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More players join Knights' crusade
YORK City Knights have bolstered their ranks by agreeing new deals with three more members of last season's squad. York RL stalwart Mick Ramsden has put aside any thoughts about retirement to carry on, as has fellow veteran Craig Forsyth, with the duo
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Preview: Circus Of Horrors, Grand Opera House, York, December 2
Just A Quickie with... a gothic waiter called Egor and the Girl In The Bottle, from The Circus Of Horrors. Egor, please introduce The Circus Of Horrors, purveyors of theatre, circus and rock'n'roll. "The show is a tongue-in-cheek mix between circus and
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Boot's kick in the teeth
BOOT and Slipper finally registered their first John Smith's York Sunday Morning Football League victory of the season - but still have nothing to show for it. Two own goals and strikes from Peacock, Goodrick and Bagley earned them a 5-0 victory at Turpin
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Taddy's route march
TADCASTER Albion boss Jim Collis has labelled the Northern Counties East League fixture list ridiculous ahead of his side's first of two quick-fire clashes with fellow high-fliers Sutton Town. Taddy - fresh from the media circus of their match against
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Boro in Crawley lane
SCARBOROUGH bid to end Crawley Town's unbeaten Conference home record tomorrow. Boro coach Nicky Henry has virtually a full strength squad available apart from defender Mark Hotte and 'keeper Peter Keen. He has signed Danny Haystead on a work experience
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Cabbies on the lookout
IF you see a car driving along otherwise quiet roads late at night, odds on it is either a police patrol or a taxi. No other civilian job involves the same mobility around the clock than that of the cabbie. So the new partnership between York's taxi companies
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Shopping news
TEN year olds always loved playing shop. Parents and siblings are cajoled into being customers as the young entrepreneurs sell the contents of mum's cupboard for plastic coins. These days, however, children prefer to be the buyers. And it is not a game
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Searching for a King
SUPER Scot Stephen Maguire is being spurred on by the pressure in his York bid for snooker glory. He swept aside world number nine Stephen Lee 9-4 at the Barbican Centre last night with a devastating display of break-building to march into tomorrow's
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Winner's delight at expert advice
ONE winner in this year's Evening Press Business Awards is receiving a bigger boost than expected. Rosie Ellis, of Easingwold set design, prop manufacturing and costume construction business Scenecraft UK Ltd, scooped the Young Business Entrepreneur Of
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Mini department store launched
MORGAN CLARE, the award winning Harrogate designer womenswear shop, has reopened after a £200,000 redesign, doubling the size of the shop to 3,500sq ft, to become what its owners described as a "mini-department store". The shop, in Montpelier Gardens,
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Boss Busby explains Yalcin position
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby has told out-of-favour Lev Yalcin to transform his training ground promise on to the playing field. Yalcin has started only two games this season despite the Minstermen's poor Conference form and has recently further
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Brazilian blend to stir up United
BRAZILIAN netbuster Magno Silva Vieira is likely to return to the Carlisle United line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash against struggling York City at Bootham Crescent. The 19-year-old striker has bagged eight goals for the Cumbrians since
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Mostly Autumn, Grand Opera house, York, December 1
"PICKING up passengers" may well be the hook line of the title track of Mostly Autumn's most recent album. But it also serves as a useful reminder that this is a band which, since its first release in 1998, has been constantly attracting new fans. Mostly
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Jazz notes
Wakefield Jazz has pulled off a real coup tonight (26th) in bagging the Avishai Cohen Quartet, an international touring band, fresh from the Glasgow Festival and Ronnie Scott's Club. Avishai came to international notice with Chick Corea's Original and
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Review: Enduring Love (15), Running time: 100 mins ****
IAN McEwan's novels are recognised as being difficult to translate to the screen. But Notting Hill director Roger Michell's film builds up an atmosphere of worry and unease that turns this drama-come-stalker-thriller into something special. The opening
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York gets tough on the bullies
THE man brought in to stamp out bullying in York is no stranger to school work. NSPCC education adviser John Stead has been appointed to the post of Anti-Bullying Alliance Regional Coordinator for Yorkshire and Humberside, a role he will carry out alongside
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Polo had a ticket from every car park
THE first vehicle to be clamped and towed away by City of York Council had been parked illegally in every single one of the authority's car parks, it was claimed today. The VW Polo - which had notched up an incredible 94 penalty charges for illegal parking
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Twickenham in Selby's sights
SELBY RUFC will be just three games away from a Twickenham final if they triumph on Saturday. Victory over Hereford in the Intermediate Cup fourth round at Sandhill Lane (2.15pm) will put them through to the last 16. Selby have been fortunate in that
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Gas site scheme placed on hold
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to clear a heavily-polluted York gas works for redevelopment has been put on hold. Councillors at last night's City of York Council planning meeting demanded more information on the potential use of a planned open space at the Heworth
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Cabbies to be police 'eyes'
UP TO 650 extra eyes and ears will be working to make the streets of York a safer place thanks to a ground-breaking new police scheme. Taxi drivers and hackney plate owners are the latest recruits to the North Yorkshire Police drive to bring everyone
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Searching for a King
SUPER Scot Stephen Maguire is being spurred on by the pressure in his York bid for snooker glory. He swept aside world number nine Stephen Lee 9-4 at the Barbican Centre last night with a devastating display of break-building to march into tomorrow's
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Minster bathed in colour as Christmas spectacular starts
THOUSANDS of people descended on York Minster to see the city sparkle with its dazzling new festive lights. The cathedral was bathed in the spectacular colours of Quality Street wrappers - in tribute to Nestl Rowntree, which made a huge donation towards
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Ashcroft to join City's youth club
TEENAGE midfielder Kane Ashcroft looks poised to start his first game of the season for York City against Carlisle United. Ashcroft's only previous first-team start came in the final game of last season at Swansea but Darren Dunning's suspension means
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Transplant patient puts his battle in song
THE young musician from York who sparked a huge search for a stem cell donor was today celebrating the success of his lifesaving transplant. Hundreds of people came forward to help Jamie Glover, 21, find a donor and give him a chance to overcome cancer
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Part-time plea
I live in Greenfield Park Drive, off Stockton Lane, and I am strongly against the proposed total closure of Straylands Grove to all traffic except for those who actually live in the immediate area. Yes, it has become an alternative route for frustrated
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Don't delegate
LOCAL democracy is ill-served by government regulations which encourage the delegation of councillors' duties and responsibilities to unelected members. I recently wrote to the chairman of the planning committee to express my concern. He wrote back informing
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Boost for crime
I AM not a huntsman, nor have I ever been on a hunt. However, I am a keen angler and I passionately believe that shooters and anglers must now stand shoulder to shoulder with the huntsmen. The 'antis' will not stop at fox hunting. Next it will be the
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What's local?
You appear to be making the same errors as the London nationals, that is, forgetting where your readers live and how far your boundaries reach (Turning the tables, November 24). Fulford School must be very proud of reaching 320 in the Sunday Times rankings
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Answers needed
I APPLAUD John Moore for managing single-handedly to save an ancient oak tree 30 years ago (Letters, November 22). Residents of Fulford were trying to do the very same thing with the copper beech trees at Connaught Court, but unfortunately he (and the
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Standards slipped
YOUR Saturday Soundoff by Mike Bentley sadly departed from the usual high standard of journalism your readers such as me enjoy. His attack on the Guardian, a newspaper which I have enjoyed reading since 1938 (incidentally the only newspaper at that time
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Mini tops
NEXT year's MINI models will also provide a number of new options giving owners the chance to personalise their cars. For the first time, MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper S convertible will be offered with a six-speed automatic transmission that includes
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Six appeal
IT IS a TDI hat-trick for the Audi A6 saloon range. A new 2.7-litre turbo diesel injected engine promising 41mpg economy at the combined cycle, coupled with class leading tax efficiency, running costs and predicted residual values joins the saloon range
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Blunkett in hole over drugs
ONE sagacious piece of advice is that when you are in a hole, stop digging. But it is too much to expect Home Secretary David Blunkett to heed that tip as he steps up the Government's stuttering war on drugs. The Queen's Speech included a Drugs Bill to
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Nothing going
Alex Lloyd reports on a York showcase for new bands and talents. IF the name Pigs rings a bell with you, then I may just have something that will quench your musical thirst. If all that springs to mind is pink, four-legged creatures, but you like a splash
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How we went back to school
Jo-ann Hodgson has fun on campus in the name of charity. DOING their bit for Children in Need, the university RAG charity organisation put on a Back To School disco last Friday, with all proceeds going to the heavily-publicised cause. The event was held
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Way we were
Friday, November 26, 2004 100 years ago: The weather was still affording a fruitful topic of conversation. Some remarkable changes had been experienced, for the county had passed from the severe into quite a humid temperature. The snow had almost entirely
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Minster bathed in colour as Christmas spectacular starts
THOUSANDS of people descended on York Minster to see the city sparkle with its dazzling new festive lights. The cathedral was bathed in the spectacular colours of Quality Street wrappers - in tribute to Nestl Rowntree, which made a huge donation towards
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Come in Apollo team of 1966
DO you remember what you were doing in June 1966? If you were preparing to win the World Cup, you are probably an ex-England football international. If you were engaged in the altogether more glamorous pursuit of filming the York Industries And Hobbies
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Preview: Mother Goose, Harrogate Theatre, until January 8
Introducing... Harrogate Theatre's new dame, Mother Goose Adam Stafford. Adam Stafford began acting at the age of six, managing to almost completely avoid school by doing television, film and theatre roles. He now acts, directs and produces, and this
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Town bid to halt slide
HARROGATE Town boss John Reed has deemed tomorrow's home clash with Runcorn the most important of his four-year tenure at Wetherby Road. Town have not won for five games and, while a victory could lift them to second, if their poor run continues they
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Twickenham in Selby's sights
SELBY RUFC will be just three games away from a Twickenham final if they triumph on Saturday. Victory over Hereford in the Intermediate Cup fourth round at Sandhill Lane (2.15pm) will put them through to the last 16. Selby have been fortunate in that
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All puffed up
A FLURRY of orders for organic ingredients in bakery and chocolate products has left a North Yorkshire firm with the sweet smile of success. Food Design Ltd, the Harrogate factory which supplies ingredients like toffee and fudge to go into foods like
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Shifts supremo set for Sundora challenge
IMPLEMENTING a new shift system to improve efficiency and increase production will provide a welcome challenge for Liz Dawson, the new Sundora Foods recruit. Liz has joined the Pocklington dried fruit company, which has 180-plus employees, as human resources
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Ashcroft to join City's youth club
TEENAGE midfielder Kane Ashcroft looks poised to start his first game of the season for York City against Carlisle United. Ashcroft's only previous first-team start came in the final game of last season at Swansea but Darren Dunning's suspension means
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Help at hand for debtors
PEOPLE caught in the spiral of debt in York now have a new champion. He is York-born Mike Horncastle, 41, who has been appointed development manager of York Credit Union Study Group - and he wants the help of the city's businessmen and women. Mr Horncastle's
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Abram Wilson Sextet, National Centre for Early Music, York, Dec 3
Abram Wilson is the latest experimental jazz star on the rise to visit York. He swaps musical tales with Charles Hutchinson. THIS is a golden new age for jazz. No, not the cappuccino froth of Jamie Cullum, Michael Bubl, Norah Jones and Katie Melua, but
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The Levellers, Grand Opera House, November 29
The Levellers reinvigorated the music scene in the 1990's. Inspiring songs such as One Way and albums like Levelling The Land and Zeitgeist spawned a worldwide following. In the years since, the band have continued to defy and surprise their critics with
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Have we all gone shopping mad?
With new research showing youngsters aged only ten are hooked on shopping, MAXINE GORDON wonders if we are turning into a nation of shopaholics. IT all starts innocently enough. Firstly, as a tot, going around town with mum as she goes from shop to shop
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Fighting chance - 26/11/04
Jumps racing fans will be in heaven tomorrow, with the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury and the Grade 1 Pertemps 'Fighting Fifth' Hurdle at Newcastle. Previous winners Intersky Falcon and The French Furze face tough competition at Newcastle. Ante-post
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Police fears on reform moves
POLICE rank-and-file leaders in North Yorkshire have joined a chorus of concern over controversial new moves to reform the service. Home Office chiefs have published a raft of potential changes aimed at creating a more efficient, effective and visible
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Racist attack pair jailed
THE son of a leading University of York academic is one of two men jailed for nine months over a racially-aggravated attack in the city. James Ali Afshar-Dodson, a former student union race relations officer and the son of the respected Middle East expert
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Pilgrim Margaret is laid to rest
THERE was laughter and sadness at the thanksgiving service in York for the life of Margaret Rose Haslam, one of the victims of the Jordanian coach crash tragedy. The service was held at Heworth Methodist Church, where Mrs Haslam worshipped with her husband
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PC leads the fight against conmen
A YORK community bobby has taken the fight against bogus callers and cheating tradesman to the doorstep of a city neighbourhood. Pensioners and other vulnerable people in New Earswick were given an insight into the "tricks of the trade" for criminals
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City scullers pipped
YORK City Rowing Club's quadruple scullers had to settle for second place despite breaking their fastest time for the event on the Ouse. They finished behind Nottingham and Union at the York Chambers Small Boats Head Of The River Race. The home crew surged
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Boot's kick in the teeth
BOOT and Slipper finally registered their first John Smith's York Sunday Morning Football League victory of the season - but still have nothing to show for it. Two own goals and strikes from Peacock, Goodrick and Bagley earned them a 5-0 victory at Turpin
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'Rats' shouldn't pay for bollard
I have just read your report of the proposed Straylands Road bollard (Clever bollard to stop rat run, November 23) and hang my head in shame. I am one of the 'bad people', a traffic jam dodger and also, apparently, a rat on a run! I admit it, I'm so sorry
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Guns not answer
IN reference to Mr and Mrs Taylor's letter (November 23), to say "those against hunting are not ignorant of the facts" and then write that it is more humane to shoot foxes is an absolute joke! Shooting is quick and painless if you're clever enough to
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Short life for 'pets'
I AM writing in response to your article about fox-hunting in which huntsman, Josh Bentley, refers to the hounds as being "like pets" (November 22). Unfortunately, what he fails to mention is that hunts will have their hounds put down in middle age when
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A better place to shop?
I hate shopping with my wife, I hate Christmas shopping. Put the two together and you can imagine the rest. But last Sunday I braved the cold, put on my best smile and did my annual Christmas shopping day with my wife. What a pleasure it turned out to
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Please explain
PERHAPS Mr Moore, as president of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, is in a position to answer a simple question which, to date, the RMBI has studiously ignored. The question is this: why was the RMBI's planning consultant involved in the process
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Wrong choice
SO Absolute Leisure had to withdraw its application for a late-night licence after failing to post legal notices correctly (November 18). The delay means refurbishment might not be completed in time for next November's snooker tournament and Festival
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Silence alarms
FOR the third night in a row I was woken up in the small hours of the morning by a burglar alarm going off, probably somewhere in Queen Anne's Road or North Parade. As with the previous incidents it took at least 20 minutes before the alarm was eventually
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Great show
Having just been to the opening night of the York Scout and Guide Association Gang Show at Joseph Rowntree Theatre, I must congratulate all concerned - the organisers, stage crew and of course the cast - for putting on a great show. It is refreshing and
