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Rovers are back on top
Huntington Rovers jumped back into second spot in the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division with a 5-2 home win over T & L Selby. Playing with the wind in the first half, the home side opened the scoring after 12 minutes when a Rob
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Long way to top for Selby
SELBY Town went top of the Northern Counties East League premier division after a hard-fought 3-1 win over Long Eaton at Flaxley Road. The Robins started well and took the lead after just three minutes when Adam Wash hammered in a powerful shot from 15
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Make room on buses for us
I write in response to the letter regarding buggies on buses by Mrs M Pierotti (Evening Press, January 7). Although I have sympathy for the lady for her bruises, I wonder what she would have mothers or fathers do instead of bringing buggies on to buses
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Poor deal
In an article (Rises are out of our hands says Galloway, Evening Press, January 7,) our esteemed council leader, Steve Galloway, states that the tax problem in York is out of his council's hands because of the poor grant that the city receives from central
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Any questions?
I AM writing a book for parents who would like their children to go to college or university. As a parent, what information would you like to see in this book? Is there anything about the education system you don't understand? What are your hopes, fears
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Trek for sick kids
AS a patron and loyal supporter of the national children's cancer charity, CLIC, (Cancer And Leukaemia In Childhood), I urge readers to take on a challenge to support children with cancer. Every day in the UK five children are diagnosed with cancer or
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Music for peace
MRS Goodrick (Bad timing for Britain, Benjamin', Letters, December 31) seems unaware that Sir Benjamin Britten, the composer of many operas and other works and his contemporary, Sir Michael Tippett, who composed the oratorio A Child Of Our Time, were
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Christians should pay for upkeep
Malcolm Graham Smart defines the purpose of York Minster as 'a base to which people come to experience the Christian vision', and then directly contradicts himself by stating that 'English churches do not belong to the Church of England, but to the people
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Malton lose to penalty in the closing seconds
A penalty in the dying seconds of the game saw Malton and Norton RUFC pipped 23-21 at home to North 2 East leaders Westow. Both sets of players put on a display of rugby which made a mockery of the terrible conditions. Against all advice, Westoe decided
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'Gate look better
ALTHOUGH the 14-8 defeat at home to table-toppers Doncaster was Harrogate's eighth defeat in nine National Two games, they gave a much improved performance. Harrogate, third from bottom of the table, looked for long periods the better side. Doncaster
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Pock win to go second in table
Pocklington took advantage of the inactivity of their nearest rivals to move up to second place in the Yorkshire 2 table thanks to a 23-9 home win over bottom club Scarborough. There were lots of locsl games called off and the Pocklington crowd was boosted
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Acorn storm home
No-one likes to blame the wind but it really was the key factor in Saturday's National Conference League division two derby which ended 32-12 in York Acorn's favour. Seagulls, whose normally voracious appetite for scavenging would have propelled them
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Viv hails kids
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby hailed his young guns after Saturday's 2-2 draw at Conference play-off hopefuls Stevenage Borough. Midfielder Byron Webster, 17, scored his first senior goal at Broadhall Way while fellow teenagers Michael Staley, Jon
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Could Tax be a showstopper?
Government bosses say extra licensing fees for events like such as rural shows and music festivals will protect the public. CHRIS GREENWOOD investigates what the costs actually mean. THEIR voices come through loud and clear. Opposition politicians say
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Beyond the call of duty
WORKERS in Yorkshire are gifting their employers more than £1.89 billion worth of unpaid overtime every year. That, according to an analysis of official statistics by the TUC, amounts to an average of £4,103 of free overtime for every employee in the
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Forward thinking reaps rewards for Yorkshire
YORKSHIRE FORWARD has been ranked among the best in the world for the way it sells the region to potential foreign investors. Compared with more than 150 investment promotion agencies (IPAs) across the world, Yorkshire's regional development agency was
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Let's spend it like Beckham
MOST of the clothes in my wardrobe are older than my children. And I hadn't even met their father when I bought some of the shoes. I think we can take it as read then that I am not a shopaholic when it comes to fashion. Something that would be blatantly
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Man glassed old friend
AN ELECTRICAL engineer has escaped a jail sentence for glassing a former friend in the face, but must pay him £750 compensation. Laurence Christopher Stark, 20, claimed that he did not realise he had a pint glass in his hand and was only acting in self-defence
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MPs back York over booze-fuelled crime
YORK leaders who fear that a tide of booze-fuelled crime is engulfing the city have won the backing of four North Yorkshire MPs. City bosses called on national politicians to help them lobby for extra powers to control binge drinking, discounted alcohol
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Hospital phone mast plan row
PEOPLE living close to York Hospital have raised health concerns about plans to site mobile phone masts on its roof. T-Mobile wants to enhance its network coverage by putting six telecommunications antennae and three transmission dishes and other associated
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Abandoned cars list kept secret
COUNCIL bosses have drawn up a blacklist of York streets where cars are most likely to be abandoned - but are keeping it secret. During 2003/04, City of York Council removed 240 abandoned cars which were considered to be of little or no value, many of
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£13,000 for appeal
RED Cross volunteers collecting for the Asian tsunami appeal raised more than £13,650 across York and North Yorkshire this weekend. Bucket collections at Tesco supermarkets at Clifton Moor and Strensall, in York, and Thirsk, Scarborough and Northallerton
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5% council tax rise on cards
COUNCIL tax looks set to rise by five per cent in York, after a decisive vote in favour of the increase by residents. With more than 7,000 ballot cards returned to City of York Council, it emerged today that a two to one majority had opted for the lowest
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Acorn storm home
No-one likes to blame the wind but it really was the key factor in Saturday's National Conference League division two derby which ended 32-12 in York Acorn's favour. Seagulls, whose normally voracious appetite for scavenging would have propelled them
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Rovers are back on top
Huntington Rovers jumped back into second spot in the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division with a 5-2 home win over T & L Selby. Playing with the wind in the first half, the home side opened the scoring after 12 minutes when a Rob
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Rock legend Rick Wakeman once sold out Madison Square Gardens. But when he busked in York, he made o
A ROCK legend who plays to massive audience earned only 14p when he busked in York. When Rick Wakeman - keyboard player with rock band Yes - busked for half an hour in York city centre, all he attracted was a few glances and a few coppers. Rick, better
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Viv hails kids
YORK City caretaker boss Viv Busby hailed his young guns after Saturday's 2-2 draw at Conference play-off hopefuls Stevenage Borough. Midfielder Byron Webster, 17, scored his first senior goal at Broadhall Way while fellow teenagers Michael Staley, Jon
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Gridlocked
THOUSANDS of rush-hour commuters faced chaos in York today after a series of incidents paralysed an area of the city. Police closed part of Hull Road, creating massive queues, after a scooter rider and a lorry were involved in a head-on collision near
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Aid gathers pace as cash pours in
The Evening Press has been inundated with phone calls from people organising fundraising events and businesses making donations to help the York Aid appeal and national tsunami disaster appeal. During the weekend, supplies of Harrogate Spa Water jetted
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Please visit again
HAVING lived and worked in Phuket, Thailand, for a year and having visited six weeks ago, I watched in horror as the tsunami hit. But unlike most of the rest of the world, my panic was for the foreigners (such as us), living in Phuket. People who have
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Double trouble for our Steve
IT was a question that divided York - well almost. Does our dear council leader Steve Galloway look anything like that meat munching TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall? Apparently not was the answer that coursed down the Evening Press phone lines, filled
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Ouseburn suffer as Service charge on
Ouseburn have suffered their first defeat of the season in division two of Leeper Hare York and District League. They were beaten 2-1 at home by Civil Service, a team that could not buy an away win last season but have now recorded their third win of
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Front two soar clear of the rest
The top two sides in Leeper Hare York and District League division three have edged five points clear of the rest of the pack after they both secured wins by the odd goal. John Dent gave Huby the lead at leaders Sheriff Hutton, the first goal they had
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Kartiers endure third defeat in a row
Kartiers lost only three Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve 'A' games last season, but their 2-1 home defeat to New Earswick was their third consecutive defeat of the present campaign. First half goals from Mark Crangle and Paul Barker gave
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Please visit again
HAVING lived and worked in Phuket, Thailand, for a year and having visited six weeks ago, I watched in horror as the tsunami hit. But unlike most of the rest of the world, my panic was for the foreigners (such as us), living in Phuket. People who have
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On the cards
Paul Blanchard's views about the "realities" of ID cards and terrorism reminds me of his statements on Iraq. Thanks to your excellent online archive I am able to re-read Mr Blanchard's letter of Wednesday January 29 2003. He said "Saddam is developing
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Thanks from Santa
THE management and staff of the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, would like to express their sincere thanks to Full Sutton Flying Club for flying Santa to the museum for our annual Santa's Plane events, held in the run-up to the festive season. I am sure
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Selby score first league win in seven games
Selby's New Year started with a much needed and well-deserved 8-5 Yorkshire 1 win at Old Crossleyans. In high winds and with treacherous underfoot conditions a try and penalty by Selby's promising Academy player Dan Porter gave Selby an 8-0 lead at the
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Way We Were
Monday, January 10, 2005 100 years ago: The "Kilties" Band from Canada was to visit the city later in the month, giving two concerts in the Exhibition. It comprised of 50 musicians, six Highland dancers, three pipers, four military buglers, a male voice
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Lost and found
YOU can almost feel the frost from these wintry scenes. They show York two centuries ago. One depicts the old Ouse Bridge as it would have looked in 1807. The other shows Briggate, now Bridge Street, looking over the old Ouse Bridge towards Micklegate
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Maloney credited with City opener
ON-LOAN defender Jon Maloney has been officially credited for York City's first goal at Stevenage on Saturday. It was initially thought that Paul Robinson netted the opener to fire City into a half-time lead, but the club have now confirmed it was Maloney
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Safe and sound - 10/01/05
A RACING trainer who escaped unscathed from the tsunami which has devastated Sri Lanka hopes to have success at Southwell tomorrow. John Coupland, from Louth, was on a Christmas holiday on the island when the tsunami struck, flooding the hotel where he
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Bed-blocking problem eases
THE bed-blocking crisis which plagued York Hospital for years has eased. City of York Council says it has made great efforts to ensure it no longer causes the problem, which at one time led to more than 50 elderly patients being stuck in hospital when
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Maloney credited with City opener
ON-LOAN defender Jon Maloney has been officially credited for York City's first goal at Stevenage on Saturday. It was initially thought that Paul Robinson netted the opener to fire City into a half-time lead, but the club have now confirmed it was Maloney
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Four-try Langley warms up for Knights
DEPARTED York City Knights centre Chris Langley, the Knights' top try-scorer last season, scored four first-half tries for Doncaster Dragons in their pre-season friendly against Hunslet yesterday. Former Knights winger Craig Farrell played in the centre
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Gales and floods hit hard
THE newly-opened £20 million Ebor stand at York Racecourse was damaged following severe gales and sudden flooding over the weekend. Flood warnings were still in force today for vulnerable areas on the edges of the River Ouse in York, and some villages
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Stevenage 2, York City 2
A LONG line of red-faced football managers bear testament to the old cliche that no team is too good to go down. No side, however, has ever survived the drop that was too bad to stay up. Fortunately, York City proved at Stevenage Borough on Saturday,
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TV chef relives lucky escape from tsunami
YORK'S Malaysian-born TV chef and tourism champion Jennie Cook spoke today of her relief at narrowly avoiding the Asian tsunami disaster after a hotel she planned to visit in the country was fully-booked. Jennie and her grown-up son, Adam, had flown to
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£13,000 for appeal
RED Cross volunteers collecting for the Asian tsunami appeal raised more than £13,650 across York and North Yorkshire this weekend. Bucket collections at Tesco supermarkets at Clifton Moor and Strensall, in York, and Thirsk, Scarborough and Northallerton
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Four-try Langley warms up for Knights
DEPARTED York City Knights centre Chris Langley, the Knights' top try-scorer last season, scored four first-half tries for Doncaster Dragons in their pre-season friendly against Hunslet yesterday. Former Knights winger Craig Farrell played in the centre
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Decisions needed now
SO THE results are in and the people of York have voted to increase council tax by five per cent. Or at least those who bothered to take part in this consultation exercise have chosen that option. City of York Council received 7,000 replies to its ballot
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Get a dog, Rick
ONCE he played Madison Square Gardens, selling out five nights in a row. Now Rick Wakeman busks unnoticed on the streets of York. This is not a hard luck story, because the legendary keyboard player was giving a pavement performance as part of a TV programme
