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What chav they done to York?
TO York's many proud boasts we can add this: city of chavs. Chavs, for those adrift from popular culture, are young people with a fondness for designer labels but with minimal apparent interest in anything else. Think baseball caps, think mooching. And
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Just don't watch
DIP me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians" (as they said in Jerry Springer - The Opera). If you don't like it, don't watch it. The moral indignity of the protesters who jammed the BBC's switchboard complaining about the programme's language or
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You didn't see it...
FORMER vicar turned author Graham Taylor says Jerry Springer - The Opera is an attack on Christianity (January 10). I watched it too but, in my case, all the way through. The first half is a sharply observed lampoon of the worst of American TV, as epitomised
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Think of others
wind turbines should be built on Escrick Park, York. As a teenager learning about how natural resources will run out in my lifetime and how man is polluting the atmosphere, wind turbines seem to be the right idea. There should probably be more renewable
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Volunteers sought
I AM looking for volunteers to join my RNIB team in Yorkshire and Humberside. Every day more than 100 people begin losing their sight. The Royal National Institute Of The Blind (RNIB) helps to rebuild lives devastated by sight loss by providing more than
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Silence in the war
HAVING served for 37 years in the Royal Air Force and still having a keen interest in aviation past and present, I have been following the correspondence about noise from training aircraft operating from RAF Linton-on-Ouse. I agree with the remarks made
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Sharing the noise
IN response to the report on RAF flight distribution, it was the RAF, not Hambleton District Council, which, in 2000, offered to change circuits back to a fairer spread. They asked Hambleton and Harrogate councils to carry out a parish consultation to
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Protect trees
CITY of York Council has another chance to refuse an application to fell a beautiful beech tree in Fulford. If you remember the Connaught Court beeches prepare for dj vu. This tree at Fulford Cross is about 150 years old and is "protected" by a council
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Matthew shows great respect
IT is very rare that an attractive young female can walk down a street without lewd, bawdy and sexist remarks being made about her. Every night on the TV we see really attractive females being referred to as "stupid cows". So it was especially nice to
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It's time jail sentences really meant something
Justin Martin, whose dangerous driving was responsible for the death of three-year-old Blake Spencer, is appealing against the three years and nine months sentence handed down by the judge in the hopes of having it reduced (January 11). What makes him
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Duo seek pay-day from cup glory..
THE rugby league road to Cardiff kicks off on Saturday with York's top two amateur teams pursuing the prestige of a professional pay-day. The 2005 Powergen Challenge Cup gets under way and, while York Acorn and Heworth face differing tasks in the preliminary
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Acorn 'A' keep eye on rivals
YORK Acorn 'A' have no match this weekend but will be keeping a close eye on the result of the game between title rivals Thornton and Wyke, writes Peter Martini. Acorn head Pennine League division four by four points from Wyke and did their title hopes
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Young Byron's not a new romantic
York City's newest goal hero Byron Webster says he is ready to face the reality of life in the first team - criticism and all. The 17-year-old midfielder notched up his latest career milestone when he opened his senior scoring account with an impressive
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BBC so right not to cave in
I DID enjoy Jerry Springer: The Opera on BBC2 at the weekend. Perhaps it was the notion that so many had complained about this programme that made it appealing. Watching this reviled musical felt like being in on the biggest, rudest snigger of the moment
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Supermarket relaunch
A NEW Somerfield supermarket will soon be launched in Haxby - the latest of 114 Safeway stores bought from Morrisons by Somerfield for £250 million last year with a promise of thousands of price cuts. The neighbourhood/high street store in Main Street
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Feline fundraising drive
CATS Protection, the UK's largest feline welfare charity - which has a shelter in Huntington covering the York area - and Felix, the pet food brand, have teamed up to improve the lives of cats. The partnership aims to raise awareness of the charity and
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Firms advised to plan for floods
PLAN for floods this winter, business leaders in York and North and East Yorkshire are being urged. The plea, which has gone to firms throughout Yorkshire and the Humber comes from the Environment Agency. It points out that while many business owners
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V, You Stood Up (Universal) **; VS, All Kinds Of Trouble (Innocent/Virgin) *
Behold the battle of V versus VS. It's spooky how two bands with similar names have so many key ingredients in common. V are five chiselled young guys, VS are five youngsters (two girls, three lads) and both are the usual song-and-dance acts of today,
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The Dears, No Cities Left (Bella Union) ****
A BLACK Morrissey anyone? Murray Lightburn is the unifying force holding The Dears together, and his vision is clearly influenced by his Brit forebears The Smiths. While Warm And Sunny Days does ape the limp Mancunians. His ambitious Montreal outfit goes
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Massive Attack, Danny The Dog soundtrack, (Wild Bunch) ***
ATMOSPHERIC, moody and downbeat, Danny The Dog is Massive Attack in full flow, if not at their very best. For a group that made its name with sorrowful, tragic tracks such as Teardrop, this instrumental record is more aggressive and robust than fans may
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Thirteen Senses, The Invitation (Vertigo) ***
WHAT do you get if you cross a grand piano and some half-decent soaring melodies? Answer: the new Coldplay. The crop of bands jumping on the back of their success shows no signs of abating, particularly after Keane's success. This debut by Cornish four-piece
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Clayhill, Small Circle (Eat Sleep Records) ****
ONCE upon a summertime, there was a bittersweet Nottingham band called Sunhouse. Midlands movie auteur Shane Meadows loved them, regularly appropriating Gavin Clark's melancholia for his blue-collar melodramas, but sadly Sunhouse faded away. Clark bonded
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Debut glory bid - 13/01/05
Faasel, bought for a princely 230,000 guineas at last autumn's sales as a potential jumper, puts his newly-learned skills on the line for the first time at Kelso tomorrow. The four-year-old makes his debut in the Borders M.S. Racing Club Novices' Hurdle
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York jobs fear
UNION officials today said they were treating proposed job cuts at York council "with caution" as the future of more than 30 posts hung in the balance. The Unison warning came as talks continued between council chiefs and the union over proposed savings
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York jobs fear
UNION officials today said they were treating proposed job cuts at York council "with caution" as the future of more than 30 posts hung in the balance. The Unison warning came as talks continued between council chiefs and the union over proposed savings
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Shop man's flag anger
A YORK shop owner who was forced to remove unauthorised advertising flags from his premises has accused council officers of hypocrisy, claiming they are now flouting the rules they imposed on him. Lee Barker was forced to take down advertising flags from
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Terraced homes hit by 'bin tax'
PLANS to stop giving free bin bags to thousands of York homes were today slammed as a "tax on terraced living". About 10,000 terraced house residents without a council wheeled bin currently receive a weekly free black sack. But under plans discussed last
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Tree felled by gales leaves large crater
GALES have felled about a dozen trees in the grounds of Castle Howard, including a 150-year-old yew that has left a large crater. Head gardener Brian Deighton said that the 30ft yew tree, which stood in a row between the Walled Garden and the stately
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Council dumped cars vow
COUNCIL bosses are still refusing to reveal the York streets where cars are most likely to be abandoned. During a meeting of the Executive Member for Environment and Sustainability with advisory panel last night, councillors discussed a blacklist of city
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Crock stars anxious to shine
Seth Johnson and Eirik Bakke will carry a huge burden of expectation should they return to first team action next month. Leeds' international midfield duo have just taken their first steps towards playing again with a 45-minute run in the reserves and
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York zone in on seven-up
For the seventh year running York Indoor Bowls Club's women moved into the Yetton Trophy Zone Final after beating neighbours New Earswick 108-76 on aggregate. Carol Instone, Sue Kirkpatrick, Brenda Love and Joan Jackson drew level on the fourth end with
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Youths tell of stab aftermath
A GROUP of teenage friends have told a jury how a stabbed man staggered dying into the street near them, followed by a woman holding a knife. Martin Kelly, 17, claimed that Caroline Mawhood, 21, was shouting abuse at Simon Gilchrist, 23, as she came down
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Knights down on manpower ahead of friendly
YORK City Knights are facing a player shortage for their friendly against Doncaster on Sunday after a flu bug and another injury hit Huntington Stadium. Mark Cain has a chest infection and Jon Liddell, Mick Ramsden and Scott Rhodes have all come down
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Wedding day agony as groom's dad dies in crash
A HEARTBROKEN family has taken the agonising decision to go ahead with a wedding just five days after the groom's father died in a tragic accident. Albert Pateman's widow, Jean, said simply: it's what he would have wanted. Bert, a father-of-three, had
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Young Byron's not a new romantic
York City's newest goal hero Byron Webster says he is ready to face the reality of life in the first team - criticism and all. The 17-year-old midfielder notched up his latest career milestone when he opened his senior scoring account with an impressive
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Siege drama
A FIVE-MONTH-OLD baby was dramatically rescued by armed police today after a domestic row led to a six-hour siege in York. The boy was carried to safety in the arms of paramedics after negotiators persuaded his father to give himself up following the
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Red cross hit by depot blaze
BUSY Red Cross staff were devastated to find a fire had swept through their York offices - at the worst possible time. Volunteers have been working hard to raise vital funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) tsunami appeal, and to provide relief
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Tribute from former school friend
A FORMER school friend of York tsunami victim Stephen Magson has paid tribute to him from his home in Hawaii. Dr Ron Wagner-Wright, who is blind, learned of the tragedy after logging on to the Evening Press thisisyork website, which he is able to read
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Soup-er savers
PUPILS and staff at a York school are donating their dinner money to raise funds for the tsunami appeal. The children at Our Lady's RC School, in Acomb, will also make a sacrifice, such as not playing football or computer games for the day, in order to
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Bert will be there
OUR hearts go out to the Pateman family who have just taken one of the hardest decisions imaginable. Christopher is to go ahead with his wedding on Saturday despite the death of his father, Albert, only five days earlier in a road accident. They must
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Thanks, but we need more cash
ON behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) we thank your readers for their generous response to the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal. More than £100 million has now been donated by the British public, with nearly £5 million from Yorkshire, and the
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Come and play
I AM sure Mr Clayton will be pleased to know a badminton court is still available at reasonable rates on the east side of York at the Tang Hall Community Centre (Letters, December 27). We would welcome him and anyone else to use this or any of our facilities
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Four, four shoo to prize haul
TALK is now turning to Chelsea's chances of completing a unique quadruple as Jose Mourinho's men attempt to sweep the board in the Premiership, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. It's an interesting debate but, as has been proven over the years,
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Minster cracks up
York Minster's East Front could be hidden from view for as long as ten years while major repairs are carried out, STEPHEN LEWIS reports. HIGH up in the scaffolding that cloaks York Minster's East Front, the wind whips around the corner of the building
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Gadget to aid fresh deals
SMALL to medium-sized businesses (SMEs)in York and North and East Yorkshire will soon be able to pitch for millions of pounds worth of contracts normally out of reach - aided by an amazing appliance of science. More than 1,000 SMEs with a turnover of
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What a result!
DIDN'T they do well. Schools across York and North Yorkshire were today celebrating a year of success as league tables were published. The tables show the performance of GCSE and A-level students throughout the country over the last year. Among the big
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The Autumns, The Autumns (Bella Union Records) **
I couldn't get this curious CD out my car player all week - it got stuck inside. It was probably the weighty tracks that jammed the mechanism. Fans have labelled this stuff cinematic and evocative, saying it would be ideal for soundtracks to dreamy films
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Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Mercury) ****
THIS is an album for the connoisseurs. Even with full orchestral backing, not all of the tracks sound much different to how they normally sound live. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) comes with the full intro, the start of All
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Red cross hit by depot blaze
BUSY Red Cross staff were devastated to find a fire had swept through their York offices - at the worst possible time. Volunteers have been working hard to raise vital funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) tsunami appeal, and to provide relief
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Chain reaction
MILLIONAIRE Stephen Vella was today celebrating "beating the bailiffs" by chaining his car to a digger. The York property tycoon dramatically defied debt collectors in a tense stand-off after his failure to pay a £5 charge spiralled into a £2,000 bill
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Bold Pal's act lands Open win
YORK'S Chess Congress, sponsored by Fulprint, attracted 240 entries from around the country with prize money topping £2,200. The Open section was won by the York top board Richard Palliser, who scored 4 from his five games. Jos Wolley (Lady Anne Middleton
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What a result!
DIDN'T they do well. Schools across York and North Yorkshire were today celebrating a year of success as league tables were published. The tables show the performance of GCSE and A-level students throughout the country over the last year. Among the big
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Thanks, but we need more cash
ON behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) we thank your readers for their generous response to the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal. More than £100 million has now been donated by the British public, with nearly £5 million from Yorkshire, and the
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Lesson for all parents
READING the latest school league tables, the first thing that strikes us yet again is how lucky North Yorkshire parents are. We are blessed with many excellent schools which produce good examination results and provide an environment where most pupils
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Knights down on manpower ahead of friendly
YORK City Knights are facing a player shortage for their friendly against Doncaster on Sunday after a flu bug and another injury hit Huntington Stadium. Mark Cain has a chest infection and Jon Liddell, Mick Ramsden and Scott Rhodes have all come down
