, according to estate agents in the city. Barclays, the UK's fifth-largest mortgage lender, set alarm bells ringing among buyers
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Reduced parking charges are just the ticket for motorists
MOTORISTS have given the thumbs up to new slashed charges for evening parking at council-run car parks across York. Residents can now pay as little as £1 to park for an entire evening in the city centre, while visitors must pay £2 under new charges that
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Kerr-plunk loss for Leeman as Cygnet sing
CYGNET 'C's Roz Kerr with a 20-dart game sealed their win in York John Smith's Ladies League division one against Leeman, who wrapped up the remaining games. Tracey Farmeary played a captain's role as Cueball snookered Cygnet 'A' 7-2, while Blacksmiths
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Barbican - we still won't quit
THE company behind the redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre says there is no question of it pulling out of the scheme, despite the latest setback. Andrew Cossins, who leads Barbican Venture (York) Ltd, told the Evening Press: "We have come too far
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Brass appointment is spot-on for City
YORK City club captain Steve Davis has applauded caretaker manager Viv Busby's decision to make Chris Brass first-team skipper in his absence. Davis hopes to return to action after a hip injury in the New Year but, in the meantime, he is pleased that
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Death smash driver's ruin
A YOUNG driver who killed an elderly cyclist while reversing his car on to a busy York road told today of his remorse over the accident he said had "ruined his life". Plumber Robert Collinson said he felt "terrible" about causing the death of 79-year-old
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Those against hunting are not ignorant of the facts
IN your report "Hunt fraternity vow to defy ban" (November 18), Meg Abu Hamdan, a follower of North Yorkshire's Middleton Hunt, vowed to disobey the hunt ban at the first available opportunity, believing it to be an attack on their civil rights. Also
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This porn does abuse children
Paul Hepworth writes of Charles Holdaway, convicted for possessing indecent internet images of children, "He did not... try to bring his fantasies to reality" (Letters, November 18). Unfortunately, that is exactly what Mr Holdaway and others convicted
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Mental puzzle
MR Martin is mistaken in his belief that vandals are "mentally defective" (Letters, November 12). Therefore his recommendation that they be sent to a "mental institute" (whatever that is) would be useless. Wanton violence is most certainly not linked
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They didn't listen
I AGREE with Bob McLaughlin's comments on the excessive cost of £11.3million for the A64 highway works at Bilbrough (November 17). About 20 years ago I prepared and submitted to the Highways Agency a simple, safe and cost effective solution. That proposal
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One useless route
I WAS amused at the sign in the flower bed near the walls on Lendal Bridge regarding First transforming travel. The number one route, for some reason, has been transformed into a nightmare for those of us living in Wigginton, Haxby and New Earswick. This
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"I knew I was going to die unless I started to eat again"
After battling with anorexia and bulimia, York mum Sarah Leckenby wants to help other people overcome their eating disorders. MAXINE GORDON reports. IT was Christmas Eve when Sarah Leckenby, then 20, found herself making a life or death decision. She
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What about parent care?
'CASH bonus for parents,' 'Help for stay-at-home mums' - I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels cynical about such newspaper headlines. They are intended only to grab votes before being forgotten. I've got newspaper cuttings going back years, with
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Way we were
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 100 years ago: A columnist exhorted readers to not forget to feed the poor sparrows this winter. They were the greatest enemies to slugs, snails, and other destructive insects, he reminded them, and it was a common mistake amongst
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You'll find me with the girls
MEN are so boring. Their dress is boring, their conversation even more yawn-inducing. That's why I prefer going over to the other side. I can safely make this damning criticism of the male gender content in the knowledge that no men read this column (
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Festival tickets on sale at double original price
ROYAL Ascot tickets are being touted at more than double their face value on the internet, the Evening Press can reveal. Grandstand and course badges for next year's premier event at York Racecourse are being offered at the exorbitant rates on auction
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Review: Pierre Hollins and Geoff Whiting - Other Side Comedy Club, City Screen, York
ON a bone-chillingly cold November night, York comedy fans were looking for some big warm laughs to help keep the icy snap at bay. The dark, dank Basement Bar, however, hardly proved the most welcoming of venues. Early birds huddled in corners refusing
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Pound saver
IT is funny how perceptions change. Not so long ago, the idea of a £1 fee to park in York at night - £2 for visitors - would have caused a real stink. Yet these new charges were welcomed by motorists last night. The reason? This price is considerably
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The day Steve Davis met Steve Davis
ONE is hoping to stay on cue for success at the Barbican this week, while one is currently taking a break from sporting action in York, but snooker and football's Steve Davis namesakes met in the city yesterday afternoon. Davis, the snooker version, prepared
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Venison supplier opens new factory
A North Yorkshire company which supplies UK caterers, retailers and mail order customers with venison starts production at a new purpose-built factory in Sherburn-in Elmet. The £750,000 investment means Holme Farmed Venison is doubling its staff from
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Zest for life
TWO friends who met at a North Yorkshire village mother and toddler group have now teamed up to give an extra boost to local food businesses. Jennifer Middleton who for two years has run PR and marketing consultancy, Lemon Zest, from her Cawood home has
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Planning To Succeed
IF you run your own company and your spouse gets an income from it, then you are now at risk. That flows from an Inland Revenue victory in a major court case recently. The classic scenario is that the husband runs a company and his spouse is a 50 per
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Tidy device wins award
A York company has landed the top prize in the npower Conservation Awards, organised by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, thanks to a device called Litterbuggy which helps keeps the countryside safe and tidy. Graham Walker, of Ecological Innovations Ltd, Newton-upon-Derwent
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Kevin aims to extend Beacon's role
BEACON Commercial, the new division of York-based hospitality purchasing specialist Beacon, has appointed John Booth as its new business development manager. As the purchasing division of Clifton Moor-based Best Western Hotels - the largest group of independently-owned
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Festival tickets on sale at double original price
ROYAL Ascot tickets are being touted at more than double their face value on the internet, the Evening Press can reveal. Grandstand and course badges for next year's premier event at York Racecourse are being offered at the exorbitant rates on auction
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Rail body blow
CAMPAIGNERS who want to breathe new life into a York railway line have hit out after Government chiefs announced a review of regional services. Members of the Minsters' Rail Campaign (MRC) said the move was designed to scare local authorities away from
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Oxton blues
CITY of York's hopes of moving in to the top four of the Northern Hockey League premier division were shattered by bogey team Oxton. The visitors arrived at Huntington School in fourth place, just one above York, who were without five of their regular
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Reopening of pool delayed
YORK'S Yearsley Swimming Pool will stay shut for at least another week - this time to allow for repairs to the ventilation system. Even after it reopens, it will need to close down again at a later date for another week while repairs are carried out to
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Derby distress
Player-coach Simon Moat broke an ankle and leg as York Groves' derby duel at Selby Warriors turned to agony. The Terriers had battled hard and took full advantage of some poor Selby play in the first half to deservedly lead 18-16 at the break. However
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Elsie, 84, calls time on 30 years at York pub
AFTER 30 years spent cleaning thousands of pint glasses, Elsie Casper has finally called time at the pub where she has worked since the days of platform shoes and bell bottoms. But the 84-year-old York stalwart is not being allowed to retire quietly from
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Brown and out
The pride of Yorkshire snooker was at home in Leeds today feeling totally browned off after the collapse of his bid to win the Travis Perkins UK Championship. Failing to pot the far from difficult brown under pressure in the deciding frame saw him lose
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Salesman preyed on elderly
A BURGLAR alarm salesman who preyed on elderly customers in York, North Yorkshire and elsewhere has been jailed for nine months. Paul Rawson, 40, spent four hours at one woman's house before she agreed to buy an alarm from Anglo-African Monitored Security
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First-class medics
AFTER living in York for more than 45 years, I have recently had to make several visits to York Hospital in Wigginton Road. I would like to say how much my wife and I have appreciated the first class attention I have received there, and the consideration
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A meal, a drink and a smoke - that's all I ask
How much I agree with Jack Merry, jovial landlord of the Tap & Spile and Ackhorne pubs (November 17) when he says: "Treat drinkers like adults and let them choose what's best for them." How sensible, how civilised. I have smoked since I was 17 - not
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Lies, all lies
PERHAPS another adage can be added to Ken Scaife's letter, when he wrote that there were three types of lies (November 16). Viz: "Figures can lie and liars can figure". I feel that many of us are heartily sick of statistics regarding crime, education,
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How ridiculous
I WROTE to you recently about the lack of NHS dentists in the York area. My wife is suffering from a severe swelling to the left side of her face, possibly caused by an abscess. I phoned the emergency dentist number and was informed that there wouldn't
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No gain for us
UNFORTUNATELY Mr Fairclough repeats the popular misconception that the council is financially benefiting from extra council tax income from new flats and houses built in York (Letters, November 17). The reality of the situation is that while every extra
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Lack of vision
IT is very admirable of Councillor Janet Looker to speak out about the relentless assault on the landscape of York which is fast becoming a concrete jungle of flats (November 13). Beautiful buildings are being bulldozed, to be replaced by ghettos of the
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Clive's not one
THE irony of Clive Booth's latest letter (November 18) is amusing if not a little disturbing. Mr Booth attempts to rise up above the supposed recent political slagging match in the letters column calling it a disgrace, before continuing in a similar vein
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Here's hoping
I WOULD like to draw readers' attention to a lovely little horse sanctuary situated on Leeds outer ring road. Hope Pastures horse and pony sanctuary is running a winter appeal as the costs of looking after larger animals in winter always goes up. There
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Reduced parking charges are just the ticket for motorists
MOTORISTS have given the thumbs up to new slashed charges for evening parking at council-run car parks across York. Residents can now pay as little as £1 to park for an entire evening in the city centre, while visitors must pay £2 under new charges that
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Topping therapy
Christine King makes hats to make you look good and feel good too, reports MAXINE GORDON. LIKE so many things, it started as a bit of a laugh. North Yorkshire homeopath Christine King had begun training as a milliner when a friend observed that not only
