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Duo to bide their time
LEEDS United manager Kevin Blackwell expects to have Eirik Bakke and Seth Johnson available for a first team return early next month. The experienced midfield pair completed 45 minutes in the reserves with no problems this week, but Blackwell won't gamble
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Ex-Leeds stars fit the bill at Town
HARROGATE Town chairman Bill Fotherby is dredging his Leeds United contacts book in his search for the right man to lead his team into the Conference. Manager John Reed and his assistant Mark Atkins dramatically left Wetherby Road on Thursday after a
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Service for needy faces £1m cuts
A NORTH YORKSHIRE support service for vulnerable people is facing Government funding cuts of almost £1million. The Supporting People service provides housing-related support to people across the county, ranging from fitting an alarm system for people
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Retiring archbishop's hopes for new ministry
THE Archbishop of York today paid tribute to worshippers for their "faithfulness and devotion" in his last sermon at York Minster. Speaking in front of a packed congregation, Dr David Hope - who is leaving his post after ten years as the Church of England's
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Teenager walks free over friend's shooting death
A TEENAGER avoided jail despite admitting lying to police after his 13-year-old friend was shot in the head while they were shooting rabbits. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given a six-month supervision order at York Crown
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Family man jailed for pub attack
A MAN who broke a woman's jaw as she tried to protect her friend during a York pub brawl was today beginning 21 months behind bars. John Edward Holmes, 29, was a hard-working man with a family to support, his barrister, Taryn Turner, told York Crown Court
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Victims welcome camera repairs
VICTIMS of crime today welcomed urgent action by council engineers to fix the city's dilapidated CCTV camera network. The Evening Press yesterday revealed the shocking state of the antiquated system and police fears that it could no longer effectively
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Monk in court on sex charges
A FORMER North Yorkshire prep school master has appeared in court, accused of 16 indecent assaults on boys under the age of 14. Monk Father Piers Henry Michael Grant-Ferris, 71, of Ampleforth Abbey, spoke only to confirm his name and address at a hearing
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Knife threat to York bus driver.
A MAN was arrested after a bus driver was flagged down at a bus stop on a York estate and threatened with a knife. Nothing was stolen and the youth made off. A local man was later arrested in connection with the incident. York Police said the bus driver
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Duo to bide their time
LEEDS United manager Kevin Blackwell expects to have Eirik Bakke and Seth Johnson available for a first team return early next month. The experienced midfield pair completed 45 minutes in the reserves with no problems this week, but Blackwell won't gamble
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Ex-Leeds stars fit the bill at Town
HARROGATE Town chairman Bill Fotherby is dredging his Leeds United contacts book in his search for the right man to lead his team into the Conference. Manager John Reed and his assistant Mark Atkins dramatically left Wetherby Road on Thursday after a
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Ace levy left on sidelines
CHRIS Levy and Mick Ramsden are almost certain to miss York City Knights' home friendly against Doncaster tomorrow (3pm). Coach Mick Cook will again give all his fit and available players a run-out, just as he did against Leeds a fortnight ago, but scrum-half
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Darren can't wait for old boys' collision
FRIENDS will become foes tomorrow when a troupe of ex-Knights return to town - and one man particularly looking forward to the contest is Darren Callaghan. Chris Langley, Craig Farrell and Dean Andrews all made the off-season switch from York City Knights
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Tykes meet next week over Headingley crisis
YORKSHIRE will give their own version early next week of the row which has erupted between themselves and their Headingley landlords over the county club's intended purchase of the cricket ground. They were stunned on Thursday when Headingley boss, Paul
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Ace levy left on sidelines
CHRIS Levy and Mick Ramsden are almost certain to miss York City Knights' home friendly against Doncaster tomorrow (3pm). Coach Mick Cook will again give all his fit and available players a run-out, just as he did against Leeds a fortnight ago, but scrum-half
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Darren can't wait for old boys' collision
FRIENDS will become foes tomorrow when a troupe of ex-Knights return to town - and one man particularly looking forward to the contest is Darren Callaghan. Chris Langley, Craig Farrell and Dean Andrews all made the off-season switch from York City Knights
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Knights fans must shell out more to follow favourites
RUGBY fans are going to have to pay for parking at Huntington Stadium for the first time since the venue was opened 16 years ago. It has been announced ahead of York City Knights' first home match of 2005, against Doncaster tomorrow (kick off 3pm), that
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Planners oppose craft centre bid
PLANNERS fear a rural craft centre could turn into retail park if owners are given the green light to expand their wares. They have asked councillors to block a request to increase the number of bought-in goods at a Staxton farm, near Scarborough. A year
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Man and woman found dead in village
NORTH Yorkshire police were today investigating after the bodies of two people were found in a village between Pickering and Scarborough. Officers confirmed today that they had been called to look into the deaths after the bodies of a man and a woman
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Taken for a ride
A WOMAN whose frail mother was duped by a bogus ambulance driver spoke today of her amazement that his actions were not illegal. Terence Cooper walked free from Leeds Crown Court yesterday after a judge handed him a suspended sentence for 15 emergency
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Tykes meet next week over Headingley crisis
YORKSHIRE will give their own version early next week of the row which has erupted between themselves and their Headingley landlords over the county club's intended purchase of the cricket ground. They were stunned on Thursday when Headingley boss, Paul
