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Why there is no merciful God
God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. If you believe that, you could knit fog.('So what's faith got to do with it?', January 6). There is no such being as God. If there were why would he allow all this suffering to innocent human beings
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Scrap the lot
REMOVAL of some street signs in and around the York city centre is to take place because they are cluttering streets and spoiling some areas. Why not remove all signs because most motorists and cyclists forget, or don't understand, them anyway? They drive
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Quieten down
My letter about the increased aircraft noise over our area ('Training planes shatter peace', Letters, December 31) touched a raw nerve, but much of the response is ill-informed and hostile. I am neither anti-American nor anti-RAF, but that does not prevent
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You could move...
READING the various letters of complaint about noise from Tucano aircraft flying from Linton-on-Ouse, I am reminded of the Australian joke. How do you know a plane load of poms have landed? When the engines are turned off ,the whining does not stop. I
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More time to drink... more misery
EXTENDED licensing hours can only lead to more trouble and misery. Most people who work or have worked, myself included, with problem drinkers must be worried and see it as a retrograde step. There must be a better way of stopping the ridiculous spectacle
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Earth is a legacy
I WRITE in response to the proposal to site two wind turbines at Escrick Park and I offer some facts about noise and environmental disasters. First let's talk decibels. Mr Clay asserts the World Health Organisation states that any noise above 30 decibels
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I don't condone it
IF Colin Heap (Letters, December 28) had read my letter properly, he would have seen that at no point did I condone my cats killing birds. This is something I have tried to stop. In fact my oldest cat has never caught one. I also do not think it is acceptable
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Not so Christian
WHAT a wonderful act of Christianity York Minster set by increasing charges when most people are giving all they can afford to the tsunami funds. E Roberts, Howe Hill Close, Holgate, York. Updated: 11:37 Saturday, January 08, 2005
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Heart-stopping moment for mum as wind overturns her child's buggy
THESE dramatic pictures capture the moments when a toddler's push chair was snatched from her mother's hands and catapulted into the air. Passers-by rushed to help the young girl, thought to be about two years old, after she was tossed across the ground
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Getting to the point
HAPPY new year and welcome to a slightly new-look Tipping's Tipples. It's out with the old five-star rating system and in with the new 20-point version. I've found the star system a little restrictive. A good wine would rate four stars yet so would a
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Now it's sex and... the suburbs
LAST year saw singletons around the globe mourn the loss of Channel 4's must-see show Sex And The City. The final episode where Carrie walked off into the sunset with Big had most female viewers in tears. We were elated for our heroine, but panicked by
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A look snack at the year
IN the past year we have reviewed 44 snack spots. Some were real gems. Some, well...! We visited a number of venues outside York. Some readers thought this may have been a direct result of the increased parking charges in the city. Not so. Without a doubt
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Something stirs
Gina Parkinson sticks her head outdoors and finds early signs of spring in her garden. THERE are signs of life in the garden and it is good to go outside after being cooped up during the festive season. Snowdrops, crocus and early daffodils are all beginning
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Girls' chance to train with City
ONE lucky under-14 girls' team can win a two-hour training session with York City's coaching staff as part of a national initiative. The side will also get 50 tickets to watch the Minstermen's home game with Woking on February 19. City are holding a competition
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Varying points of view
A MIXTURE of relief and empathy at Bootham Crescent will have greeted Wrexham's failure this week to reverse their ten-point deduction as a punishment for going into administration. On the one hand, York City's current perilous position two points and
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Donovan celebrates in fine style
KEVIN Donovan was the Preston and Duckworth Jewellers and Evening Press Player of the Month for December. The midfielder, who turned 33 last month, celebrated his birthday with a string of consistent performances, starting with a terrific individual goal
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Menace banned from estate
A NEIGHBOURHOOD menace who threatened police with a pickaxe could soon be free again instead of serving the two-year jail sentence his crime merited, a court heard. But Lee Raymond Powell, 19, will be banned for five years from the York estate he has
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Fast buck's to go continental
Young sprint sensation Richard Buck is chasing a golden ambition to become the fastest junior in Europe over 400 metres. The 18-year-old from Pickering rounded off 2004 with a bronze at the Junior Commonwealth Championships and already has his eyes locked
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Cadden world rule thwarted by King Khong
YORK'S Thai boxer supreme Richard Cadden was 'King Khonged' out of a coronation as world champion in the spiritual home of the sport. The 28-year-old Cadden spent three months in Thailand honing up on the sport he has graced in this country for the last
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Rock on Tommy
York City reporter Dave Flett resumes our series on the 1954-55 FA Cup heroes with the third round triumph at Blackpool. FORMER York City goalkeeper Tommy Forgan went from contemplating life on football's scrap heap to being heralded as an FA Cup semi-final
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Council tax result near
THE results of one of York's most important votes will be announced on Monday. The opinion poll will reveal the public's verdict on what level of council tax should be set for next year. Hailed by City of York Council as "one of the most ambitious budget
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High old time for Pyrah
Richard Pyrah, took some important steps forward in his Yorkshire career towards the end of last season - and now he has gone on to scale the heights. But his cricket ambitions still remain to be fully realised because his recent rapid climb up the ladder
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York on floodwatch as river rises
YORK was put on floodwatch today as heavy rain and gales battered the city. The Environment Agency was warning of flooding on riverside footpaths in York as well as at Linton Lock and at Naburn. While flood warnings were in place in those areas, the agency's
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Donations top £30,000 mark
DONATIONS to the York Aid appeal have topped the £30,000 mark as people across the city continue their fundraising efforts with gusto. Red Cross collectors, assisted by a number of local councillors, were due to be out in force in York city centre and
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I've made the right decision to stay with Knights - Sullivan
ADAM Sullivan could have been heading into the new season with Super League in his sights - but he instead stayed at Huntington Stadium and today declared it was "definitely the right decision". The 22-year-old prop, who played in York City Knights' final
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Siege man's life 'ruined by replica guns'
A MAN whose life fell apart after he sparked a dramatic armed police siege with a toy weapon said today: "Throw away your guns." David Roustoby, 29, said he had lost his girlfriend, home and job in the aftermath of the five-hour stand off in Heslington
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Donations top £30,000 mark
DONATIONS to the York Aid appeal have topped the £30,000 mark as people across the city continue their fundraising efforts with gusto. Red Cross collectors, assisted by a number of local councillors, were due to be out in force in York city centre and
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Decision-making at the heart of football
I AM probably in favour of goal-line technology at the highest level - Premiership, European games and World Cup. But that means that the vast majority of games played (99 per cent) would be without the technology, and most of these at local level with
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I've made the right decision to stay with Knights - Sullivan
ADAM Sullivan could have been heading into the new season with Super League in his sights - but he instead stayed at Huntington Stadium and today declared it was "definitely the right decision". The 22-year-old prop, who played in York City Knights' final
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Ferres content with squad
YORK City Knights are unlikely to make any new signings ahead of the friendly against Doncaster Dragons a week tomorrow, according to chief executive Steve Ferres. The Knights remain on the look-out for new blood to strengthen the 23-man squad, especially
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Hawnby walk
George Wilkinson looks forward to this year's Right To Roam legislation coming into effect and explores open access land around Hawnby. HAPPY New Year walkers, and a new year that, barring mishap, will see the Countryside and Rights of Way Act operational
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At least tidy up city's unsightly street signs
I SUPPORT the drive to remove street clutter from the city centre initiated by the York Civic Trust, (Evening Press, January 4) But why stop there? Many residential areas, and most of the main roads into York, resemble Steptoe's yard on scrap day with
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Lazy dog owners
WOULD everyone using the snicket between Hobgate and the shops in Acomb please try to discover who the dog owners are who don't clear up their dogs' mess? Some years ago the pavements on this route were filthy, but once the dog waste law was passed the
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Double escape
THE family of a joiner said he had an amazing escape after his car was hit TWICE by falling trees in today's gales. Andrea Bell said her husband was lucky to escape uninjured when his Mitsubishi Shogun collided with a fallen tree as he drove to work.
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Way we were
Saturday, January 8, 2005 100 years ago: An influential committee of York gentlemen was formed to promote an exhibition of old York views, and portraits of local worthies, to be held in March and April of this year, with a view to arousing interest in
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It's a shore thing
Mike Laycock takes a fly-drive camping holiday to Italy's beautiful Lake Garda. THE tradition when camping abroad is to load up the car and hit the road. Two or three days and a ferry crossing later, you arrive at a site deep in France. It has been an
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Rock on Tommy
York City reporter Dave Flett resumes our series on the 1954-55 FA Cup heroes with the third round triumph at Blackpool. FORMER York City goalkeeper Tommy Forgan went from contemplating life on football's scrap heap to being heralded as an FA Cup semi-final
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Dinner at the double
York chef James Lowe stops at S and T in his alphabet of food. SAFFRON is the most expensive spice in the culinary world. It adds a phenomenal golden-yellow colour to food but its flavour is hard to describe. Saffron is a subtle but distinct spice with
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High old time for Pyrah
Richard Pyrah, took some important steps forward in his Yorkshire career towards the end of last season - and now he has gone on to scale the heights. But his cricket ambitions still remain to be fully realised because his recent rapid climb up the ladder
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'To hear the camera was not working was like being mugged twice'
AS Aidan Pole recovered from a frenzied and unprovoked daylight attack he consoled himself with the knowledge that his attacker would have been caught on camera. The 24-year-old had been dragged to the ground and punched repeatedly in the head as he walked
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City parking fee row flares up
PLANS for a "monstrous" increase in York's short-stay parking charges will lead to a fall in city centre visitor numbers, a Labour councillor claimed today. Cash-strapped City of York Council is set to hike daytime fees at three central car parks - Bootham
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Hospital was put on red alert
YORK HOSPITAL has admitted for the first time that it issued a "red alert", after experiencing a record 111 emergency admissions in one day. The alert went out to partner organisations in health and community care during a hectic period after Christmas
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Tad out after cup mishap
TADCASTER Albion have been kicked out of the Northern Counties East League cup on a player eligibility technicality. The Brewers were due to take on Selby Town in the third round on Tuesday but have been replaced by second round losers Gedling Town after
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City parking fee row flares up
PLANS for a "monstrous" increase in York's short-stay parking charges will lead to a fall in city centre visitor numbers, a Labour councillor claimed today. Cash-strapped City of York Council is set to hike daytime fees at three central car parks - Bootham
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Follow Ground Force to Marrakesh
THE Ground Force team did it, and so can you. If you watched the garden makeover programme between Christmas and New Year, you will know exactly what I am talking about. Marrakesh, the legendary city beneath North Africa's Atlas Mountains, was the destination
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La Tasca, 21 Back Swinegate, York
THEY say small is beautiful and in the case of the city's new tapas bar, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Back in November, La Tasca opened its heavy double-glass doors on to Back Swinegate, in the heart of York's trendy going-out zone, The
